Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1937. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large "folio" format, bound in light tan stiff card covers, lettered in black with a small Tulane University Library stamp. Dated, December, 1937. No other markings. In the opening Letter of Transmittal, Harry Hopkins states - "This report places primary emphasis on activities of the first 10 months.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1937. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large "folio" sized soft covered publication. Bound in buff stiff card stock, lettered in black with the date of June, 1937 stated. "Provision of jobs on socially desirable and useful projects for persons destitute as a result of prolonged unemployment is the purpose for which the Works Program.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1937. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large "folio" sized soft covered publication bound in bluish/gray stiff paper, lettered in black. From March, 1937. Small Tulane University stamp to the cover. No other markings. "Following sections deal with various aspects of the Program: the work accomplished, the employment provided, the projects operated, and the funds.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1936. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Large "folio" sized, soft cover publication. Stiff buff covers, lettered in black. Previous owner signature to the front cover of Robert F. Martin. Mr. Martin was an author and researcher active in the 1930's and a member of the National Industrial Conference Board. Contains maps and charts and.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1936. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio sized stapled 5 page Index. Has been folded in half with ensuing crease, most likely for original mailing distribution. A solid copy of a very rare document. The discoloration of the image is not real. The result of the document being too large for the scanner...
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1936. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Extra large "folio" format, bound in gray/green stiff card stock and lettered in black. Dated, October 15, 1936. Spine bound in original black binders tape. Contains charts, maps, graphs and illustrations. "This report reviews the various kinds of projects operated by the Works Progress Administration and outlines the.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, United States Goverment Printing Office. 1936. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Large "folio" format, soft-bound and bound in gray/green heavy paper. Lettered in black and red. "This report ... summarizes the expansion of the Program as a whole, the distribution of the available funds, the experiences of the participating agencies, and the provisions governing.....
New York: Dodd, Mead And Company, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original dark green boards, with lettering in orange to the front panel and the spine. Green patterned endpapers. In a bright and complete dust jacket. The U.K. Hodder edition came out in 1927. An extremely clean, bright and solid copy and quite rare in.....
London: The Crime Club, (1940). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. George Cole's own copy of the book with a statement in his own hand to the front free endpaper - "Please return to/ G.D.H. Cole/74 Holders Hill Road/London, N.W.4." This one of a kind copy also comes with.....
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1932. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original brown cloth with black stripes. In a bright and complete example of the scarce dust jacket. Some minor scattered foxing and a few dog-eared corners. Cover art by Guy Fry. A Jimmie Haswell novel. Listed in Hubin.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a bright and pleasing copy of the dust jacket signed, I think, "WB." A Jimmie Haswell novel. A brief gift inscription, dated 1928, to the front free endpaper. A very clean, bright and.....
London: The Crime Club, (1944). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. In original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Murder and espionage along the wind-swept Cornish coastline. A war-time novel featuring Roger Bennion. A lovely example in a very nice though price-clipped jacket. Listed in Hubin.
London: The Crime Club, (1942). First edition. Very Good / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. In a bright and pleasing example of the dust jacket. A very specific war-time novel dealing with espionage and the murder of high government officials. A darker and more urgent novel than typically written by Adams. Listed in Hubin.....
London: The Crime Club, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. In original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Book nerd factoid - the jacket's front panel and spine omit the apostrophe at the end of Bennion's. The title page includes it. In any case, the jacket shows some edge-wear to both ends of the spine.....
London: Harvill Secker, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. An homage of sortsd to Henry James and The Turn Of The Screw. Told in the first person from the point of the view of the Care Giver. In parts Gothic Horror and then pure Mystery, a......
London: Philip Allan, (1936). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original pale blue cloth, lettered in black to the spine. In a bright and very attractive example of the very scarce dust jacket. The author's second novel. Listed in Bleiler. Aliens invade earth and they do not have good intentions. They aim to "paralyse and terrorise the peoples.....
Boston: L C. Page & Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original burgundy cloth with full color paste-down illustration identical to that of the dust jacket and lettered in gilt to the spine. The book appears fine - bright and solid. The extremely rare dust jacket shows some minor chipping to the spine ends and also a......
New York: Pantheon, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. A highly acclaimed first novel.
New York: Garden City, 1935. First American edition. Near Fine / Very Good. Some minor rubbing to the bottom of the spine and a few very small closed tears along the edges. Original black cloth lettered and decorated in red to the front panel and the spine. First Edition statement is present on the copyright page. A very sharp copy.....
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1988. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Folio volume, bound in half-white pigskin over white speckled blue cloth. Spine lettering stamped in blue. With forty etchings by Robert Motherwell on twenty folded leaves. From a limited edtion of 150 and 25 (1-XXV) hors de commerce copies, this one being number XX. Signed by Robert Motherwell at the.....
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original crushed deep navy blue morocco with letterering in gilt stamped to the spine. Top edge gilt. xiv, 178pp. Printed on mould-made paper. Illustrated frontispiece by Augustus John. From an extremely small edition of 65 copies, 60 of which were for sale - this one being number 38. Now.....
London: The Hogarth Press, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original tan cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. In a lovely example of the complete dust jacket. This book professes to be the first full-length critical assessment of the great 20th century composer, Igor Stravinsky. Woolmer, A Checklist Of The Hogarth Press, #244 - States this.....
London: 4th Estate, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author to the title page.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1935). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Large octavo. Bound in original black cloth, lettered and bordered in white. In a bright example of the dust jacket which shows moderate edge-wear. The jacket is not price-clipped. Dramatic wrap-around cover art by Lawson. With a lovely author's presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, dated.....
London: Little Toller Books, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. An extremely charming book that retraces the walk that a young J. S. Bach took to meet with the eminent composer and organist Deiterich Buxtehude. A lovely and fanciful work.