Brendan Text (18 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edit 1st print, clean copy, hardcover with dust jacket in VERY GOOD condition, no marks or writing, binding tight, dust jacket (not price-clipped) has mild wear. Immed shipping w/tracking incl.

softcover. Condition: Fine copy. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). 1st. Oblong 8vo, 113 pp.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hundreds of celebrity photographs from Jerome Zerbe's archive of 50,000 are compiled here, with commentary by New Yorker writer Brendan Gill. Includes casual photos of Howard Hughes, Gloria Swanson, Noel Coward, Doris Duke, Gypsy Rose Lee, Tennessee Williams, Jean Harlow, Gary Cooper, Humprey Bogart, Kirk Douglas, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Maria Callas, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, Gene Tierney, Buster Keaton, Thomas Wolfe, Marilyn Monroe, and many others.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First printing. Octavo. Drawings printed on yellow paper. Condition: DJ price-clipped with minor nicking & soiling; book has a very slight lean; else very good in good DJ. 192 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Color illustrated softcovers. Fine. 96 pp. with index. Illustrated with black and white and color photographs and reproductions, maps, and original paintings. The American Revolution Battle of Monmouth Courthouse, which took place in eastern/central New Jersey in 1778. was not only the last major action in the Northern theater, it was also the longest and hardest-fought engagement of the entire War for Independence. When the Britiush abandoned Philadelphia and moved their troops northeastward toward New York City, American troops harassed their retreat. On June 28, one of Washington's main lieutenants, Major General Charles Lee, bungled an attack on the British rearguard (causing the infamous loss-of-temper by Washington); he was relieced of command and the Continentals stood toe-to-toe with the British, bloodily repulsing a series of pwerful attacks by crak troops.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Special Edition. 184 pages. A special presentation edition to mark the opening of the Sandton Sun Towers in Johannesburg. This is signed by Ron J. Stringfellow (MD of Southern Sun Group) October 1993. The dustjacket has wear to the edges with small closed tears to the bottom edges. The dj has scuff marks to the front and back. The board cover is in very good condition. The contents are in near fine condition. They are complete, clear, clean, strong, virile. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. In VG DJ (in protector) ; Black cloth hardcover. B&W photo pictorial of thoroughbred horse racing ; Square 4to (10.5 X 1 X 10 inches); 160 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 288pp. Photographs by Jerome Zerbe. Corners lightly bumped, else fine lacking the dustwrapper.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stiff color pictorial wraps, perfect-bound. Former owner's address stamps on main title and inside back cover, otherwise as issued. 136 pp. Signed/dated by author/editor on title page. First book publication of a census enumerated in Kutztown, Berks County, PA during the summer of 1876 to commemorate the American Centennial and lost for the next 119 years until resurfacing at an estate auction in 1995, here fully transcribed, annotated, and with several original essays providing biographical and historical context. An important and previously unknown source for Berks County genealogists, with 1194 entries. Scarce. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second printing. Quarto. 288pp. Heavily illustrated from black and white photographs. Bottom corners bumped, near fine in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with light rubbing and toning and a few bumps and small tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slightly Frayed and Chipped. JEROME ZERBE PHOTOGRAPHS (illustrator). Later Printing. BOOK, SLIGHTLY COCKED.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Foreword by John Osman. Oblong octavo. 113pp. Boards very slightly bowed and topedge a trifle foxed, near fine in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with modest general wear, and a sunned spine that has a tiny abrasion and tear. A nice collection of Blake's color images of Ireland.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair +. First Edition, Stated. 288p. A few spots on cover, jacket has tears and chips to edges. Collection of society photographer Zerbe's photos chronicling the celebrities and events of the 20th century, with additional photographs of the Pacific Theater in World War II. Jacket design by Philip Grushkin. B&w photographs. (12-1/4"x9-1/4").

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

20pp, 10 colour screen prints. 28x22, charcoal grey boards. Near fine, inscribed by both authors on ffep. Handmade book, one of only twenty numbered copies (this is number 2) printed.

53/90 NUMBERED & SIGNED BY ALL CONCERNED WITH ADDITIONAL INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHER TO TITLE PAGE, imperial octavo, light card wrappers with french flaps, red & black lettering to wrapper, lovely binding & design, deckled edges, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to wrapper, slight creasing to spine).