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 Oliver, John Rathbone. (1872-1943). American psychiatrist, medical historian, author and priest., A Sheet of His Letterhead Signed by American Psychiatrist, Medical Historian, Author and Priest John Rathbone Oliver.
Oliver, John Rathbone. (1872-1943). American psychiatrist, medical historian, author and priest.
A Sheet of His Letterhead Signed by American Psychiatrist, Medical Historian, Author and Priest John Rathbone Oliver.
Baltimore, MD: June 18th, 1929. 1929. - A sheet of his 5-1/2 inch high by 11 inch wide cream-colored letterhead with "Dr. John Rathbone Oliver", his Baltimore address and "Consultation by Appointment Only" printed at the top, is boldly signed in black ink "John Rathbone Oliver". Penned below the signature, possibly in another hand, is "Baltimore Md / June 18th 1929". There is a stain to the right of this notation. There are small areas of offsetting to the sides of the letterhead from remnants of tape on the verso and the verso is rubbed where the letterhead has been removed from an album. Good.

John Rathbone Oliver [1872-1943] was an American psychiatrist, medical historian,author and priest. After graduating from Harvard and teaching from 1894 to 1897, he entered the priesthood in 1900, leaving it in 1903, probably in the process of coming to terms with being gay. [He returned to the priesthood in 1927]. Oliver obtained his M.D. from the University of Innsbruck in 1910 and from 1917 to 1930 he was Chief Medical Officer for the Supreme Bench of Baltimore and a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. He was also Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Maryland and an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins from 1930 to 1939. Good .

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Catalogue: Psychology
Keywords: MEDICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; MEDICAL HISTORY; A SHEET OF HIS LETTERHEAD SIGNED BY AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIST, MEDICAL HISTORIAN, AUTHOR AND PRIEST JOHN RATHBONE OLIVER; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE SUPREME BENCH OF BALTIMORE; PROFESS

 Sullivan,  Mark. (1874-1952). An American author and journalist, he was the leading political reporter and columnist of his day., A Slip of Paper Signed by Mark Sullivan, a Leading American Political Reporter and Columnist of His Day.
Sullivan, Mark. (1874-1952). An American author and journalist, he was the leading political reporter and columnist of his day.
A Slip of Paper Signed by Mark Sullivan, a Leading American Political Reporter and Columnist of His Day.
Circa [1930's]. [1930's]. Circa [1930's]. [1930's]. Good. - A slip of blue paper, approximately 1-3/4 inches high by 4 inches wide, is signed "Mark Sullivan",The top & bottom edges of the paper are uneven & the margins are darkened. Notes in another hand are penciled on the verso. Good. Mark Sullivan [1874-1952] was among the most widely respected journalists of his day. One of the original muckrakers, he became America's leading political reporter and columnist for nearly fifty years. A committed Republican, he had unequaled access to his party's leaders, including Presidents Roosevelt, Taft and Harding. Between 1926 and 1935 Sullivan wrote a major work of popular history, "Our Times", a six volume work covering the period 1900-1925 when, as he saw it, America emerged onto the world stage, triumphing in the Great War and then retreating into the materialism and self-absorption of the Twenties. Probably no other nonfiction series ever sold so well and was so widely read and acclaimed or had such a lasting reputation for excellence. [Information from Dan Rather, American Heritage, May/June 1996. Rather condensed Sullivan's "Our Times" into a new one-volume edition]. Good .
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Catalogue: Journalism
Keywords: JOURNALISM; AMERICAN JOURNALISTS; A SLIP OF PAPER SIGNED BY MARK SULLIVAN, LEADING AMERICAN POLITICAL REPORTER AND COLUMNIST OF HIS DAY; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; AUTHOR; OUR TIMES; POPULAR SIX-VOLUME HISTORY.

 Abdullah, Achmed. (1881-1945). American author and screenwriter, most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure., Typed Letter Signed by American Author and Screenwriter Achmed Abdullah.
Abdullah, Achmed. (1881-1945). American author and screenwriter, most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure.
Typed Letter Signed by American Author and Screenwriter Achmed Abdullah.
New York: circa [1930]. [1930]. New York: circa [1930]. [1930]. Good. - 41 words typed on an approximately 10 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of his personalized letterhead. Signed "A Abdullah". Folded 3 times for mailing. There are several short tears at the folds with some light red staining below the text. There is some light soiling at bottom right and there is a crease & tear to & a small piece out of the bottom right corner. Good.

Abdullah writes to future congressman Seymour Halpern that he is too busy to see anyone but "I am sending, by this mail, the signed picture to your friend."

Achmed Abdullah, who claimed descent from the Russian imperial family and was educated in England, emigrated to the United States in the 1910s. He went on to become an American author and screenwriter, most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films and earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay for the 1935 film "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer".

The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co- sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. Good .

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Catalogue: Literature
Keywords: LITERATURE; TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY AMERICAN AUTHOR AND SCREENWRITER ACHMED ABDULLAH; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; PULP FICTION; CRIME; MYSTERY; ADVENTURE; SCREENPLAYS; ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION; SEYMOUR HALPERN.

 Kerr, Jean. (1922-2003). Irish-American author and playwright, best known for her humorous bestseller "Please Don't Eat the Daisies"., Typed Letter to the Editor of the Dramatists Bulletin Signed by Playwright and Author of "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" Jean Kerr.
Kerr, Jean. (1922-2003). Irish-American author and playwright, best known for her humorous bestseller "Please Don't Eat the Daisies".
Typed Letter to the Editor of the Dramatists Bulletin Signed by Playwright and Author of "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" Jean Kerr.
Larchmont, NY: August 25, 1961. 1961. - 50 words typed on an 8 inch high by 6 inch wide sheet of her personalized letterhead with her address printed at the top. Signed "Jean". Folded once for mailing. Fine. Kerr writes to Philip Dunning, editor of The Dramatists Bulletin, that she loves the Bulletin and would like to write something for it. "Alas, I am behind on so many deadlines right this minute that I don't dare indulge myself in what might just possibly be more fun." Jean Kerr [1922-2003] was an Irish American author and playwright. She received her master's degree from the Catholic University of America where she met then-professor Walter Kerr. She later married Kerr who went on to become a prominent New York drama critic. They collaborated on "Goldilocks", a short-lived Broadway musical. She subsequently wrote several highly successful plays, among them the Tony Award-winning "King of Hearts" and the comedy "Mary, Mary", which ran for more than 1,500 performances. Several collections were published of her many humorous magazine essays, the best known being the bestseller "Please Don't Eat the Daisies". Fine .
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Catalogue: Theatre
Keywords: THEATRE; THEATER; STAGE; AMERICAN THEATRE; TYPED LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE DRAMATISTS BULLETIN SIGNED BY PLAYWRIGHT AND AUTHOR OF "PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES" JEAN KERR; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; WIFE OF WALTER KERR; MARY, MARY;

 
[Fashion Authorities].
Types of Fashionable Cotton Fabrics for Spring & Summer 1934. Chosen by Fashion Authorities from the Staffs of Collier's, Dry Goods Economist, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, and Women's Wear Daily. [Fabric Sample Book].
New York: The Cotton-Textile Institute, Inc. 1934. 1934. - Folio, 11-1/4 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in light green wrappers printed in darker green and bound with bronze clasps along the top. The edges of the covers are chipped. 12 pages, including an introductory text page titled "Swatching Service, Issue Number 9, Spring and Summer 1934" and 74 swatches of cotton fabric mounted on 11 pages with descriptive text below each swatch. Very good. The swatches include "Plaids and Stripes", "Piques in Plain and Printed Versions", "Seersuckers", "All White..And All Corded.. Bound for Success!","Active Sports Cottons". "Coatings that Will be Admired", "New Prints", etc. Very good .
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Catalogue: Fashion
Keywords: TYPES OF FASHIONABLE COTTON FABRICS FOR SPRING & SUMMER 1934; CHOSEN BY FASHION AUTHORITIES FROM THE STAFFS OF COLLIER'S, DRY GOODS ECONOMIST, HARPER'S BAZAAR, VOGUE, AND WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY; FASHION; TAILORING; FABRIC SAMPLES; FABRIC SAMPL

 
Louis de Valois (Louis-Emmanuel d'Angouleme (1596-1653). Count of Auvergne and governor of Provence. Grandson of King Charles IX.
Holograph Document Signed by Louis de Valois, Colonel-General of the Cavalry, Granting Permission for an Individual to Take Leave.
France, 1632. 1632. - Over 130 words penned in a secretarial hand on an 11-3/4 inch high by 7-5/8 inch wide buff paper with an attached leaf. The document grants an individual permission to leave and return with his entourage. "Nous luy avons donne 'conge' de permission d'y aller a condition de retourner a sa [___] au premier Maudemt.." and more specifically "permission de les laissee [____] passer et repasser avec son Equipage et ses Valets.." Signed "Louis de Valois" with his seal stamped in blind at bottom left. The letter is annotated in a different hand along the top "Conge du 16-9[-]ve 1632". The document is docketed on the attached leaf. Folded vertically and horizontally. Very good. The son of Charles d'Angouleme and grandson of the King of France Charles IX, Louis-Emmanuel de Valois d'Angouleme (1596-1653) was Count of Auvergne and Governor of Provence, holding the office of Colonel-General of the Cavalry from 1624 and on April 17 1635 Marechal de camp. He was appointed Governor of the Provence beginning January 1638. Refusing orders from Cardinal Mazarin during "la Fronde", a series of French civil wars occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish war, Louis de Valois was recalled to court in 1650 and in 1653 was stripped of his governorship. Very good .
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Catalogue: History
Keywords: HISTORY; FRENCH; PROVENCE; FRANCE; LOUIS DE VALOIS; LOUIS-EMMANUEL DE VALOIS-ANGOULEME; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; AUTOGRAPH; HOLOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED; SIGNATURE; GOVERNOR OF PROVENCE; COUNT OF ALAIS; CONGE; VACATION; LEAVE.

 
Avdeev, Arsenij Dmitrievic
[Titled in Cyrillic]: Proishoaedenie Teatra: Elementy Teatra V Pervobytnoobscinnom Stroe. [Origins of Theatre: Elements of Theatre from the Beginning]
[Leningrad & Moscow: Iskusstvo], 1959. 1959. [Leningrad & Moscow: Iskusstvo], 1959. 1959. Good. - Quarto, 10-3/4 inches high by 8-1/8 inches wide. Yellow cloth titled in orange and gilt on the spine with gilt silhouettes of ostriches stamped in gilt on the front cover and in blind on the rear cover. The head of the spine is heavily bumped with some lighter bumping to the corners and tail of the spine. 264 & [3] pages, with color pictorial endpapers and profuse illustrations throughout, including several tipped-in black & white plates and several full-page color plates. The rear hinge is starting at the top and a few page corners are very slightly creased. Internally very good.

A substantial work printed in the USSR with Russian text in Cyrillic script on the origins of theatre from an anthropological perspective. The illustrations include depictions of primitive tribal and native rituals. Most of the plates depict early masks from different regions of the world. Good .

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Catalogue: Anthropology
Keywords: THEATRE; ANTHROPOLOGY; MASKS; RITUALS; SCIENCE; THEATER; ORIGINS OF THEATRE; PROISHOAEDENIE TEATRA: ELEMENTY TEATRA V PERVOBYTNOOBSCINNOM STROE; RUSSIAN; ARCHAEOLOGY; TRIBAL; NATIVE; ARSENIJ DMITRIEVIC AVDEEV; USSR; SOVIET UNION; MOSCOW; LENINGRAD; COSTUM

 
Avery, Peter
Modern Iran
New York & Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, (1965). (1965). New York & Washington: Frederick A. Praeger, (1965). (1965). Very good. - Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in indigo cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The head and tail of the spine are bumped and a dark stain line is evident on the upper portion of the spine. xvi, 527 & [i] pages, illustrated with a 16-3/4 by 24 inch wide folding map. A previous owner's name is stamped in blind on the front endpaper and there is some soiling to the front pastedown. Very good. Very good .
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Book number: 31562
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Catalogue: History
Keywords: HISTORY; TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; MODERN IRAN; PETER AVERY; GEOPOLITICAL; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FOLDING MAP; PERSIA.

 
Avniel, M.; Hoenich; P. K.; Pomrock, M. B.; Editors.
Fifty Artists. Painter & Sculptors Association - Public Committee / Chagall's House - Haifa.
Tel Aviv: Massadah Publishing House Limited, n.d. [c. 1958]. n.d. [c. 1958]. - 4to, tan cloth titled in brown on spine, in dw. The covers are lightly bumped and the dw lightly rubbed & soiled with the top edge chipped. 37 & [3] pp. & 38 & [2] pp. 50 full-page B&W illustrations. Very good.

A bilingual book with the text printed in English at one end and in Hebrew at the other.

The fifty artists whose work is represented in the book are all associated with Marc Chagall Haifa Pavilion for Artists and the book is a project of the Public Committee of the Haifa Artists' House. Very good .

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Catalogue: Art
Keywords: ART; JEWISH ART; ISRAEL; ISRAELI ART; HAIFA; HAIFA ARTISTS; HAIFA ARTISTS' HOUSE; MARC CHAGALL; MARC CHAGALL HOUSE; MARC CHAGALL HAIFA PAVILION FOR ARTISTS; M. AVNIEL; P. K. HOENICH; M. B. POMROCK.

 
Avril, Paul
Eaux-Fortes Pour Illustrer Les Contes Du Baron de Besenval. Compositions de Paul Avril. Gravures de Taluet
Paris: A. Quantin, Imprimeur-Editeur, for Octave Uzanne, 1882. 1882. Paris: A. Quantin, Imprimeur-Editeur, for Octave Uzanne, 1882. 1882. Fine. 6 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY PAUL AVRIL - Quarto, 9-1/2 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. A portfolio of 6 original etchings by Paul Avril laid loose into cream boards backed with a red cloth spine, titled and decorated in red within a decorative red frame on the front cover. Lacking the silk ties, the covers are soiled and darkened along the edges. The front flap of the integral inner paper chemise is torn at fold. The chemise and the first etching are slightly foxed, though the other plates are in near fine condition. Very good.

One of the series of print portfolios for "Petits Conteurs du XVIIIe Siecle". Fine .

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Catalogue: Illustrated
Keywords: ART; PRINTS; ORIGINAL ETCHINGS; ILLUSTRATED; EAUX-FORTES POUR ILLUSTRER LES CONTES DU BARON DE BESENVAL; PAUL AVRIL; PORTFOLIO; TALUET; PETITS CONTEURS DU XVIIIe SIECLE; FRENCH LITERATURE; TALES; ILLUSTRATIONS; NINETEENTH-CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

 Grizzard, George. (1928-2007). American Emmy award- and Tony Award-winning actor of film, stage and television., Autograph Note on a Card to City Center Producer Jean Dalrymple Signed by Stage, Screen and Television Actor George Grizzard.
Grizzard, George. (1928-2007). American Emmy award- and Tony Award-winning actor of film, stage and television.
Autograph Note on a Card to City Center Producer Jean Dalrymple Signed by Stage, Screen and Television Actor George Grizzard.
[New York ]: [1976-1977]. [1976-1977]. - 43 words penned on a 4-1/4 inch high by 6-3/8 inch wide personalized note card with his name printed at the top. Signed "Fondly / George". Fine. Grizzard writes to City Center producer Jean Dalrymple: "I'm glad you had a good time at "California Suite". We're having a wonderful time and it looks like we'll be there for a good long time." George Grizzard was in the original cast of Neil Simon's "California Suite" which ran at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles from April 23 to June 5, 1976. The play transferred to the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Broadway with the same cast, running from June 10, 1976 to July 2, 1977. Grizzard left the cast at the end of February 1977. George Grizzard was an American stage, film and television actor who won an Emmy award for his work in "The Oldest Living Graduate" and a Tony Award for Best Actor in the 1996 revival of Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" . He was a frequent interpreter of Albee's plays, also appearing as Nick in the original production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and in the 2005 revival of "Seascape". His notable film appearances included parts in "Advise and Consent", "From the Terrace" with Paul Newman and "Comes a Horseman" with Jane Fonda." Jean Dalrymple (1902-1998) was the dynamic producer and director of theatre and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville, appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing, the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski, Mary Martin, Jose Iturbi, Andre Kostalanetz, Nathan Milstein, and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943, serving as a board member, producer, and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951, Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder, commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. Fine .
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Catalogue: Theatre
Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; STAGE; FILM; MOVIES; TELEVISION; AUTOGRAPH NOTE ON A CARD TO CITY CENTER PRODUCER JEAN DALRYMPLE SIGNED BY STAGE, SCREEN AND TELEVISION ACTOR GEORGE GRIZZARD; SIGNED CARD; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; CALIFORNIA SUITE; NEIL SIMON; EDWARD ALBEE;

 
Awoonor, Kofi N
Comes the Voyager at Last: A Tale of Return to Africa
Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc. (1992). (1992). Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc. (1992). (1992). Very good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY KOFI AWOONOR - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is very slightly bumped. Title, [2] leaves, 138 & [1] pages. The bottom corners of the first few leaves are slightly bumped. Near fine.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author in the year of publication "To Eugene / with the best of wishes" and signed "Kofi Awoonor / 11/28/1992".

Kofi Awoonor [1935-2013] was killed in the Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya in September 2013. With his death, Ghana lost a much loved and respected poet, literary critic and elder statesman. Awoonor was the author of novels, poems, plays, political essays and literary criticism. In the early 1970s, he served as Chairman of the Department of Comparative Literature at SUNY Stonybrook, returning to Ghana in 1975 to teach at the University College of Cape Coast. Awoonor grew up in the newly independent Ghana. His outspoken political views, his close friendship with its first president Kwame Nkrumah, and his fierce loyalty to the Ewe traditions of his grandmother, made him a controversial figure and under the military rulers who held power in the 1970s, he was arrested and jailed for ten months for allegedly being involved in a 1975 coup plot. In the last two decades, Awoonor contributed to the development of Ghana's democracy, both as a oounselor to the head of state and as Ghana's ambassador to the United Nations from 1990 to 1994. Very good .

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Book number: 33149
USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 233.25 | £UK 197 | JP¥ 39461]
Catalogue: Literature
Keywords: LITERATURE; AFRICAN LITERATURE; GHANAIAN AUTHOR; KOFI AWOONOR; NOVELIST; POET; LITERARY CRITIC; STATESMAN; UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR; FICTION; NOVEL; COMES THE VOYAGER AT LAST: A TALE OF RETURN TO AFRICA; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDI

 
Awoonor, Kofi N
The Latin American and Caribbean Notebook, I
Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc. (1992). (1992). Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc. (1992). (1992). Fine. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY KOFI AWOONOR - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. vi, 87 & [1] pages printed in blue ink. pictorial half- title & title & 1 full-page illustration in blue & white. The cover & the 3 illustrations are by Carles J. Juzang. Near fine.

First edition of this volume of Awoonor's poetry.

Inscribed by the author "For Yvette / Best wishes / Kofi Awoonor ".

Kofi Awoonor [1935-2013] was killed in the Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya in September 2013. With his death, Ghana lost a much loved and respected poet, literary critic and elder statesman. Awoonor was the author of novels, poems, plays, political essays and literary criticism. In the early 1970s, he served as Chairman of the Department of Comparative Literature at SUNY Stonybrook, returning to Ghana in 1975 to teach at the University College of Cape Coast. As a poet, he was noted for his linguistic versatility, drawing on his knowledge of several languages and cultural traditions--Ewe, Akan, English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Awoonor grew up in the newly independent Ghana. His outspoken political views, his close friendship with its first president Kwame Nkrumah, and his fierce loyalty to the Ewe traditions of his grandmother, made him a controversial figure and under the military rulers who held power in the 1970s, he was arrested and jailed for ten months for allegedly being involved in a 1975 coup plot. In the last two decades, Awoonor contributed to the development of Ghana's democracy, both as a oounselor to the head of state and as Ghana's ambassador to the United Nations from 1990 to 1994. Fine .

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Catalogue: Literature
Keywords: LITERATURE; AFRICAN LITERATURE; GHANAIAN AUTHOR; KOFI AWOONOR; NOVELIST; POET; LITERARY CRITIC; STATESMAN; UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR; POETRY; POEMS; THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN NOTEBOOK i; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATOR; CARLES

 
Axinn, Donald Everett
Against Gravity: Poems 1982-1985
New York: Grove Press, Inc. (1986). (1986). New York: Grove Press, Inc. (1986). (1986). Very good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY DONALD EVERETT AXINN - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The wraps are slightly bowed. 72 & [3] pages plus one- page publisher's catalog. Near fine.

First edition, wraps issue.

Inscribed by the author on the title page: "For Suzanne Schaffer / with every pleasure and hope you enjoy these. / Don Axinn". Very good .

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Book number: 33489
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Catalogue: Literature
Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; AMERICAN POET; DONALD EVERETT AXINN; AGAINST GRAVITY: POEMS 1982-1985; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE; 1ST EDITION, WRAPS ISSUE.

 
Axinn, George H
New Strategies for Rural Development. Collection of Papers by George H. Axinn, Michigan State University U.S. A. And Tribhuvan University Nepal
(East Lansing, MI/Kathmandu, Nepal): Rural Life Associates, (1978),, (1978). (East Lansing, MI/Kathmandu, Nepal): Rural Life Associates, (1978). (1978). Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed white wraps. The wraps are lightly rubbed with light soiling to the rear wrap. There is an owner's name penned on the front wrap with a small stain to its lower half & a tear to its top edge. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 194 pages. There is an owner's stamp & price stamp on the half-title. The publisher's American address has been corrected in green ink on the verso of the title & there are a few pencil markings to the last leaf of the text. There is a paper- clip mark to the top edge of 2 leaves & the bottom corner of the rear endpaper is lightly creased. Illustrated with black-and-white diagrams. Very good.

Scarce. Very good .

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Book number: 15233
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Catalogue: Anthropology
Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; AGRICULTURE; EDUCATION; ECONOMICS; NEW STRATEGIES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT; PAPERS; ESSAYS; GEORGE H. AXINN; COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; INFRASTRUCTURE; INSTITUTIONS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; AFRICA; ASIA; NIGERIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; GOVERNMENT; PRO

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