Fields James Editor (17 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 144 pages. Topics include Murray Bookchin on Bernie Sanders - does he embody the spirit and wisdom of Eugene V. Debs or a facade for corporate liberalism ('Socialism in One City?', co-authored with Bryan H. Higgins); the Left after 1968 ('Eastern Left - Western Left' by Ferenc Feher and Agnes Heller); and the myth of missing children ('Drive-In Morality, Child Abuse, and the Media' by Nina Eliasoph). Other chapters are 'The United States Economy and an Agenda for Labor' by Gary Fields, 'Sanctuary: Choosing Sides' by Renny Golden about the Reagan administration's attempts to destroy the sanctuary movement, ironically with the help of the religious right. 'Labor Front: Not by Bread Alone' by James Green, 'Review: Schooling in America Reconsidered' by Brian Powers, and 'Review: The Paradox of Democratic Education' by Brad Rose. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Light shelfwear. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Hilton, Gail & Sherrod, James (illustrator). 44 pages. Marked. Dirty covers, wear on edges & corners.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Nr Fine/Nr Fine. 1st edition. xi, [1], 445 pp (including Index). 8vo. Fields & Dickens were close friends; Chap 21 on Dickens. Marooon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865. Copyright 1863. iv,327 pages. 18 engraved portraits with tissues & writing. 7.75 x 5.25", gold-stamped green cloth, all edges gilt. Tennyson, Holmes, Rossetti, MacDonald, Whittier, Thackeray, Wordsworth, Dickens, Stowe, Thoreau, Procter, Trowbridge, Holland, &c. Clean, tight, VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Twenty-four engraved plates (illustrator). Bound in three-quarter leather and paper boards. Small portions of the front paper and the spine are missing. Twenty-four engraved portraits of the contributors are present. Wear at the tips and light soiling.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Softcover. Includes 'The Snow-Walkers' by John Burroughs (9pp), 'Poor Chloe: A True Story of Massachusetts in the Olden Time' by Lydia Maria Child (12pp), Poems by Richard Realf, Hiram Rich and Thomas Bailey Aldrch, plus the third part of Hawthorne's NoteBooks, the second part of The Freedman's Story by William Parker and the third part of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'The Chimney-Corner for 1866'. Sewn wraps. Some pages unopened V.g. copy. Together with a second copy of the same a little worn and creased.

Condition: FINE. First printing. An anthology containing works by relatively unknown young Black poets. Includes significant selection of poems by Charles Cooper (his first appearance in print), Kattie M. Cumbo, Julia Fields, Carole Gregory, William J. Harris, Lance Jeffers, Alicia Loy Johnson, James Arlington Jones, and Richard W. Thomas. While it notes that most of these poets had been published to some extent, most had not had as many poems published as were included here, and all are under the age of 50. Their work was part of a collective explosion of African-American creativity that defined the era's literary landscape. Lance Jeffers (1919Ð1985) whose work was known for it exploration of the African American experience went on to publish many volumes of poetry; Julia Fields, who was championed by Langston Hughes also published several influential collections as well as an award-winning childrenÕs book; William J. Harris was both a prolific poet and leading scholar on Amiri Baraka. Each section is preceded by a brief biographical note on the poet. Index of Titles. xv, 236 pp. Very good in gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine in a fair only dust jacket with several large chips, price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Small blue octavo with decorative gilt stamping; gilt edges; brown endpapers; iv, 327 pages frontispiece, plates, portraits 20 cm. A selection of poems and writing from prominent authors and poets. "The pleasant books, that silently among/Our household treasures take familiar places,/And are to us as if a living tongue/Spake from the printed leaves or pictured faces!"--Opening quote from Longfellow. Includes an early appearance of Cristina Rossetti's Goblin Market, as well as SIr Thomas Browne on Dreams, most likley from his Religio Medici. ?We are somewhat more than ourselves in our sleeps; and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul.? Very good (+) for age; pages unmarked save for elegant ink inscription on front flyleaf from 1866; binding tight; slight edgewear to boards; toning and foxing to leaves; First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited).

First Edition. James T. Fields, editor The Boston Book. Being Specimens of Metropolitan Literature First edition, 1850, Ticknor, Reed and Fields, includes work by Hawthorne, Holmes, Whittier, Longfellow, Dana, Emerson, and others. Rubbing to the spine, otherwise intact, Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. NOTE: This oversize/heavy book will require additional charges for international shipping, please inquire prior to ordering; xxx, 998 pages; green cloth, gilt and black spine and front titles and elaborate decorations, beveled extremities; all edges gilt; black endpapers; black & white frontispiece with tissue guard, black & white plates with guards; rubbing to extremities, fraying to head & tail of spine, scattered blemishes, bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown, slightly shaken; a very good copy.

iv. + 326pp. small 8vo illustrated in black & white maroon cloth, gilt front & spine, a.e.g., coated endpapers BAL 3776,5249,7630. 1st Printing of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'The Titmouse'. Also Whittier, Carlyle, Goethe, Mrs. Gaskell, Dante, George Ticknor, Milton, Southey, Blake, Longfellow, and Scott Some Blake poems appear to make their 1st US appearance here. Remembrance card pasted to front endpaper, text lightly stained throughout, stamping faded, covers sunned/rubbed: Good+.

The Boston Book. Being Specimens of Metropolitan Literature. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. 364 p, original decorated cloth binding measures 8 x 4.75", 8vo. Featuring First Printings of: The Morning Visit by Oliver Wendell Holmes (page 89), Resignation by Henry Longellow (page 123). In good condition. Binding slightly cocked. Boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine collapsed with frayed cloth; spine tanned from shelf-wear/sun-exposure. Gilt lettering and deco normally dulled on spine, but overall legible and attractive. All edges of text-block gilt. Ownership bookplate on front paste-down: "Harry Little". Front gutter cracked at vignette title page with some cording exposed. Normal toning and age-staining through text-block. Some spots of light finger-soiling. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Vignette title page of the "Great Tree" on Boston Common with a fountain and a flagpole in the forefront. COLI1850ABDB - 01/26 - HK3116.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Oxford Complete Edition / First Edition. 1) Handsome hardcover edition, bound in decorative quarter vellum at spine with brown cloth. Solidly bound and clean inside and out. Top edge gilt (slightly dulled). The book is a British reprint of the 1894 edition issued by Houghton Mifflin. With notes, index of first lines, and chronological list. "From E.S. from W.F. 15.4.09" neatly inked on half-title page. Soiled reading ribbon present. An Oxford Complete Edition. A very nice copy. 8vo. 598 pp. 2) Included in the sale is an entry in the Harper's Black & White Series "Whittier," by Mrs. James T. Fields, in near fine condition, clean and solidly bound. Lacking a dust jacket. Illustrated. Affixed to inside pastedown page is a newspaper clipping with the headline "Whittier's Birthplace Before the Recent Fire." 24mo. 103 pp.

One page, 12mo, bifolium, minor chips, good condition. Text: "I should at this time address a letter to Miss Thackeray 'care of' Mr George Smith, Publisher of the Cornhill Magazine, London.".

Hardcover. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth stamped in gilt, iv, 326pp. Name, some minor wear to spine ends o/w near fine.