Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Harry N Abrams Inc, 2003 In 1987, art dealer Richard Polsky set aside $100,000 to purchase a painting by famed Pop artist Andy Warhol for his private collection - a purchase that ultimately took him twelve years. His journey, spanning the years from the wild speculation of the 1980s to the recession of the 1990s, is recounted here in this funny, fast-paced, intensely readable expose of the inner workings of the art world.This entertaining tale illuminates not only Warhol the a... more information

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Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing, 1992 This volume is from the Sesame Street Book Club. Big Bird decides to open a store - he has everything he needs except something to sell. He goes around and finds one of this, two of that etc. and gradually sells them and counts his way down. Unpaginated, but each page is fully illustrated. The only wear is a bit of rubbing on the bottom corners. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.... more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2002 For ages 3 - 5. Renowned science author Vicki Cobb has concocted just the right formula for making scientific principles easy for even the youngest kid to understand. Follow this book with a young child who loves to play, just add water, and - presto! - you have a science discovery that will forever change the way your child looks at the world. Fun hands-on activities and irresistible illustrations make this book a perfect excuse to learn a... more information

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New York: Harcourt, 2002 Awarded Denmark's Golden Laurels for Best Book of the Year. "When Carsten Jensen set out by train from Denmark on a journey to the East, he expected to find lands of rich history and culture, and people undergoing radical change at the end of the twentieth century. In this illuminating narrative of his travels, there is this and much, much more. He examines the reverberations of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, always attuned to the restless air of expectancy in the ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979 Bottom outside of pages has two stamped marks. 132 pages, all fine. DJ is fine, a few minor scuffs at the edges. Binding is fine, dark grey and navy blue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Natl Geographic Society, 2003 Susanna Moore's narrative begins with Captain Cook, whose arrival in 1778 fulfilled a time-honored Hawaiian legend, but who quickly fell victim to the first of many misunderstandings that would shape Hawaiian history. Soon American missionaries would arrive, bringing Christianity, colonialism, and capitalism to forever change island life. The story that unfolds in these pages is not the tale of savagery that characterized so many chronicles of the ... more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954 The informer is infiltrating American life at the national, state, and local level. He invades the privacy of the home, reports on classroom discussions and library accessions, and summons his colleagues to challenge the sanctity of the church. He is a man of the shadows, born of fear and contributing to it. He speaks in whispers. Justice William O. Douglas describes him as "nameless" and "faceless." He is not subpeonaed, answers no roll call, dares ... more information

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New York: Atheneum, 1965 We had come halfway across the world to reach the beautiful red desert we were crossing. It is an area of rolling sand dunes, strong yellow grass, and patches of dense scrub, about three times the size of England. We were there because in this famed Kalahari Desert of South Africa live a gentle people called the Bushmen, and we wanted to visit them." So starts this fascinating book about a visit to the the oldest inhabitants of South Africa. They were very welcoming to the grou... more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2002 For ages 3 - 5. Renowned science author Vicki Cobb illuminates the scientific principles of light and reflection that even the youngest kids can understand. Follow this book with a young child who loves to play, and see the light in a whole new way. Fun hands-on activities and irresistible illustrations by Julia Gorton make this book a perfect excuse to learn about science. just for the fun of it! Unpaginated. 4to - over 9¾" - 1... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1984 Second printing. When 19-year-old Helen Reynolds sets out to cross the country by train from California to Washington, D.C., she has some idea of what to expect at the end of her journey but no notion of the emotional baggage she is destined to acquire along the way. Helen is going to see her mother, the sad, beautiful, alcoholic Selma. America has enter WWII, and the train is crowded with soldiers. One of them, John O'Connell, a union organizer and former boyf... more information

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Rutland, Vermont, U.S.A.: Tuttle (Charles E.) Co Inc.,U.S., 1997 Japan, Kakuzo Okakura wrote more than 60 years ago, is a museum of Asiatic civilization, and yet more than a museum, because the singular genius of the race leads it to dwell on all phases of the ideals of the past, which welcomes the new without losing the old. He wrote of that broad expanse of love for the Ultimate and Universal, which is the common thought-inheritence of the Asiatic races, enabling them to produce all the great religions of... more information

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Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.A.: Baby Steps Press, 1993 Great for discussion with a book club - ten copies available. Are people more alike or more different? Are our experiences in growing up so different from one another? Anita Pace takes her feelings, experiences, fears and dreams and they are re-told from you child to womanhood. As she becomes increasingly aware of her sexuality and inequities between the sexes, she must struggle to become who she is, although the striving for confomity has been driven inside... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 2003 Everyone knows about the Nobel Prizes, those prestigious awards that recognize the world's most talented and innovative minds. Unfortunately, not all of the hopeful thinkers and academics areound the globe can become Nobel Laureates, but some are lucky enough to win the esteemed Ig Nobel Prize instead. Their unbelievable accomplishments are now documented in glorious detail, in this book. Drawn from the world's wackiest actual achievements in science, eco... more information

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Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1981 1981; HB with DJ. First edition. VG/F. DJ has a few small tears on the bottom front and a nick at the top and back bottom. There is an ink "P" on the front, which was probably "paid." The DJ is very colorful with children having a snowball fight. The cover is a light gray, textured, and light blue with black lettering. Several terrific illustrations throughout, by Charles Robinson. 96 pages, 6" x 8" high. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&frac3... more information

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New York: Villard Books, 1997 It was 1957, I was twelve years old, me and my mother June were gassing up the Buick at the filling station in Welch, West Virginia, on our way to the rest of our lives." So begins this novel, a funny and tender road story of a mother and daughter's search for the turn on the map that will bring them the good life. June uproots her daughter Lily from her West Virginia home, only to fall prey to a world as dangerous and absurd as the one they left behind. Through Lily&#... more information

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United Kingdom: Virgin Publishing Ltd., 2001 Stalking is on the increase. And it isn't only celebrities who become the targets of irrational and desperate individuals. Men and women with everyday jobs who lead ordinary lives can just as easily become someone else's obsession. Since John Lennon's murder in 1980 the world has recognized the danger that lies behind this insidiious and threatening behavior, but has been slow to act against it. It is only as recently as 1997 that the Protection from ... more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1986 #10156-16, A First Little Golden Book. A young brother and sister are learning to share their toys. They do pretty well, until Carl wants to play with the tea set. Because Kelly won't share, she has to play alone. In the end they are friends again and play together as best friends. The cover has a spot on the lower right that goes to the inside of the cover, but does not affect the pages. There is one chip at the bottom and the foil has minor wear at the spine ends. ... more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1986 #10156-16, A First Little Golden Book. A young brother and sister are learning to share their toys. They do pretty well, until Carl wants to play with the tea set. Because Kelly won't share, she has to play alone. In the end they are friends again and play together as best friends. The cover has a spot on the lower right front, and lower back left, that goes to the inside of the cover, but does not affect the pages. There is light wear at the top corner and the foil ... more information

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Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1950 A similar volume first appeared some years ago. It represented a summary of sexual knowledge as it stood then. However, during the intervening period the science of sex has made such rapid and brilliant progress that the authors considered it opportune to place before the public this volume, in order to make the results of newer scientific research available to the general reader in popular form. The most important new discovery relates to natural birth co... more information

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North Dighton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: JG Press, 1996 This book takes readers miles beyond any of the more than two dozen major books published about the dreamy, bespectacled singer/composer from suburban Liverpool. With a riveting text culled from over a decade of research into Lennon's extraordinary life, author Giuliano rounds out his insightful look at the former Beatle with seldom-before-seen photos, many never previously published, spanning the performer's life. The introduction by John's u... more information

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