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New York:: Callaway,, 2004.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine (a new copy) in illustrated boards, no dj. . First printing. "The third of five books for children (even grown-ups ones) by Madonna" each very different from the other, and each beautifully illustrated. A story about miracles, set in a Russian village nestled between two mountains, where a cobbler becomes involved with a pack of thieves while searching for a cure for his son's illness. Gorgeous full- color illustrations by Gennady Spirin. Unpaginated, oversized format.

New York:: Callaway,, 2004.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. "The third of five books for children (even grown-ups ones) by Madonna" each very different from the other, and each beautifully illustrated. A story about miracles, set in a Russian village nestled between two mountains, where a cobbler becomes involved with a pack of thieves while searching for a cure for his son's illness. Gorgeous full- color illustrations by Gennady Spirin. Unpaginated, oversized format.

Boston:: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd,, (1908). Hardcover -. Very good in illustrated beige cloth with dark brown lettering and border. Gift inscription dated Dec 25, 1927. An attractive clean copy. . Later printing. A title in the Phillips Exeter Series. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and five internal glossy plates by Charles Copeland. Lists to #9 in the series both at the beginning of the book and in the ads at the back. 301 pp and 3 pp publisher's ads.

New Haven:: Yale Poetry Review,, 1947.. First edition -. Very good in pale green stapled wrappers (some toning to the pages and covers, lower corner bumped). First printing. Includes the first publication of Pound's "Canto LXXXIII" and two articles about his writing by Harold H. Watts and Lawrence Richardson. Also contains "The Almond Tree in a Burned City" by Stephen Spender, and poems by Grover Smith, Pauline Hanson and others. Book reviews, ads. 36 pp. Errata slip laid in.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (1944.). Hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages, light edgewear to the dj, with a few small chips at top of spine, attractive cover illustration.). First or very early edition. Illustrated by Paul Laune. One of 3 series published under the general name 'Air Combat Stories for Boys.' Last title in this series listed on the back cover, rear flap of dustjacket has a synopsis of the 4th book in the Yankee Flier series. Back of book lists only to #11 (excluding this title.) Wartime conditions notice on the title page. 212 pp plus 2 pp advertisements at rear. Blue and white illustrated endpapers.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (1944.). Hardcover -. Good in green cloth with dark green lettering and illustration (usual rather severe toning to the pages), no dust jacket.. First or very early edition. Illustrated by Paul Laune. One of 3 series published under the general name 'Air Combat Stories for Boys.' Ads in back of book lists only to #11 (excluding this title.) Wartime conditions notice on the title page. 212 pp plus 2 pp advertisements at rear. Blue and white illustrated endpapers.

Boston:: Lee and Shepard Publishers,, (ca 1893, c 1865). Hardcover -. Very good in illustrated dark teal boards with gilt lettering (gift inscription) . Later printing. The fourth volume of the Army and Navy series, set during the Civil War, and originally published in 1865. This traces the adventures of Jack Somers from the Naval Academy to his promotion to the rank of ensign. Frontispiece and illustrated title page. 333 pp. plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1943.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in blue cloth in a good dust jacket (a few small chips, overall edgewear to the dj, original price of $2.00 still present) .. First printing. "Daniel and Deborah were the children of a sea captain, and by accident they went on a Clipper ship to China." An enjoyable and rather hard to find book which explains the China trade and sailing to older children. Published during World War II, this also served to introduce China, our ally then, in a friendly way. Illustrated by the author. Bibliography. 210 pp. Map endpapers.

Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, 1982.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder spray, line on bottom edge).. First printing. The history of the representatives of the newly founded United States of America in Paris in the years 1775-1785 - including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay and others. Without the support of the French, the War of Independence could not be won. Illustrated. Notes, bibliography, index. 319 pp.

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First US printing. A "tender memoir of an improbable liason" with a gay man more than thirty years younger than she was - but a relationship which rescued her from alcoholism, inspired her to write the novel "The Lover" and lasted till the end of her life. Interwoven into the story of Yann is the semi-mythic tale of forbidden love between two children. Translated from the French by Barbara Bray. 115 pp.

Yatakhayaloon,, (2015). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First edition. An alternative history novel - a group of Spanish Muslims ventured into the New World and started a new civilization by merging with the Native American people. Aware of the perils of the Old World they make a pact to never return, but over time, the reality of the Old World gets shrouded in mystery and some even question that if it exists or not. SIGNED on the title page. The author is a Saudi citizen who has been trying to advance the idea of Arabian science fiction; this book was published in both Arabic and English - this is the English language edition. 234 pp plus 6 pages of drawings.

London:: Oxford University Press,, 1970.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The final play in his seasonal quartet - A serio-comedy set in Siena, Italy in July 1946 on the night before the Palio, a medieval horse race run around the middle of the city; the war is over and Bruno's three sons have returned home. Includes a note on the Palio by Stewart Perowne. 113 pp.

New York:: Grove Press,, 1978.. SIGNED first edition -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (some toning to the pages.). First printing, a trade paperback. An anthology of short stories, poetry, interviews, graphics and essays selected from five years of the "Yardbird Reader." SIGNED by SIX authors: by both editors, Ishmael Reed and Al Young, on the title page and by Lawson Fusao Inada at his poem 'Something for Yardbird'; Shawn Wong at "All in the Night Without Food" ; by Cecil Brown at his play "The African Shades" and by Mei Mei Berssenbrugge at the poem 'For the Tails of Comets.' Among the contributors are Calvin Hernton, Ntozake Shange, Calude Brown, James D. Houston, Lawson Fusao Inada, Leslie Silko, Mei Mei Berssenbrugge, Amiri Baraka, Anne Waldman, Jack Micheline, Simon Ortiz and many more. 288 pgs.

New York:: Free Press,, (1966.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in orange cloth, lacking the dustjacket. . First printing. A comprehensive study of the Mossi, subsistance farmers in West Africa. Photographs, maps, index and bibliography. 231 pp;

Lexington, KY:: The University Press of Kentucky, (2002). SIGNED -. Near fine in glossy wrappers (light crease on back cover). Uncommon signed.. First thus- a trade paperback. The author's first novel, originally published in 1963 -a " blackly comic coming -of-age novel unfolds through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Yates Paul." Foreword by Ed McClanahan. INSCRIBED on title page "with much love, with much gratitude" and dated Oct 14, 2002. 281 pp

New York:: Harper Collins,, (2005.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The third novel about the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - this 'reveals the roots of the Ya-Yas' friendship in the 1930s and roars with all the raw power of Vivi Abbott Walker's 1962 T-Bird through sixty years of marriage, child-raising, and hair-raising family secrets.' 258 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

New York:: Broadway Books,, (2006.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. "With her beloved Tuscany as a home base, Mayes travels to Spain, Portugal, France, The British Isles, elsewhere in Italy, and to the Mediterranean world of Turkey, Greece, and North Africa, Fez" Map endpapers. 420 pp.

New York:: Crown,, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The author's very funny - and wise - fourth book - Loh, "a self-described neurotic, nonachieving, downwardly mobile Dumpy, has started to come out of denial over the fact that she does not live in Provence. Not only does she not live in Provence, she doesnt even live in a nice part of Los Angeles. This upper-lower-middle-class suburb in the sun-swept grid of the San Fernando Valley, consistently ranked one of the worst places to live in America, whose night sky is flamed by a million fast-food neon signs and whose streets are chockablock with carnicerias, taquerias, and pupuserias." Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page. 232 pp.

New York:: Vintage Books,, 1992.. Very near fine in printed wrappers.. Trade paperback. The author's wonderful account of what it was like to move into a 200 year old farmhouse in a remote region of the Luberon.

New York:: Ticknor & Fields,, 1987.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in very good dust jacket (creasing and wear to the upper edge of the rather fragile dustjacket.). First printing. His fourth novel, SIGNED on the title page. 194 pp.