Hardcover. Jefferson, NC, McFarland & Company, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages, hardcover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. At age 6, Eugene Jackson was tap dancing for nickels and dimes on the streets of Los Angeles. Soon after, Jackson landed the role of "Pineapple" in Hal Roach's enduring 1924 comedy series "Our Gang." A true trailblazer, Jackson opened the door for other African American entertainers. In his first-ever autobiographical work, Jackson recounts his remarkable career in show business as an actor, comic, singer, dancer and musician. B&W photography throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33754
Hardcover. New York, Funk, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 289 pages. Black & white photography. Gift inscription on front end paper. Dust jacket has edgewear, spine sunned. This account of Freddie Darius Benham is part biography of the man but mostly a record of the organizations he has founded, the most famous of which is the Circus Saints and Sinners where important people were recruited and raucously initiated. Record # 207891
Softcover. Middlebury, VT, Vermont Folklife Center, 1st, 2010, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are generally in good condition, but the front cover has a crease. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book endeavors to answer the question: why would anyone would want to be a family farmer in the modern day? Signed by Larry Wyman on the front end page, who is photographed on the title page. Clean copy. Record # 34489
Softcover. Middlebury, VT, Vermont Folklife Center, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. Inscribed by the author on the title page. This book endeavors to answer the question: why would anyone would want to be a family farmer in the modern day? Clean copy. Record # 33760
Hardcover. NY, Carlton Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 96 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition for its age. Covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout, both line art and photography. With colorful wit and a judicious economy of style, this autobiography will take you on a nostalgic journey into the inventive excitement of a not-so-distant past. Clean copy. Record # 33766
Hardcover. New York City, NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 143 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color photography throughout. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Some wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469054
Hardcover. Camden ME, Down East Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor edge wear, covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This is a book written about commercial fishing, by a commercial fisherman. Here is Sam Cottle's firsthand account of his life at sea, from the terror of a vessel sinking in the middle of the night, to the excitement of dragging up an unexploded depth charge. Learn to appreciate the ultimate satisfaction that comes with an honest day's haul alongside colorful characters who played a role in shaping Sam's life and seafaring career. Clean copy. Record # 33907
Hardcover. NY, Abradale Press Harry N. Abrams, Reprint, 2000, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 283 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is bumped, with some chips and closed tears. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W and full color photography present throughout. This book covers the life and work of Pollock, the complex, tragic, and immeasurably influential figure in modern art. This is a large-form book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Inscription by previous owner on the title page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33955
Hardcover. NY, The John Day Company, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 361 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition due to multiple chips and tears, and has been price clipped on the inside front flap. Cloth covers have some minor discoloration but are still in very good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, The first night spent in an American home by D. H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda was spent in that of Witter Bynner. Soon afterward, they went together to Mexico on a memorable visit, which this book records in rich detail. This memoir is not just about the Lawrences, but is about a whole era in the intellectual and artistic life of the American Southwest. Previous owner's paste-down and markings in blue pen are present on the first front and last rear end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34215
Hardcover. NY, Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1st thus, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 191 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has several large closed tears and folds, though its degradation has since been slowed by a plastic sleeve. Gray cloth covers with black text are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. By providing evidence of the inseparable connection between the details of Kafka's life, the physical, social, and cultural surroundings in which it took place, and his imaginative products, this book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of Kafka. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34467
Hardcover. Canada, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 534 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped, but is otherwise in good condition. Blue paper covers with a red cloth spine are clean and bright. Light foxing is present on all page edges. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is an illuminating biography of Katherine Cornell. Clean copy. Record # 34439
Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st thus, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 414 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains bind-in with B&W photography. This book details how, in 1922, Lenin personally drew up a list of some 160 'undesirable' intellectuals - mostly philosophers, academics, scientists, and journalists - to be deported from the new Soviet State. 'We're going to cleanse Russia once and for all' he wrote to Stalin, whose job it was to oversee the deportation. Two ships sailed from Petrograd that autumn, taking Old Russia's eminent men and their families away to what would become permanent exile in Berlin, Prague and Paris. Lesley Chamberlain creates a rich portrait of this chilling historical moment, evoked with immediacy through the journals, letters, and memoirs of the exiles. Clean copy. Record # 33984
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
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
Hardcover. NY, The Vanguard Press, 1st thus, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages, hardcover. Covers are in good condition, with some light bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This is a biographical work on the full life of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, translated from the original Italian. Clean copy. Record # 33986
Softcover. Paris, France, Francois-Xavier de Guibert, 1st thus, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is the harrowing tale of General Hargest's escape towards the Pyrenees, through the maze of the network to freedom, eventually securing passage into Spain with the help of Georges Brantes. Clean copy. Record # 34271
Hardcover. London, U.K., Grafton Books, Reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 260 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with some B&W photography. This book is a biography which presents the life and career of the Irish novelist O'Nolan, including his childhood, his days as a newspaper columnist, his marriage, and his final days. It is rich in background, anecdote, and social history, informing the reader not only about O'Nolan, but also about the country of Ireland in which his lot was cast. Clean copy. Record # 34324
Hardcover. NY, The Viking Press, 3rd print, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 297 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in rough condition, with multiple open tears particularly along the top and bottom. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. Deckled edge. This book will put the great D.H. Lawrence in perspective; it is one of the most vivid portraits of the writer, as written by his wife. Clean copy. Record # 33747
Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 161 pages, hardcover. Covers are in very good condition, despite some minor sunning to the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Includes B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This is a comprehensive book that details the history of helicopter development, from the earliest attempts to create a flying machine that could take off and land vertically, to the modern helicopters of today. Morris explores the many challenges and obstacles that were faced by pioneers in the field, including technical limitations, safety concerns, and financial constraints. Inscription by previous owner on the first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33904
Hardcover. Tijeras, NM, Artemesia Publishing, 1st, 2023, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 249 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is bumped along the top and bottom edges. Blue paper covers are in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in with full-color photography about halfway through. This book is about how a Roy White, a young man from Compton, rose to the highest levels of baseball greatness. White played on the New York Yankees from 1965 through the 1979 season. Considered one of the classiest baseball players ever, this is Roy White's story, but it's also the story of a unique period in baseball history when the Yankees fell from grace, regained their glory, and the country dealt with societal change. Clean copy. Record # 34098
Hardcover. Niwot, CO, The University Press of Colorado, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is lightly bumped along the top edge, but is still in very good condition. Green cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is an intellectual autobiography by the controversial sociology and anthropology professor at the University of Washington. It describes his 1933 birth in the Belgian Congo, youth in Nazi-occupied Belgium, education in the US, and years of field work in Africa and Latin America. Includes family photographs and a generous sprinkling of insights on race relations, social stratification, and age and sex differentiation. Clean copy. Record # 34132
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 432 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book tells the story of the small-town girl who grew up to be the woman behind the microphone, and whose meteoric rise into the spotlight led to a decades-long career full of tragedy and triumph. Through a high-profile marriage and divorce, her dreadful battle with addiction and illness, and the struggle to compete in a rapidly evolving Nashville, Tammy turned a brave smile toward the world and churned out masterful hit songs. This copy has been inscribed by Tammy Wynette on the first front end page. Inscription reads: "To Billy, Love from your favorite country Super Star, Tammy Wynette." Clean copy. Record # 34155
Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 221 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are significantly bumped. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. This is the "warm and real and very human" story of Douglas Corrigan's life, leading up to and including his famous "wrong-way" flight in which he spent 28 hours alone crossing 3,000 miles of ocean, flying in a single-motor secondhand plane. Previous owner's inscription and signature present on front end pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33903
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