Search Results: Authors starting with A from Better Read Than Dead

New York: A. Newton Plummer, 1932. First edition, limited to 2000 copies, this copy unnumbered. Hardcover, large octavo, quarterbound illustrated boards, 318 pp. Very good condition, upper and lower covers scuffed and soiled, board edges rubbed and worn, corners bruised, paper edges dust-soiled, front free endpaper ink marked. A. Newton Plummer's self-published historical study of securities and stock fraud at the New York Stock Exchange in the 1920s. The author supplied data and research to La Guardia to aid his testimony during the Pecora Investigation by Senate Committee on Banking and Currency in March 1932. The aim of the hearings was to reveal how financial institutions knowingly misled investors while consulting values, behavior that was revealed to have led to the 1929 stock market crash. Behaviors that have proved irremediable on Wall Street in the 90 years since. Full-page satirical cartoons at each chapter break.

Paris: UNESCO, 1958. Signature-bound [oblong octavo] in printed gray card wrappers, xix, 346 pp, 60 pp. of 137 b/w photos. Good, light toning and soiling to wraps, mild edge and shelf wear, 1.5" closed tear to bottom of front wrap at spine. Bumped crown of spine with top 1" starting to separate.. Book considering international law, general guidance, and strategies for the protection of cultural work and institutions (art, monuments, museums, etc) during armed conflict. The eighth in a series of texts devoted to different facets of the subject published by UNESCO. This edition translated from the original French.

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society Press, 2022. Softcover, quarto, in illustrated wraps, 513 pp. Near fine.

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover octavo, quarter bound cream cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue decoration, embossed blue emblem on pale green paper boards in an illustrated dust jacket, 178 pp. Near fine/Very good, lightest chipping and wear along perimeter aspects. Original jacket mezzotint by K.B. Hwang.

Princeton University Art Museum, 2018. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Linda Karshan. This item is in fine condition with tight binding and bright pages. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Onitsha, Nigeria: All Star Press. Unidentified printing. Saddle-stapled octavo in illustrated red card wraps. 52pp. Bumped to bottom fore corner, some soiling, foxing, edgewear; staples rusted with age; Very good.. Later reproduction of this Onitsha Market pamphlet Onitsha Market literature, printed and distributed at the Onitsha Market (Nigeria's largest open-air market), consists of moralist and folkloric tales, remarkable as signposts of the specific crossroads of an oral culture being dually translated into the English language and the printed word.

Onitsha, Nigeria: All Star Press. Unidentified printing. Saddle-stapled octavo in illustrated red card wraps. 48pp. Lightly edgeworn, soiled, toned, and foxed to wraps; staples rusted with age; Very Good or better.. Onitsha Market literature, printed and distributed at the Onitsha Market (Nigeria's largest open-air market), consists of moralist and folkloric tales, remarkable as signposts of the specific crossroads of an oral culture being dually translated into the English language and the printed word.

New York: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1970. From a total edition of 300 copies. Signature-bound in wraps printed pictorially on front cover only, 7-5/8 x 7-5/8 in. 28pp. Wraps rubbed, with wear at corners. Very good.. This copy inscribed on title page to Kenward [Elmslie]: "To Kenward With all best wishes Walter". First book, a collection of poems, by the Austrian-born writer. $250.

New York: New Directions, 1977. 8vo, blue boards with black lettering down spine in pictorial jacket, 113 pp. Very Good, corners at tail lightly pushed, slight cant to spine along with a slight cock./Very Good jacket, some toning on verso, light handling wear to edges and corners.. Jacket photograph by Eva Rubinstein; design by Getrude Huston. Ever the experimental master known best for his exploits in Alphabetical Africa and How German Is It, Abish here presents the other side of his work in short form.

New York: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1970. From a total edition of 300 copies. Signature-bound in wraps printed pictorially on front cover only, 7-5/8 x 7-5/8 in. 28pp. Very Good. Wraps rubbed, with wear at corners.. This copy inscribed on title page to Kenward [Elmslie]: "To Kenward With all best wishes Walter". First book, a collection of poems, by the Austrian-born writer.

New York: Hyperion, 1993. First Edition, Stated. 8vo. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Very Good, edge wear throughout, rubbing, and fading to lettering./Near Fine jacket, lightly rubbed.. Jacket photograph: Jerry Bauer. Jacket Design by Victor Weaver. First Edition, Rodriguez's first novel tells the story of Miguel, a young Puerto Rican dealer living in the South Bronx.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First American edition. Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards, thatched black cover decoration, gilt spine and cover titles, top stain, pictorial dust jacket, 370 pp. Very good book, boards edge worn; very good dust jacket, spine faded and soiled, spine ends chipped, cover edges twice torn, else light wear. Jacket design by Herbert Bayer.

Japan: Gakken, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Book is in very good condition, sharp corners, square tight binding, some fraying along front edge of spine, light shelving and handling wear. Slipcase is in good condition, some rubbing and light fraying along edges and front and rear panel of case, light soiling, still sturdy and houses book well. Overall very good condition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Rowley, MA: Newbury House Publishers, 1076. First Printing, November 1976. Perfectbound in illustrated card wraps. xiv, 102 pp. Very Good.

Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates, 1964. Hardcover, octavo, black cloth boards with olive green lettering and decoration, no dust jacket, decorative end papers, 287 pp. Very good, minor shelf wear with lightly soiled paper edges/No dust jacket.

[Normal, Illinois]: Illinois State University, 1977. Perfect-bound, [octavo], pictorial wraps, 50 pp. Good condition, wraps worn, bottom left corner cover wrap torn, light separation of text block. Cover design by Dick Urban. Pilot issue of Nummo A Black Theatre Journal featuring Lennox Brown's 'The Twilight Dinner'. Additional contributions from Abena Joan Brown, Paul Carter Harrison, an interview with Edward Burbridge by Carl Morrison.

Providence: Brown University, 2024. Saddle-stapled square octavo (9") in printed wraps. 30pp. Near Fine. Catalog of poetry, visual art, and songs by the Black Panther and political prisoner, published on occasion of the eponymous show at the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown. (Note: cover is not faded, but printed with gradient color to title).

New York: Anchor Books / Doubleday and Company, 1973. First printing. Perfect-bound, [octavo], pictorial wraps, 92 pp. Very good, spine sunned, edges dust-soiled and wraps lightly shelf-worn. Cover painting by Robert Andrew Parker; cover design Fred Troller.

New York: Astor-Honor, 1960. First U. S. paperback edition. Perfect-bound, [octavo], illustrated wraps, 170 pp. Good condition, spine creased and slightly cant, joints rubbed and creased, perimeter edge wear, covers faded with creased corners, underlining and annotations of literary critic and translator Robert[o] Marquez.

San Diego: [Kathy Acker], 1973. Saddle-stapled in printed self-wraps, 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. 28pp. Printed in blue on tan paperstock. Near fine, with light soiling to covers and toning along spine. The sixth volume (of six total) of Acker's serially self-published first novel, issues of which were mailed to subscribers. Republished in a single-volume trade edition by TVRT Press in 1975.