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Wroth, Lawrence C
Abel Buell of Connecticut: Silversmith Type Founder & Engraver
Middletown CT: Wesleyan University Press 1958. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9.5x6.5x0.8in. 1st printing of this revised and enlarged edition; offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers from dust jacket previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper article on Scotch Type in Eighteenth-Century America tipped-in dust jacket light chipped at head and foot of darkened spine. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>With 9 illustrations. <br>102pp 1.14lb 9.5x6.5x0.8in Wesleyan University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10821
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Wyeth, Betsy James
Wyeth at Kuerners
Houghton Mifflin Company 1976 RARE. 'Wyeth at Kuerners' is a book about the artist by his wife that contains 370 reproductions 315 of which have never been reproduced before and reveals a startlingly intimate view of Wyeth at work. Sequence after sequence of drawings grows dynamically toward the final painting. People animals and objects appear and fade in an eerie way as the concept develops and one gets a subtle understanding of why Andrew Wyeth's work is so charged with those unseen presences that create the compelling depths and tensions in his work. Large hardcover book featuring the artwork of Andrew Wyeth. Size:13 ¼ in. 33 ½ cm. long 10 ¼ in. 26 cm large 1 ½ in. 4 cm thick with dust jacket. First printing large format. . Edition originale. Couverture rigide. Comme neuf/Comme neuf. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000861 ISBN : 0395219906 9780395219904
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Harris, James T
YEA I Have a Goodly Heritage: A Monograph of My Faith My Life and Racism
New Hamburg Ontario: Pax Resources 1999. 2nd Edition . Paperback. Very Good. Reflections by the Pennsylvia-born 1922 - 1999 former Associate Professor of Social Work at Renison College University of Waterloo. xix 220 pages with notes B&W photos and newspaper facimiles. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor wear. <br/> <br/> Pax Resources paperback
Bookseller reference : 006823 ISBN : 0969502443 9780969502449
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Webb, Richard and Edwin R Coulson
Sidney Lanier; Poet and Prosodist
Athens: The University of Georgia Press. 1941. Hardcover. New. Bcli-Ps American Literature Series; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 108 pages; No Dust Jacket Black Cloth Binding Book Shows No Wear Text is clean no markings seen Library Like Binding with ISBN attached to back side This appears to be a special reprint for Library use Pages are fresh and some are uncut from publisher . The University of Georgia Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : w7496 ISBN : 0781269830 9780781269834
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Pessis, Jacques and Jacques Crepineau
Les Années Mistinguett
Paris: Editions Vade Retro 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 11.6x10.2x0.9in. dust jacket with fading to spine and along edge of front panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. <br>Mistinguett 1875-1956 was a French actress and singer whose birth name was Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois. She was at one time the best-paid female entertainer in the world. This book is profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Text in French. <br>190pp 3.26lb 11.6x10.2x0.9in Editions Vade Retro hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26385 ISBN : 2909828832 9782909828831
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Scheer, Frederick O
A European Sojourn 1943-1945: An Autobiography by Pvt. Frederick O. Scheer Serial No. 14118781 As Recounted to Rear Admiral William O. Miller J A G C USN Ret.
np: Frederick Oscar Scheer 1999. 1st. Hardcover. As New. 11.0x8.7x0.6in. Signed by Authors. not issued with a dust jacket signed by author not inscribed. <br>A European Sojourn is the account of a small-town Jewish teenager who on his first excursion beyond the borders of his home state finds himself in a POW work camp in Adorf Germany. From the day he enters basic training until he endures a cold German winter and makes his escape from enemy territory Pvt. Frederick Scheer survives on little more than his good instincts his quick thinking and his calm and amiable nature. His is more than the usual World War II memoir. A European Sojourn is a coming-of-age story told with clarity realism honesty and humor. <br>117pp 1.66lb 11.0x8.7x0.6in Frederick Oscar Scheer hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26379
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Bryk, Alexander S
My Life Experiences
Winnipeg: A. S. Bryk 1956. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 9.6x6.6x1.4in. not issued with a dust jacket compliments of A. S. Bryk on front pastedown; wear to small part of gilt on front cover. <br>This memoir by Alexander S. Bryk a Ukrainian author of several books on the Ukraine has a few black and white illustrations and a color fold-out map of Ukraine. Text in Ukrainian. <br>528pp 2.35lb 9.6x6.6x1.4in A. S. Bryk hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26400
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Klymyshyn, Mykola
THE MARCH TOWARD FREEDOM: MEMOIRES VOLUME I.
Toronto: Canadian League for the Liberation of Ukraine and Studium Research Institute Inc. 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine -/No Dust Jacket. First volume of memoirs by the Ukrainian author. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine & front cover. 429 pages with some archival photos / portraits. Includes a 3-page English language synopsis by the author's daughter. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Due to size & weight & resulting high postal costs extra shipping WILL be required outside Ontario. If outside Ontario DO not order this book before contacting us first by email to determine an accurate Canadian postal Canada Post cost. Uncommon. <br/> <br/> Canadian League for the Liberation of Ukraine and Studium Research Institute, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005917
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Boehle, Rose Angela
Maria Longworth: A Biography
Dayton OH: Landfall Press 1990. 1st. Soft cover. Near Fine. 9.0x6.0x0.5in. Signed by Authors. signed by author; light rubbing to edges. <br>168pp 0.83lb 9.0x6.0x0.5in Landfall Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 15208 ISBN : 091342871X 9780913428719
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YONEYAMA, Yutaka Harold (INSCRIBED)
An Evacuee's Memoir: An Account from the Writer's Own Recollection
Toronto: Pro Familia Publishing 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Memoirs of a British Columbia -born Japanese / Canadian who faced with his family relocation during World War II. Blue boards with gilt lettering on face & spine xiv 246 pages with 96 colour and B&w photos family charts maps / documents bibliography index & appendices. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Corner 7 edge wear to blue illustrated dust jacket. Due to size & weight & resulting high postal costs extra shipping WILL be required outside Canada. If outside Canada DO not order this book before contacting us first by email to determine an accurate Canadian postal Canada Post cost. <br/> <br/> Pro Familia Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006185 ISBN : 1896596150 9781896596150
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Greenberg, Jan (INSCRIBED) & Sandra Jordan (INSCRIBED)
RUNAWAY GIRL: The Artist Louise Bourgeois
New York: Harry N. Abrams 2003. Pictorial Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine -. An illustrated intimate look at the life and work of the prolific French-American installation artist / sculptor /Painter / printmaker Louise Joséphine Bourgeois 1911 - 2010. 80 pages with colour & B&W photos. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. Slight wear to matching dust jacket at spine ends. Uncommon signed by both authors. Due to size & weight & resulting high postal costs extra shipping WILL be required outside Ontario. <br/> <br/> Harry N. Abrams hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006168 ISBN : 0810942372 9780810942370
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Heffner, John (SIGNED) & Dr Ulrich Frisse
FROM HUNGARY to CANADA: The Building of My Dream
Kitchener Ontario: Transatlantic Publishing 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine . Memoirs of the German- Hungarian entrepreneur 1929 - who immigrated to Kitchener in 1957. Blue oblong 8vo 8 3/4" x 11" boards with gilt lettering on spine & face. 226 pages with archival and colour photos. <br/> <br/> Transatlantic Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006182 ISBN : 0973637234 9780973637236
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Thielman, Susanne Willms & Philip Sherwood (Ed)
Susanne Remembers: A Mennonite Childhood in Revolutionary Russia
Abbotsford British Columbia: Judson Lake House 2009. Hardcover. Fine. Memoirs of Susanne Willms Thielman a Canadian Mennonite refugee from the Soviet Russia Molochna Ukraine who now lives in Fredericksburg Virginia. Pictorial boards with white yellow & orange type. x 166 pages with archival photos & illustrations by Selma Willms Turner. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Due to size & weight & resulting high postal costs extra shipping WILL be required outside Ontario. If outside Ontario DO not order this book before contacting us first by email to determine an accurate Canadian postal Canada Post cost. <br/> <br/> Judson Lake House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006202 ISBN : 0973961821 9780973961829
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STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS COLLECTED AND RETURNED BY THE MARSHALS SIC OF THE SEVERAL JUDICIAL DISTRICTS UNDER THE THIRTEENTH SECTION OF THE ACT FOR TAKING THE SIXTH CENSUS CORRECTED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE JUNE 1 1840
Blair & Rives. 1841. Hardcover. Fair edge wear crimping to the thick card covers rubbing and wear on the original leather spine the red spine label is intact and legible worn leather corners heavy pastedown foxing title page soil. The pages are good occasional foxing some crimping. Very large heavy oblong book size about 19 1/2 by 25 inches additional postage will be required elephant folio. ; 409 pages . Blair & Rives hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40291
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Taylor, Darrach G (INSCRIBED)
BRAVO ZULU: A Collection of Sea Stories and Naval Lore
Santa Ana California : Hawthorne House 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Stories of being at sea in the 1950s & 60s by the retired American naval officer 1934 - 2012 and former HR executive. Taylor also published a family life history entitled "Fair Winds and Following Seas". Blue leather boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. XIV 284 pages with B&W photos. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Due to size & weight extra shipping WILL be required outside Canada. If outside Canada please do not order before contacting us first by email to determine proper postage. <br/> <br/> Hawthorne House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004090
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Broadbridge, Arthur F (INSCRIBED)
EARLY DAYS: A Memoir 1920 - 1945 / The War Years 1941 - 1945
Cobourg Ontario: Self Published 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No DJ Issued. Memoirs of growing up in Saskatchewan his teaching years years as a provincial archivist and as a wartime RCAF member & later as a Canadian diplomat. Dark green leatherette boards with gilt lettering on front & spine. Second half of the book has the ISDN 0-9698440-2-6. 335 pages with archival photos. Small amount of light staining on vertical pages edge - possibly tea - too light for coffee stain. Uncommon. <br/> <br/> Self Published hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004548 ISBN : 0969844018 9780969844013
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Wise, Thomas James
Catalogue of The Ashley Library A Catalogue of Printed Books Manuscripts and Autograph Letters Vol X
LONDON: Printed for Private Circulation 1930. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. Volume X--One of only 200 copies printed. Originally published in a set of eleven this is Volume X. Original buckram cream cloth with gilt decorations to the front board and spine. This copy is in very good condition. Only the outside buckram cloth at the spine is slightly age toned the interior is as new. Handmade paper with the original tissue guard covering the photo of collector Thomas James Wise. Full gold Gilt laden top edge and uncut fore edge and text block. Hand sewn binding. Hand made paper and with copies of original letters from the authors Byron Browning etc Bibliographies of publications of some of the finest authors in English literature together with reproductions of their title and copyright pages and descriptions of first editions. A wonderful book for any bibliophile's library with many titles from 1600 and on. <br/> <br/> Printed for Private Circulation hardcover
Bookseller reference : cfe12465
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Harris, Cliff and Charlie Waters
Tales From The Dallas Cowboys
Sports Publishing LLC. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages; SIGNED BY AUTHOR. One of 296 numbered limited editions. Signed by author both Cliff Harris and Charlie Waters. Dust Jacket shows little sign of usage Mylar Cover Book Shows Little Wear Black & White Photographs; Signed by Author . 1582613850 . Sports Publishing LLC hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16387 ISBN : 1582613850 9781582613857
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Jon Dennis Michael; with an essay by Kristin Makholm; and artist biographies by Marla J Kinney
Vermillion Editions Limited: A History and Catalogue 1977-1992
Minneapolis MN: Minneapolis Institute Of Art 2006. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in the publisher's original illustrated boards. <br/><br/> Minneapolis Institute Of Art hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9008545 ISBN : 0816649723 9780816649723
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Peterson, H C and Gilbert C Fite
Opponents of War 1917-1918
Seattle WA: University of Washington Press. 1971. 2nd Printing. Trade Size Paperback. Good in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages; Trade Size Soft Cover Paperback No Dust Jacket Book Shows Wear Rubbed Stained Some Underlined Text . University of Washington Press paperback
Bookseller reference : W3727 ISBN : 0295785608 9780295785608
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Dumond, Dwight Lowell
ANTI-SLAVERY: THE CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM IN AMERICA AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANTISALVERY sic IN AMERICA TWO BOOKS
University of Michigan Press. 1961 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair red underlining and some marginalia end page and jacket flap name of a university history professor who owned this. Fair dust jacket edge tears with loss. The companion bibliography book is a 1967 second printing. Very good. Very good dust jacket except light edge wear. Dust jackets are in a protective cover. Also includes an 11 page photocopy of a bibliography by B. Franklin Cooling entitled The Era of the Civil War -- 1820-1876. Two books. Heavy oversized books additional postage may be required. ; B&W illustrations.; 422 119 pages . University of Michigan Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3448
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THIS FABULOUS CENTURY: SIXTY YEARS OF AMERICAN LIFE SIX VOLUME SET
Time-Life Books. 1969. Hardcover. Very good six volume set except one volume has damage to the top of the spine and one binding is weak in the center top page edge toning to all. No dust jackets. About 288 pages per volume. One volume for each decade from 1900 to 1960. A very heavy oversized set additional postage will be required. ; Numerous photographs illustrations some color. . Time-Life Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2956
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Griswold, Rufus Wilmot
THE REPUBLICAN COURT OR AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE DAYS OF WASHINGTON WITH 21 PORTRAITS OF DISTINGUISHED WOMEN
D. Appleton and Company. 1855. Later Printing. Hardcover. Good would be very good but the spine has been replaced with neatly done book binders black tape which has the title and date in gilt lettering a narrow depression down the center of the cover some rubbing and scuffs and a little bottom spine corner wear. End page name that looks like it is Hetty R. Barker with a presentation name-which may be Hardeman and the date looks like January 1st 1865 but it could be 1855. The pages are very good. All page edges gilt. Black leather covers with a stamped design and gilt decorations front and back. No dust jacket issued. A heavy oversized book additional postage will be required. ; 21 Steel engravings from original art.; 408 pages . D. Appleton and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7676
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Jackson, Robert H
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUDICIAL SUPREMACY: A STUDY OF A CRISIS IN AMERICAN POWER POLITICS
Alfred A. Knopf. 1941. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good some edge rubbing page edge toning. No dust jacket. ; 361 iv pages . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2048
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Nixon, Richard; Leonard, Frank M (editor)
SUMMONS TO GREATNESS; A COLLAGE OF INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT AND PRACTICAL IDEAS FROM THE MESSAGES AND ADDRESSES OF RICHARD NIXON THIRTY-SEVENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
1972. Hardcover. Good slight spine lean light spine toning title page address in red. No dust jacket issued. Published by Friends of President Nixon. Oversize. ; Photographs.; 94 pages . hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3254
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Clifford, Henry H (editor)
THE WESTERNERS BRAND BOOK: BOOK NINE 9 : A GROUP OF NINE ORIGINAL ARTICLES PERTAINING TO THE HISTORY OF THE WEST INCLUDING PIONEER JOURNALS AND MEMOIRS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED
Los Angeles Corral. 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. A solid binding unmarked pages. Good dust jacket except encased in a laminate cover which makes it appear dull. Illustrated end papers a fold sheet of a Chinese newspaper from 1856. Limited to 550 copies. A heavy oversized book additional postage may be required. ; Photographs b&w illustrations.; 267 pages . Los Angeles Corral hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3258
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 36TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION REPORT NO. 648
United States Government Printing Office. 1860. Hardcover. Fair a tape repair over the spine apparently to hold the back cover in place edges worn page edge toning with some page toning. No dust jacket issued. This is a volume of Congressional records covering a number of topics such as The Covode Report The Lecompton Constitution department issues etc. Black covers with a front and back stamped decoration. The total number of pages is shown some sections had separate pagination. A heavy book additional postage may be required. ; 1074 pages . United States Government Printing Office hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2777
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REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR IN THREE PARTS PART III DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST 37TH CONGRESS 3D SESSION
Government Printing Office. 1863. Hardcover. Fair spine sunned shaken in the center with a few pages sticking out that are partly loose from the sewn binding-the binding is still basically sound page edges browned. Brown cloth with stamped decorations. ; 659 pages . Government Printing Office hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2780
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Lagasse, Emeril and Charles Yuen
Emeril's There's a Chef in My Family! ; Recipes to Get Everybody Cooking
New Orleans La: Emeril's Food of Love Productions LLC. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 8.5 X 0.72 X 10.75 inches; 208 pages; Signed BY AUTHOR. Stated First Edition. Mylar Cover on dust jacket. Dust Jacket shows No wear of usage. Book Tight. Text is clean no markings seen.; Signed by Author . 0060004398 . Emeril's Food of Love Productions, LLC hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3409 ISBN : 0060004398 9780060004392
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Beahm, George and Kenny Ray Linkous
The Stephen King Story
Williamsburg VA: GB Publishing. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 291 pages; Book number 10 out of 450. Signed by author and illustrator. Includes dust jacket. Signed by the author. The dust jacket is protected by a Mylar cover and shows no signs of wear or usage. The book itself is tightly bound and includes black and white photographs.; Signed by Author . 0935167234 . GB Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7440 ISBN : 0935167234 9780935167238
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Messner, Heidi Wilson and Shaun Wilson and Eric Wilson
American Leftovers; Surviving Family Religion & the American Dream
Danvers MA: Chalice Press. 2023. First Edition. Trade Paperback. New in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages; Sign by Heidi Wilson Messner while in shop. Signed BY AUTHOR. New Book. No wear of usage Text is clean no markings seen.; Signed by Author . 0827201109 . Chalice Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1393 ISBN : 0827201109 9780827201101
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Lessman, Julie
A Passion Most Pure; Book One
<p>Grand Rapids MI: Revell. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. ; Daughters of Boston; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 477 pages; Signed BY AUTHOR Trade Paperback Paperback Book Shows Little Wear. Text is Clean no Markings seen. No Dust Jacket. . 0800732111 .</p> Revell paperback
Bookseller reference : 3005 ISBN : 0800732111 9780800732110
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Vischer, Phil
Me Myself and Bob; A True Story about Dreams God and Talking Vegetables
<p>Nashville TN: Thomas Nelson. 2007. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 260 pages; Signed BY AUTHOR Trade Paperback Paperback Book Shows Little Wear. Text is Clean no Markings seen. No Dust Jacket. . 1595551220 .</p> Thomas Nelson paperback
Bookseller reference : 3041 ISBN : 1595551220 9781595551221
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Roy, Travis and E M Swift
Eleven Seconds; A Story of Tragedy Courage & Triumph
New York NY: Grand Central Publishers. 1998. First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages; Signed BY AUTHOR Mylar Cover on dust jacket Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage Book Tight Text is clean no markings seen. Ex-Library. Previous Owner Name . 0446521884 . Grand Central Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2701 ISBN : 0446521884 9780446521888
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Lincoln, Abraham; Angle, Paul M (Prefaced with An Introductory Comment by)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS NOW BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME
Rutgers University Press. 1948. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good except a neatly lettered pastedown name and our library. In the original acetate dust wrapper and a good slipcase solid soiling a small Rockwell Kent bookplate on one side. Edition limited to 425 copies of which 375 are for sale. This is copy 387. ; Frontispiece.; 63 pages . Rutgers University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 23090
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Beawes, Wyndham; Mortimer, Thomas (Sixth Edition Considerably Enlarged and Improved by)
LEX MERCATORIA REDIVIVA; OR A COMPLETE CODE OF COMMERCIAL LAW. BEING A GENERAL GUIDE TO ALL MEN IN BUSINESS WHETHER AS TRADERS REMITTERS OWNERS . . . AGENTS; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF OUR MERCANTILE COMPANIES . . . VOLUME I ONLY OF TWO
Dublin Ireland: Printed for John Rice College-Green. 1795. 6th Edition. Hardcover. Fair rubbed page edges browned light page toning or foxing. A solid binding unmarked text except for an old margin pencil note. The full title is nearly a page long in mostly small print. No dust jacket issued. Original full leather a red leather spine title label that is still legible. Volume one only of two. ; 497 pages . Printed for John Rice, College-Green hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31916
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Committee Of Concerned Asian Scholars For The Faculty Anti-War Group Cornell University
INDOCHINA WAR INFORMATION PACKET
1970. Softcover. Good the top edges of the folder are crimped. Cornell University Ithaca 1970. Soft cover. 13 pieces of information included with fact sheet data on Vietnam Laos Cambodia comments by Professor George McT. Kahin Banning Garrett and Walter LaFeber. Contained in brown two pocket portfolio with title on front paper cover. Scarce. . paperback
Bookseller reference : 33661
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American Heritage editors; Leish, Kenneth W (editor) and Marcus Cunliffe
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES / AMERICAN HISTORY OF THE PRESIDENCY 3 VOLUMES IN A SLIPCASE
American Heritage Publishing Company. 1968. Hardcover. Very good. No dust jackets issued. Very good solid slipcase except two small bumps light shelf wear. Three volumes two volume History of the Presidents and a one volume History of the Presidency. A heavy oversized set shipping weight around 10 pounds additional postage will be required. ; 1023 384 pages . American Heritage Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 35464
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ADB = ALLGEMEINE DEUTSCHE BIOGRAPHIE:
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Hrsg. durch die Historische Commission bei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2. unveränderte Auflage.
Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1967 - 1971. 56 volumes Bände 1 - 45: A-Z. Bände 45 - 55: Nachträge A-Z. Band 56: Register Orig. blue cloth with red title labels.; 24 cm. Text in German gothic fraktur script. Price when new 6200 euro for the unchanged 1981 edition. - traces of removed library labels on spines ticket on rear title page library stamp on some bottom edges cloth sl. sunfaded although still very good set see image ¶ Neudruck der von 1875 - 1912 erschienenen 1. Aufl. -- Die Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ADB ist auch heute noch für die historische Forschung auf allen Gebieten des polititschen kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Lebens eine unersetzliche Fundgrube für Informationen über ca. 26.300 bedeutende Persönlichkeiten aus dem deutschen Sprachraum sofern sie vor dem Jahre 1900 verstorben sind. Bis 1648 sind auch Niederländer aufgenommen. Während die Werke der Biographierten im Artikel charakterisiert werden findet sich die Sekundärliteratur an dessen Schluß. Die ADB enthält eine Vielzahl von Biographien über Persönlichkeiten die in neueren Nachschlagewerken nicht mehr erwähnt werden. Die Artikel sind in einem individuellen meist sehr gepflegten oft essayistischen Stil verfaßt und bringen Informationen in einer nicht mehr erreichten Ausführlichkeit. -- Info from Duncker & Humblot.n Duncker & Humblot hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20252
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Reynolds, Francis J and Churchill, Allen L (compiled and edited by)
THE UNITED STATES NAVY FROM THE REVOLUTION TO DATE
P. F. Collier & Son. 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair neatly repaired hinges with book repair tape cover scratches some air bubbling under the paste-on cover illustration some page soiling that is mostly margin finger marks a brown stain in the top margins of the first few pages the title page has long tape repaired tear the tape is on the back of the page. The pages are generally very good. Solid binding. No dust jacket issued. Large oblong oversize about 12 by 17 inches additional postage will be required. ; Numerous B&W photographs many are full page.; 144 pages . P. F. Collier & Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : 38399
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Wood, W B and Edmonds, Major
MILITARY HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Jack Brussell Publisher. 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. Good except weak hinge paper tearing-the binding is otherwise sound page edge toning. Fair dust jacket worn spine ends edges creased. Dust jacket is laminated. Two- toned blue-gray covers. A heavy oversized book size about 10 1/2 by 14 inches additional postage will be required. Unpaginated about 200 to 225 pages. 8 double page color illustrations. Lithographing by Globe Lithographing. ; Numerous B&W Illustrations maps. . Jack Brussell, Publisher hardcover
Bookseller reference : 38512
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Petrement, Simone trans Raymond Rosenthal
Simone Weil: A Life
Mowbrays 1976. Hardback. Very Good hardback light edgewear in Very Good dustwrapper light edgewear spine gently sunned. Overall clean and unmarked. Hardback in dustwrapper. The image on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Mowbrays hardcover
Bookseller reference : 57425 ISBN : 0264662393 9780264662398
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Priestley, Joseph
Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley to the year 1795 written by himself: with a continuation to the time of his decease by his son Joseph Priestley: and observations on his writings by Thomas Cooper
London.: J Johnson 1806. First edition. Hardback. Disbound hardback in Poor condition. Front cover is detached back cover and top half of spine absent. Text block starts at title page and finishes with printed errata. Pages are age toned and title page is creased and chipped. Final page is misnumbered as 469. Contains the Memoirs Continuation of the Memoirs and Appendices 1-5. 8vo quarter calf. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. J Johnson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 58141
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Chansky, Ricia Anne and Emily Hipchen (eds)
The Routledge Auto/Biography Studies Reader
Routledge 2016. Paperback. Very Good paperback minimal edgewear clean and unmarked. Paperback. The image on this listing page is of the actual book for sale. Routledge paperback
Bookseller reference : 58173 ISBN : 1138904783 9781138904781
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Badenhorst, Alie trans Emily Hobhouse
Tant' Alie of Transvaal: Her Diary 1880-1902
George Allen & Unwin 1923. First Edition. Hardback. Fair hardback light edgewear corners bumped foxing to outer pages and sporadic spots throughout pages age-toned. 8vo green original publisher's cloth. The image on this page is of the actual book for sale. George Allen & Unwin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 58178
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Tamboukou, Maria
Visual Lives: Carrington's Letters Drawings and Paintings
British Sociological Association /Auto/Biography Study Group 2010. Paperback. Very Good paperback very light edgewear clean and unmarked. Paperback. The image on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. British Sociological Association /Auto/Biography Study Group paperback
Bookseller reference : 58655
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Gillen, Mollie
The Search for John Small - First Fleeter.
Sydney: Library of Australian History 1985. x 189pp index sources bibliography genealogical table reference notes bw ills maps. Dark blue cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear foxing to top edge. SIGNED by author on title page. Tracing the origins of a man whose first appearance in known records was his conviction for a minor highway robbery in Devon in 1785- a man of no social standing before his crime and none at all afterwards. Painstaking research shows that John Small and his wife Mary Parker were able to prove themselves of good citizenship and happy family life. The story is a tribute to the courage and integrity of those people who took advantage of opportunity when it arose and deserve the respect of the generations that followed. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Library of Australian History Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 055202 ISBN : 0908120583 9780908120581
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Walker, Mary Howitt
Come Wind Come Weather. A Biography of Alfred Howitt.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1971. xi 348pp index references appendices bw ills maps. Red cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with darkened spine 1 short tear to top front light toning to page edges. Alfred Howitt visited Victoria with his father during the gold rushes and stayed to become one of the most vigorous and interesting Australians of his time. He was the bushman who found the disastrous Burke and Wills expedition and rescued its sole survivor. As explorer and geologist he mapped north Gippsland. Also an anthropologist naturalist farmer and police magistrate he was honored by Cambridge for his scientific accomplishments and rewarded with high administrative posts in government for his practical capabilites. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 055519 ISBN : 0522839622 9780522839623
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TABORN, David ] Louise Donfaldo (introductory text) Theodor Daedalus Fillion (brief biography)
David Taborn - the Dado Rail of Delusion Signed Limited Edition Artist's Book
Published by the Artist London 2016. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Limited edition of 100 copies this one stamped and signed at the rear but not numbered. Taborn's collection of altered books. 8vo size very nicely bound in gilt and blind embossed blue boards with circular addition to front cover with central convex mirror two pasting to inner rear cover - a circular piece of marbled paper plus a matching marble paper cover accordion fold showing 4 colour photos of altered books. Circular blind embossed stamp to rear end-paper centrally signed and dated by Taborn. 235 pages and 5 unnumbered pages all on thick glossy art paper mainly colour illustrations yellow ribbon page marker. __CONDITION : NEW unmarked copy. __NOTE Due to size and/or weight posting to some destinations outside the UK will cost more than the shipping price shown. If so orders made by card will only be completed after you have approved any extra cost. . To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS Published by the Artist, London hardcover
Bookseller reference : TH253566
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Charles Nicholl
A Cup of News: The Life of Thomas Nashe
Routledge & Kegan Paul 1984. 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 item800grams ISBN:0710095171 Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3999299 ISBN : 0710095171 9780710095176
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