The Romance of Perfume by Richard Le Gallenne - 1928

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good. 1943. Second Printing. Hardcover. Second printing, December 1943. Clean pictorial paper covered boards with lightly scuffed edges. Endpaper has printed War Stamps. A rear pocket where War Stamps can be stored. Black cloth spine. Prior owner's ink Stamp: Alabama Coushatta Indian Library. Red and blue drawing illustrations. African - Americana; Ex-Library; Two tone Color Drawings Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Unpaginated pages .

James Hedderwick & Son. Glasgow. 1836. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. 8vo. (7.1 x 4.4 inches). 172pp, i (publishers advert). A very good, uncut copy in the publishers brown morocco grained cloth with printed paper label to the spine. Several gatherings unopened. A little chipping to the label but overall a very good clean copy of this uncommon First UK edition. --------- Channing (1780-1842) initially held a common American belief about the inferiority of African people and slaves and felt that that once freed, they would need overseers. The overseers (largely former slave masters) were necessary because the slaves would lapse into laziness. Furthermore, he did not join the abolitionist movement because he did not agree with their way of conducting themselves, and he felt that voluntary associations limited a person's autonomy. Therefore, he often chose to remain separate from organisations and reform movements. This middle position characterised his attitude about most questions, although his eloquence… Read More

James H. Smith. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1941. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Maroon cover shows normal wear. Dust jacket shows wear, chipping along folds and edges. Includes the 1944 supplement to this volume. ; A Socratic Exposition .

Red cloth boards with some wear and fading along bottom margin. Bottom margins and bottom of text block have some bumps, and bottom of spine shows some wear. Otherwise, binding is tight and pages unmarked. Slight age-related yellowing of pages and endpaper margins.DJ has bottom stain near spine. Some chipping along margins. Two open tears and one closed tear at top of binding. Not price clipped." When this book was first published in 1965 it was praised for its realistic portrayal of Harlem....This book continues to resonate generations later..." "This book is one of most intense, remarkable autobiographies of our time. This account through the eyes of Claude Brown is a riveting portrayal of the Afro-American experience in Harlem in midcentury America."

New York / San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed twice by Alice Walker directly on the title page. Book with a light bump to upper corner and light toning to cover margins, else in fine condition; dust jacket with faint wear to extremities, else fine.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good. 1943. Second Printing. Hardcover. Second printing, December 1943. Clean pictorial paper covered boards with lightly scuffed edges. Endpaper has printed War Stamps. A rear pocket where War Stamps can be stored. Black cloth spine. Prior owner's ink Stamp: Alabama Coushatta Indian Library. Red and blue drawing illustrations. African - Americana; Ex-Library; Two tone Color Drawings Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Unpaginated pages .

James Hedderwick & Son. Glasgow. 1836. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. 8vo. (7.1 x 4.4 inches). 172pp, i (publishers advert). A very good, uncut copy in the publishers brown morocco grained cloth with printed paper label to the spine. Several gatherings unopened. A little chipping to the label but overall a very good clean copy of this uncommon First UK edition. --------- Channing (1780-1842) initially held a common American belief about the inferiority of African people and slaves and felt that that once freed, they would need overseers. The overseers (largely former slave masters) were necessary because the slaves would lapse into laziness. Furthermore, he did not join the abolitionist movement because he did not agree with their way of conducting themselves, and he felt that voluntary associations limited a person's autonomy. Therefore, he often chose to remain separate from organisations and reform movements. This middle position characterised his attitude about most questions, although his eloquence… Read More

James H. Smith. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1941. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Maroon cover shows normal wear. Dust jacket shows wear, chipping along folds and edges. Includes the 1944 supplement to this volume. ; A Socratic Exposition .

Red cloth boards with some wear and fading along bottom margin. Bottom margins and bottom of text block have some bumps, and bottom of spine shows some wear. Otherwise, binding is tight and pages unmarked. Slight age-related yellowing of pages and endpaper margins.DJ has bottom stain near spine. Some chipping along margins. Two open tears and one closed tear at top of binding. Not price clipped." When this book was first published in 1965 it was praised for its realistic portrayal of Harlem....This book continues to resonate generations later..." "This book is one of most intense, remarkable autobiographies of our time. This account through the eyes of Claude Brown is a riveting portrayal of the Afro-American experience in Harlem in midcentury America."

New York / San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed twice by Alice Walker directly on the title page. Book with a light bump to upper corner and light toning to cover margins, else in fine condition; dust jacket with faint wear to extremities, else fine.