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Barros, James
Office Without Power: Secretary-General Sir Eric Drummond 1919-33
Oxford Clarendon Press 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:0198225512 Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 2291959 ISBN : 0198225512 9780198225515
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Shahrokh, Keikhosrow
The Memoirs of Keikhosrow Shahrokh
Edwin Mellen Press Ltd 1994. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:077349135X Edwin Mellen Press Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 3996811 ISBN : 077349135X 9780773491359
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Kasrils, Ronnie
Armed and Dangerous: From Undercover Struggle to Freedom
Jacana 2013. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN:9781431407958 Jacana paperback
Référence libraire : 4949783 ISBN : 143140795x 9781431407958
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Mallet, B
Mallet du Pan and the French Revolution
Longmans Green and Co 1902. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN: Longmans Green and Co hardcover
Référence libraire : 4949482
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Bremmer Jr, RH (ed) R H
Studies in Literature: Franciscus Junius F.F. and His Circle Volume 21
Editions Rodopi 1998. Volume 21. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN:9789051835854 Editions Rodopi hardcover
Référence libraire : 4949475 ISBN : 905183585x 9789051835854
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Alcaide, Tomas
Um cantor no palco e na vida memórias
<p>Lisbon: Europa-America 1961. Softcover. Good . Signed and inscribed by Tomas Alcaide on half-title page Lisbon 1963. Pages toned else in quite good condition overall. Livro em portugues. Book in Portuguese. OCLC #959067118 8vo bookseller #3786. <br /><br /></p> Europa-America paperback
Référence libraire : 3786
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Sexton, Mike
LIFE'S A GAMBLE
D & B Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed by author on title-page: "To Chris A fellow Buckeye and Army man. Thanks for your service! Go Bucks! All the best! Mike Enjoy the book! ".; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages; Signed by Author . D & B Publishing hardcover
Référence libraire : 66851 ISBN : 1909457566 9781909457560
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Momaday, N Scott
The Names
<p>NY: Harper and Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped and lightly worn. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060129816 . Signed by Momaday on the title page in black marker. Buff illustrated cloth. Glossary photos. An early memoir by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning author describing his Kiowa and American Southwestern ancestors his boyhood and Native American spirituality. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 170 pages .</p> Harper and Row hardcover
Référence libraire : 57632 ISBN : 0060129816 9780060129811
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Welch, Denton
Maiden Voyage
London: Routledge 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Denton Welch. 8vo Pictorial dust jacket over pale yellow cloth boards with red titles on spine. Jacket sunned on spine with some repairs and chipping slight loss in parts. Still attractive and not price-clipped. Inner book generally nice and clean with a couple of marks to page edges previous owner’s name on reverse of front endpaper. 303pp with illustrated endpapers frontis and section numbers by Welch. The author’s first book an autobiographical novel in three sections dealing with his sixteenth year after running away from his school his reluctant return and then release travelling to Shanghai to be with his father. Glowing forward by Edith Sitwell who called him “a born writerâ€. Welch was a British artist and author. First edition second impression printed July 1943. Routledge hardcover
Référence libraire : 2614
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Drake, Benjamin
Life of Tecumseh and of His Brother the Prophet; With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians
Cincinnati: E. Morgan & Co. Good with no dust jacket; Bookplate on front pastedown boards soiled and . worn foxing and staining splits at head of spine spine cracked. 1850. Later Edition. Hardcover. Original brown blindstamped cloth. iii-viii 9-235pp. Two woodcut plates at rear depicting not Tecumseh but Old Tippecanoe Gen. William Henry Harrison in Battle of the Thames and Proctor demanding that Harrison surrender Fort Meigs. Ex-Baltimore IOOF-copy. Howes D-460 Sabin 20811. Short history of Shawnee Indians and biography of Shawnee and Indian Confederacy leader Tecumseh who died at the Battle of the Thames. ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . E. Morgan & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 40147
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Sainte-Marie, Francois De
The Photo Album of St. Therese of Lisieux
London: Sheed & Ward Ltd 1990. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Good/Fair. 224 pages. A well illustrated biography of the French nun turned Saint. Many of the photos taken by her sister in the convent. A clean and sound book with light evidence of usage. The dust wrapper has shelf wear and chipping to the edges in places it is de-laminating. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. Non-UK customers please only select the fast / expedited shipping service at checkout. 7"x10" <br/> <br/> Sheed & Ward Ltd paperback
Référence libraire : 028616 ISBN : 0722067208 9780722067208
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Zheng He and Biography
The 600th Anniversary of the Great Voyages of Admiral Cheng Ho 2005
Board book. Very Good. Hardcover Commemorative Board Book. 2005 Commemorative book. #1703 of 10000. Includes ancient coins and modern stamps. Chinese and English made in China many attachments to pages detaching but included. No ISBN #. 10 Page board book. Fast Daily Shipping! L-2 unknown
Référence libraire : 2R-P8ER-R6XV
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American Gunmaker: A Illustrated Biography of the Man and His Guns John Browning and Curt Gentry Browning
John M
Very Good. unknown
Référence libraire : DG-40-129999495
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Maurice Raynal
Ossip Zadkine with 33 Reproductions in Phototype
Rome: Valori Plastici 1924. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket as published. The life and work of the Russian born sculptor and artist who took French citizenship in 1921. Rough cut page edges with reading wear and marks / signs of handling externally. Monochrome ullustrations. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK <br/> <br/> Valori Plastici paperback
Référence libraire : 029411
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Croall, Jonathan
Neill of Summerhill: The Permanent Rebel
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC 1983. Hardcover. Good/Good. 6" x 9.5. 436 page biography of the unusual educator A S Neill founder of Summerhill School in Suffolk. A former library book with the usual stamps and stickers. The front free end paper is missing. There is reading wear to the book and dust wrapper but it is still a sound book. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. <br/> <br/> Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC hardcover
Référence libraire : 029470 ISBN : 0710093004 9780710093004
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Springer, Anna Joy
The Vicious Red Relic Love Color Edition
Seattle Wa U. S. A.: Jaded Ibis Press. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 10"; 235 pages . Jaded Ibis Press paperback
Référence libraire : 29110
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MacDonald, Betty
The Plague and I
New York: J. B. Lippincott Company 1948. 1st printing. Full cloth binding. Prior owner's address label on front pastedown. Good only dust jackert is worn along edges chpped at spine head retains original 2.75 price on front flap. New mylar cover. 254pp. -- "Getting tuberculosis in the middle of your life is like starting downtown to do a lot of urgent errands and being hit by a bus. When you regain consciousness you remember nothing about the urgent errands." With her usual candor and humor MacDonald recounts her battle with tuberculosis in midlife. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. J. B. Lippincott Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 076362
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Catherine Talbot (biography by the Rev Montagu Pennington)
The Works of the late Miss Catharine Talbot
London: F.C. and J. Rivington 1812. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5". None. A uncommon collection of works by the bluestocking Catherine Talbot in attractive leather binding. Including a biography by the Reverend Montagu Pennington the work mainly consists of essays on religious and moral subjects and contains a frontispiece portrait of Talbot. Catherine Talbot was an English author and member of the 18th century Blue Stockings Society. In half-calf binding with gilt detailing and paper-covered boards. Externally sound there is wear to the boards joints extremities and backstrip with some cracking to joints. Internally the pages are firmly bound but are spotted throughout although the text is unaffected with remnants of a label to rear pastedown. There is an ink inscription to title page. Good F.C. and J. Rivington hardcover
Référence libraire : LTH14-D-17
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Robinson, Geoffrey
From Furrow to Trench. A Commemoration of Ninety Suffolk Men who Fell During the Great War
Worlingworth Local History Group 2018. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket as published. 11.5" x 8.5. 136 pages. Biographies of 90 soldiers from villages in the central area of the English county of Suffolk who died during World War 1. In clean and sound condition and free of marks. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. 11.5"x8.5 <br/> <br/> Worlingworth Local History Group paperback
Référence libraire : 026192 ISBN : 0957229240 9780957229242
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J Bernard Hutton
The Fake Defector. The Truth About Commander Crabb. The Most Sensational Real-Life Espionage Story of the Age
London: Howard Baker Publishers 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 5.5" x 9. 218pp. An account of how missing British military diver Commander Lionel "Buster" Crabb joined the Soviet navy. The book has the ISBN 093070608 which does not appear to be valid. A story that goes well beyond the official version of events. A clean and sound copy although the dust wrapper has some wear. Previous owner's signature on the front free end paper. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK. 5.5"x9 <br/> <br/> Howard Baker Publishers hardcover
Référence libraire : 021777 ISBN : 0093070608 9780093070609
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Lorraine M Potts (ed)
Frank Potts of Langhorne Creek His Children and Grandchildren
Langhorne creek SA: Potts Family History Committee 2004. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6" x 8.5. 285pp. A well illustrated family history of a man who sailed with the British Royal Navy and his descendants producing wine in Australia. In clean and sound condition with minimal evidence of reading. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK. Please call with any questions that you have. 6"x8.5 <br/> <br/> Potts Family History Committee hardcover
Référence libraire : 022113 ISBN : 0646436228 9780646436227
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NEWBURY, A E, with biography by HAMPEL, CARL
THE PAINTINGS OF A. E. NEWBURY
Alexander McCubbin Melbourne c. 1920. 22 pp large octavo tipped-in coloured and b&w plates fine copy in cardboard covers with like d/j. From an edition limited to 500 copies. Alexander McCubbin, Melbourne, c. 1920 unknown
Référence libraire : 221813
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Henry Miller
Aller Retour New York
<p>Very good unsigned copy of Aller Retour New York #114 of five hundred copies printed for private circulation in 1945 an account of a round-trip voyage as recorded in a letter to Miller's friend Alfred Perlès. Some wear to gilt lettering on spine and front cover and some scuffing on front and rear boards.</p> Privately Printed hardcover
Référence libraire : biblio35
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Marion H Duncan
More Harvest Festival Dramas of Tibet
The Mitre Press. Hardcover. Ex-Library/No dust jacket on book . Signed by the author with a dedication on the title page. Library markings etc. At one time was part of a library collection. Some scuffing/shelfwear to the boards along with some bumping at edges corners and ends of the spine. Some light age toning throughout. The Mitre Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 501305
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Burnham, John C (Jelliffe Biography); William McGuire (Correspondence Editor); A R T D'Amore (Foreword); Oliver Sacks, former ow
Jelliffe: American Psychoanalyst and Physician and His Correspondence With Sigmund Freud and C.G. Jung
Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Light wear to extremities spine fading on dj else tight bright and unmarred. 8vo xx 324ppIllus b/w. Yellow cloth with bookplate on ep price tag. University of Chicago Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 12826
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Thatcher, Margaret
The Path to Power
Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limted/numbered/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover bound in full genuine dark blue gilt-stamped leather binding. xiv 656 pages. Appendices Index. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition published by Easton Press 1995. One of 3000 copies this being number1089 personally signed by Margaret Thatcher on limitation page. In this autobiography a sequel to "The Downing Street Years" Thatcher "writes for the first time about her personal life about the formation of her character and values and about the training and experiences which led to the 1979 election victory". No previous ownership marks. Blank unused Easton Press book-plate laid-in loose. A clean fresh and unmarked copy. Fine. . The Easton Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 022493
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Charles, A
Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family
Augustana Book Concern 1922. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Augustana Book Concern hardcover
Référence libraire : 4948661
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Covadonga O'shea
The Man from Zara: The Story of the Genius Behind the Inditex Group
Lid Publishing 2012. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN:9781907794209 Lid Publishing paperback
Référence libraire : 3996539 ISBN : 1907794204 9781907794209
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Bischoff, C
The Hard Road: The Life Story of Amalie Dietrich Naturalist 1821-1891
Martin Hopkinson 1931. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Martin Hopkinson hardcover
Référence libraire : 4948575
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Pierson, A T and Wright, J
George Muller of Bristol and His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God
The Baker and Taylor Company 1899. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on front board and backstrip. Bumped corners minor external wear. Trimmed. Ink blot on one edge. Split hinges. Frontispiece w. tissue guard. Binding tight. Multiple pages have an area of faint damp staining. Several pages have small pencil markings. Several plates. Minor foxing. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN: The Baker and Taylor Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 4948691
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Knight, Charles
Passages of a Working Life During Half a Century with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences Volume 1-2
Bradbury & Evans 1864. Volume 1-2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Two volumes 8vo library cloth. Externally clean secure bindings pages clean with some light foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1100grams ISBN: Bradbury & Evans hardcover
Référence libraire : 2291610
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Doe, Vanessa S (ed)
The Diary of James Clegg of Chapel En Le Frith 1708-55 Part 3
Derbyshire Record Society 1981. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN:0950594083 Derbyshire Record Society hardcover
Référence libraire : 2291628 ISBN : 0950594083 9780950594088
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Burrows, S M
Autobiography of Montagu Burrows
Macmillan 1908. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN: Macmillan hardcover
Référence libraire : 2291751
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Dallmann, W
John Hus: A Brief Story of the Life of a Martyr
Concordia Publishing House 1916. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. With owner's name inside cover. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item150grams ISBN: Concordia Publishing House hardcover
Référence libraire : 4948670
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Warren Squire
"You'll Help Pete" Volume 3
Warren Squire Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG - blue hardcover w/gilt lettering. VOLUME 3. Light staining to FFEP and front pastedown at edge. No date to publication but 2004 is the latest date i can find flipping through pages. THICK/OVERSIZE volume. Author's memoir. SCARCE. Some Photos. Unpaginated. LIght to moderate soiling and scuffs/scrapes to covers. Pages all clean. Solid. Warren Squire Hardcover
Référence libraire : A23876
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Warren Squire
"You'll Help Pete" Volume 1
Warren Squire 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG blue hardcover w/gilt lettering. VOLUME 1. No date to publication but 2004 is the latest date i can find flipping through pages. THICK/OVERSIZE volume. Author's memoir. SCARCE. Some Photos. Unpaginated. LIght soiling and scuffing to covers. Pages all clean. Solid. Warren Squire Hardcover
Référence libraire : A23875
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Fox, The Right Honorable Charles James
A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second; with an Introductory Chapter; By the Right Hon. Charles James Fox; To Which is Added an Appendix
London: William Miller. 1808. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Very Good in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. William Miller hardcover
Référence libraire : 16318
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Obama, Barack
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
New York: Times Books 1995. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 403pp. True Times Books First edition first printing using the Randon House number string 9-2 Random House did not use "1" but rather removed words "first edition" when going to 2nd printings. Correct price on dust-jacket flap: $23.00. Black cloth spine with gold lettering over white boards. No previous ownership marks. No remainder marks. A very clean square tightly bound copy of Obama's first book now very scarce as most of the initial 7500 print run went to libraries. Book has no faults and appears new dust-jacket has no tears or chips and only a hint of shelf-wear. A very nice copy of a very difficult to locate book. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Times Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 006454 ISBN : 081292343X 9780812923438
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PLAYERS OF THE DAY A Series of Portraits in Colour of Theatrical Celebrities of the Present Time
London : George Newnes Limited Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. No date circa 1902. A collection of 48 hand-coloured portraits of the most famous actors and actresses of their day including William Gillette in "Sherlock Holmes" Sarah Bernhardt in "Iseyl" Lewis Waller in "The Three Musketeers" Maud Jeffries and Beerbohm Tree in "Herod" Charles Hawtrey in "A Message From Mars" and many others. Each portrait is preceded by a page of text with considerable information about the subject and his/her accomplishments. Each portrait tipped onto stiff card stock. Olive cloth w/purple/gold illustration gilt lettering to front cover/spine bevelled edges unpaginated. Bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends scuffed/scratched/moderately soiled/discoloured back cover foxed/discoloured. This one's heavy so additional postage may be required to get it from my here to wherever your there is. George Newnes Limited Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019343
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Stone, Irving
CLARENCE DARROW FOR THE DEFENSE
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. . 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. DJ with light chipping and a bit of darkening. Boards with the slightest hint of a small dampstain and with some light rubbing to extremities. Blindstamp on halftitle page. Endpapers a bit browned. ; The life story of the noted attorney. Stated first edition with year on title page. Nicely INSCRIBED by author Stone with blue fountain pen on first blank page: "To Joe: my oldest and dearest friend. Irving Stone. Encino Oct. 19.1941 after a great week-end." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 570 pages . Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
Référence libraire : 21050
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Kelly, Perry William
ICEMAN Kickboxing Legend Jean-Yves Theriault inscribed and signed
Ottawa: Skelval Publishing 2006. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author & Subject. First Edition. Small quarto. Presents "long overdue recognition to one of the all-time great full-contact kickboxers" that being a guy born in Paquetville New Bruswick. 177 pages illustrated. Inscribed by Theriault "To Matt/JY Theriault/Iceman/May '06" and Kelly "To Matt:/Perry William Kelly" on title page. Internally tight and clean w/moderate surface wear thin scratches impressions and a hint of wear to corners. Uncommon signed by both author and fighter. Skelval Publishing Paperback
Référence libraire : 019550 ISBN : 0978022319 9780978022310
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Syms, Gordon Henry
SYMS IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA Their Ancestors Descendants and Experiences
Burlington: Gordon Henry Syms 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. An obvious labour of love that includes "all people who have ever used the Syms name with this spelling and resided in Canada at any time as well as their known ancestors and descendants." Invaluable for those doing additional genealogical research on the family and its history. 242 pages including complete name and attendee indexes complete place and vessel indexes index of Syms reunion attendees brief author biography and information concerning the cover illustration the brig Thomas Ridley illustrated. This one weighs more than the average book so additional postage may be required to get it from here to there. Slightly cocked gently bumped top corners lightly bumped spine ends moderate surface wear. Uncommon. Gordon Henry Syms Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019553
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Barrus, Clara
The Life and Letters of John Burroughs 2 volumes
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st editions. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A two-volume set concerning itself with the life and correspondence of a pre-eminent American naturalist/essayist who wrote in the manner of another renowned American naturalist Henry David Thoreau. Both volumes in pine/army green cloth w/gilt decoration to front covers gilt decoration/lettering to spines top edges gilt 397 and 486 pages respectively appendix/index at end of volume II frontispieces both volumes illustrated. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends cover gilt moderately faded previous owner's name to front pastedowns pages 245 through 248 roughly opened text not affected. These are heavier than the average book so additional postage may be required. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019602
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Hartwell, John FL (Ann Hartwell Britton and Thomas J Reed (editors) F L
TO MY BELOVED WIFE AND BOY AT HOME The Letters and Diaries of Orderly Sergeant John F.L. Hartwell inscribed & signed
Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Editor. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of letters and diaries written by a house carpenter who served in the Union Army's 124th New York Volunteer Infantry the collection detailing "his journey through hell" otherwise known as the War between the States or the U.S. Civil War. Inscription on title page reads: "To Xxxxx Xxxxx--/It was a real pleasure/meeting you./Ann Hartwell Britton". Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering 411 pages including "Appendix: Notations from John F. Hartwell's Diary" notes bibliography index illustrated. A bit cocked light wear to corners/spine ends in dust jacket w/edgewear light chipping to corners/spine ends impressions/scratches/surface wear. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019614 ISBN : 0838636756 9780838636756
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Hannay, James
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR LEONARD TILLEY being a political history of New Brunswick for the past seventy years
Saint John: Self-published 1897. Book. About Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Details the political life of the fourth premier of New Brunswick. Brown cloth w/gilt lettering/rule to spine blind rule to covers gilt facsimile of Tilley's signature to front cover 400 pages illustrated. Moderately cocked worn corners/spine ends dampstaining to right edge of front cover/left edge of back cover some pencil marginalia/underlining throughout light tanning. Self-published Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019629
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Haywood, William D
BILL HAYWOOD'S BOOK; An Autobiography of William D. Haywood
New York: International Publishers. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A handsome copy with light bumping to one corner. ; "Wm D. Haywood's own story told against the turbulent background of American labor struggles - strikes lockouts deportations imprisonments murder trials martial law lynchings and exile - a swiftly moving narrative as absorbing as a novel written during the last year of Haywood's life. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 368 pages . International Publishers hardcover
Référence libraire : 21295
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Rich, Everett
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE; The Man from Emporia
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc. . 1941. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. DJ browned and with light chipping and a few open tears. Slight browning to rear endpapers. ; The Biography about the Kansan Newspaper Editor and author. This is a nice association copy: Nicely inscribed by both the author and white on the front free endpaper in ink. Typed Letter Signed by Sallie White the wife - an invitation to a small book launch party. Also including a Typed Letter Signed on Emporia State College Endowment Association stationary dated 1964. The newspaper articles that are mentioned in the letter are enclosed. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 374 pages . Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. hardcover
Référence libraire : 21300
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Makie, John M
The Spy Worker 1942-1946 signed
Self-published printed by Xlibris.Corporation 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Makie tells the story of his father Petty Officer John G. Makie of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve who during the Second World War became one of 72 "scuba divers trained in small arms and hand-to-hand combat. They entered enemy occupied countries by the sea carried out acts of sabotage and clandestine warfare. Then they disappeared into the night back to the sea. They had no name or rank just mission after mission in Russia Norway Sweden and France." Makie senior was Agent 034 of the 72. Makie junior has signed his surname on the half-title and beneath that his father has written ""In gratitude/John G. Makie/agent 034". Quite scarce when signed by both father and son. Navy blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering 253 pages including sources index illustrated. Five-digit number in ink to bottom of front pastedown light general wear. . Self-published (printed by Xlibris.Corporation) Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019808 ISBN : 1441518363 9781441518361
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Rockfellow, John A Intro by Frank C Lockwood
Log of an Arizona Trail Blazer
Tucson Arizona: Privately printed by Acme Printing Co 1933. SEE OUR PHOTOS. Near Fine condition. Usual binder's glue offset to the endpapers along the gutters only. NO fading. Bright. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Introduction by Frank C. Lockwood. Frontispiece portrait of the author on horseback. Copyright 1933 but according to Wright Howes the book was not published until 1935. Could 1935 be a typo Bound in the original black-stamped brown cloth. Howes R392. New Howes "Final Edition" R393 where the scarcity is rated "b" meaning "obtainable with only considerable difficulty" at prices up to $300 i.e. in 1994. NOT in Eberstadt Soliday or Decker. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xv 201pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately printed by Acme Printing Co Hardcover
Référence libraire : 031529
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McLaurin, KS K S
Mary Bates McLaurin
Toronto: The Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of Ontario West 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A daughter tells the story of her mother who with her husband made their marks as missionaries to the Telugu people of India a role they played for 43 years. Red cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine 141 pages illustrated w/10 photographs. Gently bumped/lightly worn corners/spine ends 15 different signatures on first end paper some in ink some pencil but all presumed to be women who read and passed along the book which is in terrific shape for being in the hands of so many readers. A quite scarce title. The Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of Ontario West Hardcover
Référence libraire : 019815
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