AMERICA OBSERVED; From the 1940s to the 1980s
NY: Knopf, 1988. First American edn. 8vo, pp. xiii, 232. Notes.Selected and introduced by Ronald A. Wells. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in lightly scuffed dj. More
NY: Knopf, 1988. First American edn. 8vo, pp. xiii, 232. Notes.Selected and introduced by Ronald A. Wells. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in lightly scuffed dj. More
NY: Knopf, 1979. First Edition. 8vo, pp. ix, 272. White cloth. Owner's embossed stamp on flyleaf. Remainder mark on bottom edges, o/w a VG tight copy in little scuffed and soiled dj. More
NY: Random House, (1974). Small 4to, pp. 209. Illustrated with diagrams of board play. Paper wraps. Cover almost loose and little soiled, o/w VG. More
NY: Dodge, (1913). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 118. Bound in dark blue cloth elaborately stamped in green, white, and gold on the cover. The txt is printed within a light green border (rear gine starting) o/w a very good clean copy. from Wikipedia "Edmund Vance Cooke (June 5, 1866 –..... More
London: 1904. 12mo, pp. 36. Portrait. Paper wraps. [Cobden Club leaflets.] Small tear on front cover, o/w VG. Cobden was a businessman, politician and free trade advocate. More
Baton Rouge LA: Louisiana State University, (1985). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 235. Bibliogrpahy, index. A nice copy in torn dj. Cooke traces two themes through Gordimer's work: the rebellion of daughters against possessive mothers, and the movement from a photographic to a painterly perspective on South Africa, presenting Gordimer as..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1891. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 237. Bound in little rubbed maroon cloth, a very good copy. Annotated on the tissue overlays and some in the text in a contemporary hand. Not in Nissen. Kelly p.49. Cooke (1825-1914) was director of London's Metropolitan Scholastic Museum, and..... More
NY, Chicago: Lewis, 1906. First edn. 4to, pp. 429, 527. AEG, Bound in leather backed boards, a very good tight copy. A study of particular leading families and individuals within the county. More