![In Memoriam Felis Felis [Signed Bookplate]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/724/943/1675943724.0.m.jpg)
In Memoriam Felis Felis [Signed Bookplate]
by UPDIKE, John (poetry); R. B. Kitaj (illustrations)
[Leamington Spa, Warwickshire]: Sixth Chamber Press, 1989. First Edition. One of 200 unnumbered copies on Keays Dove Grey. Octavo (21cm); bound in black quarter cloth, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and illustrated boards; acetate dustjacket; [22]pp; illustrations at frontispiece and throughout. Two bookplates signed by author laid in. Rubbing to board edges; Very Good. In complete acetate... Read More
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Life, Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Fremont
by UPHAM, Charles Wentworth
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. First Edition. First issue. 12mo (19cm). In brown publisher's cloth with the Ticknor blindstamp to boards, titled in gilt on spine; pale yellow coated endpapers; viii; 9-356pp; steel-engraved frontispiece and 13 full-page wood-engravings. A sound, tight copy, sunned on spine with titles still legible; small chip to spine cloth at crown, foxing to frontispiece... Read More
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Life of Madame Catharine Adorna Including Some Leading Facts and Traits in Her Religious Experience
by UPHAM, Thomas C.
Boston: Waite, Peirce and Company, 1845. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (16cm). In original brown publisher's cloth, ornately blindstamped on boards, titled in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers; [i]-xii, [13]-268pp; lithographic frontispiece. With ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedown. A straight, sturdy copy, rubbed, with large patch of discoloration to front board, chips at head and tail, foxed: Good.... Read More
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![Me and Henry and the Artillery [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/658/047/1552047658.0.m.jpg)
Me and Henry and the Artillery [Inscribed]
by UPSON, William Hazlett
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Brown cloth stamped in orange; [viii],271,[1]pp. Inscribed on front free endpaper "For Anne Wildman from William Hazlett Upson." Sound but rubbed, upper corners bumped, minor spots to textblock edges but internally clean: Very Good. World War I novel by a New Jersey author best known for... Read More
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The Africanization of the Curriculum in Kenya
by URCH, George E.F.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan School of Education, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original blue pictorial card wrappers; [2],iii,[1],273pp.; printed from typescript. Soiling to upper wrapper, else Very Good and sound.
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They Come and Knock on the Door
by URÍAS, Alfonso Quijada; Darwin J. Flakoll, transl
Willimantic: Curbstone Press, 1991. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; yellow cloth hardcover, dustjacket; 61pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Bilingual edition, with Spanish and English text on facing pages. Urías (b. 1940) was among the generation of Salvadoran leftist writers that coalesced around Roque Dalton in the early 1960s; he has lived in exile since the Seventies. This... Read More
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![The Angry Hills [Inscribed by the Author Prior to Publication]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/938/611/1391611938.0.m.jpg)
The Angry Hills [Inscribed by the Author Prior to Publication]
by URIS, Leon M.
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); brick red cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine; charcoal gray topstain; dustjacket; [vi],249,[1]pp. With a pre-publication inscription by the author on the front endpaper: "For my buddy Mal / Leon / 9/20/55." Spine ends gently nudged, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket... Read More
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![Ghost Sickness [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/183/360/1673360183.0.m.jpg)
Ghost Sickness [Signed]
by URREA, Luis Alberto
El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing, a trade paperback original. Octavo (23cm); pictorial card wrappers; [viii],[2],3-95,[1]pp. Signed by the author on the title page, dated 1/27/98. A Fine copy. Sharp copy of the Mexican-American author's second book of poems. 84270.
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![Broadside: "Lo" [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/165/379/1402379165.0.m.jpg)
Broadside: "Lo" [Signed]
by URREA, Luis Alberto
[Denver]: Printed by Larkspur Press for Bella Luna Books, 1995. First Edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.100. Broadside, with text letterpress printed in red and black on white Arches paper, measuring 8.5" x 19.5" (21.75cm x 49.5cm). Fine. A single, short poem from the Mexican-American author's 1994 book The Fever of... Read More
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Väterliches aus Prag und Handwerkliches aus New York
by URZIDIL, Johannes
Zürich: Artemis, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. Printed paper-covered boards; 78pp. Traces of wear to board edges; ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Near Fine. Brief autobiographical work by the Czech emigré author. Text entirely in German.
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One Hundred and Three Fights and Scrimmages: the Story of General Reuben F. Bernard
by [U.S. CAVALRY] RUSSELL, Don; Donald L. Dickson, illus
Washington DC: United States Cavalry Association, 1936. First Edition. First printing softcover issue. 12mo (19cm). Original card wrappers (softcover); 173pp; illus. Bit of external rubbing and soil; faint marginal dampstain to final 15 or so leaves, else a tight, unmarked copy, Very Good. Account of Bernard's nearly 40-years career as a U.S. Cavalry officer, with accounts of his... Read More
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Historical Women in Health, Education and Welfare
by [U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Federal Women Program]
[Washington: Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, 1975]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Stapled pamphlet in white card wrappers, printed in blue and red; 22pp. Minor dustiness to wrappers, but overall Near Fine. "Prepared by HEW Federal Women's Program for Bicentennial and International Women's Year." With portraits and biographies of Elizabeth Blackwell, Sarah Josephine Baker, Jane A. Delano, Dorothea... Read More
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Wages and Hours of Labor in the Men's Clothing Industry: 1932
by [U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR] BILLUPS, Robert S.
Washington DC: Division of Wage Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 1932. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed gray wrappers; 65,(v)pp. Very Good. Statistical analysis and narrative account of employment in the needle trades during the Great Depression.
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![Night Work for Women and Shift Rotation in War Plants [Special Bulletin No. 6, June, 1942]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/759/163/1309163759.0.m.jpg)
Night Work for Women and Shift Rotation in War Plants [Special Bulletin No. 6, June, 1942]
by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, WOMEN'S BUREAU
Washington DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Department, 1942. First Edition. Narrow octavo (ca. 22cm.); self-wrappers printed in dark green; 8pp. Just About Fine. Covers "Night Work in Wartime," "Reducing Health Dangers of Night Work," and recommendations on rotation shifts to keep productivity up.
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Speech of Hon. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, on Our Relations With Great Britain. Delivered in the Senate January 28, 1856
by [U.S. FOREIGN POLICY - SOUTH AMERICA] CASS, Lewis
N.p. [Washington]: Printed at the Globe Office, 1856. First Edition. 12mo. Sewn pamphlet; printed self-wraps; 16pp. Removed, with first and final leaves separating; moderate foxing throughout; a complete, Good or better copy. Regarding escalating tensions over British intervention in South America, the Monroe Doctrine, and anti-American rhetoric from Lord Palmerston, then British Prime Minister.
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Soldiers of the Sea: the Story of the United States Marine Corps
by [U.S. MARINES] ABBOT, Willis J.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1918. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's pictorial cloth; xii,315pp; frontispiece and 15 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Mild evidence of damping, with some unobtrusive rippling to first fifteen leaves and a bit of swelling to front board near spine; endpapers darkened; still a complete, sound and Good copy. Somewhat uncommon early 20th-c. history... Read More
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Pair of Patriotic Memorial Textiles Commemorating the Voyage of the Great White Fleet, 1907-1908
by [U.S. NAVY - GREAT WHITE FLEET] McKEEVER, "Mellie" [J.G.?]
N.p. [Japan?], ca 1907. Pair of large trapunto banners, both removed from original frames. First 82cm x 60cm (ca 32" x 24"); embroidered in silk with trapunto elements on a black silk ground; photographic portrait on cabinet card inserted in embroidered pocket at center, inscribed "Mellie McKeever" on verso. Silk ground fragile, with a few thin tears but no... Read More
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Winning at Independent Political Action: Bernard Sanders, Socialist Mayor of Burlington Vermont..
by [U.S. POLITICS - VERMONT] SANDERS, Bernard [aka Bernie]
[Los Angeles: Peace & Freedom Party, 1986]. Campaign flyer, photocopied recto-only on a sheet of white copier bond. Slightly wrinkled, with mild creasing to corners; Very Good. Promotes a lecture by Bernie Sanders, described as "The Socialist Mayor of Burlington Vermont," who at this time was running for the Vermont governorship. Sponsoring groups included the Unitarian Church;... Read More
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Tom Hopke and Special Friends. Congress '86 Tour - Live Concert - Special Showcase Performance
by [U.S. POLITICS - CALIFORNIA] [PEACE & FREEDOM PARTY] HOPKE, Tom
[Los Angeles: 1986]. Campaign flyer, photocopied recto-only on a sheet of pink copier bond; features a large portrait of the candidate posing with a Fender Stratocaster guitar in front of four unidentified bandmates. Mild edge-creasing; Near Fine. Relic of the short-lived political career of Los Angeles singer-songwriter Tom Hopke, who ran in California's 23rd District, encompassing portions... Read More
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Laws and Regulations for the Government of the Post Office Department
by [U.S. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT] [LAW] WICKLIFFE, Charles A. (introductory note)
Washington, D.C.: Alexander and Barnard, Printers, 1843. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); brown cloth spine over tan paper wraps; 61,[2],59,[5],30pp. Previous owner's name and date inked to title page. Foxing and soil to covers and throughout text, with tiny marginal creases and tears; Good. Printed by the order of the Postmaster General, Charles A. Wickliffe. Sections include Laws,... Read More
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The Soviet Secret Services
by [USSR] [RUSSIA] [ESPIONAGE] HEILBRUNN, Otto
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1957. Second Printing. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's light blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 216pp. Light bumping to spine ends, some light scuffing and discoloration of the pale cloth; internally clean; in a pricelipped dustjacket with some light soiling to the red portions and white rear panel, some light shallow wear to edges... Read More
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Thou Shalt Kill; Revolutionary Terrorism in Russia 1894-1917
by [USSR][TERRORISM] GEIFMAN, Anna
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. First American Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xii]; 376pp. Very light bumping to extremities and spine ends; internally clean. A near fine copy. An accomplished history of the extent and significance of revolutionary terrorism in Russia prior to the 1917 Revolution. Geifman also... Read More
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Khrushchev and Stalin's Ghost; Text, Background and Meaning of Khrushchev's Secret report to The Twentieth Congress on The Night of February 24-25, 1956
by [USSR] WOLFE, Bertram D.
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1957. First American Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's black cloth spine titled in red and white, over reddish paper covered boards. Dustjacket. [10]; 322pp. A little minor wear to the corners and bumped spine ends. strong and solid; internally clean and fresh; in a clean, bright example of the dustjacket with a little light wear... Read More
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Collection of Four Handbills
by NO BUSINESS AS USUAL
San Francisco & Berkeley: NBAU, 1985-1987. Four handbills measuring approx. 27.5x21.5cm. to 35.75x21.5cm.; illus. Faint previous mail folds, else a Near Fine collection. Includes:. 1. "Quarantine." San Francisco, 1985. Printed on blue stock. Announcing an NBAU protest April 29, 1985, including a rush hour "Quarantine of Treasure Island" and midmorning "Disruptions in the Financial District." 2. "Demonstration! denounce... Read More
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The Promise of American Politics: Principles and Practice after Two Hundred Years
by UTLEY, Robert L. (ed)
Lanham: Tocqueville Forum / University Press of America, 1989. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23.5cm). Blue cloth titled in gilt; viii,309,[1]pp. A firm, clean copy, bumped at corners, lightly spotted at top edge, else Very Good.
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