Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 254 pages. The collected short stories and autobiographical writings of the last survivor of the Harlem Renaissance of the twenties and thirties describes growing up in Boston's black middle class, her relationship with Langston Hughes, and other subjects.

Softcover. London/NY, Verso, 1st, 1990, Softcover, 397 pages. In this acclaimed historical study, Alexander Saxton establishes the centrality of white racism to American politics and culture. Examining images of race at a popular level - from blackface minstrels to the construction of the Western hero, from grassroots political culture to dime novels - as well as the philosophical constructions of the political elite, it is a powerful and comprehensive account of the ideological forces at work in the formation of modern America. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Citadel Press, 1st illust thus, 1948, Book: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Cream jacket decorated in black and green. With 12 black and white woodcuts by Helen Munro.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, red cloth covers stamped in black. In a dust jacket with light edgewear and chipping. A crime novel set in the Kentucky mountains involving lawless gangs and horse racing. A Hubin listed Mystery. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers stamped in gilt, in a black cardboard slipcase. Color illustrations throughout. This powerful and breathtakingly beautiful Book of Hours was designed in the fifteenth century by one of the greatest masters of expressionism in France at the time, and executed by him (together with members of his workshop) for a royal patron. A relatively unknown masterpiece, it emerged from artistic obscurity in 1904 to widespread acclaim and critical appreciation.As Millard Meiss points out in his Introduction: "The Rohan Master cared less about what people do than what they feel. . . .Whereas his great predecessors, the Boucicaut Master and the Limbourgs, excelled in the description of novel aspects of the natural world, he explored the realm of human feeling." Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, New Directions, 1st, 1050, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth stamped in yellow. No dust jacket. Clean copy. Published in 1950, his first novel was acclaimed by Gore Vidal as "splendidly written, precise, short, complete, and fine." It is the story of a wealthy, fiftyish American widow recently a famous stage beauty, but now "drifting." With poignant wit and his own particular brand of relish, Williams charts her drift into an affair with a cruel young gigolo.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st illust thus, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, geen cloth with 4 color decoration on front and spine. Color frontispiece, numerous black and white illustrations by Gordon Browne, No date (circa 1910). Tight, clean copy.

New York, Viking Press, Book Club, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 152 pages. Black & white illustrations by David Rook. Dust jacket spine slightly faded otherwise very good.

Hardcover. London, Chatto & Windus, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, purple and black boards with black lettering on the spine label. 162 pages, b&w frontispiece by Ray Garnett (his first wife, Rachel 'Ray' Garnett). Top edge gilt. Tells the fictional story of the racism and hostility experienced by an interracial couple in Victorian Dorset. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Books of Wonder, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 304 pages. With twelve glowing color plates and over one hundred black-and-white drawings by Oz artist John R. Neill, this is a beautiful reproduction of the rare 1915 first edition. Afterword by Peter Glassman.

Softcover. Padova Italy, Editrice Antenore, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, cream color wrappers with black and blue type, 141 pages with index. Foreword by author. English text. Name on front fly leaf, light pencil marking to 10 pages.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four hardcover volumes. Original blue cloth spines, title printed in black on paper label affixed to spines. Blue paper-covered boards with H.G. Wells's facsimile signature in gilt on covers. Top edges gilt. Solid text blocks, rubbed corners, sunning to spines, a very good set. Internally bright with numerous in-text illustrations and diagrams. The frontispiece of each volume contains a colorful illustration in a theme related to the subject matter of the work. A limited edition set, number 526 of 750 signed copies. Signed by H.G. Wells, Julian Huxley, and G.F. Wells on the limitation page. Many illustrations and diagrams. Iconic work from the thirties on all things biological from two of the greatest exponents of science in the 20th century, along with Well's' son and zoologist, George Wells. Clean set, minor shelf wear. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, William Sloane Associates, 2nd pr., 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. Bright, clean copy in a lightly soiled dust jacket. A man crossing a London street is killed. He is carrying four blackmail letters. Mostly set in France, the basis for the 1968 MGM film directed by Richard Thorpe.

Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne and Co., 1st, Book: Good, Hardcover, pictorial paper-covered boards; color frontis, some black and white illustrations by Gordon Browne. Short splits along spine edge, bookplate on inside front cover.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap , 1st thus, ND (1924), Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with minor edgewear, blue cloth binding with black lettering. Black and white plate frontispiece, black and white plates throughout featuring scenes from the 1924 film starring Milton Sills, rear panel of dust jacket shows scenes from the photoplay of Scaramouche, starring Alice Terry and Roman Novarro. Inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, lavender cloth with black lettering and design. End papers show the Dana girls reading a letter printed in dark green. Nancy Drew titles listed to The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. London, Ward, Lock & Co, reprint, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with silver pattern and lettering. Novel about three young merchant navy officers on a ship captured by pirates in the 1930s their imprisonment on a fortified island and their escape by sea. Has black and white frontis and plates. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Grove Press, 1st thus, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Four-volume paperback box set represents Beckett's major works in prose, drama, poetry, and criticism edited by Paul Auster. The cardboard slipcase is Fine. 2047 pages. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 " tall. Includes "Waiting for Godot," "Endgame," and "Happy Days." Samuel Beckett was one of the most important and influential figures of twentieth-century literature. His radically minimalist language, black humor, and surreal situations unleashed a brilliant vision uniquely Beckett's own and, in the process, forever changed literature. Still in publisher's shrink wrap. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with silver stamping, 241 pages, b&w illustrations. Limited to 1500 copies. John Marin was one of the most important American artists of the 20th century, known for his luminous watercolors and bold, expressive style. In this beautifully curated collection, Dorothy Norman presents a selection of Marin's most important writings, offering insights into his creative process and philosophy. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Seabury, 1st US, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 154 pages. Black & white illustrations by Anne Dalton. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 263 pages. Larry Dolman is a rather literal minded ex-cop who now works private security. Eddie Miller is an airline pilot who's studying to get his real estate license. Don Luchessi is a silver salesman who's separated from his wife but too Catholic to get a divorce. Hank Norton is a drug company rep who gets four times as many dames as any of the other guys. They are all regular guys who like to drink, play cards, meet broads, and shoot a little pool. But when a friendly bet goes horribly awry, they find themselves with two dead bodies on their hands and a homicidal husband in the wings--and acting more like hardened criminals than upstanding citizens. Mild shelf wear, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, New Directions, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, putty color cloth with spine stamped in black and blue. 1st printing with no additional printings on copyright page. Light tanning to endpapers, mild shelf wear, clean copy. Bowles first novel.

Hardcover. NY, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, blue cloth with black lettering in a bright dust jacket with edgewear and chipping, 335 pages. Rear dj lists to Wild Horse Mesa. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 326 pages. Bound in original dark red cloth with lettering in black.