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Face of Our Past, The: Images of Black Women from Colonial America to the PresentMacAustin, Hilary (Editor)

Face of Our Past, The: Images of Black Women from Colonial America to the Present


MacAustin, Hilary (Editor)

Hardcover. Bloomington IL, Indiana University Press, reprint , 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 258 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Small stain to top of dust jacket spine, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468282


Price: $13.00 

 

False Dawn: Paul Rosenfeld and Art in America 1916-1946


Potter, Hugh M.

Softcover. Ann Arbor, MI, Published for U. New Hampshire by University Microfilms International, na, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 255 pages. Biographical history of Paul Rosenfeld, his artistic, musical, and literary criticisms and his contemporaries. Slight bumping to corners, otherwise a tight and clean copy.

Record # 806805


Price: $40.00 

 

Family Memories (INSCRIBED BY EDITOR)


West, Rebecca

Hardcover. New York, Viking/Penguin Group, 1st American, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Gilt title on spine. INSCRIBED BY EDITOR, INTRODUCTION. In excellent shape, clean inside and out.

Record # 30637


Price: $11.00 

Famous American AdmiralsReynolds, Clark G.

Famous American Admirals


Reynolds, Clark G.

Hardcover. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 446 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 470067


Price: $10.00 

 

Famous Americans in Florence


Dentler, Clara Louise

Hardcover. Firenze, Giunti Marzocco, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages. Collection of biographies of famous Americans living in Italy. Gray cloth cover, color illustrated dust jacket, 40 b&w plates. Wear to dust jacket edges; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 605429


Price: $19.00 

 

Famous Mather Byles, The: The Noted Boston Tory Preacher, Poet, and Wit, 1707-1788


Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton

Hardcover. Norwood, MA, Norwood Press, 1914, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 258 pp. 19 b&w illustrations. Slight wear and tear on the cover and some discoloration on the pages.

Record # 604853


Price: $13.00 

 

Famous Sculptors of America


McSpadden, J. Walker

Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. 16 full color reproductions of family members in Colonial costumes. Intact and very clean.

Record # 805130


Price: $22.00 

 

Fatal River, The: The Life and Death of La Salle


Gaither, Frances

Hardcover. New York , Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages. Blue cloth with solver titles and decor, no dust jacket. Slight wear to covers and some fading to spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 856320


Price: $23.00 

 

Fate of a Gesture, The: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art


Ratcliff, Carter

Hardcover. New York, Farrer, Straus, Giroux, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233614


Price: $19.00 

Fate of the Corps, The: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the ExpeditionMorris, Larry E.

Fate of the Corps, The: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition


Morris, Larry E.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's signature shows lightly imprinted from now erased heavy pencil on end paper, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with scratching to jacket rear and light fraying to spine of dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 470109


Price: $23.00 

 

Favor the Bold: Custer: the Indian Fighter


Kinsley, D. A.

Hardcover. Promontory Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 241 pages. Small sticker residue on front dust jacket cover. This is the 2nd volume of a two volume biography. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852388


Price: $30.00 

 

FDR: The War President, 1940-1943: A History


Davis, Kenneth S.

Hardcover. US, Random House, Bc. Ed., 2000-11-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 848 pages. Light edgewear and tearing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463870


Price: $10.00 

 

FDR: The War President, 1940-1943: A History


Davis, Kenneth S.

Hardcover. US, Random House, Bc. Ed., 2000-11-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 848 pages. Light edgewear and tearing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463869


Price: $10.00 

FDRSmith, Jean Edward

FDR


Smith, Jean Edward

Softcover. New York, Random House , 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 880 pages. Softcover with slight edgewear. Very clean, unmarked copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 470962


Price: $13.00 

 

Feodor Vladimir Larrovitch: An Appreciation of his Life and Works


Jordan & Wright, ed., William George & Richardson

Hardcover. New York, The Authors Club, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 126 pp. An examination of the life and literature of Russia's Feodor Vladimir Larrovitch, through the eyes of American writers. A literary hoax. Larrovitchis an imaginery writer.

Record # 604846


Price: $11.00 

Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson EddyCastanza, Philip

Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy


Castanza, Philip

Hardcover. Secaucus NJ, Citadel Press Inc.,U.S., 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 223 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468229


Price: $11.00 

 

Firebrand: The Life of Horace Liveright


Dardis, Tom

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Biography of the man who changed American publishing.

Record # 12522


Price: $9.00 

 

First With the Most Forrest


Henry, Robert Selph

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. 558 pages. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. Light wear to spine, top & bottom otherwise VG

Record # 61246


Price: $20.00 

Fonda: my lifeFonda, Henry

Fonda: my life


Fonda, Henry

Hardcover. New York, New American Library, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 372 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine and cover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469379


Price: $23.00 

For Lust of Knowing: Memoirs of an Intelligence Officer (SIGNED)Roosevelt, Archie

For Lust of Knowing: Memoirs of an Intelligence Officer (SIGNED)


Roosevelt, Archie

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 500 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some normal wear to cover and spine, slight bumping to lower outer corners. Some foxing to text block, mostly top. Inside flats of dust jacket included. Inscribed in title page by author.

Record # 2230925


Price: $35.00 

 

For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut


Carpenter, Scott

Hardcover. US, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2003-01-27, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 370 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 463440


Price: $10.00 

Forgotten Americans: Footnote Figures Who Changed American HistoryRandall, Willard Sterne

Forgotten Americans: Footnote Figures Who Changed American History


Randall, Willard Sterne

Hardcover. Reading, Mass., Da Capo Press, 1st pr, January 21, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED/SIGNED BY AUTHORS. 257 pages. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 453232


Price: $15.00 

 

Forgotten Eagle: Wiley Post, America's Heroic Aviation Pioneer


Sterling, Frances N.

Hardcover. New York, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 371 pages, b&w illustrations. Remainder mark on bottom edge, light edgewear to dust jacket. Overall, a tight clean copy.

Record # 458845


Price: $10.00 

 

Forty-four Years of the Life of a Hunter; Being Reminiscences of Meshach Browning - A Maryland Hunter - Roughly Written Down by Himself


Browning, Meshach

Softcover. Oakland, Appalachian Background, Reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages. Softcover. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612577


Price: $25.00 

 

Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington


Brookhiser, Richard

Hardcover. US, Free Press, Bc.Ed., 1996-02-22, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 230 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463866


Price: $10.00 

 

Four American Painters: Bingham, Homer, Ryder, Eakins


Museum of Modern Art

Hardcover. New York, Arno Press, Reprint, 1969, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Good, 20, 31 pages+prints. Originally printed in 1935 as separate volumes. B&w illustrations. Tan cloth, red lettering to spine and front cover. Yellow and white dust jacket with some fading to edges, light shelf wear. Overall a nice, tight, clean copy.

Record # 605523


Price: $38.00 

 

Four Lives in Paris


Ford, Hugh D

Hardcover. US, North Point Press, 1st, 1987-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 286 pages, b&w photos. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464085


Price: $13.00 

 

Francis Calley Gray and Art Collecting for America


Cohn, Marjorie B.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 344 pages. 28 b&w photos. Red cloth, slightly bleached on upper edge, gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket, edge wear. Light smudges to page corners.

Record # 605348


Price: $13.00 

 

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: HIS LIFE AND HIS ARCHITECTURE


Twombly, Robert C.

Hardcover. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 444 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout text with over 150 b/w photographs of Wright's personal life, his architectural works and genius, schematic drawings, extensive footnotes, and the most exhaustive bibliography of Wright's published books available. Pages are clean and bright. Light browning on top edge of text block. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Spine slightly cocked. Minor wear to top and bottom of spine. Color pictorial dust jacket with minor edgewear, one large chip at bottom of spine. B/W photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright on back cover. Lightly toned.

Record # 220694


Price: $16.00 

 

Frank Tenney Johnson Book, The: A Master Painter of the Old West


McCracken, Harold

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages with full colored plate illustrations, as well as black and white illustrations and photos. Remainder spray on bottom edge. Bound in blue cloth. Tightly bound, clean copy. Dust jacket shows a little bit of wear on corners, protected by a mylar cover.

Record # 805011


Price: $51.00 

Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary MarriageRowley, Hazel

Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage


Rowley, Hazel

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 368 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Slight sun fading to dust jacket spine. Black and white images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 470824


Price: $19.00 

 

Franklin


Hawke, David Freeman

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 436 pages. Previous owner's sticker on front flyleaf. Light wear to dust jacket edges. A nice, clean copy.

Record # 851962


Price: $8.00 

 

Franklin


Hawke, David Freeman

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 436 pages, minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456761


Price: $12.00 

 

Frederic Remington and the West - With the Eye of the Mind


Vorpahl, Ben Merchant

Hardcover. Austin, University of Texas Press, First Edition, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 294 pages. Hardcover. Brick cloth covered boards with black printed titles to spine. Dust jacket with faint toning & illustration in bw. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751136


Price: $23.00 

 

Free the Beaches: The Story of Ned Coll and the Battle for America's Most Exclusive Shoreline


Kahrl, Andrew W.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press , 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 364 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The story of activist Ned Coll and the geography of racism along the Connecticut coast. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 952490


Price: $19.00 

 

From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky


Spender, Matthew

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1999, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 417 pages, b&w photographs. Like new in a mylar protected dust jacket.

Record # 512717


Price: $13.00 

 

From Dublin to Chicago - American Impressions


Birmingham, G.A.

Hardcover. NY, G.H. Doran, rep., 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages, green cloth with gilt lettering. A famous Irish humorist's observations in the American mid-west. Excellent condition. Donation stamp on front paste-down.

Record # 58879


Price: $20.00 

 

From Selma to Sorrow: The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo


Stanton Mary

Hardcover. Athens, GA, University of Georgia Press/Athens & London, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. In excellent condition, just a bit of foxing on top edge, but otherwise clean inside and out.

Record # 30682


Price: $23.00 

 

From the Green Mountains to the Prairies


Barker, Frances Long

Softcover. Great Barrington, MA, The Berkshire Courier Press, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 25 pages. Softcover pamphlet. Green construction paper wrapper (spot on front cover bottom where label was removed-see image), gilt title on front cover. Previously exhibited at the Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT, proprietor label and stamp on front endpapers and flyleaf. Pages clean. Binding (staple) tight, no pages missing. Frances Barker recalls her journey by boat and covered wagon, in 1835 from Vermont to Chicago, at the age of 5 yrs., to start a new life with her family. Book later compiled by a descendant: "In 1835 my father became infected with the 'Western fever,' as it was then called, and resolved to try his fortune with others in the then far West." A true tale of adventure. RARE.

Record # 32281


Price: $25.00 

 

Frontier Crusader


Murphy, Lawrence

Softcover. Tucson, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages, b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 450886


Price: $10.00 

 

Frontier Crusader


Murphy, Lawrence

Softcover. Tucson, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages, b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 450885


Price: $10.00 

 

Frontier Crusader


Murphy, Lawrence

Softcover. Tucson, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages, b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 450884


Price: $10.00 

 

Frontier Illinois


Davis, James Edward

Hardcover. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 515 pages, b&w illustrations. Nice, unmarked copy with minor edgewear to dust jacket and a slight stain to top edge.

Record # 455176


Price: $10.00 

 

Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him


Henry, David

Hardcover. US, Algonquin Books, 3rd printing, 2013-11-05, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 297 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 464667


Price: $13.00 

 

G. P. A. Healy, American Artist: An Intimate Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century


De Mare, Marie

Hardcover. New York, David McKay Company, Inc, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 304 pages. 32 b&w plates. Biography of the man known as the "Painter of the Presidents". Green cloth. Red pictorial dust jacket, edge wear, some small tears and chipping, in protective mylar cover. A nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 605495


Price: $29.00 

 

G. P. A. Healy, American Artist: An Intimate Chronicle of the Nineteenth Century


De Mare, Marie

Hardcover. New York, David McKay Company, Inc, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 304 pages. 32 b&w plates. Biography of the man known as the "Painter of the Presidents". Green cloth. Red pictorial dust jacket, edge wear, some small tears and chipping to front cover. A nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 605494


Price: $29.00 

 

Gallant Hood, The


Dyer, John P.

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A biography of Confederate General John B. Hood. 383 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. Rear hinge cracked, front hinge weak. Light wear, soil to red cloth covers.

Record # 601354


Price: $24.00 

 

Gallery of Dudes, A


Sprague, Marshall

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardbound, 296 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Black & white photography and illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped. Edgewear, rubbing, soiling, chipping to dust jacket. Brodart cover.

Record # 500857


Price: $30.00 

Gamaliel Painter: Biography of a Town FatherStorrs, W. Lee

Gamaliel Painter: Biography of a Town Father


Storrs, W. Lee

Hardcover. Forest Dale, Vt., Paul S. Eriksson, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469620


Price: $13.00 

Gamaliel Painter: Biography of a Town FatherStorrs, W. Lee

Gamaliel Painter: Biography of a Town Father


Storrs, W. Lee

Hardcover. Forest Dale, Vt., Paul S. Eriksson, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469619


Price: $10.00 

Gamaliel Painter: Biography of a Town FatherStorrs, W. Lee

Gamaliel Painter: Biography of a Town Father


Storrs, W. Lee

Hardcover. Forest Dale, Vt., Paul S. Eriksson, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 250 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Small crease to back dust jacket flap. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469621


Price: $10.00 

 

Gen

Hardcover. New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 361 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket very good, unclipped, has a touch of tanning from age. Brown cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Deckled edges, a touch of tanning and the beginnings of foxing to edges. Pages clean. Binding tight, spine straight. In great shape. "Wineapple brings to life the intense, compelling woman who, sporting a monacle, came to be synonymous with our bittersweet, romantic view of Americans in Paris between the wars."

Record # 31768


Price: $15.00 

 

General Thomas


Coppee, Henry

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages. Hardcover. Ex-library with stamping and previous owners stamp on end papers. Noted as "Large Paper Edition" - Limited to 1,000 copies - this being hand numbered #166. 6 black & white illustrations. Rubbing and stains to spine label, light rubbing to edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612387


Price: $38.00 

 

Genius in Disguise:: Harold Ross of The New Yorker


Kunkel, Thomas

Hardcover. New York, 1st, March 7, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 497 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Light foxing to top edge. Else very good.

Record # 452250


Price: $10.00 

 

Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne: Misadventures of an English General in the Revolution


Hudleston, F.J

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs - Merrill, unknown, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's signature on front end paper. 367 pgs.

Record # 101503


Price: $8.00 

 

Gentleman Spy: The Life of Allan Dulles


Grose, Peter

Hardcover. London, Andre Deutsch, 1st UK, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 641 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. First full biography of American intelligence pioneer. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Light soiling/age toning to exterior text block edges. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 4450050


Price: $25.00 

 

Genuine Reality: A Life of William James


Simon, Linda

Softcover. New York, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1st Thus, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 467 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations. Wrapper very good. A touch of tanning and a little bit of soil to edges. Pages clean. Binding tight. "A tender, ironic portrait of the philosopher William James, who came at the world with energetic diffidence and forged an inspiring philosophy of pluralistic, psychological nuance."

Record # 31759


Price: $15.00 

George Bellows : American ArtistOates, Joyce Carol

George Bellows : American Artist


Oates, Joyce Carol

Hardcover. New Jersey , The Ecco Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 69 pages. Cream cloth spine, with gilt titles, over mustard yellow boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Minor shelf-wear to jacket, else like new.

Record # 401438


Price: $18.00 

 

George Bellows: American Artist


Oates, Joyce Carol

Hardcover. US, Ecco Pr, 1st, 1995-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 70 pages, illustrations in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 464128


Price: $15.00 

 

George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs


Myers, Jane, Linda Ayres

Hardcover. Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 202 pages. 187 b&w illustrations. List of print exhibitions, bibliography, index. Black cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket in very nice condition. Bright, clean copy with tight binding.

Record # 605077


Price: $32.00 

 

George Catlin and the Old Frontier


McCracken, Harold

NY, Dial, 1st , 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A Biography and Picture Gallery of the Dean of Indian Painters. 36 color plates, 130 in black & white. Dust jacket worn, chipped.

Record # 65349


Price: $50.00 

George F. Kennan: An American Life (SIGNED) Gaddis, John Lewis

George F. Kennan: An American Life (SIGNED)


Gaddis, John Lewis

New York, Penguin Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 800 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket edges. Pencil marking across textblock edge. Otherwise tight copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471288


Price: $75.00 

 

George Harvey - A Passionate Patriot


Johnson, Willis Fletcher

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 436 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Moderate foxing to preliminary pages. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 614202


Price: $31.00 

George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation Lowenthal, David

George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation


Lowenthal, David

Hardcover. Seattle , University of Washington Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 605 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. B&w photographs throughout. Foxing to top and fore edge. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468552


Price: $31.00 

George W. Norris: The Persistence of a Progressive 19131933Lowitt, Richard

George W. Norris: The Persistence of a Progressive 19131933


Lowitt, Richard

Hardcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press , 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 590 pages, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket with light rubbing.

Record # 405967


Price: $23.00 

 

George Washington - The Son of His Country 1723-1775


Van Dyke, Paul

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 310 Pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth with title in gilt on spine, image on front cover. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Spine slightly cocked. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613709


Price: $11.00 

 

George Washington and the New Nation (1783-1793)


Flexner, James Thomas

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 466 pages, b&w photographic plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket worn with slight soiling to covers. Light foxing to edges, else a nice, tight copy in brodart cover.

Record # 806595


Price: $20.00 

 

George Washington's Journey - The President Forges a New Nation


Breen, T. H.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, First Edition, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Hardcover with deckled edge. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine. 8 pages of illustrations in bw. Dust jacket, crisp, very good condition. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750861


Price: $13.00 

George Washington: A LifeRandall, Willard Sterne

George Washington: A Life


Randall, Willard Sterne

Hardcover. US, Henry Holt & Co, 1st, 1997-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 548 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Light edgewear to dust jacket, and faint foxing to top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 461547


Price: $23.00 

George Washington: A LifeRandall, Willard Sterne

George Washington: A Life


Randall, Willard Sterne

Hardcover. US, Henry Holt & Co, 1st, 1997-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 548 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Light edgewear to dust jacket, and faint foxing to top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 461546


Price: $23.00 

 

George Washington: Anguish and Farewell 1793-1799 - Volume IV (Anguish & Farewell, 1793-1799)


Flexner, James Thomas

Hardcover. US, Little, Brown and Company, 4th printing, 1972-11-30, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 554 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463861


Price: $13.00 

 

Georgia O'Keeffe: the Wideness and Wonder of Her World


Gherman, Beverly

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st, 1986, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 131 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Yellow cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. Black pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to edges and spine, else a very nice, tight, clean copy.

Record # 606307


Price: $20.00 

 

Georgie and Elsa: Jorge Luis Borges and His Wife, The Untold Story


Di Giovanni, Norman Thomas

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins, 1st edition, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Cover boards bound in dark green cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages clean and bright. Like new, looks barely read. Based on an extensive collection of original material in the form of diaries, notebooks, letters, manuscripts, and photographs, most of which have never before been seen, Georgie & Elsa provides a unique insight into one of the few true geniuses of literature.

Record # 32318


Price: $23.00 

 

Gilbert Stuart: A Biography


Mount, Charles Merrill

Hardcover. New York, WW Norton and Company, Inc., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED by author. Inscription on front flyleaf dated May 11, 1964 (New York). 384 pages. Preface by Charles M. Mount. In 3 parts. B&W illustrations throughout. Overall tight and clean copy.

Record # 850483


Price: $50.00 

 

Gilbert Stuart


Whitely, William T.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Biography of painter Gilbert Stuart and his career in both Europe and the United States. 240 pages with 7 black/white full-page illustrations. Book is in very good condition, a few bumps/marks on the spine and back cover. Previous owner's name written in pencil inside the front cover.

Record # 805038


Price: $16.00 

 

Gleanings from Old Shaker Journals


Sears, Clara Endicott

Hardcover. Meriden, CONNECTICUT, The Meriden Gravure Company , Reprint, 1959, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 298 pages, b&w illustrations. Blue cloth with white title to spine, no dust jacket. Very nice copy. Like new.

Record # 805677


Price: $19.00 

 

God's Loaded Dice: Alaska, 1897-1930


Morgan, Edward E. P.

Hardcover. Caldwell, Idaho, The Caxton Printers, Ltd. , 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 298 pages. 27 black-and-white photos. Some chipping and edge-wear to dust jacket. Sun-fading to jacket spine. Nice, unmarked copy.

Record # 856647


Price: $19.00 

 

Gold and Cattle Country


Oliver, Herman

Hardcover. Portland, OR, Binfords & Mort Publishers, 2nd, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Fraying to top dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 2233355


Price: $19.00 

Gold Seeker: Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut during the Gold Rush YearsPerlot, Jean-Nicolas

Gold Seeker: Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut during the Gold Rush Years


Perlot, Jean-Nicolas

Softcover. 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 451 pages. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 450871


Price: $15.00 

 

GOLD, RAWHIDE AND IRON. THE BIOGRAPHY OF DORSEY SYNG BAKER


Reynolds, Helen Baker

Hardcover. Palo Alto, Pacific Books, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 191 pages. Illustrated with important early photographs of the Pacific Northwest. Red cloth cover. Leather title label with gilt title, chipped, is readable. Dorsey Baker was a pioneer of the gold strikes, railroading, and use of iron in Oregon and Pacific Northwest. His granddaughter sets forth his story. Previous owner's stamp on front endpapers.

Record # 219832


Price: $11.00 

 

Gore Vidal


Parini, Jay

Hardcover. US, Columbia University Press, 2nd printing, 1992-10-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463745


Price: $11.00 

 

Graham Greene: An Intimate Portrait by His Closest Friend and Confidant


Duran, Leopoldo

Hardcover. US, HarperCollins, 1st, 1995-04-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463753


Price: $10.00 

 

Grant and His Campaigns: A Military Biography


Coppee, Henry

Hardcover. New York, Charles B. Richardson, 1st, 1866, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 512 pages plus 4 pages of ads. Black & white illustrations and maps. Previous owners names on inside front cover in pencil and ink. Brown cloth covers with tears along front cover hinges - interior hinge paper still intact. Fade to spine cloth, with fraying at top and bottom. Moderate foxing to edges. Clean, unmarked text. Good reference copy.

Record # 611968


Price: $75.00 

 

Grant as a Military Commander


Marshall-Cornwall, James

Hardcover. NY, Batsford/Von Nostrand, Book Club, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white Illustrations, 20 maps, 244 pgs. Dust jacket with edgewear, chips.

Record # 100979


Price: $18.00 

 

Grant's Cavalryman: The Life and Wars of General James H. Wilson


Longacre, Edward G.

Hardcover. Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 855284


Price: $19.00 

 

Grant: A Biography


McFeely, William S.

Hardcover. Norwalk, Conn, The Easton Press, 1st thus, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 502 pages, with illustrations, all edges and title gilt, all leather cover with raised spine, publisher's bookplate laid-in. Handsome and tight copy.

Record # 854166


Price: $40.00 

 

Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby


Ramage, James A.

Hardcover. Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 428 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Gray cover boards, black title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean, binding tight. Spine straight. In great shape. The biography of Col. John Singleton Mosby. Looks at his life inside and outside the American Civil War.

Record # 31797


Price: $31.00 

Great Western Land Pirate, The: John A. Murrell in Legend and HistoryPenick, Jr., James Lal

Great Western Land Pirate, The: John A. Murrell in Legend and History


Penick, Jr., James Lal

Hardcover. Columbia, University of Missouri Press , 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 197 pages, in a bright dust jacket. Clean, no markings.

Record # 411664


Price: $19.00 

 

Grover Cleveland: The Man and the Statesman (Two Volumes)


McElroy, Robert

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes. Black & white frontispiece with tissue guard. Gilt top edges. Markings to covers, spines darkened.

Record # 801763


Price: $21.00 

 

Grover Cleveland


Graff, Henry F.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 154 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233781


Price: $15.00 

 

Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the Voyage That Redrew The Map of the New World


Hunter, Douglas

Hardcover. New York, Bloomsbury Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 329 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A narrative of adventure and discovery. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951533


Price: $16.00 

 

Hamilton's Blessing - The Extraordinary Life & Times of Our National Debt


Gordon, John Steele

Hardcover. New York, Walker, 1st, 1997, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine,

Record # 50877


Price: $18.00 

 

Hammonds of Redcliffe, The


Bleser (Ed.), Carol

NY, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, A collection of letters of a distinguished South Carolina family from Pre Civil War to 1938. B&W photos. Dust jacket with light edgewear, price clipped.

Record # 602601


Price: $15.00 

 

Harrison Gray Otis 1765-1848 The Urbane Federalist


Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 561 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Biography of important American political figure. Age toning and mild spotting to text block edge. Light edgewear to dust jacket, slight chipping to dust jacket as well. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951569


Price: $31.00 

 

Harry Jackson


Pointer, Larry, Donald Goddard

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. 397 illustrations, including 104 plates in full color. This beautiful volume is in very good shape with tight binding. Tanned cloth, front cover illustration; Stampede(1969). Looks as good as new.

Record # 605071


Price: $96.00 

 

Harvard Memorial Biographies - 2 Vol.


N/A

Hardcover. Cambridge, UK, Sever and Francis, 2nd, 1867, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A collection of biographies of Harvard graduates who died in the Civil War. 445, 483 pages. Nice clean set. No photos tipped-in.

Record # 66926


Price: $80.00 

 

Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder


Hawk, Tony, Sean Mortimer

Hardcover. New York, ReganBooks/HarperCollins, 1st Edition, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 289 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In excellent condition. With brutal honesty, Tony recalls the stories of love, loss and determination that have shaped his life, he takes a look back at his experiences with the skateboarding legends of the 70's, 80's and 90's, and tells the real history of skateboarding.

Record # 32446


Price: $15.00 

Heart of the Storm: My Adventures as a Helicopter Rescue Pilot and CommanderFleming, Col. Edward L.

Heart of the Storm: My Adventures as a Helicopter Rescue Pilot and Commander


Fleming, Col. Edward L.

Hardcover. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. 260 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 855281


Price: $31.00 

 

Helen Rice: The Great Lady of Chamber Music


McIntosh, Rustin

Hardcover. Burlington VT, George Little Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 191 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A look at Helen Rice's unique contribution to the world of chamber music. Mild fading and age toning to dust jacket. Light soiling to dust jacket front panel very faint. Mild age toning to text block edges. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952369


Price: $15.00 

 

Henry Clay - Spokesman of the New West


Mayo, Bernard

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust.

Record # 55698


Price: $25.00 

 

Henry Clay: Spokesman of the New West


Mayo, Bernard

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1937, 570 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Covers bound in blue cloth, decorative red stamp on front and spine. Binding tight. Gilt title on spine and front cover. Some moisture damage to back cover and foreedge, but doesn't affect text or illustrations. Former library book with stamps/labels and expected markings.

Record # 31387


Price: $19.00 

 

Henry James: A Life in Letters


James, Henry

Hardcover. US, Viking Adult, 1st US, 1999-11-22, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 668 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463190


Price: $19.00 

 

Henry Ward Beecher - The Shakespeare of the Pulpit


Barrows John Henry

NY, Funk & Wagnalls, 1st, 1893, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 541 pages. American Reformers Series, ed. by Carlos Martyn. Light fraying to edges of rear cover. Clipping regarding author pasted to front fly leaf.

Record # 300616


Price: $25.00 

Herbert Hoover - A Reminiscent BiographyIrwin, Will

Herbert Hoover - A Reminiscent Biography


Irwin, Will

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, Third Printing, 1928, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 315 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED TO LULU B. VAN BEYNUM BY PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Van Beynum bookplate on inside front cover opposite inscription. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Age toning to pages. Spine cocked, with staining and rubbing to cloth. Overall Fair condition. Clean unmarked text.

Record # 612350


Price: $375.00 

 

Hero of Erie, The: Oliver Hazard Perry


Barnes, James

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 167 pages. Minor spine edge fray and corner wear. Gilt decorated cover and title on spine. Spine cracked at page 88 but pages intact.

Record # 852549


Price: $25.00 

 

Heroic Life of Ulysses S. Grant, The - General of the Armies of the United States


n.a.

Softcover. Boston, DeWolfe Fiske & Co., 1st, 1902, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrated cardboard covers with cloth spine. 4 bright chromolith plates and several b&w illustrations. 48 pages. Cover with edgewear, especially corners, small piece of paper gone above horse's head.

Record # 601357


Price: $23.00 

Herreshoff of Bristol: A Photographic History of America's Greatest Yacht and Boat BuildersBray, Maynard

Herreshoff of Bristol: A Photographic History of America's Greatest Yacht and Boat Builders


Bray, Maynard

Hardcover. Brooklin, ME, Wooden Boat Pub, 2nd, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 241 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light foxing on top page block, otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear and light fading to dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 469829


Price: $50.00 

 

His Excellency - George Washington


Ellis, Joseph J.

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, Reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. 8 pages of black & white photographs. Deckled edge. Crisp dust jacket with illustration & only minor wear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750859


Price: $15.00 

 

His Excellency: George Washington


Ellis, Joseph J.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 320 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Detailed look at the life of the George Washington. Light rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Slight tear to dust jacket at the middle of the front panel fore edge. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951665


Price: $24.00 

 

His Excellency: George Washington


Ellis, Joseph J.

Hardcover. US, Knopf, rep, 2004-10-26, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463862


Price: $10.00 

 

His Excellency: George Washington


Ellis, Joseph J.

Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st, 2004-10-26, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463863


Price: $10.00 

 

Historical and Revolutionary Incidents of the Early Settlers of The United States, with Biographical Sketches of the Lives of Allen, Boone, Kenton, and other Celebrated Pioneers.


Webber, C. W.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Duane Rulison, 1861, Book: Good, 416 pages. Front cover and endpapers detached from book. Frontis and tissue guard intact. Spine cloth is ragged from top to bottom. Dime size (at most) brown stain at gutter of pages 368-403. Body of book ideal for rebinding.

Record # 610143


Price: $150.00 

 

History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. I of V.


Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Spine is slightly cracked at rear endpage. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.

Record # 852814


Price: $18.00 

 

History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. II of V.


Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 425 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.

Record # 852815


Price: $18.00 

 

Hoffa's Man: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa As Witnessed by His Strongest Arm


Franco, Joseph

New York, 1st edition, 1987, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 332 pages, rubbing to dust jacket, mild edgewear, unclipped. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 450801


Price: $18.00 

 

Homage to Thomas Eakins, Etc


Soyer, Raphael

Hardcover. South Brunswick, N.J., Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher, 2st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 183 pages. 75 color and b&w illustrations throughout. Green cloth, color slightly faded around edges. No dust jacket. Clean copy with tight binding.

Record # 605100


Price: $13.00 

Home Before DarkCheever, Susan

Home Before Dark


Cheever, Susan

Hardcover. US, Houghton Mifflin (T), 2nd printing, 1984-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 243 pages. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 461873


Price: $10.00 

 

Home on the Canal


Kytle, Elizabeth

Hardcover. US, Seven Locks Pr, 1st, 1983-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 287 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket with multiple tears.

Record # 465815


Price: $19.00 

 

Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes


Novick, Sheldon M.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 522 pages, mild rubbing fore edge, previous owner's notations on front end papers, price clipped, moderate bumping to spine and corners, light creasing on top dust cover spine, b/w photos throughout.

Record # 30045


Price: $15.00 

Hoover the Fishing President: Portrait of the Private Man and His Life OutdoorsWert, Hal Elliott

Hoover the Fishing President: Portrait of the Private Man and His Life Outdoors


Wert, Hal Elliott

Hardcover. Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 388 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230085


Price: $23.00 

 

Hoover's F.B.I.


Turner, William W.

Paperback. NY, Thunder's Mouth, 1st wraps, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages.

Record # 59247


Price: $15.00 

 

Horace Greeley: Champion of American Freedom (SIGNED)


Williams, Robert C.

Hardcover. New York, New York University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 413 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on flyleaf and title page. Biography of open-minded newspaper publisher. Inscription sticker affixed to front dust jacket panel. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952559


Price: $39.00 

 

House of Many Rooms, A


Hunter, Rodello

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A humorous memoir of a Mormon family at the turn of the century in a small Utah town. 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with bumped corners. Chipping and edgewear to brodart-covered dust jacket. Decorative stain on top edge.

Record # 51507


Price: $18.00 

 

Hudson of Hudson's Bay


Scott, J. M. , Illust. by: Astrid Walford

Hardcover. New York , Henry Schuman, 1st U.S., 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None , 176 pages, B&W illustrations by Astrid Walford. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 305497


Price: $15.00 

Huey Long's Louisiana: State Politics 1920-1952Sindler, Allan P.

Huey Long's Louisiana: State Politics 1920-1952


Sindler, Allan P.

Hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 316 pages, b&w illustrations, in a chipped and soiled dust jacket.

Record # 412086


Price: $39.00 

 

Hunting Lieutenant Chadbourne.


Corder, Jim W.

Hardcover. Athens, Georgia, The University of Georgia Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 169 pages. Gray cloth cover with no visible wear. Dust jacket has wear and some stains on back, but very little wear on front. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w illustrations throughout.

Record # 852686


Price: $12.00 

 

I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory


Hampl, Patricia

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 229 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, remainder line on bottom edge, very clean, tight copy, like new, dust jacket covered with Mylar.

Record # 800799


Price: $18.00 

 

Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West, The


Samuels, Peggy and Harold

Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday & Co, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 549 pages. Tan cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine, color illustrated dust jacket, b&w illustrations, comprehensive reference work on Western American art. Light wear to dust jacket; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 604962


Price: $26.00 

IMPERFECT GOD. AN: GEORGE WASHINGTON, HIS SLAVES, AND THE CREATION OF AMERICAWiencek, Henry

IMPERFECT GOD. AN: GEORGE WASHINGTON, HIS SLAVES, AND THE CREATION OF AMERICA


Wiencek, Henry

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Good, 404 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w illustrations and photographs. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 404 pages. Record # 467422

Record # 467422


Price: $11.00 

 

In the Beginning: A Short Account of the Life and Times of Noah Smith Esq. 1756-1812 (SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR)


Lowell, Leslie F.

Hardcover. Vermont, Self Published, 1st, 1984, Book: Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. B/w illustrations, gilt title on spine and front cover board. Front cover board has some rubbing. Light tanning from age to pages and edges, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Cover boards slightly warped. Some of the facing pages ink transfer, but doesn't affect illustrations or text. In very good shape. VERY RARE. A must have for any Freemasonry enthusiast.

Record # 31947


Price: $63.00 

 

In the Minds and Hearts of the People: Prologue to the American Revolution 1760-1774


Miller, Lillian B.

Softcover. Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, This illustrated volume is a history that sets the stage for the American Revolution by presenting portraits and biographies of important figures and focusing on important political issues of the time. Includes 240 pages, with 22 color and 155 b&w illustrations. Newspaper review laid in front cover. Old price sticker on lower right corner of back cover. Crease across lower front cover, overall a very good clean copy.

Record # 805207


Price: $10.00 

 

In the Weesome Hours: 1843-1889 by Mary Lackey Williams


Vezza, ed., Dianne Wehrs

Softcover. Wilmington, Ohio, Orange Frazer Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 234 pages, very clean, tight copy, like new.

Record # 800643


Price: $6.00 

In the Wings: A MemoirDarrid, Diana Douglas

In the Wings: A Memoir


Darrid, Diana Douglas

Hardcover. New York, Barricade Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 370 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464653


Price: $50.00 

Iron Jaw: A Skipper Tells His Story, Charles N. Bamforth 1895-1975Bamforth, Richard A.

Iron Jaw: A Skipper Tells His Story, Charles N. Bamforth 1895-1975


Bamforth, Richard A.

Softcover. US, Dorrance Pub Co, 1st, 2002-07-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 435 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS on title page. Light shelf-wear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 466431


Price: $19.00 

 

It's All True: Orson Welles's Pan-American Odyssey


Benamou, Catherine L.

Softcover. US, University of California Press, 1st pb, 2007-03-14, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 464496


Price: $11.00 

 

Jack - A Biography of Jack London


Sinclair, Andrew

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row , 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 297 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609375


Price: $12.00 

 

Jack London: A Life


Kershaw, Alex

Hardcover. New York, NY, St. Martin's Press, First US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages. Hardcover. Black boards with silver titles to spine. Deckled edge. 16 pages of illustrations in black & white plus four maps. Dust jacket in very good shape with only light, marginal wear to edges. Clean, tight and unmarked.

Record # 6670093


Price: $19.00 

 

james Baldwin - Artist on Fire


Weatherby, W. J.

Hardcover. New York, Donald I. Fine, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 412 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 609339


Price: $12.00 

 

James Dean: The Mutant King


Dalton, David

Hardcover. San Francisco, Straight Arrow Books, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 356 pages. B&w photographs throughout. Foxing to edges. Edgewear to dust jacket. Some edgewear, soiling to cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851729


Price: $20.00 

 

James Madison - The Founding Father


Rutland, Robert A.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 3rd printing, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 287 pages. Black & white illustrations. Light sun fading to dust jacket spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608692


Price: $20.00 

 

James Madison: The Founding Father


Rutland, Robert Allen

Hardcover. US, Atheneum, 2nd printing, 1987-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 287 pages, b&w illustrations. Previous owner's inscription on half title page. Light edgewear and tanning to dust jacket. Faint foxing to top edge, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463853


Price: $15.00 

 

James Martineau: Theologian and Teacher


Carpenter, J. Estlin

Hardcover. Boston, American Unitarian Association, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 596 pages, hardcover. Intact gilt lettering on decorated blue boards. Gilted top edge text block. Frontispiece and tissue guard intact. Light bumping to boards, mild rubbing and edgewear as well. Ex-church library copy, with stamping on front flyleaf, and labeling to front endpapers. A tight copy.

Record # 951557


Price: $48.00 

 

James McNeill Whistler: A Biographical Outline Illustrated from the Collections of the Freer Gallery of Art


Stubbs, Burns A.

Softcover. Washington , Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 1, Number 4, of the Freer Gallery of Art Occasional Papers. Red wrappers, frontispiece, 28 b&w plates. A clean, tight copy.

Record # 805796


Price: $12.00 

 

James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity


Ammon, Harry

Softcover. Charlottesville VA, University of Virginia Press, 1st paperback, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 706 pages, paperback. A well researched and documented survey of American president. Mild rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Light bumping to corners. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951914


Price: $23.00 

 

Jasper Johns: Drawings 1954-1984


Shapiro, David

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 211 pages. 152 illustrations, including 50 plates in full color. Clean, well preserved copy. Dust jacket in very good shape.

Record # 605036


Price: $83.00 

 

Jefferson Davis: Private Letters 1823 - 1889


Strode, Hudson

Hardcover. New York, NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., First Edition, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 580 pages. Hardcover. Orange boards with silver titles to cover & spine. Inscription by previous owner to front flyleaf. Light toning to edges throughout. Small spots to a couple pages. Grey dyed top edge. Tight binding, tight signatures.

Record # 751513


Price: $23.00 

 

Jefferson Himself - The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American


Mayo, Bernard

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, unk, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illust. Covers with light soil. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 57714


Price: $15.00 

 

Jefferson Papers of the University of Virginia, The


Thurlow, Constance and Francis Berkeley

Softcover. Charlottesville, University of Virginia Library, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 343 pages, softcover with blue paper wrappers. Minor wear to covers, otherwise clean, tight copy. INSCRIBED BY BERKELEY on the front fly leaf.

Record # 405976


Price: $25.00 

 

Jim Brown: The Fierce Life of an American Hero


Freeman, Mike

Hardcover. New York, Willan Morrow, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 289 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Minor wear to edges and light rubbing to dust jacket.

Record # 2233491


Price: $19.00 

 

John Adams and the Diplomacy of the American Revolution


Hutson, James H.

Hardcover. Lexington , University Press of Kentucky, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with blue dust jacket. Dust jacket in good condition with some very small tears to the top front edge. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 470781


Price: $44.00 

 

John B. Gough - The Apostle of Cold Water


Martyn, Carlos

Hardcover. NY, Funk & Wagnalls, 1st, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Portrait frontis. American Reformers series. Ex-library with light stamping but very good condition. 336 pgs. Spine sun-faded.

Record # 101482


Price: $6.00 

 

John Cheever: A Biography


Donaldson, Scott

Hardcover. US, Random House, 1st, 1988-06-12, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages, b&w photos. Light sun-fade to price clipped dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463766


Price: $10.00 

 

John Cheever: A Biography


Donaldson, Scott

Hardcover. US, Random House, 1st, 1988-06-12, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Light edgewear and sun-fade to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462505


Price: $10.00 

John Cheever: A BiographyDonaldson, Scott

John Cheever: A Biography


Donaldson, Scott

Hardcover. US, Random House, 1st, 1988-06-12, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Light shelf-wear and sun-fade to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 461831


Price: $10.00 

 

John Dewey: His Contribution to the American Tradition


Edman, Irwin

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 322 pages, very good in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket.

Record # 604538


Price: $8.00 

 

John Glenn: A Memoir


N/A

Hardcover. US, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 422 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 463454


Price: $11.00 

 

John Haley Bellamy: Carver of Eagles


Smith, Yvonne Brault

Hardcover. Hampton, NH, Portsmouth Marine Society/Peter E. Randall, 1982, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Biographical and artistic account of John Haley Bellamy and his renowned woodcarving skills. 103 pages with 65 black/white illustrations and 4 color plates. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, no internal marks; dust jacket is in very good condition, some creasing near the spine.

Record # 804859


Price: $90.00 

 

John James Audubon: The Birds of America


Owens, Carlotta J.

Softcover. Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrated cover, over two dozen color and b&w plates, biographical essay by Carlotta J. Owens. Slight wear to covers; overall, a clean, tight copy.

Record # 805760


Price: $10.00 

 

John James Audubon: The Making of an American


Rhodes, Richard

Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st, 2004-10-12, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 514 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462647


Price: $13.00 

 

John Kane, Painter


Arkus, Leon Anthony

Hardcover. Pittsburgh, Pa, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 343 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w, Catalogue Raisonne and "Sky Hooks," Kane's Autobiography. Brown cloth spine, tan boards, gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to edges and spine, else a very nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 606370


Price: $40.00 

 

John Marin by John Marin


Gray, Ed., Cleve

Hardcover. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1st, 1970, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Good, Life and art of John Marin; editor Cleve Gray includes writings by Marin himself to accompany the biographical text and reproduced works. 176 pp. Features 20 color and 99 black/white illustrations. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, previous owner's name, date, and location written inside the cover in pencil. Dust jacket is in good condition, with tear and creasing on the back and light stain on the front.

Record # 804846


Price: $96.00 

 

John Muir's Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa: Unpublished Journals and Selected Correspondence


Muir, John, Michael P. Branch

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Orange cover boards, brown quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean. Binding tight. Green endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Like new. Michael Branch has elegantly and creatively helped imagine John Muir's "missing years" and his astonishing journey to the tropics.

Record # 31567


Price: $25.00 

 

John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life


Nagel, Paul C.

Softcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st paperback , 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 432 pages, paperback. A portrait of the extraordinary statesman, both public and personal. Mild rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Slight yellowing to text block. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951678


Price: $24.00 

John Ruskin: The Later YearsHilton, Tim

John Ruskin: The Later Years


Hilton, Tim

Hardcover. New Haven, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 656 pages, b&w photos. Light staining to rear dust jacket cover, slight rubbing to front flap edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453078


Price: $20.00 

 

John Singelton Copley. American Portraits in Oil, Pastel and Miniature with Biographical Sketches


Parker, Barbara Neville

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 284 pages. 130 b&w plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Small edgewear otherwise in good condition. No dust jacket.

Record # 605082


Price: $32.00 

 

John Singer Sargent


Ratcliff, Carter

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 256 pages. 338 illustrations, including 113 plates in full color. Gives beautiful insight into the extravagant glamour of Sargent's society portraits, watercolors and Boston Murals. Folio. Purple cloth, gilt lettering to spine. previous owner's inscription on front edge paper. Very nice, clean and tight copy. Minor wrinkle to lower edge of dust jacket's spine, otherwise in near fine condition.

Record # 605161


Price: $102.00 

 

John Singer Sargent


Ratcliff, Carter

Hardcover. New York , Abbeville, 5th pr., 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. Oversized volume contains 113 large color plates and over 200 black-and-white illustrations which convey the extravagant glamour of his society portraits, the exuberance of his watercolors, the stately pomp of his Boston murals.

Record # 410566


Price: $50.00 

 

John Singleton Copley - 2 Volume Set


Prown, Jules David

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 volume set. Volume 1: In America, 1738-1774, Volume 2: In England, 1774-1815. 491 pages + illustrations in b&w. Brown/blue cloth with gilt titles, slipcase. Light shelf-wear to covers and faint foxing to top edge. Light wear to slipcase, else a clean, tight set.

Record # 856888


Price: $75.00 

 

John Sloan: A Painter's Life


Brooks, Van Wyck

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, First, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in very good condition with dust jacket in good condition (tear to lower edge of front cover and slight edgewear to spine). 246 pp. biography written by close friend of the artist; also includes 26 illustrations.

Record # 805676


Price: $13.00 

 

John Twachtman


Boyle, Richard J.

Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 88 pages. 33 full page color plates. The first full-scale, illustrated study of John Twachtman's life and work, taking the artist's "dramatic transformation from dark to light" to the surface. Pictorial dust jacket with minor edgewear. Brown cloth. A very nice, clean and crisp copy.

Record # 605172


Price: $32.00 

 

Johnny Carson


Bushkin, Henry

Hardcover. US, Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2013-10-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 294 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 462665


Price: $19.00 

 

Jonathan Edwards the Younger: 1745-1801


Ferm, Robert L.

Hardcover. Grand Rapids, Michigan, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1st, 1976, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 214 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket. Light wear and foxing to dust jacket with half inch tear to rear bottom corner of back dj cover; otherwise a tight, clean copy.

Record # 803286


Price: $8.00 

Jonathan Edwards: A LifeMarsden, Professor George M.

Jonathan Edwards: A Life


Marsden, Professor George M.

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, March 11, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 615 pages. Tiny closed tear to upper edge of dust jacket spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458363


Price: $31.00 

 

Joshua Coit: American Federalist 1758-1798


Destler, Chester McArthur

Hardcover. Middletown CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 191 pages w/ index. Brown cloth, gilt on spine. Green pictorial dust jacket in protective mylar cover. B/W pictorial end papers. Clean, tight, unmarked.

Record # 804486


Price: $18.00 

Joshua L. Chamberlain: A Life in LettersDesjardin (Editor), Thomas

Joshua L. Chamberlain: A Life in Letters


Desjardin (Editor), Thomas

Hardcover. London, Osprey Publishing, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped. Very clean inside and out. Copyrighted by The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Record # 30547


Price: $19.00 

 

Josiah White


Morton, Eleanor

Hardcover. New York, Stephen Daye, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Bio of an early Quaker merchant, industrialist, coal miner. Front fly leaf gone otherwise VG.

Record # 7642


Price: $12.00 

 

Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters


Steinbeck, John

Hardcover. New York , Viking Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 182 pages, color frontispiece, seven fold-out facsimile plates of Steinbeck's original manuscript. Limited to 600 copies, very good in a very good slipcase with light rubbing to rear panel. The glassine dust jacket is present, worn with a chunk gone from front panel.

Record # 406348


Price: $188.00 

 

Journal of Madam Knight, The


Knight, Sarah Kemble

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine , 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 39 pages. Includes an introductory note by Malcolm Freiberg and INSCRIBED BY FREIBERG on front fly leaf. Wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. Mild, musty odor, otherwise very good with dust jacket.

Record # 302035


Price: $30.00 

 

Journey to My Father: Isaac Bashevis Singer


Zamir, Israel

Hardcover. New York, Arcade Publishing, 1st Edition, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations. Green cover boards, brown quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. A personal and moving portrait of one of this century's major writers, and an honest exploration of the often charged and complex relationship between father and son, and son and father.

Record # 32457


Price: $15.00 

 

Jubal: The Life and Times of General Jubal A. Early, CSA, Defender of the Lost Cause


Osbourne, Charles C.

Softcover. Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University Press, 1st Paperback, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 560 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Pages clean, binding tight. In great shape. "A major contribution to the Civil War bookshelf that finally brings this enigmatic figure vividly to life."-Chicago Tribune

Record # 31815


Price: $19.00 

 

Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball


Spink, J. G. Taylor

Hardcover. New York , Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 7th printing, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 306 pages, b&w photos. Light wear, rubbing and sunning to dust jacket. Book itself is very good.

Record # 856030


Price: $25.00 

Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph HellerDaugherty, Tracy

Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller


Daugherty, Tracy

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 560 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures in center.

Record # 470011


Price: $13.00 

 

Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary


Wright, Barton, Patrick T. Houlihan (Foreword)

Hardcover. Flagstaff, Phoenix, Northland Press, Reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 262 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Ivory cloth bound cover boards with black quarter cloth, some slight tanning. Pages clean, binding tight, spine straight. Gilt title on spine. Foding to top edge. Clifford Bahnimptewa's meticulous paintings reflect the Hopi traditions that have been handed down to him throough generations of Hopi ancestors.

Record # 33419


Price: $38.00 

 

Kahlil Gibran - His Life and World


Gibran, Jean/Kahlil Gibran

Hardcover. Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 442 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with wear along edges. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613176


Price: $25.00 

 

Kennedy Galleries' Profiles of American Artists


Deak, Gloria-Gilda

Softcover. New York, Kennedy Galleries, 2nd, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. White covers with full b&w illustration to front, 117 biographical sketches of various American artists. Mild rubbing to covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 806502


Price: $18.00 

 

Kerouac


Charters, Ann

Hardcover. San Francisco, CA, Straight Arrow Books, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 419 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 856900


Price: $31.00 

 

King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era


Berlin, Edward A.

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, USA, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 334 pages, with b&w illustrations throughout. Spotless and tight copy.

Record # 456482


Price: $18.00 

 

Lady in Boomtown: Miners and Manners on the Nevada Frontier


Brown, Mrs. Hugh

Hardcover. Palo Alto, CA, American West Publishing Company, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 127 pages. Black-and-white photos. Light soiling, rubbing, and edge-wear to dust jacket. Otherwise, nice, clean copy.

Record # 856646


Price: $13.00 

 

Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, A


Bird, Isabella L.

Hardcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma, 1st New, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages. #14 in The Western Frontier Library series. Gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket very good in acetate wrapper.

Record # 220834


Price: $10.00 

 

Lamy of Santa Fe


Horgan, Paul

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 523 pages, hardcover. B&w plates. Some shelf wear on bottom edge of cover. Some edge and corner wear on dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped.

Record # 509998


Price: $28.00 

Last American Man, TheGilbert, Elizabeth

Last American Man, The


Gilbert, Elizabeth

Hardcover. New York, Viking Adult, 7th, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Crease to rear insidde flap of dust jacket.

Record # 450019


Price: $12.00 

 

Last Governor, The


Dimbleby, Jonathan

Hardcover. Doubleday Canada, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 461 pages, b&w photos. Minor wear to dust jacket. Very nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 454087


Price: $20.00 

Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, The: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of GreatnessOlney, Buster

Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, The: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness


Olney, Buster

Hardcover. New York, Ecco, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Foxing to top edge of textblock. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor dust jacket wear. Black and white photographs throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 471749


Price: $11.00 

 

Last of the Great Scouts ("Buffalo Bill")


Wetmore, Helen Cody

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 333 pages, illustrated, with foreword and conclusion by Zane Grey. Author is the sister of Buffalo Bill. Dust jacket edge wear and wear, one inch chunk missing from top spine edge, foxing on edges. Otherwise, internally clean and tight copy.

Record # 853363


Price: $15.00 

Last Train North, TheTaulbert, Clifton L.

Last Train North, The


Taulbert, Clifton L.

Hardcover. Tulsa , Council Oak Books, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 205 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Illustrated end papers. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468224


Price: $10.00 

Law and Letters in American CultureFerguson, Robert A.

Law and Letters in American Culture


Ferguson, Robert A.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 417 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very minor wear to edges, spine very slightly cocked, small stains to upper text block. Otherwise clean and tight copy. Name of former owner whited out in front end papers.

Record # 2230963


Price: $35.00 

 

Layfayette


Woodward, W.E.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar & Rinehart, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. 472 pages. Dj with edgewear, chipping.

Record # 61245


Price: $20.00 

 

LBJ: Architect of American Ambition


Woods, Randall B.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Shuster Inc., 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1024 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Slight yellowing to top edge of front cover. Small stains on top text block edge. Otherwise tight copy.

Record # 470953


Price: $23.00 

 

Leonidas Polk: Bishop and General, Volume II


Polk, William M.

Hardcover. New York, Longmans, Green, and Co., reprint, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 464 pages, with pull out maps and tissue guarded illustrations throughout, volume II only. Small ex-library stamp on rear endpaper, and minor corner and edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853700


Price: $50.00 

 

Letters from Prison - Personal Letters to his Wife and Son with Political Comments on Domestic and World Issues During the Eventful Years of 1951-1955


Dennis, Eugene

Hardcover. New York , International Publishers, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 157 pages. Hardcover. Dennis, a Communist, was imprisoned for challenging the HOAAC during the Red Scare era. Edited by his wife, Peggy Dennis. Dust jacket worn, chipped and now covered in brodart. Pages darkened, covers faded.

Record # 302804


Price: $20.00 


  

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