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1919 [Number two in U.S.A. trilogy] (Franklin Library 100 Greatest  Masterpieces of American...
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1919 [Number two in U.S.A. trilogy] (Franklin Library 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series)

by DOS PASSOS, John

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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1978. Leather. A deluxe Franklin Library leatherbound edition of the second novel in the U.S.A. trilogy of John Dos Passos (1896-1970). The author employed innovative techniques to focus on the lives of twelve central characters. This trilogy provides the reader with a description of life in America in the early part of the 20th century. With illustrations by Reginald Marsh. The U.S.A. trilogy was named to the Modern Library list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. An entry in the Franklin Library's 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series, issued in conjunction with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. One of an unspecified number in this limited edition. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet about this work is included. --- Bound in full dark red bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and… Read More
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Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

by WHITNEY, Janet

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London: Geroge G. Harrap and Company Ltd.. Very Good- in Poor dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. A biography of Abigail Adams, the wife of American founder and President John Adams and mother of later President John Quincy Adams. Mrs. Adams is described on the jacket as America's "first emancipated woman". Abigail Adams was a keen writer of letters, many of which were used by the author to craft this work. With black & white Benjamin Blythe drawn frontis portrait of Abigail Adams; as well as six additional black & white plates bearing images of scenes from her life. With maps of Boston and Massachusetts Bay colony in 1775 to front endpapers. --- In full orange buckram cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on spine. Dark red jacket with drawing of a colonial American scene. --- With sunning and whitish splotch to spine, else a clean, tightly-bound copy. Poor only jacket with very little remaining of the spine, a few… Read More
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Aldo Leopold: The Man and His Legacy

Aldo Leopold: The Man and His Legacy

by TANNER, Thomas (editor)

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0935734139
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Ankeny, Iowa: Soil Conservation Society of America. Very Good. 1987. Softcover. 0935734139 . A collection of essays honoring the life and legacy of Aldo Leopold, author of "A Sand County Almanac". Mr. Leopold was active in the fields of wildlife and wilderness preservation. --- A softcover in brown wraps, with photo of Leopold to cover. --- With some sunning to cover, else a clean, bright, unmarked copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xv, 175 pages .
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Alexander the Conquerer: The Epic Story of the Warrior King
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Alexander the Conquerer: The Epic Story of the Warrior King

by FOREMAN, Laura

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0306812932
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Tehabi Books / Da Capo Press / Perseus. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0306812932 . First edition, first printing. The life story of the extraordinarily successful conqueror Alexander the Great is told in both words and over 250 dazzling full-color photos and illustrations. Though he died in 323 B.C., an amazing number of paintings, mosaics, sculptures and other works of art have survived to help tell the story. Also with numerous maps. --- In full black linen-finish paper-covered boards with cover and spine titling in blind. Black jacket bears image of a bust of Alexander. --- An excellent copy: bright, tightly-bound and clean, though with small remainder mark to textblock lower edge and slight sunning to head of spine. Unclipped jacket ($35/$49.95) with mild rubbing and a little creasing to edges, otherwise in excellent shape.; Oblong Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 212 pages .
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Alexander the Great and His Time

Alexander the Great and His Time

by SAVILL, Agnes

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New York: Barnes & Noble Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0880295910 . A biography of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) by Agnes Savill. Beginning as king of Macedon, he was able to lead his forces to conquer large parts of Asia Minor, Egypt, the Levant and part of India. With a map of the areas conquered. This work does not feature illustrations. --- In full terra cotta and black paper-covered boards with titling gilt-stamped on spine. Jacket features bust of Alexander. --- A well-preserved, tightly-bound, clean copy. Unclipped, unpriced jacket also very nice and newish; though with mild rubbing.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xix, [3], 300 pages .
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Alexander the Great
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Alexander the Great

by LIPSIUS, Frank

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New York: Saturday Review Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0871503311 . An American edition of a biography of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) by Frank Lipsius. The successful military leader set out from Greece and conquered much of present-day Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Egypt and the Levant. His achievements have led to much mystique about the man, and in this work, the author seeks to get ". . .beyond the romance and myths . . .and puts the man back into his historical setting." With 16 color plates and 100 b&w illustrations, showing images of sculptures, paintings, mosaics, geographic locations, coins, jewelry and at least one map. Includes an introduction by Lord Chalfont. This work first published in the UK by George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Limited. --- In full blue paper-covered boards with titling gilt-stamped on spine. Jacket features sculpture of Alexander mounted on his charger. --- An well-preserved,… Read More
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Allan Houser (Ha-o-zous)
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Allan Houser (Ha-o-zous)

by PERLMAN, Barbara H.

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Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0879237155 . A signed first edition of Barbara H. Perlman's examination of the life and art of the acclaimed Native American sculptor, Allan Houser (1914-1994), whose Indian name is Ha-o-zous. The Chiricahua Apache began as a painter, then worked in wood, but ended up working in stone, steel and plaster, which he crafted into bronze sculptures. With illustrations of 300 of Houser's works, 132 of them in full color. Signed by Allan Houser in bold black marker to a front endpaper. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards with Houser facsimile signature in blind to front cover and spine titling in gilt. Volume in dust jacket with Houser sculpture to front panel, a view of his Santa Fe-area studio to the rear. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy though with a shallow indentation at front joint, slight whitish soiling to cloth, and a narrow strip of sunning to lower cover edge. Price-clipped dust… Read More
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The Amateur Emigrant & The Silverado Squatters
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The Amateur Emigrant & The Silverado Squatters

by STEVENSON, Robert Louis

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London: The Folio Society. Fine. 1991. Hardcover. In these two memoirs, Robert Louis Stevenson shares his observations as he travels from Scotland to America, sharing the plight of poor emigrants on a steamship and his experiences crossing the continent to California. In the second part, he describes his unconventional honeymoon at an abandoned mine in the wine country of Northern California. With a few scattered black & white photos and drawings. With an introduction by James Michie and maps of Northern California to endpapers. --- In red cloth with wrap-around illustration to covers, spine titling in gilt, red topstain. Volume wrapped in black paper-covered slipcase. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Slipcase with mild soiling, otherwise in good shape and structurally sound.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xv, [8], 8-231 pages .
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Ambassador's Report

Ambassador's Report

by BOWLES, Chester

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New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, copyright page. Lacks the dust jacket. With a section of b&w photo plates and maps of south Asia at endpapers and frontis. In full dark blue cloth-covered boards. Beginnings of cracks at mid-volume and near the front. Prev. owner's signat. at half title page. --- The author was the 3rd US ambassador to India and this volume, his memoir, recounts his time in that role. He was re-appointed to the same post in the early 1960s. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 415 pages .
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An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art
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An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art

by WYETH, N. C.; WYETH, Andrew; WYETH, Jamie

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Boston: New York Graphic Society. Very Good+. 1987. Softcover. 0821216562 . The art of three generations of artists in the Wyeth family are presented in this softcover work. Works by N. C. Wyeth, his son Andrew Wyeth, and his son James ("Jamie") Wyeth are all presented. With numerous color reproductions of paintings by the trio, along with biographical essays about them by James H. Duff, Andrew Wyeth, Thomas Hoving and Lincoln Kirstein. This work prepared in conjunction with an international traveling exhibition of the artists' works. --- In stiff wraps with three representative painted portraits to front panel; photographic portraits of the three to back panel. --- With inked notation at title page, prior owner's signature inside front cover and small soiled spot to inside back cover, else a tightly-bound, sound, bright copy.; Oblong Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xiv, 210 pages .
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The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty  Years After (Lakeside...
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The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After (Lakeside Classics No. 98)

by BOK, Edward W. (author); LEWIS, W. David (editor)

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Chicago: Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A Lakeside Classic edition, presenting the autobiography of Edward W. Bok (1863-1930). Born in the Netherlands, he immigrated to the United States as a child and went on to be a successful author and editor of Ladies Home Journal. Mr. Bok is credited with inventing the term "living room". --- This deluxe edition edited and introduced by W. David Lewis. Includes a frontis photographic portrait of Bok, several additional illustrations and photos. --- Number 98 in a series of annually published works continuously produced since 1903 by R. R. Donnelley & Sons, owners of the Lakeside Press. The books were not made available for sale by the publisher; rather, they were given as gifts to employees, vendors and customers at Christmastime. --- In full dark brown cloth-covered boards w/publisher's device on cover and titling on spine, all in gilt; top edge… Read More
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Ansel Adams:  An Autobiography (A New York Graphic Society Book)
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Ansel Adams: An Autobiography (A New York Graphic Society Book)

by ADAMS, Ansel; ALINDER, Mary Street

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0821215965 . Stated 4th printing, 1986. The noted photographer's memoir, written with an assist by Mary Street Alinder, is accompanied throughout with 277 of his b&w photos. In burgundy cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine. Jacket with Jim Alinder portrait of Adams on cover. --- A clean, bright copy but with a soiled spot on back cover and another on front free endpaper. Jacket with traces of light soiling, otherwise in good shape. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; xii, 400 pages .
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Anthony Powell: A Life
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Anthony Powell: A Life

by BARBER, Michael

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London / Woodstock, New York: Duckworth Overlook. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 1585676187 . A first edition of Michael Barber's unauthorized biography of English novelist Anthony Powell (1905-2000). Mr. Powell is best known for his landmark, 12-part novel "A Dance to the Music of Time." He also wrote several other novels and an important biography of John Aubrey. With a section of plates bearing b&w photos of Powell, his family & friends and a few drawings. This work jointly published in both the UK and the US. --- In textured black paper-covered boards with spine titling in silver. Jacket features photographic portrait of Powell and one of his cats to front panel. --- A bright, newish, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped jacket (£20/$21.95) lacks damages worthy of mention; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xiv, 338 pages .
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Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope

by GLENDINNING, Victoria

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0394582683 . Stated First American Edition, copyright page. A comprehensive biography of the prolific Anthony Trollope by the noted literary biographer. Includes numerous b&w photos. --- In tan paper-covered boards backed in ivory cloth. --- With inkings to front endpapers, and touch of soiling to textblock fore-edge; else a bright, firm copy in similar, unclipped dust jacket. ; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xxiii, 551 pages .
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Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time
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Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time

by SPURLING, Hilary

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2018. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0525521348 . Stated first American edition. An authorized biography of English novelist Anthony Powell (1905-2000). Mr. Powell is best known for his landmark, 12-part novel "A Dance to the Music of Time." He also wrote several other novels and an important biography of John Aubrey. The author, Hilary Spurling, was granted access to Powell's papers on the condition that nothing be printed until well into the future. Black & white photos, drawings and other images scattered throughout the text, and with a section of plates bearing color and b&w illustrations. This work originally published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton. --- In textured rose paper-covered boards with spine titling in gilt. Jacket features 3 photographic portraits to covers and spine. --- A bright, newish, tightly-bound copy, though with remainder mark to textblock lower edge. Unclipped jacket ($35) lacks… Read More
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Around the World with Nellie Bly

Around the World with Nellie Bly

by HAHN, Emily (author); HOLMES, B. (illustrations)

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Boston: North Star Books / Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. A biography of Elizabeth Cochrane, who fearlessly described sometimes dangerous events as a reporter in her pseudonym of Nellie Bly in the 1880s and 1890s. She gained considerable fame for her attempt to circle the globe in less time than Jules Verne's famous Phileas Fogg character did in "Around the World in Eighty Days." Nellie beat Fogg by eight days. With illustrations in color and black & white by B. Holmes. This work written for a younger reader. --- In yellow cloth-covered boards with front cover image of a steamship; cover and spine titling in brown. Dust jacket with image of Nellie walking with a satchel in her hand and a monkey on her shoulder. --- With gift inscription to front paste-down, slight discoloration and chafing to cloth, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Poor-only jacket with several large, open tears; wrapped in removable archival… Read More
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The Art of Carl Fabergé (Second Edition)
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The Art of Carl Fabergé (Second Edition)

by SNOWMAN, A. Kenneth

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Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop. Near Fine with no dust jacket. [c.1953]. Hardcover. A presentation of the artworks of Carl Fabergé (1846-1920). The Russian fine jewelry artist was well-known for his fabulous Easter eggs, with fine gold and jewel accents; as well as many other artifacts. The various creations of the artist are described on 186 pages of text, which are accompanied by about an equal number of plates displaying these treasures. Includes a foreword by Carl Fabergé's son Eugène. Undated. --- In full grey cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped facsimile signature of Carl Fabergé to front cover, titling in gilt to spine and on red spine block; top edge gilt. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- An excellent copy: bright, tightly-bound and lacking damages worthy of mention.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 186 pages .
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Artists of the Canyons and Caminos: Santa Fe, The Early Years
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Artists of the Canyons and Caminos: Santa Fe, The Early Years

by ROBERTSON, Edna; NESTOR, Sarah

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Peregrine Smith Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 087905025X . A history of the early days of the art colony of Santa Fe, New Mexico, beginning in the 1880s. The bright blue skies and colorful terrain of the area lured artists over several decades. With numerous black & white plates depicting people, art and scenes; also with 16 plates with full color art reproductions on rectos and versos. Photos edited by David Noble. --- In full rust cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in jacket with representative color painting to cover. --- An about Near Fine copy, clean, bright and tightly-bound though with prior owner's bookplate pasted to front paste-down. Unclipped jacket ($14.95) with some sunning to spine, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; vii, 166 pages .
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The Autobigraphy of Benvenuto Cellini (Modern Library #150.3)

The Autobigraphy of Benvenuto Cellini (Modern Library #150.3)

by CELLINI, Benvenuto

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New York: The Modern Library. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. [c1961]. Hardcover. The 16th century Florentine artist, sculptor and author's tempestuous life is so energetically told here, this autobiography has become a classic. Translated from the Italian by John Addington Symonds. --- Toledano spine 8, w/blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks, very faded red topstain, grey Kent endpapers. Likely published c1961 (though no publication date appears in book). Jacket style i, verso advertises 405 titles in ML catalog. ML #150.3. --- Penciling to front free endpaper, else an unmarked, firm, clean copy. Dust jacket with chafing and tears (especially at spine ends), orig. $1.95 flap price and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; 485 pages .
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Modern Library Paperback series,  #P12)

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Modern Library Paperback series, #P12)

by STEIN, Gertrude

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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. [c.1955]. Softcover. 067978330X . Gertrude Stein's memoir is written in the guise of an autobiography by her life-partner, Alice B. Toklas. The two shared a salon in Paris for many years, hosting famous authors and avant-garde painters. Presented in a scarce Modern Library Paperback edition, no. P12. --- In stiff wraps, with a black & white photographic portrait of Ms. Stein to cover; blue topstain. Volume bears original publication date of 1933, but likely published c.1955. --- A well-preserved copy: tightly-bound and lacking damages other than mild chafing to cover edges and a little foxing to back cover.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; (4), 252 pages .
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