Why Are We So Blest?
NY: Doubleday, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy, apparently unread, in better than very good unclipped dw. No names, bookplates, etc. More about Why Are We So Blest?
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NOCTURNES
NY: The Third Press, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF in VG dw. No names, inscriptions, bookplates, etc. More about NOCTURNES
Night of My Blood
NY: Doubleday, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. BF copy in VG dw. No names, inscriptions, etc. More about Night of My Blood
My Name is Afrika
NY: Doubleday, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF in VG dw slightly toned rear panel. No names, inscriptions, etc. More about My Name is Afrika
An African Night's Entertainment
Lagos: African Universities Press, 1962. Onabrakpeya, Bruce. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Stiff paper covers lightly soiled. Internals fine. More about An African Night's Entertainment
Jagua Nana
London: Hutchinson, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. More about Jagua Nana
BEAUTIFUL FEATHERS
London: Hutchinson, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG in VG dustjacket. No names, bookplates, etc. More about BEAUTIFUL FEATHERS
REFLECTIONS ON THE NIGERIAN CIVIlL WAR: A CALL FOR REALISM
London: O. I. T. H. International Publishers, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page "To Lloyd from Ralph. With my most sincere compliments and fond regards. Paris. 30/12/69". From the library of Lloyd Garrison who was The New York Times correspondent in Africa in the 1960s who covered... More about REFLECTIONS ON THE NIGERIAN CIVIlL WAR: A CALL FOR REALISM
THE DARK EYE IN AFRICA
London: The Hogarth Press, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the title page Lloyd (Garrison) and wife Sarah and dated Nairobi May 9 1961 by the author. Garrison was The New York Times correspondent in Africa in the 1960s who covered, among other conflicts, the war of secession in Nigeria. More about THE DARK EYE IN AFRICA
THINGS FALL APART, NO LONGER AT EASE, A MAN FOR THE PEOPLE, ARROW OF GOD, MORNING YET ON CREATION: ESSAYS (5 titles)
NY: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The first four novels plus a later book of essays of African author Chinua Achebe. THINGS (1959), EASE (1960) and MORNING (1975) are US first editions, THINGS is G in G dustjacket, EASE VG in G dustjacket and MORNING NF in G dustjacket... More about THINGS FALL APART, NO LONGER AT EASE, A MAN FOR THE PEOPLE, ARROW OF GOD, MORNING YET ON...
AN AFRICAN TREASURY
NY: Crown, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by Langston Hughes on the ffe at the top and bottom margins of the illustrated panels in green ink: "Happy Holidays to the Lloyd K. Garrisons - Sincerely, Langston Hughes, New York, Christmas 1960". Ownership copy of Lloyd Garrison, The The New York... More about AN AFRICAN TREASURY
AN AFRICAN TREASURY
NY: Crown, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by Langston Hughes on the ffe at the top and bottom margins of the illustrated panels in green ink: "Especially for LLoyd this African book inscribed in Africa - Sincerely. - Langston. First Dakar Festival of the Negro in the Arts. Senegal. 1966."... More about AN AFRICAN TREASURY
POEMS FROM BLACK AFRICA
Bloomington IN: Indiana Univesity Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by Langston Hughes on the ffe under the flap in green ink, "Especially for Lloyd in Africa, Sincerely, Langston. Dakar Festival April 1966". Ownership copy of Lloyd Garrison, The The New York Times correspondent in Africa, who covered conflicts including... More about POEMS FROM BLACK AFRICA
Dream Barker, Pilgrims, Ordinary Things, The Messenger, Home Deep Blue (5 titles)
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A collection of the poet's first five books, all first editions, internals near fine in better than very good dustjackets (most near fine). No previous owner names or bookplates. Valentine's first book, Dream Barker, is neatly inscribed and dated April 1965... More about Dream Barker, Pilgrims, Ordinary Things, The Messenger, Home Deep Blue (5 titles
THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN: The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions I. Sense and Sensibility; II. Pride and Prejudice; III. Mansfield Park; IV. Emma; V. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (Large Paper Edition)
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1923. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. One of the most sought after sets of Austen's works, the originla 1923 edition. Internals near fine, including the movable forntispiece for Mansfield Park. No previous owner names or bookplates and desirble thus. Publisher's quarter cloth over marbleized boards, corners moderately worn... More about THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN: The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions I. Sense and...
HERE IS NEW YORK
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The true first edition, first printing, mostly found in later printings or, most commonly, book club. Near fine book - no names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. UNclipped dustjacket (price $1.00), spine just a wee faded and very shallow sliver from... More about HERE IS NEW YORK
ROGER TORY PETERSON FIELD GUIDES 49 volumes complete set
Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 1985. Hardcover. Collector's Edition, all 49 volumes, each apparently unused, unread, uniformly bound, all with ribbon markers, most with unused bookplate laid-in (NOT affixed). 5 dark brown leather: Stars and Planets, Geology, Atmosphere, Venomous Animals, and Rocks and Minerals. 8 tan leather: Freshwater Fishes, Pacific Coast... More about ROGER TORY PETERSON FIELD GUIDES 49 volumes complete set
THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORYOF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS (4 volume, boxed set)
Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Unread copies, as new. In black, cloth-covered slipcase. More about THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORYOF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS (4 volume, boxed set
THE HISTORY OF IMPERIAL CHINA: The Early Chinese Empires Qin and Han, China between Empires The Northern and Southern Dynasties, China's Cosmopolitan Empire The Tang Dynasty, The Age of Confucian Rule The Song Transformation of China, The Troubled Empire China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and China's Last Empire The Great Qing (6 volumes complete)
London / Cambridge: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Apparently unread copies. Near fine dustjackets, internals fine. More about THE HISTORY OF IMPERIAL CHINA: The Early Chinese Empires Qin and Han, China between Empires The...
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON ATLAS
Washington, DC: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio, blue cloth with gilt titles, unpaginated, 50 plates (pages) that are described on the title page as "A collection of 85 maps including 28 made by George Washington, 7 used and annotated by him, 8 made at... More about THE GEORGE WASHINGTON ATLAS
Dedication of the Monument at Andersonville, Georgia, October 23, 1907, in Memory of the Men of Connecticut Who Suffered in Southern Military Prisons, 1861-1865
Hartford: Published by the State (Connnecticut), 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The actual, original edition, published in 1908, large 8vo, blue, ribbed cloth, gilt-pressed titles and vignette to front and titles to spine. Two frontispieces of sepia photographs of the Union soldier sculpture monument (one of his face in close-up) separated... More about Dedication of the Monument at Andersonville, Georgia, October 23, 1907, in Memory of the Men of...
Charles Frohman presents Maude Adams in J.M. Barrie's play Peter Pan or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up
NY: Charles Frohman, 1907. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Oblong, paper covers, front with pictoriasl paste down, yap edges which have seen some shallow loss. Internals fine, amply illustrated with scenes from Frohman's hugely successful production. Stapled spine, red braid extant in inside but missing on the exterior. More about Charles Frohman presents Maude Adams in J.M. Barrie's play Peter Pan or, The Boy Who Wouldn't...
ADAMS: DEMOCRACY et al, HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES durin the administrations of Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809, HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES during the administrations of James Madison 1809-1817 (3 volumes)
NY: The Library of America, 1983. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 3 volume set, fine copies, apparently unread. More about ADAMS: DEMOCRACY et al, HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES durin the administrations of Thomas...
REPORTING CIVIL RIGHTS Part One: Amerrican Journalism 1941-1963 and Part Two: American Journalism 1963- 1973
NY: The Library of America, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Complete 2 volume set, still in publisher's shrink-wrap. More about REPORTING CIVIL RIGHTS Part One: Amerrican Journalism 1941-1963 and Part Two: American Journalism...
REPORTING VIETNAM Part One: Amerrican Journalism 1959-1969 and Part Two: American Journalism 1969-1975
NY: The Library of America, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Complete 2 volume set, apparently unread. More about REPORTING VIETNAM Part One: Amerrican Journalism 1959-1969 and Part Two: American Journalism...