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True Compass: A Memoir
A landmark autobiography and the definite account from a member of America s most heralded family. As a young man, Edward M. Kennedy played a key role in the presidential...
The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys-and
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this "gripping . . . spectacular piece of reporting" (Ken Burns), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines Senator Frank Church, the man at the...
Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years, Volume 1:
Emma Goldman: A Documentary History of the American Years reconstructs the life of Emma Goldman through significant texts and documents. These two volumes - part of a projected four-volume series...
Infamy: Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath
How much of a surprise was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour? History has tended to blame the two commanders of Hawaii's military installations, Admiral Kimmel and General Short, for...
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NONFICTION A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 * An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2024 * Longlisted for the Andrew...
Resurrection: Salvaging the Battle Fleet at Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor is a topic of perennial interest to the American public, and a long line of popular books and movies have focused on the attack or...
L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City
Mid-century Los Angeles. A city sold to the world as "the white spot of America," a land of sunshine and orange groves, wholesome Midwestern values and Hollywood stars, protected by...
United States Coastguard in World War II
Originally published in 1957, this intimate view of the Coast Guard's dramatic World War II record has long been considered a classic. Out of print for years, it is once...
Stonewall in the Valley: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah
The Valley Campaign conducted by Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson has long fascinated those interested in the American Civil War as well as general students of military history, all...
Chronicle of 20th. Century History
$55.00 AUD
From the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 to the recent ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq War, Bowman provides an invaluable guide to the climactic world events of this century. The expertly written...
Diego Rivera. The Complete Murals
$250.00 AUD
A veritable folk hero in Latin America and Mexico's most important artist-along with his wife, painter Frida Kahlo-Diego Rivera (1886-1957) led a passionate life devoted to art and communism. After...
YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD, IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. In A Series of Letters from Java, Singapore, China, Bengal, Egypt, The Holy Land, The Crimea and Its Battle-Grounds, England, Melbourne, Sydney, etc., etc.
$150.00 AUD
Author: George Francis TrainBinding: HardbackPublished: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 1857Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Damaged green...
Howard Hughes And His Flying Boat
$20.00 AUD
Author: Charles BartonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Aero Publishers., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the ambitious life of an iconic...
Store: A Memoir Of America's Great Department Stores
$60.00 AUD
Author: Nan Tillson BirminghamBinding: HardbackPublished: G. P. Putnam's Sons., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor foxing to page edges, slight...
Reagan The Man, The President
$25.00 AUD
Author: Hedrick Smith, Adam Clymer, Leonard Silk, Robert Lindsey, Richard BurtBinding: HardbackPublished: Pergamon Press, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsReagan The Man, The President presents a multifaceted examination...
Russian Art And American Money: 1900-1940
$120.00 AUD
Author: Robert C. WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Foxing on book block. Sturdy and clean...
The Memoirs Of Chief Justice Earl Warren
$60.00 AUD
Author: Earl WarrenBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday & Company, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Yellowed Dj with small tears. Name on fep. Internally sound....
The White House Years
$50.00 AUD
Author: Henry KissingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson & Michael Joseph, 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has wear and tear, tanning along spine...
The Memoirs Of Richard Nixon
$20.00 AUD
Author: Richard NixonBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1978Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket damaged wear and tear, previous owner stamp inside, page edges have foxing/wearThe monumental The...
The Cia And The Cult Of Intelligence
$100.00 AUD
Author: Victor Marchetti & John D. MarksBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape Ltd, London , 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Yellowed DJ...
The Wartime Journals Of Charles A. Lindbergh
$70.00 AUD
Author: Charles A. LindberghBinding: HardbackPublished: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Chipped and worn DJ. Name on fep....
Seaway: The Untold Story Of North America's Fourth Seacoast
$50.00 AUD
Author: Jacques LesstrangBinding: HardbackPublished: Salisbury Press Book, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has wear and tear along corners and spine edges, previous owner mark...
The Bitter Heritage: Vietnam & American Democracy 1941-1966
$20.00 AUD
Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.Binding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear but no tearsThis seminal work of political history,...
The Death Of A President: November 1963
$15.00 AUD
Author: William ManchesterBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear and tear along edges and spineThe Death Of A...
Iacocca: An Autobiography
$30.00 AUD
Author: Lee Iacocca With William NovakBinding: HardbackPublished: Bantam Books, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some sticker remains and very light general wear in...
The Coast Guard At War: Vietnam 1965-1975
$55.00 AUD
Author: Alex LarzelereBinding: HardbackPublished: Naval Institute Press, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has a few small holes along spine edge and front (see photo all concentrated...
The Two-Ocean War: A Short History Of The United States Navy In The Second World War
$50.00 AUD
Author: Samuel Eliot MorisonBinding: HardbackPublished: Little, Brown & Co., - Atlantic Monthly Press, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe authoritative The Two-Ocean War: A Short History Of The...
Art & Design: In Europe And America 1800-1900
$20.00 AUD
Author: Simon JervisBinding: PaperbackPublished: E.P. Dutton, 1987Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the transformative movements in art and...
Aaron Burr, The Years from Princeton to Vice President, 1756-1805; and The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 (Two-Volume Set.)
$80.00 AUD
Author: Milton LomaskBinding: HardbackPublished: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition with light bumping on corners. Clean and sturdy copies. This...
American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, And Heroes Of A Hurricane
$15.00 AUD
Author: Walter IsaacsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis collection presents a series of incisive portraits of influential...
The Wolf Of Wall Street: My Rise And Fall As An American Entrepreneurial Icon
$150.00 AUD
Author: Jordan BelfortBinding: HardbackPublished: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Remainder markCondition remarks: 522 pages. Quarter yellow boards with black cloth, gilt lettering. Original DJ with...
Tombee: Portrait Of A Cotton Planter
$35.00 AUD
Author: Theodore RosengartenBinding: HardbackPublished: William Morrow, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the life and times of a prominent cotton planter, offering a vivid depiction...
A Biography: Benjamin Franklin
$35.00 AUD
Author: Ronald W. ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: Random House (NY), 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsRonald W. Clark's A Biography: Benjamin Franklin chronicles the extraordinary life of one of America's...
Demeter's Daughters: The Women Who Founded America 1587-1787
$30.00 AUD
Author: Selma R. WilliamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Atheneum, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsDemeter's Daughters: The Women Who Founded America 1587-1787 chronicles the essential yet frequently unacknowledged contributions of women...
The King's Ranger: Thomas Brown And The American Revolution On The Southern Frontier
$20.00 AUD
Author: Edward J. CashinBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Georgia Press, 1989Condition:Book: Fair, ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsEdward J. Cashin's The King's Ranger: Thomas Brown And The American...
Against Wind And Tide: A Biography Of Wm. Lloyd Garrison
$45.00 AUD
Author: Walter M. MerrillBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsWalter M. Merrill's Against Wind And Tide: A Biography...
Madam Secretary: A Memoir (SIGNED)
$120.00 AUD
Author: Madeleine AlbrightBinding: HardbackPublished: Miramax Books, 2003Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. DJ within mylar. Name on half-title page, otherwise clean and sturdy...
Paul Revere's Ride
$20.00 AUD
Author: David Hackett FischerBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1994Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Reading copy with markingsThis acclaimed historical account, Paul Revere's Ride, chronicles the pivotal moments leading up...
Maximilian And Carlota: The Habsburg Tragedy In Mexico
$30.00 AUD
Author: Gene SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: HARRAP, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsGene Smith's Maximilian And Carlota: The Habsburg Tragedy In Mexico chronicles the ill-fated reign of Emperor Maximilian I...
Treasury Of American Antiques: A Pictorial Survey Of Popular Folk Arts & Crafts
$20.00 AUD
Author: Clarence Pearson HornungBinding: PaperbackPublished: H. N. Abrams, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor wear on cover. This comprehensive volume presents...
In Cold Blood
$50.00 AUD
Author: Truman CapoteBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn green boards. Light bumping on corners. Light foxing on book...
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences Of Slavery And Emancipation
$40.00 AUD
Author: Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, And Steven F. MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: New Press-Library of Congress, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRemembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences...
Africans In America: America's Journey Through Slavery
$20.00 AUD
Author: Charles Johnson, Patricia Smith, And The Wgbh Series Research TeamBinding: PaperbackPublished: A Harvest Book - Harcourt Brace & Co.,, 1999Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...
The Life Of J. Edgar Hoover: Secrecy And Power
$30.00 AUD
Author: Richard Gid PowersBinding: HardbackPublished: Free Press, New York, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe authoritative biography The Life Of J. Edgar Hoover: Secrecy And Power chronicles the...
Black Troops, White Commanders, And Freedmen During The Civil War (SIGNED)
$100.00 AUD
Author: Howard C. WestwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. DJ protected within mylar. Black Troops, White Commanders,...
Forged In Battle: The Civil War Alliance Of Black Soldiers And White Officers
$20.00 AUD
Author: Joseph T GlatthaarBinding: HardbackPublished: Free Press , 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ repaired with tape. Joseph T. Glatthaar's Forged In Battle: The Civil War...
Hearts Of Fire: Great Women Of American Lore And Legend
$20.00 AUD
Author: Kemp BattleBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild America Books, New York, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work chronicles the extraordinary lives of remarkable women who shaped American history...
Of America East & West: Selections From The Writings Of Paul Horgan (SIGNED)
$100.00 AUD
Author: Paul Horgan; Introduction by Henry Steele CommagerBinding: HardbackPublished: Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Loose plate inscribed by the author...