Search Results: Authors starting with N from R. Siedlecki Vintage Books

Japan: Gyouken, 1981. [April 1981] Hardcover and dustjacket, white binding with gold lettering. White dustjacket. Text entirely in Japanese, not English or an English translation. Book inscribed and signed by Ganri Yamashita, presented to Maurice F. Weisner. Yamashita was state minister for defense and protégé of prime-minister Kakuei Tanaka. He was elected to the House of Representatives 10 times during the Liberal Democratic Party's 38-year rule. Weisner was a United States four-star admiral who served as vice chief of Naval Operations from 1972 to 1973; commander in chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1973to 1976; and commander in chief, United States Pacific Command from 1976 to 1979. During World War II, Weisner is credited with the sinking of a Japanese destroyer escort. The gift tissue (folded around dustjacket) also inscribed and signed to Admiral Weisner, this time by Admiral Heshima, Japanese Navy. Condition of book: Top edge has sprinkling of old humidity stains and Very Good.… Read More

Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1986. [1986] Publisher's Paperback, 286 pages including comprehensive Index. Condition: Fine. [Some sellers online say their book is new, but it has been read. This book is Fine, New, never read. A nice, fresh copy.] This book was written for the ancestor hunter who may be descended from a soldier or sailor who fought in a military unit of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The book is also a benefit to researchers, students, scholars, librarians, journalists, authors, and re-creaters of Civil War activities and battles. There is a section for each of the eleven Confederate states as well as for the territories and border states that provided military units to the Confederate armies or navies. A very comprehensive book. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will receive when you order. We ship… Read More

Tucson, Arizona: Aztex Corporation, 1993. [1993] Hardcover and dustjacket. About 8-7/8-inches wide x 11¼ inches high. Condition of hardcover: Light bump at top of spine strip; two business cards from Goodyear executives tipped-to first free endpaper; else overall Near Fine. Free of binding cracks and tears, writing in text, and page tears. Not a former library book. Dustjacket: Light bump to top of spine panel strip, light creases, very faint aging/rubbing; else overall Very Good. Tire Wars traces Goodyear's involvement from NASCAR and sports cars in the '50s, Indy in the '60s, Formula I in the '70s, to drag races, monster trucks, land speed records, sprints, and more. Here you'll find sharp insights into auto racing and tire development - over 270 exciting photos. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1986. [1986] Hardcover. This is the full leather Easton Press edition. Black binding, leather hardcover featuring gilt designs/gilt lettering, 715 pages. Three raised ridges on spine. Lettering, designs stamped with accents of 22kt. gold - a hallmark of fine bookmaking. Book hand-selected from individually tanned hides. Textured and shaded, acid-neutral paper won't turn yellow over time. Pages are Smyth-sewn into binding for permanence (not glued like ordinary books). Edges gilded on three sides. Endpapers feature repeating eagle design. Satin ribbon page marker bound in. Condition: Age wear, handling to binding has affected gilt designs on covers (rubbing, scattered darkening of gilt and some absence of gilt in designs on front and rear covers). Gilt on spine is Fine. Rubbed marks, light scrapes to gilt edges (from handling, shelving). Text block: Light creases to pages, some waving of pages at preliminaries and several other pages at beginning of text,… Read More

New Yfork: Simon and Schuster, 1988. [1988] First Edition, Second Printing Hardcover and Dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON: "TO SANDY BEACH [can't decipher spelling of middle name] SHOUB WITH BEST WISHES FROM RICHARD NIXON." Black hardcover, gilt lettering, 336 pages including comprehensive Index. Condition of hardcover: Thin black vertical mark/stain on signing page, two corners lightly bumped on top cover; several impressions on edges from handling/shelving; else overall Very Good. Pages clean, text clear, very readable. Book kept in a temperature-controlled room; there are no smoke smells from cigarettes or cigars. Dustjacket: Price intact on flap. Minor creases to extremities from shelving/handling, else overall Very Good. In this historical book, President Richard Nixon draws on a lifetime of experience in international affairs to examine the crucial challenge facing the United States and the West: What must we do in the closing years of the twentieth… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. [1978] FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER AND DUSTJACKET. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY RICHARD NIXON ON HIS PERSONAL BOOKPLATE ATTACHED TO FIRST FREE ENDPAPER. Inscription: "To Paul Carpenter, With Best Wishes, Love Richard Nixon." Blue binding, gilt lettering and decorations; 1,120 pages including Index. Vintage photographs. Condition of hardcover: Some settled dust on binding, else overall Near Fine. Dustjacket: Price intact on flap. Minor shelf wear to extremities, including two short tears; scattered toning; several rubbed/scratched areas (from shelving); else overall Very Good. Free of smoke smells from a cigarette or cigar smoker. Kept in temperature-controlled environment. This is the autobiography of Richard Nixon, the thirty-seventh president of the United States. According to the publisher, this is an extraordinary historical document, an intensely personal memoir. Here is the story of a life of conflict and contrasts, of supreme happiness and anguished… Read More

London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press: Yale University Press, 1937. [1937] First Edition hardcover, black binding, gilt lettering, frontispiece and vintage photos throughout, 333 pages. THIS IS NOT A MORE RECENT REPRINT, OR A FACSIMILE, OR A BOOK ON DEMAND: THIS IS THE 1937 EDITION. Condition of binding: Bumps to two corners (one has lightly creased several pages), small hole on back cover and several scratches (from shelving?), backstrip (spine) has several dark stains and has lighten from sun exposure (sunning also on upper extremity of rear cover). Edges age toned. Light foxing to rear endpapers. Pages have light age toning, else are in Near Fine condition (clean, clear, readable); photos are vivid. Binding is tight. Here is the history of the liberal arts school and the early beginnings of the history of the University, later to be known as the College of Wooster located in mid-Ohio. The college was founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian Church. It has been non-sectarian since 1969. This… Read More

Greenville, South Carolina : Southern Historical Press, 1999. [1999] Black hardcover, gilt lettering on binding. Comprehensive Index, vintage photographs, 1,125 pages. Condition: periodic highlighting of sentences and paragraphs by scholar researcher; light, almost not noticeable bump to one corner of top cover, else the book is in Fine condition. Black and white photos and illustrations are clean and vivid. Book kept in temperature-controlled room. Free of the smell of cigarette or cigar smoke. An uncommon book, very collectible. This book was accepted as the official county history of Upson, Georgia by the County Commissioners, April 1930. The county is in the west central Piedmont portion of Georgia. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We will be pleased to serve you. We ship promptly. . Hardcover. Fine.