CAESAR'S ANGEL
Cleveland, OH: World, (1952). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 299. Author's inscription on flyleaf. VG in little worn dj. A novel of violence and political corruption in a midwestern city. More
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JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER; Beyond the myth
NY: Carroll & Graf, (1995). First American edn. 8vo, pp. xv, 544. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs and color reproductions. A nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. A balanced biography of the controversial artist that show his failures as being almost as interesting as his successes. More
GREEK HOLIDAY
Athens: Icaros, 1957. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 427, plus plates. Occasional small drawings in text. Color frontis. Blue cloth, stamped in white. Top edge little soiled, back a little loose behind the plates, o/w a VG copy. A year's worth of travel and observation of everyday life in Greece in..... More
PRECIOUS WOMEN,; A Feminist Phenomenon in the Age of Louis XIV.
NY: Basic Books, (1974). First edn. 8vo, pp. 308. Lacks the front flyleaf, o/w a good copy in dj. The rise of womanhood in 17th Century France. More
PRECIOUS WOMEN.; (A Feminist Phenomenon in the age of Louis XIV).
NY: Basic Books, (1974). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 308. Fine in dj. Backer was chair of the French Dept. at Dickinson College. A portrait of the pr,cieuses of 17th century Francce. "Frivolous as they were, says the author ... [they] represented nothing less that a unified feminist attack against the..... More
THE BIRDS WHO FLEW BEYOND TIME
Boston: Barefoot books, (1993). Blacker, Thetis. First printing. 4to, pp. 40. Illustrated in color by Thetis Blacker. Blue paper over boards. About as new in pictorial dj. A story based on the great Persian poem, "The conference of birds," by Farid ud-Din Attar, and re-told for young people. More
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
Vertical 8 x 10 inches. Black and white. Signed in black ink on upper right "To Jim | and Judy! | warm regards | Anne Baxter" Small peels at upper left and right, a few small ink spots on left and right margins, o/w VG. More
CARESSE CROSBY; From Black Sun to Roccasinibalda with a foreword by William F. Claire.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1989. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 239. Fine in dj. Inscribed by the author to William Claire: "To Bill Claire ... | Poet and publisher ... | the loyal friend who recognized the | lasting nature of Caresse's contribution | as a muse and who was the..... More
WORKING WOMEN IN RUSSIA UNDER THE HUNGER TSARS; Political activism and daily life. [General Title: Scholarship in Women's History: Rediscovered and New, edited by Gerda Lerner.]
Brooklyn NY: Carlson, 1994. 8vo, pp. xxii, 326. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. Yellow cloth, stamped in blue and ivory. Top edge very fainly spotted, o/w a nice copy. More
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
NY: Wilson, 1949. Third edition revised. Large 8vo, pp. xx, 627. Index. Third ed. revised by Rae Elizabeth Rips. Gray cloth. Ex library, with stamps, date slip and bookplate. Front hinge tender. Cover scuffed, little bumped at corners. VG. This volumne describes US governmental agencies and lists their publications. More
THE LIMITS OF SISTERHOOD:; The Beecher sisters on women's rights and woman's sphere.
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina, 1988. 3rd printing. 8vo, pp. 369. Paper wraps. Cover little worn at corners, o/w a nice copy. Brief biographies of each woman, and excerpts from their letters and writings. More
SUNDAY SCHOOL; The formation of an American institution 1790-1880
New Haven: Yale, (1988). First printing. 8vo, pp. xii, 225. Notes, bibliographic note, index. Illustrated with several facsimiles.Top edge little spotted, o/w a nice copy in dj. Begun as a project to teach literacy to poor working children, Sunday school gradually evolved into its current form. More
OPEN WINDOWS
Prairie City, IL: James A. Decker, 1947. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 72. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. A nice copy in somewhat worn dj. Poems. More
A CENTURY OF KATE GREENAWAY
NY: Frederick Warne, (1946). First American edn. Large 8vo, pp. 15. Paper wraps, color illustration on front. Two color plates in text, plus other illustrations. Previous owner has written in a poem by Greenaway on copyright page, and tipped in a magazine article, "Kate Greenaway and Wedgewood" in side rear..... More
MILLAY IN GREENWICH VILLAGE
University, AL: University of Alabama, (1975). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 160. Illustrated. A nice copy in dj. A study of Millay's years in the Village and the men who influenced her art. More
OLGA RUDGE AND EZRA POUND:; "What thou lovest well..."
New Haven CT: Yale, (2001). First printing. 8vo, pp. xvi, 351. Notes, sources, index. Illustrated wtih photographs. As new in dj. A biography of the concert violinist who was Pound's companion for half a century. More
INVITING WOMEN'S REBELLION; A political process interpretation of the women's movement
Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins, (1992). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xx, 188. Appendices, notes, index. Illustrated with charts and graphs. Yellow cloth. Top edges spotted, o/w a nice cipy in little scuffed dj. More
IRISH WATERCOLORS AND DRAWINGS; Works on paper c. 1600-1914
NY: Abrams, (1995). First American edn. 4to, pp. 328. Notes, biographical dictionary, bibliography, index. With more than 400 illustrations, including about 200 in full color. Cover little scuffed at edges, o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat creased and scuffed dj. An award-winning book; a wide-ranging survey into more than..... More
MARCEL DUCHAMP
[NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1973]. First Edition. 4to, pp. 360. Bound in stiff wraps, With 429 illustrations, 12 in color. A good tight copy. Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. More
MARCEL DUCHAMP
NY: Museum of Modern Art, (1973). 4to, pp. 345. Published to accompany an exhibition. Copiously illustrated wtih photographs and reproductions, some in color. Ex library with stamps; bookplate and pocket removed. Edges of cover worn, o/w VG. More
THE GOLDEN AGE OF DUTCH MANUSCRIPT PAINTING
NY: Braziller, (1990). 4to, pp. 318. Bibliography, indices.120 color plates and 162 b&w illustrations. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Pierpont Morgan Library, March--May 1990. Introduction by James M. Marrow. Paper wraps. Cover very lightly scuffed, o/w almost as new. n 'The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting', scholars..... More
REFLEXIONS SUR LE SUICIDE,; Par ...
Londres: L. Deconchy, 1813. First Edition. Bound After: DE L'INFLUENCE DES PASSIONS SUR LE BONHEUR DES INDIVIDU ET DES NATIONS. Londres: Colburn, 1813.312, 72. 8vo, pp. xii, 270. Bound with the half-title in mottled calf, small chip on the corner of the spine label. With the bookplate of Henrietta Antonia..... More
DE L'ALLEMAGNE
Stuttgart: Charles Hoffmann, 1830. New Edition, revue et corrigee. 12mo., pp. 386, 380, ii; 372, [v]. Three volumes. Bound leather backed paper boards (rubbed), lacking the front flyleaf in volumes 1-2. a good set. A contemporary owner has written a table of contents on the rear flyleaf. An important French..... More
WHEN THE WORLD CRACKS OPEN:; Feminist conversion and the experience of nothingness.
Berkeley, CA: 1981. A thesis presented to the faculty of the Graduate Theological Union. 4to, pp. 107. Bound in plastic cover. VG. More
VIVIEN LEIGH; A biography
NY: Simon and Schuster, (1977). Ninth printing. 8vo, pp. 319. Chronology, index. Illustrated with photographs. Tan cloth. Donor's presentation on flyleaf. VG in somewhat worn dj. More