27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other One-Act Plays
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, (1953). Hardcover. Third edition, with two additional plays. About fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with a few short tears. More
New Arrivals
To come
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897. Hardcover. 12mo. Publisher's decorated dark blue cloth with designs stamped in gilt on the front board and spine, gilt top. Near fine in very good printed dust jacket, repeating the designs and lettering in dark blue on the front and spine. A few chips... More
Cabinet Card of Four Players in Tennis Togs
Huntingdon, Pa. Kline, (1885). Unbound. Albumen photograph. Image size 4" x 6" on 4" x 6.75" thick card with photographers printed mark below the image and on the verso. Faint crease else near fine. Image of two men and two women in tennis clothing and bearing tennis wrappers. Ink notes... More
Cabinet Card of a Small Child in an Elaborate Perambulator
Sidney, Ohio: Ed. L. Hall, [circa 1890]. Unbound. Collodion photograph. Image size 3.75" x 5.5" on 4.25" x 6.25" thick card with photographers printed mark below the image. Very near fine. Image of a small child in an especially intricate baby carriage. More
Sex Problems in Worry and Work
New York: Edward J. Clode, (1915). Hardcover. First American edition. A couple of spots of paint on front board, else very good in good dustwrapper with chipping and tears. Confidential talks on sexuality. Very scarce in jacket. More
The Complete Hostess
New York: D Appleton and Company, 1912. Hardcover. Second printing. Erosion in the gutters thus good in about very good dustwrapper with a small, light stain on the front panel. More
The Complete Beauty Book
New York: D Appleton and Company, 1912. Hardcover. Second printing. Erosion in the gutters thus good in about very good dustwrapper. More
The Complete Hostess
New York: D Appleton and Company, (1912). Hardcover. Second printing. Erosion in the gutters thus good in about very good dustwrapper. More
Colonel Bob Ingersoll: A Biographical Narrative of the Great American Orator and Agnostic
Garden City: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1927. Hardcover. Reprint. Near fine in moderately worn good dustwrapper with chipping on the edge of the front flap. More
The Homes of our Ancestors
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. Hardcover. Reprint. Quarto. About fine in very good or better dustwrapper with tiny tears and a little worn. Uncommon in jacket. More
We and Our Children
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1913. Hardcover. Third printing. Decorative blue cloth stamped in gilt and white. Slight foxing, else fine in modestly foxed very good or better third printing dustwrapper. Very scarce in jacket. More
The Natural History of the Child: A Book for All Sorts and Conditions of Men, Women, and Children
New York: John Lane Company, 1920. Hardcover. First edition. About fine in near very good dustwrapper with several modest chips and a split along the bottom half of the front flap fold. Very uncommon in jacket. More
The New Decameron. Volume the Second, Containing the Second Day
New York: Robeert M. McBride & Co., [1920]. Hardcover. First American edition. About fine in very good dustwrapper with a faint stain on the spine and some offsetting on the front panel. A collection of stories, including one by Dorothy L. Sayers. Very scarce in jacket. More
Acquiring a Home
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. Hardcover. First edition. Slight wear on the spine but else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a small stain on the rear panel. Guide to buying, financing, and building homes. Scarce in jacket. More
The Penitent
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. Hardcover. First edition. Some scuffing on the foredge and top edge, boards a little soiled, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with a modest chip at the top of the front panel and with a large but very faint dampstain. First... More
The Ballad of The Sad Cafe: The Novels and Stories of Carson McCullers
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's orange cloth, titled and decorated in red on spine and front board. Fine in price-clipped, else fine dustwrapper with a touch of wear. A beautiful copy. More
The Life of Queen Elizabeth
New York: George H. Doran, [circa 1910]. Hardcover. 12mo. 379pp. Frontispiece. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Scarce in jacket. More
Black Orpheus: A Journal of African and Afro-American Literature. No. 1
Ibadan: General Publications Section, Ministry of Education, 1957. Softcover. First Edition. Quarto. Silkscreened wrappers. A trifle age-toned, still easily fine in illustrated wrappers. Contributors includeAdeboye Babalola and Leopold Sedat Senghor. The rare first issue of this important African literary and arts journal published in Nigeria. *Black Orpheus* was founded in... More
Black Orpheus: A Journal of African and Afro-American Literatur. No. 4
Ibadan: General Publications Section, Ministry of Education, 1958. Softcover. First Edition. Quarto. Silkscreened wrappers. Very good or better in illustrated wrappers with a little rubbing along the spine. Contributors include Paul Vesey (the pseudonym of American author Samuel W. Allen) and Ezekiel Mpahlele. A scarce early issue of this important... More
Contact [Second Series] - Vol. 1, No.1-3 (complete)
New York: Moss and Kumin, 1932. Softcover. Magazines. Perfectbound in wrappers. Overall very good or better with some toning and typical nicks and tears to the yapped edges. An important magazine edited by Williams that focused on the importance of American artist and their used of language distinct from Europe... More
The Holy Lover
New York: Boni and Liverright, 1927. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in nice, near fine dustwrapper with light wear. A novel based the temptation of John Wesley in Georgia in 1735-1738. More
The Sexual Life of Woman in its Physiological and Hygienic Aspect
New York: Allied Book Company, 1928. Hardcover. Reprint (originally published in 1916). About fine in very good pr better printed salmon dustwrapper with very shallow chips and tears. Very scarce in jacket. More
Pagany: A Native Quarterly - Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 1931
Boston: Richard Johns, 1931. Hardcover. Magazine. Edited by Richard Johns. Perfectbound quartos. Else fine with touch of toning. This influential but short-lived literary magazine started by Johns with assistance from William Carlos Williams (from whose 1928 novel *A Voyage to Pagany* Johns derived the title). Unbound by commercial concern the... More
Pagany: A Native Quarterly - Vol. 1, No. 1, 2, 4; Vol. 2, No. 1 & 3; Vol. 3, No. 2-4 (8 issues)
Boston: Richard Johns, 1930-1933. Softcover. Partial run. Edited by Richard Johns. All perfectbound quartos. Overall about near fine with some toning and a small chip to the spine of one and two others with splash marks, but all in remarkably nice condition. This influential but short-lived literary magazine started by... More
Swap Clubs: A Study in Contemporary Sexual Mores
Los Angeles: Sherbourne Press, (1964). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 256pp. Light foxing on topedge and small stain in the upper gutter of the first few pages else very good or better in rubbed very good dustwrapper with a few tiny tears. More