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New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0060172053. Book takes us around the NFL, from the sidelines to the Fox broadcast booth. We will look at the pla yers and coa ches and owners and talk about broadcasting. Some players/coaches listed - Jack Youngblood, Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White, Joe Montana, Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice, Nate Newton, Deion Sanders , Rod Wood s on, Ronnie Lott, Bill Bates, Jimmy Johnson. Just some scuffing on the front & back of the jacket..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Back Bay Books, 2001. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Now in paperback comes the story of Richard J. Daley, the last of the big city bosses, the patriarch of a political dynasty, and a major national figure in American urban politics. Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, his biography from Mayor in 1955 to his Death in 1976. B&W photos. 614 pages. Prev. owners name on Ffep..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0684874350. Memoir of author's childhood in Ireland. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and winner o f the Los Angeles Times Book Award. The luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank endures povert y , near-starvation and the casual cruelty--yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance and remarkable forgiveness..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Owl Books, 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Self-preservation did not come instinctually to Irish journalist Nuala O'Faolain. One of 9 children--her mother had 13 pregnancies in all--she grew up in the 1940s and '50s in a defeated Dublin household. Her reporter father seems to have spent his time and money, and even love, elsewhere--and as the family grew more isolated and unable to cope, alcohol became her mother's only way out. "One of the stories of my life has been the working out in it of her powerful and damaging example in everything," the author admits, "Nothing mattered to her except passion." Some of O'Faolain's siblings emphatically didn't make it, but she was lucky to find refuge in books. They have been a defense, a comfort, and a delight. Are You Somebody offers a wrenching account of childhood and a highly provocative take on the sexual and professional situation of Irish women. Though literature… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1990. Hard Cover. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0670828475. Writer/Biographer Anthony Holden was a devoted amateur poker player. In 1988 he became the highest ranking British, profess ional poker player in the world. A very scarce book. In this wide-ranging and deliciously entertaining expedition through a game that is at least as large as life, Anthony Holden observes early on: " I f you can't spot the pigeon in your 1st half hour at the table, it's you." A regular Tuesday night poker player, Holden decided suddenly he would stretch the boundaries, see whether he could make i t i n the surreal world of professional poker players.Holden found himself at the same table with the game's great characters and wizards of poker: Amarillo Slim Preston, Texas Dolly Brunson, Johnny T h e Man Moss, Stu The Kid Ungar--All past winners of the World Championship. An awesome gift for any poker fanatic! Jacket is as new… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Summit Books, 1990. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0671709011. 1st printing. A gripping inside story of this orgy of greed, told by New York Times reporter James Sterngold who c overed the story from beginning to end. At the center of the storm is the raging duel between the hard-drinking, self-indulgent Hutton chairman Robert Foman and his hand-picked president Robert Ritte r eiser..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Avalon New York, 1995. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:1560250909. Contents are clean bright. Illustrated with b&w photos, pictorial color cover. The biography of the greatest musc ian that's walked the earth! Depicts the life, work and philosophy or this non-conformist rock legend, counterculture hero and symbol of the Sixties. Best known as the lead guitarist for the GRATEFUL DEAD. 288 pages. The front & back cover 2 outside tips of corners are bent up just a little and there is a 2" diagonal crease across the back cover front edge to the bottom. The buyer will be pleased . Any parent who was a flower child in the sixties would love this as a gift..

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1979. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0394419545. 498pp. Written with compassion, wit, flair and style, this story of Sir Alexandra Korda, one of the most legendar y and flamboyant of all film tycoons, is one of the greatest show-business stories of all time. Dust jacket top & bottom of the spine and all 4 outside corner tips are rubbed. Dust jacket top & botto m of the spine are slightly bumped woth a small 1/8" tear..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1996. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0345396367. An intimate, enlightening portrait of her life and work. Anne Rice talks in depth ?in her own words? about everyt hing: from her early struggles toward publication to the tremendous literary reputatuion she has achieved. She discusses her personal favorites of her novels, as well as her lesser known works. She a l so gives her difinitive critique of the film version of Interview With The Vampire. Book as new except for the back cover 2 outside tips are bent upwards, and there's a 1" crease next to the edge, f ro nt cover next to the top outside corner is a 1/2" crease also. The book is in nice shape, those are minor imperfections. Looks unread..

New York,NY: St. Martin's Press, 1967. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2nd printing. A biography of one of Queen Victoria's most well known prime ministers. The top & bottom of the spine and a 1" area on back co ver next to top of spine are bumped & rubbed. The jacket has a scratch & light tear down the center of the front cover with a 1" tear on the upper left corner. It also has rubbing on outside edges, t o p & bottom of the spine and all 4 outside corners. The bottom of spine is missing a small 1/16" piece of jacket at the bottom..

Dillsburg, PA: Phil Enloe, 1995. Trade Paperback. As New. 64mo - up to 3" tall. THE INSPIRING TRUE LIFE STORY OF PHIL ENLOE OF THE COURIERS. An account of courage and victory over depression and discouragement. At one time or another everyone will entertain the thought of quitting. The consideration to give up is our greatest foe and is often the only barrier that stands between success and failure. Surrendering to frustration ca n rob a person of his or her unlimited potential and cause self inflicted defeat. This book contains the story of Phil Enloe's battle with discouragement while fulfilling his work for God. When he th o ught he could not bear anymore heartache he heard God say, "Don't Quit Now!".

Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.: University of Nebraska Press, 1976. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Based on the recollections of Mrs. Virgil Earp plus research by the author. Here for the first time, a woman who was a member of their close-knit clan reveals what actualy happened to the Earp Brothers, in Tombstone during the 1880's. 246pp. Gift inscription on FFep otherwise fine..

London, United Kingdom: Michael O'Mara Books, Limited, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:1854792237. The Book She Tried To Ban. 1996 and only a hundred or so episodes back in the ongoing adventures of Fergie. Over nine inche s tall which allows a huge yellow Fergie in banner-size type. It includes an index but far more interesting is the glossary, where you learn nicknames like Linky, for the Duchess, The Blonde and Dutc h for the Princess and Reptiles for journalists. The duchess of york in various compromising poses with her " financial adviser", John Bryan. One light crease on front cover near bottom by spine. Oth e r wise as new..

Great Britain: Piatkus, 1989. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0861888642. 'Ralph Martin follows Golda Meir's fascinating life story, from her impoverished childhood in Russia to the yea rs she spent in America as schoolchild and later schoolteacher, and then on to her marriage and subsequent political involvement in Palestine in the .' The top & bottom of the spine and all 4 outside corners are slightly bumped & rubbed. The jacket top & bottom of the spine and all 4 outside corners and outside edges are slightly bumped & rubbed..

New York, Ny: Scribner, 1995. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:068480042x. Recalls one of the most amazing careers in television history. From her 1949 debut to her roles on "The Mary Tyle r Moore Show" and "The Golden Girls", here's a personal and fascinating look at five decades of TV. Photos. 300 pages. Top & bottom of jacket bumped. Jacket edge torn 1/2" on back cover front edge..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1982. This masterly, thorough, and immensely enlightening biography, originally published in 1982, was the winner of a National Book Award. With exceptional grace, Judith Thurman's classic work explores Isak Dinesen's life - her privileged but unhappy childhood in Denmark, her marriage to Baron Blixen and their immigration to Africa on the eve of World War I, and her passionate affair with Denys Finch Hatton. Until the appearance of this book, the life and art of Dinesen have been - as Dinesen herself wrote of two lovers in a tale - "a pair of locked caskets, each containing the key to the other." Judith Thurman has provided the master key to them both. Absorbing biography... this is a gothic tale worthy of the author. 495 pages.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1997. In this extraordinary memoir, Harrison transforms into a work of art the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman's life--an obsessive love affair between father and daughter that began when Harrison was 20 years old. Exquisitely and hypnotically written, "The Kiss" reveals a shocking truth, a story both of taboo and of family complicity in breaking taboo. 207 pages.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion, 1996. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0786861363. The touching and haunting memoir of a woman born and raised in the American Deep South, surviving a Gothic childhood , an adolescence experimenting with sex, drugs, and alcohol, an abusive first marriage, eventually taking up an acting career and becoming the star of the popular television sitcom 'Grace Under Fire' . Has much information on the inner workings of television and media, other actors and actresses, much more..

Secaucus, NJ, U.S.A.: Carol Publishing Group, 1995. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:1559722673. Bottom of jacket spine bumped. Back top inside edge of jacket bumped with 1/8" tear. Biography of Elizabeth Taylo r. Public and private life. 8 marriages, weight swings, drugs, alcohol, sexual exploits, wealth and luxury, etc..

Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.: Deseret Book Company, 1979. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Later Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ISBN:0877476829. The J. Willard Marriott Story, autobiography, hotels, businessman. Rubbing on spine edges, and outside ed ges, top & bottom of the spine and all 4 outside corner tips. A light crease across front bottom rigth corner..