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Ali, Sidi H.
The Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero: Symbol of Royal Justice,
Wisdom and Patience.
Kano, Nigeria?: Printed by Triumph Graphic Printer, Lagos, 1988. 127 pages.
Bibliography. Photographs. Map. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author. Laid
in the 16-page program celebrating the launching of the book, November 13,
1988. Also laid in a handwritten letter by the author on the author's
letterhead, dated 28 November 1988, to a Mr. Ollie, about personal matters.
Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Some dampstains to upper corners.
#24436. $25
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Apte, Helen Jacobus.
Heart of a Wife: The Diary of a Southern Jewish Woman.
Edited and with essays by her grandson Marcus D. Rosenbaum. Wilmington,
Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 1998. 1st printing. xx, 222 pages. Photographs.
Illustrations.
Helen Jacobus was born in Hawkinsville, Georgia, in 1886. She spent her early
childhood in Hawkinsville and Richmond, Virginia, and her adolescence in
Atlanta. She married Day Apte, a Florida native, in 1909. They spent most of
their married life in Florida and Atlanta. Helen Apte died in Miami in 1946. -
About the Authors. Very good hardcover. ISBN 0842027459. #22700.
$17.50
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Ashby, Roy.
The Stansfield Saga: An Autobiographical Story of an Idealistic
Adventure with Youngsters.
London: Stansfield Association, 1984. 108 pages. Photographs. Inscribed and
signed by the author on title page. 'The complete work of the Stansfield
Association, which has never sought funds for its entirely voluntary effort.
This final book includes many extracts from two previous books, and brings the
story right up-to-date.' Photograph of 'Margaret Manor, Doddington, Kent, Our
historic freehold, which dates back to 1302' on front cover.
Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover), cover edges slightly worn. Lower
right-hand corner of title page has been clipped, not affecting text. #24623.
$35
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Barrett, Marvin.
Spare Days.
New York: Arbor House / William Morrow, 1988. 1st edition, 1st printing. 200
pages. Inscribed and signed by the author.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 1557100063. #28049.
$20
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Barrett, Paul M.
The Good Black: A True Story of Race in America.
New York: Dutton, 1999. 1st printing. 296 pages. Index. Inscribed and signed by
the author on the title page.
'In this eloquent and suspenseful work of nonfiction, the author takes you into
the minefields of corporate American and inside our legal system on one man's
journey across racial lines.' - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover in very
good dust jacket. ISBN 0525943447. #23829. $20
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Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates.
France in Sunshine and Shadow.
New York: Brentano's, 1944. 1st printing. 202 pages. Index. Bibliography.
Photographs. Illustrations.
A personal narrative of World War II. Very good hardcover. Unrelated gift
inscription on blank front flyleaf. #23364. $15
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Boston, Massachusetts. City Council.
A Memorial of Philip Henry Sheridan from the City of Boston.
Eulogy by General Francis A. Walker. Boston: Printed by Order of the City
Council, 1889. Small 4to (medium-large book). 117, [2] pages. Engraved
frontispiece portrait.
Philip Henry Sheridan, 1831-1888, was a U.S. Army officer during the Civil War
and the Indian Wars of the Great Plains. Good hardcover with gilt seal
of Boston on front cover and gilt title and date on spine; corners and edges
slightly rubbed; some stains on pages which must have been used to press leaves
and flowers. #27800. $20
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Bottome, Phyllis.
From the Life.
London: Faber and Faber, 1944. 1st printing. 108 pages.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. #19781. $15
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Brand, Sandra.
I Dared to Live.
New York: Shengold Publishers, 1978. 1st printing. 204 pages. Inscribed and signed
by the author. Some foxing stains on fore edge.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0884000583. #20456.
$35
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Burr, Aaron.
The Private Journal of Aaron Burr, during His Residence of Four
Years in Europe; with Selections from His Correspondence.
Edited by Matthew L. Davis. 2 volumes. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey:
Literature House / Gregg Press, 1970. Facsimile reprint. 2 volumes (451, 453
pages). First published in New York by Harper & Brothers in 1838.
Cf. Howe, US IANA, B1011. Good hardcover books. Exlibrary: stamps on top and
bottom edges, stamp on front flyleaves, on title pages and inside rear covers;
pockets removed from rear flyleaves. ISBN 0839801823. #26899. $80
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Champagne, Roger J.
Alexander McDougall and the American Revolution in New York.
Schenectady, New York: New York State American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, in conjunction with Union College Press, 1975. 1st printing. 280 pages.
Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Frontispiece portrait. Endpaper maps.
Exlibrary. Call number on spine. Stamps on title and Contents pages, and on top
and bottom edges. Pocket on rear free endpaper. Good hardcover in good dust
jacket covered with acetate. ISBN 0912765055. #22612. $30
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Chandler McCuskey Brooks.
Chandler McCuskey Brooks: The Scientist and the Man.
Preface by Mario Vassalle. Brooklyn, New York: State University of New York
Health Sciences Center, 1990. v, 166 pages. Photographs.
A memorial volume to Chandler McCuskey Brooks, 1905-1989. Very good stiff
wrappers (soft cover). #24635. $17.50
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Chapman, Duane 'Dog', with Laura
Chapman.
You Can Run, But You Can't Hide.
New York: Hyperion, 2007. 1st edition, 4th printing. ix, 321 pages. Color and
black-and-white photographs. Signed by author. Signed with black marker pen on
half-title page.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 9781401303686. #26928.
$95
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Coffey, Diarmid.
Douglas Hyde, President of Ireland.
Dublin & Cork: Talbot Press, 1938. 12mo. 152 pages. Photographs. Illustrations.
Frontispiece portrait.
Good hardcover, former owner's name on front flyleaf, a few ink underlinings
and marginalia. #25746. $25
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Collinge, Constance Pardee, with
Edith Pardee van Buren.
Dearest Family: A Celebration of the Life of Katharine Pardee
Kirkpatrick.
Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Designed and Printed by Jack, Claire and Nancy Viall,
1992. 100 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Signed by the author.
Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover); rear cover slightly soiled.
#28348. $17.50
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Cooke, Catherine Nixon.
Tom Slick, Mystery Hunter.
Bracey, Virginia: Paraview, 2005. 1st printing. xiii, 209 pages. Index.
Photographs. Illustrations. Dated and signed by the author.
A biography of the Texas businessman, explorer, investor and philanthropist
Thomas Baker Slick, Jr., 1916-1962. Very good hardcover in very good dust
jacket. ISBN 0976498626. #26782. $25
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D'Amato, Alfonse.
Power, Pasta & Politics: The World According to Senator Al
D'Amato.
Foreword by Senator Bob Dole. Introduction by Ed Koch. New York: Hyperion,
1995. 1st printing. xix, 357 pages. Index. Photographs. Inscribed in black felt-tip
pen "To Lisa, Best Wishes, Al D'Amato, 8/19/95."
Very good hardcover in Very good dust jacket. ISBN 0786860456. #20714.
$22.50
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Davies, Hunter.
The Beatles: The Authorized Biography.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. 1st edition. Small 4to (medium-large book). x, 357 pages. Photographs.
Illustrations. Facsimile manuscript pages.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. Slight foxing on fore-edge.
#20974. $20
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Dawidoff, Nicholas.
The Fly Swatter: How My Grandfather Made His Way in the World.
New York: Pantheon Books, 2002. 1st printing. 353 pages. Index. Gerschenkron Family
Genealogy on endpapers. Source notes. Dated, inscribed and signed by the
author.
Biography of Alexander Gerschenkron. Very good hardcover in Very good dust
jacket. ISBN 0375400273. #21740. $27.50
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Deatherage, D. Gary.
The Other Side of My Life: A Personal Journey into My Unknown
Past, in Search of the 'Other Side' of My Life.
Nashville, Tennessee: Winston-Derek Publishers, 1991. 1st printing. vi, 218
pages. Photographs. Long personal inscription, dated, and signed by the author.
The author's search for his true identity reveals that he was adopted shortly
after birth by Joan Crawford, who he lived with for almost 6 months until his
natural mother demanded his return. The results of his search also lead to
hints of his natural father's connection to the Sicilian Mafia. - Rear cover.
Very good pictorial hardcover. ISBN 1555232752. #25116. $20
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De Peyster, John Watts.
Personal and Military History of Philip Kearny, Major-General
United States Volunteers.
New York: Rice & Gage; Newark, N.J.: Bliss & Co., 1869. 1st printing. 3
preliminary leaves, xii, [13]-512 pages. Plates. Portraits. Map (page 432).
Frontispiece. Pasted on title page verso: 'The author in distributing among
friends the few copies of this biography which fell to his share as the sole
reward of his labors and expenditure,' Tivoli, Duchess Co., N.Y., 20th
November, 1869. Also, another item affecting the author. Pasted on verso of
dedication page a printed sheet of endorsements of General J. Watts de Peyster.
Good hardcover. Embossed maroon cloth with gilt pictorial device on front cover
and gilt imprint on spine; foxed title page and foxing throughout; fore-edges
of pages 261-300 slightly torn; some damp wrinkling. #26415. $180
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Desmond, Alice Curtis.
Bewitching Betsy Bonaparte.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1958. 1st printing. x, 306 pages. Bibliography.
Illustrations. Printed gift messages with names of recipients tipped in on
front flyleaf, signed by the author and her husband.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn and chipped dust jacket. #20302. $22.50
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Drakulic, Slavenka.
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed.
New York: W. W. Norton, 1992. 1st American edition. xvii, 189 pages. Inscribed
and signed by the author.
Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. Small black mark on top edge.
ISBN 0393030768. #26869. $25
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Dreiser, Vera, with Brett Howard.
My Uncle Theodore: An Intimate Family Portrait of Theodore
Dreiser.
New York: Nash Publishing, 1976. 1st printing. ix, 238 pages. Photographs.
Signed by author Vera Dreiser.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0840213662. #23751.
$12.50
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Ed'Alessio, Gregory, author and illustrator.
Carl Sandburg with his Guitar Friends.
New York: Walker and Company, 1987. 1st printing. 196 pages. Photographs.
Illustrations.
Very good hardcover in Very good dust jacket. ISBN 0802709664. #18701.
$17.50
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Edwards, Helena (formerly Czuprin),
and Virginia Lown.
Days of Aloe.
Devon, U.K.: Sandpiper Press, 1992. 1st printing. 191 pages. Photographs.
Illustrations. Map. Inscribed, dated and signed by the author.
The Polish-born author survived the German occupation and prison camps during
World War II, and eventually settles in Great Britain. Very good hardcover in
very good dust jacket. ISBN 0952013800. #23390. $25
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Eghrari, Massoud.
Massoud's Vignettes.
Carmel, California: Cork Hill Press, 2005. 1st printing. 174 pages. Inscribed
and signed by the author.
'This book contains 70 true short stories from the author's life: some funny,
some tragic, some medical and some spiritual.' - Rear cover. As new stiff
pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 1594082685. #26694. $20
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Finney, Peter.
Mister Mac: Tulane's All-Time MVP.
Foreword by Jim Wilson. Mandeville, Louisiana: Gulf South Books, 1998. 120
pages. Photographs.
A biography of William Kennon 'Kent' McWilliams, Jr., 1922-1998. A graduate of
Tulane University, Kent McWilliams was a major contributor and supporter of the
university. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0964583224.
#25113. $15
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Flick, Alexander Clarence, assisted
by Gustav S. Lobrano.
Samuel Jones Tilden: A Study in Political Sagacity.
Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1963. Facsimile reprint. 595 pages.
Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Frontispiece portrait. First published by
Dodd, Mead in 1939.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: spine label, stamps blacked out on top and bottom
edges, stamps and marks on title page; pocket on rear flyleaf. #26460. $45
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Fontaine, Joan.
No Bed of Roses.
New York: William Morrow, 1978. 1st edition, 1st printing. 319 pages. Index.
Photographs. Inscribed and signed by the author.
Very good hardcover in slightly worn and torn dust jacket.
ISBN 068803344X. #25623. $40
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