Americana from Mary Riversong Books

Gene Stratton-Porter The Harvester. Grosset & Dunlap Reprint Edition. Copyright 1921 by Doubleday, Page & Company. Illustrated by W.L. Jacobs. Dedicated to Henry David Thoreau. Lovely red floral design boards. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. 564 pages. 5 1/8 X 7 7/8. Summary: "The Harvester by Gene Stratton Porter is the story of a Thoreau-esque idealist and naturalist… Read more about this item

Shakur, Tupac Rose That Grew From Concrete. Poetry. 1999 Pocket Books. Softcover. USED. VG Condition. ISBN9780671028459 149 pages. 6 1/8 X 7 ¼.

O'Brien, P.J. Will Rogers Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom. With an appreciation by Lowell Thomas. Copyright 1935, P.J. O'Brien. Published by George A. Parker Company, Philadelphia. Illustrated. RARE SALESMAN'S DUMMY WITH SUBSCRIPTION BLANKS. Includes excerpts from 296 page complete book. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8. BIOGRAPHY OF WILL ROGERS. USED. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ AS ISSUED.

Jeffers, Robinson Cawdor and other poems. Copyright 1928 Horace Liveright, New York. Stated Second Printing Thus December, 1928. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Purple boards with black leather spine. Gilt titling and cartouche of nude at center on front panel is still in very nice shape but stamped titling is no longer visible on the black leather spine. Gift… Read more about this item

Paul Gallico. Lou Gehrig: Pride of the "Yankees". 1942 Copyright, Grosset & Dunlap, NY. B&W Lou Gehrig frontispiece. USED. Very Good Condition/ No DJ Included. BIOGRAPHY, BASEBALL, NEW YORK YANKEES. Orange boards with black titling. 162 pages, plus baseball statistics section. 5 ½ X 8 ¼. Summary: "A moving biographical novel about the legendary Lou Gehrig, Iron Man of Baseball.… Read more about this item

Franklin W. Dixon. While The Clock Ticked (Hardy Boys Book 11) Copyright 1932. Grosset & Dunlap. Beige Boards, brown multi-page image endpapers indicating published 1959 to 1961. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Summary: Plot Summary: " A banker named Raymond Dalrymple of Lakeside gets death threats and shows up at the Hardy house, seeking Fenton Hardy's assistance. Frank and… Read more about this item

Albee, Edward A Delicate Balance. Stated First Pocket Books printing November, 1967. PLAY. PULITZER PRIZE WINNER. DRAMA. Used. Good Condition Softcover. 175 pages. 4 ½ X 7. "Summary: "Agnes, a wealthy woman in her late fifties, muses on the danger of losing her mind. Although Agnes is surprised by her own ideas of insanity, it is her sister, Claire,… Read more about this item

Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade. By Patrick Dennis. Vanguard Press 1959 First Edition, Stated Third Printing Thus. "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Used. VG/VG Unclipped $3.50 ORIGINAL DJ is now protected in a mylar wrap. Former owner names on front free endpaper. One of the funniest books ever written, this story was also… Read more about this item

Jane Wagner. The Search For Signs Of Intelligent Life In The Universe. The Broadway smash hit play starring Lilly Tomlin. 1986 HARPER & ROW PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK. STATED FIRST EDITION. FIRST IMPRESSION THUS. ISBN0060156732. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/VERY GOOD $15.95 UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SUMMARY: "Serving as narrator is Trudy, a mad bag lady who has befriended aliens from outer… Read more about this item

Jonathan Katz. Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. 1976 First Edition, 1st Printing Thus. Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York. 690 pages, indexed. 6 7/8 X 10. USED. Softcover. Original cover price $9.95. Good Condition. Cover is sunned, otherwise VG.

Patrick Dennis. Little Me: The Intimate Memoirs of that Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television Belle Poitrine, as told to Patrick Dennis. With 150 photographs by Cris Alexander. 1961 E.P. Dutton, NY. STATED FIRST EDITION. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD $5.95 UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. RARE THUS. 272 pages. Large Format: 7 ¼ X 10 ¼. Summary: "Little… Read more about this item

223A KeeneMap Carolyn Keene.The Quest of the Missing Map (Nancy Drew Book 19), 1942 Grosset & Dunlap 1st Edition. No other printings or titles listed on the copyright page. Used. VG/ No DJ included. Illustrated by Russell H. Tandy. Blue boards with orange titling and orange and white magnifying glass endpapers. Orange topstain. A nice copy. 213 pages plus adverts.… Read more about this item

Williams, Tennessee. SUMMER AND SMOKE. PLAY. DRAMA. New American Library Signet Books Movie Tie-In Edition, First Printing Thus, October, 1961. Movie Tie-In. Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page front cover. Very Good Condition. 127 pages. 7 1/8 X 4 ¼. RARE. Summary: Tragic drama of two-ill starred lovers.

Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. MULE BONE, A COMEDY OF NEGRO LIFE. PLAY. COMEDY. ISBN0060968850. Stated 1991 First Edition, Harper Perennial, NY. Back cover states: "The never-before published play. Publication date set to coincide with its debut production at the Lincoln Center Theater n New York City. USED. Very Good Condition. Softcover. 282 pages. 5 ¾ X 8.

E.L. Konigsburg Journey To An 800 Number. 1982 Atheneum First Edition. By E.L. Konigsburg, author of "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler". EXLIB. Please see stock photo. Blue pictorial cover with singing woman atop a camel. 138 pages. 5 3/8 X 8 3/8. RARE. This title is a hard one to find. VG Condition/ No dust jacket… Read more about this item

Mead, Shepherd. How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, A Dastard's Guide To Fame and Fortune. First Edition, Stated Third Printing Thus, Simon & Schuster, 1952. Comedy. Original source material for the smash Broadway play and film. Used. Good/ Good- original yellow $2.50 unclipped dust jacket drawn by Claude. 148 pages 5 3/4 X 8 1/4. RARE/SCARCE item. Original… Read more about this item

816BiggersReckless Biggers, Earl Derr. Love Insurance (The Reckless Age) Grosset & Dunlap Photoplay edition), Copyright 1914, Bobbs-Merrill. Illustrated wih scenes from the 1924 Universal-Jewel Production starring Reginald Denny. In very rare original dust jacket. This American novelist's second fiction, preceding his greater fame as creator of "Charlie Chan" the detective. Used. Very Good/ Good- Original dust jacket. The jacket is… Read more about this item

Smith, Lillian. Strange Fruit. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944 1st. Ed, Stated 23rd Printing Thus. BANNED BOOK. USED. VG/VG Dust jacket. Author photo back panel. Now protected in a mylar wrap. About this book: Strange Fruit is a 1944 bestselling novel debut by American author Lillian Smith that dealt with the then-forbidden and controversial theme of interracial romance. The title was… Read more about this item

Caldwell, Erskine. A BANNED BOOK. GOD'S LITTLE ACRE. Copyright 1933, #51 Viking Press Modern Library Edition. Used. Very Good/ Very Good UNCLIPPED Original publisher's $1.65 Dust jacket. RARE THUS. Summary: a 20th century American story about a disfunctional farming family in Georgia, obsessed with sex and wealth. Controversial sexual themes caused this book to be banned in New York and… Read more about this item

Leguizamo, John. Mambo Mouth: A Savage Comedy. 1991 ILLUSTRATED. Sorry, we can't decipher the artist name. 1 sheet of paper Double-sided. Original show letterhead stationary. Has been folded. A signed, inscribed letter to friends telling them about his June 4th reopening of the show with music by Jelly Bean Bennitez. UNIQUE EPHEMERA. About the show: In 1991, Leguizamo also wrote… Read more about this item