House Mother Normal: A Geriatric Comedy
by B.S. Johnson
London: William Collins Sons & Co, 1971. Very Good/Very Good. London: William Collins Sons & Co., 1971. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); 204pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with £1.75 net price intact; boards in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with a small sticker-abrasion to front, tugging at spine ends, and some smudging to rear. Boards... Read More
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A Printer's Garland
by Cecil and James Johnson
San Francisco, CA: Printed by The Windsor Press for The Book Club of California, 1935. Near Fine. San Francisco, CA: Printed by The Windsor Press for The Book Club of California, 1935. Limited Edition of 300 copies. 12mo. 35pp. Vellum spine lettered in gilt over burgundy paper covered boards. Light rubbing to edges. Binding sound and pages unmarked;... Read More
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Patterns of Negro Segregation
by Charles S. Johnson
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 332 pp. Printed dust jacket with original $3.50 price present. Tan cloth boards stamped in dark brown. Dust jacket chipped and worn along edges with a longer tear to bottom of rear fold; patchy dampstaining. Boards show... Read More
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![A Question Mark Above the Sun: Documents on the Mystery Surrounding a Famous Poem "By" Frank O'Hara [Letter to the Subscribers Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/274/562/1699562274.0.m.jpg)
A Question Mark Above the Sun: Documents on the Mystery Surrounding a Famous Poem "By" Frank O'Hara [Letter to the Subscribers Laid in]
by [Frank O'Hara] Kent Johnson
Scarborough, ME: Punch Press, 2010. Fine/Fine. [Scarborough, ME: Punch Press, 2010.] First Edition. Octavo; publisher's wrappers in pale grey photo-illustrated dust jacket; 177pp. Just About Fine. With the subscriber's list on p. [5] and a letter to the subscribers signed with an "X" by the author laid in.
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The Fighting 99th Air Squadron, 1941-45
by Hayden C. Johnson
New York: Vantage Press, 1987. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Vantage Press, [1987]. First Edition. Slim octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth in light blue unclipped dust jacket; [6],49pp.; illus. Light shelf wear, rear jacket panel a bit soiled, else Very Good or better. First-hand history of the 99th Fighter Squadron, the first Black unit in the U.S.... Read More
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![Southern Fiction Prior to 1860: An Attempt at a First-Hand Bibliography [Signed & Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/764/177/1594177764.0.m.jpg)
Southern Fiction Prior to 1860: An Attempt at a First-Hand Bibliography [Signed & Inscribed]
by James Gibson Johnson
Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1909. Very Good. Charlottesville: The Michie Company, 1909. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "To J.E. Crouch, From the author, James G. Johnson, Oct. 28, 1914." Octavo; [x], 126pp. Publisher's wine cloth with paper spine label. Boards rubbed at corners and spine ends, with some scattered smudging and... Read More
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Fact Not Fiction in Harlem
by John H. Johnson
Northern Type Printing: Glen Cove, NY, 1980. Very Good. Glen Cove, NY: Northern Type Printing, 1980. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm) ; publisher's red card wrappers; vii,[1],119pp. Wrappers rather rubbed and worn at margins, textblock starting to yellow; overall Good to Very Good. Collection of local interest articles by the founder and retired rector of St. Martin's... Read More
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Notes on U.S. Cavalry, 1865-1890
by Leslie LeRoy Johnson
Little Rock: Pioneer Press, 1960. Very Good/Very Good. Little Rock: Pioneer Press, 1960. First Edition. Octavo; ix, 156pp. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a couple shallow tears at top back edge, rubbing down joints and at spine ends and faint dampstaining at top corners. Boards are sturdy and square,... Read More
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![Looking for Baby Paradise [Signed and Inscribed by Speicher]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/155/475/1701475155.0.m.jpg)
Looking for Baby Paradise [Signed and Inscribed by Speicher]
by John Speicher; Dan Wickenden [ed.]
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. Stated First Edition. Octavo (21cm); 200pp. Publisher’s pictorial dust jacket with $4.50 price intact; boards bound in black cloth with copper stamping to spine; charcoal endsheets and orange topstain. Dust jacket lightly bumped at spine ends and corners; small... Read More
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![Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/501/195/1297195501.0.m.jpg)
Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World [Signed]
by Steven Johnson
New York: Riverhead Books, 2016. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Riverhead Books, 2016. First Edition. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "Happy Birthday Tom! / Steven Johnson." Octavo. 322 pages. Illustrations. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket over purple and red boards with light blue lettering to spine. Purple endpapers. Jacket shows very light creasing along... Read More
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Tortilla Flat
by John Steinbeck; Ruth Gannett [illus.]
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. First Edition, one of 500 copies in printed wrappers. Octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers illustrated by Ruth Gannett, French flaps retaining original price ($2.50); [viii],9-317pp.; illus. throughout. Rubbing to edges with a few minor nicks and creases; spine sunned but still retaining some color;... Read More
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A Dialogue in Hades. A Parallel of Military Errors, of which the French and English Armies were guilty, during the Campaign of 1759, in Canada. Attributed to Chevalier Johnstone
by Chevalier [James] Johnstone
Quebec: Published under the Auspices of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Printed at the, 1887. Very Good. Quebec: Published under the Auspices of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Printed at the "Morning Chronicle" Office, 1887. Reprint. Octavo. 59pp. Printed wraps. Mild edgewear and creasing to wrpas; chip at base of spine; curling to corner;... Read More
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![The Forbidden Garden [Limited Edition, Signed by Bell]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/809/073/1580073809.0.m.jpg)
The Forbidden Garden [Limited Edition, Signed by Bell]
by John Taine [pseud. Eric Temple Bell]; A.J. Donnell [illus.]
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1947. Very Good/Very Good. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1947. First Edition, Limited Issue of 500 numbered copies signed by author Eric Temple Bell with brief inscription to previous owner, this being #221. Octavo. 278 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket shows moderate wear to edges... Read More
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![A Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/347/352/1444352347.0.m.jpg)
A Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects [Signed]
by John Updike; David Updike [photog.]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition, with full numberline. Signed by John Updike without inscription on full title. Quarto; [32pp]. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $16.00 price intact; book in matching glossy photographic boards. Jacket is clean and crisp with light shelfwear, but no chips, tears, or marks.... Read More
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![Heroes and Anti Heroes [Signed by Updike]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/429/105/1490105429.0.m.jpg)
Heroes and Anti Heroes [Signed by Updike]
by John Updike [intro.]
New York: Random House, 1991. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1991. First U.S. Edition (numberline to 2 in keeping with RH's methods at the time). Signed by John Updike without inscription at front free endpaper. Quarto. 231 pp. Photographs throughout, some color. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in white. Dust jacket lightly... Read More
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The Texas Arts Journal: Number One
by John Updike; James Purdy; et al. [contrs.]; Cameron Northouse [ed.]
Dallas, TX: Texas Arts Journal, 1977. Very Good. Dallas, TX: Texas Arts Journal, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; [4],109pp.; illus. Long shallow crease along front wrapper fore-edge, very light edge wear from handling including tiny chip at spine crown and small soil spot to rear cover, else Very Good and sound. Inaugural... Read More
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Elwood's Stories of the Old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865: The First Three Year Cavalry of the Civil War
by John W. Elwood; H.H. Ryland [intro.]
Coal Center, PA: John W. Elwood, 1914. Very Good -. Coal Center, PA: John W. Elwood, 1914. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; xvi,[17],326pp.; portrait frontispiece of Abraham Lincoln, illus. throughout, many full-paged. Cloth rather rubbed at extremities, corners bumped, gilt starting to flake, dark soil spots along textblock margins slightly bleeding into interior, else a Good... Read More
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The Phenomenon of Life: Towards a Philosophical Biology
by Hans Jonas
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966. Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966. First Edition. Octavo. 303 pp. Black cloth boards. Lacks dust jacket. Boards show light wear to corners, general scuffing, and spine faded. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper and underlining and marginalia throughout. Still a very good... Read More
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![The Library of American Biography, Vol. VIII: Lives of Jonathan Edwards and David Brainerd [Section subtitles: Life of Jonathan Edwards, President of the College of New Jersey [and] Life of David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/441/729/1601729441.0.m.jpg)
The Library of American Biography, Vol. VIII: Lives of Jonathan Edwards and David Brainerd [Section subtitles: Life of Jonathan Edwards, President of the College of New Jersey [and] Life of David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians]
by [Jonathan Edwards] [David Brainerd] Samuel Miller; William B.O. Peabody; Jared Sparks [ed.]
Boston: Hilliard, Gray & Co, 1837. Very Good. Boston: Hilliard, Gray & Co., 1837. First Edition. Octavo. 373 pp. Engraved series title page with Edwards portrait ; facsimile letters to start of each section. Full contemporary calf with black leather labels to spine; marbled endpapers. Ex-library with no external markings; institutional bookplate and stamp (E.C. Scranton Memorial Library,... Read More
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The Hermit-Woman
by Gayl Jones
Detroit: Lotus Press, 1983. Very Good +. Detroit, Lotus Press, 1983. First Edition, First Printing, stated. Octavo; 75pp. Publisher's printed wraps. Spine sunned; mild rubbing to edges; binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good or better. Uncommon poetry collection from the author of "Corregidora." Includes "Fiction Study," "Ensinanca," and "The Machete Woman," among others.
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![An Air Fighter's Scrap-Book [Jacket Title: An Air Fighter's Scrapbook]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/153/952/1402952153.0.m.jpg)
An Air Fighter's Scrap-Book [Jacket Title: An Air Fighter's Scrapbook]
by Ira Jones
London: Nicholson & Watson, 1938. Very Good/Good. London: Nicholson & Watson, 1938. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 332pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, twelve leaves of plates, chiefly photographs. A number of chips and closed tears to jacket extremities occasionally touching text, crudely repaired internally along margins, jacket spine significantly faded, spine slightly cocked, offsetting to... Read More
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![No Prisoners [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/488/953/1565953488.0.m.jpg)
No Prisoners [Signed]
by Tom Jones
Santa Barbara, CA: Skeptic Magazine Press, 1976. Very Good. Santa Barbara, CA: Skeptic Magazine Press, 1976. First Edition. Signed by Jones to Alice Denney, presumably the curator and DC avant-garde arts promoter, with inscription, "For Alice Denney - in dragonflight where poet and artist converge, my warmest regards, Tom Jones." Octavo. 79 pp. Illustrate wraps. Light rubbing to... Read More
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![Monk Poems [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/542/561/1699561542.0.m.jpg)
Monk Poems [Signed]
by Amiri Baraka [aka LeRoi Jones]
Candia, NH: John LeBow, 2006. Near Fine. Candia, NH: John LeBow, 2006. First Edition. Octavo (21.6cm); spiral-bound illustrated card covers; [20]pp. Covers are clean and crisp. Coil un-crushed; binding sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author without dedication on half title "Amiri Baraka 1/25/07 Yeh!" Small chapbook of poems on Thelonius Monk.
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![The Sidney Poet Heroical [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/236/563/1699563236.0.m.jpg)
The Sidney Poet Heroical [Signed]
by Amiri Baraka [aka LeRoi Jones]
New York: Ishmael Reed Publishing Co, 1979. Very Good. New York: Ishmael Reed Books, 1979. First Edition. Trade paperback (20cm); 106pp. Publisher’s illustrated green wrappers with $5.95 price at rear. Wrappers bumped and scuffed; spine slightly cocked. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean. Signed twice by Bakara, at title page and pp[iii]. A Very Good copy... Read More
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![Malcolm X as Ideology [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/110/872/1717872110.0.m.jpg)
Malcolm X as Ideology [Signed]
by Amiri Baraka [aka LeRoi Jones]
Candia, NH: John LeBow, 2008. Very Good +. Candia, NH: John LeBow, 2008. First Trade Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's white staple bound card wrappers printed in green and black; [2],37pp. Covers clean and crisp; interior unmarked. Signed by the author without on title page.
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