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Thai-Cong My Parents - An Homage to Fashion, Photography and Lifeby: Tai-Cong

Thai-Cong My Parents - An Homage to Fashion, Photography and Life
by: Tai-Cong

Hardcover. Zurich, Edition Stemmle, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Color, black & white photos of his parents, all done in various off-beat styles.

Record # 68215

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Thaisby: France, Anatole; Translated By Douglas, Robert B/Frank C. Pape (illust.)

Thais
by: France, Anatole; Translated By Douglas, Robert B/Frank C. Pape (illust.)

Hardcover. London / NY, John Lane / Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st Illust. thus, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with bright gilt design on cover and spine. Contains Frontis, endpapers design and eleven additional black and white illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 374361

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Thanka Painting of the Tsang-Pa Tradition of Tibetby: Sangpo, Phuntsok

Thanka Painting of the Tsang-Pa Tradition of Tibet
by: Sangpo, Phuntsok

Hardcover. New Delhi, privately printed/Pasang Wangdu, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 282 pages., profusely illustrated throughout in color and black and white painting schematics. Parallel text in English and Tibetan. Private printing. Ribbon marker, clean copy. NOTE: DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 382964

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Thankful Blossom: A Romance of the Jerseys 1779 (SIGNED COPY)by: Harte, Bret

Thankful Blossom: A Romance of the Jerseys 1779 (SIGNED COPY)
by: Harte, Bret

Hardcover. Boston, James R. Osgood, 1st, 1877, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 158 pages, 4 b&w illustrations by C.S. Reinhart, each with a tissue guard. Green cloth with with black design, gilt lettering on spine, edges stained red. This copy INSCRIBED BY HARTE on a blank prelim page and dated the year of publication. Hinges partially cracked, front fly leaf opened roughly (possibly for inscription on following page), binding a little shaken.

Record # 402606

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That Little Smith Girlby: Perry, Nora

That Little Smith Girl
by: Perry, Nora

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co., reprint, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 72 pages + advertisements. B/W illustrations/prints by Charlotte Tifffany Parker. Marks/glue from previous bookplates on front and back fly leaves. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Very clean yellow cloth cover with black stamped design on front and title stamped on spine.

Record # 802088

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That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost in the Woods (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR)by: King, Larry L. and Pat Oliphant

That Terrible Night Santa Got Lost in the Woods (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR)
by: King, Larry L. and Pat Oliphant

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Encino Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Illustrated in black & white by Pat Oliphant, the award-winning editorial cartoonist. SIGNED BY OLIPHANT with his pequin sketch. Quarterbound w/green lined paper covered boards w/dark green cloth covered spine, no dj issued.

Record # 59877

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The 'Hiri' in History. Further aspects of long distance Motu trade in Central Papua. Pacific Research Monograph Number Eight. by: Dutton, Tom.(Ed)

The 'Hiri' in History. Further aspects of long distance Motu trade in Central Papua. Pacific Research Monograph Number Eight.
by: Dutton, Tom.(Ed)

Softcover. Canberra, Australian National University, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 159 pages, black and white photographic illustrations and maps in the text.

Record # 378665

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The Adventures of Grandfather Frog (INSCRIBED COPY)by: Thornton W. Burgess

The Adventures of Grandfather Frog (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Thornton W. Burgess

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, reprint, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light gray cloth with pictorial design on front in red and black. The Bedtime Story-Books. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf and dated. "Sincerely your friend, Thornton W. Burgess Nov 12, 1919 Chug-a-rum!" Six b&w plates by Harrison Cady. Front hinge cracked, binding shaken. but holding. Some star stickers on front endpapers, Still, a nice early Burgess signature.

Record # 387519

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The Adventures of Jerry Muskratby: Burgess/Harrison Cady, Thornton W.

The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat
by: Burgess/Harrison Cady, Thornton W.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, reprint, 1934, Book: Good, Hardcover, light gray boards decorated in red and black.120 pages.. Features 6 black & white plates by Harrison Cady. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 611293

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The Adventures of Kenji of Japanby: Nevins, Albert J.

The Adventures of Kenji of Japan
by: Nevins, Albert J.

Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead, reprint, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 275 pages. Black & white illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Slight chipping to top and bottom spine, front corners. Price clipped.

Record # 371447

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The Adventures of Pinocchioby: Collodi C./ Illustrated by Helene Carter

The Adventures of Pinocchio
by: Collodi C./ Illustrated by Helene Carter

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st thus, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers stamped in red. 195 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Helene Carter, Great Puppet Theatre illustration on end papers in blue. Color illustrated title page and facing page, single page color illustrations between pages 60 and 61, 102 and 103, 126 and 127 and 176 and 177 plus many black and white illustrations. No date but appears to be 1930s. Mild shelf wear, spine faded otherwise clean.

Record # 385421

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The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for Godby: Bernard Shaw/ Farleigh John

The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God
by: Bernard Shaw/ Farleigh John

Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth stamped in white, 84 pages. Decorative woodcut on endpapers. Internally bright and clean. Illustrated throughout with beautiful woodcut engravings by John Farleigh. Designed by Farleigh. No dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 375151

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The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective by: Monson, Ingrid [Editor]

The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective
by: Monson, Ingrid [Editor]

Softcover. NY, Routledge, 1st pbk, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 366 pages. The African Diaspora presents musical case studies from various regions of the African diaspora, including Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe, that engage with broader interdisciplinary discussions about race, gender, politics, nationalism, and music. Clean copy.

Record # 381587

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The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax/Alp Murder/Miss Seeton Draws the Lineby: Dorothy Gilman/Aaron Marc Stein/Heron Carvic

The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax/Alp Murder/Miss Seeton Draws the Line
by: Dorothy Gilman/Aaron Marc Stein/Heron Carvic

Hardcover. Roslyn NY, Walter J. Black, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards. Three complete unabridged mysteries in one volume. Detective Book Club Edition. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383805

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The American Twins of 1812by: Perkins, Lucy Fitch

The American Twins of 1812
by: Perkins, Lucy Fitch

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers with black, white, and blue embossed cover illustration. B&w line drawings throughout by Perkins, 189 pages. Copyright page states 1925 but no date on title page so assumed a reprint. Light bump to top corner otherwise a clean, bright copy .

Record # 380414

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The American Twins of 1812by: Perkins, Lucy Fitch

The American Twins of 1812
by: Perkins, Lucy Fitch

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers with black, white, and blue embossed cover illustration. B&w line drawings throughout by Perkins, 189 pages. Copyright page states 1925 but no date on title page so assumed a reprint. Light bump to top corner otherwise a clean, bright copy .

Record # 380551

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The American West: The Modern Vision by: Broder, Patricia Janis

The American West: The Modern Vision
by: Broder, Patricia Janis

Hardcover. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright Surveys the work of 131 contemporary artists, lavishly illustrated. 100 color, and 297 black and white plates. Bibliography, index. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386018

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The Amorous Drawings of the Marquis von Bayros by: Marquis von Ayros/Ludwig von Brunn (editor)

The Amorous Drawings of the Marquis von Bayros
by: Marquis von Ayros/Ludwig von Brunn (editor)

Hardcover. NY, Cythera Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth stamped in white. 238 pages, b&w erotic drawings. Franz von Bayros was an Austrian commercial artist, illustrator, and painter, best known for his controversial Tales at the Dressing Table portfolio. He belonged to the Decadent movement in art, often utilizing erotic themes and phantasmagoric imagery. Small owner's sticker on front fly leaf, otherwise a tight, clean copy.

Record # 377883

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The Art Of Ogden M. Pleissner by: Bergh , Peter

The Art Of Ogden M. Pleissner
by: Bergh , Peter

Hardcover. Boston , David R. Godine , reprint , 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 110 pages, hardcover. Color illustrated dust jacket with blue cloth covers. Extensive color and black and white illustrations though out. Illustrated end pages and flyleaves. (Originally published in 1984). Previous owner's notation on half-title page otherwise clean, minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 857219

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The Art of Romare Beardenby: Bearden, Romare and Ruth E. Fine, Mary Lee Corlett

The Art of Romare Bearden
by: Bearden, Romare and Ruth E. Fine, Mary Lee Corlett

Softcover. Washington DC, National Gallery of Art , 2nd pr., 203, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 334 pages illustrated with 224 color plates, 86 black & white. One of America's most innovative artists, Romare Bearden (1911-1988) made colorful and passionate images that reflected his life in a time of creative ferment. His influences ranged from the old masters to African art, as well as the world around him: popular religion and ritual, jazz clubs and brothels, the history and literature of his time, and the places he lived (the rural South, Pittsburgh and Harlem, the Caribbean island of St. Martin). The resulting images are fresh and evocative, filled with quirky details and rhythmic forms. This authoritative and beautiful book, which accompanies a major retrospective opening at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., provides a provocative and absorbing look at a beloved artist. The Art of Romare Bearden showcases compelling examples of his pioneering work: complex collages and photostats; watercolors, gouaches, and oils; little-known landscapes; his only known sculpture; costume designs; and book illustrations. Mildwear to corners otherwise very good, clean copy.

Record # 385939

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The Art of Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace by: Jonathan Bresman

The Art of Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
by: Jonathan Bresman

Hardcover. NY, Lucas Books & Del Rey, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in gray boards with a black cloth spine. This lavish volume features more than six hundred examples of the art created for The Phantom Menace each a masterpiece in its own conceptual illustrations, sequential art, and brilliant, fully executed paintings. Digging deep into the exclusive Lucasfilm archives, The Art of Star The Phantom Menace details Episode 1's revolutionary use of traditional and high-tech media. Magnificent paintings that capture the exotic environments of Naboo, Tatooine, and Coruscant Key action sequences, including the Podraces on Tatooine and the riveting ground and space battles Fascinating insights and photos revealing the secrets of the artists at work The earliest conceptual drawings, following the evolution of Darth Maul, Qui-Gon Jinn, Queen Amidala, and Jar Jar Binks Exciting new poster art, created expressly for Episode 1. Clean copy, lacks dust jacket.

Record # 387004

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The Art of the World - Illustrated in the Paintings, Statuary, and Architecture of the World's Columbian Exhibition - 2 Volumes
by: Ripley (Editor), Hitchcock

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 Volumes. Elephant Folios. 3/4 leather. Raised bands on spines. Titles in gilt. Designed by Stanford White, a.e.g. with marbled end papers. Set is 16 5/8 inches tall. Profusely illustrated with textual illustrations with fifty photogravures in color on heavy stock. There are also one hundred and twenty full-page typogravures in black and white. One plate with chipped edges - E. L. Weeks - "Three Beggars of Cordova". Rubbing to corner covers and along spines. Interiors clean and unmarked. Both volumes Very Good. Combined volumes weigh approximately 30 lbs - please contact us concerning shipping costs.

Record #609225

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The Artist & the Country House: A History of Country House & Garden View Painting 1540-1870by: John Harris

The Artist & the Country House: A History of Country House & Garden View Painting 1540-1870
by: John Harris

Hardcover. NY/London, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, Revised Ed., 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 376 pages. 26 illustrations in color, and 420 in black and white. Originally published in 1979. John Harris was one of England's leading Architectural Historians at the time this book was written. He was curator of the Drawing Collection for RIBA. (Royal Institute of British Architects). Each section introduces a period such as: the Age of Estate Cartographers and the Garden Converstations, The Country House and Sporting Art: John Wootton, Peter Tillemans and Others, Caneletto and the Architectural Topographers, Gainsborough and the Picturesque, The Art of Turner and Constable. Harris comments on the artists , their style and pictures.

Record # 363402

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The Artist in the Counterculture: Bruce Conner to Mike Kelley and Other Tales from the Edgeby: Thomas Crow

The Artist in the Counterculture: Bruce Conner to Mike Kelley and Other Tales from the Edge
by: Thomas Crow

Hardcover. Princeton University Press, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 288 pages. Crow re-evaluates Conner and other key figures-from Catholic activist Corita Kent to Black Panther Emory Douglas to ecological witness Bonnie Ora Sherk-as part of a generational cohort galvanized by resistance to war, racial oppression, and environmental degradation. Younger practitioners of performance and installation carried the mindset of rebellion into the 1970s and 1980s, as previously excluded artists of color moved to the forefront in Los Angeles. Mike Kelley, their contemporary, remained unwaveringly true to the late countercultural flowering he had witnessed at the dawn of his career. The result is a major new account of the counterculture's enduring influence on modern art. Clean copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 398611

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The Atlantic Slave Tradeby: Postma, Johannes

The Atlantic Slave Trade
by: Postma, Johannes

Hardcover. Westport CT, Greenwood Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, glazed pictorial boards, 177 pages. Postma draws on primary sources and current historical scholarship to offer secondary readers and researchers a comprehensive and well-written history. He covers the entire Atlantic slave trade era, from the 1400s to the final abolition of chattel slavery in the New World in 1888. The focus is on Africa and the entire New World. While he describes the many horrors of the Middle Passage, he also examines how the slave trade contributed to the development of the modern international economy. The last chapters discuss the efforts to abolish the slave trade and its legacy. Throughout, Postma documents the sources that support his discussion and conclusions. Chapter notes are supplemented by an extensive annotated bibliography that includes books, articles, films, and electronic resources. The volume concludes with biographical sketches of important people and excerpts from primary documents written by enslaved Africans and white officials. The black-and-white reproductions of period illustrations add little to the text. Clean copy.

Record # 381603

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The Autumn Dead: A Jack Dwyer Mysteryby: Gorman, Ed

The Autumn Dead: A Jack Dwyer Mystery
by: Gorman, Ed

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Private detective Dwyer agrees to help Karen Lane, his high school crush, to recover a lost suitcase. Still lovely after 25 years, Karen is also greedy for money and status, but the disillusioned Dwyer takes the assignment, which puts his life in danger. When Karen dies suddenly, the detective goes after evidence that she has been murdered, and perhaps others with knowledge of the facts behind the death of their schoolmate, Sonny Howard, whose drowning has been officially declared a suicide. The tensions multiply, with Dwyer baiting a trap for criminals willing to buy the suitcase holding the source of blackmailer Karen's wealth. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 385498

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The Bainbridge Mystery: The Housekeeper's Story by: Grace Tyler Pratt

The Bainbridge Mystery: The Housekeeper's Story
by: Grace Tyler Pratt

Hardcover. Boston, Sherman French and Company, 1st, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, teal blue cloth covers with black and white stamping, top edge gilt, 200 pages. Ink name on front fly leaf, mild fading to spine, otherwise a clean, sound copy.

Record # 371229

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The Ballad of the Brown Girl: An Old Ballad Retoldby: Cullen, Countee

The Ballad of the Brown Girl: An Old Ballad Retold
by: Cullen, Countee

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth spine with yellow paper boards, black cloth tips on corners. Chipped paper label with title on spine. Covers have some toning and soiling but the volume is square with only light wear otherwise. Cullen's version of the famous English ballad, "The Brown Girl." Attractive production, with b&w illustrations by Cullen's brother.

Record # 378545

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The Baltic States: Latvia, Lithuania and Estoniaby: Hebe Spaull

The Baltic States: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
by: Hebe Spaull

Hardcover. London, A & C Black, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust Jacket, 81 pages. 4 color, 8 b&w illustrations. One in the "Peeps at Many Lands" series. Clean copy.

Record # 398158

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The Bamboo Broom: An Introduction to Japanese Haikuby: Harold Gould Henderson

The Bamboo Broom: An Introduction to Japanese Haiku
by: Harold Gould Henderson

Hardcover. NY/Boston, Japan Society/Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with white design of broom on front cover, white lettering on spine, 124 pages. Clean copy of a scarce title.

Record # 378486

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The Basketry Book - Twelve Lessons in Reed Weavingby: Blanchard, Mary Miles

The Basketry Book - Twelve Lessons in Reed Weaving
by: Blanchard, Mary Miles

Hardcover. New York, Scribner's, Reprint, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with gilt design, title on spine,111 pages. Full color and black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608428

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The Baxter Trustby: Hailey, J. P. ( Parnell Hall)

The Baxter Trust
by: Hailey, J. P. ( Parnell Hall)

Hardcover. NY, Donald I. Fine, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The first mystery featuring maverick lawyer Steve Winslow. Clean, like new. When out-of-work lawyer Steve Winslow enlists himself as a New York City cab driver to pay the bills, he thinks he's hit rock-bottom. That is until Sheila Benton, heir to a multimillion dollar fortune, finds his number in the yellow pages and calls upon Steve to defend her. Of course her case is only a minor one. It seems that a blackmailer was found in her apartment in an uncomfortable position -- with a knife in his back.

Record # 378719

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The Beleaguered City: Richmond, 1861-1865 by: Bill, Alfred Hoyt

The Beleaguered City: Richmond, 1861-1865
by: Bill, Alfred Hoyt

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 313 pages plus index. Tan cloth boards that show minor fading to top, spine and light discoloration to back cover. Otherwise very good. No dust jacket. Generous selection of black and white illustrations. This copy also complete with both the fold-out maps that are often missing: (1) City of Richmond in 1861; and (2) Richmond-Petersburg Theatre of Operations. These ten chapters reconstitute, across an eighty-year gap, the everyday life of a capital city close behind the fighting fronts of a prolonged war. From records that originated close to the facts or in the midst of them--newspapers, advertisements, diaries, letters, stenographic reports of the time--Mr. Bill discloses how people lived on the home front of the Confederacy. He tells in abundant detail what the people did to amuse themselves, what rumors alternately exalted and depressed them, about what and whom they gossiped, what they found procurable in the black market and what it cost them.

Record # 383904

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The Berber: or the Mountaineer of the Atlas: A Tale of Morocco  by: Mayo, William Starbuck

The Berber: or the Mountaineer of the Atlas: A Tale of Morocco
by: Mayo, William Starbuck

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st US, 1873, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, 442 pages. While a fictional story based on actual events, the author relates a wealth of information on the history, customs and political divisions in the Arab world at the time. Hinges weak but holding, bookplate on inside front cover. Light shelf wear.Originally published in England in 1850.

Record # 383647

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The Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palaceby: Hall, Ben M.

The Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace
by: Hall, Ben M.

Hardcover. NY, Clarkson N. Potter, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket that has some closed tears repaired on the reverse side. A pictorial history of American movie palaces which sprung up after the end of Prohibition and ended by the time of the Great Depression. Per the jacket flap, ". . .the Golden Age of Movie Palaces. . .swept in on a floodtide of splendor, fantastic architecture, music, laughter and dreams." With dozens of black & white photos and illustrations showing the interiors and exteriors of some of these palaces, and many of the actors, theatergoers, advertisements and marquees of them. Also with a few pages of color illustrations showing painted designs for some of the theaters. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with spine titling in yellow. Foreword by Bosley Crowther. Clean copy.

Record # 385816

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The Birds' Christmas Carol by: Wiggin, Kate Douglas/Wireman, Katharine R. (Illustrator)

The Birds' Christmas Carol
by: Wiggin, Kate Douglas/Wireman, Katharine R. (Illustrator)

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st Illust., 1912, Hardcover, originally written in 1886, this is a 1912 printing, a more scarce edition featuring the pen-and-ink sketches & color (black/gray/white/red) illustrations by artist Katharine R. Wireman. 91 pages. Small hardcover 8vo (6.75" x 8.5"), green cloth over boards with red & lighter green illustrations of birds, candles, & holly & red script lettering to front & spine. Front fly leaf gone, spine with mild fading.

Record # 387646

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The Birth of an Artist: A Journey of Discovery (SIGNED COPY)by: Ed Hamilton

The Birth of an Artist: A Journey of Discovery (SIGNED COPY)
by: Ed Hamilton

Softcover. Louisville KY, Chicago Spectrum Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, b&w illustrations throughout. INSCRIBED BY HAMILTON on the front fly leaf. Ed Hamilton was raised on a street, in a neighborhood, that no longer exists. But Walnut Street and the now razed black professional district are vibrant and alive in this account of how one skinny black youth became a nationally acclaimed sculptor. This autobiography chronicles not just one man, but a way of life. It is filled with photos of art work now located all over the U.S., in private homes, public plazas, and prestigious museums.

Record # 380922

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The Black Death (Manchester Medieval Sources)by: Rosemary Horrox

The Black Death (Manchester Medieval Sources)
by: Rosemary Horrox

Softcover. Manchester UK, Manchester University Press, reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 364 pages. From 1348 to 1350 Europe was devastated by an epidemic that left between a third and one half of the population dead. This source book traces, through contemporary writings, the calamitous impact of the Black Death in Europe, with a particular emphasis on its spread across England from 1348 to 1349. Rosemary Horrox surveys contemporary attempts to explain the plague, which was universally regarded as an expression of divine vengeance for the sins of humankind. Moralists all had their particular targets for criticism. However, this emphasis on divine chastisement did not preclude attempts to explain the plague in medical or scientific terms. Also, there was a widespread belief that human agencies had been involved, and such scapegoats as foreigners, the poor and Jews were all accused of poisoning wells. The final section of the book charts the social and psychological impact of the plague, and its effect on the late-medieval economy. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 378564

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The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball's Forgotten Era by: Claude Johnson

The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball's Forgotten Era
by: Claude Johnson

Hardcover. NY, Abrams Press, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Illustrations, 470 pages with index. A groundbreaking, timely history of the largely unknown early days of Black basketball, bringing to life the trailblazers, entertainers, gangsters, and supremely talented athletes who made the game From the introduction of the game of basketball to Black communities in 1904 to the integration of the NBA in 1950, there was a full era in the development of the game. It was a time when Black players were discriminated against and opportunities were limited, but entrepreneurial men and women nurtured the game and breathed life into a sport they loved. This period was known as the Black Fives Era (teams at the time were often called "fives"), and was akin to the golden age of the Negro Leagues. But despite fierce rivalries between big-city clubs, innovative managers, and star players, this period is almost entirely unknown to basketball fans. Claude Johnson has made it his mission to change that. An advocate fiercely committed to our history, for more than two decades Johnson has conducted interviews, mined archives, collected artifacts, and helped to preserve an important, culturally rich era that otherwise would have been lost. The Black Fives is the result of his work, a landmark narrative history that will braid together the stories of these forgotten pioneers and rewrite our understanding of the story of basketball.

Record # 381066

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The Black Heartby: Sydney Horler

The Black Heart
by: Sydney Horler

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Doran, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bright orange cloth boards with black lettering.

Record # 374395

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The Black Infantry in the West, 1869

The Black Infantry in the West, 1869

Softcover. Norman OK, University of Oklahoma Press , reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 167 pages. After nearly 200,000 African-American soldiers fought in the Civil War, Congress enacted legislation to authorize regiments of cavalry and infantry for service in the West. The Ninth and Tenth cavalries won fame as "buffalo soldiers" in the Indian wars, nearly overshadowing the critical support role of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth infantries. Now Arlen L. Fowler brings to light the story of African-American infantry service from 1869 to 1891 in Texas, Indian Territory, the Dakotas, Montana, and Arizona.

Record # 381744

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The Black Mass of Brother Springerby: Charles Willeford

The Black Mass of Brother Springer
by: Charles Willeford

Softcover. Berkeley CA, Black Lizard Books, reprint, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, mass market paperback, 171 pages. "No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford" Elmore Leonard THE BLACK MASS OF BROTHER SPRINGER tells the story of Sam Springer, a drifter novelist who meets Jack Dover, the retiring Abbot of the Church of God's Flock. Dover's final official act is to ordain Springer and send him off to serve as pastor of an all-Black church in Jacksonville, Florida. Springer soon becomes entangled in the city's growing civil rights movement . . . and with the church deacon's earthy young wife, Merita. The Washington post calls this darkly humorous novel by Charles Willeford, one of the great crime writers of the 20th century, "his masterpiece." Light wear, book store stamp, price on first page, crease to rear cover. Otherwise clean.

Record # 374755

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The Black Panthersby: Marine, Gene

The Black Panthers
by: Marine, Gene

Softcover. NY, New American Library Signet,, 5th pr., 1969, Book: Very Good, Softcover, mass market paperback, 224 pages, b&w photos. Light shelfwear, clean.

Record # 372664

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The Black Pupby: Brooks/Margaret Van Doren, Anne

The Black Pup
by: Brooks/Margaret Van Doren, Anne

NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in blue-green cloth with maroon lettering and drawing. Three-color, b&w illustrations by Margaret Van Doren. Front fly leaf gone, light soil, small mark to covers. Otherwise very good, clean. A spirited black puppy learns to make friends with two kittens in his new home.

Record # 501386

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The Black Roseby: Tananarive Due

The Black Rose
by: Tananarive Due

Hardcover. NY, One World/Ballantine, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A fictional narrative base on the life of America's first black female millionaire. Born to former slaves on a Louisiana plantation in 1867, Madam C.J. Walker rose from poverty and indignity to become America's first black female millionaire, the head of a hugely successful company, and a leading philanthropist in African American causes. Renowned author Alex Haley became fascinated by the story of this extraordinary heroine, and before his death in 1992 he embarked on the research and outline of a major novel based on her life. Now with The Black Rose, critically acclaimed writer Tananarive Due brings the work to inspiring completion. "I got my start by giving myself a start," Madam C.J. was fond of saying as she recounted her transformation from the uneducated laundress Sarah Breedlove to a woman of wealth, culture, and celebrity. Madam C.J. was nearing forty and married to a maverick Denver newspaperman when the wonder-working hair care method she discovered changed her life. Seemingly overnight, she built a marketing empire that enlisted more than twenty thousand bright young African American women to demonstrate and sell her products door-to-door. By the time she died in 1919, Madam C.J. Walker had constructed her own factory from the ground up, established a training school, and built a twenty-room mansion at Irvington on the Hudson, New York, called Villa Lawaro.

Record # 381606

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The Black Stallion's Fillyby: Walter Farley/Milton Menasco

The Black Stallion's Filly
by: Walter Farley/Milton Menasco

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 309 pages. B&w illustrations by Milton Menasco. Clean copy. Black Minx has the strength and stamina to win the most famous horse race in the world, but she doesn't seem to like racing. So strongly does she resist training that Alec Ramsay and Henry Dailey have to trick her into running! But Black Minx has a few tricks of her own....

Record # 398565

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The Black-Eyed Blondeby: Benjamin Black

The Black-Eyed Blonde
by: Benjamin Black

NY, Henry Holt , 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Raymond Chandler's incomparable private eye is back, pulled by a seductive young heiress into the most difficult and dangerous case of his career "It was one of those summer Tuesday afternoons when you begin to wonder if the earth has stopped revolving. The telephone on my desk had the look of something that knows it's being watched. Traffic trickled by in the street below, and there were a few pedestrians, too, men in hats going nowhere." So begins The Black-Eyed Blonde, a new novel featuring Philip Marlowe-yes, that Philip Marlowe. Channeling Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Black has brought Marlowe back to life for a new adventure on the mean streets of Bay City, California. It is the early 1950s, Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: young, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover, a man named Nico Peterson. Marlowe sets off on his search, but almost immediately discovers that Peterson's disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City's richest families and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune.

Record # 382283

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The Blacksmith and The Devilsby: Brusca, Maria Cristina and Tona Wilson

The Blacksmith and The Devils
by: Brusca, Maria Cristina and Tona Wilson

NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Dust jacket pristine. Color illustrations by Brusca. A familiar folktale motif is that of the clever man who outwits the devil. In this zesty retelling, based on an Argentinian source, that man is Juan Pobreza, a poor blacksmith who reshoes a mule belonging to St. Peter and charges nothing for the job. Touched, St. Peter asks the man to name three wishes. Juan, sure that Peter is not who he claims to be, makes three seemingly senseless wishes that help him out later when he must deal with the agents of the devil. In the twist at the end, Pobreza finds himself barred from both heaven and hell.

Record # 202849

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The Blind African Slave: Or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace by: Jeffrey Brace; Editor Kari J. Winter; Contributor Benjamin F. Prentiss

The Blind African Slave: Or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace
by: Jeffrey Brace; Editor Kari J. Winter; Contributor Benjamin F. Prentiss

Softcover. Madison WI, University of Wisconsin, reprint., 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wraps, 244 pages. The Blind African Slave recounts the life of Jeffrey Brace (ne Boyrereau Brinch), who was born in West Africa around 1742. Captured by slave traders at the age of sixteen, Brace was transported to Barbados, where he experienced the shock and trauma of slave-breaking and was sold to a New England ship captain. After fighting as an enslaved sailor for two years in the Seven Years War, Brace was taken to New Haven, Connecticut, and sold into slavery. After several years in New England, Brace enlisted in the Continental Army in hopes of winning his manumission. After five years of military service, he was honorably discharged and was freed from slavery. As a free man, he chose in 1784 to move to Vermont, the first state to make slavery illegal. There, he met and married an African woman, bought a farm, and raised a family. Although literate, he was blind when he decided to publish his life story, which he narrated to a white antislavery lawyer, Benjamin Prentiss, who published it in 1810. Upon his death in 1827, Brace was a well-respected abolitionist. In this first new edition since 1810, Kari J. Winter provides a historical introduction, annotations, and original documents that verify and supplement our knowledge of Brace's life and times. Clean copy.

Record # 381572

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The Blue Rajah Murder by: Harold MacGrath

The Blue Rajah Murder
by: Harold MacGrath

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran and Co. Crime Club, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in black cloth with red stamping. Poor dust jacket with chunks gone from front panel and spine. A group of jewel collectors and dealers gather in the Adirondacks to bid on the mysterious Blue Rajah diamond. Naturally, a murder ensues.

Record # 371081

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