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A Remarkable Woman - A Biography of Katharine Hepburn
Anne Edwards
New York William Morrow & Co 1989 0688045286 / 9780688045289 First Hardcover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket
First Edition, First Printing, in clean dust jacket. Clean cream boards with red cloth spine with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean red endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with wonderful photographs. 512 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Biography of one of the greatest and most enduring stars of the 20h Century. 025960
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Le Livre Blanc
Anne-Sophie Pic
Jacqui Small 2013 1909342114 / 9781909342118 First Hardcover Very Fine
Beautiful book and slipcase in original artistic slipcase (cut lettering). New condition. Unmarked. Size approx. 9-1/2" x 11". This book brings you the inimitable culinary talent of Anne-Sophie Pic, communicating the purity and simplicity that have gained her critical acclaim and Michelin stars at Le Restaurant Pic and Beau-Rivage Palace. Through stunning photography and design, Le Livre Blanc explores Pic's unique approach to her art, with dishes arranged into six chapters, with 50 recipes, such as Blue Lobster, Breton langoustines with country rhubarb, green celery juice and Tasmanian green pepper. 025948
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40.00 USD
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Just Plain Bill - His Story
Ashenhurst, Anne S.
Philadelphia David McKay 1935 First Hardcover Near Fine Very Good Jacket
Very clean first edition in original jacket. Black cloth boards with orange lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontispiece photograph (total of seven black and white photographic plates). 249 pages. Clean dust jacket has a few very small edge chips and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Just Plain Bill was a long run 15-minute daytime radio drama program heard on CBS and NBC. The series was sponsored by Anacin for 18 of the program's 23-year run. It was “the real-life story of people just like people we all know.” Originally called Bill the Barber, the program began on CBS September 19, 1932. It told the story of Bill Davidson (Arthur Hughes), a barber in the town of Hartville, and his daughter Nancy (Ruth Russell). Bill often became involved in helping his friends and neighbors when he wasn't cutting hair. 022138
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Anne Boleyn
Barrington, E.
Garden City, New York Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1932 First Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket
Clean black boards with turquoise decoration and lettering on spine. Very light hint of surface wear to top/base of spine and corners, no fraying. Pages, edges and endpapers are clean and bright; no writing or marks. Stated First Edition. 396 pgs. 5-3/4" x 8". Biography. 014597
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Lindbergh
Berg, A. Scott
New York Putnam 1998 0399144498 / 9780399144493 First Hardback Near Fine Near Fine Jacket
First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean dark blue boards with black cloth spine, silver lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean blue endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. 628 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Nice clean book and jacket - collectible quality. From one of America's most acclaimed biographers, here is the definitive life of one of the most legendary, controversial, and enigmatic figures in American history--Charles A. Lindbergh. National Book Award winner A. Scott Berg is the first and only writer to have been given unrestricted access to the massive Lindbergh archives--more than 2,000 boxes of personal papers, including reams of unpublished letters and diaries--and to be allowed freely to interview Lindbergh's friends, colleagues, and family members, including his children and his widow, Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 027865
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The Complete Novels (Illustrated with wood engravings and published by the Folio Society)
Bronte, Charlotte, Emily & Anne
Great Britain Folio Society 1991 Revised Hardcover Very Good Ian Stephens, Illustrator
Beautiful re-issued set with new illustrations (wood engravings by Ian Stephens), bound in lovely green silk cloth and housed in sturdy uncracked slipcase. Seven novels by the Bronte sisters includes: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; The Professor; Shirley; Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey; Villette; Jane Eyre. Faded to off-white on spines, else all books are unworn and in excellent condition. Bindings are tight and square, no wear to cloth, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Slipcase is also covered in green silk cloth, gold lettering on one side; no cracking or wear, but does have fading to one inch around outside edges. Wonderful set of seven Bronte novels that looks lovely on a bookcase. 028177
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150.00 USD
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Barney the Donkey
Casserley, Anne
New York/London Harper & Brothers 1938 First Hard Cover Very Good+ No Dustjacket Jacket Illustrated by Author
Green cloth boards with black illustration and lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. Front board and spine very clean, rear board quite clean with very faint small stain at lower board outside edge. Very little wear, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, bookplates, or marks. Delightful illustrations by the author. 143 pgs. 6" x 7-3/4". Children's. 008435
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25.00 USD
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MILLAY IN GREENWICH VILLAGE
Cheyney, Anne
University, Alabama University of Alabama Press 1975 0817371613 / 9780817371616 First Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
First Edition in unclipped jacket. Clean rust brown cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper, tasteful previous owner bookplate on front paste-down beneath jacket flap. 160 pp. with index. Dustjacket is not price clipped (7.95 on lower front dustjacket flap), a few tiny closed edge tears, very light foxing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 020279
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15.00 USD
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Mr. Lincoln's Wife
Colver, Anne
Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1972 Third Printing Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
Clean blue cloth boards with white and black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square. Pages and edges are bright and clean. No names or bookplates inside. 363 pgs. Clean dustjacket has not been price clipped, has no chips, just a hint of edgewear at top and bottom of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography. 004759
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10.00 USD
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Gawain and Lady Green
Crompton, Anne Eliot
New York Donald I. Fine, Inc. 1997 1-55611-507-5 / 9781556115073 First Hard Cover Near FIne Very Good+ Jacket
201 pgs. Nr Fine in VG+ DJ - archival quality mylar cover Very clean tight book with no names or writing inside. Dust jacket is bright, clean, unchipped, unclipped.Arthurian Legends. 002449
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EDWARD R. MURROW AND THE BIRTH OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM
Edwards, Bob
New York Wiley 2004 0471477532 / 9780471477532 Third printing Hardcover Near Fine Fine Jacket Signed
Third printing, SIGNED by author, in clean unchipped jacket. Clean green boards with white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author: "To Anne & Tom - Bob Edwards" on title page. 174 pp. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. 020016
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The Lives of the Saints
Englebert, Omer
New York David McKay 1951 First Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good Jacket
First American edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers (small previous owner name neatly penned at top of front free endpaper). Translated by Christopher and Anne Fremantle. 532 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, has slight age-toning, several tiny edge chips and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In fresh and delightfully written accounts, Abbe' Omer Englebert gives the interesting and colorful facts and historical setting of the lives of some 2,300 saints. He treats history as history and legend as legend, and combines an easily readable style with erudition and familiarity with the best sources. 026736
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45.00 USD
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I Hate Thursday
Ferril, Thomas Hornsby
New York - London Harper & Brothers 1946 First Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good Jacket Folsom, Anne Ferril
Clean black boards with orange lettering and illustration on front and yellow lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean and bright with no writing or marks, clean illustrated endpapers. 233 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped with a some closed edge tears and chips to corners and edges. Fading to spine. 233 pgs. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Humor. 014195
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Nomad: One Woman's Journey Into the Heart of Africa
Fitzgerald, Mary Anne
New York Viking Press 1993 0-670-84846-8 / 9780670848461 First Hard Cover Near FIne Fine Jacket
Very clean white boards with blue cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Remainder mark on bottom of book. 289 pgs. with glossary. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, no wear, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Nomad is an incisive account of the author's journeys across sub-Saharan Africa. A riveting mix of political notebook, travel story, and the odyssey to discover her inner self. 8 vo.. Africa. 011125
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Europe: A Journey with Pictures
Fremantle, Anne and Bryan Holme
Studio Publications/Thomas Y. Crowell 1954 Cloth Very Good Very Good Jacket
Clean red cloth boards. Binding tight &square. No names or writing inside, a little age-toning to inside endpaper edges from jacket. Illustrated with wonderful black & white and color photographs. 248 pgs. with index. Dust jacket encased in an older plastic cover that is not removable. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WARD01230
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Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War as Seen By NPR's Correspondent
Garrels, Anne
New York Farrar Straus Giroux 2003 0-374-52903-5 / 9780374529031 First Hard Cover Very Good Very Good+ Jacket Signed
First Edition, signed by author. Maroon boards with maroon cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. Slight damp stain to rear board, no bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. 222 pgs. Bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. As National Public Radio's senior foreign correspondent, Anne Garrels has covered conflicts in Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. She is renowned for direct, down-to-earth, insightful reporting, and for her independent take on what she sees. 8vo. Middle East. 013256
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12.00 USD
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Paris
Green, Anne
New York E. P. Dutton 1938 First Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket
Third Printing. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear; tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers with no names, writing or bookplates (slight browning to endpapers). 336 pgs. Unfaded dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, a few tiny closed edge tears, slight foxing to white rear panel edges. Front panel features photo of lovely woman wearing a Bergdorf-Goodman hat. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A novel by the author of "The Selbys", this is a romantic story of life in Paris during the early 1920's and the world of fashion, art and war. 8vo. Fiction. 016440
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Lighthearted Journey
Greene, Anne Bosworth
New York Century Company 1930 First Hardcover Very Good+ poor Jacket
Stated First Printing, decorated American trade binding in original dust jacket. Purple cloth boards with blue and gold decoration on cover and spine, gold lettering. No fraying or wear, Top left corner has a little fading, 1/4" fading along top spine edge, otherwise bright and clean; 1/8" closed tear at top center spine edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names or bookplates. Illustrated with full page photographs. 450 pages. Dust jacket has long diagonal closed tear with tape repair, assorted chips and tears, 1/4" chipping along top spine edge, water stain to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A trip by motor through the heart of France. 026230
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30.00 USD
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Lobscouse and Spotted Dog - Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels
Grossman, Anne Chotzinoff and Lisa Grossman Thomas
New York W. W. Norton & Company 1997 0393045595 / 9780393045598 First Hardcover Very Good Near Fine Jacket
First Edition, First Printing in original unclipped dust jacket. White boards with red spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Very faint speckling to edges of white boards, text block edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Brief previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. Foreword by Patrick O'Brian. 304 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Celebrate the joys of Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series in this rich and delightful cookbook, full of the food and drink that so often complement Jack and Stephen's travels. Whether for culinary adventurersw, history purists, or readers just wondering what toasted cheese is, this is a book that every Aubrey/Maturin fan must have. A glass of wine with you! 026328
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