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Frauen: German Women Recall the Third ReichOwings, Alison
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Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich


Owings, Alison

Hardcover . New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 494 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Light adhesive residue on rear dust jacket, light foxing on top page block.

Record # 469335


Price: $19.00 

 

Friend Among Enemies, A: The Incredible Story of Arie Van Mansum in the Holocaust


Keith, Janet

Hardcover. Ontario, Canada, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 161 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with little to no wear on edges. Like new.

Record # 2233454


Price: $63.00 

From Behind the Veil: A STUDY OF AFRO-AMERICAN NARRATIVEStepto, Robert B.
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From Behind the Veil: A STUDY OF AFRO-AMERICAN NARRATIVE


Stepto, Robert B.

Softcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press, 2nd , 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Softcover. Some rubbing to corners. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 468292


Price: $10.00 

 

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 Grieg to Brahms: Studies of Some Modern Composers and Their Art


Mason, Daniel Gregory

Hardcover. New York, NY, The Outlook Company, Second Printing, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 224 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt board, gilt embossed text block to cover & gilt titles to spine. Sunfade to spine, edges of cover board & top inch of the rear board. Previous owner's signature in faint pencil to fly leaf. Gilt top edge. Frontis illustration Brahms at the Piano, in bw protected with a tissue guard. Illustrations in bw at the beginning of each chapter, Grieg, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Franck, Tschaikowsky, Brahms. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 6670154


Price: $23.00 

 

From Howard to Nelson: Twelve Sailors.


Laughton, M. A. (ed.), John Knox

Hardcover. London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1st, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 476 pages. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering. Cloth on spine frayed and partially detached. Edges are bumped and frayed. Library sticker on front endpaper. Spine starting to crack at front endpaper. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Pages untrimmed. Inside is clean with b&w portraits and maps throughout.

Record # 852488


Price: $20.00 

 

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 

 

Full Cup, A: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup


D'Antonio, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Riverhead Books/Penguin, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 354 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Red cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt titles and decoration on spine and front cover board. Clean pages/edges. Binding tight. In great shape. "Lipton's great business success makes for a compelling story of innovation and achievement."

Record # 31560


Price: $19.00 

 

Full History of the Wonderful Career of Moody and Sankey, in Great Britain and America, A


Goodspeed, Rev. E. J.

Hardcover. New York, Henry S. Goodspeed & Company, 1st, 1876, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 617 pages. Hardcover. Gilt edges. Previous owners name on front endpaper in purple ink. Frontis and 12 black & white illustrations. Brown cloth covers with titles, decoration in black and gilt. Light rubbing to cover edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612232


Price: $31.00 

 

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 

 

Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War


Hughes-Hallett, Lucy

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 589 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom text block. Tight copy. Light rubbing to dust jacket.

Record # 2233457


Price: $23.00 

 

Gabriele d'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War


Hughes-Hallett, Lucy

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 589 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom text block. Tight copy. Light rubbing to dust jacket.

Record # 2233458


Price: $23.00 

 

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
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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 

 

Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration


Uglow, Jenny

Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 512 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471179


Price: $25.00 

 

Gamekeeper At Home, The - Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life


Jefferies, Richard

Hardcover. London, Smith, Elder, & Co., 3rd, 1878, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 216 pages. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper and bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Pages 37 and 65 partially loose from binding at gutter. Foxing to pages. Spine and front green cloth cover with stamped gilt design and lettering. Fraying top top spine. Faded and rubbing with some rippling to rear boards.

Record # 502415


Price: $40.00 

 

Gandhi, Soldier of Nonviolence: an Introduction


Kytle, Calvin

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Seven Locks Press, reprint, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 203 pages. Inscribed by author on front fly leaf. Foxing to edges. Crease on front flap of dust jacket. "Autographed Copy" sticker on front of dust jacket. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855717


Price: $25.00 

 

Gascon Royalist in Revolutionary Paris, A: The Baron De Batz 1792-1795


Lenotre, G.

Hardcover. New York, Dodd Mead, 1st US, 1910, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages, 5 b&w plates. Translated by Rodolph Stawell. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering, faded on spine. Previous owner's bookplate and signature on front endpapers, light foxing to title page, top edge soil, otherwise clean and tight.

Record # 402854


Price: $30.00 

 

General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior


Robertson Jr., James I.

New York, Random House, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 382 pages. Reviews tucked inside front cover. Excellent dust jacket shows virtually no wear.

Record # 700575


Price: $18.00 

 

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 

 

General's Wife, The - The Life of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant


Ross, Ishbel

New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 2nd, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 372 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Book review taped to front fly leaf.

Record # 700585


Price: $15.00 

 

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