MORALISM AND THE MODEL HOME; Domestic architecture and culural conflict in Chicago 1873-1913
by WRIGHT, Gwendolyn
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1980. First printing. 8vo, pp. viii, 382. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated wtih photographs, drawings and floor plans. Author's presentation on flyleaf. Blue cloth. Edges sllightly spotted, o/w a nice copy in little browned dj. An exploration of the social conflicts generated by the activities of those responsible for the creation of Chicago's domestic architecture from 1873 to 1913.
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THE STORY OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
by WRIGHT, Harry Andrew, Author And Editor
NY: Lewis Historical Pub. Co, 1949. First edn. Large 8vo. In 4 volumes. Illustrated throughout. Ex-library copies with a bookplate on the front end papers. Pages a little rippled, a nice tight set.
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SEX AND SOCIETY
by WRIGHT, Helena
Seattle: Univ. of WA, 1968. First edn. , review copy, 8vo, pp. 140. Fine in dj. OP. * Analyses a new code of sexual behavior based on the availability of contraception.
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SWEEPER IN THE SKY:; The life of Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in America
by WRIGHT, Helen
NY: Macmillan, 1949. Second printing. 8vo, pp. 253. Frontis portrait. Cover little worn, o/w a nice tight copy. A biography.
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THE MERRIMACK VALLEY TEXTILE MUSEUM; A guide to the manuscript collections
by WRIGHT, Helena E.
NY: Garland, 1983. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xxvi, 378. Index. Illustrated. Green cloth. Owner's name on flyleaf. A nice copy.
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THE SHAPE OF LIGHT; Introduction by Anne Wright, drawings by Joan Root
by WRIGHT, James
Fredonia NY: White Pine Press, 1986. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 47. A fine copy in publisher's wraps. Inscribed by Anne Wright (Wright's widow) to poet William Jay Smith and his wife: To dear Sonja and Bill | with love | Annie" James Arlington Wright (1927 – 1980) was an American poet. Wright first emerged on the literary scene in 1956 with The Green Wall, a collection of formalist verse that was awarded the prestigious Yale Younger Poets Prize. His... Read More
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THE DOUBLE TREE; selected poems 1942-1976, with an intruction by the author
by WRIGHT, Judith
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1978. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 170. A very good copy in dj. Poems by the Australian writer.
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COLLECTED POEMS; 1942-1970
by WRIGHT, Judith
Melbourne, Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1971. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 302. A very good copy in faded dj. Poems by the Australian writer.
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THE OTHER HALF
by WRIGHT, Judith
Melbourne, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1966. First Edition. 8vo, pp.51. A very good copy in dj. Signed and dated by the author.
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THE MOVING IMAGE
by WRIGHT, Judith
Melbourne, Australia: The Meanjin Press, 1962. reprint. 8vo, pp. 34. Some soiled printed wraps, remnants of bookplate on the end paper.
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BIRDS
by WRIGHT, Judith
Melbourne, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1962. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 34. A very good copy bound in plain boards.
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THE OTHER HALF
by WRIGHT, Judith
Melbourne, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1966. First Edition. 8vo, pp.51. A very good copy in dj.
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A MILLION TOO MUCH
by WRIGHT, Julia Mcnair
Phila: Porter & Coates, 1871. First edn. 8vo, pp. 276. Maroon cloth (spine faded), a very food copy. Wright II, 2810. A temperance tale.
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THE CHRISTIAN TRAVEL PLANNER
by WRIGHT, Kevin
Nashville TN: Thomas Nelson, 2008. 8vo, pp. 413. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with small photographs. Paper wraps. Cover slightly scuffed at edges, o/w a nice copy.
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THE COMPLETE HOME:; an encyclop'dia of domestic life and affairs. The Household in its foundation, order, economy, beauty, healthfu;ness, emergencies, methods, children, literature, amusements, religion, friendships, manners, hospitality, servants, industry, money and history. A volume of practical esperiences popularly illustrated
by WRIGHT, Mrs. Julia Mcnair
Philadelphia: Bradley, Garretson, 1883. Reprint. Large 8vo, pp. 584 with index. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and four colored chromolitographic plates. Hinges tender, a good copy. Not in Bobbitt. A general guide to keeping a good middle-class home.
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CIAO MANHATTAN
by WRIGHT, Rebecca
NY: Telephone Books, 1977. 1/750 copies. 8vo, pp. [28]. Paper wraps. VG. Poems.
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FORGOTTEN LADIES:; Nine portraits from the American family album
by WRIGHT, Richardson
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1928. First edn. 8vo, pp. 307. A nice copy in little worn dj. Another copy, dj torn, but otherwise nice. Stories of interesting, but forgotten, American women.
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AMERICAN HUNGER
by WRIGHT, Richard
NY: Harper & Row, 1977. First printing. 8vo, pp. 146. Afterword by Michel Fabre. The second part of Wright's autobiography, a sequel to Black Boy. A nice copy in little spotted dj.
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NATIVE SON
by WRIGHT, Richard
NY: Harper, 1940. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 359. Slightly scuffed at ends of spine, in the more common second binding of gray cloth. A nice copy in chipped dj.
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NATIVE SON
by WRIGHT, Richard
NY: Harper, 1940. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 359. Slight tear on spine, cover slightly worn at corners, in the more common second binding of gray cloth, o/w VG.
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LAWD TODAY
by WRIGHT, Richard
London: Anthony Blond, 1965. First UK edition. 8vo, pp. 219. Paper over boards. Top edges little soiled, o/w a VG tight copy in dj.
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UNCLE TOM'S CHILDREN; Five long stories
by WRIGHT, Richard
Cleveland OH: World, 1944. Fifth printing. 8vo, pp. 250. Paper over boards. VG in chipped and little soiled dj.
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BLACK BOY; A record of childhood and youth
by WRIGHT, Richard
NY: Harper, 1945. Readers Union book club edition. 8vo, pp. 228. Introductory note by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Blue cloth. Cover little worn at edges, o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat worn dj.
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DEN LANGA DROMMEN; Swedish language version of "The long dream
by WRIGHT, Richard
Stockholm Sweden: Bonniers Folkbibliotek, 1958. 8vo, pp. 477. Paper over boards. Cover little worn at edges, o/w a VG tight copy.
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NATIVE SON
by WRIGHT, Richard
NY: Harper, 1940. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xi, 359. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Owner's bookplate on pastedown, another's name on flyleaf. VG. A novel.
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