Category: Biography
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William Rockhill Nelson
By: N/A
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Cambridge, The Riverside Press: 1915
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 3281
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Corners rubbed with slight loss of color. Block edges slightly toned with soiling to the shelf edge. A period owner's signature and May 1916 penned to ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages View more info
Judge Kimbrough Stone A Tribute
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Kansas City, Kansas City Bar Association: 1929
Seller ID: 3282
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Light wear to edges. Binding remains sound. Block toned with some scattered and light creasing and soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages View more info
William Rockhill Nelson: the Story of a Man, a Newspaper, and a City
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Riverside Press: 1915
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 6051
Condition: Good
Cloth covers show rubbing and scattered stains; A few smudges are seen on the end leaves; Volume remains tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages View more info
England Have My Bones
By: "white, T. H. "
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, MacMillan Co: 1936
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 5820
Condition: Good in Good dust jacket
Covers worn at all edges with slight dulling/toning of pictorial cloth. Corners bumped and rubbed, spine ends curled. Underlining, in pencil only, on about 15-20 pages of the text could be erased by the next owner. Previous owner's info, in pen, on ffep. Jacket worn at all edges and folds with several small tears, loss of color, and scotch tape repairs, but is 99% complete. Front flap has been clipped at corners but original price ($2.50) remains. View more info
Life of George Washington
By: Bancroft, Aaron
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Porter & Coates: N.D.
Edition: Alta Edition
Seller ID: 5877
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Heavily decorated cloth covers show wear at corners and some stress to hinges. Internally, paper hinges cracked but binding remains sound and block tight. Toned from pressing flowers in several places, otherwise clean inside. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 489 pages View more info
Lives of the Brothers Humboldt, Alexander and William Translated and Arranged from the German of Klencke & Schlesier
By: Bauer, Juliette
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1854
Seller ID: 5974
Condition: Good
Usual library markings. Light wear at cover corners and spine ends. Text has scattered spots of foxing throughout and a few pages with small edge tears but is otherwise very clean. ; Ex-Library View more info
In His Brother's Shadow: The Life of Thomas Ward Custer
By: Bird, Roy
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.A., Turner Pub Co: 2002
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 474
ISBN: 1563118181
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Inscription on title page reads, "For P___ Great Reading Roy Bird 2003" Corners bumped causing light damage to paper covers and DJ. Jacket also shows very light surface rubbing on back.; Signed by Author(s) View more info
Virginia Woolf; a Commentary
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace & Company: 1949
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 4593
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
Exceptionally clean and probably unread. Covers show light wear to shelf edge and slight denting to bottom corners. Former owner's marks on ffep; front pages are lightly toned, likely from previously laid in newsprint. Jacket has heavy wear and chipping to the top edge including a small amount of loss at spine head. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages View more info
Tchaikovsky The Man and His Music
By: Brown, David
Price: $18.00
Publisher: London, Faber & Faber: 2006
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 5892
ISBN: 0571231942
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Light, even toning to page edges. Jacket shows a few light creases and light wear at corner folds. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 460 pages View more info
Montrose (The World's Classics Series #555)
By: Buchan, John; Feiling, Keith (Introduction)
Price: $12.00
Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1957
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 5202
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
There are 2 small bumps to cover edge, otherwise only light wear. Jacket is rubbed at edges and folds wih a little loss of color resulting. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 447 pages View more info
Quotations from Chairman Bill the Best of Wm. F. Buckley Jr.
By: Buckley, William F, Jr; Franke, David (Ed)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Arlington House: 1970
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 3427
ISBN: 0870000632
Condition: Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
Book shows only light toning and ultra light corner wear. Dust jacket is lightly edge rubbed, back inside edge has been folded & 1/4"" x 1/2"" chip out of back bottom edge. ; "8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall"; 306 pages View more info
Time, Literature and the Arts: Essays in Honor of Samuel L. Macey. (No. 61 ELS Monograph Series)
By: Cleary, Thomas R. (editor)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Victoria, Bc, Canada, University Of Victoria: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 5829
Condition: Very Good-
Covers are a bit soiled with light wear at all edges. Bottom corner has been bumped creasing the front cover as well as very lightly creases the first few pages. Former owner's info written at front, otherwise free from marks and tightly bound. A form letter from the editor requesting a review of the book is laid in. View more info
Woman Into Space The Jerri Cobb Story
By: Cobb, Jerrie; Rieker, Jane
Price: $300.00
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall: 1963
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 3303
Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
This copy presented and inscribed by the author to Grace Harris, another female aviator briefly mentioned in this book. A note from the author written on the front jacket flap reads, "P. S. We weren't supposed to mention names but couldn't resist sneaking you in briefly on page 53. Wish I could of said much more of all you've done-" Covers show light wear, mostly at corners. Binding sound though endpages and page 53 are toned, likely from laid in (and now removed) highly acidic paper. Jacket shows moderate to heavy edge wear but remains complete. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages;... View more info
The Trouble with Tom The Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine
By: Collins, Paul
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA: 2005
Edition: First American Edition; First Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 2828
ISBN: 1582345023
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Shows no wear. Binding sound. V+K 05 penned to ffep, otherwise no markings internally (except signature). ; Author's initial signature to title page. ; 256 pages; Signed by Author View more info
Georges Bataille and the Mysticism of Sin
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press: 2000
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 3395
ISBN: 080186268x
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Very light wear to jacket edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198 pages View more info
Francis Bacon: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press: 1992
Seller ID: 4790
ISBN: 0804720894
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Review copy with Review Copy slip from publisher and letters to and from the Book Review Editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence regarding writing a review of the title. Light wear to jacket. Former owner's name and date penned on ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 358 pages View more info
Ho Chi Minh A Life
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Hyperion: 2000
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 3380
ISBN: 0786863870
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Full number line. Shows only light wear with a few bumps to deckled block fore edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 695 pages View more info
John Ruskin
By: Evans, Joan
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1955
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 5072
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Cover corners show light wear. Former owner's info penned at front. Tight binding. Jacket worn at edges with creasing and chipping along top edge (mostly above spine) . Jacket also has a patch of toning on the inside flap from laid in (now removed) high acid paper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall View more info
The Letters of Frederic William Maitland
Price: $15.00
Publisher: London, Selden Society: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 5050
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Covers show light wear at edges with slight rounding to the spine ends. Former owner's ink stamp and blind stamp at front. Several pages lightly creased along top spine corner, presumably from the binding process. Does not effect text or book's stability, simply cosmetic. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 397 pages View more info
America & Alfred Stieglitz A Collective Portrait
By: Frank, Waldo; Mumford, Lewis; Norman, Dorothy Et. Al. (Ed)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, The Literary Guild: 1934
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2573
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Covers show light wear and scuffing. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown. Block edges are toned as are endpages. Text remains clean with a few small smudges and chips at page edges including a small 1/4" closed tear on the bottom edge of the title page.. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages View more info