Search Results: History, Biography from Madden Books

1st edition, 1st printing. Very Good HC, no DJ. Green cloth over boards, gilt & black letters; laid paper. Clean covers and spine; few light scuffs to covers; slight rubbing at corners; small damp stain on text block top edge, not visible on pages; tightly bound; owner name in pencil on front free end paper; clean interior. Loosely biographical of author Mary Heaton Vorse's mother. Author was a noted suffragist, pacifist, popular novelist, labor journalist, Wobbly, a founder of The Masses, a founder of the Provincetown Players, 'discoverer' of Sinclair Lewis, Montessori teacher, single mother. As a reporter she covered all major strikes from Lawrence MA in 1912 to Passaic NJ, Gastonia NC, Harlan County KY and on up to waterfront union corruption in the 1950s. Cf, Rideout; Buhle, et al; Blain, et al; Kunitz & Haycraft. 12mo, 270 pp.

Good HC, no DJ. Green cloth over boards, gilt letters, blind stamp logo. Lightly scuffed covers; slightly sunned on spine, letters somewhat obscured; tightly bound; pencil names and inscription on front end paper; clean interior. 12mo, 292 pp; index; illustrated.

Dark blue ungrained cloth over boards, gilt letters. Clean covers & spine; few faint scuffs; tightly bound; remainder marks on text block bottom edge; crisp and clean interior. Now in protective mylar. Eicher #594. 8vo, 549 pp; index; illustrated with maps.

1st edition. Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Brown cloth over boards, gilt stamped titles on spine. Clean covers and spine; irregular fading of covers (see pix); tightly bound; light, clean interior. 8vo, 228 pp; index.

1st printing. Fine softcover. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. 8vo, 359 pp; index, biblio. This is a new, unread book.

Very Good HC in Good DJ. Black cloth over boards, blue panels w/ gilt letters; elaborate gilt filigree on spine. Bright, clean covers & spine; tightly bound; crisp, clean interior. DJ is price-clipped; lightly scuffed; few chips at spine end; 1/2" chip at front top fore corner; few small closed tear along edges. 8vo, 524 pp; index.

Black cloth over boards, gilt Russian imperial coat of arms and letters; laid paper; map end papers; tipped in illustrations; untrimmed fore & tail edges. Clean, lightly scuffed covers & spine; lightly sunned on spine; 1/4 inch split at spine head/back cover joint; tightly bound; bright, clean interior. 8vo, 384 pp; index; 34 illustrations.

1st printing of 1st edition. Fine hardcover in Near Fine DJ. Blue diaper-grain cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine. Bright, clean covers and spine are As New; tightly bound and square in case; bright, clean interior; many leaves are unopened at fore edge. DJ is clean with no edge wear; some age darkening of spine and slightly along cover edges. Fold-out map intact and As New but with very slight age darkening of innermost fold. 8vo, 185 pp; index, biblio; illustrated. This is a new, unread book.

1st printing of 1st edition. Fine hardcover in Near Fine DJ. Blue diaper-grain cloth over boards, gilt titles on spine. Bright, clean covers and spine are As New; tightly bound and square in case; bright, clean interior; many leaves are unopened at fore edge. DJ is price-clipped; clean with no edge wear; some age darkening of spine and very slightly along cover edges. Fold-out map intact and As New but with slight age darkening of innermost fold. 8vo, 185 pp; index, biblio; illustrated. This is a new, unread book.

Near Fine hardcover in Near Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine are As New; light dust spotting on text block top edge; printing error caused faint smudging on one page in intro; bright, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete; faintly shelf-scuffed. 8vo, 288 pp.