“A CLASSIC WORK ABOUT PARAGUAY”
CHARLEVOIX, Pierre Francis-Xavier de. History of Paraguay. London, 1769. Two volumes in one. First edition in English of this fascinating history of Paraguay and its colonization by the Jesuit missionaries, handsomely bound. $1200.
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"'FAITH' IN THE FIGHT OF BLACK MEN FOR FREEDOM"
WRIGHT, Richard. Bright and Morning Star. New York, 1941.
First separate edition of one of Wright's earliest and most provocative looks at "racial injustice and violence in the American South," based on rumors he heard as a young boy about a Black woman who "avenged the murder of her husband" by shooting the white men responsible, a handsome copy in fragile original wrappers. $950.
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FOUR NURSERY RHYME POP-UPS BY GERALDINE CLYNE
CLYNE, Geraldine. Four pop-up books. New York, 1953. Four volumes.
Four (of eight) original, individual, fanfolded pop-ups from Clyne’s “Mother Goose Playhouse” series. $400.
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