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New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. Laid inside front cover is a letter handwritten dated December 4, 1964 and signed by the author and and addressed to Mrs. Briggs, it also references Ambassador Ellis Briggs, so it has quite an interesting provenance. Briggs was a career diplomat, Ambassador to seven countries in 37 years of service and received the Medal of Freedom from President Eisenhower. This 48 page pamphlet has an illustrated cover with light soil. Some pages tips are turned at the bottom; pencilled price on title page. Bottom corner and title page previously folded. One of the Columbia Essays on Modern Writers. Number 5. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Signed by Author. Stapled Pamphlet. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Surface At The Pole The Extraordinary Voyages Of The USS Skate by Commander James Calvert,USN - 1960
by Commander James Calvert,USN
Surface At The Pole The Extraordinary Voyages Of The USS Skate
by Commander James Calvert,USN
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Naval: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, 1960. 220 pgs., photos. Jacket is price clipped with some wear, edge tears and chips. Inscribed by author: Personal inscription to rear admiral. (Royce L. Gross). Signed by Author with Inscription. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Mcgraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication Naval
- Date Published 1960
- Keywords Weight: 1.8
- Size 8vo
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Constantine Cavafy
by Bien, Peter
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Didn't We Have Fun: Stories Out of a Long, Fruitful and Merry Life
by Claessens, August
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: The Rand School Press, 1953. Signed and inscribed by author on fep. 200 toned pages. Red cloth with gilt titles on cover and spine. Sunned spine with wear to head and heel of spine. There is a stain at the very top edge of front cover with no damage elsewhere and an area on back cover where sticker was removed and left mark. From foreward: "I want to give the reader the story of how we socialists, from about 1904 to 1924 laid the foundation for the Bull Moose platform, the New Freedom, the New Deal, the Fair Deal...Laughing at my comedy the reader may also get an insight into an exciting phase of American history...". Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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"F" IS FOR FUGITIVE
by GRAFTON, Sue
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780805004601 / 0805004602
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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NY: Henry Holt, 1989. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. NY. Henry Holt. HARDCOVER. 1989. FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. SIGNED by author. AS NEW, bound in umber boards with black cloth spine in lonely phone booth pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. SIGNED by Sue Grafton on title page... Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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Swan Lake.
by HELPRIN, Mark. With illustrations by Chris Van Allsburg.
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- 9780395498583 / 0395498589
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Boston: Ariel Books/Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989. Signed by Chris Van Allsburg on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. Fine, without dust jacket as issued. Archival clear mylar jacket is supplied.
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Marbled Paper
by Merrill, James
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- 9780931356056 / 0931356059
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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Salem, OR: Printed for Charles Seluzicki Fine Books. Very Good; Spine faintly sunned.. 1982. Softcover. 0931356059 . Printed by Christine Bertelson at the Rara Avis Press, in Riverside, CA. 1/200 copies. Signed by Merrill on the colophon page. Sewn, illustrated stiff gray wrappers. Printed in gray and red on laid paper. Measures 10 x 6.5 inches. Eight of Merrills poems adorned with images of ancient Trojan funeral masks. ; [20] pages .
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The Fourth Hand
by Irving, John
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- Near Fine
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- 1st
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- 9780375431210 / 0375431217
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Granville, New York, United States
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CA$173.69
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NY: Random House, 2001. SIGNED First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Published NY: Random House, 2001. First printing of the First Large Print edition. Signed by Author on the half title. Minor bumping to bottom rear corner, bookplate removal abrasion on front free end paper, otherwise near fine, clean, tight copy in dust jacket. Rare to find signed late Irving works - especially Large Print copies.. Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..
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Red Light, Green Light: The Life of Garrett Morgan and His Invention of the Stoplight
by Sweet, Dovie Davis
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- Good
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- 9780682490887 / 0682490881
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: Exposition Press, 1978. Signed and inscribed by author 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 39 pages to this slim, red cloth covered volume with black and white drawings by Larry Sherman. Sherman's drawings were adapted from sketches by Charlotte Durante, Art Teacher, Cleveland Board of Education. Inscribed to the author's grandchildren and signed on fep. From jacket: "It tells the story of a young man who is the son of a former slave. It tells about life in the rural South. It tells about a young boy going out to seek his fortune, alone in the world." Penciled notation and price on fep. Wrinkle on inside on back cover. Small spot on rear endpage with resulting light transfer to inside back cover and preceding page. Jacket has wear, edgewear and rubbing with some minor chipping to head of spine. There is a small stain on inside of back jacket flap and a stain on back cover of jacket and there is a piece of brown paper partly obscuring the author's photo. Quotes…
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THE GREAT CALIFORNIA GAME
by GASH, Jonathan
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- first
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 9780312063634 / 0312063636
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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NY: St Martin's Press, 1991. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1991. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in beige and green with silver titles. Dust jacket art and design by Honi Werner. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Fingernail size faint mark on front board, see scan, else FINE. INSCRIBED ~ SIGNED by author ~ Love to Rivka, with appreciation. Jonathan Gash. 13 October, 1991 ~ Lovejoy in America.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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Wright in Racine: The Architect's Vision for One American City
by Hertzberg, Mark
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- Very Good
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- First
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- 9780764928901 / 0764928902
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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Pomegranate, 2004. 8vo sized square hardcover with dust jacket, pictorial cover underneath jacket shows the same image. Unpaginated, more than 100 pages, profusely illustrated. Inscribed and signed by author on fep. From jacket: "Mark Hertzberg has written - and photographed - the first book to tie together all the Racine works of Frank Lloyd Wright, whose revolutionary designs galvanized American architecture...Hertzberg punctuates his lively, personalized account with anecdotes from people who worked or lived in Wright's creations and with inviting color photographs..." Contents include: Private Homes: The Hardy House, The Roy Peterson House, The Keland House; Public Buildings: SC Johnson Administration Building, Airport Lounge/Cafe Project, YWCA; Affordable Housing: The Monolith Homes, The Johnson Homes, more plus Appendixes, Endnotes, Bibliography. Inside jacket flap may be price clipped and there is some light wear to dust jacket. . Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover.…
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Eskimoland Speaks
by Van Valin, William B.
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La Mesa, California, United States
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Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1944. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. An intimate glimpse into Eskimo life, as witnesses by few other white men at the time, by the author, who first came to this remote land in 1910 as an evangelist, then returned as a teacher at Eskimo schools in Sinuk & Wainwright & as part of an archaeological excavation of a prehistoric village. Orig. published in 1941, this is the Second Printing of that First Edition from Sept. 1944, in 242 pages with Index, sepia photographs throughout text, map endpapers. Hardcover has tan cloth over boards with green & silver design & lettering to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding straight & strong, hinges secure, but staring to crack at verso of half title page where it was SIGNED with a personalized inscription by the AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER: To Tom and Taleh from the author's daughter Olivia (to you)". NO other writing,…
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Under Fire: An American Story
by North, Oliver L
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- 9780060183349 / 0060183349
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Millbury, Massachusetts, United States
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Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
by Standish, Isolde
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- 9780826417909 / 0826417906
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes…
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Old Bones
by Elkins, Aaron J
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- 1st Edition
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- 9780892962624 / 0892962623
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Ellensburg, Washington, United States
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
by Parker, Kingsley
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Dead in Dixie
by Charlaine Harris
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- as new
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- As New
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- As New
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780739434710 / 0739434713
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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Songs From Appledore
by Oscar Laighton
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Garland, Texas, United States
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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780813817750 / 0813817757
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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Maybe Tomorrow
by Roberta Fleetwood O'Keefe
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- Used - Very Good
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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CA$34.72
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Burnet, Texas: Nortex Press, 1978. CL5 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author on the front free endpaper in very good condition that is cocked, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Brown covered boards with gilt lettering. 8.5"x5.5", 84 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
by Eric Sloane
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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CA$34.74
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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Civil War England.
by Young, Peter.:
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- Used
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- 9780582502864 / 0582502861
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Lymm, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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London, Longman, 1981.. 1st edition. Concentrates on the military aspects of the war, including the soldiers, arms and armour, the battles, and siege warfare. Longman Travellers Series. There is a small stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.
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