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(He was) Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1952 even though he had not campaigned in the primaries. Stevenson was defeated in a landslide by Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election. In 1956 he was again the Democratic presidential nominee against Eisenhower, but was defeated in an even bigger landslide. He sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time in the election of 1960, but was defeated by Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. After his election, President Kennedy appointed Stevenson as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He served from 1961 to 1965. (Wikipedia)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHArdcover in slipcase. The slipcase is faded o n most sides, with some stain and signs of wear on the spine of the slipcase. The book itself shows litle if any signs of wear or use. There is some discoloration to the bottom of the page tips frpom an unknown source. The gilt lettering on the spine the book is btight and unfaded. PAges are flat with no folds or creases. I see no previous owner markings of any kind. The biniding is tight with no looseness to the pages. This book may have never been fully op0ened, let alone read. Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand. AH24c","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4523686212,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150824_185805.jpg?v=1440470199"},{"product_id":"naked-lunch-by-william-s-burroughs-inscribed-by-burruoghs","title":"Naked Lunch by William S.Burroughs.  INSCRIBED BY BURRUOGHS","description":"NAked Lunch by William S.Burroughs. Grove Press. fourteenth printing, 1980. 039417108X. rack-size paperback. INSCRIBED BY BURRUOGHS - \"For Kent\/ All the best\/ William S. Burroughs\/ October 27, 1980\" You are not buying this for a beautiful book. It is heavily water stained with tanning to the paper. The binding is tight with no looseness to the pages, so a least you know the book won't fall apart. There is wear to the cover edges and there are some creases. This book may have never been fully opened let alone read, but that may be an irrelevancy given the rest of the condition of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaked Lunch (sometimes The Naked Lunch) is a novel by American writer William S. Burroughs, originally published in 1959. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order.[1] The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from the US to Mexico, eventually to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. The vignettes (which Burroughs called \"routines\") are drawn from Burroughs' own experience in these places, and his addiction to drugs (heroin, morphine, and while in Tangier, majoun (a strong marijuana confection) as well as a German opioid, brand name Eukodol, of which he wrote frequently).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book was originally published with the title The Naked Lunch in Paris in July 1959 by Olympia Press. Because of US obscenity laws,[5] a complete American edition (by Grove Press) did not follow until 1962. It was titled Naked Lunch and was substantially different from the Olympia Press edition, because it was based on an earlier 1958 manuscript in Allen Ginsberg's possession.[6] The article \"the\" in the title was never intended by the author, but added by the editors of the Olympia Press 1959 edition. Nonetheless The Naked Lunch remained the title used for the 1968 and 1974 Corgi Books editions, and the novel is often known by the alternative name, especially in the UK where these editions circulated. (Wikipedia) AI06b","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4912337028,"sku":"","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150906_171829.jpg?v=1441591718"},{"product_id":"rescuers-a-fantasy-by-margery-sharp-first-edition-with-a-long-inscription-by-sharp","title":"Rescuers a fantasy. by Margery Sharp First Edition with a long inscription by Sharp","description":"\u003cp\u003eRescuers a fantasy. by Margery Sharp with Illustrations by Garth Williams. Little, Brown and Company. (1959). Stated \"First Edition\". with a long inscription that appears to be in Margery Sharp's handwriting - \"Happy Birthday 1959\/to\/\"My Baby Mousie\"\/and his family of\/\"mouses\" from\/(the original) Mama Mousie\/Kemp Leach\"(herself)\/who like \"Miss Bianca\" is off\/on a \"charming adventure\"K\/(KMargery Sharp\". Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. DUST JACKET: has age tanning, mostly evident in the back panel but in reality is extensive. There is edge wear. A small gouge on the middle of the front edge of the spine that breaks through the paper. Has the original price $3.50. There are no unusual folds or signifiant missing pieces. Now in Mylar dust jacket protector BOOK: Appears to have foxing on the top of the pages, and some on the top edge of the cover (dust soiling) and some brown staining on the bottom edge of the cover.There is a bit of stain inside the front cover. There are no previous owner markings in the book (highlightinhg or othrwise) no creases or folds to the pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print-on-demand. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargery Sharp (1905-1991) was an English author writing numerous books, both for children and adults. Her most famous work is The Rescuers series about a mouse named Miss Bianca, which was later adapted in two animated feature films, The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under by Disney. The Rescuers, though originally written for an adult audience, became hugely popular with children. Sharp continued the series with a further eight books, illustrated by Garth Williams, who had previously illustrated other children's classics like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little. (wikipedia) AL17a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12549426884,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20151217_221559.jpg?v=1450425776"},{"product_id":"world-of-keane-thirty-two-paintings-and-drawings-by-walter-keane-inscribed-by-keane","title":"World of Keane: Thirty-Two Paintings and Drawings by Walter Keane.  INSCRIBED BY KEANE","description":"World of Keane: Thirty-Two Paintings and Drawings by Walter Keane. Creative Books, La Jolla, CA (1983). First Edition stated. INSCRIBED BY KEANE \"Princesses\/Sharon and Shelly-\/Exciting meeting you-\/This little gift covers\/a 'Big Bit\/of my world--\/from your new\/artist friend--\/Walter KEANE\/Enjoy it\/14 May 96'(sic)\" - on what appears to be a dedication page. Ironically the book is dedicated to the \"women\" behind a successful man. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a paperback book with some wear on the cover edges and light bumping to the cover tips. There is slight separation behind the copyright page. There is a small black streak on the bottom of the pages. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings in the book (highlightinhg or othrwise) no creases or folds to the pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print-on-demand. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeane was famous for the paintings portraying mostly of young people with soulful 'Big Eyes'. It was later shown in some 'paint-offs' that he was not the artistic talent, but that his second wife, Margaret was the painter of the 'Big-Eye' portraits. She would later adapt the style from children to various animals and adults. BB11a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14672265604,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20160211_170518.jpg?v=1455242666"},{"product_id":"calculated-risk-by-general-mark-w-clark-inscribed-by-clark","title":"Calculated Risk by General Mark W. Clark.  INSCRIBED BY CLARK","description":"Calculated Risk by General Mark W. Clark. Harper \u0026amp; Brothers. (1950) Stated FIrst Edition. Hard cover with no dust jacket (Mylar jacket for protection) INSCRIBED BY CLARK - \"To Lt. Col. Niel M. Matzger.\/With the best\/wishes of\/Mark W. Clark.\/Ft. Monroe, VA\/Oct. 24, 1950.\" on the half-title page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is some wear to the cover edges and the gilt lettering on the spine is somewhat faded, but still ledgeble. The gilt lettering on the front cover is still bright. There are erasure marks at the top of the half-title page of a former book seller's notations. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings in the book (highlightinhg or otherwise) no creases or folds to the pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print-on-demand. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMark Clark \"was the youngest lieutenant general (three-star general) in the United States Army during World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring World War II, he commanded the United States Fifth Army, and later the Fifteenth Army Group, in the Italian campaign. He is known for leading the Fifth Army in its capture of Rome in June 1944.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClark has been heavily criticized for ignoring the orders of his superior officer, British General Sir Harold Alexander, and allowing the German 10th Army to slip away, in his drive to take Rome, the capital of Italy, a strategically unimportant city. The German 10th Army then joined with their brother forces at the Trasimene Line.[3] In March 1945 Clark became the youngest American to be promoted to general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Dwight D. Eisenhower, a close friend of Clark, considered him a brilliant staff officer and trainer.[4] Clark was awarded many medals, including the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. Army's second highest award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the Korean War, he took over as commander of the United Nations Command on May 12, 1952, succeeding General Matthew Ridgway.\" (Wikipedia)  BB11b","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14681832196,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20160211_230206.jpg?v=1455269090"},{"product_id":"montana-frontier-by-merrill-g-burlingame-inscribed-by-burlingame","title":"Montana Frontier by Merrill G. Burlingame. INSCRIBED BY BURLINGAME.","description":"Montana Frontier by Merrill G. Burlingame. State Publishing Company, Helena Montana, 1942. With illustrationa, maps and charts. 418 pages. First edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTGHOR, MERRILL BURLINGAME - \"For Mrs. Call\/ With appreciation for\/ strong supportin in (sic.)\/ the Madison Valley\/ Merrill G. Burlingame\". The incsription does not show well because it is written over the map on the front end paper. Maroon cloth has wear to the extremites, mostly the bottom of the spine. The gilt lettering on the spine appears slightly faded, but still pronounced, while the gilt letteirng on the front cover appears bright. There is an unintended pencil marking on the leading edge of the page block and a discrete bookseller's pencil price on the front endpaper. Inside the back cover is a discrete bookseller's sticker. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings in the book. I found 2 interior pages (one of which is pictured here) with creases 1\/4 way down the page.  Pages are not dog-eared. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Not ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print-on-demand. BG13a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Merrill G. Burlingame (March 13, 1901 – November 14, 1994) was a history professor at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana who specialized in Montana history and the history of the American West. He was instrumental in the founding of the Museum of the Rockies and driving force behind the resurgence of the Montana Historical Society in the 1960s. In his time, he was known as \"Mr. Montana History. Burlingame was instrumental in the establishment of the Museum of the Rockies with physician Caroline M. McGill, a Butte, Montana physician, who was a noted collector of Montana antiquities.[7] Burlingame was appointed the first museum director in December 1959. He helped preserve the Montana-related records of the Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project.[8] He was a founding member of the Gallatin County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum in 1977, which as of 2014 is located in the building housing the original Gallatin County jail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Montana Historical Society annually recognizes the historical research and writings of undergraduate and graduate students in history with its Merrill G. Burlingame and K. 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This six-book boxed set is the first collection of Robert Crumb sketches to be printed from the original art since the hard-bound, slipcased, seven volume series issued by the German publisher Zweitausendeins between 1981 and 1997. Unlike the Zweitausendeins edition, which included every doodle ever made by the preeminent underground artist, this best-of edition has been personally edited by the notoriously picky artist to include only what he considers his finest work, including hundreds of late period drawings not published in previous sketchbook collections. Robert Crumb requested that the books representing the second half of his career be published first due to fan demand for new Crumb material (Volume 1 covers the period 1982-2011, and Volume 2 covers the period 1964-1981). In the last 20 years Crumb's artistic output has slowed considerably, making new works more rare and highly prized. This collection of over 600 unseen drawings created between 1996 and 2011 makes this a must-have collectible for every Crumb fan. The slipcased set is made with loving attention to detail in a size and format selected by the artist. Each book in the boxed set contains 224 pages, for a total of 1,344 pages of prime Crumb. The set includes a hand-written introduction, and marbleized page edges from a design created by the artist. Each set of this 1,000-copy limited edition also includes a signed color art print of a Crumb original. 1344 pages. Full Colour illustrations. 8\" x 11\" (203mm x 279mm).-from Amazon.ca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOurs is new in shrink wrap - well, almost. I had to confirm that I had the same thing, and opened the shrink-wrap enough to pull out the booklet containing the signed print - evidence of which you will see in our photographs. There is a slight split in the shrink-wrap on the back of the slip case, no damage to the book. Handled with extreem care and the set is wrapped in an archival plastic bag for safe-keeping. BH01a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21930674308,"sku":"","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20160801_205334.jpg?v=1470113237"},{"product_id":"my-playhouse-was-a-concord-coach-an-anthology-of-newspaper-clippings-and-documents-relating-to-those-who-made-california-history-during-the-years-1822-1888","title":"My Playhouse Was a Concord Coach; An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888 by Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs.","description":"My Playhouse Was a Concord Coach; An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888 compiled by Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs. Printed by Howell-North Press, Oakland, Calif. Copyright 1942 by Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs. Folio in publisher's blue buckram with gilt lettering; blind-stamped illustration of horse-drawn coach on upper cover; photo-illustrated endpapers. 763 numbered pages plus colophon stating this copy not for sale, presented to \"Dr. and Mrs. R.G.Sproul, President's Home(?, not quite legible) University, California in Berkeley\" presentation written and signed by \"Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs\". Robert Gordon Sproul (May 22, 1891 – September 10, 1975) was eleventh President of the University of California serving from 1930 to 1958. This copy is not numbered for limitation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMissing 3 of the 8 fold-out maps, facing pages 1, 24, 221. Spine is lightly sunned, but gilt lettering on spine is still quite legible. Light edge wear to the cover. Light 1\/8\" diameter stain on the top of the page block. A bookplate indicating the initials \"RGS\" (presumably Sproul's) is inside the front cover. A light pencil notation about Sproul ownership is on the title page. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages and cover are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BJ27a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I did not write a book but compiled a book of those who made California history.\" \"...I have seen the weakness of human nature and realize that the control system established by the stage company, to protect the honesty of their employes, should be passed on.\" \"The Stage Driver became the most important person in the community, carrying news from station to station, which were established about every twelve miles, where a family was located and a change of horses made...\" \"As the stages carried people to their destinations, they also built up communities pioneered by an earnest, honest, sincere, law abiding group who built homes, schools, churches and left a better road for their children to travel.\" from the note on the Genesis of nthe book by Mae Hélène Bacon Boggs.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":26786198856,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161027_231924.jpg?v=1477637414"},{"product_id":"greendale-by-neil-young-illustrated-by-james-mazzeo-inscribed-with-sketch-by-mazzeo","title":"Greendale by Neil Young. 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BK10a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In Greendale, Neil Young masterfully blended his activist bent with a poetic perversity and the irresistible musical hooks that have made him a legend. In his compelling tale of a multi-generational family living in a small town in California, a cop is murdered, Cousin Jed is arrested, Grandpa confronts the subsequent media onslaught with tragic results and granddaughter Sun Green becomes an environmental activist. Joining the music CD, the elaborately-staged concerts, the movie, and the DVD, this book provides a satisfying literary and visual complement to the multimedia masterpiece that is Neil Young’s Greendale.\" from a bookseller's sales blurb. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mazzeo was befriended and inspired by cultural heroes such as Bill Graham, Ken Kesey, Alan Watts, Varga, Roger Sommers, Gary Synder, PigPen, Steve Mann, Mose Allison, Melvin Belli, Paul Kressner, Lenny Bruce, Lawrence Ferlingetti and others.\" 1966: \"Mazzeo joins his first rock and roll band from Los Angeles. They were called The West Coast Pop-Art Experimental Band. In the process Mazzeo becomes the first one man psychedelic light show in the United States.\" - from Mazzeo's website. Mazzeo has befriended and performed with :Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Paul Butterfield, Jim Morrison and the Doors, the Velvet Underground among others. His long association with Niel Young started in 1971.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27435205448,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161110_142406.jpg?v=1478818736"},{"product_id":"signed-by-algernon-blackwood-episodes-before-thirty-by-algernon-blackwood","title":"SIGNED BY ALGERNON BLACKWOOD. Episodes Before Thirty by Algernon Blackwood.","description":"SIGNED BY ALGERNON BLACKWOOD. Episodes Before Thirty by Algernon Blackwood. E. P. Dutton and Co., 1924. Third printing. Signed \"Henry Blackwood\/ Dec 25-1925\" on the first blank page. (Henry is Blackwood's middle name-Hand writing matches other Blackwood signatures.) Hard cover with no dust jacket. Spine is sunned, soiled, worn. A bit of stain on the back cover. Some dust soiling to the top of the page block. Pages are lightly tanned.Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are flat without creases, folds. There is some wear to the leading edge of the page block. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK15a \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. S. T. Joshi has stated that \"his work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's\"[1] and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures (1914) \"may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century\".\" - Wikipedia.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27608071496,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161115_173918.jpg?v=1479261675"},{"product_id":"crossfire-hurricane-25-years-of-the-rolling-stones-in-the-usa-limited-edition-signed-by-bob-gruen","title":"Crossfire, Hurricane - 25 Years of the Rolling Stones in the USA. Limited edition signed by Bob Gruen","description":"Crossfire, Hurricane - 25 Years of the Rolling Stones in the USA, The Photographs of Bob Gruen. Genesis Publications. (1997) ISBN 0904351580. This edition is limited to 1750 copies signed by Bob Gruen of which this is number 616. Hardcover in slipcase. There is very light wear to the extremities of the slipcase and some to the extremities of the book. There is some creasing along the edges of the book covers along the spine, indicating the book has been opened. A small gouge on the cover, with a bit of soiling. I find one or to tips of pages very lightly bumped. Otherwise, the book is flawless. There are no previous owner markings, unintended stains and no unpublished folds or creases to the pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK17a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27662837457,"sku":"","price":675.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161117_163143.jpg?v=1479431837"},{"product_id":"vallejos-of-california-by-madie-brown-emparan","title":"Vallejos of California by Madie Brown Emparan","description":"Vallejos of California by Madie Brown Emparan. Gleeson Library Associates, University of San Francisco. MCMLXVIII. (1968). 464 pages. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 7\"x 10 1\/2\". Signed by author, Madie Brown Emparan, on the title page, and her husband, Richard Raoul Emparan, to whom the book is dedicated, on the dedication page. Laid in is a Christmas card from the Emparans with a short gift inscription from them on the back of the card. Also laid in is a blurb, in an envelope, about this book, talking about the book and stating that it is in a limited edition of 1000 copies. There is no other indication on the book as to how many copies were printed. A third lay-in is the original sales slip. Hard cover with no dust jacket. Bright gilt lettering is on the front cover and spine. Inside the front cover are remnants from bookplates and address stickers which had had attempted removal. The cover, the top of the page block, and the bottom of the page block, have a bit of soiling. Many of the pages were published attached to each other. Most of the page separations were successful, except some of the pages where the tear went awry, but not torn into the text, and one or two pages that were not separated. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BL22b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"All readers will be grateful to Madie Brown Emparan for her 20-year research in preparation for this book. She had access to a great number of unpublished letters and documents.....Here for the first time is available the complete story on Vallejo. Every aspect of his life - as a writer, rancher, a military commander, colonizer of Northern California, an early advocate of annexation to the United States, a family man is covered in vivid detail. the illustrations which add much to the handsome typography, consists of twelve portraits; one of Vallejo and one of his wife, the remaining ten of his sons and daughters.\" - from the blurb about the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28184774929,"sku":"","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161222_182956.jpg?v=1482466861"},{"product_id":"ojibwa-dance-drum-its-history-and-construction-mickey-hart-inscribed-with-a-long-message-in-his-handwriting","title":"Ojibwa Dance Drum: Its History and Construction.   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CE04b","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33975879441,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170504_192102.jpg?v=1493951577"},{"product_id":"peekskill-usa-by-howard-fast-signed-by-fast-paul-robeson-and-william-l-patterson","title":"Peekskill: USA by Howard Fast. Signed by Fast, Paul Robeson and William L. Patterson","description":"Peekskill: USA, a personal experience by Howard Fast. \"This edition of Peekskill: USA has been limited in number to five hundred, specially bound and numbered, and autographed by Howard Fast, Paul Robeson and William L. Patterson\". AUTOGRAPHED BY HOWARD FAST, PAUL ROBESON and WILLIAM L. PATTERSON on the half-title page. Published by Civil Rights Congress. 1951. . 127 pages plus 7 pages of photographsHard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Slight edge wear, but heavy on the corners of the spine. Some surface small abrasions. No missing pieces. No clips or unusual folds. It looks like there is an arrow pointing toward the price on the front flap of the dj that didn't quite take hold from the printing press. There apopears to be a discoloration to the tan colored parts of the dj, more pronounced to the edges of the flaps. A 1\/4\" inch stain on the front flap of dj. Dj is now covered by a mylar dj protector. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Light tanning to endpapers and edges of the page block. The number \"226\" written descretely in blue ball point pen on the first blank page. This could be the number printed of the 500 copies. About a 1\/2\" water? stain on the top edge of the page block. A pin head sized stain on the leadingedge of the page block. Light foxing? on and near the bottom tip of the page block. A light pencil sentence on the last blank page. Otherwise no previous owner markings. No folds, creases or tears to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CH10a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Peekskill riots were anti-communist riots with anti-black and anti-Semitic undertones that took place at Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York, in 1949. The catalyst for the rioting was an announced concert by black singer Paul Robeson, who was well known for his strong pro-trade union stance, civil rights activism, communist affiliations, and anti-colonialism. The concert, organized as a benefit for the Civil Rights Congress, was scheduled to take place on August 27 in Lakeland Acres, just north of Peekskill.\u003cbr\u003e Robeson had given three earlier concerts in Peekskill without incident, but in recent years Robeson had been increasingly vocal against the Ku Klux Klan and other forces of white supremacy, both domestically and internationally. Robeson specifically made a transformation from someone who was primarily a singer into a political persona with a vocal support for what were at the time considered \"communist\" causes, including the decolonization of Africa, anti-Jim Crow legislation, and peace with the USSR.[4] Robeson had also appeared before the House Committee on Un-American Activities to oppose a bill that would require communists to register as foreign agents and, just months before the concerts in 1949, he had appeared at the Soviet-sponsored World Peace Conference in Paris. Referring to the growing tensions between the USA and the USSR, he stated:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe in America do not forget that it was the backs of white workers from Europe and on the backs of millions of Blacks that the wealth of America was built. And we are resolved to share it equally. We reject any hysterical raving that urges us to make war on anyone. Our will to fight for peace is strong...We shall support peace and friendship among all nations, with Soviet Russia and the People's Republics.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat came over the wires to news agencies via the AP in the United States was as follows,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe colonial peoples have contributed to the building of the United States and are determined to share its wealth. We denounce the policy of the United States government which is similar to Hitler and Goebbels.... It is unthinkable that American Negros would go to war on behalf of those who have oppressed us for generations against the Soviet Union which in one generation has lifted our people to full human dignity.\" - Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here for the first time is a full and detailed story of what happened during the two bitterly remembered Peekskill incidents of 1949. Howard Fast who tells this story was not only eyewitness...but was in each case one of the chief participants in the stuggle...Rarely has modern history produced so frightening and so terrible an indictment of fascism by an eyewitness observer.\"- blurb from the dust jacket. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoward Fast was a popular novelist and television writer at the time. Fast also wrote under the pen names E. V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson. Fast was blacklisted and subsequently broke blacklist with the filming of his novel \"Sparticus\" and the subsequent reissue of the novel. Fast was active in labor an dcommunist politics. - Condensed from Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Robeson was a popular singer and actor. He also was an active proponent for civil and African American rights. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam L. Patterson \"was the first African-American graduate of Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California. In the yearbook, his stated ambition was \"to be a second Booker T. Washington. After graduation Patterson supported himself working as a laborer in railroad dining cars and on boats which worked the Pacific coast.[1] He saved up enough money to enter the University of California, Berkeley but was expelled during the years of World War I due to his refusal to participate in compulsory military training. Patterson joined the Workers (Communist) Party and became head of the International Labor Defense, a communist legal advocacy organization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn August 22, 1927, he was among the 156 persons arrested for protesting the execution of immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were anarchists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatterson was active in the Civil Rights Congress, which succeeded the ILD. In 1951 he presented the document, We Charge Genocide, to the United Nations, charging the U.S. federal government with complicity in genocide for failing to pass legislation or prosecute persons responsible for lynching in the United States, of which most of the victims were black men.\" - Wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37755203217,"sku":"","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170810_160702.jpg?v=1502414856"},{"product_id":"instante-y-revelacion-instant-and-revelation-by-octavio-paz-and-manuel-alvarez-bravo-limited-signed-by-bravo","title":"Instante y Revelación (Instant and Revelation) by Octavio Paz and Manuel Alvarez Bravo.Limited,  Signed by Bravo","description":"Instante y Revelación (Instant and Revelation) by Octavio Paz and Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Editado por Arturo Muñoz. Circulo Editorial. Mexico. 1982. Distributed by Grove Press. ISBN-10: 0394552342. Signed by Manual Bravo on the half-title page. One of 2,200 copies, with 32 poems in Spanish by Paz accompanying Bravo's photographs. Hard cover with dust jacket, wrap-around, and 4 page leaflet in English by Octavio Paz translated by Eliot Weinberger about 'The Instant and the Revelation' and photography. DUST JACKET: Some rubbing and bumping to edges. A bump on the spine. The Grove Press distribution label on the back panel shows some browning, possibly from the glue used by Grove Press to apply the label. Otherwise, there are no clips tears or unusual folds to the dj. WRAP-AROUND: Has two 1\" tears. Some edge bumping. No missing pieces. LEAFLET: Flat and clean with no unusual folds, tears or missing pieces. Like new. BOOK: A few light spots of soiling on the top of the page block. On the page opposite the title page is a Grove Press label like the one on the dust jacket, that has only slightly less browning than the one on the dj. Otherwise, I see no flaws on the book. I see no wear to the edges of the cover. No folds, creases, tears or bumps to pages. No previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CH15a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManuel Álvarez Bravo (February 4, 1902 – October 19, 2002, age 100) was Mexico’s first principal artistic photographer and is the most important figure in 20th-century Latin American photography.-Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003eOctavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat.\u003cbr\u003eFor his body of work, he was awarded the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.-Wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37981430481,"sku":"","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170817_160831.jpg?v=1503014189"},{"product_id":"harumic-world-by-harumi-hirayama","title":"Harumic World by Harumi Hirayama","description":"Harumic World by Harumi Hirayama. Photographs by Tomo Hasegawa. ワールドフォトプレス World Photo Press. 2012. 144 pages.平山晴美作品集 Harumi Hirayama work collection. Numbered 197 of 449 copies. Inscribed by Harumi Hirayama to Vanessa. 10 1\/2\" tall. 7 1\/2\" wide. Hard cover in dust jacket. Comtained in a celophane bag that has the number '197' written on it. A paper bookmark looks like it was published for the book is laid in. Bookmark has a light fold at the top.DUST JACKET: Has some rubbing to dj edges. Otherwise, no tears wear, clips, creases or unusual folds. BOOK: I see no flaws. This book is as new. No wear. No folds, creases, tears, previous owner markings to the pages or book. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. This book may have never been fully opened, let alone read. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CH27a\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e日本はもとより世界中にファンを持つナイフメイカー、平山晴美。 彼女独特の世界観、ナイフ作品集にしてご紹介します。\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Harumi was born in Tokyo 9in 1960, and like most young ladies, she was familiar with knives used in the home. While attending junior high school, she discovered a knife at a SONY shop in Ginza, Tokyo that made a deep impression on her. She felt it emitted an invisible power, one that's hard to describe, a power that was about to change her whole life. She soon enrolled at Tama Art University where she studied industrial design. At about this time, a book on knives caught her attention, and the fascination was unreal. Her final design project for college was, believe it or not, was a unique set of kitchen knives. At the age of 21 this talented lady nwas deigning and making knives, never realising where this love of knives would lead her. After college she was employed as a designer at a watch company for two years. Here she discovered there is a great difference between mass produced products and those that are skillfully handmade. She immediately knew she wanted to design and make knives, and that handmade knives would be precious to behold, whereas factory knives would not.\u003cbr\u003eHarumi soon began designing beautiful folding knives as well as fixed blade knives, all of which were unique and one of a kind. Harumi soon qualified for membership in the Knifemakers Guild in the United States and attended her first \"Guild Show\" when it was based in Kansas City, in 1985. There she exhibited a set of three custom knives known as \"SWANS\".\u003cbr\u003eIn 1987 she earned the \"Beretta Craftsmanship\" Award and the \"Wooden sword\" Award by Ken Warner testifying to her skills at this ealy stage in her career. She often sees things in a very different manner, thus her mind is open to change, not locked into one focus. Harumi normally attends the Guild Show every three years.\" - Art and Design of Modern Custom Folding Knives by Dr. David Darom.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":375222992923,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170827_165603.jpg?v=1503879590"},{"product_id":"harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban-by-j-k-rowling-signed-by-rowling-first-printing","title":"Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. SIGNED BY ROWLING. FIRST PRINTING.","description":"Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. SIGNED BY ROWLING. FIRST PRINTING. Arthur A. Levine Books, An imprint of Scolastic Press. (1999). Illustrated by Mary GrandPré. Signed by J.K. Rowling on the title page. First printing with complete number line from 1-10. Hard Cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: 1\/8\" chip from the bottom of the front flap. Otherwise, there are no unusual folds, tears or clips. Not price-clipped. Now protected in removable mylar dust jacket cover. BOOK: Slightly cocked. Light cover edge wear. Otherwise no previous owner markings. No folds, creases or tears to pages. Binding isn't so tight anymore. This book has clearly been read. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CI28a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRowling's third book in the Harry Potter series.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1421085638683,"sku":"","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170928_183303.jpg?v=1506649915"},{"product_id":"totem-by-luke-davies-inscribed-by-davies","title":"Totem by Luke Davies. INSCRIBED BY DAVIES","description":"Totem by Luke Davies. INSCRIBED BY DAVIES. Allen \u0026amp; Unwin. (2004) Fourth printing. 85 pages. isbn 1741143489. paperback. Light cover edge wear. 'AGE Book of the year winner 2004' label on the front cover. 'Dymocks Booksellers' label on the back cover. Dymocks is one of Australia's largest booksellers with numerous stores. Iscribed by Davies on the tile page, \"To Ellie\/with best wishes\/Luke Davies\/Byron Bay 4\/8\/06\". Otherwise no previous owner markings. Except fo a corner fold on page 78, no folds, creases or tears to pages or covers. Binding is tight with plenty of 'snap'. This book may have never been fully openned, let alone read. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CJ09a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI find it interesting that this book is so unavailable. I searched American, British and Australian websites and could not find it new or cheap. Yet, Luke Davies appears to be one of Australia's most beloved authors with plenty of awards and nominations. In that category, 'Totem' itself is listed three times. Besides being a poet, Davies is also a novelist and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for his 1997 novel, 'Candy' (not to be confused with the work of the same name by Terry Southern) written in 1997 and the screenplay of the book he co-wrote in 2006.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":2348352012315,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20171009_174832.jpg?v=1507597650"},{"product_id":"point-reyes-west-fourteen-stories-by-jack-mason","title":"Point Reyes West: Fourteen Stories by Jack Mason","description":"Point Reyes West: Fourteen Stories by Jack Mason. North Shore Books. (1981) 195 pages. Paperback. Signed by Jack Mason on the title page. Wear to cover edges. A light crease along the spine on the back cover. No reading creases to the spine. A bump on the bottom tip of front cover and first ten or so pages. Erasure marks on the first blank page. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CJ21b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe beloved West Marin historian Jack Mason (1911-1986) founded an informal museum in his Inverness home, which became the Jack Mason Museum of West Marin History in 1986. A retired newspaper editor with deep roots in Inverness, he set to work in the 1960s chronicling histories for the local newspaper and collecting photographs and memorabilia. Jack eventually published eight books and a quarterly journal, the Point Reyes Historian. He opened his historic 1893 Inverness house, The Gables, to the public, graciously greeting guests in his Victorian parlor and telling stories of old West Marin. Jack Mason left his vast history collection and house to the people of West Marin through an arrangement with his daughter and the Inverness Foundation. Fulfilling his wishes, the Inverness Library, a branch of the Marin County Free Library system, and the Jack Mason Museum of West Marin History now occupy his beautiful but humble residence. - From Jack Mason Museum website.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":3466260840475,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20171021_183747.jpg?v=1508636820"},{"product_id":"reflections-on-the-short-life-of-the-ephemeron-godine-publisher-1-of-100-copies","title":"Reflections on the Short Life of the Ephemeron.  Godine publisher. 1 of 100 copies.","description":"Reflections on the Short Life of the Ephemeron. Boston, MA: David R. Godine publisher, 1970. Printed in an edition of 100 copies, signed by the artist, Lance Hidy at the colophon. The edition was not individually numbered. Text from Thomas Boreman’s essay on the mayfly in “A Description of Some Curious and Uncommon Creatures” originally published in London, 1739. Artwork by Lance Hidy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover. Limited Edition. Unpaginated. 8vo. Tan cloth boards with matching clamshell box. BOX: Gold embossed title on leather strip applied to spine of box. A light abrasion on the cover and light wear on a couple of tips. BOOK: Printed paper label on cover board. Fine condition. CL17a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis early piece by the press of David R. Godine featuring a particularly fun combination of 1970s graphic arts and 18th century children’s literature, reproduces Thomas Boreman's essay on the mayfly from \"A Description of Some Curious and Uncommon Creatures\" published in London, 1739. Three color etchings by Lance Hidy as well as two mayfly illustrations at top of introductory text and foot of final paragraph. Case and binding by Arno Werner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLance Hidy (American, b. 1946) - Born in Oregon, Hidy moved to the East Coast to attend Yale University. Using the printing press there, Hidy discovered a keen interest in the graphic and book arts. Hidy went on to complete a grant to study with Leonard Baskin – an artist with similar interests in engraving and typographic design. In 1969, Hidy joined David R. Godine’s Press in Brookline, Massachusetts. From there, Hidy left to work at the Coos County Democrat before becoming a free-lance designer on projects, including Ansel Adam’s 'Yosemite and the Range of Light'. Hidy’s designs stand out for their flat, solid use of colors and expressive minimalist details.-dealer catalog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Boreman was one of the earliest English children's book publishers. His Three Hundred Animals was published ca 1730.[3] Boreman's earliest works included his 1740 Gigantick Histories, miniature books with illustrations and a list of subscribing readers, including the names of children as well as parents. He followed this two-volume publication with Curiosities in the Tower of London, with illustrations of animals in the Tower Zoo. He published approximately a dozen titles. In 1742, he produced a book purporting to be the biography of Daniel Cajanus, The History of Cajanus, the Swedish Giant, from his Birth to the Present Time. - Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ephemeron, or Mayfly, is a common freshwater insect.The nymph grows for two years before it surfaces, sheds its skin, and emerges as a delicate , transparent fly. It is unable to eat, and can only fly and mate during its day of life. ...trout fishermen \u0026amp; philosophers have both written about the Mayfly. Artificial flies of fur, feathers and silk on barbed hooks, cast on a thin transparent line, deceive fish, especially if the lure matches the size and color of the hatch. Aristotle established the Mayfly as a symbol of the shortest-lived animal. Philosophers use it still as a reminder of our vanity and mortality. - from the book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":5319194345499,"sku":"","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20171217_125015.jpg?v=1513546624"},{"product_id":"angels-in-america-parts-one-and-two-two-volumes-by-tony-kushner-both-inscribed-by-kushner","title":"Angels in America Parts one and two (two volumes) by Tony Kushner Both inscribed by Kushner","description":"Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. Part One Millennium Approaches; Part Two Perestroika (Two separate volumes) by Tony Kushner. BOTH VOLUMES INSCRIBED BY eKUSHNER. Theatre Communications Group. Part one is a First Edition, Sixth Printing. Part two is a First Edtion, First printing (with no additional printings listed) Both volumes in not price-clipped dust jackets with perhaps light edge wear. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No tears. No missing pieces. No clips. No missing pieces. Both dj's are now protected by removable mylar dj covers. Books may be lightly cocked, otherwise, have no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Bindings are tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DB08a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6215007698971,"sku":"","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180208_180736.jpg?v=1518144453"},{"product_id":"two-little-confederates-by-thomas-nelson-page-inscribed-by-page","title":"Two Little Confederates by Thomas Nelson Page. INSCRIBED BY PAGE","description":"Two Little Confederates by Thomas Nelson Page. INSCRIBED BY PAGE, \"To\/ Carl Grossmann\/ with the best wishes of\/ the author\/ Thos.NelsonPage\/ and of the publisher\/Charles Scribner\/Snata Barbara\/Feb. 29. 1920\" on the first blank page. Charles Scribner's Sons (publisher) 1920. Illustrated front cover and spine. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine is somewhat faded, but still quite legible. Water staining is visible on the leading margin of the pages on about the front 2\/3 of the book. I see no evidence of mold. Covers show some wear to the edges, mostly to the top and bottom of the spine. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DD05a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer.[1] He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.\u003cbr\u003eBorn at Oakland, one of the Nelson family plantations, in the village of Beaverdam in Hanover County, Virginia to John Page, a lawyer and a plantation owner, and Elizabeth Burwell (Nelson).[2] He was a scion of the prominent Nelson and Page families, each First Families of Virginia. Although he was from once-wealthy lineage, after the American Civil War, which began when he was only 8 years old, his parents and their relatives were largely impoverished during Reconstruction and his teenage years. In 1869, he entered Washington College, known now as Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia when Robert E. Lee was president of the college. In Page's later literary works, Robert E. Lee would come to serve as the model figure of Southern Heroism.\u003cbr\u003ePage popularized the plantation tradition genre of Southern writing, which told of an idealized version of life before the Civil War, with contented slaves working for beloved masters and their families. He based much of his writing on his personal experience living on a plantation in the Antebellum South. Page viewed the Antebellum South as a representation of moral purity, and often vilified the reforms of the Gilded Age as a sign of moral decline.\" Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo Little Confederates is \"A look at the Civil War through the eyes of two Southern brothers exposes the evils done to the South by the North.\" a review on Amazon","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6616404819995,"sku":"","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180405_151821.jpg?v=1522969389"},{"product_id":"among-the-camps-by-thomas-nelson-page-inscribed-by-page","title":"Among the Camps by Thomas Nelson Page. INSCRIBED BY PAGE","description":"Among the Camps by Thomas Nelson Page. INSCRIBED BY PAGE, \"With respectful compliments\/ of the Author,\/ ThosNelksonPage\/ (Can't quite read)\/Santa Barbara, Calif.\/ Feb 451920\" on the half-title page. Charles Scribner's Sons (publisher) 1918. Illustrated front cover and spine. Gilt lettering on front cover is bright and unfaded, and on spine is somewhat faded, but still quite legible. Covers show some wear to the edges, mostly to the top and bottom of the spine. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DD05b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thomas Nelson Page (April 23, 1853 – November 1, 1922) was a lawyer and American writer.[1] He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.\u003cbr\u003eBorn at Oakland, one of the Nelson family plantations, in the village of Beaverdam in Hanover County, Virginia to John Page, a lawyer and a plantation owner, and Elizabeth Burwell (Nelson).[2] He was a scion of the prominent Nelson and Page families, each First Families of Virginia. Although he was from once-wealthy lineage, after the American Civil War, which began when he was only 8 years old, his parents and their relatives were largely impoverished during Reconstruction and his teenage years. In 1869, he entered Washington College, known now as Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia when Robert E. Lee was president of the college. In Page's later literary works, Robert E. Lee would come to serve as the model figure of Southern Heroism.\u003cbr\u003ePage popularized the plantation tradition genre of Southern writing, which told of an idealized version of life before the Civil War, with contented slaves working for beloved masters and their families. He based much of his writing on his personal experience living on a plantation in the Antebellum South. Page viewed the Antebellum South as a representation of moral purity, and often vilified the reforms of the Gilded Age as a sign of moral decline.\" Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This sequel to Two Little Confederates followed the first book when originally serialized in the Harpers Young People Magazine of 1888. More exciting tales of children caught up in the tragic difficulties and dangers of the War Between The States.\" Graceandtruthbooks.com","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6616519114779,"sku":"","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180405_155015.jpg?v=1522970252"},{"product_id":"hippie-cookbook-or-dont-eat-your-food-stamps-by-gordon-and-phyllis-grabe-inscribed-by-gordon-grabe","title":"Hippie Cookbook: Or, Don't Eat Your Food Stamps by Gordon and Phyllis Grabe. INSCRIBED BY GORDON GRABE","description":"Hippie Cookbook: Or, Don't Eat Your Food Stamps by Gordon and Phyllis Grabe. INSCRIBED BY GORDON GRABE, \"To Aaron-\/Many Hippie\/Returns-\/Gordon Grabe\/ 11-22-97\". Paisley Shawl Publishing Co. (1970) 110 pages plus some blank pages. Paperback. 8\"x5\". Light creasing to the spine. Light cover edge wear. Light soiling on top of page block. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since DD05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I actually met Gordon and Phillis, they were friends of friends, I have a signed copy of their book, and still to this day make many of the recipies, my husband's favorite hands down is the White Rabbit Carrot Cake...I substitute the oil in the recipe and use Mott's applesauce in equal measure, moist and delicious! He has made me promise to never lose this book. If you long for the \"hippie\" era and enjoy good humor, you will love the book. A must have for those that are in their 50-60's. Enjoy.\" from a review on Amazon","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6617005555739,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180405_191815.jpg?v=1522981753"},{"product_id":"seatmates-by-mary-k-kate-reely-illustrated-by-eloise-wilkin","title":"Seatmates by Mary K (Kate) Reely. Illustrated by Eloise Wilkin.","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeatmates by Mary K (Kate) Reely. Illustrated by Eloise Wilkin. Franklin Watts, Inc. \"Published 1949\" with no subsequent listings of printing. Hardcover with pieces of dust jacket. DUST JACKET: What appears to be the front panel of the DJ is glued onto a white cardboard and clipped in the corners. Around the edges of what is left of the front panel has glue marks as if it had been framed. A clipping of the entire text of the front dj flap is taped onto the verso side of the front end paper and the entire text of the back dj flap is taped onto a blank page in the back of the book. BOOK: Glued onto the half-title page is a postage card photograph of a woman wearing glasses. Photo appears to have been taken in the 1940's or 1950's. On the dedication page is an inscription, \"For Barbara - and Karen\/ from Aunt Kate\". I can only gues sabout both of these, and I would guess the photo is of the author and the inscription from the author, whose nickname, the back flap informs us, is 'Kate'. If so, then the book appears to have been gifted to two nieces. Book is cocked with some cover wear. Some bumping to the cover tips. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. In spite of the cocking, binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DD10a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"MARY KATHERINE REELY, who is the \"Kate\" of this charming story based on her early experiences, was born on a farm near Green, Wisconsin.\" from the back dj flap. \"SEATMATES is a pleasant easy-to-read story about a long-ago little girl in a small midwestern town, but modern ilttle girls will read about Kate and Lily and Tottie with a cosy ,today sense of identification. ...Kate's story took place fifty years ago, but in her small Wisconsin town she enjoyed many of the things many of the things that girls today find fun...She plays a trick one day, she manages to hide a hurt about a birthday party, and she finally gets one of her dearest wishes--but that's the best part of the story, so we can't tell you.\" from the front dj flap. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eloise Margaret Wilkin, born Eloise Margaret Burns (March 30, 1904 – October 4, 1987), was an American illustrator. She was best known as an illustrator of Little Golden Books. Many of the picture books she illustrated have become classics of American children's literature. Jane Werner Watson, who edited and wrote hundreds of Golden Books, called Eloise Wilkin \"the soul of Little Golden Books\", and Wilkin's books remain highly collectible. Her watercolor and colored pencil illustrations are known for their glowing depiction of babies, toddlers, and their parents in idyllic rural and domestic settings.\"-Wikipedia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8109518717037,"sku":"","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180410_200153.jpg?v=1523417693"},{"product_id":"story-of-an-outing-by-a-barton-hepburn-big-game-hunting-in-africa","title":"Story of an Outing by A.Barton Hepburn. (Big game hunting in Africa)","description":"Story of an Outing by A.Barton Hepburn. 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Many black and white photos.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":8125668294765,"sku":"","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180423_190618.jpg?v=1524536842"},{"product_id":"angels-and-visitations-a-miscellany-by-neil-gaiman-54-of-200-copies-signed-by-neil-gaiman-and-the-eight-participant-artists","title":"Angels and Visitations: A Miscellany by Neil Gaiman. #54 of 200 copies SIGNED BY NEIL GAIMAN AND THE EIGHT PARTICIPANT ARTISTS.","description":"\u003cp\u003eAngels and Visitations: A Miscellany by Neil Gaiman. #54 of 200 copies SIGNED BY NEIL GAIMAN AND THE EIGHT PARTICIPANT ARTISTS. Dreamhaven Books. \"First Edition: October 1993\" stated. ISBN-10: 0963094432. Hardcover with dustjacket. DUST JACKET: Has very light edge wear. Otherwise, no unusual folds. No clips, tears or additional wear. BOOK: Leatherette cover with bright gilt illustration on front cover and bright gilt lettering on the spine. Bright gilt edges to pages with  blemishing on the top of the pages due to a now removed spider? nest. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DE09a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is not, strictly speaking, a short story collection, although you'll find ten short stories in it, stories written over the last ten years. But you'll find other things too...\" a blurb on the dust jacket\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12094446927981,"sku":"","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180509_192838.jpg?v=1525920634"},{"product_id":"alchemist-by-paulo-coelho-first-u-s-printing-inscribed-by-coelho","title":"Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. First U.S. Printing. SIGNED by Coelho","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1993. First Edition. First US printing with complete number line from 1- 10 and year line starting at 93. ISBN 10: 006-250217-4. Signed on the half-title page, \"Paulo Coelho\". Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: A circular label on the front panel stating \"This Book is Autographed....\" Bumping and wear to the top of the dj. Light wear on the bottom edge. A bit of wrinkling on the back flap. Dj has a light crease down the spine. No tears. No missing pieces. No clips.  Not price-clipped with dj price of $16.00. BOOK: Bright gilt lettering on spine. Very light wear on the bottom of the spine. Some reddish soiling on the bottom of the page block with no real bleeding to the page surfaces. There is a small bit of soiling inside the back cover. There seems to be a little wear to the surface  of the boards. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages.  Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. JF22a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaulo Coelho's The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a short (163 pages), inspirational parable about the importance of pursuing one's dreams. 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'1972' is handwritten on the table of contents page with the publisher information as if confirming the date of publication. Possibly the publication date was neglected in this printing and the publisher simply hand wrote the correction. Signed 'James J. Sinnott' on the title page. 207 pages. 11 1\/4\" tall x 8 1\/2\". Numerous black and white photographs. Two full page hand drawn maps were published. Previous owner gift inscription dated '1973' in ball point pen on the first blank page. Bright gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Moderate cover edge wear. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. Aireal photographic postcard of downtown? Downieville is laid in. DG23a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA history of the California Gold Rush town from the settlement of the first 'white men' to date of publication.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12524233687149,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180725_182721.jpg?v=1532569683"},{"product_id":"dr-sevier-by-george-w-cable-inscribed-by-geo-cable","title":"Dr. Sevier by George W Cable. Inscribed by Geo.  Cable","description":"Dr. Sevier by George W Cable. James R. Osgood and Company. 1885. Inscribed, \"To Harold Anderson\/ from Go.W.Cable\/ New York Oct 10, 1884.\" in Cable's handwriting. Some wear to cover edges with a 1\/4\" nick on the leading edge of the front cover. Pages lightlly tanned but still quite flexible. There is slight separation at page 286, but wih that, the binding is still tight. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DH11b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called \"the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century\", as well as \"the first modern southern writer.\"[1] In his treatment of racism, mixed-race families and miscegenation, his fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe also wrote articles critical of contemporary society. Due to hostility against him after two 1885 essays encouraging racial equality and opposing Jim Crow, Cable moved with his family to Northampton, Massachusetts.\" - Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Dr. Sevier, by George W. Cable (1882), is one of the author’s group of stories of life in New Orleans. The time of the action is just before the war, when the city was at the height of its prosperity. Dr. Sevier, the brusque, laconic, skillful, kind-hearted physician, is less the central figure than his young beneficiary, John Richling, the son of a rich planter, who having estranged his family by marrying a Northern girl, has come to the metropolis of the South to earn his living. The struggle of the Richlings, unequipped for the battle of life, against poverty and sickness, forms the plot of the story, which is glowing with local color and filled with personages peculiar to the place and time. There is no plot in the sense of a complicated play of forces, or labyrinth of events; but the interest lies in the development of character under conditions supplied by an untried environment. The scope of the book is wide and the detail extremely minute.\" - Bartleby.com","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12820803813485,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180811_180709.jpg?v=1534036819"},{"product_id":"watership-down-by-richard-adams-signed-by-richard-adams-1st-u-s-printing","title":"Watership Down by Richard Adams. SIGNED BY RICHARD ADAMS. 1st U.S. printing","description":"Watership Down by Richard Adams. SIGNED BY RICHARD ADAMS on the title page. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. [1974]. Complete number line from 1-10. '70003' on the rear cloth. Maroon end papers. First state dust jacket with $6.95 price on front flap, '70003' and all blurbs from British publications on back panel. 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Set in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural environment, they are anthropomorphised, possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology. Evoking epic themes, the novel follows the rabbits as they escape the destruction of their warren and seek a place to establish a new home, encountering perils and temptations along the way.\" - wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12825093439597,"sku":"","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180812_135641.jpg?v=1534109039"},{"product_id":"good-omens-the-nice-and-accurate-prophecies-of-agnes-nutter-witch-by-neil-gaiman-and-terry-pratchett-signed-by-gaiman-and-pratchett","title":"Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. SIGNED BY GAIMAN AND PRATCHETT","description":"Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. 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DH12c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter-the world's onlt totally reliable guide to the future, the world will end on a Saturday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNext Saturday, in fact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust before dinner.\" from a dust jacket blurb.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12825605832813,"sku":"","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20180812_170914.jpg?v=1534119868"},{"product_id":"genetic-studies-of-genius-vol-3-the-promise-of-youth-follow-up-studies-of-a-thousand-gifted-children-edited-by-barbara-stoddard-burks-et-al-inscribed","title":"Genetic Studies of Genius, Vol. 3, The Promise of Youth- Follow-up Studies of a Thousand Gifted Children edited by Barbara Stoddard Burks et. al. Inscribed","description":"Genetic Studies of Genius, Vol. 3, The Promise of Youth- Follow-up Studies of a Thousand Gifted Children edited by Barbara Stoddard Burks, Dortha Williams Jensen, Lewis M.Terman, et. al. Stanford University Press. 1930. First printing -\"Published, October, 1930\" with no statement of later printings. 508 pages plus 14 pages publication preface and contents. On the first blank page is an inscription indicating Barbara Stoddard Burks gave the book to her parents, Francis and Jesse Burks, in 1930. Also laid in is a hand-written letter dated 1943 in ink of a colleague expressing the value of Barbara Stoddard Burks' work and sympathy regarding her premature death. On the letter is a notation in pencil, \"typical of many letters I rec'd\". Hardcover with no dust jacket. Modarate cover edge wear. Some abrasion to the back cover with a 25 cent piece sized brown stain there. Gilt lettering on the spine is considerably faded, but fairly bright on the front cover. Light shelf staining on the bottom of the page block. Light tanning to the pages with no comprimise to page flexibilty. 1\/2\" tear to the bottom joint of the half-title page. On pages 462 and 463 is a tan spot caused by a slier of paper used by a book mark. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No unpublished folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DJ13a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Barbara Stoddard Burks (December 22, 1902—May 25, 1943) was an American psychologist known for her research on the nature-nurture debate as it pertained to intelligence and other human traits. 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Paul J. Nahin has suggested that Burks may have committed suicide because of depression, and that this may have been partly due to Vannevar Bush's decision to close the eugenics program at Cold Spring Harbor in 1940.\" - Wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13712804708461,"sku":"","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20181013_183432.jpg?v=1539490874"},{"product_id":"gathering-of-zion-by-wallace-stegner-inscribed-by-stegner-first-edition","title":"Gathering of Zion by Wallace Stegner. INSCRIBED BY STEGNER. First Edition","description":"Gathering of Zion by Wallace Stegner. INSCRIBED BY STEGNER. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, (1964) \"First Edition\", stated with no statement of later printings. Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: First state dust jacket with $6.95 price. Wear and bumping to dj edges with some minor tears. 1\/2\" square chip at top of spine and 1\/8\" x 1\/4\" chip at bottom of the spine. There appears to be a grey soiling on the back panel. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: INSCRIBED BY STEGNER: \"For Bill Lane, with admiration for\/ his effective interest in the\/ West, Western history and\/ Western problems.\/ Wallace Stegner\" on the illustrated front endpaper. An association copy. Light sun-fading along the bottom edge of the cover. A few small white stains (totaling about 1\") along the top of the back cover. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DK18a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As their father phased himself out of the business, Bill took over the Sunset Magazine publishing and brother Melvin (1922–2007) managed the Sunset Books business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLane was the first mayor and one of the founders of Portola Valley, California in 1964.[8] From 1975 to 1976, he served as US Ambassador-at-large and lived in Japan. From 1985 to 1989, he was appointed US Ambassador to Australia and Nauru. Ronald Reagan knew Lane from their membership in the Los Rancheros Vistadores horseback riding club.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1995, Lane was named Conservationist of the Year by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Lane publishing business was sold to Time Warner in 1990. In March 1993 he was appointed an honorary officer of the Order of Australia for service to Australian-American relations.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2006, Lane received the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration's Pugsley Medal in 2006 because of his contributions to parks and conservation with advocacy through his magazine, leadership positions on a host of national and regional boards and advisory committees, and personal philanthropy.\" wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Wallace Earle Stegner (February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993) was an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called \"The Dean of Western Writers\".[1] He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972[2] and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977.\" - wikipedia \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey could have met when Stegner was teaching at Stanford University while Sunset was based in near by Menlo Park.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13853133439085,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20181118_174209.jpg?v=1542592336"},{"product_id":"accomplices-to-the-crime-by-tom-murton-joe-hyams-first-printing-inscribed","title":"Accomplices to the Crime by Tom Murton \u0026 Joe Hyams. 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DK20a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thomas O. \"Tom\" Murton (March 15, 1928 – October 10, 1990) was a penologist best known for his wardenship of the prison farms of Arkansas. In 1969, he published an account of the endemic corruption there which created a national scandal, and which was popularized in a fictional version by the (Robert Redford) film Brubaker. He was teaching at Southern Illinois University when he was hired to reform the Arkansas prison system in 1968. He wrote about his experiences there (with co-author Joe Hyams) in Accomplices to the Crime: The Arkansas Prison Scandal, published in 1969 by Grove Press. He was unable to find work in the correctional industry after that, and believed he had been blackballed for his work in Arkansas.\" - wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":13863784382573,"sku":"","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20181121_161422.jpg?v=1542847434"},{"product_id":"astrolabe-by-james-e-morrison","title":"Astrolabe by James E. Morrison","description":"Astrolabe by James E. Morrison. Janus (publisher). ISBN-13: 978-0939320301. Paperback. (2007). 438 pages. Appears to be signed by Morrison on the title page. Some cover wear. Bumping to the tips. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. EC25a 3 1\/5 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jim Morrison's wonderful book explains everything that can be said about the astrolabe and related instruments, including all the details of their construction and use. It is animated throughout by a cheerful faith that this preeminent tool of astronomers past can still play a role in 21st-century scientific education and practical life. If you have ever wondered \"how an astrolabe works\" (at any level of detail), this is the book that will tell you. --Dr. Bruce Stephenson, Curator, Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe astrolabe is one of the most significant scientific instruments of all times. What other instrument has been in continuous use for nearly 2000 years? It solved the critical problems of its day and continues to be admired for its ingenuity and usefulness. The Astrolabe focuses on the instrument itself. Morrison retraces the astrolabe s evolution over the ages and shows how their designs changed and their inscriptions evolved to serve its users. He even hints at its astrological uses where one s fate might rest with the rising or setting of a lucky star. Morrison fast forwards the astrolabe to modern times. He shows how, with dedication, you can make your own surprisingly accurate and beautiful astrolabe. Everything is included: modern star positions, formulas for making graphics and examples of recently crafted instruments. Anyone interested in the history of science or fields like astronomy, navigation or surveying will be astonished at the variety, beauty and utility of the astrolabe. Morrison's book is beautifully illustrated, and supported by a series of useful and instructive appendices. --Dr. Edward S. Popko\" from reviews on Amazon","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":15190641115245,"sku":"","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20190325_091853.jpg?v=1553533077"},{"product_id":"by-the-great-horn-spoon-by-sid-fleischman-inscribed-with-a-hand-drawn-cartoon","title":"By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman.  INSCRIBED with a hand-drawn  cartoon","description":"By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman. Little, Brown and Company. (1963) \"SECOND PRINTING\" stated. INSCRIBED, \"For Miss Lloyd \u0026amp; Class\/ with the very best\/ wishes and warmest regards\/ of-\/ Sid Fleischman\/ 1964\" with a hand-drawn 'Bunny rabbit out of hat' cartoon, on the first blank page. Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Some wear to the top and bottom of the spine. two minor tears at the bottom of the spine. Light edge wear. With original price of $3.75. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No clips. No missing pieces. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. EF02a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the Great Horn Spoon! is Sid Fleischman's second children's book. \"This book was turned into a movie called The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) by Disney.\" -Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sid Fleischman, was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for The Whipping Boy and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for Humbug Mountain. For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994. In 2003, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators inaugurated the Sid Fleischman Humor Award in his honor, and made him the first recipient. The Award annually recognizes a writer of humorous fiction for children or young adults.\"- wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":15721724543085,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20190602_182545.jpg?v=1559527401"},{"product_id":"adventures-of-tom-sawyer-by-mark-twain-illustrated-by-norman-rockwell-signed-by-rockwell","title":"Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Illustrated By Norman Rockwell. SIGNED by Rockwell","description":"Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Illustrated By Norman Rockwell. SIGNED, \"Sincerely Norman Rockwell\" on the half title page. The Heritage Press, 1936. Hard cover in slipcase. I do not believe this is a reprint. Unlike many Heritage Press editions, I find no previously issued Limited Editions Club version of this book. Seven full page color illustrations plus frontispiece and other black and white illustrations by Norman Rockwell. No Sandglass paper laid in. SLIPCASE: Heavy wear and seperation on one back edge. On a bottom or top edge there is more than an inch of seperation. One corner shows some looseness. BOOK: The linen cover is slightly discolored on the spine. There might be light cover edge wear on the bottom. It is kind of hard to tell given the nature of the cloth cover. Inside the back cover is a sticker from the New Rochelle Book Store. Rockwell was living in New Rochelle at the time of the publication of this book. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. FA16a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Norman Rockwell illustrations in this book are perhaps the most iconic of his book illustrations. This includes the frontispiece of Tom Sawyer convincing his frends that it is fun to paint a fence white. \"Does a boy get na chance to whitewash a fence everyday?\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31813056725101,"sku":"","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20200117_184938.jpg?v=1579316512"},{"product_id":"imaginary-letters-by-ezra-pound-40-in-an-edition-of-50-copies-signed-by-ezra-pound","title":"Imaginary Letters by Ezra Pound. #40 in an edition of 50 copies signed by Ezra Pound","description":"Imaginary Letters by Ezra Pound. Black Sun Press, Paris, 1930. Original cream covers, titles to front cover in black and red, Harry Crosby black sun design to rear cover. With the original tissue jacket. With what I believe is original slipcase. #40 of 50 printed on Japanese vellum, signed by Pound. SLIPCASE: Has general wear and soiling. There are no cracks or separation in the joints. TISSUE DUST JACKET: Has discoloration to the spine and the area exposed by the notch in the slipcase that allows the book to be pulled effortlessly from the slipcase. 1\/8\" chip missing from top, and 1\/16\" chip from bottom of spine of dj. VELLUM COVER: has tears at top and bottom of spine, and some corresponding wear there, smaller than the size of the dj chips. BOOK: No previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. 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