Notable New Books: August

Faith, culture, and leadership: A history of the Black church in Boston, by Robert C. Hayden
Boston: NAACP (Boston Branch), 1983. Signed by author. Booklet prepared for the 24th Annual Awards Banquet of the Boston Branch of the NAACP.

Laura Rider's Masterpiece, by Jane Hamilton
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Signed by author.

Before the Dawn of History, by Charles Robert Knight
New York: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill, 1935. First Edition (first printing, scarce as such). Text and illustrations (by the author) of prehistoric beasts.

Explorations of Visual Phenomena, by Eleanor Dimoff
New York: Workshop Center for Open Education, 1973. First Edition (NAP). By the then-director of the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School.

"Somebody, Somewhere, Wants Your Photograph": A Selection From the Work of Allen E. Cole (1893-1970), Photographer of Cleveland's Black Community
Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1980. First Edition.

Medieval Armenian Costumes: A History of the Armenians From the 7th - 14th Centuries, by Juanita Will Soghikian
Lexington, MA: Armenian Relief Society, 1976. First Edition (presumed). Paper-doll cutouts of authentic costume. Scarce.

Notable New Books: July

Immortal Hero Yang-sze, by Wang Hao
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1965. Third edition. Scarce.

Snow Crystals, by W. A. Bentley
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1931. First edition. Rare.

Anatomical Preparations, by Milton Hildebrand
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968. First edition (presumed). Scarce.

African Shadows, by Ugo Mochi
New York: Junior Literary League/Robert O. Ballou, 1933. First Edition.

A longitudinal investigation of Montessori and traditional prekindergarten training with inner city children: a comparative assessment of learning outcomes (a three part study), by Barbara Berger
New York: Center for Urban Education, 1969. Scarce original study.

Drawings by Japanese Children
Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1940.

Principles and Practice of Radiesthesia, by Abbe Mermet
Longmead, Great Britain: Element Books, 1987. First Edition. Scarce.

Notable New Books

The Random House Dictionary of the English Language (Unabridged Edition)
New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition. With original box. Scarce.

Bridge Street to Freedom: Landmarking a Station on the Underground Railroad, by Flavia Alaya and Dolores Van Rensalier
Mahwah, NJ: Ramapo College of New Jersey, 1998. Inscribed and signed by both authors. First Edition SOLD!

The Story of the Sacred Harp, 1844-1944, by George Pullen Jackson
Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1944. First Edition. Signed by author.

The Art of Cooking Omelettes, by Madame Romaine de Lyon
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co, 1963. Signed by author. First Edition. Scarce.

Counter-Insurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice, by David Galula
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1964. First Edition. Scarce.

Elsie De Wolfe: A Decorative Life, by Nina Campbell
New York: Panache Press, 1992. First Edition. Signed by author.

Notable New Books

Poppy, by Avi
New York: Orchard Books, 1995. First Edition. Scarce.

The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1), by Stephen King
Hampton Falls, NH: Donald M. Grant, 1998. Third printing (stated) of hardcover first edition.

Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, by Gore Vidal
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. First edition, signed by the author.

Shakespearean Plant Names: Identifications and Interpretation, by Mats Ryden
Stockholm, Sweden: Almquist and Wiksell International, 1978. First Edition.

The Nursery "Alice," by Lewis Carroll
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966. First Edition Thus (facsimile).

The Top Shelf Flea

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Notable New Books

Marianno: A Good Life and Loving Guardians: A Family Memoir, by Lydia Prescott Thayer
Self-Published (Rowley Printing), 1980. First (Limited) Edition, signed by the author.

The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve, by G. Edward Griffin
Westlake Village, CA: American Media, 2005. Later printing, signed and inscribed by the author.

The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape, by James Howard Kunstler
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First Edition, signed and inscribed by the author.

The Mayor of MacDougal Street: A Memoir, by Dave Van Ronk
Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 2005. First Thus.

Notable new books the last two weeks: 03/07-03/20

The Soul of the New Machine, by Tracy Kidder
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1981. First Edition, signed by the author. Winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize.

Meat Market, by Erik Marcus
Ithaca, NY: Brio Press, 2005. Limited Advance Printing, signed and inscribed by the author.

Textile League Baseball: South Carolina's Mill Teams, 1880-1955, by Thomas K.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1993.

The Luck of the Bodkins, by P.G. Wodehouse
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1936. First American Edition.

Postcards from the Edge, by Carrie Fisher
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First Edition.