We and Our Neighbors: or, the Records of an Unfashionable Street
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
New York: J. B. Ford & Company, 1875. First American Edition. First printing. First issue, first state of the first American edition, which was preceded by the London edition. 12mo (19.5cm). Terra cotta publisher's cloth, stamped in black and gold, with title on front and spine; yellow endpapers; 10-page publisher's catalogue at rear; [i]-[vi] [7]-480, [1]-10pp; eight full-page wood... Read More
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My Wife and I: Or, Harry Henderson's History
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
New York: J. B. Ford and Company, 1871. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Terra cotta cloth stamped in black and gilt; green coated endpapers; viii,474,[2],[1]-7,[8]pp; 8pp publisher's ads at rear; frontispiece and 7 insrted plates. Straight but rubbed with minor wear, spine sunned, front hinge partly cracked, a few leaves chipped at extreme edges: Good or better. ... Read More
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The Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Minister's Wooing
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. Octavo (19.5cm). Green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; [xiv],417,[1]pp; frontispiece and engraved t.p. Lightly rubbed, generally sound and clean: Very Good. Riverside Edition vol. V. BAL 19508.
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We and Our Neighbors
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
New York: J. B. Ford, [1875]. First American Edition. Issue A, state 2, with no dash below the imprint. 12mo (19.5cm). Blue cloth stamped in black and gilt; pale yellow endpapers; [i]-v [6]-480,10pp; 10pp publisher's catalogue at rear; frontispiece and 7 inserted plates. Sound but much rubbed, spine sunned, internally clean: Very Good. The sequel to My... Read More
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A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin; Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon Which the Story Is Founded
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
Boston: John P. Jewett & Co, 1853. First American Edition. Second issue, with Damrell & Moore listed in imprint. Octavo (25.5cm). In brown publisher's cloth, blindstamped with "KEY" on both boards, titled in gold on spine (BAL binding C in brown AR cloth); yellow endpapers; 2pp of ads at rear; [i]-iv, [5]-262, [ii]pp. Ticket of "Burnton's Book, Music and... Read More
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Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. First printings of both volumes. Two volumes in dark brown cloth, blindstamped with holly-like leaves in corns (BAL binding A), titled in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; [i]vi [7]-329,[7]pp; [i]-[vi], [5]-370pp; 6pp publisher's catalogue at rear of vol. I. Straight and sound, cloth treated with protective varnish, losses to head-... Read More
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by STOWE, H. B.
New York: Hurst and Company, [n.d., ca 1900]. Octavo (19cm). Gray-green cloth with color pictorial onlay to front board, depicting an elegant early c20 woman with pink draperies over a large hat; vi,452,[6]pp; 6pp publisher's ads at rear; frontispiece portrait of Stowe. A cheap reprint edition of Stowe's abolitionist bestsller, with a somewhat incongruous Gibson girl depicted on the... Read More
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J.W. Thinks Black. Volume Number Two in the John Wesley, Jr., Series
by STOWELL, Jay S.
New York: Methodist Book Concern, [1922]. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); original grey pictorial card wrappers; 179pp.; photographic frontispiece & 7 plates. Minor wear from handling, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good and sound, contemporary ownership signature inside upper wrapper and front free endpaper. Sequel to John Wesley, Jr., by D.B. Brummitt. SMITH S-992.
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American Folk Music Occasional No. 1
by STRACHWITZ, Chris (editor); Toni Brown, Dave and Vera Mae Fredrickson (associate editors)
Berkeley: American Folk Music Occassional, 1964. Softcover. Octavo (24cm); red printed wrappers; 100pp; black and white photographic (halftone) illustrations throughouts. Paul A. Garon ownership stamp to title page, else a Near Fine copy. Includes contributions by Mack McCormick, Sam Charters, Leonard Feather, and Toni Brown. [84279].
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Early French Callers at the Cape
by STRANGMAN, Edward
Cape Town: Juta & Co, [n.d.; ca 1936]. Octavo (22cm). Blue cloth titled in black on front and spine; [viii],[vi],223pp; black and white illustrations. Remnants of bookplate to front board. Sound but rubbed and spine-sunned; endleaves and adjacent text leaves foxed, else internally clean; Very Good.
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SELECTED POEMS
by Strand, Mark
New York: Atheneum, 1980. First Edition. Purple cloth in dust jacket; large 8vo. 152 pp. Signed by the poet on the title page. From his first five books and new poems. With few signes of aging, the top stain still bright, and still about fine in like dust jacket.
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THE LIVES OF THE POEMS: Twelve Drawings on Canvas
by Strand, Mark; Jorie Graham (introduction)
East Hampton: Glenn Horowitz Booksller, 2005. First Edition. One of 450 (of 500 total) copies of the regular edition. Gray printed wrappers with French flaps; oblong, small 4to; 25pp; 12 full-page illustrations. A Fine copy. Lovely production by Jerry Kelly. Strand trained as an artist as an undergrad at Yale, studying with Joseph Albers.
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PROSE - FOUR POEMS
by Strand, Mark
Portland, OR: Charles Seluzicki, 1987. First Edition. Gray-brown wrappers sewn into matching wrappers with orange title pasted on; large 8vo. [16 pp.] Printed by Barbara Cash at the Ives Street Press in Sweden, Maine on Rives BFK. Number 104 of 187 copies signed by the poet. Two reporoductions of drawings by Joseph Albers. Fine.
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SLEEPING WITH ONE EYE OPEN
by Strand, Mark
Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1964. First Edition. Red cloth stamped in gilt at spine in acetate dustjacket; 8vo. 53 pp. A Fine copy of the poet's first book, number 105 of 225 copies printed by K[im] K Merker of the press. The gilt a bit dull, else Fine. Clear acetate jacket has one chip, else minor loss... Read More
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18 POEMS FROM THE QUECHUA
by Strand, Mark
Cambridge: Halty Ferguson, 1971. First edition. Translations from the Quecha descendants of the Incas. A short book nicely printed at the Ferguson Press, one of a 1000 copies in white cloth. Issued without a dust jacket. Cloth lightly dusted, otherwise fine.
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NEW SELECTED POEMS
by Strand, Mark
New York: Knopf, 2007. First Edition. Yellow wrappers; 8vo. 267 pp. Uncorrected proof signed by the poet. Laid in, a color photograph of Strand signing books. Near fine.
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![THE LIVES OF THE POEMS: Twelve Drawings on Canvas [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/300/611/1703611300.0.m.jpg)
THE LIVES OF THE POEMS: Twelve Drawings on Canvas [Signed]
by Strand, Mark; Jorie Graham (introduction)
East Hampton: Glenn Horowitz Booksller, 2005. First Edition. One of 50 copies of the signed issue (the total edition was 500 copies). Gray printed wrappers with French flaps; oblong, small 4to.; housed in a black cloth slipcase; 25pp; 12pp. illus. Signed by both Mark Strand and Jorie Graham. A Fine copy. Lovely production by Jerry Kelly.
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THE WEATHER OF WORDS
by Strand, Mark
New York: Knopf, 2000. First Edition. White boards in dust jacket; small 8vo. 142 pp. Signed by the poet on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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THE GOLDEN ECCO ANTHOLOGY
by Strand, Mark (ed.), signed by
New York: The Ecco Press, 1994. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket; small 8vo. 180 pp. Signed by the editor, poet Mark Strand. Anthology edited by Mark Strand, issued after he became poet laureate; he contributes the preface as well as the selection of poems "meant to be enjoyed": from Anonymous to Ashbery.... A fine copy in a... Read More
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STRAND: A PROFILE [Signed]
by Strand, Mark
Iowa City: Grilled Flowers Press, 1979. First Edition. Limited Edition, Letter "F" of 26 copies signed by Strand. Octavo (20cm); black and blue wrappers. Spine a bit sunned, small smudge on front, else Fine. Prose and Poetry, some translations of Octavio Paz, and an extended interview conducted by publisher Frank Graziano as well as essays by Octavio Armand... Read More
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18 POEMS FROM THE QUECHUA
by Strand, Mark
Cambridge: Halty Ferguson, 1971. First edition. White cloth, lettered in gilt. One of 1000 copies. 29 pp. Compliments of the publisher card laid in. Translations from the Quechua descendants of the Incas. A short book nicely printed at the Ferguson Press; issued without a dust jacket. Cloth lightly soiled, otherwise fine.
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THE STORY OF OUR LIVES
by Strand, Mark
New York: Atheneum, 1973. First Edition. Glossy wrappers; 8vo. Trade paperback original - no cloth issue. Signed by the author on the title page. Ink notes on the last blank page; spine sunned, else easily very good.
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18 Poems From the Quechua
by STRAND, Mark
Cambridge: Halty Ferguson, 1971. First edition. First printing; edition of 1000 copies. 12mo (20cm); cream cloth gilt; 29 pp. A tight, clean copy, about Fine. Eighteen short lyrics, more aptly described as adaptations than translations from indigenous Quechua sources.
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Original Dry-point Etching: "The Street Sellers" [Inscribed to Lady Emilia Dilke]
by STRANG, William
Signed, Dated 1900. Original dry-point ecthing on laid paper; sheet size 13-1/4" x 14", printed area 10-3/4" x 11-3/4". Signed in plate, lower left; additionally dated, inscribed and signed in pencil, lower right: "To Lady Dilke from Wm Strang / 24 May 1900." Captioned "First State" in author's hand, lower left; titled at bottom margin of sheet. Image area... Read More
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Streamlining the Union Meeting
by STRAUSS, George
Ithaca: New York State School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1957. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 54pp. Very Good in original wrappers.
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