Biography from Joe Staats, Bookseller

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Seven Stories Press, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In BARNEY POLAN'S GAME, Charley Rosen takes on the legendary point-shaving scandals of 1950 and '51, when the best of the college basketball players took money from gamblers in return for affecting the outcomes of games,… Read more about this item

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A76

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Memoir of the former First Lady, two-term U..S. senator from New York, Secretary of State, and now the first woman to receive a major party's nomination as President of the United States. As… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Library of America, 1998. Special Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Printing, 1998. As new, unread copy in navy blue cloth boards with blue silk ribbon marker, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L97

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. OPEN HOUSE strings together a delightful array of observations, reminiscences, anecdotes and commentaries by renowned columnist Patricia Williams. Written with her trademark wit and insight, she relates stories about the many facets of her life -… Read more about this item

Guilford, CT: Twodot, 2006. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. ARC. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an Advance Reading Copy (ARC) in fine, pictorial wraps, as issued without dust jacket. A76

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Monty Python is, arguably, more popular today than it was nearly 40 years ago, when the group first burst onto the comedy scene. Since that time, new generations continue to discover… Read more about this item

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor and wisdom, The Sum of Our Days is a portrait of a contemporary family, tied together by the love, strong will, and… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Da Capo Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A luminous, poignant true story, Alison Smith's stunning first book, NAME ALL THE ANIMALS,is an unparalleled account of grief and secret love: the tale of a family clinging to the memory of a lost child, and a young… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2007. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Mint/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The riveting, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly. In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded… Read more about this item

Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 2008. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated 5/31/08 by author on title page with 'Continue to Soar!' inscription above signature. Every family has secrets, but Chip St. Clair survived the darkest of family betrayals. As a boy, he… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1998. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated by author on title page in year of publication together with his red' peach tree' stamp under signature. HARVEST SON recounts Masumoto's renewing of the family farm, as he… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. First American Edition . Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reader's Edition. This revelatory biography of Roman Polanski weaves together the rich and complex life of the celebrated and controversial film director, Holocaust survivor, and exile, based on a wealth of sources and new… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Other Press LLC, 2008. First Edition, First Printing . ARC. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Uncorrected Proof. HURRY DOWN SUNSHINE tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg's daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally's visionary crack-up on the streets… Read more about this item

Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy. Uncorrected Proof. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink, with a drawing of a smokin' doobie under his signature. The straight dope on one of the most popular comedy teams of… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A: Citadel Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. ARC. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Signed by the late, great actor/author ERNEST BORGNINE on half-title page in black fountain ink. ERNIE is the engaging life story of one of television and film's most recognizable and best-loved character actors.… Read more about this item

Soho Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author of the NY Times bestselling CHOSEN BY A HORSE. "Richards reflects on how rich life becomes when one travels her own best path. . . . Richards writes more courageously than she perhaps realizes, and each page of this uplifting book… Read more about this item

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Verso Books, 2007. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. New, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. M28

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Warner Books Inc, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A68