FAMILY RECORDS; OR, THE TWO SISTERS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE PROMISE, AND THE LOVERS by Bury, Lady Charlotte [Susan Maria] - 1841

London: Hutchinson 1899. (Hardcover) 736pp. Good to very good. Stamped red cloth with gilt spine decoration. The covers are worn at the corners and the top and bottom of the spine, and the binding is loose. Contributors include Gertrude Atherton (Ah Lon and Her Romance). Illustration by James Aylward, Florrie Barr, Tom Brown, W.G.R. Browne, W. Cubitt Cooke, Max Cowper, N.C. Bishop Culpeper, Paul Dare, L. Daviel, F. Dickson, Frank Feller, Eric Fitzgerald, Warwick Goble, A.J. Goodman, Gwenny Griffiths, C.T. Hobson, J. Jellicoe, Raphael Jones, Leonard Lindsdell, A. Ludovici, A.D. M'cormick, J. Merrin, M.H. Nisbet, Ernest Prater, Will B. Robinson, F.M. Rudland, E.J. Skinner, Murray Smith, C.H. Taffs, Adolph Thiede, J.H. Valda, S.H. Vedder, H.J. Walker, D. Whitaker & Cress Woollett. (Women's Magazines).

Boston: Marshall, Jones Company. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Slight soiling on cover and on endpapers. ; 275 pages .

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, hardcover, xvii-314 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Signed by the Author without personal inscription, simply 'Peace, Wangari' on the title page, Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight signs of wear from handling, in new Brodart sleeve. This personal memoir from the founder of the Green Belt Movement in Africa and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize follows the author through her early life and struggle for education, her numerous run-ins with the brutal Moi government, and her eventual election to the Kenyan Parliament in 2002. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-&-white photographs. Appended: Konyeki na Ithe, or 'Konyeki and His Father', Index. ISBN 9780307263483

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. The biography of one of the leading dancers with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. 294 pages. First edition (stated). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket but for REMAINDER spray on the bottom edge. This copy is inscribed by Jamison to the collector Oliver St. Clair Franklin, To Oliver, Thanks for being a great human being & collector. Judith Jamison." Uncommon signed.

The Temperance Reform and Its Great Reformers. An Illustrated History, Including the Temperance "blue laws" of the New England Colonies; the Liquor Laws of the States; A Sketch of the Various Temperance Organizations; Biographies of Lyman Beecher, John B Gough, Dr Jewett, etc., A Chapter on the Medical and Chemical Phases of the Movement; "The Crusades"; the Woman's Christian Temperance Unions; "Red Ribbon" reform under Dr Reynolds; the Evangelistic Temperance Work Under Messrs Moody, Sawyer, etc.; History of the Murphy Temperance Movement; with Thrilling experiences of Reformed and Converted Drunkards; with Over Twenty Portraits of the Chief Reforms, and Characteristic Selections from their Best Writings and Addresses. Edited by Rev W H Daniels, A. M. With an Introduction by Rev Theodore L Cuyler, D.D. Published by Subscription. New York, Boston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh and San Francisco: Phillips & Hunt. Hitchcock & Walden, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis. 1879 First Edition. Condition: Original with… Read More

Boston: Marshall, Jones Company. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Slight soiling on cover and on endpapers. ; 275 pages .

A Flitch Of Bacon, or The Custom of Dunmow (Copyright 1854, George Routledge & Sons.. "Published 1854 by Geo. Routledge. By William H. Ainsworth Published in London. Leatherbound edition. One of a set titled "Ainsworth's Novels" Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert and titled in the same manner as depicted. RARE. "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Please see our stock photo. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket as issued. Attractive marbled black leather boards with 5 ribs and gold titling, gold top stain. A story about traditional British marriage practices of yore.

Nancy's Mysterious Letter: Keene, Carolyn. Copyright 1932, Grosset & Dunlap. RARE Nancy Drew #8, 1939 issue thus. Includes original "HEADLINE BOOKS FOR GIRLS" DUST JACKET. RUSSELL H. TANDY COVER ART. Since the dj Back panel authors are: Faith Baldwin through Ann Spence Warner and titles listed were published in 1931, this may be a first state unclipped dust jacket. Price on front flap is 5050. USED. Good Condition/ Good Condition DJ. Summary: "By mistake Nancy Drew receives a letter from England intended for an heiress, also named Nancy Drew. When Nancy undertakes a search for the missing young woman, it becomes obvious that a ruthless, dangerous man is determined to prevent her from finding the heiress or himself."

THE ROSE B EDITION. Du Bose, Heyward. Porgy (1925 George H. Doran Mauve "B" Hardcover 1st Edition/ 2nd printing thus, known as the Mauve or Rose "B" Edition. Decorated By Theodore Nadejen. USED. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Mauve/Purple boards with gold gilt titling and owl cartouche. ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL FOR "PORGY AND BESS", THE DRAMATIC BROADWAY MUSICAL AND MOTION PICTURE, SCORED BY AMERICAN COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN.

The Secret Of Chimneys (1941, John Lane/The Bodley Head 3/6 POPULAR EDITION. W/Fax DJ) Christie, Agatha. Used. Good- Condition/ New Facsimile 1st Ed. Candlestick DJ. The Secret of Chimneys, copyright 1927, 1941 3/6 Popular Edition / W New facsimile DJ. INSPECTOR BATTLE. Our copy has a couple of chocolate spots on the boards. Please see our photos. Summary: "A young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to deliver a parcel to an English country house. Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy."