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1948réf. 035048NY: Farrar Straus. 1948. A historical romance. Waters' second collaboration with Branch after River Lady. Waters is better known for his novels and nonfiction about the American Southwest and in particular Native Americans than for his historical fiction collaborations with Branch. Handling apparent to boards a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with shallow edge chipping. Hardcover. Very Good. Farrar Straus hardcover books
1948réf. 26164Farrar Straus and Company 1948. Second printing before publication. Hardcover. 371pp. Octavo. Light gray cloth covered boards. Very good. The edges of the covers are subtly bumped and darkened. The pastedowns are mildly darkened. The pages are slightly yellowed. There is a very small light stain on p. 89. Frank Waters was nominated multiple times for the Nobel Prize and was awarded seven honorary doctorate degrees from southwestern colleges: University of Albuquerque 1973; Colorado State University 1973; New Mexico State University 1976; University of New Mexico 1978; Colorado College 1978; University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1983 and University of Nevada Las Vegas 1982. Farrar, Straus and Company hardcover books
1975réf. 99127Eastbourne: Eastbourne Fine Art 1975. cloth. large 8vo. cloth. ii 368 2; 631 pages. 2 volumes. Vol. I contains a thorough listing of twentieth century British artists with a brief description of mediums place of study and other special notes. Vol. II contains additional listings and a lengthy collection of black-and-white and color plates 392 items. Eastbourne Fine Art unknown books
1970réf. 152745Columbia: University of Missouri Press 1970. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine Hardcover no dust jacket. Book is in fine condition except for light soiling foredges. Nice clean copy. University of Missouri Press hardcover books
1970réf. 59443Columbia: University of Missouri Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1970. Cloth. 0826200834 . A Fine edition in a mildly soiled alike dust-jacket ; Duessa is a theological satire by Douglas Waters that criticizes the Christian faith.; 8vo; 169 pages . University of Missouri Press hardcover books
réf. 30258Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Chicago & NY 1910. 298 pages clothbound. A little cocked else very good condition. . Other hardcover books
1971réf. 431761Charlotte North Carolina: Red Clay Books 1971. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. Octavo. Photographic wrappers. Very near fine. Inscribed by one of the editors Robert Waters Grey to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor. Red Clay Books unknown books
1925réf. 68746Hertford: published by the Author 1925. 8vo 2 volumes pp. xl 400; 2 401-826 2; each entry with a simple sentence in Balochi gloss and notes; full publisher's brown cloth; hinges and corners rubbed some worming to the front board of volume II plus a few holes in margins of textblock ex-Library of Congress with their stamp and residue of pockets on lower endpapers text clean and sound a good usable set. Includes the "first comprehensive grammar" of Balochi per its review in the Royal Asiatic Society Journal. published by the Author unknown books
1972réf. 221831972. African AmericanFilm and Entertainment Waters Ethel. To Me It's Wonderful. New York: Harper & Row 1972. First edition. Original wrappers. Inscribed on the title page by the author: "In His Precious Love / Ethel Waters." A compelling first-person memoir by trailblazing African American actress and singer Ethel Waters. Waters rose to fame on the Harlem Renaissance stage and in Hollywood before undergoing a profound religious conversion later in life. This work her second autobiography following His Eye is on the Sparrow 1951 departs from a conventional career retrospective in favor of a testimonial narrative documenting her embrace of evangelical Christianity and her close association with Rev. Billy Graham to whom the book is dedicated "To my precious child Billy Graham and my entire Team family". Waters an emblematic figure of 20th-century Black performance history broke barriers as the first African American woman nominated for a Primetime Emmy and among the earliest to star in her own television program. Her legacy includes her profound impact on jazz blues and gospel music as well as her courageous navigation of a white-dominated entertainment and religious sphere. Wrapper with modest edgewear and vertical creasing along spine minor surface rubbing to rear. Overall very good condition. An uncommon signed copy of Waters' second autobiography. unknown books
1948réf. 348912Washington DC: Agnes Waters 1948. 16p. including covers; staplebound 5.5x8.5 inch pamphlet faintly fold-creased otherwise very good. Waters has been called the most inflammatory speaker from the Mothers' Movement a network of far-right isolationist women's groups that sought to prevent the US from entering WWII and after it had begun sought withdrawal. The first half of this pamphlet reproduces her testimony before Congress opposing the Marshall Plan. The rest of the pages are devoted to polemics against Jews as the sponsors of Communism a reprint of a leaflet urging "militant Christians to fight Communism" reprints of brief newspaper articles and on the rear cover a portrait of Waters captioned "For my country- against the Jews" with facsimile inscription at the bottom identifying her as "only woman candidate for president of the United States. [Agnes Waters] unknown books
1948réf. 320109Washington DC: Agnes Waters 1948. 16p. including covers; staplebound 5.5x8.5 inch pamphlet penciled notation about anti-Semitic contents mostly erased but still partly visible on cover. Waters has been called the most inflammatory speaker from the Mothers' Movement a network of far-right isolationist women's groups that sought to prevent the US from entering WWII and after it had begun sought withdrawal. The first half of this pamphlet reproduces her testimony before Congress opposing the Marshall Plan. The rest of the pages are devoted to polemics against Jews as the sponsors of Communism a reprint of a leaflet urging "militant Christians to fight Communism" reprints of brief newspaper articles and on the rear cover a portrait of Waters captioned "For my country- against the Jews" with facsimile inscription at the bottom identifying her as "only woman candidate for president of the United States. [Agnes Waters] unknown books
1993réf. 65906London: Robert Hale 1993. 8vo pp. 174 2; full black cloth; fine in near fine lightly rubbed dust jacket. Robert Hale unknown books
1974réf. 172057N.p.: Saliva Films / Dreamland Productions 1974. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1974 film showing the film's poster. John Waters' fourth feature after his wildly successful 1972 film "Pink Flamingos" about a rebellious high-school student who embarks on a murder spree after her parents deny her request for cha-cha heels at Christmastime. Dedicated to Manson Family member Charles "Tex" Watson who inspired the theme of the film: "crime is beauty." Shot on location in Baltimore Maryland. 10 x 8 inches with wide top and bottom margins. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 929. Saliva Films / Dreamland Productions unknown books
1972réf. 143717New York: Pathfinder Press 1972. Pamphlet. 43p. wraps very good condition first printing 4.25x7.25 inches. Pathfinder Press unknown books
1908réf. 6284New York: Henry Holt 1908. Good. 26 cm; 362 pages ads including 200 illustrations from original drawings and photographs. Bound in green cloth stamped in blind. Spine stamped brightly in gilt. Hinges weak. Lower hinge repaired. Gift inscription on front blank. Henry Holt hardcover books
1930réf. 57760New York: Horace Liveright 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 233pp. Octavo 19.5 cm Orange and blue cloth covered boards with silver stamped titles on the spine and front cover and a small silver stamped palm tree design on the front cover. The front board fas a general layer of light staining the spine is rolled and there is a small nick in the cloth along the front joint. There is a contemporary owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. A first edition of the author's first book. Horace Liveright hardcover books
1890réf. List2833Shasta County and Siskiyou County 1890. Fifteen photographs approximately 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Each mounted on heavy cardboard backing approximately 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches which is mounted on heavy cardboard of approximately 8 x 10 ½ inches. Unknown if photographs are stamped verso due to mounting. Some with recent captions on the largest mount; some captions likely incorrect see description. Fine contrast overall fine condition. Raper James Waters 1856–1937 was a professional photographer from Sacramento California. He was first active as a photographer in Gold Hill Nevada in the 1880s. Following this he returned to California and had studios in Berkeley and San Francisco between the late 1880s and mid-1920s. Offered here is a collection of fifteen of Waters’ photographs from around Mount Shasta likely from the late 1880s or 1890s. The photographs are mainly from places in Siskiyou County where Mount Shasta is located including shots of the towns of Sisson now Mount Shasta and Dunsmuir Sisson and Dunsmuir are on the Siskiyou Trail an ancient Native American footpath running from the San Francisco area to Portland Oregon. The Central Pacific Railroad Company completed a train line along the Siskiyou Trail in 1887; one shot from an unknown location shows railroad tracks rounding a curve among felled trees. Just outside of Dunsmuir is the Shasta Springs resort mislabeled here as Shasta Bottling Works famous for its springwater – the fountains of water in the photograph are from pressurized pipes coming from the springs. Other captioned photographs show Castle Crags hikers summiting Mount Shasta Mossbrae Falls and Castle Lake mislabeled as Crystal Lake. Photographs also show campers with their tent small houses a canoe on a lake and snowy winter scenes. Overall a striking set of photographs. unknown books
2002réf. 3745First UK Edition/First Printing; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws with the original wrap around band and sewn in ribbon. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A lovely copy of this true first edition of the highly acclaimed novel. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. Virago hardcover books
2002réf. 420603New York: Riverhead Books 2002. Softcover. Very Good. Later printing. Trade paperback. Spine creased and cocked very good being Nicholas Delbanco's copy with his name penned inside rear wrapper. Fiction. Riverhead Books unknown books
2002réf. 1404420London UK: Virago Press 2002. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 548 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket and Very Good condition paper wraparound. Spine is black with white lettering and white gloves motif. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "£12.99" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Textblock tail edge has small orange stain. Signed flat on title page by Sarah Waters. Shelved in Room Z. 1404420. Special Collections - Upstairs. Virago Press hardcover books
1975réf. 66538Ithaca: Ithaca House 1975. First edition. 55 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Waters' first full-length collection of poetry. Ithaca: Ithaca House unknown books
1900réf. 416526New York: Edgar S. Werner Publishing & Supply Co 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Olive green cloth stamped in black. Floral front endpaper detached else very good. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. Edgar S. Werner Publishing & Supply Co hardcover books
1987réf. 90056Athens:: Swallow Press Ohio University Press . Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0804008914 . A novel. Third printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Swallow Press (Ohio University Press) , hardcover books
1978réf. 38911NP: Pacific Lithograph Company 1978. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Large glossy page folded to make four 9" x 12" pages. 50th Wedding Anniversary announcement for Virginia and Ansel Adams. Inside features a striking photolithographic reproduction of one of Adams' iconic images: "Monolith the Face of Half Dome Yosemite Valley" with Ansel Adams' facsimile signature at lower right margin. On page facing the photolithograph is a poem titled "I have learned" written in 1798 by William Wordsworth. On the back cover features a personal lengthy printed message from the Adams to their frends and family in recognition of their 50th wedding anniversary. Moderate shelf wear and creasing along spine. Covers in overall good interior in very good condition. Pacific Lithograph Company unknown books
1926réf. 148247Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1926. Vintage reference photograph of actress Arlette Marchal from the 1926 film. Based on the 1927 novel by Zane Grey not published until a year after the film's release. A fugitive is left in the desert to die by his outlaw partner but is rescued by a young rancher unaware that romantic entanglements with a neighboring rancher's daughter will complicate their friendship. Now considered to be a lost film. Shot on location in Hurricane Bluffs Utah. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good with light toning and edgewear and a small chip to the right edge. Paramount Pictures unknown books
