(Eberhart, Mignon G.; Hughes, Rupert; Gale, Zona; and Cobb, Irvin S.). Balmer, Edwin; editor.

["the Figure in the Fog" by American Mystery Writer Mignon G. Eberhart] in Redbook Magazine, September 1933, Vol. 61, No. 5.

Dayton, Ohio: McCall Company, 1933. 1933. - Quarto, 11-5/8 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide. Softcover, color pictorial wraps. The edges and corners of the covers are slightly creased and rubbed and the periodical's spine is rubbed with minor wear to the head & tail of the spine. 140 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white throughout, including contributions by Alan Foster, Frank Bensing, Paul Ickes, among others. Very good.

American mystery writer Mignon G. Eberhart's complete novel "The Figure in the Fog", illustrated by Paul Ickes, appears on pages 113 to 140. The novel was published by the Crime Club with the title "Dark Garden" in that same year.

Also worth noting are short stories, including "Revenge in Advance" by Rupert Hughes, "Trouble with Mother" by Zona Gale, and "The Lightnings of the Lord" by Irvin S. Cobb. Very good .

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Book number: 97149

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICALS; REDBOOK MAGAZINE; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; MIGNON G. EBERHART; COMPLETE NOVEL; SHORT STORIES; THE FIGURE IN THE FOG; DARK GARDEN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; RUPERT HUGHES; REVENGE IN ADVANCE; ZONA GALE; TROUBLE WITH MOTHE

Balogh, Erno (1897-1989). Hungarian-born American pianist & composer.

Autograph: Greeting Card Inscribed & Signed by the Hungarian-Born American Pianist & Composer Erno Balogh.

- A 4 inch high b y 5 inch wide color pictorial greeting card illustrated by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky with a theatrical scene, inscribed & signed "Seasons greetings / Ernst Balogh" by the composer inside the card. Fine.

The Hungarian-born American pianist & composer Erno Balogh (1897-1989) was a student of Bartok and Kodaly. He was the piano accompanist for Fritz Kreisler, Lotte Lehmann & Grace Moore.

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (Dobujinsky) (1875-1957) was a Russian / Lithuanian artist who worked for Stanislavski at the Moscow Arts Theatre and designed sets for several Diaghilev productions. Fine .

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Book number: 97896

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; CLASSICAL; AUTOGRAPH; ERNO BALOGH; SIGNED; INSCRIBED; GREETING CARD; COLOR ILLUSTRATED; PICTORIAL CARD; ILLUSTRATION; HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN; PIANIST; COMPOSER; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; THEATRE; MSTISLAV DOBUZHINSKY; MSTISLAV DOBUJINSKY; STANI

Salvian of Marseilles; Saint Vincent of Lerins; Baluze, Etienne .

Sanctorum Presbyterorum Salviani Massiliensis Et Vincentii Lirinensis Opera. Stephanvs Balvzivs Tutelensis Ad Fidem Veterum Codicum Mss. Emendavit, Notisque Illustravit. Editio Secvnda.

Parisiis: Franciscum Muguet, MDCLXIX. [1669]. [1669]. - Octavo, 7-5/8 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Early tan calf with raised bands, ruled with decorations in blind on the covers. The covers are nearly detached and the head & tail of the spine are chipped. The covers are scuffed with wear to the corners and a name is penned on the front cover. [12], 452, and [32] pages. Illustrated with a title vignette, an engraving by Noblin after François Chauveau at the head of the dedication and several decorative initials. There are occasional very light pencil notations in the margins. There is offsetting and light soiling to the endpapers and pastedowns. There is some minor dampstaining to the top front corner of the last few pages. An internally very good complete copy.

Second edition, with additional notes by Baluze.

Baluze dedicates this 1669 edition of the works of Salvian and Vincent of Lerins to Jacques-Nicholas Colbert, the archbishop of Rouen and the son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, a statesman who served under Louis XIV. The contents include a Preface by Baluze followed by P.1-192 : "Salviani Massii. de Gubernatione Dei Lib. I - [VIII]", p. 193-216 : "Salviani Massii. Epistolae", p.217-312 : "Salviani Liber I. [-IV.] Adversus Avaritiam". Following a half title is the work of Vincent, p. 315-371: "Vincentii Lirinensis commonitorium."

The works of Salvian of Marseilles and Vincent of Lerins in this edition by Etienne Baluze was first published in Paris in 1663. Salvian's works were based on what is referred to as "Manuscript A". Manuscript A came from the abbey of St. Peter at Corbie in Northern France and is now housed in the Bibliotheque Nationale Francais in Paris. Baluze issued this Second Edition in 1669 with a voluminous section of notes (P. 373-442), and an appendix (p. 443-452). The volume concludes with a detailed index consisting of 32 pages (f. Ff3-Hh2).

Salvian of Marseilles (circa a.d.400- after 480) was a priest of Marseilles, an instructor of bishops and an ecclesiastical writer. His chief work is DE GUBERNATIONE DEI (On the Governance of God). He theorizes that God creates calamities in order to execute judgment upon the unfaithful.

Saint Vincent of Lerins (d. before 450) was an ecclesiastical writer whose Feast day is celebrated on May 24. He was a Semipelagian who opposed the doctrine of St. Augustine. His only known authentic work is the "Commonitorium". Written under the pseudonym Peregrinus it is best known for Vincent's maxim: "Moreover, in the Catholic Church itself, all possible care must be taken that we hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, by all."

Etienne Baluze (1630-1718), also known as Stephanus Baluzius, was secretary to the archbishop of Toulouse, Pierre de Marca and inherited all of the archbishop's papers upon his death. Based on these, he produced the first complete edition of Marca's "Treatise De libertatibus Ecclesiae Gallicanae" in 1663 and the "Marca hispanica" in 1688. Entering the service of Jean-Baptiste Colbert in 1667, Baluze was in charge of the minister's significant library. He was appointed to the post of king's almoner and then professor of Canon Law at the College de France. Taking up the history of the House of Auvergne just as the cardinal de Bouillon was seeking to prove that the La Tour family descended in a direct line from the 9th Century counts of Auvergne, he was inundated with false and forged documents and spurious genealogies such as that which had already been published by Christophe Justel. Its not surprising that Baluze was duped, as even Chorier, the historian of the Dauphiny, had included a forged deed in the second volume of his history. The cardinal the Bouillon had many enemies and a war of pamphlets began which eventually resulted in an inquiry which led to the arrest and conviction of Jean de Bar and other forgers. Despite this, Baluze was obstinate and was convinced that the documents were genuine and published two works based on, and including, all of these spurious deeds. Engulfed in disgrace, he was exiled to Tours until 1713.

From the library of geologist and mining engineer James Douglas, after whom Douglas, Arizona was named, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Douglas, who was born in Quebec, spent much of his early life in Scotland. For many years, as a metallurgist and mining engineer, he was involved in several important Western American enterprises.

The text is in Latin. Good .

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Book number: 97065

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: RELIGION; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; SALVAIN OF MARSEILLES; SAINT VINCENT OF LERINS; ETIENNE BALUZE; SANCTORUM PRESBYTERORUM SALVIANI MASSILIENSIS ET VINCENTII LIRINENSIS OPERA. STEPAHNVS BALUZIVS TUTELENSIS AD FIDEM VETERUM CODICUM MSS. EMENDAVIT

(Balzac, Honore de). Oliver, E. J.

Balzac the European.

London and New York: Sheed and Ward, (1959). (1959). - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly soiled with its top edge lightly chipped. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 209 pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 28872

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; AUTHOR; NOVELIST; FRENCH; HONORE DE BALZAC; E. J. OLIVER; LITERARY CRITICISM; BIOGRAPHY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Balzac, Honore de.

La Grenadiere / le Chef-D'Oeuvre Inconnu.

Paris: Editions Nilsson, [circa early 1900s]. [circa early 1900s]. - Small octavo [5-1/2 inches high by 3-3/4 inches wide] softcover bound in color pictorial wraps in original glassine. The glassine is heavily darkened with a few tiny stains. 124 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with 4 pochoir prints on onion skin tipped onto heavy tan stock. The upper half of the text block is detached from the wrappers & the book is cracked at 3 of the plates. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper with some light foxing. There are glue marks to the margins & mount of the first plate. Good.

The text is in French. Good .

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Book number: 28295

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; TIPPED-IN PLATES; POCHOIR PLATES; LITERATURE; FRENCH LITERATURE; FICTION; HONORE DE BALZAC; LA GRENADIER; LE CHEF-D'OEUVRE INCONNU.

Balzac, Honore de.

The Physiology of Marriage.

London: Privately printed, 1904. 1904. - Octavo, green cloth backed with dark blue cloth & titled in gilt on the spine. The top edge is gilt. The covers are bumped with the cloth worn away at the corners & there is a small piece out of the top edge of the rear cover. The spine is darkened. vi, 3 53 & [1] pages. The page edges are slightly darkened, else the contents are very good.

First unexpurgated editon. Good .

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Book number: 21129

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FRENCH; HONORE DE BALZAC; THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MARRIAGE. FIRST UNEXPURGATED EDITION.

(von Bamberg, Arthur). Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

Hermann Und Dorothea.

Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1886. 1886. - 12mo [4-5/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide], pictorial light blue cloth titled in black on the spine & in black with an image of a flowering branch in pink & brown on the front cover & with decorative frames in black on both covers. All the edges are gilt. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. Half-title, title, [iii] & 102 pages. Illustrated with 8 black-and-white plates with tissue guards by Arthur von Bamberg. There is a pencil marking on the front endpaper & an owner's name with the date 1890 on the half-title. The page edges are slightly darkened, else a very good, attractive copy.

The text is in German. Very good .

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Book number: 19918

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; NARRATIVE POEM; HERMANN UND DOROTHEA; GERMAN; JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE; ILLUSTRATED; PLATES; ILLUSTRATOR; ARTHUR VON BAMBERG; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Bangs, John Kendrick.

A Proposal Under Difficulties: Farce in One Act.

New York/London: Samuel French, (1922). (1922). - Small octavo, soft cover bound in printed red wraps. The corners are very lightly creased. 33 pages. The bottom corners of the pages are lightly creased. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 4509

Catalogue: Theatre

Keywords: THEATER; THEATRE; PLAY; ONE-ACT PLAY; FARCE; JOHN KENDRICK BANGS; ACTING EDITION.

(Davis, Paul). Bangs, Edward; Dickinson, John; et al.

Songs for the Fourth of July: Time the Weekly Newsmagazine Presents a Selection of Revolutionary Favorites.

(New York): Time, [1976]. [1976]. - Quarto [11-5/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], softcover. Four songs are laid into a gray stiff paper portfolio in French fold printed in blue. The portfolio is very lightly rubbed with the bottom corners slightly creased. There is a publisher's note printed in blue on its inside front cover. Each of the 4 songs consists of a sheet of cream paper folded once to form 4 sides. Each includes a bright color illustration by Paul Davis on the first side, followed by the words and music of the song with a note on the origins of the song on the 4th side. There is some light staining or foxing to the 4th side of each song with a small chip to the front margin of 1 illustration. A red, white & blue ribbon, which is used to hold the songs in place, is stapled to the inside rear cover of the portfolio. Very good.

The songs are "Yankee Doodle", "The Liberty Song", "What a Court Hath Old England" and "Ode for American Independence". The publisher notes that the songs were originally published as broadsides and were immensely popular throughout the Colonies during the Revoluionary years and the early days of the Republic. Very good .

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Book number: 36829

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; MUSIC; PATRIOTIC SONGS; SONGS FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY: TIME, THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE PRESENTS A SELECTION OF REVOLUTIONARY FAVORITES; YANKEE DOODLE; THE LIBERTY SONG; WHAT A COURT HATH ENGLAND; ODE FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE; PAUL DAVIS, ILLUST

Roebling, Mary. (1905-1994). American banker. First woman to serve as president of a major U.S. bank and first woman governor of the American Stock Exchange.

Typed Letter Signed by American Banker Mary Roebling, First Woman President of a U.S. Bank.

Trenton, NJ: September 9, 1976. 1976. - 84 words typed on a sheet of cream-colored 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide National State Bank letterhead with 'Mary G. Roebling / Chairman of the Board" printed at the top below a vignette of a sailing ship. Signed "Mary Roebling". There is a small pencil notation at top right. Folded twice for mailing. Near fine.

Roebling writes to Congressman Seymour Halpern, regretting that she cannot attend the signing of the new Declaration of Independence for children. "I am sure the affair will be most successful. Certainly it is in behalf of a most worthwhile effort. Child abuse and child neglect is appalling and daily the newspapers tell of more and more cases."

Mary Roebling [1905-1994] was an American banker. After the death of her second husband Siegfried Roebling in 1936, she took his seat on the Trenton Trust Company board. She was elected president of the board in January 1937, the first woman to serve as president of a major U.S. bank. When the bank merged with National State Bank in 1972, she chaired the combined banks until 1984. From 1958 to 1962 she was governor of the American Stock Exchange, their first woman governor.

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. Fine .

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Book number: 34977

Catalogue: Economics

Keywords: ECONOMICS; BANKING; BANKER; TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY AMERICAN BANKER MARY ROEBLING, FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF A U.S. BANK; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; TRENTON TRUST COMPANY; NATIONAL STATE BANK; FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR OF THE AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE; DEC

Bankhead, Tallulah (1902-1968).

5 Large Original Vintage Photographs of the Hollywood Movie Star Tallulah Bankhead and Child Star Dickie Moore.

[1932], [1932]. - A group of five sienna-toned gelatin silver photographs of the Hollywood movie star Tallulah Bankhead pictured with the young Dickie Moore. Each photograph measures 14 inches high by 11 inch wide. Four of the images are printed on glossy buff photo paper and a fifth, a duplicate of one of the others, is printed on heavier buff stock which yields a softer hued tone. Those two identical images depict Tallulah Bankhead in a black pant suit over a white turtleneck seated on the stoop of a doorway with the young blond Dickie Moore seated in her lap. Smiling brightly, the child actor is wearing a striped shirt and shorts with leather shoes. There is a tiny tear to the top edge of the photo printed on glossy paper with a small spot of rubbing. In a third photograph, Dickie Moore is seated on the stairs of that same stoop, centered between Tallulah Bankhead and another young woman (likely also an actress), offering each a white carnation. A deeply creased piece from the bottom right corner of that photograph is ready to tear away and has been reinforced with archival linen tape from the verso. In a fourth photograph, Tallulah and Dickie are seated side by side on the stairs of a stoop, each eating an ice cream cone. There is a tiny tear to the top edge of that photo and a small spot or rubbing to the left of the image. The top right corner is deeply creased. In the fifth and last image, Tallulah is striding along a path between hedges in front of a house, holding Dickie by the hand. The boy is looking up at her as he eats his ice cream cone. The top and bottom right corners of that photograph are deeply creased. In addition, all of the photos are also slightly creased, with minor wear to the edges and slight curling though these could easily be flattened out. Good.

A friend of Tallulah Bankhead's, Hollywood child actor Dickie Moore was filming "Blonde Venus" with Marlene Deitrich at the time these photographs were taken. Dickie was also frequently featured in the "Our Gang" series during that period.

The lovely Hollywood movie star Tallulah Bankhead appeared in several movies between 1931 and 1932: "Tarnished Lady", "My Sin", "The Cheat", "Thunder Below", "Make Me A Star", "Devil and the Deep" and "Faithless". Good .

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Book number: 36557

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: FILM; MOVIES; HOLLYWOOD MOVIE STAR; ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PORTRAITS; TALLULAH BANKHEAD; DICKIE MOORE; YOUNG BOY; SITTING ON A STOOP; STAIRS; EATING ICE CREAM; SIENNA; PHOTO PAPER; LARGE; VINTAGE; ACTRESS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; BLON

Banks, T.C.

The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England, or, an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Lives, Public Employments, and Most Memorable Actions, of the English Nobility Who Have Flourished from the Norman Conquest to the Year 1806: Deduced from Public Records, Ancient Historians, the Works of Eminent Heralds, and from Other Celebrated and Approved Authorities. (Volume 1 Only, Complete in Itself).

London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for J. White, Horace's Head, Fleet-Street, 1807. 1807. - Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9-1/8 inches wide. 3/4 leather-bound hardcover. Bound in three-quarter tan calf and marbled boards, titled and ruled in gilt on the spine. The covers are rubbed and scuffed with wear to the corners and head and tail of the spine. A Dewey decimal number is stamped in blind at the bottom of the spine. xix, [i] & 449 pages, plus a 25-page index, illustrated with 16 plates (genealogical tables) including 7 folding. Ex-library with a dewey decimal number penciled in at the front of a few chapters. The front endpaper is glued to the pastedown. There is a hole to that endpaper. There is a small piece out from the top left corner of the heavily darkened half-title. The title page is slightly darkened and foxed and the pages are toned with occasional foxing or staining. There is a long tear to the folding plate opposite page 16. There are occasional pencil annotations. Good.

Volume one only of this first edition, complete in itself. Only 750 copies were printed.

The contents of this volume consist of: 1. "Barons by Tenure, whose Honours have been considered to have terminated, circ. 49 Henry III"; 2. "The Barons of the Counties Palatine of Chester and of Durham, distinguished from the Barons of the Realm"; 3. "An Account of those Persons who were summoned to Parliament, with whom the Honour expired; or who, or their Posterity (although existing), did not continue to receive the like Summons"; 4. "An Appendix, being the complete Substance of Sir William Dugdale's Lists of Summons to Parliament". Good .

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Book number: 33044

Catalogue: Genealogy

Keywords: GENEALOGY; HISTORY; PEERAGE; LINEAGE; FOLDING PLATES; GENEALOGICAL TABLES; FIRST EDITION; LIMITED EDITION; VOLUME 1; ONE; 1ST EDITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; THE DORMANT AND EXTINCT BARONAGE OF ENGLAND; BRITISH; T.C. BANKS; BARONS; NOBILITY; NORMAN CONQUEST;

Banks, Mary de Camp.

Lulu's Trip Abroad and a Crown of Roses by Miss Mary de Camp Banks.

Albany, NY: 1887. 1887. - Large octavo, three-quarters gilt-ruled cream vellum & blue cloth titled in gilt on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. All the edges are gilt. The vellum is spotted with stains to the top corner of the front cover. The dust jacket is rubbed, darkened, stained & chipped. The front panel & flap are detached & the lower half of the jacket spine is lacking. Title, [2] leaves & 41 pages, printed on one side only. Illustrated in black & white with a portrait frontispiece & 3 plates by Walton H. Roberts, 1 plate is detached. There is some foxing to the frontispiece & occasional light soiling to the versos of the leaves. Very good in the remnants of the dust wrapper.

Limited edition of 112 numbered copies. The book was dictated by an eight-and-a-half year old child and "written as dictated without suggestion or alteration". Very good .

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Book number: 36503

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S; CHILD AUTHOR; LULU'S TRIP ABROAD; A CROWN OF ROSES; MARY DE CAMP BANKS; ILLUSTRATED; PLATES;ILLUSTRATOR; WALTON H. ROBERTS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LIMITED EDITION.

Eulalie [Banks, Eulalie M.].

My Dog Ginger. (Cover Title).

England: Circa [1930s-1940s]. [1940]. [1940]. - Octavo, softcover bound in brightly colored pictorial self-wrappers. There is some very minor soiling to the wraps with minor creasing to the rear wrap. [16] pages bordered in green, including wraps. 6 full-page color illustrations & black-and-white textual illustrations. Very good.

A remarkably well-preserved copy of this brightly colored children's book.

RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 36848

Catalogue: Children's & Illustrated

Keywords: CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; DOGS; MY DOG GINGER; EULALIE; EULALIE M. BANKS.

Banks, Russell.

Searching for Survivors.

New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. 1975. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly soiled with several score marks & the jacket's top edge is lightly creased. Half-title, title, [3] leaves, 153 & [2] pages plus 1-page publisher's catalog. There is some minor foxing to the fore-edge with a small area of offsetting to the rear endpaper. Very good.

First edition with the price on the rear panel of the dust wrapper, as issued.

A book of fourteen stories by Russell Banks. A publisher's press release is laid in. Very good .

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Book number: 27356

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; AMERICAN LITERATURE; AMERICAN AUTHOR; RUSSELL BANKS; SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.