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Mr. Gladstone

By: Hall, Walter Phelps

Price: $12.74

Publisher: W.W. Norton:

Seller ID: SKU1035831

ISBN: B00085HW1M

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

B00085HW1M Stated First Edition; (1931; Norton) Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (MISSING). Boards with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with fraying.Sunning at spine. Dust soil/ toning to page edges. Toning to end papers. Pages unmarked. Binding loosen (shaken) with no separations. Hinges: front intact; back with small amount of starting. READING COPY
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No Such Thing as a Bad Day: A Memoir

By: Hamilton Jordan

Price: $8.84

Publisher: Longstreet Press:

Seller ID: SKU1020261

ISBN: 156352578X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

156352578X Signed by author (NOT inscribed) to front end page. (3rd Printing. 2000) Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Minor shelf wear. Unmarked. Appears unread. NOT Ex-Library, Book Club Edition or remainder
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Life of Ulysses S. Grant Ex-President of the United States and General of the United States Army

By: Headley, J. T.

Price: $32.94

Publisher: Perkins Book Company:

Seller ID: SKU1026586

ISBN: B001XGNF20

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

B001XGNF20 (1885; Perkins Book Co.; Heroes of History Series) Red Quarter leather binding with gold gild. Gold gild to upper page edges. Deckled fore edges. Frontis (of Grant) and protective tissue. No DJ as issued. Boards with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with fraying. Front bottom corner rounded to angle, exposes cardboard. Toning to page edges. Pages unmarked, some uncut. Binding tight with no separations. Several Black and white illustrations throughout.
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George Washington: American Leaders (2 Volume set)

By: Henry Cabot Lodge

Price: $38.94

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin: 1924

Seller ID: SKU1025409

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

(1924; Houghton/ Riverside Press 2 volume set) Both books: Hardcover with Dust Jacket. (Black cloth with gold gilt) Boards with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with fraying. Dust soil to top page edges. Pages with toning but unmarked. Binding with no separations. DJ in acceptable condition with edge wear, dust soil. Friable. Volume one differs due to damp stain to front and back corners of the DJ and upper corner of page edges. The only page seen to be effected is the title page.
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Annapurna, Heroic Conquest of the Highest Mountain (26,493 feet), Ever Climbed by Man

By: Herzog,Maurice

Price: $7.54

Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc.:

Seller ID: SKU1048281

ISBN: B00110CLBO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

B00110CLBO (1952; Dutton) Book Club Edition. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (MISSING). Boards with shelf wear. Toning to page edges. Illustrated end papers. Pages unmarked. Binding with no separations. Hinges intact.
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Love and War

By: Hewitt, James

Price: $9.93

Publisher: Blake Pub:

Seller ID: SKU1010540

ISBN: 1857823184

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

1857823184 First Thus. (Full Print Line) Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Book: Boards with shelf wear. Pages unmarked. Binding with no separations. DJ with edge wear. no tears
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Impressions of the Kaiser,

By: Hill, David Jayne

Price: $11.94

Publisher: Harper & brothers:

Seller ID: SKU1021175

ISBN: B00085WSJS

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

B00085WSJS (1918) Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Red cloth with gold lettering. Book in good condition: Boards with shelf wear, rubbing. Bumped at edges with no fraying. Top page edges with gold gilt show dust soil. Fore and bottom edges deckled, toning present. Pages unmarked. Binding with no separations. DJ in very poor condition with only the front and front flap still existing. Both with edge wear and detached. Placed in Brodart cover to preserve remaining portions.
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The View from Alger's Window: A Son's Memoir

By: Hiss, Tony

Price: $7.73

Publisher: Knopf:

Seller ID: SKU1030694

ISBN: 037540127X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

037540127X Stated First Edition; (1999) Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Minor shelf wear. Unmarked. Appears unread. NOT Ex-Library, Book Club Edition or remainder
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The Minister's Charge or the Apprentice of Lemuel Barker

By: Howells, William D.

Price: $9.33

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin:

Seller ID: SKU1036195

ISBN: B004NM8454

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

B004NM8454 (1914; Houghton) Previous owner's stamp to inside front cover. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (MISSING?). Boards with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with rubbing. Toning to page edges. Toning to end papers. Pages unmarked. Binding with no separations. Hinges intact.
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Johnson Without Boswell: A Contemporary Portrait of Samuel Johnson

By: Hugh Kingsmill (editor)

Price: $7.74

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf (New York): 1941

Seller ID: SKU1019827

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

(1941) Stated First American Edition. Dark brown cloth with gold gilt at spine. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (Missing). Cover with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with fraying. Dust soil to page edges. Pages unmarked. Binding with no separations. NOT ex-library.
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The Court of the Empress Josephine (Famous Women of the French Court)

By: Imbert de Saint-Amand

Price: $15.73

Publisher: Scribner's:

Seller ID: SKU1025514

ISBN: B006E5JCL8

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

B006E5JCL8 (1891; Scribner's; Translated by Thomas Sergeant Perry) Blue cloth with gold gilt. Frontis of Empress Josephine with protective tissue intact. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (as issued). Boards with shelf wear, rubbed at corners and spine ends. Publishers stain to top page edges. Light foxing to fore and bottom page edges, as well as end papers. Dust soil to page edges. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. NOT EX-LIBRARY
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Marie Louise, the island of Elba, and the hundred days, ([Famous women of the French court])

By: Imbert de Saint-Amand

Price: $12.73

Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons:

Seller ID: SKU1025542

ISBN: B0008582Y8

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

B0008582Y8 (1891; Scribner's) Blue cloth with gold lettering. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket as issued. Cover with shelf wear, rubbing to front with light fading. Corners square. Pages unmarked. Binding tight with no separations
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The Court of Louis XV - Women of Versailles

By: Imbert De Saint-Amand

Price: $15.73

Publisher: Scribners:

Seller ID: SKU1025591

ISBN: B00J2BSIUC

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

B00J2BSIUC (1893 printing; Scribner) Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (as issued). Boards (blue cloth with gold gilt) with shelf wear, bumped spine ends with no fraying. Publishers stain to top page edges. Pages unmarked. Binding tight. Remarkable condition for age.
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The Happy Days of The Empress Marie Louise

By: Imbert De Saint-Amand

Price: $14.23

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons:

Seller ID: SKU1037741

ISBN: B000I8Y9ME

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

B000I8Y9ME (1891; Scribner) One of 4 volumes about Empress Marie Louise in Saint-Amand's Women of the French Court series. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (as issued). Boards with shelf wear, bumped spine ends with no fraying. Rubbing to corners. Publisher's stain to upper page edges. Toning to page edges. Pages unmarked. Binding tight, appears unread. Hinges intact.
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The Revolution of 1848 with Portraits (Famous Women of the French Court)

By: Imbert De Saint-Amand; Elizabeth G. Martin (Translator)

Price: $18.83

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons (NY): 1895

Seller ID: SKU1034977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(1895) Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (as issued). Boards with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with rubbing. Publishers stain to top page edges. Light toning to page edges. Light toning to end papers. Pages unmarked. Binding with no separations. Hinges intact.
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The Life & Voyages of Christopher Columbus

By: Irving, Washington

Price: $34.94

Publisher: The Perkins Book Company:

Seller ID: SKU1026571

ISBN: B00005W8N9

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

B00005W8N9 1902; Perkins Book Co.; Heroes of History Series) Red Quarter leather binding with gold gild. Gold gild to upper page edges. Deckled fore edges. Frontis (of Columbus) and protective tissue. No DJ as issued. Boards with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with fraying. Toning to page edges. Pages unmarked. Binding tight with no separations. Several Black and white illustrations throughout.
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The Life of Washington, Volume 2

By: Irving, Washington

Price: $15.94

Publisher: John W. Lovell:

Seller ID: SKU1027324

ISBN: B004DYDHPY

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

B004DYDHPY (no date; Thomas Lovell) VOLUME 2 only of 3. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (as issued). Boards (Brown with gold lettering at spine) with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with rubbing. Dust soil to page edges. Pages unmarked. Binding with small (1 inch) area of starting to front hinge, no separations.
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History of Alexander the Great with engravings (Abbott?s Histories)

By: Jacob Abbott

Price: $21.93

Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers (New York): 1848

Seller ID: SKU1043186

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

(1848; Harper) 12mo Red cloth with gold gilt at spine and blind-stamped boards. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (as issued). Boards with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with fraying. Dust soil/ toning to page edges. Yellow end papers, name to front end page. . Pages unmarked with minimal foxing. Binding with no separations. Hinges intact. Frontispiece is fold out map entitles "The Expedition of Alexander" 2 inch tear to top panel nearest spine, heavily foxed. Ornate and colorful half title page.
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History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt with engravings (Abbott?s Histories)

By: Jacob Abbott

Price: $21.93

Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers (New York): 1851

Seller ID: SKU1043187

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

(1851; Harper) First edition. 12mo Red cloth with gold gilt at spine and blind-stamped boards. Hardcover with No Dust Jacket (as issued). Boards with shelf wear, bumped at corners and spine ends with fraying. Gutter starting to split at bottom of front board. Dust soil/ toning to page edges. Yellow end papers, name to front end page. Heavy foxing to end pages. . Pages unmarked with minimal foxing. Binding with no separations. Hinges intact. Ornate and colorful half title page
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Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy

By: Jacqueline Kennedy

Price: $14.73

Publisher: Hyperion:

Seller ID: SKU1010788

ISBN: 1401324258

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

1401324258 First Edition/ First Printing. Book/ Slipcase/ 8 CDs. Book and Slipcase appear new. Book appears unread with tight binding. 2 of 8 CDs show light scratches that don't interfere with playing (verified).
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Category: Historical Biography