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1840Best.-Nr. 17141Guben Germany F.Fechner n.d. ca. 1840 First edition. Idleness and Industry tells the story of Felix a lazy and disobedient boy who falls into poverty after the death of his father and must be pulled back from the brink of suicide by his kind hardworking and pious friend Robert. Original printed cloth-covered boards with decorative border in blue and gilt on both boards title on upper board and an image of a man on lower board. . Small octavo. With 16 color-printed plates. Some rubbing to corners and a bit of toning to edges of boards. Neatly rebacked with blue cloth endpapers replaced and inner gutters restored. Plate facing page six is loose and laid in at original position. Still a very good very bright and clean copy of an uncommon item. Painter and lithographer Jean Victor Adam 1801 – 1867 trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and under the direction of Charles Meynier and Jean-Baptiste Regnault. Adam was commissioned by the Museum at Versailles to paint several pieces including The Battle of Castiglione 1836 three of which were painted in collaboration with Jean Alaux 1786 – 1864. F.Fechner, hardcover books
1985Best.-Nr. UPIAKR200wdPoland Ministry of National Defense 1985. Good. Piatkowski Adam. Krazownik Liniowy. Warsaw: Poland Ministry of National Defense 1985. 16pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with gently rubbed edges. Poland Ministry of National Defense paperback books
2008Best.-Nr. UNICEAR00absHarper 2008. Very Good. Nicolson Adam. Earls of Paradise: England & the Dream of Perfection. London: Harper 2008. 298pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with bumped edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped and scratched panels. Harper hardcover books
1961Best.-Nr. RVROPHO00fpWard Ritchie Press 1961. Fine. Vroman Adam Clark. Photographer of the Southwest: Adam Clark Vroman 1856-1916. Mahood Ruth I.; Newhall Beaumont. Los Angeles CA: Ward Ritchie Press 1961. 1st edition. 127pp. Illustrated. 4to. Orange cloth with white spine. Book condition: Near fine. Bottom edges faintly rubbed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and faint crease on front cover near head of spine. Ward Ritchie Press hardcover books
2000Best.-Nr. UMORSAR00fpOsprey 2000. Very Good. Morrissey Brendan. Saratoga 1777: Turning Point of a Revolution. Hook Adam. Oxford UK: Osprey 2000. 100pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Osprey paperback books
2000Best.-Nr. UBAGFOR00tpmDK 2000. Very Good. Bagdasarian Adam. Forgotten Fire. NY: DK 2000. 273pp. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. DK hardcover books
2010Best.-Nr. UTHIESC00tpmFarrar Straus and Giroux 2010. Very Good. Thirlwell Adam. The Escape. NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2010. 321pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
2009Best.-Nr. UGOPANG00tpmAlfred A. Knopf 2009. Very Good. Gopnik Adam. Angels and Ages: A Short book about Darwin Lincoln and Modern Life. NY: Alfred A. Knopf 2009. 211pp. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1982Best.-Nr. UZAMPAD00tpmAtheneum 1982. Very Good. Zamoyski Adam. Paderewski: A Biography of the Great Polish Pianist and Statesman. NY: Atheneum 1982. 289pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped and chipped edges. Atheneum hardcover books
1958Best.-Nr. UBENPRI00jknGeneral Board of Auxiliary Organizations 1958. Very Good. Bennion Adam S. Principles of Teaching. Salt Lake City: General Board of Auxiliary Organizations 1958. 174pp. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Spine slightly cocked. General Board of Auxiliary Organizations hardcover books
2001Best.-Nr. UGOPPAR00vgRandom House 2001. Fair. Gopnik Adam. Paris to the Moon. New York NY: Random House 2001. 342pp. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Fair. Stained covers and edges bumped and dog-eared corners with slightly yellowed but unmarked pages. Random House paperback books
Best.-Nr. WELLER9781501134630New. New book. unknown books
1942Best.-Nr. 18013New York: Wendell Malliet and Company 1942. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good -. SIGNED BY ADAM CLAYTON POWELL SR. on the frontispiece below his portrait. A solid copy to boot of the 1942 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG in a bright VG- example of the fragile pictorial dustjacket with chipping at the spine ends and very light creasing and chipping --with several small closed tears-- along the panel edges. Octavo this book represents "a sincere effort to reform the church" by Adam Clayton Powell Sr. the legendary pastor of Abyssian Baptist Church 1908-1937 and the father of firebrand New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. the first African-American elected to Congress from New York. Wendell Malliet and Company unknown books
2018Best.-Nr. RSWIIRI00LAWCambridge University Press 2018. Very Good. Swift Jonathan. Irish Political Writings after 1725: A Modest Proposal and Other Works. Hayton editor David; Rounce editor Adam. New York: Cambridge University Press 2018. 548pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped corners. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with subtly bumped corners and subtle rubbing. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
2011Best.-Nr. RMAICAM00MELCambridge University Press 2011. Fine. Maiden Martin. The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages 2 volumes. Smith John Charles; Ledgeway Adam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2011. 866pp. Indexed. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine in plastic protector. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
2016Best.-Nr. UWEISOM00LWLes Figues Press 2016. Very Good. Weinstein Adam Tipps. Some Versions of the Ice. Los Angeles: Les Figues Press 2016. 91pp. 8vo. Paperback. Inscribed by author. Book condition: Very good with slightly spayed front cover. Inscribed to previous owner and initialed by Weinstein on title page. Les Figues Press paperback books
2014Best.-Nr. UBRAPRO00JKNScribner 2014. Fine. Braun Adam. The Promise of a Pencil. New York: Scribner 2014. 254pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. Scribner hardcover books
2003Best.-Nr. UBRAMRL00CCWWilliam Morrow c2003. Fine. Braver Adam. Mr. Lincoln's Wars : a Novel In Thirteen Stories. New York: William Morrow c2003. 303pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with abrasion to front panel. William Morrow hardcover books
2011Best.-Nr. WELLER9781617750250Akashic 2011. New. New book. Akashic unknown books
1997Best.-Nr. UWERACT03EMCliff Street Books c1997. Very Good. Werbach Adam. Act Now Apologize Later. New York: Cliff Street Books c1997. x 307pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Remainder mark. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edgewear. Cliff Street Books hardcover books
2005Best.-Nr. D12012Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin 2005. First Edition First Printing with complete number line. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cloth-backed paper over boards; dust jacket; 12mo; pp. 211. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1974Best.-Nr. 90705México D.F.: Candil 1974. b/w plates facs. wrps. Candil unknown books
2025Best.-Nr. 2348995New York: Pantheon 2025. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2025 Hard Cover. x 293 1 pp. An enlightening and entertaining interrogation of the myth of American self-reliance and the idea of hard work as destiny. "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." This phrase arguably Thomas Edison's most famous quote has been drilled into the minds of generations of Americans. A fairly straightforward iteration of the idea that innovation discovery and ingenuity are the result of drive and grit above all it has also come to represent much darker myths: that hard work always leads to success and that achievement is the product of individuals and not communities. In this model those who come out on top are there because they earned it and everyone else needs to buckle down glove up and maybe one day they'll get there too. As the wealth gap widens communities crumble and Americans work more for less Adam Chandler raises the question: What happens when perspiration isn't enough To answer it he crisscrosses the country interviewing mayors teachers generals pastors construction workers and entrepreneurs to reveal just how untenable relying on "perspiration" as a strategy has truly become. He also delves into America's past to reveal how our government education system and culture at large have woven the idea of meritocracy deep into the fabric of American society and how some of history's most famous so-called bootstrappers really built their wealth. From George Washington to SeattleWashington Jay Gatsby to Bill Gates 99% Perspiration unpacks the misguided obsession with hard work that has come to define both the American dream and nightmare offering insight into how we got here and hope for where we may go. Pantheon hardcover books
1811Best.-Nr. 021345London: J. Maynard and F. Zinke 1811. Early Edition. Hardcover. Light pencil underlining and a few notes text rather clean; owner ink stamp on title page of first volume. Near Fine. Three volumes 5-1/4" x 8-8/8" in contemporary marbled boards rebacked in attractive green blindstamped morocco leather with matching corners all edges marbled lxxi 360; vi 514; v 448 50 pages. First published in 1776 this is a reprint of the Fifth Edition of 1786 the final edition to be published in Smith's lifetime. Adam Smith 1723-1790 spent ten years in the writing and perfecting of THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. The book succeeded at once and the first edition was exhausted in six months. GOLDSMITH 11663; GROLIER 100 ENGLISH 57; KRESS B.154; PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 221: "The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought." J. Maynard and F. Zinke hardcover books
1923Best.-Nr. 012409Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper and quite uncommon as such. Frank Benson. Folio 9" x 12-1/2" bound in linen-backed boards; xxii 100 pages. Copy #258 of 525 numbered copies with an ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHING by Benson bound in at the front. Illustrated with detailed information about Benson's work. In the scarce dustwrapper which other than a thumb-sized chip at the head is in very nice condition. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
