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New York: Macmillan, 1951. 3rd printing. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket.. 0

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1940. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. 2 'wash your hands before you read me...' library stickers. Clean. Tight. Easy to read.. Daugherty, James. 0 222 p. : 24 cm. Bold B&W drawings. Sturdy library binding. Rebound in orange cloth covered boards. Reprinted from the author's "Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, " the first 27 chapters of that 2-volume series. Includes: babyhood & boyhood at Knob Creek Farm and on Little Pigeon Creek; games & chores; what he handles & uses; life at Gentryville and on the Mississippi; util he goes to New Salem as a young man. Skillfully drawn illustrations.

New York.: Ballantine by arr. w/ St. Martin's Press., 1988. First edition. 1st Ballantine printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. Age-toning. Spine creasing with slight concaveness to thick spine. Tight, unmarked inside. Light wear.. 1 Large trade paperback, 6x9.25in. 575 p. Audience: General/trade. Biography of an American woman of 18th century Boston, Abigail Smith Adams (1844-1818). Wed to John Adams, theirs was a partnership apart from the stereotypes of marriage over the centuries as history has presented. Researcher-author Phyllis Lee Levin finds wit and intelligence and influence in Abigail's letters and journals, written as she and John joined with other bright, determined minds among revolutionaries to forge a new nation from a diverse, colonized peoples.

A Yearling Book / Dell Publishing, 1984. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. Moyers, William. 0 Illustrated cover. Grayscale pencil or charcoal type drawings. 3 pgs publisher ads. Did you know Abe Lincoln, the boy, once made footprints on his mother's ceiling? Did you know he was a fast reader?

Little, Brown and Company, 1942. Same date, title & copyright pgs. No additional printing noted.. Hard cover. Very good in poor dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Bookplate glue toning. Slight edge wear. Top and bottom spine ends slightly sun-faded. Fine text pages and maps. Pieces of jacket neatly taped inside book.. Raisz, Erwin (Maps by), and Greene, Bertram (Drawings by).. 1 First edition. 680 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, index. Durable red buckram over boards. Front: gold and blue compass. Blue spine title box, gold titles. Blue top page block. Single-volume classic biography of the 15th century sailor-explorer long credited with discovering the New World of the North American Continent, landing in 1492. Author and Harvard historian Samuel Eliot Morison was also a sailor and, as part of his research, made a similar journey aboard facsimile ships, adding to the book's authenticity, the reader's sense of being there with Columbus.

New York: Paul S. Eriksson Inc, 1965. First edition. First American Edition.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket.. 0 175 p. 24 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits. Bibliography; Index. How many really understand Einstein's theory that time and space are not absolute but depend on the observer? ...Why have the implications of his doctrines shaken philosophy by the heels? from DJ flap notes.

Philadelphia / New York.: J.B. Lippincott Company., 1961. First edition. Stated 1st.. Hard cover. Very good in fair dust jacket. Surface and edge damage to the dustjacket. Light end paper spotting. Tightly bound.. Wilson, Alexander (Color and B&W Plates from drawings by), and Ball, Robert (Decorations by). 1 Brown cloth over boards. Black decorated title box frame, titles. 319 p. 32 cm. Illustrations. AppendicesIndex. Poet, painter, naturalist, and pioneer Alexander Wilson, b.1766, Paisley, Scotland--d.1813, Philadelphia PA, was the first man to study the birds of America in their native forests. He authored "American Ornithology", "unrivaled for the fidelity of the paintings and the accuracy and humor of the writing", from jacket flaps. Appendices: "The Shark; or Lang Mills Detected" followed by a glossary of Scottish terms used in the poem; "Court Records of Wilson's Arrest", re: accusations of slander in the poem; "Subscribers to the… Read More

New York: Dell (Yearling), 1971. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Minor spine crease. "Merry Christmas, John, from Aunt Jean, Dedcember 25, 1971. ". Unwin, Nora S. 0 Glued binding. 181 p. Audience: Young adult. Pen&ink chapter heading illustrations; Cover in black, magenta, blue, w/red frame & back. During 1725, At-Mun was captured by a slave trader in Africa's Gold Coast. By the end of the century, he was a free man, living in Jaffrey, NH, and this is his true story, written for a youth audience. Winner of the Newbery Award. Yates is also a Sarah Josepha Hale Award author in Newport, NH, given annually by the Richards Free Library Trustees since 1956.

Mount Airy NC.: Explorer Press., 1995. First edition. Stated 1st edition. No print line.. Trade paperback. Very good. Signed by author. Front cover surface blemishing, light scuffing. Smooth spine. Clean interior.. Neville, Bill (Illustrations by). 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 167 p. B&W Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Popular musician, stage, screen, and television actor, Andy Griffith was a native of Mount Airy NC, also the author's birthplace. Entertainment, said Griffith, had always been the one thing he could do well. He made his mark in both drama and comedy as an actor. His reputation was that of a hard-working, smart, easy-going, humble, and humor-filled character. In 1992 Griffith was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. A front-cover subtitle notes this biography had not been authorized by Griffith, nor had it "been created, licensed or endorsed by Mayberry Enterprises or Viacom Inc."

New York.: Manor Books Inc., 1977. First edition. No print line.. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Right edge splash soiling, bottom edge short mark. Minor spine creasing, cover soiling. Age-toning.. 1 243 p. Mass-market (rack) paperback. Middle East History: In November 1977, Egypt President Anwar Sadat's trip to speak before the Israel Knesset became the first official visit by a leader from an Arab state to Israel since 1948. Sadat was one of the original architects of Egypt's independence and democracy, and became the country's 2nd president in 1970, following the death of Abdel Nasser, under that independent state government. Sadat would later die by assassination, and Mubarek became president.

New York: London.: A Pocket Book by arr. w/ Harper & Brothers., 1948. First edition. 1st Pocket printing.. Mass-market paperback. Good. Dark edge stain, dime-size, side page block.. Galdone, Paul (Illustrated by).. 1 Mass-market (rack) paperback. 183p. Pen&Ink artwork. Audience: Juvenile / Adults. Memoir / Immigration Humor: George Papashvily arrived in America on a Greek ship. He had come from Russia. Fellow steerage passengers were Syrian, Turk, Greek, Armenian, and more. In six months time, "I was a jailbird". Of course there was a story about that, and on many more events and impressions as he learned about America.

New York: London.: Harper & Brothers., 1945. 4th edition or later.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket edge wear.. 1 vii, [1] p., 1 l., 202 p., 20 cm. Memoir / Immigration Humor: George Papashvily arrived in America on a Greek ship near the start of World War II. He had come from Russia. Fellow steerage passengers were Syrian, Turk, Greek, Armenian, and more. In six months time, "I was a jailbird". Of course there was a story about that, and on many more events and impressions as he learned about America.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. Advanced Reading Copy.. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. 1 335p. B&W grayscale photos throughout. Gold/Yellow covers with gold tonal cover portrait of subject. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Known as "Mrs. Jack", lived an eccentric and independent life, shocking the 19th c. Boston aristocracy she had married into. With art historian Bernard Berenson, and after her husband's death in 1898, she created the first great private art collection and museum in America. Themes: Remarkable woman, Brahmins of Boston's Beacon Hill, emerging ethnic communities, little-known gay subculture.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1910. First edition.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Beautiful save for 4 library catalogue numbers on spine in white ink, and Pittsburg (NH) Free Public Library label inside front cover.. 0 xv, 302 p. 20 cm. Index. A career in newspapers and magazines during the 19th century in America.

Roslyn NY: Walter J. Black Inc. / Black's Readers Service, 1927. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Minor sun-fading to spine. Tight binding.. 0 401 p. Red cloth covered boards; stamped gold on black spine title box and gold spine decoration. Gold stamped author name. Literature series, uniform size and design, distributed monthly. Autobiography of Italian Renaissance artist, b. 1500.

Oxford University Press., 1939. 9th printing.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Bottom page block damp stain, waviness; not impacting text. "Your friend, Wm Lyon Phelps, 1940" on free end paper. Small round blue sticker opposite: Goodman's Bookstore, Manchester, N.H.". 1 982 p. Includes illustrations. Royal blue tightly woven cloth over boards. Gold stamped spine titles. B&W photo section. A literary life describes that of William Lyon Phelps who writes of his Connecticut upbringing and education, of his academic career at Yale University, of the many authors and innovators with whom he spent time and conversation, and of his impressions while traveling. Home was in New Haven CT; and vacations were in Port Huron MI.

Time Warner AudioBooks / Intellectual Property Management., 1998. Audiobook cassette. Very good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. All cassettes appear fine. Double-box Tape housing has library markings, pocket.. 1 6 cassettes. 9 listening hours. Audience: General/trade. American Studies; African American Autobiography, Leadership; American Civil Rights Movement, 1960s; Civil Disobedience; March for Freedom; Choir performances from Smithsonian Folkway Collection. Nobel Prize for Peace awardee and Baptist theologian Dr. King was the inspirational, determined leader raising awareness and marchers fighting, by civil disobedience, rampant segregation of and discrimination against African-Americans during the 1960s. His life was ended by an assassin. His legacy continues to be honored.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Few library markings. Light corner and spine end wear.. 1 Light orange cloth over boards. Gold titles. Blind-stamped small music & laurel symbol. viii, 293 p. front., plates, ports., map. 23 cm. Includes: Maps, Portraits, Plates. Autobiographical sequel to "Roman Spring", dedicated by Mrs. Chanler to her 21 grandchildren. This stage of her life begins near 1901 as she and her husband return to Rhode Island, having been in Rome with her father during his last years, and settling his estate. By the volume's "Envoi", her home is Sweet Briar Farm still, outside of Geneseo in upstate New York, where they had raised 7 children. Winthrop had died in 1929 but had served in the Italian Front during WWI a decade earlier. Theirs was a life of grand horseback riding hunts, culture, travel, and established wealth. She writes well of that world and those who peopled it and were their friends.

Reading MA.: Addison Wesley Publishing Company., 1992. 5th trade paperback printing. 1988 copyright.. Trade paperback. Fine. Wit prior owner inscription. Otherwise clean pages.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 322 p. 24 cm. Index. Audience: General/trade. Written by Margaret Lawrence's daughter, who is a MacArthur prize-winning sociologist, and at this writing, Professor of Education at Harvard University. Dr. Lawrence became a distinguished pioneer in child psychology. Her girlhood was in segregated Vicksburg, Mississippi. Then, her high school in Harlem prepared her for Cornell, the sole black undergraduate, supporting herself as a maid. From Columbia Medical School and a pediatric residency at Harlem Hospital, Dr. Lawrence went to teach in Nashville at Mcharry Medical College. When returning to NYC, she worked in public health with Dr. Benjamin Spock. Author Sara Lawrence Lightfoot weaves both an extraordinary family legacy of achievement with the pain of ongoing racism. She explodes the… Read More

Reading MA.: Addison Wesley Publishing., 1988. 2nd printing in same year as 1st.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. With light reading wear. Jacket near fine, only light top spine wear.. 1 Off-white cloth over spine, teal paper over boards. Copper spine titles. 321 p. Audience: General/trade. Written by Margaret Lawrence's daughter, who is a MacArthur prize-winning sociologist, and at this writing, Professor of Education at Harvard University. Dr. Lawrence became a distinguished pioneer in child psychology. Her girlhood was in segregated Vicksburg, Mississippi. Then, her high school in Harlem prepared her for Cornell, the sole black undergraduate, supporting herself as a maid. From Columbia Medical School and a pediatric residency at Harlem Hospital, Dr. Lawrence went to teach in Nashville at Mcharry Medical College. When returning to NYC, she worked in public health with Dr. Benjamin Spock. Author Sara Lawrence Lightfoot weaves both an extraordinary family legacy of achievement with… Read More