Biography from Berthoff Books

Collier Books, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good. 128 pages, with index. First Collier edition of book initially published 1951. "Teach Yourself History" series. "Scholarly portrait of the Archbishop of Canterbury in an age of religious strife". Mass-market paperback, light shelf wear, creases to some pages at bottom corner, foxing to top edge. Name of former owner written on front free… Read more about this item

The Macmillan Company, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 230 pages, with index, bibliography. From jacket blurb: "A portrait of the most praised and vilified of modern Churchmen--Metropolitan Nikolai of the Russian Orthodox Church--and of the dilemma he faced as religious leader in a militantly secular society." 8vo, deep red cloth with gilt lettering, maroon topstain,… Read more about this item

Little, Brown and Company, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 439 pages, with index. First American edition. Account by the famous British intelligence agent of his travels in Scandinavia, East Central Europe, and the Balkans on the eve of World War II. 8vo, metallic silver cloth with butter-yellow lettering, wear to crown/heel/corners, edges/end papers/page margins age-toned,… Read more about this item

Vintage Books (Random House), 2008. Soft cover. Near Fine. 638 pages, with index, bibliography, note on sources. The book by Washington insider reporter Bernstein came out the previous year, when Hillary Clinton was running for the Democratic Presidential nomination against Barack Obama. Trade paperback, practically unworn, touch of dust soil to top edge. Pages bright and unmarked. … Read more about this item

Random House, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 303 pages, with index and chronological table. Illustrated with b&w photos on 16 double-sided plates. Biography first published in the UK one year after Mountbatten's assassination in 1979; this is American first edition. 8vo, dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine, sunned about extremities, faint… Read more about this item

Avon, 1980. Soft cover. Very Good. 333 pages. First Avon printing of book published the previous year. Public and private biographies of the Bloomsbury set, featuring its major figures: Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, Leonard Woolf, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant, Lytton Strachey, Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Desmond MacCarthy. B&w photo section has portraits of them. Mass-market paperback, light… Read more about this item

J.B. Lippincott Company, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 339 pages, with index, bibliography, reference notes. Illustrated with b&w photos on eight double-sided plates. Royal 8vo (6-3/4" x 9-1/2"), green paper over boards with blue quarter, rubbed gilt lettering on spine, green end papers, one spot of heavy wear along fore-edge of front board, text block chipped… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 470 pages, with index, bibliography, list of characters, author interviews. 16th printing (2007). Area map of the Middle East. B&w photo illustrations on eight double-sided plates. Pre-history of 9/11 attacks incorporates social and institutional history of Saudi Arabia and other countries, biographies of Osama bin Laden, Ayman… Read more about this item

Ballantine Books, 1976. Soft cover. Good. 624 pages, with index, genealogical table, source references. Second printing (1980) of Ballantine edition; book first published 1975. Illustrated with b&w photos on eight double-sided plates. Biography of the Duke of Windsor, formerly Prince of Wales/King Edward VIII, who abdicated to marry divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. Mass-market paperback, edges tinted yellow, reading… Read more about this item

Collier Books, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good. 159 pages, with index. Fourth printing (1966) of first Collier edition. "A study of the ideals and the realities of the Revolution as revealed in the life of its most controversial spokesman" by the Oxford historian, author of longer works on the French Revolution and on Robespierre, as part of the… Read more about this item

Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1990. Soft cover. Good. 189 pages plus x (10) pages front matter including introduction; with bibliography. First American edition stated. Biography of "one of the most complex and fascinating personalities of the esoteric revival" (back cover blurb), a friend and secretary to Aleister Crowley. Small (5-3/8" x 8-1/4") trade paperback, scant exterior wear, very faint… Read more about this item

Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 313 pages. An alphabet book by the Polish Nobel Prize laureate in literature comprises sketches and short essays on persons real and imagined, places (e.g. France, or Connecticut River Valley), concepts and emotions (curiosity, economy, fame), objects (gold, manors) - to mention only a few. The… Read more about this item

Pantheon, 1981. Soft cover. Good. 306 pages, with introduction by John Berger, map of Sicily across two pages. Translated from Italian by Justin Vitiello and Madeline Polidoro. Interviews with and monologues by residents of impoverished villages in western Sicily, collected by the Italian sociologist, poet, and apostle of non-violent action. Small trade paperback (~5" x 8"), shelf wear… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. Soft cover. Good. 313 pages, with index of names, index of works, illustrated with b&w reproductions of portraits on four double-sided plates. English translation of a work issued in German 1957, revised 1977. Trade paperback, creases to spine, foxing to edges, scant shelf wear. Name of former owner Prof. Ann E. Berthoff written… Read more about this item

Steerforth Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 351 pages, with index, biographical chronology. 8vo, gray paper over boards with black cloth quarter, silver gilt lettering on spine, very scant shelf wear, a touch of dust soil to top edge, pale foxing to end papers. Unclipped dust jacket has very slight wear to bottom front corner.… Read more about this item

Three Rivers Press (Random House), 2006. Soft cover. Fair. 363 pages. An account of police investigations and conflicts with organized crime in Boston. Trade paperback, wraps worn/creased/soiled, dust soil to end papers, last ~150 pages wavy from water damage (but not musty). Pencil notation on front free end paper, writing observed on one page in text.

Crown Publishers, 1946. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 346 pages, with chronological index of the works. Chronological description of the works by the editor, interspersed with biographical notes. 4to (9-1/8" x 12-1/4"), beige cloth with red lettering, boards soiled and worn with losses to backstrip, which has been reglued to prevent further damage, faded red topstain, end papers foxed and… Read more about this item

Bramhall House, 1961. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 363 pages, with List of Illustrations, Bibliography, Chronology, Index of Illustrations, Index of Museums and Private Collections, general Index. Preface by James J. Rorimer. Scores of b&w art reproductions and 36 on color plates. 4to (9-1/4" x 12-1/4"), green cloth with rubbed gilt lettering, light green end papers, spine and upper margins… Read more about this item

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 159 pages, with Biographical Outline, Selected Bibliography, List of Major Exhibitions, Index. Distributed by New American Library - "New concise NAL edition". On the life and work of Anna Mary Robertson Moses, with 193 illustrations (art reproductions and photos), of which 127 are in color. Imperial 8vo (8-3/4" x 11"),… Read more about this item

ACA Heritage Gallery Inc., 1967. Soft cover. Very Good. 48 pages. Catalogue from Retrospective Exhibition, Nov. 27 - Dec. 23, 1967, at the ACA Heritage Gallery in Manhattan. B&w reproductions of 46 works by Luks, listed on inside back cover in catalogue format. Includes biographical note and two-page intro in the form of appreciations of Luks by collector… Read more about this item