404 pp., grey cloth boards with silver lettering. Spine somewhat slanted, a few pages have corners a little crinkled, cracked at front pastedown. Text is clean and unmarked.
"This book is a journal of the most critical year in the training of a present-day doctor of medicine: the year that he spends as a hospital intern." The author holds nothing back in this riveting account.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
Glossy pictorial cover. No jacket, apparently as issued. "This Large Print Book carries the Seal of Approval of NAVH." "Strong willed and charismatic, Lester Rozelle was school superintendent in the small East Texas town of Oakwood from the 1930s to the 1960s. With a firm hand, he guided his schools through disastrous fires and the strained process of integration in President Lyndon B. Johnson's home state. But several years ago Lester began to show signs of Alzheimer's disease, and his son had to watch the painful transformation of his proud father into a dependent and ultima... View More...
Corners & bottom of spine a little worn. DJ has a few shallow chips at spine and flap ends, two 1/2" tears. Text is clean and unmarked. "Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Quest is Part One of a proposed two-volume critical biography of the eighteenth-century French political and social philosopher whose Confessions and other personal writings have left their mark on the consciences and literature of later generations. It is the first Rousseau biography to benefit from the recent publication of the multi-volumed Rousseau correspondence, a major event in modern Rousseau scholarship.; 8vo -... View More...
552 pp., notes, nomenclature, bibliographical notes, index, 74 glossy black and white photographs tipped in. Pastedowns depict genealogy starting with Victoria and Albert. Spine slightly curved. DJ has minor edgewear and one tiny tear. A bright, attractive copy. "Edward was twentieth century's Prince Charming. He was handsome, eloquent, quick-witted, charismatic, a dazzling foil to his stuffy royal parents. He was a popular hero who saw firsthand the hell of the trenches in the Great War, who raged at the miseries of the Depression, who adored jazz, danced the night away and seemed t... View More...
Boards worn and frayed at bottom. DJ in protective plastic wrapper tapped to boards. Ex-library with usual stamps. Light stain on p. 115. Black and white photographs throughout text. "Abigail Scott's mother wept bitterly when she was born and her father was cross - she was a girl and a girl was grievance almost too burdensome to be borne. When Abigail's father moved the family west, she saw her mother die along the way, o a trip she hadn't wanted to take. In Oregon, marriage to Ben Duniway began as a round of house and farm work and babies, just as for the other women settlers, unt... View More...
"With Borrowed Time and Becoming a Man, these essays constitute the third volume of Paul Monette's autobiographical writing. Freewheeling and yet focused, brimming with outrage and yet tender, Last Watch of the Night represents a profound personal reconciliation but also a testament to the struggle for freedom of all gay and lesbian people."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
Corners bumped, slight some edgewear, bookplate inside.. Red cloth boards, spine has humorous picture of a seated man looking through what appears to be a telescope. Text is claean and unmarked. A solid copy. From the author's comments: "Here are further adventures in madness by the 'screwball's Boswell,' the biographer of human oddities, the chronicler of the fabulous commonplace, who recounted his struggle with the human race in the now legendary. . . Low Man on a Totem Pole. This book begins approximately where that one left off, somewhere on the nether side of insanity, and takes... View More...
214 pp. Red boards with gold lettering on spine. Front board has shallow indent. DJ has a few small tears. Text is bright, tight and clean. An attractive copy.
"What Teresa Bloomingdale says about the entertaining side of motherhood has tickled the funny bones of mothers (fathers, too!) all over the country. After ten children, it could be said that she knows a thing or two about raising a family. . . Now, the irrepressible Mrs. B. trades a mid-life crisis for a mid-life career [and] life's unexpected twists are no match for this lady."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
253 pp. sixteen pages of glossy black and white photographs tipped in to text. Printer's binding problem leaves webbing exposed between last page and back free end paper, back free endpaper is not attached to textblock. Foxing along edges of textblock. Inscription page tipped in before title page reads "This special production of 'A Life on the Road' has been prepared especially for customers and friends of The Intimate Bookshop, Christmas, 1990, and is signed by the author, Charles Kuralt." "In 'A Life on the Road,' [Kuralt] chronicles his boyhood traveling around North Carol... View More...
512 pp., references, sources, "A Basic Lincoln Library," index. Corners bumped, PO names inside, some underlining. DJ sunned on spine, with large tear repaired with tape, a 1 1/2" tear and some very small chips at spine and flap ends. In Lincoln for the Ages, 78 of our finest writers and most distinguished Americans and most distinguished Americans reveal Lincoln's tremendous impact upon the world in a brilliantly conceived collection of original papers." Contributors include Carl Sandburg, Allan Nevins, Senator Paul H. Douglas, Henry S. Commager, Mark Van Doren, Adlai Ste... View More...
Corners bumped, slight edge wear, name on front end paper. Jacket shows minor edge wear and rubbing, front flap creased back about an inch from the edge. An attractive copy. "This is a reissue of the 1950 biography of the French chemist who was the founder of the microbiological sciences. The author has provided an important introduction which throws new light on the subject. The word 'pasteurization' is now part of the international vocabulary - as meaningful to the housewife as to the food technologist and the research biologist. The development of pasteurization techniques, however,... View More...
18 pp. Grey paper wraps. This note from George London, Chairman of the Friends of the Library, dated December 2, 1976, is tipped on the first page: "The first part of this biographical sketch, by Maurice F. Tauber, was a preview of Professor Tauber's full-scale biography, Louis Round Wilson: Librarian and Administrator, published in 1967 by Columbia University Press. Tauber's sketch covered L.R. Wilson's life and career up to the mid-1950's and was presented on the occasion of Dr. Wilson's retirement as Chairman of the Friends of the University of North Carolina Library. Like Louis Ro... View More...
387 pp., 16 pp. black and white photographs, index. Red boards with black cloth spine with gold and red lettering. Bottom of spine has 2" waterstain that has affected DJ and a few back pages. Otherwise this book is in excellent shape. Tip O'Neill, one of America's most colorful figures, is a master politician and a master storyteller, a man of wit and wisdom. The narrative stretches from O'Neill's humble background in Cambridge (where the closest he got to Harvard was a summer job mowing the lawn) to his tenure as the nation's top ranking Democrat. Never one to hold back, O'Neill is ... View More...
Pictorial wraps, 52 pp including 16 pp of b/w photos. Reading crease, corners bumped, a little edge wear. Review copy, inscribed to the reviewer and signed by both authors on title page. Handwritten thank you note from Suzanne Tate laid in, plus clippings of the newspaper review and Cora Mae Basnight's obituary.
A unique copy of this oral history of Manteo, North Carolina and Roanoke Island in the first half of the 20th century.; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; Signed by Author View More...
Spine somewhat slanted, small spot on top edge, one bottom corner somewhat worn, gift note to PO inside. DJ price-clipped with some shelfwear along top and three small chips. "From their first meeting in the rear of a Second Avenue pet shop they were good and comforting companions for over 16 years. Mr. Cat's adventures were not spectacular or unique - he roamed, he played with his friends, he got lost and then found - but every cat lover will recognize and respect his master's fondness and pride." Charming black and white sketches by Victor J. Dowling.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"... View More...
250 pp., index, 15 full-page black and white photographs. Spine very slightly slanted, very minor edgewear. Boards are red with black line drawing of family crest with words "Dieu, Defend, Le Droit." Calligraphic gift inscription inside dated Oct 22, 1941. DJ price-clipped, some edgewear including a few tiny chips at ends. Copy is clean and attractive. A biography of Winston Churchill written in the depths of World War II. The book is divided into four parts: a portrait of the man, his first period from childhood to the aftermath of World War I, his time "in the wilderness&... View More...
524 pp, black cloth. Corners bumped, slight edge wear primarily to top and base of spine, a little rubbing. Jacket is price clipped with some edge wear, a little scuffing, and a couple of small nearly closed tears. A nice copy that appears to be an early reprint. "In a book that is packed with more excitement, drama and suspense than any fictional mystery, Louis Nizer, one of America's most famous trial lawyers, recounts some of his most fascinating and significant cases. To his legal memoirs he brings a brilliant mind, wit, compassion, and a narrative style and precision of utterance - ... View More...
Corners slightly bumped, upper corner chipped. DJ has very minor shelfwear. 16 pages of glossy color photographs tipped in. A bright, attractive copy. "Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov were the most celebrated pairs skaters of all time. Partners in life as well as on the ice, they were rarely apart. Then, tragically, Sergei died at the age of 28. Now in her own words, his wife, Katia, tells their remarkable story, in this loving tribute to the exceptional man she idolized. . . My Sergei is a touching memoir of happiness remembered, great love lost, and insight gained. Over 75 ... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased, minor edge wear and rubbing, light reading crease. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; Bantam S4887, first paperback printing. Includes a map of the brownstone house and a chronology of Nero Wolfe up through 1968. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 189 pages; "The private life of America's favorite detective is finally revealed! William S. Baring-Gould unearthed a wealth of delightful personal detail about Nero Wolfe, that idiosyncratic and rotund gourmet, for this diverting 'biography.' The doors of Wolfe's famous brownsto... View More...
223 pp. This is #674 of a Special Hoosier Edition limited to 1,000 copies and signed by the author. Spine somewhat slanted. DJ has some edgeweear and shallow chipping at spine and flap edges. A nice, attractive copy. "Here are Mr. Wilson's delightful impressions of leisurely days full of a savor not easily attainable in our time. They were days full of wonder about his remarkable grandfathers and the parts they played in the Mexican and Civil Wars; awe, amusement, and affection in the presence of an extraordinary father; annoyance at the undue sentimentality of an older sister; marve... View More...
