ref. 336667London: George Bell. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Frontispiece portrait numerous b/w plates. Thick 8vos bound by Putnam's in 3/4 red crushed morocco raised bands top edges gilt. London: George Bell 1902. Some rubbing at extremes and with some blue and red penciling throughout else near fine. George Bell unknown books
1986ref. 215801San Francisco CA: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 1986. Staplebound. VG. Quarto. Staplebound. Illustrated wraps. 40 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco unknown books
1865ref. 620851New York: Horace Waters 1865. Softcover. Good. Sheet music. Folio. Single bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Notched and worn along the fold with page numbers stamped in the top corners from once being bound within an album as a result the insert remains attached to the bifolium a small tear to the fore edge of the front cover bifolium separating at the top of the fold light offsetting throughout and a music shop stamp on the front cover complete but a good only copy. For voice and piano. Plate number 1179. This piece is unrecorded by OCLC and appears to be equally scarce in the trade. Horace Waters unknown books
1969ref. 29781New York N.Y.: Haskell House Publishers Ltd 1969. Later printing. Cloth. Fine. Later printing. vi 7- 431 pages. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with silver spine titles. A new copy. Bright and clean internally. Cloth. A quality reprint of the 1891 edition. In this Second edition Holland notes he "added an account of the last five years of the life of Mr. Douglass and especially of his speeches at the World's Fair." "Frederick Douglass born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey c. February 14 1818a - February 20 1895 was an American social reformer abolitionist orator writer and statesman. He was the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century." Wikipedia. Haskell House Publishers Ltd unknown books
1940ref. 9047Los Angeles California 1940. Good . 19 works of mostly pencil and crayon one is watercolor on either art paper or artist's board measuring approximately 20" x 13". Generally good plus to very good with varying degrees of wear; occasional chipping or dust soiling. This is a collection of spectacular fashion drawings created by a young African American woman in Southern California possibly while working for the WPA. Nicola Jeanette Holland Fowles was born March 5 1910 in Kansas City Missouri to John and Essie Holland. By 1920 the Hollands had moved to Los Angeles and Nicola attended and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1927. Nicola attended Pasadena City College taking art classes aspiring to be a costume designer. She enrolled in Lipson's School of Costume Design by 1935. Throughout the mid 1930's she held various costume design and dressmaking positions working for the Los Angeles Board of Education in the Visual Education Section of Works Progress Administration. She later held the titles 'Jr. Clerk' 'Jr. Artist' and later 'Department Head Ladies Alterations' at Eastern Columbia Department Store by 1940. We are not sure when or for whom these pieces were created one is dated 1936 but several of the designs remind us of the WPA's Costumes of the World series. "The Cocktail Hour" is an art deco design and features a tall slender African American woman holding a cigarette as well as her cigarette case. "Fur Cape and Matching Hat" shows a woman in a fur coat and fur hat wearing gloves and a green dress. Another shows a woman in a red dress with a blue and purple cape along with headwear reminiscent of Greek or Roman fashion; at least two other designs reflect ancient fashions as well. There's a woman in an Elizabethan gown another in regal medieval dress wearing a crown one shows a woman in 18th century French dress and a fourth is clearly Egyptian. Two "Dance Frock" and "Brocade" have prices of $15 and $20 respectively written in Nicola's hand on the verso leading to the inference that she exhibited and tried to sell some of these drawings. A few may also have been intended for publication as some have specific color codes detailed on versos. Nicola went on to various interesting jobs throughout the rest of her career and we'll be happy to furnish what we know to whomever acquires this collection. Unique and compelling original fashion designs from a Black female artist. unknown books
2005ref. 1411552New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo Volume One only: lxviii 435 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is illustrated with black and white print on red banner. Boards in red cloth. This is volume 1 of the 8-volume set titled “The Presidential Recordings Lyndon B. Johnson”. This is the first volume of the 3-volume subset comprising the title “The Kennedy Assassination and the Transfer of Power”. The ISBN is for the 3-volume subset. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1411552. FP New Rockville Stock. W.W. Norton & Company hardcover books
1989ref. 159643Atlanta: Peachpit Press 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Advance copy. Very good paperback advanced readers copy. Advance uncorrected proofs. Peachpit Press unknown books
1874ref. 229745New York: Armstrong 1874. Hardcover. Good. Good Front hinge starting to crack. Book lightly chipped at spine ends. Book rubbed on corners and along bottom of book. Writing on front endpaper. Armstrong hardcover books
1997ref. 166359New York: Forge 1997. Softcover. Fine. Uncorr proof. Fine in stiff paper covers. Uncorrected Proof. Forge unknown books
1985ref. 253134OH: Willowisp 1985. Softcover. Illustrated by Don Robison. Fine in wrappers an as new paperback copy. Pages and cover are clean. Willowisp unknown books
1982ref. 208738New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Very good plus in wrappers. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1990ref. 227293Garden City NY: Doubleday 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Nice clean copy. Doubleday hardcover books
1981ref. 259981New York: Dodd Mead 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good first edition hardcover is rubbed at the spine ends and corners clean text. Dustwrapper is rubbed with light chipping to spine ends and corners a few small tears with some tape repair. Dodd, Mead hardcover books
1958ref. 239242New York: Julian Press 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dust jacket. Hardcover and dust jacket both lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners dust jacket soiled and worn faded. Julian Press hardcover books
1905ref. 187332New York: Putnam 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good minus volume 2 only. With maps. Very light foxing. Cover rubbed with staining. Gouge on front edge. Light wer on corners and spine. Putnam hardcover books
1984ref. 267103New York: Delacorte Press 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Hardcover first edition. Dustwrapper has some creasing. Delacorte Press hardcover books
1995ref. 205133New York: Pocket Books 1995. Softcover. Fine. Adv reader. Fine in pictorial stiff paper covers. Box 2882. Pocket Books unknown books
1961ref. 154832New York: Viking Press 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good plus/P. Book lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners lightly soiled foredges. Dustwrapper stuck to book at flaps. Viking Press hardcover books
1877ref. 231070New York: Scribner Armstrong & Co 1877. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Hardcover is rubbed and chipped and frayed at spine ends and corners cover and foredges soiled pages browned at edges. Scribner, Armstrong & Co hardcover books
1989ref. 183084New York: Doubleday 1989. Hardcover. First edition. Advance Review Copy with publisher's sheet laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket. A St. Anselm mystery. Doubleday hardcover books
1938ref. 134799Boston: Heath 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good hardcover. Later printing. Name on front endpaper. Text clean. Spine very light brown. Heath hardcover books
1992ref. 168836New York: Pocket Books 1992. Softcover. Fine. First arc. Fine. Advance Reading Copy in glossy wraps. Pocket Books unknown books
1992ref. 168834New York: Houghton Mifflin 1992. Softcover. Fine. First proof. Fine. Uncorrected proof in yellow wraps. Houghton Mifflin unknown books
1977ref. 220705IL: Year Book Medical 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good/Hardcover no dust jacket Stamps on inside covers. Sticker stain on front cover corners bent. Year Book Medical hardcover books
1990ref. 183085New York: Doubleday 1990. Hardcover. First edition. Advance Review Copy with publisher's sheet laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket. A St. Anselm mystery. Doubleday hardcover books
