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1992réf. vas967Key West Florida: Historic Florida Keys Foundation Inc. 1992. Quarto softbound slick gray illus wrappers 197 pp. Near Fine. Historic Florida Keys Foundation, Inc., 1992. paperback books
1989réf. 43429Chicago: Haase-Mumm Publishing 1989. First edition. 279 pp w/index. Corners lightly tapped else very near fine in full blue cloth. Lacks dust jacket. Pasted inside the front cover is a label designating “This copy is no. 323 of the first edition.” Chicago: Haase-Mumm Publishing hardcover books
1945réf. 67486Chapel Hill NC: The author 1945. First edition. 8vo. 2 48 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates. Student life in the 1880s. Thornton 7542. Very good. Printed wrappers stapled. The author unknown books
1960réf. 50099Stockbridge MA / Washington DC 1960. Very Good. Stockbridge MA & Washington DC: 1960. Small but important archive of correspondence between the beloved artist/illustrator Norman Rockwell 1894-1978 and the DC-based journalist Philip H. Love 1905-1977. Carbon copy of Love's letter toned and foxed with large loss at bottom edge not approaching text else Very Good. Love was the author of the popular syndicated series "Love on Life" consisting of short humorous pieces on the foibles of the times. This collection of correspondence dates from the spring and summer of 1960 when Love was putting together a series of essays called "Why Study." for an issue of The Evening Star's Sunday Magazine. The series comprised of short essays by authorities in their respective fields explaining the importance of studying these fields. This archive relates to Love inviting Rockwell to answer the question "Why Study Art" The collection consists of the following: 1. Short one-paged typed letter signed by Rockwell dated Stockbridge MA May 19 1960. Rockwell responds to a letter not present from Love inviting the artist to contribute an essay on Art for an issue of The Evening Star Sunday Magazine. "I do appreciate being asked to write an article on Art for you but quite honestly I am no writer and I don't have the time to do it. If you care to write something which seems appropriate to you and send it to me I will check it and sign it if it seems OK." 2. Carbon copy of Love's response dated May 25 1960 in which he refers to a questionnaire he has included with his letter. "If you could jot down your answers to the attached questions in the spaces provided and send it back I would have a writer put something together and submit it to you for your approval." 3. Original typescript leaf of Love's questionnaire a series of seven prompts filled out in manuscript ink by Rockwell. The first question asks "Does a good artist just 'grow' or does he have to work to develop his talent" Rockwell responded "Every good artist or illustrator I ever knew or heard of had to be a hard worker. Even genius does not produce masterpieces or even good work automatically or easily." 4. Short undated autograph note signed by Rockwell to Love "By my answers you will easily see why I'm no essayist." Indeed the meat of Rockwell's answers were cleaned up and arranged into a short essay published in the August 21 1960 issue of The Star Magazine. "His" piece was accompanied by contributions by President Eisenhower on "Why Study Languages"; Edward Teller on Physics; Eugene Ormandy on Music; and Patricia McGerr on Literature. unknown books
1940réf. 239431940. Female companionship and sapphic love photo archive circa 1940s to 1960s documenting affectionate and physically intimate relationships among women during decades when lesbian life in the United States was subject to public hostility legal prosecution and discrimination in employment and public accommodations. The identities and relationships of the women are unrecorded and the photographs do not establish how their subjects understood or named themselves but repeated embraces paired portraits shared beds physical closeness and relaxed domestic and recreational scenes place the group within the visual history of sapphic intimacy and female social life. Its chronology overlaps the Lavender Scare which culminated in President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 1953 Executive Order 10450 and the exclusion of gay men and lesbians from federal employment as well as the emergence of the Daughters of Bilitis in San Francisco in 1955 initially organized as a private lesbian social club and alternative to a frequently raided bar scene. Photo archive of 19 silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 1.5 x 1.5 to 3 x 4 inches circa 1940s to 1960s. The photographs consistantly center women in pairs and small groups embracing on park benches reclining against one another outdoors sitting shoulder to shoulder in the grass posing in bathing suits gathering at picnics and swimming areas and relaxing in bedrooms and other private interiors. Several images are unusually intimate for ordinary mid century snapshot photography: two women lie closely entwined beneath a blanket in bed; another pair sit pressed together while smoking cigarettes; women embrace around the waist and shoulders in wooded settings; and one photograph shows two women reclining together on the ground one positioned over the other with her arm around her companion. Elsewhere women pose beside automobiles sit on beds in bathing suits clown for the camera in a bedroom and appear in groups at beaches and outdoor gatherings. Clothing hairstyles photographic papers and changing print formats trace the group across several postwar decades while the recurrence of leisure touch and paired portraiture makes female relationships rather than family ceremony work or public events the archive's principal subject. The photographs belong to a period in which much lesbian social life remained dependent upon private networks even as an organized homophile movement began to emerge publicly. The Daughters of Bilitis founded in 1955 by four lesbian couples began as a private social organization before developing into the first lesbian rights organization in the United States; its magazine The Ladder launched in 1956 and became the first nationally distributed periodical produced for lesbians. Such organization developed amid sustained legal and institutional pressure: beginning in the late 1940s the federal government intensified efforts to remove homosexual employees while police and licensing authorities subjected gay and lesbian gathering places to surveillance and raids. Against that history vernacular photographs of women occupying bedrooms parks swimming areas automobiles and domestic interiors preserve a different register of mid century queer experience one grounded in affection recreation friendship bodily ease and the private circulation of personal images rather than public activism. Light to moderate surface and edge wear occasional creasing and minor staining with some photographs lightly faded or toned. Overall in good condition. A concentrated visual record of female intimacy and joy across the 1940s through 1960s preserving forms of companionship and affection that often left little documentation in the public record. unknown books
1967réf. 191651967. Columbia Pictures Corporation To Sir With Love 1967 documents the emergence of Sidney Poitier as a central figure in global Black cinema and the articulation of race authority and education within a transatlantic context during the Civil Rights era. The film places a Black teacher in a working-class London classroom foregrounding questions of discipline respectability and interracial social dynamics. These lobby cards provide visual evidence of how Poitier's screen persona functioned within narratives of moral authority and social mobility supporting research into African American film history postwar race relations and the international circulation of Black cultural figures. Archive of 11 original lobby cards issued by Columbia Pictures Corporation measuring between approximately 10 x 7.5 inches 10 x 8 inches and 14 x 11 inches comprising four color and seven black and white photographic stills. Each card features Sidney Poitier in staged scenes from the film including classroom interactions moments of confrontation and instruction and scenes of social engagement with students and colleagues. Notable images include Poitier receiving guidance from a fellow instructor on classroom management interacting with the school headmaster and participating in both boxing and dance sequences reflecting the narrative's blending of discipline and personal connection. Co-star Pamela Dare appears in select images emphasizing interpersonal dynamics central to the film's storyline. Several cards bear verso markings including 1960s distribution stamps and one example with a CBS Studios pastedown referencing a 1972 television broadcast indicating continued circulation beyond the initial theatrical release. Produced at a moment when Sidney Poitier had already become the first African American actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor the film and its promotional materials contributed to shaping his public image as a figure of dignity restraint and institutional authority. To Sir With Love extended this image into an international setting situating issues of race and class within the British educational system while maintaining resonance with American audiences during a period of civil rights struggle and social change. The lobby cards offer insight into how Black masculinity and leadership were visually constructed and marketed in late 1960s cinema. Minor edge wear and light handling marks with occasional verso stamps and pastedown; images remain sharp and colors well-preserved; overall very good. A cohesive visual archive of Sidney Poitier's role in redefining Black representation in mainstream film. unknown books
1967réf. 192911967. Columbia Pictures Corporation To Sir With Love 1967 documents the international emergence of Sidney Poitier as a defining figure in African American film history presenting a Black educator navigating race class and authority within a working-class London school. The film situates Poitier's character within an interracial classroom addressing discipline respect and social hierarchy and contributes to the study of Civil Rights-era screen representation and the global circulation of Black leadership figures in popular cinema. Archive of 8 original lobby cards issued by Columbia Pictures Corporation each measuring approximately 14 x 11 inches all in color. The images feature Sidney Poitier in a range of narrative settings including classroom instruction scenes in which he addresses predominantly white students while dressed in formal attire reinforcing his role as an authoritative educator. Additional scenes depict Poitier boxing suggesting physical discipline and personal control and social interactions with co-stars including Suzy Kendall and Garreth Robinson including a gathering scene and a seated classroom moment. Other lobby cards focus on the students themselves emphasizing the group dynamics central to the film's narrative. All cards include printed captions identifying the film and principal actors. Produced during a period when Sidney Poitier had established his position as the first African American recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor To Sir With Love extended his screen persona into an international educational setting aligning narratives of racial progress with themes of discipline and mutual respect. The film's depiction of a Black teacher commanding authority in a white classroom resonated with contemporaneous struggles over integration and social change in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Minor uniform half-inch holes to the lower right of each card slightly affecting image area; otherwise bright with light handling wear; overall very good. A cohesive visual group illustrating Sidney Poitier's role in shaping representations of Black authority in late 1960s cinema. unknown books
1954réf. 460558New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Ownership stamp and signature of noted American psychologist and anthropologist Henry Guze a founder of the American Academy of Psychotherapists the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and co-founder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex on the front fly else fine in lightly rubbed else fine dustwrapper. McGraw-Hill Book Company hardcover books
1970réf. 444355Miami Florida: SFCA 1970. Softcover. Fine. Comic book zine. Cover by Josh Adkins Richardson. 14pp. Quarto sheets side-stapled. Near fine with two some toning and wear at the edges. Features the original comic story Tales of the Shade by Bill Black along with reprints of Buck Rodger and The Durango Kid by Frank Frazetta. SFCA unknown books
1970réf. 193091New York: Foremost Americans Publishing 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 788pp. Rubbing on boards light spotting on the spine very good lacking a dust jacket. Highlights women in a profession dominated at the highest ranks by men. Love was a seminal figure of the women's lesbian and gay rights movements. Love along with other lesbian and gay people helped to influence the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Gloria Steinem said of Love "From the earliest days of this wave of feminism Barbara Love brought women together across the many adjectives meant to divide us.". Foremost Americans Publishing hardcover books
1964réf. 400971Cape May N.J.: Lumar Music Co 1964. Unbound. Near Fine. Quarto. One leaf folded to make four pages. Front cover illustrated with photos of Victorian Cape May. Rear cover delivers a brief history of the town by Marge Love. Slight soiling and a faint crease else near fine. OCLC locates no copies. Lumar Music Co unknown books
1980réf. 381995San Francisco: No Publisher 1980. Unbound. Near Fine. Photomechanically reproduced flyer on 8.5" x 11" yellow paper. Fine. An original flyer promoting a Stuff Upper Lips' gig at Fab Mab in San Francisco with Love Circus and High Voltage. Fab Mab also known as Mabuhay Gardens was a San Francisco venue referred to as the West Coast CBGBs and promoted by Dirk Dirkson. [No Publisher unknown books
1977réf. 379832Berkeley: Release Press 1977. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Wrappers. Slight toning and rubbing else near fine. Release Press unknown books
réf. 375676Softcover. Near Fine. Late 19th or early 20th century copy of a portrait from a late 18th century miniature illustrated on p. 191 of Fairfax Count in Virginia by Nan Netherton et al. the original is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gray watercolor wash drawing highlighted in white on beige artists' board. Image size about 4" x 3" on 8" x 6" board. Captioned on verso. Slight age-toning near fine. Love was a prominent citizen born in Charles County Maryland grew up at Salisbury Plantation in Loudoun County Virginia. He served as Sheriff of Loudon and later was involved in the construction of The Little River Turnpike. The original image was painted by Robert Field in 1800 the year of Love's death. Artist of this copy is unknown replicating Field's initials and the date "R.F. 1800". A very nicely executed image. unknown books
1992réf. 308800Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin Books 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Advance Review Copy. Fine in fine dust jacket. Promotional material laid in. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Algonquin Books hardcover books
1896réf. 524161London: Macmillan and Co 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Illustrated by H. R. Millar. Introduction by George Saintsbury. Owner bookplate "Ray Livingstone Armstrong" and two owner signatures on the front endleaves. Binding mostly worn at the extremities and with a lightly sunned spine endleaves with a bit of tanning very good. The novels were first published in 1816 and 1818 respectively. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1949réf. 428081Harmondsworth: Penguin Books 1949. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Age-toned pages with foxing on the covers and edgewear on the spine with short tears very good. Penguin Books number # 557. A satirical romance. Penguin Books unknown books
1891réf. 28181London: J. M. Dent & Co 1891. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies on large paper 8vo pp. 192; decorative title-p. printed in red and black engraved frontispiece woodcut ornaments throughout; original beige buckram gilt-lettered direct on spine; spine a little darkened else near fine. J. M. Dent & Co unknown books
2021réf. UB-17877Viking 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition first printing signed by Amor Towles on a leaf specially bound in by the publisher. Very mild shelf wear to just jacket. From the publisher: "The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June 1954 eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone his father recently deceased and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother Billy and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction-to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings characters and themes"--. Viking hardcover books
1972réf. 17168New York: Stein and Day 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First Edition. Hardcover. This first edition of Sappho Was a Right-On Woman comes from the library of the late influential Jewish lesbian feminist theorist activist and scholar Dr. Bette S. Tallen 1950-2023. The first nonfiction book to discuss lesbianism positively and non-diagnostically and the first to examine the connection between feminism and lesbianism Sappho Was a Right-On Women is the work of two important lesbian feminists influential in the Gay Liberation Movement and both active members of the National Organization of Women NOW: Sidney Abbott 1937-2015 a member of Lavender Menace and Barbara Love 1937-2022 a member of the 1973 presentation persuading the American Psychiatric Association APA to remove homosexuality from the DSM. This is an admittedly worn but complete first edition of this landmark work with notable provenance. Dr. Bette Tallen's copy with her ownership signature to front free endpaper. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 251pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved jacket. Heavy wear to unclipped dust jacket with open tears to edges and extremities including slight loss to author's name at head of spine sunning to spine and surrounding panels creasing and surface wear and foxing to verso. Bound in red paper over boards with author signatures in gilt to upper board spine backed in maroon cloth and lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to binding with sunning to edges dust soiling and bumping to extremities. Foxing to edges of text block and to endpapers. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Admittedly a first printing of this landmark work that has a history of its own as evidenced by the detailed physical condition provided above but one with a relevant and meaningful provenance from the collection of the late Lesbian and Women's Studies scholar and activist Dr. Bette S. Tallen. Stein and Day hardcover books
2016réf. 16947Evanston Il: Northwestern University Press 2016. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xvii 207pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of paper over boards. Very gentle bump to head of spine. Very faint dust-spotting to text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: After more than a century the urgency with which the writing of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Friedrich Nietzsche speaks to us is undiminished. Nietzsche explicitly acknowledged Dostoevsky's relevance to his work noting its affinities as well as its points of opposition. Both of them are credited with laying much of the foundation for what came to be called existentialist thought. The essays in this volume bring a fresh perspective to a relationship that illuminates a great deal of twentieth-century intellectual history. Among the questions taken up by contributors are the possibility of morality in a godless world the function of philosophy if reason is not the highest expression of our humanity the nature of tragedy when performed for a bourgeois audience and the justification of suffering if it is not divinely sanctioned. Above all these essays remind us of the supreme value of the questioning itself that pervades the work of Dostoevsky and Nietzsche.Publisher. Northwestern University Press hardcover books
1654réf. 27380London: Printed by T.R. & E.M. for J. Rothwell 1654. First edition. Modern cloth. A very good copy; rebound in cloth with new endpapers faint institutional blind-stamp to title page tiny deaccession stamp to rear endpaper occasional faint dampstain or foxing but quite clean. 8 291 5 pp. 8vo. Does not contain 'The Christians directory' Wing L3145 which may have been issued separately in 1653. Christopher Love 1618–1651 clergyman converted to evangelical Christianity in 1633 when he heard William Erbury preach. Later he was appointed chaplain to the regiment at Windsor Castle; but from 1646 on believed that heretics in the army were the greatest threat to Presbyterianism and so became a central figure in an attack on the republic. In 1649 Love became involved in a plot to return the exiled Charles II to the throne of England for which act he was condemned to death and beheaded three years before this volume was printed. "The volumes of posthumously published sermons show that Love was an able preacher whose method was to apply Calvinist doctrine to both comfort and humble his flock before God" DNB. This volume was the property of Rev. William De Loss Love Jr most probably of Hartford CT. ESTCR202772. Wing 2nd ed. L3149 Variant. Printed by T.R. & E.M. for J. Rothwell hardcover books
1966réf. 38881San Diego: Greenleaf Classics 1966. 191p. old price sticker on front cover otherwise very good first printing PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Young 63 Greenleaf Classic GC213. Cowboys and Indians. First book of the trilogy. Greenleaf Classics unknown books
1971réf. 19954New York: The Traveller's Companion 1971. Paperback. 207p. very good first printing PBO in original wraps. Gay pulp fiction Young 58 TC 510 The Other Traveller. San Francisco surrogate sleuth caught up in a murder mystery involving his father and a missing Hispanic American boy. Gunn page 120. The Traveller's Companion paperback books
1810réf. 539452London: Printed for T. Hookham Jun. and E.T. Bookham 1810. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. Original blue papercovered boards rebacked with original small printed paper spine label. Armorial bookplate "Bodegroes" spotting and wear on the boards very good housed in a custom clamshell case. Printed for T. Hookham, Jun. and E.T. Bookham hardcover books
