Search Results: Titles starting with F from Crow Hop Rare Books

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1975. 86 [2] pp. Near Fine (a touch of foxing to top page edges) in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket with a 1” closed tear on the rear panel. Illustrated by A.G. Smith, Jr. 52 poems in this early trade publication by Oates.

Fitzgerald Beaver, editor and publisher. 16 pp. Lightly faded newsprint, but remarkably well-preserved. Folded (unfolded approximately 15” x 23”). Front page includes stories on “March on Boston May 17” and “Seattle NAACP to March in Support of Boston School Desegregation.” Advertisements for numerous black-owned businesses throughout, with additional ads, photos, or stories including “Who Do I Be: A Conference on Black Language,” Church News, Scenes for Green Acres Golf Tournament, an article by Civil Rights figure Vernon Jordan entitled “To Be Equal: What To Do About Economy,” and a two-page spread of scenes of a party for City Council President Sam Smith (the first African American to serve as a Seattle city councilman).Difficult to ascertain the exact number of print issues in institutional holdings, as OCLC shows mostly microform holdings of the weekly newspaper. No offerings in commerce. Danky 2295. 

New Paltz, New York. Black Student Newspaper of State University of New York at New Paltz. Gilberto Matta, Editor. 12 pp. folded (11.5” x 15” unfolded). VG+ newsprint (toning, 2” tear at fold). Striking cover illustration by Adrienne Collier. Lead stories include “Rape at New Paltz; Epidemic or Exaggeration?” and “Committee Investigates Problems in Financial Aid Office.” Other articles include “Why doesnÂ’t the Black Studies Department have a Chairman?” “Solidarity with the Prison Movement,” “Jamaica Youth Work to Conserve,” “Puerto Ricans Situation in U.S. Worsens,” and sections that include “Voices of Today” (poetry) and “What time is it in our History?” Two notable half-page advertisements: one for “The B.S.U. of Alfred State College presents ‘The First Black ExperienceÂ’ An Evening with Frederick Douglass Portrayed by Authur Burgharelt” (October 30)” and the other for the Black Solidarity Day Schedule (November 1). Uncommon: not in Danky, no copies in commerce, and two… Read More

Jackson, MS: The Mississippi Historical Society, 1975. First Edition, limited to 1000 copies. Near Fine octavo in off-green paper covered boards, modest fading to spine, lacking the original mailing envelope. 27, [3], pp. This copy is INSCRIBED by Welty on the half-title page: “For Diana Best Wishes, Eudora Welty.” A paper read at the annual dinner meeting at the Mississippi Historical Society, Jackson, MS, March 7, 1975.

Oblong 6.25” x 8.5” album with leather spine and brown cloth boards. 116 black and white photos total, most ranging in size from 3.5” x 2.5” to 6.5” x 4.5”, some trimmed, about half in corner mounts, the others affixed to the pages. The first 17 pages are comprised of 60 photos, mainly of smiling family members posing at the homestead, on bicycles, in a lake, in era automobiles, and two of a young man or woman playing a banjo in blackface. The following 18 leaves are blank. The remaining 20 pages are comprised of 56 (mostly) captioned photos, including shots of farming, tractors, sledding, and buildings, many with family posed at different spots. Some of the captions read, “S.S. Montclaire,” “near Lake Superior,” “Empress Canada,” “Lake Saskatchewan,” and a page of shots of the Irish and Scottish coastlines.

New York: George Braziller, 1976. Introduction and Commentaries by Webster Smith. Near Fine decorated boards with tan paper wrap in a VG+ pictorial slipcase. 167 pp. Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript (M 69) held by The Pierpont Morgan Library. Wonderful color images.

Union City, CA: The Fault Press, 1980. VG+ stapled illustrated wraps (toning, edgewear). Stories, poetry, art, photography, and more from Erica van Horn, Blythe Ayne, W.S. Doxey, Robert Joe Stout, Linda Lemon, and more.

Drexel Hill, PA: Mrs. Marguerite E. Graves, 1952. First Edition. 2,000 copies. Taped to rear of title page is Salesman note signed "Earl Crabtree." 181 pp. with order form at rear. About VG+ (edgewear, offsetting of tape inside front cover) in blue plastic comb binding. Map endpapers--each recipe accompanied by an image of the state from where the recipe originated. Contents include: Appetizers, Beverages, Breads, Muffins, Rolls, Cakes, Candies, Cookies, Casserole Dishes, Desserts and Ice Cream, Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Preserves, Meats, Poultry, Cheese, Pies, Salads, Sauces and Dressings, Sea Foods, Soups, Vegetables, Men's Concoctions, and Quickies.

[n.p.]: [n.p.], [1978]. 140 pp. Spiral comb bound, illustrated wrappers. VG or better (soiling and staining to covers). Sections (red thick stock before each new section) include Appetizers, Soups, Salads, Vegetables, Entrees and Luncheon Dishes (Eggs and Cheese, Chicken, Seafood, Beef and Pork), Breads and Muffins, Cookies, Cakes & Desserts, and Miscellaneous (includes cooking for a crowd with recipes for Elephant Stew, Ford Motor Company Stockholder's Dip, Mustard Sauce, and Puffed Wheat Squares). "In the spring of 1958, a group of Canadian women living on the North Shore met with Mrs. Gerald Newman, wife of the Consul General of Canada in Chicago. This led to the formal organization of The Canadian Woman's Club of Chicago in 1960."Uncommon.

6 pp., typed, 8.5” x 11” stapled in upper left corner, VG+ (some discoloration to title page). Contains “The Coming of St. Nicholas” and “Dutch Kitchen: Speculaas Cookies,” a recipe for a crisp cookie from Holland (previous owner has crossed out recipe in pencil and written “Much too soft cannot use”).

New York: Tambimuttu & Mass, 1964. First Edition—spine lettering in the uncommon first state (not blacked out). Octavo, 137 [9] pp. VG+ in a VG+ or better dustjacket. Leonard Baskin cover art, with fifteen drawings by Peggy Brown, Laurence Scott, and Helene Fesenmaier. Contributors include Allen Ginsburg, John Ciardi, May Swenson, Richard Eberhart, David Ignatow, Richard Wilbur, Robert Penn Warren, and Stanley Kunitz.

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1983. Oblong orange wraps, approximately 10.75” x 8.5” with title label, once presumably affixed to front cover, loose. Bound proofs (perhaps galley proofs), with “Raymond Carver” written by hand on spine. An uncommon format, with no similar copies in commerce, with only one similar copy in OCLC (Pierpont Morgan Library).

Providence: E.L. Freeman & Co., Printers to the State, 1879. 200 pp. Tipped in sheet at ffep that reads, “With the compliments of The Secretary of the State Board of Health, Office 17 College St., Providence, R.I.” Brown boards, blindstamped with the word “Hope” and anchor symbol, spine title in gilt. Includes an attractive color fold-out map, approximately 9.5” x 11.5”, “Engraved for the Rhode Island Edition of Warren’s Common School Geography” (Copyright, 1877, by Cowperthwait & Co., Philadelphia). About 25 pages have a half-inch water stain at top edge, not affecting text or map. VG or better. Includes sections on The Treatment of the Drowned (with illustrations), The Prevention of Kerosene Accidents, The Dietetic Value of Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages, and The Causes of Ill Health Among Women. The premiere edition of this report, complete with map, issued after the Board of Health was created by the RI Legislature in 1877. No copies found in OCLC or auction records.

Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1993. Fine in pictorial wraps. SIGNED by Alexie on title page and dated in year of publication.

New York: Knopf, 1985. First Edition. 221 pp. SIGNED by Johnson on the half-title page. Near Fine (slight spine lean and ownership signature to ffep) in a VG+ unclipped dustjacket with signs of toning. JohnsonÂ’s second novel, published two years after his highly praised Angels.

Nelson, Paul. Ice. Kalamazoo, MI: Blue Mountain Press, 1974. First Edition. Blue Mountain Press Chapbook Number Two (Number One was published the same year). 18 pp, Near Fine in stapled wraps. INSCRIBED on half-title page to Eberhart: “To Dick, in friendship, Paul.”Nickerson, Shelia. In Rooms of Falling Rain. Berkeley: Thorp Springs Press, 1976. First Edition. INSCRIBED on title page to Richard Eberhart and wife: “To Dick and Betty with fond regards Shelia.” VG+ softcover, rubbing, edgewear. 132 pp., cover drawing by Amelia Gianelli. A nice association between Nickerson, the former Poet Laurette of Alaska, and Eberhart. Nickerson, Shelia. Songs of the Pine-Wife. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1980. INSCRIBED on title page to Richard Eberhart, “a rare poet who came to Alaska.” Near Fine in (dare I say pine) green pictorial wraps, shelfwear at spine. Another nice association between Nickerson, the former Poet Laurette of Alaska, and Eberhart. Peterson. R. Stanley. A Nothing… Read More

Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sciences, 1974. First Edition. Book design by Elyn Parkin; pen and ink drawings by Rae Sampson. The five poets are Louis Dudek, Ralph Gustafson, Irving Layton, Al Purdy, and David Solway. SIGNED by Irving Layton on half-title page. Layton was twice-nominated for the Nobel Prize and died in 2006.

Boston/Toronto: Little, Brown & Co., 1982. First Edition. 72 pp. VG+ Softcover (light rubbing). Front jacket photo by Ralph Mercer. Fifth collection of poetry from the former president of the Poetry Society of America.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1941. VG+ in a VG unclipped dustjacket with chipping to spine and extremities. Translated from the German by Denver Lindley. First Edition, 436 pp. RemarqueÂ’s fourth book, published twelve years after his famous All Quiet on the Western Front.

Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1951. First Printing. Printed by Dai Nippon Printing Co. 125(1) pp. The volume is string bound with internal toning to edges, a crease to lower corner, and modest edgewear. Housed in worn tri-fold slipcase with decorated pastedown, peg ties loose. Overall about VG+. Laid in is a typed and SIGNED letter (TLS) “With great love Mary Wood” and dated July 27th, 1952 to a librarian named Etheldred of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Numerous corrections and notations. The letter talks of the summer, her idea for a Japanese Flower Show, news about her publisher writing that her book is selling 1-3 copies a day in Japan, and a comment that Adlai Stevenson “has what it will take.” A nice production, with a charming signed letter from the then eighty-year-old author.