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1922réf. 273972Baltimore 1922. unbound. 1 page 8.5 x 5.5 Baltimore Maryland November 22 1922 to American psychiatrist and staunch Eugenicist Dr. Stewart Paton in full: "I have asked the publishers to send you a copy of my book 'The Biology of Death' which has recently appeared. I hope that you will presently receive it and find it of some interest." Within five years both scientists would come to hate one another with Paton replacing Pearl as the poster boy of Eugenics and the voice of the Eugenics Research Association. Natural folds; fine condition. Pearl rarely comes to market and it speculated that his letters were avoided by collectors due to his anti-Semitism and also the fact that Pearl restricted much of his correspondence to the scientific community. American biologist and father of the controversial science of Eugenics and founder of Biogerontology. He made his case on the world stage with his publication "Breeding Better Men" and delivered the first speech at the very first International Eugenics Congress in London July 1912. In 1927 Pearl shocked the scientific community and his peers at John Hopkins University by renouncing the entire movement. Many thought it too late to correct the damage as he had already endorsed Alexis Carrel's erroneous ideas that "normal cells don%u2019t age" and his own theory for The Rate of Living Hypothesis which enjoyed prominence for nearly 50 years. unknown books
1961réf. 214361961. Bailey Pearl. Collection of three original performance programs 1961 to circa 1970s documents Bailey's movement between revue Broadway musical theater and touring concert entertainment during a consequential period for Black performers on American stages. Bailey had built a career across Black vaudeville nightclubs Broadway film recording and television combining vocal performance with improvisational humor and a direct rapport with audiences. The group is anchored by her 1967 appearance as Dolly Levi in producer David Merrick's all-Black production of Hello Dolly! which opened at the St. James Theatre on November 12 1967 with Cab Calloway as Horace Vandergelder. Bailey's performance received a Special Tony Award in 1968 and helped renew the commercial success of the long-running musical. Together the programs support research into Black women's performance history celebrity culture integrated commercial theater touring entertainment and the public identities cultivated by prominent African American entertainers during the twentieth century. Three illustrated programs issued between 1961 and circa the 1970s comprising one San Francisco revue program one Broadway musical program and one concert-tour program. The covers present Bailey through changing promotional identities: a poised monochrome portrait for the early revue an elaborately costumed theatrical image for Hello Dolly! and a close-up portrait emphasizing sophistication and mature celebrity for the later concert appearance. Interior contents described or visible include cast and production information and period advertising; set lists biographical texts and production photographs should not be assumed without examination. The earliest program can be identified more precisely as Pearl Bailey's International Revue or International Review in The Playgoer issued for the Curran Theatre in San Francisco in 1961; contemporary archival and dealer records place Bailey at the Curran from January 23 through February 4 1961 and describe a 36-page program featuring her portrait on the cover. 1 Bailey Pearl. The Playgoer: Pearl Bailey's International Revue. San Francisco: The Playgoer 1961. Program for Bailey's Curran Theatre engagement with a black-and-white cover portrait and the wording "Pearl Bailey's International Revue starring Pearl Bailey." The revue format records her command of a performance sphere extending beyond scripted Broadway roles and situates her within the nightclub variety and international revue traditions that shaped her stage persona. 2 Bailey Pearl; Calloway Cab; Herman Jerry. Hello Dolly! New York: St. James Theatre 1967. Red-covered program from the all-Black Broadway production showing Bailey descending a staircase in an ornate gown with her arms raised. The production placed a Black star in one of Broadway's most commercially established leading roles and featured an all-Black company rather than presenting Bailey as an isolated exception within a white cast; its success and Bailey's Special Tony Award made the engagement a landmark in the history of African American musical theater. 3 Bailey Pearl; Bellson Louie. Spend an Evening with Miss Pearl Bailey. Place and publisher unidentified circa 1970s. Deep-blue concert program with a close-up portrait of Bailey issued for an appearance with drummer and bandleader Louie Bellson and his ensemble. Bellson Bailey's husband and frequent musical collaborator served as her music director during portions of their careers and the program documents the partnership through which her later concert performances joined vocal entertainment jazz orchestration and marital collaboration. Specific dimensions pagination and defects are not supplied; covers and interior leaves appear complete as described with ordinary handling wear possible overall very good. Cohesive performance archive tracing Bailey's development from international revue entertainer to the celebrated star of an all-Black Broadway production and an established concert headliner. unknown books
réf. 6230PEARL BUCK 1892-1973. Buck was an American writer and novelist best known for The Good Earth that won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize and she won a Nobel Prize later.TLS. 2 pgs. 8 x 10. March 21 1969. Perkasie Pennsylvania. A typed letter signed Pearl S. Buck to Prim Fletcher: I have received your letter of March the 14th and I am enclosing a Chinese recipe which I enjoy. The second page of the letter includes an itemized recipe for SWEET-SOUR SPARE RIBS with directions and is also signed by Buck. Both pages are in very fine condition. unknown books
1949réf. 437867New York: John Day Company 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 206pp. Spine lettering rubbed very good in very good price-clipped dust jacket with modest chipping mostly at the spine ends. A dialogue and debate about America between Nobel Prize-winner Buck and Robeson anthropologist author and the wife of Paul Robeson. Warmly Inscribed by Robeson: "For Harry Marinski sic: It will be great fun if you are my next collaborator. Sincerely Essie. Enfield Conn. Mar. 1949." The recipient is likely Harry Marinsky a Russian émigré artist watercolorist and art editor at two popular magazines. John Day Company hardcover books
1977réf. 335521Franklin Station Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1977. Hardcover. Fine. First edition with these illustrations. Illustrated by Anthony Young Chen. Full gray cloth stamped "RECORD AND REFERENCE COPY" on the front board and spine. All edges gilt. Slight wear else fine. Presumably one of very few or perhaps the only copy thus as opposed to the thousands of leather bound copies of the publisher's "limited edition". The publisher's file copy. Franklin Library hardcover books
1907réf. 41144Auburn IN: Auburn Wagon & Buggy Works "Done in Our Own Print Shop 1907. First edition . 8vo. 28 pp. Illustrated from line drawings and engravings the illustrations for the story partially tinted green including plates of various models. A trade catalogue featuring the company's automobiles introduced by a fictional account of motoring. Auburn's first automobile was produced in 1903; under different ownership the company lasted until 1937. Apparently unrecorded on OCLC. Original color illustrated wrappers soiled stapled. Very good. Auburn Wagon & Buggy Works), "Done in Our Own Print Shop unknown books
1958réf. 195781958. Cole Nat "King" subject. St. Louis Blues lobby card archive 1958 documents the representation of African American musical heritage in mid-twentieth-century American cinema centered on the life and legacy of W. C. Handy. The material captures prominent Black performers portraying and interpreting blues and jazz traditions within a studio production providing primary visual evidence of how African American musical history was translated to film. It supports research into Black performance music history and the role of Hollywood in shaping narratives around blues culture during the 1950s. St. Louis Blues. Paramount Pictures Corp. 1958. Archive of 3 original color lobby cards each measuring 11 x 14 inches. The images feature leading performers including Nat King Cole Eartha Kitt and Ella Fitzgerald. One card depicts Kitt in an orange dress posed in a performance setting emphasizing stage presence and costume. Another shows Cole seated at a piano visually reinforcing his role as both musician and central figure in the narrative. A third card presents Cole and Fitzgerald singing together highlighting the film's emphasis on collaborative musical performance. The film also features additional major figures including Pearl Bailey Cab Calloway Mahalia Jackson and Ruby Dee situating the production within a broader constellation of Black musical and theatrical talent. Each card includes printed titles and cast credits combining promotional design with performance imagery. The film emerges from a period when Hollywood intermittently produced works centered on African American cultural figures often foregrounding music as a primary narrative vehicle. By focusing on W. C. Handy widely known as the "Father of the Blues" the production situates blues within a national cultural framework while showcasing leading Black performers of the era. Such visual materials document how mid-century studios marketed African American musical heritage to broader audiences balancing biography with performance spectacle. Two lobby cards exhibit pinholes at margins from theatrical display; colors remain strong with light wear; overall very good condition. A concise visual record of African American musical performance and representation in 1950s cinema. unknown books
1946réf. 33571Washington: GPO 1946. Senate Document No. 244 79th Congress 2d Session. Octavo. xvi 580pp. 3 folding maps. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Two ink stamps on the front free endpaper else very good with no other markings. Boards moderately soiled. Very Good. The scarce final report with the minority views of Homer Ferguson and Owen Brewster. FIRST EDITION. GPO unknown books
1936réf. 425541New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Spine gilt a trifle tarnished else fine in about fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing at the extremities. Biography of Buck's mother who spent much of her life in China. A bright copy of an uncommon title. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover books
1999réf. 55804Athens Georgia: Hill Street Press 1999. First edition. Near fine in a near fine slipcase. Signed limited edition of this tribute published on the occasion of Welty's 90th birthday signed by all contributors - and though not called for additionally inscribed by Welty herself. 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original full green textured cloth with gilt titles. In dark green full cloth slipcase. No jacket as issued. Marbled endpapers. 14 iv 118 2 12 signature pages 2 colophon pages phew. One of 226 copies signed by editor and all 22 contributors Richard Bausch Doris Betts Fred Chappell Ellen Douglas Tony Early Clyde Edgerton George Garrett Ellen Gilchrist Anthony Grooms Barry Hannah Mary Hood Greg Johnson William Maxwell Willie Morris Alice Munro Daniele Pitavy-Souques Reynolds Price Louis D. Rubin Jr. Lee Smith William Jay Smith Elizabeth Spencer and Richard Wilbur phew again this #34. Though not called for this copy additionally inscribed on the title page by Welty: "Eudora Welty / To Doctor Jim Lucas / with best wishes." Limitation sticker to slipcase. Spine cloth a bit faded. Else clean and sound. Hill Street Press unknown books
1951réf. 152756N.p.: Classic Pictures 1951. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1951 film. In a move that placed him in a category with Mickey Spillane Richard Wright accepted an offer to star as the leading man in a film based on his own novel. Wright was cast after initial choice Canada Lee who had starred in Orson Welles' stage adaptation of the story was stuck in South African customs after shooting "Cry the Beloved Country" 1951. Set in Chicago and shot on location in Chicago and Argentina. One photograph 10 x 8.25 inches one photograph 9.5 x 8 inches and one photograph 9 x 8 inches. Good one with a pinhole to the center others moderately toned soiled and edgeworn. Classic Pictures unknown books
1942réf. 501445New York: John Day 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Drawings by William Arthur Smith. Boards quite stained a good only copy in moderately stained good or better dust jacket. Inscribed by Buck on front fly: "For Gladys Rosa Watkins and I hope you like the Chinese children. Pearl S. Buck." Additionally Inscribed by the artist incorporating a Chinese chop mark: "To Gladys. Happiness to you forever! Bill. William Arthur Smith. March 4 1943." A very uncommon children's book. John Day hardcover books
1932réf. 47046New York: John Day Company 1932. First Trade Edition. Octavo 21cm.; publisher's brown cloth in yellow and red decorative dust jacket red topstain; 6467pp.; pictorial endpapers printed in red. Crown gently nudged some pinpoint wear to gilt titling on spine else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 gently spine-sunned and lightly dusty with light wear to extremities and a few closed tears along upper edge; Very Good. Inscribed and signed on front flyleaf: "For Mrs. Oppenheim / Pearl S. Buck." Addtionally laid in are several pieces of ephemera and correspondence from the office of Laurent Oppenheim including two sheet of pencil notes on Plaza Hotel notepaper beginning with the mention of "Pearl Buck -Radio - Feb 20"; a mimeographed postcard announcing the opening of the Family Planning Center by the American Birth Control League at 701 Fifth Avenue; and an autograph note signed to Oppenheim from a Sheila Fry thanking her for an invitation to lunch at which she was to be introduced to Buck. Provenance: Inscribed to philanthropist Mrs. Laurent Oppenheim 1878-1955 née Amy Ruth Schwartz founder of the School Art League in New York City. John Day Company unknown books
1962réf. 230091Published in New York: Pocket Books 1962. 12 pp. on rectos of blank paper. 1 vols. 4to. Fine. 12 pp. on rectos of blank paper. 1 vols. 4to. The title story of her 1962 collection HEARTS COME HOME AND OTHER STORIES. Set in China the story deals with the conflict between modernity and tradition in one Chinese family. Pocket Books unknown books
1980réf. 212769Atlanta: Nexus 1980. Limited. hardcover. fine. P.H. Polk. Exquisite black & white photographic portraits. Square 4to beige and brown cloth beige cloth slip case. Atlanta: Nexus 1980. Limited First Edition. A fine copy. One of 1200 signed and numbered copies. A monograph of the work of P. J. Polk one of the most important African-American photographers of the last century. Nexus unknown books
1950réf. 12678San Antonio: San Antonio Brewers Association 1950. Seven-color lithograph including reproduced photographs of Calloway and a bottle of Pearl Beer measuring 19.25 x 23.75 inches. Minor edge wear faint dampstain along bottom edge else a really nice example. Very good. An evocative piece of midcentury advertising art featuring Swing Band leader Cab Calloway pitching Pearl Beer of San Antonio Texas. The text of the advertising piece reads: "Join the Swing to Pearl. Xtra Dry. Xtra Light. Xtra Mellow. The 3 X's of Texas - Swing Master Cab Calloway says 'Join the Swing to Pearl' Say.Bottle of Pearl Please." The advertisement is artfully illustrated by a banner of piano keys musical notes a bottle of Pearl Beer and a small outline of the state of Texas with a half-length portrait of Calloway enjoying a tall glass of Pearl at right. Calloway is dressed in an all-white tuxedo and holds a baton in his other hand. The famous band leader’s career as a pitch man included among others Rheingold Extra Dry Beer around 1960 Hula Hoops crackers in the late-1980s and Gap turtleneck sweaters as late as 1993 the year before he passed away. No examples of any Cab Calloway Pearl Beer-related material found in OCLC. A striking example of African American midcentury advertising in which the most famous band leader of Harlem’s Cotton Club hawks beer made in San Antonio Texas. San Antonio Brewers Association unknown books
1942réf. 500069"Pearl S. Buck" in dark blue fountain pen ink on Loew's letterhead New York April 17 1942. Also signed by witness Bliss Ananes and by New York Notary Public Milton C. Rose on April 21 1942 with notary blindstamp. Small folio 2 pages recto and verso with rubberstamped "Contract Office File Copy." Contract for motion picture rights to her novel "Dragon Seed." "Dragon Seed" was released by MGM in 1944 directed by Jack Conway starring Katharine Hepburn Walter Huston Turhan Bey Hurd Hatfield Frances Rafferty Agnes Moorehead and J. Carol Naish. The film received two Academy Award nominations. Exteriors for the film were shot in Calabasas north of Los Angeles and in Los Angeles' Chinatown district. During filming Buck visited the set of "Dragon Seed" and gave her approval to the production. Although some critics consider "Dragon Seed" a sequel to "The Good Earth" its characters and story line are unrelated to the earlier film. Many Asian actors who appeared in "Dragon Seed" also appeared in "The Good Earth." books
1988réf. 55429San Mateo California: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc 1988. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket. Scarce first edition of this watershed work on Bayesian networks and the probabilistic underpinnings of AI technology - noted as one of "the most cited works in the history of computer science" ACM. Pearl is credited as the inventor of Bayesian networks. This influential work in probabilistic and causal reasoning has extended well beyond the bounds of artificial intelligence and computing "to philosophy psychology medicine statistics econometrics epidemiology and social science" Allen Newell Award citation. In 2011 he was awarded the renowned ACM A.M. Turing Award generally regarded as the "Nobel Prize for Computing." A handsome copy of this landmark title. 9'' x 6''. Original black cloth with gilt-stamped titles to spine and front board. In original unclipped no price as issued black pictorial dust jacket. xx 552 4 pages. Light bump to bottom corners bit of soil to top edge. Jacket with light edgewear and a bit of rubbing evidence of sticker removal to rear panel. Crisp. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc unknown books
1980réf. 88188Atlanta: Nexus Press 1980. First Edition. Limited Edition one of 1200 copies of which this is No. 146 and signed by Polk with an additional inscription: "To Geoffrey Holder my admiration for all you have accomplished which have furthered black America culture P.H. Polk". Quarto 32cm; brown cloth spine over oatmeal cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and artist's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on front cover; publisher's cloth slipcase with artist's facsimile signature stamped in gilt; 89-1111pp; black-and-white photographic halftone illustrations throughout. A Fine copy. Publisher's slipcase has trace shelf-soil and light rubbing to edges; Very Good. Graduate of Tuskegee Institue and later head of their photography department shares this collection of photographs of African American subjects in Tuskegee Alabama from 1929-1958. Concludes with Pearl's essay focused on Polk and the impact of his works and an index of photographs with dates and individuals' names. This copy inscribed by the artist to renown Trinidadian-American actor dancer and musician Geoffrey Holder. 88188. Nexus Press unknown books
1936réf. 13182The Exile Reynal and Hitchcock / John Day 1936 first edition fine in glassine wraps as issued which exhibit wear tear and chipping. A pre-publication issue with a special binding and Christmas Greetings card for select customers laid in. Reynal and Hitchcock / John Day paperback books
1946réf. 222118New York 1946. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten from this print. Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm 13-5/8 x 9-1/2 inches. Fine. Atelier stamped on verso docketed by Van Vechten in ink recording the subject of the photograph "Pearl Bailey takes a call after singing A Womans Prerogative" the date the number of the negative "vi - cc - 3" and indications to the printer for reduction. reproduced in Mauriber's PORTRAIT: The Photography of Carl van Vechten from this print. Half-length view of the performer in costume. 1 vols. 34.5 x 24 cm 13-5/8 x 9-1/2 inches. Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN 1978 unknown books
1853réf. 16766New York: Stringer & Townsend 1853 First edition. Pamphlet bound in early twentieth century half brown leather over light brown cloth boards. . Twelvemo. Some fading to leather on upper board. Spine rubbed. Top edge gilt. Purple endpapers with bookseller's ticket in right hand corner of lower endpaper. Title-page coming loose at head. Some dampstaining to first dozen or so leaves. Some toning and foxing to leaves. Still a good tight copy of an item that is rare in commerce. Wrappers removed in rebinding. The present work compiles letters first published in the New York Tribune discussing whether divorce should be legal. The epistolary conversation takes place between Henry James Sr. 1811 – 1882 the father of psychologist William James and novelist Henry James; Tribune founder and editor Horace Greeley 1811 – 1872; and Stephen Pearl Andrews 1812 – 1886 an abolitionist and anarchist. Andrews released the present work when Greeley refused to print one of his letters to the Tribune. In the letter Andrews argues in favor of divorce permitting sex outside of marriage and the right of women to freely choose their husbands pp. 71-81. Greeley based his rejection partially on the grounds that Andrews' letter described injustices against women in excessive detail. Stringer & Townsend, hardcover books
1939réf. 61177New York: The John Day Company 1939. First Edition. Advance Issue one of an unspecified number of copies signed by Buck on the front endpaper and sent with "Dear Bookseller" letters roughly a month prior to publication with the compliments of The John Day Company. Octavo 22cm; black cloth with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; publisher's slipcase; ii45-593pp with a photographic frontispiece portrait of the author. Touch of dust-soil to cloth else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $1.50 lightly edgeworn with some light surface wear and a diagonal crease to rear flap; Very Good in like slipcase. Buck's Nobel Lecture in which she discusses the origins of the great novels of China and maintains "that it is the Chinese and not the western novel which has shaped her own efforts in writing." from front flap. The John Day Company unknown books
1930réf. 3462791930. Single leaf announcement folded twice to make three panels; 3 newspaper clippings; staple-bound periodical 84 pg.; staple-bound periodical 13 pg. x2; unbound pamphlet unpaginated x2; bookmark-style handbill x2; single leaf folded newspaper clipping reproduction; typescript carbon leaves with manuscript annotations 11 pg. x2. A near fine collection. Single leaf announcement folded twice to make three panels; 3 newspaper clippings; staple-bound periodical 84 pg.; staple-bound periodical 13 pg. x2; unbound pamphlet unpaginated x2; bookmark-style handbill x2; single leaf folded newspaper clipping reproduction; typescript carbon leaves with manuscript annotations 11 pg. x2. Pearl S. Buck b.1892 - d.1973 was the daughter of American missionaries to China and an author whose 1931 novel 'The Good Earth' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938 Buck won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" and for her books 'The Exile: Portrait of an American Mother' and 'Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul' memoirs about her mother and father respectively. Buck's life was defined by her advocacy for the people of China and shifting western perceptions about that part of the world. This collection has several items pertaining to her early recognition on the heels of her Pulitzer Prize when a luncheon was held for her in New York at the Hotel Astor in 1932. There she gave her famous speech "Is There a Case for Foreign Missions" At the end the the audience appeared confused and speechless. Initially no one clapped or congratulated her and Buck later recalled after a few painful moments a storm of applause arose but by then her publisher was abruptly escorting her from the room. Inlcuded here is: 'Luncheon in Honor of Pearl S. Buck at the Hotel Astor November 2nd 1932' listing of guests and their table numbers. Pearl S. Buck is listed as Mrs. J. Lossing Buck her first husband's name at the speaker's table. Press clippings- "WANTS BETTER MISSIONARIES." World-Tel. November 3 1932 "Mission Worker Abroad Vexes Mrs. Pearl Buck" New York Herald-Tribune November 3 1932 "Mrs. Buck on Foreign Missions" New York City Mirror November 4 1932 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Science Bulletin November 2 1935. Announcement of Pearl S. Buck's lecture on December 3 'Fiction and the Front Page' pg. 79. "What About India" A transcribed conversation between Pearl S. Buck T.A. Raman Louis Fischer and Bertrand Russell. The American Forum of the Air Vol. 4 No. 41. October 11 1942 x2 'The New Children' fund-raising pamphlet. The Pearl S. Buck Foundation ca. 1970s x2 "Amerasians" Bookmark-style red solicitation mailer. The Pearl S. Buck Foundation ca. 1970s x2 Reproduction of a press clipping 'Pearl Buck's Presence Lingers On.' The Philadelphia Inquirer February 16 1975 Printed as a pamphlet. The Spearhead. By Pearl S. Buck. typescript essay carbon copy annotated in ink in the hand of Pearl S. Buck undated. unknown books
réf. CA09B-00225Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission Prince George's County Planning Dept. Collectible - Very Good. Upper Marlboro MD: Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission Prince George's County Planning Dept 1996. 1st edition. 4to spiral-bound paperback. iv162pp. Illustrations maps. Near Fine book. Price marked out with ink on front cover. African Americans Historic Buildings Prince George's County Maryland Inquire if you need further information. Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission, Prince George's County Planning Dept paperback books
