212pp. Black/gray boards with embossed silhouette of Baryshnikov leaping on the front panel. Hundreds of black and white photographs thoughout. There is foxing on the top edge of the book and pictorial jacket as new. in mylar sleeve. With photos and text by Nina Alovert, Features photographs of the dancer in performance, in rehearsal, at home, and with friends and colleagues, accompanied by insights into Baryshnikov's life and artistic struggles in the USSR. View More...
375pgs.photos. Pale Green Cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. light spine edgewear, otherwise near fine copy. Author inscription on front endaper. "To dear Dick with admiration and affection Brooke June 18.1980".(Book was previously owned by Brooke Astor's chauffeur) Autobiography of philanthropist, socialite, whose estate was tampered by her only son, Anthony Marshall. View More...
235pp. Pictorial boards. (John Lennon on the front, Abbie Hoffman on the back). As new. Unclipped pictorial jacket is bright with , A light crease on the upper spine edgeof the jacket.,otherwise fine. 100's of Black and white photos piercing in their revealing of the subjects. George Wallace, James Baldwin, Merce Cunningham, Bernadine Dohrn. Allen Ginsberg are just a few of the standouts of the 60's and the opposite cultures. View More...
240 pp. Patterned black and red faux leather with gold lettering on front and spine. SIGNED by author on Title page. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author on ffep and dated 10/19/96. Binding and text block are square, clean and tight. Illustrated jacket is rubbed and creased on the extremities with closed tears at spine ends that are neatly healed by the mylar sleeve. Spine is rubbed. Mark Kellogg was the only ewspaper reporter to ride into battle with the Seventh Cavalry at the Little Big Horn. A rare glimpse into the final days of Lt. Col. George Custer and what were to be Kellogg's last day... View More...
288 pp. Black boards with gold text on the spine show almost no signs of previous use, there is just some slight wear to the top and bottom of the spine. Pictorial jacket with painted portrait has some chipping in the corners and along the edges, as well as on the top and bottom of the spine. View More...
160 pp. Black boards with orange text along the spine show no signs of previous use, in esssentially new condition. Pictorial black jacket with image of a basketball is covered in protective mylar and has very minor wear to the bottom of the spine. Signed on the title page by the author View More...
1,246 pp. plus index. map endpapers. Black cloth, gold embossed "Robert A. Caro" on front panel. gilt lettering on the spine. Map endpapers. Photos. Pristine, unread copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has $50.00 price on the front flap. Jacket has a slight hint of toning on the upper exrtremity, otherwise fine . In mylar sleeve. Monumental biography of Robert Moses, who, though never elected to public office, wielded tremendous power over New York State and New York City. View More...
233pp.frontispiece. burgundy cloth. crossed sword vignette on front panel. 3 illustrations. light shelwear, otherwise a near fine unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has toning along the extremties. Custer's final work documented in this book, which includes a series of articles, Custer's official reports,plus bibliography of Custer in the Civil War. View More...
xxi, 302p. Dark Blue Boards. Internally fine copy. Front board is bent down the middle, causing bowing . This is a quite serviceable copy. n this book, Julia Ching offers a survey of over 4,000 years of Chinese civilization through an examination of the relationship between kingship and mysticism. She investigates the sage-king myth and ideal, arguing that institutions of kingship were bound up with cultivation of trance states and communication with spirits. Over time, the sage-king myth became a model for the actual ruler. As a paradigm, it was also appropriated by private individuals who st... View More...
49 pages. Pale green wraps. Substantial toning along the spine, particularly along the back cover. Half inch remnant of a price sticker on the top lefthand corner of the front cover. Blind stamp from the library of the previous owner on the front loose endpaper. Clean, bright, unmarked pages and tight binding. Contains a supplement of 3 articles by Kerouac. View More...
488pp. Blue boards, silver lettering. 16 pgs. of black and white photos. As new in pictorial jacket with light wear to the top edge. Author signature on the title page. "The life and career of the most recognized and beloved folk musician of the twentieth century are recalled here, with details of his hobo days as well as his marriage, his "subversive" activities, and his eventual death by Huntingdon's Disease." View More...
224pp. Bright red cloth. embossed gilt lettering on the front panel. 100's of color, black and white illustrations. Unclipped pictorial jacket is bright with light creasing on the upper edge. "an enduring record of the most remarkable jewellery sale of our time, each piece of the Windsor collection is fully described not only im gemological terms but also in relation to the lives of the celebrated couple. Illustrations of the jewellry, all in colouor, araccomapnied by photographs of the Duchess wearing the jewels, images chosen from the archives of Cecil Beaton, Horst, Karsh of Ortawa and othe... View More...
Cloth. First Edition in English. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" (Oblong). 204p. A fine copy in a very good d.j. which has a little edgewear. First published in French in 1987. View More...
756pp. Blue boards, white lettering on the spine. Like new copy. Price-clipped pictorial jacket has light wear to the upper edges of the jacket. in mylar sleeve. This is the third volume of a four volumes set on FDR, which begins in of of the darkest hours of the republic. Gripped by economic depression, the American peopel wre demoralize. Newly created agencies, NRA, AAA, TVA, WPA and others pushed the American economy toward full recovery. View More...
306pp. Stiff pictorial wraps. A touch of wear, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. "One of the greatest artists ever to sit down at a chess board, Rubinstein was alos the strongest player never to have a shot at the title of World Champion. This book which chronicles the second half (1921-1961) of the Polish Grandmaster's life, offers 513 games and game fraagments, many deeply annotated with notes from top players of the Twenties. View More...
256p. A very good copy, with moderate bumps to the lower forecorners of the covers, in a very good d.j. which has a near one-inch tear at the top of the front panel. This copy is signed by the author and inscribed by Eugene Pogatch who newly translated some of Albrecht Haushofer poems which are in this book. Laid-in the book is a photocopy of a letter from Lord Bullock to Dr. Pugatch. The inscription reads: "For John Waters / "Good Friend" / with warmest regards / Eugene Pugatch / Summer, 1993." View More...
