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1959réf. 30745Denver : Alan Swallow 1959. Paperback. Very good. 231pp. in red and black illustrated wraps. Naeve's prison memoir which was rejected by traditional publishing oulets is an account of his experiences as a conscientious objector to the Second World War starting with his refusal to be drafted followed by incarceration. Alan Swallow paperback books
1966réf. 592704Chicago: American Bar Association 1966. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. ii 259pp. Printed wrappers. Creases on one page and wraps small tears at the spine ends light toning on wraps very good. American Bar Association] unknown books
1961réf. 28963New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. c.1961. 2nd printing. Hardcover. nice-looking copy only minimal shelfwear to book; the jacket is very slightly edgeworn but still bright and attractive. Memoir by the woman who worked in the White House as a maid and seamstress for thirty years -- as did her mother before her with a ten-year overlap. "Through the sharp eye of her sewing needle Mrs. Parks sizes up the First Ladies from Mrs. Taft to Mrs. Eisenhower as hostesses fashion plates collectors interior decorators and managers of the world's most famous mansion. The author examines everything pertaining to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from the various rooms and their collections to the still active ghosts of Abe Lincoln Dolley Madison and Abigail Adams. She details the more amusing headaches of the Secret Service in dealing with cranks crackpots and would-be assassins and describes some of the more extraordinary gifts that the Presidents have received." The kind of memoir of which we will certainly see no more. . Fleet Publishing Corporation hardcover books
2012réf. 9023616Washington D. C.: Corcoran Gallery 2012. 2nd. Hardcover. Very good/very good. With 102 full page color plates and 98 annotated essays. Corcoran Gallery hardcover books
1959réf. 332719Berkeley: University of California Press 1959. Hardcover. An uglified ex-library copy this complete set is more for readers than collectors. Volumes I and II respectively xviii 1179 ix 1183--1894p. textblock is handsomely printed and bound with firm handleable signatures and even casing's hinges remain OK. But back to aesthetics: covers and titlepages were desecrated with "library marks" then further ruined with crude attempts to disguise these marks. A once-beautiful set has been dreadfully cheapened. On the plus side well "cheap" is not bad of itself and as stated above the hinges and text-blocks are easily handleable. "Reader's set University of California Press hardcover books
1947réf. 110183New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company 1947. cloth. thick small 4to. cloth. xvi524; iv525-1014 pages. 2 volumes. The first two volumes of three volumes contain histories of different aspects of Delaware life. The third volume was issued separately and consisted of biographical sketches of Delawareans. This volume is not present. Many illustrations and portraits. Some foxing of free endpaper. Lewis Historical Publishing Company unknown books
1980réf. 629628Washington D.C.: Zenger Publishing Company 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Photo research by Thomas F. Mahar Jr.196pp. Faint foxing on the page edges else near fine. Zenger Publishing Company hardcover books
1931réf. 1001131Oxford: Clarendon Press 1931 First edition. Charcoal cloth with gilt spine. Octavo. A few light ink marks on front free endpaper. Very good in price-clipped lightly soiled d.j. Clarendon Press, hardcover books
1923réf. 012898Hamilton OH: The Becket Paper Company 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. Covers and top edge a wee soiled internals near fine. 8vo 190pp. Part travelogue of European tour of company prez Beckett part trade catlogoue for his family paper biz. Map laid-in at rear. The Becket Paper Company hardcover books
1992réf. 540296Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. 183pp. Fine. Daniel Hoffman's copy with a typed letter laid in with an Inscription by Harteis and Signed by Harteis and Meredith. Carnegie Mellon University Press unknown books
2005réf. 95212Gottingen: Wallstein 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2 vols. illustrations index folding map in back pocket of vol. 2. continuosly paginated 1668p. Originial blue cloth. djs. Modestly worn original thin white card slipcase. 22 cm. German text. Wallstein hardcover books
1976réf. 42138Las Vegas: Nevada Publications 1976. First printing. Hardcover. vg. 1/200. Folio 12 1/4 x 9 1/4". 63 17pp. Original gilt-stamped grey cloth with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Limitation page signed by both the author and the artist. Original etched frontispiece hand-numbered 74/190 and signed by Roy E. Purcell. Illustrated title page. Book housed in its original gilt-stamped brown cloth slipcase. "The Cerbat Mountains and other barren ranges in western Arizona along the Colorado River offer to the inquisitive visitor a wide range of unexpected experiences. Tucked away in several canyons are the skeletal remains of abandoned mines and towns. Delight in making friends with these desert ghosts awaits the traveler who can discriminate between solitude and loneliness. Illustrated with stunning color illustrations and etchings by Roy E. Purcell as well as numerous "period photographs of the families who lived in this isolated area the small towns with their general stores and saloons and the men who endured the daily drudgery of mine work this book serves as a reminder of the hardships faced by those seeking a living in this remote western area of our country in the late 19th century." From the Publishers. Minor shelf-wear to slipcase. Slipcase binding and interior in very good condition. Nevada Publications hardcover books
1957réf. 58631Denver CO: World Press 1957. First edition 1/500 copies signed by the author. 8vo. 234 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates. Courtright c. 1845-1887 was elected city marshal of Fort Worth Texas in 1876 serving in that capacity for eight years earning a reputation as "a fearless man of gunfighting ability" Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography. Dust jacket title: "Longhair Jim Courtright." Adams Six-Guns 2104: "The author devotes quite a few pages to Sam Bass telling about his Texas train robberies and other activities." Very good. Original cloth dust jacket illustrated with a portrait of Courtright front panel with old light splash stain spine ends frayed and tape repaired. #5767. World Press unknown books
1936réf. 421381London: John Hamilton 1936. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 276pp. Pages moderately foxed lacking the rear fly owner's name marked out on front pastedown spine sunned good only lacking the dustwrapper. The Australian 67 Squadron in Palestine during WWI. John Hamilton hardcover books
1949réf. 563232New York: Museum of Modern Art 1949. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalog. Cover by Paul Rand. Slim octavo. Heavily illustrated in black and white. Wrappers lightly toned with a light diagonal cover crease first page modestly foxed close to near fine. The exhibition was the second show held by MoMA to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Museum of Modern Art unknown books
1923réf. 562780Altoona Pennsylvania: Times Tribune Company 1923. Softcover. Very Good. Second edition. Octavo. 228pp Table of Contents. Frontispiece portrait. Printed illustrated gray wrappers. Small creases and tears on the wrappers very good or better. Times Tribune Company unknown books
1940réf. 64000Tokyo: The Kairyudo Press 1940. First edition 8vo pp. 6 453 1; dampstain at the bottom of the first three or four leaves else very good and sound in later black cloth gilt-stamped spine. Proverbs present in Japanese with English equivalents. The Kairyudo Press unknown books
1991réf. 9026479New York: Random House 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in black. Ex library with no markings. Pocket removed from rear paste down endpaper. Random House hardcover books
1929réf. 24698New York: B.C. Forbes Publishing Company 1929. Decorative Boards. Near Fine/Very Good . A sharp copy of the 1929 1st edition in its uncommon mustard-yellow and dark dustjacket. Solid and VG to Near Fine light offsetting at the inner hinges in a crisp VG to VG dustjacket with mild soiling along the panels and a touch of light wear to the spine crown. Thick octavo authored by Benjamin Javits the older brother of the legendary New York senator Jacob Javits. B.C. Forbes Publishing Company unknown books
1924réf. 620541New York: Republic Publishing Company 1924. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 200pp. Printed wrappers. Tiny chip at bottom margin of approximately the first 40 pages small chips at edge of of wraps very good. An exposé on the practice of hiring spies to infiltrate labor unions. Republic Publishing Company unknown books
1924réf. 554880New York: Republic Publishing Company 1924. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 200pp. Modest chip on front wrap else very good or better. Republic Publishing Company unknown books
1984réf. 49811New York: Ballantine Books / Knopf 1984. Very Good . New York: Ballantine Books / Knopf 1984. First Ballantine Books Edition. Mass market paperback 17cm; publisher's photo-illustrated wraps with original $4.95 price printed at front panel and spine; 358pp. Wraps rubbed. Binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages toned. Very Good or better. Signed and briefly inscribed "Bon appetit to Jennifer / Julia Child" at full title page. Julia Child & Company was first published in 1978 to coincide with the debut of a television show of the same title. The program which followed a similar model to Child's successful series The French Chef was only on air for one year. Nevertheless the program and its progenitor remained beloved by American audiences as evidenced by the publication of a mass market edition of the cookbook six years later. . Ballantine Books / Knopf unknown books
1890réf. 443678New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. Large paper edition this is number 162 of 250 copies printed. xiv 357pp. Illustrated with black and white engravings chapter headings and line drawings color frontispiece. Blue cloth with printed paper spine label. Light foxing on "Lady Hamilton" illustration front hinge starting spine ends and corners worn and bumped spine label rubbed and cracked still a very good or better copy without the dustwrapper if issued. Part of the Heroes of the Nations series. G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press hardcover books
1960réf. 9028296New York: McGraw-Hill 1960. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Translated from the German by Daphne Woodward. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. 316 pates 394 pages. Size; 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1994réf. 9008778New York: Abbeville Press 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Preface by Jacques Thullier. Collaboration with Martherita Azzi-Visentini Michele Bimbenet-Privat Francesca Costantini-Lachat Marc-Henri Jordan and Robert Fohr. Translated from the French by John Goodman. Illustrated with 800 images of which 500 are in color. Abbeville Press hardcover books
