![Selected Poems [Signed and Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/040/281/1743281040.0.l.jpg)
Selected Poems [Signed and Inscribed]
by Gwendolyn Brooks
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Later Printing. Octavo (21 cm); x,127pp. Boards in pictorial teal and black paper wrapped in publisher's intact pictorial jacket ($4.95). Jacket rubbed at extremities with sunning to spine and mild loss to spine ends. Pen to title on front panel and puncture near head of spine joint. Board extremities bumped and worn with sunning to top margin. Page edges lightly foxed... Read More
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![Report From Part Two [Signed and Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/882/685/1744685882.0.l.jpg)
Report From Part Two [Signed and Inscribed]
by Gwendolyn Brooks
Chicago, IL: Third World Press, 1996. Very Good +. Chicago: Third World Press, 1996. First Edition, stated First Printing. Paperback issue. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's card wrappers; 170pp. Covers crisp with very light edgewear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author on half title with inscription "For Harold Mays / Sincerely, Gwendolyn Brooks, January 22, 1996." Harold Mays and his partner Harold Herman, an interracial gay couple together for 50+ years in Washington, D.C., were... Read More
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![Family Pictures [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/533/253/1700253533.0.l.jpg)
Family Pictures [Inscribed and Signed]
by Gwendolyn Brooks
Detroit, MI: Broadside Press, 1970. Very Good. Detroit MI: Broadside Press, 1970, [but 1983]. Fourth Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's white pictorial staple bound card wrappers; 23pp.; Wrappers dust-soiled and a bit toned along margins, else Very Good and sound. Title page inscribed and signed, "For Betty / Love! Gwendolyn Brooks / February 19, 1986.
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![[Program] Cultures in Motion [Inscribed and Signed by Brooks]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/347/721/1737721347.0.l.jpg)
[Program] Cultures in Motion [Inscribed and Signed by Brooks]
by Gwendolyn Brooks
Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, 1996. Very Good. Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, 1996. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated bifolium program. Light wear from handling, else Very Good. Inscribed and signed on front panel, "Love! Gwendolyn Brooks / October 24, 1997." Program to the event "Cultures in Motion," an evening of conversation and poetry by Gwendolyn Brooks held at the Great Hall at the National Portrait Gallery.
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![Blacks [Inscribed and Signed by Brooks and her husband Henry Blakely]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/172/719/1699719172.0.l.jpg)
Blacks [Inscribed and Signed by Brooks and her husband Henry Blakely]
by Gwendolyn Brooks
Chicago, IL: David Company, 1987. Very Good. Chicago, IL: David Company, 1987. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's navy blue stiff card wrappers lettered in gilt; 512pp. Wrappers and textblock margins rather dusty, spine a bit cocked, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by Brooks and her then-husband Henry Blakely on dedication page, "For Bob Barker, From Gwendolyn and Henry Blakely / Sincerely! June 6, 1987.
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![In the Mecca [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/353/724/1699724353.0.l.jpg)
In the Mecca [Inscribed and Signed]
by Gwendolyn Brooks
New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1968. Early Printing. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth in white pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; vii,[1],54pp. Light wear and dust-soil to dust jacket; a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket overall. Inscribed and signed on half title page, "For Betty, with love and pride! Sincerely, Gwendolyn Brooks, February 19, 1986.
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![Selected Poems [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/535/253/1700253535.0.l.jpg)
Selected Poems [Inscribed and Signed]
by Gwendolyn Brooks
New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, 1963 [but 1985]. Later printing. Octavo (20cm); publisher's dark green and black pictorial card wrappers; x,127pp. Very light shelf wear to wrapper margins, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed on half title page, "For Betty / Sincerely / Gwendolyn Brooks / February 19, 1986.
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![Collection of Five Early Annual Reports: Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Association of the City of Brooklyn [First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Eighth Annual]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/561/748/1343748561.0.l.jpg)
Collection of Five Early Annual Reports: Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Association of the City of Brooklyn [First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Eighth Annual]
by Board of Directors - Mercantile Library Association of the City of Brooklyn
Brooklyn: For the Association, 1866. Very Good. Brooklyn: Printed for the Association, 1859-1866. First Editions. Five volumes; octavo (ca. 23cm.); all bound in wrappers printed within decorative border. Publication sequence includes the First-Fourth reports (1859-1862) and the Eighth report (1866). First report a bit chipped along extremities and spine crudely reinforced with old tape repair; general dust-soil and uneven damp staining to extremities of most volumes, contemporary manuscript note at head of Second report upper cover, else a... Read More
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![Redlands [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/054/951/1668951054.0.l.jpg)
Redlands [Signed]
by Philip Brookman
Gottingen, DE: Steidl, 2015. Very Good +/Very Good. Gottingen, DE: Steidl, 2015. First Edition. Signed by Philip Brookman with brief inscription at half title. Octavo. 206pp. Photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth stamped in red and white; red endpapers. Dust lightly worn along edges with some general surface scratching. Boards show light rubbing to edges. Binding sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good copy of Brookman's "cinematic novel" spanning three decades in Mexico, New York City, and... Read More
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Vampire Over London: Bela Lugosi in Britain
by Frank Dello Stritto; Andi Brooks
Los Angeles: Cult Movies Press, 2001. Very Good/Very Good. Los Angeles: Cult Movies Press, 2001. Limited First Edition. Signed by the author with brief dedication on full title and numbered 457 of 1000 copies on limitation statement at bottom of copyright. Octavo; xii, 363pp. Photos and illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket over illustrated boards. Jacket rubbed and bumped along top front edge, with faint wear to extremities. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.... Read More
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![Maple Mansion Melodies [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/216/480/1339480216.0.l.jpg)
Maple Mansion Melodies [Inscribed and Signed]
by Nellie Sumner Brooks
Dayton, OH: Otterbein Press, 1930. Fine. Dayton, OH: Otterbein Press, 1930. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's green moiré pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; 106pp.; 11 leaves of photographic illus. Just About Fine condition. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "With cordial Greetings from Nellie Sumner Brooks. Christmas, 1939." Collection of poems by the Dayton author, inspired by, and illustrated with photographs of, her childhood home in New England. One copy in OCLC as of... Read More
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![Tilly from Tillamook [wrapper subtitle: Her Temptation and Triumph]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/139/872/1692872139.0.l.jpg)
Tilly from Tillamook [wrapper subtitle: Her Temptation and Triumph]
by Virginia Brooks
Portland, OR: Press of A.E. Kern & Co, 1925. Very Good +. Portland, OR: Press of A.E. Kern & Co., 1925. First Edition. Octavo (18.8cm); illustrated card wraps with $1.00 price; 127pp. Covers show slight curling to corners; a couple smudges to surface. Small numerical notation at inside front cover at top corner with brief marginal staining to a couple interior pages not touching text, else interior unmarked. Binding sound. As a contemporary review points out, "With... Read More
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Moroccan Carpets
by Brooke Pickering, W. Russell Pickering, and Ralph S. Yohe
London / Chevy Chase, MD: Hali Publications & The Near Eastern Art Research Center, 1994. Near Fine/Near Fine. [London / Chevy Chase, MD]: Hali Publications & The Near Eastern Art Research Center, [1994]. First Edition. Folio (35cm); publisher's cloth, map endpapers, in glossy pictorial dust jacket; 160pp.; full color illus. throughout. Corners nudged, else Fine.
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Original Cabinet Card of Pawnee Bill
by [Pawnee Bill] Swords Bro's
York, PA: Swords Bro's, 1880. Very Good+. York, PA: Swords Bro's, ca. 1880s. Original cabinet photograph (14x10cm) affixed to studio's captioned card mount (16.5x11cm.); photograph captioned "Pawnee Bill" in image. Two small shallow chips to left-hand margin of image, trivial spotting, else a Very Good or better example. Youthful portrait of the American Wild West showman Gordon William Lillie, a.k.a. Pawnee Bill (1860-1942), an accomplished performer in his own right whose fame grew substantially after his short-lived... Read More
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The Chautauqua Combination Drawing Board and Writing Desk
by Powers Bros
N.p.: Powers Bros, 1895. Very Good -. N.p.: Powers Bros., 1895. Original wooden educational wall fixture (ca. 74x52cm.); complete with spinning scroll in twenty-three frames, each measuring ca. 17x48cm (or ca. 391x48cm. if completely unfurled); the first thirteen frames are printed in negative white over black, the following five are black on a white background, the final five are printed in color on a white background. Below the scroll are eight small compartments of varying sizes for holding... Read More
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![The Achievement of Brother Antoninus [Signed and Inscribed by William Stafford]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/668/759/1666759668.0.l.jpg)
The Achievement of Brother Antoninus [Signed and Inscribed by William Stafford]
by Brother Antoninus [pseud. of William Everson]; William E. Stafford [ed.]
Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1967. Very Good. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1967. First Edition. Octavo (22.9cm); [viii],86pp. Illustrated wraps. Covers rubbed along edges and spine, with light bumping to top front corner. Flattened creasing to a few page corners. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Signed by Stafford on dedication page beneath printed "For Thomas Hardy" with inscription "For another Tom Hardy - Bill Stafford." Part of The Modern Poets Series under... Read More
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Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories
by Brothers Grimm; Kay Nielsen [illus.]
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1992. Very Good +. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1992. Large octavo. 276 pages. 12 color plates by Nielsen. Full green leather with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on covers and spine. All edges gilt; yellow satin ribbon. A touch of wear to extremities and corners slightly bumped. Gilt edges of textblock scuffed in small spots at top near head of spine and briefly to fore-edge. Binding is sound.
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Original Photo Album of Eighty-Six Albumen Views of Egypt
by Gabriel Lekegian and Zangaki Brothers
Cairo: Lekegian and Zangaki, 1880. Very Good-. [Cairo]: Gabriel Lekegian and Zangaki Brothers, n.d., ca. 1880s. Large oblong folio (25x34cm.); original brown cloth album with binder's ticket of the Parisian establishment Anc. Mon. Martinet to front pastedown; [50]ll. thick blue card stock filled nearly to completion with eighty-six (86) albumen photographs (mostly 20.5x27cm or the inverse) captioned in image. Album rather worn with spine mostly detached and frayed, corners bumped with some exposure, otherwise Good to Very Good, images all... Read More
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Two Discourses of the Objects, Pleasures, and Advantages, I. Of Science: II. Of Political Science, bound with Dialogues on Instinct; with Analytical View of the Researches of Fossil Osteology
by Henry Lord Brougham
London: Chalres Knight, 1846. Very Good. London: Charles Knight, 1864, 1844. First Editions. 24mo; 197pp, 272pp. Two volumes bound together in brown cloth-covered boards with brown leather spine and corner tips and gilt lettering/tooling to spine. Red staining to page edges. Boards bumped at corners with some fading and smudging to cloth and a few scuffs to leather. Old bookseller notes in pencil on flyleaf, else pages unmarked. Binding is sound. This copy from the personal library of... Read More
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![Andy Warhol: His Early Works 1947–1959 [Exhibition catalog]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/920/567/1699567920.0.l.jpg)
Andy Warhol: His Early Works 1947–1959 [Exhibition catalog]
by Andy Warhol; Andreas Brown
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1971. Very Good. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1971. First Edition. Oblong octavo (22cm); 72pp. Publisher’s pink illustrated wraps retaining $6.50 price at front panel; staple-bound. Illustrations throughout. Wrappers bumped and smudged. Binding sound. Textblock toned with small stain at foreedge; interior pages clean. Very Good. Catalog for an exhibition of the artist’s early work (chiefly commercial commissions), which was on display at Gotham from May 26–June 26, 1971.
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Homicide House: Mr Pinkerton Returns
by David Frome [pseud. Zenith Jones Brown]
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1950. Very Good/Good. New York: Rinehart & Company, 1950. First Edition, with encircled R on copyright. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50); 243pp. Dust jacket significantly worn with substantial splitting along flap folds, old tape repairs to verso, a number of shallow chips and small paper flaws along margins, cloth extremities a bit rubbed with brief exposure, else a Good copy overall, internally clean and sound. A Murray... Read More
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Wave High the Banner
by Dee Brown
Philadelphia: MacRae-Smith, 1942. Very Good/Very Good. Philadelphia: MacRae-Smith, 1942. First Edition. Octavo (21.3 cm); viii,[9]-367pp. Full color illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price intact. Boards full bound in a light tan, thick-weave cloth and a green stamped image on front cover; spine includes title, author, and publisher in stamped green as well. Dust cover is slightly discolored at the edges and on the back cover and has some loss to the head of the dust cover's spine. Boards... Read More
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Africa's Contemporary Art and Artists: A Review of Creative Activities in Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and Crafts of More Than 300 Artists Working in the Modern Industrialized Society of Some of the Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
by Evelyn S. Brown
New York: Harmon Foundation, 1966. Very Good-. New York: Harmon Foundation, 1966. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. Quarto (28cm); publisher's pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 136pp.; halftone photographic illus. throughout. Wrappers worn and creased at top right-hand corner, bottom corner of textblock dog-eared; About Very Good, internally clean and sound.
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![Trumbull Park [Signed and inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/529/280/1743280529.0.l.jpg)
Trumbull Park [Signed and inscribed]
by Frank London Brown
Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company, 1959. Very Good. Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company, 1959. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo (21 cm); 432pp. Lacking jacket. Boards in blue cloth with brown stamping to spine. Board extremities rubbed and bumped with wear to spine ends; covers sunned and offset and spine lettering faded but legible. Mild finger smudging to pages otherwise interior clean. A Very Good copy. Signed and inscribed by Brown at first free endsheet to "Jesse... Read More
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![Happy Ending: Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps Volume 16 [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/029/629/1700629029.0.l.jpg)
Happy Ending: Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps Volume 16 [Limited Edition]
by Fredric Brown
Missoula, MT: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1990. Fine/Fine. Missoula, MT: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1990. First Edition, Limited to 450 copies of which this is no. 126. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's cloth in glossy pictorial dust jacket; 230pp. Fine condition.
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