Biografia

The Pagoda and the Cross: The Life of Bishop Ford of Maryknoll

John F. Donovan · 1967 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. 223p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Boards stained. Stamps, call number, and card pocket inside. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket has a few tears, plus a library la...

Father Mcshane of Maryknoll: Missioner in South China

James Edward Walsh · 1932 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Maryknoll, NY, Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 227p. Ex-library. A blue cloth hardcover book in FAIR condition. Edges heavily worn and frayed, cloth lightly soiled, and small tear in the cloth in the back cover. Hing...

Wayward Daughter Sarah Churchill and her world.

Brooke, Miranda · 2021 · Aucott & Thomas

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Amberley Publishing, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. 380 pages, photos in the text, bibliography, notes, index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Isaac Hecker: An American Catholic

David J. O'Brien · 1992 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Mahwah, NJ, Paulist Press, 1992. Hardcover. 446p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. The book is clean and tight and appears unread. The dustjacket has a 1/2" closed and creased tear at the top-left front corner. Otherwise in excellent...

Gunner Jingo's Jubilee

MAJOR-GENERAL T. BLAND STRANGE · 1896 · The Old Bookshelf, UK

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

United Kingdom: John MacQueen, 1896. Third Edition. Hardcover. A Good hardcover, with no dustjacket. Book is in clean grey pictorial cloth boards, well bumped to spine ends and corners. There is some soiling to spine and rear board, and Union Flag on front cover is slightly ru...

Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland - Eerste deel

Charite, Dr. J., eindred. · 1979 · Kastenvol

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

Martinus Nijhoff, 1979, 1e druk, XI+680pp., 27,5x18,5cm., geb.bruin kunstl. hardcover, stofomslag, zeer goed

When the Sorghum Was High

John Joseph Considine · 1952 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Longmans, Green and Co, 1952. 8th printing. Hardcover. 177p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Edges rubbed, endpapers lightly foxed, and card pocket inside back cover. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is worn-looking, with ...

The Vigil of a Nation

YUTANG, LIN · 1946 · Clausen Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1946, First British Edition. Black Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Obituary of Dr. Lin Yutang laid in; Off-set stain on ffep from the news clipping; Aged textblock otherwise clean and tight; Bumped head and foot of spine, bumped cor...

Thomas Merton

Victor A. Kramer · 1984 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Boston, Twayne Publishers, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 181p. Ex-library. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. A few light scratch marks on front cover. Label on spine; bookplate, stamps, call number, and card pocket inside. Otherwise ...

Something for God: The Life of Maryknoll's Brother Gonzaga

Francis X. Lyons · 1960 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

New York, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1960. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 206p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in good reading condition with dustjacket. Edges heavily worn and a few page corners bent. Light foxing on endpapers. Call number and card pocket inside; otherwise clean and tight. ...

The Pagoda and the Cross: The Life of Bishop Ford of Maryknoll

John F. Donovan · 1967 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 223p. A hardcover book in good condition with a very good dustjacket. Spotty discoloration on front and back covers. Small tan stain on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has ...

Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856 Including a Journey to the Capital; with Notives of the Natural History of the Country and of the Present Civilization of the People

ELLIS, REV. WILLIAM · 1885 · Clausen Books

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Philadelphia, PA, John E. Potter and Company. 1885. Illustrated Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Woodcuts From Photographs. Hardcover, Former owner's ink signature on ffep, usual age toning and spotting, else textblock is clean and tight; Decorative floral end papers, ...

Don Slater 1921-1997. A Gay Rights Pioneer Remembered by His Friends

Various authors · 1997 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

Bossier City, LA, Homosexual Information Center, 1997. Wraps. Printed wraps. 30 pp. A collection of reminiscences on the life of gay activist and founder of ONE magazine, Don Slater. GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling and a spot of staining to the covers. Good .

Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken SIGNED

Murray Walker · 2002 · Denton Island Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Willow, 2002. Hardcover. 9780007126965 Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, lightly age browned, few shallow indents to jacket. 400 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Signed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 97800071269...

An Accidental Icon: How I dodged a bullet, spoke truth to power and lived to tell the tale SIGNED/Inscribed

Norman Scott · 2022 · Denton Island Books

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Hodder & Stoughton , 2022. First Edition, Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9781529370294 Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author, and inscribed "Best Wishes" Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight creasing to lower front corner of jacket. Sincere, convincing, appealing....

The Leader and the Force

Hussain, Ali Abe (Compiled by); Al-Suwaidi, Ahmed (Editor) · 1987 · Rainy Day Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Book Very Good No Jacket Directorate of Guidance and Culture Division Very light wear. English and Arabic (?) text.

The Life of Aleksander Blok Volume II The Release of Harmony 1908 - 1921.

Pyman, Avril · 1980 · Hessay Books

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,693)

Oxford, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover, A heavy book of 421pp. Complete dustjacket with a small scrape mark to the base of the spine. Tiny, light spots of foxing to the top edge, otherwise a clean Near Fine copy. The second and final volume of the critical biography of the Ru...

American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation

COHEN, ADAM; ELIZABETH TAYLOR · 2001 · Round Table Books, LLC

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2001. 0316834033. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0316834033. Stated first edition, first printing. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, publisher's blind-stamped medallion on cover. Illustrated with ...

A Thousand Springs: The Biography of a Marriage

CHENNAULT, ANNA · 1962 · Clausen Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Paul S. Erikson Inc. 1962, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Black and White Photos. Hardcover, Owner's return address label on front free end paper; Textblock very clean and tight; Binding lightly edge and corner worn and rubbed; The spine-sunned du...

Seven Years in Tibet

Harrer, Heinrich · 1954 · Mare Booksellers

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

New York, E.P Dutton, 1954. First American Edition. Cloth. First edition, so stated. black paper covered boards with a red cloth spine. In unclipped dust jacket (price present). 314 pages. Black and white photos throughout. First American edition of this classic memoir, recoun...