Hardcover. NY, Writer's Guild and Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 32 pages, illustrated in color and b&w by Ward. Pictorial endpapers. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Softcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 248 pages. Name on front fly leaf whited out, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. London, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 536 pages, 1117 illustrations, 74 in color. Translated from the Dutch & edited by Elizabeth Willems-Treeman. The chapter headings are: iconoclasm & revolt 1566-1588; the artist's social position; the patrons; theories of art; realism & symbolism; different genres; the development of painting in the early 17th century; painting in Haarlem, Leiden, Amsterdam, the Northern Quarter, Utrecht, Delft, The Hague etc 1625-1650; The Republic in the third quarter of the 17th Century; painting in Haarlem, Leiden, Amsterdam, the Northen Quarter, Utrecht, Delft, The Hague etc 1650-1680. Name on half-titile page, otherwise clean. NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, "A Random House Play", 131 pages illustrated with photographs from the stage production featuring Kaye Ballard and Jerry Stiller. Cover label illustration by Hirschfeld. John Latouche's Introduction is his unusual expository curtain speech recounting the circumstances of the plays inception and history. Front end paper tanned. No dust jacket.
Hardcover. London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 596 pages. Pieces originally published in the magazine Horizon including contributions by Dylan Thomas, Octavio Paz, Randall Jarrell, Bertrand Russell, Paul Eluard, Edith Sitwell, Kenneth Rexroth, Hermann Hesse and many others. A 21 year history attempting to reveal the best of this publication. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday and Co., 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket, $4.95 on the flap. 315 pages with b&w illustrations. Informal profiles by this former sportswriter of some of the stars of the "Golden Decade" of the 1920s - in boxing, tennis, baseball, football, golf - including Bobby Jones, Babe Ruth, Gertrude Ederle, Gene Tunney, Helen Wills, Ty Cobb, Jack Dempsey, Knute Rockne and many more. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Rutledge/Scribners, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, dust jacket with mild fading to spine. Over 260 illustrations (64 in color) are accompanied by details of your favorite NBC television and radio stars: Groucho Marx, Liza Minelli, Jimmy Durante, Johnny Carson, George Burns, and many more. Foreword by Bob Hope. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A magisterial achievement: part biography, part history, part moral meditation on the resurrection of torture as an instrument of political power in the twentieth century, The Good Listener tells the story of Helen Bamber, a good but complex woman now in her seventies, who has spent her life battling to bring the dark side of history into the light. In almost every situation in our century where mankind has demonstrated its capacity to intensify evil--during the Nazi Holocaust, in Algeria, Chile, Africa, the USSR, and Israel, as well as in postwar Britain and Germany--Bamber has served as a witness, an expert, or a reproach, as well as a repository of our collective memory of debasement. Her father, a Polish Jew, had been so obsessed by the Fascist threat that he would read to Helen from Goebbels' speeches, teaching her how corrupting and manipulative language can be. She went to Bergen-Belsen after World War II had ended, and upon her return to London she dedicated herself to caring for the young survivors of the camp. So began Bamber's brave devotion to the grim and dangerous task of undoing the work of the torturer--culminating, after her participation as a central force in Amnesty International, in her establishment in England of the Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. Because Bamber's uncanny openness to others has been one of her great skills, Clean copy.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Encounter Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 222 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Clean, unmarked copy. Black and white pictures in center. Goodyear was an entrepreneur who actually made good on the ever-popular claim that his company would change the world. Korman, senior editor of Engineering News-Record, dryly traces the life of the rubber pioneer and American industrial legend in this part scientific history lesson and part American business story. Goodyear (1800-1860) became an inventor not out of any great scientific thirst; he was self-taught and wanted to make money. He earned success, but endured continual patent monopoly battles and numerous trips to debtors' prison as he steadfastly and compulsively held onto his dream of using rubber to change just about every aspect of life. (According to Korman, Goodyear frequently wore a coat made of rubber in his early inventing days to underscore the versatility of his product.) Korman waxes scientific at times, offering in-depth descriptions of how Goodyear cooked rubber and sulfur compounds, yet his technical discourses are not so esoteric that they will turn away amateurs. His book is also valuable for its accurate portrayal of factory life in the 1830s and '40s; his accounts of the aproned men who chopped rubber with axes and knives and the machines that ground it are lively examples of industrial age America. Clean copy.
Hardcover. San Francisco, Encounter Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 222 pages. Clean, unmarked copy. Black and white pictures in center. Goodyear was an entrepreneur who actually made good on the ever-popular claim that his company would change the world. Korman, senior editor of Engineering News-Record, dryly traces the life of the rubber pioneer and American industrial legend in this part scientific history lesson and part American business story. Goodyear (1800-1860) became an inventor not out of any great scientific thirst; he was self-taught and wanted to make money. He earned success, but endured continual patent monopoly battles and numerous trips to debtors' prison as he steadfastly and compulsively held onto his dream of using rubber to change just about every aspect of life. (According to Korman, Goodyear frequently wore a coat made of rubber in his early inventing days to underscore the versatility of his product.) Korman waxes scientific at times, offering in-depth descriptions of how Goodyear cooked rubber and sulfur compounds, yet his technical discourses are not so esoteric that they will turn away amateurs. His book is also valuable for its accurate portrayal of factory life in the 1830s and '40s; his accounts of the aproned men who chopped rubber with axes and knives and the machines that ground it are lively examples of industrial age America. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, 350 pages, b&w illustrations. This illustrated account of the impact of the English Gothic revival on American church architecture in the mid-nineteenth century finds that this fundamentally conservative movement provided the foundation for a new, influential aesthetic. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Hill & Wang, 3rd pr., 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 358 pages, b&w illustrations. From modest beginnings as a tea shop, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, with nearly sixteen thousand stores. But its explosive growth made it a mortal threat to mom-and-pop grocery stores across the nation. Main Street fought back tooth and nail, leading the Hoover, Roosevelt, and Truman administrations to investigate the Great A&P. In a remarkable court case, the government pressed criminal charges against the company for selling food too cheaply-and won. The acclaimed historian Marc Levinson tells the story of a struggle between small business and big business that tore America apart. George and John Hartford took over their father's business and reshaped it again and again, turning it into a vertically integrated behemoth that paved the way for every big-box retailer to come. George demanded a rock-solid balance sheet; John was the marketer-entrepreneur who led A&P through seven decades of rapid changes. Together, they set the stage for the modern consumer economy by turning an archaic retail industry into a highly efficient system for distributing food at low cost. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Liveright, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Years before Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris electrified the nation, a group of daredevil pilots, most of them veterans of the World War I, brought aviation to the masses by competing in the sensational transcontinental air race of 1919. The contest awakened Americans to the practical possibilities of flight, yet despite its significance, it has until now been all but forgotten. In The Great Air Race, journalist and amateur pilot John Lancaster finally reclaims this landmark event and the unheralded aviators who competed to be the fastest man in America. His thrilling chronicle opens with the race's impresario, Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, who believed the nation's future was in the skies. Mitchell's contest--critics called it a stunt--was a risky undertaking, given that the DH-4s and Fokkers the contestants flew were almost comically ill-suited for long-distance travel: engines caught fire in flight; crude flight instruments were of little help in clouds and fog; and the brake-less planes were prone to nosing over on landing. The race was a test of endurance that many pilots didn't finish: some dropped out from sheer exhaustion, while others, betrayed by their engines or their instincts, perished. For all its tragedy, Lancaster argues, the race galvanized the nation to embrace the technology of flight. A thrilling tale of men and their machines, The Great Air Race offers a new origin point for commercial aviation in the United States. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Brentano's, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original publisher's blue cloth, lettered silver on spine and on front cover. Signed presentation from Stephen Wise on front fly leaf. 294 pages. A critique of the White Paper of Lord Passfield and the charges of betrayal hurled at the British Labor Government by Jews regarding British-Zionist relations. Mild shelf wear, clean copy. Remnants of dj laid in.
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A Knopf, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, 324 pages plus index. Illustrated with 17 halftone reproductions from various sources and with line drawings by Nick Eggenhofer. A comprehensive history of the slaughter of the buffalo, the battles between the hunters and Indians. Also tells of the buffalo hunting for sport by Washington Irving and the Russian Prince Alexis. Describes Buffalo Bill's killing buffaloes to feed the men who were building a railroad across the plains. Most of the book, however chronicles the hide hunters who swarmed over the ranges in 1871 and reduced the herds of nearly forty million buffaloes to fewer than one-thousand, taking the hides and leaving the meat to rot. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Oakland CA, Pacific Press, reprint, 1888, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, leather bound with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. 704 pages, b&w illustrations. The book explores the ongoing spiritual conflict between good and evil from a Christian perspective, focusing on the consequences of humanity's choices throughout history. It seeks to illuminate the relationship between divine providence and human agency, ultimately aiming to provide readers with understanding and hope in the face of moral struggles and cosmic battles. The opening of this work introduces the foundational themes of the great controversy, beginning with a poignant depiction of Jesus' sorrow over Jerusalem's future destruction due to its rejection of Him. White emphasizes the spiritual blindness and rebellion of the people, reflecting on the historical and prophetic significance of Jerusalem as the chosen city of God. The author sets the stage for exploring the broader themes of persecution, apostasy, and the eventual triumph of good over evil, indicating that the narrative will trace historical events and divine truths that shape the ongoing struggle between Christ and Satan. Covers worn, short split to spine at top. Copyright page states 1888 with no other printings but one of the illustrated plates has a 1891 date, so assumed a reprint edition. The endpapers, front and back, are frayed, wrinkled. All edges gilt. Interior clean. Due to size and weight, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.
NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 609 pages, b&w illustrations. They say that history is written by the victors. But not in the case of the most famous dissenter on the Supreme Court. Almost a century after his death, John Marshall Harlan's words helped end segregation and gave us our civil rights and our modern economic freedom. But his legacy would not have been possible without the courage of Robert Harlan, a slave who John's father raised like a son in the same household. After the Civil War, Robert emerges as a political leader. With Black people holding power in the Republican Party, it is Robert who helps John land his appointment to the Supreme Court. At first, John is awed by his fellow justices, but the country is changing. Northern whites are prepared to take away black rights to appease the South. Giant trusts are monopolizing entire industries. Against this onslaught, the Supreme Court seemed all too willing to strip away civil rights and invalidate labor protections. So as case after case comes before the court, challenging his core values, John makes a fateful decision: He breaks with his colleagues in fundamental ways, becoming the nation's prime defender of the rights of Black people, immigrant laborers, and people in distant lands occupied by the US. Harlan's dissents, particularly in Plessy v. Ferguson, were widely read and a source of hope for decades. Thurgood Marshall called Harlan's Plessy dissent his "Bible"--and his legal roadmap to overturning segregation. In the end, Harlan's words built the foundations for the legal revolutions of the New Deal and Civil Rights eras.
Softcover. New York, Brooklyn Museum, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 180 pages, b&w and color photography. Very light edge wear, else a very clean, tight copy. Wonderful book on the great Brooklyn Bridge. Includes much historical material, chapters on the design of the bridge with several beautiful fold-outs, and many full color repros. of the many paintings and artwork that have been inspired by the beauty of one of the wonders of the modern world. Even includes a small filmog. of films that have used the Bridge as a background or a major location/set. Published on the 100th anniversary of the opening of the bridge and an exhibition celebrating it, held at The Brooklyn Museum.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. "The Great Epidemic" by A. A. Hoehling is a dramatic documentary about the worst plague in history, the flu epidemic of 1918. Between March and December five hundred thousand Americans perished, and nearly twenty million sickened.
Hardcover. London, The Folio Society, reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 261 pages indexed, with black slipcase. Striking Folio Society edition of Bell's revised 1952 account of the Great Fire of London, describing the state of the city prior to the inferno; the cause of the blaze and accounts of its spread throughout London, as well the immediate and long term aftermath. With color images and maps to end-papers.
Hardcover. Hoboken NJ, John Wiley, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 294 pages. The tragic story of the disastrous London fire is told here from both a human and architectural point of view, as the fire destroyed lives along with buildings such as the original St. Paul's cathedral. The Great Fire of London depicts the heartfelt and inspiring human dramas that unfolded, drawing on firsthand accounts of aristocrats, tradesmen, and servants. It reveals the stories of many compelling figures, including diarist Samuel Pepys, who saw the early hours of the fire from the Tower of London, as well as Charles II and his brother, who helped the commoners thwart the flames. In an era when structures were built of wood with thatched roofs, before organized fire departments and insurance, the Great London Fire left in its aftermath a devastated population of homeless, poverty-stricken people who nevertheless found the strength and courage to rebuild their city from ashes. Light bump to bottom rear cover, clean copy.
Hardcover. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 128 pages, illustrated throughout by Searle's drawings. A witty and irreverent glance at the three-hundred-year history of the Hudson's Bay Company, North America's oldest continuing commercial enterprise. Light edgewear to the dust jacket, otherwise a clean, tight copy.
 "The Gold Rush by: McNeer, May/ Lynd Ward (Illust)")
 "The Gold Standard and the Logic of Naturalism: American Literature at the Turn of the Century by: Michaels, Walter Benn")
 "The Golden Age: Dutch Painters Of The Seventeenth Century by: B. (Bob) Haak")
 "The Golden Apple: A Musical in Two Acts by: Latouche, John and Jerome Moross")
 "The Golden Horizon by: Connolly, Cyril (Ed.)")
 "The Golden People by: Paul Gallico")
 "The Golden Years of Broadcasting: A Celebration of the First 50 Years of Radio and TV on NBC by: Campbell, Robert")
 "The Good Listener: Helen Bamber A Life Against Cruelty by: Neil Belton")
 "The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly (SIGNED COPY) by: Richard Korman")
 "The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly by: Richard Korman")
 "The Gothic Revival and American Church Architecture: An Episode in Taste, 1840-1856 by: Stanton, Phoebe B.")
 "The Grand Tradition: Seventy Years of Singing on Record 1900 to 1970 by: J. B. Steane")
 "The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America by: Marc Levinson")
 "The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation by: Lancaster, John")
 "The Great American Rascal: The Turbulent Life of Aaron Burr by: Vail, Philip")
 "The Great Betrayal (SIGNED BY WISE) by: Wise, Rabbi Stephen S. & De Haas, Jacob")
 "The Great Buffalo Hunt by: Gard, Wayne")
 "The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan During the Christian Dispensation by: Ellen Gould Harmon White")
 "The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero by: Peter S. Canellos")
 "The Great East River Bridge, 1883-1983 by: No Author (Brooklyn Museum)")
 "The Great Epidemic: When the Spanish Influenza Struck by: Hoehling, A. A.")
 "The Great Fire of London in 1666 by: Bell, Walter George")
 "The Great Fire of London in that Apocalyptic Year 1666 by: Hanson, Neil")
 "The Great Fur Opera:Annals of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1670-1970 by: Ronald Searle; Kildare Dobbs")