New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards rubbed, foxed throughout, ink name stamp (F.L. Knapp) on front endpaper.
xi, [1], 528, [14] pp. 8vo. A biography of Stephen Arnold Douglas, the American politician who served in the House of Representatives, and lost the 1860.....
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: 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
.....
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: The Devin-Adair Company, 1962. Adams, Alexander B. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with small chip, jacket lightly foxed. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper.
x, 148 pp. Each of the thirty-two photographs is captioned with Thoreau's own words which was the aim of the editor.....
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.....
New York / Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2007. 4th Printing. Large Hardcover.
Fourth printing. Jacket edges lightly bumped.
440 pp. Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs presents the full spectrum of Adams' work in a single volume for the first time, offering the largest available compilation from his legendary photographic career.....
. 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.....
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.....
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: Hyperion, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Front jacket flap price-clipped. Ink gift note on front free endpaper.
viii, 254 pp. What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story.....
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.....