Very clean, attractive book with no defect of note -- not bumps to boards, no names or wtiting, no chips or tears and no price-clip. Dustjacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover. Benjamin Rush appears in many tomes of history, but more in passing than not. Finally a biograohy has centered on him as a member of the First Continental Congress snd leading surgeon for the Continental Army. Book has 404 page including index. View More...
Very nice clean book. Blue boards show no bumps or wear and pages are clean with no names or writing. A facsimile reprint of a book first published in 1926. Portrait of author at frontis in black and white. Burnham was an American scout and adventurer famous for his service to the British Army in colonial Africa and for teaching woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell. The latter caused him (Burnham) to play a role in the founding of the international Scouting Movement. Illustrated throughout with maps, art and photography in black and white.370 pages. View More...
Beautiful book designed with laminated boards and a dustjacket which replicates the book's design There are no names or writing other than the insciption and author's signature on the title page. It reads thus: "Best wishes to --- and ----! Constance McGeorge 1996." Both the book and the jacket are in very nice condition. The only fault is a tiny chip to the top back corner of the jacket next to spine (see photo). Has not been price-clipped. The story is lovely and the art is perfect for snowhorses and a fantasy ride never to be forgotten. Book measures 9" x 11-1/4". View More...
This is Volume Five of a set, each volume of which stands on its own. I also have volumes TWO and THREE in nice condition. This book is pristine with no bumps to boards and no names or writing. The dustjacket hes no tears or chips and ihas not ben price-clipped. The text is compiled of opinion pieces published by the Jerusalem Post, speches, radio commentary, print media, and the American Jewish Commitee. The book measures 6-1/4" x 9-1/4" and has 393 pages. View More...
Very handscome book -- clean as a whistle inside and out. No bumps to textured black boards and pages and page edges are pristine.Jacket shows a smalll bit of sunning to pink area next to spine at front cover (see photo) and a few very tiny chips at front corners, but otherwise is without fault. SIGNED on front free endpaper by author thus, "To -----, and to all future challenges. Nina. 2/83". An interesting history of a movement which took its road map from the fields of health and welfare. Book is a thirty year retrospective as well as an anlaysis of programs and practices. 341 page... View More...
We rarely buy book club editions, but this one is special. Not only is it SIGNED by author, Joe Gores, but was presented and inscribed by him to Charles Brown who was the founder of Locus Magazine. The inscription reads thus: "For Charles Brown, With all best wishes on the occasion of the S.F. Boucher Conference. Joe Gores, October, 1985." The conference he refers to is a large Science Fiction event. The book is clean and attractive with no other names or writing, no bumps to boards and no tears or chips. Jacket is protected by brand new mylar. Book was billed as "A new SKA novel starring th... View More...
Crisp, clean book with no defects of note. Priistine inside and out with no names or writing. Purchased from a collector who was the only owner and a meticulous keeper of books. The jacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover. Book measures 8-1/2" x 11-1/4" and has 245 pages. A Value Guide is laid-in at back of book. Book is also illustrarted nicely with black and white photographs and drawings. View More...
Small book measuring 5"x7-3/4". Tightly bound and respectable, but showing some issues including spotting to lower back board caused by moisture, scattered foxing to pages, missing front free endpaper and evidence that it, or something else, had been glued to front pastedown and later removed to show original owner's name and the date April 16, 1881. I normally would not have bought a book in this condition, but it is quite scarce and of interest to genealogists. Aside from the family information, the author's journal is most interesting, especially to Ohioans, as he was born in Lanca... View More...
Beautiful, quality made book with orange cloth binding and black printing to face and spine.Very clean with no bumps to boards. Pages likewise pristine with no names or writing. Dustjacket is protected in mylar and shows just a tiny tear to lower spine. Printed on coated paper with many black and white photographs. Research from primary sources, including all estate inventories filed with the county, plus wills, deeds, advertisements., manuscripts, tax lists, indictments and newspapers. A serious study of interest to textile collectors, historical reenactors and more. 212 pages. View More...
Crisp and clean, beautifulyl cared for. No bumps to boards, no tears or chips to jacket and has not been price-clipped. Will arive in brand new mylar cover. Cinderella stories appear in many cultures -- this one is from the Middle East. The book was inscribed and eigned by the artist thus, "To ---- and ----Best wishes. Will Hillenbrand. He also added a bookplate upon whih e drew a snowman. Book measures 9-1.2" x 10-1/4". View More...
Ctisp, clean book with no defect of note. Jacket protected by brand new mylar cover. SIGNED and inscribed by author thus: "For -----, With Warmest Regards, Mercedes Lambert". This is the author's first book, a gritty mystery set in L.A. 242 pages. View More...
item 8620 Beautiful book, crisp and fresh in mylar. Only defect is price-clipping. Ten exquisite full page watercolor illustrations. If you love cats as we do, you will delight in the lovely images that capture perfectly the attitude of the cat, as well as the stories of all the cats who have deigned to grace the author's life. 129 pgs [ literature ] View More...
Mint condition save a light haze of foxing to back of white dustjacket. Book itself is pristine with no names or writiing and no bumps to green boards. Page, and page edges pristine. No tears or chips and dustjacket protected by mylar. SIGNED by the author thus, "Best Wishes, Carroll V. Lonergan." This book was written when the author was just 22 years old, years before his 1959 book Ticoderoga Historic Portage. This one was released for publication here in 1987 when he received a letter from a former student who fondly remembered him reading it in manuscript form to her eighth grad... View More...
We buy very few ex-libs, but this is an excellent book with scant evidence of library origin. The book itself is clean as a whistle inside and out. One stamp at each edge of textblock, but we were able to lighten the one to outer edge. Dustjacket is likewise clean and nice and has been relieved of its stickers and placed in brand new mylar cover. Interior shows only one stamp at front and one at back. A claasic book on the South African Campaign of the Anglo-Zulu War, first published in 1880 and reprinted here in facsimile. Illustrated throughout with portraits.Contents include a detailed sket... View More...
Book is in pristine condition inside and out with no bumps to boards and no names or writing. Measures 7"x10-1/2" and has 227 pages. Illustrated much more lavishly than most books from this publisher, including black and white photographs, of the factories, the cars, the people and the advertisements of the three companies run by Elwood Haynes and the Apperson Brothers, Elmer and Edgar. These were the Haynes-Apperson Company until the two families went their own ways to develop the Haynes Automobile Company, and the Apperson Brothers Automobile Company, the latter known for its famous Jackrab... View More...
Very nice clean book, inside and out, with no bumps to green boards. Dustjacket has been price-clipped, but shows no tears or chips and is most handsome in brand new mylar. SIGNED by Tasha Tudor and dated 1994 on half title page. Under this is a gift inscription, hence the lower price. The late Tasha Tudor is an icon -- a woman who lived simply and gently on the earth and celebrated the simple pleasures of nature both in her life and in her art. This book, with its glorious full color photographs throughout, explores her relationship with the garden she called "heaven on earth. The book me... View More...
Crisp, clean, beautiful book. No tears, no bumps to boards, no price-clip, and pristine inside and out. Dustjacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover. Inscribed by Monette on front free endpaper thus "To the ---------s. Best wishes, Richard Monette 2007, Sept. Stratford." Book is nicelt illustrated with both black and white and color photographs. A very handsome bookmark produced to acckpmany the book is lais-in as is a bookley entitled Richard Monette Gala Celebration. This is likewise beatiful save a partial ringed stain to lower front corner. Booklet was produced for the September 17,... View More...
Nice, clean book with a very small print run -- just 300 copies "of the first and only edition" of which this is #106. Former owner's name to page opposite title page. SIGNED by author. Very clean navy blue boards with gilt printing at face. Measures 5-1/4"x8-1/4" and has 67 pages. Nice map endpapers fornt and back and illustrated with small drawings. Text comprised of the logs for the following voyages: the Cleveland Deep Water Sailing Race and Interlake Yachting Association Regatta Put-in-Bay, Ohio 1945 and Mentor Harbor to Mackinac Island and return including the 23rd Annual... View More...
Crisp, clean book with no bumps to boards, no tears or chips to dustjacket, and no price-cliop. Book is SIGNED on title page thus, "For ---- and --- With affection and thanks. Varley." Book will arrive in aa brand new mylar cover. Wirtten as the memoir of the the real relationship of Ballachine and his wife, a ballerina who in 1956 contracted polio, and the Russian dancer with whom he was engaged in a romantic relationship. Book has 248 pristine pages. View More...
Beautiful, crisp, clean book-- rather hard to find. Dark blue boards show no bumps and are very clean, as are pages and page edges. Book lists all founders of the Saybrook colony and offers land records for Saybrook, Chester, Essex, Old Saybrook and Westbrook, plus church records and maps.705 pages. View More...
