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réf. 31946BAILEY Pearl. Signed Photograph. An 8- by 10-inch black-and-white publicity photograph of Bailey boldly inscribed in black marker: "To Joe. Love Pearl Bailey" Stamped on verso Apr. 4 1963. $50.00. unknown books
réf. 31947BAILEY Pearl. Signed Photograph. An early 8- by 10-inch black-and-white photograph of Bailey inscribed: "To Joe Thru the years thanks for your friendship - Pearl Bailey." $50.00. unknown books
1968réf. 365238New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated with black and white plates. Bowed boards with light foxing on the page edges else very good in a very good dustwrapper with foxing on the rear panel rubbing and edgewear. Signed by the author. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover books
1969réf. 70460Boulder CO: Pruett Publishing Company 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good . 134 pp. Octavo 22.5 cm; full light blue cloth covered boards. Title stamped in dark blue on the spine. Map endpapers in front and folded map tucked into pocket on rear endpaper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Beautiful pictorial dust jacket. Some light staining to rear panel of the jacket a few tiny closed tears along edges and folds of jacket all measuring less than one centimeter which have been unfortunately "repaired" with clear tape on the inside/verso of the jacket. Spine of jacket lightly age toned. Internally clean and unmarked. Pearl Baker's biographical account of Bert Loper's life and various river running adventures. Pruett Publishing Company hardcover books
1969réf. 70495Boulder CO: Pruett Publishing Company 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good . 134pp. Octavo 22.5 cm. Full light blue cloth covered boards. Title stamped in dark blue ink on the spine. Map endpapers in front and folded map tucked into pocket on rear endpaper. Beautiful pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket a bit toned with a touch of wear to the edges. Pearl Baker's biographical account of Bert Loper's life and various river running adventures. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Pruett Publishing Company hardcover books
1960réf. 81643Washington: The Associated Publishers 1960. 10p. staplebound wraps 5.5x8.5 inches illus. with drawings pen notation and previous owner's stamp on front wrap front wrap foxed else good condition. Children's booklet on Marian Anderson. The Associated Publishers unknown books
1961réf. 620004New York: The John Day Company 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Slightly cocked spine owner name on the front free endpaper and some wear on the board edges thus very good in a very good dust jacket with shallow chips creasing and toning. The John Day Company hardcover books
1948réf. 101559NY:: John Day Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. First edition. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few clear tape rapairs on verso age toning dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover books
1945réf. 540289New York: John Day 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 128pp. Contemporary owner signature and date on front fly with light offsetting on front endpapers binding slightly cocked topedge a trifle foxed very good in an about very good dust jacket with chips and tears and a modestly toned spine. John Day hardcover books
1975réf. 327627Franklin Center: Franklin 1975. hardcover. fine. Anthony Young Chen. illustrated by Anthony Young Chen. 345 pages. 8vo full gilt-stamped brown leather all edges gilt. Franklin Library 1975. A fine copy. Limited edition -- Pulitzer Prize winner for 1932. Franklin unknown books
1966réf. 101443NY:: John Day Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. A novel. First edition. Near fine in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. . John Day Company, hardcover books
1972réf. 210396New York: The John Day Company 1972. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 177 pages. Features text by Pearl S. Buck. Features photographs from Magnum by Henri Cartier-Bresson Rene Burri Hiroshi Hamaya Marc Riboud and Helen Snow. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some minute wear. The John Day Company unknown books
1991réf. 337918Cuba: Federación de Mujeres Cubanas 1991. Pamphlet. 32p. 7 stapled in wraps with some wear and handling pages toned otherwise in very good condition. Text entirely in Spanish. Estudios de la mujer. Report on Cuban campesina women and their participation in agricultural cooperatives based on an investigation from 1987 to 1990. Scarce only two copies on OCLC as of 8/2025. Federación de Mujeres Cubanas unknown books
1969réf. 55506New York Chicago ET AL: Holt Rinehart and Winston. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0030725208 . A first edition/first printing in unblemished condition housed in a barely scuffed Near Fine dust-ajcket; This book is about the life and work of Malcolm Lowry. It includes a biography of Lowry as well as essays on his works.; 8vo; 241 pages . Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
1988réf. 305653New York: Henry Holt and Company 1988. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated with color paintings throughout. 120 pages 4to gray boards dust wrapper. New York: Henry Holt and Company 1988. Page edges lightly foxed still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. In this book the summation of her oeuvre as a painter Perle Hessing provides her own commentary to a selection of her finest work in color. The overall effect is not that of an art book but of a spiritual autobiography in pictures. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1958réf. 002658Harper & Brothers Publishers 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition stated. Black cloth spine over charcoal cloth boards lettered in red & gilt map endpapers octavo. Owner's name & stamp to front endpapers else near fine. Original price of $3.50 intact on DJ flap tape stain and a few soil marks to rear panel of DJ; front cover & spine look great; designed by Philip Grushkin. A narrative of the Japanese fishing boat whose crew were the first victims of the "superbomb" exploded by the US at Bikini Atoll. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
1950réf. 502572New York: The John Day Company 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Pearl S. Buck. A fine copy in very good dust jacket faded on the spine but else quite bright. An account of a mass murder in Camden New Jersey in 1949 in which thirteen men women and children were murdered. The John Day Company hardcover books
1945réf. 32563New York: Books Inc 1945. Very Good -/Good. New York Books Inc. 1945. First thus. Octavo 19 cm; 318pp. Boards full bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine wrapped in publisher's brightly illustrated jacket. Jacket chipped minorly torn worn and rubbed with water staining to spine and back panel sunning to spine and loss to spine ends. Boards generally soiled with water staning to margins and wear to spine ends and corners. Previous owner birthday greetings to first free endsheet. Pages clean. A Very Good copy in a Good only jacket of Buck's most famous work. Books, Inc unknown books
1977réf. 586767Peterborough New Hampshire: Windy Row Press 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Binding lightly cocked crown slightly bumped boards with a touch of foxing very good in a lightly soiled very good dust jacket with slight tanning particularly to the spine a bit of wear at the crown and a few small chips and tears. Signed by Doug Rook. Poetry. Windy Row Press hardcover books
1974réf. 25153Detroit: Self-published 1974. Stapled wrappers. Very Good . Uncommon ephemeral 1970s feminist-themed ABC book. Crisp and VG in its stapled mustard-yellow wrappers with very light offsetting along the fore-edges and a bit of mild soiling at the spine. Oblong 32mo clever hand-done illustrations accompanying each letter's verse. Dedicated to Patricia Hill Burnett Chair-One NOW International Committee. One of the most impressive of the political ABC books we've encouintered. Self-published unknown books
1940réf. 62364Muscaine Iowa: The Prairie Press 1940. Edition limited to 250 copies 8vo pp. 10 15-71 1; fine copy in original linen stamped in brown on spine. From the library of Kim Merker. Cheever 33. The Prairie Press unknown books
1936réf. 36158New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Slight trace of lightening at the extremities still fine lacking the dustwrapper. The author's uncommon biography of her father an adventurer who traveled throughout China. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
1971réf. 27938NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971. 8vo pp. 233. Author's presentation on title. A nice copy in little curled and yellowed dj. A memoir--anecdotes and opinions. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1975réf. 26721New York London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. c1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151265763 . A near fine first printing of the first edition in dust jacket end papers llightly glue stained little wear to edges of dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by author Pearl Baily on the title page ; If Duey's Tale were not a story it would have to be a poem. If Pearl Bailey had lived in another time she would have recited Duey's Tale from village to village with the children and adults gathered round. Duey's Tale is a journey an odyssey a story for readers of all ages which once read will not be forgotten; 8vo; iv 59 1 pages; Signed by Author . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
1968réf. 628269New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Early reprint. 206pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Foxing on the page edges and owner name on the front free endpaper thus very good in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine tiny tears and creasing. Inscribed by the author. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books