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Philadelphia: Catholic Standard and Times, 1987. Paperback. "Mother Katharine Drexel is America's most famous nun for she seared the country's conscience on the problems of racism before equal rights was a coined expression. A stunning debutante, charismatic, a generous millionaire, she was a woman of towering idealism who worked selflessly for social justice but she was also a woman torn apart by the flaming injustices of the society in which she lived. A comprehensive, informative, compelling look at the struggles of a great woman in a pathetically unyielding milieu" (James McGrath review on rear cover). Illustrated black paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in black. Light rubbing to covers, else clean and bright. Includes laid-in ephemera with prayer for Drexel. 104 pages. REL/061720. Fine. More
New York and Washington: Praeger Publishers, 1970. Hardcover. Vol. I and II in one volume. Appears to be a facsimile of original text. Very good 4to., black cloth boards w/ gilt stamping to spine. Boards mostly clean with only minor wear to edges. Moderate bump to foot of spine and rear inner joint is split at last endpaper otherwise tightly bound. Interior is clean with only slight soiling to bottom edge of textblock and a crease to the ffep. Very good brown & white DJ with an open tear to foot of spine which corresponds to bump in spine and minor wear to corners. Pencil sketch illustration of Joseph Baretti as frontispiece. 419 pp. Travel. TRA/12223. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew and Son, Ltd. Map. Sturdy stock map with red cover. Folds out to oversized map: scale 1/16 per mi. In very good condition with no fading or edgewear. In 4 colors. Travel Pamphlets. TRAV/1163. Very Good. More
New York: Alexander V. Blake, 1841. Hardcover. The first half of the book is Mathew's memoir and the second half contains "The Evil Effects of Drunkenness Physiologically Explained" by P.H. Morris, M.D., Surgeon. Irish Catholic priest, Father Theobald Mathew (1790 - 1856), established the Cork Total Abstinence Society in 1838 and later travelled to America to promote temperance. Bound in brown cloth with gilt title "Father Mathew" to spine. Chipping to spine ends and minor wear to edges and corners of boards. Minor spots of foxing throughout. Dampstain to top edge of corners of all pages, does not effect text. 216 pages. IRE/082516. Very Good. More
New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1931. Hardcover. "The story narrated in the following pages is not a story of merely extraordinary and exceptional episodes in the history of the Sisters of Mercy, but rather it gives a glimpse into the normal, the usual, in teh life of these devoted women" (introduction). Ex-library with call number sticker to spine and pocket to rear endpaper. Bound in the original dark blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Frontispiece and several illustrations. Clean. Chipping and tears to edges of some pages (where they were opened poorly). Split to front after first free endpaper. 281 pages. REL/070820. Very Good. More
Lausanne: Librairie Payot, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine brown cloth covered boards with illustrated pastedown to front board. gilt title to spine. Slight bowing to front board. Interior is clean and bright with 32 photographic illustrations and a map; 289 pages. Asian Travel. TRA/9172. Near Fine. More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1952. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/illus. Travel. TRA210231. Very Good. More
New York, Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press, Toronto, Longmans, Green & Company, 1929. Hardcover. First American edition. Variant Binding. Bound in lavender moire cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Corners lightly rubbed, small mark on the lightly faded spine, a few small dampstains to spine, small holes at the foot of the rear pastedown, otherwise bright and clean without dust jacket. 302 pages. LIT/102616. Very Good. More
Dijon: Librairie L. Venot for the American Y.M.C.A, 1918. Paperback. SCARCE. Small pamphlet. Light brown side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Previous owner's name written in pencil to front wrapper. A few pencil markings throughout. Minor yellowing to pages. Else is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. 32 pages. French Travel. FRETRAV/021915. Very Good. More
Bruxelles: Andre De Rache, (1969). Paperback. LIMITED EDITION. Number 358 out of 940 copies. 8vo. Light green illustrated paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Spine faded to pastel green. Minor rubbing to exterior. Near fine interior is clean and bright with most pages unopened. 127 pages. IN FRENCH. French Travel. FRETRA/022216. Very Good. More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co, circa 1900. Hardcover. Scarce. Inscribed by the author "For the mother of Mary Matthews with best wishes of the Author - Alice Brooks / Written by the Great Great Aunt of Mary Matthews." on the front free endpaper. Alice Brooks was a Baltimore author who often wrote under the pseudonym "ALIX." A collection of advice for young mothers, most involving when and how to discipline kids - each with real life examples. The author notes that "most of the articles in this little volume have been published in Parish Visitor. The material, for many of them, has been gathered from the wise teachings of my mother, to whose memory I lovingly dedicate it." Bound with red cloth spine and corners over white cloth boards. Title in black to front cover with silver flower. Dampstaining and discoloration to covers and spine. Minor wear to corners and edges. Clean interior. 119 pages. LIT/041718. Very Good. More
Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, 1924. Hardcover. 8vo. Rebound in modern black cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Original wrappers bound in. Minor browning throughout. Text and illustrations remain bright. Photographic illustrations throughtout. 504 pages. IN FRENCH. French Travel. FRETRAV/022216. Very Good. More
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett; illustrated by Willy Pogany; Charlotte Porter and Helen Clarke, introduction and notes
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [circa 1950]. Hardcover. A beautiful edition of Browning's famed romantic sonnets to her intended husband, Robert Browning. They are accompanied by b&w and color romantic and erotic illustrations by Willy Pogany. Bound in light red cloth with gilt titling to spine and cover, with gilt rosebud also on front cover. Light signs of handling. Interior pages are in near fine condition. Gift inscription dated 1957 on front free endpaper. Measures 7.5 x 10.25 inches. 93 pages. POETRY/010621. Near Fine. More
New York: Milestone Book, 1959. Hardcover. First Edition. Scarce. "'Search for Accord' presents the dilemma of two spiritually mated human beings of different colored skins in an inimical milieu. Candor and forthrightness distinguish the handling of this delicate and often difficult theme. Miss Burke has written with compassion and remarkable sensibility and bravely holds up the mirror to Nature. 'Search for Accord' is far from a sensational piece of fiction; it is sober, serious and beautiful, and lays bare the riddled hearts of two sensitive people in search of love and self-fulfillment" (rear flap of dust jacket). Bound in reddish brown cloth boards with silver title to spine. Clean and bright. In brown and cream dust jacket with photographic image of the author wrapping around the spine panel. Titled in cream on the spine panel of the jacket and in brown on the front panel. Several tears and chips to edges and hinges of jacket. Minor soiling to jacket panels. 277 pages. LIT/122917. Very Good / Very Good. More
London, Glasgow, and New York: George Routledge and Sons, circa 1890. Hardcover. Includes poems and short stories arranged by season with color illustrations throughout. Bound in the original brick red cloth boards with color illustration to front board and gilt title to spine. Minor chipping and wear to spine ends and corners. Minor smudge marks to edges of boards, but clean overall. Clean, bright interior with full color illustrations by Cooper. Light offsetting from illustrations. Gift inscription in pen dated '82 to front free endpaper. Paper lining interior hinge is tearing, but mull (fabric) remains intact. Binding is tight. A charming book. Size: quarto. About 120 pages - each season is about 40 pages. CHILD/110221. Very Good. More
Bergamo: Instituto Italiano D'arti Grafiche - Editore, 1909. Hardcover. 4to. Marroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor rubbing to boards. Library stamp to front free end page and tape to first page of advertisements. Minor Foxing to several pages. Browning to edges of pages. Illustrations throughout. IN ITALIAN. 151 pages. Italian Travel. ITTRA/082108. Near Fine. More
New York: Street and Smith, No date. Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. Good+ with worn illustrated front wrapper and chipping to the spine. Black title to front wrapper and to spine. Chipping, rubbing and creasing to front wrapper. Rear wrapper missing. Yellowing to pages. 305 pages. Arrow Library, No. 187. Literature. LIT1/3142. Good + in Wraps. More
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons and The Knickerbocker Press, 1905. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Beautiful illustration to front board and to spine. Minor soiling to spine and rear board. Spine lightly rolled. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Previous owner's book plate to front paste down. Light foxing to end pages. Else is clean and bright. Includes full color frontis piece with captioned tissue guard. 460 pages. French Travel. FRETRAV/040412. Very Good. More
Paris: Louis Robin, 1913. Paperback. English Edition. Yellow paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Minor browning and soiling to exterior. Minor yellowing to edges of pages. Else is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. Many pages unopened. 135 pages. French Travel. FRETRA/022216. Very Good. More
Chilton, Eleanor Carroll and Agar, Herbert and Fisher, Willis
New York: The John Day Company, 1928. Hardcover. 8vo. Off white paper backed bluish green paper covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. One bump to bottom edge of front board and browning to top edge of both boards and spine. Interior is clean and bright. 73 pp. Poetry. POE/11172. Very Good. More
London: Edward Arnold, 1899. Hardcover. True first edition of this popular satirical novel by Mary Cholmondeley for which she is best remembered today. Red Pottage is the story of adultery and a clergyman who destroys his sister's art. The first plot contained in this novel is that of Rachael West, an heiress and her love for a man trapped in an illicit affair who is doomed to die by his own hand. The second plot is about a gifted female writer who is unable to break away and start her own life free of her family (not unlike the author's own life). Mary Cholmondeley (1859-1925) began writing seriously in her teens. She initially placed some short stories. Her first novel was The Danvers Jewels (1887), a detective story that won a small following. It was followed by other novels but Red Pottage was her first bestseller. Later works such as Moth and Rust (1902) and Notwithstanding (1913) were less successful. The Lowest Rung (1908) and The Romance of his Life (1921) were story collections - the latter, her final book, was dedicated to the essayist and critic Percy Lubbock. Lubbock later commemorated her in Mary Cholmondeley: A Sketch from Memory (1928) [Wikipedia]. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt titling to spine and front cover. Light bumping and rubbing but very nice. Except for some browning to page edges the interior is clean and bright. Bookplate of collector Mark Samuels Lasner affixed to front pastedown. Very good condition. LIT/042221. Very Good. More
Boston: Hill and Company, (1988). Hardcover. 4to. PRESENTATION COPY from authors. Near fine in black cloth backed lavender paper covered boards with blue title to spine. Minor fading to edges of boards. Interior is clean and bright with black and white photographic illustrations on every page. Blue illustrated dust jacket with yellow and purple title to front and spine panels. 134 pages. Women's Studies. WOM/702. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. More
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Review copy with review slip laid in. Blue cloth stamped in silver on spine with decorations on front cover. In light blue dust jacket titled in orange on spine and front panels. Slight fading to spine panel of jacket and light wear to edges. 223 pages. LIT/111116. Fine / Near Fine. More
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1920. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good- in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to front board and to spine. Minor wear to spine ends. Repair to front interior hinge. Tight binding. Else is clean and bright with frontis and 16 full-page plates. 282 pages. Travel. TRA1/4052. Very Good -. More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. Hardcover. Includes illustrations. A charming collection of nine short stories for children, most with a moral lesson attached. Very good in mustard yellow cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Maroon illustration of daisies to spine and front board. Chipping to book cloth on spine ends and minor wear to corners. Minor browning to margins of pages. Light foxing to end pages. Minor chipping to the edges of a few pages. The front hinge is starting, although the boards remain firmly attached. 289 pages plus ads. CHILD/080108. Very Good. More