Gene Sperry
gsbookman@aol.com,
Quincy,
MA 02169 USA
617 302 2543
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William E. B. Du Bois: Family and Friendship, Another Side of the Man: Letters and Memories (SIGNED) $55.37 Description: Near Fine, SIGNED. Near Fine Banks, Katherine Bell with Robert C. Hayden, Tapestry Press, Ltd. (MA), c2004, illus. soft cover (large format paperback), near fine, 83 pp with notes, bibliography & indices, extensive B&W photographic illus., small 4to, nicely inscribed & SIGNED by the late author Katherine Bell Banks (1912-2008), ISBN: 1568888686, 'Dr. Du Bois (1868-1963) was the premier forerunner of the early Civil Rights movement; I believe that I may be the oldest living person who knew him ... Read More
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Digital Fortress, A Thriller (SIGNED) $245.24 Description: very good. Brown, Dan., St. Martin's Press, 1998, c1998, 1st Edition, 4th printing, boards (hard cover), very minor dampstain affecting bottom edge of text block (not throughout) o/w very good with very good+ dj, 371 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 031218087X, Nicely inscribed & SIGNED by the author: 'Mike-My friend Chuck thought you might enjoy this. Hoping So! Dan Brown', 'A lightning-paced thriller that U.S. intelligence analysts are calling 'utterly plausible', Signed copies of Brown's first book are ... Read More
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$31.64 Description: Kemprecos, Paul., St. Martin's Press 'Thomas Dunne Books', 1996, c1996, 1st Edition, 1st printing, blue cloth (hard cover), PO's blindstamp on ffep o/w very near fine with very near fine dj, 292 pp, 8vo, warmly inscribed, SIGNED & dated by the author, ISBN: 0312148526, 'An Aristotle 'Soc' Socarides Mystery' (fifth in series), 'The murder case seems open and shut until Cape Cod fisherman-diver-detective Socarides is asked to investigate', 'Shamus Award winner Kemprecos expertly captures the ... Read More
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Deception Point, A Novel (SIGNED) $214.58 Description: Near fine / Near Fine. Near fine / Near fine Brown, Dan., Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster), 2001, c2001, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), very near fine with near fine dj (some light wear to top edge), 374 pp, boldly inscribed & SIGNED by the author, tall 8vo, ISBN: 0671027379, 'A shocking scientific discovery. A deception of staggering brilliance. A political thriller unlike anything you've ever read', Matching Dan Brown book mark (with some light wear) is laid in. Becoming ... Read More
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Pembrey and Burry Port: Their Harbours, Shipwrecks and Looters (SIGNED) $98.88 Description: Fine/Very Good+ Nicholson, John A., Llanelli Borough Council, nd, 1st Edition? , red cloth (hard cover), PO's gift inscription o/w fine with very good++ dj (spine slightly faded), 168 pp with appendices & index plus foldout maps, extensive B&W photographic illus., 8vo, nicely SIGNED by the author (no personal inscription), ISBN: 0906821045, 'The Burry Estuary's long and notorious history has been a source of great fascination for countless people over many decades; the whole area creates an ... Read More
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The History of Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1764-1905 (Two Volumes) $195.03 Description: two volumes fine in very good slipcase. two volumes; fine in very good slipcase Currier, John J., New Hampshire Publishing Co., 1977-1978, c1977-c1978, facsimile edition, brown leatherette with gilt spine titles (hard covers), both volumes fine (no djs; as issued) with very good++ slipcase (some light rubbing), Volumes I and II; facsimile reprints of the books originally published in 1906 and 1909, Volume I; 766 pp with new foreword & index; Volume II; 679 pp with index, extensive B&W ... Read More
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$12.86 Description: Alvarez, Julia., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1997, c1997, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 309 pp, 12mo, 'Yolanda Garcia-Yo, for short-is the literary one in the family' Read More
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$3.95 Description: Batten, Joe & others., Broadman Press, 1991, c1991, boards (hard cover), vg with dj (minor tear), 224 pp with appendices, tall 8vo, "Such issues as running away, child abuse, alcohol use, and getting arrested are dealt with..." Read More
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$12.59 Description: Begley, Louis., Alfred A. Knopf, 1993, c1992, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), remainder marks on top edge o/w vg-fine with dj, 243 pp, 8vo, 'Ben is a fiercely self-made man. Born somewhere in Central Europe' Read More
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