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1951réf. 24947New York/Hollywood: Samuel French. Near Fine in Very Good dj. c.1951. First Edition. Hardcover. nice tight clean book minimal shelfwear only; jacket a little age-toned at edges and spine but still quite good-looking. B&W photographs Two veteran screenwriters both of whom earned their chops during the silent-film days teamed up for this "up-to-the-minute laughter-provoking comedy" about a young secretary for a United Nations commission who "returns to her small-town home with a just-born baby and a not-too-convincing story of how she happens to have him on her hands." Many farcical complications ensue. Ms. Ryerson 1892-1965 came to the movies in the mid-1920s after having already established herself as a journalist and writer of short fiction; she often wrote in collaboration with her second husband Colin Clements who she married in 1927. They co-authored numerous plays including three that made it to Broadway in the 1940s and several mystery novels and Ryerson herself had quite a decent string of movie credits including as one of the three credited screenwriters on THE WIZARD OF OZ. Ms. Miller 1894-1985 was most active as a scenarist during the 1920s with just a handful of credits after that. "Little Scandal" had its debut and perhaps its biggest success at the Pasadena Playhouse in December 1950; the two count 'em photos that illustrate the book are presumably from that production which had absolutely nobody in it you've ever heard of with the possible exception of Madge Blake a character actress who popped up all over the place on American TV in the 1950s and 1960s. . Samuel French hardcover books
2018réf. 53102New York: W. W. Norton 2018. Later Norton paperback printing. Paperback. New. 280pp. Octavo 21cm; illustrated wraps. From publisher website: An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For centuries poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while walking over the heath; Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. From forest paths in Korea to islands in Finland to eucalyptus groves in California Florence Williams investigates the science at the confluence of environment mood health and creativity. Delving into new research she uncovers the powers of the natural world to improve health promote reflection and innovation and strengthen our relationships. As our lives shift indoors these ideas—and the answers they yield—are more urgent than ever. W. W. Norton paperback books
1940réf. 22986New York/Los Angeles/Toronto: Samuel French. Very Good. c.1940. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket nice solid copy minimal shelfwear light age-toning to edges of text block brown paper label with agent's typed name and address affixed to copyright page with resultant discoloration to facing page. Murder mystery by this husband-and-wife writing team. Ryerson was a screenwriter with numerous credits from the late silent era through the early 1940s including a co-credit on THE WIZARD OF OZ; she and Clements who were married from 1927 until his death in 1948 collaborated on a number of novels and plays but not on screenplays. The play was staged in London in April 1940 but apparently never made it to Broadway. . Samuel French hardcover books
1931réf. 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
1950réf. 71603n.p.: America Korea Foundation 1950. 10" x 7" pp. 10; mimeographed text in Korean stapled in paper wrappers; paper toned near fine. Boester appears to have had a long career in supporting the victims of world conflicts. She served as welfare officer at the UNRRA Displaced Person's Camp in Austria after WWII and later facilitated international adoptions as Far East representative of the International Social Service USA both in Korea and China. Not in OCLC. America Korea Foundation unknown books
1921réf. 68482Shanghai: Commercial Press Limited 1921. 12mo pp. 7.5 x 5 in. pp. 4 58; printed paper wrappers; lower wrapper chipped text clean and sound very good. Commercial Press, Limited unknown books
1900réf. 68022London: Sampson Low Marston & Company 1900. First edition 8vo pp. xii 213 1; 24 plates 82 illustrations in the text; original pictorial blue cloth stamped in black gray and white in gilt on spine t.e.g.; edges rubbed the binding a little shaken and the front hinge starting; a good copy internally clean. Yakushi D285: "Journal of an extensive tour in Sikkim in 1891. Sampson Low Marston & Company unknown books
1944réf. 62777Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1944. First edition 4to pp. 8 110 2; pictorial endpapers 49 illustrations throughout a number full-page and one double-page; fine copy in an unclipped dust jacket with 3 or 4 shallow chips. This copy with a Christmas card laid in depicting a Francis Lee Jaques illustration and inscribed by him. University of Minnesota Press unknown books
1924réf. 51049Worcester Mass: Davis Press 1924. 8vo pp. 119 1; 62 text illustrations; original green cloth gilt fine. A series of lessons that instruct the reader on how to make pamphlets boxes portfolios pencil cases etc. Davis Press unknown books
1982réf. 4608Paris: Le Musee 1982. Softcover. VG. Off-white illustrated wraps with black lettering 239 pp. illustrations throughout some in color. Catalogue lists 125 works all of which are illustrated. Text in French. A very lengthy illustrated biography followed by a bibliography and exhibition history follows the plates of works in the exhibition. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou June 17 to Sept. 27 1982 one other location. Le Musee paperback books
1927réf. 30639London: The Nonesuch Press 1927. First edition 12mo pp. 6 136 4; decorative title-page printed in black and ocher decorative headpieces throughout; some offsetting to endpapers otherwise a very good clean copy enhanced by the presence of the fragile printed dust jacket with browned spine panel the ends chipped away about 1/2" a handful of small chips out along edges and light creasing to the bottom of the front panel. "The story of the strange friendship and stranger rivalry of an English gentleman and a Negro singer. A hectic story in fact with a saxophone accompaniment." dust jacket. Dreyfus 39. The Nonesuch Press unknown books
1930réf. 28552New York: The MacMillan Company 1930. 8vo; pp. xi 1 289; 12 plates including frontispiece; very good. Green cloth boards gilt on upper cover and spine. Endpapers have minor tape stains. "This volume forms the second and concluding part of a biography the first part being The Early Life of Thomas Hardy published 1928. The MacMillan Company unknown books
1883réf. 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
1980réf. 15754Washington DC: National Institute of Education 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. First Edition. Paperback. 7 Volume Set. 9" X 6". Rubbing toning creasing soiling and bumps to covers corners and edges of paper wraps some staplebound some perfect bound. Inked notation to covers of some volumes. A touch of rust to staples at spines. Dust-spotting to edges of text blocks. Age-toning to unmarked pages. Bindings are sound. An overall solid collection of these 7 of an original 8 journals commisioned by the National Institute of Education to promote women's studies programs. The National Institute of Education which commisioned a series of eight monographs on women's studies has since March 1980 been in the publishing and distribution business mailing the 2500 copies of the monograph series and handbook both to preset mailing lists and to those who have responded to various solicited and unsolicited notices in newsletters and journals. Within colleges and universities requests have come from deans of academic affairs of undergraduate studies of extension and continuing studies of innovative programs of women and of students as well as from student financial aid officers and equal opportunity counselors. The hundreds of letters in my office support the claim that women's studies can be more integrated both with other college and university offerings especially in continuing education and with other organizations and levels of education.Letter from Mary Ann Millsap Senior Associate of the National Institute of Education. National Institute of Education paperback books
1908réf. 9474Boston MA: Purity Publishing Company 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. "The lessons dealing with purity self-control and the birth problem are arranged for children from six to ten years of age." preface Uncommon generally scarce in as handsome condition as found here. Light shelf/edge wear focused at head and tail else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering and decorative elements. 12mo. 120pp. Illus. b/w plates. Purity Publishing Company hardcover books
1916réf. 13006London and New York: J. M. Dent & Sons LImited and E. P. Dutton & Co 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Hardcover. ".but the singing of the Ukrainian is also a precious pearl in the common treasury of mankind. It was born out of the beauty of the Ukraine and it is beautiful; it was born on the steppes and as the steppes it is wide; it was born in battles and it is free.This is Ukrainian Song." This 1916 collection of Ukrainian verse and lyric is here introduced by Ukrainian freedom fighter Pavlo Krot and spans the songbook from old pagan songs to wedding cycles from historical ballads to songs of legendary heroic outlaws with over 40 folk songs from "The Daughter of the Witch" to "Songs of the Poppy Harvest" along with verse by prominent Ukrainian poets Taras Shevchenko Stepan Rudansky and Yuriy Fedkovych ending fittingly with the Ukrainian National Anthem. This first edition is inscribed by compiler and translator Florence Randel Livesay to fellow Canadian authoress Valance St. Juste Patriarche with her bookplate and a newspaper clipping of a poem by Livesay pasted in. Signed presentation copy with inked inscription signed by Florence Randal Livesay to front free endpaper with quotes from The Times and Montaigne with pencilled name and bookplate of Valance Patriarche to front pastedown. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". 175pp plus ad for books on Russian history. Presents nicely in protective archival jacket. Bound in orange cloth over boards with bouquet stamped in blind to upper board and spine lettered in gilt and decorated with flowers in kind. Mild wear to binding with faint stain to upper board small ink stains to rear board sunning to spine rubbing to corners and small neat tears and fraying to head and tail of spine. Front hinge tender. Binding remains sound. Newspaper clipping featuring a poem by Livesay with inked correction pasted in to flyleaf with toning to facing page. Title page printed in red and black. Pages are clean and unmarked. J. M. Dent & Sons LImited and E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
1912réf. 11606Cold Spring Harbor Long Island New York: Eugenics Record Office 1912. Eugenics Record Office - Memoir No. 1 First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Eugenics Record Office - Memoir No. 1 First Edition. Hardcover. 12 1/2" X 9 1/2". v 56pp plus three fold-out charts bound at rear. Bound in full gray buckram over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Ex-University of Pennsylvania Library with associated bookplate labels library card etc. Moderate wear to binding with corners turned in scattered rubbing and edgewear. Binding is firm. Taped 3 1/2-6" closed tears to title page and contents page. Occasional pencilled mark to pages else unmarked. Several tears most neat to Chart A as well as one neat tear along fold of Chart C. A worn ex-library copy of this publication of the Eugenics Record Office operating from 1910 to 1939 with a mission of gathering information on the ancestry of the American population in order to produce propaganda to further the eugenics movement. Eugenics Record Office hardcover books
1901réf. 190396Paris: Charles Sedelmeyer 1901. Softcover. Good- heavy shelfwear and tears to front cover missing spine and rear cover light smudging to text pages light age toning to pages all plates are present and otherwise clean. Brown wraps with gilt printing bw portrait mounted on front cover with gilt frame; 29 text pages plates numbered 401-485 each with descriptive text page and tissue guard sheet. Printed in edition of 75 numbered copies on Japan paper this being number 68. Text by Wilhelm Bode from the German by Florence Simmonds. 18x14x2.5" Charles Sedelmeyer paperback books
1968réf. 8915Clinton: Luen Shing Printing Co 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Florence Powell Harris in ink to title page. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". 241pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing creasing and chipping to covers corners and edges. Scattered toning to covers and edges of jacket. Bound in brown cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Soiling to covers and bumps to bottom edges. Dust spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name and date in ink to front paste-down and endpaper. Light toning to front and rear endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Letter from Claire Strickland writing to "Camille" about the book is laid in. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is the tender dramatic and true record of two courageous young Americans who went to China to serve God and man. Full of humor and the rich personalities and experiences of the main characters--it glows with the exciting history of a gallant and very human couple.Publisher. Luen Shing Printing Co hardcover books
1950réf. 75471950. Unique. Hardcover. Very Good. Unique. Hardcover. A dense and well-organized collection of clipped publishers' marks and booksellers' tickets many reflecting various iterations that evolved over the years. Includes pasted down envelope of duplicates on the front board and laid in. Minor shelf/edge wear pasted in envelope with duplicates owner signature at front else bright and clean. Brown cloth boards. Unpaged. hardcover books
1940réf. 4689Freeport ME: Self Published 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Textblock Near Fine. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Though reprinted in 1997 the first edition of this well known town history has become quite scarce. Noted flaws notwithstanding a very presentable copy. Light shelf/edge wear even toning at spine front hinge starting rear hinge split easy repair still tight else tight bright and unmarred. Burgundy cloth boards black ink lettering. 8vo. 254pp. Illus. b/w plates. Index. Self Published hardcover books
1937réf. 2925New York: Samuel French 1937. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Foreward by May Robson. A collection of 21 monologues for the theater on a variety of topics. Overall a rather handsome copy. Minimal shelf wear touch of toning at the spine hint of toning at fore edge else tight bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minor shelf/edge wear spine lightly toned touch of wear at head else bright and clean. 8vo. 110pp. Samuel French hardcover books
1978réf. 28460Bridgewater CT: The Flume Press 1978. cloth leather spine label. Papermaking. 8vo. cloth leather spine label. 1011 pages. First edition. One of 450 copies printed by this private press of which this is one of 25 copies to be in a special binding and contains a specimen of paper made at The Red Mill located in Bridgewater CT. A charming essay about the joys and pitfalls of starting a papermaking mill. The book is illustrated by Elmer Garrett. Presentation on the half-title. Loosely inserted is a prospectus to the book a signed poem by Garrett a large newspaper clipping giving us history of the mill and two newspaper clippings listing the sale price of the mill. The Flume Press unknown books
1860réf. 300430New York: D. Appleton and Company 1860. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Small Octavo; in the publisher's pebbled brown cloth; with titling on the upperboard in gilt; 3 4-140 pages with 4 pages of advertisements in the rear; professionally rebacked with a blank japanese tissue spine; with a few red stains and some soiling to the boards; toning from a laid in paper on pages 122-123; scattered foxing throughout. ~~The First American Edition of the foundational book on modern Nursing. Written by Florence Nightingale renowned for her lifesaving work during the Crimean War. Ms. Nightingale was instrumental in implementing sanitary measures which greatly increased survival rates for patients. She created the Nightingale school at St.Thomas's Hospital in London in June of 1860. This school accompanied by Notes on Nursing encouraged many women to pursue nursing as a career and undoubtedly saved countless lives. The Grolier 100 Books Famous in Medicine. Good binding. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1946réf. 013049New York: Books Inc 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 386pp. Sharp Third Printing of this novelization of the 1944 Universal film starring Boris Karloff. Bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on the spine. Square tight and clean throughout with just little or no page edge toning. Some wear to spine ends and tips. Gift inscription on front end-paper. Attractive unclipped though unpriced pictorial dust-jacket has some chipping to spine ends. Wear to edges and tips. A couple of short closed tears. Bright and complete. A presentable collectable copy. Books, Inc hardcover books
