Hardcover, Stated First Printing-1965 Macmillan 278 pages. Very Good+, in a VG+ DJ. Blue cloth boards with silver titles and red topstain - corners sharp. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to unclipped DJ, inside rear DJ flap has a few folds - now in mylar..no previous owner marks-no notes or writing-All pages are bright, clean and crisp..Alvah Bessie is the first of the "Hollywood Ten" to tell the whole incredible story of the ten screenwriters, producers, and directors who went to jail for a misdemeanor called contempt of Congress when they declined to testify before the House Un-American Act... View More...
Hardcover-with related ephemera, Stated First Printing - 10,000 copies 1959 Whitehorn Publishing 374 pages. Very Good+ in a VG DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to green cloth boards with gilt titles and raft design on front board-corners sharp. Moderate shelf/edge wear to un-clipped DJ-now in mylar. Fascinating tale of DeVere Baker, a devout mormon who had the goal of proving that voyages spoken in the Book of Mormon were true and that ancient peoples of the lost tribes had made the trip to the shores of North America. When this dream took hold, he sold most of his possessions including ... View More...
Hardcover-Signed by Author Frank Baron on the FFEP to the previous owner, First Edition 1991 Ferguson Communications 228 pages. Near Fine, no jacket, as issued. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to glossy green boards with gilt titles and photographic inset on the front panel. Corners sharp with a touch of wear to the tips. Over 50 B&W photographs/illustrations and over 470 color photographs (more than 450 of them are individual lures and a few are folk art). Wonderful and detailed history of Michigan's legendary Lure Maker "Bud Stewart" and his beautiful creations. Very Scarce. ISBN- 09172311... View More...
Hardcover, First Edition 1962 Devin-Adair 517 pages. Near Fine, in a VG+ DJ. Black cloth boards with gilt titles-corners sharp. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to clipped DJ, minor soiling to the rear panel-DJ now in mylar. Fascinating biography of Goring, Author was the former Irish Ambassador to Germany during the war years. Goring is presented "warts and all" but as a human being that differed considerably from the rest of the top Nazi leadership - in background, in being a WW1 hero (pilot) and in being held in affectionate regard by the German people as a whole. Handsome copy and scarc... View More...
Hardcover, 1972. Arno Press, New York. Hardcover. Near Fine - No DJ as-issued...part of the Arno Press collection "Literature and History of Aviation"...Blue cloth covers with silver titles and 4 silver motif illustrations on front-corners sharp....no notes or writing-all pages are bright, clean and crisp...The biography of Georges Guynemer, top fighter ace for France in the First World War, and a French national hero at the time of his death...ISBN-0405037511... Thanks for supporting a small family business...LOC SSM-14 View More...
Hardcover, 1977 William Kimber London, Very Good in a VG DJ, just a touch of shelf/edge wear and rubbing to price-clipped DJ-now in protective mylar, Green cloth boards with gilt titles-faint bump to bottom edge of spine...small scar/scrape near bottom of half-title page, no notes or writing-All pages are bright, clean and crisp except for the previously mentioned half-title page above...Outstanding history of one of the most decorated pilots of World War One...ISBN-0718300459...Thanks for supporting a small family business...LOC-SSM-14 View More...
Hardcover, BCE 1969 Harcourt Brace NY...Very Good + in a VG DJ, minor shelf/edge wear and a few closed tears to DJ, slight sunning to spine of DJ and one half-inch chip to top left corner near spine-now in protective mylar...minor shelf/edge wear to Gray cloth boards with green titles and accents-corners sharp...no notes or writing-All pages are clean and crisp-map end papers...the Red Baron has proven to be the most durable of modern war heroes. Richthofen was killed when he was twenty-five years old, and, unfortunately, most of those who have been interested in him cared only about the las... View More...
Softcover, First Edition 1961 Belmont Books (L504) 157 pages. Near Fine, in photo-illustrated wraps. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to covers. All pages are clean with just a hint of age-toning to edges - binding tight, spine uncreased. Looks unread. With 44 B&W photographs. Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, singer and fashion model, who later became an animal rights activist. She was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s and was widely referred to by her initials, B.B. She started her acting career in 1952 and after appearing in 16 ro... View More...
Hardcover, First Edition Haynes 205 pages. Near Fine in a VG+ DJ. Black leatherette boards with silver titles - corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear to DJ-now in mylar. Only flaw to book is a tiny bit of foxing to the fore-edge. No previous owner marks - all pages are bright, clean and crisp. The story of Francis Beart - great motorcycle tuner, mechanic, and racer of the 40's, 50's and 60's, a true legend. Scarce. ISBN-0854292365. LOC SSS-02 View More...
Hardcover, Stated First Edition 2011, W.W. Norton & Company, 248 pages. Very Good+, in a Near Fine DJ. Black cloth spine with gilt titles over gray paper boards. Bottom corners lightly bumped. Text block is tight and pages are clean. DJ is unclipped with just a whisper of shelf/edge wear...now in mylar. An illuminating biography of one of the toughest and craftiest gamblers of all times - Titanic journeyed from backwoods Arkansas to New York, Chicago, and Hollywood - with his golf clubs, a .45 revolver, and a suitcase full of cash. The author reveals how he succeeded - and cheated- in co... View More...
Large Hardcover, First Edition WindRiver Publishing Company 302 pages. Near Fine, in a VG+ DJ. Blue cloth boards with silver titles - corners sharp. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to DJ - now in mylar. Only flaw is the Front DJ interior flap has a long fold on the inside. Previous owner name and address label on FFEP. The only complete film biography of this legendary actor with over 250 photographs, reviews, and a complete filmography and index. Highly Recommended. A very handsome vintage First Edition in DJ. ISBN-0940375001. LOC View More...
Vintage Hardcover, First American Edition 1934 Claude Kendall 288 pages. Very Good, no DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to dark terracotta cloth boards with silver titles - top two corners have a small bump. Faded yellow topstain. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Only flaw is a cosmetic repair to the rear hinge with archival document tape and a very slight shelf lean. The binding is solid. 16 chapters. Cecil De Lenoir calls himself the "Hundredth Man" because, it is always said, out of a hundred victims of the drug habit no more than one ever "comes back" and is per... View More...
Hardcover, 1978 Presidio Press CA...Near Fine in a VG DJ...just a hint of shelf/edge wear to DJ, slight sunning to spine and edges-now in protective mylar...Aquamarine cloth with gilt titles ...no notes or writing-All pages are bright, clean and crisp...Theodore Gordon AKA "Spuds" Ellyson was awarded the first set of gold wings as a naval aviator in 1915. At the time, he was first lieutenant of the battleship South Carolina. Glenn Curtiss, a mechanical genius and the first licensed flyer in America, had taught Ellyson to fly in 1911. Fascinating story of the First Naval Aviator...ISBN-9780764... View More...
Hardcover - Signed by the Author, Stated First Edition 1976 Superior Publishing 336 pages..Near fine in a VG DJ..blue cloth boards with red titles - corners sharp..minor shelf/edge wear to unclipped DJ, rear panel has a tape repair to the rear panel from the underside (with archival tape), DJ now in mylar..heavily-illustrated biography of Elizabeth Bacon Custer, the wife of General Custer, showing the domestic side of life on the frontier..previous owner was Robert B. Wells of Monroe Michigan, who traveled the country in search of patriotic stories and history for Channel 1 Multimedia..long... View More...
2 Volume Hardcover Set, Stated First Edition 1927 Doubleday, Page & Co. - Vol 1 is 339 pages and Vol 2 is 376 pages including the extensive bibliography and index. Both volumes are Very Good, in VG DJ??s. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles, TEG - corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear, dust soiling and some chipping to unclipped DJ??s - now in mylar. Spine of DJ??s are sun-darkened but front panels are unaffected. Dust jackets are a bright yellow background with black lllustrations of a ship at sea. Dust jacket art is a woodcut from ??Iron Men and Wooden Ships?. Previous owner address label at t... View More...
Hardcover-First Edition 1977 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, in Very Good condition...minor shelf/edge wear to DJ-one tiny chip at top edge of DJ...Gilt-stamped Black decorative cloth-corners sharp...photographic endpapers-FFEP has a small fold at bottom...No notes or writing-All pages are bright, clean and crisp...One of the best books on the Algonquin Round Table-pulls no punches. Highly Recommended...ISBN-0151975213...Thanks for supporting a small family business...LOC SSM-20 View More...
Hardcover, NOT an Ex-Library copy, in Very Good condition, minor shelf/edge wear, Blue cloth boards with gilt titles...sharp corners with just a bit of wear to the tips...previous owner blindstamp on title page...no notes or writing-All pages are bright, clean and crisp... ...ISBN-0517567962...Thanks for supporting a small family business...LOC SSM-9 View More...
Hardcover with DJ, Stated First Printing 1960 Farrar, Straus and Cudahy 375 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to blue cloth spine with white, black and yellow titles over black paper boards - corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear, one closed tear and dust soiling to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Spine of DJ is lightly faded. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Gustav Regler (1898-1963) was a German writer and journalist. Regler served in the Germany Infantry during the First World War and was seriously injured. He joined the Comm... View More...
Hardcover, 1995 Stated First Edition Texas A & M University Press 289 pages. Near Fine in a VG+ DJ. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to dark gray cloth boards with gilt titles on black background-corners sharp. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to unclipped DJ, front panel of DJ is sunned at the edges-now in mylar. ( See Photo) General Warner Robins helped to form the Air Force as it is today. As a West Point cadet (1903-1907), Augustine Warner Robins numbered among his classmates and friends Hap Arnold and Frank Andrews. As a young officer, he fought under Black Jack Pershing in Mexico and met a ... View More...
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