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Tony's World: The Recollections of a Pilot, a Sailor, an Ice-Boater, a Skier, a Bobsledder, a Winemaker, a Museum Director--And a Natural Storyteller

By: William Ellwood Doherty, Jr.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, California, Fithian Press: 1999

Seller ID: 026793

ISBN: 1564742903

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Very Good+

Inscribed and signed by the author in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue-black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear; very slight curve to front board. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean blank endpapers. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page: 4/18/03 - Dear Don, Seven decades seems like a long time but so much of it seems like yesterday, especially our happy times at Keuka Lake and Hammondsport. So I hope you will enjoy this birthday remembrance as much as I have and that we will continue to enjoy our luck to...
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Life on A Locomotive - The story of Buddy Williams, C&NW Engineer

By: Williams, George H.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Berkeley, California, Howell-North Books: 1971

Seller ID: 027663

ISBN: 0-8310-7084-6

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, SIGNED by the author, in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean moss green cloth boards with brown lettering and railroad tracks on cover, brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with photo-illustrated endpapers. Inscribed and signed by George H. Williams on front free endpaper: "Jim Fairbanks - Keep you hand upon the throttle and your eye upon the rail" - George H. Williams, Jan. 22, 1976." Frontispiece photo portrait of Buddy Williams at the throttle on the 1616 Clas...
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The King God Didn't Save - Reflections on the Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By: Williams, John A.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Coward McCann: 1970

Seller ID: 028276

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Clean hardcover book in original dust jacket. Black boards with purple cloth spine, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean purple endpapers - no names, writing or marks. All pages are clean, slightly yellowed. 221 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has slight browning to edges and spine, wear at top and bottom spine edges; nice large photo portrait of the author on rear panel with brief biography. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Imprint of a Publisher: The Story of Frank Gannett and His Independent Newspapers

By: Williamson, Samuel T.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co.: 1948

Seller ID: 008731

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean green cloth boards with gold title box on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Presentation plate on front fixed endpaper to Charles A. Mattison by Rochester Times Union. Pages are clean. 308 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has closed tear at front spine fold extending into spine, small closed tear at base of spine fold, small corner chips. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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Frank Gannett: A Biography

By: Williamson, Samuel T.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce: 1940

Seller ID: 011765

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Gray cloth boards with maroon lettering on spine. Some spots of fading to boards. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Bookplate SIGNED by Frank Gannett, printed with inscription "TO Janet C. Fales with appreciation and best wishes to my fellow worker-- April 30, 1940." Previous owner name written at top edge of front free endpaper. 250 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has tiny match-head size chip at top of back panel, small closed edge tear at base of spine fold, wear at top and bottom of spine edges. Enclosed in n...
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Frank Gannett: A Biography

By: Williamson, Samuel T.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan, & Pierce: 1940

Seller ID: 028509

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Stated First Edition, SIGNED by Frank Gannett, in clean original dust jacket. Pale gray cloth boards with red lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Very slight fading to board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Signed on presentation slip attached to front free endpaper: To H. Jansen, With appreciation and best wishes to my fellow worker---April 30, 1940 - Frank Gannett." Text pages and edges are clean but yellowed. Nice frontispiece photo portrait of Frank Gannett. 250 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is not price clipped, has t...
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Stranger and Traveler: The Story of Dorothea Dix, American Reformer

By: Wilson, Dorothy Clarke

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston/Toronto, Little Brown: 1975

Seller ID: 004554

ISBN: 0-316-544963

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean orange brown boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear, light surface scratch on front board. Binding is tight & square, pages are bright and clean. No names or writing inside. Clean dustjacket has not been price clipped, has tiny nick at spine edge (smaller than a grain of rice). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The story of a woman who set out to reform mental institutions and the treatment of the mentally ill. 8vo. Biography.
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A Piece of My Mind: Reflections at Sixty

By: Wilson, Edmund

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy: 1956

Seller ID: 028421

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Stated First Printing in clean original dust jacket. Light blue-gray cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Spine and board edges have browned a bit from contact with paper dust jacket, otherwise clean. 1/16" closed tear at top spine edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 239 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, some fading to spine background, wrinkling to lower edge of rear panel; nice photo of the author on rear pane...
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Naturalist

By: Wilson, Edward O.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Island Press: 1994

Seller ID: 026271

ISBN: 1559632887

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean brown cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing, one small black dot on bottom of text block edges. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. 380 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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The World of P. G. Wodehouse

By: Wind, Herbert Warren

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Praeger: 1972

Seller ID: 025589

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Clean book in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Liberally illustrated with full page photographs. 104 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, two very tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A generous peek into the world of humorist and acclaimed author P. G. Wodehouse, with photographs, drawings, manuscript pag...
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G. B. S. 90 (Aspects of Bernard Shaw's Life and Work)

By: Winsten, S. (Editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London - New York - Melbourne - Sydney, Hutchinson & Co.: 1946

Seller ID: 014742

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dark red boards with gilt design and lettering on spine and figure head gilt stamped on front cover. Light surface wear to top/base of spine and corners. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Very light foxing to front/rear endpapers and last few pages. Previous owner's name/address stamped on front free endpaper. Illustrated with black & white and color plates. 200 pgs. 8 Vo. Biography.
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The Life of the Heart: George Sand & Her Times

By: Winwar, Frances

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York/London, Harper & Brothers: 1945

Seller ID: 013258

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean red cloth boards with gold stamped lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. "Christmas 1945" written on front fixed endpaper. 312 pgs. with index. Illustrated. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has light edge wear and two small edge chips. Enclosed in new mylar cover. The incredible life of author George Sand. 8vo. Biography.
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Bob Hope's Confessions of a Hooker: My Lifelong Love Affair With Golf

By: With Dwayne Netland Hope, Bob

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday: 1985

Seller ID: 019015

ISBN: 038517442X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

"First Edition" stated on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Neatly penned previous owner name on otherwise clean front endpaper. Illustrated with photographs. Foreword by Gerald R. Ford. 230 pp. with index. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Hope's memorable moments in fifty years of golfing all over the world.
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Fifth Chinese Daughter

By: Wong, Jade Snow

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1950

Seller ID: 028896

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Fine stated first edition in original unclipped dust jacket, SIGNED by both author and illustrator. Clean black cloth boards with white lettering, red decoration on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean red decorated endpapers. Illustrations by Kathryn Uhl. Inscribed and signed on rear of front free endpaper as follows by author and illustrator: "To Peg Johnson, friend of Margaret De Graf. - Jade Snow Wong - Kathryn Uhl Ball." 246 pages. Dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; very light soiling along rear...
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Revolutionary Characters

By: Wood, Gordon S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Penguin Press: 2006

Seller ID: 028486

ISBN: 1594200939

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean black boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 321 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Written by the most respected among all scholars of the colonial and revolutionaqry periods, this book tells us what made the founds so exceptional and why Americans ever since have struggled to see them clearly.
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A Hound, A Bay Horse and a Turtle-Dove - The Life of Thoreau for the Young Reader

By: Wood, James Playsted

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Pantheon: 1963

Seller ID: 022626

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author in original dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with brown lettering and small black illustration on cover, black and brown lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Hint of very light foxing along spine gutter. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with black endpapers. Inscribed and signed by author and his wife on half-title page: "To Katherine Morgan because she loves Thoreau. With our best wishes - Betty & Jim (James Playsted Wood) - December 1966." Dust jacket is not price clipped (3.75 on front i...
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Tom Paine: America's Godfather 1737-1809

By: Woodward, W. E.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton: 1945

Seller ID: 027727

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Edition, clean hardcover book. Clean green cloth boards with silhouette of Thomas Paine on cover, black title box with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with neatly penned previous owner inscription dated 1945 on front free endpaper. Illustrated with black and white plates. 359 pages with index.
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Here Am I

By: Woolf, S.J.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1941

Seller ID: 028028

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Stated "First Printing" in original unclipped dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with black title box on spine. No fraying or wear to cloth boards, bump to one corner tip, dust-soiling. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean, with some browning to endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with many wonderful portraits done by the author who was a portrait-painter with a national reputation. 374 pages. Dust jacket has edge chipping, dust soiling; not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap); enclosed in new archival quality removable...
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A Change and a Parting: My Story of Amana

By: Yambura, Barbara S. In Collaboration with Eunice Willis Bodine

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Ames. IA, Iowa State University Press: 1961

Seller ID: 016249

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Reprint Edition, SIGNED by author. Very clean blue-gray cloth boars with red lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "With cordial regards - Barbara S. Yambura". Brief previous owner inscription below author's signature. 361 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has shallow edge chipping, 3" closed tear along spine fold (taped). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The author tells of growing up in the Amana rel...
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Maverick with a Paintbrush: Thomas Hart Benton

By: Yeo, Wilma & Helen K. Cook

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday: 1977

Seller ID: 008360

ISBN: 0-385-00421-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Very clean color illustrated cloth boards with yellow title lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Color illustrated endpapers. "Christmas 79" written in blue ink on front fly leaf. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has mere hint of edgewear at top and bottom of spine and one corner tip. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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Category: Biography