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MARCHING ALONG; Recollections of Men, Women and Music
Sousa, John Philip · 1928 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$340.00 (€308.48 | £257.35 | ¥54,294)
Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket Hale, Cushman & Flint Small chips on DJ along spine; INSCRIBED by Gilian Sousa Cary, a family member. Top edge gilt; 8vo; 384 pages Boston
INDIA RUBBER MAN; The Story of Charles Goodyear
Wolf, Ralph F. · 1939 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)
Very Good+ Caxton Printers, Ltd. Front endpaper a bit warped from apparent binding error; INSCRIBED by the author on front endpaper. Biography of Charles Goodyear, who, while he didn't invent rubber, made it respectable; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 291 pages Caldwell
T. E. LAWRENCE BY HIS FRIENDS
Lawrence, A. W. [editor] · 1937 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)
Very Good- Jonathan Cape First Edition Spine a bit slanted. Light spotting to fore edge and bottom edge. Former owner's name on front free endpaper.; An extensive collection of essays about Lawrence by his friends, sorted by the times he met them. With an introduction by Lord ...
THE JOURNAL OF SIR WALTER SCOTT; From the Original Manuscript At Abbotsford
Scott, Walter (Sir) · 1890 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)
Very Good Harper & Brothers First US Edition Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's neat inscription to front free endpapers. Vol I, bookplate. Vol. II, pp. 439 with a small closed tear.; Dark green boards with framed vignettes in silver. Steel engraved front...
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE; The Man from Emporia
Rich, Everett · 1941 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)
Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. DJ browned and with light chipping and a few open tears. Slight browning to rear endpapers.; The Biography about the Kansan Newspaper Editor and author. This is a nice association copy: Nicely inscribed by both the a...
BILL HAYWOOD'S BOOK; An Autobiography of William D. Haywood
Haywood, William D. · 1929 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)
Very Good+ International Publishers First Edition A handsome copy with light bumping to one corner.; "Wm D. Haywood's own story told against the turbulent background of American labor struggles - strikes, lockouts, deportations, imprisonments, murder trials, martial law, lynch...
CLARENCE DARROW FOR THE DEFENSE
Stone, Irving · 1941 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)
Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket Doubleday & Company, Inc. First Edition DJ with light chipping and a bit of darkening. Boards with the slightest hint of a small dampstain and with some light rubbing to extremities. Blindstamp on halftitle page. Endpapers a bit browned.; Th...
SIR RICHARD BURTON'S WIFE
Burton, Jean · 1941 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)
Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket Alfred A. Knopf First Edition DJ a bit worn and with color wearing off in places. Light fraying to bottom spine. Bookplate. A bit of browning to endpapers; Biography of Isabel Burton, the wife of the great explorer.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" ...
D. H. LAWRENCE; An American Interpretation
Seligmann, Herbert J. · 1924 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)
Very Good Thomas Seltzer Boards a bit browned and with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name in front; Seligman was the first critical American reviewer of Lawrence's work; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 76 pages New York
THE RAGMAN'S SON; An Autobiography
Douglas, Kirk · 1988 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)
Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Simon and Schuster First Edition Nicely INSCRIBED by Douglas to broadway-show co-producer Carole L. Haber. Dated 1988, the year the book was published.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 510 pages New York
INVITATION TO JOY; A Personal Story
Whitney, Eleanor Searle · 1971 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)
Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket Harper & Row, Publishers First Edition Light discoloring to pink endpapers. Light foxing and paper clip marks to first few pages.; Nicely INSCRIBED by the author with pink ballpoint pen on first double blank pages including the word joy for...
'TIS; A Memoir
McCourt, Frank · 1999 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Scribner First Edition; First Edition 8vo; 367 pages New York
NOW, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I REALLY THINK
Matthews, Chris · 2001 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)
Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket The Free Press First Edition Inscribed by the talk show host on title page "To Tommy and M..., Chris Matthews"; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages New York
STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; Or, Forty Years' Recollections
Barnum, B. T. · 1873 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)
Very Good- Warren, Johnson & Co. Boards lightly worn and faded. A small hole to outer hinge. Endpapers a bit foxed. Former owner's writing to front free endpaper. Small wormholes to hinges; The revised, enlarged and newly illustrated (early) version of Barnum's autobiography. ...
THE MIND AND SPIRIT OF JOHN PETER ALTGELD
Christman, Henry M. [Ed. ] · 1960 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)
Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket University of Illinois Press First Edition Ex-lib with minimal markings. One small closed tear to DJ and with light edgewear; 8vo; 183 pages Urbana
THE PEERLESS LEADER WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Hibben, Paxton · 1929 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)
Very Good+ Farrar and Rinehart Boards with light rubbing to extremities; 8vo; 446 pages New York
THE FIRST BATTLE; The Story of the Campaign of 1896
Bryan, William Jennings · 1896 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)
Very Good+ W. B. Conkey Company Light wear to extremities. Hinges started. Pages a bit darkened; Three-time Presidential nominee Bryan relates the story of the first go-round, in 1896. INSCRIBED by Bryan on bound-in dedication page; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 629 pages Chicago
THE MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Bryan, William Jennings; Bryan, Mary Baird · 1925 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)
Very Good+ The John C. Winston Co. First Edition Boards with light rubbing to extremities and one small closed tear to top spine. Light bumping to top right corner.; The life of the three-time Presidential nominee. Decorative full leather boards with gilt lettering and gilt li...
THE LIFE OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Herrick, Genevieve Forbes; Herrick, John Origen · 1925 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)
Very Good+ Buxton Publishing House First Edition Gilt spine lettering faded. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on front free endpaper; 8vo; 424 pages Chicago
MARK TWAIN; A Portrait
Masters, Edgar Lee · 1938 · The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)
Very Good+ Charles Scribner's Sons First Edition Spine a bit sunned. Bookplate. Price stamped on rear endpaper; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 259 pages New York