Han Noi: The Gioi Publishers, 2007. 9th edition. 245 pp., 12mo. Paperback. 9th edition. English translation. "When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out." - Ho Chi Minh. Edited by the Commission for Research on the Party History. The Many Faces of Viet Nam series. Light.....
Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, 1978. 64 pp., 4to. Hardcover in dj. By the editors of Kung-Fu Monthly. Collector's Edition. A pictorial examination, filled w/ b&w & full-color photos. Light sunning & shelfwear to boards & spine. Binding tight. Light soiling to ffep, otherwise textblock basically clean. Light foxing to dj.....
New York: Broadway Books, 2002. 8vo. 150 pp. Publication date March 2002. Advance Reader's Copy. The challenges of rebuilding and renewing a marriage.
New York: Hermitage House, 1951. First edition. 8vo. 242 pp. Rubbing to dj edges, joints, corners, and spine ends. Tears to dj corners, clear tape used to repair dj spine ends and some corners, several tears to edges. Soiled dj covers. Dj price clipped. Dj edges browned. Offsetting to fpd.....
New York: Grove Press, 1978. First edition. 195 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. The first major biography of Eva Peron & the mystery & myth that surrounds her. Very light shelfwear to boards. Light shaking & shelfwear to spine but binding very sturdy. Slight foxing to textblock edges.....
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. 279 pp, 12mo. Cloth. Ex-library w/ moderate markings: faded spine labels, evidence of pocket removal to rpd. Edgeworn and lightly scuffed, sp. sl. sunned, textblock lightly browned. Title pg and frontis foxed, pencil notation to fpd, minor foxing/soil to a few.....
New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2004. First edition. 8vo. 325 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, light rubbing along dj edges. Otherwise book is in excellent condition. Signed by the author.
Allamuchy, NJ: We Press, 2003. 8vo. 305 pp. Very faint shelf-wear to corners. Signed by the author on title page. The memoir of a Chinese-American woman.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. First edition. 336 pp, 8vo. Cloth in dj. First edition. Spine ends lightly bumped, textblock and margins tanned, light stain to fore-edge margin of last few pgs. Otherwise clean. Dj lightly shelfworn, faint scuffing to rear panel. Includes two sets of b&w plates.
New York: Lincoln MacVeagh, The Dial Press, 1925. First edition. 8vo. 274 pp.; memoir of accomplished British engraver Thomas Bewick, with b&w illustrations; corners and edges bumped; covers edgeworn; spine rubbed and faded; covers lightly soiled; foxing on edges of page block; spotting on endpages; bookplate on fpd.
Lawrence, MA: The Andover Press, 1905. 8vo. 452 pp. Cover rubbed, small crack to bottom of joint, corners lightly bumped. Containing his writings and illustrated stories of travel. AEG. Four raised bands to spine.
London and Boston: Secker & Warburg, 1984. First UK edition. 234 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First UK edition. Profusely illustrated w/ b&w photos. Slight cocking & shaking tos pine but binding very sturdy. Textblock clean & crisp. Slight scuffing & shelfwear to dj. Chartwell Booksellers slip laid in. You.....
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. 411 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover in dj. W/ a foreword by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. Light flexing & shelfwear to boards. Some sunning, shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy. Some very light foxing & scuffing to textblock edges. Pgs.....
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1947. First edition. 324 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. First edition. Inscribed by author. "Maury Paul was like this: He was thorough. His knowledge of society was one of his long suits, but it was not knowledge casually acquired." - from Chapter 2. Slight wear to boards.Slight.....
Wenatchee, WA: Directed Media, Inc., 1986. 244 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. Signed by author in pen on ffep. Illustrated w/ b&w photos. Light shelfwear to boards & spine. Binding very sturdy. Po library imprint to ffep, otherwise textblock quite clean. Slight rubbing & edgewear to dj. Signed by author.....
Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 1947. 8vo. 141 pp. Rubbing to dj corners and spine ends. Small tears to spine end corners. Dj spine faded slightly. Soiling to dj covers. Small tear to back bottom dj edge. Offsetting to fpd, rpd, ffep, and frep. Dark foxing to text block.....
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 2010. Limited edition. 512 pp., 4to. Hardcover in slc. Limited edition, signed by George W. Bush. "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures." George W. Bush. I cannot guarantee this volume contains pictures, fantastic or otherwise, because it.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 12mo. 155pp. Collector's Edition. Signed by Jimmy Carter. Illustrated by Amy Carter. Clean interior, binding tight. All edges gilt.
Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1853. 12mo. 493 pp. Spine missing 1/8 in. head & foot; cloth dampstained. Personal bookplate, ink signature front. Endpapers, edges also have dampstains (some afftecting illustr.). Foxing. One sl. loose signature. Life of Quaker abolitionist. Engravings.
New York: David Longworth, 1810. First edition. 12mo. 180 pp. Lether covers lightly rubbed to corners, along edges, to back cover. Spine ends lightly bumped. Hinge lightly cracked. Some drying to corners and spine. Marbled end papers. Front paste down offset with some browning and foxing. Half title page missing.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First edition. 957 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First edition. A personal behind-the-scenes (& under-the-desk) look at the 42nd President of the United States. Signed by Slick Willie himself. Filled w/ b&w photos. Slight cocking & shaking to spine but binding very sturdy; light.....
New York and Boston: Warner Books, 2004. First edition. 8vo. 598 pp. Great condition. Very light rubbing to dj. Interior clean. First edition. "Now comes the definitive portrait of America's First Couple, in a book that is at once a political saga, a social history, and an unforgettable love story.".....
New York: Wyndham Books, 1981. First US edition. 287 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. First US edition. Written by Winston Churchill's private secretary. Read all about the whole gang: Churchill, Roosevelt, Montgomery, Beaverbrook, & more. Illustrated w/ b&w photos. Very light shelfwear to boards & spine. Binding sturdy. Sm black.....
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1976. First edition. 370 pp, 8vo. Cloth, in dustjacket. First edition. Scuffing to lower corners and spine foot, textblock spotted/foxed. Crease and two tiny knicks to ffep. Dj edgeworn and lightly soiled, w/ a small tear to the lower front corner. Interior clean and bright.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition. 8vo. 250 pp. Signed on blank recto following half-title. Bookmark laid in, signed edition for Kroch's & Brentano's: "First Edition Circle." Continuation of the memoirs "The Road from Coorain." Signed.
