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0384557212 Random House, NY, 1986, First Edition HC, NEAR FINE in a GOOD+ dust jacket. From growing up in a project's one room apartment, her happy marriage & teaching career to her selection by the NASA & training to become the first teacher in space...and the tragic ending and aftermath. The book's only blemish is small initials on ffep. DJ… Read more about this item

0384557212 Random House, NY First Edition HC, LIKE NEW in a VERY GOOD+ dust jacket. From growing up in a project's one room apartment, her happy marriage & teaching career, to her selection by NASA & training to become the first teacher in space…and the tragic ending & aftermath. The book is blemish-free. The DJ fr. base has very light… Read more about this item

New American Library, Sept. 1995. Uncorrected Proof, stated First edition (No ISBN assigned) ex.lib. w/usual markings, etc.: GOOD+. Includes NAL complimentary B&W photo. The first autobiography by the Black tennis champion who also was a "gentleman activist" (seller's words) who broke or eased many color barriers. Cover has lib. sticker on spine, clear tape reinforced spine area & tape covering… Read more about this item

New American Library, Sept. 1995. Uncorrected Proof, stated First edition (No ISBN assigned) ex.lib. w/usual markings, etc.: GOOD+. Includes NAL complimentary B&W photo. The first autobiography by the Black tennis champion who also was a "gentleman activist" (seller's words) who broke or eased many color barriers. Cover has lib. sticker on spine, clear tape reinforced spine area & tape covering… Read more about this item

0584190435 Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989 First Edition, FINE, i.e. LIKE NEW HC in NEAR FINE DJ! After growing up in a S. African shanty town, the author's tells of his arrival alone in the U,S. (Atlanta), & his often bewildered acclimation to life in this immense but strange country. From sin to salvation, from being offended by discrimination - "America's… Read more about this item

0312920008 St. Martin's Press, NY, Oct. 1988 First PB Edition, NEAR FINE! (with Jack Casserly) A staunch conservative, patriot & one-time Republican nominee for president, this hard hitting, no punches pulled primarily covered Goldwater's 36 years as a U.S. Senator. Except for some very light edge wear, mild spine crease & the lightest of page tanning, book is blemish-free, NEAR… Read more about this item

0312920008 St. Martin's Press, NY, Oct. 1988 First PB Edition, NEAR FINE! A staunch conservative, patriot & one-time Republican nominee for president, this hard hitting, no punches pulled primarily covered his 36 years as a U.S. Senator. Except for some very light edge wear, mild spine crease & the lightest of page tanning, book is blemish-free, NEAR FINE.

0880293896 Dorset Press, NY,1989, Scarce First Edition thus. A FINE HC in a FINE DJ! (Both are LIKE NEW!) This well documented story of the most notorious spy of all time, Mata Hari (whose name means "Eye of Dawn: in Malay), provides considerable detail about the woman behind the legend. Both the book and dust jacket are Blemish free,… Read more about this item

0880293896 Dorset Press, NY,1989, Scarce First Edition thus. A FINE HC in a FINE DJ! (Both are LIKE NEW!) This well documented story of the most notorious spy of all time, Mata Hari (whose name means "Eye of Dawn: in Malay), provides considerable detail about the woman behind the legend. Both the book and dust jacket are Blemish free,… Read more about this item

Award Books, Universal Publishing, NY, 1967 First Edition, vintage paper back, VERY GOOD! From brothel to palace bedroom, nude dancer to the most notorious spy in history, no fiction can match the bizarre facts of her famous life before & during World War I. This is the first detailed story of that life. Cover has light edge & corner wear,… Read more about this item

St. Anthony Guild Press, Patterson, NJ, Jan., 1957, First Edition. Subtitled "Life of St. Peter Chanel, Marist, the First Martyr of Oceania." Original author: J. Cloupeau of France; translated by Darby, also a Marist. VERY GOOD H.C. in Good DJ, 138 p.ps., 5.5+x7.5+" with drawing by Harry Horodeck. Grayish cloth over boards cover with green imprinted letters & design on… Read more about this item

St. Anthony Guild Press, Patterson, NJ, Jan., 1957, First Edition. VERY GOOD H.C. in Good D.J.; 138 p.ps., 5.5+x7.5+" with drawing by Harry Horodeck. Subtitled "Life of St. Peter Chanel, Marist, the First Martyr of Oceania." Translated for young readers from the French by James M. Darby, also a Marist. The gray cloth on boards cover has green imprinted letters… Read more about this item

St. Anthony Guild Press, Patterson, NJ, Jan., 1957, First Edition. VERY GOOD H.C. in Good D.J.; 138 p.ps., 5.5+x7.5+" with drawing by Harry Horodeck. Subtitled "Life of St. Peter Chanel, Marist, the First Martyr of Oceania." J. Cloupeau of France; was the author. Darby, also a Marist, translated for young readers. The gray cloth on boards cover has green imprinted… Read more about this item

Dell Publishing, NY, Sept. 1975 Laurel Edition paperbacks VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD pictorial slip case. This popular condensation of Sandburg's monumental biography devotes 2 of the 3 volumes to the Civil War years & Lincoln's assassination, with details of his life & the war not found in any other single endeavor. The book covers stuck together over the years… Read more about this item

Dell Publishing, NY, Sept. 1975 Laurel Edition paperbacks VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD pictorial slip case. This popular condensation of Sandburg's monumental biography devotes 2 of the 3 volumes to the Civil War years & Lincoln's assassination, with details of his life & the war not found in any other single endeavor. The book covers stuck together over the years… Read more about this item

D. Appleton, NY 1902, subtitled "With selections from his letters;" part of Appleton's Library of brief biographies, H.C., approx. 4.5x7" tall, 260 pps. VERY GOOD! Green cloth over boards w/decorative covers and spine, black lettering on fr., gilt on spine. Cover spine is faded, has light spine end wear & curl; covers only have very light corner wear. Inside covers… Read more about this item

Clinton Books, Philadelphia, 1963, First Edition H.C. ex.lib. in Mylar protected D.J.: GOOD+/GOOD+. The mother of Winston Churchill, England's great Prime Minister. Jennie was a beautiful American whose father was fabulously rich and mother was part Iroquois; who married into the highest English society. Book has many lib. markings, mostly stampings & tape marks on inside covers & end pages.… Read more about this item

M.H. Lewis, W. Medford, MA, 1919, leather bound hard cover, First Edition, GOOD antiquarian. "An accurate picture of a Christian business man and a true gentleman of the nineteenth century." In addition to several photos of both the subject and scenes from the area he lived as part of the printed book, there is an original photo of Peabody… Read more about this item