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The Times of Melville and Whitman

By: Brooks, Van Wyck

Price: $10.00

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.: 1949

Seller ID: 002176

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

373 pgs. VG Clean and tight brown cloth book with gold lettering on spine - no names or writing inside.Biography.
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Miss Lillian Russell

By: Brough, James

Price: $12.00

Publisher: McGraw Hill: 1978

Seller ID: 006520

ISBN: 0-07-008120-4

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean brown boards with beige cloth spine, some very faint dust marks to spine, copper metallic lettering on spine. No bumped corners or wear, binding is tight & crisp. Pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 303 pgs. plus author's notes. Clean dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped, clean bright photograph of author on rear panel, mere hint of sunning to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Lillian Russell's life story novelized to bring the reader into the splendor of old New York in the days of robber barons, mega-fortunes and g...
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The Starship and the Canoe

By: Brower, Kenneth

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1983

Seller ID: 027732

ISBN: 0-06-091030-5

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

First Harper Colophon edition (trade paperback) published 1983. Clean color-illustrated cover (illustration by Abe Echevarria) with very slight edgewear, no creasing or curling. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean - slight yellowing - no names, writing or marks. Full number line on copyright page. 270 pages. The gripping story of two remarkable men, a father and son. One searched for meaning in the stars above, the other in the sea below. Freeman Dyson, world-renowned astrophysicist, dreams of exploring the heavens and has designed a spaceship to take him there. George Dyson, a ...
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Grandmother Brown's Hundred Years 1827-1927

By: Brown, Harriet Connor

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Co.: 1929

Seller ID: 025247

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, Published October, 1929, in original dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs and woodcuts. 369 pages. Dust jacket has a few small edge chips and short closed edge tears, small price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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American Emperor - Dom Pedro II of Brazil

By: Brown, Rose

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1945

Seller ID: 023428

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean and bright red cloth boards with blind-stamped palm treedecoration and lettering on cover, bright unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated by C. B. Falls. 265 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), closed tear on bottom front spine fold (approx. 2"), a few additional small closed tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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One Sky to Share - The French and American Journals of Raymond Leopold Bruckberger

By: Bruckberger, Raymond Leopold

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, P. J. Kenedy & Sons: 1952

Seller ID: 026518

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Very clean gray cloth boards with red cross and black rifle on cover, black lettering and small decoration on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with small previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. Translated by Dorothy Carr Howell. Illustrated with drawings by Jo Spier. 248 pages. Dust jacket is clean with very slight browning to spine, not price clipped, a few tiny edge chips and very short closed edge tears. Wonderfu...
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Biographies of Attorney-General George P. Barker, John C. Lord, D.D., Mrs. John C. Lord, and William G. Bryan, Esq. Also, Lecture on Journalism

By: Bryan, George J.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Buffalo, The Courier Company: 1886

Seller ID: 015102

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Black cloth boards with blind-stamped decorative border on cover, gilt lettering and small decoration on spine. Light surface scuffing to boards, slight surface wear at bottom spine edge, some fraying at top spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names or bookplates. Frontis portrait of author with (presumed printed) signature below on back of front fly leaf, clean tissue guard; portrait of John Lord with clean tissue guard in main text. 231 pgs. 8vo. Biography.
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My Several Worlds

By: Buck, Pearl S.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, John Day Company: 1954

Seller ID: 028341

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with gold 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; neatly penned brief previous owner 1954 Christmas inscription on front free endpaper. 407 pages. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has chips at upper corners; nice full panel photo portrait of the author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Through eyes of wisdom and tolerance, of courage and compassion, the Nobel Prize winner loo...
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The Adventures of A Ballet Critic

By: Buckle, Richard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Cresset Press: 1953

Seller ID: 024661

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition in original dust jacket.Very clean unfaded black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean, with previous owner inscription on front free endpaper and ink-stamped name of previous owner on front free endpaper. Illustrated with many wonderful black and white photographs, drawings. 296 pages with index. Clean dust jacket has a few small closed edge tears, price clip to front inside flap corner. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker

By: Bundles, A'Lelia

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner: 2001

Seller ID: 028917

ISBN: 0684825821

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, first printing (with full number line), SIGNED by author in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean lavender boards with deeper lavender cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright. No remainder marks. Color post card about the book laid in. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "To Cathy & Bob - Praise the ancestors! - A'Lelia 1-31-01." Illustrated with beautiful glossy black and white photographs. 415 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipp...
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The Senator: My Ten Years with Ted Kennedy

By: Burke, Richard E. with William and Marilyn Hoffer

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, St Martin's Press: 1992

Seller ID: 001929

ISBN: 0-312-09134-6

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good+

Clean unfaded black boards with clean unfaded black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Previous owner first name and date at top corner of front free endpaper. No other marks. 328 pgs. Clean birght dustjacket is unchipped, not price-clipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Stated first edition. In 1971, Richard Burke, a freshman at Georgetown University, volunteered his services to the offices of his political idol, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of ...
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One Woman's Arctic

By: Burnford, Sheila

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston/Toronto, Little Brown: 1973

Seller ID: 012078

ISBN: 0-316-11716-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean orange cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. Clean maps on endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 234 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has short closed edge tears, small corner chips. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Adventure.
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The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder

By: Burns, Edward and Ulla E. Dydo with William Rice

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New Haven & London, Yale University Press: 1996

Seller ID: 004157

ISBN: 0-300-06774-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean maroon boards with ivory cloth spine. No wear or bumped corners. Binding is tight & crisp. Pages and edges are bright and clean, no names or bookplates inside. Clean, crisp dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. First Edition.
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THE PASSIONS OF ANDREW JACKSON

By: Burstein, Andrew

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2003

Seller ID: 020211

ISBN: 0375414282

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing, in clean unclipped dustjacket. Clean blue boards with silver lettering on spine. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 292 pp. with index. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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In the Boyhood of Lincoln - A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk

By: Butterworth, Hezekiah

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton: 1913

Seller ID: 026914

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Later printing of the first edition. Orange-brown cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration, black illustration on cover, with black lettering on cover and spine, blind-stamped decoration on spine. Some soiling ( a few faint water spots, mostly on rear board). No fraying, binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean blank endpapers, illustrated with black and white drawings and photographs. 266 pages.
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Hoofmarks

By: Buyukmihci, Hope Sawyer

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Exeter, New Hampshire, J N Townsend Publishing: 1994

Seller ID: 026510

ISBN: 1880158051

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Printing, SIGNED by the author, in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean unfaded dark blue cloth boards with bright silver lettering on 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 (very small tasteful previous owner bookplate on front free endpaper with intial "M"). Signed by author on the title page below her printed name: Hope Sawyer Buyukmihci" in blue pen. Illustrated with small page decorations at chapter headings. 233 pages. Dust jacket is unchipped, no...
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One Man's Dream: The Story of Jim White the Discoverer and Explorer of the Carlsbad Caverns

By: Caiar, Ruth with Jim White, Jr.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Pageant Press: 1957

Seller ID: 028047

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Scarce hardcover stated First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Clean bright yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers (small ink-stamped Carlsbad, New Mexico book shop name on front pastedown). Glossy black & white frontispiece photo portrait of Jim White. Additional full page glossy black and white photographs. 111 pages. Clean bright dust jacket with price intact (3.00) at lower corner of front inside flap (small corner clip at top corner of front inside flap). No chips, one ...
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Rocky Mountain Warden

By: Calkins, Frank

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1970

Seller ID: 009182

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean gold cloth boards with blind stamped decoration on cover, gold lettering and decoration on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 266 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, has not been price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Natural History.
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Rocky Mountain Warden

By: Calkins, Frank

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1970

Seller ID: 021205

ISBN: 394-44318-7

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

"First Edition" stated on copyright page, in clean unclipped jacket. Clean toast-brown cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration on cover, gold lettering and decoration on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with chapter headpieces by Irving Boker. 266 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (6.95 on front inside flap), has one tiny chip at base of rear panel (smaller than a match head). Very nice full panel photo of author on rear of jacket. Enclosed in new...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne - The American Years

By: Cantwell, Robert

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Rinehart & Co.: 1948

Seller ID: 002130

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

499 pgs. Nr Fine Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Pages bright and clean. No names or writing inside. Binding tight. Portrait of Hawthorne at frontis. Very nice tight, clean book.Authors.
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Category: Biography