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Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of John Alexander Logan... Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives, February 9 and 16, 1887...
por (LOGAN, John A.)
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- 1887
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 52,03
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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with ornate silver lettering, rules and decorations. 213pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Very good. Minor binding edgewear. but tight and internally fine. First edition -- as discreet and inconspicuous ex-library copy as can be, almost the only marking a small blind-embossed name on title page. This copy bears nice ephemeral addition:… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Tempestuous Journey: Lloyd George His Life and Times
por OWEN, Frank
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- 1954
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 189,20
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London: Hutchinson, 1954. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 787pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding wear and rubbing; endpapers a tad age toned, with front hinge a bit rough but strong. First edition, tight and nice, of this thick biography of the Liberal Party prime minister of the United Kingdom (1916-22) -- with interesting… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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The Life of James W. Grimes, Governor of Iowa, 1854-1858; a Senator of the United States, 1859-1869
por SALTER, William
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- 1876
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 141,90
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown blind-embossed cloth over beveled boards with gilt spine lettering. xii, 398pp, (6pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Near fine. Faint wear to binding only, else tight and internally fine. Superb first edition of this biography of the Iowa Republican who served as that state's third governor and then senator. Inner flyleaf… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 141,90
James Nelson Burnes, Late a Representative in Congress from Missouri. His Life, with a Concise Introduction of His Speeches and Debates in Congress
por De KNIGHT, Edward W.
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- 1889
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 279,07
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Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1889. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering. lviii, 480pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Very good. Tight and nice, with just the faintest binding wear. Choice first edition of this hefty compilation of speeches and writings of the Democratic representative (1883-89) from Missouri (1827-89), with a biographical sketch of Burns by its compiler,… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 279,07
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The Imperial Highway; or, the Road to Fortune and Happiness with Biographies of Self-Made Men. Their Business Traits Qualities and Habits
por BATES, Jerome Paine
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- 1886
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 61,49
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Chicago: The National Library Association, 1886. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter brown calf with gilt spine lettering and brown textured paper over beveled boards with gilt lettering. xiv, 811pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, full-page illustrations, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges. Very good. Quite minor binding wear only, else internally tight and near fine. Attractive and tight early printing of this hefty combination… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Mark Hanna: His Book
por HANNA, Mark
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- 1904
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 373,67
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Boston: The Chapple Publishing Co, 1904. Hardcover. Introduction by Joe Mitchell Chapple. 12mo. Teal blue cloth with front board white lettering and decorations and black/white pictorial stamping. 84pp. Near fine. Hand-lettered paper shelf label near spine foot. A bright and lovely first edition of this slim volume published just after the 1904 death of this hugely powerful and influential… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 373,67
Never a Dull Day: An Autobiography
por WALGREEN, Myrtle E.
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- 1963
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 23,65
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Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1963. Hardcover. As told to Marguerite Harmon Bro. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 334pp. Illustrations (some color). Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn. First edition. Illinoisan Walgreen (1887-1964), widow of the drugstore magnate, was herself a noted gardener. She inscribes the front flyleaf large and bold in blue… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
por ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques
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- 1955
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 94,60
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Translation revised by A.S.B. Glover. Illustrations by William Sharp. Small 4to. Quarter brown morocco with gilt spine lettering and marbled paper over boards, slipcase. xviii, 635pp. Numerous brown line drawings. Fine/very good. Faint slipcase wear. Handsome, tight LEC production of the groundbreaking, posthumously-published (1782-89) autobiography by the influential Swiss philosopher and… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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To Rule the Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin
por IRWIN, James B.
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- 1982
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- 9780879816292
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 70,95
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Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 1982. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 261pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. First of this softbound edition of the late astronaut's memoir, first published in 1973. On the half-title page, he boldly inscribes and signs in black fineline to "St. Orres Family / His Love / Jim Irwin / Apollo 15" with his trademark crescent… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 70,95
John Foster Dulles: Soldier for Peace
por HELLER, Deane, and HELLER, David
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- 1960
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 33,11
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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with black lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 328pp. Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly rubbed, with spine faintly sunned. Attractive, tight first edition of this (to cite jacket front panel) "dramatic, deeply-moving biography and political history of 'America's Greatest Secretary of State. Preço do item
€ 33,11
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Paul Revere and the World He Lived In
por FORBES, Esther
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- 1983
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 70,95
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New York: The American Past Book-of-the-Month Club, 1983. Hardcover. New foreword by Daniel J. Boorstin. Small 4to. Blue and salmon cloth with copper spine lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket, slipcase with pictorial label. xxii, 547pp. Color frontispiece, maps, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Sewn-in blue silk page marker. Fine/near fine/very good. Jacket spine a bit sunned. Tight, handsome reprint of… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Right in the Old Gazoo: A Lifetime of Scrapping with the Press
por SIMPSON, Alan K.
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- 1997
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- 9780688113582
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 47,30
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red and black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 269pp. Near fine/near fine. Quite handsome first edition of this delightful skewering by the notable (and notably tall) powerful Republican senator from Wyoming from 1979 to 1979 (born 1931). Tipped to front flyleaf is an… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Memoirs of a Wandering Chemist: an autobiography of Robert C. Swain
por SWAIN, Robert C.
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- 1983
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 89,87
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N.p.: Robert C. Swain, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver lettering and rules. xiv, 187pp. Illustrations. Fine. Pristine first edition of this self-published memoir, bearing a bold presentation inscription and signature in black ballpoint on front flyleaf: "To: / Bob Malott / With best regards. / Bob Swain / Aug. 1983." Swain (1907-89) was a noted research chemist… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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The Lives of William Benton
por HYMAN, Sidney
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- 1969
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 89,87
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 625pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with a few edge chips. Tight and nice first edition of this hefty biography of the Encyclopaedia Britannica publisher (1943-73) and United States senator from Connecticut (1949-53).… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Melbourne
por CECIL, David
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- 1954
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 52,03
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 450pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faint and mild binding edgewear. Second printing of this 1939 biography of Lord Melbourne (William Lamb, 1779-1848), two-time British prime minister. Interestingly, tipped to front flyleaf is the 3" X 2" heavy stock "Compliments of Thomas R. Coward" card -- Coward co-founded… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home
por OFFUTT, Chris
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- 2002
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- 9780684865515
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- 1
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 18,92
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 268pp. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition. Preço do item
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Back to Beginnings: Adlai E. Stevenson and North Carolina
por IVES, Elizabeth S., and RAGAN, Sam
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- 1969
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 89,87
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Charlotte, NC: Heritage Printers, Inc, 1969. Hardcover. Wide 12mo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 56pp, (4pp). Numerous illustrations, genealogical chart. Fine/near fine. Superb and tight first edition of this account of the Tar Heel background of the Illinois governor and two-time Democratic presidential candidate (1900-65) -- and a choice presentation copy, as the half-title page… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Adlai: The Springfield Years
por HARRIS, Patricia
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- 1975
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- 9780876951675
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- 1
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 42,57
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Nashville: Aurora Publishers, Inc, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. 194pp. Fine. Lacks dust jacket. Pristine first edition of this study of the governor's years in the state capital, 1949-53. From the collection of his son, U.S. Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), with a sheet of his embossed letterhead tipped in at flyleaf. Preço do item
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McNary of Oregon: A Political Biography
por NEAL, Steve
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- 1985
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- 9780875951737
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- 1
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 89,87
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Portland, OR: The Press of the Oregon Historical Society, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter red cloth with gilt spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 249pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. Sharp and lovely first edition of this biography of the powerful Oregon Republican senator (1917-44) and bearing a huge presentation inscription in blue fineline on… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 89,87
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The Sower's Seed: A Tribute to Adlai Stevenson
por GOODWIN, Richard N.
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- 1965
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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€ 47,30
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N.p.: The New American Library, 1965. Hardcover. Eulogy by Lyndon B. Johnson. 8vo. Black glossy pictorial paper over boards, slipcase. 16pp. Illustration. Near fine/very good. Minor edgewear and typical rubbing. First edition, tight and attractive, of this memorial essay by a top JFK and LBJ aide and speechwriter -- personal copy of the governor's son, U.S. Senator Adlai E.… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
€ 47,30