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Peel, Sir Robert, bart., 1788-1850.
Memoirs of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.,
&c. Published by the Trustees of His Papers, Lord Mahon (now Earl Stanhope),
and the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell. M.P. Part I: The Roman Catholic Question,
1828-9. Part II: The New Government, 1834-5. Part III: Repeal of the Corn Laws,
1845-6.
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Facsimile reprint. 1 volume (366, 357
pages). First published in London by John Murray, 1856-1857.
Good hardcover. Exlibrary: stamps on top and bottom edges, stamp inside front
cover, on blank front flyleaf, on title page, and insider rear cover; pocket on
rear flyleaf. #26894. $60
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Peyton, Seymour.
Murder at Sinai.
New York: Vantage Press, 1971. 1st edition. 70 pages. Signed by the author.
Good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket; end papers stained. #28062.
$22.50
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Purcell, Mary.
Don Francisco.
Dublin: M. H. Gill and Son, 1952. 1st printing. viii, 359 pages. Bibliography.
Endpaper maps. Inscribed and signed by the author.
A biography of St. Francis Xavier. Good hardcover. #18159. $15
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Sakell, Achilles N.
A Ripple on the Seas.
Foreword by U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes. New York: Vantage Press, 1986. 1st
edition. xxiii, 301 pages. Index. Photographs. Illustrations. Review copy slip
laid in.
Memoirs of the Greek-American diplomat who first worked in the Office of War
Information and later at the U.S. State Department. It is the author's
contribution to the free world's struggle against oppression and tyranny. Very
good hardcover in slightly worn and rubbed dust jacket. ISBN 0533063485.
#24066. $27.50
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Scheurmann, Ingrid und Konrad,
editors.
Fur Walter Benjamin: Dokumente, Essays und ein Entwurf.
Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1992. 283 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Map.
Text in German. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Small colored
felt-tip mark on top edge. ISBN 3518404865. #23941. $30
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Shumsky, Adaia and Abraham.
A Bridge across the Jordan: The Friendship between a Jewish
Carpenter and the King of Jordan.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1997. 2nd printing. xi, 277 pages. Photographs.
Dated, inscribed and signed by the author.
About Mendel Cohen and Abdullah, the King of Jordan. Very good hardcover in
very good dust jacket. ISBN 1559703911. #28396. $22.50
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Sigo, Art.
Born at the Right Time. Memories: Farm, Home, Family, Town.
Remington, Indiana.
Remington, Indiana: Art Sigo, 1994. 329 pages. Photographs. Dated and signed by
the author.
Autobiographical and biographical reminiscences of the Sigo family and
Remington, Indiana. Very good pictorial stiff wrappers. #21798. $25
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Stewart, James B.
Heart of a Soldier: A Story of Love, Heroism, and September
11th.
Epilogue by Susan Rescorla. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. 1st printing. 321
p. Index. Bibliographical notes. Photographs. Signed by the author on title
page.
The story of Rick Rescorla, in charge of security for Morgan Stanley,
successfully got 2,700 of its employees out of the World Trade Center's South
Tower on September 11. Then, thinking perhaps of the soldiers who had died in
his arms and of Susan Greer--the woman who 'had made his life'--he went back
and began climbing the tower stairs, looking for stragglers. - Front and rear dust
jacket panels. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket.
ISBN 0743240987. #22762. $60
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Strauch, Rudi.
Sir Nevile Henderson: Britischer Botschafter in Berlin von 1937
bis 1939. Ein Beitrag zum diplomatischen Vorgeschichte des zweiten Weltkrieges.
Bonn: Ludwig Rohrscheid Verlag, 1959. 384 pages. Index. Bibliography. Bonner
Historische Forschungen, 11.
Good hardcover, bound in library buckram. Exlibrary: spine title and call
number, stamps on top, fore and bottom edges, stamps inside front cover; stamp
and pocket inside rear cover; small colored felt-tip mark on top edge. #25898.
$30
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Tinker, Chauncey Brewster.
Young Boswell: Chapters on James Boswell the Biographer, Based
Largely on New Material.
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922. Small 4to (medium-large book). 266 pages. Index. Photographs.
Illustrations. Signed by the author on title page.
Very good hardcover. Top edge gilt. Front and bottom edges uncut. Partially
unopened. #21754. $20
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Von Ruhland, Paul John.
A Search into Destiny.
New York: Vantage Press, 1991. 1st edition. xxi, 150 pages. Photographs.
Illustrations.
'Made up most of the author's own personal reflections and observations both as
a soldier in Hitler's army in World War II and as an immigrant who came to the
U.S. after Hitler's defeat, von Ruhland gives us contrasting accounts of a
fascinating life--as a soldier in Hitler's army and as a citizen in a country
he formerly regarded as the enemy.' - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover
in very good dust jacket. ISBN 0533089433. #23388. $130
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Ward, Duren J. H. (Duren James
Henderson).
Memorial Lizzie Cheney-Ward, 1862-1933.
Denver, Colorado: The Author, 1933. 16mo (small book). 31, [2] pages.
Frontispiece portrait. Laid in: 'Long Range Thinkers,' 2 pages (1 leaf), by
Duren J. H. Ward. Folding picture postcards of Fairmount Mausoleum bound in
rear.
Good stiff wrappers (soft cover), blue paper with gilt lettering on stiff
cardboard stock, with the blue paper partially rubbed and worn, especially on
rear cover. Internally sound. #26412. $25
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Widgoff, Leo.
Reflections, A Memoir.
Haverhill, Massachusetts: Privately Printed, 1990. 300, [6] pages. Photographs.
Genealogies. Inscribed and signed by the author's daughter, Bernice Widgoff
Kliman.
The author was born in Ukraine, circa 1894, and died in April 1966. Very good
pictorial softcover. #20535. $17.50
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Williams, Barney.
I Remember to Forget.
New York: Barney Williams, 1998. 1st printing. Small 4to (medium-large book).
496 pages, plus black-and-white and color family photographs.
Includes references to a Kelsey family reunion. Very good pictorial hardcover.
#27088. $70
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Williams, Lou.
A Dropout from the Bayou Country: An Autobiography.
Foreword by Frank W. Wilson. New York: Vantage Press, 1975. 1st edition. 272
pages. Bibliography. Photographs.
Born in New Orleans, the author sold typewriters in the early 1900's, and
Portland cement, among many other activities. Very good hardcover in slightly
worn dust jacket. ISBN 0533016746. #26116. $15
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Yui, Pong.
Virgin Conception of Child.
No Place: No Publisher, 1982. 144 pages. Photographs. Illustrations.
Inscription in Chinese on blank front flyleaf, probably a personal gift
inscription.
An autobiographical account of a native son of China. The author writes of the
memorable years of his life in his native land, laying bare his innermost
thoughts and sentiments as well as the deep imprints his country's ancient
culture has left on him. - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover in very good
dust jacket. Small colored felt-tip mark on top edge. Slightly soiled on some
blank rear pages. #23939. $20
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Zaner, Gene.
Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Reborn - Sunday and Monday
Were the Cold-Chicken Days.
New York: Vantage Press, 1980. 1st edition. 131 pages. Photographs.
Frontispiece portrait. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author.
A tribute to the author's mother, Annie Zaner. Very good hardcover in very good
dust jacket. ISBN 0533040647. #26701. $20
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Zaner, Gene.
The Cold-Chicken Days Continue, an Update of Annie Doesn't Live
Here Anymore - Reborn - Sunday and Monday Were the Cold-Chicken Days.
Long Island, New York: Island-Wide Graphics, 1996. 1st edition. 265 pages.
Photographs. Frontispiece portrait. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author.
A follow-up tribute to the author's mother, Annie Zaner. Very good pictorial
stiff wrappers (soft cover). #26702. $20
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Zigrosser, Carl.
My Own Shall Come to Me: A Personal Memoir and Picture
Chronicle by Carl Zigrosser.
Haarlem, Netherlands. Printed by J. Enschede en Zonen: Casa Laura, 1971. One of
200 copies for private circulation of a total edition of 300 copies. 369 pages.
Photographs. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author.
Very good hardcover in original acetate wrapper. #29428. $110
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