Offered here is a vintage book, "A Star Danced", by Gertrude Lawrence, Doubleday, Doran and Co., inc, Garden City, N.Y. 1945, 238pp. Deckled edges - very creamy white pages, illustrated endpages with photos of Ms. Lawrence. Tiny spots along the right edge of the cover.
Offered here is a vintage children's Lindbergh hardcover: "Lindbergh the Lone Eagle His Life and Achievements", George Buchanan Fife, A.L. Burt, New York, 1927, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, illustrated by Howard Brown - Likely first edition. Bright red embossed blindstamp pictorial of plane between Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower; cloth boards with gilt Lettering on cover and spine. Very minor rubs to extremities and spine edge cloth bent from shelf. With a valuable chapter on the navigation of 'The Spirit of St. Louis' by Captain Robert Schofield Wood, D.F.C., M.C., Croix de Guerre; of the Independent Air Force, R.A.F., in France during the World War. Frontis is photo of Lindbergh in flight suit. Front side of Frontis has Eagle flying of Spirit of St. Louis. Christmas message on first blank endpage - Christmas, 1927 Dust Jacket has painted image of Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis. Some stressing along the top edges of the jacket, larger chip at top of spine and small tear at front trough edge, else very nice jacket. Flaps have description of book
Offered here is a vintage children's hardcover biography: "Lindbergh the Lone Eagle His Life and Achievements", George Buchanan Fife, A.L. Burt, New York, 1928, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, illustrated by Howard Brown. Bright red embossed blindstamp pictorial of plane between Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower; cloth boards with gilt Lettering on cover and spine. Very minor rubs to extremities and spine edge cloth bent from shelf. With a valuable chapter on the navigation of 'The Spirit of St. Louis' by Captain Robert Schofield Wood, D.F.C., M.C., Croix de Guerre; of the Independent Air Force, R.A.F., in France during the World War. Frontis is photo of Lindbergh in flight suit. Front side of Frontis has Eagle flying of Spirit of St. Louis. Dust Jacket has painted image of Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis. Some color worn on flap edges and along bottom edge - chips on back cover with a center crease, else very nice jacket. Flaps have description of book.
Offered here is a wonderful antiquarian book: "Portraiture - American Celebrities Biography", S. A. Echols Co., New York, 1891. Patterned end-papers, illustrated with over 500 black and white head and shoulders photos of Americans of note; Statesmen, Soldiers, Physicians, Politicians, Authors, Actors, Artists, Musicians,Inventors, Journalists, Policemen and brief biographies at the back of the book.
Offered here is a wonderful antiquarian biography book: "The Life Of Mozart, Including His Correspondence", Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1845, 377pp. including end notes, PLUS Foldout music scores and publisher's adds. Brown embossed and gilt decorated cloth bound - gilt spine titles - very rough cut page edges - ex-libris plate on first blank endpage - light flocking througout. Extremely minor bumps at the cover corners. Chipping of cloth aty spine heel and a little on the tip of the cloth at the spine head. Nice book!
Offered here is a wonderful anquitarian Autobiography book: "The Life of Benjamin Franklin illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes, Adapted To The Use Of Schools. With Engravings, by Himself", Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., Philadelphia, 1838 (first published in 1832). Blue polished paper covered boards with calf binding and some scuffing on the covers, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Split in calf trough along front cover - small piece missing at spine head. Corner is rubbed and rounded. Flocking throughout first few pages. Still a wonderful book with woodcut illustrations throughout. Name written on first blank endpage and name sticker on inside front cover. A Wonderful book by and about one of the Greatest Founding Fathers of our country!!!!
Offered here is an anquitarian vintage and scarce book about the US Civil War: "What A Boy Saw in the Army A Story of Site-Seeing and Adventure in the War for the Union', by Jesse Bowman Young, Illustrated by Frank Beard, Hunt & Eaton, New York, 1894, 398 pp plus illustration at end. Quarter-bound leather on the spine and cover corners, blue cloth with fully legible gilt titles and decoration on front board, leather very warn at corners with cardboard showing through and chipped at spine head and heel - front gutter area leather partially split - insid eis nice. From the Prefatory Note: "The lad was barely out of his teens when the struggle ended (Civil War), in 1865, but his experience in camp, on the march, and in battle is ineffaceably stamped into his life and character". 100 original drawings by artist Frank Beard, who was himself a soldier in the Civil War
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