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Jim Thorpe, PA: Vince Hydro Pub., 2020. Bound in stiff glossy, illustrated wraps. 133 pp. with photographs, facsimilies, portraits throughout. Subtitled, "the story of the Packer children, Lucy, Mary, Robert and Harry, and their spouses". Linderman, Lucy Packer, 1832-1873, Packer, Robert Asa, 1842-1883, Packer, Harry Eldred, 1850-1884, Cummings, Mary Hannah Packer, 1839-1912. Handsomely produced volume. … Ler mais sobre este item

NJ: Blue Dome Press, 2019. Bound in gray boards, stamped in silver in dust jacket that shows a large picture of Gulen on the front panel. 418 pp. (color) photo-illustrated. An interesting book on the Muslim Scholar who now lives in the Pocono area of Pennsylvania. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Nordon, 1976. Tight, clean copy of the first edition of this biography on "Bogie" -- Lots of black and white photos. A paperback original.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Published. Trade Paperback.

NY: Arbor House, 1977. Bound in yellow cloth over black boards, stamped in black in matching black and yellow dust jacket. The biography of one of the first NFL players to "come out" as gay. Darkening to top edge and a bit of spotting to top edge of pages, but a tight, clean copy. 247 pp.… Ler mais sobre este item

Baltimore: Butternut & Blue, 2005. Bound in thick blue cloth, stamped in gold. A tight, clean copy of this 232 pp. Biography of this Civil War soldier. Photo-illustrated and maps. Inscribed and signed on the title page. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Published.

London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. Bound in blue buckram, stamped in gold. A decent 20th century rebind, with no real flaws. Just a tight, clean copy. Illustrations of the artists work throughout the book. . Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Dustjacket.

NY: The Century Co., 1926. Bound in black and red cloth, stamped in gold. Map endsheets. Tiny sticker removal mark to top edge of front end paper. Tight, clean copy and it is Inscribed and Signed by the author to Charles F. Walker. 392 pp. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Scribner, 1998. One volume abridgment by Stephen W. Sears; introduction by James M. McPherson; maps; fold-out map; 910pp.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1947. Bound in red cloth stamped in blue with a characture of Frank on the front panel. In yellow dust jacket that shows overall soiling and scuffing to extremes. Inscribed, Signed and dated by the author to a fellow New Yorker employee. 125 pp. Photo-Illustrated. . Inscribed and Signed By… Ler mais sobre este item

MI: Avery, 1991. Bound in stiff white illustrated boards. This book is a facsimile edition of a book that was published in 1889. 108 pp. Previous owner's neat signature on second page. Interesting reading. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket - As Published.

NY: Stein & Day Pub, 1975. Bound in red cloth over tan boards, stamped in gold. The dust jacket shows a picture of Hoffa and the U.S. Capitol in the background. The dust jacket is price clipped, but overall, a tight, bright copy of the true first edition of this book. The author's facsimile signature… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Atria Books, 2008. Bound in black cloth, stamped in silver with dust jackets that has picture of 12 noted African Americans on the front panel and 12 more on the back panel. A 200 pp. book celebrating their lives.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Putnam, 1960. Bound in red cloth, stamped in black and gold in red, white and blue price clipped dust jacket that has an illustration of two biplanes on the front panel. Minor wear to extremes of jacket. A book about WWI pilots. 384 pp. Photo illustrated. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very… Ler mais sobre este item

US: (no publisher), 1978. Photo book with hundreds of color photos of Roger Moore in movies - book lists movies and then gives Moore photos from the movies. 160 pp. Beautiful copy in dustwrapper. Text in Japanese.. Reissue. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Photo-Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. Bound in black and blue cloth, stamped in red and white. A biography of Charlie MacArthur who was a good friend of Hechts and worked with him on numerous endeavors - The Front Page, Wuthering Heights, Gunga Din, etc. 242 pp. Photo Illustrated. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Chelsea House, 1995. Bound in red boards, stamped in gold in matching dust jacket that has a portrait of Cather on the front panel This is part of the publisher's series on Gay Men and Lesbians (apparently there were 30 books in the series). 144 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Gerald Howe, Ltd., 1928. Bound in red cloth, stamped in gold. This is the first edition of this Biography -- part of the publisher's representative women series. Previous owner's neat inscription to front end paper. An unusually nice copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket.

Oak View, CA: The Johnny Cash Society, 1968. Bound in stiff black boards, stamped in silver -- with a silhouette picture of Mr. Cash at the top of the Front panel. Book would be Near Fine, except for a sticker removal mark to top edge of front panel. 49 pp. Exceedingly rare -- only two… Ler mais sobre este item

Harrisburg, PA: The Telegraph Press, 1934. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in gold. Some offsetting to front endsheets (due to laid in book review on the subject from 1955). Also some articles laid in re: the Obituary of the author. 664 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: The Aquarian Press, 1963. Bound in Navy cloth, stamped in gold. Dust jacket missing but the flaps of the jacket are laid in. A 153 pp. Biography of Mr. Mckenzie. From the library of Paris Flammonde, with his lavish signature on the front free endpaper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/No Jacket.… Ler mais sobre este item