Singleton Stephen Cochran (8 results)

Octavo, green cloth (hardcover), 27 pp. Good, with chipped & frayed spine. Contents: Dedication; Florida Showers; Red Hibiscus; The "Queen of Nassau" Passes; Lost in the Gulf; Lake Tohopekaliga; Exile; My Florida; A Rosary; A Christmas Song for Pioneers; Key Largo; Key West; The Florida Keys; Tavernier; Treasure. Florida, Floridiana, Poetry, Americana, U.S.-iana. nslic.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good condition. This is a trade size softcover pamphlet opening lengthwise. Corners are bumped. Back cover is soiled. Two spots on front cover. Several creases throughout pamphlet. Two inch tear on page 13. 24 pages.

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 24 pages; Clean and secure in original gray-green printed wrappers, but for one marginal note by original owner on photo of flooded street with automobiles: "The car marked was us. As soon as possible we got out to see if Emma and family were alive. Passing many dead bodies." Filled with full-page half tone illustrations from photographs of the aftermath of the Miami hurricane of September 17 - 18, 1926. Laid-in is a printed leaflet with lyrics for a song titled "MIAMI" sung to the tune of "Floyd Collins." A one-page essay "The Mother of the World" by Stephen Cochran Singleton. Among the damaged sites photographically recorded: Miami's Bay Front and the McAllister Hotel with pleasure boats thrown up onto the boulevard; streets filled with flooded automobiles, the Meyer-Kiser Building, Hardies' Casino and the Furry Bath House, and several wrecked residences, boat houses and collapsed buildings. From the cover: "Views of the greatest catastrophe that has befallen any American Community. No City or State, since the San Francisco Earthquake has undergone the horrors or sadness which this West Indian Hurricane brought to the citizenry of Miami and Miami Beach. Hundreds were killed in this hurricane. Over 4000 injured and 15,000 families left homeless.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. RARE, SIGNED by author, No. 209 of limited ed. of 250, no date (ca. 1930s), shelfwear, previous owner's stamp on front endpage, lighth age toning. amp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. RARE volume of Florida poetry, SIGNED, number 209 of limited edition of 250 copies, no date (from text appears to be 1950s), shelfwear, rubbing, light age toning, a few spots on endpage., previous owner's embossed stamp on front endpage. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 243/250 signed twice, once with inscription to a friend other materials inserted book in Fine shape early 50's or perhaps earlier.

Miami: E.P. Wheelan, Publisher, [1926]. [24]pp. Oblong; 7 x 9 inches. Printed wrappers. Half tone illustrations from photographs. Some soil to wrappers; vertical center crease to covers and pages, likely from mailing; else very good. Scarce. Full-page views of the aftermath of the Miami hurricane of September 1718, 1926. "No City or State, since the San Francisco Earthquake has undergone the horrors or sadness which this West Indian Hurricane brought to the citizenry of Miami and Miami Beach. Hundreds were killed in this hurricane. Over 4000 injured and 15,000 families left homeless." Views include Miami's Bay Front and the McAllister Hotel with pleasure boats thrown up onto the boulevard; damages to the Meyer-Kiser Building; damage to Hardies' Casino and the Furry Bath House; several flood scenes; wrecked residences and boat houses; and numerous views of collapsed buildings, one showing a soldier standing guard. Includes a one-page tribute to the Red Cross, "The Mother of the World." OCLC: State Library of Florida, Univ. of Miami, UVA. OCLC: State Library of Florida, Univ. of Miami, UVA.

Condition: Very Good. Beige stapled wraps. Black/white views of Miami after the large, and deadly, hurricane of 1926. Some wear to paper on rear flap, but otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. 9.25 x 7 in.