Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1934. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth stamped in black; lacking the dust jacket. About Near Fine with slight shelf lean, toning to spine. Foxing to cloth and textblock edge, sporadically affecting pages. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown and name..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1939. First edition, first printing. First issue in rust color boards with pictorial stamping. Near Fine, lacking the dust jacket. Pages are lightly age toned with light occasional smudge. Book plate from previous owner on front paste down. Light tide mark to top edge of page..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth lettered in black; lacking the dust jacket. Near fine with minor shelf wear, a small scuff to the front cover and slight ridge to backstrip. A fantastic copy of Zora Neale Hurston's best-known work..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth lettered in black; lacking the dust jacket. Near fine with minor shelf wear to cloth, small stain to textblock bottom edge at corner not affecting margins, previous owner address label to front paste down..... More
New York: Modern Age Books, 1940. First edition. [viii], 252 pp. Publisher's flecked tan cloth stamped in black and crimson. A Fine copy, lacking the original dust jacket. The first English-language book written by a Japanese woman, a memoir of her political awakening and immigration to the US. A classic..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First edition, first printing. 246 pp. Yellow and aqua cloth lettered in black. Near Fine, former owner's name written on paste down, very slight lean, water droplets to topstain, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with a few short tears to top edge, faint..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949. First edition. (First state with the "fs" logo on the copyright page. Jacket has correct first issue price of $2.75 and correct back panel and flap info: "Farrar, Straus Company/ 53 East 34th Street, New York 16, N. Y.") 306 p. Very Good..... More
New York: Random House, 1984. First edition, first printing. Signed by Jane Jacobs on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Boards lightly splayed, remainder mark to bottom, light shelf wear, else Fine. in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf..... More
New York: Random House, 1961. First edition, first printing. Near Fine with corners lightly softened and pages toned. In a Very Good dust jacket with price intact on front flap, though rear flap corner clipped; with toning, light soiling, light wear and several small stains. An empowering work by an..... More
New York: Random House, 1961. First edition, first printing. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket. Tape to endsheets with evidence of tape removal from edge of jacket flaps. Previous owner inscription to front free endpaper. Pages lightly toned. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear, and a short closed tear at..... More
New York: Random House, 1961. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Light toning to pages and fading to topstain, else Fine. In a Very Good heavily toned and lightly edge-worn dust jacket, unclipped. An empowering work by an inspiring figure, reminding us that our perceived designations between..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. First American edition, first printing. Signed by P. D. James on the title page. Bound in publisher's rust colored cloth with spine lettered in black. Near Fine with slight bruising to spine ends in Near Fine dust jacket with light wear at spine ends..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First American edition, first printing. Signed by P. D. James on the title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth covered boards stamped in blue. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with wear at spine ends. A lovely copy. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with some foxing to cloth and pages, pages toned. In an unclipped dust jacket, Very Good, with toning, foxing and wear. A very nice copy..... More
[Portland, OR?]: Oregon Federation of Colored Women. [Portland?]: Oregon Federation of Colored Women, [ca. 1920s]. A single sheet, folded once. Near Fine with light edge wear and faint scuffing. A collection of four hymns starting with "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by James Weldon Johnson. It is referred to as..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1934. First edition. (Dated "1934" on title page with no additional printings on copyright page.) 231 p. Original brown cloth with paper labels. Near Fine condition. No jacket. Sturdy, straight binding and clean pages. Spine label darkened, a few light stains to cloth. A very..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1934. First edition, with 1934 on title page and no subsequent printings noted on copyright. Very Good. Cloth faded on spine, lightly scuffed at rear cover, lightly bruised at corners and spine ends. Small previous owner sticker to front paste down. Pages toned. A very..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. First edition. 308 pp. Tan cloth with paper labels on front board and spine. Fine with a tiny bump to back board, in Near Fine unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket that has a slightly darkened spine panel, small tear in bottom corner of front panel..... More
Garden City: Halcyon House, 1944. Reprint. Signed by Osa Johnson on the half title page. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Light rubbing to cloth. Faint water stains to topstain. Pages are clean. A nice copy, signed. 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
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1940. First edition. (No subsequent printings listed and "Adventure" in italics on the front cover.) 376 pp. Zebra-striped tan cloth. Very Good, lacking jacket. A little foxing to cloth, slight musty smell. As The Atlantic Monthly once stated: "As good an 'escape story' as you..... More
Madrid: Imprenta de Antonio Gonçalez de Reyes, a costa de Francisco Laso, 1714. [32], 318, [2] pp. Period limp vellum with leather ties, title written on spine in ink. In Spanish. Very Good overall, covers worn, wrinkled, top corner of front cover chipped, two of the four leather ties broken;..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1965]. Signed by Kael on verso of front cover. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. 239 pp. Comb-bound wraps. Very Good, wraps worn and creased towards bottom edge, comb foot chipped, covers and contents toned. A rare advance format of the film reviewer's first book..... More
[np]: Stolen Paper Review Editions, 1966. First edition, very early issue with cover printed in brown (rather than black) ink with no blue overprinting, text printed sideways, publisher specified on verso of rear endpaper but partial with no address (first issue apparently has no publisher listed there). [10] pp. printed..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932. First Edition. 259 pp. Original black cloth gilt lettering. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Very light foxing to top edge and paste downs. Small tear in jacket near head, light shelf wear, price intact ($2.00). Lovely shape overall. The basis of..... More