‎Biographie‎

‎Hansen, Suzanne‎

‎You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York: Crown Publishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0307237540 . A smart first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket with light edgewear; Suzanne Hansen's new book You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again is a hilarious tongue-in-cheek look at the challenges and perils of being a nanny in a big city. From the endless paperwork to the never-ending demands of the baby-boomer generation being a nanny can be a tough gig. Hansen has the perfect solution: move to a small town where the only kids are the ones playing in the park and the parents can finally get some peace and Quiet.; 8vo; 289 pages; FSA . Crown Publishers hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 45342 ISBN : 0307237540 9780307237545

‎Wilson, Lois‎

‎Turning the World Upside Down; a Memoir‎

‎Toronto: Doubleday Canada 1989 1st edition. Hardcover 258pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Photographs index. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces. Manitoba Clergy Manitoba Author Memoirs United Church of Canada. Doubleday Canada Hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 007696

‎Carter, Jimmy‎

‎Our Endangered Values - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0743284577 . A stunning first edition/first printing book in Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket SIGNED directly in the book by author former U. S. President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter; President Carter offers a personal consideration of "moral values" and expresses his concerns for the growth and expansion of conservatism relative to its effects on our values. Sustained by his lifelong faith Jimmy Carter assesses issues in a forceful and unequivocal but balanced and courageous way; 8vo; Signed by Author . Simon & Schuster hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12198 ISBN : 0743284577 9780743284578

‎Schieffer, Bob‎

‎This Just in - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎Norwalk CT: Easton Press. As New. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition of 1650 copies preceding the trade edition SIGNED by author Bob Schieffer. A wonderful scarce book in As New condition never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; In Bob Schieffer's own words from the JFK assassination to the World Trade Center attacks "I got to see most of it and came to know many of the major figures of those four decades because I am a reporter. I became a reporter because I always wanted to see things for myself and make my own judgments about them. Those events I covered have become part of our history and you already know most of them. But I want to tell you about the parts that didn't get on television or in the paper the serious parts and the not-so-serious parts the good times I had and the presidents senators correspondents big-time crooks and small-time swindlers I came to know. Here are the stories I tell my friends and they are the stories I want to share with you. ". Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather silk moiré end leaves distinctive cover design raised bands accented in real 22KT gold satin ribbon page marker gilded page edges long-lasting high quality acid-neutral paper sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author . Easton Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 10410

‎Rather, Dan‎

‎The American Dream - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York: Morrow/Avon. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0688178928 . A beautiful first printing of a Limited edition of only 1000 copies in Fine/Fine condition SIGNED by author Dan Rather on the limitation page; Rather's take on the American dream as personified by more than 30 Americans is an inspiring reminder that the ideals the nation was founded upon are still alive and well. The books is continuing where the CBS Evening News show ended with more in-depth stories of those successfully pursuing their version of the dream; 8vo; Signed by Author . Morrow/Avon hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 11032 ISBN : 0688178928 9780688178925

‎Basbanes, Nicholas A‎

‎Every Book Its Reader - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York: Harpercollins. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060593237 . A most stunning first edition/first printing in As New/As New condition in alike dust-jacket SIGNED by author Nicholas A. Basbanes on the title page; Basbanes also asks what we can know about such figures as John Milton Edward Gibbon John Locke Isaac Newton Samuel Taylor Coleridge John Adams Frederick Douglass Abraham Lincoln Henry James Thomas Edison Helen Keller -- even the notorious Marquis de Sade and Adolf Hitler -- by knowing what they have read. The Books that many of these people have consulted can offer tantalizing clues to the evolution of their character and the development of their thought; 8vo; Signed by Author . Harpercollins hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 13365 ISBN : 0060593237 9780060593230

‎Hemmleb, Jochen; Larry Johnson; Eric Simonson‎

‎Ghosts Of Everest The Search For Mallory & Irvine - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎Seattle: The Mountaineers Books. As New in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0898866995 . First edition/ first printing in As New condition in Fine dustjacket with minute minor creases showing along front right of dust jacket. This copy SIGNED dated and inscribed by AUTHOR Larry A. Johnson on title page; Ghosts of Everest is a first-rate detective story not just about George Mallory and Andrew Irvine's last climb but also about the team of researchers who found the body of the great British mountaineer and through forensic analysis at last told the true story; 8vo; Signed by One Author . The Mountaineers Books hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12719 ISBN : 0898866995 9780898866995

‎Salisbury, Harrison Evans‎

‎The Long March - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. As New. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition preceding the trade edition SIGNED by AUTHOR Harrison Evans Salisbury. This book has never been read and is in As New condition never taken out of its original shrink wrap; More than fifty years ago Mao Zedong Zhou Enlai and other leaders of the First Front Army ended their Long March. To commemorate the occasion Harrison E. Salisbury obtained permission from the People's Liberation Army to retrace many portions of Mao's Long March. He interviewed many of the participants mainly but not exclusively survivors of the First Front Army. The result is a narrative largely from the vantage of Long March military commanders and commissars at the division regiment and brigade levels--soldiers who after 1949 became China's generals ministers and top provincial officials. This book is the legendary journalist's account of Mao Zedong's march with the Red Army the path of which Salisbury retraced on foot fifty years later. Beautiful Chinese characters on the cover translate to "The Long March. " Contains illustrated map of China showing routes plus a haunting sepia-rose toned illustration of the March by Sun Kilgore. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded sewn in pages and ribbon marker simply superb quality Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; xi 419 9 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 10974

‎Rice, Anne‎

‎Christ The Lord: Out Of Egypt - 1st Edition‎

‎New York: Alfred A. Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375412018 . A stunning stated first edition book in As New/As New condition SIGNED on the half title page by author Anne Rice; Anne Rice departs from her history of vampires to paint a curious portrait of a seven-year-old Jesus who departs Egypt with his family to return home to Nazareth a novel about the life of of Christ the Lord based on the gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship; 8vo; Signed Wednesday November 2 NEW YORK 7: 00 PM -- Barnes & Noble Union Square; Signed by Author . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12144 ISBN : 0375412018 9780375412011

‎Gingrich, Newt and William R Forstchen‎

‎Grant Comes East A Novel Of The Civil War - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York: St. Martin's Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312309376 . A beautiful first edition first printing in As New/As New condition SIGNED by author Newt Gingrich directly into the book; Grant Comes East is the second book in the series of "what if" U. S. Civil War military histories. Gingrich and Forstchen continue the story of a Confederate victory at Gettysburg with Lee marching on Washington D. C. and the newly appointed Gen. Grant racing eastward to relieve the battle weary Union soldiers inside Washington fortifications. Although fictitious the saga becomes quite believable in the hands of military history experts/scholars like Gingrich and Forstchen ; 8vo; Signed by One Author . St. Martin's Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 13057 ISBN : 0312309376 9780312309374

‎Roth, Philip [; Ross Miller]‎

‎Philip Roth Novels And Stories 1959-1962 Goodbye Columbus & Five Short Stories Letting Go - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York: The Library of America. As New in As New dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1931082790 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in unread As New condition in alike dustjacket with cloth bookmark SIGNED by Philip Roth directly on the title page; The Library of America's first volume of the definitive Philip Roth edition including the groundbreaking Goodbye Columbus and the books that established Philip Roth as one of the essential writers of the late 20th and early 21st century; 8vo; Signed by Author . The Library of America hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12056 ISBN : 1931082790 9781931082792

‎Gore, Al; Tipper Gore‎

‎Joined At the Heart - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York: Henry Holt & Company. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805068937 . As New unread condition SIGNED by both authors former U. S. Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Al Gore and wife Tipper Gore; "For us as for most Americans " write the former vice-president Nobel Prize Winner and his wife "family is our bedrock and we believe the strength of the American family is the nation's bedrock. " But the American family has changed substantially in the last half century and so have the cultural and economic conditions under which it exists. The families the Gores have encountered in a decade of research reflect these changes: one couple has children from the husband's three different relationships a gay white couple adopts two black children a single mother struggles with poverty ; 8vo; Signed by All Authors . Henry Holt & Company hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 10167 ISBN : 0805068937 9780805068931

‎Galbraith, John Kenneth‎

‎The Culture Of Contentment - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0395572282 . A very attractive first edition first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. This copy has been SIGNED and dated by AUTHOR John Kenneth Galbraith on the title page; Galbraith's keen and striking appraisal of America's late 20th century far from happy state of affairs. A once strong and aspiring nation has lapsed into a self-serving economic and social stasis. A critical assessment of where America was going and not going and its consequences by one the sparpest and most original minds in his time; Small 8vo; Signed by Author . Houghton Mifflin hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12442 ISBN : 0395572282 9780395572283

‎Hillary, Louise‎

‎Keep Calm If You Can - Round the world with the Hillary family‎

‎London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A nice first edition/first printing in Very Good- condition in alike dust-jacket previous owner stamp and name SIGNED by Edmund Hillary directly onto the title page; In the summer of 1962 Ed and Louise Hillary took their children Peter Sarah and Belinda on a little family outing a seventy day junket through the National Forests at the request of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and into the Pacific Northwest and Alaska; 8vo; Signed by Biographee . Hodder & Stoughton hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12019

‎Ellison, Douglas W‎

‎David Lant The Vanished Outlaw‎

‎Selfpublished. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0929918010 . A most attractive 1st edition/1st printing in unread Very Fine condition in Fine- dust-jacket with minute fraying of edges limited to 250 hardcover copies SIGNED by author Douglas W. Ellison directly on the title page; "The first ever biography of this mysterious young man of noble origins who rose to notoriety as an outlaw in the closing days of the old western frontier. Ranging across Utah Wyoming and Colorado Dave Lant played a prominent role in the passage of a violent nostalgic era of our western heritage. His story is a thrilling account of shootings lynchings jailbreaks and seemingly endless pursuit by lawmen and posses. It was a lifestyle not conducive to freedom or survival but in the end Dave Lant got clean away. " From the dust-jacket; 8vo; Signed by Author . Selfpublished hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12031 ISBN : 0929918010 9780929918013

‎Hutchison, Kay Bailey‎

‎American Heroines - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎Norwalk CT: Easton Press. As New. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special first edition preceding the trade edition SIGNED by author Kay Bailey Hutchison. A wonderful scarce book in As New condition never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; Kay Bailey Hutchison presents female pioneers in fields as varied as government business education and healthcare who overcame the resistance and prejudice of their times and accomplished things that no woman had done before. Hutchison a pioneer in her own right became the first woman elected to the United States Senate from the State of Texas. Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather silk moiré end leaves distinctive cover design raised bands accented in real 22KT gold satin ribbon page marker gilded page edges long-lasting high quality acid-neutral paper sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author . Easton Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 11642

‎Morris, Jan‎

‎Hong Kong - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition SIGNED by author Jan Morris in unread Very Fine condition; Jan Morris considered by many to be the world's best travel writer has been visiting Hong Kong since the 1950s. She takes the reader on a vivid panoramic journey through Hong Kong's colorful history up until the late 20th century. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded sewn in pages and ribbon marker simply superb quality Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; 5 viii 359 3 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12058

‎Min, Anchee‎

‎Becoming Madame Mao - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0618004076 . An impeccable first printing first edition in unread Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket SIGNED by author Anchee Min with her unique signature directly on the title page; The story of Madame Mao Zedong the woman known as the 'white-boned demon ' whom many hold directly responsible for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution. Anchee Min describes the myth surrounding this woman driven by ambition betrayal and a never-to-be-fulfilled need to be loved; 8vo; Signed by Author . Houghton Mifflin hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12481 ISBN : 0618004076 9780618004072

‎Gingrich, Newt‎

‎Winning The Future‎

‎Norwalk CT: Easton Press. As New. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition SIGNED by author Newt Gingrich. A wonderful scarce book in As New condition never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; Newt Gingrich one of America's most renowned conservative voices offers a provocative account with his point of view to the multiple challenges America faces in the 21st century. Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather silk moiré end leaves distinctive cover design raised bands accented in real 22KT gold satin ribbon page marker gilded page edges long-lasting high quality acid-neutral paper sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author . Easton Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12329

‎Salisbury, Harrison Evans‎

‎The Long March - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library. Fine. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition/first printing preceding the trade edition SIGNED by author Harrison Evans Salisbury. This book has never been read and is in Fine condition; More than fifty years ago Mao Zedong Zhou Enlai and other leaders of the First Front Army ended their Long March. To commemorate the occasion Harrison E. Salisbury obtained permission from the People's Liberation Army to retrace many portions of Mao's Long March. He interviewed many of the participants mainly but not exclusively survivors of the First Front Army. The result is a narrative largely from the vantage of Long March military commanders and commissars at the division regiment and brigade levels--soldiers who after 1949 became China's generals ministers and top provincial officials. This book is the legendary journalist's account of Mao Zedong's march with the Red Army the path of which Salisbury retraced on foot fifty years later. Beautiful Chinese characters on the cover translate to "The Long March. " Contains illustrated map of China showing routes plus a haunting sepia-rose toned illustration of the March by Sun Kilgore. This outstanding book is bound in genuine leather and features gilded sewn in pages and ribbon marker simply superb quality Franklin Library at its best; 8vo; xi 419 9 pages; Signed by Author . Franklin Library hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 10362

‎Hillary, Edmund and Peter Hillary‎

‎Two Generations‎

‎London: Hodder & Stoughton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0340354208 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Very Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with some minute soiling along the top edge SIGNED by author Edmund Hillary directly onto the title page; Hillary's frank and engaging biography "written with good humour and total honesty by a father and son who do not always look eye to eye but share a zest for adventure which they communicate unstintingly" from the dust-jacket; 8vo; Signed by Author . Hodder & Stoughton hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12017 ISBN : 0340354208 9780340354209

‎Vincent, Fay‎

‎The Only Game In Town - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎Norwalk CT: Easton Press. As New. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition preceding the trade edition SIGNED by author and baseball commissioner Fay Vincent. A wonderful scarce book in As New condition never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved. The players include stars of the Major leagues and others such as Bob Feller Warren Spahn Ralph Kiner Dom DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky. Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather silk moiré end leaves distinctive cover design raised bands accented in real 22KT gold satin ribbon page marker gilded page edges long-lasting high quality acid-neutral paper sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author . Easton Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 12618

‎Jeffords, James M‎

‎An Independent Man - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎Norwalk CT: Easton Press. As New. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition preceding the trade edition SIGNED by the author James M. Jeffords. A wonderful scarce book in As New condition never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; In his first term as Vermont state senator Jeffords already had a reputation for being a maverick Republican. He supported welfare bills and environmental protection. As Vermont's attorney general he helped draft and then implement some of the most important legislation in the nation -- the bottle bill ban on billboards and land protection. Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather silk moiré end leaves distinctive cover design raised bands accented in real 22KT gold satin ribbon page marker gilded page edges long-lasting high quality acid-neutral paper sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author . Easton Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 10496

‎Clancy, Tom w/General Tony Zinni (Ret ) and Tony Koltz‎

‎Battle Ready - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399151761 . A beautiful first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in alike dust-jacket SIGNED by author Tom Clancy directly in book; "Battle Ready follows the evolution of both General Zinni and the Marine Corps from Vietnam through the operational revolution of the seventies and eighties to the new realities of a military with a radically different job and radically different tools for accomplishing it. " from the dust-jacket; 8vo; Signed by Author . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 13009 ISBN : 0399151761 9780399151767

‎Dukakis, Olympia‎

‎Ask Me Again Tomorrow - 1st Edition/1st Printing‎

‎Norwalk CT: Easton Press. As New. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Full-Leather. A special Limited first edition of 1150 copies preceding the trade edition SIGNED by the author and Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis. A wonderful scarce book in As New condition never taken out of its original shrink-wrap; Olympia Dukakis the internationally renowned film and stage star reveals in this biography her struggle as a first-generation Greek-American her alienation from her mother her battles with addiction and her relationships and the efforts to overcome this all and achieve excellence in her profession. Contains all of the classic Easton Press trimmings: premium leather silk moiré end leaves distinctive cover design raised bands accented in real 22KT gold satin ribbon page marker gilded page edges long-lasting high quality acid-neutral paper sewn pages for strength and durability; 8vo; Signed by Author . Easton Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 10881