Women from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: John C. Yorston Publishing Co, 1937. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm); green cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt to spine and front cover; dustjacket; 321pp; illus. Beginning oxidation to spine gilt, with touches of discoloration to cloth; very good. Dustjacket unclipped, with light edgewear and gentle sunning to spine; a good, strong, clean copy. Novelized… Ler mais sobre este item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1971. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's blue cloth titled in silver gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 274pp. Very light wear to extremities of the cloth, with a triangle of offset staining to the cloth that appears to have been transferred from the verso of the jacket onto a corner of the rear board; inoffensive but noteworthy. A very… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Peter Owen, 1966. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5 cm); light gray boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket by Keith Cunningham; 184pp. Top corner and spine ends lightly pushed, minor bump to lower board, else Fine. The dustjacket is price clipped with light rubbing only. Near Fine. "Seven short stories, written from 1946 on, and… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First Edition. First edition. Generic bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid-in at title page. Somewhat uncommon in hardcover, issued also in paper. Clean, tight and unmarked with a very slight forward slant to binding; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.95 on front flap), sun faded and with faint… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Camden Press Ltd, 1988. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, a trade paperback original. Octavo (21cm); original glossy pictorial card wrappers; [vi],[3],4-185,[1]pp. Modest external wear, dust-soil to text edges, with some surface staining to upper corner tips; Very Good+. UK edition of Jones's debut novel (published in the U.S. in 1974), edited and championed by Toni Morrison, who was… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition. First Printing. Two large octavo volumes (24.5cm); pale blue cloth, with titles stamped in navy blue on spines and front covers; charcoal gray topstains; dustjackets; xi,[3],4-503,[1]; [viii],[504]-993,xvipp; illus. Spines and upper board edges gently sunned, light wear to spine ends, upper board corners on Vol.1 gently tapped (though still sharp), with… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1938. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover, stamped in black and gilt on spine; dustjacket; xvi,[1]-377pp; frontispiece and seven inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones). A tight, clean, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.50 on front flap); sunned but legible on spine panel and with a shallow… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1858. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (18cm); publisher's brown embossed cloth; 79pp. Front and rear endpapers have been excised; moderate aging and wear to cloth; complete and Good. Lunt (1803-1885) was chief editor of the Boston Daily Courier from 1857-1863. The four articles reprinted here are titled "Revival Sermons;" "Mr. Ralph Waldo… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Fourth Estate, 2013. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[4],5-477,[5]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Base of spine gently nudged, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced £20), with a faint sticker shadow to lower left corner of rear panel, and… Ler mais sobre este item

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1994. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (23.5cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in metallic red on spine; dustjacket; xviii,293,[1]pp. A few faint foxed spots to upper edge of textblock, else Fine in a Fine dustjacket. An extensive collection of interviews between the Nobel Prize-winning author and a variety of individuals over the… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Soho, 1996. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo; cloth-backed boards; 224,(4)pp. A fine, apparently unread copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $20.00 on front flap), crisp and unworn, Fine. The Haitian-American author's acclaimed second book, a collection of short stories. National Book Award finalist; the fifth story in the collection, "Between the Pool and… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1929. Fifth printing, in the same year as the first. Small octavo (20cm). Green cloth titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xx,[1]-210pp. Tight, straight and clean, free of markings or significant wear; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, chipped on front and rear panels (not affecting text); Very Good. An… Ler mais sobre este item

Taipei: Literature House, Ltd, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Brown cloth spine over pale blue linen-covered boards; 112pp; illus. Slight bowing to boards; still a tight, clean, Very Good or better copy. Lengthy presentation inscription to front endpaper from a Betty Spencer, who from context appears to have been acquainted with the author and an avid member of the… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Published for the Author, 1875. First Revised Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); dark blue-green cloth, with titling and portrait of the author stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; xii,[13]-324pp, with an engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author, and the errata slip tipped onto the preface at gutter. Contemporary ink ownership inscription to front pastedown ("L.G.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-410,[6]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, with a touch of sunning to spine ends, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 25/- net), gently spine-sunned, showing modest shelfwear, a few tiny nicks and… Ler mais sobre este item

California: Dustbooks, 1975. First Edition. Octavo. 22.5cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 163pp. Bright, clean, and attractive, in a slightly soiled predominantly white dustjacket with some light scuffing and wear, a couple of small closed tears to the upper edge and some discreet tape reinforcement to the verso of the jacket.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Herald Publishing Co, 1944. Pictorial staple-bound pamphlet; illus.; 23pp; illus. Small spot of darkening to front cover, else clean, tight and unmarked; Very Good. Sensational text linking Hitler to a variety of prominent women, including Leni Riefenstahl as well as Unity Freeman, the Viennese dancer "La Jana", and others. Includes a second section titled "Sexual Morality in… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Harper and Row, 1981. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Cloth-backed boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 204pp. Miniscule spot of rubbing to cloth at base of spine, else a fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $13.95 on front flap), mildly toned at flap-edges but still very Near Fine. A very nice copy. Andrews' first… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: James French, 1849. First Edition. First printing. 24mo (12cm). Publisher's embossed cloth with gilt decorations on spine and front cover; all edges gilt; lithographed extra-title; v,6-127pp. Mild rubbing at spine and board edges, rear cover spotted and with a bit of silverfishing; about Very Good. An uncommon American gift book; not to be confused with the 1831… Ler mais sobre este item

San Francisco: National United Committee to Free Angela Davis, [1972]. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 16pp; illus. Trivial wear along the spine-fold, else Fine. The full text of Davis's opening defense statement of March 29, 1972, during the trial for her part in supporting the Soledad Brothers. The pamphlet bears the same title as FrameUp, the… Ler mais sobre este item