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3731890] Poems and Editorials of Arthur Hurt Taylor. Arthur Hurt Taylor, 1880–1917

Poems and Editorials of Arthur Hurt Taylor.

First and sole edition of this memorial collection of writings by teacher, soldier, poet, and journalist, Arthur Hurt Taylor. Among Hart’s editorials printed here are..... Read More about Poems and Editorials of Arthur Hurt Taylor

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3731680] Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed). Langston Hughes

Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed)

First edition of this first collection of the “Simple” short stories written about the everyday lives of Harlemites. Given by Hughes, in the year of..... Read More about Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed

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3731649] The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas. Stories by Reginald McKnight. Reginald McKnight

The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas. Stories by Reginald McKnight.

First edition, first printing. McKnight won the O. Henry Award and the Kenyon Review New Fiction Prize for “The Kind of Light That Shines on..... Read More about The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas. Stories by Reginald McKnight

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3731498] A Poem on the Last Day. In Three Books. Edward Young

A Poem on the Last Day. In Three Books.

An attractive copy of this scarce 1802 New England edition of Young’s Poem as printed by the ever-enterprising firm of Nathaniel Coverly. Three poetical “endorsements”..... Read More about A Poem on the Last Day. In Three Books

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3731439] This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed). Margaret Walker

This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed)

A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about This is My Century: New and Collected Poems. (Signed

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3731467] How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature. (Signed). Margaret Walker,...

How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature. (Signed)

A member of the Chicago Black Renaissance, Margaret Walker (1915–1998) was the first woman to receive a national writing prize (1942) and her novel Jubilee..... Read More about How I Wrote Jubilee and Other Essays on Life and Literature. (Signed

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3731451] The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems. Gwendolyn Brooks

The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems.

A collection of 15 poems by Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize in any category.  Brooks used the sizable influence..... Read More about The Near-Johannesburg Boy and Other Poems

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3731410] Temple University Presents, A Reading by Chinua Achebe. May, 10, 1988. [opening lines]....

Temple University Presents, A Reading by Chinua Achebe. May, 10, 1988. [opening lines]

An ephemeral program for a reading given at Temple University in 1988 by Chinua Achebe, the award-winning Nigerian author of Things Fall Apart. Achebe may..... Read More about Temple University Presents, A Reading by Chinua Achebe. May, 10, 1988. [opening lines

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3730780] The House of the Honeymoon, a Story. Harry Eskew

The House of the Honeymoon, a Story.

An unusual American binding comprised of the publisher’s Fabri-Ko-Na burlap; a material they also used for their custom curtains, draperies, seat covers, and art pillow..... Read More about The House of the Honeymoon, a Story

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3731211] The Story of Inca Rocca, and Other Short Poems. Chauncey Thomas

The Story of Inca Rocca, and Other Short Poems.

Scarce book of American poetry with a long poem on the Incas, indigenous to Peru. Author Chauncey Thomas was a coach-builder in Boston and he..... Read More about The Story of Inca Rocca, and Other Short Poems

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3730828] Romance of Bar-U Ranch. A Novelette. The Fourth Year English Class of Excelsior High School

Romance of Bar-U Ranch. A Novelette.

The proverbial novel written by a committee. A Romance of Bar—U Ranch has 16 chapters, each written by a different student in the senior class..... Read More about Romance of Bar-U Ranch. A Novelette

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3730833] Highboy Rings Down the Curtain. [Limited Edition, Signed]. George Agnew Chamberlain,...

Highboy Rings Down the Curtain. [Limited Edition, Signed]

Scarce American fiction, horses being the theme, in an interesting binding. This novelette was written by this Brazilian-born author who studied at Princeton, had a...... Read More about Highboy Rings Down the Curtain. [Limited Edition, Signed

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3731103] Man in the Shadows [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]. Elias Lieberman

Man in the Shadows [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]

Lieberman was a Russian Jew who emigrated to America as a young man. he is noted for his 1916 poem “I Am an American.” In..... Read More about Man in the Shadows [Inscribed and Signed by the Author

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3731102] Ballads of the Hard Hills and other Poems. Katharine S. Harrington

Ballads of the Hard Hills and other Poems.

First edition. Scarce volume of self-published poetry by a retired schoolteacher and native of Sandy Creek, New York who removed to a farm in Gilboa..... Read More about Ballads of the Hard Hills and other Poems

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3731061] Years Are So Long. A Novel. Josephine Lawrence

Years Are So Long. A Novel.

The basis for Leo McCarey’s 1937 film Make Way For Tomorrow, starring Victor Moore and Beulah Bonndi, this early reprinting has distinct artwork from the..... Read More about Years Are So Long. A Novel

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3730923] Colors of Life. Poems and Songs and Sonnets. [Inscribed copy]. Max Eastman, 1883–1969

Colors of Life. Poems and Songs and Sonnets. [Inscribed copy]

Presentation Copy: “My greetings to Bruce Berlind —Max Eastman, October 1965.” New York: Alfred A. Knopf, MCMXVIII [1918]. First Edition. 129pp. 6¼ x 4¾ inches..... Read More about Colors of Life. Poems and Songs and Sonnets. [Inscribed copy

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3730902] Vacant Niche, or Land of Gold. C E. Bennett

Vacant Niche, or Land of Gold.

The author’s first novel, young adult fiction, and one which is described as being especially appropriate for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. The storyline explains..... Read More about Vacant Niche, or Land of Gold

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3730831] Rhymes of the Times and Other Chimes. Caspar Bruchhausen

Rhymes of the Times and Other Chimes.

Author-poet Caspar Bruchhausen (1806-1891) was a homeopathist physician. The book’s more interesting poems (pp92-119) reveal his perspectives on the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The..... Read More about Rhymes of the Times and Other Chimes

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3730100] The Red Lily of Buchanan Valley. Will W. Whalen

The Red Lily of Buchanan Valley.

A 1920s-era interpretation of this Indian captivity story. “A romance [and fictional account based on the life] of an Irish girl stolen by Indians from..... Read More about The Red Lily of Buchanan Valley

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3730846] A Sentiment in Verse for Every Day in the Year. A Second Ethical Year Book. Compiler W....

A Sentiment in Verse for Every Day in the Year. A Second Ethical Year Book.

A compilation of American and Continental poetry on uplifting themes by Walter Lorenzo Sheldon (1858–1907), founder of the Ethical Society of St. Louis. With Index..... Read More about A Sentiment in Verse for Every Day in the Year. A Second Ethical Year Book

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3730818] River Rhymes and Rhymes Betimes. Maud Emett Cutler

River Rhymes and Rhymes Betimes.

Scarce American poetry by this little-known woman author; apparently the poet’s first and only publication. The author married Clinton E.B. Cutler, a Joliet, Illinois lawyer..... Read More about River Rhymes and Rhymes Betimes

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3730816] Poems. Hattie Howard

Poems.

Self published and scarce. The author’s first book and the first of four volumes of poetry by this Connecticut native and Hartford poet. Hartford: 1886..... Read More about Poems

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3730077] New York. A Story of the Titan City, Adventure, Heart-Throbs and Romance. [Jazz Age...

New York. A Story of the Titan City, Adventure, Heart-Throbs and Romance. [Jazz Age Romance “Based on the Motion Picture Story”]

Rare Jazz Age photoplay based on this 1927 Paramount Studios film, written by Barbara Chambers and Becky Gardiner. Gardiner scripted the 1926 film The Great..... Read More about New York. A Story of the Titan City, Adventure, Heart-Throbs and Romance. [Jazz Age Romance...

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3729961] Jack’s Radiovisionettes. [poem dedicated to radio/proto-television actor and...

Jack’s Radiovisionettes. [poem dedicated to radio/proto-television actor and “Radiovisionary,” Jack Wolseifer]

Typed manuscript poem, “Jack’s Radiovisionettes,” written in tribute to radio/proto-television actor Jack Wolseifer—“one of the Radiovisionaries.” The poem celebrates the integration of aural and visual..... Read More about Jack’s Radiovisionettes. [poem dedicated to radio/proto-television actor and...

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3727762] [Wilkie Collins:] “The Girl at the Gate (Written for the Christmas Spirit)”...

[Wilkie Collins:] “The Girl at the Gate (Written for the Christmas Spirit)” [published within:] The Spirit of the Times.

Rare first appearance of Wilkie Collins’ short story “The Girl at the Gate” published in New York in December 1884 before its January 1885 appearance..... Read More about Wilkie Collins:] “The Girl at the Gate (Written for the Christmas Spirit)” [published...

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