Orlando: A James A. Silberman Book / Harcourt, Inc., 2006. Hard Cover.
Pages faintly toned, a few small marks to top page edges. Near Fine.
689 pp. "To a generation in full revolt against any form of authority, "Tune in, turn on, drop out" became a mantra, and its popularizer.....
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 and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904. Small Hard Cover.
No jacket. Minor general wear.
vii, 278 pp. With engravings. Red cloth boards with sword through wreath decor on front board. Fold-out map of the expedition of Alexander the Great precedes text. Alexander III of Macedon (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος.....
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904. Small Hard Cover.
No jacket. Minor general wear.
336 pp. With engravings. Red cloth boards with sword through wreath decor on front board. Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death.....
New York: Mason Brothers, 1856. Hard Cover.
Former a binder's copy - has been repaired. Loss to spine head, spine base and to front joint; ink name on title page.
404 pp. With numerous illustrative notes and anecdotes. Including Letters from the Time of Their Marriage Until the Death of.....
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922. Reissue. Full-Leather.
1922 deluxe leather-bound reissue of the 1919 original. No jacket. Leather edges rubbed, ink name on half-title page.
xviii, 315 pp. Red leather. The purpose of the present volume is to record some personal impressions which this great American.....
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: W.W. Norton & Company, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket price clipped.
xiii, 278 pp. On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, “All things are ready” and with this resolute statement, her life as a poet began. Despite spending her days almost entirely “at home”.....
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.....
. Little, Brown, 2001. Adams, Ansel. Soft Cover.
Still encased in 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.....
New York: The Library of America, 1986. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint. Highlighting.
1308 pp. Henry Adams' History of the United States During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson is a complete and detailed account of political life in the U.S. from 1801 to 1809. With access to previously unavailable records from.....
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: The Limited Editions Club, 1942. Chamberlain, Samuel. Signed Copy. Large Hardcover.
Numbered 887 of 1500. Signed without inscription by illustrator. Lacks slipcase. General light wear.
xvii, 485 pp. Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1999. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Highlighting, spine base bumped.
xxxviii, 517 pp. Introduction by Edmund Morris. 'I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams,' said Gore Vidal. 'He was remarkably prescient about the coming horrors.' His political ideals shaped by.....
New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Volume 1 only of 2 volume set. No jacket, bookplate on front endpaper.
xvi, 428 pp. Volume 1 only of 2 volume set. CONTENTS: Discovery and Settlement; The Colonial System Takes Form; The Duel with France; American Life.....
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. 1st Printing. Hard Cover.
1st printing. Very good. Jacket lightly toned.
340 pp. "John Adams is one of the most respected and loved of contemporary composers, and "he has won his eminence fair and square: he has aimed high, he has addressed life.....
New York: The Library of America, 2017. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. Near fine copies in near fine jackets. A fine publisher box.
xiv, 727; xiv, 761 pp. Two volume set in publisher slipcase. For the 250th anniversary of John Quincy Adams's birth, a landmark new selected edition of.....
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.....
New York: Avon Books, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. 1 inch crease on rear jacket. Half inch wrinkle on lower spine.
Prologue; Now What'd I Do?; The True Adventures of Steven Tallarico; Flash! or, Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton in "America's Hometown Band"; The Monkees on Drugs; Really.....
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1985. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Modern reissue. Ink name on front endpaper, light edge wear.
A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by author James Agee, set in Knoxville, Tennessee. He began writing it in 1948, but it was not quite complete when he died.....
New York: Harper Collins College Publishers, 2019. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges lightly worn.
243 pp. Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving.....
New York: Doubleday, 1997. Reprint. Hard Cover.
Reprint. Jacket faintly rubbed.
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 sound advice.....
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.....