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By: Adams, John G.
Price: $36.00
Publisher: A. Tompkins: 1856
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20202
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
360 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, 360 pages, pale yellow endpapers, b/w frontispiece portrait engraving of John Moore, footnotes. ; Amazonbuyers please note: This is an actual hardcover book from 1856, not a flimsy computer-generated reprint. See our image. ; The Rev. John Moore (1797-1855) was a pioneer Universalist preacher in New England and New York, editor-publisher of several denominational papers, founder of several charitable organizations, well-known anti-slavery activist and much more. ; Book shows overall little wear, cloth worn at ext... View more info
Price: $72.00
Publisher: Universalist Publishing House: 1878
Seller ID: 20346
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
388 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth over beveled boards, 388 pages, dark green endpapers, gilt lettering on front and spine, footnotes, superb b/w portrait engraving frontispiece with tissue guard. ; Copyright 1877. Title page 1878. ; The Rev. Thomas Whittemore (1800-1861) was one of the most important Universalist of the 19th century. He edited 'Trumpet & Universalist Magazine' for 33 years, helped found Universalist Historical Society and Tufts University, served as president of the Universalist Church of America, and never backed down from fighting for what was right. The ... View more info
By: Allen, Hervey
Price: $17.00
Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart: 1934
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 17269
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
748 pages; 8vo (8.75") 23 cm; Hardcover, pale ivory-white cloth, black and gilt lettering and decor, black and gilt silhouette on front, [xix] + 748 pages, index, tons of footnotes, 9 appendixes, 92 b/w photos and facsimiles on glossy plates, with detailed captions. ; Exhaustive, definitive biography of the great short story, detective, horror and science fiction writer of Boston and Baltimore. Originally publishd in 2 vols in 1926. This is a slightly revised 1-vol edition, 1934. ; Gilt shows a touch of rubbing. Otherwise no visible defects to book. Some pages unopened. Lacks jacket. View more info
By: Anonymous (Judith Towers Grant and Emily Frederica Grant)
Price: $23.00
Publisher: Ide & Dutton: 1853
Seller ID: 20368
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
175 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, dark brown endpapers, [viii] + 175 pages, gilt title on spine, all edges red, footnotes, several original poems by Emily, 2 b/w engravings with captions. ; This is an actual book from 1853, not a flimsy overpriced computer-generated reprint. ; Inspirational biography and memoria of Emily Frederica Grant (1835-1851) a devout young poet, written by her mother, Judith Towers Grant, including Emily's poems and many quotations taken down while she was on her deathbed. ; Very light wear to exterior, mainly ends of spine. Antique bookplate from ... View more info
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Macmillan Company: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20171
ISBN: 1122078528
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
387 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, gilt lettering, [xii] + 387 pages, illustrated endpapers, index, b/w frontispiece portrait of Kemble on glossy plate. ; 1st edition, 1938. ; Excellent biography of the great Fanny Kemble (1809-1893) famous English actress who toured extensively in US, considered first truly great actress in US, most famous Lady Macbeth of all time, outspoken Unitarian, rubbed shoulders with all classes from African American slaves to British nobility. ; Almost no visible wear. Monochrome bookplate on front blank page. A few tiny spots to fore-edge. No othe... View more info
By: Baker, Joseph V.
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Scott Paper Company: 1963
Seller ID: 19039
Condition: Very Good+
28 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Blue softcover booklet, 28 pages, 12 b/w portrait drawings, brief biographies of 12 noted African American women. ; Promotional item for Scott Paper Company, Philadelphia, 1963. ; Very light sunning and edgewear only. Scarce. View more info
By: Barton, David
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Wallbuilder Press: 1999
Seller ID: 20831
ISBN: 0925279730
Condition: Near Fine
320 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Green softcover, 312 + 8 pages, index, endnotes, 3 appendixes, nearly 400 b/w photos, illustrations and facsimiles. ; Known as "Father of American Medicine," Benjamin Rush pioneered fields of psychiatry, chemistry, alcohol addiction, prison reform, anti-slavery and anti-death penalty activism, and more. He signed the Declaration of Independence for Pennsylvania and was United States Treasurer for 16 years. This book also focuses on his strong attachment to religion: he was an active Presbyterian, Methodist, Universalist and Episcopalian. ; Only a touch ... View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Xerox University Microfilms: 1975
Seller ID: 16512
ISBN: 0998356395
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
442 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Hardcover, dark gray-blue buckram cloth, gold spine title, 442 pages printed one side only, bibliography, copious footnotes throughout. ; This is a PhD dissertation written in 1975. The original was typed, was then preserved on microfilm, and at a later point was reprinted by mimeograph and bound as a hardcover. ; Russell A. Alger grew up on the midwestern frontier, became General in civil war, wildly successful timber baron, US Senator, Governor of Michigan, US Secretary of War. ; Owner name (Stephen M. Stackpole) penned on front endpaper. Boards slightly bowe... View more info
By: Black, Joe
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Greyhound Corporation: 1971
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 19040
Condition: Very Good+
60 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Black and red softcover booklet, 60 pages, 55 b/w portrait photos, 54 brief bios of successful contemporary African Americans, including men, women, business leaders, university presidents, mayors, etc. Front page SIGNED by author, Joe Black. ; Light wear to covers. Owner name penned on front in very pale ink. Faint crease to front cover. View more info
By: Caldicott, Helen Broinowski
Price: $15.00
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: 1996
Edition: Second Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 12269
ISBN: 0393039471
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
366 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Black cloth, tan boards, index, 14 b/w photos with captions. Front free endpaper SIGNED by author. ; Australian physician, founder of Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, single-handedly launched major world campaign against nuclear weapons proliferation. ; Jacket in clear plastic cover neatly taped to boards. No other defects apart from author autograph. View more info
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Acheson Industries: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20815
Condition: Very Good in Poor dust jacket
63 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, gray-brown cloth, tan endpapers, 63 pages, top edge blue, blue page-marker ribbon, footnotes, appendix list of awards and honors, b/w frontispiece portrait photo of Acheson, with tissue guard. ; Foreword and addendum by Raymond Szymanowitz. ; Brief biography of pioneer of electrochemistry, inventor of silicon carbide or carborundum, electric-furnace graphite, colloidal graphite, etc, and holder of 70 patents. ; Quite scarce in any condition. ; Boards slightly bowed. Main defect is jacket, of uncoated plain brown paper with minimal lettering, which sh... View more info
By: Channing, Elizabeth Parsons
Price: $14.00
Publisher: American Unitarian Association: 1907
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 14149
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
304 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark green cloth, gilt lettering, [x] + 304 pages, top edge gilt, appendix, b/w portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. ; Elizabeth P. Channing (1818-19060 was a noted poet, essayist, writer of stories for children, longtime teacher, major benefactor of the American Unitarian Association, notable member of famous Channing family of Boston; her brother was Rev. George G. Channing, her uncle was famous Rev. William Ellery Channing. ; Very minor exterior wear. Both endpapers have numerous notes in pencil and ballpoint from one Clyde who marked that he re... View more info
By: Clary, Robert
Price: $32.00
Publisher: Madison Books: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 21460
ISBN: 1568332289
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
248 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, black and gray boards, gray endpapers, [x] + 214 + 24 pages, 248 total pages, filmography, discography, other appendixes, 39 b/w photos on glossy plates, with captions. Front endpaper inscribed and SIGNED by author. ; Well-known as the feisty French POW Corporal Lebeau on the television series Hogan's Heroes, Robert Clary tells the story of his life, including his long career as a singer and actor and his 2.5 years as a prisoner in Buchenwald and other Nazi concentration camps. ; No defects apart from autograph. View more info
Price: $66.00
Publisher: James M. Usher: 1854
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20086
Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket
430 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, red cloth ornately decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, 430 pages, b/w frontispiece portrait engraving with tissue guard. ; Dedicated to Second Universalist Society of Providence, Rhode Island. ; The Rev. James Monroe Cook (1818-1850) was well known in upstate New York as a fierce debater in defense of Universalism and was founding editor of the Western Luminary, a Universalist paper. This excellent memoir was written by his brother, also a Universalist minister. ; Very little wear. A touch of foxing to a few pages at front and rear. Gift note 'Eliza... View more info
By: Cornish, Frances Eliot Foote
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Beacon Press: 1953
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20115
Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket
149 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, [xii] + 149 pages, 3 b/w photos on glossy plates. ; The Rev. Louis Craig Cornish (1870-1950) was president of American Unitarian Association 1927 to 1937, president of International Association of Religious Freedom 1937 to 1946, forged ties with Universalist Church of America which led to their closer cooperation and eventual consolidation. This excellent biography was written by his wife. ; Only a touch of edgewear. View more info
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press: 1987
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 21370
ISBN: 0807113751
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
414 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, brown endpapers, [xviii] + 414 pages, index, bibliography, extensive endnotes, 23 b/w photos and facsimiles. ; Blurb: 'A first-rate, one-volume biography that serves the needs of the informed reader, the scholar, and the student alike, with particular focus on Jefferson as a disciple of the Age of Reason.' ; Jacket very slightly faded on spine. No other defects. ; Southern Biography Series View more info
By: Custer, George Armstrong (Gen) ; Illustrated by A. Roberts
Price: $700.00
Publisher: Sheldon & Company: 1876
Seller ID: 18600
Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket
256 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, pale umber-brown cloth, black decor, gilt lettering and gilt buffalo head on front, 256 pages, footnotes, table of outrages committed by Indians in 1868; 8 full-page b/w plates with captions. ; Copyright 1874. This printing 1876. ; Plates, engraved by A. Roberts, and others, depict: 1) frontispiece portrait of Custer, 2) portrait of Kiowa chief Satanta, 3) Attack on the Wagon Train, 4) the Kidder Murder, 5) Battle of the Washita, 6) Kiowa chief Lone Wolf, 7) Arapaho chief Yellow Bear, 8) Arapaho chief Little Raven. ; Cloth shows light wear at extrem... View more info
By: Douglas, Marjory Stoneman, with John Rothchild
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Pineapple Press: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 21502
ISBN: 0910923337
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
268 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, green boards, green endpapers, 268 pages, 24 b/w photos with captions. ; 1st edition, full number line. Introduction by John Rothchild. ; Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998) was journalist, feminist, author of fiction and nonfiction, suffrage activist, and defender of Florida Everglades, which she called the River of Grass. She was namesake of famous high school Parkland, Florida, recipent of many honors, early resident of Miami and influential in its growth. ; No defects to book or jacket. Laid in: publisher's original bookmark. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Superior Publishing Company: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20842
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
175 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, brown boards, 175 glossy pages, chronology, index, bibliography, over 200 high-quality historical b/w photos with captions, many never before published. ; Wonderful pictorial biography of great inventor. ; Book shows only a touch of shelf wear. Main defect, vintage bookplate on front free endpaper. Jacket clean and intact with small amount ot rubbing to spine, small sticker at heel. View more info
Price: $22.00
Publisher: D. Appleton & Company: 1857
Seller ID: 21454
Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket
269 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Volume 2 ONLY of a 2-vol set. ; Hardcover, brown blindstamped cloth, [x] + 269 + 9 pages, striking pastel-blue endpapers, b/w frontispiece engraving of Haworth Church and Parsonage, drawn by Gaskell, engraved by J. C. Armytage. ; Originally published 1857. This is a very early reprint. ; This first biography of the author of Jane Eyre came from the pen of fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, noted Unitarian and author of Cranford. ; Cloth shows moderate wear to extremities. Old name penciled on front endpaper dated 1870. No other marks. Gilt on spine rubbed and ... View more info