Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co Ltd, 1903. Hard Cover.
Edges rubbed, hinges beginning to loosen, ink name on front endpaper.
333, [3] pp. 8vo. A biographical account of the family behind Punch magazine, who were contemporaries of well-known authors such as Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray.
New York: Thatcher & Hutchinson, 1859. Warth, Thomas. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. General light wear, pencil scribble on one page.
355, 4 pp. 21 of 33 chapters previously published in New York Evening Post, other 12 appear first here. True accounts of New York City life, including the.....
New York: Paragon House, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed, jacket lightly soiled, sticker ghost on rear jacket panel. Boards soiled.
xix, 250 pp. Examines the exploits of the explorer Frederick A. Cook and offers new evidence supporting his claim to discovery of the North Pole
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Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Hard Cover.
Former library copy - usual markings. Rebound. Minor pencil underlining.
xviii, 522 pp. Leather spine over cloth boards, new printed marbled endpapers. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film.....
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2011. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Front board lightly cocked.
322 pp. Everyone who cherishes the gift of language will cherish Diane Ackerman's narrative masterpiece, an exquisitely written love story and medical miracle story, one that combines science, inspiration, wisdom, and heart. One.....
New York: Random House, 2003. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. 1/2 inch tear on dust jacket and book spine, gift note on free endpaper.
ix, 239 pp. In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of.....
New York / Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
159 pp. Renowned as America's pre-eminent black-and-white landscape photographer, Ansel Adams began to photograph in color soon after Kodachrome film was invented in the mid 1930s. He made.....
. Little, Brown, 2001. Adams, Ansel. Soft Cover.
Still in original shrink wrap.
In commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth, Ansel Adams at 100 presents an intriguing new look at this distinguished photographer's work. The legendary curator John Szarkowski, director emeritus of the Department of Photography at New.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Reissue. Full-Leather.
Faint blemishes to gilt on edges, top corner slightly pushed.
xiv, 529 pp. Black full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. "The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Fonseca, Gonzalo. Reissue. Full-Leather.
Minor blemishes to boards, edges, and endpapers.
xvi, 367 pp. Full maroon leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. "Henry Adams's classic meditation on medieval culture and architecture, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1966. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1966 printing, Toledano 076.2, binding/jacket style 11l with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, beige Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in very good jacket. Ink name and date on front endpaper, spine ends lightly bruised, jacket lightly rubbed.
xvi, 517, [11] pp.....
Boston: S.K. Whipple and Company, 1857. Second Edition. Hard Cover.
Second edition. No jacket, a few light spots to boards, ink note on front endpaper.
vii, 191, [4] pp. "Reverend Nehemiah Adams (February 19, 1806 – October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Salem.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Reissue. Full-Leather.
Faint blemishes to gilt on edges, otherwise an excellent copy.
xvi, 267 pp. Crimson full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with photographs of Hull-House and the immigrant experience. Hull House.....
Minneapolis: Blue Book Publications, Inc., 2010. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Tiny blemish on front jacket panel, corners very faintly bruised.
260 pp. Color photographs and reproductions of documents throughout. "Anyone who has ever owned a handgun holster knows the name John Bianchi, the Godfather of Gunleather who revolutionized.....
New York: Doubleday, 1997. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint. Faint edge wear to jacket.
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you.....
New York: Broadway Books, 1997. Reissue. Trade Paperback.
Reissue with new foreward. Ink marks to front endpaper.
192 pp. "It's been ten years since Mitch Albom first shared the wisdom of Morrie Schwartz with the world. Now–twelve million copies later–in a new afterword, Mitch Albom reflects again on the meaning.....
Rochester, New York: RIT Press, 2021. Large Hardcover.
Still in original plastic wrap.
232 pp. Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster offers nearly 200 examples of visually arresting and socially meaningful posters, taken from more than 8,000 held in the collection in the University of Rochester's.....
Massachusetts: Applewood Books, 2010. Trade Paperback.
Spine creased, bookplate on title page.
404 pp. An intimate portrait of one of America's most beloved writers is revealed in this 1889 work from editor Ednah Dow Cheney. Originally published just a year after Louisa May Alcott's death at the age of 55.....
New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Crease along spine, 1 inch crease on upper wrapper corner, light blue stain in rear of book.
239 pp. Picking up where his bestselling memoir left off–having been saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a......
New York: Random House, 1973. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed. Top page ridge foxed, ink name on front paste-down endpaper.
338 pp. A book written by Buzz. American astronaut who became the second person to walk on the Moon. Aldrin graduated with honors from.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Alexander, E.P. [Edward Porter]. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Edges lightly foxed, hinges just beginning to weaken, boards lightly rubbed, closed split along one seam of folding map.
xviii, 634 pp. 8vo. Fold-out map follows text, maps from sketches by the author in.....
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1995. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1995 reissue of the 1933 original, one of 250 copies. No jacket. Page ridges foxed.
x, 299 pp. Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (Russian: Александр Михайлович Aleksandr Mikhailovich; 13 April 1866 – 26 February 1933) was a dynast of the.....
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press, 2009. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
Third printing. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
262 pp. On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since.....
Athens: University of Georgia, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Rear jacket panel lightly faded, front jacket flap creased.
x, 364 pp. Alone in the Dawn is the first full-length study of life and work of Adelaide Crapsey, an American poet who lived at the same time and often.....
San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Co., Publishers, 1877. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition. Boards rubbed with some loss along edges, joints weak, cup ring stain on rear board, top corner of front flyleaf removed.
767 pp. 8vo. Original full calf, black leather spine label, gilt titles & rules, marbled endpapers.....