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137. (EDUCATION)...Bailyn, Bernard, Fleming, Donald, Handlin, Oscar,
Thernstron, Stephan. GLIMPSES OF THE HARVARD PAST. Cambridge MA, Harvard
University Press, 1986. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Bottom cover edge
very lightly bumped. Black & white photos. Intimate, thorough history of
Harvard University. Including appendix of notable Harvard students, Good
tight copy. 149 pages......$17.50
138. (EDUCATION)...Gray, James. OPEN WIDE THE DOOR: A HISTORY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Light wrapper tape marks on edges. Black & white photos.
Well illustrated history of The University of Minnesota. Good tight copy. 256
pages......$12.00
139. (EDUCATION)...Pearl, Arthur. THE ATROCITY OF EDUCATION. New York, E.P.
Dutton, 1974. 3rd printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in lightly
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Why modern education has
little to do with the fabric of our lives - and what the educational system
can do about it. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 365 pages......$25.00
140. (EDUCATION)...Riley, John E. FROM SAGEBRUSH TO IVY: THE STORY OF
NORTHWEST NAZARENE COLLEGE... 1913 1988. Nampa ID, Northwest Nazarene
College, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Quarto. Very good+
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edges very slightly bumped.
Color & Black & white photographs. With Index. Tight well-bound volume. 302
pages......$30.00
141. (EISENHOWER - BIOGRAPHY)...Davis, Kenneth S. SOLDIER OF DEMOCRACY: A
FULL LENGTH BIOGRAPHY OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER. New York, Doubleday, Doran and
Co, 1945. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
worn/chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light cover wear.
Inscription half-title. Decorated endpapers. Biography of General Eisenhower
through the end of World War II. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 566
pages......$12.50
142. (ELECTION CAMPAIGNS)...Popkin, Samuel L. THE REASONING VOTER:
COMMUNICATION AND PERSUASION IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS. Chicago, University
of Chicago Press, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo.
Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Insider's look at
campaigns, candidates, media, voters - plus psychological & advertising
techniques used in major campaigns. With Notes, Bibliography. Well-indexed.
Good tight copy. 291 pages......$11.50
143. (ENTERPRENEURS)...Robinson, Joe. YOU'RE THE BOSS. New York, St. Martin's
Press, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good+ in
lightly edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. True stories of
modern self-made U.S. entrepreneurs. Companies include Banana Republic, Ocean
Pacific Sunwear, Soloflex. Also: California Cooler, Jazzercise - and more.
Details of their success, plus practical advice. Indexed. Good tight copy.
342 pages......$13.50
144. (ENTERTAINERS)...DiOrio, Al. BORROWED TIME: THE 37 YEARS OF BOBBY DARIN.
Philadelphia, Running Press, 1986. 1st edition. Qlty paperback, Large octavo.
Very good condition. Black & white photographs. Well illustrated. With
listings of Records, Songs, Films. Indexed. Good tight copy. 256
pages......$10.00
145. (ENTERTAINERS)...Goldstein, Norm - The Associated Press. FRANK SINATRA:
OL' BLUE EYES. New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white photographs. "Candid portrait of America's greatest
entertainer." With listing of Movies, Singles, Albums. Good tight copy. 152
pages......$25.00
146. (ENTERTAINERS)...Jewell, Derek (With Film commentary by Perry, George).
FRANK SINATRA: A CELEBRATION BY DEREK JEWELL. Boston, Little, Brown & Co,
1985. 1st American. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Small remainder stripe. Black & white frontis &
photographs. Decorated endpapers. Elegant film biography (with text) of Frank
Sinatra. Includes Filmography. Good tight copy. 192 pages......$20.00
147. (ENTERTAINERS)...Lees, Gene. SINGERS AND THE SONG. New York/London,
Oxford University Press, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Study of
singers who emerged during & after World War II, who raised the performance
of the popular song to the level of art... Including - Sinatra, Dick Haymes,
Pegy Lee, Jo Stafford, & Sarah Vaughan. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR,
GENE LEES - WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR & JAZZ CRITIC. Good tight copy. 257
pages......$25.00
148. (ENTERTAINERS)...Rockwell, John. SINATRA: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC. New York,
Random House, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Quarto. Very
good condition in clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge
stripe. Color & Black & white photographs. Color-photographic endpapers.
Detailed presentation at the life & career of Frank Sinatra. With Chronology,
Index. Good tight copy. 251 pages......$22.00
149. (ESPIONAGE)...Lindsey, Robert. THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN: A TRUE STORY
OF FRIENDSHIP AND ESPIONAGE. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1979. 2nd printing.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good+ in lightly chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Owner tag front endpaper. Black
& white photographs. Story of 2 young Americans who casually became involved
in espionage - and the tragic results. Good tight copy. 359 pages......$13.50
150. (ESPIONAGE - CIA HISTORY)...Turner, Admiral Stansfield (Former Director
of Central Intelligence). SECRECY AND DEMOCRACY: THE CIA IN TRANSITION.
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. The dark side & problems of espionage. A look into the history &
mechanics of the CIA - & the direction it is heading. With Glossary,
Extensive Index. Good tight copy. 304 pages......$15.00
151. (ESPIONAGE)...Zeligs, Meyer A., M.D. FRIENDSHIP AND FRATRICIDE: AN
ANALYSIS OF WHITTAKER CHAMBERS AND ALGER HISS. New York, Viking Press, 1967.
1st U.S. edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in
worn/lightly edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white frontis photo & plates. Parallel biographies and in-depth psychological
profiles of the Chambers and Hiss - protagonists in one of the most
dramatic... and mysterious espionage trials in U.S. history. With handwriting
facsimiles, Bibliography. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 476
pages......$15.00
152. (ESSAYS)...Cleaver, Eldridge (Introduction by Geismar, Maxwell). SOUL ON
ICE. New York, McGraw Hill, 1968. Later printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Paperclip mark front endpapers. Good tight copy. 210 pages......$12.00
153. (ESSAYS)...Erskine, John. PROHIBITION AND CHRISTIANITY: AND OTHER
PARADOXES OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. Indianapolis, Bobb-Merrill, 1927. 1st
collected. Hardcover - Hardcover - decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good
condition. 2 signatures, tag removed front endpapers. Essays by Erskine. Some
of the problems and aspects of American character. Good tight copy. 319
pages......$12.50
154. (ESSAYS)...Mayer, Milton (Edited by Gustafson, Eric). THE NATURE OF THE
BEAST. Amherst MA, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover
- cloth, octavo. Very good condition in chipped/edgetorn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Edges lightly faded/bumped. Essays and speeches
by Milton Mayer. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MILTON MAYER. Good tight copy. 364
pages......$20.00
155. (ETHNICITY IN AMERICA)...Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. THE DISUNITING OF
AMERICA: REFLECTIONS ON A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Knoxville TN, Whittle Direct
Books, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Imperial octavo. Very
good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Black & white photographs. What it means to be an American - American
identity as an homogenous whole, or a series of fragmented ethnic groups.
With Notes. Good tight copy. 91 pages......$12.00
156. (EVANGELISTS)...Wirt, Sherwood Eliot. BILLY: A PERSONAL LOOK AT BILLY
GRAHAM, THE WORLD'S BEST-LOVED EVANGELIST. Wheaton IL, Crossway Books, 1997.
1st edition. Pictorial boards, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis & photographs. Intimate
look at Billy Graham, plus highlights, and the historic moments of his
ministry efforts. The public and private person. With Notes, Index. Good
tight copy. 271 pages......$14.00
157. (EXPEDITION)...Schurke, Paul. BERING BRIDGE: THE SOVIET-AMERICAN
EXPEDITION FROM SIBERIA TO ALASKA. Duluth MN, Pfeifer-Hamilton, 1989. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in edgetorn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge stripe. Black & white
photographs. SIGNED BY PAUL SCHURKE. True story of 12 Soviet & American
adventurers setting out from Siberia in midwinter 1989... on an epic trek
acorss 1,000 miles of arctic tuntra. Bering Bridge Expedition. With capsule
bio of Team Members, list of Equipment & Supplies. Good tight copy. 227
pages......$22.50
158. (F.B.I.)...Sullivan, William C. with Brown, Bill. THE BUREAU: MY THIRTY
YEARS IN HOOVER'S FBI. New York, W.W. Norton, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover -
1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Spine ends lightly worn. Black & white photos.
Good tight copy. 286 pages......$12.50
159. (FAMILY VALUES)...Gairdner, William D. THE WAR AGAINST THE FAMILY: A
PARENT SPEAKS OUT ON THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL POLICIES THAT
THREATEN US ALL. Toronto, Stoddart Publishers, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
With Notes, Bibliography, Index. good tight copy. 655 pages......$16.00
160. (FBI)...Whitehead, Don (Foreword by Hoover, J. Edgar). THE FBI STORY: A
REPORT TO THE PEOPLE. New York, Random House, 1956. 5th printing. Hardcover -
1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in worn/chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light spotting rear cover edge.
History of the FBI. With accounts of famous cases and behind the scenes view
of the Bureau. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 368 pages......$10.00
161. (FEDERALIST)...Hamilton, Alexander, Madison, James and Jay, John (With
an Introduction by Bourne, Edward Gaylord, Ph.D.). THE FEDERALIST: A
COMMENTARY ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (Volume I). New
York/London, M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1901. 1st thus edition. Hardcover -
cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Paste-down spine plate faded. Small
nick, front cover. Color frontis/Black & white plate. From the Universal
Classics Library. Illustrated with Photogravures on Japan Vellum & full page
portraits of authors. Collection of essays (I - LXII) written by Alexander
Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay - "In support of the constitution agreed
upon September 27 1787, by the Federal Convention." Tight well-bound volume.
425 pages......$25.00
162. (FEMINISM)...Steinem, Gloria. MOVING BEYOND WORDS. New York, Simon &
Schuster, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good+
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 296
pages......$10.00
163. (FEMINIST)...Johnson, Sonia. GOING OUT OF OUR MINDS: THE METAPHYSICS OF
LIBERATION. Freedom CA, The Crossing Press, 1987. Qlty paperback, Small
octavo. Very good condition. With Notes. Good tight copy. 359
pages......$10.00
164. (FINANCIAL/BIOGRAPHY)...Canfield, Cass. THE INCREDIBLE PIERPONT MORGAN:
FINANCIER & ART COLLECTOR. New York, Harper & Row, 1974. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white photos. Decorated endpapers. Full-page
color plates. Incredible life of financier, J.P. Morgan. Good tight copy. 176
pages......$16.00
165. (FIRST LADIES)...DeCesare, Lynda (Editor) Portraits by Seward, James.
THE FIRST LADIES: MARTHA WASHINGTON TO BARBARA BUSH. Baltimore, Ottenheimer
Publishers, 1990. 1st edition. Pictorial cloth, Small Folio. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Full color
portraits. Large portraits - 10" x 13" - suitable for framing, of all the
First Ladies, with detailed historical references and commentary. Tight
well-bound volume. 92 pages......$20.00
166. (FIRST LADIES)...Gerson, NOel B. THE VELVET GLOVE: A LIFE OF DOLLY
MADISON. Nashville/New York, Thomas Nelson, Publisher, 1975. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly rubbed dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Warm & lively biography of Dolly
Madison. With Bibliography, extensive Index. Good tight copy. 264
pages......$14.00
167. (FISHING)...David, J. Charles, 2nd (Illustrated with photographs and
line drawings by Otto, Arden). CALIFORNIA SALT WATER FISHING. New York, A. S.
Barnes & Company, 1949. 1st U.S. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Large octavo.
Very good condition. Light cover wear. Gift inscription/foxing endpapers.
Black & white photos & drawings. Well-illustrated. One of the best & most
complete books on Pacific Coast fishing. With Bibliography, Index. Good tight
copy. 271 pages......$15.00
168. (FLAG PAINTINGS)...Fort, Ilene Susan (Hassam, Childe). THE FLAG
PAINTINGS OF CHILDE HASSAN. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1988. 1st
edition. Engraved cloth, Large Square octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Tiny remainder stripe. Color & black & white
plates. 89 illustrations, including 25 plates in full color. The Flag
Paintings of Hassam, America's foremost impressionist painter. With
examination of the historical background of New York's wartime celebrations,
& related artistic activities - including Hassan's. Plus an analysis of the
aesthetidcs and iconography of the flag paintings, initiated in 1916 - and a
discussion of the exhibition of the paintings as a series. With Notes,
Bibliography, Acknowledgements. Tight well-bound volume. 128
pages......$25.00
169. (FLORIDA)...(Orange County Bicentennial Committee). MORE THAN A MEMORY.
Orlando, Orange County Bicentennial, not dated. 1st Limited edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Oblong octavo. Very good condition. Several tiny flecks of
white paint on rear cover. Color & Black & white photos. Florida - Orange
County Bicentennial. Book # 5762 of 12,500 1st edition copies. Good tight
copy. 207 pages......$22.50
170. (FOLK CULTURE)...Poulsen, Richard C. THE PURE EXPERIENCE OF ORDER:
ESSAYS ON THE SYMBOLIC IN THE FOLK MATERIAL CULTURE OF WESTERN AMERICA.
Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1982. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white photos & drawings. Examination of cultural
symbology inherent - revealing the psyche & motivations of the creator - in
western artifacts. With Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 172 pages......$18.00
171. (FOLKLORE)...Battle, Kemp P. (Editor) Illustrated by Battle, John M.
GREAT AMERICAN FOLKLORE: LEGENDS, TALES, BALLADS, AND SUPERSTITIONS FROM ALL
ACROSS AMERICA. New York, Doubleday, 1986. Reprint edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Well-Indexed. Good tight copy. 646 pages......$11.00
172. (FOLKLORE)...Davis, Cindy & Mabe, Elizabeth. OUT OF THE MOLASSES JUG.
Seattle WA, Cloudburst Press, 1974. 3rd printing. Wraps, Small Quarto. Very
good condition. Black & white drawings. Indexed. Good tight copy. 101
pages......$12.50
173. (FOREIGN AFFAIRS)...Mehdi, Mohammad T. AN ARAB LOOKS AT AMERICA: A
NATION OF LIONS...CHAINED. San Francisco, New World Press, 1962. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Covers/edges lightly
soiled/worn. Spine end frayed. "Basic facts concerning America and
Arab-American Relations." INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Good tight copy. 177
pages......$14.00
174. (FOREIGN AFFAIRS)...Nixon, Richard. 1999: VICTORY WITHOUT WAR. New York,
Simon & Schuster, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo.
Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper edge very
slightly bumped. Well-Indexed. Good tight copy. 336 pages......$10.00
175. (FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS)...Brandon, Henry. SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS: A
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT'S MEMOIRS FROM ROOSEVELT TO REAGAN. New York, Atheneum,
1988. 2nd edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper corners
lightly bumped. Black & white photographs. Fascinating memoirs of Brandon,
chief American correspondent: the Sunday Times of London - for four decades.
Extensive index. Good tight copy. 436 pages......$12.00
176. (FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS)...Engholm, Christopher. THE CHINA VENTURE:
AMERICA'S CORPORATE ENCOURTER WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. New York,
Scott Foresman, Publisher, 1991. 2nd revised edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white photographs. With Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 436
pages......$18.00
177. (FOREIGN POLICY)...Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edited by Johnson,
Walter). ROOSEVELT AND THE RUSSIANS: THE YALTA CONFERENCE. New York,
Doubleday, 1949. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos &
document facs. Inside story of the Yalta Conference, where Roosevelt, Stalin
& Churchill planned the peace. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 365
pages......$12.50
178. (FOREIGN RELATIONS)...Haig, Alexander M., Jr. with McCarry. INNER
CIRCLES: HOW AMERICA CHANGED THE WORLD - A MEMOIR. New York, Warner Books,
1992. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs.
Haig's memoirs + insights into the Korean War, Vietnam, Secret war against
Cuba, Watergate, Kennedy assassination - & much more. With Notes, Index. Good
tight copy. 610 pages......$13.50
179. (FOREIGN RELATIONS)...McCarthy, Eugene. A COLONY OF THE WORLD: THE
UNITED STATES TODAY. New York, Hippocrene Books, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover
- 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good+ in lightly chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. McCarthy's case that the U.S. is in a colonial
relationship to a combination of outside & inside forces... which impose a
colonial status on the country. With Index. Good tight copy. 120
pages......$10.00
180. (FOREIGN RELATIONS)...Prudkov, Oleg (Editor) Designed by Saukov,
Gennady. SOVIET WRITERS LOOK AT AMERICA. Moscow, Prosgress Publishers, 1977.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly
worn/chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Fascinating views
of America by 25 prominent Soviet writers. Plus plus captioned illustrations
of American life by artists... Vitaly Goryaev and Orest Vereisky. Good tight
copy. 345 pages......$25.00
181. (FOUNDING FATHERS)...Oliver, F.S. ALEXANDER HAMILTON: AN ESSAY ON
AMERICAN UNION. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. Hardcover - decorated
cloth, 16mo. Very good condition. Light edge wear. Front Hinge starting.
Owner signature. Black & white frontis of Hamilton. Detailed account of
Hamilton & his part in the American Revolution & founding government. Good
tight copy. 474 pages......$10.00
182. (FRATERNITIES)...Roedel, Alice Morgan. HISTORY OF THE ALPHA PHI
FRATERNITY: FROM THE FOUNDING IN 1872 THROUGH THE YEAR 1951. Stanford CA,
Published by Alph Phi Intl, 1951. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very Good
condition+. Upper corner lightly bumped. Black & white frontis & photographs.
Detailed history of Alpha Phi - of the various chapters, officers, Rosters,
Events, Conferences. Good tight copy. 356 pages......$13.50
183. (FRONTIER EVANGELISTS)...Luchetti, Cathy. UNDER GOD'S SPELL: FRONTIER
EVANGELISTS 1772-1915. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Oblong octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Edge stripe. Black & white frontis & photographs.
Photographic endpapers. Photo-illustrated story of frontier evangelism in
America. With over 100 archival photographs. Plus selections from the
writings of 12 frontier evangelists. Tight well-bound volume. 244
pages......$15.00
184. (GAMBLING)...Fraikin, Glenn L. INSIDE NEVADA GAMBLING: ADVENTURES OF A
WINNING SYSTEM PLAYER. New York, Exposition Press, 1965. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Very light cover/edge wear.
Good tight copy. 110 pages......$14.00
185. (GAMBLING)...Turner, Wallace. GAMBLER'S MONEY: THE NEW FORCE IN AMERICAN
LIFE. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1965. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Well-documented expose of the spread of gangster methods & morals
from "The Strip" in Vegas to Wall Street & beyond. With Chronology, List of
Persons Mentioned Frequently, Index. Good tight copy. 306 pages......$15.00
186. (GARDEN DESIGNS)...Dickey, Page (Text) Lennard, Erica (Photographs).
BREAKING GROUND: PORTRAITS OF TEN GARDEN DESIGNERS. New York, Artisan
Publishers, 1997. 1st printing. Stamped cloth, Quarto. Very good+ in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photographs. Lavishly
illustrated volume with 200 full-color photographs. In-depth look at 10
contemporary garden designers... in Europe and America. Detailed information
on each designer with emphasis on inspiration, style philosophy and method of
creation - with enclosed photographs, sketches and garden plans of their
creations. Indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 207 pages......$25.00
187. (GARDENS OF SAN FRANCISCO)...Hockaday, Joan (Photographs by Bowles,
Henry). THE GARDENS OF SAN FRANCISCO. Portland OR, Timber Press, 1988.
Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Faint edgewear. Color & Black & white photographs. Beautifully
illustrated history of gardening in San Francisco. Plus 23 notable private
gardens. With Index. Good tight copy. 134 pages......$25.00
188. (GAY AMERICA)...white, Edmund. STATES OF DESIRE: TRAVELS IN GAY AMERICA.
New York, E.P. Dutton, 1980. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Small bumped spot on cover. Good tight copy. 333 pages......$12.50
189. (GAY CULTURE)...Grahn, Judy. ANOTHER MOTHER TONGUE: GAY WORDS, GAY
WORLDS. Boston, Beacon Press, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Totally original view of Gay culture and its role in society. With
Bibliography, Glossary, Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 324 pages......$12.50
190. (GENDER STUDIES)...Katz, Johathan Ned. GAY/LESBIAN ALMANAC. New York,
Harper & Row, 1983. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Imperial
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Black & white plates. "A New Documentary in which is contained, in
chronological order, evidence of the true and fantastical history... of those
persons now called Lesbians and Gay Men, and of the changing social forms of
and responses to those acts, feelings, & relationships now called Homosexual,
in the early American Colonies, 1607 - 1740, & in the modern United States,
1880 to 1950. With Documents, Bibliography, extensive Index. Massive,
well-bound volume. 764 pages......$30.00
191. (GENERATION GAP)...Mead, Margaret. CULTURE AND COMMITMENT: A STUDY OF
THE GENERATION GAP. New York, Natural History Press, 1970. Hardcover - cloth,
Small octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good
tight copy. 91 pages......$10.00
192. (GOLDWATER CAMPAIGN)...White, F. Clifton with Gill, William J. SUITE
3505: THE STORY OF THE DRAFT GOLDWATER MOVEMENT. New York, Arlington House,
1967. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in
lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Definitive
account of the Draft Goldwater movement - the first Presidential draft in
American history... engineered by a handful of GOP conservatives. Included
are Goldwater's famous speeches on the nuclear tet ban and civil rights, his
acceptance speech, the notorious letter from Governor Scranton & the roll
call tally from the 1964 convention. Tight well-bound volume. 450
pages......$30.00
193. (GOSPEL MUSIC)...Gaither, Bill with Jenkins, Jerry. HOMECOMING: THE
STORY OF SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS BEST-LOVED PERFORMERS.
Grand Rapids MI, Zondervon Publishing, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
Small square quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Slight rippling to page edges. Color & Black & white
photographs. Based on the best-selling videos. Lavishly photo-illustrated,
with text, music, Index. Good tight copy. 217 pages......$20.00
194. (GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION)...Baker, Bobby with King, Larry L. WHEELING AND
DEALING: CONFESSIONS OF A CAPITOL HILL OPERATOR. New York, W. W. Norton,
1978. 3rd printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corruption &
bribery in Washington D.C. With Index. Good tight copy. 296 pages......$12.50
195. (GOVERNMENT)...de Love, Sidney (Introduction by Newman, Ralph G.). THE
QUIET BETRAYAL. Chicago IL, Normandie House, 1960. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good+ in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Good tight copy. 252 pages......$13.50
196. (GOVERNMENT)...Smith, Alfred E. THE CITIZEN AND HIS GOVERNMENT. New
York, Harper & Bros, 1935. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Newspaper review copy stamp endpaper/half title. Spine
faded/lightly bumped. Lower edge faded. Book about the mechanics of
government & what people should know about it. By Al Smith. Scarce. 264
pages......$16.00
197. (GOVERNORS)...Guzzo, Louis R. IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DIXY?: A
BIOGRAPHY OF DIXY LEE RAY. Mercer Island WA, The Writing Works, Inc, 1980.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Very good condition in lightly chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Slight cover wear. Biography of Dixy
Lee Ray, Governor of Washington. With Cirriculum Vitae, Index. Good tight
copy. .....$11.50
198. (GUN CONTROL)...LaPierre, Wayne (Foreword by Clancy, Tom). GUNS, CRIME,
AND FREEDOM. Washington D.C, Regnery Publishing, 1994. 4th printing.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Foredges lightly bumped. Firearms in America.
With Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 263 pages......$10.00
199. (HAWAII)...Goodman, Robert B., Daws, Gavan, Sheehan, edition. THE
HAWAIIANS. Sydney Australia, Island Heritage Limited, 1971. Traveler's
edition. Pictorial boards, Square octavo. Very Good condition+. Color
photographs. Lavishly illustrated pictorial (with text) on Hawaii & the
Hawaiian people. Sections include: Origins.. Season;s... Discoveries..
Tides.. Plantings.. Harvests.. Directions.. Celebrations. With Map of the
Principle Hawaiian Islands. Good tight copy. 296 pages......$13.50
200. (HAWAII)...Lawson, Greg (Photographer). HAWAII. Santa Barbara, First
Choice Publishers, 1986. Engraved cloth, Large Square 8v0. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photos.
Lavish full color photo-illustrated portrait of Hawaii. International text
version. Introduction & photo-captions in English, Spanish, French, German &
Japanese. Tight well-bound volume. 72 pages......$20.00
201. (HAWAII)...(Sunset Books) Krell, Dorothy & Bannick, Nancy (Editors).
BEAUTIFUL HAWAII. Menlo Park CA, Lane Magazine & Book Co, 1972. 1st printing.
Pictorial cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light corner wear. Bookplate
endpaper. Color & Black & white photos. Decorated endpapers. A dazzling,
lavishly illustrated Portrait of Hawaii - with concentration on the larger
islands. Sections include: Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai. With
concise history of Hawaii. Good tight copy. 223 pages......$16.50
202. (HAWAII)...Wenkam, Robert (Photographs & Text). HAWAII'S GARDEN ISLAND
KAUAI. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co, 1979. 1st printing. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Folio. Very good condition in lightly; worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Paste down endpaper scraped. Color photos. Front
free endpaper missing. Magnificent photo-illustrated portrait of the garden
paradise of Kauai. With 72 pages of full-color photos. Plus Hawaiian
Glossary. Tight well-bound volume. 143 pages......$16.00
203. (HAWAII)...Westervelt, William D. HAWAIIAN LEGENDS OF GHOSTS AND
GHOST-GODS (Collected and translated from the Hawaiian). Rutland VT, Charles
E. Tuttle Co, 1970. 1st/7th printing. Hardcover - decorated cloth, 16mo. Very
good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white photos. Captivating volume of Hawaiian Folklore with
explanatory facts and rare brooding photos of old Hawaii. With information on
the POlynesian Language and a Partial List of Hawaiian Names. Tight
well-bound volume. 270 pages......$16.00
204. (HEROES)...Pamplin, Dr. Robert B., Jr. with Eisler, Gary K. AMERICAN
HEROES: THEIR LIVES, THEIR VALUES, THEIR BELIEFS. New York, Mastermedia Ltd,
1995. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good+ in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 181
pages......$10.00
205. (HISS TRIAL)...Cooke, Alistair (Chief American Correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian). A GENERATION ON TRIAL: U.S.A. V. ALGER HISS. New York,
Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. 2nd printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. "A
sensitive & dispassionate account of the celebrated case, told with high
drama & historical perspective. With Chronology. Well-indexed. Tight
well-bound volume. 357 pages......$14.00
206. (HISTORIC SITES)...Lawliss, Chuck. THE EARLY AMERICA SOURCEBOOK: A
TRAVELER'S GUIDE. New York, Crown, 1996. 1st edition. Paperback. Square
octavo. Very good condition. Black & white photos, maps, plates. Essential
reference guide to the places & events that shaped early America - from
Colonial beginnings to the Civil War. With Chronology, rating system of sites
- guided tour of each. Indexed. Good tight copy. 310 pages......$10.00
207. (HISTORY)...Beard, Charles A. & Mary R.. AMERICA IN MIDPASSAGE (2 vol.
boxed set). New York, Macmillan, 1939. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Both
volumes Very good condition. Box worn/torn but serviceable. Tight well-bound
volumes. 977 ttl pages......$30.00
208. (HISTORY)...Lynn, Kenneth S. THE AIR-LINE TO SEATTLE: STUDIES IN
LITERARY AND HISTORICAL WRITING ABOUT AMERICA. Chicago, University of Chicago
Press, 1983. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 227
pages......$12.00
209. (HISTORY?)...Lawrence, Bill (Editor). THEN SOME OTHER STUFF HAPPENED: A
NEW HISTORY OF AMERICA (SORT OF). New York, Pegasus Publishing, 1969.
Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/edgetorn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. The most amusing history of the
U.S. ever. From test papers & reports of students of 8th grade history
classes. Good tight copy. 125 pages......$10.00
210. (HOLLYWOOD)...Anger, Kenneth. HOLLYWOOD BABYLON. San Francisco, Straight
Arrow Books, 1975. Book club edition. Boards, Imperial octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lower
corners lightly bumped. Black & white photographs. Decorated endpapers. Vast,
affectonate history and expose of Hollywood. Good tight copy. 305
pages......$11.00
211. (HOLLYWOOD)...(Collins Publishers). A DAY IN THE LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD. San
Francisco, Collins Publishers/ZM, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small
Folio. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Color photos. May 22, 1992. A day in Hollywood - the streets, studios, sound
stages, recording studios, stars & homes of the stars. Plus, the countryside,
alleyways, people, offices - the life and essense of Hollywood captured in a
magnificent lavish full-color photolllustrated masterpiece of 75 leading
photographers from all over the world. Photos chosen from over 100,000 images
shot during the course of the day. Plus essays by Cahmplin, Matousek, Linda
Sunshine & a host of interviews with industry heavyweights. Tight well-bound
volume. 224 pages......$25.00
212. (HOLMES, OLIVER W)...Tilton, Eleanor M. AMIABLE AUTOCRAT. New York,
Henry Schuman, 1947. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
rubbed dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lt damp stain spine end.
Lightly bumped. Black & white photos. Owner inscription half-title.
Delightful biography of Holmes, reknowned physician & man of letters.
Extensive Notes & Index. Good tight copy. 470 pages......$12.00
213. (HOMOSEXUALITY IN AMERICA)...Brown, Howard, M.D. FAMILIAR FACES, HIDDEN
LIVES: THE STORY OF HOMOSEXUAL MEN IN AMERICA TODAY. 1976. 1st/2nd printing.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Largely autobiographyical saga
of psychosexual birth & self-discovery. Being gay in the America of the '70s.
Good tight copy. 246 pages......$12.50
214. (HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS)...Brand, Charles A. HORSE AND BUGGY ESSAYS.
Portland OR, Binfords and Mort, 1940. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good condition in chipped/edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Good tight copy. 79 pages......$20.00
215. (HOTELS)...Matthew, Christopher (With Photographys by Martin, Ben & a
Note from Morley, Robert). A DIFFERENT WORLD: STORIES OF GREAT HOTELS. New
York/London, Paddington Press Ltd, 1976. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated
cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis & photos. Decorated
endpapers. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of Black & white
photographs. The elegant past & present of 50 great hotels. Including The
Ritz in Paris, The Plaza in New York, Le Grand Hotel in Rome & many more.
Stories of the great hoteliers, the great concierges, the great restaurants -
and the distinguished guests: the Dukes & Duchesses, Kings & Queens, the
fabulously wealthy & internationally famous. Tight well-bound volume. 352
pages......$25.00
216. (HUMOR)...James, Leslie. AMERICANS IN GLASSHOUSES. New York, Henry
Schuman, 1950. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lower
corners lightly worn. "hilarious portrait of America snapped through the
out-of-focus vision of Englishmen who believe all they hear about America".
Good tight copy. 152 pages......$15.00
217. (IMMIGRANTS)...May, Charles Paul. THE UPROOTED. Philadelphia, The
Westminster Press, 1976. Wrapped boards, 12mo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Vivid personal reports of the dispossessed -
people who were uprooted from their homeland & transplanted to the United
States. Groups include Acadians, Africans, Mormong, Jews - and many others.
With Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 160 pages......$14.00
218. (IMPERIALISM)...Julien, Claude (Translated from the Frenchby Bruce,
Renaud). AMERICA'S EMPIRE. New York, Pantheon Books, 1971. 1st American.
Hardcover - Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
worn/chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Treatise on
American imperialism. With Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 442
pages......$14.00
219. (INDIANA STONECARVER)...Nolan, Ann and Buckley, Keith A. INDIANA
STONECARVER: THE STORY OF THOMAS R. REDING. Indianapolis IN, Indiana
Historical Society, 1984. 1st edition. Qlty paperback, octavo. Very good
condition. Corners lightly bumped. Black and white photographs. With
Bibliography, Directions to the Cemeteries. Good tight copy. 106
pages......$0.00
220. (INDIANA UNIVERSITY)...Collins, Dorothy C. and Byrd, Cecil K. (Foreword
by Ehrlich, Thomas). INDIANA UNIVERSITY: A PICTORIAL HISTORY.
Bloomington/Indianapolis, Indiana University Press, 1991. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Very slight cover wear. Color & Black & white photographs.
First-ever pictorial history of Indiana University. Lavishly illustrated with
over 400 photographs... including 64 pages of full color images. Text and
photo coverage of the entire span of the University's life from its founding
in 1820 to the present. Sections include: The Early Years: 1820-1828.. The
First President: 1829-1851 .. Trial and Error: 1852- 1855.. The Jordan Years
and Continuing Momentum: 1885-1902.. The Remarkable Impact of William Lowe
Bruan: 1902-1937.. The Flowering Under Wells: 1937-1962.. From Stahr to Ryan:
1962-1987.. The New Vision: 1987 and Beyond. Elegant volume. Tight,
Well-bound. 232 pages......$45.00
221. (INDUSTRIAL)...Harvey, George. HENRY CLAY FRICK: THE MAN. New York, The
Frick Collection, 1936. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very
good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Black & white photo frontis. Privately printed Biography of famed American
industrialist, Henry Clay Frick. Well-indexed. Tight well-bound volume.
Scarce. 382 pages......$35.00
222. (INDUSTRIALIST)...Noyes, Pierrepont B. A GOODLY HERITAGE. New York,
Rinehart & Company, 1958. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good+ in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white photographs. Continuing autobiography of the famous businessman & the
part his boyhood in the unique Oneida Community played in his career. Good
tight copy. 275 pages......$18.00
223. (INDUSTRY)...Fisher, Douglas A. STEEL SERVES THE NATION: 1901-1951 - THE
FIFTY YEAR STORY OF UNITED STATES STEEL. New York, United States Steel Corp,
1951. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Quarto. Very good condition.
Lt cover wear. Edges/spine end faded. Color & Black & white photographs.
Small dampstain rear endpaper. Photo-illustrated history of U.S. Steel. With
color-decorated endpapers. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and
tipped-in color photo of U.S. Steel. With Tables, Index. Tight well-bound
volume. 228 pages......$15.00
224. (INDUSTRY)...Scott, Rachael. MUSCLE AND BLOOD: THE MASSIVE, HIDDEN AGONY
OF INDUSTRIAL SLAUGHTER IN AMERICA. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1974. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white photos. Shocking expose of industrial working
conditions - & of the 100,000+ men & women a year killed by their jobs in
America. 306 pages......$18.00
225. (INNER CITY/RACE RELATIONS)...Schuchter, Arnold. WHITE POWER / BLACK
FREEDOM: PLANNING THE FUTURE OF URBAN AMERICA. Boston MA, Beacon Press, 1968.
1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Corners lightly bumped. With Notes,
Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 650 pages......$13.50
226. (INTERIOR DESIGN)...Tweed, Katharine (Editor) Introduction by Lynes,
Russell. THE FINEST ROOMS BY AMERICA'S GREAT DECORATORS. New York, Bramhall
House, 1964. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper corners lightly bumped.
Tiny hold in dust wrappr. Color & Black & white photographs. Close up
presentation - with text - of a fabulous cross-section of America's most
beautiful houses and apartments. Elegant, well-bound volume. 168
pages......$20.00
227. (INVENTIONS)...Page, James K., Director - Smithsonian Exposition Books
(Bourne, Russell, Senior Editor). THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF INVENTION. New
York, Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1978. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated
cloth, Small sq quarto. Very good condition in lightly worn/edgetorn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white photographs.
Lavishly illustrated with more than 300 photographs, art works and drawings.
Dazzling collection of artifacts from medieval clocks to space satellites,
from Newtonian glass prisms to fiber optics, From the Wright Brothers Flyer
to Helen Keller's Watch. A momument to human technology & ingenuity. With
Appendix, Index, Time Chart. Tight well-bound volume. 256 pages......$25.00
228. (IOWA)...(Adams Press) Introduction by Engle, Paul. Photographs by
Zielinski, John M. and others. PORTRAIT OF IOWA. Minneapolis, Adams Press,
1974. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in
worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very light cover wear.
Corners lightly bumped. Color & Black & white photos. Many full page color
photographs. SIGNED BY PAUL ENGLE AND JOHN M. ZIELINSKI. Beautiful
illustrated portrait - with text... of the farmscapes, cityscapes,
countryside, people and historical sites of Iowa. Tight well-bound copy.
Scarce. 176 pages......$30.00
229. (IRISH IN AMERICAN)...Coffey, Michael (Editor) Golway, Terry (Text). THE
IRISH IN AMERICA. New York, Hyperion Publishers, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover
- 1/2 cloth/boards, Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Color & Black & white photographs. Lavishly illustrated with
hundreds of photographs & plates. Fascinating, detailed history of the Irish
in America. A celebration of Irish accomplishments commemorating the 150th
anniversary of the potato famine in ireland, which led to one of the largest
migrations of a people in history. Large volume. Tight, well-bound. 272
pages......$30.00
230. (IRISH RICH)...Birmingham, Stephen. REAL LACE: AMERICA'S IRISH RICH. New
York, Harper & Row, 1973. 4th printing. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very
good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Faint cover wear. Black
& white photographs. Indexed. Good tight copy. 322 pages......$10.00
231. (JEWS IN AMERICAN LIFE)...Levitan, Tina. JEWS IN AMERICAN LIFE (FROM
1492 TO THE SPACE AGE). New York, Hebrew Publishing Co, 1969. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in lightly worn/chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white plates. Bios of 90
prominent American Jewish figures. Good tight copy. 253 pages......$20.00
232. (JOHN CONNALLY - BIOGRAPHY)...Reston, James Jr. THE LONE STAR: THE LIFE
OF JOHN CONNALLY. New York, Harper & Row, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs. Superbly readable
biography of Texas Governor John Connally. With Notes, Bibliography, Index.
691 pages......$15.00
233. (JOURNAL - ERIC HOFFER)...Hoffer, Eric. WORKING AND THINKING ON THE
WATERFRONT: JUNE 1959 - MAY 1959. New York, Harper & Row, 1969. Hardcover -
1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners very slightly bumped.
Longshoreman-Philosophy Hoffer's Diary during a critical period in U.S.
history. Fascinating piece of Biography/Americana. Good tight copy. 180
pages......$15.00
234. (JOURNALISM)...Austin, James C. FIELDS OF THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY: LETTERS
TO AN EDITOR 1861 - 1870. San Marino CA, The Huntington Library, 1953. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Story of Fields,
editor of the Atlantic Monthly & portrait of the magazine's exciting years. A
vivid time when the writings of authors Holmes, Hawthorne & Emerson appeared
within its pages. Also, a broad view of the careers of those whom Fields
served & published such as Longfellow, Lowell, Dickens, Browning, Tennyson &
the Transcendentalists. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 445 pages......$18.00
235. (JOURNALISM)...Baker, Russell. THERE'S A COUNTRY IN MY CELLAR. New York,
William Morrow & Co, 1990. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large
octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. America in
the '60 and beyond as portrayed in over 120 of the author's columns which
appeared in the New York Times. 432 pages......$12.50
236. (JOURNALISM)...Berger, Meyer. THE STORY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES:
1851-1951. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1951. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large
octavo. Very good condition. Signature front endpaper. Black & white photos.
With fold-out facsimile page. Good tight copy. 589 pages......$17.50
237. (JOURNALISM)...Canfield, Chris. UP AND DOWN AND AROUND: A PUBLISHER
RECOLLECTS THE TIME OF HIS LIFE. New York, Harper's, 1971. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly
worn/chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photos. Life of Harper's publisher, Canfield thru 3 colorful decades of
American History. Well-Indexed. Good tight copy. 272 pages......$14.00
238. (JOURNALISM)...Canham, Erwin D. COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM: THE STORY OF THE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITER. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1958. 1st printing.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis & photographs. Full
story of the Moniter, visualized & established by Mary Baker Eddy in her
eighty-eighth year. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 454 pages......$15.00
239. (JOURNALISM)...Carver, Charles (Introduction by Bedochek, Roy). BRANN
AND THE ICONOCLAST. Austin TX, University of Texas Press, 1957. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped/edgetorn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis &
photographs. Story of William Cowper Brann, 1890s Texas newspaperman who
built a world-wide circulation for his controversial paper... and was
murdered for his efforts. Indexed. Good tight copy. 196 pages......$20.00
240. (JOURNALISM)...Conrad, Harold (Introduction by Schulberg, Budd. Foreword
by Mailer, Norman). DEAR MUFFO: 35 YEARS IN THE FAST LANE. New York, Stein &
Day, 1982. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black
and white photographs. Fascinating memoirs of legendary newspaperman, Harold
Conrad. With Index. Good tight copy. 276 pages......$18.00
241. (JOURNALISM)...DeArmond, R.N. (editor). 'STROLLER' WHITE: TALES OF A
KLONDIKE NEWSMAN. Vancouver Canada, Mitchell Press Ltd, 1969. 1st. Hardcover
- cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly edge-stained dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Good tight copy.
182 pages......$15.00
242. (JOURNALISM)...Frank, Gerry. GERRY FRANK'S FRIDAY SURPRISE: A COLLECTION
OF HIS COLUMNS FROM THE OREGONIAN. Salem OR, Gerry's Frankly Speaking, 1995.
1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs. Memories,
individuals, families, generations & events in Oregon's past & present.
Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 262 pages......$20.00
243. (JOURNALISM)...Kobler, John. LUCE: HIS TIME, LIFE, AND FORTUNE. London,
Macdonald, Publisher, 1968. 1st British edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. First biography of the Editor-in-Chief of Time, Inc., and the
fascinating story of his publishing empire. Good tight copy. 296
pages......$16.50
244. (JOURNALISM)...Linn, James Weber. JAMES KELLY NEWSPAPERMAN.
Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1937. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very
good condition. Slight cover/edg wear, fading. Lightly bmped. Signatur endpr.
Black & white photos. Good tight copy. 286 pages......$20.00
245. (JOURNALISM)...Lyons, Louis M. NEWSPAPER STORY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE
BOSTON GLOBE. Cambridge MA, Belkna pages Press of Harvard, 1971. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos. Centennial
celebration of the Boston Globe. Accounts of famous stories - i.e. Lizzie
Bordon, Sacco/Vanzetti, Coconut Grove, etc. Profiles of distinguished Globe
journalists. Inside details of Globe publishers, editors, profits/losses,
staff upheavals & much more. Includes listing of Awards, Sources.
Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 482 pages......$18.00
246. (JOURNALISM)...Powell, Jody. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY. New York,
William Morrow & Co, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo.
Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Journalism in American politics & government. Good tight copy. 322
pages......$10.00
247. (JOURNALISM)...Seltzer, Louis B. (Introduction by Catton, Bruce). THE
YEARS WERE GOOD. Cleveland/New York, World Publishing Co, 1956. 1st edition.
Hardcover - decorated cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly
chipped/clipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photographs. Autobiography of Louis Seltzer, Editor Cleveland Press. Goood
tight copy. 316 pages......$14.00
248. (JOURNALISM)...Spivak, John L. A MAN IN HIS TIME. New York, Horizon
Press, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Large octavo. Very
good condition in worn/edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Signature endpaper. One of America's most courageous reporters reveals the
whole story behind his exposes of sinister forces & events. With Index. Good
tight copy. 479 pages......$20.00
249. (JOURNALISM)...(The New York Times). PAGE ONE: MAJOR EVENTS 1920-1995 AS
PRESENTED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES. New York, Times Books, 1995. 1st Galahad
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Folio. Very good condition. Rear corner lightly
bumped. Black & white news photos. Reduced front page facsimiles of the New
York Times. Each with major events from 1920-1983. Tight well-bound volume.
302 pages......$18.00
250. (JUDAICA)...(Congregation Emanu-el). WHEN YESTERDAY BECOMES TOMORROW:
125th Anniversary Celebration: CONGREGATON EMANU-EL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
1845-1970. New York, Congregation Emanu-el of NYC, 1971. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Edges slightly bumped. Black & white
photo frontis. Good tight copy. 205......$15.00
251. (JUDGES)...Jackson, Donald Dale. JUDGES (AN INSIDE VIEW OF THE AGONIES
AND EXCESSES OF AN AMERICAN ELITE). New York, Atheneum, 1974. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good+ in lightly chipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Compelling documentary of the nation's
judges - and the private ways they come to terms with their consciences...
and with the pressures of the impossible task allotted to them to perform -
that of doing justice. With Notes, extensive Index. Good tight copy. 433
pages......$25.00
252. (KENNEDY)...(Kennedy, John F.) Polley. Robert L., Editor. AMERICA THE
BEAUTIFUL: IN THE WORDS OF JOHN F. KENNEDY. Elm Grove WI, Country Beautiful
Foundation, 1964. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in lightly
worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white
photographs. With over 40 pgs of full color. Dramatic illustrations of
Kennedy & America presented as a tribute to the memory of JFK. Division of
Mr. Kennedy's words in three parts - Man and the Land, Man and the Arts, Man
and his Dignity. Good tight copy. 98 pages......$15.00
253. (KENNEDY FAMILY)...Collier, Peter & Horowitz, David. THE KENNEDYS: AN
AMERICAN DRAMA. New York, Summit Books, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Corners lightly bumped. Black & white
photographs. Massive, definitive book on the history of the Kennedy family.
With extensive Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 575 pages......$12.50
254. (KENNEDYS)...(Kennedy, Robert) Edited by Guthman, Edwin O. and Shulman,
Jeffrey. With a Foreword by Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. ROBERT KENNEDY IN HIS
OWN WORDS: THE UNPUBLISHED RECOLLECTIONS OF THE KENNEDY YEARS. Toronto/New
York, Bantam Books, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large
octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white photographs. Never before published transcripts of extensive interviews
of Kennedy, originally recorded in the mid-1960s. With Glossary of Names.
Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 494 pages......$13.50
255. (KENNEDYS)...Sandak, Cass R. THE KENNEDYS. New York, Crestwood House,
1991. 1st edition. Pictorial boards, octavo. Very Good condition+. Color &
Black & white photos. A photo album (with text) of the Kennedy's from "Young
Jack" through the funeral. With Index. From the First Families series. With
Index. Good tight copy. 48 pages......$12.50
256. (KENTUCKY DYNASTY)...Tifft, Susan E., & Jones, Alex S. THE PATRIARCH:
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BINGHAM DYNASTY. New York, Summit Books, 1991. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good+ in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs.
Fascinating detailed chronicle of the Bingham empire and family & business -
one of the nation's preeminent newspaper companies. With extensive Notes &
Index. Good tight copy. 574 pages......$12.50
257. (KOREA/U.S. RELATIONS)...(Yonhap News Agency). KOREA - U.S.A.
CENTENNIAL: 1882-1982. Seoul Korea, Yonhap News Agency, 1982. 1st edition.
Hardcover - decorated cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Gift inscription half-title. Light creasing
several pages. Color & Black & white photographs. Decorated endpapers.
Lavishly photo-illustrated commemorative issue of 100 years of Korean /
American relations. Contents include: History of Korean/US involvement,
Koreans in America (with text & photo spreads of many prominent Korean
Americans), American Influence in Korea, Partners in Progress, Partners in
War and conflict, The Centennial year. With Appendix, Chronology. Good tight
copy. 194 pages + ads......$20.00
258. (LAKE WOBEGONE)...Keilor, Garrison. LAKE WOBEGON DAYS. New York, Viking
Press, 1985. 1st/11th printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo.
Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Garrison
Keillor's America. Good tight copy. 337 pages......$10.00
259. (LAW)...Hanna, John Paul (Foreword by Clark, Justice Tom). THE COMPLETE
LAYMAN'S GUIDE TO THE LAW. New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1974. Later printing.
Wrapped boards, octavo. Very good+ in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Very slight edgewear. Huge volume. Practical
handbook covering virtually every legal problem the average citizen is likely
to face. With Glossary, Index. Good tight copy. 513 pages......$18.00
260. (LEFTIST)...Gannon, Francis, X. A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE LEFT
(Vol. IV). Belmont MA, Western Island Publishers, 1973. Hardcover - cloth,
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Owner stamp endpapers. Edge stripe. Massive volume containing background
information on many of the most influential early leaders of the Left. With
Index of Organizations, Index of Organizations. Good tight copy. 667
pages......$18.00
261. (LEGENDS & FOLKLORE)...Carmer, Carl (Decorations by Cosgrave II, John
O'Hara). DARK TREES TO THE WIND: A CYCLE OF YORK STATE YEARS. New York,
William Sloane Associates, 1949. 1st printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Bookplate endpaper. Black & white drawings. A treasury of New York folklore.
Good tight copy. 370 pages......$18.00
262. (LEGISLATORS)...Trippett, Frank. THE STATES: UNITED THEY FELL.
Cleveland/New York, World Publishing Co, 1967. 1st printing. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Penetrating but comic look at the never-never
land inhabited by our state legislators. Good tight copy. 232
pages......$12.50
263. (LESBIANISM - UNITED STATES)...Martin, Del & Lyon, Phyllis.
LESBIAN/WOMAN (TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION). Volcano CA, Volcano Press,
1993. Revised edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. With Update, List of Acronyms. Good tight
copy. 428 pages......$15.00
264. (LETTERS)...Eliot, Charles W. (President, Harvard University). A LATE
HARVEST: MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS WRITTEN BETWEEN EIGHTY AND NINETY. Boston,
Atlantic Monthly Press, 1924. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Very light corner wear. Black & white frontis photo.
Autobiographical, reminiscent material, as well as letters on Education,
Labor, Medicine, Religion, Literary greats & more. With Bibliography. Tight
well-bound volume. 305 pages......$25.00
265. (LETTERS - ROOSEVELT)...Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (Foreword by
Roosevelt, Eleanor. Edited by Roosevelt, Elliott). F.D.R. HIS PERSONAL
LETTERS: EARLY YEARS. New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Light edgewear. Edge stripe.
Volume I of F.D.R's Personal Letters. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY HIS SON, JAMES
ROOSEVELT (10/5/55). Tight well-bound volume. 543 pages......$25.00
266. (LETTERS - WILLIAM A. WHITE)...White, William Allen (Edited & with an
introduction by Johnson, Walter). SELECTED LETTERS OF WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
1899 - 1943. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1947. 1st printing. Hardcover
- cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Light cover wear. Tipped in
frontis photo. Cream of letters from the White collection. Comments on the
swiftly changing American scene from the famous spokesman of small-town and
rural America. Indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 460 pages......$25.00
267. (LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE)...Bechham, Stephen Dow (Photography by Reynolds,
Robert M.). LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE. Portland OR, Lewis & Clark College, 1991.
1st edition. Wrapped boards, Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Gilt owner stamps on cover/dust wrapper edge.
Color & Black & white photographs. Magnificently illustrated history of Lewis
& Clark College. 122 full-color photos... 32 black & white archival
photographs... Selected quotations.. Overseas program journal entries..
Poetry selections from professors.. College chronology. Elegant, tight
well-bound volume. 160 pages......$30.00
268. (LIBERALISM)...Angst, Dr. Ernst (With a special Introduction by Gold,
Victor). SO YOU WANT TO BE A LIBERAL?: THE DO-IT-YOURSELF PRIMER FOR THOSE
WHO WANT TO DO-IT-FOR-OTHERS. New York, Arlington House, 1969. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Covers/edges lightly bumpd. Black &
white drawings. One of the great humorous conservative documents ever written
- at least by the pseudonymonious Dr. Angst. Good tight copy. 127
pages......$15.00
269. (LINDBERGH)...Lindbergh, Anne Morrow. HOUR OF GOLD, HOUR OF LEAD:
DIARIES AND LETTERS 1929 - 1932. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.
1st/2nd printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos. Decorated
endpapers. Second volume of Anne Lindbergh's Diaries & Letters covers the
years of her early married life. Indexed. Good tight copy. 340
pages......$12.00
270. (LITERARY)...Stoddard, Richard Henry (Edited by Hitchcock, Ripley.
Introduction by Stedman, Edmund Clarence). RECOLLECTIONS: PERSONAL AND
LITERARY. New York, A. S. Barnes & Company, 1903. 1st edition. Hardcover -
decorated cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Corners very lightly
worn/bumped. Light coverwear. Black & white frontis photo & plates. A
literary feast. With Index. Good tight copy. 333 pages......$30.00
271. (LITERARY AMERICA)...Scherman, David E. and Redlich, Rosemarie. LITERARY
AMERICA. New York, Dodd Mead, 1952. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Small Quarto. Very good condition. Very light cover/edge wear.
Black & white photographs. A chronicle of American writers from 1607-1952
with 173 photographs of the American scene that inspired them. With
Photographic endpapers. Tight wellbound volume. 175 pages......$15.00
272. (LITERARY LANDMARKS)...Skiff, Frederick Woodward. LANDMARKS AND
LITERATURE: AN AMERICAN TRAVELOGUE. Portland OR, Metropolitan Press
Publisher, 1937. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition.
Slight cover/edge wear. Endpapers lightly foxed & soiled. Black & white
photos & sketches. American literary odyssey and homage. Hard to find
classic. Many pages still uncut. Good tight copy. 318 pages......$22.50
273. (LITERARY MAGAZINES)...Gibbons, Reginald and Hahn, Susan (Editors).
TQ20: TWENTY YEARS OF THE BEST CONTEMPORARY WRITING AND GRAPHICS FROM
TRIQUARTERLY MAGAZINE. New York, Pushcart Press, 1985. 1st printing.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Corner lightly bumped. Signature endpaper. Black & white
photographs & drawings. Work from 2 decades from one of America's premier
literary journals. Fiction.. Essays.. Poetry.. Photographs... Graphic Art.
"Cross-section of literary activity and accomplishment in America." Tight
well-bound volume. 668 pages......$15.00
274. (LITERARY SCENE)...Brooks, Van Wyck. THE CONFIDENT YEARS: 1885 - 1915.
New York, E.P. Dutton, 1952. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Splendid & inclusive picture of the pre WWII American literary scene
from New York to San Francisco - Chicago to New Orleans. With Index. Good
tight copy. 627 pages......$15.00
275. (LITERARY TOUR)...Skiff, Frederick W. LANDMARKS AND LITERATURE. Portland
OR, Metropolitan Press, 1937. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in lightly worn/edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white frontis & photographs. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
Fascinating literary tour through through America. Encounters with a variety
of of well-known & little-known literary landmarks and authors. Many pages
uncut. Good tight copy. 318 pages......$30.00
276. (LITERATURE)...Ederer, Bernard Francis. BIRCH COULIE: A NOVEL OF THE
INDIAN UPRISING IN MINNESOTA IN 1862. New York, Exposition Press, 1957. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very light edgewear. Black &
white plates. Decorated endpapers. "Indian Centennial Edition 1862 - 1962".
Tight well-bound volume. 211 pages......$15.00
277. (LITERATURE)...Martin, William. CAPE COD: A NOVEL. New York, Warner
Books, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Faint fading
to upper cover edges. Decorated endpapers. Good tight copy. 652
pages......$14.00
278. (LITERATURE)...McCue, James Westaway. CAPE COD DOCTOR (Based on the
experiences of a Cape Cod country doctor and his family). Plymouth County MA,
New England Book Company, 1945. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very
good condition in lightly worn/chipped clipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Light cover/edge wear. With Black & white paste-down cover
drawing. Good tight copy. 139 pages......$18.00
279. (LITERATURE)...Vidal, Gore. 1876: A NOVEL. New York, Random House, 1976.
1st/2nd printing. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Consummate work of historical
fiction. Accurate to the smallest detail. Good tight copy. 364
pages......$14.00
280. (LOS ANGELES)...Cameron, Robert. ABOVE LOS ANGELES: A COLLECTION OF
NOSTALGIC AND COMTEMPORARY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES. San
Francisco, Camerton and Company, 1981. 1st/7th printing. Hardcover - cloth,
Oblong quarto. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Gift inscription endpaper. Full page color
photos. Huge book. Impressive Low & high aerial shots of the L.A. area.
Contents include: Shoreline, Then and Now, Downtown, Environs. Also: Sports
and Entertainment, High Above. Tight well-bound volume. 159 pages......$22.50
281. (LOS ANGELES)...Weaver, John D. EL PUEBLO GRANDE: A NONFICTION BOOK
ABOUT LOS ANGELES. Los Angeles, The Ward Ritchie Press, 1973. 2nd printing.
Wrapped boards, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners lightly bumped. Black & white
photographs. Photo/text essays of "Los angeles from the brush huts of Yanga
to the skyscrapers of the modern megalopolis. With Index. Good tight copy.
160 pages......$12.50
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