Sonnets from the Portuguese in Poems
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. Very Good. First edition of Sonnets from the Portuguese, Barnes' typical second state of publisher's address on both volumes. Second overall edition of Browning's Poems; the sonnets did not appear in the first.362, [2]; viii, 480 pp. Complete in two volumes. Leather with five raised bands, gilt spine lettering and turn-ins, all edges gilt. Very Good with leather rubbed and scuffed along edges, tear to head of Vol. II; gift note dated 1851... Read More
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The Lights in the Sky are Stars
by Brown, Frederic
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1953. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 254 pp. Original navy cloth, spine lettered in silver. Very Good with dampstain to front board, slight edge wear and a hint of wave to textblock, in Very Good dust jacket, price-clipped, dampstain on verso, crease along spine, and a few small chips at extremities; still, the jacket presents fairly well. A serious science-fiction novel by prolific author Frederic Brown, better known for his... Read More
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Death Has Many Doors
by Brown, Frederic
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1951. First Edition. Good+/Near Fine. First edition. 215 pp. Original black cloth with gilt stamping to spine. A Good+ copy with black tape on front and back boards, tape stains to front and back endpapers, former owner's name on title page and rear paste down. In Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear, an attractive example.
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The Deep End
by Brown, Frederic
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1952. First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. First edition. 220 pp. Original cloth with silver stamping. Very Good+ with rubbing along edges, small stain to front board, in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, bright and attractive with light edge wear. Uncommon in such nice shape. A crime novel about a reporter whose investigation of a boy's death on a rollercoaster dubbed the "Blue Streak" leads him to suspect foul play.
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The Dead Ringer
by Brown, Frederic
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1948. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition signed by author on front free endpaper. 224 pp. Crimson cloth lettered in black. Very Good+ with boards worn along edges, in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with small chips at head and tail, rubbing and wear along folds, not too much sunning to spine panel. A rare signed copy of the follow-up to Brown's first novel (which was also an Ed & Am... Read More
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The Fabulous Clipjoint
by Brown, Frederic
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1947. First Edition. Very Good/About Very Good. First edition. 224 pp. Original cloth. Very Good with foxing to blue cloth, internally bright and clean, in an About Very Good unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket with some edge chips and small tears, dampstain visible on verso. Winner of the third Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1948.
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The Deacon Problem Solved
by Brown, Jacob Tileston
Nashville: The Sunday School Publishing Board, 1928. First edition. 158 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with lettering a little rubbed, wear at tips, former owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Uncommon.Born in South Carolina to enslaved parents, Jacob Tileston Brown (1863-1947) was one of the first African Americans to write Sunday School literature. He served as editor-in-chief of the National Baptist Convention's Sunday School Publishing Board for 23 years. This volume describes itself... Read More
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Theological Kernels: A Question-Book of Bible Doctrines and Baptist Church Polity, With Scripture References
by Brown, Jacob Tileston
Nashville: National Baptist Publishing Board, 1903. First edition. First edition. [iv], 298 pp. Bound in publisher's pebbled blue cloth lettered in gilt; appears to be the more modern-looking of at least two variants. Near Fine with light shelf wear, age-toning to pages. Born in South Carolina to enslaved parents, Jacob Tileston Brown (1863-1947) was one of the first African Americans to write Sunday School literature. He served as editor-in-chief of the National Baptist Convention's Sunday School Publishing Board for... Read More
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The Runaway Bunny
by Brown, Margaret Wise; Clement Hurd [Illustrations]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1942. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing in the original dust jacket. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles in brownish-red on the upper board, "first edition" is stated on the copyright page, with publisher's code "M-Q" on copyright page, indicating a printing date of December, 1941. Near Fine with light softening to corners and spine ends, pages tanned with a gentle diagonal crease to several preliminary sheets, and binding... Read More
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Acquaintances, Old and New, Among Reformers
by Brown, Olympia
Milwaukie: Published by the Author, 1911. First edition. First edition. Signed by Olympia Brown with an extensive inscription in her hand on front free endpaper describing the circumstances that lead to the publication of the current work: "In 1911 the legislature of Wis[consin] submitted the Woman's Suffrage Amendment to the voters. I telegraphed Mrs. [Emma] DeVoe to come and conduct the campaign. She came but circumstances prevented her from remaining. While there she suggested the preparation of these sketches... Read More
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Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day
by Browning, Robert
London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. [iv], 142, [1] pp., no advertisement pages at rear as issued. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth (Carter's Variant C) blind ruled with ornamental gilt titles and frame at upper board with plain spine. Very Good with lean to binding, rubbing at extremities with soiling and rippling to cloth; light scratching to rear board. Inner gutter tender with small abrasion at center, blind embossed ex-libris... Read More
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Bells and Pomegranates. Parts I - VIII
by Browning, Robert
London: Edward Moxon, 1846. First edition. Very Good. First edition of each of the original eight parts, bound in publisher's printed wraps. Parts IV, VI and VII signed by Robert Browning with his initials and warmly inscribed to his uncle Reuben with "affectionate regards." 16; 20; 16; 19; 16; 20; 24; 32 pp. Half-title in Part. II. Very Good with light soiling, edgewear, and age toning to each issue; paper somewhat brittle; splits and chipping to spines. Old... Read More
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Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day
by Browning, Robert
London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. [iv], 142 pp., no advertisement pages at rear as issued. Bound in first issue dark brown ribbed cloth (Carter's Variant A) stamped in blind and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight lean to spine, light wear and fading to cloth, and dust-soiling to top edge. Light soiling to endpapers, bookplate and label to front pastedown and faint offsetting to facing page, and erased bookseller... Read More
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Dramatis Personae
by Browning, Robert
Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1910. Limited Edition. Fine. One of 250 copies on paper. 202pp. Bound in publisher's full vellum with spine lettered in gilt, with Doves Bindery stamp to rear pastedown, contents printed in black and red, housed in a custom red cloth chemise slipcase with morocco spine label lettered and ruled in gilt. Slight bump to tail of spine and slight splaying to vellum, as usual with naturally occurring color variations else Fine. An elegant Doves... Read More
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The Negro in American Fiction
by Brown, Sterling
Washington, D. C.: The Associated in Negro Folk Education, 1937. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of the first book to examine from a black perspective black stereotypes and their broader significance in American fiction, both as character and author. Bronze Booklet #6. Bound in publisher's original printed wraps. Very Good, with wear to wraps, slight separation started between spine of wraps and textblock at top edge, toning to pages, former owner name to base of title page.... Read More
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The Young Abolitionists; or Conversations on Slavery
by [Brown, William Wells]; Jones, J. Elizabeth
Boson: Published at The Anti-Slavery Office, 1848. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by William Wells Brown on the first blank page and inscribed to "Joseph Potter from his friend [signed] Wm W. Brown / Taunton Oct. 18, 1848." William Wells Brown was an American abolitionist, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, he escaped to Ohio in 1834 at the age of 19. He settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked for abolitionist... Read More
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The American Fugitive in Europe. Sketches of Places and People Abroad
by Brown, William Wells
Boston: John P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington; New York: Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, 1855. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth decorated in blind with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good with curvature to boards and lean to spine. Cloth lightly sunned and mottled, with a short split to the base of the rear spine joint. Previous owner name in light pencil to front... Read More
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The True Temper of Empire: With Corollary Essays
by Bruce, Charles
London: Macmillan & Company, Limited, 1912. First Edition. First edition. [viii], 211, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very Good with two small wear spots to spine, two dings to boards along top edge, edges a little foxed, offsetting to endpapers, vintage Paris bookseller's ticket to paste down. A collection of essays on the subject of the British empire by the governor of the small Indian Ocean island Mauritius, the follow-up to his earlier... Read More
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Kensington Road. The Studio Quality Built. Catalogue #1-5 [all published]
by Bruce of Los Angeles [Pseudonym of Bruce Harry Bellas]; Kurt Deitrick [Pseudonym of Kent Schlesselmen]; Tony Segal; Robert Kendall; David Anderson, et al.
Long Beach, CA: Kensington Road Studio. First Edition. Near Fine. ca. mid-1970s. A complete run of trade catalogs featuring nude male models from Kensington Road Studio. Bound in publisher's illustrated stapled wraps, printed in black and white. Near Fine with light wear, light tanning and several pen marks to availability form at rears. Kurt Deitrick worked with Bruce of Los Angeles until Bruce's death. He started Kensington Studio in 1974 and sold Bruce's photos a short while after.... Read More
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Short Biographical Sketches of Eminent Negro Men and Women in Europe and the United States, with Brief Extracts from their Writings and Public Utterances
by Bruce, John Edward
Yonkers: Gazette Press, 1910. First Edition. First edition. 103 pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good, cloth worn and a little frayed at extremities with exposed tips. Distinguished African American sociologist Adelaide Hill's copy with her signature (under her maiden name) on the front free endpaper. A rare, noteworthy work by the African American journalist, historian, and civil rights activist John Edward Bruce. Bruce's uncompromising radicalism set him apart from his contemporaries; he advocated... Read More
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Stamp Help Out! and Other Short Stories
by Bruce, Lenny
New York: [Self-published], 1962. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, second issue with four-letter words struck out. Fears of this San Francisco concert promo booklet harming him in his obscenity trial led comedian Lenny Bruce to have copies destroyed, most that weren't (like this one) had certain four-letter struck out to render them innocuous. [52] pp. Stapled wraps. Near Fine with slight wear to wraps such as a tiny closed tear to the top edge, trivial dampstain to... Read More
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(The Marlborough Gems) Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus, ex Praestantioribus Desumptus, quae in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis Conservantur. Choix des Pierres Antiques Gravees du Cabinet du Duc de Marlborough
by [Bryant, Jacob]; [William Cole]
London: Jonathan Murray, 1845. Second edition. Complete in two large folio volumes. Three quarter red calf lettered and ruled in gilt with vellum sides, top edges gilt. Text in English and Latin. Ex-library copies, non-circulating, with bookplates on paste downs, call numbers printed on spines, perforations to title with a few penciled notes. Plates unmarked and unperforated. Very Good overall with some chipping and wear to calf. Contents very bright. All 108 plates and two frontispieces present, showcasing the... Read More
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I and Thou
by Buber, Martin; Smith, Ronald Gregor (Translator)
Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1937. First English Edition. Very Good. First edition in English. Bound in publisher's tan printed wraps with price-clipped on front flap with new price over-stamped in American dollars. Very Good with toning and cracking to spine, with light stain at base of spine extending to bottom corners of both cover, and former owner name written on front cover.
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A Gift from the Boys
by Buchwald, Art
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1958. First edition. First edition. Signed by Art Buchwald on front free endpaper, inscribed to Goddard Lieberson, president of Columbia Records, dated Feb. 1960. [viii], 211, 3] pp. Bound in publisher's clot, stamped in gilt. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, ink transfer from signature to front flap, tiny crease near head, unclipped ($3.50). The American humorist's first novel, which inspired the 1960 Columbia Pictures comedy film Surprise Package directed by Stanley Donen,... Read More
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God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom
by Buckley, Jr., William F.; John Chamberlain [Introduction]
Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company, 1959. Later Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. Sixth printing. Signed by William F. Buckley, Jr. on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the former owner, Portland lawyer Ridgway "Dick" K. Fowley, Jr. xvi, 240pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth-affect with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with light wear at spine ends and slight rubbing to boards. Bookplate of Foley on front pastedown and bookseller's ticket at rear pastedown. In a Very Good... Read More
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