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26 Days With Saddam Hussein: An Interview Before His Death
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Lexington, KY: CreateSpace, 2015 CreateSpace, Lexington, KY. 2015. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; shallow crease at top of rear wrap. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 125 pp 8vo. There are two people involved in the interviews with President Hussein, Chris Ford and SSA Piro. Ford is being labeled a fraud, but Piro is listed on an FBI site a being in charge of the interrogation of Saddam Hussein and of being fluent in Arabic. Ford apparently has no language skills other than English. So, the contents of this book could be a pirated copy of the interview questions and answers or something recounted from a discussion with Piro. I gave the book a bit of credence and found it interesting for President Hussein to feel he could have helped the US Forces if he had been allowed in destroying Al-Qaeda in the region and to keep Iran at bay. This…
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ASC Profiles #1; St. Maria De Mattias; Profile of a Woman
by Michele Colagiovanni
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Rome, IT: International Study Center of Spirituality, 1995 International Study Center of Spirituality, Rome, IT. 1995. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked Stitched and glued binding. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Printed Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 87 pp 8vo. This is the story of Maria De Mattias, the Foundress of the Congregation of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ. Born in 1805 in Vallecorsa, Italy. An unlettered person, she became a talented writer of spiritual things, a teacher, and foundress of schools. She was a pioneer, who through her own life, her work, and her teaching opened new doors for women in the Church. A clean pristine copy.
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Abraham Cowley; The Complete Works in Verse and Prose (2 Volumes)
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Verlagsbuchhandlung., Hildesheim: George Olms, 1969 George Olms, Verlagsbuchhandlung., Hildesheim. 1969. Hardcover. Reprint Editions/Facsimile Reprint of the Chertsen Worthies' Library 1881 copy. Part of the Anglistica & Americana Series. Books are tight, square, and unmarked. Book Conditions: Near Fine; slight paper scar on FFFP where sticker was removed. No DJs. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 617 pp (244 in Vol 1, 373 in Vol 2) 8vo. Grosart was a nineteenth century Scottish clergyman and literary editor who reprinted a number of earlier English writers. Cowley (1618-1667) was one of the leading English poets in the seventeenth century who was buried in Westminster Abbey between the ashes of Chaucer and Spencer. A clean very presentable set.
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Abraham Lincoln; The War Years IV
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New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1960 Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 1960. Hardcover. BOMC edition (debossed dot on rear board). Chapters 61-76. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner bookplate on FFFP. Gray tweed cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering and bands on the spine and debossed Lincoln signature on the front board. Book Condition: Near Fine+; minuscule lower tip and tail rubbing from shelving. tinted textblock top. Printing date of N.4.60. No DJ. 515 pp 8vo. This volume covers the 13th Amendment, the Second Inaugural, trips to Grant's HQ, the Richmond Occupation, Jefferson Davis, Ford's Theater, the assassination, the mourning, and the burial. A clean pristine copy.
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Aces Against Japan; The American Aces Speak (Volume 1)
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Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1992 Presidio Press, Novato, CA. 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by pilot/section authors Swett and Morehead on FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; light edge bumps; small closed tear on lower front. Blue boards and spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 318 pp 8vo. The author brings first-person accounts from forty of the American fighter aces who blasted their way across the skies of the Pacific and East Asia from 7 Dec 1941, until the final air battles over Japan in Aug 1945. Full of thrilling in-the-cockpit experiences of air combat that World War II's best Army, Navy, and marine Pilots have chosen to tell. These are stories of bravery and survival, men and machines pitted against one another in heart-stopping unforgiving high-speed aerial combat. A clean pristine copy in Brodart mylar.
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The Acting President; Ronald Reagan and the Supporting Players Who Helped Him Create the Illusion That Held America Spellbound
by Bob Schieffer
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New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, 1989 E.P. Dutton, New York. 1989. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; age toning of textblock. DJ: Near Fine; Price Clipped; age toning. Blue boards with white cloth overlay on spine with bright blue, gilt, and red lettering on spine. 397 pp 8vo. It is unquestionably true that the men around Ronald REagan played an unprecedented role in shaping and controlling the nation's foreign and domestic policy. The author shows who these people were and just how they influenced both the President and the country. A clean very presentable copy.
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Affirmed; The Last Triple Crown Winner
by Lou Sahadi
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New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2011 Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, New York. 2011. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bump to rear tips. DJ: Near Fine; NOT price clipped; light bumps to head and tail, rear tip covers. Maroon boards and spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 280 pp 8vo. In 1978 a horse from Harbor View Farm and an 18-year-old jockey won the Triple Crown against all odds. Telling a story that transcended the Thoroughbred racing world this book finally gives Affirmed his due. A clean pristine copy.
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After the Revolution: Studies in Contemporary Jewish-American Imagination
by Mark Shechner
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Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1987 Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN. 1987. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear; light dust soiling around the top edges of the boards. DJ: Very Good; bumping and wear to head and tail; small closed tears along top edge of DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 261 pp 8vo. This book follows the lives of Jewish-American writers in the 1940s and 1950s who were both political and literary, and whose writing grew out of their politics. The author shows how the ferment of post-Marxist thought in those decades spurred the writing of Lionel Trilling, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, Isaac Rosenfeld, Saul Bellow and Phillip Roth. he argues that their "Jewish writing was grounded less in Jewishness than in a brand of alienation typical of post-Marxism. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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The Age of Reagan; A History 1974-2008
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New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2008 HarperCollins Publishers, New York. 2008. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Blue boards with blue overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 564 pp. In this book the author accounts for how a conservative movement once deemed marginal managed to seize power and hold it, and the momentous consequences that followed. The leader was Ronald Reagan who embodied a new fusion of deeply right-leaning politics making the preeminent political figure of this conservative age. A clean pristine copy.
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The Agony of Victory; When Winning is Not Enough
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New York, NY: Arcade Publishing, 2007 Arcade Publishing, New York. 2007. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($26.00); light bumping to head and tail. Red boards and spine with bright white lettering on the spine. 271 pp 8vo. A book about champions in basketball, bowling, boxing, cycling, golf, hiking, and running and the price they pay for glory. This very insightful book follows the paths of fourteen ravaged champions in the aforementioned sports who were driven by a burning need to prove themselves and their painful journeys to grace and their eventual realization that no victory or athletic achievement can bring lasting happiness. A clean very presentable copy.
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Alan Bestic
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New York, NY: Award Books , 1968 Award Books, New York 1968. Softcover/Mass Market Paperback. Stated First Award Printing 1968.A318S. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fair; creasing to wraps; moisture stains on fore edge but no wrinkling of pages; edge wear. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. Yellow tinted textblock edges. 252 pp 12mo. This book explores the drug scene of the very young. It focuses on the nightmare world of the teenaged junkie, trapped in a degenerate hellhole of sex and drugs. If you really want to know what young drug addicts experience- and why- this book is must read. A clean presentable copy.
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Alan's War; The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope
by Emmanuel Guibert
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: First Second Books, 2008 First Second Books, New York. 2008. Softcover/Trade Warps. First American Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; bumping to the fore edge and two small stains on the text block fore edge. No DJ but heavy board wraps are cut to resemble a DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 304 pp. As durable and evanescent as memories, Emmanuel Guibert's ink washes fuse with the recollections of World War II veteran Alan Ingram Cope. Together they render Alan's War, a unique piece of World War II literature and a ground-breaking graphic memoir, born of a deep friendship across the generations. A clean and very presentable copy.
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Alfalfa Bill Murray
by Keith L. Bryant, Jr.
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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1968. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Blue cloth boards and spine with gold and blue lettering on spine outline in blue box. 287 pp. William H. Murray is the most important figure in the political history of Oklahoma. No other individual contributed so greatly to the formation of its political institutions- and no more colorful or controversial character ever strode onto the state's political scene. Flamboyant, unpredictable and stubborn, Alfalfa Bill became a legend to several generations of Oklahomans. A clean pristine copy.
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All In; The Education of General David Petraeus
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New York, NY: Penguin Press, 2012 Penguin Press, New York. 2012. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: As New; NOT price clipped. Dark gray boards with gray overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 394 pp 8vo. General Petraeus is the most transformative leader the America military has seen since General Marshall. This book examines his career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the US military. The author examines his evolution as a soldier from West Point to Central America and then the Middle East along with his political education in Congress, the Pentagon, and the White House. A clean pristine copy.
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All In; The Education of General David Petraeus
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New York, NY: The Penguin Press, 2012 The Penguin Press, New York. 2012. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; coffee splashes on the textblock fore edge; bumped head and tail with small tears in the papers; bumped tips; shelfwear to board bottoms. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($29.95). Gray boards with black overlay on the spine with silver lettering on the spine and front board. 394 pp 8vo. This is the story of GEN Petraeus, his career, his education, his training, and his battle decisions from a writer with full access to his inner circle and soldiers fighting for him in Afghanistan and Iraq. A clean very presentable copy.
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Alvin M. Owsley Of Texas; Apostle of Americanism
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Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1971 Texian Press, Waco, TX. 1971. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book condition: Fine. DJ: VG; chipping to cover at spine, along the front edge, and wear to the tip covers. Blue boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine and the author's autograph in gold on front board. Alvin Owsley was a soldier, orator, diplomat, and a founder and Past Commander of the American Legion. Above all he was a great American who believed in worked for the good of his country. From VMI and WWI, he put his support behind FDR and became an American Diplomat in Rumania, Ireland, and Denmark. In the last portion of his life, he was a lawyer, rancher, radio analyst, and elder statesman. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.
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The Amateur; Barrack Obama in the White House
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Washington, DC : Regnery Publishing, 2012 Regnery Publishing, Washington, DC. 2012. Hardcover. 9th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light head and tail bumping. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($27.95); light head and tail bumping. Black boards and spine with bright orange lettering on the spine. 277 pp 8vo. In this stunning expose, the author pulls back the curtain on one of the most secretive White Houses in history. He reveals a callow, thin-skinned, arrogant president with messianic dreams of grandeur supported by a cast of true-believers, all of them united by leftist politics and an amateurish understanding of executive leadership. A clean very presentable copy.
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The Amazing Story of Henry Ford, The Ideal American and the World's Most Famous Private Citizen (Salesman's Dummy)
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Chicago, IL: M.A. Donohue, 1922 M. A. Donohue, Chicago, IL. 1922. Hardcover. Salesman's copy so no edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; wear at head, tail, tips, and front board fore edge; moisture stains to spine. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with tarnished gilt lettering on front board and oval portrait of Ford affixed to front board. Suggestions About Selling, a bifold paper gives suggestions on sales talk to sell the book is laid in. In two locations are 15 b/w photographs about HF and Ford Motor Company, chapters of sample text, blank subscription pages at rear, and a sample spine cloth mounted on rear pastedown for an alternate color choice. Non-paginated 8vo. This book was used by salesmen to allow prospects to read a bit of the book, see what it was all about, and sign up orders for the book to be delivered at a later date. The book was not only to promote Ford and Ford Vehicles but to polish up his image a bit from his anti-semitic newspaper. A clean…
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Amelia Earhart Lives
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New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970 McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. 1970. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; opposing bumps to board top edges. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($7.95); moisture stain to tail and front panel bottom edge; bumping to top edges; closed tear to front gutter. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. 272 pp 8vo. Written by a WWII pilot who was a POW of the Germans for 2 years. Based on the ten -years of research of Joe Gervais, the author has written a book that tells of his findings that contradict the usual government stories. Finding a plane crash on a California mountain with her plane's registration number, numerous sightings of Amelia after the crash, and a highly revealing name and code begs for further investigation of her crash and what the State Department has to do with her. A clean very presentable…
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