Authors starting with A from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Boston: The Warren Press, 1903. Hardcover 7.75" x 5.5". 198pp. Dark red cover with gilt lettering. Spine tips and corners lightly bumped, spine is rubbed, ownership signature on first leaf, else near fine condition. The frontispiece is a black and white photograph of W. W. Smith. ... more information

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New York: Harry E. Wolff, 1924. Paperback 9.75" x 6.75". 28pp., plus ads. Color illustrated paper wrappers. Edges a bit chipped, one small pencil mark on the front wrapper, else near fine condition. A very fragile book. A Dime Novel adventure story for youngsters. With as nice color illustrated front wrapper. No. 1336. ... more information

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New York: David Mckay Company , 1948. Hardcover First edition 7.5" x 4.75". 238pp. Cloth lettered in blue. A good+ copy with a touch of overall soiling, spine lean and removal of bookplate. Dust jacket is fair to good, tattered and chipped at edges. Arrested for a murder he knows nothing about, Arnold Bayless must prove himself innocent all while escaping the gangsters who kidnapped him from the police. ... more information

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New York: The Heritage Press, 1935. Hardcover 9.75" x 7". 155pp. Brown leather spine, marbled boards, in the original publisher's slipcase. Spine a bit faded, else near fine condition. Illustrated by Pierre Brissaud. ... more information

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(Portland, Oregon): Oregon Historical Society, 1996. Paperback Revised edition 9" x 8.75". 81pp. Glossy color illustrated paperback. Fine condition. An excellent history of the 1905 fair held on the Willamette river waterfront in Portland, Oregon. The fair was a huge spectacle as well as a political statement of Portland's arrival as an international city and an entreprenurial opportunity for the Portland business community. This book is packed with black & white photo illustrations... more information

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Washington, D. C.: 1915. Paperback 9.5" x 6.5". 148pp. Grey speckled printed paperback. Spine tips, corners and edges are worn, lightly soiled and lightly chipped, three discreet stamps, two on the cover and one ont he first leaf, else VG condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. With the original library catalog card laid in. ... more information

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New York: Random House, 1958. Hardcover First edition Octavo. 146pp. Ownership signature, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Based on the play 'Anna Christie' by Eugene O'Neill. With two illustrations after black & white photographs from scenes of the original Broadway production. ... more information

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1938. Hardcover 7.5" x 5". 316pp. Gray cloth, lettering in red. A good+ copy with moderate overall soiling & wear, bookplate removed. Dust jacket is good with chips and short tears at edges & light soiling. Quiet Judith Peyton in unexpectedly romanced by a young author and must readjust to emotions surrounding the appearance of an unknown half-sister. ... more information

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New York: Trident Press, 1966. Hardback First edition 8.25" x 5.5". 239pp. patterned paper covered boards with a dark gray cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jacket is a bit edge worn and rubbed. In 1959, G. Clifford Prout appeared on national television and came to the attention of millions of Americans as the founder of an organization whose objective was to clothe all animals from cats to camels for the sake of decency. many people accepted the ridiculous Society for I... more information

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Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Paperback First Bison Book printing 9" x 6". 403 pp. Illustrated glossy wrappers. Near fine condition. A history of the Native American tribes (Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles) living in Indian Territory during the American Civil War. With an introduction by Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green. ... more information

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Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1992. Paperback First Bison Book Printing 9" x 6". 394 pp. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Fine condition. An examination of the manouvers of the Confederate government to secures alliances with the tribes of Indian Territory (Cherokees, Choctaws, Seminoles, Chickasaws and Creeks). ... more information

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Jefferson, North Carolina & London: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2004. Hardback 10" x 7". 258pp. Glossy illustrated boards. Fine condition. A bibliography of music published in the southern states during the Civil War. With many illustrations. ... more information

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Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2000. Hardback 9" x 6". 398pp. Blue paper covered boards with a red cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; fine condition. With a foreword by Bobby Horton. ... more information

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Liverpool: Charles Birchall & Sons, Ltd., 1933. Hardcover First edition 9.5" x 7". 228pp. Blue hardcover with gilt lettering. Light edge wear and fading else VG+ condition. A history of ships, their structure and safety standards. ... more information

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Cambridge MA, London : The MIT Press, 1995. Hardback 10" x 7.75". 353pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine in dust wrapper. Fine condition. Fine jacket. Foreword by Ettore Sottsass, and appendixes by Judith Nasatir (biographical chronology, chronology of work, awards and honors, writings by Nelson, writings about Nelson and his firms, chapter notes, and index. Lavishly illustrated in both full-color and black-and-white. A great biography of one of the icons of twentieth century design... more information

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New Haven, Connecticut: World Prison Poetry Center, 1983. Paperback First edition thus 35" x 23". Single sheet, printed on one side only. Folded, probably as issued, else fine condition. The sixth issue in this landmark series. One of only 500 copies printed. ... more information

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New York: The Mulberry Press, Inc., No date. Hardcover 10.5" x 7.5". 14pp. Illustrated hardcover board book. Fine condition. A Mulberry Adventure puppet book. Fully illustrated in color. ... more information

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[No place]: National Retail Dry Goods Association, 1948. Hardback 10.75" x 8.25". 103pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine. Some soiling and bumped edges, lightly musty from storage; generally VG+ condition. With black 7 white illustrations showing the most effective ads. ... more information

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London: William Heinemann, 1920. Hardcover 7" x 4.5". 301pp. Green cloth hardback with gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket is lightly edge worn and the spine a bit darkened. A collection of essayson the beauty in the arts, with chapters covering "the education of taste," the dramatic art, William hazlitt, Restoration Drama, and "the nucleus of a cheap library." ... more information

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Tokyo, New York & San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1982. Hardcover 14.25" x 10". 175 pages. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering. Spine slightly faded, else fine condition, in the original publisher's slipcase. A beautiful guide to the ceramics in the Indonesian museum's collection. Packed with color and black & white illustrations. With a preface by Prof. I. B. Mantra. ... more information

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