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Memorial Services in the Congress of the United States and Tributes in Eulogy of Harry S. Truman Late a President of the United States
Washington, D. C. United States Government Printing Office 1973 First Edition Cloth Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
" A compilation of addresses and tributes as given in the United States Senate and House of Representatives plus additional materials including the texts of eulogies, messages, prayers, and scriptural selections delivered at the funeral services held in Independence, Mo. and in Washington, D. C., on the life, character, and public service of the late President Harry S. Truman." Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. Black cloth with gold titles. Spine is bumped and corners slightly soft. FFEP is stamped 'From the office of Stuart Symington U. S. Senator Missouri'. Interior is clean and bright. 196p.
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30.00 USD
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Allen, Fred Much Ado About Me
Boston Little, Brown and Company 1956 First Edition Cloth Good Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Various
Dust jacket is worn, especially at edges. There are two small tears at top of front and a 1" tear at spine. Jacket is now in Brodart. Blue cloth with gold title on spine, gold is dulled. Reproduction of Allen's signature on cover. Cloth has some minor shelfwear, head and tail of spine are bumped. Previous owner's name written neatly in ink on ffep. Binding is very tight, pages are clean. Eight pages of black and white photos. 380p. including
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15.00 USD
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Anderson, Sherwood Tar A Midwest Childhood
New York Boni & Liveright 1926 First Edition Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Influential American writer recounts his own childhood in Ohio. Anderson was never quite as successful as those he influenced; Hemingway, Stienbeck, Faulkner, Wolfe. Brown cloth with gold title over blue background on spine. Gold title on cover, docoration of farmhouse with blue sky. Gold on spine is very dull. Dark top-stain. Leading edge of pages is roughcut, this edge is heavily foxed. Foreward by author stating that they story is entirely 'accurate'. Text is clean. 346p.
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10.00 USD
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Armstrong, Margaret Fanny Kemble, A Passionate Victorian
New York The MacMillan Company 1938 First Edition Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Good tight reading copy. English stage actress marries American plantation owner and becomes an abolishionist. Frontispiece portrait. Maroon cloth with gold embossed titles and device on spine and cover. Spine is significantly sunned in addition to water spots. Some soiling to front and rear boards. Ding in bottom of front board. Binding at points are firm. Foxing to page edges. Foxing to pictorial endpages. 387p.
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Benet, Laura Come slowly, Eden
New York Dodd, Mead & Co. 1942 Unknown Cloth Fair No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
A novel about Emily Dickinson. Author was invited to finish this work begun by Winifred Welles. the first two chapters are Welles'. In the forward Benet writes "...It is a fictional account of certain scenes and episodes in herife as I have imagined them..." Pale grey cloth with purple titles on spine and cover. Spine is faded and cloth is somewhat stained. Tail of spine is bumped. Binding is very tight. Some foxing to page edges. 272p.
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Birkenhead, Sheila Against Oblivion the Life of Joseph Severn
New York The MacMillan Company 1944 First Edition Cloth Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Illustrated with black and white prints. Novelization from writings, letters and other documents. Severn was most well known as being John Keats' companion during his last few months. This book endeavors to tell the rest of his story and that of his family. Written by the daughter-in-law of Severn's granddaughter. Brown cloth with gold title on spine. Title is rubbed and very faint. Cover has some very faint foxing and a few tiny stains. Pulling to head and tail of spine. Foxing to page edges, mostly top. 324p.
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15.00 USD
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Blackie, John Stuart The Wisdom of Goethe
New York Charles Scribner 's Sons 1884 Cloth Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Red cloth with titles and border design embossed in black on spine and cover. Spine is faded. Some pulling to head and tail of spine. Small nick in cloth near tail. Liquid stain to bottom point on front. Crack in cloth at rear gutter. Binding is still very firm. Black endpapers. Some foxing to top edge of endpapers. Interior is clean except for previous owners name. 258p.
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15.00 USD
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Boas, Louise Shutz Elizabeth Barrett Browning
London Longmans Green 1930 First Edition Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Various
Navy blue cloth with gold titles on spine and cover. Gold on spine is quite dark, cover is bright. Cloth on spine is faded. Smudges of white paint across bottom of front board. Head and tail of spine are bumped and rubbed. Small spot mid-spine. Previous owners name written neatly in ink on ffep. Very small bookplate form book shop on ffep. Ten black and white reproductions of paintings, includes frontispiece. Rear free endpaper is scratched and is chipped. Last page of text is also scratched. 216p.
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6.00 USD
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Boswell, James The Life of Samuel Johnson Including His Tour of the Hebrides, Corresponence with Mrs. Thrale, Etc.
Bell & Daldy 1868 Revised Half-Leather Very Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Considered by some to be the greatest biography written in English. "With Numerous Additions by John Wilson Crocker. Revised and enlarged under his direction by John Wright." Ten volumes bound as five. Brown leather spine and points, marbled paper on boards, matching page edges and endpapers. Spine is banded and decorated with gold. Edges are worn; marbling on top page edge is worn except for one volume. The volumes have numerous illustrations, notes, maps and other editions. There are a number of fold outs, some are reproductions of letters. They have a hickory-smoky smell, like they were in a room with a fireplace. Bindings are tight. Pages are mildly yellowed, minor interior foxing. A very attractive set.
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195.00 USD
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Bradford, Gamaliel Bare Souls
New York Harper & Brothers 1924 Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Essays on Voltaire, Thomas Gray, Horace Walpole, William Cowper, Charles Lamb, John Keats, Gustave Flaubert and Edward Fitzgerald. Dark blue cloth with paper title on spine. Small nick in cloth on spine, dark streaks runnning down spine underneath label. Head and tail of spine are slightly bumped and rubbed. Three points are lightly bumped. Cloth is soiled, mostly rear board. Binding is tight. Large spots of foxing to top of title page and frontispiece. Eight illustrations including frontispiece. Very small bookplate from bookstore on rear paste-down. 340p. including index
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12.00 USD
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Bradford, Gamaliel Lee the American
Boston Houghton Mifflin 1929 Revised Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Blue cloth with silver title and canon decoration on spine. Silver is rubbed, particularly at head and tail of spine. White scuff marks to front board, rear board is scratched and spotty. Head and Tail of spine are bumped. Points are a little soft. Foxing to page edges. Frontispiece portrait of Lee, light water stain to corner of page. Binding is tight, interior is clean. 324p.
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Breihan, Carl W. Great Gunfighters of the West
London John Long 1961 First Edition Cloth Good Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Uncredited
U. K. Edition before American. Researched portraits of gunfighters such as: Wild Bill Hickock, Bat Masterson, Clay Allison and Frank Leslie. Dust jacket is heavily worn with moderate to large chips, mostly on rear panel. jacket is now in clear protective cover. Rust colored cloth with white title on spine. Tail of spine is bumped as are lower points. Upper points are slightly soft. Some light soiling to front board. Interior is clean. Line drawing of different guns at beginning of each chapter. 176p.
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40.00 USD
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Brown, Lindsay Suivez Raison and I. T., or A Chap's Chequered Career
London Watts & Co. 1933 First Edition Cloth Fair No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
Signed by the Author. An autobiography. English gentlemen rogue travels the world. Jacket is in two pieces but laid in. Water stains to blue cloth, stain continues on interior at bottom center. Inscribed by author and dated El Paso 11 December 1934. He has also written the quote from the dedication page, "You cannot make footprints in the sands if you are sitting down." Exterior is quite worn. Page edges are foxed. Broken signature. Black and white photographs. 260p.
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30.00 USD
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Campbell, Jessie Buchanan The Pioneer Pastor
Toronto Jessie Buchanan Campbell 1900 First Edition Soft Cover Poor No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
"Some reminiscences of the life and labors of the rev. George Buchanan, M. D., first Presbyterian minister of Beckwith, Lanark County, Upper Canada." Written by his only surviving daughter. Brown paper cover is intact but has completely separated from text block. Cover is a little soiled and it is quite worn at the spine. There are tears at both head and tail of spine. Crease along front leading edge, though it is only visible from the inside. The cover is actually in good shape for its age. Interior is clean. 56p.
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200.00 USD
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Cecil, Lord David The Young Melbourne and the Story of His Marraige with Caroline Lamb
Indianapolis The Bobbs - Merrill Company 1939 Reprint Cloth Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Various
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne was a Whig statesman and served as Home Secretary (1830-1834) and as Prime Minister (1834 and 1835-1841). Yellow and red dust jacket is moderately worn at edges, including chips and tears. Price clipped. Jacket is now protected by Brodart. Rust cloth with gold title over black background on spine. Head and tail of spine are bumped as are corners. Includes several black and white illustraitons including frontis portrait of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. Interior is clean. Index pages are uncut. 275p.
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12.00 USD
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Christian, Linda Linda My Own Story
New York Crown Publishers 1962 First Edition Cloth Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Jacket in Brodart. Portrait on cover is by Diego Rivera. Sunning to spine, some stains. A number of chips to tail of spine. Open tear on rear, about 1 inch. Edgewear. Purple cloth with silver embossed title on spine. Silver device on cover. Pulling to head and tail of spine. Sunning to top edge of boards. White spots on spine edge. Frontispiece photo portrait. 20 pages of black and white photos. Previous owners name in ink on ffep. 280p.
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35.00 USD
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Curie, Eve Madame Curie
Garden City Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1938 Reprint Cloth Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Various
Biography of two time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie. The author is Marie and Pierre Curie's second daughter, Eve. This English translation of the book won the American National Book Award for non-fiction. Early reprint, original 1937. Brown cloth gold title on brown background. Brown initials on front board. Near fine except for aging of pages. Cloth is clean and unworn. Top of pages dyed yellow. Thirty-three black and white illustrations. 412p.
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45.00 USD
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Curtis, William Eleroy The True Abraham Lincoln
Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott Company 1909 Eighth Printing Cloth Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Various
Yellow cloth with black titles on spine and front. Cover also has small potrait of Linclon with gold background. Cloth is soiled, points are soft. Binding cracked at front. Gilt top edge. Twenty-four blackand white illustrations. Foxing to some pages. 409p. plus several pages of ads.
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8.00 USD
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Davenport, Marcia Mozart
New York Charles Scribner 's Sons 1932 First Edition Cloth and Board Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Uncredited
Black cloth spine with gold title. Music patterned paper on boards, paper title, intact. Spine is faded, boards are a little yellowed and soiled. White paper title is clean and bright. Foxing to page and board edges. Some foxing to endpapers. Book of the month club pamphlet laid in. Six black and white reproductions of paintings. 400p. including index.
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5.00 USD
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De Kruif, Paul Microbe Hunters
New York Pocket Books, Inc 1941 Tenth Printing Soft Cover Very Good No Jacket as Issued PocketBook 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Vintage paperback. "The absorbing stories of the adventures of twelve explorers in the scientific world - that world unseen by the naked eye." Paul Henry De Kruif was an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. This book was a long time bestseller. Perma-gloss cover, laminate seperating at bottom edge and corner of front cover. Several arced creases to bottom corner of rear board, mostly superficial. Book is clean and solid, interior is bright. 400p.
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8.00 USD
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