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New York: St. Martin's Griffin / Thomas Dunne, August 2010. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition. Near Fine. Lightly tanned, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 400 pages.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian born in 1746, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. Fleeing his homeland after a death sentence was placed on his head (when he dared court a woman above his station), he came to America one month after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, literally showing up on Benjamin Franklin's doorstep in Philadelphia with little more than a revolutionary spirit and a genius for engineering. Entering the fray as a volunteer in the war effort, he quickly proved his capabilities and became the most talented engineer of the Continental Army. Kosciuszko went on to construct the fortifications for Philadelphia, devise battle plans that were integral to the American victory at the pivotal Battle of Saratoga, and designed the plans for… Read More

Kaunas, Lithuania: Naujasis Lankas, 2013. Hardcover. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. No remainder mark. Not from a library. 327 pages. A collection of memories of sixteen Lithuanians, exiled to Siberia in their infancy or childhood - young victims of Stalin's genocide. 327 pages.

New York: Random House, June 2008. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full number line. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light tanning and slight reading wear to lower corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 400 pages.
Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history-and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago's notorious Levee district at the dawn of the last century, the Club's proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and literary icons, into their stately double mansion, where thirty stunning Everleigh "butterflies" awaited their arrival. Courtesans named Doll, Suzy Poon Tang, and Brick Top devoured raw meat to the delight of Prince Henry of Prussia and recited poetry for Theodore Dreiser. Whereas lesser madams pocketed most of a harlot's earnings and… Read More

New York: Basic Books, April 2003. Hardcover. First American Edition / full number line. Very Good+ book in a Very Good+ jacket. Unmarked. Spine ends bumped. Reading wear to edges. No tears or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxix+392 pages. Illustrations, maps.

New York: Bantam Classics, January 1983. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Unmarked. Spine lightly creased. Covers clean and bright. Corners sharp. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xxiv + 360 pages.
Lady Chatterly's Lover became notorious for its story of the physical and emotional relationship between a working class man and an upper class woman, its explicit descriptions of sex, and its use of then-unprintable words. In 1959, Grove Press published an unexpurgated version of the book. The U.S. Post Office confiscated copies sent through the mail. Grove Press sued the Postmaster of New York City and won, and won again on federal appeal. This edition contains: the full and unexpurgated text of the third manuscript version, first published privately by Giusepp Orioli, in Florence in 1928; Archibald MacLeish's 1959 letter on the plan to publish the book; Mark Schorer's comprehensive and informative introduction; and extracts from the historic United States District Court decision that removed the… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster / Scribner, August 1999. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Prior owner's name to first page. Spine straight, tight and uncrease. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. 436 pages.
Passion intertwines with fate in this riveting and historically rich novel about the journey of a woman from poverty to ultimate power in Revolution-era France.
In this book inspired by the life of Josephine Bonaparte, we meet Josephine in the exotic and lush Martinico, where an old island woman predicts that one day she will be queen. The journey from the remote village of her birth to the height of European elegance is long, but Josephine's fortune proves to be true. By way of fictionalized diary entries, we traverse her early years as she marries her one true love, bears his children, and is left betrayed, widowed, and penniless. It is Josephine's extraordinary charm, cunning, and will to survive that catapults her to the heart of society, where she meets Napoleon, whose destiny will prove to… Read More

New York: Scribner, July 2014. Trade Paperback. Good+. Unmarked. Reading wear. Creasing to covers. Not from a library. xix + 330 pages.
The definitive edition of the classic novel of love during wartime, featuring all of the alternate endings. Written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Set against the looming horrors of the battlefield--weary, demoralized men marching in the rain during the German attack on Caporetto; the profound struggle between loyalty and desertion--this gripping, semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war and the pain of lovers caught in its inexorable sweep. Ernest Hemingway said that he rewrote the ending to A Farewell to Arms thirty-nine times to get the words right. This edition collects all of the alternative endings together for the… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster / Touchstone, June 1994. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Unmarked, but lightly tanned. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light reading wear to corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 349 pages.
The full account of the Watergate scandal from the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story. This is "the work that brought down a presidency...perhaps the most influential piece of journalism in history."

New York: Scribner / Lisa Drew, May 1999. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Inscribed by the author to Eric, otherwise unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Cover clean and bright. Slight reading and shelf wear. Not from a library. No remainer mark. Not clipped. 416 pages.
The Dean of the White House Press Corps describes her many years of reporting on the White House, offering a fascinating glimpse of the changing relationship between the presidency and the press as she discusses every administration, from Kennedy to Clinton, in a unique view of four decades of presidential history.

London: Royal Collection Trust, 2023. Trade Paperback. Revised and Updated 2023. First Thus / full number line. New. Pristine inside and out. Originally published in 2018, this edition was revised and updated in 2023 with the ascension of King Charles III to the throne. 64 pages. A richly illustrated guide to Buckingham Palace, and its role as a symbol, a royal residence, a working palace and an exceptional art collection.
Contents: Introduction; A Symbol of Monarchy; The Changing of the Guard; A Royal Residence; A Working Palace; Welcoming Visitors: The Grand Entrance and Staircase; Diplomacy: The Green Drawing Room; Royal Splendour: The Throne Room; State Entertaining: The Ballroom; Investitures; Supporting Charity: The State Dining Room; Receptions: The White Drawing Room; Politics: The Bow Room; Welcoming the Public: Garden Parties; Behind the Scenes; A Royal Collection: Ten Highlights.

London: Chatto & Windus, March 2007. Trade Paperback. Full number line. Very Good. Not from a library. 354 pages.
From one of our most important contemporary Chinese authors: a novel of language and love that tells one young Chinese woman's story of her journey to the West—and her attempts to understand the language, and the man, she adores. Zhuang—or "Z," to tongue-tied foreigners—has come to London to study English, but finds herself adrift, trapped in a cycle of cultural gaffes and grammatical mishaps. Then she meets an Englishman who changes everything, leading her into a world of self-discovery. She soon realizes that, in the West, "love" does not always mean the same as in China, and that you can learn all the words in the English language and still not understand your lover. And as the novel progresses with steadily improving grammar and vocabulary, Z's evolving voice makes her quest for comprehension all the more poignant. With sparkling wit, Xiaolu Guo has created an utterly original… Read More

Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wire-Bound. 2022. As New.

New York: Doubleday, November 2009. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 308 pages.
Ford County is the best writing that John Grisham has ever done. Returning to the setting of his first novel, Grisham presents seven short stories about the residents of Ford County, Mississippi. Each story explores different themes-mourning, revenge, justice, acceptance, evolution-but all flirt with the legal profession. Full of strong characters, simple but resonant plotlines, and charming Southern accents, this collection is solid throughout. As always, Grisham balances his lawyerly preoccupations with a deep respect for his undereducated and overlooked characters.

New York: Vintage, April 2005. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 384 pages.
When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor. But the story of the Dutch colony of New Netherland was merely lost, not destroyed. Russell Shorto has created a gripping narrative-a story of global sweep centered on a wilderness called Manhattan-that transforms our understanding of early America. The Dutch colony pre-dated the "original" thirteen colonies, yet it seems strikingly familiar. Its capital was cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic, and its citizens valued free trade, individual rights, and religious freedom. Their champion was a progressive, young lawyer named Adriaen van der Donck, who emerges in these pages as… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Mariner, September 2006. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 340 pages. Winner of the National Book Award. A vivid and gritty piece of forgotten history.

Bangkok: Thai Watana Panich, 1990. Good. Binding cracked, otherwise As New. Unmarked. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 878 pages.

New York: Popular Library, 1973. Mass Market Paperback. No additional printings listed. "FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK" noted on back cover. Very Good-. Creases to cover and spine. Interior unmarked but tanned. No ownership or library markings. Not clipped. 505 pages.
Hilarious, terrifying, insightful, and compulsively readable, these are the articles that Hunter S. Thompson wrote for Rolling Stone magazine while covering the 1972 election campaign of President Richard M. Nixon and his unsuccessful opponent, Senator George S. McGovern. Hunter focuses largely on the Democratic Party's primaries and the breakdown of the national party as it splits between the different candidates. With drug-addled alacrity and incisive wit, Thompson turned his jaundiced eye and gonzo heart to the repellent and seductive race for president, deconstructed the campaigns, and ended up with a political vision that is eerily prophetic

New York: Basic Books, September 2006. Trade Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 337 pages.
Contents: Two worlds -- The "pearl and the gold" -- Smith's epic -- Innocence lost -- "Virginea Britannia" -- War and retribution -- Redeeming Pocahontas -- For "The good of the plantation" -- "Fatall possession".

New York: Simon & Schuster / Touchstone, June 1993. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 317 pages.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A former professor of Greek at Yale University, Wills painstakingly deconstructs Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and discovers heavy influence from the early Greeks (Pericles) and the 19th century Transcendentalists (Edward Everett). The author also probes Lincoln's decision to rely more on the Declaration of Independence than the U.S. Constitution, a decision Wills says represented a "revolution in thought."

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007-2008. Four DVD Boxed Sets. Each of the four volumes is a two-disc set covering a three-year interval of theatrical short subjects by The Three Stooges released by Columbua Pictures during the period 1934-1945. Eight discs total. DVD region 1. 87 short films totaling 25 hours and 4 minutes runtime. 1.33:1 Full Screen. Black & White. Very Good discs in As New cases in Very Good boxes. From a private collection. Not from a library or rental. Starring Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard. Music by R. H. Bassett.
Contents: Volume One: 1934–1936Disc One1934 001 Woman Haters (May 5) 002 Punch Drunks (July 13) 003 Men in Black (September 28) 004 Three Little Pigskins (December 8)1935 005 Horses' Collars (January 10) 006 Restless Knights (February 20) 007 Pop Goes the Easel (March 29) 008 Uncivil Warriors (April 26) 009 Pardon My Scotch (August 1) 010 Hoi Polloi (August 29) 011 Three Little Beers (November 28)Disc Two1936 012 Ants in… Read More