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Viking, 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very clean first edition in unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover). Golden brown cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean with clean red endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Wonderfully illustrated with historical photographs. 192 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; slightly age-toned..

Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1954. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. Clean, no bumping or wear; slightest hint of fading to top and bottom board edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Pages are clean (slight yellowing). 179 pages. Dust jacket is clean, has small edge chips, closed tear near top spine edge; photo and bio of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "Not since "Generation of Vipers" has there been such a devastating and readable criticism of American fuzzy thinking, American politics, and American mediocrity." - John P. Marquand..

New York: Paul S. Erikkson, 1967. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Paul S. Erikkson, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Very Good+. First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Very clean blue cloth boards with bright unchipped silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 264 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (5.95 on front inside flap), has slight edge wear, no chips; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of one woman's part in the fight of American workers for the right to organize. This book is Rose Schneiderman's own story of the pioneering role she played in the American Labor Movement during its rough-and-tumble formative years. It is also an account of the magnificent contribution women have made to Labor progress--the battle… Read More

New York: Metropolitan Books, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Metropolitan Books , 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Clean black boards with silver lettering on spine. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 420 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, unclipped and enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. New York City..

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. First Edition. Near FIne/Near Fine. Clean blue cloth boards with silver title lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 287 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. "Ancestors and Friends" gives an intimate picture of artistic and literary society in Paris, Rome, Edinburgh and London in the last century. 8vo. Literature..

New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1959. Book. Illus. by Ronald Searle, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1959. First Edition . Fine/Near Fine. Ronald Searle, Illustrator. First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Clean blue paper covered boards with black lettering on cover, clean unfaded black cloth spine with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Wonderful illustrations by Ronald Searle. 111 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, a few very tiny closed edge tears, small price clip on front inside flap at lower corner. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. What REALLY goes on in the big city..

Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Clean first edition, first printing in unclipped dust jacket. Clean bright color illustrated glossy cover; no bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 192 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, very light surface wear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A starkly honest book about life in a super max security prison in Minnesota, by a warden who worked there from 1996-2001..

Rodale, 2009. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Green boards with yellow spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on title page as follows: "Dear Mike, With great thanks for your support to Acumen Fund - It means the World - Jacqueline." 262 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York / Boston: Grand Central Publishing, 2017. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean white boards with blue metallic lettering on spine. Bump to one lower corner of spine with short tear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean beautifully decorated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white plates. 516 pages with Index + "About the Author." Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped; small corresponding closed tear at lower spine fold; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Regal yet mischievous, Bunny Mellon was a trend-setting American style icon, prescient art collector, talented landscape designer, horsewoman, and Best-Dressed List regular, who gained national acclaim for designing the White House Rose Garden at the behest of her close friends, President and Jacqueline Kennedy. Her lifestyle was the stuff of legend. She… Read More

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very clean first edition, first printing in clean unchipped jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Clean beige cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and unmarked. Illustrated in black and white. 318 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. The long-awaited sequel to the author's classic work "A History of the Scottish People 1560-1830." An unforgettable picture of life in Scotland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Clean green cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 201 pgs. Clean silver dustjacket is not price clipped, no chips, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Essays on the future in space, science, aging, the environment, sexuality and more by the great Isaac Asimov. 8vo. Science..

New York: Random House, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Stated First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with brown cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying; slight fading along front board bottom edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 499 pages + "About the Author." Clean jacket designed by Janet Halverson is unfaded, not price clipped, unchipped, one very short closed edge tear; photo and bio of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A classic study of poverty - one family in Mexico City tells their story..

Tucson, Arizona, USA: University of Arizona Press, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. Tucson, Arizona, USA: University of Arizona Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/fine. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "To Susan and Tolouse for all the years we know each other. - Edmundo 7/26/89" with additional note laid in: "Susan, give me a call when you get this package - Love, Edmundo." 228 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "This combination of scholarship and hard-hitting journalism stand out among writings on the coca and cocaine problem,… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Stated First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with dark brown lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean (slight tanning) with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 92 pages + "About the Author." Clean jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears, very slight edge wear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Nobel prize winner for literature speaks out boldly, urgently, and constructively on war and peace and on ways of effecting a radical change of outlook for all sides..

Boston: Little Brown, 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. Boston: Little Brown, 1970. Stated First American Edition. Fine/Very Good+. Stated First American Edition. Very clean marbled beige boards with clean unfaded black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean decorated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 278 pgs. with index. Illustrated in black & white. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with one 1/3" closed tear at top spine corner edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Publisher's review slip, typed review, and article on book laid in. With style and humor, the author surveys the progress of civilization in England, starting with the Roman conquest, including some bizarre oddities. 8vo. Great Britain..

New York: New York Society of Self-Culture, 1906. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Seventh Revised Edition.. Volume 2 only of a two-volume set. Decorated American trade binding is quite clean, no fraying or wear-through, a few small edge bumps. Green cloth boards decorated with hollyhocks and small hears, oval color paste-on illustration is clean and unchipped. White lettering on cover and spine(unchipped). Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean decorated endpapers. Color decorated title page, with frontispiece featuring names and faces of all the contributors, with small gold and black border decoration. Pages and edges are clean. Illustrated with photographs. Begins at page 305 and ends at page 608 pages including Index..

New York: William Morrow, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: William Morrow, 2003. Stated First American Edition. Fine/Fine. Clean yellow boards with black spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 363 pgs. with index. Illustrated with color plates. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. History..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing.. Second Impression, Published July, 1933, in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean unfaded black cloth boards with red lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 254 pages. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped, has a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Addresses the whole tangled problem of war, written by a highly regarded writer who was also a consciencious and honest pacificist..

New York: Random House, 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Very clean ivory cloth boards with gold and black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square. Pages and edges are clean and bright; clean endpapers, with no names, writing or marks. 119 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, has a few tiny closed edge tears at bottom corner of inside front flap fold. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A poignant account of how the poor die, as it follows the death of an old woman in Mexico. 8vo. Mexico..

New York - London - Toronto - Sydney - Auckland: Doubleday, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York - London - Toronto - Sydney - Auckland : Doubleday, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition in dust jacket. Very clean black boards with gilt lettering on black cloth spine. No surface wear or bumping. Binding is tight and square. Pages, edges and endpapers are very clean, crisp and bright; no writing or marks. Illustrated endpapers. 546 pgs. with index. Clean, bright dustjacket is price clipped, very light hint of bumping to spine edges. No chips, tears or creases. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Large 8v0. Urban Development..