Softcover. NY, Zebra Publications, Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 280 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is an intimate autobiography of the exploits of Virginia Graham, the prominent American play-for-pay girl, as well as television and radio talk show host known for her quick wit, sharp tongue, and "tart-edged candor". She later became even more well-known as the star witness who broke the Manson case. Clean copy. Record # 34610
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Co., Early Printing, 1916, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, No dates on title pages, first two volumes list 1916 on copyright page, second two list 1919. A different frontispiece portrait of John Marshall is present in each volume. Covers are in good condition overall, with some edge wear to the corners of each volume. Interior pages with deckled edges are clean and bright. Bindings are solid. John Marshall (1755-1835) became the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court despite having had almost no formal schooling and after having studied law for a mere six weeks. During Marshall's nearly 35-year tenure as chief justice, he wielded the Constitution's awe-inspiring power aggressively and wisely, setting the Supreme Court on a course for the ages by ensuring its equal position in the triumvirate of the federal government of the United States and securing its role as interpreter and enforcer of the Constitution. These 4 volumes are available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copies. Record # 33923
Hardcover. Woodstock, VT, The Elm Tree Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 233 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with edge wear concentrated near the spine and a few closed tears. Green cloth covers with gilt titles are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This memoir details life in a typical Vermont village. The work places and stores, the sports and pastimes, the landscape, and most of all the people are affectionately recalled in a Proustian feat of memory and imagination. Clean copy. Record # 34154
Softcover. White River Junction, VT, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 525 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is the life story and struggles of Tony Mazzocchi, a great trade unionist, an agitator, a political leader, a protagonist of worker safety and health, and an inspiration to working people all over. Clean copy. Record # 34143
Hardcover. Philadelphia PA, The Magee Press, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 66 pages, hardcover. Gray cloth cover, with green paper labels on cover and spine. Exterior and interior in decent shape, some minor staining and fading. Diary and life of Septimus Winner. Inscription by previous owner on first end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33608
Softcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st Ed.; 1st Pr., 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 544 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright. Page edges show some foxing, but the interior of the pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is an autobiography by American diplomat, international lawyer, and statesman George W. Ball, chronicling his decades at the center of U.S. foreign policy. It has been signed by the author. Clean copy. Record # 34704
Hardcover. New York, Pantheon Books, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 429 pages. Edited by Louis Kampf and Paul Lauter. Includes index and biography of contributors. Gray cover. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Record # 803559
Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcovers, 393 and 381 pages, respectively. Covers are in very good condition considering their age, with just some minor rubbing to the spines. Uncut interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Top edges gilt. B&W illustrations throughout, including a beautiful frontispiece of Augustus Saint-Gaudens in each volume, a photo in volume 1 and an illustration in volume 2. This edition contains 2 different text fonts, one of which indicates biographical, and the other autobiographical writings. This is a scarcely available set on the life and works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), an American Beaux-Arts sculptor who is best known for his statues commemorating Abraham Lincoln and Union officers of the Civil War, including Robert Gould Shaw, William Tecumseh Sherman, and John Logan. These volumes were edited by his only child, Homer (1880-1953), an artist and museum administrator in his own right. These two larger volumes are available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's stamp on inside front cover of both volumes, otherwise clean copies. Record # 33868
Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 318 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is significantly worn, with a mix of open and closed tears. Pink cloth covers underneath are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. This book chronicles the history and glamour of the iconic Savoy Hotel in London, from its opening in 1889 through the book's publication in 1964. B&W photography throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33735
Hardcover. NY, Atria Books, 1st thus, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 592 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This biography draws on newly uncovered archives and the co-author's expertise in magic to reveal Houdini's secret work as a spy for the United States and England. It includes his post-war efforts to expose the fraudulent activities of spiritualist mediums, and the plot organized by Arthur Conan Doyle to have him murdered. Clean copy. Record # 33737
Softcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 160 pages, b & w photos, very clean, tight copy, like new. Record # 800588
Hardcover. London, Frederick Warne, reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 174 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, with minor staining along the bottom edge and particular wear along the top edge. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. 30 B&W photographs and 8 full color illustrations throughout. This biography tells of Beatrix Potter's lonely Victorian childhood, her struggle for independence, her unhappy love affair and happy marriage, and the accidental influences that developed her genius. Clean copy. Record # 33666
Hardcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Attractive bookplate. 271 pages. Brown marbled boards. Maroon title label, gilt. Adams Six-Guns #596. Howes D-345. Very good color pictorial dust jacket. Previous owner's sicker front end paper. Record # 220882
Hardcover. US, Running Press, 1st, 2012-03-13, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 252 pages, photos in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 464709
Softcover. Millbrae, CA, Celestial Arts, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, soft cover, B&W illustrations and photos throughout. Minor wear but generally in good condition. Long before "turn on, tune in, drop out" became the credo of the American counterculture, Aldous Huxley was using mescaline and LSD in controlled, carefully documented experiments. Accounts of those psychedelic experiences, along with his interest in Eastern mystical religions, accompany the moving story of Aldous Huxley's later years with his wife, Laura. Huxley's fascination with the spiritual world remained with him throughout his life and never wavered through his final illness in 1963. THIS TIMELESS MOMENT takes the reader into the lively mind of one of the most profound thinkers of any generation. Previous owner's name on first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33578
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 413 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a few closed tears, with minor edge wear and rubbing. Burgundy cloth covers with a blue cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. A couple interior pages have minor staining which does not impact the legibility of any text blocks. Binding is solid. This biography presents the story of Thomas Becket, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34496
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Times Books, 1st, February 1, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 184 pages. Very good. Record # 454587
Hardcover. Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 190 pages. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Record # 206614
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Harper Perennial, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 261 pages. Paperback. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 469255
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Brief biographies of Charles Darwin, Robert FitzRoy, and Jemmy Button of the Beagle expedition of 1831. Record # 467103
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated pastedowns and end papers. Small stain to front flyleaf, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468167
Hardcover. NY, Nelson & Phillips, Early Reprint, Illustrated Edition, 1875, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 512 pages, hardcover. Brown cloth covers have significant edge wear, but are still in good condition considering the age of the volume. Interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Two B&W engravings can be found within, including the frontispiece. This book, directed at those in the evenings of their lives, includes many biblical references, with a focus on instructive, encouraging, and comforting records of the experiences of a large number of representative old people. Previous owner's inscription on front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33959
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468009
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