Search Results: Biography, General from DogStar Books

Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0674015533 . B & W photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 476 pages; 1984 Harvard University Press. HC/DJ. 1st edition. Tightly bound and fresh in glossy pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $25 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Just trace shelf evidence to the jacket edges and tips. Contents clean, bright, and unmarked. Feels and appears unread and nearly as new. NF/VG++ .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525056254 . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 304 pages; 1971 E. P. Dutton & Co. HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound unmarked copy in original graphic title lettered dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned at spine and a little shelf rubbed with a few tiny nicks at edges.. VG+/VG .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hard cover. 0781285445 . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 307 pages; 1949 Charles Scribners HC/DJ 1st edition with Scribner's A on copyright page. Superb unread copy in original pictorial dust jacket with $3.50 issue price on unclipped front flap. Mild toning and shelf soiling to jacket rear panel; light sunning to spine panel. NF/VG .

Philadelphia: Privately Printed. Very Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Tipped in b&w photos; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 47 pages; 1938 Privately Printed. Oversize HC in original tan paper covered boards with printed paper title label to the upper board. Spine unlettered, as issued. Snugly bound and clean. Digned by Warren Davis on the title page. Light shelf bump to crown of spine with tiny nicks to paper; superficial shelf bump to lower front corners. Illustrated with numerous b&w photos and tipped in plates. VG; Signed by Author .

New York: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0802110479 . Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages; Snug, solid and very neat in a crisp edged pictorial dust jacket with $18,95 issue price intact on unclipped front flap. Just trace shelf evidence to jacket at spine ends. Prior owner's small, circular blind stamp to blank area at the lower corner of the title page. Tight binding - feels and appears unread. NF/NF .

Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; 1928 Lothrop Lee & Shepard. HC/DJ. 1st edition. Snugly bound, neat and clean in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $3.00 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Dark blue cloth lettered in black. Dust jacket lightly shelf rubbed at edges with a few shallow chips and short closed tears. Trace toning to endpages. Illustrated from b&w photos and reproductions on glossy stock plates. NF/VG .

Bloomsbury Academic. Fine. 2016. Paperback. 1628920696 . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 432 pages; Larger trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh; feels and appears unread and about as new. Fine .

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.. Very Good+. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 423 pages; 1935 Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. HC 1st edition. Snugly bound and neat in original dark blue cloth with titles to spine and pictorial medallion to cover brightly in gilt. Two related newsclippings pasted to the front flyleaf. Illustrated with b&w photos and a tissue guarded frontis. Just superficial crimping to cloth at spine ends. Handsome copy of this uncommon biography. VG++ to NF .

Stuttgart: Chr. Besler. Good+. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. B & W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 176 pages; [1926] Chr. Besler, Stuttgart. HC snugly bound in original pebbled green cloth titles boldly in gilt to spine. 1st edition. Period gift inscription penned to front endpage. Illustrated with some b&w photos. Scattered through the text are some pencil underlining of passages and sentences. Otherwise bright and solid. Graded dwon because of erasable pencil underscoring. Hard to find title. G++ .

New York: Fleming H. Revell. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 253 pages; 1942 Fleming H. Revell. HC/DJ 1st edition. Soundly bound in original red cloth with titles brightly in gilt and red to spine. Original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $2.50 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Notably it appears the ionly difference between the 1st and 2nd editions is on the dust jacket. Hinges a little tender but contents sound and clean. It appears that a frontis photograph may be missing; there is no frontis present in this 1st edition copy. Scarce dust jacket is tired and worn, sunned and brittle at spine with jagged partial splits along the joint folds and shallow chipping at spine ends. We have placed some archival japanese paper tape to the rear of the jacket to close the splits and reinforce the spine. VG-/G .

New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2020. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0812997131 . B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 792 pages; 2020 Random House. Stout HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Bright, tight and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $40 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Feels and appears unread and about as new. F/NF .

New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good-. 2007. Paperback. 0300123639 . B & W Portraits and figures; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 496 pages; 2007 Yale University Press. Larger trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Soundly bound and clean with no marks. Light shelf and handling rub and wear to cover edges. VG- .

Masthof Press. Fine. 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 1601264755 . Color and b&w photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages; 2016 Masthof Press. Trade sized paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh. Unread copy entirely as new. Illustrated with color and b&w photos. Fine .

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 219 pages; 1963 The Johns Hopkins University Press. HC/DJ. 1st edition. Snugly bound and neat in original pictorial dust jacket. Text clean and neat with no marks of any kind. Jacket lightly sun toned at spine and spine adjacent edges. Several old wax pencil prices to front flyleaf. VG++/VG .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0671252259 . B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 527 pages; 1984 Simon & Shuster. Stout HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Tightly bound and fresh in immaculate pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $19.95 issue price intact to the unclipped front flap. Contents clean, bright, and unmarked. Feels and appears unread and as new. F/F .

Greenwood Press. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2001. Hardcover. 0313303568 . B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages; [SIGNED Presentation Copy] 2001 Greenwood Press. HC tightly bound in original blue cloth. Inscribed warmly by the author on the front endpage to fellow scholar, Michael Schuyler. Issued without wrapper. NF; Signed by Author .

Lancaster PA: Printed for the Author By Forry & Hacker. Very Good. 1972. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. ; Includes illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 277 pages; Hardcover printed for the author by Forry & Hacker. Limited edition of 200 copies; this example hand numbered and signed by the author; 52/200. Inscribed to Redmond C. Hager. HC in pebbled blue cloth with lettering in silver to spine and cover. Laid in at rear is a rarely seen 6 page addendum saddle stapled and with a typed note from the author paper clipped to the front. Scarce recollections of a prominent Lancaster PA military man who served in conflicts dating from 1916 Mexican border episodes through the Korean war. Figured in County and State politics. Solid and neat with no rub or wear. Small superficial stain to top edge of page block is not visible to page surfaces but with a few insignificant spots of foxing to the top edge of the glossy frontis portrait.… Read More

Atlanta: Donaldson-Woods Co. Very Good-. 1929. First Edition. Paperback. B&W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 28 pages; 1929 Donaldson-Woods Co. For Mrs Arthur Hale. Small format paperback in stiff card stock covers with titles in brown to cover. Illustrated with b&w photos. Prior owmer name penned to front endpage. Tiny nick to cover at front edge. VG- .

Prague: Karolinum Press, Charles University. Near Fine. 2015. Paperback. 802462379X . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 170 pages; 2015 Karolinum Press. Trade size paperback is tight, bright, and unread. Feels and appears unread with just a hint of shelf evidence to extremities. About as new. NF .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0671200437 . B & W photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 588 pages; 1968 Simon & Schuster. Stout HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and unmarked in original decorative title lettered dust jacket with publisher's $12 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Jacket with light toning to the edges of the predomiantly white side panels and flap edges; short closed tear top edge rear panel and superficial shelf rubbing edges. Light shelf bump bottom front corner. Illustrated with b&w photos. VG+/VG .