Very minor edgewear, bottom corners bumped, PO's name stamped inside. DJ shows some edgewear and minor chipping at ends of spine and flaps. Text is clean and unmarked. 2 glossy photos of Norris Dam (by day and at night) are laid in. "This is the saga of Homer Zigler, who wanted more than anything else in the world to write "The Great American Novel." Originality, humor, pathos, mark this second novel by the author of The Anointed. It has depth, warmth and a fresh observation of people-this story of a man and his inner and outer life- this chronicle of dreams and hopes framed by... View More...
Corners very slightly bumped, gift inscription on end paper. DJ has 1 3/4" tear, minor edgewear. Text is clean and bright.
"In his latest book Nathan A. Scott turns to three writers - the novelists Norman Mailer and Saul Bellow, and the critic Lionel Trilling - whom he considers to be close to the center of what is most deeply animating in American literature of the present time. And he proposes that each now requires to be thought of as enacting, in a large and brilliant way, the role of moralist."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
x + 461 pp., bibliography, 13 color plates. Small dent along top back edge, tiny spot on spine. DJ has very minor edgewear, two closed 1/4" tears.
The groundbreaking treatise by the great authority on child development and disorder, Dr. Bruno Bettelheim, of the theory and implementation of his philosophy of "total milieu therapy" at the Orthogenic School of the University of Chicago and its transformative effect on the lives of so-called "incurable" schizophrenic and autistic children and youths.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
311 pp. Beige cloth boards with gold lettering on black background. Spine slanted, some edgewear, corners a bit bumped. From the Barr-Hurst Book Shop Circulating Library with two stamps on free endpaper. DJ somewhat scuffed, glued to boards, with shallow chipping and small tears along edges, spine is sunned. Text is clean and unmarked. "One never-to-be forgotten day while Norman Pascoe was intent on clipping the privet hedge, he came face to face with a lion: an unusual, not to say disturbing, situation, but handled commendably. The memory of how coolly he 'inveigled' the creature i... View More...
456 pp., indices by name and by subject, Suggestions for Reading, Table of Dates, errata page tipped in at end of Table of Contents. PO name on front free endpaper. DJ is soiled, spine sunned, 1/2" tear, , tiny chips at bottom of spine and back flap.
"This bbok attempts a fairly systematic and comprehensive survey of economic thought from the Great Depression to the World Slump, or from Jevons to Keynes."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
Blue cloth boards. DJ in protective wrap taped to boards. Ex-library with usual stamps. Text is clean and bright. "It had started out to be a miserable summer for Jerry Nelson - with his father in the hospital recovering from an automobile accident and his mother so worried about him - and about finances, too. And Jerry only adding to her worries! At least, that was the way it looked the night he was picked up in a car driven by a hot-rodding friend and escorted home by the police. And then the embarrassment of finding his Uncle Ed there in the living room with his mother - well, th... View More...
Part of M. A. Donohue & Co."s "The Golden Days Series;" no publication date given. 346 pp., orange cloth boards with black lettering, pastedowns show silhouette of boy fishing with dog at his side, glossy color frontispiece tipped in of three boys fishing. Front board is spotted, spine sunned and frayed along top and back edge, corners bumped and chipped, webbing exposed between frontispiece and title page. Appears to be ex-library because it has a "Date Due" slip inside, although no other stamps; PO name inside. Text has 2" dampstain which intrudes into margin app... View More...
202 pp. Black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine outlined in purple. Some edgewear & bumping. DJ in protective Brodart plastic wrap. DJ has some tiny chips along edge and a 1/2" chip on back edge, two 3/4" tears Signed by both authors on bottom of back flap. "When George Papashvily landed in this country from Georgia in Russia he thought of America as a place where anything can happen - and in twenty years he has not changed his mind. It is possible to describe Anything Can Happen in a dozen ways, all of them true. It is the story of the making of an American. It is ... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, 2 tiny spots on front board, minor shelfwear, PO's name on free endpaper. DJ has 2 small closed tears, tiny chips at top and bottom of spine & flaps. Text is bright and attractive. "To 17-year-old Jenny MacArthur, life seemed full of difficulties and disappointments that could only be borne because in her secret heart she was deeply in love--for the first time--with Ben Adams, an American exchange student whom her brother John had brought home for a visit. Though Ben had now returned to America and sent only an occasional post card or breezy note, Jenny was not d... View More...
332 pp., red cloth boards with gold lettering (lettering on spine is rubbed). Spine somewhat slanted, some edgewear, corners a bit bumped. A well-preserved copy.
A thorough discussion of the rules and methods of auction bridge, the successor to whist and the precursor to contract bridge. This edition incorporates the 1920 Laws of Auction Code promulgated by The Whist Club. The book is divided into five parts: (1) The Bidding, (2) The Play, (3) Tournament Hands, (4) The Laws of Auction, and (5) Glossary of Auction Terms.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Hinges weak, corners bumped w/ a little chipping, ex-lib. w/ usual stamps. A bright, attractive copy. "There was once a young man who might have been happy had it not been for his dreams, which were so wild and strange and terrifying that a night’s sleep left him more exhausted than a day’s work." What follows is the story of how he meets an old woman who helps him deal, first with the challenge of the nightmares and then with the challenge of the pleasant dreams. You may think you know the ending, but I’ll bet you don’t! Color illustrations by Margot Zemach. Age Level: Grades 1-5... View More...
451 pp. The Cavalier Limited Edition (a first edition) signed by the author. Dark blue boards with gold lettering. Spine somewhat slanted, small spot on front board. Front and back pastedowns show the James and York Rivers at the Chesapeake Bay with the five main characters of the book: Nicholas, Bennett, Kathryn, Richard and Sibyl. PO name on free endpaper, DJ in protective Brodart plastic wrap. DJ has 4" tear at back of spine, chipping along edges, and some small tear mended with tape. Text is clean and unmarked. "This is Inglis Fletcher's sixth Carolina novel and with it he... View More...
234 pp. Saalfield Every Child's Library #3001. Front board detached at pastedown, but still attached at rear pastedown, corners a bit bumped. Text browned with 3/8" bookworm hole (I'm not kidding) affecting pp.16-56. One page dogearred. DJ in protective Brodart plastic wrap. DJ has scuff mark on front, small chips at spine and flap ends, some edgewear, PO name on front flap. Florence Williams' full-page black and white illustrations and chapter head silhouettes make this a charming early reprint of this beloved 1877 classic.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
Spine slightly slanted, some edgewear/bumping. Cracking at title page & pp. 52 & 181. A nice, unmarked copy.
Full-page pen & ink illustrations by Reginald Birch. The story of a family turned upside down when Victor Baron rescues little Bonnie May from a fire at the theater and carries her home with him.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Minor edgewear and chipping, primarily at corners and top and base of spine, date on free endpaper, front board starting to separate at half-title page with webbing exposed. Attractive DJ in protective wrap has shallow chips at spine and flap ends. Overall, a nice copy. Another of Ronald Welch's stories in historical settings featuring the members of the Carey family: "Straight from victory in (a skirmish with the French cavalry in the Duke of Marlborough's summer campaign) Captain Charles Carey of Her Majesty's Dragoons is caught up in a web of intrigue and treason when he accidentally... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, edges darkened, front board somewhat loose at spine, considerable wear at top 1/2" of spine/front board, green boards show some soiling. Pictorial cover. Text is clean and unmarked. Black & white glossy frontispiece.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
DJ has minor shelfwear at spine and flap ends. A very nice copy. "Conversations with Stalin is a unique book, at once an historical document and a personal drama. Milovan Djilas in his own character combines the roles of a famous participant and a profoundly literary observer of some of the most important events of our time [to] tell the story of Stalin seen by Communists as he wielded his power over men and nations. Djilas went to Moscow in 1944, 1945, and 1948 on missions from the Yugoslav Government, of which he was a leader second only to Tito. Each time he met with Stalin in the e... View More...
788 pp., index. Orange boards with black print. Boards somewhat stained, some shelfwear/bumping, PO name inside. Text is clean and unmarked.
Written in World War II, this is the story of Hitler's rise to power, especially during the initial years, by an early eye-witness who called himself "the oldest -- or one of the oldest -- anti-Nazis."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
