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By: DYE, Eva Emery
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co.: 1906
Stock No.: 82561
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
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 partially separated but holding, with soiling to covers and prior owner's signature to front paste-down; otherwise a sound co... View more info
By: EIMERL, Sarel
Price: $12.50
Publisher: New York, Time Incorporated: 1967
Stock No.: 83030
Condition: Near Fine
A portfolio of works by the Florentine painter and architect Giotto di Bondone (c.1267-1337), perhaps best known for his Arena Chapel frescoes. With images of his works in both color and black & white. Includes biographical information as well as an overview of significant events during his lifetime. An entry in publisher's "Time-Life Library of Art". --- In tan paper-covered boards backed in maroon leatherette-like paper; gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume housed in tan paper-covered slipcase with representative Giotto painting pasted to cover. --- An excellent copy: clean, bright and... View more info
By: ELLIS, Joseph J.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2004
Edition: BCE
Stock No.: 80852
ISBN: 1400040310
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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, 320 pages View more info
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By: EVERHART, Bill
Price: $25.50
Publisher: Urbana, University of Illinois Press: 1998
Stock No.: 82254
ISBN: 0252066812
Condition: Near Fine
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. tall); xxiv, 239 pages View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: White Bear Lake, Minnesota, BHF Memories Unlimited: 1990
Inscription: Signed by Author
Stock No.: 74329
ISBN: 0961410817
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
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
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Hopewell, New Jersey, The Ecco Press: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 82118
ISBN: 0880016744
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
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 textblock edge, otherwise a bright, intact and tightly-bound copy. Bright, unclipped jacket in excellent condition but with m... 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
Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket
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
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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. --- The bindery has mis-cut pages 159-60 leaving jagged edges; otherwise a newish, firm and clean copy. Price-clipped dust jacket w... View more info
By: FIELDS, Wayne
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Poseidon Press: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81261
ISBN: 0671707825
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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 clean, bright, unmarked copy. Price-clipped jacket is otherwise undamaged.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 253 pages View more info
Price: $34.00
Publisher: New York, Reader's Digest/Harry N. Abrams: 1976
Stock No.: 77760
ISBN: 0810904543
Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket
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 Saturday Evening Post magazine covers, the subjects of which were often ordinary Americans painted in realistic style. He was dis... 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
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
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 page from the first appearance of this work, published in 1890 (per Howes F-136). --- One in a series of annually published wor... 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
ISBN: 0880641371
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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 jacket minor edge wrinkling, otherwise in excellent shape.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); (8), 376 pages View more info
By: Fisher, Herbert
Price: $18.00
Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 1913
Stock No.: 73234
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 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
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... View more info
By: FORD, Alice
Price: $15.50
Publisher: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press: 1964
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78869
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, ... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New Haven, Yale University Press: 1918
Stock No.: 81132
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 ... View more info
By: FOTHERGILL, John
Price: $16.00
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2000
Stock No.: 82476
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 View more info
By: FOX, Robin Lane
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1980
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 83165
ISBN: 0316291080
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... View more info
By: FRANCIS, Claude; GONTIER, Fernande
Price: $12.50
Publisher: New York, St. Martins Press: 1987
Stock No.: 74369
ISBN: 0312001894
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 View more info
By: FRANK, Anne
Price: $49.00
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1965]
Stock No.: 81155
ISBN: 0394604512
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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 titling / perfect bound (not stitched) / plain style F endpapers / plain tan style p dust jacket / verso blank. Likely published c... View more info
Price: $17.50
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1956]
Stock No.: 79986
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
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 catalog. Likely published c.1956 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #39.2. --- With corner creases to a few leaves, otherw... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1951
Stock No.: 81730
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... View more info
By: GARDNER, John
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1977
Stock No.: 74360
ISBN: 0394493176
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 View more info
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
Stock No.: 82631
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... View more info
By: GAUGUIN, Paul; GUERIN, Daniel (editor)
Price: $11.50
Publisher: New York, The Viking Press: 1978
Edition: BCE
Stock No.: 74086
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 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
ISBN: 0525113088
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
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 the dust jacket, but the flaps have been cut away and are laid in. --- With cover corner bumps and sunning to spine, along wi... View more info
By: GIBRAN, Jean; GIBRAN, Kahlil
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Boston, New York Graphic Society: 1974
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 83167
ISBN: 0821205102
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... View more info
By: GIBRAN, Kahlil
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, The Citadel Press: 1969
Stock No.: 80484
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... View more info
By: GIBRAN, Kahlil
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, The Citadel Press: 1969
Stock No.: 80486
Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Stated Fourth "paperbound" Edition, 1969. Musings by the author of "The Prophet" on a variety of topics ranging from love and beauty to governmental and societal corruption. 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 an image of sunshine bursting through a thicket. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy lacking damages. Unclipped jacket with slightly sunned spine, else nice.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall) ; 128 pages View more info
By: GIBRAN, Kahlil
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, The Citadel Press: 1959
Stock No.: 81401
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... View more info
By: GIBSON, A. M.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press: 1965
Stock No.: 80997
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
The author explores the mystery of the murder of Colonel Fountain and his son in New Mexico in 1896. With a couple of plates bearing black & white photos; as well as a map of southern New Mexico and the El Paso, Texas areas. --- A later printing, in full navy cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine, top edge stained in pale orange. Price-clipped dust jacket with sketch of the imagined murder scene. --- With a few of spots of minor soiling to textblock fore-edge and rear endpaper, otherwise book is clean and bright and textblock is firm. Bright jacket with very slight soili... View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Viking: 2006
Stock No.: 82250
ISBN: 0670034711
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Second printing of the author's engaging memoirs of her travels and adventures. In this work, she explains how following a disastrous divorce and subsequent unsuccessful love affair, she quit her job and traveled in Italy, India and Indonesia. --- In red and white paper-covered boards with titling gilt-stamped on cover and spine. Jacket features images of pasta, beads and flowers to cover. --- A clean, bright, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket with a few minor creases, else bright and undamaged.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (10), 334 pages View more info
Price: $16.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1993
Edition: First American Edition
Stock No.: 78793
ISBN: 0394582683
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 View more info
By: GOPNIK, Adam
Price: $12.50
Publisher: New York, Random House: 2000
Stock No.: 74208
ISBN: 0679444920
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 View more info
By: GRABBE, Paul
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap: 1940
Stock No.: 80224
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 View more info
By: GRAHAM, Sheilah
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Coward-McCann, Inc.: 1964
Stock No.: 75747
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 View more info
By: GRIFFIN, Peter
Price: $16.00
Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1990
Stock No.: 77184
ISBN: 019505332X
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... View more info
Price: $31.00
Publisher: Denver, Colorado / Boulder, Colorado, Denver Posse of the Westerners / Johnson Publishing Company: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 81665
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... View more info
By: GROVE, Sir George; MAITLAND, J. A. Fuller (editor)
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Theodore Presser Company: 1922
Stock No.: 83060
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-... View more info
Price: $16.50
Publisher: New York, Watson-Guptill Publications: 1972
Stock No.: 76871
ISBN: 0070252130
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... View more info
