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(Biography) MATTHEWS, Thomas Edwin
General James Robertson: Father of Tennessee
Nashville TN: The Parthenon Press 1934. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 588 PP. Stunning original red cloth with gilt title work to cover and spine. Light bump to top board else a fine copy. No writing bookplates etc. Red cloth is bright and clean. Lacks DJ. Allen #700. The Parthenon Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 4420
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(Biography) WILSON, Woodrow; LAPIERRE, Wayne
George Washington
Birmingham AL: Palladium Press LIBRARY OF AMERICAN FREEDOMS 2001. First Thus. Leather bound. Near Fine. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 333 PP. One of an unknown number of limited edition copies bound in crushed morocco leather with gilt decoration to cover and spine. Introduction by Wayne LaPierre. AEG. Palladium Press [LIBRARY OF AMERICAN FREEDOMS] unknown
书商的参考编号 : 8929
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(Biography) DANCHEV, Alex
Georges Braque: A Life
New York: Arcade Publishing 2005. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/2 X 9 5/8 Inches. 440 PP. First printing with the complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $40.00 intact on front flap. Biogrpahy of the pioneer of modern art and the father of the Cubism movement that was widely popularized by Pablo Picasso. Arcade Publishing hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6400
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(Biography) CREWS, Harry; BLEDSOE, Erik; et all
Getting Naked with Harry Crews; Interviews
Gainesville FL: University Press of Florida 1999. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/8 Inches. 365 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact. This copy from the archives of the University Press of Florida and stamped on top gutter as such. University Press of Florida hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 2990
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(Biography) MARSH, Dave
Glory Days; Bruce Springsteen in the 1980's
New York: Pantheon 1987. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. Hardcover 478 pages. In original dust jacket. Early biography of "The Boss Pantheon unknown
书商的参考编号 : 2
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(Biography) MARSH, Dave
Glory Days; Bruce Springsteen in the 1980's
New York: Pantheon 1987. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. Octavo. 478 pages. Early biography of "The Boss". In original dust jacket. Red Remainder "dot" on the bottom gutter. Pantheon unknown
书商的参考编号 : 33
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(Biography) PALIN, Sarah
Going Rogue: An American Life SIGNED #'ED EDITION
New York: Harper Collins 2009. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 413 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $28.99 intact on front flap. Signed by Sarah Palin on the publisher limitation page. This copy is #3437 of 5000 copies. Housed in deluxe issue presentation box from Premiere Collectibles. Harper Collins hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 3635
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(Biography) BERG, A. Scott
Goldwyn: A Biography SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1989. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 579 PP. SIGNED IN THE MONTH OF PUBLICATION TO FAMED HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHER BOB THOMAS! <br /> <br /> Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed inscribed and dated to Thomas directly on the FFEP. During his career with the Associated Press Thomas authored more than 30 books. His biographies of Joan Crawford Marlon Brando Bob Hope Howard Hughes and Walt Disney are among the most famous of the genre. Unfortunately for Berg the book appears unread. Light wear to DJ at foot of spine and a vertical crease to rear panel. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6645
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(Biography) BERG, A. Scott
Goldwyn: A Biography SIGNED 1ST
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1989. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 579 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Berg directly on the FFEP. Light smudge under autograph probably caused by ink at signing. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5512
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(Biography) BURNS, George
Gracie: A Love Story SIGNED BOOKPLATE
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1988. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 319 PP. "I have to be honest I was a lousy lover. Fortunately Gracie married me for laughs not for sex. Of course she got both of them - when we had sex she laughed." George Burns page 69<br /> <br /> First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $16.95 intact. Signed by Burns on bookplate loosely affixed to the title-page. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5154
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(Biography) POWYS, Llewelyn
Henry Hudson
New York: Harper & Brothers 1928. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 5 7/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 213 PP. First American edition in original blue cloth binding. Sailing vessel in blind on front board. PO note on first page of text. Harper & Brothers unknown
书商的参考编号 : 7145
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(Biography) BRUCE, Lenny
How to Talk Dirty and Influence People
Chicago IL: Playboy Press 1965. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price is clipped. Illustrated with B/W photographs throughout. Hint of rubbing at DJ edges. A very attractive copy overall. Playboy Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 8507
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(Biography) PRICE, Vincent; PRICE, Victoria; MATHESON, Richard
I Like What I Know: A Visual Autobiography SIGNED BY VICTORIA PRICE
New York: Open Road 2016. First Thus. Original wraps. Near Fine. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 288 PP. Modern reprint of Vincent's 1959 book on collecting art. Signed and inscribed by Vincent's daughter Victoria on the first page. This reprint produced at sold by Victoria at convention appearances. Open Road unknown
书商的参考编号 : 7683
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(Biography) STONE,Irving
I Michelangelo Sculptor SIGNED 1ST
Garden City NY: Doubleday 1962. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 283 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $4.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Irving Stone directly on the FFEP. "An Autobiography through Letters" - from the author of The Agony and the Ecstasy. DJ a bit toned with chips to head and tail of spine. Doubleday hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6221
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(Biography) KETTERER, David
Imprisoned in a Tesseract: The Life and Work of James Blish
Kent Ohio: Kent State University Press 1987. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 410 PP. First edition copy in original jacket. Light foxing to top gutter. Kent State University Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 8441
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(Biography) FIELD, Sally
In Pieces SIGNED 1ST
New York: Grand Central Publishing 2018. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 404 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $29.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Field on the publisher limitation page. Original "Autographed Edition" sticker as issued by publisher on front cover. Grand Central Publishing hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 7322
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(Biography) WEINBERGER, Caspar
In The Arena: A Memoir of the 20th Century SIGNED FIRST PRINTING
Washington DC: Regnery 2001. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 412 PP. Signed by Weinberger directly on the title-page. Secretary of State for Ronald Reagan for nearly eight years. Complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $34.95 intact on front flap. Gutters a bit dusty else a fine copy. Regnery hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 2746
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(Biography) CONNOLLEY, William
Ingalls of Kansas: A Character Study SIGNED 1ST
Topeka KS: Published by the Author 1909. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 234 PP. First printing in the original red cloth binding. Signed and inscribed by author and noted historian William Connelley directly on the FFEP. Early and important biography of Kansas Senator John James Ingalls. TEG. A bit of scuffing to boards. Foxing to endpapers. Published by the Author hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 4733
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(Biography) Iles, George
Inventors at Work SIGNED 1ST
New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1906. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 6 X 9 Inches. 505 PP. Signed and inscribed by Iles to the Washington Memorial Library Valley Forge directly on the ffep. Original illustrated green cloth binding. Profusely illustrated mini-histories of inventions and inventors from Alexander Graham Bell to Bi-Focal Lenses. Light bumping to corners and spine ends. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown
书商的参考编号 : 7693
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(Biography) DRYFOOS, Susan; TUCHMAN, Barbara; SULZBERGER, Iphigene Ochs
IPHIGENE; Memoirs of Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger of the New York Times Family
New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1981. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 312 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $14.95 intact. Light wear to DJ edges and folds. Tremendous biography of the daughter of the founder of the New York Times. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 2463
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(Biography) HAMMOND, Wayne G.; SCULL, Christina
J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1995. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9 X 11 1/2 Inches. 208 PP. Profusely illustrated study of the artistic side of Tolkien. The book explores Tolkien's drawings for his book his early childhood work and the pictures he made for his children. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $40.00 intact on front flap. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6413
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(Biography) STRODE, Hudson
Jefferson Davis: Confederate President
New York: Harcourt Brace & World 1959. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 556 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Text clean and sharp. DJ exhibits a few spots of wear. Original price of $6.75 intact. A very attractive copy overall. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 3625
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(Biography) BARROW, Joe Lous; MUNDER, Barbara; ASHE, Arthur
Joe Louis: 50 Years An American Hero
New York: McGraw-Hill 1988. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 270 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $18.95 intact on front flap. Hint of wear at DJ edges. McGraw-Hill hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5579
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(Biography) FITZGERALD, OP. O. P.
John B. McFerrin: A Biography INSCRIBED BY JOHN MCFERRIN ANDERSON
Nashville TN: Publishing House of the M.E. Church South 1901. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 5 X 7 3/8 Inches. 448 PP. Original red publisher cloth with gilt illustration of McFerrin on front cover. Noted Methodist preacher and chaplain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Namesake of McFerrin park in Nashville. Signed and inscribed "Jas. F Dixon / With Compliments / of / John McFerrin / Anderson / Nov. 29th '05" on the ffep. Light wear to covers and spine ends. Foxing and toning. Attractive copy overall. Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South unknown
书商的参考编号 : 3722
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(Biography) DOLLEN, Charles
John F. Kennedy: American
Boston MA: Daughters of St. Paul 1965. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 244 PP. Light foxing to endpapers. Original price of $5.00 intact on front flap. Light wear to DJ edges. An attractive copy overall. Daughters of St. Paul hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 3585
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(Biography) GLENN, John; TAYLOR, Nick
John Glenn: A Memoir SIGNED IN MONTH OF RELEASE
New York: Bantam Books 1999. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 422 PP. Signed by Astronaut and Congressman John Glenn directly on the half title-page. Glenn has also added the date of November 11 1999. This date is within ten days of the original release! Full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $27.00 intact on front flap of DJ. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth and was one of the original WE SEVEN Mercury Astronauts. Some light foxing to endpapers and gutters. Wear and rubbing to DJ spine ends. Bantam Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 7959
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(Biography) LEWIS, M(atthew) G.
Journal of a West India Proprietor 1st American
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6 X 9 Inches. 356 PP. "Whether the pleasure of the negroes was sincere may be doubted; but certainly it was the loudest I had ever witnessed: they all talked together sang danced shouted." - Matthew Lewis<br /> <br /> First American edition of this important record of plantation life from the slave owner's perspective. Lewis inherited two slave-owning plantations and twice went to Jamaica to investigate the living conditions of his slaves. Lewis' account notoriously sugar-coats the life of the slave on his plantations due to the increasing moral push against the practice of slavery in Britain at the time. Scarce in original issue jacket. "Publisher Overstock" stamp on front of DJ. Light chipping to edges. An important book that is relatively scarce in commerce. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6728
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(Biography) LANG, Lang; RITZ, David
Journey of a Thousand Miles: My Story SIGNED 1ST
New York: Spiegel & Grau 2008. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 239 PP. Stated "First Edition" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Lang Lang directly on the FFEP. Accompanied by flyer and ticket stub to signing/performance event in Chicago. Spiegel & Grau hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5466
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(Biography) WHEATON, Will
Just a Geek: Unfinchingly honest tales of the search for life love and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise SIGNED 1ST
Sebastopol CA: O'Reilly 2004. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 267 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed "To Barry - A Fellow Geek" directly on the title-page. An impressive and fairly scarce memoir from the child actor turned excellent author. Doesn't hurt that Will narrated "Ready Player One" for Ernest Cline. O'Reilly hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6013
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(Biography) CAMPBELL, Earl Vendyes
Kennedy's Thoughts After He Was Shot
Bigfork MN: Northwoods Press 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. Original blue cloth with white title-stamping to front cover and spine. A mix of biographical information on Kennedy's term in office with some conjecture as to what might have been on his mind in the final moments of his life and poems by the author. A scarce book with "0" copies in commerce and only "5" on OCLC. Light toning to endpapers. Toning and a few spots of loss to DJ. Accompanied by original publisher prospectus. Northwoods Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 4867
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(Biography) BOURDAIN, Anthony
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
New York: Bloomsbury 2000. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 307 PP. Stated "First U.S. Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Following the buzz his 1999 New Yorker story "Don't Eat Before Reading This" created Bourdain released this expanded tale of kitchen kinship and cutting in 2000. To say the Anthony Bourdain was a culinary expert restaurant critic world traveling food expert lobster whisperer and world-famous chef is not enough. His writing and later his television presence shows us his intellect his wit his humanity in a way that transcended food and eating. Bourdain's true gift was the sense of adventure his craving for life and for experience that was as contagious as a cough at summer camp. Like few others of his time Bourdain spoke to the world with an honesty and a candor that was quite unparalleled. A very attractive copy overall. Bloomsbury hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 8821
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(Biography) SCIESZKA, Jon
Knucklehead SIGNED 1ST
New York: Viking Press 2008. First Edition. Original wraps. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 3/4 X 10 Inches. 106 PP. Original comic book sized memoir by Jon Scieszka mostly about the inspiration behind his children's books and his life growing up with his brothers. Scieszka is the author of the Time Warp trio and the Trucktown series among others. Signed on the title-page. Viking Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 6659
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(Biography) MAUROIS, Adre
La Vie De Disraeli Disraeli's Life; #79 of 1020 Copies
Paris: Librairie Gallimard 1927. Limited Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8 Inches. 340 PP. Original French edition of this biogrpahy of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. #79 stamped on the copyright limitation page. Orignal glassine wrap present but a bit chipped at spine. PO bookplate to inside front cover. Slight wear to edges and corners. Slight lean. Librairie Gallimard unknown
书商的参考编号 : 5362
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(Biography) SPENCER, Elizabeth
Landscapes of the Heart SIGNED ADVANCE COPY
New York: Random House 1997. Advance Reading Copy. Original wraps. Very Good. 5 3/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 320 PP. Signed by noted Mississippi author Elizabeth Spencer directly on the half title-page. Original "Advance Uncorrected Proof" copy. Light wear to corners. Random House unknown
书商的参考编号 : 6471
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(Biography) NIXON, Richard
Leaders: Profiles and Reminiscences of Men Who Have Shaped the Modern World SIGNED TO ILLINOIS GOVERNOR BILL STRATTON
New York: Warner Books 1982. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 371 PP. Stated "First Printing" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $17.50 intact on front flap. Inscribed by President Richard Nixon directly on the half title-page. Signed to Bill and Shirly sic Stratton. William "Bill" Stratton was the 32nd Governor of Illinois and served in the position from 1953 to 1961. Although Nixon joined Stratton on his campaign trail in 1960 he would ultimately lose his reelection bid to Otto Kerner Jr. A sharp copy of the book. DJ a bit worn at folds and a few light chips to rear panel. An attractive copy of this important association copy. Warner Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5229
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(Biography) GUILES, Fred; DOUGHERTY, Jim
LEGEND: The Life and Death of Marilyn Monroe INSCRIBED TO MARILYN'S FIRST HUSBAND
New York: Stein and Day 1984. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 501 PP. First printing copy signed and inscribed "To Jim & Rita With love Fred Guiles / PS It took me two days to sign all the copies in gold ink on the binding! / Pennsylvania / 1984" on the FFEP. Additionally inscribed by Jim Dougherty to Brenda on the same page. <br /> <br /> A very rare association copy signed to Marilyn's first husband followed by DiMaggio and Miller of course. Jim is referenced throughout the book and he is cited as a source of material in the bibliography. <br /> First printing copy in original DJ. Retains original price of $17.95 on front flap. A bit of soiling to cloth spine. DJ a bit worn and creased at edges and folds. A very important association copy of this biography. Stein and Day hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 3646
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(Biography) SHATNER, William
Leonard: My Fifty - Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
New York: St. Martin's Press 2016. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 275 PP. Stated "First Edition" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $25.99 intact on front flap. Personal history of the real life friendship of Captain Kirk and Spock. St. Martin's Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5529
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(Biography) VONNEGUT, Kurt
Letters
New York: Delacorte Press 2012. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 436 PP. First printing copy with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $35.00 on inside DJ flap. Delacorte Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 5653
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(Biography) BALFOUR, Lady Frances
Life and Letters of the Reverend James Mac Gregor D.D. / Minister of St. Cuthberts parish Edinburgh SIGNED BY John Campbell 9th Duke of Argyll; FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD STRATHCONA FOUNDER OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/8 Inches. 532 PP. First printing in the original blue cloth. Gilt decoration to cover. Signed and inscribed by Balfour's brother the 9th Duke of Argyll directly on the FFEP. Signed by the one time Governor General of Canada to Lord Strathcona the founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Bank of Montreal. Light foxing to gutters and endpapers. A very attractive copy overall. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 7236
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(Biography) VIDAL, Gore
Lincoln SIGNED 1ST
New York: Random House 1984. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 3/8 Inches. 657 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line on the copyright page. Original price of $19.95 intact on the front flap. Signed by Gore Vidal directly on the title-page. A sharp copy in original brown cloth binding. Random House hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 8889
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(Biography) BERG, A. Scott
Lindbergh SIGNED FIRST EDITION
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1998. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 628 PP. Signed directly on the title-page by Berg. Original price of $30.00 intact on front flap. Most often noted as the best biography of Charles Lindbergh ever written. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
书商的参考编号 : 7341
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(Biography) PRICE, June Cooper; KOCH, Etta
Lizards on the Mantel Burros at the Door: A Big Bend Memoir SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS
Austin TX: University of Texas Press 1999. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 5 1/2 X 9 Inches. 172 PP. Classic memoir of life in Big Bend National Park in the 1940's. Signed by Koch on the title-page. Inscribed by Price on the dedication page. Stated "First Edition 1999" on the copyright page. Bottom corner bumped a bit. University of Texas Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : 7246
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(Biography) MANDELA, Nelson
Long Walk To Freedom FIRST AMERICAN PRINTING
Boston: Little Brown & Co 1994. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 558 PP. Stated "First Edition" with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. A sharp unread copy. Gift-worthy condition. Little, Brown & Co hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 8890
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(Biography) COHEN, Kerry
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity SIGNED ADVANCE READING COPY
New York: Hyperion 2008. Advance Reading Copy. Original wraps. Very Good. 6 X 9 1/8 Inches. 210 PP. Advance reading copy with publisher prospectus and tipped-in response card still attached. Signed and inscribed by author dated 1/25/08 on the title-page. The hardcover was released in May of 2008. Light wear and a few bumps to edges. An attractive copy of this memoir. Hyperion unknown
书商的参考编号 : 4974
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(Biography) MEADOWS, Audrey
Love Alice - My Life as a Honeymooner SIGNED BOOKPLATE
New York: Crown Publishers 1994. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 248 PP. Stated First Edition with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.00 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by Meadows on bookplate affixed to page facing title-page. This copy is ACTUALLY SIGNED by Meadows on the bookplate. All of these books bears an autograph of Meadows that is part of the print that most sellers advertise as genuine. Crown Publishers hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 1866
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(Biography) BARRIE, JM. J. M.
Margaret Ogilvy
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1898. Early Edition. 4 5/8 X 7 1/8 Inches. 207 PP. Second US edition in original illustrated paper binding. Biography of author's mother. From the author of Peter Pan. Hint of scuffing to boards. Light foxing. A very appealing copy overall. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
书商的参考编号 : 2731
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(Biography) KOCHER, Paul
Master of Middle Earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1972. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 247 PP. Early study of the style and inspiration behind The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. Light foxing to gutters. Houghton Mifflin unknown
书商的参考编号 : 6662
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(Biography) PRYOR, Sean
McEnroe: Superman or Superbrat
London: Star Books 1982. Paperback Original 1st. Original wraps. Near Fine. 4 1/8 X 6 7/8 Inches. 153 PP. Rare original 1982 McEnroe biography detailing many of his exploits on the court. While the book details several unsavory McEnroe moments which helped make him the most well-known tennis player of all-time the author does seem to imply that while John McEnroe may be a "superbrat" he is most certainly good for tennis. A bit of rubbing to rear panel and two publisher lines to bottom gutter. A very sharp copy overall. Star Books unknown
书商的参考编号 : 5276
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(Biography) LUDLOW, Helen W.
Memoir of Mary Anna Longstreth: By an Old Pupil FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES COLEMAN SELLERS
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1886. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Very Good. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 224 PP. First edition copy in the original cloth binding. Title-stamping in gilt to the spine. The frontis portrait a real photo mounted to the page of Longstreth intact. Albumen and silver portrait frontis photo by Wenderoth Taylor & Brown. This copy from the personal collection of Charles Coleman Sellers with his plate to front pastedown. Sellers resume includes extensive work for the Winterthur the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Dickinson College. Longstreth was a noted abolitionist and head of girls school in Philadelphia. It is rumored that she was integral to the Underground Railroad in the 1850's and was nearly hung in Rittenhouse Square by a pro-slavery mob before the PA militia saved her. An often overlooked book by an overlooked hero of modern education and the abolitionist movement. A very attractive copy that has been well cared for. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown
书商的参考编号 : 8396
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(Biography) GREGORY, Olinthus; GOOD, John Mason
Memoirs of the Life Writings and Character Literary Professional and Religious of the Late John Mason Good M.D.
Boston: Crocker & Brewster 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good . 5 1/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 344 PP. First American Edition that has been rebound in quarter linen and plain paper covered boards. A London physician Good was also known for his prolific writings on medical topics. Crocker & Brewster hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 2190
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