New York: Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1899. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8 inches by 10.5 inches. 584, [20] pages. Frontis. Illustrations. Some pages uncut. Cover has some wear and soiling. Greetings slip fro, William Baylies et al. Dr. Edward Hagaman Hall was born on November 3, 1858, in Auburn, New York. Edward Hall attended Auburn Academic High School, and graduated with honors in 1877. He worked as the editor of the Norwich Morning Bulletin. He then went on to work for several other publications including: Waterbury Daily Republican, New England Correspondent of the New York Tribune, Republic Press (New York City), The Spirit of Seventy-Six, and Commerce and Labor. In 1900, Hall took a respite from journalism in order to devote time to his independent research and writing. One of his most notable works was a study on the voyages of Henry Hudson, and the design of his ship, the Half Moon. In 1908, Hall was awarded an honorary degree from New York University and an LL.D. degree from Hobart College. More about Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.; Organized Feb. 11,...

New York: Random House, 2014. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxxiv, 842, [4] pages. Note to the Reader. Footnotes. Illustrations. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Richard Norton Smith (born 1953) is an American historian and author specializing in U.S. presidents and other political figures. In the past, he worked as a freelance writer for The Washington Post, and worked with U.S. Senators Edward Brooke and Bob Dole. Between 1987 and 2001, Smith served as director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum; the Dwight D. Eisenhower Center in Abilene; the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and the Reagan Center for Public Affairs in Simi Valley; and the Gerald R. Ford Museum and Library in Michigan. In December 2001, Smith became director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. In 2014 Smith published On His Own Terms: A life of Nelson Rockefeller. Smith took 14 years to write the book, largely self-financed. More about On His Own Terms; A Life of Nelson Rockefeller

New York: Sentinel [An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC], 2017. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xi, [3], 270, [4] pages. Endpaper maps. Illustrations (some in color). Notes. For Further Reading. Index. Brian Kilmeade (born May 7, 1964) is an American television and radio presenter for Fox News. On weekdays he co-hosts Fox's morning show, Fox & Friends, and he hosts the Fox News Radio program The Brian Kilmeade Show. He has been credited as co-author on fiction and non-fiction books. He is a frequent anchor of The Five airing nightly at 5 p.m. eastern on FNC. He also hosts the Fox News Radio program The Brian Kilmeade Show. More about Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans; The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1992. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, [4], 380, [4] pages. Map. Selected Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Terry Pindell is an American travel writer known primarily for three North American 'rail odysseys', through the USA, Canada and Mexico, each of which became the subject of a travel book. He has also written a book on migration within the United States. The Toledo Blade said of his first book, Making Tracks: "Not since John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley has anyone put together a better story about America on the road." He is the grandson of a railroad engineer. More about Last Train to Toronto; A Canadian Rail Odyssey

Boston: The Gillette Company, 1957. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Format is approximately 3 inches by 4 inches. There are 12 pages and then 8 finger-tip movies covered in the text, four on top in split pages above four below the split. Cover has wear and soiling. Robert William Patrick Broeg (March 18, 1918 – October 28, 2005) was an American sportswriter. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, he officially covered the St. Louis Cardinals for forty years. He helped Bob Gibson win the 1967 World Series. Gibson was unable to get breakfast at the Cardinals' hotel in Boston, so Broeg delivered a ham and egg sandwich to the star right-hander. Gibson pitched a complete game and carried his team to victory. Among other things, Broeg is known for coining the nickname "Stan the Man" for Cardinal baseball player Stan Musial, championing the Hall of Fame causes of Cardinals Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter and Chick Hafey and helping to devise, and successfully push for the first pension plan for veteran major-league players. More about Signals...; The Secret Language of Baseball in Finger-Tip Movies Featuring Paul Richards in a...

New York: Crown Archetype, 2014. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. 223, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Text Credits, Photo Credits. Index. George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is an American political commentator. He writes regular columns for The Washington Post and provides commentary for NBC News and MSNBC. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann (1889–1974). He won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977. Will, a Chicago Cubs fan, has written extensively on baseball, including his best-selling book Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball. He was one of the interview subjects for Ken Burns's PBS documentary series Baseball. More about A Nice Little Place on the North Side; Wrigley Field at One Hundred

St. Louis: MARKETCOM/Baseball Americana, 1984. Edition Two. Wraps. Format is approximately 8.25 inches by 11 inches. 16 stiff card sheets plus covers. Cover has some wear and soiling. Sticker residue and scuff at rear cover. Four picture postcards per page suitable for mailing with a short descriptive text on the address and message side. Each Baseball Immortals Conlon Baseball Picture Postcard Book contains 32 pictures of rare vintage, showing outstanding players as shot on 4x5 and 5X7 glass plates by baseball's premier photographer from 1905 through 1935. Each photograph has a descriptive paragraph identifying the personality. Each may be removed from the book and mailed. The contents are the same photographs which were on the walls of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian in the exposition of Conlon's photography from October 20, 1984 through March 15, 1985. More about Baseball Americana; Postcard Book: Thirty-two Picture Postcards...Ready to Mail From the Charles...

New York: Villard, 1998. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. xxi, [1], 344, [2] pages. Index. James Timothy McCarver (born October 16, 1941) is an American sportscaster and former professional baseball catcher. McCarver played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, and Boston Red Sox between 1959 and 1980. He appeared in the MLB All-Star Game in 1966 and 1967, and was the starting catcher for the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals in 1964 and 1967. After his playing career ended, McCarver began a career as a broadcaster, most notably for Fox Sports. McCarver called a then-record 23 World Series and 20 All-Star Games. He was the recipient of the 2012 Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting. Danny Peary (born 1949) is an American film critic and sports writer. He has written and edited many books on cinema and sports-related topics. Peary is famous for his book Cult Movies, and two sequels, Cult Movies 2 and Cult Movies 3 and are all credited for increasing public interest to the cult movies. More about Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans; Understanding and Interpreting the...

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. x, 272, [4] pages. Index. Ronald Maurice Darling Jr. (born August 19, 1960) is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, and Oakland Athletics. Darling currently works as a color commentator for national baseball coverage on TBS, as well as for the Mets on both SNY and WPIX; he also co-hosts several MLB Network programs. During his 13-year career, Darling amassed a 136–116 won-loss record, with 13 shutouts. He had 1,590 strikeouts and a 3.87 ERA. In 1985, he was picked for the All-Star team. Darling had five pitches in his repertoire: the slider, a curveball, a circle changeup, a splitter, and a four seam fastball. In the beginning of his career. He was considered one of the better fielding pitchers of the time and won a Gold Glove Award in 1989. Darling had one of the best pickoff moves among right-handers. He was sometimes used as a pinch runner. In 1989, he hit home runs in two consecutive starts. More about The Complete Game; Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound

New York: Doubleday, 2014. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, [2], 368, [2] pages. Cast of Characters. Index. John Feinstein (born July 28, 1956) is an American sportswriter, author and sports commentator. John Feinstein is the author of 35 books, including two #1 New York Times Bestsellers: “A Season on the Brink” and “A Good Walk Spoiled.” He is also the author of 10 kids mysteries. His first young adult mystery, “Last Shot,” won the Edgar Allen Poe Award. John also works for The Washington Post, The Golf Channel, Sirius XM Radio and Comcast Sportsnet. Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball: A 2014 book highlighting players and managers from the International League, a Triple-A league, in 2012. Among those are Scott Podsednik, a former major league All-Star and World Series hero looking for one last chance in the big leagues, and John Lindsey, who made his major league debut in 2010 after sixteen years of minor and independent league baseball, waiting for another crack at the majors. More about Where Nobody Knows Your Nam; Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xv, [3], 381, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Sridhar currently writes "The Male Animal" column for The New York Times. He's interested in and writes about all kinds of things, including national politics, media, and sports. He began his career as a feature writer for the Chicago Reader and has served as a columnist at The New York Observer and as a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. In addition he worked as a staff writer at Sports Illustrated and The Washington Post. His work has appeared in numerous publications including New York Magazine, Fast Company, Mother Jones and Men's Journal. He is a native of Oxford, Ohio, and graduate of Northwestern University. More about The Year of the Pitcher; Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball's Golden Age

National Defense University (NDU), 2003. First Edition. Fifth Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. xiv, 284 pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Acronyms. Bibliography. This is one of the CCRP Publication Series. David Stephen Alberts (born 1942) is a former American Director of Research for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (OASD) for Networks and Information Integration (NII). Alberts' academic career has included serving as first Director of the Computer Science Program at NYU and has held professional rank posts at NYU Graduate School of Business, CUNY, and most recently as a Research Professor at George Mason University. He was the Director, Advanced Concepts, Technologies, and Information Strategies (ACTIS), Deputy Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies, and the executive agent for DoD's Command and Control Research Program. This included responsibility for the Center for Advanced Concepts and Technology (ACT) and the School of Information Warfare and Strategy (SIWS) at the National Defense University. More about Network Centric Warfare; Developing and Leveraging Information Superiority

Santa Barbara, CA: Prager Publishers, American Council on Education, 2006. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. xxxii, 1212, [4] pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Reference. Indexes (Names, Colleges and College Newspapers, Subjects, and Authors). Separate Synopsis ([4], 16, [4] pages laid in. The Synopsis is A summary of the organization of the book and a reader's guide to its thematic coverage and resources and where to find them. Dated inscription from the Editor on side of fep facing the half-title page. Produced by the USNSA Anthology Project. Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall Goodyear and CRM Books. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also CEO of Worthy Shorts, Inc. an online private press and publication service for professionals. More about American Students Organize; Founding the National Student Association after World War II, An...