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Concord, A Pilgrimage to The Historic and Literary Center of America, booklet in decorated wrappers (soft cover), Perry Walton, Boston Mass., 1930, third edition, frontispiece with tissue, 39 pages with high quality black and white photos. This lovely booklet from long ago exudes charm. The wrappers are a deep slate blue with a fading yet attractive gold print decorative cover. The frontispiece is an excellent photograph of Battle Lane to Old North Bridge. The booklet is a history of the town of Concord, Massachusetts with high quality photos of the literary and historic landmarks, including Monument Square, Wright Tavern, Colonial Inn, the Old Manse, the Thoreau-Alcott House, the Emerson House, the Alcott's' Orchard House, Hawthorne's "Wayside," and a map of the town. Condition: near fine/ no dust jacket Original value: $35.00 Sale: $25.00 |
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Tom Lea: An Oral History edited by Rebecca Craver and Adair Margo, hardcover, Texas Western Press, ISBN 0874042348, 1995, 185 pages with index. Tom Lea, internationally known artist and author, in early 1994 recorded a series of interviews with Adair Margo for the University of Texas at El Paso's Institute of Oral History. In the spring, a retrospective exhibition on his art work was held at the El Paso Museum of Art, UTEP's Centennial Museum, and the Adair Margo Gallery. This book, developed from the interviews and illustrated by exhibition pieces and photos from Lea's personal collection, serves as Lea's autobiography. This book is the first extensive autobiography with the retrospective exhibition pieces spanning his career. Condition: as new, has inscription on inside front cover/near fine, dust jacket has slight smudges on top and edge. Original value: $25.00 Sale: $18.75 |
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Mammy Pleasant by Helen Holdredge, hardcover, second printing, Putnam’s Sons, 1953, 311 pages with bibliography. This is the biography of African-American pioneer Mary Ellen Pleasant, also known as Mammy Pleasant, who had two reputations in the annals of San Francisco history: one would have her famous, the other infamous. The famous was as a busy figure in the Underground Railroad helping many slaves make their way to freedom in the North. Mammy Pleasant also had a second reputation, that as the "Queen of the Voodoo." The daughter of a slave, Pleasant's father was the white son of a Virginia governor. She was a bold Black pioneer, one of the most enigmatic and mysterious women in American history. After the Civil War she took her battles to the courts and won several civil rights’ victories, one of which was cited and upheld in the 1980’s and resulted in her being called, “The Mother of Human Rights in California”. Condition: near fine/very good, slight yellowing of pages and cover. Original value: $14.00 Sale: $9.50 |
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Brothers and Friends: The Diaries of Major Warren Hamilton Lewis edited by Clyde S. Kilbey and Marjorie Lamp Mead, hardcover, Harper & Row, 1982, first edition, 308 pages with black and white photographs, chronology, genealogy and index. From the front flap "Brothers and Friends is an honest, intimate, often deeply affecting portrait of Warren H. Lewis and his beloved brother, "Jack," C. S. Lewis. The two were inseparable and lived together much of their lives; Jack called Warren "my dearest and closest friend." A much better as well as more consistent diarist than his brother, W.H. Lewis paints a fine portrait of his brother in bits and pieces. Kept intermittently from the age of 22 until his death ten years after his brother's, this book is the most valuable published primary source for Lewis's later life as he gives a lively picture of English life, literature, and music. Condition: near fine/very good. Previous owner’s name is written on lower edge of front endpaper. Original value: $18.00 Sale: $ 13.50 |
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The Last Six Million Seconds by John Burdett, ISBN: 0-688-14774-7, hardcover, William Morrow, 1997, stated first edition,386 pages. John Burdett, a former British lawyer who lived and worked in Hong Kong for twelve years, switched careers to become a crime novelist. This is his second novel, written before his well known Bangkok novels. In this story Burdett captures the excitement and unease felt throughout the world on the eve of the changeover in the rule of Hong Kong. That background comes into play when Royal Hong Kong Police Chief Inspector Chan Siu-kai is called to the harbor at the South China Sea where he discovers three heads floating in the water! Thrilling entertainment! Condition: as new/ as new Original value: $9.00 Sale: $6.00 |
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Drawing The Landscape by Chip Sullivan, second edition, ISBN: 0-471-29204-4, soft cover, 1997, 326 pages with black and white illustrations, references, index; nonfiction: landscape architecture. This book is to inform the landscape architecture professional, architect, designer, artist, illustrator or student on the preparation of professional graphic presentations in landscape architecture and architecture, as well as the preparation of projects for professional competition. It also gives advice on creating your own personal form of expression. This book updates every chapter of the popular first edition. The author at the time of publication was a Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley and well known in his profession. Condition: near fine/ no dust jacket Original value: $25.00 Sale: $15.00 |
