WOMAN SUFFRAGE: Arguments and Results
by Addams, Jane; Frances Maule Björkman; Annie G. Porritt; Carrie Chapman Catt
New York: National Woman Suffrage Association, 1912. Very good plus in good jacket.. First edition of this collection of booklets issued by the National Woman Suffrage Association, in the scarce dust jacket and with an inserted publisher's notice listing new legislative gains made in the year since publication. The volume was edited by Frances Maule Björkman, socialist and member of the Heterodoxy feminist debating club of Greenwich Village, and Annie G. Porritt, a follower of Alice Paul and... Read More
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CLEAN PETER AND THE CHILDREN OF GRUBBYLEA
by Adelborg, Ottilia; Wallas, Ada
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1901. Very good.. American translation of this Swedish picture book in the Strewwelpeter tradition - on children's hygiene and manners: "In pools of mud they gaily prance and never wash by any chance." 7.75'' x 10.5''. Original grey cloth stamped in red and dark green. Pictorial endpapers. Printed on rectos only; illustrated by the author in color on every page. 24 pages. Early ink owner name to front pastedown; early bookshop ticket... Read More
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DAVID ADJAYE HOUSES
by Adjaye, David; Allison, Peter
(New York): Thames & Hudson, 2006. First edition. Fine.. Signed first paperback edition of Adjaye's first monograph, documenting thirteen of his major projects in London, with a series of visual 'portfolios' and additional essays by Stuart Hall, Caroline Roux, and Deyan Sudjic. 9.5'' x 8''. Original dark purple wrappers. 256 pages. With 430 illustrations, 162 in color. Signed and dated by Adjaye on title page. Trace edgewear.
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TOUGHER THAN LEATHER: The Authorized Biography of Run-DMC
by Adler, B.
(New York): Signet / New American Library, 1987. First edition. Very good plus.. First printing of this comprehensive contemporary bio of Run-DMC by the legendary Def Jam publicist. History of Run-DMC as individuals and as a creative phenomenon, by music journalist and curator Adler, the director of publicity at Def Jam from 1984-1990, an insider who worked closely with the group for many years. Outstanding among pop music biographies, TOUGHER THAN LEATHER was praised as "hip-hop's first authorized... Read More
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DAVID ADLER, ARCHITECT: THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE
by [Adler, David]; Thorne, Martha; Wilson, Richard Guy; Metcalf, Pauline C.; Zelleke, Ghenete; Stern, A. M.; Harr, Bob; Blessing, Hedrich
Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2002. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Early printing of this lavishly-illustrated assessment of American architect David Adler's elegant buildings, which incorporate a number of historic styles. The prosperity of the Roaring '20s brought Adler's practice to prominence, and he injected unique personalities into all of his structures: "style provided expression, identity, and meaning [...] no house was ever intended to be a literal copy" (31). 11'' x 9.75''. Original black cloth boards.... Read More
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ÆSOP'S FABLES, IN FRENCH; With a Description of Fifty Animals, Mentioned Therein and a French and English Dictionary of All the Words Contained in the Work
by Aesop
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1849. Very good.. Early edition of this French reader for young US learners, published as the cracks that would lead to the Civil War began to form. The world economic status of the US in 1849 was strong, due in no small part to the country's ability to produce cotton cheaply through the labor of enslaved people. With the rise of Industrial Revolution technology, people were able to move around the globe faster than... Read More
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A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
by Agee, James
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First printing. Very good in very good jacket.. First printing and issue of Agee's autobiographical novel set in Tennessee, left unfinished at the time of his death in 1955, winner of a posthumous Pulitzer Prize. 8'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth stamped in metallic green and silver. Cream endpapers. Pale blue topstain. In original price-clipped dust jacket designed by SKA. Title page printed in blue; "walking" (for "waking") printed on page 80. 339,... Read More
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PERMIT ME VOYAGE
by Agee, James
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1935. Very good plus in very good jacket.. Second printing of Agee's debut collection of poetry. Claimed as a peculiarly brilliant critic, screenwriter, journalist, and novelist according to the interests and allegiances of his readership, Agee has also been hailed in turn as a poet above all - "Basically, he was a poet" (David McDowell). The nature and quality of Agee's poetry, left undefined and nearly unmentioned in MacLeish's foreword, was described after... Read More
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PERMIT ME VOYAGE
by Agee, James
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. First printing. Very good plus in very good jacket.. First edition of Agee's debut collection, published as the thirty-third volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets only two years after the author's graduation from Harvard. Claimed as a peculiarly brilliant critic, screenwriter, journalist, and novelist according to the interests and allegiances of his readership, Agee has also been hailed in turn as a poet above all - "Basically, he was a... Read More
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MILO'S HAT TRICK
by Agee, Jon
[New York]: Michael di Capua / Hyperion Books, 2001. First edition. Fine in a very good plus jacket.. First printing of this magical misadventure involving a bear, a missing hat, and an unlucky magician. Jon Agee studied painting and animation at the Cooper Union, an education evident in his bold illustrations - he imbues even inanimate objects with a sense of motion through his sketchy outlines. His affinity for the absurd makes for delightful reading. 11.5'' x 8.75''.... Read More
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Z GOES HOME
by Agee, Jon
New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this largely wordless alphabet picture book, the story of the letter Z's commute home after a long day of being the first letter in "zoo" Jon Agee studied painting and animation at the Cooper Union, an education evident in his bold illustrations - he imbues even inanimate objects with a sense of motion through his sketchy outlines. His affinity for... Read More
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THE RETURN OF FREDDY LEGRAND
by Agee, Jon
New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1992. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this story of a talented but slightly unlucky pilot, who is twice rescued by an unexpected pair of aviation enthusiasts. Jon Agee studied painting and animation at the Cooper Union, an education evident in his bold illustrations - he imbues even inanimate objects with a sense of motion through his sketchy outlines. His affinity for the absurd makes for... Read More
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TERRIFIC
by Agee, Jon
New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this story of a pessimistic, grumpy old man who meets his match in a resourceful parrot. Jon Agee studied painting and animation at the Cooper Union, an education evident in his bold illustrations - he imbues even inanimate objects with a sense of motion through his sketchy outlines. His affinity for the absurd makes for delightful reading. 11.75'' x... Read More
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ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE MYSTERY SONNETS
by Aitchison, Ellay; [L.A. Haffendon]
(Vancouver, BC): (Hansom Press), 2001. Second edition. Near fine.. Inscribed copy of this sonnet sequence inspired by the Holmes canon, by a member of the Bootmakers of Toronto and the Stormy Petrels of British Columbia, with the author's inscription to a fellow Sherlockian. Scarce. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Premium Petrel Volume One. Original saddle-stapled printed wrappers. 61 pages. Black and white illustrations. This copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong, inscribed to him by... Read More
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RASHOMON
by Akutagawa Ryunoske; Kanin, Fay; Kanin, Michael; [Kurosawa Akira]
New York: Random House, 1959. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.. First edition thus, of this play based on Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of a pair of short stories by Ryunoske Akutagawa, a psychological murder mystery set in Heian era Japan. This adaptation of RASHOMON ran for six months on Broadway, and was nominated for three Tony Awards. 8'' x 5.25''. Original cloth-backed blue boards with black-and-white pictorial paste-down. Original unclipped ($2.95) dust jacket. Black-and-white pictorial... Read More
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CALIFORNIA LA BELLA
by Alarcón, Abel
Madrid: Renacimiento, 1926. First edition. Very good.. Rare signed true first edition of this novel of Mexican immigration to the United States from one of Bolivia's most celebrated writers. A social novel with romance overtones set in the Santa Clara Valley during the mission period of California's early statehood, the story of CALIFORNIA LA BELLA revolves around a love triangle between Resurrección, the beautiful daughter of an Italian immigrant of questionable background, and her two suitors: the kind... Read More
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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
by Albee, Edward
New York: Atheneum, 1962. First edition. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. Signed first printing of Albee's greatest work, the Tony award-winning play and the basis for the film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. This play about a drunk couple's dinner night with a new couple at the university brilliantly proves that dialogue can be just as physical as action. "Cruel and vicious [...] and damaging," as Nick says in Act Two. 8.25'' x 5''.... Read More
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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
by Albee, Edward
New York: Atheneum, 1962. First edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. Signed first printing of Albee's greatest work, the Tony award-winning play and the basis for the film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. This play about a drunk couple's dinner night with a new couple at the university brilliantly proves that dialogue can be just as physical as action. "Cruel and vicious [...] and damaging," as Nick says in Act Two. 8.25'' x 5''. Original... Read More
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THYME OF DEATH
by Albert, Susan Wittig
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First edition. Fine in very good plus dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this Agatha and Anthony-nominated mystery introducing China Bayles, a lawyer-turned-herb shop proprietor who finds that murder has followed her in her efforts to make a fresh start. 9.25'' x 6''. Original green cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($20.00) color pictorial dust jacket. 260 pages. Signed by Albert to title page, dated Oct 2 1993. Jacket with mild edgewear, faint sunning... Read More
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IVAN ALBRIGHT
by Albright, Ivan; Croydon, Michael
New York: Abbeville Press, 1978. First printing. Fine in very good jacket.. First edition of this impressive monograph on the American painter, with spectacular large-format reproductions of his characteristically grisly portraits. 15'' x 11.5''. Original crimson cloth, stamped in gilt to front board and spine. In original color pictorial jacket, no price (as issued). Textured black endpapers. 170 plates, 83 in full color. 308 pages. Jacket with some wear, faint toning to rear panel and spine, tape repair... Read More
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THE MIGHTY AND THE ALMIGHTY: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
by Albright, Madeleine; Bill Woodward
New York: Harper Collins, 2006. First edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. Signed first printing of the former Secretary of State's examination of the influence of Christianity in American attitudes and political discourse, and its impact in world affairs. 9'' x 6''. Publisher's boards in original unclipped ($25.95) dust jacket. Inscribed by Albright at half title. Minor wear to edges of dust jacket. Faint crease at front flap. Boards fresh. Interior bright and clean. 339, [1]... Read More
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Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
by Alcott, Louisa May; Celia Thaxter, Frank Stockton; Mary Mapes Dodge
New York: The Century Co, 1882. Very good plus.. First appearance, in ST. NICHOLAS MAGAZINE, of Alcott's story about a less common holiday seen in literature, and later incorporated into AUNT JO'S SCRAP BAG. A nostalgic tale set in rural New Hampshire filled with food and games: pudding in brandy, apples and cider, plenty of pies; fiddle tunes, "Blind-man's buff," and "Hunt the slipper." This is a bound volume of six issues of St. Nicholas Magazine... Read More
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AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG. CUPID AND CHOW-CHOW, ETC.
by Alcott, Louisa May
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1874. Near fine.. First edition of the third volume in Alcott's series of short stories for children, told from her nickname "Aunt Jo" that also refers to her beloved heroine in LITTLE WOMEN. "Jo" was Alcott's own alter ego, and many of her publications use this name for her. The third of six collections of short stories from AUNT JO'S SCRAP-BAG, this one includes "Cupid and Chow-Chow," "Huckleberry," "Nelly's Hospital," "Grandma's Team," "Fairy Pinafores," "Mamma's... Read More
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Nelly's Hospital" [in] OUR YOUNG FOLKS, Volume 1
by [Alcott, Louisa May]; [Stowe, Harriet Beecher]; [Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth]
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. Very good.. Bound volume of the first 12 issues of this literary magazine for children - including Alcott's story about a young girl who wants to a nurse, informed by her time as a nurse during the Civil War. The 11-page story of "Nelly's Hospital" appears in the April issue and deals with a little girl who, in her quest to become a nurse, learns compassion by caring for small wounded animals. In... Read More
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PICKLES
by Aldin, Cecil
London and New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Good, with rear flyleaf supplied in facsimile.. First US edition, written by Aldin for his daughter and told from Pickles the puppy's point of view, an energetically illustrated story of the trouble Pickles causes when his owners are out. 11.5'' x 10''. Original cloth backed color pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers of puppies. 24 full-page color illustrations on heavy green paper.[104] pages. Tidemark to the margins of some leaves. Repairs to... Read More
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