"...and the Trees Cried" by Sidney D. Lee - December, 1997

Chicago: Esquire Inc., 1959. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 200 pp. Digest format. Light wear. The cover features a photograph by Ruth Bushman; the back cover features a full colour ad for Camel Cigarettes. This issue contains: The Dog That Reformed a Killer by Fred Bodsworth; The Search for a Phantom Father by Rona Jaffe; How to Indulge a Bulge by Jo Hubbard Chamberlin; Bendigo the Bruiser by D. L. Champion; The Man Behind the Menace by Lee Edson; Strange Genius of the Jungle Wars, Charles Wingate by Joseph Stocker; Big Wind in Washington by Al Toffler; They're Stealing Time from Our Schools by Philip Reaves; What's in a Name? Plenty by John Carlova; How to Find a Job After 40 by Harold W. Williams; Light in the Twilight of My Life by Ernest Ek as told to Helen Burrowes; Money Wise by Sidney Margolius; Are Our Family Doctors Good Enough? by Martin L. Cross; Sweet Slice of Lemon by Richard G. Hubler; Half Brother in a Shaggy Coat by Gary Webster; Uncle Sam's… Read More

Smith Elder & Co, 1890. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G. vi+449pp, index, cloth, rubbed with a few splits along the spine, hinges weak, a working copy. Standard Biography of Great Britain.

New York, NY, USA.: Hearst Corporation., 1952. Book. Illus. by PHOTO Cover By Stephen Colhoun.. Good to Very Good.. Soft cover. TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus.. COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE (November 1952; Volume-133 #5 ) (166 Pages including Covers); >>> weight = 340.> CONTENTS; (1) NOVELS - (1) "Lover for the Marquise" by Daphne du Maurier; (2) "The Doll" by John D. MacDonald; (mystery); STORIES - (1) "The Tallest Girl at the Latin Quater" by Louise Lee Outlaw; (2) " The Rut" by William Kingsfield ; (3) "The Wonderful Fool" by Roderick Lull; ARTICLES - (1) "THE HECKLE AND THE SQUELCH" by Sidney Carroll; (2) "HOW TO STAY ALIVE ON THE HIGHWAY!" by Maurice Zolotow; (3) "THE WHERE-HOW - AND HOW MUCH!" by Don Short; (4) "PERRY COMO, A PERFECTLY NORMAL GUY" by Dorothy Kilgallen; (5) "EVERYTHING BUT MONEY" by Caroline Bird; (6) " DO DRINKING FOUNTAINS SPREAD DISEASE?" by Jack Harrison… Read More

Oxford : Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press , 1916. A handsome copy. Near Fine condition. Clean, square, tight, & unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Original blue cloth, gilt. Gilt stamping is still bright and shiny. Volume 1 only (of 2). First printing, with "In the Tercentenary Year" and "1916" on the title page. 100 illustrations, mostly full-page plates inserted. With the handsome armorial bookplate of H. Stanton (designed by "HAW" in 1913) with the Latin phrase: EXALTAVIT ME IN PETRA. "The purpose of this book is to describe the habits of the English people during Shakespeare's lifetime." Volume I begins with ODE ON THE TERCENTENARY COMMEMORATION OF SHAKESPEARE by Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges (See McKay 48). Includes sections on: The Age of Elizabeth; Religion; The Court; The Army; The Navy; Voyages and Exploration; Land Travel; Education; Scholarship; Handwriting; Commerce and Coinage; Agriculture and… Read More