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Whitney, Adeline Dutton (Train).
Odd, Or Even? and Other Stories
Boston, Houghton, Mifflin Company,
1892, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, American author of Victorian novels, compilation of short stories. Whitney was against the Woman's Suffrage Movement, who wrote about the well to do class and the postive up beat side of life and people. She was well known & well received author of her day. Green cloth boards and spine, bright gilt lettering. Blind stamped floral design. sm 8 vo, 505 pages. Clean text, solidly bound.
(Dutton, (Train), Whitney, Women, Victorian, Writers, Short, Stories, Victoian, Era, Antique, Books, Woman, Writers, Short, Stories, Victorian, Literature) Cat No. 987m.
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9.50
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Bryant, William Cullen (translator).
The Odyssey of Homer (Translated Into English Blank Verse)
Boston, Houghton Mifflin and Company,
Three-Quarter Leather,
Condition: Very Good, Bound in 3/4 tan calf, marbled boards and e.p., spine decorated in gilt, upper spine edges 1 inch closed tear to either side; three chips to thin overlay exposing calf below, to Bryant's name and near title, taking the "R" to Homer. Fold out map of Wanderings of Ulysses Aeneas, fold out edge creased, small closed tear, closed 2 1/2 inch tear to upper fold, front hinge cracked. All else very clean, bright readable text, solidly bound. 8 vo, 356 pp. In protective Brodart, archival polyester wrap.N.D. late circa late 1890
(Mythology, Homer's, Odyssey, Illiad, Greek, Literature, Willian, Cullen, Bryant, Odyssey, Of, Homer, Leather, Binding, Literature, Antique, Literature) Cat No. 3066.
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45.00
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Mailer, Norman; Greene, Milton H.
Of Women and Their Elegance
New York, Simon & Schuster,
1980, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Milton H. Greene, Photographer, Condition: Fine, Jacket: Near Fine, Based on episodes in Marilyn Monroe's life, and reminiscences of Amy and Milton Greene. Mailer has set out to recreate the mind, thoughts and feelings of Marilyn Monroe's life as if she was relating them herself. Intimate moments from her private life: moods, thoughts, deepest longings, about herself, women, sex and the elusive elegance she sought and never quite found. Beautifully enhanced by the striking photographs of Milton Greene. Many other photos of industry people & stars as: Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, Sophia Loren, Joanne Woodward, Dizzy Gillespie, Joan Crawford, Romy Schneider, Catherine Deneuve, Cocco Chanel, etc. Black cloth boards and spine. DJ not price clipped, pictorial of Marilyn Monroe, black. First Edition. In brodart mylar. sm 4to, 287 pages. A beautiful book in collectable condition.
(Monroe, Photographs, Private, Life, Of, Marilyn, Monroe, Autobiography, Of, Marilyn, Monroe, Milton, Greene, Norman, Mailer, Women, And Photography, First, Edition, First, Edition, Norman, Mailer, Gene, Kelly, Judy, Garland, Audrey, Hepburn, Elizabeth, Taylor, Ava, Gardner, Sophia, Loren, Joanne, Woodward, Dizzy, Gillespie, Joan, Crawford, Romy, Schneider, Catherine, Deneuve, Cocco, Chanel) Cat No. 1221.
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50.00
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Aull, Ruth; Ogden, Daniel M., Editiors.
Official Report of the Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 1956
Richmond, Beacon Press,
1956, First Edition ed, Wraps,
Condition: Very Good, Notes and proceedings of the convention, 16 illustrations. Opens to portrait of Aldai Stevenson, frontispiece, Balloting For President. Paly grey wraps, mild toning. Inside cover partial name to edge. All else clean, tightly bound. 901 pp, sm 4to
(National, Convention, 1956, Adlai, E., Stevenson, Presidential, Election, Of, Adlai, Stevenson, 1956, Presidential, Election, American, Politics, American, Elections) Cat No. 2491.
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22.50
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Olcott, Virginia, Illustrated By Constance Whitemore.
Olaf and Ane: Children of the Northland
New York, Silver Burdett Company,
1937, Hard Cover,
illus: Constance Whittemore, Condition: Very Good Plus, Stories of two Norwegian children & their family & friends. Pronounciation & meaning of words to rear of books. Red & white pattern boards & spine, illustrated title panel to front board & spine. Mild stains to boarder of pastedown & e.p. Beautifully illustrated in color & black & white by Constance Whittemore. Bright white clean text & illustrations, solidly bound. vg+ condition. sm 8 vo 168 pages
(Books, Illustrated, Childrens, Books, Childrens, Stories, Of, Norway, Virginia, Olcott, Olaf, And Ane, Vintage, Books, Vintage, Childrens, Books, Lapland) Cat No. 429m.
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20.50
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