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Lincoln's Quest for Union by: Strozier, Charles B.

Lincoln's Quest for Union by: Strozier, Charles B.

Hardcover. US, Basic Books, 1st, 1982-06-29, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 466156
Price: $12.00 

Lindbergh: A Photographic Biography of the Lone Eagle by: McAllister, Bruce, Wilkinson, Stephan

Lindbergh: A Photographic Biography of the Lone Eagle by: McAllister, Bruce, Wilkinson, Stephan

Hardcover. Boulder, CO, Roundup Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 232 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book brings to life Lindbergh's epic career, with evocative text and hundreds of photographs, many rarely published. Clean copy. Record # 34318
Price: $18.00 

Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole by: Byrd, Richard Evelyn

Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole by: Byrd, Richard Evelyn

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 4th pr., 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 422 pages, hardcover. Copyright December 1930, 4th impression. Exterior cloth cover shows some minor wear and tear but is generally in good condition. Interior pages are clean and legible. B&W photos and illustrations throughout. American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. tells the story of his first journey through Antarctica and the founding of a series of bases called "Little America." In this work, Byrd outlines his first mission to Antarctica and shares the obstacles he and his team overcame in its achievement. Some 150,000 square miles of territory was photographed on the expedition. Clean copy. Record # 33616
Price: $18.00 

Little Saint by: Green, Hannah

Little Saint by: Green, Hannah

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages. Very good pictorial dust jacket. Record # 803968
Price: $12.00 

Lives of the Modern Poets by: Pritchard, William H.

Lives of the Modern Poets by: Pritchard, William H.

Softcover. Hanover, NH, UPNE, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 454657
Price: $12.00 

Long Way Gone, A : Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by: Beah, Ishmael

Long Way Gone, A : Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by: Beah, Ishmael

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 229 pages. Clean, tight copy in lovely condition. Record # 453528
Price: $12.00 

Looking For The Klondike Stone by: Arthur, Elizabeth

Looking For The Klondike Stone by: Arthur, Elizabeth

Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st, 1993-06-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462511
Price: $12.00 

Loose Balls - Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs and True Love in the NBA by: Williams, Jayson; Friedman, Steve

Loose Balls - Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs and True Love in the NBA by: Williams, Jayson; Friedman, Steve

Hardcover. Ny, Doubleday , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 276 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 200895
Price: $12.00 

Lost Childhood: A Memoir  by: Nir, Yehuda

Lost Childhood: A Memoir by: Nir, Yehuda

Hardcover. San Diego, New York, London, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Spotting last few pages and fore edge. Record # 803352
Price: $12.00 

Luck Luciano: The Man Who Organized Crime  by: Powell , Hickman

Luck Luciano: The Man Who Organized Crime by: Powell , Hickman

Hardcover. New York, Barricade Books , reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 341 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black covers with gilt lettering. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466913
Price: $12.00 

Magdalena & Balthasar: An Intimate Portrait of Life in 16th Century Europe Revealed in the Letters of a Nuremberg Husband & Wife, and Illuminated by Steven Ozment by: Ozment, Steven

Magdalena & Balthasar: An Intimate Portrait of Life in 16th Century Europe Revealed in the Letters of a Nuremberg Husband & Wife, and Illuminated by Steven Ozment by: Ozment, Steven

Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1986, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 190 pages including notes. Illustrated with B&W illustrations and diagrams. Some soiling on endpapers but otherwise very clean copy. Gilted lettering on binding of cover. Blue and beige cover. Record # 512450
Price: $12.00 

Make-Believe Town: Essays & Remembrances  by: Mamet, David
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Make-Believe Town: Essays & Remembrances by: Mamet, David

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, remainder mark Record # 11767
Price: $12.00 

 

Making of Charles Dickens, The: An absorbing Study of a Complex and Striking Character During the Years of His Major Creative Development by: Hibbert, Christopher, Illust. by: George Cruikshank

Hardcover. New York, Harper Row Publishers, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout, including those by George Cruikshank from several of Dickens' novels. Dust jacket price clipped. Covers bound in teal, gilt title on spine, covers slightly faded along top edge (shelf wear). Dust jacket in decent shape, clean inside. Record # 30791
Price: $12.00 

Malcolm X: The Man and His Times by: Clarke, John Henrik

Malcolm X: The Man and His Times by: Clarke, John Henrik

Hardcover. Toronto, ON, MacMillan, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 360 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is worn, ripped, and folded, but the binding and interior pages are in very good condition. Examines Malcolm X in all of his depth and complexity. Critiques, dialogues, and articles by his black compatriots throughout the world, in addition to his own writings, speeches and manifestos. Previous owner's initials are in the top corner of the first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33579
Price: $35.00 

Man Who Tried to Buy the World, The: Jean-Marie Messier and Vivendi Universal by: Orange, Martine

Man Who Tried to Buy the World, The: Jean-Marie Messier and Vivendi Universal by: Orange, Martine

Hardcover. New York, Portfolio Hardcover, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 268 pages. Hardcover. 8 pages of b&w photographs. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468326
Price: $12.00 

Mary Baker Eddy and Her Books by: Orcutt, William Dana

Mary Baker Eddy and Her Books by: Orcutt, William Dana

Hardcover. Boston, Christian Science Publishing, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Portrait frontis. 198 pages. Light wear to covers, bottom of spine frayed. Else clean and tight. Record # 63608
Price: $12.00 

Mary Berenson - A Self-Portrait From Her Diaries and Letters by: Strachey, Barbara and Jayne Samuels

Mary Berenson - A Self-Portrait From Her Diaries and Letters by: Strachey, Barbara and Jayne Samuels

Hardcover. New York , Norton, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages. B&W illustrations. Dust jacket with small tear to front cover and slight sun-fading to upper edge of spine. Clean, tight copy. Mary Berenson, a scholar of Italian Renaissance art, was the collaborator and wife of Bernard Berenson, whom she often assisted with his research, writing, lecturing, and business affairs Record # 302011
Price: $18.00 

Mary Berenson: A Self-Portrait from Her Diaries and Letters by: Strachey (Editors), Barbara/Jayne Samuels

Mary Berenson: A Self-Portrait from Her Diaries and Letters by: Strachey (Editors), Barbara/Jayne Samuels

Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 307 pages. Cloth boards. Dust jacket has spot of glue residue on front fore edge. Record # 510601
Price: $12.00 

Mary Berenson: A Self-Portrait from Her Letters and Diaries by: Strachey, Barbara

Mary Berenson: A Self-Portrait from Her Letters and Diaries by: Strachey, Barbara

Hardcover. US, WW Norton & Co, 1st, 1984-08-29, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 319 pages. Light edgewear and sun-fade to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462864
Price: $12.00 

Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves by: Wiencek, Henry

Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves by: Wiencek, Henry

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover. 16 pages of b&w photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468087
Price: $12.00 

Masters of Twentieth Century Art by: Hunter, Sam

Masters of Twentieth Century Art by: Hunter, Sam

Softcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 106 pages illustrated throughout in color. Folio. White pictorial wrappers with light wear to edges and slight wrinkle to upper right corner of front cover. Some soiling to front cover. Overall a nice, tight copy. Record # 605899
Price: $12.00 

Matisse by: Guadagnini, Walter Transl. Pierce, Richard

Matisse by: Guadagnini, Walter Transl. Pierce, Richard

Hardcover. Edison, NJ, Chartwell Books, Reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 287 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is bumped along the top edge, with a closed tear at the bottom of the spine. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Henri Matisse's adventures in color and light constitute a landmark in the history of modern art. From his apprenticeship in the studio of Gustave Moreau, to the paper cutouts of the 1950's, the stages of his journey represent a triumph of artistic research and resolution. This volume contains more than 300 reproductions. The text provides a fascinating survey of a complex life that crossed paths with many legendary figures of the age. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34312
Price: $25.00 

Matthew Hale by: Heward, Edmund

Matthew Hale by: Heward, Edmund

London, Robert Hale & Company, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 192 pages. Dust jacket with edgewear. Record # 507700
Price: $12.00 

Matthew Josephson Bourgeois Bohemian by: Shi, David E.

Matthew Josephson Bourgeois Bohemian by: Shi, David E.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 314 pages. Orange cloth, gilt, spine faded. Dust jacket price clipped. 24 pages of b&w photographs. Record # 512579
Price: $12.00 


  
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