Only date found in book is at the end. 1892 hardcover in burgundy cloth covered boards that are ruled to appear quarterbound. Shows bumped spine ends, fairly sharp tips and bright author's gilt signature on center of both front and rear boards. Adhesive sticker near head of frt gutter is a handwritten call tag for shelf placement. No card pocket or evidence of ever having had one. All pages are present. Could have been from the private library at the American Humane offices in Boston. Book is numbered in two sections. First autobiographical part is 114 pp long, the Appendix in the rea... View More...
3 books for one price. All are in fine condition. Isbn's 1418404926, 1403384355, 9781434301543. Two published by Authorhouse, Book #1 (The Early Years) published by 1st Books. Story of country living in Rappahannock, Virginia by local author. View More...
Handsome gift quality 1901 first edition hardcover in dark green embossed cloth covered boards showing a forest and hill scene with bright gilt titles. 471 pages plus publisher's ads. Illustrated with b/w photos of Vermont landmarks, VT, NH and NY scenery and some friends and acquaintances. No names, hinge papers fine, book is fresh, tight and clean. Presented as a biographical novel in the author's introduction but actually a rambling discourse on science, history, and nature. Joseph Battell purchased the larger part, some 4000 acres of Ellen's Mountain, the setting for this tale, and d... View More...
Handsome gift quality 1903 second printing hardcover of Volume I (1) only in burgundy embossed leather covered boards showing a woman in a long skirt standing near a very tall pine tree with field scene with bright gilt titles. 613pp. Tips and spine/foot of spine remain sharp but show color loss from storage, half the head of spine leather missing from being pulled off the shelf improperly. Illustrated with b/w photos of Vermont landmarks, VT, NH and NY scenery and some friends and acquaintances. No names, hinge papers fine, moire end papers are black with scrolling floral vines, all edge... View More...
1st edition hardcover signed by author, dedicated to Debbie on title page. Burgundy cloth boards with bright gilt title rubbed at tips and marked, 24 pp text fine. The author-illustrator describes his childhood in Philadelphia and tells how he made two of his dreams come true by becoming a professional saxophone player and a painter. View More...
1st edition paperback with owner's name on fep, light color loss to extremities of brown glossy card covers, 62 pp text fine. Recounts how the 16th century Portuguese explorer launched the first voyage around the world, although he met his death before his men completed the expedition. View More...
Red and black 'tweedy' cloth covered boards with bright gilt titles show light color loss at still sharp tips with color loss and rubbing at spine ends. No names, tears or soil in the 358pp text. Biography - memoir containing, among other things, a stint in Minor league Baseball and Michigan farming life. View More...
1st edition paperback shows lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Front cover vertically creased and both covers somewhat curled. Text tight and bright. Well illustrated with b/w photos. 121 pp. Biography, dedication of Davey Allison, Stock Car Driver. View More...
1st edition paperback signed by author on title page: "To Susan, Best wishes, Mary Burgess". 256 pg memoir illustrated in b/w tells of the life story of the young daughter of the last American vice governor general of The Philippines who grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. During WWII she volunteered with the American Red Cross, then after the war, moved to Wyoming to raise a family and take up painting. Her husband died from Alzheimer's disease. "A heartfelt memoir, and paintings that lead you into ethereal Wyoming skies". View More...
1st edition hardcover with bumped spine ends, internally crisp and unmarked. Unclipped DJ worn at tips with soil mark on front panel, one inch closed tear and 1/4 in chip at foot of rear panel, displays well in new mylar. Not exlib. 132 pages. Book on the Mundurucu Indians in the jungles of Brazil. 13 tales in this volume w/ very nice illustrations. View More...
Negligible rubbing on still sharp tips & spine ends of taupe cloth covered boards in illustrated, un-clipped (and unpriced) dj flap. One small 'ding' on foot and two 'dings' on head of board edges, spine of dj sunned but title remains quite legible. 80 pp is text tight and bright, with one taped tear and a few library stamps on page margins and a marker D written on frt pastedn. A brief biography of the "common man" from Missouri who became the thirty-second President of the United States illustrated throughout with brown/gold/black/white line drawings. This is a Discovery Book by the Ga... View More...
1st edition in colorful pictorial boards with very small rub near head of back strip. Vivid pictorial end papers surround the 61 pages of tight & bright text which has no writing, tears, soil or blemishes. A wonderful tale of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills and the first expedition to make it across the Australian Inland to the west coast. View More...
Reprint hardcover with light rubbing to bumped tips. Watermark on upper 1/4 of cloth cover, inner front hinge area has discoloring which does not detract to reading of tight bright Published in 1908, copyright is 1857. Tidy 153 pg text printed on thin semi-gloss paper. No tears.. Tidy (and tiny) name on frt pastedn. Illust with b/w line drawings. View More...
Fine first edition glossy hardcover, no dj. Sharp tips and spine ends, 86 pp text crisp and unmarked. One tiny abrasion on frt board near author's first name is only fault, taken a touch of color is all. Chapters include: 1. The End 2. 'Out of the Rock' 3. The Beatles 4. 'Make Show, Beatles' 5. Brian and The Beatles 6. Beatlemania 7. The Touring Years 8. The Music and Its Meaning 9. John and Yoko 10. The Break Up of the Beatles 11. The Solo Years 12. Further Reading, Index. View More...
1st edition paperback signed/ dated by Gene Cox on title page. 146 pp. Light color loss at extrems of dark background card covers from storage, appears unread. Quips from TV station personality from Richmond, VA. View More...
1st edition paperback with owner's name on fep, negligible wear at tips of burgundy background card covers, else fine inside and out. 62 pp. Schweitzer's interest and contributions to medicine, music, philosophy, and religion are documented by lively anecdotes. View More...
1st editions, both volumes 1 & 2 , with front board detached or nearly so, backstrip missing on Vol 1 and detached, chipped and present on Vol 2. Texts tight and bright, Black leather on spines and corners of boards well worn and dry, blue marbled boards and endpapers, well illustrated with engravings. Tissue-guarded frontis, all there but not pretty. The personal writings of a 18th-19th century French Noble woman taken from her personal writings. Her papers (published in several volumes) throw many side-lights upon a long period extending from the reign of Louis XIV to the Revolution of 1848,... View More...
360 pp. 1st edition hardcover with lower fore edge of book bumped, others still sharp, dj age toned at extremities, not price clipped, one small closed tear on foot of front panel. Displays beautifully in new mylar. More than presentable, collectible first edition copy. Not ex-lib. The biography of the founder and supreme master of the mystery novel. View More...
1st edition hardcover Pre SIGNED/DATED NOV 2008 by EDITOR/TRANSLATOR Winthuysen on title page. Brand new copy in beige cloth boards in glossy pictorial dust wrapper. Collectible and rare work. 293 pp. of Spanish text and b/w photos with additional 13 glossy pages of b/w and color plate reproductions of Winthuysen's works and photos taken during his life. Javier de Winthuysen was born in Seville in 1874 and passed away in 1956, Barcelona. Winthuysen finished writing his memoirs in 1953. The Winthuysen Foundation published the entire Spanish typed manuscript in Maryland, USA, 2005. and produced ... View More...
