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Great Contemporaries by Winston S. Churchill - 1937: Housed in a full navy goatskin Solander case

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Great Contemporaries by Winston S. Churchill - 1937

Great Contemporaries: Housed in a full navy goatskin Solander case

by Winston S. Churchill

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London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1937. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, first printing, increasingly elusive thus in the first printing dust jacket. Great Contemporaries is Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously, Hitler. This copy is very good plus in a very good dust jacket, housed in a full navy goatskin Solander case. The blue cloth binding remains square, clean, tight, and beautifully bright with sharp corners and bright gilt. The sole detraction is minor surface delamination of the buckram on the upper rear cover, even less noticeable in person than in the images. The contents are bright with a crisp feel and no internal spotting. Differential toning of the endpapers corresponding to the dust jacket flaps confirms that this copy has spent life jacketed. The sole previous ownership mark is an ink-stamped name to the upper front free endpaper recto. The fore and bottom edges are mildly age-toned with just a few, tiny spots. The blue-stained top edge retains uniform, strong color. There were six printings of the first edition between October and December of 1937, but from the second printing on there are differences to the dust jackets, rendering the first printing dust jacket unique. This an impressively complete first printing dust jacket, with an unclipped front flap and only fractional losses at the ends of the hinges and flap folds. The spine is lightly toned and soiled, as are the flap fold edges, and there is modest soiling, the worst being a few stains on the front face around the title and one at the lower center. Nonetheless, this is an impressively complete example of an increasingly elusive 1930s dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected beneath a removable, clear, archival cover. The full navy goatskin clamshell case features rounded and hubbed spine with gilt decorated and gilt-rule framed raised spine bands, gilt spine print, and gilt-ruled borders on the covers. Condition of the case is immaculately fine. The character sketches herein offer remarkable portraits of both their subjects and the author. Churchill's piece about Hitler can be a shock to the modern ear, as it underscores his ability to write a balanced appraisal of his subject while expressing his earnest desire to avoid the war that he would fight with such ferocious resolve only a few years later. There is a reason this book is still in print today. It was written with what has been called "penetrating evaluation, humor, and understanding." Churchill's balanced and nuanced perspectives provide salutary contrast to many of today's more polemic writers. And naturally, in the course of sketching the character of his contemporaries Churchill necessarily reveals some of his own character and perspective. Churchill's portrait of T.E. Lawrence, published here just a few years before the Second World War, might well have been written about the author rather than by him: "The impression of the personality of Lawrence remains living and vivid upon the minds of his friends, and the sense of his loss is in no way dimmed among his countrymen. All feel the poorer that he has gone from us. In these days dangers and difficulties gather upon Britain and her Empire, and we are also conscious of a lack of outstanding figures with which to overcome them. Here was a man in whom there existed not only an immense capacity for service, but that touch of genius which everyone recognizes and no one can define." (Great Contemporaries, p.164) While some of the subjects of Churchill's sketches have receded into history, many remain well-known and all remain compellingly drawn. Reference: Cohen A105.1.a, Woods/ICS A43(a.1), Langworth p.178.

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Winston S. Churchill, The Official Biography, Volume I, Youth 1874-1900, PROOF COPY

Winston S. Churchill, The Official Biography, Volume I, Youth 1874-1900, PROOF COPY

by Randolph S. Churchill

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London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1966. 1st Edition. Paperback. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill, initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert, is an epic piece of scholarship about a singularly epic life, comprising eight mammoth main text volumes. The British and U.S. first editions of the eight main text volumes were published between 1966 and 1988. This is a proof copy of the first volume of the official biography, spanning the years 1874 to 1900, from Churchill's birth, to his early career as a soldier and war correspondent, to his return to England from an American lecture tour in order to embark on his storied political career. This copy is in very good+ condition. It is bound in unmarked tan wraps. The half-title reads: "PROOF COPY This proof copy has been prepared for Mrs. Jackson." The name Mrs. Jackson is handwritten in ink. The card covers are in sound condition with light soiling and just a lttle wear at edges. There are no tears or losses. The contents… Read More
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Marlborough: His Life and Times, Volume II
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Marlborough: His Life and Times, Volume II

by Winston S. Churchill

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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Here is a jacketed British first edition, first printing of Volume II. Churchill's monumental biography of his great ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, was initially conceived a full 40 years before publication of the fourth and final volume. Churchill originally considered the idea of the biography in 1898, returning to it in earnest in 1928. Marlborough ultimately took 10 years of research and writing and is the most substantial published work of Churchill's "wilderness years" in the 1930s. The final volume was published on the eve of the Second World War in 1938. Richard Langworth says "To understand the Churchill of the Second World War, the majestic blending of his commanding English with historical precedent, one has to read Marlborough." The first edition of Marlborough was originally issued in four volumes between 1933 and 1938. It was very well received - both critically and aesthetically. The first… Read More
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A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. In Two Volumes....

A HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. In Two Volumes. (Vol.I, Vol.II)

by Anon [William Combe 1742-1823]

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London printed L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh.: R. Ackermann, 1814. Hardcover. Very Good-. Hand-coloured plates (81) + uncoloured portrait of the dedicatee by Westall, Pugin, Nash, Mackenzie, Turner & Sir J. Reynolds costume plates by Unwins.. Large quarto (36x28.5cm page size/binding height 38cm) contemporary sugar paper covered boards rebacked with printed labels (tips worn & lower edge somewhat shelf worn/corners a bit bumped). Half title + coloured frontisplate + title + uncoloured Grenville portrait + dedication leaf + [vi]-xiv (subscribers & plate list) +1-xxv (the city) +275pp +[6]p index; Vol.II half title + colour frontisplate + title +262pp +[6]pp index. Without the Founders' portraits which are not called for in the plate list and which Tooley notes were 'not issued till a later date' so the book is complete without these. Some off-setting of plates to adjacent text leaves but not affecting legibility. More than a dozen plates carry the watermark of WHATMAN 1812 and most plates are uncut (ie… Read More
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My Early Life, finely bound
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My Early Life, finely bound

by Winston S. Churchill

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London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, first printing. Full leather. This is a finely bound copy of the first edition, first printing of Churchill’s autobiography. My Early Life sold very well at the time and has seen a great many editions since, many of them collectible in their own right, but of course a premium attaches to first editions. The challenge for collectors is that the plum colored binding of this edition proved especially susceptible to fading, soiling, and wear; nearly all copies are considerably spine faded. Hence this finely bound example. We commissioned the binding in full dark plum morocco, deferential to the original binding color. The binding features hubbed spine with gilt-tooled and decoratively framed raised bands, gilt lion rampant in the unprinted compartments, and twin brown spine labels. The beveled edge boards are framed in gilt and gilt-tooled turn-ins framing handsome marbled endpapers. The contents are bound with silk head and tail bands and gilt… Read More
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Lord Randolph Churchill
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Lord Randolph Churchill

by Winston S. Churchill

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London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a first edition set of Winston Churchill's biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. The first edition, only printing, is aesthetically pleasing, featuring deep red cloth, untrimmed page edges, gilt stamping, and the family coat of arms in gilt on the front covers. However, the red cloth binding of this edition proved quite susceptible to fading and wear and the contents to heavy spotting. First edition sets are not especially uncommon, but collector worthy sets are scarce. This set is in very good condition. The red cloth bindings remain square, tight, and bright. There is modest shelf wear to extremities as well as modest scuffs and blemishes, a bump to the upper front corner of Volume II, and some abrasion to the lower Volume I rear corner. Shelf presentation is quite respectable for the edition, with no appreciable color shift between the covers and spine and bright spine gilt. The contents remain… Read More
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Winston S. Churchill, The Official Biography, Volume I, Youth 1874-1900, PROOF COPY

Winston S. Churchill, The Official Biography, Volume I, Youth 1874-1900, PROOF COPY

by Randolph S. Churchill

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London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1966. 1st Edition. Paperback. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill, initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert, is an epic piece of scholarship about a singularly epic life, comprising eight mammoth main text volumes. The British and U.S. first editions of the eight main text volumes were published between 1966 and 1988. This is a proof copy of the first volume of the official biography, spanning the years 1874 to 1900, from Churchill's birth, to his early career as a soldier and war correspondent, to his return to England from an American lecture tour in order to embark on his storied political career. This copy is in very good+ condition. It is bound in unmarked tan wraps. The half-title reads: "PROOF COPY This proof copy has been prepared for Mrs. Jackson." The name Mrs. Jackson is handwritten in ink. The card covers are in sound condition with light soiling and just a lttle wear at edges. There are no tears or losses. The contents… Read More
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Marlborough: His Life and Times, Volume II
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Marlborough: His Life and Times, Volume II

by Winston S. Churchill

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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Here is a jacketed British first edition, first printing of Volume II. Churchill's monumental biography of his great ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, was initially conceived a full 40 years before publication of the fourth and final volume. Churchill originally considered the idea of the biography in 1898, returning to it in earnest in 1928. Marlborough ultimately took 10 years of research and writing and is the most substantial published work of Churchill's "wilderness years" in the 1930s. The final volume was published on the eve of the Second World War in 1938. Richard Langworth says "To understand the Churchill of the Second World War, the majestic blending of his commanding English with historical precedent, one has to read Marlborough." The first edition of Marlborough was originally issued in four volumes between 1933 and 1938. It was very well received - both critically and aesthetically. The first… Read More
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A Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela - Signed Limited Edition

A Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela - Signed Limited Edition

by Mandela, Nelson

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Little, Brown & Co., 1994. Hardcover. Book is in Fine as new condition. 1st printing. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. This is one of 1000 numbered edition quarter bound in leather and signed on the limitation page by Nelson Mandela. In custom made green slipcase. Black leather quarter bound in the spine and front, strikingly green cloth cover. Top edge gilt. Book is in pristine, fine condition. In custom made slipcase.
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My Early Life, finely bound
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My Early Life, finely bound

by Winston S. Churchill

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London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, first printing. Full leather. This is a finely bound copy of the first edition, first printing of Churchill’s autobiography. My Early Life sold very well at the time and has seen a great many editions since, many of them collectible in their own right, but of course a premium attaches to first editions. The challenge for collectors is that the plum colored binding of this edition proved especially susceptible to fading, soiling, and wear; nearly all copies are considerably spine faded. Hence this finely bound example. We commissioned the binding in full dark plum morocco, deferential to the original binding color. The binding features hubbed spine with gilt-tooled and decoratively framed raised bands, gilt lion rampant in the unprinted compartments, and twin brown spine labels. The beveled edge boards are framed in gilt and gilt-tooled turn-ins framing handsome marbled endpapers. The contents are bound with silk head and tail bands and gilt… Read More
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Lord Randolph Churchill
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Lord Randolph Churchill

by Winston S. Churchill

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London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a first edition set of Winston Churchill's biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. The first edition, only printing, is aesthetically pleasing, featuring deep red cloth, untrimmed page edges, gilt stamping, and the family coat of arms in gilt on the front covers. However, the red cloth binding of this edition proved quite susceptible to fading and wear and the contents to heavy spotting. First edition sets are not especially uncommon, but collector worthy sets are scarce. This set is in very good condition. The red cloth bindings remain square, tight, and bright. There is modest shelf wear to extremities as well as modest scuffs and blemishes, a bump to the upper front corner of Volume II, and some abrasion to the lower Volume I rear corner. Shelf presentation is quite respectable for the edition, with no appreciable color shift between the covers and spine and bright spine gilt. The contents remain… Read More
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Great contemporaries (Fontana books;no.361)

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Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Great Contemporaries

Great Contemporaries

by Winston S. Churchill

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Fontana, 1959. Paperback. Good. 1959. 317 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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Great Contemporaries
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Great Contemporaries

by Winston S. Churchill

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Great Contemporaries
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Great Contemporaries

by Winston S. Churchill

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Simon Publications, 2001. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. 2001; glossy illustrated paper covers; wear around edges; corners are slightly bumped; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 287 pages.
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Great Contemporaries

Great Contemporaries

by Winston S. Churchill

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MacMillan & Co. Ltd, 1942. Hardcover. Good. 1942. Reissued. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains ex-libris plate. Clean pages with mild tanning and notable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to rear board.
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Great Contemporaries (Churchill, Winston//Early Works of Winston Churchill)
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Great Contemporaries (Churchill, Winston//Early Works of Winston Churchill)

by Winston S. Churchill

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[ Edition: Reprint ]. Good Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc Pub Date: 5/1/1991 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 250
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Great Contemporaries (Early Works of Winston Churchill)
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Great Contemporaries (Early Works of Winston Churchill)

by Winston S. Churchill

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Great Contemporaries

Great Contemporaries

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Great Contemporaries

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Thornton Butterworth, 1949. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. The boards are a bit shelf rubbed and edge worn. The top edges of the front board is a little scuffed. They are strong and study. Internally, the front end pages is a little tanned. Otherwise clean and complete. Tightly bound. r*02/21/2023. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Great Contemporaries

by Winston S Churchill

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With a Touch of Olive Oil from Spain
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Olive Oil Exporters Association of Spain Unusual size spiral bound softcover - narrow 4to horizontal about 12 inches wide and 4 inches tall with the spiral at the top; unpaginated - about 30 pages Recipes by Susy Umlauf Recipes include: White Gazpacho; Multicolor Omelettes; Snapper and Tomato; Vegetable Provencale; Kidney Beans, Peas and Green Beans; Oxtail and Lentil Stew; Spanish Potato Omelette; Stuffed Breast of Veal; Beef Burgers with Beer; Partridges with Chocolate; Braised Beef with Glazed Vegetables; Catalonian Rice Salad; Breads, more. Some overall handling wear, worn bottom right corner, and crease to back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Spiral. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Private Press.
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Nights Under A Tin Roof

Nights Under A Tin Roof: Recollections of a Southern Boyhood

by James A. Autry

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Hardcover edition with price clipped dust jacket. Recollections written in verse of a Southern boyhood. Multiple b/w photos of the author's boyhood in 1940's Mississippi. Introduction by John Mack Carter
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Was it Worth While?  The Life of Theodore Storrs Lee

Was it Worth While? The Life of Theodore Storrs Lee

by Street, William Dana (editor)

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NY: Association Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed.. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Foreword by Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Hughes. A biography of the short-lived (1873-1911) reverend and religious missionary in western India, written by many of his family members and friends, including Rev. Samuel H. Lee, Welling H. Tinker, Rev. Albert Parker Fitch, Rev. Alden H. Clark, Hannah Hume Lee (his widow) , Rev. Arthur Osborn Pritchard and Fred B. Smith. Many photos. Tipped in letter at front free endpaper written and signed by Hannah Hume Lee. xiv, 178 pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Jigsaw An Unsentimental Education
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Jigsaw An Unsentimental Education

by Sybille Bedford

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First US. Near Fine/Very Good+. A near fine copy with black cloth spine and silver titles on green paper boards Front cover blindstamped with floral motif matching that on DJ Small bump at bottom of front cover Gift inscription on half title signed just "B" accompanied by a handwritten card by the same Possibly, but not probably, of the author, as I cannot find a clear Bedford handwriting example for comparison Therefore I am not representing or pricing it as author-signed, but just as a US first in excellent condition No other marks or damage at all Clipped DJ has slight wrinkling at edges, but is otherwise also in excellent condition 328 pp.
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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta: Lord of Rimini
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Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta: Lord of Rimini: A Study of a XV Century Italian Despot

by Edward Hutton

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J.M. Dent & Co. and E.P. Dutton & Co., 1906, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 296 pages, 7" x 9", TEG, bumped corners, foxing to endpapers, otherwise clean and tight. Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417 – 1468) was an Italian condottiero and nobleman, a member of the House of Malatesta and Lord of Rimini, Fano, and Cesena from 1432.
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The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite
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The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite

by Birmingham, Stephen

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New York, Harper and Row, 1971, hardcover, xiii-368 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Good in Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. Straight and firmly bound, dampstain to top edge affecting front board and top of first 50 pages, non-authorial gift inscription to previous owner to half-title page, light spine-end and corner wear. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge nicks, darkening to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The author of Our Crowd, The Right People, and Those Harper Women, presents an in-depth look at the tiny band of twenty-three Sephardim who arrived in the United States in 1654 from Spain, the rich and varied history of their descendants, and the impact they had on the development of the social, financial, and political landscape. Illustrated with 8 black-&-white plates. Appended: Sources, Index. An Abbreviated Genealogical Chart of America's Sephardic Elite attached inside rear cover. ISBN 9780060103378
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Travels in Hawaii
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Travels in Hawaii

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Used - Very Good-
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Very Good-
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1st edition, 1st printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780824802578
ISBN 10
0824802578
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Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1973. Edited and Introduction by A. Grove Day. [4] xlv,[1], 205pp, [3], 16 photographic plates inserted. Brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Map illustrative endpapers. Binding is tight, slight foxing on page edges. Dust jacket has faded spine, and a few small tears at bottom edge. Front of dust jacket showing shelf wear. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Iron Chancellor:  Otto Von Bismarck
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Iron Chancellor: Otto Von Bismarck

by Apsler, Alfred

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Used - Good
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Good
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Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
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Hardcover
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1968. 8vo size pictorial hardcover with matching dust jacket - even the author photo and biography on the jacket appear on the hardcover; 189 pages plus two black and white maps. Back cover has black and white photo of author and full page biography. From jacket: "Ruthless, cynical, arrogant, brilliant, supremely dedicated to a rigid concept of duty and vast dream of grandeur, Otto von Bismarck guided Germany to greatness and stood guard over the peace of Europe - while planting seeds of future destruction... What came to be known as the Age of Bismarck was an era of sharp paradox. The man who had based his policy on "blood and iron" now designed a peace that last 40 years." Ex-library with typical treatments, fep is clipped, jacket is covered with mylar. Tape transfer marks on endpapers. Edgewear, bumped top corners and head and heel of spine, worn corners. Pages 155-165 have creases on the bottom and we noted at least four creased page top… Read More
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Swamp Fox
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Swamp Fox: The Life And Campaigns Of General Francis Marion

by Robert D. Bass

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Used - Fair
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Poor
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First
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Hardcover
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Lubbock, Texas, United States
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This book is in fair condition. The front, back and spine of the cover boards has wear. The edges of the cover boards are worn also, and the corners have been bumped quite a bit. The dust jacket is in poor condition. The front, back and spine of the dust jacket is extremely worn. The edges are frayed and the corners are bumped beyond repair. There are numerous tears and the dust jacket is soiled. The first end page is stamped with the library's mark. The second end page is written on by the previous owner. The pages are tanned and yellowed , but clear from all markings. "The most significant period in the career of Francis Marion was that between August 15, 1780, and September 8, 1781. During this time he alone held eastern South Carolina from the British, then helped Henry Lee capture the British posts along the Santee, and finally commanded a corps in the army with which Nathaniel Greene drove the British from South Carolina...." - Acknowledgements from Swamp Fox: The Life And Campaigns Of General… Read More
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Geschwister: Novellen
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Geschwister: Novellen

by Ulitz, Arnold:

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Used
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Hardcover
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1942.. Breslau, Gauverlag, 104 Seiten gebundene Ausgabe, Hardcover/Pappeinband 13. - 18. Tausend Frakturschrift, ohne Schutzumschlag, Ecken/Kanten bestossen, Einband berieben, mit Macken, sehr vergilbt und sehrfleckig, Buchschnitt mit Lagerspuren, Seiten gebräunt und stockfleckig, schiefgelesen, Cover mit kleiner Abriebstelle, eher mittelmässiger Zustand für das Alter Bücher
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