New York: Arno Press and the New York Times, 1969. Paperback. xvi, [4], 392, [2] p.; 21 cm. Paperback. Publisher's catalog on final 2 unpaginated pages. First published in 1857 in London, this was the second published novel by a Black American author. The author, Frank J. Webb (1828-1894), was..... More
Madison, WI: Madison House, 1997. Paperback. Stated First Edition. xvii, [1], 238 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. The author "shows the critical economic role of slaves in the north and provides the fullest examination of the lives of rural blacks north of the Mason Dixon line." --..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Hardcover. x, [2], 393 p.; 24 cm. Black cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine- Condition: center of spine slightly soiled; 2 page corners creased; upper corner of a few pages slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 19667. Hardcover. An Atlantic Montly Press Book. xix, [1], 346 p., frontispiece and 1 leaf of a map, [12] p. of illustrations; 21 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title and decoration, and front cover illustration. Blue endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes the Constitution and..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1938. Hardcover. [approx. 200] p.; 22 cm. Orange cloth with black and white spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Former owner's name crossed out on front fixed endpaper. Contains 315 poems, 293 of them previously published and the final section containing poems 294-315..... More
New York: Random House, 1959. Hardcover. 17th printing. xvii, 622 p.; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt-on-black spine title. Top page edges black. Dust jacket. Red Random House remainder stamp on lower page edges. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slightly shaken; clean and solid. Dust jacket is in Good..... More
Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 1971. Hardcover. xv, [1], 572, [1], xiii, [1] p., 1 double-leaf color map, 1 folded leaf with a map on each side; 22 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket (as issued). First published in 1939. An examination of political developments in..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2002. Hardcover. 69 p.; 22 cm. Cover in two shades of blue with gilt spine title and author's initials on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. Stated First Edition. The 13th collection of poems by American poet Gerald Stern (b. 1925). Book and dust..... More
New York: Richardson & Steirman, 1987. Hardcover. xii, 395 p.; 24 cm. Maroon and blue cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket title: Turning 200: A Bicentennial History of the Rise of the American Republic. The author portrays "the forces set in motion by the Revolution and..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1965. Hardcover. xvi, [2], 589 p.; 22 cm. Black and blue cloth with gilt-on-red spine title. Dust jacket in mylar cover. Signed by editor and author Whit Burnett on front free endpaper. Contains 50 short stories published in Story magazine over 33 years, arranged alphabetically..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1929. Hardcover. [8], 312 p.; 19 cm. Brown cloth with red spine and cover titles; publisher's emblem blind-stamped on lower front cover. No dust jacket. Endpapers decorated in red. Name of former owner, Charles W. Knorr, on front fixed endpaper and at head of..... More
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint, 2000. Hardcover. xxiv, 408 p., [8] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Purple cover with gilt spine title and author's initials on front cover. Illustrated dust jacket. This has been recognized as the standard biography of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas since its publication in 1977. "Now, drawing on..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. Hardcover. viii, 439, [1] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with silver spine and cover titles. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. The "most comporehensive guide" to the career of Judy Garland "ever compiled." -- dust jacket. Includes both a song index and name..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961. Paperback. vi, 441 p.; 21 cm. Paperback. Contains 22 short stories and a short novel by American authors. In Near Fine Condition: small ding in lower edge of front cover; clean and tight. More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1950. Hardcover. xxxi, [1], 287 p.: illustrations; 22 cm. White cloth spine with blue spine title; blue and grey silhouettes of trees on white paper over boards. No dust jacket. Title page printed in blue and black. Includes index of first lines. In Very Good- Condition: cover..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1990. Hardcover. xxii, 407 p.; 22 cm. Black cover with white spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes index of titles and index of first lines. Inscribed by editor, Northern Irish poet and critic Tom Paulin, to former owner on title page. Book is in Near Fine..... More
Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association, 1983. Hardcover. Fourth Printing, Sept. 1983. 559, [17] p.: color illustrations; 24 cm. Green endpapers. Green cover with gilt spine title and front cover illustration. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes index to common names and index to scientific names. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1955. Hardcover. [6], 313 p.; 21 cm. Grey cloth with gilt-on-black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. This fictional autobiography of Roman Emperor Hadrian (76-138) is a "psychological novel and a meditation on history." -- dust jacket. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. Hardcover. First printing. [8], 403 p.; 22 cm. Black cloth with gilt spine title. Top page edges red; red endpapers. Dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: a few light pencil marks; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good..... More
Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 1976. Hardcover. x, [4], 306 p., [16] p. of illustrations; 22 cm. Red cloth with white spine title. No dust jacket (as issued). First published in 1955, when the British conservative politician Anthony Eden (1897-1977) was still active. He served as Prime minister from 1955 to..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Hardcover. [10], 323, [3] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. White cloth with silver spine title, and spine and front cover illustration. Top page edges black. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Small red house remainder mark. Book is in Near Fine Condition: upper corners slightly bumped;..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1952. Hardcover. 245 p.; 21 cm. Green cloth with black spinr and cover titles. No dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Irish author Maurice Walsh (1879-1964) is best known today for his short story The Quiet Man, the basis of the 1952 movie of the same..... More
New York: Random House, 1954. Hardcover. First Printing. [10], 437 p.; 22 cm. Red cloth with white spine title; front cover has crosses blind-stamped and stamped in black. Grey endpapers. No dust jacket. Faulkner's anti-war novel, set in France during World War One, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. In Near..... More
Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 1970. Hardcover. xiv, 472 p.; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. No dust jacket (as issued). Includes index. In Fine Condition: clean and tight. More
Garden City: Anchor Books, Doubleday & Co., 1965. Paperback. xiv, 585, [1] p.; 18 cm. Paperback. Publisher's catalog on final page. The editors bring together statements produced during the Free Speech Movement student revolt at the University of California at Berkeley from Sept. 1964 through Jan. 1965 and observations by..... More