Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. First edition. [x], 176 pp. Publisher's off-white cloth stamped in black. Very Good with slightly toned cloth and pages, former owner's name on first blank page, a few reading smudges, small stain to fore edge. In Very Good dust jacket with chipped edges, lightly worn..... More
New York: Signet Books, 1962. First paperback edition. Signed by John Howard Griffin to his publisher: "For Kurt, With warmest regards, John, Oct. 1962." [ii], 157, [3] pp. Illustrated wraps. Near fine bright copy with just a hint of handling. From the library of Dr. Kurt Enoch (1895-1982), a noted..... More
Prague: Orbis, 1948. First edition. Signed by Jan Hajsman on title page in green ink, inscribed in Czech in the year of publication to former owner. 213, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps.Very Good, wraps worn along edges, slight crease to front wrap, small tidemark to rear colophon. A history..... More
Memphis: E.H. Clarke & Brother, 1911. First edition. 546, [2, TOC] pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with some dampstaining to cloth, worn tips. Contents bright; a few pressed flowers laid in. Approximately 70 biographical sketches of African-American leaders and prominent figures around the South..... More
London: Noel Douglas, 1931. First edition. (Issued same year as the American edition, priority unknown.) 335 pp. Publisher's blue paper covered boards with navy cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket with small triangular chip in top of front panel, lightly edge worn, spine a little..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1894. First edition. 221, [2, ads] pp. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Fine, though a little dust-soiled. No jacket. The memoirs of one of the most prominent portrait painters in 19th century America, with many black-and-white examples of his work. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1973. First edition, limited issue of an unknown number of copies for friends of the author and publisher signed by Lillian Hellman. [xii], 297 pp. Original cream-colored cloth over maroon backstrip, lettered in gilt. A Near Fine copy with spine a little sunned and gilt..... More
New York: Fredrick A. Stokes Company, 1912. First edition. Signed by Matthew Henson on the page following the half title, inscribed to former owner and dated 3/7/54, about a year before his death. xx, [ii],200 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with photographic frontispiece mounted on front board, lettered in..... More
New York: Fredrick A. Stokes Company, 1912. First edition. Good only due to a number of stains on cloth, a few bumps, a little bowing, and some wear. Small light marginal stain to last few dozen pages, a few foxed pages early on, offsetting to two facing pages. A memoir..... More
London: Hurst & Blackett, Publishers, 1855. First English language edition. Ads dated March 1855, priority unknown. xvii, [3, one page misnumbered iv], 300; iv, 312, 24 pp. Publisher's ornately stamped brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, black topstain, beautiful royal blue endpapers. Very Good+ with worn heads, bumped corners, light..... More
London: John Calder (Publishers), 1957. First edition. Signed by Alger Hiss on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owners. [x], 424, xiii pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering. A few underlines and marginal checkmarks in red ink, dog-eared pages. In Very Good dust jacket, chipped..... More
Cambridge, MA: Basic Books, 2001. First edition, first printing. Signed by Christopher Hitchens on the title page. xiv, 141 pp. Bound in publisher's marbled boards and gray cloth backstrip with silver spine lettering. Very Good+ with slight foxing to pages, single creased corner, in Very Good+ dust jacket with light..... More
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996. First edition. Signed by Hosty on front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated in the year of publication. viii, 328 pp. Original paper-covered boards lettered in metallic red. Near Fine with bumped bottom front corner, in Fine unclipped dust jacket. The autobiography..... More
New York: Atlantic- Little, Brown & Company, 1956. Signed by Kathryn Hulme on front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner. First edition, eleventh printing. [viii], 339 pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with light wear along top edge, bright and attractive. A 1956..... More
Boston: Atlantic- Little, Brown & Co., 1966. First edition. Signed by Kathryn Hulme on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner. [x], 306 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, front stamped in blind, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good+ dust jacket..... More
New York: Modern Age, 1940. First edition. Signed by the author under her pen name, Haru Matsui, on the page facing the title page, inscribed to previous owner in English and Japanese underneath a mounted photograph of the author. Gift inscription, most likely to same woman, from another couple dated..... More
New York: Modern Age Books, 1940. First edition. [viii], 252 pp. Publisher's flecked tan cloth stamped in black and crimson. A Very Good copy, offsetting to gutters, small stain to fore edge, lacking the original dust jacket. The first English-language book written by a Japanese woman, a memoir of her..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First edition. xi, 236 pp. Original red cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with tear and chip at head, price-clipped, lightly edge-worn. A biography of the Greek philosopher/soldier, uncommon in jacket. More
New York: Random House, 1972. First edition. Publisher's black cloth with red paper sides, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with one dog-eared page and a little lean to spine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with two small closed tears, bright and unclipped ($5.95). The sequel to Soledad Brother..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1970. First edition. [xvi], 330 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in silver. Top edge foxed, else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unfaded and unclipped, lightly shelfworn. The prison letters of a famous African American '60s radical figure. More
London: Philip Allan, 1937. First edition. [xvi], 252, [4, ads] pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very Good with slightly mottled cloth, rubbed spine lettering, top edge a little soiled, name and bookplate on paste down. An uncommon memoir of West Indian cricketer (later politician) Learie..... More
Napa City: C.H. Allen and R.E. Wood, 1864. First edition. 56 pp. Woodcut frontispiece and one illustrated plate. Original tan printed wraps. Tiny tear at foot of wrappers, and faint corner crease to outer corner of front wrap with tiny closed tear, else Fine. A very bright copy that looks..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1940. First edition, signed limited issue. Copy #41 of a limited 520 copies, signed by Osa Johnson and inscribed with "Best African Wishes." Bound in publisher's marble-affect cloth over red cloth spine, decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. Near Fine. Spine shows white soiling, light..... More
New York: G.W. Carleton & Company, Publishers, 1868. First edition, first printing. 371, [1], [8, ads] pp. Publisher's brown cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down, some reinforcement to tips, blue endpapers with old Lockwood, NY bookseller's ticket on paste down. About Very Good overall with bottom corner of front..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. First edition, first printing. Signed by Orville Wright and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine titles lettered in white. Near Fine with toning to paged and a short closed tear at the..... More