Social History from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: by the Company, N.d. [ca 1924]. Quarto (28cm). Staple-bound, pictorial card wrappers; 32pp; illus. Slight aging and wear, mostly to exterior; small scuff into printed area on one text page; one gathering pulled loose from staples, but present. Complete, Good or better. 1924 date stamped at bottom margin of p.12. Text entirely in Russian cyrillic. … Read more about this item

Rough Rock, AZ: Navajo Curriculum Center Press, 1974. Revised edition. Octavo (23cm). White paper wrappers printed in black and brown, with tan spine; [iv],123,[1]pp; in-text illustrations. Lightly rubbed, minor creases to wrappers at spine, overall Very Good. Illustrated by Hoke Denetsosie and Clifford Beck, Jr. [62123].

New York: Mason / Charter, 1977. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 217pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, price-clipped and spine-sunned, with light wear and a few short tears to extremities. The journalist's "series of portraits: of both Mailer and Baldwin as emerging artists, as spokesmen of an… Read more about this item

New York: G. Ricordi & Co, [nd, ca. 1917]. First Edition. Bifolium (21cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; [4]pp. Horizontal fold (as issued?), light wear, with a small tear to right margin; Very Good. Promotional brochure reprinting a substantial article from the Boston Evening Transcript of March 10, 1917 titled "Deep River" Popularizes a Composer, signed in print H.K.M. Cover features a… Read more about this item

New York: The House of Little Books, 1936. First Edition. Quarto. Pictorial card wrappers; [48]pp; illus. A few small corner-creases, else a clean, tight copy, Near Fine. One in a series of instructional books by the prolific cartoonist of the 1930s, who marketed his manuals as a means to "becoming your own boss" during the down-and-out years of the… Read more about this item

Austin: University of Texas Press, (1973). Third Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper by the author's son, Watt Matthews: "To Loyd and Norma / with appreciation and best wishes," signed, dated 4-20-1974. First University of Texas printing. Octavo (24cm). Tan cloth stamped in gilt, in cream jacket; map endpapers; [xviii],226,[4]pp; black and white illustrations. Straight and bright, about Fine; in… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, (1918). First Edition. First printing. Small octavo. Cloth hardcover; xi,201pp; pictorial frontis. Slightly shaken, with faint spotting and wear to boards; shallow damp-mark at upper margin of half-title; small separation to frontispiece at gutter; Good or better. Pencil ownership signatures to front and rear endpapers ("Franklin Lang", dated 1923). Auld, a… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Fulton Lewis, Jr., 1957. First Edition. Brochure, ca. 22cm x 9cm. Staple-bound paper wrappers; [13]pp. Slight creasing and wear; Very Good. Transcriptions of a series of memorial tributes to McCarthy, broadcast over four episodes of Fulton Lewis Jr's syndicated right-wing radio show in 1957. Scarce.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xii,409pp. Fine, apparently unread copy. In fine, original dustwrapper.

Durham: Duke University Press, 2010. First Edition. First Printing, a trade paperback original. Octavo (23cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers; viii,406,[2]pp; illus. Inscribed by one of the editors on the half-title page to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez: "For Roberto, a steady anchor of sanity over the years and for all the great conversations over lunches too.… Read more about this item

Austin: University of Houston Press, 1990. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.75cm); burnt orange cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xiv,312pp. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez: "April, 1990 / For Bob / A brother. May this book help to further the cause. Thanks… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1956. Reissue (first published 1928). Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 241pp; illus. Spots of fading to cloth at spine ends, else Fine. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, else bright and crisp, Near Fine. One of the more noteworthy (and tragic) literary hoaxes of the 20th century. "Chief Long Lance," who achieved celebrity through… Read more about this item

New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1933. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth; titles in green on spine and front cover; 276pp. Clippings regarding Craige tipped on to endpapers, with resultant toning and offsetting; thin crack to front endpapers at gutter; text clean, tight and unmarked with just mild external wear; just Very Good. A white… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1958). First Edition. Octavo. Quarter tan cloth over blue-green linen boards; dustjacket; 317pp; illus. Gentle rubbing at spine ends and board corners, still Near Fine in original pictorial dustwrapper, price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, Very Good.

Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1976. First Edition. No. 6316 of 15,000 numbered copies. Signed on colophon by Tribal Chairman Bill Follis. Octavo; textured stiff card wrappers; 104pp; illus. Fine copy.

V.d., v.p. [ca 1929]. A group of three related items, as follows: 1. History of the Australian Convict Ship "Success." [Cleveland: Jontzen Printing Co., 1929]. Octavo; printed card wrappers; 196pp; illus. VG. 2. The Famous British Convict Ship - The Only One Left in the World.N.p., nd; published without imprint. Octavo; staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial paper wraps,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Big Horn Books, (1985). First Edition. Octavo. PIctorial card wrappers; 207pp; nine unnumbered leaves of plates. Gentle dusting to text block edges, else clean, tight and unmarked; Near Fine. Welsh was born into a pioneer family in Wyoming in 1899, went east to pursue an acting career, then became involved in the progressive education movements… Read more about this item

N.p. [New York?]: Carl C. Burns, 1961. Offset broadside, 11" x 8-1/2"; text printed in black on thin wove paper. Heavy stains verso, bleeding through to recto, conspicuous but not affecting legibility of text. Just Good. Dated at end of text, August 1961. A resounding evangelical response to the threat of nuclear war, published a few months after… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: H.K. Mulford Company, N.d. [ca 1918]. Octavo (25cm); staple-bound, color pictorial wrappers; 24pp; illus. Mild wrinkle to front cover; light external soil; Very Good or better. WW1-era promotional pamphlet for the Philadelphia pharmaceutical manufacturer, highlighting the company's service record in Europe, Australia, and the African continent. In addition to first aid supplies, H.K. Mulford pioneered the… Read more about this item

London: Bell & Daldy, 1870. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Red cloth titled in gilt on spine; plain endpapers; xvi,503,[1]pp. Bilingual, with facing Swahili and English translation. Ownership inscription of Mrs. S. Stock on front pastedown. Sound but externally rubbed and mildly dusty, internally clean: Very Good. Steere (1828-1882) was an Anglican bishop who journeyed to… Read more about this item