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Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley by: Beard, Patricia
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Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley by: Beard, Patricia

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, William Morrow, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 432 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black boards with gilt lettering, black and white photographs in center pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom page block. Record # 468441
Price: $12.00 

Booking passage: we Irish & Americans by: Lynch, Thomas
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Booking passage: we Irish & Americans by: Lynch, Thomas

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 2005, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 224414
Price: $12.00 

Booking passage: we Irish & Americans by: Lynch, Thomas
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Booking passage: we Irish & Americans by: Lynch, Thomas

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 2005, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 469391
Price: $12.00 

Bright Paradise by: Raby, Peter
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Bright Paradise by: Raby, Peter

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout. Marking throughout, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468170
Price: $12.00 

Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism by: Bogus, Carl T.
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Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism by: Bogus, Carl T.

Hardcover. NY, Bloomsbury Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 405 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, red paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is a biography of William F. Buckley Jr., who was one of the foremost architects of the conservative movement that transformed American politics between the 1960s and the end of the century. Buckley and his allies devised a new-model for conservatism that replaced traditional ideals of Edmund Burke with a passionate belief in the free market; religious faith; and an aggressive stance on foreign policy. Clean copy. Record # 34363
Price: $24.00 

CECILS OF HATFIELD HOUSE by: CECIL, DAVID
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CECILS OF HATFIELD HOUSE by: CECIL, DAVID

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. US, CARDINAL, 1st, 1975-01-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Foxing to front fly leaf, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 466552
Price: $12.00 

 

Chapters in a Life of Paul by: Knox, John

Hardcover. New York, Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1st, 168 pages. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Light wear to top and bottom of spine. Beautiful tight, clean, copy. Record # 40050
Price: $12.00 

 

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by: Anderson, Jon Lee

Softcover. Grove Press, 6th pr, March 9, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 814 pages, b&w photographs. Large crease to front cover. Small mark on top edge. Else clean and tight. Record # 454597
Price: $12.00 

Clover: The Tragic Love Story of Clover and Henry Adams and Their Brilliant Life in America's Gilded Age by: Friedrich, Otto
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Clover: The Tragic Love Story of Clover and Henry Adams and Their Brilliant Life in America's Gilded Age by: Friedrich, Otto

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 381 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a small closed tear, with light wear to the edges and corners. Brown paper cover boards with a red cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is a biography of Clover Adams, a vibrant woman who lived through the Gilded Age, who was married to a historian and descendant of John Adams, and who eventually committed suicide. A remainder stamp is present on the bottom edge of the pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34495
Price: $12.00 

Colonel Lawrence: The Man Behind the Legend by: Hart, Liddell
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Colonel Lawrence: The Man Behind the Legend by: Hart, Liddell

Hardcover. NY, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st thus, 4th Pr., 1934, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 382 pages, hardcover. Green cloth covers have minor edge wear, with bumping at the top and bottom of the spine. Interior pages do show light foxing, but this does not affect the legibility of any text blocks. Front hinge is slightly loose, but the binding is still solid overall. Contains B&W photography and maps throughout. This book is a foundational biography that cuts through the myth of T.E. Lawrence. It explores his intellectual evolution from an Oxford archaeologist to a brilliant guerrilla commander during the Arab Revolt, and demystifies his postwar retreat, explaining his withdrawal from public life as the result of immense wartime strain and deep disillusionment with the political betrayal of the Arab nations. Clean copy. Record # 34589
Price: $25.00 

D. H. Lawrence: Portrait of a Genius But... by: Aldington, Richard
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D. H. Lawrence: Portrait of a Genius But... by: Aldington, Richard

Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1st thus, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 432 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has several open tears. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. Richard Aldington was a very close friend and associate of Lawrence. This book is written in a professional tone, respectful of the artist, but mindful that the truth must be told even if it's not always celebratory. There can be no doubt that Aldington recognized both the genius and complexity of D.H. Lawrence. Clean copy. Record # 33741
Price: $28.00 

D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage by: Maddox, Brenda
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D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage by: Maddox, Brenda

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York , Simon & Shuster, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 620 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to price clipped dust jacket and remainder mark to bottom edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462248
Price: $12.00 

Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With Boss Steinbrenner by: Madden, Bill
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Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With Boss Steinbrenner by: Madden, Bill

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Warner Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468446
Price: $12.00 

David Dellinger: The Life and Times of a Nonviolent Revolutionary by: Hunt, Andrew E.
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David Dellinger: The Life and Times of a Nonviolent Revolutionary by: Hunt, Andrew E.

Hardcover. NY, New York University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 346 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is the first full biography of a man who bridged the gap between the Old Left and the New Left. It is the remarkable story of a stubborn visionary torn between revolution and compromise. Clean copy. Record # 34254
Price: $18.00 

 

Dearest Friend - A Life of Abigail Adams by: Withey, Lynne

New York, Touchstone , Reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 369 pages. Originally published in 1981, this is a near fine hard copy reprint. Record # 305224
Price: $12.00 

Doctor Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards: The Life of a Wartime Celebrity by: Wu, Judy Tzu-Chun
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Doctor Mom Chung of the Fair-Haired Bastards: The Life of a Wartime Celebrity by: Wu, Judy Tzu-Chun

Softcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 282 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This is the first biography to explore Margaret Chung's remarkable and complex life as the first known American-born Chinese female physician. It offers an intimate portrait of a woman who invented and reinvented herself in a quest for influence and social acceptance. Clean copy. Record # 34251
Price: $28.00 

 

Early Tudor Government, Henry VII by: Pickthorn, Kenneth

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 192 pages. Bookseller's label on rear endpaper. Light rubbing to corners and spine. Record # 507673
Price: $12.00 

Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae by: Christianson, Gale E.
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Edwin Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae by: Christianson, Gale E.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1st, 1995-08-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 420 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 464124
Price: $12.00 

Einstein's German World by: Stern, Fritz
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Einstein's German World by: Stern, Fritz

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1999-08-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages. Previous owner's stamp and notes on front end paper. Clean, tight copy. Record # 464284
Price: $12.00 

 

Elizabethan Sea Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions by: Wood, William

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages, b&w plates, fold-out map. Top edge gilt. Light edgewear, small tear to boards. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Else clean and tight. Record # 852116
Price: $12.00 

Emma Willard: Daughter of Democracy by: Lutz, Alma
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Emma Willard: Daughter of Democracy by: Lutz, Alma

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 291 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in poor condition due to multiple open & closed tears with significant chipping. It has been repaired with clear tape to the best of our ability. Green cloth covers are clean and bright. Some interior pages throughout show foxing, but this does not affect the legibility of any text blocks. The spine has begun to separate at the top, but the binding is still solid overall. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book details the life of Emma Hart Willard, the trailblazing educator who founded the Troy Female Seminary and who became one of the first female lobbyists in the United States. Clean copy. Record # 34581
Price: $26.00 

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by: Keefe, Patrick Radden
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by: Keefe, Patrick Radden

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 535 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Empire of Pain is a portrait of America's second Gilded Age, a study of impunity among the super-elite, and a relentless investigation of the naked greed that built one of the world's largest fortunes. The book examines the history of the Sackler family, including the founding of Purdue Pharma, its role in the marketing of pharmaceuticals, and the family's central role in the opioid epidemic. Clean copy. Record # 33724
Price: $18.00 

Excelsior: Journals of the Hutchinson Family Singers, 1842-1846 by: Editor: Cockrell, Dale
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Excelsior: Journals of the Hutchinson Family Singers, 1842-1846 by: Editor: Cockrell, Dale

Hardcover. Hillsdale NY, Pendragon Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 467 pages, hardcover. Cloth covers in very good condition, clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. The journals of the New Hampshire family that became the best-known musicians of the day chronicle not only their performances and adventures first hand, but explore the social, economic and cultural life of the time. Clean copy. Record # 33668
Price: $30.00 

Excelsior: Journals of the Hutchinson Family Singers, 1842-1846 by: Editor: Cockrell, Dale
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Excelsior: Journals of the Hutchinson Family Singers, 1842-1846 by: Editor: Cockrell, Dale

Hardcover. Hillsdale, NY, Pendragon Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 467 pages, hardcover. Cloth covers in very good condition, clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. The journals of the New Hampshire family that became the best-known musicians of the day chronicle not only their performances and adventures first hand, but explore the social, economic and cultural life of the time. Clean copy in original vacuum-sealed plastic. Record # 33669
Price: $32.00