1948 Detzer Signed 1st Edition BOOK Appt on the Hill Autobiography by well-known woman lobbyist, activist,and WWII pacifist, Dorothy Detzer. Ms. Detzer was the National Executive Secretary of the U.S. of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1924-1946).

At the end of World War I, she spent a year in Austria doing relief work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). After enduring the loss of her twin brother Don, who was gassed during World War I and died from a lingering illness, Ms. Detzer decided to...
Circa: 1948
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Henry Holt
Author: Detzer
Edition: 1  

Arctic Island Hunter Paul Adams Rare 1961 BOOK OoP Out of Print. London: George Ronald, 1961. 8vo - over 7-3/4" - 9-3/4" tall. Dust jacket scuffed, one small stain front upper right, see photo. 136 pp. Black/white photos and Maps. ...a first hand account of a hunter's life within the Arctic Circle. The account of a winter of isolation in Spitsbergen, (north of Norway) details the polar animals, birds of the tundra and the daily routines essential for preservation of life.

Country of Origin: GB
 

Japan ~ Daughter of the Samurai by SUGIMOTO 1926 BOOK A Daughter of the Samurai.
By Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto.
314 p., HB 1926. Doubleday, Page & Co. Garden City, New York.
Very interesting story of a daughter of feudal Japan, married an American and came to the USA and became a modern American.
Hard bound copy, front has bend in board, wear at corner covers, partial split in front end paper spine. Original owner signed name inside front cover in ink. Nice copy from the original printing in 1926. Copyright page notes that much of the...
Circa: 1926
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Doubleday
Author: Sugimoto  

1948 book Benvenuto Cellini illustrated by Dali 1st Dou The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. Illustrated by Salvador Dali. Published by Doubleday, 1948. This is the First edition published by Doubleday. Prior copies of this work were published by other publishers. Cellini originally wrote & published his autobiography in the Italian Renaissance.

This book is wonderfully illustrated by the very famous Spanish artist Salvador Dali.
Translated by John Addington Symonds, This is the first edition published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.,...
Circa: 1948
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Doubleday  

Charles Lindbergh book 1928 Autobiography We "We"
by Charles A. Lindbergh.
Famed Aviator of 1920s, the first man to have flown form New York to Paris ...
Autobiography.
No Dust Jacket.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY -- London
The Knikerbocker Press 1928
Copyright 1927, 29th printing 1928.

318 pages. Hardbound, blue cloth with gold stamping. Many b/w photos; some are loose from binding.

Break in spine front end paper. Wear at corners of cover. some light staining on pages. A worn copy of this...
Circa: 1928
Country of Origin: US
Publisher: Putnam  

BOOK Stringtown on the Pike 1900 John Uri Lloyd Antique book by noted Pharmaceutical Pioneer,
John Uri Lloyd, titled" Stringtown on the Pike: A Tale of Northernmost Kentucky. 414 pg. with b/w photo illust. by Mrs. Lloyd. ©1900 Dodd, Mead & Co. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, NY.

Beige cloth cover has photo pasted on front. Ink signature on front end paper. Break in spine at contents page, but otherwise tight. Spine has some shelf darkening, a stain on the front, and some wear at corners.

This is a collection of stories...