Pritchard Anthony. Ford versus Ferrari: The Battle for Le Mans. Pelham Books, London, 1968. First edition. Harcover, Octavo, original cloth covers with the original illustrated dust jacket in very good condition. Pritchard tells the back story of the Ferrari and Ford racing teams at Le Mans. The book was adapted.....
Great Britain Board of Education. Special Reports on Educational Subjects. School training for the home duties of women. Part III. The Domestic Training of Girls in Germany and Austria. London: Printed for his Majesty's Stationary Office, 1907. Original paper wraps. Data tables in the appendix list information on schools studied.....
Elizabeth P. Hughes. The Education of Welsh Women. London: W. Speaight & Sons, 1887. 8 pages. Elizabeth Philips Hughes was a pioneering Welsh educator and the first principal of the Cambridge Training College for Women (later renamed to Hughes Hall in her honor). Hughes had a dedicated, lifelong interest in.....
1912 Spalding's Official Baseball Guide. First Edition. All 394 pages are intact and in great condition. Approximately 4.25" x 6". Complete with all advertisements. This is a detailed record of major league baseball and all of the minor league teams across the country at the beginning of the 20th century.....
1914 Spalding's Official Baseball Record Book Guide Original Reach's. 1914 Spalding Baseball Record Guide Book that reviews the 1913 Season and Previews 1914. It is in decent collectible shape with nice covers. In it are photos of star players in Major League Baseball. There are team photographs and full page.....
Signed book: Yosemite and the Range of Light. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall (oblong). Signed in black felt tip on a specially printed bookplate affixed to the front free end page. Very Good. 116 photos . First Edition.....
Celebrated U.S. photographer known for his dramatic images of nature's beauty. Signed large coffee table book "Photographs of the Southwest", 1976 copyright, 9" x 12", "Ex Libris - From Your Friends at Deer Park High School." A selection of some of Adams' most striking images, made from 1928 to 1968.....
[Jane Addams] Women’s International League. Yearly Report 1931. London, 1932. Pamphlet. First Edition. 30 pages. 5.5”x8.5”. Grey wrappers stapled. League name, title, year and price written in blue and Peace and Freedom logo in blue and green on cover. Yearly report from Jane Addams’ organization, produced same year she wins.....
Jane Addams. “Twenty Years at Hull House.” New York: Macmillan and Company, 1910. First edition. Inscribed and signed byJane Addams. on the front end page. Maroon cloth cover with gilt detail and a color plate image of Hull House, gilt spine. Wear and small losses to image on front cover.....
Albert Maquet . The Invincible Summer - Albert Camus Critical Biography, [New York] George Braziller, Inc 1958. 1st Edition . 1st printing .Hardcover with dustjacket. An in depth critical Literary & Philosophical memoir of the 1957 Nobel Prize Winner, ALBERT CAMUS: by Albert Maquet. size: 5 3/4" by 8 1/2".....
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. "Deportation: Its Meaning and Menace, last message to the people of America." New York, 1919. Octavo. Original wrappers. First edition. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman’s famous “goodbye message” to America following their deportation in this classic work, which Alexander Berkman wrote the final phrases of.....
Altick, Richard. The Scholar Adventurers. New York. The Macmillan Company, 1950. First Edition 8 1/2 x 5 5/8". 338 pp. Stated first printing. Hardcover. Fascinating inscription from NSA chief cryptologst William F. Friedman to U.S. Army Captain Mary C. Lane, U.S.A. -one of my devoted, trustworthy, and able assistants for.....
[Civil Rights] [Activism] “Freedom is a constant struggle…(old Gospel refrain) Defend victims of racism and repression”. 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ in. 8 page booklet. Orange, black, and white color graphic on front cover, with black and white photograph images printed inside of arrested political activists, including Angela Davis. Booklet.....
Angelou, Maya. Franklin Library All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes -Franklin Library. Signed Edition. Signed "Maya Angelou "1st edition Franklin Library. Beautiful Gilt accents full leather bound book. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.....
[ANGELOU, Maya.] Schwartz, John Burnham. The Commoner. First Edition, 2008. From the Personal Library of Maya Angelou and originating from her estate. This volume has Angelou's personal yellow library bookplate on the inside front cover. Angelou's library was an incredibly important point of inspiration for the author. It reflected her.....
First Edition of History of Woman's Suffrage Volumes I and II. An important early history of women's suffrage written by notable participants Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Matilda Joslyn Gage. New York: Fowler & Wells, 1881 & 1882. First Edition, First Printing. Two volumes. Complete as published, but.....
GOODRICH-FREER, A. Arabs in Tent & Town: An Intimate Account of the Family Life of the Arabs of Syria, Their Manner of Living in Desert & Town, Their Hospitality Customs, & Mental Attitude, With a Description of the Animals, Birds, Flowers & Plants of Their Country. New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons.....
"The Handmaid's Tale." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First American Edition signed by the author on the half title page. Creasing to spine and light toning to edges. Text is clean and pages are tightly bound. Overall very good condition. Includes original dust jacket in very good condition. This seminal work.....
Richard Avedon -- An Auto-Biography, First Edition, Signed Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1993. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Sumo Sized. 284 photographs. Folio. Stated first edition, second printing. The autobiography of the photography told in his photos. Pages are crisp. Slightly perceptible bump to corner. Signed by.....
LEES, G. M. The Physical Geography of South-Eastern Arabia London: Royal Geographical Society, 1928. 30 pages, including 4 sketch maps, plus photographic plates. Original Condition in blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a very detailed extensive report on the physical geography and geological tectonics of.....
Writing the first modern field guide to birds, Florence Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist who committed her published works to educating the public about the importance of preserving natural habitats and endangered species. Signed Book "Birds of New Mexico" , considered her most substantial work. Containing over 200 plates.....
Balch, Emily. "Approach to the Great Settlement." First Edition, with Map.[ New York ] B.W. Huebsch 1918. Balch won her Noble Peace Prize for her work alongside Jane Addams. Domestically she aided women and children through the settlement program at Hull House, but she also took a global approach through.....
Balch, Emily. The Miracle of Living. New York: Island Press, 1941. Rare Signed First Edition. Octavo. Publisher’s original cloth. 64 pages. “Christmas--day of giving and receiving,/ Easter-- of remembering and believing,/ Ever day-- the miracle of living.” Signed by Balch on first free endpaper “Emily G. Balch Jan ‘42”. Emily.....