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AMERICAN ARMY IN CHINA: Tientsin, Peking, Shanghai, Hankow, Hong Kong And Others

AMERICAN ARMY IN CHINA: Tientsin, Peking, Shanghai, Hankow, Hong Kong And Others by AMERICAN ARMY IN CIVIL WAR CHINA, A PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM

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Title
AMERICAN ARMY IN CHINA: Tientsin, Peking, Shanghai, Hankow, Hong Kong And Others
Author
AMERICAN ARMY IN CIVIL WAR CHINA, A PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM
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Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY (United States)
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[China n.d. ca. 1927-1928]. Brown simulated alligator cloth covers, 37 x 27.5 cm., black pages, spine ribbon-tied, ca. 400 b.w. photos corner mounted, images very good, sharp and clear images NOT faded,solid,nicely done. V E R Y R A R E ! **** *** **** . . SUPERB PHOTO ALBUM OF THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR: . . Beginning of The Communist Party led led by Mao Tse-tung . . V.S. the Kuomintang [KMT] or Chinese Nationalist Party . Led by Chiang Kai Shek. . The United States Supported the KMT. In this album, we see how the KMT soldiers hosted the American Army in China, using their trains and military bases throughout China. * This unusual album contains 400 original b. w. photographs & and is an historic photographic record of American military deployment showing Dough-boys in China, probably from the U.S. Army's 2nd. Battalion, 15th. infantry, per the flag and insignia found on a group formation photograph. A minority are with written captions, by and large taken by the person who made the album, also enhanced with a small percent of professional Chinese photos, some of which have in-negative captions. * There are ca. 3 or so photos missing else completely filling 32 pages or 64 sides + one on the inside back cover. The inside of the front cover has five attractive period color luggage type adverts from various hotels: Hotel Lankershim & Coast Line Military & Naval Hotel San Francisco, Cal; The Court Hotel, Tientsin North China; Grand Hotel des Wagons Litz; Astor House Hotel Ltd., Tientsin. * The album begins with photos of a Chinese playing a Pi-pa [snake skin banjo], then there are three other photos: first two show a Chinese military camouflage train engine from which a Yank soldier in his campaign hat descends, and a long train of cars with a large howitzer mounted upon one, last shows French [?] troops at parade rest with their rifles and white gloves and crested helmets with anchors [naval or marines] with others in the background with some officers. * The next two pages show Chinese coolies swing a basket from the creek top water a field, a mother suckling her baby with her family at the farm, a large water tower in the wet slums and a group of Doughboys at attention in formation, they wear boots, leggings, chrome World War I type dress helmets, a rifle, back pack with bayonet, cartridge pouch belts with green wool hip-length jackets. The opposite page shows another view of the Chinese military train, a pair of large mounted guns on an armored train car. To the right is a Chinese officer pointing to a large pierced hole in the train with a foreign engineer peering out from the small window. The train sports the Republic of China flag with a Chinese military unit flag painted on the side. Another view shows a group of abandoned Chinese coffins that went to the dogs; a group of soldiers in garrison caps at attention with fixed bayonets as the officers salute someone near the person taking the photo, some Chinese officers also present. * Next 2 pages show Chinese on a wheel barrow, some Japanese women by a pond in Kimono and a group of British troops from their colonial Empire: blacks, Indians, white trumpeter, Chinese, and others with musical instruments all wear white cork-type pith helmets. A group of Japanese officers mugging for the camera. Photos of the railhead and large number of Chinese troops with rifles, and kit at the railway station, some on march carrying their flags others in open box cars with touring cars that are on the move, another of camouflaged armored train cars, one shows a number of foreign soldiers looking out of a train car window, some are with tiny embossed stamp at right corner: "Mei Lee Tien Tsin." * The album continues with a mixture of images of civilian Chinese, Chinese military, their trains, moving air planes, weapons, war refugees in tents, military views of barbed wire fortifications, trenches, machine gunners Russian soldiers, Chinese officers, Chinese air force, funerals, rickshaw pullers, camel trains, captured & wounded prisoners, foreign soldiers at their sand-bagged posts. Photos of the great wall, magnificent Chinese architectural monuments, buildings and pagodas, religious icons, coffins, more coffins, mortars & Chinese junks and a plethora of others. * The American Consulate General's compound in Tientsin, American military band welcoming the newly arrived replacement troops. A large photo group shot of the American officers seated for a memorial photograph, with their Battalion flag proudly posted on the wall where they pose [source of our citation at the top of the unit name]; two buglers are at each outside position, the commander is ram-rod straight and taller than all others seated in the front & center; he and only two others on his sides wear full leather knee boots, probably indicating the highest ranking officers; others are in boots & leggings. * Photos of Doughboys aboard a ship showing the Naval officers with one stunning photo of an American high officer with his Japanese & Chinese counter parts posing for the camera. And a photo of the "Mail Boat Gazun Panama" and a few others of Panama giving credence to the fact that some of these soldiers came from the American East coast via Panama to San Francisco, then on to China. Nice photo of semi-nude Panamanian family, men, women, children. Doughboys at target practice, photos of Chinese poverty, coolies pulling great loads and street vendors. * More showing Chinese life style, street life, horse & bullock carts, and yet more caskets left in the open unburied and abandoned, train cars full of horses, Chinese troops, smoke rising from a burning city, another with "Tian jin" written in Chinese, catholic church, more parading of American soldiers within the Tientsin American Consulate parade grounds, trooping of the colors. And a nice photo of the "U.S. Army Transport Thomas," Chinese junk &c. A U.S. soldier in a necktie, his rifle at fixed bayonet at parade-rest before the Consulate General compound with sand bags, inside a photo of a U.S. soldier with his Colt-45 on his hip with canteen looking at some communications connections, another photo of two mini U.S. tanks, and a very long bridge over the water. * Photo of the Tientsin downtown with a Sikh Indian policeman directing traffic. Next page shows a public Chinese street execution: the guilty on his knees with the executioner ready to swing a very large sword and another headless corpse is before him, the Tientsin YMCA compound, opposite which is likely the inside of the American Consulate offices showing very ancient typewriters and three women staff and one other female Navy person. They all mug for the camera with a good number of U.S. Army or Marine officers, behind three desks. * Chinese hauling "magnum gold" brand ammunition on hand- trucks, a U.S. Army band performing before the Consulate's office. At this point, we find a few photos with penned captions: "One of China's Department Stores [it shows a bird vendor]; Peanut Gambler [a mountain of P-nuts]; Chinese Shimboo [photo of the office and maker of the album and his Chinese officer friend ?]; "A Chinese Taxi" [shows him in a Rickshaw], "Me and the boy friend 11/3/28" [shows a tiny goat cart carrying a child's coffin with a Chinese man. This penned date gives substantial proof of the date range of the entire album which was placed about the center of the whole work. * The next page shows two more penned captions: "Chinese cavalry" and "Note mud house and fence" [shows two Chinese officers on horse-back and a very, very poor house with very starved animals]. The next shows six Chinese undercover men, two each holding a Chinese being readied for execution; and a very grizzly photo of a Chinese officer actually executing a Chinese man with his pistol who is seated on a rock: the photo captures the action as the shot blows away the mans brains. Behind the execution scene is a crowd of American soldiers in campaign hats and Chinese military officers who are witness to the event. * More views of Chinese street life, vendors, pullers, haulers & horse carts, religious icons and a stunning Chinese roofed gate, more Chinese troops on the move via train, with a very horrible view of a large number of dead Chinese in the muddy filthy waters by a bridge. Homeless Chinese at a "soup kitchen," war refugees hauling their belongings, house boat, street barbers, a group of 7 photos by the ocean. They show American soldiers at leisure looking at Chinese fishermen nets, naked fishermen hauling in a net of fish to the beach, a burning waterfront village, the jetty where several large [American ?] transport ships are at anchor, and a great assembly of Yankee soldiers on the beach with duffel bags and their gear at the railhead. * The last photo shows a great number of various whisky bottles lined up for display. More photos show a coffin maker, large coffin, basket seller and "chow" sellers on the street. A military formation of 100's of either Scottish, or Irish soldiers with fixed bayonets, marching down the main street before the "RNC Electricity Dept.," below which is a very long line of British soldiers on one side of the street, opposite from a good number of American soldiers, who are on the side of the street, a British Union Jack flies over a castle-like structure, this is clearly some kind of grand military parade. * More photos of the Great Wall, the military parade and army chaplains, with an Australia flag flying over another castle tower. Chinese river scene with large numbers of native boats in a canal, a beggar's camp with straw -mat tents, a canal crossing ferry for people, a photo of a U.S. officer stand on top a wooden coffin for a closer look. More poverty-stricken Chinese, haulers, fortune tellers, graves, tethered horses, log sawyers, rice haulers, electric trolley with English and Chinese language sign on the roof, panorama post card of Shanghai's Bund. * The album now shifts to photos of the Peking area. Shows the Ming tombs and the camel-lined road; military train [the Americans were transported by that train], a large bivouac and tent city where the U. S. military troops camped, some Chinese "house boys" proudly holding the American troop's unit flag. More photos of two U.S. soldiers posing near Chinese coffins in a wet ditch. A group of very young Chinese boys posed near the railroad; one is so poor that he has no clothes at all and is in nude. A large group of Nationalist Chinese soldiers marching along a street, one classic photo of a single American soldier on guard, standing at attention as stands vigil on a barbed-wire barrier, his rifle at fixed bayonet. * A group of five Chinese young "ladies" who pose for the camera who seemed NOT to be bewildered by the photographer, they look like "Sing-song girls" [hookers] who entertained the U.S. troops. Chinese Buddhist priests in white robes with shaved heads, a great gate to Peking, Shanghai harbor views, shanty huts, captured Chinese criminal or traitor guarded by Chinese soldiers, train car full of rifles, more Chinese soldiers on trains, marching in formation on the road. And a good photo of several American officers: one with a whip posing for the camera in garrison hat. * Chinese bivouac, and American soldiers with bullet and pouches for ammo with rifles at parade rest. More barbed-wire barricades, Chinese & British soldiers, armored train-mounted gun. More Chinese prisoners [traitors?] being executed, heads hoisted on power poles in baskets as a form of public warning and display for other would-be traitors. An American tent bivouac camp, at the train yard, two more public exec executions by beheading at the moment of loosing one's head, an executed dead man lying in the street. Photos of Peking's Forbidden City, a Chinese hung to death from a tree, a Yank soldier in overalls carries a Chinese bamboo "yoke" with two baskets and smokes a pipe, while Chinese look on and laugh. * Two photos of lines of Rickshaws waiting for passengers. One comic photo with negative caption: "Find the Chinaman;" it shows two American soldiers sitting among Chinese. Nice shot of the Summer Palace, Peking, and a U.S. soldier riding in a Rickshaw. The very last photo inside the back cover shows the whole battalion dressed up, wearing their chrome helmets standing at attention in formation for a classic and most historic memorial photograph. Their commanding officer is front and center; all have their rifles, ammo belts and very polished boots, with back packs. They could be standing in the Tientsin American Consulate compound grounds. Followed by a few other photos of Chinese, a Chinese soldier, et al. * This work shows the typical things seen in China during this period of political and military chaos. The feuding war lords and political parties at war; the landing of American military to protect American diplomatic interests. Support & assistance given to the Americans and other foreign military groups by the Nationalist Chinese army. The desperate situation of the tragic Chinese people caught in the grips of upheaval and the summary punishment of traitors in a public display of the swift and ruthless law of China. A riveting and most compelling true record of a U.S. military officer's sojourn to and deployment in China. * THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE SIZE OF PHOTOGRAPHS: This is not a professional group of photographs, but there a very small amount which were obviously purchased by the maker of the album and inserted. The vast majority are his personal photographs, these again are obvious to anyone who looks at the album. This is an excellent example of private work of an unknown American Army officer stationed in China during a very chaotic period. He was interested in recording for posterity his experiences and the sights that he saw while on duty. We thank him for giving us privy to this slice of American and Chinese military history. * SIZE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: The size varies considerably, sizes in cm.: the smallest are 8 x 5, most are 14 x 9, 3 larger photos 24.5 x 18 and the last 30 x 10. CONDITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: These are original period photos, they are all very clear, sharp images, no fading and in excellent condition. They have been corner mounted. * RARITY: Photographic albums of this period in China are NOT commonly found; one made by an American Army officer stationed in China at this time is exceptionally unusual and RARE ! This is a charming primary source with a large number of clean & sharp images, taken by an actual participant in this historic period of China. The officer and photographer of these photographs shared for posterity his keen insight and view of these events. We thank him for giving us privy to this slice of American & Chinese military history. *.
Poems

Poems by Auden, W.H.

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Title
Poems
Author
Auden, W.H.
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
London: Faber & Faber, 1930. First edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing of the poet's first published book. [vi], 79 pp. Bound in publisher's blue printed wraps over cardstock covers. Very Good+ with slight slant to spine, light toning to spine and edges, rubbing at joints with minor bumping to corners. Slight soiling covers and minor foxing to textblock edges. Joints holding well, a nicer copy than usually found of this fragile production. A beautiful copy of Auden's collection of two poems and a play dedicated to Cecil Day-Lewis, Paid on Both Sides. Written in a gnomic style, the writer achieves technical mastery in this early work that captures the zeitgeist of the emerging '30s poets group. Bloomfield and Mendelson A2a.
Born Free and Equal

Born Free and Equal by Ansel Adams

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Born Free and Equal
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Ansel Adams
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Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Signed and dated by Adams on half-title page. A very nice copy of this fragile book.
Collection of Seven Pieces of Promotional Nursery Literature

Collection of Seven Pieces of Promotional Nursery Literature by O.K. Gerrish [agent]

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Collection of Seven Pieces of Promotional Nursery Literature
Author
O.K. Gerrish [agent]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Portland, ME: O.K. Gerrish, 1880. Very Good. [Portland, ME]: [O.K. Gerrish], n.d. [ca. 1880s]. Collection of seven broadsides, handbills, and pamphlets promoting different strains of fruit on offer by the Portland agent O.K. Gerrish, all but two adorned with woodcut illustrations. Most examples have previous folds and a few small chips, the "Russian Apricot" broadside the most worn with vertical separation across the middle with small loss affecting text and meaning, else a Very Good, bright collection. Complete list available on request. Attractive and visual collection of promotional material all about fruit: the Greely Plum "surpasses any plum I have ever known," while the arctic apple "surpasses, in size, beauty, and quality, any late keeping winter apple yet introduced." The small pamphlet promoting the "New White Grape the Jessica" includes ten testimonials, including that of P.G. Dempsey, President of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario: "It is *simply delicious.*...Everybody will want such an elegant table grape." None separately catalogued in OCLC as of August, 2025.
Who Goes There

Who Goes There by [Angel Bomb Press] Campbell, John W., Jr.; Todd Thyberg (illustrations)

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Who Goes There
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[Angel Bomb Press] Campbell, John W., Jr.; Todd Thyberg (illustrations)
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The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
ISBN
9781735146010
Condition
Fine
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Minneapolis: Angel Bomb Press, 2022. Fine. Deluxe Edition. One of 50 copies, signed by the artist. This story was originally published in "Astounding Science-Fiction" in August 1938 under the pseudonym Don A. Stuart. It was later adapted into multiple film versions, the most recent being "The Thing" in 2011. This horrific tale of alien encounters and Antarctic exploration is presented here in a fine letterpress edition with nineteen striking, color illustrations by Todd Thyberg. It is in a special binding of quarter tan goatskin over blue Japanese cloth covered boards. It is housed in blue cloth covered tryptich folding case with an interior folder holding a suite of five letterpress illustrations, each signed and dated by the artist. The case is made to look like a government file with maps lining the interior and an official resin medallion stating "Secondary Polar Expedition: Antarctica" to the front panel. The interior maps have been hand-altered with pencil notes of expedition locations. The book, maps, and illustrations were letterpress printed with Ehrhardt Monotype and Haboro Contrast types on Classic Crest Bare White eggshell paper. Polymer plates by the Boxcar Press. Binding by the Campbell Logan Bindery featuring a hand cast, hand painted resin medallion by the artist on the front of the case. 60 pages. PRI/072423.
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The treatment of syphilis with salvarsan, introduction by Paul Ehrlich by WECHSELMANN, Wilhelm

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The treatment of syphilis with salvarsan, introduction by Paul Ehrlich
Author
WECHSELMANN, Wilhelm
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York: Rebman Co, 1911. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With 16 coloured illustrations (3 double-page and 1 folding) and 15 text figures. Original cloth, red spine label, frayed at head and foot of spine; covers toned, still an excellent copy. First edition in English describing Ehrlich's new product Salvarsan for use in the treatment of syphilis. Wechselmann here conducts a study of 1400 cases treated with salvarsan at the Rudolph Virchow Hospital in Berlin. Incorporated in this work is a list of writings of American and British observers, who have either had some personal experience with the new remedy, or have abstracted and collated the writings of foreign contributors.
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Opium and the opium-appetite: with notices of alcoholic beverages, cannabis indica, tobacco and coca, and tea and coffee, in their hygeienic aspects and pathologic relations by CALKINS, Alonzo

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Opium and the opium-appetite: with notices of alcoholic beverages, cannabis indica, tobacco and coca, and tea and coffee, in their hygeienic aspects and pathologic relations
Author
CALKINS, Alonzo
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1871. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cloth, author and title in gilt on spine; fly-leaf torn on the top right corner. Ownership signature and stamp. First edition. The author explores the history, effects, and consequences of opium use and addiction, as well as the use of other (evil) substances such as alcoholic beverages, weed, tobacco, coca, tea, and coffee. The hygienic aspects and pathologic relations of these substances are treated, exploring their impact on physical and mental health. Many of the substances are compared and contrasted, such as opium and alcohol, opium and tobacco, and tobacco and cocaine. The book provides a detailed analysis of the opium trade and its effects on society, including the rise of opium addiction and the social, economic, and political implications. The author also provides recommendations for the treatment of opium addiction and the prevention of substance abuse. Of particular interest is Calkins’ suggestions for legislation against the collective stimuli of these substances. Calkins described addiction as “a power subtle in its contrivings, stealthy in its approaches, dangerous as it is insidious, mischievous as it is plausible and seductive.” This statement, made not only in the book but by his declarations in various lectures he gave, basically initiated the country’s ongoing “war on drugs” which of course still continues to this day Calkins (1804-1878) was a medical doctor who took great interest in the relationship between poverty, family environment, substance abuse and crime, often commenting in various publications on the topic of addiction as a result of heredity or environmental causes. Cordasco 70-0545.
[TEXTILE] [EMBROIDERY] Men's Masonic Wallet

[TEXTILE] [EMBROIDERY] Men's Masonic Wallet

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[TEXTILE] [EMBROIDERY] Men's Masonic Wallet
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
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Cream linen cloth,color beads and embroidery. Near fine
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c. 1830's - 1860's. Cloth. Cream linen cloth,color beads and embroidery. Near fine. Handmade, embroidered and beaded men's linen wallet decorated with colored beads with an embroidered image of a Masonic church. Light staining.
ROLLO LEARNING TO READ

ROLLO LEARNING TO READ by [Abbot, Jacob]

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ROLLO LEARNING TO READ
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[Abbot, Jacob]
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Very good.
Description
New York: Samuel Colman, 1839. Very good.. Early edition of the book that made the Rollo series big, intended to instruct the novice American reader by combining a mature vocabulary with a lively series of animal metamorphoses and moral lessons. The hapless and ungrateful Rollo made his first cameo appearance in the rare THE LITTLE SCHOLAR LEARNING TO TALK: A Picture Book for Rollo, by His Father, reissued in 1839 as ROLLO LEARNING TO TALK. ROLLO LEARNING TO READ is thus technically the second Rollo book, but the first "devoted wholly to Rollo" (Blanck) and is the title responsible for the series's popularity and influence. 6.25'' x 4''. Original gilt-lettered blind-stamped green cloth. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and full-page wood engravings. 180 pages. Moderate edgewear and scuffing to boards, sometimes exposing bits of board. Pencil to front free endpaper. Mild foxing throughout.
Freedom Fighters [Calendar title]

Freedom Fighters [Calendar title]

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Freedom Fighters [Calendar title]
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Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
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Very good
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Ruston, Louisiana: Modern Disciples of Love and King's Funeral Home, 1968. Very good. 11" x 7¾". Two color double-sided leaves, adhered at top edge with hole for hanging. Pp. [4]. Very good: faint stains to background of one image and a few light creases and scuffs, else fresh and bright. This is a rare and beautiful wall calendar celebrating four civil rights leaders, all of whom had been murdered. It was issued by a long-standing African Americanowned funeral home in Louisiana, founded and run at the time by an enterprising educator and community leader, Buena King. A 1977 feature in the Ruston Daily Leader offered a wealth of background on the impressive "Buena King - Businesswoman." Reared in East Texas and one of six children, she started domestic duties at an early age and put herself through college by supervising campus residential buildings. In 1926 she was hired to teach at a Black school in Ruston, Louisiana; she also established the library and science department, instigated fundraising for the auditorium, served as assistant principal and coach of the girls' basketball team. "During the Panic of 1932, when banks and businesses were failing because of the scarcity of money, Mrs. King pooled the family's funds and established a burial club." In 1960 she retired from teaching to work the funeral home full-time with her husband, and when he died in 1968 she "assumed full responsibility for the business." She was "the only female member of the Interracial Committee" in Ruston and worked to open roads, a park and swimming pool for Black residents. She was also active with the local voters league, NAACP and Chamber of Commerce, and served on the Board of Directors for the State and National Funeral Directors and Morticians Associations. King's Funeral Home, per their website, has been offering "personalized funeral services since 1932." The business is now run by W.D. McKeever, who "was fortunate to receive the majority of his training from the late Buena E. King. She passed on to him her passion for the customer." This beautiful calendar shows the dates for three months of 1969 to each of four pages and advertises King's Funeral Home: "Quality (We Have It) - Service (We Give It) - Satisfaction (We Guarantee It)." Each page also has a photographic image of a civil rights leader who met an untimely demise: John F. Kennedy, Medgar Evers, Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rare and beautiful promotion for a funeral home run by an ambitious African American woman in Louisiana. No evidence of this calendar was found in OCLC or online.
Top Stories #9; New York City in 1979

Top Stories #9; New York City in 1979 by ACKER, Kathy

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Top Stories #9; New York City in 1979
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ACKER, Kathy
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Buffalo, NY: Top Stories, 1981. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's illustrated stiff card wraps. [24pp]. Light wear to extremities, a couple of small scratches to the front panel; internally clean, ink stamp of "Top Stories" NYC address to copyright page. A very good, clean copy. An early piece of searing Acker prose, dealing with themes of abuse, crime and sexuality, illustrated with photographs by Anne Turyn. Originally published in "Crawl Out Your Window" journal a year prior. "Top Stories" was created by Turyn and distributed by Hallwalls, a small indie gallery space and publishing house in Buffalo.
The Circular Distributer and Agents Guide. Devoted to Advertisers Agents, Circular Distributers and the Public in General. Vol. II, No. 11 (March 1895)

The Circular Distributer and Agents Guide. Devoted to Advertisers Agents, Circular Distributers and the Public in General. Vol. II, No. 11 (March 1895) by [ADVERTISING] [Clark, R.H., ed?]

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The Circular Distributer and Agents Guide. Devoted to Advertisers Agents, Circular Distributers and the Public in General. Vol. II, No. 11 (March 1895)
Author
[ADVERTISING] [Clark, R.H., ed?]
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Savannah, GA, 1895. Printed self wrappers, 24cm x 16cm; [8]pp. Printed on newsprint. Wear to extremities (without loss); old dampstain affecting first two leaves; Good and sound. An apparently unrecorded trade monthly for drummers, bill-posters, and handbill distributors. A charmingly rustic piece of 19th-century Americana; the writing, layout, and printing are all of such a wonderfully amateur character that one marvels the journal lasted into a second volume. Includes numerous advertisements, including solicitations from those wishing to post bills and those wishing to have bills posted. Of particular interest to this bookseller is an advertisement on page 4, signed "Tarver's Old Book Store" in Savannah: "Have you any old books, or anything that is old. Look in your old trunks and search the house through. If you have any thing that is old send them or write to W.H. Tarver manager..." No holdings located in OCLC.
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, M,DCCC,II The Thirty-fourth

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, M,DCCC,II The Thirty-fourth

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The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, M,DCCC,II The Thirty-fourth
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1802. London: B. McMillan printer to the Royal Academy, [1802]. 4to, 41, [1]pp. Disbound. Slightly dusty but very good. ß A fascinating glimpse of the famous and fashionable artists whose works were being shown at the RA.
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Selected Poems Edited with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by F. W. Bateson by Blake, William

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Selected Poems Edited with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by F. W. Bateson
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Blake, William
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1964. London: Heinemann, 1964. Small 8vo, xxx, 144 pp., color frontispiece. Original black cloth, orange illustrated dust-jacket. Jacket is chipped and has noticeable shelf wear, front endpaper is creased; very good copy. ß Reprint of the 1957 edition, with corrections. Bentley, Blake Books, 318 D: the notes are original and illuminating .
Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey's A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS (1984) Theatre poster

Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey's A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS (1984) Theatre poster by Fennimore (artist)

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Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey's A WOMAN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS (1984) Theatre poster
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Fennimore (artist)
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
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Near Fine
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Vintage original 22 x 14" (56 x 36 cm.) window card poster, small sticker affixed to top left side, slight creasing, NEAR FINE. Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey adapted this one-woman play from her novel of the same name -- a story that unfolds over many decades about a young woman who inherits a fortune in a society in which women are expected to conform to rigid stereotypes. The play was first given in Los Angeles to critical praise in 1983. This Broadway run was very short-lived, but the play was later the basis for a very successful television mini-series starring Sally Field.
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HAP Grieshaber, Serien und Plakate Museum Folkwang: Grafische Sammlung und Deutsches Plakat Museum im Museum Folkwang

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HAP Grieshaber, Serien und Plakate Museum Folkwang: Grafische Sammlung und Deutsches Plakat Museum im Museum Folkwang
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9783869302720
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VG, slight bump to lower corners
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Essen, Germany: Museum Folkwang, 2011. Folkwang / Steidl. Hardbound. VG, slight bump to lower corners. Text in German. White pictorial boards, 231 pp, profuse color plates and images. Helmut Andreas Paul Grieshaber or HAP Grieshaber (15 February 1909 - 12 May 1981). Eine Ausstellung der Grafische Sammlung und Deutsches Plakat Museum im Museum Folkwang 29. Januar bix 3. April 2011.
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Caspar David Friedrich im Harz by Zschoche, Herrmann

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Caspar David Friedrich im Harz
Author
Zschoche, Herrmann
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9789057051494
Condition
VG: Both book and dust jacket are in excellent shape. One sticker on the back of the jacket. Very clean copy overall, appears se
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Verlag der Kunst Dresden, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. VG: Both book and dust jacket are in excellent shape. One sticker on the back of the jacket. Very clean copy overall, appears seldom used.. Blue cardboard hardback with an illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations on both front and back free end pages. (6), 7-157, (1) pp. Glossy leaves with 92 true-color images. Written in German. "Caspar David Friedrich wanderte 1811 in Gesellschaft seines Bildhauer-Freundes Christian Gottlieb Kühn rund 300 Kilometer durch den Harz. Die Naturschönheiten und -gewalten dieses Mittelgebirges inspirierten viele Künstler. Mit der geschulterten Tasche hatte Georg Kersting den Malerkollegen Friedrich schon im Riesengebirge gezeichnet. Auch jetzt trug er darin wider die Utensilien, mit denen er seine Eindrücke festhielt. Wie genau er dabei zu Werke ging, beweisen noch heute die vergleichenden Photographien der sich verändernden Landschaft. Daß sich Friedrich in dieser Zeit der »Eroberung« des Harzes neben Hans Christian Andersen, Heinrich von Kleist oder Friedrich Schleiermacher auch in guter Malergesellschaft befand, zeigen unter anderem die seit 1753 geführten Brockenbücher. Die dortigen Einträge sind in einer Auswahl vom Brockenwirt Nehse in seinem 1850 erschienenen »Brocken-Stammbuch« überliefert." ["In 1811, Caspar David Friedrich hiked around 300 kilometers through the Harz Mountains in the company of his sculptor friend Christian Gottlieb Kühn. The natural beauty and power of this low mountain range inspired many artists. Georg Kersting had already drawn his fellow painter Friedrich in the Giant Mountains with his shoulder bag. Even now He carried the utensils with which he recorded his impressions. The comparative photographs of the changing landscape still prove today how precisely he went about his work. The Brocken books, which have been kept since 1753, show that during this time of the "conquest" of the Harz, Friedrich was also in good painter company alongside Hans Christian Andersen, Heinrich von Kleist, and Friedrich Schleiermacher. The entries there are a selection from Brockenwirt Nehse in his “Brocken-Stammbuch” published in 1850."].
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Karl Knaths 1891-1971: Works on Paper 1919-1930 [copy] by Young, Jean and Jim Young

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Title
Karl Knaths 1891-1971: Works on Paper 1919-1930 [copy]
Author
Young, Jean and Jim Young
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG (A spiral bound copy of the original 1982 catalogue; does not have the same illus. on the cover as the original; print integr
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Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1982. Softcover. VG (A spiral bound copy of the original 1982 catalogue; does not have the same illus. on the cover as the original; print integrity is good for a copy.). Sprial bound. 36 leaves, BW illus. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of artwork by American artist Karl Knaths. With an illustrated essay by Jean and Jim Young, and a foreword by Ronald Kuchta. Includes collections history, awards and recogniitions, and testimonials. The checklist cites 159 pieces, and more than 20 are pictured here.
Ancient Treasures XVI

Ancient Treasures XVI

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Ancient Treasures XVI
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG+
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New York: Antiquarium, Ltd. Fine Ancient Arts Gallery, 2017. Hardcover. VG+. Black and color-illustrated boards, white lettering on covers. 33 pp. Filled with color illustrations. A catalogue of bowls, statues, sculptures, sarcophagi, etc. A nice collection.
French Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Vol. I - Artists Born before 1790

French Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Vol. I - Artists Born before 1790 by Zafran, Eric M.

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French Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Vol. I - Artists Born before 1790
Author
Zafran, Eric M.
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780878464616
Condition
VG/VG as new
Description
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1998. Hardbound. VG/VG as new. Navy cloth with gold lettering; Wedgwood blue dj with color illustration on cover; 224 pp. with 40 color plates and 125 duotones;. While mainly a catalogue, the volume also is a fascinating story of connoisseurship and collection building. Includes a bibliography and 2 indices.
Slander and Defamation of Character. The Great Crimes of the Nineteenth Century

Slander and Defamation of Character. The Great Crimes of the Nineteenth Century by Worrall, Thomas D.

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Slander and Defamation of Character. The Great Crimes of the Nineteenth Century
Author
Worrall, Thomas D.
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Washington, D. C.: Thomas D. Worrall, 1884. First edition. 12mo. 207, (1) pp. Original rust colored pebble grain cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with the spine title in gilt. Upper board worn and soiled, spine gilt perished, one signature a little loos,e else a very good copy. In the Dedication the author salutes those who have been unjustly slandered and defamed, and indicates he has suffered the same fate. The 37 chapters of the book indicate a thorough discussion of various types of slander and defamation. .
Autograph Letter Signed. Hall of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harrisburg, Feb. 27, 1853 (though mistakenly dated 1852)., (free franked by B. B. Chamberlin), to Sam B. Wilson, Beaver, Pennsylvania.

Autograph Letter Signed. Hall of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harrisburg, Feb. 27, 1853 (though mistakenly dated 1852)., (free franked by B. B. Chamberlin), to Sam B. Wilson, Beaver, Pennsylvania. by Denlinger, William

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Autograph Letter Signed. Hall of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harrisburg, Feb. 27, 1853 (though mistakenly dated 1852)., (free franked by B. B. Chamberlin), to Sam B. Wilson, Beaver, Pennsylvania.
Author
Denlinger, William
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
Quarto, 4 pages, plus original mailing envelope, in very good, clean, and legible condition. 1853 Politicking at the Pennsylvania Capitol Awaiting the Presidential Inauguration of Franklin Pierce. The politically well-connected writer, apparently seeking a federal appointment as Postmaster or some other position appointed by the Postmaster General of the United States, was lobbying friends in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to support his candidacy. The newly-elected President Franklin Pierce was about to sworn into office the following week but Denlinger had given up on the idea of personally visiting Washington because "Report says that the city is already full to overflowing and that the meanest accommodations cannot be had for less than from three to five dollars per day. It is even said that lodgings can hardly be obtained even in a stable. So you see what folly it would be for such a modest man as I am to be caught in such a crowd." Many of the people he was lobbying in Harrisburg, in town for the Democratic State Convention, were planning to visit the national capital thereafter and Denlinger thought he could round up enough VIP support to win him the position he desired. Writing to a friend in his hometown of Beaver, on the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania, Denlinger also offers an inside view of political doings in Harrisburg, naming many names and summing up his view of the regional distinctions between politicians in the Legislature: "Thie place is now full of people from all parts of the State, attending the State Convention and on their way to Washington but the major part seem to be from the Eastern Counties. There is a marked difference between Eastern and Western men here. The former appear aristocratic, wearing the finest broadcloth, clothing cut in the extreme of fashion, sporting heavy gold chains, and wearing the spring style of hats with flat brims, which give rise to the idea of a sick chair, while the latter dress like ourselves, are clever and easily approached…"
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El Caso by Boltanski, Christian

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El Caso
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Boltanski, Christian
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Madrid: Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 1988. First edition. 63 pp; 24 x 34 cm; Exhibiton at Centro de Arte Reina Sofia 26 de Mayo - 5 de Septembre, 1988. Introduction by Juan Miguel Hernandez Leon. Slight tanning to boards, else fine.
OUR PRICELESS JEWEL

OUR PRICELESS JEWEL by WEST, Miriam McKee

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OUR PRICELESS JEWEL
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WEST, Miriam McKee
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
[Philipps & Godshalk Co, 1935. WEST, Miriam McKee. OUR PRICELESS JEWEL. Trenton, New Jersey: [Philipps & Godshalk Co., 1935]. Small 4to., blue imitation leather, stamped in gilt. Signed by West on front blank page. A privately-printed memorial to West's daughter, Jeane. Very Good. $75.00.
The Political Pamphlets and Letters of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Related Pieces

The Political Pamphlets and Letters of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Related Pieces by Abeles, Francine F.

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The Political Pamphlets and Letters of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Related Pieces
Author
Abeles, Francine F.
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
ISBN
9780930326142
Condition
Fine
Description
First edition. Octavo. Black over blue cloth. 24 b/w illustrations. 3 page introduction by Charles Lovett. Issued without dust jacket. Fine. 260 pages. No signatures or bookplates.
Talking to Myself [*SIGNED*, with additional letter]

Talking to Myself [*SIGNED*, with additional letter] by Bailey, Pearl

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Talking to Myself [*SIGNED*, with additional letter]
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Bailey, Pearl
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
Description
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. (c.1971). 2nd printing (B). Hardcover. [light soiling to bottom edges of covers, no other significant wear; the jacket has a tiny tear and some associated dog-earing at the top rear hinge, and a couple of tiny nicks at the bottom edge of the front panel]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page: "To Flip [sic] -- In love is / all --- / Pearl." (The inscribee, Fil Perell, was a Los Angeles restaurant critic/journalist and cable-access show host.) Laid in is a letter (TLS) on Pearl Bailey Production Corp. letterhead, thanking Perell (whose forename is also rendered incorrectly here as "Flip") for "the beautfiul words you wrote in your column" and making reference to his having attended her recent show at the Cocoanut Grove; it's signed with her full name. Signed by Author .
Photographs of Clarence H. White

Photographs of Clarence H. White

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Photographs of Clarence H. White
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ReadInk (United States)
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Near Fine
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Lincoln: University of Nebraska. Near Fine. 1968. First Edition. Stapled wraps. [small stain (from sticker removal?) at lower left corner of rear cover, otherwise unblemished]. (Monographs on American Art, No. 2) Series (B&W photographs) Catalogue for an exhibition shown at the University of Nebraska Art Galleries in February/March 1968; limited to 500 copies. Contents include: a 4-page biographical sketch of the photographer, by Jerald Maddox of the Library of Congress; a list of public collections containing White's work; a catalogue of the 59 photos by White in the Collection of the Library of Congress; full-page reproductions of five White photos (plus the cover photo of White himself). 28 pages, including covers. .
Constitution and By-laws of the Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine, Ukrainian Gold Cross, and Youth of ODWU

Constitution and By-laws of the Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine, Ukrainian Gold Cross, and Youth of ODWU by Various

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Constitution and By-laws of the Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine, Ukrainian Gold Cross, and Youth of ODWU
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Various
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Niu Iork (New York): ODWU, 1940. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 6 x 4 1/2; pp. [2], 5-125, [2]; textured, olive wraps, printed and ruled in dark blue; fading to margins of wraps and afew minor smudges; tiny nicks to tips of spine and back wrap; in very good condition. In Ukrainian and English. The Organization for the Rebirth of Ukraine, known as ODVU, or ODWU was a Ukrainian nationalist political organization in the US, ideologically close to the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and founded in 1930-1931 by OUN operative Omelian Senyk. Extremely popular, the organization would develop 78 branches by 1940, including the above mentioned Youth of ODWU for young people and Ukrainian Gold Cross for women.
The Plato Papers (Signed First Edition)

The Plato Papers (Signed First Edition) by ACKROYD, Peter

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The Plato Papers (Signed First Edition)
Author
ACKROYD, Peter
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781856197014
Description
London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A novel from the author of the Booker Prize shortlist novel "Chatterton" fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by Ackroyd in April 1999 on the title page. A fresh unread copy.
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THE COUNTRY BOY by (Art Nouveau Trade Binding) Selwyn, Edgar

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THE COUNTRY BOY
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(Art Nouveau Trade Binding) Selwyn, Edgar
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Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description
New York: The H. K. Fly Company, (1911). An octavo, 307 pp., bound in cobalt blue cloth with an extaordinary Art Nouveau pictorial cover of a songbird in the branches of a flowering tree against a bright gilt sky. Titles on cover and spine also gilt. This sentimental novel was written by Charles Server from the play by Edgar Selwyn. The back cover and spine have some light spotting noticed only when the book is turned into certain lights. A whisper of wear at the extremites, else this is a brilliant copy of an exceptional publisher's binding of the Arts and Crafts period of design.
Oxford Family Encyclopedia
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Oxford Family Encyclopedia

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Oxford Family Encyclopedia
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780195213676
Condition
Very Good
Description
Oxford University Press, c. 1997. Very Good. . Oxford Family Encyclopedia. New York City: Oxford University Press, c. 1997. 1st edition. 744, xvipp. Illustrated. 4to. Cloth. Book condition: Very good with light bumping to edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light bumping to edges.
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Bernard Shaw and the Aesthetes by ADAMS, Elsie B.

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Bernard Shaw and the Aesthetes
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ADAMS, Elsie B.
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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hardcover. 193pp. 8vo, d.w. Ohio State University Press, 1971. vg.

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