Search Results: Titles starting with T from Blum and Rosen Books

New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 332 pp. Stated first printing with 5/69 on flap. Dust jacket price-clipped, edgeworn, one short closed tear, nicks, shelf soiling, foxing on reverse, scratches. Shelf soil to edges of binding, otherwise tight and clean cloth covered boards and interior. Collection of stories chosen to reflect the "many faces and moods of the American Jew." Includes works of Stephen Vincent Benet, Ethel Rosenberg, Edna Ferber, Arthur Miller, Leo Rosten, Irwin Shaw, Jerome Charyn, Philip Roth, Isaac Beshevis Singer, et.al..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Harry Roth - jacket. 355 pp. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt titles. Stated first edition. Dust jacket unclipped with edge wear, chips, shelf soiling to rear panel; cover corners lightly bumped, sunning to top edge of boards, clean and tight. "A searing picture of the terrible ordeal Russia has undergone, and of the heroism that conquered the German invaders." With a special preface for American readers.

New York: Carlton House. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 280 pp. Red cloth with black and gilt decoration and titles. Corners rubbed and mildly bumped, text edges a bit soiled, interior clean and tight with exception of pencil notes on rear paste down. Undated but pre-1950. Part of Masterpieces of Romance

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 488 pp. Black cloth over boards in worn dust jacket. Ex-Library. Dust jacket present but very worn and torn, original $3.00 price on flap; boards worn at edges, corners bumped, some fading to cloth; a few pencil marks to rear inside cover, hinges a bit shaken, interior age toned with a few isolated soil spots. Preface by Herman Rauschning.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1900. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 267 pp. Green grained cloth binding with gilt lettering. Spine ends a bit shelf worn, prior owner's name on second free endpaper, small old bookstore label at bottom of rear pastedown. Binding, text block and photographic plates all tight and clean. Frontispiece of Colonel George E. Waring Jr. Riis's "account of the battle with the slum in New York" includes essays on tenement house blight, and the genesis of gangs.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. Stated First printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth over boards in unclipped dust jacket. Flap edges mildly curved, otherwise a clean, bright copy tightly bound. Racial conflict and human relations played out in a New York City building.

New York: Crown, 1949. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 302 pp. Glossary. Blue-green cloth covered boards with black spine titles. Spine cloth frayed, worn at ends, soiling to spine cloth, corners rubbed, interior age toned but clean except for 2 pages with soil spots, binding tight, spine square. Collection of Tevye stories in the context of Tsarist Russia in the early 1900's.

New York: Theatre Arts, Inc., 1940. Soft cover. Very Good. New York: Theatre Arts, Inc., 1940. Very Good. New York: Theatre Arts, Inc., 1940 65 pp. (approx) illustrated. Yellow wraps featuring photograph of Martha Graham in Frontier on front cover. Cover edges worn, creased, nicked, covers lightly soiled, interior clean and bright, stapled binding secure. Features: American Theatre Dance, Broadway with photos of Ray Bolger, Fred Astaire, Isadora, Carmelita Maracci, many others.

Ohio & New York: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Unpaginated [24 pages]. Large format 13"x13" coloring book features color photograph of young Shirley Temple on front cover. Prior owner has neatly colored in the drawings. Covers detached, several pages detached from stapled binding, age toned interior.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 83 pp. Index. Dust jacket moderately edgeworn, spine ends nicked, small open tear with creasing to bottom of back panel. Spine a bit cocked, otherwise a sound, clean and tight copy. Three essays: Supreme Court as senior holder of legislative power; revolution in economic organization; redistribution of power..

New York: Viking Press, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 182 pp. Dustjacket curled and nicked at top edge, mildly sunned with light soiling but bright. A hint of wear and shelf soil to upper edge of binding, otherwise a clean, tight copy in grey and blue cloth covered boards. Bellow's account of his trip to Israel in late 1975, and "a meditation, crackling with wit and controversy, on America's relationship with this embattled country.

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, 1975. First Edition as Stated 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 276 pp. Black cloth over boards in unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket lightly worn, short closed tear to upper edge of rear panel, mild shelf soiling; minor wear to board edges, speckling to lower text edge, binding tight, spine square, clean interior. Survey of Jews in 10 cities.

New York: Everybody's Vacation Publishing Co, Lilterary Guild, 1943. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth over boards. Dust jacket moderately worn with open tear to upper spine, nicks and chips to edges. Board corners mildly bumped, spine square, interior uniformly age toned, prior owner's name redacted in black marker on front end paper, otherwise clean, binding tight. Early possibly first Book Club edition.

New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1900. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pale grey pebbled cloth with green ivy design and gilt titles. Closed tear to spine, spine ends and corners rubbed, soiling to covers; age toned but clean interior, tight binding. Handwritten undated 2-page letter in envelope attached to front pastedown to "Mrs. Phelps" signed by "Le R Green (Greer?)" at address 317 Second Ave, with reference to Ester Sr and Ester Jr (wife and daughter?) explaining that "when I read the title of the book enclosed with this letter, my mind turned to a beautiful picture of a sweet young mother and lovely cherub faced baby that I saw one day while at your house." The sender has also pasted to the front endpapers a photograph of statues portraying mother and child, and the rear endpaper a photograph of sculptor Mrs. Vonnoh and her sculpture of a child. Scarce title.

New York, 1922. No Binding. Very Good. One page on 85"x11" Settlement letterhead with 2 attached small broadsides Handwritten notation beneath date, presumably by recipient: "ans'd 10/11" Mailing folds, mild creasing, one edge sunned Mrs Riis, President of the Settlement, writes to Mr Reid requesting financial contribution, stating "after my husband's death the burden of financing the Settlement was so great that we considered giving the house over to the YMCA" She goes on to say that she actually lived in the Settlement before deciding to "carry on our work" of 25 years, and writes that the Settlement needs $30,000 annually "It is up-hill work but we are making a mighty effort" The Settlement was located at 48 Henry Street in the Lower East Side of New York City It remained there until 1950 when it moved to Queens where it continues to serve youth, the elderly and immigrants Mary Riis' involvement continued until her own death in… Read More