Blue Mountain Books

Hattie and the Wild Waves: a Story From Brooklyn more books like this

by Cooney, Barbara other copies of this book

Description: -Oblong 4to, color pictorial paper-covered boards titled in green, white & black, in color pictorial dw. [40] pp. Color pictorial title, color dedication page vignette & profuse full-page & textual illustrations in color by the author. Near fine. First American edition. This beautifully illustrated period tale of a girl from a first-generation American family growing up in Brooklyn features scenes and places from the author's own childhood, including the Hotel Bossert, which was built by her ... read more

Man Ray: Photographs. Introduction By Jean-Hubert Martin. With Three Texts By Man Ray more books like this

by Ray, Man other copies of this book

Description: -Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], soft covers bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The head of the spine is lightly chipped. 255 & [1] pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations from photographs by Man Ray. Near fine. Later printing. The book is based on an exhibition held at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris from December 1981 to April 1982. read more

Early Writings. Volume One. Translated By Philip Schmitz more books like this

by Reich, Wilhelm other copies of this book

Description: -Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The top & bottom edges are somewhat darkened. The dust jacket is soiled & slightly darkened with spotting to the folds & a few tiny stains. xvii & 332 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First edition in English. read more

The Golden Wind more books like this

by Ohta, Takashi; And Sperry, Margaret other copies of this book

Description: -Small octavo, soft covers bound in pictorial green & cream wraps. The binding is rubbed, darkened & chipped with the corners lightly creased & a vertical crease to each wrap. 269 pages plus colophon. The bottom page corners & some front & rear top page corners are lightly creased. There are small stains to a few pages. Good. First edition, with an introduction by Padraic Colum. Boldly inscribed by Takashi Ohta, partially in Japanese characters, across the verso of the flyleaf & the half-title: ... read more

...and Now Miguel more books like this

by (Charlot, Jean). Krumgold, Joseph other copies of this book

Description: -8vo, tan cloth (bumped) titled in black on spine, in color pictorial dw (chipped with short tear to front panel; lightly rubbed). [viii] & 245 pp. Color pictorial endpapers & full-page & textual illustrations in B&W by Jean Charlot. Very good. Second printing. This Newberry Medal-winning book--the Newberry seal is mounted on the dustwrapper--tells the story of Miguel, the middle child of the Chavez family, who have lived for generations on a sheep-raising farm in Taos, New Mexico. Krumgold ... read more

Fifty-One Tales more books like this

by Dunsany, Lord other copies of this book

Description: -Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The covers are bumped & rubbed. The spine & its gilt titling are faded. 138 pages. The page edges are slightly darkened with a tiny stain to the top edge of 1 page. Good. First American edition. read more

The Feast of All Saints more books like this

by Rice, Anne other copies of this book

Description: -Octavo, cream boards backed with red cloth & titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. There is minor discoloration to the front panel of the dust jacket. 571 pages. Near fine. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. read more

At the Back of the North Wind more books like this

by (Kirk, Maria L.). Macdonald, George other copies of this book

Description: -8vo, red pictorial cloth (bumped & lightly soiled; spine faded with two small stains) titled in gilt with image of a boy and girl walking hand-in-hand stamped in black & white on the front cover. [viii] & 352 pp. & 8-page publisher's catalogue (rear endpaper stained with child's homemade library pocket on it). Color frontispiece, 11 color plates & B&W head-& tail-pieces by Maria L. Kirk. There is staining to the margins of some plates, but the images are bright and clean. Good. Sixth edition, ... read more

M. C. Higgins, the Great more books like this

by Hamilton, Virginia other copies of this book

Description: -8vo, brown cloth titled in silver, in color pictorial dw. [viii], 278 & [2] pp. Near fine. Second printing. A Newberry Medal-winning novel for young people, a story of daydreams and reality in which a young black boy, Mayo Cornelius Higgins, "learns that both choice and action lie within his power. " The Newberry seal mounted on the front panel of the dw. read more