KAPPA ALPHA THETA SONG-BOOK by STEPHENS, LA BELLE MAHON (ED) - 1918

California:: Cheri Gaulke.. Edition of 100. A pouch made of multi-colored Balinese sarongs contains an artists' book whose design is inspired by traditional palm-leaf books. Indonesian teak covers are held together by a central red cord and batiked wooden beads. Digitally printed on an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 with archival inks and Epson watercolor paper in an edition of 100. Each pouch is unique as each has its own batik design and cloth. Each book is signed and numbered. A true story. One lesbian trying to get pregnant; one gay man dying of AIDS. Life; death. The struggle to make life; the struggle to hold on to life. The ironies compound and cancel each other, until what is left are the dignity of struggle and sanctity of possibility. "Mark began dying of AIDS long before I began trying to conceive, both of us racing against the inevitability of time" begins the text, which tells the story of a journey between birth and death and of a magical trip to Bali. The imagery… Read More

HERCULE POIROT The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd (1926, Dodd, Mead. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION Stated 7th Printing Thus, December, 1926. WITH NEW FAX JACKET. USED. VG CONDITION. Agatha Christie. HERCULE POIROT. 306 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 5/8. A nice copy. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Copyright ends at 1965, No Edition, No Printing Stated. Last page has 72-73-74-75 10 9. The American Edition is the Second Edition. This is a First American Edition with a 1972 (later) Printing. The dust jacket has some soiling with tears at edges of the spine and corners, see photos. Book itself is in Near Fine condition with the exception of a stain inside the cover which transferred to the FEP and bled onto two pages beneath. (Lowered the rating to Very Good). The black boards with blue lettering have bumped spine edges.

Family of Elsa Spear Byron, 1993, with previously unpublished photos. Originally published by The Fort Phil Kearny / Bozeman Trail Association, 1990. Paperback. Near Fine. Minor shelf and handling wear to cover. Book has bookstore sticker and stamp on inside of back cover. Binding tight. Text clean and unmarked. No DJ, as issued. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.

Agatha Christie. Evil Under The Sun (A Hercule Poirot Detective Novel). WITH NEW FAX JACKET. Copyright 1940,1941 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. Dodd, Mead First American Edition. USED. Good-Condition. Light Blue cloth cover. Fabric is split at spine. 260 pages. 5 ½ X 8 Inches. "Synopsis. A quiet holiday at a secluded hotel in Devon is all that Hercule Poirot wants, but among his fellow guests is a beautiful and vain woman who, seemingly oblivious to her own husband, revels in the attention of another woman's husband." YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

New York IN VERY GOOD + CONDITION. 58pp, bound in original maroon paper over boards, floral endpapers, binding and hinges tight. "The object of Sorosis is to bring together women engaged in literary, artistic, scientific and philanthropic pursuits, with the view of rendering them helpful to each other and useful to society". NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Light edge wear to covers, with a slight bow.

Boston: Marshall, Jones Company. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Slight soiling on cover and on endpapers. ; 275 pages .

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1995. Brand new condition. SEE PHOTOS. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Hardcover. First printing. A volume in the ASA Rose Book Series (The Arnold and Caroline Rose Book Series of the American Sociological Association). Tables. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original tan cloth, stamped in dark blue on the spine and front cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No dust jacket. 8vo. xvii, 187pp.

Rare - collectable. Ex-library book otherwise in good condition with unmarked text. It is the softcover ISBN but with hardcover library binding. Some library stamps on page edges blacked out with sharpie. See also pictures for edition & condition.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, hardcover, xvii-314 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Signed by the Author without personal inscription, simply 'Best Wishes, Wangari' on the title page, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight rubs and edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. Laid-in is an announcement/invitation of The Geoffrey O. Seltzer Lecture at Syracuse University, 17 October 2006, entitled Sustainable Development, Democracy, and Peace: A Critical Link, containing biographies of the speaker, and Mr. Seltzer, and a donation card. Also laid in is a newspaper clipping from the Syracuse Post-Standard reviewing the event and sharing the speaker's message. This personal memoir from the founder of the Green Belt Movement in Africa and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize follows the author through her early life and struggle for education, her numerous run-ins with the brutal Moi government, and her eventual… Read More