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Billy Graham: God's Ambassador

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association/Tehabi Books: 1999

Seller ID: 008748

ISBN: 1-88756-65-0

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean, bright softcover book in as-new condition. No creasing, curling or chipping. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 278 pgs. Illustrated throughout with full color and black & white photographs by Russ Busby. No additional printings listed. Folio. Religion.
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The Whispering Gallery: Leaves from the Diary of an Ex-Diplomat

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Boni & Liveright: 1926

Edition: First

Seller ID: 014676

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean light brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine and gold lettering and title box on cover. Spine slightly faded. No surface wear or bumping. Small previous owner's name/date neatly penned on front free endpaper. Pages are clean and bright; no writing or marks. Illustrated with many beautiful portraits. 288 pgs.
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Ansel Adams: An Autobiography

By: Adams, Ansel (with Mary Street Alinder)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown And Company: 1986

Edition: Third Printing

Seller ID: 026212

ISBN: 0821215965

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Beautiful as new book and dust jacket. Large book - approx. size: 9" x 11". Third printing of the first edition in clean unworn dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine, blind-stamped signature on cover. Clean charcoal gray endpapers. No names, writing or marks. All pages and edges are clean and bright. Illustrated with beautiful Ansel Adams photos throughout (277 illustrations. 400 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket has no chipping or wear, no tears or clipping. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Gift quality. Completed just ...
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An Old Boy Remembers

By: Adams, John Quincy, D.D.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Boston, Ruth Hill, Publisher: 1935

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 011817

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean brown pebbled cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and SIGNED by Adah N. Adams (author's wife): This books is presented to Mrs. Charles R. Thomas as a memorial to the love and esteem felt for her by the author and his wife. - Adah N. Adams - Aug. 30th, 1940". 125 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has corner chips, shallow loss at top and bottom of spine, a few closed tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Delightful reminiscenses of a on...
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Sir Harry Vane - His Life and Times (1613-1662)

By: Adamson, Jack H.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Gambit: 1973

Edition: First

Seller ID: 026034

ISBN: 0876450648

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stated First Printing in original unclipped jacket. Red cloth boards with blue cloth spine, 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, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white plates. 498 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped, has several short closed edge tears, small shallow chip at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Emissar of Charles the First, second governor of Massachusetts, pillar of...
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Inspiring Lives of Sixty Famous Men

By: Ahlers, Lena C.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Chicago, Albert Whitman & Company: 1928

Edition: First

Seller ID: 026841

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in scarce dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with very clean unworn color paste-on illustration on cover. No fraying, fading or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps. Illustrated by Benny Larsen. 288 pages. Clean color illustrated dust jacket is not price clipped (1.50 on front inside flap), has chips and closed edge tears, surface scrape at top edge from sticker removal (size of a nickel). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Brief, pointed biographical sketches, charmingly w...
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Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry

By: Aldington, Richard

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Collins: 1955

Edition: First

Seller ID: 009651

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. Nice frontis photo of T. E. Lawrence, illustrated with additional photographs. 448 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, 1/4" loss at top of spine, a few tiny edge chips at top of rear panel, one 1/2" closed edge tear at bottom of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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Heroes of the Empty View

By: Aldridge, James

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1954

Edition: First

Seller ID: 014463

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine and small illustration of man on camel blind stamped on front cover. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages, edges, and endpapers are clean and bright; no writing or marks. 428 pgs. Brightly colored orange dustjacket is not price clipped, has closed horizontal tear to spine and 2" vertically down to base along front spine edge. A few small closed tears along edges and some chipping to corners. Biography of author on rear panel. Jacket designed by Jean Carlu. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The Empty V...
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The Spy Went Dancing: My further Adventures as an Undercover Agent

By: Aline, Countess of Romanones

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's: 1990

Edition: First

Seller ID: 013227

ISBN: 0-399-13509-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Clean blue boards with clean blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 319 pgs. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. American beauty, Spanish socialite, devoted wife and mother, spy: Aline, Countess of Romanones, made international headlines and bestseller lists with her dazzling memoir of World War II OSS adventures, "The Spy Wore Red". Now she returns with a tale...
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Jack and Jackie: Portrait of an American Marriage

By: Andersen, Christopher

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow: 1996

Edition: First

Seller ID: 010433

ISBN: 0-688-14760-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean light gray boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 400 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no wear or tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.
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Alabama Raider - A Story of a Confederate Warship

By: Anderson, Betty Baxter

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia / Toronto, John C. Winston: 1957

Edition: First

Seller ID: 026888

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Edition in clean illustrated dust jacket. Very clean light gray cloth boards with crisp red lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated by Harve Stein. 115 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped (2.75 on front inside flap), has small chip at top left corner of front panel, slight price sticker residue at base corner of rear panel. Author photo and biography on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Tr...
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Albert Schweitzer's Gift of Friendship

By: Anderson, Erica

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York/Evanston/London, Harper & Row: 1964

Edition: First

Seller ID: 009907

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Very small previous owner name on front free endpaper. 152 pgs. Illustrated with photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has one small edge chip at base of rear panel (size of pea), no tears, very slight superficial rubbing. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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A Story Teller's Story

By: Anderson, Sherwood

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, B. W. Huebsch, Inc.: 1924

Edition: First

Seller ID: 021928

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition. Very clean unworn brown pebbled cloth boards with stamped yellow lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean top-stained upper page edges. Neatly penned brief previous owner inscription at top of front free endpaper dated Nov. 4, 1924. No other marks. 441 pages.
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Return to Winesburg Selections from Four Years of Writing for a Country Newspaper 1927-1931

By: Anderson, Sherwood

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press: 1967

Edition: First

Seller ID: 025070

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean orange cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping, fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean bright orange endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with photographs. Edited with an Introduction by Ray Lewis White. 223 pages with an Afterword and bibliography. Dust jacket is clean with some fading to background on spine, and 1967 written on front of dust jacket by a previous owner. A few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality r...
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Prophet of Reunion: The Life of Paul of Graymoor

By: Angell, Charles & Charles LaFontaine

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, The Seabury Press: 1975

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 006978

ISBN: 0-8164-0281-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Brown cloth boards have some fading and speckling, otherwise very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No writing or marks, except that it is AUTHOR SIGNED (both authors) on front free endpaper. 224 pgs. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Religion.
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Wilderness Wife

By: Angier, Bradford and Vena

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Radnor, Pennsylvania, Chilton Book Company: 1976

Edition: First

Seller ID: 023866

ISBN: 0-8019-6291-9

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean, with clean bright endpapers; very small previous owner return address label at top inside edge of pastedown. Illustrated with photographs. 177 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, one tiny close edge tear, not price clipped, a little light creasing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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A Remarkable Woman - A Biography of Katharine Hepburn

By: Anne Edwards

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co: 1989

Edition: First

Seller ID: 025960

ISBN: 0688045286

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

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.
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Aragon: Poet of the French Resistance

By: Aragon, Louis (Hannah Josephson, Malcolm Cowley, editors)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, DUell, Sloan and Pearce: 1945

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 028780

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Second printing of the first edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean gray cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Some browning to endpapers; no names, writing or marks. All text pages are clean. 167 pages. Clean jacket is slightly age-toned, has small chips at spine ends, 1" closed edge tear at spine fold, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Louis Aragon was to France such as Tom Paine was to America during the Revolution. Poet and n...
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No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women and Their Extraordinary Journey Across Antarctica

By: Arnesen, Liv & Ann Bancroft with Cheryl Dahle

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Da Capo Press: 2003

Edition: First

Seller ID: 010086

ISBN: 0-7382-0794-2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean blue boards with white spine, blue lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. 251 pgs. Illustrated with color photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Book is as new. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Gift Quality 8vo. Exploration.
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Seasoned with Salt

By: Arny, Mary Travis

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Westminster Press: 1959

Edition: First

Seller ID: 018757

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean beige/gray cloth boards with small green illustration on cover, green lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 230 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), has short closed edge tears, and light edge wear, hint of rubbing, two clear pieces of tape reinforcing corners of jacket. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Story of an American family in Montclair, NJ, whose rambling old house became home to family, and to assorted boarde...
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Keyword: biography