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1961ref. 21819Derby CT: Monarch Books 1961. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1961 1st printing. Bright crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Small former owner stamp at the bottom of the title page. Pocketbook Monarch Books 217. "A Frank Revealing Novel of a Man in Perpetual Pursuit of Passion Monarch Books unknown books
1955ref. 20505New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1955. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. James Flora. WARMLY --LENGTHILY-- INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR JAMES FLORA on the half-title's verso. A crisp very sharp copy to boot of the 1955 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright price-intact $2.75 Near Fine dustjacket with several tiny closed tears along the panel edges. Quarto wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color and black-and-white by James Flores himself. Also includes a 1 pg. TLS from the author to a close friend of his with whom he had just shared a trip. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown books
1915ref. 1663London: The Office of "The Girl's Own Paper and Woman's 1915. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A nice copy of this lovely early study of the crochet hook. c. 1915. IN THE VERY UNCOMMON ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. VG in a bright VG example of the scarce dustjacket. Minor chipping along the fore-edge crease of the jacket and along the spine crown. Still a very well-preserved copy of an attractive yet fragile book. Octavo 118 pgs. second edition. The Office of "The Girl's Own Paper and Woman's hardcover books
1983ref. 618033New York: Simon and Schuster 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 432pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip and promotional material laid in. The true story of serial killer Joseph Kallinger. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1930ref. 609734New York: The Womans Press 1930. Softcover. Good. First edition. 112pp. Wrappers. Front cover detached from spine but still partially glued to first page chips and tears on wraps spine unglued from text block good only. The Womans Press unknown books
1960ref. 610578New York: Coward-McCann Inc 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Tenth printing. Illustrated by Sofia. Octavo. Pictorial boards. Fine in modestly rubbed very good dust jacket with a light ring on the front panel. Warmly Inscribed by the author. Coward-McCann, Inc hardcover books
1920ref. 601729London: Hodder and Stoughton 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 263pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slightly cocked spine toning on the endpapers and slight wear on the board edges thus very good. According to the preface of the revised edition; "After training to be a doctor at the London School of Medicine for Women Flora Murray became an active member of the Women's Social and Political Union. At the outbreak of the First World War she and her fellow suffragists laid down their banners and sought to aid the Allied war effort. Working within the newly formed Women's Hospital Corps Murray and her colleague Louisa Garrett Anderson overcame initial prejudice and established two military hospitals in France in the period 1914 -1915. Their success prompted an invitation from the War Office to open the Endell Street Military Hospital in London staffed entirely by women. First published in 1920 Murray's account illustrated with numerous photographs records important steps in furthering the acceptance of women in the medical profession. For female doctors surgeons and nurses the war provided not only the 'occasion for service' but also 'get professional opportunities.' In Beatrice Harraden's preface in the original text she writes "This record of the work of the Women's Hospital Corps in France and especially at the Military Hospital Endell Street is a valuable contribution to the literature of the Women Movement. Dr. Flora Murray and Dr. Garrett Anderson made history at Endell Street. Through their initiative endeavor and efficiency they opened the doors to further fields of opportunity for women physicians and surgeons and not only for medical women but for all women who are setting out or have already set out to conquer fresh territory. We owe them a debt of gratitude the recognition of which will become even more accentuated as the years go on." A nice copy of an important women's medical text. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
1971ref. 604171Enugu Nigeria: Nwankwo-Ifejika & Co. Publishers Ltd 1971. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Printed wrappers. A trifle worn still easily a fine copy. A collection of stories by "the Mother of Modern African Literature" centered around life for women in Nigeria. From the lower wrap: "Skilfully sic she recaptures in print the frustrations Lagos life holds for our women and naturally places a lot of the blame on men who have proved to be unreliable." According to the Nigerian newspaper The Guardian Nwapa was the first female African novelist to be published in in Britain in English partially financed by a supportive Chinua Achebe who is listed as Editorial Advisor for this title. Her first two were novels published as part of Heinemann's African Writers Series. In 1970 she founded the Tana Press becoming one of Nigeria's first female publishers. An important collection by a pioneering Nigerian feminist author. Nwankwo-Ifejika & Co. Publishers Ltd unknown books
1969ref. 586639London: Heinemann 1969. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 218pp. Modest wear and a bit of spotting on the page edges very good or better. Review copy for the American importer Humanities Press of New York with a label laid down onto the first page. Issued as No. 56 in the African Writers Series. Heinemann unknown books
1946ref. 560415Napoli / Roma: Gaspare Casella Editore / De Luigi Editore 1946. Softcover. Very Good. Nos. 1-18 in 15 issues i.e. three double issues. Slim octavos. Text in Italian. Printed wrappers paper still supple. Owner's signature of author and critic Michele Cantarella a leading anti-fascist Italian expatriate on the cover of one issue and three issues with a bit of pencilled marginal bracketing by him. Modest toning wear and soil a few tiny tears at the spine ends the first five issues with the pages somewhat toned and occasional very light foxing mostly confined to the first and last leaves a nice very good or better run of this somewhat delicate Italian literary magazine that featured two publishers and three editors during this time period. Of particular note is the inclusion of "Angoscia" "Anguish" later known as "Anguish in the Barracks" in issue 16 a very early possibly the earliest published story by Italo Calvino predating his first book by two years. The final issue prints a "Referendum" of four questions for poets about their work and claim that they have already received responses from Eugenio Montale Cesare Pavesi Corrado Alvaro and others and will begin publishing their responses in the next issue but the magazine ceased publication with No. 17/18. A well-preserved set of a cheaply wartime- printed magazine. Gaspare Casella Editore / De Luigi Editore unknown books
1898ref. 425944Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1898. Hardcover. Near Fine. 24mo. Measuring 5.5" x 6". Brown leather boards with beveled edges gilt decorations with the name "Flora Haedrich" embossed in gilt on the front board and lacking one metal clasp. Contains 43 ferrotype and ambrotype black and white photographs measuring between 0.5" x 0.5" and 3.5" x 2" with captions. Lightly bumped spine ends and corners with slight edgewear thus near fine album with fine photographs. Philadelphia woman Flora Haedrich's family album containing portraits of her immediate and external family members from 1865 with later pictures from 1898 and notes written in 1925. The photographs feature Flora's sisters brothers and parents and also include shots of her uncles aunts cousins and grandparents with captions including names and connections to her family written below. The photographs are professionally shot ferrotypes and ambrotypes developed by J. Fenton's photo miniature shop located on South Street in Philadelphia during the mid-19th Century. Several family members identified as business men and women are of interest. Haedrich's father Henry G. Haedrich Jr. started a company Haedrich and Sons Co. for leather working harness and saddlery for carriages in Philadelphia. According to a contemporary newspaper "Haedrich's establishment and the opinion prevailed universally has excelled by far any harness ever manufactured in this city. The whole style design finish and workmanship of this elegant set of harness are in the main original and if placed in fair competition with the finest productions of European manufacturers would undoubtedly secure the highest honors." Another member of the family Augustus Haedrich manufactured carriages and was president of the building association in Philadelphia. Lastly Emma Kirkham née Wootton is captioned as the cousin to Haedrich. Kirkham was a practicing Mormon who was active in the Young Ladies Retrenchment Association as second consular in Lehi Utah. On the last page of Haedrich's album she writes her new last name after marrying William John Bok. An aesthetically pleasing collection of professionally shot photographs of a Philadelphia family taken between 1865-1898. hardcover books
1886ref. 405690Boston: D. Lothrop and Company 1886. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Pictorial papercovered boards. Illustrated. Faint dampstain on page edges and on boards extremities worn and frayed thus a fair to good only copy. Containing thirteen juvenile short stories: "A district messenger boy" by James Otis "Wagon-Tire Camp" by Kate Foote "The Gypsies" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood "Hunted by a wild stallion" by J.E. Collins "Wild horses" by Ernest Ingersoll "How Walter found his father" by Flora Haines Apponyi "After the buffalo" by C.E.S. Wood "Osito" by F.L. Stealey "Jap" by Ellen Olney Kirk "The rich man of the mountains" by Helen E. Sweet "One way to be brave" by Alice Wellington Rollins "The Gypsy's prophecy" by Anna Leach "Plum blooms" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood. Scarce. D. Lothrop and Company hardcover books
1900ref. 393217Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company 1900. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Decorative green cloth stamped in gilt top edge gilt. Near fine with modest edgewear. Lothrop Publishing Company hardcover books
1987ref. 352309New York: Simon and Schuster 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 587pp. Fine in about fine price-clipped dust jacket. A look at the current state of the nations of Europe. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1968ref. 51433NY: Burt Franklin 1968. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xviii 458pp index. Very good hardback bound in publisher's green cloth and issued without a jacket. Burt Franklin hardcover books
1955ref. 454130New York: Henry Holt and Company 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 318pp. Illustrated from photographs. Topedge with a few foxed spots lightest of offsetting on endpapers else fine in a very good or better dustwrapper with light general wear a bit of soil and light foxing on the verso. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
1954ref. 626089London: Cassell 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. 320pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Slight foxing on page edges faint offsetting on endpapers very good or better in a price-clipped good only dust jacket with chips a portion of the front panel missing affecting title and soiling. Cassell hardcover books
1951ref. 590179Stanford California: Stanford University Press 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Octavo. vii 217pp. Gutter starting between pages 70-71 cloth modestly soiled spine ends and corners lightly bumped very good in a good only price-clipped dust jacket with age-toning and chips and tears along extremities and on the spine. An affectionately long gift inscription from the author on the front fly Signed by the author. Scarce Inscribed copy of one of her most notable books with most copies being held in institutions. Stanford University Press hardcover books
1968ref. 50013NY: Burt Franklin 1968. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xv 261pp index. Very good hardback bound in publisher's red cloth and issued without a jacket. Burt Franklin hardcover books
1979ref. 2279004London: The Folio Society 1979. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. 3rd printing Ford-Smith Folio 76 #445. Includes publisher's slipcase publisher's insert laid in. Splits to slipcase seams neatly repaired spine toned. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1979 Hard Cover. 241 pp. Introduction by Sir Hugh Casson photographic frontispiece and illustrations from various sources. Lark Rise is a 1939 semi-autobiographical novel by the English author Flora Thompson. It was illustrated by Lynton Lamb. In 1945 the book was republished as part of the trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford comprising the novels Lark Rise 1939 Over to Candleford 1941 and Candleford Green 1943. It is the inspiration for the recent BBC series which is named for the trilogy. The Folio Society hardcover books
1951ref. 71742Dallas: The Story Book Press 1951. First edition 12mo pp. 38; illustrations in the text; fine copy in original pictorial blue cloth stamped in silver and in a near fine silver dust jacket printed in blue. This copy inscribed June 23 1952 "To two little girls of long ago I knew & loved & called them 'Nellie & Luna.' Miss Tiko . Mrs. Whedon & Mrs. Plemb of 'my old home town' - Montana Kansas" "A collection of thirty-one tales from Tibet gathered within the refugee community and illustrated with traditional Tibetan-style drawings" amazon.com. The Story Book Press unknown books
1912ref. 69644Cincinnati: Foreign Christian Missionary Society 1912. First edition 8vo pp. 141 1; frontispiece and 17 leaves of plates one leaf loose and another nearly so; original brown cloth gilt title on cover and spine; lower board stained text clean all the plates a little shaken good. The Sheltons along with the Ogdens established the first missionary outpost in Batang in the Kham region of Tibet. Flora's husband Albert Shelton raised funds by selling artifacts and photographs to the Newark Museum and private collectors including Rockefeller and became famous for his indefatigable work in a difficult and contested region. After surviving one abduction in 1920 he ultimately perished after being attacked by highwaymen on his way to Markam Gartok. Flora Shelton continued her missionary work after her husband's death but left little record of her activities beyond this book and another published after her husband's death. Yakushi S409. Foreign Christian Missionary Society unknown books
1863ref. 57141New York: Currier & Ives 1863. Hand-colored lithograph approx. 30¼" x 22" by sight; fine example with strong coloring; attractively matted and in a curly maple frame. Currier & Ives New Best Fifty no. 23; Reilly Currier & Ives A Catalogue Raisonné Detroit 1984 pp. 737 758; no. 7326. Provenance: from the collection of the Minnesota railroad tycoon James J. Hill Saint Paul Minnesota. One of Currier & Ives most famous and dramatic images depicting the steamboat Princess as firewood is loaded onto the ship to power its steam engines. The artist Frances Flora Bond Palmer 1812-1876 often referred to as Fanny Palmer was an English artist who became successful in the United States as a lithographer for Currier and Ives between 1849-1868. She is credited with producing around two hundred lithographs for them during this time. Currier & Ives unknown books
1920ref. 39758Chicago: The Bookfellows 1920. First edition sm 8vo pp. 72; 1/400 copies printed by The Torch Press a fine copy in cloth-backed boards with paper label on spine and upper cover. The Bookfellows unknown books
2013ref. 137314Pasadena CA: Clinker Press The 2013. broadside. Clinker Press. small 4to. broadside. Broadside with a quotation by Arnstein. Designed and printed by Andre Chaves for Ann Chaves' Embroidery Workshop for the Craftsman Weekend. Clinker Press, The unknown books
