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198945550Charlotte NC: Mint Museum of Art. Fine. 1989. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Softcover. An attractive first edition/fourth printing Museum Exhibition Programme and Catalogue in Fine condition with minor edgewear without dust-jacket as issued; Ramesses III better known as Ramesses the Great was the fifth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1279 BC to 1213 BC and his reign is considered the golden age of ancient Egyptian civilization. His rule is noted for its great military successes including his famous victory over the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh. Ramesses III was also a great builder constructing many of the most famous monuments in Egypt including the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Temple of Karnak.; Color Photographs; 4to ; 215 pages . Mint Museum of Art paperback
196041188New York: Coward-McCann 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Illustrations pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear and faintly sunned spine. First edition tight and nice of this standard title -- and bearing choice autograph addition: Tipped opposite half-title page is a Typed Note Signed from Freeman 1p 8½" X 11" New York NY 8 January 1965. Addressed to noted Lincoln scholar Arnold F. Gates 1914-93. Near fine. Original folds. Freeman writes this long-time officer of the New York Civil War Round Table to tender his resignation "not because of any lack of interest but because I found myself involved in other matters which demand my time. I do not expect my pattern of living to change in the near future." Large full signature in blue fountain pen. Coward-McCann hardcover
1970BOOKS110772INew York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fine copies in fine dust jackets. 1970. BOMC ed. hardcover. 8vo 2395 pp. . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
198328811Marilyn Baker Froman. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. 11"; 91 pages; Signed by Author . Marilyn Baker Froman paperback
200156519<p>Self Published. Very Good; Covers lightly worn. 2001. Softcover. Well-documented geneaology of the Frost family of Kingston and New York City. Many photos including some in color. Black cloth spine with clear plastic front cover and black paper rear cover. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .</p> Self Published paperback
197638665Seattle: Superior Publishing Company 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with red lettering pictorial dust jacket. 336pp. Frontispiece numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear. Tight 'n' bright first edition of this heavily-illustrated biography of Elizabeth Bacon Custer. Front pastedown bears bookplate of the noted founder of Chicago's Abrham Lincoln Bookshop Ralph Geoffrey Newman 1912-98 -- actually it's his 4" X 2½" membership card for the Chicago Corral of The Westerners signed by that organization's sheriff. Superior Publishing Company hardcover
189057699New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn front hinge cracked. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown boards titled in gilt. Floral patterned endpapers. Index. The Unitarian minister and abolitionist author writes of his father's work as the long-time Unitarian minister of the First Church of Boston and various controversies among the types of Unitarianism. Inscribed by the author's brother on the front flyleaf: Edward Frothingham from his brother. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
199414171<p>Johannnesburg South Africa: Witwatersrand University Press 1994. First edition / First printing. Teal paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket with light wear around the extremities.</p> Witwatersrand University Press, hardcover
197451232New York And London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. c1974. Cloth Spine. 0156543001 . An edition with some page edge and cloth spine soiling otherwise in Fine condition in a Near Fine dust-jacket with minimal soiling and edgewear ; In this beautiful book Gadd captures the personalities and loves of the Bloomsbury Group. From artists and intellectuals to politicians and socialites he captures their playful antics deep connections and unique creative endeavors. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and culture of the Bloomsbury Group.; 8vo ; 210 pages . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
20171125559488Beaupre Quebec : Galerie d art Mont-Sainte-Anne 2017. Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pictorial paper 317 pages : illustrations principalement en couleur ; 31 cm. Galerie d art Mont-Sainte-Anne, Paperback
20121125558535Victoria BC: FriesenPress 2012. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. pictorial paper195 pages illustratedThis is a unique book about an old man who was able to successfully adopt a novel conditioning and nutrition plan for young Standardbred race horses where others who subsequently tried would fail. Melding human conditioning techniques with horse sense enabled him to dominate the racing scene against long odds not the least of which were: old age poor track conditions failing eyesight amateur driver and inexperienced ferrier. Knowledge that he imparted enabled the author to resurrect young horses rejected from the better stables in South Western Ontario and it is a testament to this old man's methods that over a nine year period not one horse claimed from this stable went on to greater achievement.Very Scarce. FriesenPress Paperback
191453514London: William Heinemann. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine faded boards lightly worn. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Royal blue cloth titled in gilt. Introduction by Viscount Bryce. xv 316pp illustrations. Armorial Gallatin bookplate on front pastedown. Inscribed by the author the grandson of James Gallatin to his cousin J. J. Reubell on front free endpaper. Albert Gallatin was Treasury Secretary under Presidents Jefferson and Madison and helped secure the Treaty of Ghent to end the War of 1812. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . William Heinemann hardcover
199970194New York: CLB. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Paperback. 1858334144 . Fine edition in Near Fine dustjacket with some mild wear; This book is an illustrated history of classical composers from antiquity to the present day. It includes portraits biographical information and music examples.; Color Illustrations; 208 pages . CLB paperback
199601027543New York: Vantage Press 1996. Author's inscription on half-title page. Signed by Author. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/DJ Fine flyleaf corner Crease. Octavo. Vantage Press Hardcover
2008185168New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Larger 8vo. unpaginated ""Hackett takes us on a grand tour of an appealing world of Bentleys polobicycles and picnics and sussex spaniels top hats and bespoke luggage"" Thames & Hudson Ltd hardcover
1958003843Lexington: University of Kentucky Press 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good-. 8vo. x 4 194 pp. Bound in full black cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Two black and white plates. Includes glossary and index. Very Good age-toning to pages 2" piece missing from the top of the petition depicted on plate facing page 162 binding solid in Very Good- dust jacket with three 1/2" tears chipping creasing and wear. <br/><br/> University of Kentucky Press hardcover
198060049New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. A sturdy Book Club edition in Near Fine condition with slightly bumped head and tail light rubbing to top edges of front and back boards light water staining to first twenty leaves give or take in alike dust jacket exibiting chipping at head and tail of and at creases of all panels and creasing and rubbing at same; The inside story of the German Enigma codes and how US and British code-breakers cracked them. An interest episode in World War II history ; Book Club Edition; B&W Illustrations and Photographs; 8vo; 268 pages . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
199145728New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; Eighth Printing. 1/2 Cloth. 0393024040 . An eye catching first edition/Eighth printing in Near Fine condition with minor soiling to front board and lightly soiled top edge in Very Good dust jacket with light edgewear and price tag to spine; J. Edgar Hoover was the head of the FBI from 1924 to 1972. He is best known for his work during the McCarthy era and for his role in investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This book tells Hoover's story from his early days as a detective to his role in the FBI and the Cold War.; 846 pages . W. W. Norton & Company hardcover
19990021363Baltimore Maryland: Clearfield Company 1999. Reprint. . Paperback. New. As New. Reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing for Clearfield Company from the author's revisedand corrected 1926 publication with an added index. Family histories and an area map. 463 pages. As new; never read. No creasing to laminated paper cover clean bright and tight exterior and interior. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BASB <br/> <br/> Clearfield Company paperback
19980144031998. Softcover. 70 one-sided pages. "Limited Edition". Front cover lightly creased otherwise a bright clean copy. . Very Good. 8vo. paperback
195315412New York: Dover Publications Inc. Very Good-. c1953. Softcover. A Very Good softcover. Cover is white black and pink and shows only Houdini's eyes. Cost of $1.25 printed on upper right corner. Rubbing to edges of cover with limited soiling. Prior owner stamp along page edges. Text is clean and tight; This book is a collection of essays about the life and work of Harry Houdini. The essays are written by experts in the fields of magic history and biography. The book is divided into four sections: Houdini's Life Houdini's Art Houdini's Legacy and Appendix: The Houdini Papers.; B&W Illustrations and Photographs; 8vo; FSA . Dover Publications, Inc. paperback
192443049Boston New York Chicago London: D. C. Heath and Company. Good. c1924. Hardcover. Good condition with tight and clean text some pencil underlining throughout and general wear and aging to the boards; Translated from the French by Ernest F. Row. Revised to reflect changes since the original edition first published in 1883 and again in 1921; 8vo; 555 pages; FSA . D. C. Heath and Company hardcover
197846276New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. c1978. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0312439423 . A bright first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with soiled edges and bumped corners in alike dust-jacket with edgewear and large chip to upper spine; Jack Kerouac's life and work are well-known but until now there has never been an oral biography of the writer. Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee have spent the past several years interviewing friends family and colleagues of Kerouac to create this definitive account of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.; 8vo; x 339 1 pages . St. Martin's Press hardcover
185547123London: David Bogue. Good. 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Tow volumes in stamped green cloth; volume 1 has top half of spine partially torn tape at the hinges and small stain to rear endpaper and stain to top corner of frontispiece page extending slightly into the etching of Etty; cloth on both shows wear to extremities; "withdrawn" stamp and two page references to endpapers; text unmarked and clean. 367 pp 343 pp. The frontispiece on page one is signed "yours ever truly Wm Etty" in lower corner. ; Signed by Author . David Bogue hardcover
198945738Toronto Canada: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0195407059 . An elegant first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust jacket with minor edgewear; Mazo de la Roche: The Hidden Life is the story of one of the most enigmatic and fascinating women in history - Mazo de la Roche. Born in 1519 in Provence France de la Roche was a brilliant mathematician astronomer and physicist who made significant contributions to the fields of optics navigation and cartography. But Mazo's life was far from ordinary. She was a spy for the French crown and is credited with helping to map much of North America. In addition de la Roche was a gifted artist and musician who composed music for the royal court and composed a number of religious works. Givner reveals de la Roche's fascinating hidden life in a compelling and readable account.; 8vo; 273 pages; FSA . Oxford University Press hardcover