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Collection of Letters to Robert J. O’Brien, of Raymond, New Hampshire, a Gay Man from his friends and associates, 1950-1954

Collection of Letters to Robert J. O’Brien, of Raymond, New Hampshire, a Gay Man from his friends and associates, 1950-1954 by O’Brien, Robert J.

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Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC
Title
Collection of Letters to Robert J. O’Brien, of Raymond, New Hampshire, a Gay Man from his friends and associates, 1950-1954
Author
O’Brien, Robert J.
Seller
Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description
Group of 61 letters, 161 typescript and manuscript pages, several postcards, related ephemeral material, and clippings, most letters with their retained mailing envelopes, in good, clean legible condition. Collection of frank, and at times, sexually explicit letters sent to Robert O'Brien by his friends, many of whom were also Gay. O'Brien and his friends seem to have met while serving in the armed forces, several of his friends were still in uniform, stationed in Germany or in combat in the Korean conflict. O'Brien was during the period of this correspondence living in Raymond, New Hampshire, apparently engaged in writing the "Great American Novel". At least one of his friends was in graduate school at Princeton. Others, meanwhile, were Proust quoting n'er do wells, who may have engaged in sex with an underage youth and another who ran a brothel while stationed in Japan. Overall, the collection offers a look at Gay life during the repressive 1950's.
Dombey and Son, in the Original Monthly Parts, First Issue of Text and Having ALL the Ads Called for

Dombey and Son, in the Original Monthly Parts, First Issue of Text and Having ALL the Ads Called for by Dickens, Charles

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Dombey and Son, in the Original Monthly Parts, First Issue of Text and Having ALL the Ads Called for
Author
Dickens, Charles
Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
London: October1846 - April 1848: Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. 20 parts in 19, original printed wrappers. The present set has ALL the correct wrappers and ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver. First issue of text, with the word "Delight" instead of "Joy" mentioned twice on page 284, part IX; with "Capatin" in the last line of page 324, part XI; first state of Advertiser in part XIII, with "October 1847" in unbroken type on p. 1; the word "if" omitted on page 426, line 9 (page number 431 is present) in part XIV; Part XIX/XX with first issue title page, showing Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm and with the 2 line errata. Part XV, with 10 diary leaves in the Letts, Son & Steer ad. With 40 inserted plates by Hablot K. Brown (Phiz), who also designed the green wrappers. Spines are expertly renewed on parts I, VII, XVI and perhaps a few others. Light soiling to wraps of some parts; neat owner name on front wrap of part XII. Booksellers' ticket on front wrap of several parts. Plates are very good to fine, light tanning at edges of a few. There are a couple of "firsts" in Dombey and Son: the plate "On the Dark Road" in part XVIII is the first of what became known as the "dark plates" - also this is the first appearance of the "horizontal plates" on which the subject is rotated 90 degrees. Altogether an outstanding set. Housed in a turn-of-the-century, solander, pull-off-top slipcase, 3/4 leather, with chemise. Armorial bookplate on chemise and inside the slipcase. Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 227-250.
Uncle Henry's Own Story of His Life; Personal Reminiscences

Uncle Henry's Own Story of His Life; Personal Reminiscences by Wallace, Henry

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Title
Uncle Henry's Own Story of His Life; Personal Reminiscences
Author
Wallace, Henry
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Des Moines, Iowa: The Wallace Publishing Company, 1919. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. The first edition of Uncle Henry's Own Story by Henry Wallace, signed by Vice President Henry A. Wallace. This work is about "Uncle Henry" Wallace, the father of Agriculture Secretary Henry C. Wallace and grandfather of Vice President Henry A. Wallac. Octavo, [three volumes], 119pp, 129pp, 114pp. Red pebbled cloth, title in gilt on front cover. Each volume with frontispiece portrait of Henry Wallace, with numerous other photographs throughout. Light sunning to spines, notable sunning to volume III. Housed in custom cloth slipcase. This work is signed in Volume III by Vice President Henry A. Wallace. This book is signed by Henry A. Wallace, the 33rd Vice President of the United States. Vice President Wallace came from a family with a notable background in politics and agriculture. Born on October 7, 1888, in Orient, Iowa, he was the son of Henry C. Wallace and Carrie May Wallace. His father, Henry Cantwell Wallace, served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 until his death in 1924 under Presidents Harding and Coolidge. This role underscored the family's long-standing commitment to agricultural development and reform. Wallace's grandfather, "Uncle Henry" Wallace, was also a prominent figure in American agriculture. He was the founder of the influential farm journal "Wallace's Farmer," which achieved national distribution and played a crucial role in the advancement of agricultural practices and policies in the Midwest. His newspaper studied Iowa farms, pioneered crop rotation, and fertilization programs, thereby greatly increasing production yields. "Uncle Henry" died at the age of 80 in 1916, before this work on this life was published.
The Islands of New Zealand

The Islands of New Zealand

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The Islands of New Zealand
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
From Cook, D'Urville Duperry & Herd with Additions by J.N. Polack, 1839. In Nr. 66 Das Ausland Ein Tagblatt....7 Marz, 1839. 8 pp. Removed from a bound volume. There is one small tear along the edge of the map and some offsetting.
GODS AND MORTALS IN LOVE. With Pictures by Edmund Dulac

GODS AND MORTALS IN LOVE. With Pictures by Edmund Dulac by Williamson Ross, Hugh; Dulac, Edmund [Illustrator]

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GODS AND MORTALS IN LOVE. With Pictures by Edmund Dulac
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Williamson Ross, Hugh; Dulac, Edmund [Illustrator]
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Country Life, 1935. First edition. Large quarto in ivory cloth hardcovers with navy blue letters; VG; moderate soiling on boards and slight discoloration around edges and spine; end pages slightly foxed; clean text in large print; contains 8 color plates; pp. 83; a good copy; DC consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #1. 1262314. FP New Rockville Stock.
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THE DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (DICTIONARIES OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICS) by Williams, Gwyneth; Hackland, Brian

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THE DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA (DICTIONARIES OF CONTEMPORARY POLITICS)
Author
Williams, Gwyneth; Hackland, Brian
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780415002455
Description
London: Routledge, 1988. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with white print; DJ has light edgewear, light toning to top edge, else clean and bright; Boards in black cloth, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xi, 339 pages, illustrated (b&w maps). 1368730. FP New Rockville Stock.
NELSON EDDY, JEANETTE MACDONALD | NEW MOON (1940) Photo by Clarence Bull

NELSON EDDY, JEANETTE MACDONALD | NEW MOON (1940) Photo by Clarence Bull by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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NELSON EDDY, JEANETTE MACDONALD | NEW MOON (1940) Photo by Clarence Bull
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. No binding. Fine. [Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940]. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) sepia-tinted double weight matte photo. Fine. Lovely double weight sepia portrait (stamped by Clarence Bull on verso) of the dynamic romantic singing team. They are dressed in period garb by Adrian and Gile Steele. Based on the operetta The New Moon by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Lies (Signed First Edition)

Lies (Signed First Edition) by WILLIAMS, C.K.

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Lies (Signed First Edition)
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WILLIAMS, C.K.
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1969. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Williams first regularly published book, a collection of poems. Williams went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for his collection "Repair" and the National Book Award for "The Singing." A clean near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine in a very good plus dust jacket with some light wear. Signed by Williams on the title page.
Adam Smith im Lichte heutiger Staats- und Socialauffassung

Adam Smith im Lichte heutiger Staats- und Socialauffassung by Neurath. Wilhelm

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Adam Smith im Lichte heutiger Staats- und Socialauffassung
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Neurath. Wilhelm
Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Modern light gray boards. Near fine
Description
Wien & Manz: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Modern light gray boards. Near fine. 48 pages. 24.5 x 16.5. Neurath, an Austrian political economist of the late nineteenth century: a professor of economics at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. Text clean but toned, lower corners bumped. Text in German.
Southwest Indian Drypainting

Southwest Indian Drypainting by WYMAN, Leland C. (text); David P. McAllester (foreword); Douglas W. Schwartz (general editor)

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Southwest Indian Drypainting
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WYMAN, Leland C. (text); David P. McAllester (foreword); Douglas W. Schwartz (general editor)
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Santa Fe / Albuquerque: A School of American Research Book / University of New Mexico Press, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (26cm); oatmeal cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and rear cover; dustjacket; [xxiv],[2],3-320pp; colorful photographs, black-and-white photographic halftones, and illustrations throughout. School of American Research Southwest Indian Arts Series. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper, spine-faded, with trivial surface wear; Very Good+. Focuses on origin and symbolism of Navajo drypainting, and explores drypainting of the southwestern tribes the Apaches, Pueblos, and Southern California Indians. [88019].
Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica Part One and Part Two. Handbook of Middle American Indians Volume 10 and Volume 11 (2 volumes)

Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica Part One and Part Two. Handbook of Middle American Indians Volume 10 and Volume 11 (2 volumes) by Wauchope, Robert (General Editor) Gordon F. Ekholm and Ignacio Bernal (Editors)

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Archaeology of Northern Mesoamerica Part One and Part Two. Handbook of Middle American Indians Volume 10 and Volume 11 (2 volumes)
Author
Wauchope, Robert (General Editor) Gordon F. Ekholm and Ignacio Bernal (Editors)
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 903pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Rust colored cloth over boards. May require extra postage due to weight. Areas of darkening to the endpapers. In dust jackets, with light rubbing and creasing to the edges, and periodic shallow closed edge tears. The tenth and eleventh volumes in the fourteen-volume "Handbook of Middle American Indians.
Folio, The Quarterly Magazine of the Folio Society Spring, Summer, Autumn 1999

Folio, The Quarterly Magazine of the Folio Society Spring, Summer, Autumn 1999

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Folio, The Quarterly Magazine of the Folio Society Spring, Summer, Autumn 1999
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Folio Society, 1999. Softcover. Fine. First editions. Three volumes. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Includes articles by Tim Heald, Malcolm Bradbury, Alan Sillitoe, Magnus Magnusson, Alison Lurie, others.
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COOKING WITH Nora by Pouillon, Nora

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COOKING WITH Nora
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Pouillon, Nora
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lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Green boards, black cloth spine. Fine, in fine dust wrapper
Description
New York: Park Lane Press, 2996. Hardcover. Green boards, black cloth spine. Fine, in fine dust wrapper. 208 pages. 27.5 x 23 cm. Signed on front free end paper by the author. Healthy, Light, Balanced and Simple Food with Organic Ingredients. Recipes and menus from Nora's Washington, D.C. restuarant. Photography by Koji Hayashi. Forward by Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn. Interior, boards, and dust wrapper pristine.

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