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LEES, G. M. The Physical Geography of South-Eastern Arabia London: Royal Geographical Society, 1928. 30 pages, including 4 sketch maps, plus photographic plates. Original Condition in blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a very detailed extensive report on the physical geography and geological tectonics of South-Eastern Arabia - Oman - with some interesting notes regarding the water supply of Bahrain, Qatar Peninsula, discovery of flint implements, and collection of birds. The author was an assistant geologist for Anglo-Persian Oil Company, who traveled widely to Persia, Iran, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar. Mr. Lee traversed considerable extent of then unexplored regions of Oman, and here he provides an informative account of his geographical surveys, as well as, some interesting remarks on the Mahri and the Gara nomad tribes. These are original text pages printed in 1928. In very good condition.

US actress, singer, entertainer. Bailey was known for her philanthropic efforts and was a favorite of many US Presidents. Signature, 5 x 8". Signed boldly in black "Love, Pearl Bailey". A very nice piece in excellent condition.

US actress, singer, entertainer. Music Award. Shield shaped award with metal plate mounted on Shield shaped wood plaque. The award features the theatrical faces of "comedy/tragedy" at the top and reads; "The Fred Allen Humanitarian Award / Pearl Bailey / November 5, 1983." Bailey was known for her philanthropic efforts and was a favorite of many US Presidents. A very nice piece in excellent condition.

African American actress and singer, Document signed, 2 pages, dated February 15, 1977. Agreement between Pearl Bailey and The Konigsberg Company for the services of Pearl Bailey. Signed boldly in black "Pearl Bailey". In excellent condition.

[Anti-Racism] [African American - Education] [Affirmative Action] Archive of 4 magazines, handouts, and pamphlets discussing the Bakke Supreme Court decision. Bakke, 1978, is when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in some circumstances. The case involved the admissions practices of the Medical School of the University of California at Davis. The medical school reserved 16 out of 100 seats in its entering class for minorities, including "Blacks," "Chicanos," "Asians," and "American Indians." The rigid admissions quota was administered by a special school committee. Allan Bakke, a white applicant, was twice denied admission to the medical school even though his MCAT scores, GPA, and benchmark scores were "significantly higher" than those of some minority applicants recently admitted. Archive includes: [1]… Read More

Balch, Emily. "Approach to the Great Settlement." First Edition, with Map.[ New York ] B.W. Huebsch 1918. Balch won her Noble Peace Prize for her work alongside Jane Addams. Domestically she aided women and children through the settlement program at Hull House, but she also took a global approach through her leadership in the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom. She was an American economist, sociologist and pacifist. Balch combined an academic career at Wellesley College with a long-standing interest in social issues such as poverty, child labor, and immigration, as well as settlement work to uplift poor immigrants and reduce juvenile delinquency. She moved into the peace movement at the start of World War I in 1914, and began collaborating with Jane Addams of Chicago. She became a central leader of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) based in Switzerland, for which she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.

Baldwin, James. Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone. London: Michael Joseph Ltd. 1968. Uncorrected proof copy. 406 pages, about 5.5" x 8." Bound in tan paper wrappers. Baldwin's fourth novel powerfully portrays the anguish of being Black in a society that at times seems poised on the brink of total racial war. Set in Harlem, Black bisexual protagonist Leo Proudhammer reflects on his life a as a theater actor in the early twentieth century. This advance copy was distributed for reviews making it much scarcer than the first edition, it also predates the first edition. Bound proof bears wrinkling on the spine panel. Some discoloration on wrappers. Consistent toning throughout. Otherwise, very good condition.

Baldwin, James. Just Above My Head. New York: The Dial Press, 1979. Advance reading copy, First Edition. 597 pages, 9" x 6." Maroon soft cover wraps. Just Above My Head was Baldwin's sixth and last work. It follows a group of friends throughout their lives, documenting their intertwining experiences of poverty, incest, the civil rights struggle, war, and fame. Homophobia and racism loom in this sprawling novel that The Washington Post called "the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers." Clean and bright pages, in very good condition.

John Ball. In the Heat of the Night. First edition. Harper and Row: New York. 1965. Original purple dust jacket design by Luiz Woods. 184 pages. Measures 8.25" x 6" inches. The story follows Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective solving a murder case in notoriously racist small town South Carolina. The book and its 1967 film adaptation engaged directly with the civil rights movement, making it a pop culture landmark and Tibbs a much beloved character. Played by Sidney Poitier in the film, Tibbs was a well-educated, well-dressed professional Black man doing his work without apology or deference to white supremacy. The impact of this representation was profound, "Young black people in northern cities responded to the film in a much more visceral way than the whites did. This was the first time a black actor was wearing the fancy suit and being looked up to." (Jewison) The story extended its generational reach with a television series that ran from 1988-95. An iconic example of the interplay between pop… Read More

Balzac, Honore De. PERE GORIOT Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Limited Edition beautifully bound in one quarter premium full Navy leather. Accented in gilt motifs. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. Decorated endsheets and with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. In very good condition.

[LGBTQ] , [pulp] Ann Bannon. I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman Must Society Reject Me, First edition, soft cover pulp novels, 1959 Gold Medal Books. I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman was her second lesbian pulp fiction novel and the first with an openly gay title. Up till that time, Lesbian pulp fiction books usually showed suggestive art with obscure titles that hinted at what the subject matter was inside. The book also has the first endings in a work of lesbian fiction where none of the characters commit suicide, goes insane, is killed, or is left completely alone. Bannon wrote a total of six lesbian pulp fiction novels later known known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. In an interview in 2003, she admitted this was her favorite of the series. The book's enduring popularity and impact on lesbian identity has earned her the title "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction". Most of her books, all paperback originals, were re-released decades later by the Cleis Press in their series of lesbian pulp fiction… Read More

[LGBTQ ] - Ann Bannon . I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman. Gold Medal Books, 1959. First edition soft cover pulp novel with Ann Bannon's signature on title page. Front cover states: "I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman Must Society Reject Me?" This was her second lesbian pulp fiction novel and the first with an openly gay title. Up until that time, lesbian pulp fiction books usually showed suggestive art with obscure titles that hinted at what the subject matter was inside. The book also has the first endings in a work of lesbian fiction where none of the characters commit suicide, goes insane, or are abandoned or even killed. Bannon wrote a total of six lesbian pulp fiction novels later known known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. In an interview in 2003, she reluctantly admitted this was her favorite of the series. The book's enduring popularity and impact on lesbian identity has earned her the title "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction". Most of her books, all paperback originals. In very good condition overall. Read More

[LGBTQ pulp] Ann Bannon. I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman Must Society Reject Me?, First edition, soft cover pulp novels, 1959 Gold Medal Books. I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman was her second lesbian pulp fiction novel and the first with an openly gay title. Up till that time, Lesbian pulp fiction books usually showed suggestive art with obscure titles that hinted at what the subject matter was inside. The book also has the first endings in a work of lesbian fiction where none of the characters commit suicide, goes insane, is killed, or is left completely alone. Bannon wrote a total of six lesbian pulp fiction novels later known known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. In an interview in 2003, she admitted this was her favorite of the series. The book's enduring popularity and impact on lesbian identity has earned her the title "Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction". Most of her books, all paperback originals, were re-released decades later by the Cleis Press in their series of lesbian pulp fiction… Read More

[LGBTQ Pulp ] The "Queen of Lesbian Pulp' Ann Bannon early novel. Bannon, Ann. I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman. Gold Medal Books - Fawcett Publications, 1959. First edition, first printing, soft cover pulp. 224 pages. Measures 4.5" x 7". Front cover states: "I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman Must Society Reject Me?" This was Bannon's second lesbian pulp novel and the first with an openly gay title. Up until that time, lesbian pulp fiction books usually showed suggestive art with obscure titles that hinted at what the subject matter was inside. This book also marked the first ending in a work of lesbian fiction where none of the characters commit suicide, go insane, or are abandoned or killed. Bannon wrote a total of six lesbian pulp fiction novels later known known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, and was one of few women at the time writing lesbian pulp, which was a genre dominated by men writing under pen names. In an interview in 2003, she admitted this book was her favorite of the series. The… Read More

[LGBTQ] Ann Bannon Lesbian Pulp Collection of Three First Edition Mass Market Paperbacks. Ann Bannon, pseudonym for Ann Weldy, began writing as a young, closeted housewife as a way to explore her own sexual identity. Her pulp novels provided complex and humanizing portraits of queer women, a rarity for the time. This collection includes: [1] The Marriage. Fawcett Publications: 1960. First edition, first printing. Attractive red cover art shows a man and woman caught in an embrace, a slash designed to look like a tear down the middle, title in bright yellow with text above it reading, "Could their love tower above society's deepest taboos?" Measures 4.25" x 7" in. 190 pages. [2] I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman Must Society Reject Me? First edition. Measures 4.25 x 7 inches, 224 pages. 1959 Gold Medal Books. I Am a Woman was her second lesbian pulp fiction novel and the first with an openly gay title. Notably, this volume has a happy ending--unique for LGBT stories at the time. [3] Women in the… Read More

[LGBTQ] [Pulp] Ann Weldy writing under the pen name Ann Bannon. Women in the Shadows. Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books, 1959. First edition. 176 pages, about 4" x 7." Soft cover in hot pink shows a woman's shadowy profile with another woman's face interposed over it, her expression grim. Text beneath title reads: "Their dark and troubled loves could flourish only in secret." Ann Bannon began writing as a young, closeted housewife beginning to explore her own sexual identity. Her pulp novels were formative for lesbians coming of age during the 1960s, providing complex and humanizing portraits of queer women, anomalous at the time. Her success and female-positive take earned her the title "Queen of LEsbian Pulp". In her later years, reflecting on the series, Bannon wrote, "When I first started writing these books, I was a woman in love - not just with a few individuals, but with a whole community, a whole time and place, the entire world full of wonderful women and endearing gay men. I idealized them… Read More

[LGBTQ Pulp ] The "Queen of Lesbian Pulp' Ann Bannon early novel. Bannon, Ann. I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman. Gold Medal Books - Fawcett Publications, 1959. First edition, first printing, soft cover pulp. 224 pages. Measures 4.5" x 7". Front cover states: "I Am a Woman In Love With A Woman Must Society Reject Me?" This was Bannon's second lesbian pulp novel and the first with an openly gay title. Up until that time, lesbian pulp fiction books usually showed suggestive art with obscure titles that hinted at what the subject matter was inside. This book also marked the first ending in a work of lesbian fiction where none of the characters commit suicide, go insane, or are abandoned or killed. Bannon wrote a total of six lesbian pulp fiction novels later known known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, and was one of few women at the time writing lesbian pulp, which was a genre dominated by men writing under pen names. In an interview in 2003, she admitted this book was her favorite of the series. The… Read More

7-1/2"x9-3/4" color image of the actress relaxing in a wicker chair in a garden. The flowers and green of her dress echo the foliage around her. Signed in large letters diagonally across the lower half "Brigitte Bardot.

Brigitte Bardot Signed Photograph. b/w, 8"x10". Later print. Sultry and early image of a young Bardot. She holds her skirt coyly in a flamenco-style pose. Her large signature crosses diagonally across the image. Signed "Brigitte Bardot." Excellent condition.

French movie star. Signed Photo, glossy 9.5 x 7.5 photo of a young and beautiful Bardot and director Roger Vadim, signed in black felt tip,"Brigitte Bardot". In excellent condition.