The 1924 Paris Olympics ushered in many innovations that remain Olympic traditions. The games became the first to feature the Olympic motto, Citius, Altius, Fortius [Faster, Higher, Stronger.] The organizers built cabins near the stadium in Colombes to allow the athletes convenient access to the stadiums. The first Winter Games, retroactively named, occurred in January of 1942. A massive marketing campaign produced millions of promotional material including Luggage Labels, Poster Stamps, Stamps, Cigarette & Cigar Labels, and Posters, many of which displayed the first emblem created for an Olym... View More...
New York: Algonquin, 1997. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A lovely copy of Alvarez's third novel. Near Fine with mild shelf wear. View More...
New York: Algonquin, 1997. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A lovely copy of Alvarez's third novel. Near Fine with mild shelf wear. View More...
New York: Harper, 2011. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed for the publisher on a tipped-in sheet. A lovely copy of Patchett's most recent novel. Near Fine with jacket rubbed at corners. View More...
New York: Knopf, 2015. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Tyler on the title page. Near Fine with a hint of shelf wear; bookstore sticker on front panel. View More...
New York: Houghton Mifflin,1976. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by Auchincloss on blank early page. Mild shelf wear. Near Fine in like dust jacket. View More...
New York: Crown, 2006. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. The second book by President and Noble prize winner Barack Obama. Near Fine with mild edgewear. View More...
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Hardcover. First Edition, First printing. An outstanding copy of Beatty's first novel. Near Fine with a hint of rubbing to the corners of the dust jacket. View More...
Story of a soldier returning home from the second Iraq War. Winner of the National Book Award.Near Fine in like dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. New York: Ecco, 2012. Hardcover. View More...
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1988. Hardcover. 30 pages describing the history of Navajo textiles and 200+ photographs accompanied by each items catalogue data. An essential reference. Dust jacket has some minor soiling. Near Fine in like dust jacket. View More...
New York: Harper, 2012. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Signed by renowned milliner Dayna Pinkham. Features several contemporary milliners with brief biographers including, Pinkham. Fine in like dust jacket. View More...
New York: Scholastic Press, 2007. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Caldecott winning story about the adventures of an orphan who lives in a Paris train station. Basis for the Oscar nominated film directed by Martin Scorsese. Slight pull at head of spine. Near Fine in Fine jacket. View More...