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41: A Portrait of My Father
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41: A Portrait of My Father

by George W Bush

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Crown Publishers. New York. 2014. First edition, signed by author George W. Bush. Fine condition, quarter bound in black with grey boards and gold lettering. Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($28.00). Includes paperwork from the signing event.
This memoir chronicles the life and presidency of the 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, from the perspective of his son, offering unprecedented insight into the pair's personal and professional experiences. This book would make an excellent gift for fans of American politics and history.
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The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat
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The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat: The Secret of Cedar Island

by George A. Warren

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The Saalfield Publishing Co. New York. 1923. Red cloth boards with black framing and lettering to cover and spine. B&W illus. on Frontis. Pages are age-toned. Jacket shows edge wear and some chipping. Third book for The Banner Boy Scouts series. "I hpe you will, after reading this story through to the last line, agree with me that what the young assistant scour master, Paul Morrison, and his chums of Stanhope Troop endured while afloat all went to make them better and truer scouts in every sense of the word" (Intro by author). 5x7.5 in. 304 pg.
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Tom Watson's Getting Back to Basics
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Tom Watson's Getting Back to Basics

by Watson

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9780671742935
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0671742930
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New York. Pocket Books (Golf Digest). 1992. Green paper (faux leather) boards with gilt lettering to spine. First Edition of First Printing (stated) with requisite number line ending in 1. Boldly signed in black marker by author on flyleaf. Unclipped ($18.00) jacket shows very little shelf wear. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. Tom Watson, now retired from the PGA tour, turned pro in 1971, went on to win 39 PGA and 8 European tour events. Watson twice won the Masters Tournament (1977, 1981) and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1988. Who better to offer instruction into how better to play your next round of golf. Photos and/or illustrations on most every page. 7.5x9.25 in. 127 pg.
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Longest Debate A Legislative History of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
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Longest Debate A Legislative History of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

by Charles Whalen; Barbara Whalen

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9780932020345
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0932020348
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Seven Locks Press. Cabin John,MD. 1985. Very good First Edition as denoted by no further publication date listed on copyright page. Black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Former library book (New Cassel Center) contains check-out card and markings typical for said edition. Long inscription dated year of publication by former congressman Charles Whalen and his wife (Barbara Whalen) to Dr Helena Magaret on flyleaf. Unclipped ($16.95) jacket now protected in removable mylar cover, shows shelf wear, minor chipping to edges and small 1 in. crease on lower jacket back. "In June 1963 President John Kennedy asked the U.S. Congress to outlaw racial discrimination from American life and law. The Longest Debate is the story of how Congress responded by doing what had to be done-and what could be done only by Congress." (ref. jacket back). Charles Whalen was a U.S. Congressman representing Ohio's third district from 1967-1979. Barbara Whalen was a columnist for the Dayton (Ohio) Journal-Herald.… Read More
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The Nickel Boys
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The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

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0385537077
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Doubleday. New York. 2019. First edition, signed by author Colson Whitehead. Fine condition with nominal shelf wear and light soiling on two pre-copyright page spreads. Fine dust jacket in protective cover, unclipped ($24.95).
The Nickel Boys is a powerful novel about two young black boys sent to a brutal reform school in Florida during the Jim Crow era. Through their experiences, Whitehead explores themes of racism, injustice, and the enduring legacy of slavery in America. Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters
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Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters

by Elie Wiesel

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9780394464374
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Random House. New York. 1972. Fine First Edition (stated), later printing. Spine wrapped in burgundy cloth with brown paper boards and gilt lettering to spine. Author's initials imprinted on front board with signed inscription from author on half title page. Bright burgundy topstain. Fine unclipped ($7.95) jacket has 2/72 print code on back flap that is protected with removable mylar cover. Nobel laureate, Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), retells the legends of Hasidic Masters. Elie Wiesel writes: "I can still hear my grandfather's voice. In his presence, others kept respectfully silent. A fabulous story-teller, he knew how to captivate an audience. He would say: 'Listen attentively, and above all, remember that true tales are meant to be transmitted-to kee)p them to oneself is to betray them." 8.5x5.75 in. 268 pg. with six page (1700-1859) Synchronology at end.
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Heaven's My Destination
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Heaven's My Destination

by Thornton Wilder

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Harper & Brothers. New York. 1935. Beige cloth with author's signature on front board and charcoal brown lettering on spine with orange artistic motif. Two-color title page. Very good (stated) First Edition with M-I printer code on copyright page. Unclipped ($2.50) good jacket has stain on upper spine, small chips on jacket edges, 0.25 x1 in. hole on jacket back and crease on jacket front and back. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. The forth novel by the 1928 Pulitzer Prize winning author tells the story of George Brush, a traveling salesperson who has a strong faith in God. Needless to say George will struggle in the unfeeling world he travels. Still, one must try. 304 pg.
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The Thousand And One Nights
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The Thousand And One Nights: The Arabian Nights Entertainments

by Edward William Lane

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John Murray. 1859. Three volume set in quarter-bound vellucent-like binding over green boards with gilt inlay on boards and spine by Cedric Chivers (Gay St Bath). Paper is age-toned with mild degree of foxing with all pages tight in hinge(s). Volume 1 has a mark on the front board (see photo), else normal shelf wear to all volumes. Volumes are all from the personal library of Josiah C. Wedgwood; each volume has the personal bookplate showing the coat-of-arms of Josiah C. Wedgwood on the front pastedown. Each volume contains an inscription of ownership by Josiah C. Wedgwood dated 1901. Small sticker shows books were purchased in the same town as Josiah lived (Newcastle-on-Tyne). Josiah C. Wedgood the 4th (1872-1943) was a British Liberal and Labour politician who served in the government under the Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. A prominent single-tax activist, he was the great-grandson of the famous potter Josiah Wedgwood. The first edition was published as a monthly series from 1838-1840 and in book… Read More
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

by Sloan Wilson

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Simon & Schuster. New York. 1955. Near fine fourth edition with same date on title page and copyright page. Binding is tight with a slight lean to the spine. Quarter-bound in red with dark grey, almost black, boards with an embossed stencil of the man in the gray flannel suit and hat on front. Scarce unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket with chip along top and bottom edges of spine and normal shelf ware consistent with age. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. Story details a father and husband haunted by his memories of WW II, including a wartime romance that resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. National Best Seller made into the award winning film in 1956 starring Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Lee J. Cobb, Keenan Wynn and Marisa Pavan. 5.75x8.5 in. 304 pg.
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Old School
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Old School

by Tobias Wolff

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9780375401466
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Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 2003. Quarter-bound in gray with beige paper boards and copper lettering to spine. First Edition (stated) inscribed by author on title page. Unclipped ($22.00) jacket shows minimal shelf wear. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for his novella (The Barracks Thief), this is the author's first novel. Ayn Rand and Robert Frost are but a few of the visitors to a New England prep school that shape the life of the protagonist "narrator". 6x9.25 in. 195 pg.
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Lanterns A Memoir of Mentors
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Lanterns A Memoir of Mentors

by Marian Wright Edelman

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Beacon Press. Boston. 1999. Marian Wright Edelman was the first and only Black woman lawyer in Mississippi in those turbulent years after graduation from the Yale Law School in 1963 and admission to the Mississippi Bar in 1964. Her first job was with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, working on civil rights issues during the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964. She moved to Washington D.C. in 1968 where she helped organize the Poor People's Campaign of Martin Luther King. In 1973, she founded the Children's Defense Fund. In 2020, Edelman became president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. Quarter-bound in black with black boards and gold lettering on spine, the book is in collectible condition. The book contains numerous inscriptions from a gathering organized by a ministerial fellowship committee in 2008.
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