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197520220743Glendale CA: Arthur H. Clarke Company 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. plates map. 8vo 401pp. red cloth; cream dj with three nicks at head of spine <br/><br/>American Trails Series X. Foreword by Ray Allen Billington. "Diary exceptional on its own account for the thoroughness of overland coverage penetrating observations of human character and trail geography and a felicitous literary style. It becomes a classic through interpolations of grandson Bruce who spent twenty-four seasons retracing every foot of Byron's route - Mattes 894." Illustrated with 38 images mostly photographic supplied by the grandson and a map. This well-done book is engrossing - Mintz THE TRAIL 321. Not in Wagner-Camp or Cowan. Arthur H. Clarke Company hardcover
198801034350St. Louis: The Sporting News 1988. No. 323 of the 1758-copy "Signature Edition" signed by McLain ffep. Publisher's certificate and original ad for this edition laid in. Signed by Author. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Large Octavo. The Sporting News Hardcover
1937012656Biographical Society of Canada Limited 1937 Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall;. Title continues:"In the Religious Educational Political Professional Commercial and Social Activities of the Province." Prominent People of the Past. Prominent People of New Brunswick. Index. 261 pp. Biographical Society of Canada, Limited hardcover
20161125558117Vancouver: Midtown Press 2016. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed Presentation Copy. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paperback285 pages : illustrations portraitsbibliography index signed on title with 3 line ink inscription to former owner. Midtown Press Paperback
199041689New York: Oxford University Press 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth spine and tan paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. xiii 173pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition tight and pristine of this well-received study of the noted Pulitzer Prize-winning historian born 1936 who signs and inscribes the half-title large and bold in black ballpoint in the year of publication: "To. / Best Wishes on / Lincoln's 182nd / Birthday from / James McPherson." A choice unusual copy. Oxford University Press hardcover
199050674New York: Oxford University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 019505542x . First edition/first printing in about Fine condition in a Near Fine slightly soiled dust-jacket. Sticker with previous owner's name on paste down; Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution tells the story of the president and his administration as they led the United States through a tumultuous period of civil war and Reconstruction. It is a narrative of great men and great events of moral courage and physical endurance of political genius and military genius. It is the story of a revolution not only in America but throughout the world.; 8vo; 173 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
194851214Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with bumped corners in a slightly clipped Good dust-jacket with soiling edgewear chipping and tearing. There is a George R. Petersen Lincolniana book plate on the upper left hand corner of the front pastedown; This book is a history of the Lincoln Papers a collection of papers that were donated to the Library of Congress by James Buchanan in 1857. The papers date from the time Lincoln was in office from April 1861 to July 1861. The book contains selections from the papers that date from April 1861 to July 1861 and it tells the story of Lincoln's presidency and the Civil War.; Vol. 1; 8vo ; 332 pages; 51216: two volume set . Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
194851215Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company Inc. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with little soiling in a slightly clipped Very Good dust-jacket with minimal soiling and edgewear. There is a George R. Petersen Lincolniana book plate on the upper left hand corner of the front pastedown; The Lincoln Papers: The Story of the Collection with Selections to July 4 1861 is a book about the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's collection of documents from July 4 1861 to 1865. This book includes selections from documents that are part of the library's collection as well as images of some of the documents that are part of the collection. The book is written by David C. Mearns and is published by the University of Nebraska Press.; Vol. 2; 8vo ; 333-681 pages; 51216: two volume set . Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
19955728Ely Cambridgeshire United Kingdom: Melrose Press Limited. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0948875860 . Book is clean and tight the top of spine is a little bumped. In all other ways looks like it has just come out of the box. Has three sections: Dedications - with short biographies and photos; Biographies; and Honors List. . Melrose Press, Limited hardcover
19163813Mentor Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1916. Hardcover. This is a hard bound copy of 12 issues of magazine some illustrations are in color. This is not x-library does have a binder's stamp on inside back cover. Does smell a bit musty. Subjects of issues are as follows: Esther Singleton - China and Pottery of our Forefathers Albert Bushnell Hart - The Story of the American Railroad Dr. W. J. Holland - Butterflies Dean C. Worcester - Philippine Islands John C. Van Dyke - Great Galleries of the World The Louvre; Hamilton W. Mabie - William Makepeace Thackery Dwight L. Elmendorf - Grand Canyon of Arizona; Aymar Embury II - Architecture in American Country Homes; Albert Bushnell Hart - The Story of the Danube; Gustav Kobbe - Animals in Art; Dwight L. Elmendorf - The Holy Land; Hamilton W. Mabie - John Milton; . Mentor Association hardcover
27853New York: Carlton House / Random House. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. N.D. Reprint. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth spines in five compartments separated by gilt borders gilt lettering in two compartments on green panels gilt tooling in remainder green and gilt medallions on covers top edges green red endpapers. Translated from the original Russian by Bernard Guilbert Guerney. nd c. 1950s. This book is a historical novel and is filled with historical and semi-historical information. It is the Second of a historical Trilogy of which the first volume dealing with the times of the Emperor Julian was "The Death of the Gods" published in 1895. The present story of the Italian Renaissance has been published in Russia as "The Resurrection of the Gods"; in France under the title "The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci" was originally published in 1900. The final novel of the trilogy "Peter and Alexis" was published in 1904. This translation direct from the Russian is the only one in the English language authorized by the Author. Carleton House was an imprint of Random House publisher of the Modern Library. Carlton House was established in the fall of 1936. Titles are uniformly from the Modern Library and use the Modern Library printing plates. Spines rubbed and moderately worn at heads and heels small closed tear of cloth at exterior hinge of volume two else near fine; unmarked tight square and clean. VERY GOOD. . World's Great Novels Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. iv 336; iv 337-637 pp . Carlton House / Random House hardcover
198060053New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0394411757 . A solid first edition / third printing in Near Fine condition with minor soiling to edges and bumped head and tail in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear; The Westward Movement refers to the migration of people and culture from the eastern United States to the western United States. The movement began in the late 18th century and lasted until the early 20th century. The Westward Movement was a result of several factors including the growth of the United States the availability of land and the desire of people to find a new life. The Westward Movement changed the way people lived worked and played.; B & W Illustrations; 8vo . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1933BIO2244Morrisburg ON: The Leader Publishing Company. Very Good-. 1933. Card Covers. 61 pp. Frontis. Edgewear corners rubbed. Stapled binding. Light spots to covers. The life of this famous Eastern Ontario doctor. Noted for his treatment for arthritis by the manual manipulation of the feet or hands his practice drew thousands of people to his small Ontario village in the 20's and 30's. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . The Leader Publishing Company unknown
192110091Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1921. Hardcover. Brown cloth cover is clean and has very minimal wear spine slightly darkened but gilt lettering still clear. Binding sound Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Pages clean and unmarked. There is a small stain on top edge. Lacking dust jacket. ; Interesting biography of the co-winner with Ehrlich of the 1908 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on immunity. Includes bibliography of his work. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 297 pages . Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
19078833London: Edward Arnold 1907. Second Printing . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. viii 251 pp. ads index. By the author of A FISHING CATECHISM & A HUNTING CATECHISM. 2nd impression. Red cloth bound hardcover w/black ink stamping to the front & the spine. Shows lt. wear to the corners & head & heel of spine o/w good cond. Lt. spotting of spine. <br/> <br/> Edward Arnold hardcover
198812552NY: Random House 1988- 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 6 x 10 in. Maroon cloth and paper boards. Vols 1 and 3 are first US editions Vol 2 is BCE. Condition is NEAR FINE ; all are like new on all points with no internal markings. DJ's are VERY GOOD ; not price-clipped extremely clean almost no shelf wear. Biography. RGR. NY: Random House hardcover
2008172471Norwalk: Easton Press 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Larger 8vo. pp. 5 320.AEG Full leather silk marker silk end pages Easton Press hardcover
199162972Morningside Bookshop Publishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0890295425 . Stiff square unmarked book in clean navy cloth; in bright crisp dust jacket sunned on spine. Three volumes in one. ; 5.75 X 2.75 X 8.75 inches . Morningside Bookshop (Publishers) hardcover
2013018129New York: Twelve / 12 / Grand Central Publishing 2013. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Uncorrected Proof. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Miles tells the complete story of one of the three most important people of the Beat Generation along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg -- although a legitimate case could be made for there being four such people the last being Joan Vollmer Burroughs's common-law wife whom he shot while attempting drunk and drug-addled to shoot a water tumbler from her head William Tell-style. 712 pages including notes bibliography 20 blank index pages illustrated. Rubbing light edgewear a little smudging crinkled/partially turned top left corner of back cover similar flaws to same area of last hundred pages of so diminishing the further into the book one goes. All in all a pretty good copy that is internally tight and clean. Twelve / 12 / Grand Central Publishing Paperback
19181125559305N.p.: self published 1918. Book. Poor. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. printed paper cover Cover title 101 p. 2 leaves of plates : ill. port. ; 20 cm. "This book contains reminiscences of the experiences of Private Miller a scout and of his battalion the 52nd from the date of entraining at Gresley Park camp until mid-summer of 1917 when the writer was wounded out. He includes rather good descriptions of French warfare at St. Eloi Maple Copse Hooge and Sanctuary Wood"--Description from Canadian Historical Review v.15 1934 p. 453 CONDITION; covers soiled corners turned spine chippedchipping tears with some losses to covers a few interior pages show some soil a reading copy at best of a very rare title. . self published ? Paperback
198742339New York: Grove Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0802100155 . First edition/first printing in Very Good condition with soiled edges in alike dust-jacket with soiling and edgewear. There is a small red spot located on the book's bottom edge approximately one inch from the fore edge; assuming a remainder mark but uncertain due to the mark's unusual placement; Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller tells his life story with humor passion and candor. Beginning with his childhood and continuing through his life and career telling of both sucesses and failures Miller gives colorful portraits of those people who touched his life such as Marilyn Monroe Orson Wells Lucky Luciano Clark Gable Tennessee Williams John F. Kennedy Mikhail Gorbachev and many more; Remainder; B & W Photographs; 8vo; 614 pages; FSA . Grove Press hardcover
198450645Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0852244983 . A lovely first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with little soiling and edgewear in a Very Good dust-jacket with soiling and edgewear; Walter Scott was a Scottish novelist who is best known for his historical novels including Ivanhoe The Bride of Lammermoor and Waverley. Millgate tells the story of Scott's life and work from his early years as a clerk in the banking house of his family to his success as a novelist. She provides a richly detailed account of the making of Scott's novels from the research and planning that went into each project to the complex and often controversial relationships between author and publisher.; 8vo; 223 pages . Edinburgh University Press hardcover
198624501Santa Barbara: Jim Cook. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. 1. Soft Cover. 0936941006 . Signed and inscribed by author on half-title page. Publisher's glossy wraps. Illustrated with B&W photographs and drawings. . Volume shows mild shelf-wear bottom corners of last hundred pages show mild water damage else near fine. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. x 255 pp. Signed by Author . Jim Cook paperback
199928951Chicago IL: McNaughton & Gunn 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 9.5x8.6x1.0in. not issued with a dust jacket limited to 500 copies. <br>Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated with photographs. <br>240pp 2.13lb 9.5x8.6x1.0in McNaughton & Gunn hardcover
199242404New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. 1/3 Cloth. 0679411682 . A first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in a price-clipped Very Good dust-jacket with small open tear on the lower rear edge; Upton Sinclair's race for governor of California and the birth of media politics. 'Author brings to life the raucous 1934 race in a day-by-day narrative rich in detail and anecdote; 8vo; 665 pages; FSA . Random House hardcover
