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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
1910réf. 6245Various locations 1910. Very good. Approximately 150 letters totaling around 600pp. With approximately 250 photographs. Several letters with envelopes stamps clipped. Old folds some light wear and soiling. An extensive archive of letters and photographs belonging to an American diplomat in Morocco and Ethiopia. Guy Robert Love 1876-1913 was a dentist in Coshocton Ohio when he sought adventure in 1907 -- opening up a dentistry practice in Tangier Morocco. In June 1908 he was appointed Vice Consul in the United States diplomatic corps and then took the same post at Addis Ababa in Abyssinia now Ethiopia during the last years of the venerable Emperor Menelik II. Although the United States had previously appointed African-American consuls such as Frederick Douglass Love was not Black. His letters here are primarily written to his mother along with several other family members and most are several pages long. The bulk of the correspondence was sent from Abyssinia and is on American Legation letterhead. The correspondence begins on October 7 1907 with Love's arrival at Gibraltar and he then sends his first letter from Tangier on October 30 1907. On December 27 1907 he explains his market niche: "There are a couple of Spanish dentists here who work very cheap. They get the cheap class as my prices are way over their heads. I get the rich Moors and foreign ministers and members of the diplomatic corps." In quick order he was able to meet Kaïd Sir Harry Maclean a famed Scottish instructor to the Moroccan army March 2 1908 and on June 20 1908 he reports "I had a new job last Monday and Tuesday. Was appointed clerk of the U.S. Consulate Court here." By November 28 1908 he was considering following the consul to a new position in Abyssinia. He discusses the consul Hoffman Philip on January 5 1909: "We are to be I think the only Americans in Addis Ababa. He was one of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Cuban campaign and has been here as consul general ever since." Philip's connections proved handy as they made the long journey from Morocco through the Mediterranean -- en route to Ethiopia Love crossed paths with ex-president Theodore Roosevelt who was on his way to beginning the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African expedition. A postscript of April 9th encloses a faded snapshot of him with Roosevelt on deck and another of "Kermit Roosevelt & the naturalists going ashore at Ismailia halfway through canal. They shot birds & joined boat at Suez." Another photograph shows Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt with Love aboard a launch boat per the caption. They parted ways on April 17th in Aden Arabia: "Everyone was at the rail to get a look at Mr. Roosevelt. They had a big teddy bear on a platform just under the bridge and all cheered when we passed as Mr. R was enjoying it as much as anyone. Mr. Rosevelt bid me good bye and wished me all the success in the world and asked me to express his gratitude to Emperor Menelik for his kindness." Love's first letter from Ethiopia was May 2 1909 at Dire Dawa between Djibouti and Addis Ababa where he remained for several weeks waiting for Mr. Philip and trying to secure transportation to the capital. He arrived in Addis Ababa on June 19th and a fragment of a letter from July 6th describes his first encounter with the Emperor: "We were notified that Menelik would be pleased to receive us at the Guebbi palace on Tuesday the 6th." With perhaps 10000 in attendance "all standing except his majesty who was propped up on cushions on his throne. It was a very formal affair but he is a good sort but is certainly not going to last many moons. His voice is very weak and he was breathing quite heavy." Love attended a banquet on the anniversary of Menelik's coronation on September 30 1909: "The two court fools made fools of themselves during the feast and a man was brought in for our benefit as a curiosity who sat on the floor in front of the king and eat over half a bullock raw. I don't blame you for not believing this." The Ethiopian staple injera is described: "Native bread was also served in huge quantities and is like an enormous pancake." He accompanied Philip for a personal audience with the Emperor and Empress on October 15th. Their interpreter "is usually a very proud old man and is highly respected by all the natives but they are all held in such subjection by the Emperor that they are scared to death in his presence." The letters are full of good local color. On October 28 1909 Love explains mail delays: "It was supposed that the couriers had been murdered in the Dankali country as the couriers of July 9 had been as the natives there have been looting caravans and amusing themselves general at someone else's expense and inconvenience but the couriers turned up last night and said the delay was caused by the mules dying on the way and as there are no animals in that part of the country except camels and they are owned by hostile tribes it was a difficult matter to get mules." On November 5 1909 he reports: "The Emperor had a third stroke last Thursday and is not expected to live but a few days. The crown prince Lij Iyasu has been publicly proclaimed successor and for the past week the government affairs have been practically in his hands." The Emperor lived four more years until December 1913 longer than Consul Love did. He died suddenly several months earlier only in his mid-thirties. The regular correspondence comes to an end on December 31 1910 although Love remained in Addis Ababa for more than two years after that. Only two later letters are present dated March 1911 and August 1912. The collection also includes a large collection of photographs taken by Love in North Africa and Abyssinia. Most are about 3½ x 5½ inches plus one larger cabinet card of Love and two views of Love's 1913 funeral procession. A fabulous record of American diplomacy in Eastern Africa during the early-20th century. unknown books
1889réf. S4224London:: Harrison & Sons 1889. 1889. 297 x 233 mm. 4to. Pages 491-546. Tables. Dis-bound. This work appeared early in the career of Augustus Love when he was a fellow at St. John's Cambridge. Later Love wrote A treatise on the mathematical theory of elasticity 1892-1893 which gives the general theory of stress and strain; conditions of equilibrium and stability of elastic plates shells and solids; of torsion of rods and the bending and vibrations of beams; and the transmission of force. In 1898 Love was elected to the Sedleian chair of natural philosophy at Oxford. DNB 1931-1940 pp. 545-546; DSB VIII p. 516. Harrison & Sons, 1889. unknown books
1888réf. 40926Savannah Ga.: The Morning News Print. 1888. 20 360 pp. Frontis illustration of the First African Baptist Church and another full-page illustration preceding the table of Contents. Well-used with contemporary ownership signatures of "Mr. Cornelious Adams 1819 Reynolds." Inner hinges cracked and some loosening from binding scattered foxing. Text portraits of the pastors. In original cloth binding some spotting and extremity wear. Gilt-lettered title stamped on front cover. Good. "The oldest colored Baptist church in America" it was organized in January 1788 at "Brampton's barn three miles west of Savannah by Rev. Abraham Marshall white and Jesse Peter colored." Its trials triumphs schisms relations with their Caucasian co-religionists and biographies of its ministers are chronicled here by the Church's black Pastor Reverend Love. FIRST EDITION. De Renne 868. Work 405. LCP Supp. 1320. Not in Blockson. The Morning News Print. unknown books
1836réf. 31036Washington D.C. 1836. Folio broadside 7.75" x 125". Completely in manuscript docketed on verso as being received February 11 1836. Light toning old folds two fold splits repaired on verso with archival tape. Else Very Good. An early example of enforcement of the law requiring fathers to support their children born out of wedlock. John D. Clark was a Notary Public and Justice of the Peace in Washington D.C. William W. Bannerman was an engraver and copper printer in Baltimore. unknown books
2020réf. 16408Independent Bookstore Day Publishing 2020. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed limited edition of You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles. This book was published and released as a part of Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday April 25 2020. Octavo 100pp. Gray hardcover "Signed Exclusive" label printed on front cover $1.00 retail price on rear cover with barcode. Stated "First and only Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block appears unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Independent Bookstore Day Publishing hardcover books
2021réf. 2349168New York: Viking 2021. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. A couple light smudges on boards otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2021 Hard Cover. 576 pp. 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
2023réf. 2352623New York: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Penguin Random House LLC 2023. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2023 Trade Paperback. xvi 231 pp. Includes new introduction by Amor Towles author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Lincoln Highway. By the mystery author famous for creating detective Sam Spade. Inspiration for 1978 television miniseries starring James Coburn. One of the Continental Op's most bizarre cases as he is faced with Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett who has an unfortunate effect on the people around her - they have a habit of dying violently. Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Penguin Random House LLC paperback books
2023réf. 2345903Tracey Love 2023. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on title page without inscription. An exceptional copy. 2023 Trade Paperback. 490 pp. Susan Sibley is a highly sensitive Witch who is doing her best to find where she fits in the world as she tries to understand her spiritual gift. When she falls in love with Tamika the woman of her dreams she discovers how easy it is to lose herself in someone else instead. In the Maiden phase Susan's naivety and fear create her struggle to let the light in flow with change and fully realize her power. Maiden's Path is the story of one young woman's journey to discovering that the happiness you want can only come to you through lessons which means living through both the painful and joyful parts of the human experience. Opportunities for growth arise as Susan's relationship with Tamika develops. Creating a home and family challenges her Maiden mindset and invites her to step into the role of the Mother. As she continues to receive signs and messages from Spirit Susan ultimately faces the most painful choice of her life: whether to walk away from the greatest love she has ever known or lose herself in total darkness. Tracey Love paperback books
2022réf. 2341387New York: Penguin Books 2022. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8x5x0. New. Fourth printing. An exceptional copy. 2022 Trade Paperback. xxvi 223 pp. It's the early 1920s in Paris and Jake a wounded World War I veteran working as a journalist is hopelessly in love with charismatic British socialite Lady Brett Ashley. Brett however settles for no one: an independent liberated divorcee all she wants out of life is a good time. When Jake Brett and a crew of their fellow expatriate friends travel to Spain to watch the bullfights both passions and tensions rise. Amid the flash and revelry of the fiesta each of the men vies to make Brett his own until Brett's flirtation with a confident young bullfighter ignites jealousies that set their group alight. An indelible portrait of what Gertrude Stein called the Lost Generation - the jaded decadent youth who gave up trying to make sense of a senseless world in the disaffected postwar era - The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway's beloved first novel is a masterpiece of modernist literature and one of the finest examples of the distinctly spare prose that would become his legacy to American letters. Penguin Books paperback books
1994réf. 50886Austin TX: University of Texas Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0292746741 . A Near Fine first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in a lightly soiled dust-jacket; Bruce Love documents the groundbreaking first study of the Paris Codex since the early twentieth century. The book details Love's ethnographic approach to the hieroglyphs and what they reveal about the Maya people and their history and spirituality; 4to ; 124 pages . University of Texas Press hardcover books
1992réf. 31603Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Lady of Spain is the story of Catherine of Aragon the first queen of England and her tumultuous relationship with her powerful and lustful husband Henry VIII. Catherine is an intelligent and resourceful woman and her determination and strength in the face of adversity make her a compelling figure. Her story is full of love loyalty and tragedy and it is a compelling tale of history at its most dramatic.; Remainder; 8vo . Algonquin hardcover books
1989réf. 31595Chapel Hill NC: Algonquin Books. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0945575106 . First edition/first printing remainder marked else Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; The Lost Sister follows the story of the lost hopes and dreams of an American family amid the hustle and bustle of Oklahoma City during the oil boom years; Remainder; 8vo; FSA . Algonquin Books hardcover books
1969réf. 93698Pasadena Calif: Printed by House of Printing 1969. Presumed 1st ed. Paperback. Very Good. photos map 8 80 1p. Softcover in original gray wrapper. 25 cm. Modest cover fading. Internally sound and clean. Banks a white Southerner was born south of Hernando Mississippi. Her father was a physician who also had a plantation and a saw mill in Northern Mississippi. Most interesting to us are recollections about some of the individual enslaved African Americans on pages 61-79 Aunt Judy Big Ann Barbara -- The spiritual Margaret Daniel Runaway Dick Julianna Johnson Uncle Ed Skipwith Uncle Will and Aunt Maria Eliza and Dave and Austin and Austin's Ann. Blind Tom is written about at pages 79-80 apparently because: 1 he was memorable; 2 Sallie became close friends with Colonel Bethune's daughter Fannie when both were attending Wesleyan College in Macon Ga.; and 3 she remembered seeing Blind Tom perform at the college. All in all an uncommon memoir by a white women who had fond memories of slavery and some of the enslaved. The book was put together by Sallie Love Marston from sketches written by her elderly mother between 1932 and 1934. Printed by House of Printing paperback books
1999réf. 72256London: Robert Hale 1999. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 192pp. Very good in publisher's wraps. Robert Hale paperback books
réf. 4386First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. An outstanding copy of this critically acclaimed and wildly popular novel nominated for multiple awards and basis for the mini-series starring Ewan McGregor. This copy is in near fine condition with only a mild push to the spine foot else fine; housed in a clean and bright dust jacket that shows light rubbing to the spine ends and edges else a fine jacket. Not price clipped not remaindered not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship in a sturdy box. Viking hardcover books
2021réf. 3345First UK Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with only light rubbing to the panel edges. SIGNED by the author to the title page. An outstanding copy of this novel Towles follow up to the fantastic novel "A Gentleman in Moscow"; somewhat uncommon in this condition and signed in the first UK printing. A special "signed" sticker to the front panel may be removed. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. Hutchinson hardcover books
1977réf. 21785Santee CA: The Blueboy Library 1977. Paperback. 184p. price sticker on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Blueboy Library 80031. Gay undercover cop in sequel to "Under Cover" Gary Brannon mystery. Gunn page 173 LaCava was a Hoosier lawyer for 26 years. The Blueboy Library paperback books
1940réf. 1787No place: The Author 1940. Unbound. Very Good. A single leaf folded to make four pages with a photograph of the author dressed in a modified zoot suit on the cover. 4pp. Short tears to the margins some light creasing and wear a near very good copy. A somewhat bombastic description about slave names and the revolutionary changes to come. While the message of the piece is essentially correct in its facts it is somewhat obscured by the delivery. An example spelling is the author's: "With the straight he is making destruction blind. Be not deceived. For God will make that what-so-ever a man sews he shall reep." Fragile and presumably quite rare we have never seen another copy. OCLC locates no copies. The Author unknown books
réf. 140947542Winston-Salem NC: No publisher 1980. Very Good. Photo album containing candid snapshots of Maya Angelou and her friends and associates. Fifty-seven photos of which 23 are in color and 34 in black and white under glassine on sticky album pages. Bound in padded red and gold paper-covered boards handlettered label sticker to spine internal spiral binding. Very Good with rubbed lower edges fading to spine and split to paper at lower rear joint. Pages toned adhesive coating weak; most pictures have shifted around and are loose behind the glassine. Most of the photos were taken at the same event at Angelou's house during the 1980s though several near-duplicates depict Eugene B. Redmond and Ruth Love standing in front of an art installation. One street scene portrait of Redmond is inscribed on the back: "To Ruth - Best Imani. Street scene New York Fall '85." Maya Angelou moved to the North Carolinian city of Winston-Salem after accepting a lifetime professorship at Wake Forest University in 1981 which she held until her death in 2014. Angelou who appears in eleven of these photos found the experience transformative. She once told a USA Today reporter that "I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes. But I had to work at Wake Forest to know that." Among Angelou's many guests was the poet and professor Eugene B. Redmond a longtime close friend who appears twenty-four times in this album and who stamped many of the photos on verso with "Compliments Poet-Eugene B. Redmond." The educator Ruth Love appears in forty of the photographs. As the Superintendent of the Oakland School system in the late 1970s she created programming to bring prominent African Americans including Maya Angelou face to face with students in order to inspire and educate them. The two women maintained their friendship and traveled to Ghana together in 1993. An intimate look into the personal life of one of the greatest figures of American writing touching in its ordinariness. [No publisher] unknown books
1818réf. 539108London: Printed for T. Hookham Jun 1818. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. Original blue papercovered boards with small printed paper spine label. Old bookseller's description affixed to front pastedown corners a little rubbed light evidence of professional repair at the joints a handsome very good or better copy housed in a custom clamshell case. Printed for T. Hookham, Jun hardcover books
1978réf. 621Old Lyme CT: Lyme Historical Society 1978. Softbound. VG some minor wear to wraps tanning inside cover near spine glue on some tipped in illustrations tenuous otherwise excellent. Black and color wraps with white lettering. 110 pp. 16 color 41 bw repros. Extensive essays by Richard H. Love. Catalog lists 95 works. Color plates are tipped in. 2000 copies printed. A vital resource on this artist. Catalog of an exhibition organized by R.H. Love Galleries held at Lyme Historical Society Old Lyme Conn. Aug. 13-Sept. 17 1978 and others. Lyme Historical Society paperback books
1988réf. 12694Chicago: Haase-Mumm Publishing Company Inc. / R. H. Love Galleries Inc 1988. First Edition. Softcover. VG. Minimally marked Ex-art gallery lib. Addendum included. Quarto. Softcover. Cream stapled wraps. 47 pp. 15 bw 21 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1988 exhibition of examples of children depicted in American paintings. With a two-page foreword by Richard H. Love and a seven-page illustrated essay by Roderic H. Blackburn "Sticks and Stones: Children in American Painting" which includes an analysis of themes of childhood in American genre paintings. The illustrated catalogue lists 36 works and all appear throughout the book. An interesting premise and presentation. Haase-Mumm Publishing Company, Inc. / R. H. Love Galleries, Inc paperback books
1994réf. 181628Pennsylvania: Bucknell 1994. Fine. First edition. Fine. Bucknell unknown books
1945réf. 143798NC: Chapel Hill 1945. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in wrappers a paperback. 48 pages. Clean pages with black and white photos. Staple binding. Spine and edges of cover lightly faded. Chapel Hill unknown books
