Search Results: Non Fiction: Pre 1950 from Harpo Speaks Books

1946 Princeton University Press first edition thus. Uncommon as a first edition complete with the dust jacket.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. There is a short gift inscription on the front free endpaper.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows some age related wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions.

1905 third edition. 204 pages, plus about 20 pages of period advertising at the back of the book.
Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. Condition issues include: 1) Moderate wear to the boards, including fading to the front board titles and graphics, and 2) a business label and notations from prior owners on the front endpapers.
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1949 Hale Publishing first edition. Uncommon with the dust jacket.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The prior owner's name stamps is on the front pastedown endpaper.
Condition of the dust jacket is Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. The prior owner has applied wide clear tape over the dust jacket. It is a well done application, but unusual to see a dust jacket with this type of covering (non-removable).
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1940 Dutton first edition. Uncommon as a true first.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows moderate shelf wear . The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.
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1946 Duell, Sloan and Pearce first edition. The book is marked "first printing", and the dust jacket is marked "second large printing" .Signed by Elliott Roosevelt on the verso of the front free endpaper.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issue is light wear to the boards.Condition of the dust jacket is Good. The DJ has been price clipped. It shows moderate wear to the edges and folds. The DJ is now protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions.

1933 Harcourt Brace stated first editionCondition of the book is Very Good Minus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows light wear from age and storage
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1940 Prentice Hall first edition.The book is an account of the various uses of photography in police work. A fascinating look at was then state of the art technology.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The prior owner has written his name on the front free endpaper.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. Condition issues include moderate shelf wear and edge wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions.

1927 Little Brown first edition, second printing.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.Please message me with any questions

1942 Dutton first edition.
A historical novel about a young woman in Albany NY during the late 17th Century.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ has been price clipped. It is protected in a mylar cover.
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The original 1914 self-published softcover book. 78 pages plus end leaves. Extremely uncommon.Condition of the book is Acceptable. See photos. The softcover wraps show moderate wear. Both the front and back covers have partial tears at their spine joints, but are still attached. The spine itself also has some loss of paper.The text block of the book is complete. The first leaf, and the last leaf, appear to have previously detached from the staple binding, and have been glued in place (an amateurish repair, unfortunately). The last listing photo shows where 'overgluing' of the back leaf has resulted in an edge tear to the inside portion of that leaf. Inside pages are otherwise in good condition, with occasional edge wear. They include many illustrations and full page plates.In sum, a rare and important book, in less than good condition, but still readable.
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1928 Doubleday Doran first edition.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. A well preserved copy.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.
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1915 La Lectura first Spanish language edition. Translated into Spanish (from the original English) by Ramon Jaen. Illustrated with 19 tipped in photographs, also by Jaen. The book is undated on the copyright page. The date of publication is taken from Jaen's preface.August Jaccaci was a French born journalist who immigrated to the US as a young man. The book was originally published by Scribners in 1896.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows general age related wear.Online sources state this book may be one of the first "photobooks" published in Spain. The photos themselves are somewhat small (roughly 2x3 inches) and sepia toned.Please message me with any questions

1949 University of North Carolina Press first edition.Condition of the book is Very Good Plus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Plus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.
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1945 Harvard University Press first edition. Inscribed by Mather on the front free endpaper.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.
Condition of the dust jacket is Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.
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1938 Wiley and Sons second edition. 406 pages, with numerous illustrations.
Condition of the book is Very Good Minus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. Pages are lightly age toned. The boards show moderate wear.
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1947 Whittlesey House first edition.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows age related wear.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows moderate wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.
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1947 Robert Schalkenbach Foundation first edition.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows some light shelf wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.
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1932 Junior Literary Guild / Brewer Warren and Putnam. An early book club edition, printed the same year as the true first. 218 pages, plus a one page bibliography at the back.Condition of the book is Very Good Plus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. A well preserved copy.Included with the book is the front flap on the DJ (see last photo).Please message me with any questions.

1936 Dodd Mead first edition. Condition of the book is Very Good Minus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issues are light wear to the boards, and a gift inscription on the front free endpaper.Please message me with any questions.

1912 Putnam's first edition. 584 pages, with numerous illustrations.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is sound, though a few signatures have slightly loosened from the backstrip (see listing photos). Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows moderate wear from age and prior use.Please message me with any questions