‎Biographie‎

‎Fonda, Peter‎

‎Don't Tell Dad: A Memoir‎

‎Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1998. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover full decorative black leather. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. 498 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. First edition limited to 1250 signed and numbered copies signed by Peter Fonda. Includes Certificate of Authenticity laid in along with publisher's bookplate and Collectors Notes. Born into what became an acting dynasty Peter Fonda was propelled to fame in the mid sixties with his staring role in 'Easy Rider' and never looked back. His memoir reads like a who's who of that turbulent era with excursions into more serious family relationships. A pristine copy new in shrinkwrap. The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 022409

‎FREDERICK C RAETH‎

‎PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY FOR HOME STUDY 4 BOOK SET‎

‎NEW YORK: D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY INC. 1941 RARE VERY NICE LOOKING FULL SET OF 4 BOOKS ON HOME STUDY OF ELECTRICITY RAETH WAS PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN SCHOOL OF ELECTRICITY. BEAUTIFUL SET IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS TIGHT AND CLEAN. BLACK AND SILVER DESIGN ON GRAY COVERS. PICTURES DIAGRAMS GRAPHS AND TABLES THROUGHOUT. EACH BOOK HAS A NICE INDEX. BOOK 1 COVERS SIMPLE WIRING ELECTRICAL TERMS ELECTROLYSIS CELLS AND STORAGE BATTERIES BELL RINGING & CIRCUITS TELEGRAPH TELEPHONE ELECTRIC LIGHTING. BOOK 2 ELECTRICAL CALCULATIONS CALCULATION CIRCUITS ELECTRIC METER CONNECTIONS RESISTANCE VOLTAGE WIRE SIZE MEASURING RESISTANCE HEATING & THERMOMETERS APPLIANCES MAGNETS MAGNETISM THEORY ELECTROMAGNETS MAGNETIC MATERIALS. BOOK 3 INDUCTION COILS CONDENSERS XRAYS GALVONOMETERS METERS GENERATOR ARMATURE WINDING TESTS DIRECT CURRENT GENERATORS OPERATION MOTOR D.C. MOTORS MOTOR APPLICATIONS DIESEL POWER HOME LIGHTING PLANTS. BOOK 4 ALTERNATING CURRENTS CIRCUITS GENERATORS TRANSFORMERS MOTORS/ DEVICES ARMATURE WINDING CURRENT METERS LIGHT AND ILUMINATION ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE. D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY, INC. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 001756

‎Beales, Derek‎

‎Joseph II Volume 1: In the Shadow of Maria Theresa 1741-1780‎

‎Cambridge University Press 1987. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1150grams ISBN:0521242401 Cambridge University Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 4339636 ISBN : 0521242401 9780521242400

‎MCBRIDE, James‎

‎The Color of Water‎

‎NY: Riverhead 1996. Bound in dark gray cloth over light gray cloth stamped in silver. In matching dust jacket that shows photos of the author with his mother. The book is subtitled "A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother". The dust jacket shows a vertical crease on the front flap surely a publishers flaw and a little crinkling to bottom of jacket on the rear panel Overall a great copy in bright dust jacket of the now famous author's first book. 228 pp. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good . Riverhead Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 7002444

‎Teague, F‎

‎Bathsua Makin Woman of Learning‎

‎Bucknell University PressU.S. 1998. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN:0838753418 Bucknell University Press,U.S. hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 3981840 ISBN : 0838753418 9780838753415

‎Gouverneur Morris‎

‎AN ANSWER TO WAR IN DISGUISE; OR REMARKS UPON THE NEW DOCTRINE OF ENGLAND - Original 1806 Edition‎

‎New York: Hopkins and Seymour 1806. HC. very good bound blue buckram cloth hardcover red spine label. Nice clean and tight copy of this pamphlet bound probably in the early to mid 20th century in blue buckram cloth. 76pp. Hopkins and Seymour unknown‎

Référence libraire : BOOKS059686I

‎Speed, Neil G‎

‎Born to Fight. Major Charles Joseph Ross DSO. A definitive Study of His Life. Collector's Issue of 100 copies‎

‎Melbourne: The Caps and Flints Press 2002. xxiv 200pp index bibliography glossary appendices bw ills maps. Dark brown leather titled in gilt. As new. SIGNED by author on title page with further personalised inscription signed Neil to the original subscriber expressing thanks for assistance. Collectors' edition limited to 100 copies of which this #85. Biography of Major Ross including his childhood/youth; time in the Yukon goldrush 1897; First and Second Boer Wars; British and German East Africa both before and during WWI; and his experiences as a game warden in Kenya after the war. Appendices cover his medal entitlements Nominal Roll for Canadian Scouts; Australians in the Canadian Scouts. Signed by the Author. Collectors Issue of First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None as Issued. Small 4to. The Caps and Flints Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 056142 ISBN : 0958135606 9780958135603

‎WOODMANSEY, WOODY (author) : VISCONTI, TONY (foreword) : ELLIOTT, JOE (afterword)‎

‎SPIDER FROM MARS My Life with BOWIE Hardcover 1st. - Signed by Woody Woodmansey‎

‎London U.K.: Sidgwick & Jackson 2016. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover - 1st. Print Boldly Signed by Woody Woodmansey on title page As New/As New - In this first memoir to follow Bowie's passing in 2016 Woody Woodmansey's Spider from Mars reveals what it was like to be at the white-hot center of a star's self-creation. With never-before-told stories and never-before-seen photographs Woodmansey offers details of the album sessions for The Man Who Sold the World Hunky Dory The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Aladdin Sane: the four albums that made Bowie a cult figure. And as fame beckoned by eventually consumed Bowie Woodmansey recalls the wild tours eccentric characters and rock 'n' roll excess that eventually drove the band apart. - A vivid and unique evocation of a transformative musical era and the enigmatic visionary musician at the center of it with a foreword by legendary music producer Tony Visconti and an afterword from Def Leppard's Joe Elliot Spider from Mars is for everyone who values David Bowie by one of the people who knew him best. Sidgwick & Jackson Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 007894 ISBN : 0283072725 9780283072727

‎Janus, Christopher G‎

‎Two George Stories and Other Writings‎

‎Leather Bound. Condition: Good. Christopher G. Janus 1983. Moderate general wear. Part of leather chewed by a dog. Size: 8vo. Bound for a member of Janus' Family. Contents: Great Grandfather George Personal Notes 1811-1899 by Christopher G. Janus 34 pg. Christopher G. Janus Judicious Risk-Taker by Lynn Poole 51 pg. The Inheritance by Christopher G. Janus 16 pg. Only for Your Eyes by Christopher G. Janus. Biography 5917 hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 140030

‎Freeman, Douglas Southall‎

‎R. E. Lee. 4 Volumes Complete‎

‎New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Four volumes in original red cloth with gilt titles. Moderately sunned spines with light fraying to top edges. All four volumes are clean and bright. Volume 1 has loosening front hinge; Volume 2 front hinge starting with 1.5" tear from top of spine; Volume 3 tight with name to front endpaper; Volume 4 tight and unmarked. Volume 1 is inscribed and signed in full by Freeman to the front blank endpaper. ; Douglas Southall Freeman's R. E. Lee: A Biography 1934–35 is widely regarded as the definitive 20th-century biography of Robert E. Lee. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1935 and remained the standard "gold standard" life of Lee for decades. Freeman a Virginia newspaper editor and lifelong Richmond resident spent nearly 20 years researching and writing it. He had unparalleled access to the Lee family papers Washington-Lee University archives and Confederate veterans who had known Lee personally the last interviews were conducted in the 1920s–early 1930s. ; Signed by Author . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 67109

‎Gray, Patience‎

‎Honey from a Weed‎

‎London: Papermac 1987. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 374pp. An evocative blend of cookbook and autobiography written by the author of the cookery classic Plats du Jour based on her experience of living and working in a stone-built Apulian farmhouse and of even more primitive homes on the Mediterranean shores. Soft Cover. Fine. 9.25 x 6 inches. Papermac Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 029755 ISBN : 0333455045 9780333455043

‎RAY, Edgar W‎

‎The Grand Huckster: Houston's Judge Roy Hofheinz Genius of the Astrodome‎

‎<p>Memphis Tennessee: Memphis State University Press 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Mild wear at the spine ends and upper corners. Clean tight copy. Protected now in an archival Mylar sleeve. x 581 pages with Appendices and Index. Numerous black and white illustrations and a Color Portfolio section with 25 color plates of the Judge and the Astrodome including a number of photos of exclusive private spaces most Astrodome attendees did not get to see: A lavish private apartment for the Judge with unusual features such as red carpeted walls zebra-print chairs a putting green a shooting gallery a puppet theater and a bowling alley as well as a private terrace overlooking the playing field. Additionally there were private "sky rooms" used for exclusive events with amenities like a billiards room a beauty salon and a restaurant overlooking the field. .</p> Memphis State University Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 012717 ISBN : 0878700692 9780878700691

‎Craig, Reginald S‎

‎Fighting Parson Biography of Col. John M. Chivington‎

‎Los Angeles CA: Westernlore. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 0870260820 . Book is clean and tight. Corners and spine are bumped and shelf worn. Former owner's bookplate inside front cover. Great West and Indian Series XVII. Dust jacket is shelf worn with tears along all edges tape shadow at bottom spine and a price marked inside fold that is what neither you nor I paid for it. ; 284 pages . Westernlore hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 6050 ISBN : 0870260820 9780870260827

‎Hill, George Birkbeck (Editor)‎

‎Boswell's Life of Johnson‎

‎USA: Bigelow Brown & Co. Inc. Book. Good. Hardcover. Six volume set bound in dark brown cloth with brown square on spine with titles which have faded rubbed into illegibility. Vols. 1 and 5 have included a facsimile of their third edition title page. No date is stated of this printing. Light wear heavy to ship. Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc. Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 050067

‎Malden, Karl‎

‎WHEN DO I START‎

‎Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1997. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover full decorative black leather. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. 368 pages. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. First edition limited to 1050 signed and numbered copies signed by Karl Malden. Includes Certificate of Authenticity laid in along with publisher's bookplate and Collectors Notes. The autobiography of Gary Indiana born supporting actor Karl Malden whose successful career spanned decades on both stage and screen. A pristine copy new in shrink wrap. . The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 022402

‎Stephanopoulos, George‎

‎All Too Human: A Political Education‎

‎Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1999. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limted/numbered/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover bound in full genuine brown gilt-stamped leather binding. viii 456 pages. Illustrated. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition published by Easton Press 1999. One of 1200 copies with COA Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid-in loose. The political memoir by a key White House staff member during the Clinton administration. A pristine copy gift quality new in shrink wrap. . The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 022454

‎Watson, James D‎

‎Genes Girls and Gamow‎

‎Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2002. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limted/numbered/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover full decorative dark blue leather. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. xxix 259 pages. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition published by Easton Press 2002. One of 1375 copies signed by author James D. Watson with COA Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid-in loose. "Genes Girls and Gamow takes up the story of Watson's life from where The Double Helix also published by The Easton Press in a limited signed edition 2000 finishes the announcement of the double helix in the journal Nature in April 1953. The diary-like entries describe with freshness and immediacy Watson adjusting to new-found fame carrying out tantalizing experiments on the role of RNA in biology and falling in love. The book is enlivened by copies of hand-written letters from the larger-than-life Russian-born theoretician George Gamow who had made major contributions to physics but in this period was also intrigued by genes RNA and the elusive genetic code." from the trade edition dust-jacket. A pristine copy gift quality new in shrink wrap. . The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 022461

‎Kramer, Stanley‎

‎A Mad Mad Mad Mad World : A Life in Hollywood‎

‎Hertfordshire UK: The Easton Press 1997. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limted/numbered/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover bound in full genuine burgundy gilt-stamped leather binding. xii 251 pages. Illustrated. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition published by Easton Press 1997. Personally signed by Stanley Krammer. One of 900 copies with COA Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid-in loose. "He proudly calls himself "the most frequently picketed producer in movie history"--A distinction he richly earned by taking on some of the most controversial subjects of our time. In the process he directed or produced such classics of the American cinema as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner High Noon On the Beach Judgment at Nuremberg The Defiant Ones Champion Inherit the Wind Ship of Fools Death of a Salesman and The Caine Mutiny." WorldCat summary. A pristine copy gift quality new in shrink wrap. . The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 022488

‎Reich, Robert B‎

‎Locked in the Cabinet‎

‎Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1997. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limted/numbered/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover bound in full genuine cordovan deep reddish brown gilt-stamped leather binding. xv 348 pages. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition published by Easton Press 1997. One of 1000 copies with COA Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid-in loose. "The story of the author's four years as Secretary of Labor in Clinton's first term as President of the United States." WorldCat. A pristine copy gift quality new in shrink wrap. . The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 022484

‎McKay, Jim (James Kenneth McManus)‎

‎The Real McKay‎

‎Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2000. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limted/numbered/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover bound in full genuine red gilt-stamped leather binding. xxiii 293 pages. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition published by Easton Press 1998. One of 1250 copies signed by Jim McKay with COA Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid-in loose. Best known as the host of ABC-TV's Wide World of Sports and his television coverage of twelve Olympic competitions the most famous of which saw him reporting live on the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics McKay announced reported on and hosted all manner of sporting events in his long and storied career. His autobiography recounts fifty years of anecdotes and personalities involved in a large variety of sports during the latter half of the 20th century. A pristine copy gift quality new in shrink wrap. . The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 022495

‎Jennings, Waylon‎

‎Waylon: An Autobiography‎

‎Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1996. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limted/numbered/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover bound in full genuine black gilt-stamped leather binding. 418 pages. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition published by Easton Press 1996. One of 3000 copies signed by Waylon Jennings with COA Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid-in loose. " Life story of country music singer Waylon Jennings relating his impoverished childhood failed marriages problems with drugs and how he found success in music." Worldcat summary. A pristine copy gift quality new in shrink wrap. . The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 022496

‎Kissinger, Henry‎

‎The White House Years‎

‎Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1996. Book. New. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcovers complete in two volumes uniformly bound in genuine gilt stamped red leather. Brand new copies still in factory shrink-wrap. xvi 1521 pages. With 48 unnumbered pages of illustrations. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make these truly fine bindings: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Easton Press book-plate laid-in loose and Collectors Notes. "Dr. Kissinger recalls . his first meeting with Nixon his secret trip to China the first SALT negotiation the Jordan crisis of 1970 the India-Pakistan war of 1971 . the historic summit meetings in Peking and Moscow . events in Laos the overthrow of Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk his secret talks with the North Vietnamese in Paris his "peace is at hand" news conference . the Christmas bombing of 1972 . Middle East conflicts Sadat's break with the Soviets the election of Salvador Allende in Chile issues of defense strategy and relations with Europe and Japan." Publisher's description. A new and pristine gift quality set. A heavy set Priority and International orders will be charged postage at actual cost. . The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 022524

‎Lynn, Loretta; Cox, Patsi Bale‎

‎Still Woman Enough‎

‎Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2002. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Limted/numbered/signed. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover bound in full genuine red gilt-stamped leather binding. xix 244 pages. Illustrated with 16 unnumbered pages of photographs. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker all edges gilt raised spine 22kt gold stamping smyth-sewn binding silk moire end-papers acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition published by Easton Press 2002 signed by author Loretta Lynn on limitation page. One of 1165 copies with COA Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes laid-in loose. 'The celebrated country singer discusses her turbulent relationship with Doo the man she married at the age of thirteen revealing a woman whose loyalty spirit and determination allowed her to triumph in the face of adversity." WorldCat summary. A pristine copy gift quality new in shrink wrap. . The Easton Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 022520

‎Rice, Anne‎

‎CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS. A SPIRITUAL CONFESSION‎

‎NY: Knopf 2008. Uncorrected proof for the first edition. Perfect bound printed wraps. Signed by Rice on the half title page. Small shallow crease on front wrap; otherwise and unread copy in Fine condition. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof. Knopf Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 41944 ISBN : 0307268276 9780307268273

‎Hayes, Connie‎

‎PAINTING MAINE The Borrowed Views of Connie Hayes‎

‎Rockland Maine: Borrowed Views Press Inc 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. beige embossed cloth 120 pages : color illustrations as new copy in as new dust jacketPublished in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Farnsworth Art Museum Rockland Maine June 20 through September 19 2004. Connie Hayes paints Maine as few can.portraits places.with understanding dignity and respect. Borrowed Views Press, Inc Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1125558308 ISBN : 0974710709 9780974710709