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Life of Israel Putnam: Major-General in the War of the American Revolution


Cutter, William

Hardcover. New York, George F. Cooledge, 1st, 1847, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 383 pages, blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering and design on spine. Black and white frontispiece portrait and other engravings. Cloth torn along edges of spine, covers edgeworn, moderate foxing to pages.

Record # 404103


Price: $50.00 

 

Life of John O'Hara, The


MacShane, Frank

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 274 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Engrossing biography of famed writer. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, which is encased in a plastic sleeve. Light fading to prelim pages. Faint age toning to text block edges. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 952586


Price: $19.00 

 

Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller, The


Reich, Cary

Hardcover. US, Doubleday, 1st, 1996-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 875 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 465801


Price: $15.00 

 

Life of Paul Jones, The (2 Vols.)


MacKenzie, Alexander Slidell

Hardcover. Boston, Hilliard, Gray and Co., 1st, 1841, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes, 260 and 308 pages, brown cloth binding worn, front covers detached, cloth covering on spines mostly gone. Interiors are good plus with bindings still solid. Makes a great set if rebound. Mackenzie was a officer in the US Navy and infamous for the execution of three sailors convicted of mutiny on board the USS Somers in 1842. He was also an author and historian publishing a number of books on naval war heroes.

Record # 412442


Price: $63.00 

Life of Saul Bellow, The: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964Leader, Zachary
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Life of Saul Bellow, The: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964


Leader, Zachary

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 832 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Decorative trimming on fore edge, silver gilt to spine. Light sun fading to top edge of boards.

Record # 470122


Price: $25.00 

 

Life, Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Fremont


Upham, Charles Wentworth

Hardcover. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1st, 1856, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 366 pages, frontispiece, b&w illustrations. Brown cloth covers w/ chipping and edge wear. Several pages loose. Some soiling, foxing.

Record # 809000


Price: $40.00 

 

Life, Speeches and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln


Barrett, J. H.

Hardcover. Cincinnati, Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1st, 1865, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 842 pages. Missing frontis illustration. Brown cloth cover with embossed border, gilt lettering to spine, includes messages, proclamations, letters, etc. Rear interior hinge paper cracked. Worn, faded cover with chipping at top and bottom of spine, foxing evident, light signs of mildew evident to endpapers, previous owner's signature to blank preview page, small newspaper clipping with illustration of and poem about Abraham Lincoln to blank preview page; otherwise a neat, tight copy.

Record # 604790


Price: $96.00 

Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861Holzer, Harold
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Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861


Holzer, Harold

hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 640 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white pictures in center. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468925


Price: $19.00 

 

Lincoln: A Picture Story of his Life


Lorant, Stefan

Hardcover. New York , W. W. Norton, 1st revised, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 336 pages, illustrated throughout on b&w. Light edgewear, creasing and tearing to price clipped dust jacket protected by mylar cover. Faint foxing to edges.

Record # 856868


Price: $31.00 

Lincolns, The: portrait of a marriageEpstein, Daniel Mark
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Lincolns, The: portrait of a marriage


Epstein, Daniel Mark

Hardcover. New York, Ballantine Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 559 pages. Hardcover. B&w photography throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Some shelf and edge wear to price clipped dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468894


Price: $15.00 

LindberghBerg, A. Scott
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Lindbergh


Berg, A. Scott

Hardcover. US, Putnam Adult, 3rd, 1998-09-21, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 628 pages. Hardcover. Black and white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 466814


Price: $13.00 

 

Lives of Margaret Fuller, The : A Biography


Matteson, John

Hardcover. US, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2012-01-23, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 510 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464711


Price: $15.00 

Look over My Shoulder  A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency, AHelms, Richard
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Look over My Shoulder A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency, A


Helms, Richard

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 479 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with a 16 page section of black & white photographs. Inside flaps of dust jacket loosely adhered to inside covers. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612418


Price: $31.00 

 

Looking for Jackie: American Fashion Icons


Craughwell-Varda, Kathleen

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins , 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Minor scratch across front cover. Some sun fading and minor curling to top of dust jacket on front and back. Otherwise tight copy. Color and black & white images throughout.

Record # 470883


Price: $31.00 

 

Lost Garden, The - A Memoir


Yep, Laurence

Hardcover. NY, Julian Messner, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A memoir by the Chinese American author of many distinguished childrens books. No dust-jacket issued.

Record # 70551


Price: $18.00 

 

Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science


Lurie, Edward

Hardcover. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 449 pages. 40+ black-and-white illustrations. Minor edge wear on dust jacket spine. A little sun-fading along edges of dust jacket flaps. Dust jacket protected by clear, plastic cover. Very light tanning on front flyleaf. Nice, unmarked copy.

Record # 856305


Price: $23.00 

 

Louis Michel Eilshumius


Karlstrom, Paul J., Illust. by: Louis Michel Eilshumius

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Volume contains 228 illustrations of the work of Louis Michel Eilshumius, including 50 color plates. Also includes a biographical account and analyses of the artist's works. Very good condition; cloth bound book has some marks/discoloration on the cover but no internal flaws.

Record # 804764


Price: $58.00 

 

Louis Sullivan: The Shaping of American Architecture


Connely, Willard

Hardcover. New York, Horizon Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 322 pages, b&w illustrations. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket with light edgewear, rubbing.

Record # 405136


Price: $25.00 

Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New NationPrice, David A.
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Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation


Price, David A.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 471697


Price: $15.00 

 

Machine-Gun Man: The True Story of My Incredible Survival into the 1970's


Kelly, George "Machine Gun"

Softcover. Phoenix, AZ, UCS Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 221 pages. Four black-and-white illustrations. Some edge wear on covers, with a few corners slightly bent. Small closed tear on rear cover. Light wear along spine. A few pages with tiny stains along fore edge. Top corner of pages lightly creased throughout. Good, unmarked copy.

Record # 856411


Price: $13.00 

 

Madaline - Love and Survival in Antebellum New Orleans - The Private Writings of a Kept Woman


Upton (Ed.), Dell

Hardcover. Athens, GA, Univ. of Georgia, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 366 pages.

Record # 64320


Price: $25.00 

 

Madonna Swan: A Lakota Woman's Story


Pierre, Mark St.

Softcover. US, University of Oklahoma Press, 1st , 1994-09-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 209 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 466023


Price: $10.00 

 

Magnificent Adventures of Alexander Mackenzie, The


Vail, Philip

Hardcover. New York, Dodd Mead , 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 216 pages. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket has tape repaired tears and chipping.

Record # 606961


Price: $18.00 

 

Man of the Crowd, The: Edgar Allan Poe and the City


Peeples, Scott, Michelle Van Parys (Photographs)

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st edition, 2020, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 206 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Cover boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean and bright. Binding tight. Spine straight. In beautiful condition, like new. Featuring evocative photographs by Michelle Van Parys, The Man of the Crowd challenges the popular conception of Poe as an isolated artist living in a world of his own imagination, detached from his physical surroundings.

Record # 32316


Price: $19.00