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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 498 pages including index and with a few black and white photographs From jacket: "Was she a selfless political activist? A feminist heroine? A gifted writer who rose from poverty to become a leading journalist and author of the cult classic Daughter of Earth? A spy for the Soviet Union? Or all of these things? Drawing on fifteen years of intensive research and unprecedented access to previously unpublished documents, this vibrant book brings to life one of the twentieth century's most fascinating women. (The author) traces Agnes Smedley's unlikely trajectory from a small Missouri town to the coal country of Colorado; to Berkeley and Greenwich Village; to Berlin, Moscow, and China. Fueled by a fury at injustice, Smedley threw herself headlong into the crucial issues of the time, from Indian independence to birth control, women's rights, and the… Leer más

Folcroft, PA: Folcroft Press, Inc., 1969. Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888) was an English poet, professor and critic. As a professor of poetry at Oxford University, Arnold was the first to deliver his lectures in English instead of Latin. Folcroft Press; 1969. This is the third edition - and third publisher for this work. We could not find another copy of this edition. 8vo black clothbound hardcover with silver foil titles on spine; 185 pages including index and some full page black and white illustrations of Matthew Arnold. The book has three sections: The Man The Poet The Critic Book appears to have been professionally rebound for library use with new covers and endpapers using a style where they folded the inside corners underneath the endpapers. This caused a slight impression on the corners of pages near the beginning and end of the book and is most notable on the endpapers. (There are no markings to indicate a rebound, so this could be the original publisher's binding.) Typical library… Leer más

New York: Henry Holt, 1997. Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 177 pages including index, black and white photographs and illustrations throughout From dust jacket: "Starting in 1932, when he first visited Haiti, Harold Courlander made it his mission to record the world's songs and stories, and to share the with us. Along the way, he visited countries from Cuba to Ethiopia to India; recorded blues, folktales, and family stories in the South; and spent 12 years working with Hopi and Tewa in the Southwest. ...Weaving together extensive interviews with (Coulander), archival research, and the stories he collected, (the author) has created a unique biography." Ex-library with typical treatment, jacket is covered with mylar. The jacket spine is sunned and there are four small spots on outside pages. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: McGraw Hill, 1981. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 386 pages including index and two sections of black and white photographs From dust jacket: "(Pete) Seeger's considerable musical achievements have been overshadowed by political controversy. He was one of the first musicians in American history to be investigated for sedition. He had an agonizing clash with the House Committee on Un-American Activities, which began seven grinding years of court battles. The FBI and CIA conducted secret campaigns against Pete Seeger and folk song performers... (This volume includes) an inside history of blacklisting in the music industry in the bad old days; previously classified FBI files on Seeger and his friends; facts about Seeger's involvement with the Communist Party." Singer, songwriter and activist Pete Seeger ( 1919 - 2014) was the recipient of numerous honors including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, National Medal of Arts and… Leer más

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1971. One of the Great Composers series 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 108 pages including index with black and white illustrations and sheet music From dust jacket: "One of the most controversial composers of the 19th century, Franz Liszt gave his first piano recital at age nine and was at once recognized as a child prodigy. From then on Liszt had a succession of triumphs at recitals given all over Europe... The hundreds of compositions he wrote for the piano demanded new standard of technical brilliance." Ex-library with typical treatments, many blacked out. Jacket is covered with mylar. . Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Oak Brook, IL: Oakbrook Publishing Group, Ltd, 1975. 200th Anniversary Edition 4to size brown leatherette hardcover with gilt titles on spine and front cover. Front cover also features an illustration of Benjamin Franklin; unpaginated - about 200 heavyweight pages on glossy stock profusely illustrated with color photographs from historical filmstrips (which re-create Franklin's life since photography didn't exist then.) The book also includes two blank family tree pages in the front of the book for you to complete. This volume is an illustrated biography of Benjamin Franklin and his role as a founding father of the United States of America and the historic documents he helped to craft. Inscription on fep, lightly bumped head and heel of spine, some rubbing to spine, bumped top corners and all pages. There is some light foxing on fep and following blank page and two tiny discolored spots on inside front cover. . Leatherette. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1951. Translated by Hubert Foss 8vo size tan clothbound hardcover; 283 pages including index. Black and white frontispiece on glossy stock plus 10 other black and white illustrations. Cesar Franck (1822 - 1890) was a pianist, organist, music teacher and composer. Contents include: The Paris Conservatoire Teaching and Concert-giving The Organist at Sainte-Clotilde Professor of Organ at the Conservatoire The Quintet and Rebecca: Two Symphonic Poems Piano Pieces and Songs Ghiselle: The Quartet Ex-library with typical treatments. Covers are soiled and there is a six inch tear from the top down of book spine and a tear across book spine, toned pages, pencilled price on fep, three creased pages. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

San Diego, CA: Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, 2014. 8vo size trade paperback with color photo illustrated covers; 199 pages. From back cover: "It is so difficult to put into worlds the atmosphere in the room when Kathryn spoke. You could sense a flow of the Spirit that could only be the Holy Spirit of God. -- Dr Morris Cerullo" In excellent condition! . Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1939. Stated First Edition 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine; 464 pages including index. Black and white frontispiece Contents include: His Father and His England The Making of Myths The Darkling Plain The World Restored The Grand Style Lightly bumped head and heel of spine. Toned pages. There is some foxing on the frontispiece and abutting pages. Light discoloration to inside covers, penciled price on fep. The last page of the book was not separated during the production process. . First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1987. Young Adult Biography First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 81 pages including index and some black and white photographs From dust jacket flap: "Not until Eliezer Ben-Yehuda... determined to revive the ancient tongue of his people did Hebrew again become a living language... To rediscover and speak the language... he settled in Palestine. There, he insisted his family speak only Hebrew... His masterpiece, the Hebrew dictionary contains over 100,000 words, which today are written and spoken by Jews around the world." Ex-library with typical treatments, jacket has been laminated. Fep was clipped to remove barcode and there is some light soil to outside pages. The jacket spine is a different color but does not appear to be sunned as the titles are bright with no evidence of fading. . First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Hopewell, New Jersey: Ecco Press, 1997. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 292 pages. From jacket: "He was Russia's greatest playwright. She as the leading actress in Stanislavski's legendary Moscow Art Theatre. Together they created some of the most memorable women ever to grace the stage... But Anton and Olga were more than just artistic collaborators. From 1899 until Chekhov's untimely death in 1904, the two were friends, lovers, and finally husband and wife. (This volume) traces the passionate relationship and extraordinary careers of this great theatrical couple." Ex-library with typical treatments; dust jacket is covered with mylar. The book appears not to have circulated. We note only a bumped head and heel of spine. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1971. Edited and Prologue by John Wiebusch Epilogue by James Dickey Photographs by Vernon Biever First Edition 4to size pictorial hardcover with black and white photograph of football legend Vince Lombardi on front cover, small black and white photo and quote on back cover; 215 pages with black and white photographs throughout. Vince Lombardi (1913 - 1970) was an American football coach whom many consider to be the best football coach of all time. As head coach, he lead the National Football League Green Bay Packers team to five NFL championships in seven years. After his death, Lombardi was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Super Bowl trophy was renamed in his honor. Contents include: Moods Coach Beginnings Winning Games Players Home Remembering Light wear to covers with a small nick and scratch on front cover; there is a slight wrinkle - a production blemish at edge of front cover. Bumped and worn head and heel of spine and spine… Leer más

New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1964. Stated First Edition 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 174 pages including index plus a section of black and white photographs on glossy stock. Some black and white illustrations within text. Author photograph on back of dust jacket. From dust jacket: "Isadora Duncan became a legend in her time, and her influence was essential to the birth of American dance. With her ineffable powers to invoke the very spirit of the dance, she rebelled against convention. The freedom and originality of her art also characterized her life, which was restless and exciting, triumphant and tragic... As her art grew, her dances reflected the tragedies that befell her: the loss of her children, an unhappy marriage, disillusionment, and poverty." Ex-library with typical treatments, the tape used to hold the mylar covered dust jacket has discolored. There is a water stain on the bottom of the book with textural changes to the pages and a light… Leer más

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1947. William Morrow; New York; 1947 8vo size gray clothbound hardcover with some black and white illustration on glossy stock and others integrated with text throughout Contents include: Lt. Clark fights Indians Tipple tax war: the Whisky Rebellion Mr. Jefferson and his Secretary Mr. Jefferson buys an Empire The Corps of Discovery starts A winter's tale: Fort Mandan Down the Columbia Fort Clatsop Last long miles His Excellency, Governor Lewis His Excellency, Governor Clark Bumped and worn head and heel of spine and corners, tanned spine, stray pen mark on front cover. Name, address, original bookseller's stamp on fep, tacky area inside front cover where sticker was removed. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1956. Foreword by Frederick B. Tolles 8vo size light green clothbound hardcover with red titles on the spine; 355 pages with index with black and white frontispiece and several other full page black and white illustrations No jacket, but the flap from the jacket has been clipped and pasted to the ffep. Quoting from that: "Elias Hicks, the beloved and bitterly opposed prophet of Liberal Quakerism... An itinerant minister during the years 1779 - 1830... During his ministry he journeyed over 40,000 miles on horseback and by carriage... Whether he spoke in a Maryland tobacco barn, a Pennsylvania stone Meeting House, a district school, a state capital, in an orchard, or beneath the silvery grey shingles of a Long Island Quaker place of worship, his words came with a soul stirring power... The newly discovered (near the time of the original publication of this book) manuscript Journal of Hicks, which has been utilized by (the author,) reveals a colorful… Leer más

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Translated by Ernest Newman 8vo size green clothbound hardcover; 432 deckled edged pages with black and white frontispiece, more than two dozen illustrations and sheet music throughout the book. Contents include: Portrait of Beethoven in his 30th year The Eroica The Appassionata Leonora Appendices: Beethoven's Deafness A Beethoven Sketch-Book of 1800 The Brunsvik Sisters and their Cousin of the Moonlight Pages are toned with slightly darker edges and there is some ink transfer from some illustrations to the abutting page. Name on fep, penciled notation on rep. There appears to be some white paint transfer from a bookshelf on the bottom of the book. Sunned spine which extends to covers and sunned band on top of book. Gilt titles on spine are quite dull. Crack to binding at page 430/431. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Scribner, 1997. First Edition with full numberline 8vo size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 336 pages plus a section of black and white photographs on glossy stock From jacket flap: "Clement Greenberg was born in the Bronx in 1909, the child of Jewish immigrants from Polish Lithuania. He attended Syracuse University... by 1935 he was back in New York working at a routine civil service job... In 1939 he wrote "Avant-Garde and Kitsch" the landmark essay that catapulted him from anonymity to the center of a stellar group of intellectuals known as the Partisan Review crowd... Greenberg's independent opinions and combative style soon made him enemies... By the end of the (1940s), when his ideas began appearing in Life, Time and Newsweek, the establishment was compelled to react." Slightly cocked spine, bumped head and heel of spine, what appears to be a coffee stain on the top and bottom of back of jacket, jacket has moderate wear and there is some… Leer más

Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2000. 112 glossy pages illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs. Color photo illustrated covers. From back of book: "Gloria Estafan's life was altered forever in 1990. A semitrailer truck crushed the singer-songwriter's tour bus, and Gloria's back was broken. Fans were amazed when she was back on stage, singing and dancing, less than a year later. But to those who knew her, Gloria's courage and strength were a part of her even as a young girl growing up in Miami, Florida... (where she) started her journey to become one of the most popular Cuban American entertainers in the world." Ex-library with typical treatments, covers have been laminated, lightly creased top back corner.. First. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: McGraw Hill, 1988. Signed (first name only) and inscribed by author on fep. First Edition with full numberline. 8vo size green hardcover with dust jacket; 343 pages plus three sections of black and white photographs on glossy stock. Color photo illustrates front of dust jacket while back of dust jacket is a collection of black and white photographs. From jacket: "Larry Bird, the basketball superstar, is considered by may to be the best player in the history of the game... (This book) chronicles the remarkable rags-to-riches story of one Larry Joe Bird, the basketball phenomenon from a small community in southern Indiana. Rising to statewide prominence in high school...enrolling at Indiana State University, Bird led a Cinderella team to the Final Four...but it has been in his years with the Boston Celtics...that the basketball genius of Larry Bird has come into his own." There is a waterstain to top inside center of the dust jacket, with some green ink bleed (from the green… Leer más

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2004. Rare Signed First Edition. Flat signed by author on half title page. First Edition with full numberline. 8vo size hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket; 199 pages illustrated with black and white photographs. From jacket: "This is a powerful story of heroism, loss and love in World War II, as seen through the intimate lens of one family's experience, one family's war... Growing up, Walter Carter knew only a few basic facts about his father: He was a family doctor who volunteered for the Army, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day, was killed by sniper fire 11 days later while trying to rescue a wounded soldier... ...in 1995, Walter find his life transformed when he discovers... a journal and some 150 letters that his father had written in the months, weeks, and days before his death..." Jacket has edgewear and there is a price sticker on back of jacket. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity… Leer más