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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Stated First Edition 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 343 deckle edge pages with some black and white photographs. From jacket: "From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling author: a beautifully crafted memoir of his lifelong chase after his father's shadow. John was eleven months old, when his father, Barney Darnton - a… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1959. 8vo size clothbound hardcover; 336 deckle edged pages From page 16: "In Plonsk ... in 1886 Sheindal Green... presented her young husband Avigdor with their sixth child. In Pinsk at this time, a 12-year-old boy named Chaim was enrolled at one of the local schools. The sixth child… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Literary Profiles authors are listed below First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 208 ivory laid deckled edged pages From dust jacket: "For Louis Auchincloss, life and letters are not two things but one. It herefore comes as no surprise that when he writes about writers, their… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1973. 8vo size black clothbound hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 209 pages plus section of black and white photographs on glossy stock From dust jacket: "Philadelphia Mayor Frank L. Rizzo, self proclaimed 'toughest cop in America,' is a burly, outspoken, impeccably dressed man with a deep and abiding affection for the 'little people,'… Read more about this item

Beverly Hills, CA: Dove Books, 1995. Very Rare Signed First Edition Signed by Cindy Adams and inscribed on fep. Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket and rose pink endpapers; 266 pages plus a section of black and white photographs on glossy stock From dust jacket: "Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy...never before… Read more about this item

New York: Image 12mo size mass market paperback; 354 pages Translated from the Danish by T. O'Conor Sloane Nihil Obstat: Remigius Lafort, S.T.L., Censor Imprimatur: John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York From back cover: "Every phase of life and work of St. Francis has been examined reverently but at the same time… Read more about this item

New York: Horizon Press, 1962. 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 144 pages with 41 black and white illustrations of Gorky's artwork and 4 color illustrations on glossy stock. From dust jacket: In this model kind of study of an artist, the author ... presents this pioneer of the new American painting in a masterly blending… Read more about this item

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1980. Book Club Edition Illustrated by Victor Juhasz Wide 8vo size pictorial hardcover with matching dust jacket; 64 pages with black and white illustrations throughout From dust jacket: "Even as a young girl, Margaret Mead was fascinated by how people live, how they behave and what they believe. So… Read more about this item

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1955. 8vo size navy blue hardcover with gilt titles on the spine; 630 pages including Notes and Index. Endpapers are maps. There are 19 full page black and white illustrations on glossy stock. John A Macdonald (1851 - 1891) was the first Prime Minister of Canada, serving in that capacity for… Read more about this item

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1912. Introduction by Mrs John Lane 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with gilt title on cover and spine; 315 creamy laid deckle edged pages with 32 illustrations on glossy stock. Subjects include: Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Gouverneur Morris James Monroe Tom Paine Robert Fulton General La Fayette Augustus Saint-Gaudens John Howard… Read more about this item

New York: Pearson Longman, 2005. One of the Library of World Biography Series. Peter N. Stearns, Series Edition. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size trade paperback; 158 pages including index with a few black and white photographs From back cover: "Trace the career of Fukuzawa Yukichi, who began life as lower-level samurai during the… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. One of the American Statesman Series, volume XV 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with gilt topstain and gilt titles on the spine; 331 pages including index with engraved frontispiece portrait and illustration on half title page of family homestead. There are three addition full page illustrations. John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848) was… Read more about this item

Atlantic Publishing Co, 1893. Editor, Representative, Speaker, Senator, Cabinet Minister, Diplomat and True Patriot A Graphic Record of His Whole Illustrious Career, from the Cradle to the Grave This Memorial Edition sold by subscription only 8vo size decorative red clothbound covers have black and gilt decorations on spine and front cover and gilt titles; 578 pages. … Read more about this item

Jamaica Plain, MA: Institute for Cultural Landscape Studies;, 1999. 8vo size staple bound booklet with illustrated covers; 31 pages. Foreword by Robert E Cook, Director of Arnold Arboretum Contents include: Chronology Eliot Commissions Bibliography Charles Eliot (1859 - 1897) was a landscape architect who was a pioneer in conservation, landscape planning and development. His design… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1954. # 47 in the Landmark Books Series copyright 1954, 9th printing 8vo size gray cloth bound hardcover with brown and blue decorations on spine and front cover and blue titles on spine and front cover; color illustrated endpapers showcase other books in the Series. Illustrated throughout with black and white and black… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. First Edition 8vo size trade paperback with photo illustrated front cover; 64 pages illustrated throughout with black and white photographs From summary: "A biography of Chris Evert, a young American tennis player who won the Wimbledon championship in 1974." Edgewear, moderate wear to covers, sunned spine and sunned margin on… Read more about this item

Farmington Hills, Michigan: Thomson Gale, 2007. Wide 8vo size pictorial hardcover; 104 pages with photographs and illustrations throughout Contents include: Growing Up in Argentina Ernesto Guevara Becomes the Revolutionary Che Che Helps Bring Revolution to Cuba Failure in Africa Failure and Death and Bolivia Ex-library with typical treatments, appears not to be circulated. Barcode on back cover… Read more about this item

Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1988. Fidel and Che Text is in Spanish First Edition 12mo size trade paperback; 250 pages From back cover: "Quiza ningun cubano, en las isla o en el exilio, conozca tan bien a Castro como Pardo Llada. En realidad, fue el protector y padrono de Fidel en sus primeros anos… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam, 1984. 12mo size mass market paperback with color photo illustrated front cover; 127 pages plus 32 pages of black and white photographs From back cover: "He's been hailed as one of the greatest athletes of all time - an historic Olympic champion who has achieved what only Jesse Owens before him has done. Carl… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with gilt title and decorations on spine, 502 pages including two indices. Black and white frontispiece on glossy stock and seven additional full page illustrations. There are also some small snippets of sheet music within the text. Hugo Wolf, (1860 - 1903) was a composer known… Read more about this item