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By: de HARTOG, Jan
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Atheneum: 1966
Edition: BCE
Stock No.: 80111
A book club edition of the author's collection of three of his prior works which share the common theme of the seagoing life. One is a memoir, one a novel, and the third a blend of both. --- In blue paper-covered boards with titling in yellow. Jacket features John O'Hara Cosgrave II painting on front and back. --- With gift inscription to front free endpaper, else a clean, firm copy. Bright jacket with chips, tears and creases, protected in removable mylar wrapper.; Oct... View more info
By: De PUY, Henry W.
Price: $16.50
Publisher: New York, Phinney, Blakeman and Mason: 1860
Stock No.: 82458
A rather distressed copy of this profile of the American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen. He, along with his Green Mountain Boys, played a key role in the War in the taking of Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain. --- In full embossed brown cloth-covered boards. Spine titling is not visible, but probably was originally in gilt. --- With soiling and bruising to covers, plenty of foxing to leaves, with inkings and pencilings to be found quite frequently. Despite damages, ... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 1893
Stock No.: 80761
A pair of notable writings by the noted English essayist, edited and with introduction by J. M. Hart. An entry in publisher's "Readings for Students" series. This copy with tissue-protected frontis portrait of the author. --- In full pale yellow cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in maroon on cover and spine. Lacks a dust jacket. --- With penciled notes and underlinings throughout, light soiling to cloth, else an intact, firm copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in... View more info
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By: DeQUINCEY, Thomas (author); PERRY, Bliss (editor)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Doubleday & McClure Co.: 1901
Stock No.: 79443
A 1901 edition in this collection of selected writings by the noted English essayist. Includes selections from his landmark: "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" among others. With black and white frontis portrait of the author, as well as a brief introduction by editor Bliss Perry. An entry in the publisher's "Little Masterpieces" series of noted works in compact size. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in gilt on spine;... View more info
By: Devlin, John C. & Grace Naismith
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Times Books: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 73400
The legendary ornithologist/artist/naturalist's life is examined in this sharp copy. With color plates, photos and illustrations throughout by and about this remarkable man. 1st edition. In full blue cloth-covered boards w/RTP facsimilie signature in gilt on cover; gilt lettering on spine. Interior clean; unmarked. Dust jacket toned at edges & w/creasing; orig. $14.95 flap price intact. ; 0.8 x 9.3 x 5.9 Inches; 266 pages View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 1995
Stock No.: 81439
Second printing of Donald's excellent biography of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. This work is ideal for those desiring a comprehensive but very readable summary of Lincoln's life, in one volume. Includes numerous photos and maps, plus extensive index and source notes. --- In red paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, with titling in silver on spine. Jacket features Wendell Minor illustration on cover, Clive Russ photographic portrait of Donald... View more info
By: DYE, Eva Emery
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co.: 1906
Stock No.: 82561
Stated 6th edition of this biography of Dr. John McLoughlin (1784-1857), Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver and credited with helping pioneer the Oregon Territory. He became known as the "Father of Oregon". With frontis photographic portrait of Dr. McLoughlin. --- In tan cloth-covered boards with titling in red to cover, decorations to cover in navy; gilt-stamped spine titling & top edge gilt. Volume has no dust jacket. --- Front hinge is ... View more info
By: EDEL, Leon
Price: $293.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company: 1953-1972
Stock No.: 81225
A complete set of Leon Edel's comprehensive five-volume biography of Henry James (1843-1916), the prolific American-born novelist, playwright and critic who became a British citizen in 1915. Mr. Edel drew on unpublished letters of James, who was granted access by the James family. Each volume with black & white frontis portrait of James at varying times in his life; as well as several other b&w illustrations scattered throught the volumes. Vol. 1 is a 4th printing, 2 and... View more info
By: ELLIS, Joseph J.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2004
Edition: BCE
Stock No.: 80852
A clean, bright full-sized book club edition of the author's acclaimed biography of the American founding father George Washington. Includes a section of photo plates on both sides of 4 leaves. --- In full black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling; housed in jacket with Gilbert Stuart painting of Washington on cover. --- A clean, bright, firm copy. Dust jacket with very slight chafing to edges, else newish and bright.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xiv... View more info
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By: EVERHART, Bill
Price: $25.50
Publisher: Urbana, University of Illinois Press: 1998
Stock No.: 82254
A memoir by Bill Everhart of his experiences as ranger and park historian at Yellowstone National Park. A substantial portion of this work is concerned with the devastating wild fires that hit the park in 1988. This copy inscribed and signed by George Hartzog, Jr., former director of the National Park Service. --- This softcover edition features a photo of a ranger lowering the flag on cover. --- A clean, tight, bright copy lacking apparent damages.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. ... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: White Bear Lake, Minnesota, BHF Memories Unlimited: 1990
Inscription: Signed by Author
Stock No.: 74329
Signed by author on first page. With illustrations by Nancy Delage Huber. Stated Fifth Printing, 1990. 'A collection of heartwarming stories from individuals who experienced the one-room school...'. A nice copy; with inked gift remarks on half title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 97 pages View more info
By: FARRIS, Christine King (author); SOENTPIET, Chris (illustrations)
Price: $10.50
Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers: 2003
Stock No.: 77608
First edition. A biography of Dr. King, told from the point of view of his sister, Christine. With illustrations throughout. Written for the younger reader. --- A bright, clean, unmarked copy in similar jacket. Jacket with minor creasing and scratches. ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; (40) pages View more info
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Hopewell, New Jersey, The Ecco Press: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82118
Stated first Ecco edition with full number line. An biography of the great Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin (1799-1837). Pushkin was revered in Russia for his poetry but also enjoyed dueling, the final one of which resulted in his death. Includes a section of black & white illustrations. --- In burgundy paper-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine. Dust jacket features painted portrait of Pushkin by Orest Adamovich Kiprensky. --- With remainder mark to lower ... View more info
By: FENN, Forrest
Price: $257.50
Publisher: Santa Fe, New Mexico, Fenn Publishing Co.: 1983
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Stock No.: 81082
A biography and presentation of the art of Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), a noted painter who was based in Taos, New Mexico. Establishing a studio in Taos in 1909, Mr. Sharp was one of the earliest artists to take residence there, and was a founding member of the Taos Society of Artists. This work includes 212 portraits of Indians, his chief area of interest. Also included are landscapes and still-lifes. --- Stated First Printing, inscribed and signed by the author. ---... View more info
By: FERREN, John M.
Price: $23.50
Publisher: Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 79107
First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. The author, a senior judge on the D.C. Court of Appeals, has compiled this comprehensive biography of Wiley Rutledge, the Coloradoan who served as an associate justice of the U. S. Supreme Court from 1943 to 1949. With numerous black & white plates depicting people and events from his life. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features colorized portrait of Ju... View more info
By: Ferril, Thomas Hornsby; Folsom, Anne Ferril
Price: $12.75
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1946
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 71449
Popular author of the mid-20th century's musings on life in a good copy. In full black cloth covers with bright orange artwork and lettering, front & spine. DJ chipped at edges & spine faded, in removable mylar protector; bears orig $2.50 flap price. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 233 pages View more info
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By: FIELD, Stephen J.; GORHAM, George C.
Price: $44.50
Publisher: New York, Da Capo Press: 1968
Stock No.: 80851
A modern, unabridged reprint edition of the author's original 1893 work, detailing his experiences in San Francisco at the height of the Gold Rush in 1849. Includes a reproduction of the original title page, as well as a later account by George C. Gorham of Field's attemped assassination once he became an Associate Justice on the U. S. Supreme Court. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped cover and spine titling; housed in tan and red dust jacket. --- Th... View more info
By: FIELDS, Wayne
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Poseidon Press: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81261
First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. In this memoir, the author considers aspects of his life at middle age from the perspective of a fisherman on a river in the Upper Penisula of Michigan. --- In textured light green paper-covered boards backed in darker green cloth, and titling in gilt on spine. Jacket back flap features black & white photographic portrait of the author by Frank W. Bliss. --- With slightly toned cover edges, else a cle... View more info
Price: $34.00
Publisher: New York, Reader's Digest/Harry N. Abrams: 1976
Stock No.: 77760
Attractively produced volume provides the life story and showcases the artwork of Norman Rockwell with over 659 illustrations, 129 in full color (many of which fold out). Included are numerous photos of the artist at work and in his everyday life. Also provided are dozens of examples of his artwork. This Reader's Digest edition followed the 1975 publication of this work by Harry N. Abrams. --- Painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) became famous for his Satu... View more info
By: FINERTY, John F.; QUAIFE, Milo Milton (editor)
Price: $37.50
Publisher: Chicago, Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company: 1955
Stock No.: 78752
A Lakeside Classic reprint, presenting the account by John F. Finerty of the expedition along the Yellowstone River and south into present-day northeast Wyoming. The purpose of the expedition, led by General George Crook, was to put to an end the Indian raids, and included the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. --- Includes a couple of maps of the area, a frontis photo of General Crook, 8 additional photos and a facsimile of the original title pa... View more info
By: FISCHER-DIESKAU, Dietrich (author); HEIN, Ruth (translator
Price: $12.50
Publisher: New York, Fromm International Publishing Corporation: 1989
Edition: First American Edition
Stock No.: 80189
Stated First U.S. Edition. The memoirs of the great German opera singer, who (per the jacket flap) was ". . .the most recorded vocal artist of all time. . . " Translated by Ruth Hein. With a section of black and white plates at mid-volume. Indexed. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features portraits of the author on both front and back. --- A clean, firm copy but with a whiff of sunning to cloth edges. Unclipped jacke... View more info
By: Fisher, Herbert
Price: $18.00
Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 1913
Stock No.: 73234
Attractive, compact volume provides essential biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. In full yellow cloth on board covers w/black decorations & lettering, cover & spine. Interior w/prev. owner's bookplate @ frt. pastedown; otherwise clean and tight. Protected with mylar cover. ; Home University Library of Modern Knowledge; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 256 pages View more info
By: FLEISSNER, O.S.; MENTZ-FLEISSNER, E. (editors, with notes and vocabulary)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.: 1932
Stock No.: 82501
A German language study of the young Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written for the English-speaking student. Includes English language foreword by the editors. With black & white frontis drawing of Goethe, plus photo plates on rectos and versos of 8 leaves depicting people and scenes in Goethe's life. German-English vocabulary at rear of volume. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with silhouette of Goethe to cover in gilt and gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume has no dust ja... View more info
By: FORD, Alice
Price: $15.50
Publisher: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press: 1964
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78869
Stated first edition, copyright page. A biography of the noted naturalist and painter. Includes numerous b&w plates, showing both Audubon's famous bird and wildlife paintings, as well as portraits by Mr. Audubon and others. Color frontis illustration of Great Blue Heron. --- In full beige cloth-covered boards w/titling in gilt on black spine block; binder's blue topstain. Lacks the dust jacket. --- Top edge has been exposed to dampness resulting in waterspotting, but thi... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New Haven, Yale University Press: 1918
Stock No.: 81132
A biography of George Washington, with profiles of other early American founders and leaders including Robert Morris, General Henry Knox, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. With tissue-protected, captioned images of these leading figures and other aspects of Washington's life. (One page, supposed to display an autographed letter by Washington, is blank.) Entry #14 in publisher's Abraham Lincoln edition of "The Chronicles of America Series", edit... View more info
By: FOTHERGILL, John
Price: $16.00
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2000
Stock No.: 82476
It might be said about John Fothergill that he made a better writer than an innkeeper; nevertheless, this, his first of three memoirs about his experiences as an innkeeper, was a huge success when first published in 1931. This deluxe reprint copy illustrated by Peter Bailey and with an introduction by Craig Brown (as well as the original intro. by Mr. Fothergill). --- In patterned yellow paper-covered boards, backed by dark green cloth. Lacks the slipcase. --- A bright, ... View more info
By: FOWLER, Gene
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, The Viking Press: 1946
Stock No.: 78287
Stated Third Printing, May 1946. Author's memoir of his rough Denver childhood and his "quest for a father". --- In full blue cloth-covered boards w/titling gilt-stamped on cover and spine. Jacket w/through-a-knothole view of the Rockies on cover. --- With inked gift inscription and previous owner's sticker on front endpapers. Dust jacket bears original $3.00 flap price, has chafing to edges and a little spine sunning; is otherwise in good shape.; 8vo 8" - 9... View more info
By: FOWLER, Jacob; COUES, Elliott (editor)
Price: $111.00
Publisher: New York, Francis P. Harper: 1898
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82406
Number 491 of a limited edition of 950 copies. The author followed the Arkansas River toward the Rocky Mountains, traversing several present-day American states in his quest to find the headwaters of the Rio Grande. With a facsimile of his journal at frontis. Fowler was the: "First American traveler over much of the route." (Howes F.298). Edited, with notes, by Elliott Coues. An entry in publisher's American Explorers series. --- Bound in full dark blue cloth-cov... View more info
By: FRANCIS, Claude; GONTIER, Fernande
Price: $12.50
Publisher: New York, St. Martins Press: 1987
Stock No.: 74369
First US edition, first printing. Translated from the French by Lisa Nesselson. Includes a section of photos. With bold gift inscription on front free endpaper; otherwise a bright, clean copy. Priceclipped jacket otherwise in nice shape. An attractive biography of the famed French feminist intellectual. ; 8vo 8" - 10" tall; 412 pages View more info
By: FRANK, Anne
Price: $49.00
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1965]
Stock No.: 81155
Anne Frank's World War II diary described the plight of her Jewish family and herself as they hid from the occupying Nazis in Amsterdam before they were caught and taken to a concentration camp. Many in the outside world learned of the plight of holocaust victims through this work. Translated from the Dutch by B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday and with an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt. --- In Toledano spine 15 / brown paper-covered boards / minimalist gilt-stamped spine titli... View more info
Price: $17.50
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1956]
Stock No.: 79986
A Modern Library edition offering one of the world's most famous autobiographies, which explores the rich diversity that was the life of Mr. Franklin. Also included are other Franklin writings, such as selections from his "Poor Richard's Almanack". With an introduction by Henry Steele Commager. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i / verso advertises 376 titles in ML c... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1951
Stock No.: 81730
American founding father Benjamin Franklin's famous autobiography in a handsome reprint hardcover in slipcase. With drawings by William Sharp and an introduction by Carl Van Doren. --- In green/blue/yellow marbled paper-covered hardcovers backed in pale yellow cloth, w/titling and decorations gilt-stamped on navy spine block. All textblock edges stained in maroon. Sandglass flyer laid in (No. XVII: 15, New York). Volume protected in maroon paper-covered slipcase. --- A c... View more info
![Image for Little Masterpieces: Benjamin Franklin [Selections from his writings]](/assets/images/product/79438.jpg)
By: FRANKLIN, Benjamin (author); PERRY, Bliss (editor)
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, Doubleday & McClure Co.: 1901
Stock No.: 79438
A 1901 edition in this collection of principal writings by American founding father Benjamin Franklin. Includes selections from his famous Autobiography, plus other writings. With tissue-guarded black and white frontis portrait of the author, as well as a brief introduction by editor Bliss Perry. An entry in the publisher's "Little Masterpieces" series of noted works in compact size. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in gilt on spi... View more info
By: FRANKLIN, Benjamin; WOOLMAN, John; PENN, William; ELIOT, Charles W. (editor)
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, P. F. Collier & Son: 1909
Stock No.: 80694
A selection of memoirs by notable American writers, led by the famous Autobiography of Franklin. Also included are the recollections of the Quaker anti-slavery adherent John Woolman and the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn. The first entry in The Five-Foot Shelf of Books series, "The Harvard Classics", edited by Charles W. Eliot, who supplies an introduction and notes. With sepia frontis illustration of a London printing press used by Franklin. --- In dark r... View more info
By: FULLER, Thomas
Price: $12.50
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1987
Stock No.: 76907
Mr. Fuller's work was first published in 1662. In this modern work, edited and introduced by Richard Barber, the reader can tour the counties and cities of England. With information about authors and other famous people from the places visited. Illustrated throughout. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with coat of arms stamped in gilt on cover; gilt-stamped decorations and titling on spine. In grey paper-covered slipcase. --- With production flaw on pg. 389 (only a ... View more info
By: GANN, Ernest K.
Price: $129.00
Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: [c.1970s-80s]
Stock No.: 82000
12th printing of Ernest K. Gann's much-admired memoir of his experiences in the early days of commericial and military aviation in the 1930s to the 1950s. This work takes the form of individual vignettes that read like a novel and mostly notes events during, shortly before or shortly after an air flight. --- In full textured brown and lavender paper-covered boards, with spine titling in white. Volume bears original 1961 publication date, but possibly published c.1970s-... View more info
By: GARDNER, John
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1977
Stock No.: 74360
Book club edition. With illustrations (called 'ornaments') by J. Wolf. In full maroon cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt on cover and spine; publisher's blue topstain. Stated Fourth Printing, July 1977. Interior of volume clean, bright and unmarked. Jacket in faux parchment with brightly colored illustrations; light chafing at spine ends. A biography of Geoffrey Chaucer by the famed novelist, who is well known for his 'Wreckage of Agathon' and 'Nickel Mountain', a... View more info
By: GAUGUIN, Paul; GUERIN, Daniel (editor)
Price: $11.50
Publisher: New York, The Viking Press: 1978
Edition: BCE
Stock No.: 74086
Book club edition. In tan leatherette and orange paper-covered boards, with lettering in black on spine. Interior clean, bright and firm. Dust jacket has tears and chafing at extremities, with lightly sunned spine. The famous French painter was also quite the writer; this volume includes '...collection of his letters, articles, books and journals...'. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages View more info
By: GERONIMO; BARRETT, S. M. & TURNER III, Frederick W. (editors)
Price: $16.00
Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.: 1970
Stock No.: 82070
The life story of Geronimo, chief of the Apaches, is told in his own words. The book was written by the original editor, S. M. Barrett, who transcribed the words of Geronimo after translation by Geronimo's second cousin Asa Daklugie. This work further edited by Frederick W. Turner III, who also provides a lengthy introduction. With numerous black & white illustrations. --- In red-brown paper-covered boards backed in rust cloth with titling in gilt to spine. Volume lacks ... View more info
By: GIBRAN, Kahlil
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, The Citadel Press: 1969
Stock No.: 80484
Stated Third "paperbound" Edition, 1969. The story of the life of poet Kahlil Gibran is told by means of sharing his letters to various correspondents from 1904 to 1930. Edited and with a translation into English from the Arabic and a biographical preface by Anthony R. Ferris. --- In brown paper-covered hardcovers with spine titling in dark brown. Jacket bears a night-time illustration of sheep resting under a crescent moon. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy lac... View more info
