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By: Meacham, Jon
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Random House: 2012
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20342
ISBN: 1400067669
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
800 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Hardcover, brown boards, [xxx] + 759 + 11 pages, 800 total pages, architectural drawings on endpapers, numerous illustrations including 41 in full color. ; authored by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. hailed as best single-volume biography of Jefferson ever produced.; No marks or defects to book. Jacket shows a touch of edgewear only. View more info
By: Murphy, Dervla
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Readers Union: 1978
Seller ID: 20504
ISBN: 071953335X
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
266 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, [viii] + 266 pages, index, bibliography, glossary, appendix, b/w map of Baltistan showing author's route, 7 b/w photos with captions. ; Copyright 1977. This edition 1978. ; Author (Irish) describes winter trek of herself and her six-year-old daughter through Baltistan, a region in the remote Karakoram Mountains in northern India. ; Book has no marks or major defects, however, text pages are starting to yellow from age. Jacket shows light wear and rubbing, spine faded but readable. View more info
By: Nation, Carry A.
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Carry A. Nation: 1908
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 12184
Condition: Good+
414 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, 414 pages, a few b/w photos with captions including frontispiece portrait of author, several poems in tribute of Carrie Nation, anti-masonic chapter by Edmond Ronayne, M. W. Moore and others. ; Revised Edition, Ten Thousand Copies, stated. ; Image shows frontispiece, as printed. ; Carrie Amelia Nation, lived 1846-1911, leader in Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and American anti-saloon movement and she had no love of tobacco or freemasons either. Much info on her smashing of liquor stores, stills, saloons, etc, and being thrown... View more info
By: Oldmeadow, Harry, with Charles Trimble
Price: $9.00
Publisher: World Wisdom: 2018
Seller ID: 21635
ISBN: 1936597608
Condition: Near Fine
256 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Tan softcover, [xxii] + 224 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 3 appendices, 12 b/w photos and one full-color illustration on 8 glossy plates. ; Foreword by Charles Trimble. New in-depth biography of famous Native American (Lakota Sioux) holy man. ; No defects of any kind. View more info
By: Osborn, Chase S.
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Macmillan Company: 1919
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16322
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
316 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, red-brown cloth, gilt lettering, decor in black and cream, 316 pages, 4-pg publisher catalog in rear, 11 b/w photos on unnumbered glossy plates. ; 1st edition, published May, 1919, stated. No other printings. ; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was governor of Michigan 1911-1913. Before he went into politics he was an iron prospector in the Upper Peninsula and a newspaper reporter and owner. As governor he passed the worker's compensation law and eliminated the state deficit. This scarce political memoir has the author's own bookplate on front endpaper. ... View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Blinn Publishing Company: 1902
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20026
ISBN: 1165045591
Condition: Very Good+
369 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth, gilt lettering, [xiv] + 369 pages, b/w illustration of Hinsdale coat of arms in text, b/w portrait photos of Lucinda Stone and her husband Dr. James Andrus Blinn Stone on glossy plates. Text includes tribute from the Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane, pioneer woman minister of People’s Church of Kalamazoo. ; Amazonuyers please note: This is an actul book from 1902. We are sorry that Amazon forces us to list it on a page for fake books. ; Written by Belle McArthur Perry, president, Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs. Introduction b... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Detroit Edison Company: 1947
Seller ID: 20824
Condition: Near Fine
23 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Ivory-white softcover booklet, title and portrait of Edison embossed on front, 23 glossy pages, deckle fore-edge on front cover, list of medals and honorary degrees, 9 sepia-toned photos with captions. ; Very nice promotional item from Detroit Edison Electric Company, 1947. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. Slight rustiness to staples. No other defects. Scarce. View more info
By: Regina, Karen, and Beatrice Katz
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16566
ISBN: 0998356468
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
219 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, silver lettering, 219 pages, blue patterned endpapers, 4 appendixes, 18 high-quality b/w photos on glossy plates, with captions. ; Biography of William K. (Bill) Schubert, pioneer of pediatric research, named a Great Living Cincinnatian, who rose in 1983 to become chief executive officer of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. ; Owner name (Eugene V. Perrin, noted pathologist and medical researcher) penned on title page in small letters. Front flyleaf inscribed 'To Eugene' and dated 8-29-10 and SIGNED by Dr. Bill Schubert. Book ... View more info
By: Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
Price: $12.00
Publisher: D. Appleton-Century Company: 1935
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16565
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
283 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, black cloth over spine and tips, gray boards, [xiv] + 283 pages, gray title label on spine, index, 3 appendixes, 9 full-page b/w illustrations including frontispiece portrait on glossy plate. ; Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876) was a major figure in 19th-century America. He was best known as founder and president of the Perkins Institute, first US school for the blind. With his famous wife, Julia Ward Howe, author of Battle Hymn of the Republic and creator of Mother's Day for peace, he edited the anti-slavery paper 'Boston Commonwealth'. A Unitarian, he ... View more info
By: Sanger, Clyde
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Stoddart Publishing Company: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20176
ISBN: 0773720723
Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
266 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, green endpapers, [xiv] + 266 pages, index, footnotes, 4 appendixes, 33 b/w photos on glossy plates with captions. ; Remarkable true story of amazing Lotta Hitschmanova (1909-1990) a petite woman who single-handedly founded and operated Canadian branch of Unitarian Service Committee for 37 years, a worldwide social welfare organization through which she established countless successful programs Hong Kong, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Botswana, and more, earned Order of Canada and dozens of similar accolades from other nations. ; Very small... View more info
By: Scaduto, Anthony
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: 1971
Seller ID: 21653
ISBN: 0448020343
Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
280 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, tan cloth, dark green endpapers, [viii] + 280 pages, index, discography, 1 b/w photo in text, 11 b/w photos on glossy plates with captions. ; Blurb: 'The first full dimensional biography of America's most popular, most controversial, most influential and most elusive cultural hero.' ; Book shows only minor wear to tips. Jacket shows moderate wear at tips and at heel and crown. No marks, no other defects. View more info
By: Schwartz, A. Truman, and John G. McEvoy
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Skinner House Books: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20853
ISBN: 1558960104
Condition: Near Fine
277 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Gray softcover, [xxvi] + 277 pages, index, chapter endnotes, 10 chapters by various experts, 28 full-page b/w illustrations. ; Scientist, theologian, pioneer preacher, the Rev. Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) discovered oxygen, invented the eraser, discovered photosynthesis, wrote about the Corruptions of Christianity, founded one of the first Unitarian congregations in North America, and much more. ; Only a whisper of shelfwear. Appears unread. View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: National Association of Black Storytellers: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19390
Condition: Very Good+
32 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover booklet, 32 pages, 13 b/w photos. Front cover inscribed and SIGNED by Mary Carter Smith. Text includes 1-page bio and 31 pgs of tributes including one from Bill Clinton. ; Tribute to famed storyteller Mary Carter Smith, known as Mother Mary, proclaimed Griot (African storyteller) of the State of Maryland and Mother Griot of the National Association of Black Storytellers. ; Rear cover, which is blank, shows stray inkmarks, very faint. No other defects apart from autograph. Quite scarce. ; Laid in: 1) additional page with four more tributes, as issued. 2) ... View more info
By: Starkie, Enid; Illustrated by Giraudon
Price: $21.00
Publisher: New Directions: 1961
Seller ID: 15007
Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket
491 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Green cloth over spine, white boards, 2 indexes, bibliography, endnotes, 3 appendixes. ; Cover photo by Giraudon. ; Book shows a touch of shelfwear, otherwise crisp, appears unread. Jacket unclipped, but rubbed, creased, with several small edge chips not affecting any text. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Vantage Press: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20813
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
628 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, gray cloth, red endpapers, 628 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, appendix list of patents, 22 b/w photos and facsimiles on glossy plates with captions. ; Extensive biography of pioneer of electrochemistry, inventor of carborundum, graphite, synthetic diamonds, etc, and holder of 70 patents. ; Small sticker on jacket rear panel with library barcode. No other library marks. Jacket shows light shelfwear to heel and crown. Otherwise appears unused. Scarce. View more info
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Vantage Press: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20814
Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket
628 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, gray cloth, red endpapers, 628 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, appendix list of patents, 22 b/w photos and facsimiles on glossy plates with captions. ; Extensive biography of pioneer of electrochemistry research, inventor of carborundum, graphite, synthetic diamonds, etc, holder of 70 patents. ; No defects to book. Jacket has two small closed tears, several spots to rear panel, but everything is readable. Scarce. View more info
Price: $13.00
Publisher: Published by Author: 1970
Seller ID: 11542
Condition: Very Good+
212 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; White softcover, green lettering, a few endnotes. Errata slip laid in, as issued. Foreword by Benjamin H. Thurman. ; Biography of Clarke Edwin Davis, born 1888, lived and died in Michigan with stints in Utah and in New York, PhD, professor of chemistry, pioneer researcher into properties of food substances, food safety, etc, at National Biscuit Company, improved manufacturing methods of biscuits, crackers, fig newtons, chocolate, etc; as vice president Virginia Dare Extract Company invented new methods of manufacturing flavor extracts, leader in American Chemic... View more info
By: Trowbridge, W. R. H. (William Rutherford Hayes)
Price: $34.00
Publisher: Brentano's: 1910
Edition: First US Edition
Seller ID: 16668
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
351 pages; 8vo (8.75") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, illustration on front in white and gilt of armored Cupid-like figure with tilting lance skewering crown, laurel and heart; similar character in gilt on spine; 351 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, 39 b/w portraits and illustrations on glossy plates, with captions. ; Originally published 1909 by London: T. Fisher Unwin. This is 1st US edition, 1910. Detailed and well-written biography of the Marshal (supreme general) of France 1743-1750 who provided the French crown with many decisive victories in t... View more info
Price: $32.00
Publisher: Trafford Publishing: 1999
Edition: Fifth Printing
Seller ID: 20074
ISBN: 1552122557
Condition: Near Fine
392 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Tan softcover, [viii] + 392 pages, bibliography, endnotes, over 100 medium-quality b/w photos and illustrations. ; Sprawling yet fascinating biography of the seven famous Washburn sons, among them an inventor, an Ambassador to France, a Governor of Maine, a US Senator and a Civil War General. ; A touch of edgewear only. Quite scarce. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin & Company: 1891
Seller ID: 21164
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
324 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, dark green endpapers, [x] + 324 pages, top edge gilt, 12 inspirational and intellectually stimulating essays and lectures. ; Originally published 1866. This edition 1891. Dedicated to memory of Rev. T. S. King, savior of California. ; Topics include: Eccentric character. Intellectual character. William Makepeace Thackeray. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Edward Everett. Thomas Starr King. Louis Agassiz. Washington and the principle of revolution. More. ; Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886) was a popular lecturer, longtime journalist, author of many b... View more info