Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land by Johnny Gruelle - 1931

Book-Lab, Inc. , 1971. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Detailed account of plantation teacher Milla Granson, aka Lilly Ann Granderson. Born into slavery, Granderson founded and operated a clandestine "midnight" school for slave children in Civil War Kentucky. Numerous illustrations and study questions. Limited printing. 30 pp. 9 3/4" x 6 1/2". Tight copy with minimal shelf wear. Ownership name to inside front cover. Otherwise unmarked. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Jazz Information, 1940. Softcover. Very Good. August 23, 1940 issue of legendary "hot jazz" magazine Jazz Information. Vol. 2, No. 3. Contents include feature articles on Johnny Dodds (memorial), Floyd O'Brien and jazz classics. Also includes detailed reviews of new and classical jazz albums, notes on important collector's records (often obscure and rediscovered), news features on bands, jazz musicians of the day, etc., historical photos of performers and more. Scarce. 28 pp. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear and lightly rusted staples. Published for only two years, JI was a non-commercial, color-blind magazine that gained acclaim for its focus on serious jazz for advanced enthusiasts rather than quasi-jazz, also for its unbiased, exceptionally informed articles and reviews. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Jazz Information, 1940. Softcover. Very Good. October 25, 1940 issue of legendary "hot jazz" magazine Jazz Information. Vol. 2, No. 7. Trombone player pictorial to cover. Contents include feature articles on Chicago jam sesssions, Cow Cow Davenport, Henry Allen, Jr. and jazz classics. Also includes detailed reviews of new and classical jazz albums, notes on important collector's records (often obscure and rediscovered), news features on bands, jazz musicians of the day, etc., historical photos of performers and more. Scarce. 24 pp. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear and lightly rusted staples. Published for only two years, JI was a non-commercial, color-blind magazine that gained acclaim for its focus on serious jazz for advanced enthusiasts rather than quasi-jazz, also for its unbiased, exceptionally informed articles and reviews. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed by the Press of the Bryant Printing Co, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Original 1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada. Bound in dark-red cloth with silver gilt lettering and botanical decoration to front panel. Much historical content, including rosters of faculty, students, alumni and much, much more. Densely illustrated with photos and drawings. Includes many period ads. Obituary of 10th President Elizabeth Storrs Mead laid in. 260 pp. + 34 pp. of ads. Tight, unmarked copy with one slightly pulled but strongly attached signature. Light shelf wear to extremities. In all, a very presentable copy of an important historical resource. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

The Saalfield Publishing Co, 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. Edith A. Root's early-century, over-sized "dollhouse" book with illustrations (furniture, etc.) that can be cut out and mounted in any of nine different rooms. Full-color lithographs comprise an entire house. Root deliberately limited the number of illustrations so that the house could be customized and furnished with illustrations cut out from magazines and other sources. Rare. No copies appear in WorldCat library database at the time of this posting. 30 pp. 15 5/8" x 10". Tight copy with considerable shelf wear. Corners bumped and worn through, as are about half the edges. Hinges pulled away from backing somewhat, not affecting binding integrity. First two leaves show evidence of having been detached and competently reattached. Two small crayon markings noted. Lacks one leaf of illustrations which have been cut out and mounted to one of the rooms. All other illustrations intact. All other rooms empty. A reasonably… Read More

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible First Edition Virginia Sorensen's story of a black family in a changing DC suburban neighborhood. Inscribed and signed by author Sorensen on front free endpaper. Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Sorensen was an American regionalist writer. Notably, her role in Utah and Mormon literature places her within the "lost generation" of Mormon writers. She was awarded the 1957 Newbery Medal for her children's novel, Miracles on Maple Hill. 186 pp. 8 1/4" x 5 3/4". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Light shelf wear to price-clipped dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. Photographs of or additional information about this book are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Book-Lab, Inc. , 1971. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Detailed account of plantation teacher Milla Granson, aka Lilly Ann Granderson. Born into slavery, Granderson founded and operated a clandestine "midnight" school for slave children in Civil War Kentucky. Numerous illustrations and study questions. Limited printing. 30 pp. 9 3/4" x 6 1/2". Tight copy with minimal shelf wear. Ownership name to inside front cover. Otherwise unmarked. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Jazz Information, 1940. Softcover. Very Good. November 8, 1940 issue of legendary "hot jazz" magazine Jazz Information. Vol. 2, No. 6. Trombone player pictorial to cover. Contents include feature articles on Barney Bigard, Jimmy Noone and more. Also includes detailed reviews of new and classical jazz albums, notes on important collector's records (often obscure and rediscovered), news features on bands, jazz musicians of the day, etc., historical photos of performers and more. Scarce. 28 pp. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear, small hole to front cover and lightly rusted staples. Published for only two years, JI was a non-commercial, color-blind magazine that gained acclaim for its focus on serious jazz for advanced enthusiasts rather than quasi-jazz, also for its unbiased, exceptionally informed articles and reviews. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Edward Stratemeyer Dave Porter series book, Dave Porter and the Runaways. "Published, March, 1913" stated on copyright page. Lists 9th to 15-title list. Bound in orange cloth with black lettering and sports figures to front panel and black lettering to spine panel. Includes scarce priced dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. 301 pp. 7 1/2" x 5". Tight, brightly-colored cloth binding with sharp corners and moderate wrinkling to head and tail of spine panel. Hinges sturdy with no splitting. Unmarked front to back. Internals lightly toned. Dust jacket with light creasing to extremities, small tears to front and back panel and small area of loss to tail of spine panel. A presentable copy of an early Stratemeyer publication. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1924. Softcover. Very Good. Original exhibition catalog issued on the occasion of an exhibition of books containing illustrations by celebrated painter, engraver, publisher and illustrator Jean-Gabriel Daragnes - specifically, woodcuts. Illustrated with an original portrait etching of Daragnes by Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, 11 black-and-white Daragnes plates, three depicting lesbian scenes, and an original Daragnes hand-colored engraving laid in showing a husband walking in on his wife in bed with her lover - a scene from Fielding's Tom Jones. Signed and inscribed on front free endpaper thus: "Pour Madame Legat | Ce registre d'etat und des infants | qu'un pere demature confie a | l'assistance publingier | le pere indigne | Daragnes." Translation: "For Mrs. Legat: This register of state and children that a father has entrusted with the assistant publisher. The unworthy father, Daragnes." Also signed and inscribed on front free endpaper by an… Read More