‎Biographie‎

‎Miller, Calvin (signed)‎

‎Life is Mostly Edges: A Memoir signed‎

‎Nashville: Thomas Nelson 2008. SIGNED by the AUTHOR scarce thus!! directly on the front free endpaper his signature only NOT personalized to anyone. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket only lightly rubbed. NO chips or tears. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row 54321 on the copyright page. Calvin Miller 1936-2012 was a pastor for over thirty years and research professor and distinguished writer in residence at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham Alabama. He was the author of over 40 bestselling books of popular theology and inspiration. Because he passed away in 2012 he won't be signing any more of his books. Signed copies of this title are very very hard to find. Bound in the original orange boards stamped in shiny gold. Complete with dust jacket. . SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xviii 381pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Thomas Nelson Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 025773 ISBN : 0849920574 9780849920578

‎Austen, Jane; & John Coates (completed by)‎

‎The Watsons : Jane Austen's Fragment Continued and Completed by John Coates‎

‎London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1958. Appears unread. Near Fine condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket minor edgewear/spine of jacket is sun darkened but only a shade. NOT price clipped 16s net. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. The book itself is Fine but for one tiny bump to the fore-edge of its rear cover NO pages are affected and a closed tear to the front free endpaper. All other pages are crisp clean and unmarked probably never read. Corners are sharp. NO owner's name or bookplate. Jacket design by Charles Mozley. Bound in the original maroon boards stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Jane Austen's fragment THE WATSONS was probably written between 1803 and 1805… and was interrupted by her father's death in 1805… For his continuation of the novel John Coates was presented with the beginnings of a good story and a number of promising charcters. That he has been successful in entering and extending the world of Jane Austen's imagination will be apparent to any of her admirers…". First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 318pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Methuen & Co. Ltd Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 025819

‎Orlans, Harold (edited by)‎

‎Lawrence of Arabia Strange Man of Letters: The Literary Criticism and Correspondence of T. E. Lawrence‎

‎Rutherford New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1993. Appears unread. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket lightly rubbed; 1 short closed tear. NO chips or creases. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1993. First printing of the First Edition. List of chapter notes. Dramatis Personae of Authors and Correspondents. Sources. Bibliography. General Index. Index of Letter Recipients. Bound in the original black cloth stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: "T. E. Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia 1888-1935 - had an unusual range of talents and interests. This book presents one his literary interests and criticism relatively neglected by his many biographers. It contains a complete collection of Lawrence's published criticism extensive extracts from his sparkling literary correspondence and a carefully documented account of his literary views and activities. Lawrence's published criticism includes all of his introductions book reviews and motley pieces. They have not previously been collected; only two are in print. Lawrence's literary correspondence includes comments on various literary themes and on thirty-eight writers mainly Lawrence's contemporaries such as Conrad Cummings Doughty Forster David Garnett Graves Hardy D. H. Lawrence and G. B. Shaw. Lawrence's opinions are frank independent trenchant irreverent entertaining and idiosyncratic. A few examples may suggest their flavor: - Homer.was an antiquarian a tame-cat a book-worm: not a great poet but a most charming novelist. A Thornton Wilder of his time. - Every paragraph Conrad writes.goes on sounding in waves like the note of a tenor bell after he stops.He's as much a giant of the subjective as Kipling is of the objective. Do they hate one another - On Ulysses I'm ploughing section by section through its repulsive dullness. The technical skill of that first chapter is as dazzling as anything I've ever met: & the later ones fall right away. - .Pound who misled perhaps by his name into thinking himself a born economist seems to have run off on a new hobby-horse of financial theory. Always angry is Ezra P. The chronological arrangement of Lawrence's comments on each author shows the marked differences in the views he expressed to the author and to others and the gradual changes in his standards as he himself changed from an adulator of creative artists to an admirer of common men. Over half of this correspondence has not been published; much of the rest is now out of print. The editor's introductions and notes discuss and document Lawrence's remarkable reading and memory; his wide acquaintance with leading writers artists and publishers; his exceptional kindness and generosity; his enthusiasm upon starting new literary projects and later sense of failure and worthlessness; his contradictions megalomania nihilism and self-hatred. This examination of Lawrence's literary views affords new insight into his puzzling character; the letters and extensive documentation illuminate the British literary scene between the two World Wars.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 334pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 025973 ISBN : 0838635083 9780838635087

‎Buffer, Bruce (signed)‎

‎It's Time!: My 360-Degree View of the UFC signed‎

‎New York: Crown Archetype 2013. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Bruce Buffer with "V. O. T. O." i.e. the Voice of the Octagon directly on the front free endpaper. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket one small 1 inch long crease. NO chips or tears. NOT price clipped $25.00. Sharp corners. Clean square and tight. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. Bound in the original two tone boards black with red spine stamped in bright gold. From the dust jacket: "THE VOICE OF THE OCTAGON… If you're reading these words chances are that you like me are a fan of the great sport we call MMA. And if you're a fan then you probably recognize my face. Yeah that's right - I'm that guy you see at every UFC match spinning around and roaring into the microphone and getting up in fighters' grills. Okay so I might not be the most subtle or refined announcer in the business. But I hope I communicate my passion for the sport in a way no other announcer does. I'll say it again: Passion. Because that's what this book is about. In these pages I want to tell you about the passion that first led me to bet everything on this sport of ours way back when MMA was outlawed in half the country and there wasn't a dime to be made on it. I want to tell you how that passion all started with my larger-than-life father a former Marine Drill Sergeant who by the time I was ten had taught me to play poker and blackjack field-strip a Luger pistol blindfolded and recite poetry. He was a man who thought nothing of confronting a group of thugs armed with nothing but his fists -- and who expected the same strength and honor from his sons. I want to take you inside the incredible brotherhood that makes up the UFC as nobody ever has before to tell you about the bond we all share and the crazy times I've had over the years with guys like Randy Couture Tito Ortiz Chuck Liddell BJ Penn and Jon 'Bones' Jones. I want to give you my Octagon-side insights on many of the big fights you remember and just maybe to tell you about a few memorable fights that took place outside of the octagon too -- from my own sparring match with a youngster named Royce Gracie back before the phrase 'mixed martial arts' even existed to some other brawls you might've heard about. And I want to tell you about the remarkable late-life meeting with the celebrity brother I never knew I had -- a brother whose existence my parents had never once breathed a word about! -- that helped inspire me to chase my own dreams of standing up in the Octagon. Surprising stuff from the guy in the fancy tux right And that's just the start. There's a lot you don't know about me yet. And now. IT'S TIME! I told you." . INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. x 277pp. 8 pages of full color photos. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Crown Archetype Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 025989 ISBN : 0307953912 9780307953919

‎Moby (signed, with sketch)‎

‎Moby: Destroyed signed with sketch‎

‎Bologna Italy: Damiani 2011. SIGNED by Moby with heart and cartoon sketch directly on the front free endpaper. SEE PHOTOS. NOT personalized to anyone. The sketch could be a self portrait or it could be Bart Simpson. The doodle certainly has Bart's eyes if not his hairline. Moby has blogged fairly extensively about the Simpson's. Near Fine condition. SEE PHOTOS. Complete with 15 song music CD apparently never used still enclosed in a pocket at the rear. Priced on the rear cover £25.00/€29.90/$39.95. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Profusely illustrated with beautiful full color photographs by Moby. Bound in the original pictorial laminated boards. Oversize HARDCOVER. Oblong. 11.5" wide by 9.25" tall. From the publisher: "Like no other music of its era Moby's oceanic bluesy electronica has summed up the millennial turn's rootless melancholia in massive worldwide hits like PORCELAIN NATURAL BLUES and WHY DOES MY HEART FEEL SO BAD His 1999 album PLAY sold over ten million copies and converted a whole generation to electronic dance music. With DESTROYED Moby has created a visual analogue to his gorgeous soundworld. The photographs in this volume record the sizeable portion of his life that is spent shuttling from plane to bus to venue to stage to party to hotel room to oblivion. 'I hope that somehow in these pictures' Moby writes 'I'm able to convey the mundanity of touring juxtaposed with those moments of the strange and/or sublime. One minute on tour you're by yourself in a soulless airport the next minute you're flying over the most beautiful landscapes on the planet. One minute on tour you're by yourself in a soulless backstage area the next minute you're on stage pouring your heart out to 75000 people. Touring is all contrasts and strangeness and that's what I'm trying to convey in these pictures.' The 60 photographs in MOBY: DESTROYED accordingly veer from crowdedness to isolation capturing the extremes of a life lived on the road. Also included is Moby's new album of the same name. Richard Hall aka Moby was born in Harlem New York City in 1965. Having studied classical guitar piano and drums as a child and after stints in various punk bands he debuted in the early 1990s alongside Orbital The Prodigy and Aphex Twin as a representative of a new generation in electronica emerging from Ambient House and Techno and foreshadowing Trip Hop. Moby's bestselling 1999 album PLAY propelled him to worldwide fame; its successor 18 2002 earned gold and platinum awards in over 30 countries. Already famous for his veganism Moby made his authorial debut in March 2010 as a contributor to GRISTLE: FROM FACTORY FARMS TO FOOD SAFETY a collection of essays on the dangers of eating meat.". Signed by Moby with a cartoon sketch. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Unpaged but about 130 pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Damiani Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026147 ISBN : 8862081553 9788862081559

‎Porter, Horace A (signed)‎

‎The Making of a Black Scholar: From Georgia to the Ivy League signed‎

‎Iowa City: The University of Iowa Press 2003. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the half title page signed copies are RARE. The inscription is to a fellow University of Iowa professor and two others. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips or tears. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 2014. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row 54321 on the copyright page. Bound in the original tan boards with a black cloth spine stamped in bright silver. From the dust jacket: "This captivating and illuminating book is a memoir of a young black man moving from rural Georgia to life as a student and teacher in the Ivy League as well as a history of the changes in American education that developed in response to the civil rights movement the war in Vietnam and affirmative action. Born in 1950 Horace Porter starts out in rural Georgia in a house that has neither electricity nor running water. In 1968 he leaves his home in Columbus Georgia -- thanks to an academic scholarship to Amherst College -- and lands in an upper-class mainly white world. Focusing on such experiences in his American education Porter's story is both unique and representative of his time. THE MAKING OF A BLACK SCHOLAR is structured around schools. Porter attends Georgia's segregated black schools until he enters the privileged world of Amherst College. He graduates spending one semester at Morehouse College and moves on to graduate study at Yale. He starts his teaching career at Detroit's Wayne State University and spends the 1980s at Dartmouth College and the 1990s at Stanford University. Porter writes about working to establish the first black studies program at Amherst the challenges of graduate study at Yale the infamous DARTMOUTH REVIEW and his meetings with such writers and scholars as Ralph Ellison Tillie Olsen James Baldwin and Henry Louis Gates Jr. He ends by reflecting on an unforeseen move to the University of Iowa which he ties into a return to the values of his childhood on a Georgia farm. In his success and the fulfillment of his academic aspirations Porter represents an era a generation of possibility and achievement.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xii 159pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The University of Iowa Press Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026172 ISBN : 0877458359 9780877458357

‎Steinburg, Steven‎

‎The Shakespeare Puzzles: The Hidden Autobiography of Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford Part 1 The Poems‎

‎Behind the Couch Publishing 2015. New and unread in PERFECT CONDITION. Sharp corners. Bright and shiny. NO chips or tears. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Bound in the original gray wraps stamped in bright red. From the publisher: "An unprecedented literary-historical discovery. All of the major Shakespeare poems Venus & Adonis Lucrece Shakespeare s Sonnets and the A Lover's Complaint contain elaborate and very personal puzzles that are highly autobiographical and which prove beyond any doubt that Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford wrote the works of Shakespeare. This is the first in a series of books presenting for the first time the autobiographical systems of Edward de Vere. These systems extend well beyond the Shakespeare poems.". First Edition so stated. Softcover. New/No dust jacket as issued. vi 150pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Behind the Couch Publishing Paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026504 ISBN : 1507576420 9781507576427

‎Reyes, Floro C (signed)‎

‎The Son of a Fisherman An Autobiography signed‎

‎Las Vegas Nevada 2001. Signed by the Author directly on the title page with just his last name his signature only NOT personalized to anyone. Very Good condition. Flat uncreased spine. NO fading chips or tears. Pages are clean and unmarked. Includes genealogical information on the Reyes family memoirs of his activities as a guerrilla during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines the author's 25 years working for PAL Philipine Air Lines his keynote speech for the Philippine Independence Day program in San Francisco political activities etc. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. Signed by the Author his signature only. First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. viii 294pp. 18 pages of photos. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026548

‎Daberko, Fred‎

‎My War and Peace An Autobiography‎

‎Privately Published BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. PERFECT CONDITION. NO chips tears creases rubbing or fading. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh crisp clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Illustrated with map and many photographs most in beautiful full color. Autobiography of Fred Daberko who was German born but became an American citizen. The book has many interesting chapters -- telling how he met the Queen of England the time Rock Hudson suggested they share male "companionship" when Daberko was working communications for the Academy Awards his connections with Charles Bronson Frank Sinatra Sammy Davis Jr. etc. Bound in the original gray cloth. Complete with pristine dust jacket. Keywords: Mormons. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. New/New dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. Unpaged but 150 pages. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately Published Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026804 ISBN : 132096639x 9781320966399

‎Collier, Jeremy; & William Congreve; Thomas B Mosher (from the library of)‎

‎A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage with Amendments of Mr. Collier's False and Imperfect Citations‎

‎London / London: Samuel Keble and Richard Sare / Jacob Tonson 1698. With the griffin bookplate of publisher Thomas Bird Mosher for more about him see below. SEE PHOTOS. 2 volumes bound together. They are: Jeremy Collier. A SHORT VIEW OF THE IMMORALITY AND PROFANENESS OF THE ENGLISH STAGE. Fourth Edition. 1699 the first was 1698. London: Samuel Keble and Richard Sare. 288pp. British Museum General Catalogue 906. Ashley Catalogue X 80 with title page facsimile. Hoe Catalogue I 1903 302. Hazlitt II 134. Langland to Wither #171 Grolier Club. Wing 5266. According to Pforzheimer #189 of the 1698 first edition: "The publication of this book marks a new era in English dramatic literature. Few literary protests have been so completely successful in altering or at least in giving expression to an impending change in public taste. It was absurdly praised by Johnson and Macaulay." The second volume is: William Congreve. AMENDMENTS OF MR. COLLIER'S FALSE AND IMPERFECT CITATIONS. 1698. London: Jacob. Tonson. 109pp. First edition second issue pp. 43-44 D6 is a cancel. No half title in this copy. Errata on verso of title page as called for. Pforzheimer Library #192 See also #191 for more detail on this issue. Langland to Wither #193 Grolier Club. British Museum General Catalogue 980. Ashley Catalogue IX p.64 with title reproduced. Wing 5844. From the Pforzheimer catalogue: " Though a witty and clever defense even justified from an impartial view this book failed in its purpose. Congreve was on the whole on the wrong side of the argument." Congreve's AMENDMENTS was written in answer to Collier's SHORT VIEW. This copy has Thomas B. Mosher's griffin bookplate MDCCCXCVII. Also the armorial bookplate of James Heywood. Very Good condition. Only lightly rubbed. A pretty copy clean with minimal foxing. Bound in marbled boards with a brown leather spine and corners. 5 raised spine bands. Spine is gilt ruled. SEE PHOTOS. "Thomas Bird Mosher 1852 - 1923 was an American publisher out of Portland Maine. He is notable for his contributions to the private press movement in the United States and as a major exponent of the British Pre-Raphaelites and Aesthetes as well as other British Victorians. His book styles reflected those of William Pickering publisher and the Whittinghams the books of the Bodley Head the Daniel Press the Eragny Press and Charles Ricketts of the Vale Press among others. By the end of Mosher’s publishing program in 1923 there would be 384 titles 338 reprints of those editions and 61 “privately printed” books for a total of 783 books grouped into fourteen different series all limited editions covering his favorite authors including William Morris Oscar Wilde Fiona Macleod William Sharp Robert Louis Stevenson Algernon Charles Swinburne Walter Pater Dante Gabriel Rossetti Richard Jeffries Vernon Lee Violet Paget Edward FitzGerald Walt Whitman Andrew Lang George Meredith John Addington Symons Elizabeth Barrett Browning Robert Browning Matthew Arnold Maurice Hewlett Francis Thompson Marcel Schwob J. W. Mackail Ernest Dowson John Ruskin George Gissing William Butler Yeats Richard Burton and others." -- quote from Wikipedia. 4th Edition & 1st Edition respectively. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 4.5" wide by 7.5" tall. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. S[amuel] Keble and R[ichard] Sare / J[acob] Tonson Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026809

‎Polgar, Susan (SIGNED); with Paul Truong‎

‎Breaking Through: How the Polgar Sisters Changed the Game of Chess‎

‎London: Everyman Chess / Cloucester Publishers PLC 2005. INSCRIBED with one word greeting in Hungarian and SIGNED by 4-time Women's World Chess Champion Susan Polgar as "Polgar" directly on the title page. Laid in are two printouts of her signature for authentication. Very Good condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket one 2 inch long scrape to the jacket's edge -- clear tape reinforced on the blank side. NOT bad -- PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. Illustrated with chess board diagrams. 2005. First Edition. Has separate sections of "games and combinations" for the 3 Polgar sister --Susan Sofia and Judit. Also a chapter -- Women's Chess: Questions Comments and Answers. Index of Opponents. Index of Openings. Bound in the original black cloth stamped in bright silver on the spine. From the publisher: "4-time Women's World Champion Susan Polgar provides a candid inside view of the lives of the Polgar sisters. She takes readers through the incredible development of the three sisters: becoming chess prodigies growing into contenders winning World titles and Olympiad gold medals ending the Soviet dominance in women's chess breaking through the gender and age barriers and generally revolutionizing the game.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Susan Polgar. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 320pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Everyman Chess / Cloucester Publishers PLC Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026816 ISBN : 1857443810 9781857443813

‎Wyatt, Johnnie; Nallie Wyatt‎

‎Take a Walk with Me The Nallie Wyatt Story‎

‎Banner Digital 2012. Very Good condition. This is the autobiography of Nallie Wyatt as told to her son Johnnie Wyatt. Illustrated with 10 b/w family photographs. Includes a lot of genealogical info such as: "We trace our history on both sides of my family back prior to the Civil War. Rollin's father was sold to an Alabama farm somewhere around the mid 1840s." Bound in the original pictorial wraps. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 149pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Banner Digital Paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026820 ISBN : 0871210681 9780871210685

‎Haas, Gerda (signed)‎

‎These I Do Remember : Fragments from the Holocaust signed‎

‎Freeport Maine: The Cumberland Press Inc. 1980. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the half title page. The inscription reads: "To Jerry and Bertha Siegel. For once I am wordless. In memory of our meeting in Europe 1945 and our re-meeting in Maine 1985. With deep emotion signed Gerda Haas." Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Near Fine dust jacket only very lightly rubbed. NO chips tears or fading. Clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 12 pages of photos. First Edition with "First Printing" so stated on the copyright page. Bound in the original gilt-stamped off-white cloth. From the dust jacket: "Gerda Haas speaks for the first time of her own experiences - of growing into womanhood under increasingly hostile conditions first in Ansbach then in Berlin and finally in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The account of her extraordinary escape to Switzerland… adds a new dimension to holocaust studies.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xxii 287pp. 12 pages of photos. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Cumberland Press, Inc. Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026880 ISBN : 0870272039 9780870272035

‎Reiche, Harris Groo (signed)‎

‎A Full Rich Life - Worked Hard Played Hard: Memoirs of Harris Groo Reiche signed‎

‎Privately Published 2012. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Appears unread. Near Fine condition the cover has mild shelfwear -- like you sometimes find in any new book store. Flat uncreased spine. Bright shiny clean square and tight. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked - apparently never read. Well illustrated with full color photos document and newspaper facsimilies. Includes 9 pages of detailed genealogical information on the Reiche family. Autobiography of an impressive individual - top computer expert for the Defense Department named in Who's Who in Government champion softball player world traveler who visited 96 countries etc. Bound in the original blue pictorial wraps. . INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 638pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately Published Paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026946

‎Brunson, Doyle (signed); with Mike Cochran‎

‎The Godfather of Poker An Autobiography signed by Doyle Brunson‎

‎Las Vegas Nevada: Cardoza Publishing 2009. INSCRIBED / SIGNED with a black sharpie by Doyle Brunson directly on the front free endpaper. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The book would be FINE but for a small spot the size of a 25 cent coin on the first page perhaps a drop of coffee. The jacket is only lightly rubbed. NO chips tears or fading. NOT price clipped $26.95. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. 2009. First Printing with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page. Bound in the original black cloth stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Fascinating true-life adventure of an American treasure a man who bluffed death survived the mean streets of Fort Worth and mob-run Las Vegas and bet millions of dollars on everything from poker to golf to become a two-time world champion poker player. The story of Doyle Brunson an American treasure and the greatest poker player of all time is one for the ages. It's a story of guts and glory of good luck and bad of triumph and unspeakable tragedy of courage and grace. He has survived whippings gun fights stabbings mobsters the real-life ones portrayed in the movie Casino murderers and a death sentence when riddled with incurable cancer he was given months to live by doctors who told him his hand was played out. Apparently fate had never played poker with Brunson -- he lived. Of a group of 32 men he played poker with in the tough alleys of Texas just he and one other survived the treacherous perils of that life. A master of the bluff his most outrageous bluff came after being pistol-whipped and told he's going to die with a gunman pointing a pistol at his forehead. Again he lived. He's gambled for millions of dollars -- and with his life against the real-life mobsters and killers made famous in the movie Casino -- and was the biggest sports bettor in the world with a reputation of betting enormous sums of money on just about anything. Doyle has not only made more money at golf than anyone else until Tiger Woods came along he once bet one million dollars on a single hole -- that when he was virtually wheelchair-bound and could barely stand. He's been hard-up flat broke more times than he's got fingers and has won millions of dollars just as many times. Brunson has seen it all: from the athletic dreams and a leg shattered by a freak injury which waylaid his path to the NBA he was drafted by the Lakers to the devastating death of his first-born daughter to outrageous exploits like trying to discover Noah's Ark and raise the Titanic. Doyle's rollercoaster of a life defines the saying: Truth is stranger than fiction.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Doyle Brunson. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 384pp. 16 pages of photos. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Cardoza Publishing Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027081 ISBN : 1580422578 9781580422574

‎Bybee, Shannon (signed); & Dina Marie V Zemke (edited by)‎

‎Shannon Bybee: Evidence of a Serendipitous Career in Gaming‎

‎Boston Massachusetts: Pearson Custom Publishing 2003. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Shannon Bybee directly on the title page. The Inscription reads: ". Best wishes for a good gaming regulator signed Shannon Bybee." New and unread. Flat uncreased spine. Sharp corners. The cover has just a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear like you sometimes find in any new book store. NO chips tears creases or fading. Bright shiny clean square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Collected here are a large selection of Dr. Bybee's writings on gaming history casino operations regulation and management gambling problems etc. Bound in the original red laminated boards. 8.5" wide by 10.25" tall. From the publisher: "'This book contains a diverse sample of the work Dr. Bybee has shared with his many colleagues and students during his long career' said Dina Marie Zemke a Ph.D student in UNLV's William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration and editor of the book. 'Each selection contains powerful information that every gaming practitioner regulator and student can use.' 'Shannon Bybee has made many contributions to the industry and education throughout his career' said Stuart H. Mann dean of UNLV's hotel college.' 'We are pleased to be able to play a small role in seeing that his written contributions are being made available in a compact format so that students and others can profit from them in the years to come.' Bybee served as the executive director of UNLV's International Gaming Institute and was also a visiting professor at the William S. Boyd School of Law. Prior to his appointment at UNLV in August 1994 Bybee worked for more than 20 years in the private sector serving as president and chief operating officer of United Gaming Inc. now Alliance Gaming Corp.; chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Claridge Casino Hotel Atlantic City; senior vice president of Golden Nugget Inc. now Mirage Resorts Inc.; and president of Golden Nugget Atlantic City Corp. which operated the Golden Nugget Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. He also served on the Nevada Gaming Control Board for more than four years and has practiced law in the state of Nevada with a specialty in gaming regulatory.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Shannon Bybee. First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xvi 362pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Pearson Custom Publishing Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027146 ISBN : 053673111X 9780536731111

‎Perry, Julie‎

‎The Mount St. Helens Ash Ordeal: An Eyewitness Account of the Mount St. Helens Ash Fall and Its Aftermath‎

‎New York: Vantage Press 2006. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. PERFECT CONDITION. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. NOT price clipped $19.95. Sharp corners. Bright shiny clean square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Bound in the original black leatherette. Complete with pristine dust jacket. . First Edition so stated. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. xiii 77pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Vantage Press Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027173 ISBN : 0533152631 9780533152636

‎Rowe, Jo Ann (signed); & Dale Robbin Rowe‎

‎Not for Public Consumption - My Octopusiacal Life signed‎

‎Privately Published 2016. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Jo Ann Rowe. Good only. VERY SCARCE in any condition. A solid reading/reference copy. Pages are wavy mostly in the bottom margin due to damp NO stain. Four SpongeBob SquarePants stickers on the front free endpaper! Photo illustrated autobiography of this Radio/TV personality and White House correspondent. Bound in the original full color pictorial laminated boards. From her obituary in the Las Vegas Review Journal : "JO ANN ROWE. Born May 9 1924 in Colorado Springs Jo Ann Osborn Rowe lived life to the fullest until May 13 2019. She had just celebrated her 95th birthday. Jo Ann challenged convention and discrimination as a radio and television broadcaster from 1950-1976 raising four children all born before her thirtieth birthday. Known as 'Colorado's Queen of Conversation' Jo Ann was the first female host on radio in Colorado Springs and a pioneer of call-in radio and television programs with guests that included politicians diplomats and world-renowned celebrities. Jo Ann's interest in politics led to her decision to move to Washington DC as a White House Correspondent observing and reporting on Presidents Ford Carter Reagan GHW Bush Clinton and GW Bush until she retired to Las Vegas in 2008. She received national recognition for her PBS television program 'Inside the White House' with Helen Thomas Sarah McClendon and Betty Beale and published her memoir NOT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION in 2017.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Jo Ann Rowe. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Good condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. ii 109pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately Published Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027226 ISBN : 1365468631 9781365468636

‎Keller, Fred S‎

‎At My Own Pace: The Autobiography of Fred S. Keller‎

‎Cornwall-on-Hudson New York: Sloan Publishing LLC 2009. Near Fine condition. Flat uncreased spine. Bright and shiny. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. 2009. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. Foreword by A. Charles Catania. With 16 pages of b/w photographs. Includes Keller's obituary 1899-1996 mostly written by himself and reprinted here from the Spring 1996 issue of THE BEHAVIOR ANALYST. Bound in the original black wraps with a full color portrait of the author on the front. From the publisher: "AT MY OWN PACE the compelling delightful and educational autobiography of Fred S. Keller is a vital book for anyone interested in behavioral science. Keller's versatile body of work included devising methods for Morse Code operators during World War II teaching the first undergraduate course in psychology using Skinner's experimental methods developing the Personalized System of Instruction PSI delivering behavior analysis to Brazil and other countries and writing several important psychology texts. He describes the evolution of these contributions and illuminates the roles of B. F. Skinner Nat Schoenfeld and many others with whom he interacted. AT MY OWN PACE is a must-have book for the library of every behavior analyst.". First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xi 393pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Sloan Publishing LLC Paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027369 ISBN : 1597380172 9781597380171

‎Singleton, Raynoma Gordy; with Bryan Brown & Mim Eichler‎

‎Berry Me and Motown: The Untold Story‎

‎Chicago: Contemporary Books 1990. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket only a tiny bit of very light shelfwear. NO chips tears or fading. NOT price clipped $19.95. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. With 16 pages of b/w photographs. 1990. First printing of the First Edition. Index. Bound in the original black boards stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "The ex-wife of Motown executive Berry Gordy Jr. chronicles the years of her tumultuous marriage her role at Motown and the evolution of the company from a family business into a faceless corporation.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. vii 344pp. 16 pages of photos. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Contemporary Books Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027459 ISBN : 0809243407 9780809243402

‎Korczak, Janusz [ie Henryk Goldszmit]; Aaron Zeitlin; Igor Newerly i e‎

‎Ghetto Diary: Janusz Korczak HARDCOVER first edition‎

‎New York: Holocaust Library 1978. This is the SCARCE FIRST HARDCOVER edition of the English translation. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good condition. NOT price clipped $8.95. Previous owner's ink stamp hidden by the jacket's front turn in flap. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Ilustrated with a few b/w photos one a portrait of Korczak. This is the Warsaw Ghetto diary written from May to August 1942 by Janusz Korczak 1878-1942 who was a Polish doctor author of over 20 books and head of an orphanage caring for some two hundred children. Korczak declined repeated offers of rescue choosing instead to remain with the children. He was exterminated in August 1942 at Treblinka. Also included here is THE LAST WALK Of JANUSZ KORCZAK by Aaron Zeitlin pp. 7 - 63 translated from the Yiddish; and a Preface by Igor Newerly pp. 67 - 76. Bound in the original yellow cloth stamped in black. Complete with dust jacket. . First Edition in English. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 192pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Holocaust Library Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027490 ISBN : 0896040046 9780896040045

‎Crespo, Valentino (signed)‎

‎Master Butler Extraordinaire of Las Vegas signed‎

‎Coral Springs Florida: Llumina Stars 2007. INSCRIBED / SIGNED twice by the AUTHOR. Appears unread. Fine condition. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. The author is was Director of Butler Services for Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The first several pages of this book list the US Presidents Government leaders Sports Superstars and Celebrities of Entertainment he has served over 30 years. Photo illustrated. Bound in the original full color pictorial laminated boards. From the publisher: "In Las Vegas in Valentino's world anything is possible. Experience the ultimate butler service. Welcome to the exciting world of Valentino Crespo master butler extraordinaire of Las Vegas. This world-renowned master of butler services guides you through a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the most famous city in the world Las Vegas Nevada and reveals how the neon city of hopes and dreams caters to the world's wealthiest players. Valentino reveals the secrets of how Las Vegas continues to attract high rollers and celebrities and how his skills provide the necessary backdrop for serving the wealthy and powerful.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xxvi 141pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Llumina Stars Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027692 ISBN : 1933626224 9781933626222

‎Furno, Anne Taylor (signed)‎

‎A Village to Grow in An Autobiography signed‎

‎Privately Published 1998. Includes 4 family tree diagrams for the genealogies of the Dodd Family Griffiths Family Taylor Family and Flack Family. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Anne Furno directly on the front free endpaper. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket in near PERFECT CONDITION. The jacket has only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear like you sometimes find in any new book store. NO chips tears creases or fading. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Illustrated with many family photos. Has a brief bibliography. Bound in the original silver-stamped black cloth. Complete with dust jacket. Printed by Thomson-Shore Inc Dexter MI. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Anne Furno. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. Illus. by With 4 family tree diagrams. 8vo. ix 113pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately Published Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027763 ISBN : 0966264215 9780966264210

‎Day, George E (signed)‎

‎Return With Honor signed HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION‎

‎Mesa Arizona: Champlin Museum Press 1989. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the front free endpaper. The inscription reads: "To Denny Weddle - After Hanoi! - Thanks! Col. Bud Day MOH AFC." i. e. Medal of Honor Air Force Cross. THIS IS THE HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION. SIGNED copies of the first edition are RARE. This copy is inscribed by the author to Denny Weddle i.e. Dennis Russell Weddle 1941- 2020. Weddle "spent 23 years serving in the United States Air Force and retired in 1985 as a Lt. Colonel with a distinguished military career serving in Vietnam and as the Information Officer on the United States Air Force Thunderbirds Demonstration Team from 1969-1971. He was Past President of the Military Officers Association Thunderbirds Alumni Association Member of AFA Founder Nellis Support Team Vietnam Veterans Association American Legion VFW Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association and many more." -- from his obituary in the Las Vegas Review-Journal Aug. 13 2020. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket lightly rubbed with a few short closed edge tears. Illustrated with 24 pages of photos and full page diagrams of the "Heartbreak Hotel" and the "Zoo." Bound in the original dark blue cloth stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. From the National Museum of the United States Air Force website: "A veteran of three wars and the first commander of the Misty FACs Col. George 'Bud' Day is one of the most highly-decorated Airmen in USAF history. After being shot down in 1967 Day persistently defied his captors for which he was mercilessly tortured. Day received the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross for his determined and selfless resistance. In 1942 at age 17 Bud Day enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and he served on a gun battery on Johnson Island for about two years. After the war he earned a law degree and was commissioned in the Iowa Air National Guard. Called to active duty in 1951 he completed pilot training and flew two tours in the Far East as an F-84 pilot during the Korean War. In 1967 43-year-old Maj. Bud Day volunteered for duty in Southeast Asia and became commander of the Detachment 1 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron COMMANDO SABRE. This unit was better known by its radio call sign -- Misty -- which was Day's favorite song. On Aug. 27 1967 on his 26th Misty FAC mission Day was shot down by ground fire over North Vietnam. During the ejection Day's right arm was broken in three places along with other injuries. His crewman was quickly picked up by a rescue helicopter but Day was captured by local militia beaten and tortured. After five days he escaped. In spite of his serious injuries and missing his boots he traveled over 25 miles. During his arduous travel he ate only local fruit and raw frogs and he was further injured when a bomb went off nearby. After about 10 days Day made it across the Ben Hai River into South Vietnam and a few days later was about two miles away from the Marine base at Con Thien. Tragically Viet Cong insurgents discovered Day and shot him in the left thigh and left hand. After being recaptured Day was returned to the camp from which he escaped. His guards made him pay heavily for his escape beating him severely. They then forced him to walk many miles to a prison at Vinh where he was interrogated and further tortured. But Day did not reveal any useful information to the enemy. Taken to the 'Hanoi Hilton' a short time later Day endured years of agonizing treatment. Many of his injuries did not heal properly and his weight dropped to about 100 pounds. Still Day remained defiant. In the spring of 1968 he was taken to the 'Zoo' a punishment camp for 'hard resisters.' There he was beaten so hard his vision became blurred. After Ho Chi Minh died in the fall of 1969 the POWs' situation improved somewhat but Day was still singled out for special treatment. In 1973 after 67 grueling months in captivity he was released. The damage by the enemy permanently scarred Day's body but he tenaciously fought to get well. A year later he was back on flight status and he qualified as an F-4 pilot. Col Day became vice commander of the 33th Tactical Fighter Wing and he retired from active service in 1976.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xiv 268pp. 24 pages of photos. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Champlin Museum Press Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027803 ISBN : 0912173165 9780912173160

‎Fisher, Eddie (signed); with David Fisher‎

‎Been There Done That: An Autobiography signed‎

‎New York: St. Martin's Press 1999. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Eddie Fisher with a black sharpie directly on the front free endpaper. Eddie Fisher signed this book in December 1999 at Border's Bookstore in Las Vegas. Affixed to the front pastedown endpaper largely hidden by the jacket's inner flap is a full color photo of Fisher posing in the bookstore with the previous owner of the book. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. Only a little bit of minor edgewear. NO tears or fading. NOT price clipped $24.95. Pages are clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. 1999. First printing with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. Illustrated with photos in the text and with 8 b/w plates featuring Elizabeth Taylor Princess Margaret Jack Benny Frank Sinatra Paul Simon etc. Bound in the original silver-stamped black boards. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: " Singer Eddie Fisher exposes his roller-coaster ride through American popular culture revealing details of his marriages to Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor wild "Rat Pack" parties with Sinatra and the gang meetings with Sam Giancana his dalliance with dangerous drugs and much more." Eddie Fisher 1928 - 2010 was an American singer and actor. "He was one of the most popular artists during the 1950s selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show The Eddie Fisher Show. Actress Elizabeth Taylor was best friends with Fisher's first wife actress Debbie Reynolds. After Taylor's third husband… was killed in a plane crash Fisher divorced Reynolds and he and Taylor married that same year. The scandalous affair that Fisher and Taylor had been having while each were already married was widely reported and brought unfavorable publicity to both Fisher and Taylor. Approximately five years later he and Taylor divorced and he later married Connie Stevens. Fisher is the father of Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher whose mother is Debbie Reynolds." - Wikipedia. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Eddie Fisher. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. vii 341pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. St. Martin's Press Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027877 ISBN : 031220972X 9780312209728