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New York: E. P. Dutton, 1930. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1930. Stated First Edition. Fine/Fine. First Edition (so stated) in clean original dust jacket. Clean unfaded blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Translated from the French by Yvonne Dufour. 82 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, unsoiled - enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. What conversation can do FOR you when it is employed as an art and what it can do TO you when you are not sufficiently skilled in it, is the theme of this brilliant essay by the famous French novelist and biographer. One of the most interesting parts of the book is the author's revelation of the uses of silence..

New York: Wiley, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Third Printing.. New York: Wiley, 2004. Third printing. Near Fine/Fine . Third printing, SIGNED by author, in clean unchipped jacket. Clean green boards with white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author: "To Anne & Tom - Bob Edwards" on title page. 174 pp. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Random House, 1975. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Random House, 1975. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean beige cloth boards with gold lettering and small illustration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 406 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with just a mere hint of wear at top of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Brendan Gill recalls his long career at The New Yorker magazine..

Prentice Hall, 1967. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Clean unmarked hardcover books - 8 volumes complete - in original slipcase. Titles include: Speech Openers and Closers; Rhyme and Verse - to Help Make A Point; Remarks of Famous People; Definitions and Toasts; Business and Professional Pointmakers; Human Interest Stories; Proverbs, Epigrams, Aphorisms, Sayings and Bon Mots; Origins and Firsts. Slipcase is clean, sturdy, with light wear. .

Mount Vernon, New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1964. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Patterned paper-covered boards with green title box, white lettering on cover and spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers. With illustrations by Fritz Kredel. 60 pages. Dust jacket has trace of very light age-toning; price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

University of California Press, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Very clean book and dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 354 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, all pages are clean and unmarked. Lavishly illustrated with b&w and full color photographs. 400 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. .

Quercus, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Revised Edition.. Quercus, 2010. Revised Edition. Fine/Fine. Fine Revised Edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Size approx. 7-1/2" x 9-3/4". Clean glossy photo-illustrated boards (picturing Martin Luther King giving a speech) are clean and unworn. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean black endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with beautiful black and white photographs. Introduction by Simon Sebag Montefiore. 224 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Wonderful speeches and biographies of the speech-givers, such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, JFK, Indira Ghandi, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Mikhail Gorbachev, Emmeline Parkhurst, and many other great men and women who have captivated, emboldened, and sometimes terrified those who heard them..