Against Gray Walls or Lawyer's Dramatic Escapes by Kustoff, Michael I - 1934

Los Angles: Michael I. Kustoff, 1936. 224 pp. Good in wraps. Wraps show light wear and creases. Kustoff was born in Russia and was an officer in the Russian army during the start of WWI. He fellow out of favor with the military and left Russia, ending up in America. He worked various jobs in southern California while working towards a law degree. Kustoff worked in support of workers' rights, and he argued that his frequent arrests and stints in insane asylums were because of his political beliefs. He accused officials of poisoning him with poisonous gas and mistreating him in other ways. As the years went by, Kustoff moved around the country doing various work living in Washington, Florida, and eventually Texas, where he finally did become a lawyer. He also wished to become licensed to practice law in California but was denied because of his sketchy career in the state. Justice in Iron Mask is his argument for wanting the California Supreme court to hear his case. The court declined to take action.… Read More

Olive Oil Exporters Association of Spain Unusual size spiral bound softcover - narrow 4to horizontal about 12 inches wide and 4 inches tall with the spiral at the top; unpaginated - about 30 pages Recipes by Susy Umlauf Recipes include: White Gazpacho; Multicolor Omelettes; Snapper and Tomato; Vegetable Provencale; Kidney Beans, Peas and Green Beans; Oxtail and Lentil Stew; Spanish Potato Omelette; Stuffed Breast of Veal; Beef Burgers with Beer; Partridges with Chocolate; Braised Beef with Glazed Vegetables; Catalonian Rice Salad; Breads, more. Some overall handling wear, worn bottom right corner, and crease to back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Spiral. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Private Press.

Hardcover edition with price clipped dust jacket. Recollections written in verse of a Southern boyhood. Multiple b/w photos of the author's boyhood in 1940's Mississippi. Introduction by John Mack Carter

NY: Association Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed.. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Foreword by Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Hughes. A biography of the short-lived (1873-1911) reverend and religious missionary in western India, written by many of his family members and friends, including Rev. Samuel H. Lee, Welling H. Tinker, Rev. Albert Parker Fitch, Rev. Alden H. Clark, Hannah Hume Lee (his widow) , Rev. Arthur Osborn Pritchard and Fred B. Smith. Many photos. Tipped in letter at front free endpaper written and signed by Hannah Hume Lee. xiv, 178 pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.

By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

J.M. Dent & Co. and E.P. Dutton & Co., 1906, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 296 pages, 7" x 9", TEG, bumped corners, foxing to endpapers, otherwise clean and tight. Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417 – 1468) was an Italian condottiero and nobleman, a member of the House of Malatesta and Lord of Rimini, Fano, and Cesena from 1432.

New York, Harper and Row, 1971, hardcover, xiii-368 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Good in Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. Straight and firmly bound, dampstain to top edge affecting front board and top of first 50 pages, non-authorial gift inscription to previous owner to half-title page, light spine-end and corner wear. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge nicks, darkening to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The author of Our Crowd, The Right People, and Those Harper Women, presents an in-depth look at the tiny band of twenty-three Sephardim who arrived in the United States in 1654 from Spain, the rich and varied history of their descendants, and the impact they had on the development of the social, financial, and political landscape. Illustrated with 8 black-&-white plates. Appended: Sources, Index. An Abbreviated Genealogical Chart of America's Sephardic Elite attached inside rear cover. ISBN 9780060103378

Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.

Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1973. Edited and Introduction by A. Grove Day. [4] xlv,[1], 205pp, [3], 16 photographic plates inserted. Brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Map illustrative endpapers. Binding is tight, slight foxing on page edges. Dust jacket has faded spine, and a few small tears at bottom edge. Front of dust jacket showing shelf wear. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.

New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1968. 8vo size pictorial hardcover with matching dust jacket - even the author photo and biography on the jacket appear on the hardcover; 189 pages plus two black and white maps. Back cover has black and white photo of author and full page biography. From jacket: "Ruthless, cynical, arrogant, brilliant, supremely dedicated to a rigid concept of duty and vast dream of grandeur, Otto von Bismarck guided Germany to greatness and stood guard over the peace of Europe - while planting seeds of future destruction... What came to be known as the Age of Bismarck was an era of sharp paradox. The man who had based his policy on "blood and iron" now designed a peace that last 40 years." Ex-library with typical treatments, fep is clipped, jacket is covered with mylar. Tape transfer marks on endpapers. Edgewear, bumped top corners and head and heel of spine, worn corners. Pages 155-165 have creases on the bottom and we noted at least four creased page top… Read More