The Twilight of World Steam
by Ziel, Ron; Eagleson, Mike
New York: Madison Square Press / Grosset & Dunlap, 1976. Reprint. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 10x8x1. 1976 reprint. Jacket price clipped, minor ink transfer on rear jacket. 303, [1] pp. A definitive and masterful record of the end of an era - the passing of the steam locomotive around the world. Over 550 action photographs, 22 in full color.
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Dating Big Bird: A Novel
by Zigman, Laura
New York: The Dial Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. An exceptional copy. 2000 Hard Cover. 246 pp. With the laugh-out-loud humor and heartfelt wisdom that made Animal Husbandry a national bestseller, Laura Zigman's second novel introduces Ellen Franck, a successful single career woman whose one desire--a child of her own--throws her into the ever-growing ranks of the "reproductively challenged." Ellen has... Read More
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Her: A Novel
by Zigman, Laura
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x0x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Minimal wear to corners, board edges slightly faded, otherwise an excellent copy. 2002 Hard Cover. 209 pp. A smart, deeply satisfying romantic comedy about a woman's obsession with the return of her fiance's ex. On the Delta Shuttle between New York and Washington, Elise finds herself sitting next to Donald -... Read More
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Animal Husbandry: A Novel
by Zigman, Laura
New York: The Dial Press, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6x1x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 1 inch spot on top edge, jacket spine faded, UPC sticker on rear endpaper. 1998 Hard Cover. 304 pp. Author's first novel. Hers began as a simple Cow meets Bull story: she, Jane Goodall (no, not the Jane Goodall) was the single, overachieving prime-time talk show producer with her heart on... Read More
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Rockwellkentiana: Few Words and Many Pictures by R.K. and, by Carl Zigrosser, a Bibliography and List of Prints
by Zigrosser, Carl
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x8x0. Kent, Rockwell. First edition. Jacket lightly rubbed with small internal chip on rear panel, boards a bit foxed, minor insect damage to front and rear blanks but text and prints intact. 1933 Large Hardcover. 64 pp., plus unpaginated section of drawings, woodcuts, lithographs, and paintings. Includes over 130 reproductions, 90 full-page and one in color. Print list and bibliography by Carl Zigrosser.
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Rochester: The Big Picture
by Zikos, Christina; Klinsky, Arnold
New York: Walsworth Publishing Company. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0x0x0. Jacket lightly toned, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 204 pp. Introduction by Arnold Klinsky. A collection of 475 photographs (mainly color) by local amateur and professional photographers, reflecting the various facets of life in Rochester, New York. Includes: Recreation in Rochester; Families and Education; Visions of the Future; The Environment; Lilac Photofest & Beyond.
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Rochester: The Big Picture
by Zikos, Christina; Klinsky, Arnold
New York: Walsworth Publishing Company. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0x0x0. Jacket lightly toned, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 204 pp. Introduction by Arnold Klinsky. A collection of 475 photographs (mainly color) by local amateur and professional photographers, reflecting the various facets of life in Rochester, New York. Includes: Recreation in Rochester; Families and Education; Visions of the Future; The Environment; Lilac Photofest & Beyond.
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The Art and Craft of Poetry: An Introduction
by Zillman, Lawrence J
New York: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. First edition. Jacket rubbed, stain to top page ridge. 1967 Hard Cover. 275. In introduction to the principles and processes of poetry that will help the reader towards a greater appreciation of poems.
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Tail Spin: Women at War in the Wake of Tailhook [Tailspin]
by Zimmerman, Jean
New York: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Top corner of front board stained, 2 inch taped tear on top of front dust jacket. 1995 Hard Cover. 327 pp. Chronicles the 1991 Tailhook affair involving the U.S. Navy and traces its effects on the role of women in combat, focusing on the struggle of women fighter pilots for equality with their male counterparts.
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A People's History of the United States, 1492 - Present
by Zinn, Howard; Arnove, Anthony
New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2015. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x1x8. Recent reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2015 Trade Paperback. xxii, 729, 16, [4] pp. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers.... Read More
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Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century
by Zinn, Howard; Frank, Dana; Kelley, Robin D.G
Boston: Beacon Press, 2001. 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x0. Sixth printing. Jacket lightly toned. 2001 Hard Cover. 174 pp. Three renowned historians present stirring tales of labor: Howard Zinn tells the grim tale of the Ludlow Massacre, a drama of beleaguered immigrant workers, Mother Jones, and the politics of corporate power in the age of the robber barons. Dana Frank brings to light the little-known story of a successful sit-in conducted by the 'counter girls'... Read More
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The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
by Zinn, Howard
New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2015. 5th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Wrappers and edges lightly soiled, minor wear to corners. 2015 Trade Paperback. 668, [4] pp. No other radical historian has reached so many hearts and minds as Howard Zinn. It is rare that a historian of the Left has managed to retain as much credibility while refusing to let his academic mantle change his beautiful writing style from being anything but direct, forthright, and... Read More
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Old Indian Legends
by Zitkala-Sa
Boston: Ginn & Company / The Athenaeum Press, 1902. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. de Cora, Angel (Hinook Mahiwi Kilinaka). 1902 reprint. Edges, endpapers, and margins of a few pages foxed, a few light blemishes on boards. xx, 195 pages. Blue cloth, yellow titles and decorations, illustrations by Angel de Cora. Zitkala-sa, renamed Gertrude Simmons by Catholic missionaries, was one of the first Sioux women to write the stories and traditions of her people. They are taken... Read More
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American Street
by Zoboi, Ibi
New York: Balzer + Bray, 2017. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x1x8. First edition. Spine slightly cocked. 2017 Hard Cover. 324 pp. In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture. On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie - a good life.... Read More
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The People Remember
by Zoboi, Ibi
New York: Balzer + Bray, 2021. Large Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 10x0x11. Wise, Loveis. New. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2021 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut picture book - a tour de force that uses the principles of Kwanzaa to talk about the history of African Americans. This lyrical, powerful tribute is sumptuously illustrated by New Yorker artist and rising star Loveis Wise. A beautiful gift for readers... Read More
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The Salt-Sea Mastodon: A Reading of Moby-Dick
by Zoellner, Robert
Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Jacket toned with 3 inch stain on spine, ink underlining in text. 1973 Hard Cover. xii, 288 pp. "...Melville's great novel, as Mr. Zoellner reads it, is not the story of a crippled and maddened Captain Ahab seeking in hate and vengeance to destroy the thing which mutilated him. Instead, it is the story of a questing, vision-seeking Ishmael, haunted by unbidden... Read More
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The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire
by Zoellner, Tom
New York: Picador, 2007. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. 2nd printing. Faint edge wear. 2007 Trade Paperback. 340 pp. When he proposed to his girlfriend, Tom Zoellner gave what is expected of every American man--a diamond engagement ring. But when the relationship broke apart, he was left with a used diamond that began to haunt him. His obsession carried him around the globe, from the "blood diamond" rings of Africa; to the sweltering polishing factories of... Read More
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The Way We'll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream
by Zogby, John
New York: Random House, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "To Dave, hope for a better tomorrow." A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2008 Hard Cover. xvi, 235 pp. In this far-reaching examination of contemporary American culture, John Zogby, one of the nation's foremost pollsters, explores who today's Americans are, identifying patterns in our social makeup that hint at the way we'll... Read More
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Jacques Damour: Madame Neigeon -- Nantas -- How We Die -- The Coqueville Spree -- The Attack on the Mill (Authorized Edition)
by Zola, Emile; Apthorp, William Foster
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards soiled, pages foxed. 1895 Hard Cover. 368 pp. With his usual talent, Zola recounts the life of a family of Parisian artisans during the siege of Paris, the Commune and the 3rd Republic until 1880.
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Nana (The Folio Society)
by Zola, Emile; Duff, Charles
London: The Folio Society, 1956. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Vertes, [Marcel]. First thus (Nash, Folio 50 #96). Includes publisher's slipcase. Boards foxed, endpapers lightly foxed, slipcase toned with minor wear to corners. 1956 Hard Cover. 387 pp.Translated into English from the original French by Charles Duff. Etchings by Marcel Vertes. Nana, daughter of a drunk and a laundress, is the Helen of Troy of Paris. A sexually magnetic high-class prostitute and actress, she becomes a celebrity,... Read More
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Nana
by Zola, Emile; Duff, Charles (translator)
London: Folio Press: J.M. Dent, 1973. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7x3x0. Vertes, [Marcel]. 1973 photo-lithographic reissue (Nash, Folio 50 #338). Acetate jacket with paper flaps. Minor general wear. 387 pp.Translated by Charles Duff. Etchings by Marcel Vertes. Nana, daughter of a drunk and a laundress, is the Helen of Troy of Paris. A sexually magnetic high-class prostitute and actress, she becomes a celebrity, rapidly conquering society, ruining all men who fall under her spell -- especially... Read More
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Emile Zola Fotografo: 480 Documenti Scelti e Presentati da Francois Emile-Zola e Massin
by Zola, Emile
Milano: Gabriele Moazzotaa, 1979. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 0x0x0. Top edge lightly foxed, bookplate on front endpaper. 1979 Large Hardcover. 190 pp. Italian text. Emile Zola, in full Emile-Edouard-Charles-Antoine Zola, (born April 2, 1840, Paris, France - died September 28, 1902, Paris), French novelist, critic, and political activist who was the most prominent French novelist of the late 19th century. He was noted for his theories of naturalism, which underlie his monumental 20-novel series Les Rougon-Macquart, and... Read More
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Stalin's Falcons: Exposing the Myth of Soviet Aerial Superiority over the Luftwaffe in WW2
by Zubov, Dmitry
Philadelphia: Air World, 2024. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First American edition. An exceptional copy. 2024 Hard Cover. 275 pp. The Soviet history of the Second World War, written under the conditions of a totalitarian regime, reflected all its features, with the result that it includes solid sets of patriotic fables that have no connection with reality. Many of the events of the war were distorted beyond recognition or even made up from beginning... Read More
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An Airplane in Every Garage
by Zuck, Daniel R
New York: Vantage Press, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. Grohs, Ted. First edition. No jacket. Corners lightly rubbed, tipped in is a typed cautionary note about safety of air travel, personal calling card laid in. 1958 Hard Cover. 192 pp. Drawings by Ted Groh. "A book written in the 1950s by an author involved in airline mechanics and theory, on the practicality of people having a combination airplane/car for personal transportation. Comes with designs... Read More
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The Amanas
by Zug, Joan Liffring and John
Iowa: The Amana Society, 1969. Stapled Binding. Near Fine. Minor general wear. 1969 Stapled Binding. "The Amana Colonies are seven villages on 26,000 acres (11,000 ha) located in Iowa County in east-central Iowa, United States: Amana (or Main Amana), East Amana, High Amana, Middle Amana, South Amana, West Amana, and Homestead. The villages were built and settled by German Pietists, who were persecuted in their homeland by the German state government and the Lutheran Church. Calling themselves the... Read More
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