Biography/Autobiography/Memoir from Brass DolphinBooks

NY: Sterling, 2011. 1st Edition, full number Line . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Crisp, bright book and jacket. Unmarked, newish. Tiny nearly invisible stain topedge 1/2 droplet size. Just jacketed (mylar) and noticed abrasion and micro split book spine, price adjusted, way down.*We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover is bright, unmarked and newish, with a good small degree of bumpedness to board corner tips. Jacket handsome, no tears or wear.

NY: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Green cloth with gilt stamp, fr. and bottom edge have light deckle, top edge gilt. 2 sheets done in blue with blue ink and the balance is other epistolary writing of this much loved headmaster who I surmise died unexpectedly. Typical light wear, no major issues, lots… Read more about this item

NY: Appleton-Century, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. W. M. Berger. Hardcover with the last page A-C #one First Edition indicator. Signed 2nd blank endsheet with love (by Hawthorne) to a friend at the sheets bottom is a note referencing her as Nathaniel's granddaughter. Book decent but typically worn, some mild tip shaping, no real bumping.… Read more about this item

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. A full number line, hard cover in jacket that, if not flawless, is presentable, no tears, largely white, unsoiled. I rarely comment on the books finding the commentary on some rather lengthy and unhelpful, if invariably enthusiastic.--- I will make an exception here. In any case,… Read more about this item

NY: Oxford University Press, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This listing is for 3 hardcovers re/by Mann sold as a pair at the listed price with one-book priced domestic media mail shipping. Details above are for the Prater, the Mann (Modern Library perhaps 1958?) is decent, but with a mended/chipped/edgeworn jacket. The Prater bio of… Read more about this item

NY: Random House, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. This listing is for 3 hardcovers re the noted Danish author, they are sold as a group at the listed price with one book priced domestic media mail shipping. Details above for the Migel. They are sturdy, but, should be thought of as reading/study copies only, as they have marking and other… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. This newish hardcover has unpriced jacket, but given the lack of other BCE indications (no debossing, no small square BCE code on jkt.) we assume it is LSU product, full number line/year line/first printing statement. Unpriced is customary for many University presses, glad to be corrected re… Read more about this item

Ny: Watts, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Very Good. 1st US it would seem, translation by Greenglass. Unmarked, jacketed hardcover made good 1st impression. However, the top edge of the text has a bit of smudginess, quite mild, but there. Also there is a bit of overall warp, indicating problem in storage. this said and while not collectible… Read more about this item

NY: Bloomsbury, 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book and jacket are fresh clean and newish. Sub-title,"The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon." Full number line, unclipped jkt. unbumped and unmarked. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, and graded, using the… Read more about this item

Allgau: Verlag fur Heimatpflege Kempten, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/inscription/ publication data all in German and since I have none I may be botching the recording of it. Inscription to US senator Frank Church, dated 1970 seems to be from "Franzum Luise von Vequal-Westernach," is on 1st endsheet. Lavishly done many gatefolds, the last of which appear… Read more about this item

Greystone. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. Unusual, rough, signed version of this biography. A Pickering version (perhaps UK?) was done in '56. Suspect this is first US. Decent hardcover, notably corner bumped. Longish inscription to Sen. and Mrs Church by RA 2nd endsheet, dated 1961, Madrid. Text unmarked, spine quite sunned. NAP. *We feel that… Read more about this item

NY: NAL, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. A biography of the esteemed PR politician. Hard cover, lacks jkt, flaws include a front lower corner board tip bump, and a bit of white fleck (paint?) to front board that would not clean.Text clean, unmarked. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books… Read more about this item

NY: Harper& Row, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. NOT signed by the author, but rather signed by Dr. Hammer to Senator Frank Church 1st endsheet, warmly. Binding sound, text unmarked. No jacket. Sunning upper boards, small light spotty stain front board. Foto will follow by and by. *We feel that books offered for internet sale… Read more about this item

HK, NY, Vancouver: Vincent Lee, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Odd hard cover book, newish. The author was central to the Presidential campaigns of McGovern, Church and Hart, he may have self-published this lengthy autobiography. Newish, straight book and jkt. Inscribed by Kimelman to Sen Church's widow 1st endsheet, dated 1997. No date or isbn given in publication data, guessed… Read more about this item

NY: Oxford, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Rough one, should be thought of as a sound reading copy only. End sheets and paste downs quite foxed, boards have some stain and bump, worn. Text rather age darkened, binding good. Several B & W plates of family fotos and Orozco's work are at front and looking OK.… Read more about this item

Nashville TN: Vanderbilt, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Sound hardcover, no notable flaws. Clean, straight, unmarked copy. Jacket quite worn, chips out, short tears, but, will add to the book nicely in it's new mylar wrapper. * We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that… Read more about this item

Portland: Breitenbush, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. There is some oddness about the listings for firsts of this one. There is another publisher (Far Corner) who seems to be showing a hardcover 1990 "First" of the same title. I do not know the actuality of the matter. This copy is the stated first (full number… Read more about this item

NY: Exposition Press, 1952. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. Book is essentially sound, no notable flaws, some abrasions at head and foot, and its gilt lettering is imperfect. Signed and dated by the author first end sheet. Jacket has the odd short tear, some notable soiling, in a new mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for… Read more about this item

NY: Robert M. McBride And Company, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+/None. A handsome copy, with Montague's inscription to a fan on half title page, The facing page (blank back of 1st end sheet) has laid on jacket flap. First end sheet has tiny neat gift inscription, some foxing and hinge darkening is noted. Traces board tip bumping,… Read more about this item