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1924rif. 150975New York: Theatre Owners Distributing 1924. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1924 French silent film seen here under its US title "Perils of Paris" showing actress Pearl White in riding garb perched on a railing. White's last film ending a two-decade career in films. During her Hollywood heyday the actress appeared as the plucky heroine in a number of popular serials most notably the Pathe production "The Perils of Pauline" in 1914. Unlike many of her contemporaries White performed most of her own stunts including flying airplanes racing cars long-distance swims and similar feats. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good lightly toned overall. Theatre Owners Distributing unknown books
1953rif. 157510New York: Collier 1953. Volume 132 Number 5. Features stories by Fulton Oursler Adrian Conan Doyle and Pearl S. Buck. 11 x 14 inches. 55 leaves rectos and versos. Very Good plus in side-stapled wrappers moderately edgeworn. Collier unknown books
1978rif. 137711Brooklyn NY: Self published 1978. Draft script for an unproduced three-act play called "The Council in Hell" written by Pearl Wiesen adapted from Books I and II of John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost." Brief annotations throughout in manuscript ink. Red wrappers with title and address labels on the front wrapper. Title page present dated 1978 with a credit for Wiesen. 58 leaves with last leaf of text being page 16 of Act III. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Self published unknown books
1999rif. 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
1953rif. 72567Brooklyn: Gramatu Draugs 1953. First and only Latvian language edition 8vo pp. 264; full red cloth fine dust jacket worn with some closed tears and a quarter sized abrasion on upper panel. A majority of Latvian intellectuals fled the country after it fell to Soviet rule resulting in a large vibrant diaspora. The owner of Gramatu Dragus HelmÄrs Rudzītis was among those refugees. He emigrated to the US in 1949 and two years later re-established Gramatu Dragus where it became the pre-eminent Lativian publisher outside of Latvia. Gramatu Draugs unknown books
1972rif. 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
1973rif. 228391973. Bailey Pearl. Talking to Myself 1973 is a reflective memoir by an influential African American performer extending Black women's autobiographical writing into the domains of spirituality identity and public life in the post-Civil Rights era. The work supports research into African American cultural history celebrity authorship and the articulation of race faith and selfhood by a Black woman navigating national visibility. Bailey widely recognized for her career in music theater and television uses this text to shift from performance-centered narrative to introspective commentary addressing the psychological and moral dimensions of living within structures shaped by racial inequality and public expectation. Bailey Pearl. Talking to Myself. New York: Pocket Books 1973. Mass-market paperback edition. The text is composed in a conversational often epistolary style presenting a series of reflections rather than a linear narrative. Bailey addresses themes of aging religion emotional complexity and personal accountability incorporating aphoristic observations such as "People are not simple.they are complicated poems full of feelings they can't explain." The content includes meditations on her experiences as a Black woman in the entertainment industry her engagement with public service and her understanding of faith as both a private and social force. Unlike conventional celebrity memoirs centered on career milestones the volume prioritizes interior life and ethical questioning situating Bailey within a broader tradition of Black women writers who merge personal narrative with spiritual and social inquiry. One volume; 190 pages; mass-market format; original photographic wrappers. Published during a period of reassessment following the legislative gains of the Civil Rights Movement the book reflects ongoing negotiations of race identity and representation for Black public figures in the United States. Bailey's prominence as a performer and public representative including her later role as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations informs the text's engagement with responsibility and visibility. Spine creased with moderate chipping at ends and some laminate peeling; covers lightly rubbed with small puncture to upper wrapper; paper toned but flexible; internally unmarked; good overall. An introspective contribution to African American women's life writing offering insight into the intersection of performance spirituality and racial identity in the late 20th century. unknown books
1925rif. 376370New York: Brentano's 1925. 24 pp. 8vo. Printed self wrappers quite worn. Interior Fine correction to p. 9. 24 pp. 8vo. Patience Worth the spirit of a woman who supposedly lived in the late 17th century in Dorsetshire England and immigrated to America before being killed by Native Americans began communicating with Pearl Leonore Curran of Mound City Illinois in 1913. Patience gave inspiration through a ouija board and in the form of vivid pictorial visions. This collaboration between spirit and human woman produced several novels prose and poetry of which this is a collection. Inscription to the front wrapper reads "With best wishes To Dr. . from . E. L. Beach 175 E 80th St." And with seemingly more divined poetry "From Patience I in ing have poured this wine within a cup. Let those who hath thirst - drink. For the self shall be as the peace upon his soul. And the goblet shall ne'er run dry." In keeping with much of the religious undertones to Patience's poetry this passage recalls John 4:14 "whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." An Easter Greeting is an anthology of verse poetry with interjections by Patience in something approximating what a 17th century rural woman would sound like "Haed I a pettiskirt wi' a proper frill / I'd sit on a throne fit for a princess." A rare product of the spirit realm. Brentano's unknown books
1936rif. 209159New York: John Day / Reynal & Hitchock 1936. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 302 pages. The follow up book to "The Exile" which was a biography of Buck's mother. A very good plus copy in cloth boards with some bumping to the base of the spine and in a very good plus dust jacket with some light wear and some light wear and some crimping to the base of the spine. John Day / Reynal & Hitchock unknown books
1970rif. 93260Sydney: Thomas Nelson 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 34p. plus 47 full page plates Original cloth backed boards. dj. 41 cm. Jacket has some spotting and soiling and a small tape mark on front cover. Thomas Nelson hardcover books
1961rif. 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
1959rif. 206405New York: John Day Company 1959. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 317 pages. A later novel from the author of the classic "The Good Earth." A clean and tight near fine copy in blue cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket with only the most minute of wear. A much nicer than usual copy. John Day Company unknown books
1965rif. 200931New York: The John Day Company 1965. First edition. Hardcover. A charming children's book from the author of "The Good Earth." Features illustrations by Mamoru Funai. A near fine copy in cloth boards but with some slight publisher paper defects to the bottom edge of the first few pages and in a near fine price clipped dust jacket dust jacket with the price still present on the top of the front flap and with the publisher sticker to the spine/front panel. A very nice copy of a seemingly fairly uncommon book. The John Day Company unknown books
rif. 19788African American All-Black Cast Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway's Hello Dolly! Original Play Program. David Merrick/Champion Five Inc. 1967. Red wrappers with two black and white portraits of Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway. Measures 12" x 9". 16 pages total. This production transcended the racial barriers of the era as multiracial crowds swarmed to see Bailey's performance in action. It was met with rave reviews and earned her a Special Tony Award in 1968. Even so the cast released their own album--a rarity for a revival. This play program contains black-and-white photographs and biographies of each player. Also included is a large spread of pictures from the play. In very good condition. unknown books
1997rif. 94210New York: Avon Books 1997. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 244p. Original boards. dj. 21 cm. Green marker mark on bottom edges of pages. SIGNED on title-page by Cleage. Her first novel. Avon Books hardcover books
1969rif. 201191969. African American Music Film Golden Age of Hollywood entertainer Pearl Bailey Archive of 8 item includes 6 silver gelatin press release photographs 1 vintage color press photograph and a playbill from Hello Dolly! Items dates 1969-1990. Photos measure mostly 7" x 9" and playbill measures 6" x 9". Bailey began her career singing and performing through the 1940s for veterans and small jazz clubs alongside Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. She began starring in Broadway musicals only a few years later before starring in the hit Hello Dolly! The star studded play transcended the racial barriers of the era as multiracial crowds swarmed to see Bailey and Calloway's Broadway performance in action. Even so it had a remarkable all-Black cast of whom released their own album--a rarity for a revival. It was met with rave reviews and earned her a Special Tony Award in 1968. She spent many years acting and performing one photograph shows her in a still from Porgy and Bess alongside co-star Sammy Davis Jr. In her later years Bailey wrote several books with her last book detailing her experience in higher education. In 1975 she was appointed special ambassador to the United Nations by President Gerald Ford. She enrolled in Georgetown University and at age 67 graduated with a bachelor's degree in theology in which we see two photographs one in black and white the other in color of Bailey at the graduation podium relaying a speech in her graduation robe and cap. Another photo shows Bailey as a senior advisor teaching young children at the UNICEF headquarters. In 1988 Bailey received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan. One 1970 photograph shows Bailey hosting her own television series The Pearl Bailey Show in which she hosted guest star Louis Armstrong the article attached announces her death in 1990. A widespread press chronicling of Pearl Bailey's life through photographs and articles. Photographs are clear and crisp overall very good condition. unknown books
1948rif. 193269Toronto Ontario Canada: Longman Green and Co 1948. First Canadian edition and first printing. Hardcover. 312 pages. Another novel from the Nobel Prize winning author of "The Good Earth." A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards and in a very good plus dust jacket with a few edge tears and minor wear. Longman, Green and Co unknown books
1962rif. 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
1930rif. 93738Chicago New York and San Francisco: Laidlaw Brothers 1930. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations some color 40p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Modest scuff and a couple of white spots on the appealing front cover. Art Appreciation Texbooks - Part IV. Laidlaw Brothers paperback books
1958rif. 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
1854rif. 60687New York: Charles B. Norton 1854. First edition 8vo pp. 137 1; rebacked with original covers laid down front cover lettered in gilt; cloth soiled some underlining and marginal ticks light damp staining to corner good and sound. Charles B. Norton unknown books
rif. 190760Atlanta GA: Nexus Press 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 111 pages. Copy 12 of 15 Artist Proof copies. A monograph on the African American photographer P.H. Polk. Features an essay by Pearl Cleage Lomax. Includes 62 black and white images. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine cloth covered two part box. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Polk on the limitation page and Lomax at her text. Includes an original gelatin silver print of "The Boss." Image is on an 8" by 10" sheet of paper and is window matted and is in very fine condition. Signed by Polk under the image. Nexus Press unknown books
1975rif. 188541975. Program book for the all-Black cast of Hello Dolly! featuring Pearl Bailey. New York 1975. Illustrated throughout. 16 pages 9" x 12." Groundbreaking production of Jerry Herman's acclaimed musical starring Pearl Bailey an actress and writer who made history as the first African-American to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Her performance as Dolly earned her a Special Tony Award in 1968 and the cast released their own album--a rarity for a revival. This playbill has illustrated wrappers and contains black-and-white photographs and biographies of each player. Also included is a large spread of pictures from the play. unknown books
1930rif. 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
1940rif. 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
