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Napoleon

By: Fisher, Herbert

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 1913

Seller ID: 73234

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

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
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Der Junge Goethe: Eine Lebens- und Entwicklungsgeschichte aufgebaut auf Dokumenten der Zeit (in German language)

By: FLEISSNER, O.S.; MENTZ-FLEISSNER, E. (editors, with notes and vocabulary)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.: 1932

Seller ID: 82501

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

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 jacket. --- A Good only copy, with tear and creases to cloth at head of spine, general soiling to textblock edges; binding is t...
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John James Audubon

By: FORD, Alice

Price: $15.50

Publisher: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press: 1964

Seller ID: 78869

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

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 this doesn't affect the pages themselves. Prior owner's signatures on a few leaves near the front of the volume; else a bright, ...
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Washington and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of Federalism (Chronicles of America Series Volume 14)

By: FORD, Henry Jones

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New Haven, Yale University Press: 1918

Seller ID: 81132

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

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", edited by Allen Johnson. --- A very attractively produced item, in dark blue cloth-covered boards decorated with Yale's "Lux ...
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An Innkeeper's Diary

By: FOTHERGILL, John

Price: $16.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2000

Seller ID: 82476

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

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, firm, clean copy lacking damages worthy of mention.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xx, 278 pages
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The Journal of George Fox [early Quakers] (Everyman's Library #754)

By: FOX, George; PENNEY, Norman (editor)

Price: $24.00

Publisher: London / New York, Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.: 1948

Seller ID: 83906

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

A 1948 reprint of the 1924 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition offering the text of George Fox's journal. Mr. Fox, "first of the Quakers" kept this journal, which serves as "A remarkable example of religious autobiography. . ." (per Ross, p. 191). The journal was edited by Norman Penney. Includes a character sketch of Fox's life by William Penn, and an introduction by Rufus M. Jones. Everyman's Library catalog no. 754 in their Biography series. --- In Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full pink cloth, gilt-stamped spine titling, Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' in blin...
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The Search for Alexander

By: FOX, Robin Lane

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1980

Seller ID: 83165

ISBN: 0316291080

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Stated first edition. Though Alexander the Great set out from Greece and conquered much of present-day Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Egypt and the Levant, there are many questions about this man, who died at age 32. In this work, the author seeks to answer some of those questions. With numerous color and b&w photos of present-day areas conquered by Alexander and his forces; also with images of sculptures, paintings, manuscripts, drawings and maps (including map of areas conquered to endpapers). --- In full black cloth-covered boards with titling gilt-stamped on spine. Jacke...
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Simone De Beauvoir A Life...a Love Story

By: FRANCIS, Claude; GONTIER, Fernande

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, St. Martins Press: 1987

Seller ID: 74369

ISBN: 0312001894

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

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
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Now printed for the first time from the Manuscript as Franklin wrote it, and including his Preliminary Outline

By: FRANKLIN, Benjamin

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1951

Seller ID: 81730

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

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 clean, unmarked, firm copy but with a little rubbing to spine. Some scuffing and sunning to structurally sound slipcase.; Tall...
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The Life and Times of Chaucer

By: GARDNER, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1977

Seller ID: 74360

ISBN: 0394493176

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

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', among others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328, x pages
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The Life of Charlotte Brontë (Everyman's Library #318)

By: GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Price: $20.50

Publisher: London / New York, Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.: 1910

Seller ID: 82631

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

The famous biography of the noted English novelist Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), probably best known for her cherished "Jane Eyre". The author, herself an accomplished novelist and biographer, is often referred to as "Mrs. Gaskell". With an introduction by May Sinclair. Indexed. An entry in Everyman's Library Biography series, edited by Ernest Rhys. E.L. no. 318. --- In flatback binding style 1, full grey cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, dark topstain and fancy woodc...
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Writings of a Savage

By: GAUGUIN, Paul; GUERIN, Daniel (editor)

Price: $11.50

Publisher: New York, The Viking Press: 1978

Seller ID: 74086

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

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
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The Autobiography of Edward Gibbon (Everyman's Library #511)

By: GIBBON, Edward; SMEATON, Oliphant (editor)

Price: $24.50

Publisher: London / New York, Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.: [c.1911]

Seller ID: 83888

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

The autobiography of English historian Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) in a compact Everyman's Library edition. This highly-regarded work was edited and completed from correspondence by Gibbon's close associate, Lord Sheffield. Mr. Gibbon is best known for his monumental "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". Further edited and with an introduction by Oliphant Smeaton. Number 511 in Everyman's Library catalog in their Biography series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In flatback binding style 1, full grey cloth-covered boards with Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling &...
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Kahlil Gibran: His Life and World

By: GIBRAN, Jean; GIBRAN, Kahlil

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Boston, New York Graphic Society: 1974

Seller ID: 83167

ISBN: 0821205102

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

A stated first printing of this biography of the Lebanese-American poet, writer and artist Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931). This work describes his life in the United States, to which he emigrated as a youth, as well as his relationship with his mentor, Mary Elizabeth Haskell. The co-author of this work, Kahlil Gibran (along with Jean Gibran), was a cousin to the subject. With 100 black & white illustrations which include photos of scenes from Gibran's life, as well as images of his artwork. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with titling in black to cover and spine. Jacket features photographic p...
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Kahlil Gibran: A Self-Portrait

By: GIBRAN, Kahlil

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, The Citadel Press: 1969

Seller ID: 80484

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

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 lacking damages. Jacket with slightly sunned spine, retailer's sticker to flap, else nice and in old-style, removable Bro-dart p...
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Kahlil Gibran: A Self-Portrait

By: GIBRAN, Kahlil

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The Citadel Press: 1959

Seller ID: 81401

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

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 decorative tan and red paper-covered boards backed in black cloth and with red topstain; spine titling in gilt. Jacket bears a photographic portrait of Gibran on cover. --- With inked gift inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise a clean, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket with creases to flaps, else nice and in old-style, removable Bro-dart protector...
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Anthony Trollope

By: GLENDINNING, Victoria

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1993

Seller ID: 78793

ISBN: 0394582683

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Stated First American Edition, copyright page. A comprehensive biography of the prolific Anthony Trollope by the noted literary biographer. Includes numerous b&w photos. --- In tan paper-covered boards backed in ivory cloth. --- With inkings to front endpapers, and touch of soiling to textblock fore-edge; else a bright, firm copy in similar, unclipped dust jacket. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xxiii, 551 pages
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Paris to the Moon

By: GOPNIK, Adam

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, Random House: 2000

Seller ID: 74208

ISBN: 0679444920

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

5th printing. In off-white covers with titling in gilt on spine. Interior with gift remarks, front free endpaper; otherwise a clean, bright copy. Dust jacket is in great shape, bears orig. $24.95 flap price. A series of essays by New Yorker staff writer, who, with his young family, moved to Paris. ; 8vo 8" - 10" tall; 338 pages
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The Story of One Hundred Symphonic Favorites

By: GRABBE, Paul

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1940

Seller ID: 80224

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

A compact volume presenting a brief sketch of the composer and tidbits about the writing of 100 cherished symphonic works, each with a Guide to Listening. Indexed. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with titling gilt-stamped on cover and spine. No particular edition number was observed. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With a whitish discolored spot and prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, else a sound, clean copy.; 24mo (5 to 6 in. tall); xx, 300 pages
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The Rest of the Story: The odyssey of a modern woman

By: GRAHAM, Sheilah

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Coward-McCann, Inc.: 1964

Seller ID: 75747

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Good dust jacket

Hollywood insider's second memoir. With a section of b&w plates. Likely first edition. Clean and unmarked but with some fading to cover edges. Jacket with some bleeding from cover cloth, a few chips and tears; orig. $4.95 flap price intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317 pages
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Less Than a Treason: Hemingway in Paris

By: GRIFFIN, Peter

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1990

Seller ID: 77184

ISBN: 019505332X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. In this work, Mr. Griffin examines the life of Hemingway in Paris, along with his wife Hadley and follows his earlier Hemingway work: 'Along With Youth'. The title is a reference to an included Robert Frost poem bemoaning the loss of a love. Includes a section of b&w photos. With endnotes and index. --- In light blue quarter cloth over light blue paper-covered boards; titling on spine in black. Jacket with Helen Breaker photo of Hemingway on front. --- Near Fine copy: clean, bright and unmarked but with foxing to top edge...
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The 1961 Brand Book of the Denver Posse of the Westerners (No. 55 of limited "Posse Edition" of 61 copies)

By: GRISWOLD, Don L. (editor)

Price: $31.00

Publisher: Denver, Colorado / Boulder, Colorado, Denver Posse of the Westerners / Johnson Publishing Company: 1962

Seller ID: 81665

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Number 55 of 61 in this limited "Posse Edition". The 17th in the series of "Brand Books", as issued by the Denver Posse of The Westerners group. These books consist of historical vignettes, biographical profiles and other historical stories from somewhere in the American West. This 1961 version includes stories about Colorado newspapers and their publishers, a history of the fires that devastated Cripple Creek, and descriptions of Indians in the West; among other topics. The stories are accompanied by lots of black & white photos, maps and drawings with artwork by Robert B. Cor...
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Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians in Five Volumes: Plus American Supplement, Vol. 6

By: GROVE, Sir George; MAITLAND, J. A. Fuller (editor)

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Theodore Presser Company: 1922

Seller ID: 83060

Binding: Hardcover

A revised edition of the famous, hefty guide to classical music and musicians, first published in serial form beginning in 1878. This five-volume set comes with a sixth volume, an American Supplement to the series. The set is edited by J. A. Fuller Maitland, and includes many full-page illustrations of noted musicians, as well as musical notations for various works. --- All volumes in full red cloth-covered boards, with gilt-stamped spine titling and image of lyre in blind to each cover. --- The volumes are generally in Good condition, except for vol. 5 (T-Z), which has a split binding at mid-...
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Norman Rockwell Illustrator

By: GUPTILL, Arthur L.

Price: $16.50

Publisher: New York, Watson-Guptill Publications: 1972

Seller ID: 76871

ISBN: 0070252130

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Stated Seventh Printing, 1972. A wide-ranging depiction of both the life of the great painter, and some of his artwork. With a preface by Dorothy Canfield Fisher and an introduction by Jack Alexander. With 437 illustrations (43 in color), plus 250 Saturday Evening Post covers in black & white. The author takes an 'over-the-shoulder' look at Rockwell's life, and his techniques. --- Volume in full navy cloth-covered boards titling gilt-stamped on cover and spine, and w/Mr. Rockwell's distinctive 'NR' gilt-stamped on cover. Jacket with famous Rockwell paintings on front and back. Original $17.50...
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Heinrich Schütz: Eine Schilderung seines Lebens und Wirkens (Life and Work of Heinrich Schütz, in German language)

By: HAACKE, Walter

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Königstein im Taunus: 1960

Seller ID: 82608

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

A German-language biography of Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), the German composer who has been compared to, and preceded, Johann Sebastian Bach. With several black & white plates depicting people mentioned in the book. --- A softcover edition, wrapped in separate stiff French-fold wraps, painted portrait of Schütz on cover. --- An excellent copy: clean and bright but with slight chafing to wrapper edges.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 63 pages
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Robert S. Roeschlaub: Architect of the Emerging West 1843-1923

By: HABER, Francine; FULLER, Kenneth R.; WETZEL, David N.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: [Denver], Colorado Historical Society: 1988

Seller ID: 82988

ISBN: 0942576314

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

A softcover guide to the buildings designed by Denver-based architect Robert Roeschlaub. The churches, schools, and other buildings he designed are depicted in both color and black & white photos, drawings, plans and sketches. Includes much information about Denver's Trinity Methodist Church, one of Mr. Roeschlaub's most notable designs. Most of the buildings described were built in the Denver area, or elsewhere in Colorado. --- In light green wraps with images of Trinity Methodist to cover. --- An very nice copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked but with minor soiling to cover and textblock ...
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Henry the Eighth

By: HACKETT, Francis

Price: $14.50

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape: 1929

Seller ID: 75344

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

First edition. In full green cloth-covered boards with tissue-protected frontis portrait of the King. Titling in gilt on spine. Interior somewhat yellowed; otherwise clean and unmarked; textblock is firm. Cover corners bumped and with incidental soiling to cloth. With Parisian bookseller's tiny sticker on front paste-down. Lacks a dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 543 pages
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The Personal History of Henry the Eighth (Modern Library #265.1)

By: HACKETT, Francis

Price: $23.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1963]

Seller ID: 81901

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

A Modern Library reprint edition of the author's lively biography of the despotic English King, first published in 1929 by Horace Liveright. Indexed, with a foreword by the author. Volume wrapped in jacket with colorful Paul Galdone illustration on cover. --- In Toledano spine 8 / grey cloth / gilt titling on maroon spine & cover blocks / faded red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso advertises 385 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1959 (though 1945 date appears in book). ML #265.1. --- With some loss of cover gilding, some light tanning to leaves, else a clean, sturd...
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The Book of Courage

By: HAGEDORN, Hermann

Price: $17.50

Publisher: John C. Winston Co.: 1933

Seller ID: 74858

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

With illustrations by Frank Godwin; maps by Edwin C. Eirich. 1933 edition. In navy blue cloth-covered boards with Godwin color illustration of ship pasted to front cover; most of the titling information on front cover and spine has rubbed off. Interior with numerous color and b&w illustrations. Leaves have separated at front of volume, exposing webbing and loose front cover; but volume is reasonably firm and solid. Covers with chafing and bumps. --- Author's compilation of true-life stories of heros, from Socrates and Hannibal to Gandhi and Lindbergh. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 425 pa...
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The Log of a Forty-Niner: Journal of a Voyage From Newburyport to San Francisco in the Brig Gen'l Worth Commanded By Captain Samuel Walton

By: HALE, Richard L.; RUSS, Carolyn Hale (editor)

Price: $34.50

Publisher: Boston, B. J. Brimmer Company: 1923

Seller ID: 80853

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

A account of a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to San Francisco by Richard L. Hale and subsequent adventures between 1849 and 1854. Edited from her father's manuscripts by his daughter Carolyn Hale Russ, who has supplied a foreword. With illustrations by Richard Hale, along with plates bearing photographic portraits and journal entries. --- In dark green paper-covered boards backed in navy cloth, with paper labels to cover and spine. --- Despite wear to cover edges, partial loss of spine label, prior owner's signature to front paste-down, and some discoloration to a few leaves volume re...
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Mother and Son: The wartime correspondence of Isoko and Ichiro Hatano

By: HATANO, Isoko

Price: $15.50

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1962

Seller ID: 74536

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Stated First [US] Printing. In full green cloth-covered boards with titling on spine in black and white. Interior firm, bright and unmarked. Jacket has slight spine fading, is otherwise in great shape and w/orig. $3.75 flap price intact. --- A runaway bestseller in Japan when first published in 1950, this volume is translated from the French edition ('L'Enfant d'Hiroshima') by Margaret Shenfield. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 195 pages
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Rilke and Benvenuta: A Book of Thanks

By: HATTINGBERG, Magda von

Price: $16.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.: 1949

Seller ID: 81975

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

The friendship between Magda von Hattingberg and the noted Prague-born poet Rainer Maria Rilke is detailed through letters and diary entries in this collection. The two did not know one another when von Hattingberg (whom Rilke called Benvenuta) wrote to Rilke to praise his "Tales of the Almighty"; what followed was a voluminous correspondence and deep friendship. Rendered into English from the German by Cyrus Brooks. --- In full light blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling on maroon blocks; volume in simple blue dust jacket. --- A clean, unmarked, firmly-bound copy...
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Greene on Capri A Memoir

By: Hazzard, Shirley

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar Straus & Giroux: 2000

Seller ID: 71330

ISBN: 0374166757

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Newish copy of memoir of author and famed author Graham Greene on Capri. With repro of artist Jakob Philipp Hackert's 'Capri: The Mount Solaro' on front cover. In excellent cond. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 149 pages
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Mrs. Trollope: The Triumphant Feminine in the Nineteenth Century

By: HEINEMAN, Helen.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Athens, Ohio, Ohio University Press: 1982

Seller ID: 78805

ISBN: 0821403540

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Stated second printing, 1982. A biography of the remarkable Frances Milton Trollope, who after raising her children in England, traveled to America and established her store in Cincinnati. Later, she returned to England and wrote the highly-regarded "Domestic Manners of the Americans". Mrs. Trollope was the mother of novelist Anthony Trollope. Volume includes a section of b&w photos. --- In full green cloth-covered boards w/gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket cover with a grayscale Hervieu image of Mrs. Trollope. --- A clean, firm copy thought with sticker or tape removal traces to fron...
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Pentimento

By: HELLMAN, Lillian

Price: $12.75

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Company: 1973

Seller ID: 71191

ISBN: 0316355208

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

Noted author's collection of profiles of people of her life. Book undamaged and clean in black & red full cloth. DJ curled, creased and torn and in mylar poly protector. Stated 3rd prtg publisher's page. Orig $7.95 DJ flap price unclipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 297 pages
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The Dangerous Summer

By: HEMINGWAY, Ernest

Price: $19.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1985

Seller ID: 79839

ISBN: 0684183552

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Mr. Hemingway's magazine writing assignment covering the bullfighting season in Spain in 1959 turned into this book-length work. B&W photos in two sections. With an introduction by James A. Michener and glossary of terms and index. --- In blue quarter cloth over blue paper-covered boards, with red topstain, titling on spine and author facsimile signature on cover in gilt. Jacket with Larry Burrows portrait of Hemingway on back cover. --- With a couple of small soiled spots to covers, slight foxing to textblock edges, minor ...
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A Moveable Feast: Sketches of the Author's Life in Paris in the Twenties

By: HEMINGWAY, Ernest

Price: $29.00

Publisher: New York, Book-of-the-Month Club: 1993

Seller ID: 83279

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

A book club edition of the author's memoir, published posthumously. From the flap of the jacket: ". . .these sketches of Ernest Hemingway's life as a young man in Paris from 1921 to 1926 constitute a luminous love letter to the the city. . .". During this time he was friends with, and interacted with the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Sylvia Beach and many others. Includes a section of black and white plates showing people and scenes from the author's life. With brief preface by Ernest Hemingway and a prefatory note by Mary Hemingway. --- In beig...
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A Moveable Feast: Sketches of the Author's Life in Paris in the Twenties

By: HEMINGWAY, Ernest

Price: $56.50

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: [c.1964-1970s]

Seller ID: 83547

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

ook club edition. From the flap of the jacket: "Ernest Hemingway left the world a generous legacy in these sketches of his early life in Paris in the Twenties." During this time he was friends with, and interacted with the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Sylvia Beach and many others. Includes a section of black & white plates displaying images from Hemingway's life. With a preface by Ernest Hemingway, and a prefatory note by Mary Hemingway. --- In marble-look green paper-covered boards backed in rust cloth with author facsimile signature in gilt o...
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Hunting with Hemingway: Based on the Stories of Leicester Hemingway

By: HEMINGWAY, Hilary; LINDSAY, Jeffry P.

Price: $27.50

Publisher: New York, Riverhead Books: 2000

Seller ID: 76999

ISBN: 1573221597

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. The daughter of Ernest Hemingway's younger brother, Leicester Hemingway shares some of her father's tales of big-game hunting with his brother. The stories were contained on a cassette tape left to her after her father's death. --- In olive and beige paper-covered boards with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on cover and spine. --- A bright, clean, firm copy lacking apparent damages, in similar jacket. Dust jacket in removable archival mylar protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317 pages
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The Life and Work of Winslow Homer

By: HENDRICKS, Gordon

Price: $93.00

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: 1979

Seller ID: 82241

ISBN: 0810910632

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

First Edition. A handsome, hefty volume, displaying some of the best work of master painter Winslow Homer. With 440 illustrations, 68 of which are full color (about 372 in black & white). His life story is told here by author, alongside the artwork, sketches, drawings and photos. --- In full tan cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in navy blue on cover and spine. Dark blue endpapers. Jacket features a detail from one of the artist's seagoing works. With bibliography and index. --- The book had been presented by a group of people as a gift and is inscribed by them on the half title page; ...
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