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Collingwood, Rev CS C S
Memoirs of Bernard Gilpin: Parson of Houghton-Le-Spring and Apostle of the North.
London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1884 Book. Good. Hardcover. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Inscribed and signed by author! Inscription is on half title page and dated Nov. 30th of 1894. Exterior wear includes scuffs and some soils with worn corners and edges and a 1" tear in spine cloth which is a bit faded. A biographical study of Bernard Gilpin an influencial Parson from the Sixteenth Century being memoirs of his life and work. Includes a photograph of Gilpin's school. 314 pages. Simpkin, Marshall & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 036318
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Turnbull, Mrs Lawrence
The Catholic Man: A Study
Boston: D Lothrop Company 1890 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER. SIGNED BY AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER ON FLYLEAF. Some minor wear on inner hinges with a few chips in various page edges and corners. Slight cock in spine with light exterior corner wear. "The character of the poet Paul has been closely studied from one who has but recently passed from our midst into the higher Knowledge and Beauty permission for the sketch having been kindly granted by the one nearest him. From author's note. 311 pages. D Lothrop Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 036709
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Ewing, Greville
A Memoir of Barbara Ewing; By Her Husband Greville Ewing
Boston: Lincoln and Edmands 1829 Book. Good. Hardcover. A rare volume. Many soils and fading on covers and spine with bumped corners and normal edge wear; interior foxing with some chipping on page edges. An extensive memoir on the life of Barbara Ewing who devoted herself to Christianity; book contains information on her friends and associates in the Church missions the Ministry and much more. 224 pages. Lincoln and Edmands hardcover
Référence libraire : 037126
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Alexander Russel.
Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation 1876 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. A rare volume. Exterior wear includes scuffs and rubbing on exterior with normal edge wear and bent corners. Printed for private circulation - a memorial of the life of Scottsman Alexander Russel discussing his life and work. 125 pages. Printed for Private Circulation hardcover
Référence libraire : 039362
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Gray, William
The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip Sidney Knt. - SIGNED By PUBLISHER
Boston: T. O. H. P. Burnham 1860 Book. Good. Hardcover. SIGNED BY PUBLISHER. First Edition. Cover is splitting along the spine edges. Date inscribed and SIGNED by the PUBLISHER on a front endpaper. 380 page biography of Sir Philip Sidney 1554 - 1586 one of the Elizabethan Age's most prominent figures who was famous in his day in England as a poet courtier and soldier. Some of his works include Astrophil and Stella The Defence of Poetry and The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia. T. O. H. P. Burnham hardcover
Référence libraire : 039628
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Tansill, Charles Callan
The Congressional Career of Thomas Francis Bayard 1869-1885
Washington DC and London: Georgetown University Press 1946 Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED. First Edition. Presentation copy from Bayard's daughter Florence Bayard Hilles the noted suffragist to Bates College Library. The story of Senator Bayard's Congressional career which began in the US Senate in 1869 when Congressional Reconstruction of the Southern States was in its early stages. He emphasized during this career that "Justice to the South is self-protection to the North" and was an ardent champion for the South. From the Georgetown University Studies in History series. Georgetown University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 039860
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Jenkins, C Francis
The Boyhood of an Inventor
Washington D.C.: National Capital Press Inc. 1931 Book. Good. Hardcover. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY BY AUTHOR'S BROTHER. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY BY AUTHOR'S BROTHER. Inscription on flyleaf reads: To Alfred E. Kissin from Atwood L. Jenkins brother of C. Francis Jenkins Aug. 26th 1936". Also written on title page under author's name is written "Died June 6th 1934". The autobiography on the childhood of Charles Francis Jenkins a famous American inventor who developed some of the very first television technology as well as other electric devices. Exterior wear includes some splattered soils edge wear and scuffing. Extensively illustrated. 273 pages. National Capital Press, Inc. hardcover
Référence libraire : 039869
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Fox, The Right Hon Charles James
A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second with an Introductory Chapter
Philadelphia: Abraham Small 1808 Book. Good Only. Leather. First American Edition. Leather binding is partially split along the spine edge has light edgewear moderate exterior marks moderate foxing 1 rear endpaper is torn boards slightly bowed. Very rare copy of this early nineteenth century biography of King James II 1633 to 1701 who was King of England King of Scots and King of Ireland from 6 February 1685 to 11 December 1688. He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland. Many of his subjects distrusted his religious policies and autocratic tendencies leading a group of them to depose him in the Glorious Revolution in 1688. With extensive introduction section and appendix. Abraham Small hardcover
Référence libraire : 039968
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Madelva, Sister M (CSC) C S C
My First Seventy Years
New York: The MacMillan Company 1959 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Second Printing. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR! Inscription appears on flyleaf and is to a Mrs. John W. Sadge. "A woman whose great wisdom and dedication of purpose has profoundly influenced Catholic education here and abroad and whose range of creativity embraces poetry anf prose with equal distinction has paused in the seventy-second year of an inspiring and apocalyptic life to write this volume her autobiography." DJ has many rub marks with edge chips creases and scuffs; minor wear on book including a paperclip indentation at the top of some of the front pages. 172 pages. The MacMillan Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 040025
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Dewey, Charles S
As I Recall It
Washington DC: By the Author 1957 Book. Good. Soft cover. Cover has light wear stain on the top right corner and has edgechips. Very scarce copy of this 374 page collection of memoirs of Charles Schuveldt Dewey 1880 - 1980 a U.S. Representative from Illinois who served with the United States Navy during World War I. This work is reproduced from the author's original manuscript containing edits reproduced at the Williams & Heintz Lithograph Corporation. Dewey also served with the American Red Cross the Polish government as financial adviser real estate agent vice president of a trust company in Chicago Illinois from 1920 to 1924. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of fiscal affairs 1924-1927 etc. Dewey's son A. Peter Dewey was accidentally shot and killed by Viet Minh in 1945 making him arguably the first person killed in the Vietnam War. By the Author paperback
Référence libraire : 041009
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Mitchell, John
My Mother: or Recollections of Maternal Influence
NY: E. French 1850 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. Third Edition. Minor exterior wear/marks; minor foxing. Very rare copy of this mid-nineteenth century work on growing up in a Christian home and the influence upon the author by his mother. The anonymous author does note his family being of Scottish ancestry and being Pilgrim emigrants in 1755. Research finds the author to be John Mitchell 1794-1870 a leading Congregational Minister of the 19th century New England. E. French hardcover
Référence libraire : 041531
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MacAleer, Edward C (Editor, Introduction)
Dearest Isa: Robert Browning's Letters to Isabella Blagden - SIGNED LETTER
Austin: University of Texas Press 1951 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. INCLUDES SIGNED LETTER FROM AUTHOR. INCLUDES SIGNED LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR. Letter is addressed to a Professor Weber in 1955. Dust jacket has some rub marks uneven faded and discolored areas with other scuffs soils and rubbing; light normal wear on book. Personal letters from Robert Browning to his close friend Isabella Blagden. 402 pages. University of Texas Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 042388
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Thomas, Lowell; Bowen, Norman R (Editor)
Lowell Thomas: The Stranger Everyone Knows Inscribed and Signed
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1968 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Second Printing. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Inscription appears on half title page and is signed at the bottom. Photocopied newspaper article on the author is taped to front end papers. Some scuffs edge wear and minor creasing on dust jacket; some folded page edges; minor bow in front board; a nice copy of book. "America's most illustrious newsman as colleagues and others have seen him through the last five decades." From title page. Profiles by Russel Crouse Francis Yeats-Brown H. Allen Smith Maurice Zolotov Eleanor Harris Dale Carnegie and others. Extensively illustrated. 187 pages. Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
Référence libraire : 042778
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Landsberg, Melvin
Dos Passos' Path to U.S.A.: A Political Biography 1912-1936 Inscribed & Signed By Author
Boulder CO: The Colorado Associated University Press 1972 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Inscription appears on flyleaf to noted Doctor W. Horsley Gantt and reads "4/19/73 To Dr. W. Horsley Gantt with gratitude and best wishes. Melvin Landsberg". Minor book wear; dust jacket has several scuffs soils and rub marks with some edge wear including small chips and creases. "This biography of Dos Passos from his youth through the writing of his epic trilogy U.S.A. describes the circumstances under which he became a leftwing radical." from DJ flap. 292 pages. The Colorado Associated University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 043006 ISBN : 0870810189 9780870810183
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DeVane, William Clyde (Yale University)
A Browning Handbook With Signed Letter from Author
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc. 1955 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED LETTER BY AUTHOR INCLUDED. SIGNED LETTER BY AUTHOR INCLUDED. Letter is pasted on back of flyleaf. It is addressed to Carl Weber of Colby College from the author who was the dean of Yale College at the time. The letter is personal and discusses retirement ideas that they each had been working on well wishes and more. A nice copy with minor edge wear; small ink note on rear end papers. A guide to the study of the work of Robert Browning. 594 pages. Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. hardcover
Référence libraire : 043444
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Chubb, Thomas Caldecot
Aretino: Scourge of Princes SIGNED
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock 1960 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. A rare copy SIGNED by author on flyleaf. A nice copy with minor wear. 478 pages. Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover
Référence libraire : 043582
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Coffin, Tristram
Senator Fulbright: Portrait of a Public Philosopher Signed By Author
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1966 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Stated First Edition. A RARE COPY SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Signature appears on flyleaf. A very nice copy of book with only light normal edge wear and scuffs on dust jacket. Illustrated. A biography of Senator Fullbright discussing his work in government with foreign policy his contributions to education and much more. 378 pages. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. hardcover
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Cullinan, Howell
Pardon My Accent: A Radio News Announcer Apologizes "Points with Pride" and "Views with Alarm"
Norwood MA: The Plimpton Press 1934 Book. Good. Hardcover. Quite rare. Lacks flyleaf; some scuffs soils and smudges on exterior with a slightly cocked binding and normal edge wear; also some rub marks; text block is in very good condition. Reflections of a radio broadcaster Howell Cullinan on his time in broadcasting doing various shows and his experiences with each from a popular Boston station WEEI. 221 pages. The Plimpton Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 044118
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Keene, Louis; Wood, General Leonard (Prefatory Note)
"Crumps" The Plain Story of a Canadien Who Went Signed
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1917 Book. Illus. by Keene Louis. Very Good . Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Signature appears on flyleaf and is dated 1918. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown; slightly bent upper corners; a very nice clean copy. The personal narrative of a Canadien man who fought in World War 1 and his experiences in the trenches. Illustrated. 156 pages. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
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Lowder, William Lane
A Pilgrimage: Or the Sunshine and Shadows of the Physician
1897 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. Believed First. Cover has moderate wear and lacks the top tip of the spinestrip; first few pages are separated from the binding as is the last page. Very scarce copy of this last nineteenth century work on the profession of medicine - qualifications of the physician duties of the physician the influence of the physician professional friendship medical ethics medical societies and the "pilgrimage of the physician - youth manhood and old age". hardcover
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Farrar, Lancelot L Jr
Dear Mother and Dad - The Letters of Lancelot L. Farrar Jr. To His Parents - SIGNED
USA: By the Author 1966 Book. Very Good -. Soft cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Interior is VG; cover has light soils and wear at the head of the spine. Dated inscribed and SIGNED by "Lon" on the dedication page and SIGNED by Lancelot's Lon's father on the "To Our Friends" page. A collection of "letters that Lon wrote during his summer trip to Europe in 1952 and during the four years from 1955 to 1959 while he was in Europe with the army and at the Universities of Heidelberg and Gottingen in Germany and Oxford in England". 457 pages. By the Author paperback
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Triaire, Paul
Bretonneau et Ses Correspondants - Two Volumes Complete
Paris: Felix Alcan Libraire Editeur 1892 Ex-Library. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. Volume one's binding is slightly cocked and the frontispiece is separated from the binding. Volume two is VG. Scarce copy of this two-volume biography and correspondence of the great 19th century French physician Pierre-Fidèle Bretonneau 1778 -1862 noted as one of the pioneers of modern medicine. He identified typhoid fever and named diphtheria performed the first successful tracheotomy in 1825 worked to distinguish between scarlet fever and diphtheria was the first physician to consider that disease was caused by bacteria without the benefit of the use of microscopes and was a pioneer of the science of medicine. This work "ouvrage comprenant la correspondence de Trousseau et de Velpeau avec Bretonneau publie avec une biographies et des notes. Et precede d'une introduction de L. Lereboullet". Felix Alcan, Libraire Editeur hardcover
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Contemporaneos del Doctor Francisco Cabrera Saavedra
La Habana Cuba: Centro Nacional De Informacion de Ciencias Medicas 1981 Book. Very Good -. Soft cover. First Edition. Interior is VG; cover has light wear/marks. Scarce copy of this work No. 63 from Cuaderno de Historia de la Salud Publica containing writings about Doctor Francisco Cabrera Saavedra Doctor Manuel V. Bango Leon por el Doctor Manuel Fernandez Muniz Doctor Ignacio Calvo y Cardenas por el Doctor Andres Escanaverino Cespedes Doctor Gustavo G. Duplessis y Aispurua por el Doctor Jose A. Presno y Albarran Doctor Federico Grande Rossi por el Doctor Ortelio Martinez Fortun Foyo Doctor Juan Guiteras Gener por el Doctor Alberto Recio Forns Doctor Raimundo G. Menocal y G. Menocal por el Doctor Dario Arguelles Profesor Abraham Perez Miro por el Doctor Oscar Jaime Elias Doctor Leonel Plasencia Montes por el Doctor Jose M. Martinez Diego Tamayo y Figueredo por el Doctor Horacio Abascal and Doctor Vicente Benito Valdes por el Doctor Rodolfo Tro Perez. Illustrated. Centro Nacional De Informacion de Ciencias Medicas paperback
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Steinberg, Bernhard (MD)
"It Was My Idea" - SIGNED
Chicago IL: The Armour Laboratories 1951 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. DATED INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. RARE Inscribed and SIGNED copy of this collection of humorous sketches of the life of Dr. Bernhard Steinberg then Director of the Toledo Hospital Institute of Medical Research with this "biographical sketch perhaps somewhat unorthodox in its stress on the intangibles". The Armour Laboratories hardcover
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Frost, Kent
My Canyonlands I Had the Freedom of It
Asbelard-Schuman 1971. orange boards with black ltrs on spine corners bumped mapped endpapers inscribed with presenttion of half title page tight and clean. DJ is orange pictorial with scruff marks and torn edges. An ode -- to the overwheling beauty of those canyonlands of Utah which since childhood have been the focus of his existence. Signed by Author with Presentation. 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Asbelard-Schuman Hardcover
Référence libraire : 0021852 ISBN : 0200717758 9780200717755
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Thompson, Silvanus P
THE LIFE OF WILLIAM THOMPSON BARON KELVIN OF LARGS LIFE OF LORD KELVIN VOLUME I & II
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Complete in 2 volumes. Vol. I: xx 584pp 8 b/w plates; Vol. II: xi pp 585 - 12978 b/w plates. Name of a previous owner in coloured pencil on the ffep of each volume endpaper over rear hinge of Vol.I carcked but hinge secure otherwise an excellent copy. Due to the size/weight of this 2-volume set an extra shipping charge will apply. <br/> <br/> Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
Référence libraire : 183099
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Morris Green (Author), Atlantic Salmon Museum Hall of Fame, Central Miramichi Historical Society (Issuing body)
160 years of salmon stories : the Atlantic Salmon Museum's Hall of Fame
Doaktown New Brunswick: Central Miramichi Historical Society 2014. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. blue cloth silver cover and spine titles373 pages : illustrations portraits ; 31 cm. a beautiful publication!. Central Miramichi Historical Society, Hardcover
Référence libraire : 1125559899 ISBN : 1771362960 9781771362962
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Donald Newlove
Those Drinking Days: Myself and Other Writers
Horizon Press 1981. Memoir of American author Newlove. Signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Light wear to book jacket shows wear to edges and some soil. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Horizon Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 701747 ISBN : 0818002506 9780818002502
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Herbert, Anthony B (Lt Col Ret)
Soldier
Englewood CO: Cloverleaf 1979. 567 pages white with green soldier red & black ltrs corners/edges/and head-heel of spine are nicked and chipped sticker on front cover with store stamp on ffep clean & tight. Horrifying and true story of a model fighting man who had enough guts to become the most decorated enlisted man in the Korean War--and enough humanity to attack the entire U.S. Army in Vietman. 1st Printing Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Cloverleaf Paperback
Référence libraire : 0021054
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Assam, Jeanne
God the Gunman & Me
Self-published By Author 2010. black paper boards with gilt ltrs on spine clean & tight. DJ is grayish pictorial with red and black ltrs. Inscribed by author with presentation to JIM & JUDY with Luke 10:19 on upper ffep. Biography of two broken lives colliding valor confronting danger and forgiveness redeeming tragedy. Signed by Author with Presentation. Unknown Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Self-published By Author Hardcover
Référence libraire : 0018512 ISBN : 0984217738 9780984217731
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Albert, James A
JAMES BAKKER: Miscarriage of Justice
Peru IL: Open Court Publishing Company 1998. dark pictorial cover with white ltrs edges nicked clean & tight. Inscribed by Jim Bakker with presentation on ffep page. Was Jim Bakker's trial for fraud a triumph of religious bigotry over the rule of law This legal expert explores and gives a gripping account of the spectacular rise of the Bakkers and PTL the scandals that brought them down and Jim's years in prison with his preparations for a possible comeback. Signed by Subject. 1st Printiing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Open Court Publishing Company Paperback
Référence libraire : 0018669 ISBN : 0812693701 9780812693706
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Booker, Larry L
Journey of a Lifetime the
Lighthouse Publications 2003. gray pictorial with red & white ltrs edges nicked inscribed by author on dedication page clean & tight. Religious biography of a drug addic turned preacher. Signed by Author with Presentation. Revised. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Lighthouse Publications Paperback
Référence libraire : 0021326 ISBN : 0971732922 9780971732926
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Correa-Garcia, Julie
RESILIENCE an Unbroken Spirit
Irving CA: VE Associates 2013. black cover with pink flower red & red ltrs reader's crease near spine edges slightly nicked clean & tight Signed by author with presentation personal handwritten quotes on title page. The story of a young woman's triumph over a devastating neurological condition and her battle with cancer. Signed by Author with Presentation. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. VE Associates Paperback
Référence libraire : 0018866
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Welch, Bob
A Father for All Seasons
Seattle WA: AO Creative 2003. light pictorial of author with sister and father in 1957 with green ltrs corners are nicked store stamp on ffep inscribed with presentation by author on title page. Biography with psychological aspects of fatherhood. Signed by Author with Presentation. Revised Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. AO Creative Paperback
Référence libraire : 0017052 ISBN : 0736900292 9780736900294
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Martin, George
VERDI His Music Life and Times
New York: Da Capo Press 1979. 633 pages including index blue cloth with gilt ltrs corners bumped. Reprint of the book copyrighted originally in 1963. Illustrated with drawings by Everett Raymond Kinstler photographs maps and Delfico cartoons. Inscribed by author on ffep: "Inscribed for Lucile & Darrell Brumley with happy memories of our lunch together followed the next day March 7th 1979 by a performance at the Metropolitan of the great man's DON CARLO. Perfect. May it all happen again soon! George Martin". Also tipped in are 2 thank you cards/notes two tickets to AMICI DI VERDI one each for the Brumleys 3 letters from Mr. Martin to the Brumleys in the original envelopes postmarked 19831986 and 1993. Biography the Arts Opera composers Italy. Signed by Author with Presentation. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. Illus. by Kinstler Everett Raymond. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Da Capo Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 0017167 ISBN : 0306795493 9780306795497
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Gardner, Erle Stanley
Off the Beaten Track in Baja
William Morrow & Co. 1967. turquoise cloth with white ltrs on spine corners bumped gray endpapers b&w photographs clean and tight. DJ is mylar encased gray pictorial with black and blue ltrs. A lively account of exploration and high adventure in the hidden reaches of Baja California. 1st Printiing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Morrow & Co. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 0017258
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Turk, Midge
Buried Life the: A Nun's Journey
World Publishing Company 1971. black boards with gilt ltrs on spine corners and head-heel of spine are bumped & fraying formerly Sister Agnes Marie writing on upper ffep clean and tight. 1st Printiing. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. World Publishing Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 0017708
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Herbert, Anthony B (Lt Col Ret) w/ James T Wooten
Soldier
Englewood CO: Cloverleaf 1979. 567 pages yellowed white with green soldier red & black ltrs edges yellowed corners/edges/and head-heel of spine are nicked signed by author Anthony B. Herbert with presentation on inside front cover. Horrifying and true story of a model fighting man who had enough guts to become the most decorated enlisted man in the Korean War--and enough humanity to attack the entire U.S. Army in Vietman. Signed by Author with Presentation. 1st Printing Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Cloverleaf Paperback
Référence libraire : 0018038
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Buckingham, Nash
De Shootinest Gent'man and Other Tales
Lyon Mississippi: Derrydale Press 1992. introduction by Col. Harold P. Sheldon one of 2500 printed in a limited edition of the 1934 edition of 950 copies trademark number 1523459 navy covers with gilt border gilt ltrs on spine gilt printers ink on edges pictorial paste-on on front cover marbled endpapers clean and tight. Very fine copy. Sports biography. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/No DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Derrydale Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 0018158
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Mitterrand, Francois & Wiesel, Elie
Memoir in Two Voices
Arcade Publishing 1996. navy boards with red 1/4 binding gilt ltrs on spine corners bumped clean & tight. DJ is white with navy border featuring navy & white ltrs while nicked on edges. Translated from the French by Richard Seaver & Timothy Bent while signed with presentation by Elie Wiesel on fep. Signed by Author with Presentation. 1st Printiing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arcade Publishing Hardcover
Référence libraire : 0018157 ISBN : 1559703385 9781559703383
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Kilby, Clyde S & Mead,Marjorie Lamp Mead (edited by)
BROTHERS & FRIENDS: The Diaries of Major Warren Hamilton Lewis
Ballatine/Epihsny 1988. brown pictorial with white ltrs edges and corners are nicked pages yellowing. clean & tight. An intimate portrait of C.S.Lewis as seen through the eyes of his beloved brother. Biography. 1st Printiing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Ballatine/Epihsny Paperback
Référence libraire : 0020443 ISBN : 0345346653 9780345346650
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Brady, Alicia
Thread
Pueblo CO: Rhizome Publishing 2012. dark pictorial with white and blue ltrs edges nicked. On Oct. 12 2008 a young girl from Canon City CO who is getting ready to celebrate a successful dance performance in Tucson AZ with friends is caught up in the cross fire of a gang fight and an AK-47 rips her body in half. She wakes up in a hospital half a country away from her parents and struggles to hold onto life by a thread. Biography. Signed by Author with Presentation. Stated 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Rhizome Publishing Paperback
Référence libraire : 0016034
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Anonymous (Countess Elizabeth Mary Von Arnim Russell -- nee Marie Elizabeth Beauchamp)
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
New York: H. M. Caldwell Co. Publishers 220 age browned pages red cloth with gilt ltrs and decorative design round portrait pasted to front cover photograph of a house on a penisula of a lake on the page opposite the title page corners and head-heel of spine are bumped possible 1898 publication or early 1900--no date is given very little or no foxing tanning or thumbing cracked spine on page 145. Tight and clean. A year's wicked and humorous semi-autobiographical account of a woman and her life in the garden. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2" Tall. H. M. Caldwell Co., Publishers Hardcover
Référence libraire : 0016091
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Zumault, Viola
BIRTH OF EMILY THE Souvenir of the North Woods
yellowed tan pictorial cover with red ltrs and illustrations b&w photographs and drawings stapled wrap with tears at head-heel of spine author's presentation on ffep browned pages pencil writing on back cover. History of the town of Emily Minnesota founded by John Morris Lambert in 1899 with the first homestead. Signed by Author with Presentation. Unknown Printing. Stapled Wraps. Fair. Paperback
Référence libraire : 0014007
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Byrd, Queen K
Glimpses of the Top
Tate Publishing 2012. blue pictorial cover with darker blue ltrs. Are you in the valley of fear and ready for a glimpse of the top Join Queen Byrd on her hike to God's glory. Signed by Author with Presentation. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Tate Publishing Paperback
Référence libraire : 0014185
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Smith, Lona
MORNING WALK -- A Journey of Discovery
Pleasant World 2006. tan pictorial cover with black ltrs edges nicked. Inspiration from Lon'a own morning exploration in south Florida. Signed by Author. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Pleasant World Paperback
Référence libraire : 0014632 ISBN : 1414105665 9781414105666
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Jacobs, Arthur D
PRISON CALLED HOHENASPERG THE an American Boy Betrayed By His Government During World War II
Universal Publishers 1999. white with black ltrs portrait of author at age 13 on front cover corners nicked. inscribed on title page: " WITH EVERY BEST WISH! ART" plus his signature. Harrowing story of a young American born boy being sent to Germany with his German born parents during World War II as enemys of the country and then returning with his brother to the United States without them. Signed by Author with Presentation. 1st Printiing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Universal Publishers Paperback
Référence libraire : 0015363 ISBN : 1581128320 9781581128321
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Coffey, Jesse & Hoeper, George
Bacon and Beans from a Gold Pan
Comstock/Ballantine 1973. light pictorial cover yellow printers ink on edges crease on spinel yellowing pages. The true story of mining the mother lode in the depression. 1st Printiing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Comstock/Ballantine Paperback
Référence libraire : 0015591 ISBN : 0345032314 9780345032317
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Herbert, Anthony B (Lt Col Ret) w/ James T Wooten
Soldier
Englewood CO: Cloverleaf 1979. 567 pages white with green soldier red & black ltrs corners/edges/and head-heel of spine are nicked/bumped/and chipped. Horrifying and true story of a model fighting man who had enough guts to become the most decorated enlisted man in the Korean War--and enough humanity to attack the entire U.S. Army in Vietman. Signed by Author. 1st Printing Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Cloverleaf Paperback
Référence libraire : 0011698
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Carnegie, Dale
LINCOLN the Unknown
Dale Carnegie & Associates Inc. 1959. 256 yellowing pages green paper with black ltrs on spine corners and head-heel of spine are bumped tight. DJ is brown with white & silver ltrs and pencil drawing of Lincoln while the edges and corners are nicked and covers are scruffed. Presentastion plate on ffep for the book being "presented by a vote of Dale Carnegie Class No. 133 to Esther McRae by the president of the Dale Carnegie & Associates Inc. for a memorable talk setting a personally significant goal." Contains about two to three dozen signatures of other participants in the class. Unknown Edition. Hardcover. G/G. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 0010765
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