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Address Book by EDWARDS Esther Gordy

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$3,200.00
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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Address Book
Author
EDWARDS Esther Gordy
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1970. BULLOCK [i.e., EDWARDS], E[sther]. G[ordy]. [Motown Address Book]. Detroit, Michigan, circa 1970. Slim quarto (3-1/2 by 12 inches), original full floral-patterned cloth; pp. [68]. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $3200.Vintage address book from the 1970s-80s, used by Esther Gordy Edwards—sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy, and executive and founder of the Motown Historical Museum—and filled with addresses and phone numbers for many members of her famous family and such celebrities as Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, Alex Haley, Maya Angelou, Coretta King and more.""As Motown and its Detroit headquarters turned into a pop-soul powerhouse,"" Esther Gordy Edwards ""served as a company executive who guided a young Stevie Wonder and managed the careers of such era-defining artists as Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and the Supremes"" (Los Angeles Times). Her book of addresses and telephone numbers includes information for such famous recording artists as Wonder, Robinson, Gladys Knight, Gladys Horton and Diana Ross. Other celebrities whose names appear are Maya Angelou, Alex Haley, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Coretta King and Betty Shabazz. Many members of the Gordy family also appear, including Motown founder Berry Gordy, Anna Gordy Gaye (songwriter, record executive and Marvin Gaye's first wife), Gwen Gordy Fuqua (songwriter best known for such hits as ""Lonely Teardrops"" and ""All I Could Do Was Cry"") and Kennedy Gordy (who changed his name to ""Rockwell"" in 1983 and recorded the hit song ""Somebody's Watching Me""). Other noteworthy contacts include Judge Geraldine Ford (the first black female elected to a judgeship in the United States) and civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks. Most entries in the book are undated; many that are date from the 1970s and 1980s. During that era, following Motown's 1972 relocation to Los Angeles, Edwards was still in Detroit, transforming the company's original offices into the Motown Historical Museum. For whatever reason, the name ""E.G. Bullock"" is written at the top of the front pastedown. Esther Gordy's first marriage was to Robert Bullock; in 1951, however, she wed George Edwards, Michigan state legislator.Index tabs lightly soiled, expert joint repairs. An intriguing piece of Motown memorabilia.
The Secret History

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Title
The Secret History
Author
Donna Tartt
Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780679410324
Condition
Fine
Description
Stated First Edition/First Printing (no mention of subsequent printings); A Fine book in a Near Fine glassine jacket, with only some faint scratching to the jacket (common for these jackets), else as new and unread. A lovely copy of this author's first novel, getting quite uncommon in the first printing and in collectible condition. Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
Fathers and Crows

Fathers and Crows by William T Vollmann

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Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA
Title
Fathers and Crows
Author
William T Vollmann
Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780233987880
Condition
Fine
Description
First UK Edition/First Printing; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only light rubbing to the board and panel edges. A beautiful copy of this novel, the 2nd Volume in the Seven Dreams series; this volume concerning the economic and cultural rape of Canada by France in the 17th Century. Uncommon in the first UK edition. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship in a sturdy box.
DIE OLYMPISCHEN SPIELE 1936 [TWO VOLUMES]

DIE OLYMPISCHEN SPIELE 1936 [TWO VOLUMES]

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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA
Title
DIE OLYMPISCHEN SPIELE 1936 [TWO VOLUMES]
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Berlin: Ciogarten-Bilderienst Altona-Bahrenfeld, 1936. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto, 2 vols.; VG-; contemporary full royal blue cloth binding; spines with black lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; profusely illustrated with black and white tipped-in photos, as well as full color plates and two color fold-outs; mild age-toning to textblocks; all text in German; pages clean; shelved on the Front Table. 1353102. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
LIVRET DE DETAIL DE L'OFFICIER COMMANDANT DE COMPAGNIE

LIVRET DE DETAIL DE L'OFFICIER COMMANDANT DE COMPAGNIE

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Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc.
Title
LIVRET DE DETAIL DE L'OFFICIER COMMANDANT DE COMPAGNIE
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
Metz: Chez Veronnai, Imprimeur-Libraire pour les Troupes de tourte Armes, 1828. Full Leather. Entries in French from the late 1820's and 1830 citing infractions of various officers and the punishment (mutations, punitions). The officer's partially filled out Dance Card (contredances and valses) is to be found in the pocket. In wallet binding. The title page is present and preceding that is a leaf "Valeur Des Anciennes Pieces D'Or et D'Argent". We are uncertain if other leaves; we cannot tell if a prior leaf or two is missing.
Iowa's Fair (Signed First Edition)

Iowa's Fair (Signed First Edition) by WOOLSTON, Bill

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
Iowa's Fair (Signed First Edition)
Author
WOOLSTON, Bill
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780915664016
Description
Genesee, ID: Thorn Creek Press, 1975. First edition. Oblong softcover. A terrific collection of black and white photographs taken by Woolston at four different fairs in Iowa in 1972. A near fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers with some minor wear. Signed by Woolston on the foreword page in the year of publication. A pleasing copy of this uncommon book.
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The Sadness of Sex by YOURGRAU, Barry

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
The Sadness of Sex
Author
YOURGRAU, Barry
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Cambridge, MA: Whale Cloth Press, 1979. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 53 pages. Yourgrau's first book, printed in an edition of only 200 copies on Ragston paper. A collection of prose poems. A very good plus copy in black cloth boards with some minor wear to the printed paper spine label. No dust jacket as issued.
Mary Lou Zelazny: Vivarium

Mary Lou Zelazny: Vivarium by ZELAZNY, Mary Lou, Kevin and Ava Carney

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Title
Mary Lou Zelazny: Vivarium
Author
ZELAZNY, Mary Lou, Kevin and Ava Carney
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Chicago, IL: The Carl Hammer Gallery, 2018. First edition. Softcover. 38 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 2 through May 5, 2018. Features an essay by Kevin and Ava Carney. Includes 20 color illustrations. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Scarce, with no copies listed in OCLC.
Silence; Translated from the Russian by John Cournos

Silence; Translated from the Russian by John Cournos by Andreiyeff, Leonidas

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Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Title
Silence; Translated from the Russian by John Cournos
Author
Andreiyeff, Leonidas
Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Orig. pale gray boards, front cover paper label printed in red and black. Very good
Description
Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pale gray boards, front cover paper label printed in red and black. Very good. 32 pages. 16.5 x 13 cm. Andreyev, a depressive who attempted suicide more than once, led a tortured yet prolific life. He came into his own around the turn of the century after Gorki gave him some encouragement. Cournos, born Ivan Grigorievich Korshun was a writer and translator of Russian-Jewish background. Cournos in his Foreword called this work a melancholy poem. This publication from the "Modern Author's Series." Some toning to covers, head corners bumped, interior contents clean.
Souvenir of Shanghai

Souvenir of Shanghai

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Seller: McBlain Books
Title
Souvenir of Shanghai
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Chicago: Curt Teich & Co, 1920. Good. 20 postcard sized color photos printed on both sides of a strip of ten paostcard-sized leaves which are folded accordion-style. A 21st color image is printed on the folder. 16 x 11 cm. Folder partially split along main fold. ou.
Control: A Pageant of Engineering Progress [*SIGNED*]

Control: A Pageant of Engineering Progress [*SIGNED*] by Baker, George Pierce

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Seller: ReadInk
Title
Control: A Pageant of Engineering Progress [*SIGNED*]
Author
Baker, George Pierce
Seller
ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Good. (c.1930). First Edition. Hardcover. (paper-covered boards over black cloth; no dust jacket, probably as issued) [well-worn at all edges and extremities, partial splitting of black cloth along rear joint]. (11 B&W plates) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To / Frank P. Bevan / with hearty thanks for / his cooperation / G.P.B. / Dec. 1930." This short play was "written specially for the Fiftieth Anniversary of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers," employed both live actors (non-professionals, it appears) and film segments to illustrate "the remarkable development of mechanical engineering in the past fifty years, and the growing sense in such work that beauty may and must be combined with utility and power." In the play -- sorry, pageant -- which was given just three performances (all on the same day), there appear both symbolic figures (Curiosity, Intelligence, Finance, etc.) and historical personages (Michael Faraday, George Stephenson, Thomas Edison); judging from the four scene stills reproduced in the book, it was an eminently stagy affair, with guys in period dress (they are, of course, all men) standing around striking poses. The other seven illustrations in the book are reproductions of the costumes designed for the affair by Frank Poole Bevan, to whom this copy was inscribed by the mastermind of the whole thing, George Pierce Baker -- not himself an engineer, but a longtime professor of English at Harvard and later Yale (and founder of the Yale School of Drama), who was renowned as a dramatic theorist and teacher, and famously the author of the 1919 book "Dramatic Technique." Signed by Author .
Photographicum Helsingborg

Photographicum Helsingborg

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Title
Photographicum Helsingborg
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good +
Description
[Helsingborg, Sweden]: Killsbergs Bokhandel, 1890. Boards. Very good +. Killsbergs Bokhandel. 12mo; 3 15/16" x 5 7/8" cards; 3-flap folio wrap,grey textured paper over board, grey cloth backstrip, photo onlay to front; relief printed decorative endpapers; 10 b&w glossy finish photo-cards; light sunning and soiling to wrapper, scuff to front, light age-toning verso of card paper; good plus with near fine cards. Not in WorldCat. Ten black and white photographic images of local town scenes published by Killsbergs Bokhandel, Kilsberg's Bookstore in the coastal Swedish town of Helsingborg.
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Descartes, His Moral Philosophy and Psychology. Translated, and with an Introduction and a Conceptual Index, by John J. Blom

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Title
Descartes, His Moral Philosophy and Psychology. Translated, and with an Introduction and a Conceptual Index, by John J. Blom
Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
NY: New York University Press, 1978 lst English ed. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in fine d.j.
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Ralph Wickiser: The Four Seasons--Works from the 1970's by -

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Title
Ralph Wickiser: The Four Seasons--Works from the 1970's
Author
-
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
Walter Wickiser Gallery. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp copy of the catalogue issued by New York's Walter Wickiser Gallery. Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. New York's "Hirschl & Adler Gallery" blindstamp at the title page.
DER MONAT EINE INTERNATIONALE ZEITSCHRIFT, AUGUST 1962

DER MONAT EINE INTERNATIONALE ZEITSCHRIFT, AUGUST 1962 by NO AUTHOR

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Title
DER MONAT EINE INTERNATIONALE ZEITSCHRIFT, AUGUST 1962
Author
NO AUTHOR
Seller
Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
1962. NO AUTHOR. DER MONAT EINE INTERNATIONALE ZEITSCHRIFT AUGUST, 1962. Magazine format, printed wraps. Very Good (some wear and rubbing; upper right-hand corners missing on first several pages). $15.00.

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