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2012réf. 83927Cambridge & London: MIT Press 2012. First edition. 342 pp w/index. Very near fine in fine dust jacket. Cambridge & London: MIT Press unknown books
1999réf. 10060Vancouver BC: Ronsdale Press 1999. First edition. Fine in wrappers. Poems from the National Poetry Contest & the Canadian Youth Poetry Competition. Review copy with promotional material and business card laid in. Vancouver, BC: Ronsdale Press, unknown books
1998réf. 69531Charlottesville VA: U. Press of Virginia 1998. First edition. Small 4to. xvi 2 222 pp. Illustrated from photographs old art facsimiles portraits plates some in color. Burgundy cloth gilt spine title color illustrated dust jacket. Very good. U. Press of Virginia unknown books
1997réf. 69676Charlottesville VA: TJMF 1997. New edition. Narrow 8vo. 144 pp. Illustrated from color photographs line drawings plans facsimiles etc. wrapper verso bird's-eye view and map. Includes a section on the Hemings family and enslaved workers. Color illustrated wrappers. Very good. TJMF unknown books
réf. 412114to. 1 page written on light blue paper. Folded but very good Hatch's signature a little faded. Jones and Hatch both served as junior officers in the Mexican War and on the frontier. Jones commanded a cavalry regiment under Stuart received his promotion to brigadier general in September 1862 and was killed leading his men at Piedmont in June 1864; Hatch was given command of Banks's cavalry in the Shenandoah campaign of 1862 and was awarded the Medal of Honor for action at South Mountain. unknown books
1974réf. 607687New York: The Free Press 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Ted Shine. Thick quarto. x 886pp. Ex-library with the usual markings page edges modestly soiled about very good in a very good dust jacket with glue stains inside flaps and spine sticker. The Free Press hardcover books
1979réf. 556255Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 295pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. A tiny bit of spotting on the topedge else fine in a modestly rubbed very good or better dust jacket with moderate edgewear including a few tiny tears along the topedge. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1996réf. 563403New York: The Free Press 1996. Softcover. Near Fine. Revised and expanded edition. Wrappers. 414pp. A remainder mark on the top page edge thus near fine. The Free Press unknown books
1945réf. 527667Albany New York: Albany Institute of History and Art 1945. Softcover. Good. Exhibition catalog. Forward by John Davis Hatch Jr. Introduction by Alain Locke. Tall octavo. vii 77pp. Illustrated with halftone portraits and images of artworks. Owner name "Alma H. Powell" possibly the African-American Michigan librarian Alma Harrod Powell on the title page. Ms. Powell has filled portions of four blank pages with relevant inked or penciled notes and newspaper clippings along with one brief inked note in the text. Most of the spine held together with tape and with a chip at the crown and the split at the base topedge and first page of the foreword ink-stained the foreword is still legible wartime publication label tipped on the front fly with a bit of loss affecting a couple of words sound but good only. Includes brief biographies of the artists. Albany Institute of History and Art unknown books
1969réf. 98000New York: Crown Publishers Inc 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated Roseanne Burke. Fine in very slightly age-toned just abot fine dustwrapper. Whimsical humor from the author of My Man Godfrey a novel for adolescents about a bachelor uncle and his niece setting out to escape the niece's battleaxe of a governess. Crown Publishers, Inc hardcover books
1946réf. 85635New York: Rinehart and Company 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. A little foxing to the boards and endpapers else near fine in a nice very good plus dustwrapper with a small chip at the crown and a couple of tiny tears. Unassuming man overawed by his beautiful wife goes off to war. By the author of My Man Godfrey. Rinehart and Company hardcover books
2006réf. 11059Salt Lake City: Signature Books 2006. First Edition. 1/500. 822pp. Octavo 24 cm Gray cloth with a blue cloth wraparound. Near fine. This is the tenth title published in the Signature Books 'Significant Mormon Diaries' series. This work was limited to 500 numbered copies this is copy 425. Anthon Henrik Lund 1844 - 1921 was a prominent Danish-born Mormon leader Utah politician and pioneer settler. He served a number of callings for the Church most notably as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a counselor in Joseph F. Smith's First Presidency. Notably Lund was the first called into Church leadership whose native language was not English. Signature Books unknown books
1972réf. 48894Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press 1972. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 118pp. Lightly rubbed else a very good paperback. University of Virginia Press paperback books
1933réf. 13564Boston: Little Brown and Company. Very Good in Very Good dj. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. nice tight copy minor soiling to top edge and fore-edge previous owner's name stamped on front pastedown otherwise unmarked; jacket moderately edgeworn some minor shallow chipping at edges and corners light dampstain on front panel a few small tears spine a little darkened. A guy on the skids -- "his money was gone and Madelaine had broken their engagement" -- teams up with a burglar to steal a yacht. Because well why not "Here is an uproarious novel of high adventure a mad tale cheerfully improbable but amusing from beginning to end; a story which has the substance and effect of the bubbles that rise from the bottom of a hollow-stemmed glass." Early novel by the author/playwright whose mostly light fiction served as the basis for several movies most memorably MY MAN GODFREY. Like most of his early work hard to find in a jacketed first. Reprinted in paperback under the title "Five Nights." . Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1919réf. 4707New York: The American Historical Society 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Textblocks Fine. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. A detailed and respected history of Maine from the colonial period through the wars and boundary disputes statehood the Civil War and a wide variety of social economic religious and other aspects of the evolution of the state. A handsome set seldom found in such nice condition nor complete with the Biographical volumes. Light shelf/edge wear light toning to spines hint of toning to gilt else tight bright and unmarred. Halfbound black cloth spine and tips green cloth boards four raised bands gilt lettering and decorative elements marbled endpages speckled dye at textblock edges frontispieces. 4to. 306pp; 629pp 936pp; 339pp; 425pp. Illus. b/w plates. Index. The American Historical Society hardcover books
1966réf. 2529Amherst MA: Gehenna Press/University of Massachusetts Press 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Slipcase. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with 19 tipped in examples of title pages and the like providing as sense of Mosher's work product. A remarkable bibliography. Overall a lovely copy of "limited limited" version of this significant volume with some charming ephemera laid in. Spine shows even toning very light toning to board fore-edge touch of light foxing on laid in prospectus and merest hint of foxing in text block inscribed by author and prior owner on ffep else tight bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows light shelf wear several small nicks at bottom edge sun touched at edges else tight and clean. Quarterbound cream linen spine blue Fabriano paper boards paper title label black and red ink lettering frontispiece. 4to. 212pp plus 1 Addenda. Illus. b/w plates. Index. Limited Edition of 500 copies 50 of which were not for sale and numbered I through L this being XXXVIII. Prospectus note from author letterpress presentation certificate from Hatch and replacement paper label all laid in. Gehenna Press/University of Massachusetts Press hardcover books
1991réf. 350570Roslyn: The Stone House Press 1991. 31p. frontispiece note from the printer rubricated initial caps #49/75 hand-numbered and signed by both the author and the artist designed Mary Ahern and printed by M. A. Gelfland by hand at The Stone House Press printed from type and woodblock on Mohawk Letterpress paper gray cloth boards over green cloth spine with gilt titles and clear mylar dust jacket in near fine condition. Essay on poetry. The Stone House Press unknown books
1979réf. TB26840Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1979. First Edition. First Printing Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light gray paper covered boards with blue metallic text stamped on the spine and the title blind embossed on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with tiny spots of foxing to the edges of the text block. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and wear at the ends of the spine area. 295 pages including an index bibliography and chapter notes. Illustrated with a map frontispiece and a section of two map plates and plates of black and white reproductions of contemporary works of art. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1986réf. TB32740Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1986. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 navy blue cloth and yellow paper covered boards with red text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with an inconsequential dampness stain at the lower edge of the front board with a minor bleed of color to the lower edges of the first two pages. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with the spine area slightly faded and a minor red stain to the lower edge of the front panel. 333 numbered pages containing an index bibliography note and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece map and a section of images from earlier works of art and black and white photographs. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books
1998réf. 3370461998. Handwritten letter from Orrin Hatch to Washington Post columnist Tom Shales. Htach thanks Shales for his review of the PBS Ronald Reagan program in 1998. Orrin Grant Hatch was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senator in history overtaking Ted Stevens until Chuck Grassley surpassed him in 2023. Hatch chaired the Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions from 1981 to 1987. He served as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995 to 2001 and from 2003 to 2005. On January 3 2015 after the 114th United States Congress was sworn in he became president pro tempore of the Senate. He was chair of the Senate Finance Committee from 2015 to 2019 and led efforts to pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. This is a new item from the collection of Television critic Tom Shales 1944 - 2024. Shales was an incisively funny Washington Post columnist he earned the nickname Terrible Tom and had the clout to make or break shows. Shales won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1988. During his three-decade career those in the industry considered him both a kingmaker and a high executioner in an era when network television's hold on American culture was at it's peak. Time magazine called him "brilliant thoughtful incisive and screamingly funny.also vicious infuriating cruel and unfair". His thrice-weekly Washington Post TV column 'On the Air' syndicated in 59 other newspapers. The Tom Shales collection includes letters cards and correspondence from celebrated television and entertainment legends newscasters and politicians including letters from Norman Lear David Letterman Johnny Carson Conan O'Brien Garry Shandling Fred Rogers Carol Burnett David Brinkley Dan Rather Tom Brokaw Edward Kennedy Nancy Reagan and many more. Please inquire for more information. unknown books
1986réf. 2342933Charlottesville Virginia: University of Virginia Press 1986. 5th Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. Fifth printing. Faint stain on front cover. 1986 Trade Paperback. 96 pp. The restoration of the flower gardens at Monticello in 1941 sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia was the result of Edwin Betts's scholarly research and Hazlehurst Perkins's practical gardening skills. Thomas Jefferson's Flower Garden at Monticello presents the evolution of Jefferson's ornamental gardening efforts with an analysis of the flower gardens as they were planned planted and ultimately restored. No early American gardens were as well-documented as those at Monticello which became an experimental station a botanic garden of new and unusual plants from around the world. Betts and Perkins communicate here the nature and sources of Jefferson's intelligent venture into ornamental gardening. University of Virginia Press paperback books
1946réf. 2322465Boston/New York/Chicago: Allyn and Bacon 1946. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 10x8x1. First edition. Former school library copy. Boards a bit rubbed with small spot on corner a couple minor tears along base of prelim pages. 1946 Large Hardcover. vi 704 20 pp. Includes: Introduction; The British Commonwealth of Nations; Africa; The Fringe of Europe; Western Europe; Central Europe; The Baltic Countries; Russia; The Balkans; The Near East; The Far East; Latin America; Our United States; Appendix A.; Appendix B.; Index; War Supplement; Colored Maps. Allyn and Bacon hardcover books
2002réf. 14534New York: Basic Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0465028675 . An unread Fine/Fine first edition/first printing. This copy is SIGNED by author and Senator Orrin Hatch directly on the title page; In this deeply personal book Senator Hatch offers his thoughts on how politics should be practiced and on his attempts to embody those principles during his long and successful tenure in the U. S. Senate. He gives behind-the-scenes insights into what really went on during the Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings and the Clinton impeachment hearings; 8vo ; Signed by Author . Basic Books hardcover books
1954réf. 46435Graz Austria: Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt 1954. Later edition. Hardcover. vg. Large quarto 11 x 8 1/4". vi 2. 696pp Vol. 1; 4 697-1504pp Vol. 2; 4 272pp Supplement at the end of second volume. Modern black cloth library binding with gold lettering to spines. In 1897 the two volumes of the main body of the Oxford Concordance to the Septuagint as it was then known were published as a set five years after the individual fascicules began to appear. The original editor Edwin Hatch had died in 1889; in 1906 his successor Henry A. Redpath completed the project by issuing a third volume that included a list of additions and errata to the main body as well as four appendices: 1 a concordance of proper names 2 a concordance of the recently discovered Hebrew text of Ben Sira 3 a concordance of the newly published Hexaplaric materials and 4 a comprehensive reverse Hebrew-to-Greek index. Unmodified reprints were issued by the Akademische Druck und Verlaganstalt Graz Austria in 1954 our copy and five times by Baker Book House between 1983 and 1991. Ex-library copy with bookplate on inside of each front cover pocket at rear and stamps at top and lower paper edges. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt hardcover books
réf. 36406MOSHER HATCH Benton L. A CHECK LIST OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THOMAS BIRD MOSHER OF PORTLAND MAINE. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press 1966. 4to. Cloth spine boards slipcase. 213 2 pages illustrations. First edition 1 of 500 copies. An annotated checklist of Mosher Press publications from 1896 to 1923. Introduction by Ray Nash. Fine. 36406. unknown books
