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Vineyard Voices: Words, Faces and Voices of Island People (SIGNED)Lee, Lindsey
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Vineyard Voices: Words, Faces and Voices of Island People (SIGNED)


Lee, Lindsey

Hardcover. Edgartown, MA, Martha's Vineyard Historical Society, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows some creases and chipping along upper edge, and has an "autographed" sticker that is beginning to peel. Signed copy on title page. Slight foxing to top of text block, otherwise clean and tight copy.

Record # 2230876


Price: $38.00 

 

W. Somerset Maugham - A Candid Portrait


Pfeiffer, Karl G.

New York, Norton, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 222 pages. Black & white photography. Dust jacket price clipped. Dust jacket has light edgewear, spine sunned.

Record # 207929


Price: $15.00 

WAGING HEAVY PEACE: A HIPPIE DREAMYoung, Neil
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WAGING HEAVY PEACE: A HIPPIE DREAM


Young, Neil

Hardcover. New York, Blue Rider Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, Blue Rider Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Good, 502 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Silver gilt lettering on spine and dust jacket. Creasing and edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 502 pages. Record # 467421

Record # 467421


Price: $19.00 

 

Welsh Childhood, A


Ellis, Alice Thomas

Hardcover. Wakefield, Moyer Bell, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 186 pages. Hardcover. Text by Alice Thomas Ellis. Wonderful full page, black & white photographs by Patrick Sutherland throughout. Navy blue cover boards with gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket with toning, and price clipped. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 3340007


Price: $19.00 

 

William Henry Jackson - Pioneer Photographer of the West


Forsee, Aylesa, Illust. by: Douglas Gorsline

NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 205 pages. Black & white drawings by Douglas Gorsline. Back & white photos by William Henry Jackson. Dust jacket with chip to spine bottom, closed tear.

Record # 501816


Price: $18.00 

 

Winston Churchill - A Pictorial Life Story


Longford, Elizabeth

Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Color and black & white photography.

Record # 205613


Price: $18.00 

 

World of Atget, The


Abbott, Berenice

Softcover. New York, Perigee, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 178 pages. Softcover with some wear to the edges. Clean copy with sun fading to back wrapper. Back couple pages stick together due to minor glue residue. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 470885


Price: $35.00 

 

World of George Perkins Marsh, America's First Conservationist and Environmentalist: An Illustrated Biography


Curtis, Jane

Hardcover. US, Billings Farm & Museum, 1st, 1982-07-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 125 pages. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Corners warped. Edge wear to dust jacket. Else clean, tight copy.

Record # 466417


Price: $50.00 

 

World Unsuspected, A - Portraits of Southern Childhood


N/A

Chapel Hill, NC, Univ. of North Carolina, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Writers talk about their childhoods, illustrated with b&w family snapshots. 237 pages

Record # 300214


Price: $30.00 

A Formidable Hero: Lt R.H. Gray, VC, DSC, RCNVR by: Soward, Stuart E.
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A Formidable Hero: Lt R.H. Gray, VC, DSC, RCNVR by: Soward, Stuart E.

Hardcover. Toronto, ON, Canav Books, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 186 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a biography of Lieutenant R.H. "Hammy" Gray, one of Canada's last war heroes. It follows his Navy career during World War II, from a desperate assault on German battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord, to his time aboard the British aircraft carrier Formidable. Clean copy. Record # 34059
Price: $25.00 

A Horse-Drawn Sickle Bar Cutter: Finding My Road to Felicity [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Fuller, Robert Merrick
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A Horse-Drawn Sickle Bar Cutter: Finding My Road to Felicity [INSCRIBED COPY] by: Fuller, Robert Merrick

Hardcover. Madison, NJ, Munn Avenue Press, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 294 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is an inspiring memoir that chronicles the author's journey from humble beginnings to a life of fulfillment and happiness. It offers readers a window into his life as a farmer's grandson, a chef, and a successful restaurateur. The memoir is structured as a series of vivid recollections, each chapter capturing a distinct phase of Fuller's life. Author's inscription to previous owner reads: "Enjoy the Ride." Clean copy. Record # 34231
Price: $50.00 

Acoma, The People of the White Rock by: L., H. (Harold L.) James
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Acoma, The People of the White Rock by: L., H. (Harold L.) James

Softcover. West Chester, Pa., Schiffer Pub., reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, West Chester, Pa., Schiffer Pub., reprint, 1988, 92 pages. Softcover. 92 pages. Extensive color photography throughout. Related articles laid in. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. . Acoma (N.M.)--Social life and customs pages. Record # 467205 Record # 467205
Price: $12.00 

Andre Gide: A Critical Biography by: Painter, George D.

Andre Gide: A Critical Biography by: Painter, George D.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st thus, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 147 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has one small chip on the top edge. Blue cloth covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a biography of Andre Gide, a literary genius whose career reflects the crisis of modern man. The conflicts of Gide's inner life often became the substance of his books, and this penetrating study aptly traces their organic growth from the individual history of the writer's mind and heart. Clean copy. Record # 34378
Price: $12.00 

Arnold Bennett - A Biography by: Pound, Reginald
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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 

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 

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

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 

BUD: THE BRANDO I KNEW. THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRANDO'S PRIVATE LIFE by: Fiore, Carlo
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BUD: THE BRANDO I KNEW. THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRANDO'S PRIVATE LIFE by: Fiore, Carlo

Hardcover. New York, Delacorte Press, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, Delacorte Press, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Good, 294 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Decorative stain to top edge. Light shelf wear, otherwise clean, tight copy. . Record # 467564 Record # 467564
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

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 

D. H. Lawrence Album, A by: Hardy, George and Nathaniel Harris
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D. H. Lawrence Album, A by: Hardy, George and Nathaniel Harris

Hardcover. New York, Franklin Watts, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 155 pages. Contains black & white photography. Small dent to bottom of front cover. Dust jacket with minor rubbing, edgewear. Record # 801674
Price: $12.00 

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

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 

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 

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 

Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan [2 Volume Set] by: Porges, Irwin
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Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan [2 Volume Set] by: Porges, IrwinEdgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan [2 Volume Set] by: Porges, Irwin

Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Created Tarzan [2 Volume Set] by: Porges, Irwin

Softcover. NY, Ballantine Books, 1st thus, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1310 pages both volumes combined, soft covers in original slipcase. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Bindings are solid. Slipcase has some edge wear. Contains B&W photography throughout. These books are a detailed chronicle the life and works of the world's most widely read author, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Clean copies. Record # 34156
Price: $12.00 


  
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