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Grimm, Herman;Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett (Translator)
Life of Michael Angelo; Volumes I & II
Boston MA: Little Brown and Co. 1909. Leather Bound. Near Fine. L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Near Fine. Little Brown and Co. Boston MA 1909. 558 536 pages. 2 volumes complete. Greenish brown leather spine and board tips. Boards have marbled paper Gold Vein with blue. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. New Edition with additions. Illustrated with photogravure plates from works of art. Biography Art::Painting by Artist Art::Sculpture 6629 6629 Little Brown and Co. hardcover
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Committee
The 2014 Hutchins Center Honors
Cambridge MA: Harvard University 2014. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New. Harvard University Cambridge MA 2014. First Edition. 1st Printing. Crisp Firm Clean copy ! In original shrinkwrap! Since 2013 The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research has awarded the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal to those who have made significant contributions to African and African American history and culture and more broadly individuals who advocate for intercultural understanding and human rights in an increasingly global and interconnected world. 2014 recipients: David Adjaye Maya Angelou Harry Belafonte Ira Berlin John Lewis Steve McQueen Shonda Rhimes Harvey Weinstein Oprah Winfrey. Size: L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Biography 6607L 6607L Harvard University hardcover
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Byrne, Muriel St Clare, Ed
The Lisle Letters. Vol. 5
University of Chicago Press 1981. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. University of Chicago Press 1981. Moderate general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Biography History::Britain 6619 6619 University of Chicago Press hardcover
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O'Callaghan, John; Jared Monaco; Kennedy Brock; Garrett Nickelsen; Patrick Kirch
The Maine: This Is Real Life
Published by the Authors 2009. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket as issued. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. Published by the Authors 2009. First Edition. 1st Printing. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. This book is a collection of pictures and personal accounts from our summer on the 2009 Vans Warped Tour. We spent the whole Summer taking pictures and writing in our journals in order to make this book. The idea behind it is to show life on the road from our perspective and in our own words. The entries in the book are the exact thoughts feelings and memories from each day on the Tour. We met great people we worked hard and made it through the good and bad of Summer! Take a look through each and every day of Tour. Day in and day out this is Real Life. Biography Music::Rock & Beyond Biography Music::Rock & Beyond 6668 6668 Published by the Authors hardcover
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Cibber; Hume; Lilly; Voltaire; Marmontel; Drury; Whitefield; Ferguson; Mary Robinson; Charlotte Charke: Et Al
Autobiography A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published Written by the Parties Themselves Volumes I to XXIV
London UK: Whittaker Treacher Arnot / Hunt and Clarke 1827. Leather Bound. Near Fine. 24mo 5 - 5.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Near Fine. Whittaker Treacher Arnot / Hunt and Clarke London UK 1827. Volumes I to XXIV 1827 to1831. Dark red leather spines and board tips with marbled paper Schrottel boards. Portraits of each diarist. Nice Firm Clean copies ! Light general wear. Bindings hinges text pages near fine. No foxing except for near portraits. Size: 24mo 5 - 5.75'' tall. Brilliant entertaining autobiographies by: I. Colley Cibber comedian. II. Hume William Lilly astronomy Voltaire. III IV. Jean-François Marmontel history opera poetry novels. V. Robert Drury sailor Madagascar captive. VI. George Whitefield Methodist Voyage from London to Savannah. James Ferguson astronomer instrument and globe maker. VII. Mary Robinson actress. Charlotte Charke aka Cibber Charlotte Secheverell Charles Brown actress playwright novelist and noted transvestite. VIII. Lord Herbert of Cherbury Prince Eugene of Savoy. IX X. Augustus Von Kotzebue dramatist writer Siberian exile. XI. Captain John Creichton Scottish soldier. William Gifford critic editor poet satirist. Thomas Ellwood religious writer. XII. Lewis Ludvig Holberg writer essayist philosopher historian and playwright. XIII. James Hardy Vaux swindler thief transported to Australia thrice. XIV XV. Edward Gibbon historian member of Parliament. XVI XVII. Benvenuto Cellini artist. XVIII. James Lackington bookseller. XIX. Theobald Wolfe Tone Irish revolutionary United Irishmen father of Irish republicanism leader of 1798 Irish Rebellion. XX. Bubb Dodington English politician and nobleman. XXI XXII. Margravine of Bareith Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina sister of Frederick the Great. XXIII XXIV. Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni comic writer Italian playwright and librettist. Biography History::Britain RBR15 RBR15 Whittaker, Treacher, Arnot / Hunt and Clarke hardcover
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The Success Company
Little Visits with Great Americans Volumes 1 & 2
New York NY: Success Company 1905. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Success Company New York NY 1905. 2nd Printing. 726 pages. 2 volumes complete. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Thomas Alva Edison; Hiram Stevens Maxim; Andrew Carnegie; Hazen S. Pingree; Marshall Field; John Wanamaker; Sir Thomas Lipton; Darius Ogden Mills; Russell Sage; Lyman Judson Gage; Cornelius Vanderbilt; et al. Biography Business::Biographies/Histories 6532 6532 Success Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 118190
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Sloss, Radha Rajagopal
Lives in the Shadow With J. Krishnamurti
Addison-Wesley 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9.75 x 6.5 x 1.25. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Jacket Condition: Fine. Addison-Wesley 1993. 336 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 9.75 x 6.5 x 1.25. Biography 0326 0326 Addison-Wesley hardcover
Référence libraire : 118375 ISBN : 020163211X 9780201632118
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Jr, James Kennard
Selections from the Writings of James Kennard Jr. with A Sketch of His Life and Character
Boston MA: William D. Ticknor & Company 1849. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. William D. Ticknor & Company Boston MA 1849. First Edition. 1st Printing. 307 pages. Brown cloth gold spine becor. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Spine ends worn. Given by James Kennard Sr. to his nephew: 'Valuable to Owner. / Chas. W. Kennard / From his uncle- / James Kennard / September 1856.' Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Joint by joint abandoned him beginning with his knees then his elbows and fingers. Slowly writer James Kennard Jr. 1805-1847 was transformed from a vibrant young man into a crippled figure seemingly carved from stone. Yet he continued to write and remain joyous. James Kennard wrote one book. A collection of his essays and poems appeared two years after his death. Assembled as a memorial by his friends the hardcover was 'printed for private circulation'. Disgusted by the institution of slavery he observed in the South Kennard later published an essay in which he proposed that African-Americans were 'our only truly national poets.' He also wrote a disturbing piece about 'War with Mexico'. 'The Legend of Jack Ringbolt' is superlative among his poetry. Contents: Memoir. Prose Writings. Poetry. Biography Poetry::Before 1900 Fiction Antique Biography Poetry::Before 1900 Fiction Antique 6541 6541 William D. Ticknor & Company hardcover
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Warren, William Wilkins
Life on the Nile in a Dahabeeh and Excursions on Shore Between Cairo and Assouan Also a Tour in Syria and Palestine in 1866-67
Boston / New York: Lee and Shepard/C.T. Dillingham 1883. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Lee and Shepard/C.T. Dillingham Boston / New York 1883. 3rd Edition. 168 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Biography Travel::Antique 6523 6523 Lee and Shepard/C.T. Dillingham hardcover
Référence libraire : 118836
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Armond, Edgard
Passes E Radiaçoes Em Portuguese do Brasil
Brazil: Aliança 2008. BRAZ No markings but sticker to spine Very good. Wraps 173pp line drawings. Text is in Portuguese. Armond was a military man mason teacher and Brazilian spiritist . 1.3 JM HOQ 103/b2. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Aliança Paperback
Référence libraire : 73440 ISBN : 8588483335 9788588483330
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Sterling, Ada
A Belle of the Fifties: Memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama in Washington and the South 1853-66
New York NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1904. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.4. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Doubleday Page & Company New York NY 1904. First Edition. 1st Printing. 386 pages. Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Previous owner gift notation. Size: 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.4. Biography Military History::USA::Civil War 6528 6528 Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 119245
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Smith, R Bosworth
Life of Lord Lawrence In 2 Volumes
New York NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1883. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. L 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Charles Scribner's Sons New York NY 1883. First Edition. 1st Printing. 484 567 pages. Green cloth gold and red decor. Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Hinges binding and text pages fine. Size: L 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. John Laird Mair Lawrence 1st Baron Lawrence GCB GCSI PC 4 March 1811 - 27 June 1879 known as Sir John Lawrence Bt. between 1858 and 1869 was an English-born Ulsterman who became a prominent British Imperial statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869. Biography History::Britain History::India 6464 6464 Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 119781
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Weigall, R
The Correspondences of Priscilla Countess of Westmorland
London / New York: John Murray / E.P. Dutton 1909. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. John Murray / E.P. Dutton London / New York 1909. 487 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Biography 6493 6493 John Murray / E.P. Dutton hardcover
Référence libraire : 119851
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Neesima, Joseph Hardy
My Younger Days
Kyoto Japan: Doshisha Alumni Association 1934. 3rd Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Doshisha Alumni Association Kyoto Japan 1934. 3rd Edition. 57 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Heroic pioneer of modern Japan ardent friend of America illustrious son of Amherst College founder of Doshsha University. Biography Education 6493 6493 Doshisha Alumni Association paperback
Référence libraire : 119849
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Pike, Joseph; Joseph Oxley; John Barclay (Ed)
Some Account of the Life of Joseph Pike: Also a Journal of the Life and Gospel Labours of Joseph Oxley
London UK: Darton and Harvey 1837. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Darton and Harvey London UK 1837. 392 pages. Brown cloth gold decor on spine. Spine top frayed. Moderate general wear. Minor foxing on endpapers. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Quaker life in the 1600's. A select series biographical narrative epistolary and miscellaneous: chiefly the productions of early members of the Society of Friends intended to illustrate the spiritual character of the Gospel of Christ. Biography Religion::Christian Pre-1910 6489 6489 Darton and Harvey hardcover
Référence libraire : 120367
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Sparks, Jared
Lives of Leonard Calvert Samuel Ward and Thomas Posey
Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Charles C. Little and James Brown 1845. 403 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Biography History::U.S.A.::Colonial 6002 hardcover
Référence libraire : 101756
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Kroeker, Peter James
In Search of Identity: The Life and Times of Peter J. Kroeker
Art Bookbindery 2010. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Paperback. Book Condition: Near Fine. Art Bookbindery 2010. 330 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Peter J. Kroeker traces his Mennonite roots. Economic Development in Africa. Biography Religion::Christian 0263 0263 Art Bookbindery paperback
Référence libraire : 104903 ISBN : 0986800600 9780986800603
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Gordon, William Madison
Autobiography of William Madison Gordon
William Madison Gordon 1988. First Edition. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. William Madison Gordon 1988. Signed by Author on Title page with Presentation note. First Edition. 1st Printing. Plates 376 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Signed Biography 6143 6143 William Madison Gordon paperback
Référence libraire : 105468
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Simon, Edward C
Reminiscences: Some of My Recollections
Self Published 2008. Binder. Very Fine. 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Binder. Condition: Very Fine. Self Published 2008. 139 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Biography 6904L 6904L Self Published unknown
Référence libraire : 106475
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Lawrence, William R, MD M D
Extracts From The Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a Bri
Boston MA: Gould and Lincoln 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Gould and Lincoln Boston MA 1855. 369 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Amos Lawrence 1786-1852 of Boston Massachusetts was an American merchant and philanthropist. Biography New England::Biographies/Memoirs Biography New England::Biographies/Memoirs 6893 6893 Gould and Lincoln hardcover
Référence libraire : 107004
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Rogers, Janet Warren Buell
Figments and Fragments
Janet Warren Buell Rogers 2004. First Edition. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Janet Warren Buell Rogers 2004. First Edition. 1st Printing. 192 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Literature Non-Fiction Genealogy 6893 6893 Janet Warren Buell Rogers paperback
Référence libraire : 108074
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Sackville-West, Reginald W (Ed)
The Works of Thomas Sackville Lord Buckhurst Afterwards Lord Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth and Earl of Dorset
Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. John Russell Smith 1859. 209 pages. Black binding gold lettering and decor. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Has bookplate. Size: 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Biography History::Britain 6956 hardcover
Référence libraire : 108447
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Hirst, Michael; Henry A Millon And Craig Hug
Michelangelo Draftsman Michelangelo Architect A Dictionary of Michelangelo's Watermarks
Olivetti 1988. Paperback. Very Fine. L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Fine. Olivetti 1988. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. In slipcase. Size: L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Michelangelo Draftsman Michelangelo Architect A Dictionary of Michelangelo's Watermarks. Biography Science/Nature::History of Science Architecture::Architecture General Art::Art History 6763L 6763L Olivetti paperback
Référence libraire : 110609
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Gough, John B ; Lyman Abbott (Intro)
Platform EchoesOr Living Truth for Head and Heart
Hartford CT: A. D Worthington 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. A. D Worthington Hartford CT 1886. 639 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Spine slightly sunned. Hinges fine ! Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. John Bartholomew Gough 1817-1886 was a United States temperance orator. Biography Religion::Christian Pre-1910 Health::Recovery Alcohol 6725 6725 A. D Worthington hardcover
Référence libraire : 112415
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Willard, Frances E
Glimpses of Fifty Years 1839-1889
Women's Temperance Publication Association 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 9.13 x 6.57 x 1.11. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Women's Temperance Publication Association 1889. First Edition. 704 pages. 1st Printing. Printed by Geo. M. Smith & Co. Nice Firm copy ! Hinges fine ! Previous owner name. Size: 9.13 x 6.57 x 1.11. Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was an American educator temperance reformer and women's suffragist. Her influence was instrumental in the passage of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Biography Religion::Christian Pre-1910 History::U.S.A.::Pre-Civil War History::U.S.A.::Civil War to 1900 Biography Religion::Christian Pre-1910 History::U.S.A.::Pre-Civil War History::U.S.A.::Civil War to 1900 6725 6725 Women's Temperance Publication Association hardcover
Référence libraire : 112404
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Ford, William Wallace
Wagon Soldier
North Adams MA: Excelsior Printing Company 1980. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Excelsior Printing Company North Adams MA 1980. Signed by Author on blank page with Greeting. First Edition. 1st Printing. 163 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Only 1 of 500 printed. Contents: The Early Years. Plebe Life. The Long Gray Line. Army Blue. The Really Piping Times of Peace. More Piping Times. Flying Fever. Wings for Santa Barbara. In Combat WWII. Standing Down. Photographs. Signed Biography Military History::WWII Military History::WWI New England::Biographies/Memoirs 6700 6700 Excelsior Printing Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 113384
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James, CT C T
For My Father
PublishAmerica 2010. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8.39 x 5.43 x .39. Paperback. Book Condition: Good. PublishAmerica 2010. First Edition. 172 pages. 1st Printing. Moderate general wear. Cover tip creased. Some creased page tips. Minor waterstain on top rear cover. Size: 8.39 x 5.43 x .39. Biography History::U.S.A.::Black History 0259 0259 PublishAmerica paperback
Référence libraire : 97126 ISBN : 1615460608 9781615460601
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Smith, Eleanor Bernice
Life I Cherish Volume 1 the first twenty-five years
Columbus GA: Brentwood Christian Press 1997. Paperback. Very Good. 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Brentwood Christian Press Columbus GA 1997. Signed by Author on copyright page with Presentation note with date. Rare sensitive account of the early years of a lifetime diarist of Shaftsbury Vermont. 170 pages. Nice Tight Clean copy ! Size: 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Signed Biography 6341L 6341L Brentwood Christian Press paperback
Référence libraire : 68147
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Menand, L
Autobiography and recollections of incidents connected with horticultural affairs etc. from 1807 up to this day 1892 with portrait and allegorical figures with an appendix of retrospective incidents omitted or forgotten
Albany New York: Weed Parsons & Company 1892. Illustrated with a frontispiece an allegorical plate and a facsimile letter from Victor Hugo small octavo pp xii 200 11 rather age-toned but otherwise very clean and tight original maroon pebble cloth slightly worn and rubbed. SCARCE. The title is about as direct as the rest of the book. The ramblings of this "crazy Frenchman at Albany" shed very little light on the actual events of his life but give an incredible sense of the energetic character of Louis Menand. There are exuberant paeans to his wife Adelaide whom he calls "Phanerogyne" meaning "remarkable woman" who died in 1890. There are rambling thoughts on the various revolutions and republics in France a scathing appraisal of his arrival in a free land "where slavery was flourishing as carnations" and tales of intrigues at flower exhibitions all told in the least linear style imaginable. He was the son of a gardener in Burgundy France. As early as he could remember he was fascinated by horticulture. "I was eight or nine years old" he later wrote "when I began to try to grow plants from cuttings. I have always been fond of cutting properly or figuratively speaking except cutting my fingers." Eventually Louis became an estate gardener in Paris and later in the Champagne region. In 1837 he came to New York and went to work at nurseries in Halett's Cove which would later become Astoria. There he met a young piano teacher from Albany named Adelaide Jackson. They fell in love and were married in her family home on Park Place in Albany and soon took up residence in what they called "the haunted house" on the Albany-Troy Road Broadway. Louis began selling plants. After a rough first year "more than modest that is to say meagre I might say miserable!!" things began to pick up. Menand had a fair collection of "hardy perennial plants" which had become pretty popular in the Albany/Troy area. Later he sold Norway spruces balsam firs and other popular trees and shrubs. In 1847 he was able to buy several acres of land on what is now Menand Road where Ganser-Smith Park is now located for his greenhouses and nursery. He cultivated plants that no doubt had never before been seen in this old Dutch town -- camellias palm ferns cacti and orchids among others. He was noted for importing exotic plants from Europe and commanded an impressive price for his best camellias: "a little plant four inches high would sell for $25." Menand won significant awards for his plants through the years and continued to grow. He bought 31 acres near the entrance to Albany Rural Cemetery where he set up his son with a half dozen hot houses devoted to growing cut flowers roses carnations pansies geraniums and "an almost endless variety of other species suitable for cemetery decoration." These included all manner of shrubs which no doubt still influence the scenery in the cemetery. His greenhouses were so popular that the Albany and Northern Railroad added a stop there in 1856 named "Menand's Crossing" which the succeeding Delaware and Hudson Railroad renamed "Menand's Station." . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Weed, Parsons & Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 016586
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Jenny, Rudolf
Of Men and Orchids - Volume 2
Allmendingen Switzerland: Published by the author 2017. NEW. Very well illustrated quarto pp 312 black cloth a very good copy in dustwrapper. LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES ONLY. A heavy book - extra postage will probably be necessary. "This is neither a book on how humans grow orchids nor a treatise of how they classsify plants but an extraordinary look at the bond that unites men - botanists gardeners plant hunters explorers - to the names of orchids and the histories behind their discovery and scientific apprehension. The work is a great step into the realm of history and orchids are the perfect excuse to expose the efforts the courage and bravery the ambition and jealousies and the indomitable will of those men in the flesh who have made it possible to discover and name the amazing diversity of plants. Each of the 36 chapters that compose the volume tell the story of an orchid or a few orchids and a man beginning with Acanthephippium sylhetense and George King ending with Ticoglossum krameri and the three Kramers going through complete biographical sketches of the protagonists and discussing the sometimes complex taxonomy of the concerned orchid species. You will find very acknowledged names in plant history like William Saunders Fredericl Welwitsch and James Edward Smith but you will also be surprised at finding several less known names who compose the extraordinary story of orchidology - Parish Pittier Walter Hill William Brass are just a few of the many characters that are presented in the book together with the orchids that immortalize their names" . First Edition. Cloth. New/New. Privately Printed. Published by the author Hardcover
Référence libraire : 013384 ISBN : 9942283129 9789942283122
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Cecil, G
Life of Robert Marquis of Salisbury Volumes 1 2 3 4
Hodder & Stoughton 1921. Volumes 1 2 3 4. 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. Published between 1921-1932. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item3000grams ISBN: Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
Référence libraire : 5568584
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Fawkes, Richard
Dion Boucicault: A Biography
Quartet Books 1982. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN:0704334062 Quartet Books paperback
Référence libraire : 4136231 ISBN : 0704334062 9780704334069
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Fenner Brockway
Bermondsey Story: The Life of Alfred Salter
Stephen Humphrey 1995. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN:0952620308 Stephen Humphrey paperback
Référence libraire : 3898233 ISBN : 0952620308 9780952620303
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Jaffe, Deborah (Biography of Victoria--Queen of England)
Victoria; A Celebration
London: Carlton Books 1-84222-180-9 2000. Small 4to 191pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Black and white and color illustrations photographs family tree chronology index. Biography of Victoria--Queen of England. Time Period Victorian England. History--England Royalty. Carlton Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 157191 ISBN : 1842221809 9781842221808
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Holroyd, Michael (Biography of George Bernard Shaw)
Bernard Shaw; 3 Volumes
London: Chatto & Windus 1988. Hardcover set 486; 422; 544pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 3 volume set. Illustrated endpapers illustrations photographs indices. Notes in ink written on the last page of each volume and a previous owner's name on the half-title page of volume 1. Biography of George Bernard Shaw. Vol. 1 1856-1898; The Search for Love. Vol. 2 1898-1918; The Pursuit of Power. Vol. 3 1918-1950; The Lure of Fantasy. Biography Playwrights. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
Référence libraire : 158014
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Marjorie Chibnall
The Empress Matilda: Queen Consort Queen Mother and Lady of the English
Blackwell 1992. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN:0631157379 Blackwell hardcover
Référence libraire : 9793665 ISBN : 0631157379 9780631157373
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Prentis, Evelyn
A Nurse and Mother
Paragon 2013. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN:9781445826615 Paragon paperback
Référence libraire : 4135818 ISBN : 1445826615 9781445826615
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Gulati, L
A Space of Her Own: Personal Narratives of Twelve Women
Sage Publications 2005. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN:9780761933151 Sage Publications paperback
Référence libraire : 5568676 ISBN : 0761933158 9780761933151
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Astor, Mary
Life on Film
W.H. Allen / Virgin Books 1973. 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. 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 item650grams ISBN:0491009437 W.H. Allen / Virgin Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 5831882 ISBN : 0491009437 9780491009430
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Acton, Harold
Memoirs of An Aesthete
Methuen & Co 1970. 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. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:0416074901 Methuen & Co hardcover
Référence libraire : 4308938 ISBN : 0416074901 9780416074901
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Romero, Patricia W (ed)
Life Histories of African Women
The Ashfield Press 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item350grams ISBN:0948660058 The Ashfield Press paperback
Référence libraire : 4309190 ISBN : 0948660058 9780948660054
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Kurelek, William
Someone With Me: The Autobiography of William Kurelek
Canada: McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0771045646 . "The inspiring odyssey of a boy from an impoverished prairie farm who became one of Canada's greatest artists." - dust jacket. "William Kurelek CM RCA 1927 1977 was influenced by his childhood on the prairies his Ukrainian-Canadian roots his struggles with mental illness and his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Though he studied at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and at the Instituto Allende in Mexico he was primarily self-taught from books. In 1981 the hard rock band Van Halen released their album 'Fair Warning' with cover art featuring several closeup details of Kurelek's 1953 painting 'The Maze'." - Wikipedia. 176 pages. Revised from the 1973 first edition. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear and spine slant. Average wear to complete dust jacket now in glossy new archival protection. A sound example of this precious Kurelek memento. Spadoni & Donnelly 3168.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Someone With Me: The Autobiography of William Kurelek Canadian Artist Prairies . McClelland & Stewart Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 111j1594 ISBN : 0771045646 9780771045646
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Tolinski, Brad
David Bowie - Tribute To the Ultimate Rock Icon - Music Spotlight Collector's Edition 5 Years Later - The Legend Remembered
New York: Centennial Media. Very Good. 2020. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. The stories behind his hits. Private moments. How he changed music forever. 99 glossy pages with vibrant color and black and white photography throughout. Clean bright tight and unmarked with light wear. A quality example of this fabulous Bowie memento.; 4to . Centennial Media unknown
Référence libraire : 555j1466
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Guppy, Anthony
The Tofino Kid - From India to This Wild West Coast
British Columbia: Priority Printing. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 096873720X . "Anthony Guppy was born in India in 1920 where his father was with the Indian Civil Service. In 1921 the family moved to the isolated village of Tofino on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Growing up there during the Depression gave him a special affection and regard for the beaches and inlets and forests where he and his siblings played learned to fish hunt and sail. After serving in the Canadian Army overseas during WWII he returned to the West Coast. In this memoir he returns to the early years in Tofino." - back cover. 202 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright tight and unmarked with very light wear. An attractive example.; Cover Illustration; 8vo . Priority Printing paperback
Référence libraire : 815j1464 ISBN : 096873720X 9780968737200
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Rosen, Steven; et al
Guitar World Magazine - November 2009 - Slayer King & Hanneman Spill Their Guts!
USA: Future US Inc. Very Good. 2009. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: ZZ Top; The Making of the Beatles' Abbey Road; Slayer; James Hetfield; Yamaha Guitars - 40th Anniversary; Alternate-Picking Lesson Part 2; and more. 170 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.; 4to . Future US Inc. unknown
Référence libraire : 759j1409
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Halpern, Ben
A Clash of Heroes - Brandeis Weizmann and American Zionism
New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0195040627 . "Both Brandeis and Weizmann addressed themselves to the central objective need of a community - Brandeis to that of American Jewry; Weizmann to that of prenatal Israel. Tracing their paths to powerful positions of Zionist leadership this book examines the sharp conflict between these two dominant personalities which split the ranks of the Zionist movement America." - dust jacket. x 301 p. Footnotes and Index. Clean tight bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example. ; Studies In Jewish History; Dust Jacket Design; 8vo . Oxford University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 767j1511 ISBN : 0195040627 9780195040623
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Bacharach, Burt
Anyone Who Had a Heart - My Life and Music
New York: Harper. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 0062206060 . Signed without inscription by Burt Bacharach upon title page. "The story of a man who has always expressed his deepest feelings through his music. Filled with the emotional power that defines Burt Bacharach's most unforgettable songs his memoir offers a candid backstage look at show business as well as the personal struggles of an artist whose incredible body of work has earned him a unique position in the American cultural landscape. He has written more than seventy Top 40 hits and received Grammy Oscar and Emmy awards for his work." - dust jacket. "Burt Bacharach 1928 - 2023 was an American composer songwriter record producer and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music" - Wikipedia. 291 pages. Index. Black and white photos. Book clean tight and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to complete dust jacket now in glossy new archival protection. A wonderful signed memento of Burt Bacharach whose music touched the hearts of a generation.; 8vo; Signed by Author . Harper hardcover
Référence libraire : 815j1572 ISBN : 0062206060 9780062206060
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Reitmann, Erwin; Goebbels, Dr Joseph
Horst Wessel - His Life and Death
Canada: Samisdat. Good. 1990. Reprint. Paperback. "Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel 1907-1930 was a member of the Sturmabteilung SA the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members of the Communist Party of Germany KPD. After his death Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels elevated him into a martyr for the Nazi Party." - Wikipedia. Based on the National Socialist account of Erwin Reitmann first published in 1932. Cheaply reproduced reprint. 44 stapled pages. Several grainy black and white images. Undated with no publisher mentioned but judging by ads inside back cover this example was probably published by Samisdat circa 1990.; 8vo . Samisdat paperback
Référence libraire : 464j1563
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Goheen, John (Editor)
In the Service of Canada 2024 Edition Formerly: Military Service Recognition Book The Royal Canadian Legion British Columbia/Yukon Command Volume XIX 2024
Canada: Legion British Columbia/Yukon Command. Very Good. 2024. First Edition Thus. Paperback. "Profiles people events and initiatives that promote remembrance and inform. Covers topics and themes from Canadian artillery actions in Afghanistan to the often-forgotten defence of Canada's West Coast against Japanese invasion to a grandson's recounting his grandad's experiences in the 1st British Airborne during WWII." - Introduction. 352 pages. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A quality example. ; 4to . Legion, British Columbia/Yukon Command paperback
Référence libraire : 161j1602
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Author Unstated
Olivia Newton-John Program
USA. Good. 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Large format 13" x 10". Twenty pages of wonderful color and black and white photos of this beautiful and beloved British and Australian vocalist and actress. Includes a page of biographical text a page of her many accolades and a page of information about her four albums issued by MCA up to and including 'Clearly Love' in 1975 when this undated work appears to have been printed. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound example of this wonderful photographic tribute. . paperback
Référence libraire : 246j1468
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