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	ACHESON, DEAN Present at the Creation, My Yers in the State Department . Ny W. W. Norton C 1969. Hardcover. Second Printing . 798pp. Index. 24p b/w photos. Tall 8vo . HC. Blue cloth, gold lettering . Biography. Memoirs of one of the strongest, most successful American statesmen of the 20th century. There is no bolder mind, nor more thoughtful friend, no better public servant, no better talker or writer, and no more eloquent critic..he writes better than any man in the public life. DJ has two 1-1/2" edge tears, o/w moderate edge wear. Top fore corners are seriously bumped, o/w binding is in clean, sound and unworn condition. Paper is lightly rippled but is nice and white, clean and sound. Good + / Fair + .. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 7759 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADAMS, ALEX WITH WILLIAM STADIEM Madam 90210, My Life As Madam to the Rich and Famous . NY: Villard Books, c. 1993. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0679420657. Minor DW wear and soil. Top edge lightly stained. Binding clean, sound, unworn. Contents are almost like new. VG - / VG - . ; Red cloth spine, red boards, black lettering . BIOGRAPHY. The Hollywood call-girl scandal is laid bare by the woman at its red-hot center -Alex Adams, the doyenne of sex in Hollywood, the madam to the stars, who 'created' the notorius Heidi Fleiss, as well as a dream team of call-girl Cinderellas. She answers the questions: Why do men - men who can have everything and everyone - choose to pay for sex? Whom do they pay? What do they pay for? ; 9-1/2" Tall; 284 pages. VG-/VG- . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 5666 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS A. Woollcott, His Life and His World NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, c. 1945. Hardcover; Second Printing. Binding is quite soiled with minor wear. Some minor contents soil. Slightly canted. Spine darkened, lettering clear. No DW. Good - . ; Index. 16p B&W photos . Light tan cloth, green lettering . BIOBRAPHY. American author. Alexander Woollcott will be longer remembered for what he was than for what he did. He was often difficult and always unpredictable; and 'the nobleness that lies, sleeping but never dead, ' in the human soul was so encrusted in his harshness or levity as to be too often indiscernible except by his chosen intimates. "It is unfortunate, perhaps unfair...that a man is judged not on how he faces the rare and heroic emergency, but on how he conducts his busines of daily living and association...In this small commerce of existence, Alexander Woollcott could be unconscionably petty, irascible, impatient, offensive, and inconsistent. Important issues...he met with balanced temper, a fine conviction, inflexible courage and principle...His quarrelsome and unwholesome tongue was a foil to his good deeds, which were many and which he jealously kept secret while painstakngly publicizing his vices. " ; 8-1/4" Tall; 386 pages. G- . USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 800] Book number: 4153 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADLER, BILL Fred Astaire a Wonderful Life NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, c. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0881843768. The upper 3/4" of front and back covers and the bottom 1/2" are slightly darkened, otherwise the Binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear on clean dust jacket. ; Textured white leatherette, black lettering. Bibliography. 16p b/w photos. HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHY. The story of a consummate artist and entertainer whoseunsurpassed achievements on stage, television and in the movies created an American legend. This book also tells the story of an eminently decent man; itwas his charm and smile as well as his talent that made him a beloved figure. Explores the reputation and talent that extended beynd the ordinary confines of movie musicals . He was one of those few people who would permanently remain a star, whokse magic was not diminished by are or retirement but, rdather, kept growint to mythis proportions. ; 8-3/4" Tall; 191 pages. VG/VG . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 16929 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADLER, BILL Fred Astaire a Wonderful Life NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, c. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0881843768. Very faintly embossed seal (previous owner? ) on ffep, else binding and contents are almost like new. Imagine! A white binding still amost as new 15+ years later! Very minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; Textured white leatherette, black lettering. Bibliography. 16p b/w photos. HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHY. The story of a consummate artist and entertainer whose unsurpassed achievements on stage, television and in the movies created an American legend. This book also tells the story of an eminently decent man; it was his charm and smile as well as his talent that made him a beloved figure. Explores the reputation and talent that extended beyond the ordinary confines of movie musicals . He was one of those few people who would permanently remain a star, whose magic was not diminished by age or retirement but, rather, kept growing to mythic proportions. ; 8-3/4" Tall; 191 pages. VG+/VG . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 23980 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	AKERS, CHARLES W. & JOHN W. CARTER Bo Mc Millin Man and Legend Louisville KY: Sulgrave Press, 1989. Hardcover. ISBN: 0962408603. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. Minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 9-1/4" Tall, 170pp. Tan boards, bright gold lettering. BIOGRAPHY. "The story of a legendary football player who brought fame to tiny Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, with a 6-0 victory over undefeated Harvard, and later, as headcoach, glory to Geneva College in Pennsylvania and a Big Ten Championship to Indiana University. Bo McMillin was a colorful, exciting personality whose devotion to football was a lifetime passion...From a lowly start in Ft. Worth, Texas to the lofty heights of gridiron recognition, Bo never forgot what the game did for him. 'Football, ' he liked to say, 'kept me from becoming a tramp'. " 8p b/w photo section. Index.. VG-/G+ . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 30204 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALDEN, CARROLL STORRS AND RALPH EARLE . Makers of Naval Tradition . Boston: Ginn & Co, c. 1925. Hardcover. Illegible spine and front cover lettring , o/w binding is in pretty good shape, with a couple of minor scratches and minor to moderate edge wear. Moderate over-all browning of contents. No DW. Good . ; Index. 16p B&W ills, incl. Frontispiece.. Black cloth . Biography. Written for the education of midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy with the purpose of presenting the American naval tradition through the lives of great naval personalities, including: . John Paul Jones, Stephen decatur, Thomas MacDonough, Matthew Calbraith Perry, Matthew Fontaine Maury, John Adolphus Dahlgren, David Glasgow Farragut, David Dixon Porter, Stephen Bleecker Luce, Alfred Thayer Mahan, George Dewey, William Thomas Sampson. ; 7-5/8" Tall; 332 pages. G . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 2500 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALDRICH, RICHARD STODDARD Gertrude Lawrence As Mrs. A. . NY Greystone Press . C 1954. Hardcover. 414pp. Frontispiece portrait + 30p B&W photos. Tall 8vo . One-quarter dark blue cloth w/decorated boards & gold spine lettering. Decorated endpapers. Hollywood biography. Theatre . DW quite worn & torn. Spot on top of spine is faded due to hole in DW. Good + .. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 3288 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALDRICH, RICHARD STODDARD Gertrude Lawrence As Mrs. A, an Intimate Biography of the Great Star . NY: Greystone Press, c. 1954. Hardcover. Spine is very faded, lettering has lost all its glitter but is still legible. Corners are all worn, as is the top of the spine. O/w minor soil and wear to sound binding. Contents are clean. No DJ. Good . ; Frontispiece portrait + 30p B&W photos. Black cloth spine, decorated boards . BIOGRAPHY. The husband of Gretrude Lawrence, the brilliant Broadway star, tells of their life together and of her career. ; 9-1/4" Tall; 414 pages. G . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9479 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALEXANDER, JOHN T. Catherine the Great, Life and Legend . NY Oxford Univeristy Press C 1989. Hardcover. BOMC . 418pp. Index. 24p b/w ills. Approx. 9-1/2" Tall . HC. Black cloth spine, bright gold lettering . BIOGRAPHY. Top of DJ's spine is worn, o/w minor wear to clean DJ. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are almost like new. VG + / G + .. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 11420 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALEXANDER, JOHN T. Catherine the Great, Life and Legend . NY: Oxford Univeristy Press, c. 1989. BOMC. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195052366. The top of the book's spine is lightly bumped, otherwise Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Very minor edge soil. Contents are almost like new. Moderate edge wear on clean dust jacket. ; 418pp. Index. 24p b/w ills. 9-1/2" Tall . Black cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Index. Selected bibliography. BIOGRAPHY. Catherine II of Russia is one of the most colorful characters in modern history. By age 33, she had overthrown her husband, Peter of Russia, ina bloodless coup and establishedherself as Empress of the mkultinational russian Empire. Alexander provides a vivid portrait of Catherine as a mother, a lover, and, above all, an extremely savvy ruler. He examines all aspects of her life and the legends that grew aroundher.. VG+/G . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 17010 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALEXANDER, SHANA When She Was Bad the Story of Bess, Hortense, Sukhreet & Nancy NY: Random House, c. 1990. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0394576063. Very minor wear and soil on the sound bindig. Contents are almost like new. DW just a little rubbed and just a little edge worn. VG / VG - . ; Index. One-third black cloth w/bright silver spine lettering. Biography. Bess Myerson (Miss America of 1945) . A superb recreation of an absorbing tale of selfish ambition and self-delusion - a compelling portrait of obsession gone wrong - of four strong women brought down by love: Bess Myerson, Nancy Capasso, Hortense Gabel and Sukhreet Gabel. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 305 pages. VG/VG- . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1812 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALGISI, LEONE John the Twenty-Third . Westminster, Maryland: Newman Press, c. 1963. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. DJ is heavily taped along the inner edges due to wear and tear and is moderately soiled, but is complete save some small pieces missing from the edges. Top/bottom of book's spine and corners are moderately worn, o/w minor wear to clean and sound binding. Contents are clean. Good + / Good - . ; Originally published in Italian as GIOVANNI XXIII . Index. 24p b/w photos . Full brown cloth, bright gold lettering . BIOGRAPHY. He became Pope at the age of 80! This is a full and readable account of his life, published during his lifetime and approved by him. The book is illustrated by a wide range of photographs, many of which came from Pope John's own family album. ; 8-3/8" Tall; 288 pages. G+/G- . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9055 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, MAURY Damn Yankee, the Billy Martin Story . NY Times Books C 1980. Hardcover. 302pp. A dozen-or-so b/w photos in text . 8vo . HC. Black cloth spine, white boards, bright silver lettering . SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. He's been hired, fired, rehired, and refired more than anyone in major league baseball. He's Billy Martin, manager and fighter extraordinare, the astonishing Damn Yankee. A definitive no-holds-barred biography. 1" X 3/4" V-shaped piece missing from bottom edge of Price-cut DJ's front panel, o/w minor DJ soil and wear. Bottom 1/2" of the covers is discolored (water stain? ) (no stain on contents) . O/w binding is sound with very minor wear. Front edge is thumb soiled. Contents are clean and sound. Good + / Good .. USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9729 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, ALEXANDER V. G. Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks, Volume Ii NY: E. P. Dutton, 1900. Hardcover. A small amount of the color is worn from the tips of the fore corners and the top/bottom of the spine, but nowhere is the cloth worn through to the boards. Lettering, 'tho no longer bright, is readily legible. Otherwise minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Tissue guards have caused light browning of their facing pages and some illustrations have caused slight browning of following pages. Top margins of last few pages are slightly damp wrinkled. Unopened pages 237-240 are torn, other unopened pages throughout text. ; 9" Tall, 542pp. Maroon cloth, gold lettering. Bright Gold seal on front cover. BIOGRAPHY of Phillips Brooks (1835-93) , an American Protestant Episcopal bishop, consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in 1891, best known for his Yale LECTURES ON PREACHING. Frontispiece portrait and 9 illustrations in text, some protected by tissue guards. This volume covers 1865 - March 1883. Top Edge Gilt.. G . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 30865 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, EVERETT S. This Quiet Place, a Cape Cod Chronicle Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Drawings by Michael McCurdy.. Name, address in ink on ffep. Top edge lightly foxed. Top edge of DJ is chipped with two small tears. Minor wear on clean and sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; AUTOBIOGRAHY. Blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Chapter-head drawings. This book is a gentle celebration of the ties that bind man to nature, a mirror to the ceaseless urgings that bind man to man. The setting is an outland of pine, caramel sand and clean tidwater on Cape Cod, to which Allen returns each year in early autumn, to walk the Cape's beaches and marshlands, to sail in its shallow reaches, to mark sunrise and nightfall and the passage of the seasons. Here is a book for all who have sought a 'quiet place' in their own lives. Truly, it is impossible to read THIS QUIET PLACE without wishing to visit there. ; 9-1/8" Tall; 280 pages. VG/G . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 14044 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, EVERETT S. This Quiet Place, a Cape Cod Chronicle Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Drawings by Michael McCurdy.. Small light tans liquid stain on top of front and back covers and a connecting stain on the top edge. Front cover's bottom fore corner is moderately bumped, lower 2" of back cover has light yellow speckling. Otherwise minor wear and soil on the sound, 'tho slightly cocked, binding. Inner-side of front cover has numerous yellow spots. Contents are clean and unmarked. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Chapter-head drawings. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page: "Everett S. Allen" . This book is a gentle celebration of the ties that bind man to nature, a mirror to the ceaseless urgings that bind man to man. The setting is an outland of pine, caramel sand and clean tidwater on Cape Cod, to which Allen returns each year in early autumn, to walk the Cape's beaches and marshlands, to sail in its shallow reaches, to mark sunrise and nightfall and the passage of the seasons. Here is a book for all who have sought a 'quiet place' in their own lives. Truly, it is impossible to read THIS QUIET PLACE without wishing to visit there. ; 9-1/8" Tall; 280 pages. G/G- . USD 13.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1200] Book number: 29269 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLILUYEVA, SVETLANA Twenty Letters to a Friend . NY: Harper & Row, c. 1967. BOMC. Hardcover. Moderate wear to top/bottom of DJ's spine, o/w minor wear to clean DJ. A few stains (cocoa? ) on fore edge. Binding is clean, sound and unworn, as are the contents. VG / VG - . ; HARDCOVER. Trnaslated by Priscilla Johnson McMillan. Full medium tan cloth, bright gold lettering . BIOGRAPHY. Relates the harrowing journey of one soul through 3 dark decades of a totalitarian tyranny which sowed terror throughtout an entire nation and reached into every corner of her personal life. The letters are to an unidentified friend, who is, essentially, each reader of her book. Svetlana Alliluyeva is the daughter of Josef Stalin . ; 8-1/2" Tall; 246 pages. VG/VG- . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9249 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALPERT, HOLLIS Burton . NY Putnam C. 1986. Hardcover. First Printing. 270pp. 32p b/w photos. Over 9" Tall. Hardcover. Gray and black boards, bright silver lettering . HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHY of actor Richard Burton . Very minor edge wear on clean DJ. Full length crease in book's spine, o/w very minor wear on clean and sound binding. Name on ffep. Minor edge soil. Paper is uniformly lightly age-yellowed (so uniformly that it may be the original color) . O/w contents are clean and unmarked. VG / VG .. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 13471 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	AMBROSE, STEPHEN E. Nixon the Education of a Politician 1913-1962 NY: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 067152836X. This is a heavy book and is not eligible for Priority , Air or Internationa l under standard fees. S&S symbol and small red dot on bottom edge. Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/2" Tall, 752pp. Redish-brown boards, dark blue cloth spine, bright metallic copper lettering. BIOGRAPHY. HARDCOVER FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION. "This masterly first volume of Richard M. Nixon's biography...takes us from his birth in 1913 to his 'last press converence' in 1962. Ambrose presents Nixon as THE major figure kin world politics after tha age of Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt. " Bibliography. Index. Notes. 16-page b/w photo section.. F/VG+ . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 31557 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	AMES, NOEL (COMPILER) These Wonderful People, Intimate Moments in Their Lives Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1947. Hard Cover. Sound binding has minor soil and wear. Contents are clean and unmarked. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; BIOGRAPHY. Red cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine. Many people are represented herein, all distinguished, all well-known for their contribution to our way of life. These brief, intimate glimpses into their lives reveal them as warm, sincere human beings. Each colorful selection, whether an autobiography or biography, is so well written that you will better understand the people who move through these pages - pages in which there is struggle and heroism, happiness and sorrow, success and failure, youth and old age - pages from which emerge their great accomplishments. Irving Berlin, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, George Washington Carver, etc, etc. ; 9" Tall; 495 pages. G/P . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 14007 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	L'AMOUR, LOUIS Education of a Wanderman Man, a Memoir . NY Bantam C 1989. Hardcover. BOMC . 232pp. 16p b/w photos. Tall 8vo . HC. Gray cloth spine, red boards, bright metallic-red lettering . Biography. A personal reflection on his lifelong love affair with learning, recalling many of the books he read, placed he visited, and the people he met that catalyzed his evolution as a writer . VG + / VG .. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 800] Book number: 5768 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSEN, CHRISTOPHER The Day John Died NY: William Morrow, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0688172032. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Page 131 is creased, else contents are almost as new. ; 9-1/2" Tall, 303pp. Off-white boards, black spine, bright gold lettering. BIOGRAPHY. John Kennedy, Jr. (the son of President John F. Kennedy) , his wife, Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren died when their private plane, piloted by John, crashed on July 16, 1999 . Here is a friendly look at the life of a young man who was loved by millions of Americans as one of the family. 32-page b/w photo section. Selected Bibliography. Index.. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 31442 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSEN, CHRISTOPHER Jack and Jackie, Portrait of an American Marriage . NY Wm. Morrow C. 1996. Hardcover. ISBN: 0688147607. First Printing . 400pp. Index. 55 b/w photos. 9-1/2" Tall. Hardcover. Light gray boards, bright silver lettering . BIOGRAPHY. John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy. Book's corners are lightly bumped, as are the top/bottom of the spine, o/w binding is clean, sound and unworn. One (un) dogged page, o/w contents are almost like new. Corner of DJ's front flap is creased, o/w DJ is almost like new. VG - / VG .. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 12644 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSEN, CHRISTOPHER Jackie After Jack, Portrait of the Lady . NY. Wm. Morrow. C 1998. Hardcover. First printing of Stated First Edition . 472pp. Index. Selected Bibliography. 32p b/w photo section. Tall 8vo . HC. Dark blue spine, light gray boards, silver lettering . Biography. A sympathetic yet often startling portrait of Jackie, in all her rich complexity, drawn in part from previously sealed archival material and newly declassified documents, as well as important sources who agreed to sepak to the author for the first time . Front flap of DW is a little wrinkled. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents almost like new. Fine / Fine - .. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 7152 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.

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	ACHESON, DEAN Present at the Creation, My Yers in the State Department . Ny W. W. Norton C 1969. Hardcover. Second Printing . 798pp. Index. 24p b/w photos. Tall 8vo . HC. Blue cloth, gold lettering . Biography. Memoirs of one of the strongest, most successful American statesmen of the 20th century. There is no bolder mind, nor more thoughtful friend, no better public servant, no better talker or writer, and no more eloquent critic..he writes better than any man in the public life. DJ has two 1-1/2" edge tears, o/w moderate edge wear. Top fore corners are seriously bumped, o/w binding is in clean, sound and unworn condition. Paper is lightly rippled but is nice and white, clean and sound. Good + / Fair + .. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 7759 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADAMS, ALEX WITH WILLIAM STADIEM Madam 90210, My Life As Madam to the Rich and Famous . NY: Villard Books, c. 1993. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0679420657. Minor DW wear and soil. Top edge lightly stained. Binding clean, sound, unworn. Contents are almost like new. VG - / VG - . ; Red cloth spine, red boards, black lettering . BIOGRAPHY. The Hollywood call-girl scandal is laid bare by the woman at its red-hot center -Alex Adams, the doyenne of sex in Hollywood, the madam to the stars, who 'created' the notorius Heidi Fleiss, as well as a dream team of call-girl Cinderellas. She answers the questions: Why do men - men who can have everything and everyone - choose to pay for sex? Whom do they pay? What do they pay for? ; 9-1/2" Tall; 284 pages. VG-/VG- . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 5666 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS A. Woollcott, His Life and His World NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, c. 1945. Hardcover; Second Printing. Binding is quite soiled with minor wear. Some minor contents soil. Slightly canted. Spine darkened, lettering clear. No DW. Good - . ; Index. 16p B&W photos . Light tan cloth, green lettering . BIOBRAPHY. American author. Alexander Woollcott will be longer remembered for what he was than for what he did. He was often difficult and always unpredictable; and 'the nobleness that lies, sleeping but never dead, ' in the human soul was so encrusted in his harshness or levity as to be too often indiscernible except by his chosen intimates. "It is unfortunate, perhaps unfair...that a man is judged not on how he faces the rare and heroic emergency, but on how he conducts his busines of daily living and association...In this small commerce of existence, Alexander Woollcott could be unconscionably petty, irascible, impatient, offensive, and inconsistent. Important issues...he met with balanced temper, a fine conviction, inflexible courage and principle...His quarrelsome and unwholesome tongue was a foil to his good deeds, which were many and which he jealously kept secret while painstakngly publicizing his vices. " ; 8-1/4" Tall; 386 pages. G- . USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 800] Book number: 4153 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADLER, BILL Fred Astaire a Wonderful Life NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, c. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0881843768. The upper 3/4" of front and back covers and the bottom 1/2" are slightly darkened, otherwise the Binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear on clean dust jacket. ; Textured white leatherette, black lettering. Bibliography. 16p b/w photos. HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHY. The story of a consummate artist and entertainer whoseunsurpassed achievements on stage, television and in the movies created an American legend. This book also tells the story of an eminently decent man; itwas his charm and smile as well as his talent that made him a beloved figure. Explores the reputation and talent that extended beynd the ordinary confines of movie musicals . He was one of those few people who would permanently remain a star, whokse magic was not diminished by are or retirement but, rdather, kept growint to mythis proportions. ; 8-3/4" Tall; 191 pages. VG/VG . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 16929 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ADLER, BILL Fred Astaire a Wonderful Life NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, c. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0881843768. Very faintly embossed seal (previous owner? ) on ffep, else binding and contents are almost like new. Imagine! A white binding still amost as new 15+ years later! Very minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; Textured white leatherette, black lettering. Bibliography. 16p b/w photos. HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHY. The story of a consummate artist and entertainer whose unsurpassed achievements on stage, television and in the movies created an American legend. This book also tells the story of an eminently decent man; it was his charm and smile as well as his talent that made him a beloved figure. Explores the reputation and talent that extended beyond the ordinary confines of movie musicals . He was one of those few people who would permanently remain a star, whose magic was not diminished by age or retirement but, rather, kept growing to mythic proportions. ; 8-3/4" Tall; 191 pages. VG+/VG . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 23980 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	AKERS, CHARLES W. & JOHN W. CARTER Bo Mc Millin Man and Legend Louisville KY: Sulgrave Press, 1989. Hardcover. ISBN: 0962408603. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. Minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 9-1/4" Tall, 170pp. Tan boards, bright gold lettering. BIOGRAPHY. "The story of a legendary football player who brought fame to tiny Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, with a 6-0 victory over undefeated Harvard, and later, as headcoach, glory to Geneva College in Pennsylvania and a Big Ten Championship to Indiana University. Bo McMillin was a colorful, exciting personality whose devotion to football was a lifetime passion...From a lowly start in Ft. Worth, Texas to the lofty heights of gridiron recognition, Bo never forgot what the game did for him. 'Football, ' he liked to say, 'kept me from becoming a tramp'. " 8p b/w photo section. Index.. VG-/G+ . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 30204 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALDEN, CARROLL STORRS AND RALPH EARLE . Makers of Naval Tradition . Boston: Ginn & Co, c. 1925. Hardcover. Illegible spine and front cover lettring , o/w binding is in pretty good shape, with a couple of minor scratches and minor to moderate edge wear. Moderate over-all browning of contents. No DW. Good . ; Index. 16p B&W ills, incl. Frontispiece.. Black cloth . Biography. Written for the education of midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy with the purpose of presenting the American naval tradition through the lives of great naval personalities, including: . John Paul Jones, Stephen decatur, Thomas MacDonough, Matthew Calbraith Perry, Matthew Fontaine Maury, John Adolphus Dahlgren, David Glasgow Farragut, David Dixon Porter, Stephen Bleecker Luce, Alfred Thayer Mahan, George Dewey, William Thomas Sampson. ; 7-5/8" Tall; 332 pages. G . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 2500 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALDRICH, RICHARD STODDARD Gertrude Lawrence As Mrs. A. . NY Greystone Press . C 1954. Hardcover. 414pp. Frontispiece portrait + 30p B&W photos. Tall 8vo . One-quarter dark blue cloth w/decorated boards & gold spine lettering. Decorated endpapers. Hollywood biography. Theatre . DW quite worn & torn. Spot on top of spine is faded due to hole in DW. Good + .. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 3288 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALDRICH, RICHARD STODDARD Gertrude Lawrence As Mrs. A, an Intimate Biography of the Great Star . NY: Greystone Press, c. 1954. Hardcover. Spine is very faded, lettering has lost all its glitter but is still legible. Corners are all worn, as is the top of the spine. O/w minor soil and wear to sound binding. Contents are clean. No DJ. Good . ; Frontispiece portrait + 30p B&W photos. Black cloth spine, decorated boards . BIOGRAPHY. The husband of Gretrude Lawrence, the brilliant Broadway star, tells of their life together and of her career. ; 9-1/4" Tall; 414 pages. G . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9479 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALEXANDER, JOHN T. Catherine the Great, Life and Legend . NY Oxford Univeristy Press C 1989. Hardcover. BOMC . 418pp. Index. 24p b/w ills. Approx. 9-1/2" Tall . HC. Black cloth spine, bright gold lettering . BIOGRAPHY. Top of DJ's spine is worn, o/w minor wear to clean DJ. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are almost like new. VG + / G + .. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 11420 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALEXANDER, JOHN T. Catherine the Great, Life and Legend . NY: Oxford Univeristy Press, c. 1989. BOMC. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195052366. The top of the book's spine is lightly bumped, otherwise Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Very minor edge soil. Contents are almost like new. Moderate edge wear on clean dust jacket. ; 418pp. Index. 24p b/w ills. 9-1/2" Tall . Black cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Index. Selected bibliography. BIOGRAPHY. Catherine II of Russia is one of the most colorful characters in modern history. By age 33, she had overthrown her husband, Peter of Russia, ina bloodless coup and establishedherself as Empress of the mkultinational russian Empire. Alexander provides a vivid portrait of Catherine as a mother, a lover, and, above all, an extremely savvy ruler. He examines all aspects of her life and the legends that grew aroundher.. VG+/G . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 17010 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALEXANDER, SHANA When She Was Bad the Story of Bess, Hortense, Sukhreet & Nancy NY: Random House, c. 1990. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0394576063. Very minor wear and soil on the sound bindig. Contents are almost like new. DW just a little rubbed and just a little edge worn. VG / VG - . ; Index. One-third black cloth w/bright silver spine lettering. Biography. Bess Myerson (Miss America of 1945) . A superb recreation of an absorbing tale of selfish ambition and self-delusion - a compelling portrait of obsession gone wrong - of four strong women brought down by love: Bess Myerson, Nancy Capasso, Hortense Gabel and Sukhreet Gabel. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 305 pages. VG/VG- . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 1812 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALGISI, LEONE John the Twenty-Third . Westminster, Maryland: Newman Press, c. 1963. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. DJ is heavily taped along the inner edges due to wear and tear and is moderately soiled, but is complete save some small pieces missing from the edges. Top/bottom of book's spine and corners are moderately worn, o/w minor wear to clean and sound binding. Contents are clean. Good + / Good - . ; Originally published in Italian as GIOVANNI XXIII . Index. 24p b/w photos . Full brown cloth, bright gold lettering . BIOGRAPHY. He became Pope at the age of 80! This is a full and readable account of his life, published during his lifetime and approved by him. The book is illustrated by a wide range of photographs, many of which came from Pope John's own family album. ; 8-3/8" Tall; 288 pages. G+/G- . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9055 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, MAURY Damn Yankee, the Billy Martin Story . NY Times Books C 1980. Hardcover. 302pp. A dozen-or-so b/w photos in text . 8vo . HC. Black cloth spine, white boards, bright silver lettering . SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. He's been hired, fired, rehired, and refired more than anyone in major league baseball. He's Billy Martin, manager and fighter extraordinare, the astonishing Damn Yankee. A definitive no-holds-barred biography. 1" X 3/4" V-shaped piece missing from bottom edge of Price-cut DJ's front panel, o/w minor DJ soil and wear. Bottom 1/2" of the covers is discolored (water stain? ) (no stain on contents) . O/w binding is sound with very minor wear. Front edge is thumb soiled. Contents are clean and sound. Good + / Good .. USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9729 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, ALEXANDER V. G. Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks, Volume Ii NY: E. P. Dutton, 1900. Hardcover. A small amount of the color is worn from the tips of the fore corners and the top/bottom of the spine, but nowhere is the cloth worn through to the boards. Lettering, 'tho no longer bright, is readily legible. Otherwise minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Tissue guards have caused light browning of their facing pages and some illustrations have caused slight browning of following pages. Top margins of last few pages are slightly damp wrinkled. Unopened pages 237-240 are torn, other unopened pages throughout text. ; 9" Tall, 542pp. Maroon cloth, gold lettering. Bright Gold seal on front cover. BIOGRAPHY of Phillips Brooks (1835-93) , an American Protestant Episcopal bishop, consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in 1891, best known for his Yale LECTURES ON PREACHING. Frontispiece portrait and 9 illustrations in text, some protected by tissue guards. This volume covers 1865 - March 1883. Top Edge Gilt.. G . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 30865 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, EVERETT S. This Quiet Place, a Cape Cod Chronicle Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Drawings by Michael McCurdy.. Name, address in ink on ffep. Top edge lightly foxed. Top edge of DJ is chipped with two small tears. Minor wear on clean and sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. ; AUTOBIOGRAHY. Blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Chapter-head drawings. This book is a gentle celebration of the ties that bind man to nature, a mirror to the ceaseless urgings that bind man to man. The setting is an outland of pine, caramel sand and clean tidwater on Cape Cod, to which Allen returns each year in early autumn, to walk the Cape's beaches and marshlands, to sail in its shallow reaches, to mark sunrise and nightfall and the passage of the seasons. Here is a book for all who have sought a 'quiet place' in their own lives. Truly, it is impossible to read THIS QUIET PLACE without wishing to visit there. ; 9-1/8" Tall; 280 pages. VG/G . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 14044 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLEN, EVERETT S. This Quiet Place, a Cape Cod Chronicle Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Drawings by Michael McCurdy.. Small light tans liquid stain on top of front and back covers and a connecting stain on the top edge. Front cover's bottom fore corner is moderately bumped, lower 2" of back cover has light yellow speckling. Otherwise minor wear and soil on the sound, 'tho slightly cocked, binding. Inner-side of front cover has numerous yellow spots. Contents are clean and unmarked. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Blue cloth spine, bright gold lettering. Chapter-head drawings. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page: "Everett S. Allen" . This book is a gentle celebration of the ties that bind man to nature, a mirror to the ceaseless urgings that bind man to man. The setting is an outland of pine, caramel sand and clean tidwater on Cape Cod, to which Allen returns each year in early autumn, to walk the Cape's beaches and marshlands, to sail in its shallow reaches, to mark sunrise and nightfall and the passage of the seasons. Here is a book for all who have sought a 'quiet place' in their own lives. Truly, it is impossible to read THIS QUIET PLACE without wishing to visit there. ; 9-1/8" Tall; 280 pages. G/G- . USD 13.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.25 \| £UK 8.25 \| JP¥ 1200] Book number: 29269 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALLILUYEVA, SVETLANA Twenty Letters to a Friend . NY: Harper & Row, c. 1967. BOMC. Hardcover. Moderate wear to top/bottom of DJ's spine, o/w minor wear to clean DJ. A few stains (cocoa? ) on fore edge. Binding is clean, sound and unworn, as are the contents. VG / VG - . ; HARDCOVER. Trnaslated by Priscilla Johnson McMillan. Full medium tan cloth, bright gold lettering . BIOGRAPHY. Relates the harrowing journey of one soul through 3 dark decades of a totalitarian tyranny which sowed terror throughtout an entire nation and reached into every corner of her personal life. The letters are to an unidentified friend, who is, essentially, each reader of her book. Svetlana Alliluyeva is the daughter of Josef Stalin . ; 8-1/2" Tall; 246 pages. VG/VG- . USD 5.97 [Appr.: EURO 4.25 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 531] Book number: 9249 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ALPERT, HOLLIS Burton . NY Putnam C. 1986. Hardcover. First Printing. 270pp. 32p b/w photos. Over 9" Tall. Hardcover. Gray and black boards, bright silver lettering . HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHY of actor Richard Burton . Very minor edge wear on clean DJ. Full length crease in book's spine, o/w very minor wear on clean and sound binding. Name on ffep. Minor edge soil. Paper is uniformly lightly age-yellowed (so uniformly that it may be the original color) . O/w contents are clean and unmarked. VG / VG .. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 13471 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	AMBROSE, STEPHEN E. Nixon the Education of a Politician 1913-1962 NY: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 067152836X. This is a heavy book and is not eligible for Priority , Air or Internationa l under standard fees. S&S symbol and small red dot on bottom edge. Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/2" Tall, 752pp. Redish-brown boards, dark blue cloth spine, bright metallic copper lettering. BIOGRAPHY. HARDCOVER FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION. "This masterly first volume of Richard M. Nixon's biography...takes us from his birth in 1913 to his 'last press converence' in 1962. Ambrose presents Nixon as THE major figure kin world politics after tha age of Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt. " Bibliography. Index. Notes. 16-page b/w photo section.. F/VG+ . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 31557 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	AMES, NOEL (COMPILER) These Wonderful People, Intimate Moments in Their Lives Chicago: Peoples Book Club, 1947. Hard Cover. Sound binding has minor soil and wear. Contents are clean and unmarked. DJ is not much to look at, but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; BIOGRAPHY. Red cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine. Many people are represented herein, all distinguished, all well-known for their contribution to our way of life. These brief, intimate glimpses into their lives reveal them as warm, sincere human beings. Each colorful selection, whether an autobiography or biography, is so well written that you will better understand the people who move through these pages - pages in which there is struggle and heroism, happiness and sorrow, success and failure, youth and old age - pages from which emerge their great accomplishments. Irving Berlin, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, George Washington Carver, etc, etc. ; 9" Tall; 495 pages. G/P . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 14007 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	L'AMOUR, LOUIS Education of a Wanderman Man, a Memoir . NY Bantam C 1989. Hardcover. BOMC . 232pp. 16p b/w photos. Tall 8vo . HC. Gray cloth spine, red boards, bright metallic-red lettering . Biography. A personal reflection on his lifelong love affair with learning, recalling many of the books he read, placed he visited, and the people he met that catalyzed his evolution as a writer . VG + / VG .. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 800] Book number: 5768 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSEN, CHRISTOPHER The Day John Died NY: William Morrow, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0688172032. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Page 131 is creased, else contents are almost as new. ; 9-1/2" Tall, 303pp. Off-white boards, black spine, bright gold lettering. BIOGRAPHY. John Kennedy, Jr. (the son of President John F. Kennedy) , his wife, Carolyn Bessette, and her sister Lauren died when their private plane, piloted by John, crashed on July 16, 1999 . Here is a friendly look at the life of a young man who was loved by millions of Americans as one of the family. 32-page b/w photo section. Selected Bibliography. Index.. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: 31442 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSEN, CHRISTOPHER Jack and Jackie, Portrait of an American Marriage . NY Wm. Morrow C. 1996. Hardcover. ISBN: 0688147607. First Printing . 400pp. Index. 55 b/w photos. 9-1/2" Tall. Hardcover. Light gray boards, bright silver lettering . BIOGRAPHY. John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy. Book's corners are lightly bumped, as are the top/bottom of the spine, o/w binding is clean, sound and unworn. One (un) dogged page, o/w contents are almost like new. Corner of DJ's front flap is creased, o/w DJ is almost like new. VG - / VG .. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 12644 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	ANDERSEN, CHRISTOPHER Jackie After Jack, Portrait of the Lady . NY. Wm. Morrow. C 1998. Hardcover. First printing of Stated First Edition . 472pp. Index. Selected Bibliography. 32p b/w photo section. Tall 8vo . HC. Dark blue spine, light gray boards, silver lettering . Biography. A sympathetic yet often startling portrait of Jackie, in all her rich complexity, drawn in part from previously sealed archival material and newly declassified documents, as well as important sources who agreed to sepak to the author for the first time . Front flap of DW is a little wrinkled. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents almost like new. Fine / Fine - .. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 7152 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.