First Men World, Signed (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'For Andrea, with many thanks for big dreams, soft shoulders, laughter, healing, and all the colors of the rainbow, XOX' by the author on the title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete numberline. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 228 p. Audience: General/trade. Essentially as new except for minor bumps to two book corners and slight soiling to the dust jacket. A memoir by the Seattle-based author of the blog Tea & Cookies about becoming a meat-eater after a life-time of vegetarianism, A rare book, especially signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, fourth printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 15.5cm, 312pp. Signed and dedicated by Virginia Nicholson to the title page. The First World War deprived Britain of three-quarters of a million soldiers, with as many more incapacitated. In 1919 a generation of women who unquestioningly believed marriage to be their birthright discovered that there were, quite simply, not enough men to go round. The press ran alarming stories about the ?Problem of the Surplus Women ? Two Million who can never become Wives.? But behind the headlines were thousands of brave, emancipated individuals forced by a tragedy of historic proportions to rethink their entire futures. Tracing their fates, Virginia Nicholson shows how the single woman of the inter-war decades had to stop depending on men for her income, her identity and her happiness. Some just endured, others challenged the conventions, fought the system and found fulfilment. Singled Out pays homage to this remarkable generation of women who were changed by war, and in their turn helped change society. Condition: A very good copy, with just a little bumping to the corners. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed First Edition, First Printing of this detailed history of naval destroyer escorts during World War II. Includes an overview of the history of the destroyer escort fleet, a comprehensive listing with thumbnail descriptions of individual vessels and anecdotes from sailors who served on the ships. Signed by Lewis Andrews on the title page. Blue cloth with gilt titles. 463 pages, illustrated. Minimal sign of previous use but has a bit of foxing on page edges. No dust jacket. Due to the weight of this volume, shipping outside the U.S. will require additional funds for postage. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover creased and marked. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 126pp. B/w photographic illustrations. Signed and dated by author on the title page. Illustrated laminated softback card cover.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 431 pages. Non-fiction work by Ambrose with a section of black and white illustrations. A tight near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Ambrose on the second endpaper. A very nice copy as the recipient was Tom (Thomas) Garver who was a long time museum curator and author who was in part responsible for railroad photographer O. Winston Link becoming much wider known. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dj has light edge wear with scuffing and smudging. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and smudging as well as bumping. Binding is sound. Page edges have light smudging and soiling. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New York: Knopf [2007]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page in month of publication, April 2007 (name and date only). A pristine unread copy, never opened except for signing. Comes with mylar dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke free. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. A mint first printing in a likewise unclipped dust wrapper. Unread, gift condition and SIGNED by this renowned Military Historian to the title page. BOXED DESPATCH: OVERSEAS AIR ONLY: PLEASE DO NOT SELECT SURFACE! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition, Special Edition. A very scarce title in any condition, this Easton Press Signed Limited Edition is in Absolute Mint and Unread condition. The front and back covers are both in near Perfect condition and the gilded page edges show hardly any wear at all! This Signed First Edition is limited to 1,650 copies, this being number 55. There is no attached bookplate nor any other signs of previous ownership. This book was published by Easton Press and is signed by the Author. It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes and would be a beautiful addition to your Easton Press collection. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this baseball classic that is a riveting narrative history of the 1919 World Series in which the mighty White Sox harbored eight Black Sox who'd been persuaded by gamblers to intentionally come up short against their opponent, the Cincinnati Reds. The saga of the Black Sox is the stuff of tragedy, particularly in the case of naive and forever-banished star Shoeless Joe Jackson. The dominant sports cautionary tale for a century, gamblers are back in the box seats. What could go wrong? Paging Chauncey Billups. Source book for the superb 1988 John Sayles of the same title. Inscribed by Eliot Asinof to a previous owner on the title pages. Cloth, 302 pages, illustrated. The book has a bit of tanning on the page edges and bumps on the top corners. The dust jacket has edge wear and a closed tear on the fore edge at the top corner of the back over. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, laminated card covers. 9.5 x 7 inches. Book is in Fine condition. SIGNED by the author and dated October 2005. 280pp. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. First Edition of the author's first book. Flatsigned by Jackie Collins on the title page. Book has minor rubbing to the extremities. Dust jacket is clipped at corners, but the price remains on the front flap, chip missing from bottom of spine. Signed by Author.

Pp. [i]-[xvi], 1-44, 35-159, [4, ads]. 1 vols. 12mo. Polydore Vergil's De Inventoribus Rerum, first published in Venice in 1499, and incessantly reprinted - in the 16th century with an altogether different English abridgement; in this form, with an introduction signed I.H. [John Harris], it was first issued in 1686. The text is complete despite the irrgular pagination. An interesting dictionary of the origins and explanations of all manner of human activities, including the Appendix of "Rare Inventions, peculiarly attributed to England & English-men" ESTCT 182511; for the 1702 edition, OCLC records only a digital facsimile of original in the Bodleian Twentieth century quarter brown morocco and cloth boards, retaining an early nineteenth century ownership signature of "Thomas Lovatt His Book 1800" Pp. [i]-[xvi], 1-44, 35-159, [4, ads]. 1 vols. 12mo.

This great event, sponsored by the British and American governments, was the subject of media reports in both countries and a US government war-time documentary to support the mission, that spans nearly 30 minutes and can be watched below?Unique, and also signed by Gen. Bernard Montgomery, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, newsmen covering the event, and dozens of others?Compiled by John H. Jones, a British member of the mission, union leader, and future Member of Parliament, and retained by his heirs until its acquisition this year by Raab?We are not aware of any other item ever offered for sale carrying signatures of FDR, Eleanor, and Churchill together, let alone this varied and consequential collection of autographs?[embed]https://vimeo.com/924542832?share=copy[/embed]? In 1943, the US government sent 4 American workers over to the UK as part of a worker exchange. The purpose was to cement desperately needed cooperation between the two war-time industries. This was as an inaugural exchange, the first of its type we are aware of. Those workers were escorted around England to view the state of British industry and war-time production by 4 Englishmen. At the end of that visit, the 8 men, 4 Americans and 4 Englishman boarded a boat and came to the US to do the same in the states. This visit, the first of its kind in the US, was covered by US and UK papers. The US War Information Office commissioned a (for then) long documentary on the subject.A contemporary newspaper account describes the work of the men now in the US, and how they met with dignitaries and split up their tour geographically. "American workers who toured English war plants, four British labor unionists were welcomed by Mayor F. H. La Guardia on their arrival in New York."Pat J. Carey, of Handley Page Aircraft, London, will accompany Joseph Smith, of Chrysler Corp., to Detroit. James Henry Ward, aircraft fitter from the Armstrong Whitworth factory in blitzed Coventry, will go to Burbank, Calif., with Stanley Ceizyk, of Lockheed Aircraft. John Henry Jones, who worked in the Lancashire Steel Corp. near Manchester for more than 30 years, will be taken to the Bethlehem Steel Corp. plant at Bethlehem, Pa., by Hugh Mahoney, Bethlehem worker and member of United Steelworkers of America, CIO. John G. Clark, of Imperial Chemical Industries, Billingham, will go to East St. Louis, 111., with Otto O. Butler, of the AFL Chemical Work ers to visit Butler?s home plant, Monsanto Chemical Co."The international exchange of visits is sponsored jointly by the Office of War Information and the British Information Service, with the cooperation of other agencies of both Governments and the labor movements of both countries. Regional labor representatives of the War Production Board, working with British consulates and other war agencies, will schedule the visits of the British workers. During their stay in Washington the eight workers will visit Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, high Army and Navy officials, the War Labor Board, the War Production Board, the War Manpower Commission, and other agencies concerned with labor and war production. They will be entertained by Ambassador Halifax at a tea at the British Embassy."These visits did occur, and this US-UK war-time industries inaugural exchange traveled the country, meeting with the President, First Lady, and other government officials. They also visited the front lines of production and met with hundreds of US workers. The film actually shows Eleanor Roosevelt striding out the White House door to greet the men, and also shows LaGuardia shaking hands with them in his office.John Henry Jones was a steel worker who rose to represent the steel industry, and a protege of Labour Party leader Ernest Bevin, who is considered the father of the welfare state in Great Britain. Jones would go on to earn election to Parliament in July 1945 and served a number of terms there until his death in 1962.Jones had a keen sense.