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THE SOUTHERN BLACK SLAVE AND FREE: A Bibliography of Anti- and Pro-Slavery Books and Pamphlets and of Social and Economic Conditions in the Southern States from the Beginnings to 1950.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Whitston Publishing Co., 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - An extensive listing of works available on microform. 576 pages.
Condition: Fine in yellow cloth with gold lettering, no dustjacket, as issued (as new.)
Book ID: 20015More details Price: $50.00 -
THE VOICE OF THE PAST: Oral History.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Oxford University Press, (1989). A fully revised edition of his pioneering work on oral history - a work which challenged the accepted myths of historical scholarship and emphasized the importance of the voices of the ordinary people. Includes a new chapter present on memory and the self, more on historical interpretation and practical advice and more. Prefaces to both the first edition and second editions, model questions, index, ix, 314 pp. ISBN: 0-19-2192302.
Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 59812More details Price: $10.00 -
THE GHOSTS OF WHO WE WERE: Poems.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Chicago: University of Illinois Press, (1986.). First edition - A collection of sometimes gently ironical, sometimes moving, always quite lyrical, poems - cover praise from Shirley Kaufman and Maxine Hong Kingston (who refers to her 'plain language, powerful as rocks and mountains.') 62 pp. ISBN: 0-252012925.
Condition: Very near fine in a illustrated wrappers (remainder dot.)
Book ID: 37949More details Price: $12.00 -
THE WISHING HORSE OF OZ.
Edition: Early printing.
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (ca 1946, c 1935.) dj. Hardcover - The 29th of the "Famous Forty" Oz books. After L. Frank Baum's death, Ruth Plumly Thompson continued the Oz series, writing 19 Oz books. John R. Neill, the original illustrator of the Oz books, also went on to write and illustrate his own Oz books. The list of books on the rear flap of the dj list to The Magical Mimics of Oz (shown in the list as 36, but actually 37).Black and white illustrations by John R. Neill 298 pp. Illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Near fine in brown cloth with a full color pasted on illustration in a very good dust jacket. (small chip at top of spine of dj, other minor wear, price on dj has been stamped over with 2.50.) The upper corners of a few pages are slightly bumped, but binding and front illustration is bright and beautiful.
Book ID: 53822More details Price: $150.00 -
THE BATTLE OF THE HORIZONS.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 1928. dj. Hardcover - Novel of what is a vanished way of life now (with hunt balls and other rituals of upperclass country living) as seen through the eyes of a wealthy American woman who married into a family of moderate means. Obviously a very popular novel in its time, as this second printing was in the same month - June 1928 - as the first printing. 322 pp.
Condition: Good condition in light green cloth with black lettering (some slight soiling to covers, previous owner's name, synopsis from front flap of dustjacket tipped onto front endpaper.
Book ID: 30641More details Price: $12.50 -
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THE HOUNDS OP SPRING.
Edition: Early printing - 6th printing, just 2 months after the first.
Boston: Little Brown, 1926. Hardcover - A novel by this English writer of the ten years between 1914 -1924 - that is the years leading up to the Great War and just afterwards. One of the top 10 bestselling novels of 1926. 366 pp.
Condition: Very good- in black cloth with salmon colored lettering (lettering on spine rubbed).
Book ID: 43145More details Price: $15.00 -
THE EMERGING STATES OF FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA.
Edition: First printing.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1960. dj. Hardcover - Extensive study of the economy, politics, and infrastructure of Gabon, Chad, the French Congo, and the Central African Republic in the 1950s. 529pp plus bibliography, notes, index.
Condition: Very good+ in a good dust jacket (several small chips to top edge of dj.
Book ID: 23844More details Price: $30.00 -
HAWAIIAN TALES OF HEROES AND CHAMPIONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Holiday House, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A lovely collection of tale tales for older children, illustrated sepia toned drawings by the Hawaian artist Herbert Kawainui Kane. Glossary, bibliography. 128 pages. ISBN: 0-823401928.
Condition: Ex-library but with relatively few markings, overall near fine - tight and clean in a very good dj (some biopredation to the front fold of the dj)
Book ID: 83735More details Price: $24.50 -
THE COMPTON COWBOYS: A New Generation of Black Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2020). SIGNED first edition - The story of a group of young African American men and women who defy stereotypes and reconnect with the long history of Black cowboys in the West. The Compton Jr Posse was founded by Mayisha Akbar in 1998 to provide a safe alternative to the streets. This account is based on a year which the author, a NY Times reporter from Compton himself, spent with the group, SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 79359More details Price: $30.00 -
TELEVISION: A Biography.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Thames and Hudson, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "a critical history, or 'biography' of the six-decade television era" organized thematically. A large and heavy book, befitting the enormous amount of material in it, illustrated with photographs in both black and white and full color. SIGNED on the half title page. Notes on sources, index. 412 pp. ISBN: 978-0500519165.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 68458More details Price: $50.00 -
IN NEVADA: The Land, the People, God and Chance
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book described as "part contemplation of an America both austere and flamboyant, part love letter to the Old West and part idiosyncratic travel guide." Illustrated with original photographs by Lucy Gray. SIGNED on the half title page by the author. Notes, recommended readings and index. 330 pp. ISBN: 0-679-454861.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (as new, appears unread but with some sunning to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 11090More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SPOILS OF TIME.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fifteenth mystery novel featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch - set in a formerly grand country home, which is now rather rundown. SIGNED and dated on the title page with the words "best wishes." 192 pp. ISBN: 0-094688907.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 75257More details Price: $40.00 -
PAST RECKONING.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's sixteenth mystery novel featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch - a woman is found murdered at the museum she had established in honor of her brother, a now almost forgotten writer. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2001. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-09469530x.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 75933More details Price: $35.00 -
FOUL PLAY.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A classic country house murder mystery novel featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch - a stage adaptation of the best known novel of a 1920s detective writer is the feature of the Centenary celebration on the grounds of the mansion which had been his home. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-094707103.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (toning to the pages)
Book ID: 76092More details Price: $23.50 -
DEADLY RELATIONS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery featuring Inspector Finch, who is investigating the murder of a young woman. Dust jacket praise from H. F. R. Keating. 233 pp. Dust jacket art by Rene Eyre. ISBN: 0-094621500.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (bookstore stamp on front endpaper)
Book ID: 80284More details Price: $25.00 -
SOUND EVIDENCE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The tenth mystery featuring Inspector Finch, who is investigating two murders in Chelmsford, but murders with their roots in London's underworld. At the same time, he is trying to deal with tensions on his team as his longtime Sergeant - Boyce - is showing jealousy of an ambitious newly arrived Sergeant - and his unexpected attraction to the new temporary pathologist. 190 pp. Dust jacket photograph by Granville Davies. ISBN: 0-094656908.
Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dustjacket (significant toning to the pages)
Book ID: 80310More details Price: $24.50 -
A DYING FALL.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's eleventh mystery novel featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch - a retired wealthy businessman is found dead at the bottom of stairs leading into his garden and at first it looks like a murder designed to look like an accident, but so clumsily that it is obviously a murder - murder designed to look like murder? . SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2001. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-094660802.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 80331More details Price: $40.00 -
THE DARK STREAM.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's twelfth mystery novel featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch - although it appears that the death of a young woman in a stream is nothing more than an accident, Finch scents that there is an atmosphere of violence, and he continues to investigate. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-094668701.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 80383More details Price: $18.50 -
NO FLOWERS BY REQUEST.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's thirteenth mystery novel featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch - where the death of a young woman shatters the peace of the quiet village of Woodstone. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-09467650X.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 80472More details Price: $18.50 -
A QUESTION OF IDENTITY.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fifth mystery novel. Detective Inspector Rudd investigates "when an archaeological dig in the quiet English countryside yields a body that is definitely not Anglo-Saxon in origin." True first edition, preceding the U.K - in the US editions, Inspector Jack Finch is renamed Inspector Rudd . ISBN: 0-38513245X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74435More details Price: $24.50 -
ALIBI IN TIME.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's seventh mystery novel, featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch, who is investigating the murder of a writer disguised as a hit-and-run accident. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-094635501.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74441More details Price: $21.50 -
ROSEMARY FOR REMEMBRANCE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourteenth mystery novel, featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch, and set at a summer course in creative writing. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-094682607.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (the usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 74464More details Price: $20.00 -
SHADOW OF A DOUBT.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's eighth mystery novel, featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch - set at an expensive and successful psychiatric clinic, where the unassuming wife of the director has disappeared. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-09-4643504.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (the usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 74485More details Price: $35.00 -
THE UNQUIET GRAVE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's nineteenth mystery novel featuring the quiet, but perceptive Inspector Peter Finch - after his father's funeral, Lucas Gilchrist discovers that his father had a second family living not very far away, and he determines to find out the truth about this apparent double life. 176 pp. ISBN: 1-841192325.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74655More details Price: $24.50 -
GOING HOME.
Edition: First printing.
London: Allison & Busby, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 20th novel featuring quiet and perceptive DCI Jack Finch and his colleague DS Helen Wyatt. "Widower Alex Lambert, protective of his 14 year old beloved deaf daughter Charlotte, feels that the affluent village of Northrope provides them a place to live in peace - until the day Charlotte goes missing while walking home from school. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-749081023.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86419More details Price: $20.00 -
ONCE A SPY.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, (2010.). First edition - "Drummond Clark was once a spy of legendary proportions. Now Alzheimer's disease has taken its toll and he's just a confused old man who's wandered away from home waiting for his son to fetch him." Or is he? Author's first book, a fresh take on the former CIA agent novel. 324 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 48835More details Price: $20.00 -
THE NINE-TON CAT: Behind the Scenes at an Art Museum.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82957More details Price: $25.00 -
AIR & FIRE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in a remote Mexican copper mining town at the close of the 19th century, this novel is ""part love story, part adventure, part mystery and part hallucination, . .. a magnificent tale of conflicting passions and cultures, set in a harsh and magical landscape where Parisian boulevards have been constructed in the dust, and where desires of all sorts exceed the opportunities of fulfillment." SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-679425063.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64772More details Price: $35.00 -
DREAMS OF LEAVING.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61421More details Price: $75.00 -
GIRLS IN THE GRASS: Stories.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised young author's first collection of short stories (her second book). 272 pp. ISBN: 0-394576632.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (spine slant, prev owner's gold seal)
Book ID: 64047More details Price: $15.00
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