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1984rif. 3291591984. framed. near fine. First Day Cover signed by American track and field athlete know as "Flo-Jo". Signed FDC celebrates the Summer Olympic Games Women's Broad Jump. Framed with color photograph of Joyner in competition. Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner also known as Flo-Jo was an American track and field athlete and the fastest woman ever recorded. She was married to Al Joyner a 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump. He was also her coach and husband during her success as a four-time Olympic medalist. They were married in 1987 until the time of her death in 1998. They had one daughter together Mary Joyner. Griffith Joyner set world records in 1988 for the 100 m and 200 m. During the late 1980s she became a popular figure due to both her record-setting athleticism and eclectic personal style. unknown books
1915rif. 92305Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1915. Hardcover. Near Fine. 2 volumes. frontises illustrations index 392 434p. Original cloth backed boards. Leather title labels on backstrips. 24 cm. Slipcase not present. Ends of backstrips lightly rubbed. Copy No. 290 of the Large Paper Edition which was limited to 450 copies. Undated and unidentified manuscrript piece by Howe mounted on leaf preceding frontis in first volume -- "My presence may be needed where it is far from being desired. I feel very sure of this in the current corrupt administration of the country. Many men do not want women to look after their own affairs . we had trouble deciphering the last two lines Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1926rif. 4516Boston: Little Brown & Co 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket unclipped $2.00 generally rubbed and toned a few creases and closed tears tidemark at the back panel. Black buckram bumped at the bottom corners with light blue ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a green top stain clean internally. A mystery novel centering on the disappearance of a poet and a bookshop owner after a reading in a Massachusetts college town. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
1883rif. 13616London Paris & New York: Cassell & Co 1883. First and only edition oblong 8vo pp. 52 4 ads; 16 mounted chromolithographs showing various painted designs on assorted ceramic ware 4 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; a very good copy in original maroon cloth gilt lettering on upper cover. Cassell & Co unknown books
1940rif. 6028241940. "Florence Bates" in blue fountain pen ink on 1/2 length portrait with her hair up in curls and wearing three strands of pearls. Note the lorgnette type glasses Bates is holding. Photograph is on single weight stock; 7 1/2" x 9 1/2". Very good ca. 1940. Signed and inscribed: "To Martha with love Florence Bates." Provenance: from the collection of Hollywood hairdresser Martha Acker. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1929rif. 166070N.p.: N.p. 1929. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1929 pre-Code film showing actress Clara Bow in a ruffled collar. A beautiful bareback rider loves a trapeze artist but he loves two things much more: alcohol and a manipulative vamp named Zara. Actress Kay Francis' first Hollywood film. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1924rif. 521790Wellesley: Merry Thought Press 1924. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 16mo. 7pp. Sewn cream-colored pictorial wrappers printed in blue. Poetry. A fine copy. Copy number 195 of an unspecified limitation printed on French Handmade Paper by June Barrows Mussey. Issued as Wellesley Poems Number Two. Florence Converse was born in New Orleans in 1871. She was a prolific author and was in a long-time lesbian relationship with Vida Dutton Scudder. Very uncommon. OCLC locates only five holdings. Merry Thought Press unknown books
1930rif. 537768London: Macmillan & Co 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First editions. Two volumes. Octavos. Volume One is near fine in spine-toned very good or better dust jacket and a modest chip at the crown; Volume Two is near fine in spine-toned very good or better dust jacket with small chips and tears mostly on or near the spine. A nicely matched set in the uncommon jackets. Macmillan & Co hardcover books
1981rif. 140946340New York: Holiday House 1981. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Signed by illustrator Edward Gorey on the title page. Bound in publisher's green illustrated cloth lettered in black. Near Fine with foxing to cloth and top edge front board slightly bowed.In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light fading to spine minor edge wear and light foxing to flaps. A charming children's picture book of a child who finds a genie bottle illustrated by the enigmatic Gorey. Holiday House unknown books
1938rif. 163804N.p.: N.p. 1938. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1938 film showing actors Melvyn Douglas Florence Rice and Louis Calhern. Annotations in manuscript pencil and provenance stamp on the verso. Based on the 1938 novel by Marco Page about the Sloanes a pair of married book dealers who help solve a murder. The first of three films to follow the adventures of the Sloanes followed by "Fast and Loose" and "Fast and Furious" both released in 1939 although different actors played the couple in each of the three films. Set in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus. N.p. unknown books
1942rif. 591015St. Albans Vermont; Northampton Massachusetts 1942. Softcover. Very Good. An archive of 83 letters written between a young woman and her family in Vermont mostly while she was attending Smith College. The letters are dated between 1898 and 1920 with one from 1942. All items very good or better with tears from opening. A collection of letters between Florence M. Merritt and her family in St. Albands Vermont beginning in 1898 through 1914. A majority of the letters are from her time at Smith College between 1902 and 1907 some written on Smith stationary. In earlier letters Florence visits friends and family in Northampton Massachusetts which seems to have helped her make her decision to attend school there. She writes of her studies friends and family and her daily activities. In one letter she writes “I have been very busy this last week with my studies. It is not going to be an easy year by any means.” Other letters talk about “cramming for exams” and pairing up for off campus housing. Her father was co-owner of Merritt & Pease Grocers in Vermont and some of his letters are on the company’s stationary. After graduating from Smith Florence began an elementary school teacher back in Vermont. Her family was very religious and she was a member and treasure for the First Baptist Church in St. Albans. A year before her death she was honored by the local library for being a trustee for 50 years. unknown books
1931rif. 193053ORIGINAL BLACK CLOTH STAMPED IN RED; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RYERSON TO HOLLYWOOD COLUMNIST LOUELLA PARSONS JULY 1931; ALSO SIGNED BY CLEMENTS; RYERSON WHO CO-WROTE THE SCREENPLAY OF "THE WIZARD OF OZ" 1939 AND FOR "EVERYBODY SING" 1938 BOTH FILMS STARRING JUDY GARLAND FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY hardcover books
1936rif. 654761936. 1936 Pardon for an African-American Issued by the Governor of Texas Texas. Murphy Florence. Conditional Pardon for Florence Murphy from a Conviction of Assault to Rape. Austin December 18 1936. 14-1/2" x 9" blue-backed legal-sized sheet headed "Proclamation by the Governor of the State of Texas. Signed by Governor James V. Allred and Secretary of State B.P. Matocha state seal affixed. Negligible wear rust marks from staples and paper clips. $350. Murphy an African-American was convicted of assault to rape in 1933. His pardon which notes the several appeals for clemency sent on Murphy's behalf refers specifically to a letter from District Attorney H.H. Wellborn "who states he was never satisfied about this negro's case that since his conviction certain things have come to light which leave him in doubt as to this negro's guilt that if he is guilty he has been punished sufficiently and that some of the best white citizens of his county are of the same opinion he is. unknown books
rif. 20042PATER INGERSOLL-SMOUSE Florence. PATER. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts 1928. 4to. Boards. viii 221 3 pages 230 illustrations. First edition. Freitag 7318. The catalogue raisonne and biography of Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater 1695-1736 the noted sculptor and painter. Rebacked using the original paper spine as an overlay. unknown books
1972rif. 150489N.p.: N.p. 1972. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Federico Fellini demonstrating how to stab Julius Caear Feodor Chaliapin Jr. on the set of the 1972 film. "Peter W. Engelmeier provenance label on verso. A semi-autobiographical impressionistic portrait of Rome featuring two contrasting sections one based on Fellini's first journey to the city as a young man under Mussolini the other featuring scenes of contemporary city life. Set and shot on location in Rome Italy. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 848. Eureka! 86. Rosenbaum 1000. Vogel Film as a Subversive Art. N.p. unknown books
2023rif. 51629Novato: Norman Publishing 2023. The Kirtsos Library of Homoeopathic Medicine is an annotated bibliography of the world's finest private historical library on the history of homeopathy containing detailed descriptions of over four thousand rare books periodicals letters manuscripts ephemera and artifacts dating from the 18th to the mid-20th century. The product of 45 years of dedicated collecting the library is especially rich in materials relating to homeopathy's founder Samuel Hahnemann 1755-1843: It includes 166 Hahnemann listings encompassing his first publications and all his classic homeopathic works and their translations as well as numerous autograph letters portraits and artifacts. In addition the library contains a wide range of materials on the history and development of homeopathy including classic works on homeopathic principles philosophy therapeutics materia medica surgery and veterinary medicine. Early works critical of Hahnemann and homeopathy are also represented. Designed by noted book designer Jerry Kelly set in Minion type and extensively illustrated in color the finely printed catalogue contains 2200 annotated bibliographical listings interspersed with biographical sketches of 46 notable 19th- and 20th-century homeopathic physicians. Also included are a subject index; an index to periodicals transactions and proceedings; a provenance index; and an index of inscribed copies. xxiii 323pp. Cloth acid-free paper. 11 x 8.5 inches. Indexed. ISBN 978-0-930405-92-2. . Norman Publishing unknown books
1948rif. 95145Washington D.C. 1948. Paperback. Very Good. photos 72p. Softcover in original wrapper. 22 cm. Covers has a couple of small black spots. paperback books
1999rif. 41057National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 2844pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Gray cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Near fine in very good dust jackets with light surface wear. A collection of life histories and genealogies of 1500 men and their wives and children. National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers hardcover books
1930rif. 2222753First edition. Octavo. Original black cloth stamped in red. No dust jacket. Very good. 308 pages. Signed and inscribed by Ryerson to Louella Parsons: "…from two of her fans who read ever word she writes… Beverly Hills 1930." Also signed by Colin Clements in full. Not listed in Hagen. Author's second book. Ryerson wrote the screenplay for the Wizard of Oz 1939 film. Her autograph is uncommon. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1915rif. 524849Harrisburg Pa: Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association 1915. Unbound. Very Good. First edition. Small broadside or leaflet. Single sheet measuring 6.25" x 7" printed on both sides. Horizontal crease where once folded verso is unevenly browned with line of tanning on recto else a very good copy. A leaflet promoting woman suffrage in Pennsylvania the text begins: "Never before in the history of the human race have children and young women formed as they do to-day an important part of the working force of great industrial communities wholly apart from their parents and the family life." Text closes: "Women Vote in Wyoming Colorado Idaho Utah Washington California Oregon Arizona Kansas Nevada Montana and Alaska. Why Not in Pennsylvania" OCLC locates a single holding; as well as three holdings of a variant issue with a "New York: National American Woman Suffrage Association" imprint. Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association) unknown books
1947rif. 16351New York: Capitol Publishing Company 1947. Near fine. Charming mid-century Santa novelty featuring the classic Victorian poem in the form of a Santa Claus shape book - with a beard made of real cotton. 11.25'' x 9.75''. Original spiral-bound color pictorial boards die-cut in the shape of Santa on a sleigh. Illustrated in color by Florence Kent. 24 pages including boards on card stock of varying thickness. Minor edgewear and soil. Capitol Publishing Company unknown books
1901rif. 1760London New York & Bombay: Longmans Green and Co 1901. Boards. Very good. Florence K. UPTON. STIGMATIZING ILLUSTRATIONS RHYMING VERSE WOMAN AUTHOR WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR. 8vo oblong 8 5/8" x 11"; 66pp; color pictorial boards a Golliwog and two Dutch dolls in a go-cart on front; quarter-bound green cloth; color patterned endpapers with swans and sailing ships lacking rear free endpaper; color vignette of a Dutch doll on title page; 31 full-page color illustrations; text and line drawings in sepia; wear and light soiling to boards with loss at corners spot on front board last page has age-toning lacking rear ep; very good minus. The story follows a Golliwogg and its Dutch doll companions as they go on an adventure in a go-cart. The Golliwogg character a Black doll with wild hair large white eyes and bright red lips was invented and popularized in Europe by the writings of Florence Kate Upton 1873-1922 and was based on the Black minstrel doll she owned in her youth. The Jim Crow Museum Big Rapids Michigan classifies the character as a "caricature of a caricature." The Dutch dolls were penny-wooden dolls popular because of their jointed limbs and inexpensive prince. This book was part of a series of 13 Golliwogg stories popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and illustrated by Florence Upton and written by her mother Bertha. Golliwoggs later appeared in stories by other authors and as dolls and other children's toys. Longmans, Green and Co unknown books
rif. 3461Original watercolor design with holograph notation and signatures Design 14544 by Florence Camm 1874-1960 stained glass artist for TW Camm Studio Smethwick. Original pre-production artwork for church stained glass window Memorial window Stourport Weslyan Church. Dated June 1940 in Roman numerals in the painting. Unframed watercolour pencil & ink sketch mounted on board. Panel size 11.5 x 12.5cm Board size 23 x 17cm. Provenance: Directly from Camm Studiio Estate. unknown books
1915rif. 0019491915. Very Good. Seventeen decorated leaves with intricate hand-colored border illustrations on all of them. Included are a title page a table of contents twelve leaves with a mixture of verse and prose apercus by Cowper Marcus Aurelius Maeterlinck Chesterton Jefferies and a few lesser known writers then three leaves with borders but blanks within. These borders stand out for their variety and the panache of their execution. While a few may owe a debt to work done before such as that by Beardsley or Parrish Ms. Harper also seems to anticipate high Art Deco style and even later aesthetics than that. Ms. Harper mixes cleverly the geometric the abstract the figurative the natural. The pleasure to be derived from these borders is that from miniatures -- splashy color plates these are not! Further there is nothing corny sentimental or pedestrian about the illustrations which usher us into the little worlds of Ms. Harper's imagination. The text is also hand-written and while not calligraphic it is uniform neat and attractive. unknown books
1892rif. 33366El Dorado KS: Advocate Steam Print. 1892. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Good only fragile with a tear with tape residue and chips along the spine and edges. This was the second songbook released by Holcomb-Olmstead during her time in office as Butler County school superintendent first woman to hold this office. This booklet is "Endorsed by the National Alliance and Industrial Union at Ocala Florida." She died in 1892 at the age of 33. Scarce.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pp . Advocate Steam Print paperback books
