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Illustrated dj is price clipped and the spine is faded. B/W illustrated endpapers. Sequel to MAUS 1, again the comic-strip-as-graphic-art format, Spiegelman relates his father's experiences in several concentration camps and what happened to the survivors at the end of the war.

Classic memoir of Hitler's Germany. Trade paperback with cover flaps i.e., perma bound boards, published by Pantheon. Minor scuffing to cover edges, illus endpapers and 159 clean pages filled with Spiegelman's graphics

Three quarter green leather boards with scuffed tips. blue marbled insert and pastedowns. Raised band spine in brown leather with gilt stamped fleurs and title. 538 clean pages

Hardcover First edition SIGNED by David Cecil on half title page - this copy is without the dust jacket. Portrait frontis, b/w images along with index among 347 clean pages. Grey boards are scuffed and title label on spine has a chip not affecting lettering. British PM to a very young and infatuated Queen Elizabeth.

Selected journal entries and letters by Lerman, writer, editor and manager in the Conde Nast stable of magazines ("Vogue", "Vanity Fair") for nearly 50 years. Hardcover First Edition with full dust jacket and edited by Stephen Pascal. Published by Knopf, 2007. Photos and index among 652 clean pages.

Published by Univ. Chicago Press 1999. Photos and index among 357 clean pages with toning to paper margins. Annan's often quoted article "The Intellectual Aristocracy" is included in this book. No other work has ever explained so precisely and so intimately the significance of the dons and their important role in shaping higher education.

Portrait dust jacket with Springer spaniel image endpapers. Photos, Eton glossary and index among 335 clean pages. A moving, thought-provoking, inspiring and hilarious biography of an inspirational and controversial teacher at the English boarding school.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker - The biography of a first daughter who was of the old guard and yet a new woman with opinions. She was the go-to person in D.C. politics and influenced more than a few national and international leaders. First edition hardcover with full dj, b/w portrait frontispiece. Photos, bibliography… Read more about this item

Living on Nantucket the author takes time during the off season to sail to the most remote corners of inlets, ponds, and tidal creeks. Descriptions of Nantucket geography and ecology.

Full of unselfconcious heroism, this is the story of the liberation of four Dutch political prisoners at the end of World War II, and about their trek home to Holland.

Hardcover with price clipped and tattered dust jacket. Published by Crown 1959, First Edition. Inscribed by Vanderbilt to Arthur Sylvester, Assistant Secy of Defense, 1961. Cornelius,(Neil) traveled broadly as a reporter with his unlimited access to movers and shakers around the world. FDR benefited from his written reports. With index and b/w photos among 342 clean pages.

Pulitzer prize winning autobiography, First edition signed on half title page. Graham is honest about herself and others. She proved herself to be a scrappy woman who cared about doing the right thing above all else. Several page bottoms are uncut, Index among 642 clean pages. There is a photo credits listing, however - no photos were included in this… Read more about this item

In a pristine dust jacket, not price clipped. Like New condition with 341 clean pages, bright and tight binding. Bibliography, Sources, index and reproduced color images. True story of the life of an adventurer rogue and the conspiracies / plots of King Charles II court.

First edition with bright and tight text block, clean pages. Price clipped dj, top edge has partial creasing and the spine head is scuffed and chipped. DJ front and back have montage of boat photos. Tangier is located in the Chesapeake Bay with a small population that lived in isolation for many years. The stories within are mostly remininces… Read more about this item

Illustrated dj, endpapers and line drawings. BOMC edition with prev. owner's signature on half title pg. Interior bright and tight with 256 clean pages. Spine of dj is faded but otherwise VG condition.

Dust jacket is intact with moderate edge wear and scuffing to back cover with chipping to bottom corners. Interior bright and tight with a small stain to pg27 foredge. From Kissinger's early life in Germany to his advisory role to 3 U.S. Presidents. As national security advisor, he was often the talk of the capital but shrouded in secrecy. The… Read more about this item

Stories from the author's years at The New Yorker, this edition has an updated intro delving into the years of Tina Brown and Robert Gottlieb. Illustrated with b/w photos and cartoons, 406 clean pages. Gift inscription in ink on fep and dedication page. Minor edgewear to cover.

Small octavo with pictorial cover and color plates of botanicals and butterflies. Merian's incredible life story alongside colorful reproductions of her engravings and watercolors.

A forward by Ta-Nehisi Coates who the author mentored. Some of Carr's earliest writing up to the last pieces he wrote in 2015

Biography with multiple illustrations and photo reproductions. Notes and index among 599 pages.