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San Diego:: Harcourt Brace,, 2002.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. Signed by Astronaut Carpenter. Scott Carpenter was one of seven Project Mercury astronauts who took part in America's burgeoning space program in the 1960s. He writes candidly of the pioneering science, training, and biomedicine of early space flight and tells the heart-stopping tale of his famous spaceflight aboard Aurora 7. He shares stories from the earliest days of NASA and, for the first time ever, Carpenter's own account of his controversial flight and splashdown.

New York: Harper and Row, 1987. Signed on the half-title page by composer Philip Glass. First edition / First printing. White cloth. Fine in price-clipped, fine dust jacket.

U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Signed by Author. pp. 283, b/w and colour photographs, SIGNED in blue ink by Jackson on the free end page. Possibly signed and inscribed by Michael Jackson on half title page

London: London: Smith, Elder and Co., 15 Waterloo Place, 1873. 1st Edition . Full cloth. Very Good. First edition, two volumes, octavo; xi, [i], 413, 380pp. In original uniform publisher's brown buckram with gilt and blind decoration to spines and front boards, bindings lightly worn, original endpapers, volume one title page annotated with brief biographical details of the author, light spotting to opening and closing leaves of each volume otherwise clean and complete, with portrait frontispiece to volume one. Family association copy with the small ownership label of W.B. Drummond to each front pastedown. Attractive example in very good original state of this well researched study.

Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade. By Patrick Dennis. Vanguard Press 1959 First Edition, Stated Third Printing Thus. "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Used. VG/VG Unclipped $3.50 ORIGINAL DJ is now protected in a mylar wrap. One of the funniest books ever written, this story was also a made into a play, a film, and a musical with the incomparable Rosalind Russell and Lucille Ball. Rare/quite scarce in a nice dj. Please see our photos. A great find.

A Flitch Of Bacon, or The Custom of Dunmow (Copyright 1854, George Routledge & Sons.. "Published 1854 by Geo. Routledge. By William H. Ainsworth Published in London. Leatherbound edition. One of a set titled "Ainsworth's Novels" Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert and titled in the same manner as depicted. RARE. "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Please see our stock photo. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket as issued. Attractive marbled black leather boards with 5 ribs and gold titling, gold top stain. A story about traditional British marriage practices of yore.

Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Edition. BIOGRAPHY. True crime, Ornithology. Stated First Printing Thus Exlib. Good- condition. Spine is a bit cocked. No Dust jacket is included. "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. Will ship from Oregon.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green , 1827. Two volumes in contemporary calf, professionally rebacked in matching calf with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt and with gilt floral decorations, edges marbled, plain white later end papers. Very Good, the boards lightly rubbed at edges.Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was an Irish playwright, poet and satirist and long-time owner of the London Theatre Royal. . Fifth Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Richard Bentley, 1866. Volumes I and II published 1859, Vol. III, 1866. SCARCE in the three volume set. In unsigned fine binding of half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt back, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, a few rubs at raised bands of Vols. I and III, spines a shade darkened, scant toning at end papers, a quite handsome set. Lord John Russell (1792-1878) served as Prime Minister of the England from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 1866. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dutton, 1978. Signed facing the title page at the top of his portrait by Charlton Heston. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Fine in about fine dust jacket. A handsome copy of this title. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ben Hur. From 1965-71, he served as the elected president of the Screen Actors Guild. Five-term president of the National Rifle Association (1998-2003).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcovers. Very Good/No Jacket. Two volumes, complete. Frontispiece in each volume. Original green buckram cloth, brown leather spine labels. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spines are mildly sunned, the spine labels have some edge chipping; ownership signature on ffep of vol 2; 8vo; 8.25 inches tall; First Edition, First Printing.. Badé was commissioned in 1915 as literary executor of Muir's estate, and he immediately began to collect Muir letters of copies of letters, accumulating nearly two thousand in all. Muir was a prolific letter-writer. According to his daughter, his first order of business each day was to answer letters and send out his on correspondence. His letters as first-hand reminiscences give and insight and understanding of Muir that can not be found in other sources. Ref: Kimes 366; BAL 14779.

RARE SIGNED STATED FIRST EDITION: Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Ed. w/ exlib replacement 1st Ed. DJ is an original HARVEY GABOR White/black jail bars/ bird inset dust jacket protected by a mylar wrap. Unclipped Front flap states 9/55. Used. Good-/Good condition original dust jacket. Front cover states: "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. Quite the find. Will ship from Oregon.

1686 IRELAND 1ed James Ussher Life & Letters Archbishop Irish Bible Sermons

"What is it which all men especially desire? Eternal life and happiness?" ­
– James Ussher, Body of Divinity
James Ussher was an early 17th-century Archbishop in the Church of Ireland who is most remembered for giving an exact date to the beginning of creation. His full body of work includes letters, sermons, dissertations, and exegeticals, but this work focuses solely on improving the Christians life and strengthening their faith. A biographical sketch of Ussher's life was written by Richard Parr in 1686 in which he included hundreds of correspondence letters, including those from William Camden and Edward Stradling.
Item number: #18171
Price: $950
PARR, Richard
The life of the most reverend father in God, James Usher, late Lord Arch-Bishop of Armagh, primate and metropolitan of all Ireland. With a collection of three hundred letters, between the said Lord Primate and most of the eminentest persons for piety and learning… Read More

Around the World with General Grant, A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant to Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878 1879; To Which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History. by John Russell Young, with Eight Hundred Illustrations.In Two Volumes. New York: Subscription Book Department, The American News Company: volumes are 631 pages each.Condition: This complete two volume set is bound in full leather and is in superior condition, with all maps, good gilt on covers and spine, and a secure binding with clean text blocks. Engraving of Grant is original and also in good condition, with tissue guard. Fold out map in volume II is present and all original and in very good condition as well. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.*Please Note: This item… Read More

The Life and Times of Henry Clay, by Samuel M Smucker, LL. D., Author of ..."Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson" ... Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 439 Chestnut Street, 1860. Stereotyped by J. Fagan. 1860 First Edition.
Condition: Re-backed as pictured. Initial pages heavily foxed, as is the original tissue guard for the frontispiece portrait. Owner "E W Grover MD" signed top of page iii, the Preface. Otherwise, no stamps or writing found within. Vibrant gilt on spine. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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