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Sperling, Thomas (illustrator). soft cover, 126 pages, 5 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches, special collector's edition! 1st edition, fine book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile fiction,

Stapled Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. very good clean copy. clean flat covers. pages clean and unmarked. 10 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed., 1st Printing. 309 pages. John F. Kennedy--Memos.

Stapled Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. good copy with some very light wear present. some rubbing on covers. faint date written on front cover near top. pages clean and unmarked. 31 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The interior is in good condition with a couple of pages with margin notes and a couple of pages with small smudges. The cover has some light soiling, some fading and the spine is tore from the bottom up about 1/3rd.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. The book and contents are clean and tight. Front cover is very lightly scuffed.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. 422 pp, the book and contents are clean and tight, the covers are lightly scuffed and have light corner rubbing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

soft cover, name inside front cover, 64 pages, 6 1/4 x 9 inches, very good book condition, fine dust jacket condition, juvenile easy reader,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. if you haven't read any damon runyon , truly you are missing out on one of the great plays in american literature. and since you are reading this buy the book and read the the idyll of miss sarah brown. and if you are not hooked, please to send me back the book and i will refund you double. course if you like it, curl up and have fun.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Jane Human (Cover Painting) (illustrator). 1st Publ. by Everyman Ppbk 1993. 104 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Oliver Ditson Co. 1934 Good/ Pos penned on front cover, fading and light soil to cover, small mended tear to back cover, 62 pages. Brief notations here-or-there in musical scores. pen notes inside back cover.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Used-Acceptable. Special Members Edition. 377 pp. A perfectly acceptable reading copy. Creased spine. Pages slightly detached from spine. Light foxing on page edges. Tear on top of back cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Trade Edition. Light blue linen binding with dark blue print on spine and design on front cover. Slightly crushing at spine ends. Blue tinted headedge, Foredge and bottom rough-cut. Previous owner name at top of front flyleaf and small bookstore label at bottom. Slight sun fade on spine and at edges of rear cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gray cloth binding with black print on spine. Green and black decorative, floral border on top and bottom edge of front cover and spine. Rubwear at tips and spine ends. Rough cut pages. Foxing in hinges of endpapers. Contents otherwise sound and unmarked. 218 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Traditional ballads, or 'stories that are sung' are gathered in this deluxe edition in slipcase. With woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Ballads selected and edited by MacEdward Leach. --- In striped green paper-covered boards backed in green cloth; gilt-stamped balladeer image and titling on spine. Slipcase covered in matching striped green paper. Sandglass flyer not present. --- A nice copy: clean and tightly bound but with prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down and mild spine sunning. Structurally sound slipcase with quite a bit of rubbing to extremities.; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); xxiv, 215 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: G. No Jacket. First American Edition. 288 pp, the book and contents are tight, the second front free endpaper has a Christmas gift inscription from 1917, several pages in the middle have been creased by a paper clip having been there in the past, the endpapers are decorated in color, the front inside hinge has been reglued and the rear hinge has been scotch-taped, the covers are tight and have some wear on the corners and spine, the corners have been bumped and lightly worn.

Later printing of a 1935 title; 8vo., 304 pages, cloth; illustrated by Lois Lenski; writers include: Gertrude Atherton, Mark Twain, Frank Norris, Bret Harte, Frederic Remington, Owen Wister, Jack London, and Rex Beach, stained page edges else very good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Signed and dedicated by the editior to the late Dr Richard Pring. Cover edges and corners are slightly bumped and rubbed. Page block is lightly blemished. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed and Dedicated By Editor. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. General editor, Sir Henry Newbolt (illustrator). Good condition hardcover royal blue boards with the capital N in gilt in the centre of the front board, no DJ. Title etc clearly shown on spine in gilt lettering. 240 pages good and clean with clear print. A few spots of foxing on edge of pages, previous owner written on fly sheet: With best wishes the Westboro Staff July 1930.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Louie, Lorraine (jacket design); Metzger, Michael (cover art) (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new condition white boards, red cloth spine, and blue spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Paul M. Zall; Introduction by Roy Blount, Jr., Preface by Paul M. Zall; Appendix: Sources and Resources; and About the Editor. "George Washington laughing? That the venerable Father of Our Country, the austere and unfailingly honest leader of historical record and legend, had a penchant for tall tales and crafty quips seems unthinkable to most Americans, even today. In The Wit & Wisdom of the Founding Fathers, historian and scholar Paul Zall shatters the sober image of American icons George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin to reveal - and celebrate - their natural bent for incisive, spirited humor. With ample quotes from personal correspondence and private mnemoirs, Zall peers behind the staid and serious facade of our first three presidents and demonstrates how each strove to suppress his sense of mirth to maintain a dignified public reputation. By lifting the curtain on our Founding Fathers as they engage in practical jokes and regale friends with humorous stories, Zall opens a window on their personalities otherwise obscured by our preconceptions of them as larger-than-life historical figures. While Franklin's humor and wisdom is legendary thanks to his authorship of Poor Richard's Almanac, readers will be surprised to learn that Washington had a penchant for biting sarcasm; that Adams engaged in direct, colloquial, even vulgar, humor; and that Jefferson, our most cerebral president, enjoyed laughing at the absurdity of his own situation as leader of the nation. With an introduction by noted humorist Roy Blount Jr., The Wit & Wisdom of the Founding Fathers is bound to raise some eyebrows around the Supreme Court when it comes to arguments about the Original Intent of our forebears, while offering all of us a welcome break from the divisive inanity of today's political squabbling." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. "The Founding Fathers on Politics: On Campaigning: *** Half the truth is often a great lie. *** The first mistake in public business, is the going into it. On Congress: *** A bill can be easily corrected by making every word a 'said' or 'aforesaid,' and saying everything over two or three times, so that nobody but we of the craft can untwist the diction, and find out what it means. ***That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected. On the Electorate: ***He is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong. ***Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment. *** No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear - excerpt from the rear outer dust jacket.

Hardcover. Boland, Bridget (illustrator). First printing thus [stated]. xxvi, 436 p. Illustrations. Occasional Footnotes. Index. Foreword by Hugh Trevor-Roper. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. DJ has slight wear and soiling with some edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A very good copy. Pp. xiii, 1347.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. John Toolan (Cover Photograph) (illustrator). Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 8.25 inches. 285, [3] pages. Sources. Introduction by John Dear. This is one of the Modern Spiritual Masters Series. Complimentary Review Copy card laid in. Through this selection from his many books, journals, poems, and homilies, a chronicle of Fr. Berrigan's life and work unfolds from the early steps in his vocation, to his decision to cross the line and go to prison, his ongoing witness for peace, and his extraordinary commentaries on scripture and the life of radical discipleship. Daniel Joseph Berrigan SJ (May 9, 1921 - April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author. Berrigan's active protest against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, especially regarding his association with the Catonsville Nine. It also landed him on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's "most wanted list" (the first-ever priest on the list), on the cover of Time magazine, and in prison. For the rest of his life, Berrigan remained one of the United States' leading anti-war activists. In 1980, he co-founded the Plowshares movement, an anti-nuclear protest group, that put him back into the national spotlight. He was also an award-winning and prolific author of some 50 books, a teacher, and a university educator. Daniel Berrigan is a Jesuit priest, poet, and peacemaker, whose words and actions over the past 50 years have offered a powerful witness to the God of Life. Fr. Berrigan, along with his brother Philip, was one of the Catonsville 9, arrested and imprisoned in 1968 for destroying draft files in a protest against the Vietnam War. But this was only one step along a journey of faith. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.

First Edition. F/VG+, DJ faint mark on front panel where a sticker had been, front flap top corner clipped but price is still present. Overall a tight solid sound copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; Elongated 8vo, DJ, 288pp. , index. Fully illustrated, some in color. This is indeed a treasury of Caldecott's artwork. Includes an appreciation by Maurice Sendak.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xxxi, [1], 344, [6] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Sources. Notes. Index. Letters written to Thomas Jefferson while he was president, as well as his replies, offer insight into life in early nineteenth-century America. These letters, written to one of our most revered presidents and published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of his birth, provide a window into the life of a new nation and its people, offering vivid sketches of the writers, their families and the often precarious circumstances of their existence. Jefferson's careful filing of the letters that he received as President made possible this collection, which reveals something of the diverse beliefs and yearnings of his America. Jack McLaughlin is an Emeritus Professor of English at Clemson University, where he was head of the Humanities Division. He is the author of Jefferson and Monticello, about the life of Thomas Jefferson as seen through the prism of his fifty-year love affair with Monticello, which was nominated for a National Book Award in 1988. McLaughlin also wrote To His Excellency Thomas Jefferson, Letters to a President, and has contributed to such scholarly journals as Shakespeare Quarterly and Modern Drama. This collection of correspondence is a fascinating dialogue between one of the nation's most admired presidents, Thomas Jefferson, and the laboring-class Americans who elected him. The writers--most of whom would otherwise be unknown to history--provide us with striking sketches of themselves and their families, and the early America they were part of. In language sometimes crude, sometimes eloquent, these men and women pour out their needs and demands, praise and vituperation, with an urgency and immediacy not diminished by nearly 200 years. The letters--most of them never before published--are adoring, threatening, funny, passionately political, and begging. Jefferson, who was noted for being accessible to nearly every visitor who wanted to see him, answered as many of them as he could. His responses==sometimes by silence, by a single-word note, or by long, thoughtful letters--reveal his civility, graciousness, and generosity, but also at times his irritation and callousness. Most of the letters are from citizens who want something from the president: money, a job, release from debtor's prison, educational help. There are letters from Yankee tinkerers and craftsmen, from religious zealots, and from informers with secret information about assassination plots. Some writers sent gifts, pamphlets, or books; others offered honest advice about such issues as the settlement of western lands or the problem of slavery. All the letters are suffused with strong feeling. These letters are a valuable addition to the social social of the Jefferson era, providing new insights into the intellectual, technological, and cultural lives of a class of Americans forgotten by traditional political history. But above all they are a pleasure to read. They give us a portrait of Jefferson quite different from the public figure at Washington or the private Sage of Monticello. Here we find him alone at his writing desk, casting and retrieving lines of communications, weaving the myth that was to become Jeffersonian America. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket is sunned, particularly the spine, and edges are creased and nicked, with a chip at the spine head. Board corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block is tanned, with a few spots of foxing noted. Previous owner's name penned to FEP. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Tasha Tudor (illustrator). Second Impression [stated]. The format is approximately 11.25 inches by 8,75 inches. 93, [1] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Musical scores. Index. The DJ has slight wear and soiling. Summary: An anthology of poems, stories, songs, letters, and miscellaneous facts describing various aspects of love. Tasha Tudor (August 28, 1915 - June 18, 2008) was an American illustrator and author of children's books. When socializing with her mother's friends, Tudor was usually introduced as "Rosamund Tudor's daughter, Tasha", leading others to believe that her last name was Tudor. Liking the sound of it, she adopted the name and eventually changed her surname legally. She married Thomas McCready in 1938 in Redding, Connecticut. Tasha and Thomas McCready purchased a large old farm in Webster, New Hampshire, where four children, Bethany, Seth, Thomas, and Efner, were raised. Her first story, Pumpkin Moonshine, was published in 1938, as a gift for a young niece of her husband. Tasha Tudor illustrated nearly one hundred books, the last being Corgiville Christmas, released in 2003. Several were collaborative works with a New Hampshire friend Mary Mason Campbell. Tudor lived in Marlboro, Vermont, in a house copied from that of other New Hampshire friends Donn & Doris Purvis. Her sons Seth and Tom built the replication and son Seth lived next door with his family. It is documented in Drawn from New England, and in The Private World of Tasha Tudor. Mother and son as well as daughter Efner, who published a couple of books together with Tasha Tudor, worked closely on family endeavors. She received many awards and honors, including Caldecott Honors for Mother Goose in 1945 and 1 is One in 1957.[7] She received the Regina Medal in 1971 for her contributions to children's literature.[8] Her books feature simple and often rhyming text accompanied by detailed and realistic drawings with soft colors. Text and pictures are often bordered by intricate details such as flowers, birds or other charming objects and animals. The visual or textual content often refers to traditions, artifacts or memories of the 19th century. Her books are highly valued possessions of an appreciative audienceâ"one that has grown since she was first represented in the 1940s by the Pennsylvania shop The Dutch Inn in Mill Hall. She also created thousands of original works of art which appear on Christmas cards, Advent calendars, Valentines, posters, and in other forms. The original art is found in museums, libraries and hundreds of private collections around the world. One of her most famous books is Corgiville Fair, published in 1971. The first of a series to feature anthropomorphic corgis, the book was extremely popular. Tudor toured the country for many years, giving speeches at libraries, colleges and museums. Her last major appearances were at the 1996/97 retrospective exhibition at Colonial Williamsburg. Many of her personal artifacts and doll house objects were shown there as well as the manuscripts and watercolors for Corgiville Fair and A Time to Keep. The original art for these two books belongs to Colonel Thomas Strong Tudor and was loaned through the auspices of the Pierpont Morgan Library. An exhibition celebrating Tudor's holiday artwork and celebrations, "Tasha Tudor's Spirit of the Holidays", was gathered from private collections. The combined large and impressive exhibition was displayed in 2005/06 at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, in 2006/07. It was shown at the Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City from November 2007 through March 2008; in Lake Charles, La. during the winter of 2008/09; and at the Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., Oct. - Dec. 2012. That exhibit included two early oil paintings that Rosamund Tudor created of her daughter c. 1920 and 1930. Many other original paintings and her first miniature illustrated manuscript Hitty's Almanac were included in the 2006 exhibition at the Shelburne Museum in Ve.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Pyle, Howard (illustrator). 1st Edition. Near fine condition textured red boards with a gold front cover decoration and darker spine lettering. Includes List of Illustrations. Illustrated with a black-and-white plate drawing of Thackeray's Home where "Vanity Fair" was written, and a black-and-white frontispiece plate from a drawing by Howard Pyle. The lower spine edge has some rubbing wear (see photographs). All pages are in fine condition and the binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photographs).

Condition: Good. Hardback EX-LIBRARY Book plate and stamp from George Watson's Ladies College plus remnants of library label on spine. Rubbed cloth covers with nicks at spine ends. 1 page has a small ink correction on it. xxi, 308 pages Wt 0.8 Kg Good.

Hardcover. Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: as new. in lightly soiled red cloth covered slipcase. Special limited first editon of 5000, copies, this copy is no. 3087.