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Arnold Bennett - A Biography by: Pound, Reginald

Arnold Bennett - A Biography by: Pound, Reginald

New York, Harcourt Brace, 1st US, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 385 pages. Black & white photography. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket spine faded. Record # 207940
Price: $12.00 

Arnold Schoenberg: His Life, World and Work by: Stuckenschmidt, H. H. Transl. Searle, Humphrey

Arnold Schoenberg: His Life, World and Work by: Stuckenschmidt, H. H. Transl. Searle, Humphrey

Hardcover. London, U.K., John Calder Publishers, 1st thus, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 581 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and edge wear, particularly along the top edge, but is still in good condition overall. Black paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Some interior pages are uncut, with minor wear present along the top edge of the pages. Does not interfere with the legibility of any text blocks. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book presents Schoenberg as composer, teacher, and man. The author, one of the foremost German musical figures, shows the immense difficulties he was forced to overcome, and the reactions and influence his work created. Clean copy. Record # 34375
Price: $24.00 

Art of Frank Norris, Storyteller, The  by: Hochman, Barbara

Art of Frank Norris, Storyteller, The by: Hochman, Barbara

Hardcover. US, Univ of Missouri Pr, 1st, 1988-08-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 149 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 461473
Price: $12.00 

Arthur Ashe - Portrait in Motion by: Ashe, Arthur/ with Frank Deford

Arthur Ashe - Portrait in Motion by: Ashe, Arthur/ with Frank Deford

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated with 16 pages of black & white photographs. Slight wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 509696
Price: $12.00 

Artists of Lake George: 1776-1976 by: Raych, A. Morton

Artists of Lake George: 1776-1976 by: Raych, A. Morton

Softcover. Glens Falls, NY, Hyde Collection, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog of various artwork depicting Lake George. 56 pages; black and white plates. Catalog designed by A. Morton Raych. In very good condition. Record # 401244
Price: $12.00 

At His Side: The Last Years of Isaac Babel by: Pirozhkova, A.N.

At His Side: The Last Years of Isaac Babel by: Pirozhkova, A.N.

Softcover. South Royalton, VT, Steerforth, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Softcover. Black and white photographs. Light edgewear to wrappers, light foxing on page block. Record # 468481
Price: $12.00 

Auden by: Davenport-Hines, Richard

Auden by: Davenport-Hines, Richard

New York, Pantheon Books, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 406 pages. Some fading marks, edgewear, price clipped dust jacket. Record # 508146
Price: $12.00 

Augustus John: A Biography by: Holroyd, Michael

Augustus John: A Biography by: Holroyd, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Holt Rinehart Winston, 2nd, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 676 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, clean, tight copy, foxing to edges. Record # 801428
Price: $12.00 

Autobiography of an English Soldier in the United States Army by: Ballentine, George

Autobiography of an English Soldier in the United States Army by: Ballentine, George

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Lakeside Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 354 pages. Edited by William H. Goetzman, a Lakeside Classic, brown cloth cover with gilt seal to cover and lettering to spine, b&w frontispiece, 40 b&w illustrations. Very light mildew marks to cover; otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 804550
Price: $12.00 

Barrett Wendell and His Letters by: Howe, M. A. DeWolfe

Barrett Wendell and His Letters by: Howe, M. A. DeWolfe

Hardcover. Boston, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 350 pages. Tissue-protected frontispiece, blue cover with gilt lettering to cover and spine, top edge gilt, 12 b&w plates. Upper front right corner slightly bent, light wear to cover, spine slightly cocked; otherwise a tight, clean copy. Record # 804522
Price: $12.00 

Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904 by: Pratt, Richard Henry Editor: Utley, Robert M.
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Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904 by: Pratt, Richard Henry Editor: Utley, Robert M.

Softcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, Reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is about how General Richard Henry Pratt, best known as the founder and longtime superintendent of the influential Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, profoundly shaped Indian education and federal Indian policy at the turn of the twentieth century. Pratt's long and active military career included eight years of service as an army field officer on the western frontier. He directed the Carlisle school, believing that the only way to save Indians from extinction was to remove Indian youth to non reservation settings and there inculcate in them what he considered civilized ways. Previous owner's markings in black pen are present through the first half of the book. Record # 34127
Price: $12.00 

Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey by: Greenhouse, Linda

Becoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey by: Greenhouse, Linda

Hardcover. US, Times Books, 1st, 2005-05-02, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 268 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 465864
Price: $12.00 

Beginning of the Journey, The : The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling by: Trilling, Diana

Beginning of the Journey, The : The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling by: Trilling, Diana

Hardcover. US, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1st, 1993-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 442 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463734
Price: $12.00 

Behind the Scenes With Otto Preminger: An Unauthorised Biography by: Frischauer, Willi

Behind the Scenes With Otto Preminger: An Unauthorised Biography by: Frischauer, Willi

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 279 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy.Dust jacket with small tear (rear bottom) and minor wear to edges, Previous owner's sticker on front flap. Black and white pictures throughout. Faded top boards. Record # 469784
Price: $12.00 

BEING RED by: Fast, Howard M.

BEING RED by: Fast, Howard M.

hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 370 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photographs in center. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf otherwise Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468538
Price: $12.00 

Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy by: Mayes, Frances

Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy by: Mayes, Frances

Hardcover. New York, Broadway Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 286 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Blind stamp on cover. Dust jacket price clipped. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469278
Price: $12.00 

Beloved Physician, The: Sir James Mackenzie by: Wilson, R. McNair

Beloved Physician, The: Sir James Mackenzie by: Wilson, R. McNair

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Frontis, portrait. 2 library stamps to end papers, previous owner's inscription. Otherwise very good. 316 pgs. Record # 101474
Price: $12.00 

Ben Shahn by: Soby, James Thrall

Ben Shahn by: Soby, James Thrall

Softcover. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color and black & white reproductions of Shahn's artwork. Minor edgewear. Record # 801694
Price: $12.00 

Benjamin Britten by: Oliver, Michael

Benjamin Britten by: Oliver, Michael

Softcover. Phaidon Press, 1st, September 25, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, b&w photographs. Minor wear to wrappers. Small stain on bottom edge. Very good. Record # 454594
Price: $12.00 

Benjamin Franklin by: Morgan, Edmund S.

Benjamin Franklin by: Morgan, Edmund S.

Hardcover. US, Yale University Press, 1st, 2002-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 339 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462657
Price: $12.00 

Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant by: Knight, Amy

Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant by: Knight, Amy

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 3rd Pr., 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This is the first comprehensive biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. Clean copy. Record # 33968
Price: $20.00 

Bernard Shaw, Vol. 1: 1856-1898 - The Search for Love by: Holroyd, Michael

Bernard Shaw, Vol. 1: 1856-1898 - The Search for Love by: Holroyd, Michael

Hardcover. US, Random House, 1st US, 1988-09-12, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 486 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 463892
Price: $12.00 

Bernard Shaw, Vol. 1: 1856-1898 - The Search for Love by: Holroyd, Michael

Bernard Shaw, Vol. 1: 1856-1898 - The Search for Love by: Holroyd, Michael

Hardcover. US, Random House, 1st US, 1988-09-12, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 486 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 463893
Price: $12.00 

Bernard Shaw, Vol. 2: 1898-1918 - The Pursuit of Power by: Holroyd, Michael

Bernard Shaw, Vol. 2: 1898-1918 - The Pursuit of Power by: Holroyd, Michael

Hardcover. US, Random House, 1st US, 1989-09-09, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Volume 2 only. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 464086
Price: $12.00 


  
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