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JUST ABOVE MY HEAD

JUST ABOVE MY HEAD by Baldwin, James

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Title
JUST ABOVE MY HEAD
Author
Baldwin, James
Seller
Type Punch Matrix (United States)
ISBN
9780803748675
Condition
Fine in fine slipcase.
Description
New York: The Dial Press, 1979. Fine in fine slipcase.. Signed limited first edition of Baldwin's last and longest novel, an attempt to "face [his] own legends," built around the story of a Black musician's life told by his brother. Baldwin's epic and ambitious late novel, written from the author's house in St-Paul-de-Vence, works toward a glimpse of a "utopian domestic space occupied by two black men in love" (Zaborowska) in its final pages: a much longed for, hard-won, and briefly held space for work and happiness. "It was beautiful to watch them; freedom is an extraordinary spectacle." 9'' x 6''. Original burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered spine and front board. All edges gilt, cream endpapers. In original burgundy cloth slipcase, lettered in gilt to one side. 597, [1] pages. Signed by Baldwin on limitation page, number 258 of 500 specially printed signed and numbered copies.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] & Marie Laurencin

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Title
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Author
Carroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] & Marie Laurencin
Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Orig. beige stiff wrappers, clear cover glassine intact. Fine in board chemise lacking backstrip, in original worn slipcase
Description
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. Stiff Wraps. Orig. beige stiff wrappers, clear cover glassine intact. Fine in board chemise lacking backstrip, in original worn slipcase. 114 pages. Landscape 29.5 x 24.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 94 of 350 on Rives paper of the American issue from a total edition of 790. Six full page chromolithographs (all with tissue guards) by Marie Laurencin, lithographs executed by Desjobert of Paris. Title page printed in red and black, wide text margins -- a brilliant, fresh copy with interior almost as new. Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) was born in Paris and was an integral part of that city's wide literary and artistic circles that included Picasso and Apollinaire. AVERY 27. MINKOFF A39.
Catalogue d’une jolie Collection… (22 December 1826)

Catalogue d’une jolie Collection… (22 December 1826) by (MENIERE, [Paul Nicolas])

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Catalogue d’une jolie Collection… (22 December 1826)
Author
(MENIERE, [Paul Nicolas])
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
14 pp. 8vo, 19th-cent. marbled boards (spine defective). Paris: 1826. A very rare auction catalogue, dispersing the collection of Menière (1745-1826), a jeweller who served as joaillier du Roi for several decades; WorldCat locates no example in North America. His choice collection is inventoried across 65 lots; the prices for paintings have been added by a contemporary annotator. The auction was held at Menière’s home at 6 rue d’Angoulême. A good copy of this rarity; wear to the spine. Bookplate of Henry Pannier to front paste-down and stamp of the Bibliothèque Heim to verso of title. ❧ Lugt 11321.
KINAI ANGYA

KINAI ANGYA by [SKETCHTOUR BOOK]

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KINAI ANGYA
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[SKETCHTOUR BOOK]
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Boston Book Company (United States)
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1919. [SKETCHTOUR BOOK] KINAI ANGYA. Kanao Bun'endo^, Taisho^ 8 [1919] Thick 8vo., flexible printed pictorial covers, 35; 959 + colophon & ads. (The extensive ads make up a useful bibliographical resource on Bun'endo^.) First printing of this interesting work - the artists include Nakazawa Hiromitsu, Mizushima Nihou, Nabei Katsuyuki, Kato^ Seiji, Shima Seien and Yamaguchi Sohei. The writers are an eminent group: Yosano Akiko, Kambara Ariake, Takahama Kyoshi, Kato^ Hekigoto^ and Aoki Getto^. The book resenbles the SANYO^ ANGYA and the OFUDA ANGYA. With the usual Bun'endo^ eclectic mix of color woodcut, lithography, halftone, zincograph, collotype, etc. This copy is very slightly foxed, with the original slipcase. Overall, a lovely copy of this important and scarce work.
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HISTORY OF THE BIBLE by MINIATURE BOOK

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HISTORY OF THE BIBLE
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MINIATURE BOOK
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Boston Book Company (United States)
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1823. (MINIATURE BOOK). HISTORY OF THE BIBLE. Troy [NY]: Printed & Published by W. & J. Disturnell, 1823. 2" by 1 1/4" (5x3.2 cm). brown leather with 'Bible' and modest decoration gilt-stamped to spine. Contemporary ink inscription on front pastedown and a birth notice on rear pastedown. Binding is lightly rubbed at edges, with some offset staining to lower board. Text is clean; and although it is trimmed close on a few pages, it is unaffected and complete. (Adomeit A51).
Mickey et le Prince Malalapatte

Mickey et le Prince Malalapatte

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Title
Mickey et le Prince Malalapatte
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James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Pictorial boards. Fine, in Very Good dust jacket
Description
Paris: Hachette, 1935. First French edition. 44 black and white drawings of which eight are full-page. 4 fine double-page color pop-ups. Brodard et Taupin, printers. 64 pp. 4to. Pictorial boards. Fine, in Very Good dust jacket. First French edition. 44 black and white drawings of which eight are full-page. 4 fine double-page color pop-ups. Brodard et Taupin, printers. 64 pp. 4to.
South American Indigenous Archaeology and Scientific Exploration, d'Orbigny's Atlas Volume of L'Homme Américain, 1839

South American Indigenous Archaeology and Scientific Exploration, d'Orbigny's Atlas Volume of L'Homme Américain, 1839 by Native American Archaeology

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Title
South American Indigenous Archaeology and Scientific Exploration, d'Orbigny's Atlas Volume of L'Homme Américain, 1839
Author
Native American Archaeology
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Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1839. d'Orbigny, Alcide. L'Homme Américain (de l'Amérique Méridionale) Considéré Sous Ses Rapports Physiologiques et Moraux, 1839, presenting visual documentation from one of the earliest large-scale French scientific expeditions to South America, with direct relevance to the study of Indigenous populations, archaeology, and nineteenth-century ethnographic practice. Based on d'Orbigny's travels across Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, the work assembles visual evidence used to classify human populations, material culture, and natural environments within contemporary European scientific frameworks. The atlas reflects the period's integration of anthropology, natural history, and geography, while also documenting objects, burial practices, and physical remains encountered during fieldwork, contributing to early European interpretations of Indigenous societies in South America. d'Orbigny, Alcide. L'Homme Américain (de l'Amérique Méridionale) Considéré Sous Ses Rapports Physiologiques et Moraux. Paris: Pitois-Levrault, 1839. First edition, atlas volume only. Folio format measuring approximately 14 x 10 inches, containing 15 engraved plates, including one hand-colored plate, depicting skulls, mummies, artifacts, and other materials associated with Indigenous populations, alongside representations related to archaeology, zoology, geography, and ethnography. The plates derive from specimens and observations collected during d'Orbigny's expedition, which produced a substantial body of material for scientific study in France. Folio volume in three-quarter leather and cloth binding with gilt spine and raised bands, marbled edges and endpapers, and bookplate of archaeologist A.D. Passmore. Light foxing and rubbing to boards; overall very good condition. A significant visual component of a major nineteenth-century scientific work documenting Indigenous material culture and natural history in South America.
The Bank Dick (Two original photographs of W.C. Fields from the 1940 film)

The Bank Dick (Two original photographs of W.C. Fields from the 1940 film) by W.C. Fields (screenwriter, starring); Edward F. Cline (director); Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel (starring)

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The Bank Dick (Two original photographs of W.C. Fields from the 1940 film)
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W.C. Fields (screenwriter, starring); Edward F. Cline (director); Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1940. Two vintage reference photographs from the set of the 1940 film. One with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. Egbert Souse, a slovenly drunk, finds himself in several different positions of employment through sheer luck and happenstance. After being hired on the spot to replace a film crew's no-show movie director, Souse unintentionally thwarts a bank robbery and is immediately offered a job as a security guard. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly creased on the edges.
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JUNGLE TERROR by Wickham, Harvey

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JUNGLE TERROR
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Wickham, Harvey
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
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JUNGLE TERROR, Doubleday, 1920, first edition, 2 closed tears to the head of the spine, else a vg copy in near vg full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and chipping as well as dust-soiling to the dust-wrapper spine and rear panel. Rare in any dust-wrapper. With the help of his invention, an anti-gravity device, a German inventor terrorizes all around him in the jungles of South America.
A Commemorative Album of Nagoya's High School Students Band Dispatched to Los Angeles

A Commemorative Album of Nagoya's High School Students Band Dispatched to Los Angeles by [Unknown]

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A Commemorative Album of Nagoya's High School Students Band Dispatched to Los Angeles
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[Unknown]
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Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Very lightly edge-faded, else close to fine in blind-stamped string-bound boards.
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Nagoya, Japan: The Chubu Nippon Press, 1962. Very lightly edge-faded, else close to fine in blind-stamped string-bound boards.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Commemorative album, documenting a trip made by the Nagoya High School Students Band to Los Angeles in 1962. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white images of the students' travels throughout the city and surrounding region, printed on heavy stock photographic paper and interleaved with protective glassine sheets. Includes images of band performances, parties, festivals, and a layover in Honolulu. Each image has been captioned with details on the depicted events in English and Japanese. A letter from the publisher, with text in both languages, has been laid in. An insightful document of U.S. and Japan relations at the onset of the 1960s, with a fabulous collection of vernacular images from one high school group's international vacation. No copies in OCLC.
In The Midst of Death [Signed Limited Edition]

In The Midst of Death [Signed Limited Edition] by Lawrence Block

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In The Midst of Death [Signed Limited Edition]
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Lawrence Block
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780964919303
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Delavan, WI: G & G Books, 1995. Near Fine/Near Fine. Delavan, WI: G & G Books, 1995. Signed Limited Edition of 500 copies, of which this is no. 291. Octavo (23 cm); 164pp. Boards bound in light blue-gray cloth with silver stamping, wrapped in publisher's pictorial jacket. Jacket gently bumped at spine ends with superficial scratches to front cover. Board corners and spine ends show light rubbing. Pages clean. A Near Fine copy in like jacket. Signed on limitation page by Block. The third in his Matthew Scudder mystery series, originally published in 1976.
Van Dongen 1877-1968

Van Dongen 1877-1968

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Van Dongen 1877-1968
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
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Geneva: Musee de L'Athenee, 1976. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. The catalogue based on the July-October 1976 exhibition at Geneva's Musee de L'Athenee. Solid and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with a bit of light soiling to the panels.
Palm Size Boxes: Ceramics Art By Pak-hing Kan

Palm Size Boxes: Ceramics Art By Pak-hing Kan by -

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Palm Size Boxes: Ceramics Art By Pak-hing Kan
Author
-
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Fine
Description
New York: Gallery 456, 1999. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. First Edition. 1999 catalogue of the exhibition at Gallery 456 in Soho. Bright and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. 16mo, 96 pgs.
The House of the Prophet - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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The House of the Prophet - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Auchincloss, Louis

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The House of the Prophet - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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Auchincloss, Louis
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Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780395290842
Condition
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395290848 . An unblemished first Printing of the First Edition housed in an equally impressive dust-jacket; The House of the Prophet is the story of a family's struggle to survive in a time of turmoil. The Auchinclosses are Sephardi Jews who are forced to flee their home in Spain in the years following the Spanish Inquisition. They end up in Egypt, where they live in close quarters with members of the Muslim faith. The Auchinclosses must learn to cooperate and work together to survive in a hostile environment.; 8vo; 275 pages .
The Raven [Facsimile of the manuscript]

The Raven [Facsimile of the manuscript] by Poe, Edgar Allan

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The Raven [Facsimile of the manuscript]
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Poe, Edgar Allan
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Biblioctopus (United States)
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Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1971. A facsimile of a signed and inscribed manuscript of the Raven in holdings at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Fine. Richard Gimbel, a veteran of both world wars, was a major book collector. He bought Poe’s Philadelphia home, restored it. Filled it with rare books and manuscripts and opened it as a museum. When Gimbel died in 1970, his book collection went to the Free Library of Philadelphia, including several Poe manuscripts—this Raven souvenir facsimile was given out as a commemoration of the donation.
TWO MONSOONS [SIGNED/INSCRIBED]
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TWO MONSOONS [SIGNED/INSCRIBED] by Wilkinson, Theon; Smith, Bill [Illustrated by]

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TWO MONSOONS [SIGNED/INSCRIBED]
Author
Wilkinson, Theon; Smith, Bill [Illustrated by]
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780715610152
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London: Gerald Duckworth and Company Limited, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xv, 240 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine pictorial yellow with black lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including faint scuffs and crinkling to the head edge. Previous bookshop's small price sticker to the price clipped front flap. Boards have very slight wear including slight cocking to the spine and minor edge wear. Text block has slight wear including faint soiling to the edges and sparse foxing to the end papers. Illustrated. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. 1412250. FP New Rockville Stock.
The Land is Large

The Land is Large by Waldman, Emerson

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The Land is Large
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Waldman, Emerson
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ReadInk (United States)
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Fair
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New York/Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.. Fair. (c.1938). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a decent reading/reference copy only, solidly bound but with a big stain surrounding the base of the spine, and some fading to the spine; vintage bookseller's rubber stamp (Bertrand Smith Acres of Books, Long Beach, Calif.) on front pastedown]. Uncommon novel, "a selection of The Discoverers," about a struggling Russian-Jewish immigrant on New York's Lower East Side, and later in Mississippi, spanning the period 1893-1916. (Hanna 3652) Waldman published a sequel, "Broad is the Way," the following year; both books seem to have been largely overlooked by scholars of American immigrant literature. .
Spring Notebook
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Spring Notebook

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Spring Notebook
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780060194536
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Very Good
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Harper Collins, 2000. Very Good. . Spring Notebook. New York: Harper Collins, 2000. 138pp. Illustrated. 4to. Spiral bound hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Covers lightly rubbed.
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Improvement Era, vol 23, # 1, Nov 1919

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Improvement Era, vol 23, # 1, Nov 1919
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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YMMIA, 1919. Very Good. Improvement Era, vol 23, # 1, Nov 1919. Salt Lake City: YMMIA, 1919. 8vo. Wraps. Book condition: Very good.
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Special Interest Groups of the Mutual Improvement Associations: Handbook for 1945-1946

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Special Interest Groups of the Mutual Improvement Associations: Handbook for 1945-1946
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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1945. Very Good. Special Interest Groups of the Mutual Improvement Associations: Handbook for 1945-1946. Salt Lake City: NP, 1945. 60pp. 12mo. Stapled wraps. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Bottom corners of cover and text block creased. .
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Merely Mary Ann by ZANGWILL, I.

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Merely Mary Ann
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ZANGWILL, I.
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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New York: Macmillan, 1904. First edition. Fair. The cover has come off, and the corners and edges of the cover are very worn. The spine is very worn.
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Museum Notes

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Museum Notes
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Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
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(Schoharie): Iroquois Indian Museum. 1991. Volume 6, No. 2. This issue, "The Gift-Givers, Part 1," is a compilation of Museum pieces on Iroquois arts and artists. Stapled pages folded for mailing; near fine. No Binding. Near Fine.
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The Beneficent Blaze: The Story of Major Lew B. Brown. by Zaiser, Marion Brown.

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The Beneficent Blaze: The Story of Major Lew B. Brown.
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Zaiser, Marion Brown.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
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New York: Pageant Press, Inc., (1960). First Edition. Signed by the Author. Octavo, yellow cloth (hardcover), 347 pp. Very Good, with heavy darkening to pages; in a Fair, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes chipping. From dust jacket: Every automobile license plate in the state of Florida bears the words “Sunshine State.” St. Petersburg, Florida, is as well known by the name “Sunshine City.” The stretch of neighboring communities along the Gulf of Mexico comprise the “Sun Coast,” linked by an eleven-mile-long bridge and causeway called the “Sunshine Skyway.” The word “Sunshine”, in fact, has come to be almost synonymous with the word “Florida.” This is the fruit of a project begun by one man. Fifty years ago, when Florida was beginning its fantastic growth as a great resort area, it needed something to serve as the trademark of its special peculiar climate and the environment. “This region,” reasoned Lew B. Brown, “where all the time is summer and the flowers never die, is blessed with an abundance of sunshine.” So he called St. Petersburg “Sunshine City” and made an unheard-of offer -- to give away, free, every copy of every edition of his newspaper every day that the sun failed to shine on the office of publication. Fire played a conspicuous part in the life of Major Lew B. Brown. He was born during the fire of the Civil War. In the years that followed, fire destroyed his business, his home -- but never his fighting spirit or his absolute integrity. In this admirably written biography by his granddaughter, we follow “Gandy” as she affectionately called him as a youngster in Arkansas. The War Between the States had ended, and with it, a way of life. Shortly after, Lew’s father passed away. His mother, Amelia, a veritable pillar of courage and determination, imparted to Lew her own indomitable spirit: “You can do ‘most anything if you set your mind to do -- so long as it is right.” He became a printer, a reporter, an editor; he found time to write poetry and to pass the Kentucky bar examinations. His lack of formal education hardly deterred him. Indeed, if anything, it drove him harder to slake his insatiable thirst for knowledge...
John Barth, a descriptive primary and annotated secondary bibliography, including a descriptive catalog of manuscript holdings in United States libraries

John Barth, a descriptive primary and annotated secondary bibliography, including a descriptive catalog of manuscript holdings in United States libraries by Weixlmann, Joseph

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John Barth, a descriptive primary and annotated secondary bibliography, including a descriptive catalog of manuscript holdings in United States libraries
Author
Weixlmann, Joseph
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The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
ISBN
9780824099879
Condition
Fine
Description
New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1976. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Garland reference library in the humanities, volume 25. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. First edition. 214 pages. BOB/111716.
Secure from Rash Assault; Sustaining the Victorian Environment.

Secure from Rash Assault; Sustaining the Victorian Environment. by WINTER, James.

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Secure from Rash Assault; Sustaining the Victorian Environment.
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WINTER, James.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
ISBN
9780520216099
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Berkeley:: University of California Press, (1999)., 1999. 8vo. xi, 342 pp. Illus., index. Gilt-stamped dark brown cloth, dust-jacket. Fine. ISBN: 0520216091 "Nineteenth-century Britain led the world in technological innovation and urbanization, and unprecedented population growth contributed as well to the "rash assault," to quote Wordsworth, on Victorian countrysides. Yet James Winter finds that the British environment was generally spared widespread ecological damage. / Drawing from a remarkable variety of sources and disciplines, Winter focuses on human intervention as it not only destroyed but also preserved the physical environment. Industrial blight could be contained, he says, because of Britain's capacity to import resources from elsewhere, the conservative effect of the estate system, and certain intrinsic limitations of steam engines. The rash assault was further blunted by traditional agricultural practices, preservation of forests, and a growing recreation industry that favored beloved landscapes. Winter's illumination of Victorian attitudes toward the exploitation of natural resources offers a valuable preamble to ongoing discussions of human intervention in the environment. " James Winter is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of British Columbia and author of London's Teeming Streets, 1830-1914 (1993).

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