Search Results: Authors starting with N from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards, dust jacket. xiv, 383pp. Fine/fine. A superb and tight second printing of what the front jacket panel subtitles "How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President" -- handsomely and appropriately signed and inscribed by the elusive author in black ballpoint on the half-title page: "For Justice / Ralph Nader."

This architect, art historian and museum director is best remembered as the National Portrait Gallery's first director (1964-69); he also served as director of St. Louis's City Art Museum (1942-46, 1955-64) and the Brooklyn Museum (1946-55). Signed First Day Cover, 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Washington, DC on 4 November 1968 and with "First Day of Issue" stamped. Fine. Single 6-cent "Chief Joseph - National Portrait Gallery" stamp at upper right. No decorative cachet at left; no recipient's name/address. Near the center, in black medium marker, Nagel signs large and attractive. An uncommon signature on a relevant cover. With TLS on NPG letterhead (dated 5 January 1971) from Curator of Education noting Nagel's dates in office.

One of the founding fathers of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, this leading man was a romantic star of the 1920s and '30s; his work on the Motion Picture Relief Fund earned him a special Oscar in 1947. TLS, 1p, 7½" X 10½", Detroit, MI, 1932 March 24. Addressed to John A. Maloney of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Very good. Faintly age toned, with slightest bit of edgewear. On pictorial letterhead of the Book-Cadillac Hotel, Nagel arranges a meeting. "I am opening at the Chicago Theatre... for a week's engagement...." Large, bold signature.

Munster, West Germany: Wolfgang Holker, 1978. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red patterned cloth with paper label. 127pp. Illustrations. Fine. Text pages intentionally darkened, stained and margin-written to appear aged and well-used. Text entirely in German (title translation: "Black Forest Cook Book").

New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and red paper over boards, dust jacket. xiv, 400pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight and attractive first edition, signed large and bold by Nagel in black fineline marker on the front flyleaf.

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. Hardcover. Edited by John C. Dann. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine with green lettering and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxx, 402pp. Numerous illustrations (some color), map endpapers. Fine/near fine. Tight and immaculate first edition of the first appearance of this journal, begun as a teenager fighting in the American Revolution and continuing for well over half a century chronicling life at sea around the world.

N.p.: N.p., 1864. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 8pp. Very good. Cover a tad soiled and age toned, else clean and attractive. Text of Naglee's September 27, 1864 letter to William D. Kelley. Pages 5-8 consist of "Second Chapter from the Secret History of the War," Naglee's October 6, 1864 letter to Kelley. Not in Monaghan, but just as cryptic bibliographically and clearly a variant of some sort. (Interestingly, Monaghan mentions "A Chapter from the Secret History of the War" and "First Chapter from the Secret History of the War" as variant titles -- but never any "Second Chapter.") Unusual. DORNBUSCH 51720 note (where a publication year of 1862 is mistakenly hazarded).

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and orange paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 458pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this riveting tale of forger Mark W. Hofmann.

This Union soldier with the 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry was captured by Forrest's troops and spent nine months as prisoner of war before being exchanged; he parlayed his experience into the play "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh," which toured the country to great acclaim in 1868. Bold "A.F. Nail. / Mansfield. / Ohio." in brown ink on a heavy stock 4" X 3" card, n.y. Very good. Slightly age toned; mounting traces on verso. Unusual.

[Columbia]: University of South Carolina Press, 1989. Hardcover. Edited by Jack P. Greene. Small 4to. Blue leatherette, dust jacket. viii, 153pp. Fine/fine. First edition of this reprint of the 1710 "A Letter from South Carolina" and the 1712 "Profitable Advice for Rich and Poor," being two outstanding immigrant "lures."

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1989. Hardcover. Translation by Mayumi Ichikawa. Foreword by James Michener. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 215pp. Illustrations, map, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition.

N.p.: The Diamond Publishing Co, n.y.. Hardcover. 8vo. Pale blue patterned silk with black lettering, mylar-type wrapper (as issued). 191pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Review slip from Ube Industries of Tokyo, Japan laid in. Very good. Rubberstamped author's signature and inscription on front flyleaf. First edition, apparently published in 1966. Autobiography of the Japanese business giant (1895-1984). Unusual.

Neshkoro, WI: Sportsbook Publishing Co, 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Full blue leatherette with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 285pp. Illustrations. Fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight and sharp first edition, with front flyleaf inkstamp noting this as numbered copy 1652, as does the laid-in accompanying postal card.

This British admiral served as aide-de-camp to King George V (1911-12) and retired as a vice admiral in 1918. ALS, 1p, 6½" X 8¼", La Croix, France, 25 October 1928. Addressed to "Sir" (noted American autograph collector Reverend Cornelius Greenway). Near fine. Writing from "Villa Torriano," the Italian-style the admiral had built the previous year near St. Tropez, Napier commends his correspondent for "your World War Memorial Building, & your effort to collect photographs of distinguished officers of the allied forces," but feels that "as I held no important command afloat during the war, my photograph would be out of place in such distinguished company...." Attractively penned in blue ink.

This 24-year American League umpire worked two perfect games: He was at third base when Don Larsen pitched his perfect game in the 1956 World Series and he was at first base when Catfish Hunter did the same in 1968. Large signature in blue ballpoint, heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., 1988 May 17. Fine. With original envelope.

N.p.: The Journal of Southern History, 1954. Paperback. (Volume XX, Number 4). Small 4to. Wrappers. Pp. 459-83. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear. Offprint of this scholarly piece, clean and attractive.

Los Angeles: Reed Books, 1978. Hardcover. Small 4to. White cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 275pp. Frontispiece, illustrations (some color). Fine/near fine. First edition. Detailed biography of country-western legend Dolly Parton.

This noted concert pianist performed nationally throughout the 1920s and '30s; her husband was General Edwin M. "Pa" Watson (1883-1945), close friend and assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. IPS, 8" X 10", n.p., 1925. Very good. Faint creasing near bottom, barely visible. Sepia-tone half-length portrait of Nash playing piano, nicely signed and inscribed by her in black ink at lower right to a Chicago music school founder: "To John Leiser -- / Sincere Greetings / Frances Nash / 1925." A fine image by noted photographer Herman Heyn (1866-1943), the noted German-born portrait photographer remembered for portraits of William Jennings Bryan, William Howard Taft and hundreds of Native American portraits, with his blind-embossed "Heyn / Omaha" imprint at lower right.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1967. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. vi, 182pp. Very good. Very slightest bit of edgewear. First edition, tight and nice, of this volume in editor Gerald Emanuel Stearn's "Great Lives Observed" series.

Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 812pp. Numerous illustrations. Good plus/very good. Outer lower corners badly bumped, else a tight, decent first edition.