Search Results: Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs from Dennis Holzman Antiques

AMS Press, New York, 1970. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vol. I only, reprint of the edition of 1892. Scott (1811-1890), British poet and artist, is best known for his connection with Rossetti's circle. He spent the last years of his life working on these memoirs, which were published after his death. Red gilt stamped cloth over boards, xi + 356 pp., illustrated with etchings and photogravures, and facsimiles of sketches. This is a very nice copy, clean, no writing or marks, binding tight, but it has a faint musty odor, and the previous owner has written his name at the top of the front free end paper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 7 oz. Category: Art & Design; Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Books; ISBN: 040405644X. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 006309. .

Brentano's, Publishers, New York, 1924. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "A true story of a two weeks' fishing trip out of Fulton Market, New York, from September 5th to September 18th, 1904, including the storm of September 15th, during which thirteen vessels were sunk in New York Bay, twenty or more barges we went ashore in and about New York, and many vessels were wrecked at sea." Dark blue gilt stamped cloth over boards, black-and-white frontis with tissue of the "Ruth M. Martin", X + 102 pages, 40 black-and-white photographic illustrations, includes Account of the Storm of September 15, 1904 by John Martensen, mate on the "Ruth M. Martin". From the Introduction: "One day a walk to the foot of Wall Street took him [the author] past Fulton Market, and the sight of the graceful lines of the fishermen, together with the 'call of the sea,' so to speak, tempted him to take… Read More

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Author. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. This is copy number 131 of 270 copies of this special autographed edition, half red gilt stamped leather and decorated paper over boards, top edges gilt, xi + 140 pp. + 8 pp. facsimile reproductions of some of her letters, edited by Otto Kallir, color reproductions of 16 of her paintings (at the end of the book), 12 b & w photographs. A three-quarter inch by three-quarter inch piece of paper tape at top edge of back board that goes very slightly over top edge onto inside back board (no idea why it is there, but we did not want to try to remove it), very minor tiny tear at top edge of front free and paper at the gutter. In a very good… Read More

Atlantic Publishing and Engraving Company, New York, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). All edges gilt - bright, rich condition. This is a memorial tribute to H. Henry Baxter, January 18, 1818-February 17, 1884. Mr. Baxter was a railroad magnate, a bank founder, and quarry owner, and Adjutant General of the State of Vermont during the Civil War. Black leather, gilt lettering on cover, frontispiece of Baxter which may have been tipped in, or put back in after having been cut out. There is some foxing to the Baxter portrait with offsetting to the tissue. In a black paper covered hinged box with a label reading "Baxter Memorial" on the front. Box is chipped, in Good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 15 oz. Category: Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 000630. .

The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1922. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Blue gilt stamped cloth spine, brown paper over boards, frontis of the Academy's building in New York city, xi + 231 pp., a veritable who's who of the American literary and art world, including William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Henry James, Theodore Roosevelt, Winslow Homer, Joel Chandler Harris, Julia Ward Howe, John Muir; each former member has a portrait with facsimile signature and a short bio. Corners and spine ends bumped, covers rubbed, a number 15 written in red pencil in blank margin page 3; otherwise, a very nice copy, clean, no writing or marks, binding tight. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 0 lbs 13 oz. Category: Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Reference Books, Bibliographies, Dictionaries; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 005915. .

Plume, New York, 1996. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very nice copy, clean, no writing or marks, binding tight; signed by the author on the title page and dated 6 Aug. 1999. Color pictorial wraps, 291 pp., illustrated with b & w photographs; "an elegaic, comic, passionate meditation on the mythic image of Jackueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis." Light crease down spine, otherwise as new. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 1 oz. Category: Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Books; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0452276497. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 005279. .

D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1864. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good/None Issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is a Livingston family copy, with the bookplate of John Henry Livingston on the front pastedown, gift inscription on the front free endpaper reads: "John H. Livingston from Uncle Robert". Green gilt stamped pebbled cloth over boards, frontis with tissue of a bust of Edward Livingston, Introduction by George Bancroft, XXIV, 448 pages, Index; Edward Livingston was both a Senator and a US Representative, as well as Secretary Of State and Minister to France. Corners and spine ends are bumped with wear, gilt on spine is faded, cloth is bubbled in spots, cover soiled, foxing on frontis and frontis tissue; interior is very good, with no writing or marks, no foxing and the binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 2 oz. Category: New York State History; United States History; Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Books; Pictures… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, New Britain, Conn, 1893. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Four volumes of this series: Explorers and Travellers, Statesmen, Inventors, and Men of Business. Burgundy cloth over boards, gilt on spine, frontispiece with tissue, illustrated in black and white, full page and in text. Explorers is 373pp.; Statesmen is 347 pp.; Inventors is 299 pp.; and Men of Business is 317 pp. All are in excellent condition internally, clean and tight. Tissue guards are yellowed. External flaws include corners and spine ends bumped, spine ends chipped, some minor scuffing. Inventors has a stain on front cover. Scuff on spine of Explorers where title is. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 6 lbs 0 oz. Category: Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available… Read More

Thomas and George Palmer, Philadelphia, 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Three-quarter leather with gilt stamped spine label and marbled paper over boards, frontis silhouette portrait of Linn by B. Tanner, xxvi, 97 pages, biographical sketch of Linn by his brother-in-law, Charles Brockden Brown. Leather is worn, offsetting from the leather on the endpapers, penciled previous owner's name on front flyleaf, offsetting from the silhouette portrait on both the title page and the preceding page, interior pages are lightly toned, some occasional very scattered light foxing, short tear in blank margin page 44; otherwise, the interior is clean with no writing or marks, and the binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 7 oz. Category: Religion; Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Poetry; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 006544. .

Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, 1898. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth, gilt stamped seal front cover, xvi + 421 pp. + xii (Index); frontis with tissue plus 15 illustrations. Covers have wear on edges, spine ends, and corners, foxing on end papers, owner's name on half title, front hinge starting, inner hinge cracked, some light foxing on a few pages. Otherwise, clean and tight. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 15 oz. Category: Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 002768. .

The Architectural Press, London, 1986. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth over boards with facsimile signature in silver on front cover, 320 pp., Index, Notes to text by chapter, listing of his principal works, bibliography of Lethaby's publications; illustrated with b & w photographs and drawings. Top corners and spine ends bumped, thin band along top edge of both covers where cloth is faded, three small indentations on front cover (which correspond to three like dents on dust jacket); otherwise a very nice copy, clean, no writing or marks, binding tight. In a black & red dust jacket that is chipped a little at corners, spine ends, and edges, two very short tears, general scuffing/surface scratches. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 14 oz. Category: Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Architecture; Books; ISBN: 0851393500. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read More