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Hardcover. New York, Westholme Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 464 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Otherwise a very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Black and white images throughout.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very minor foxing to top edge of dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white photographs throughout. A tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust edges. Color illustrations throughout. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Canada, George Ross Jezek, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black & white and color photographs throughout. A tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 480 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.
Softcover. New York, Cambridge University Press, Reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages. Softcover. Minor soiling to top edge of text block. An otherwise very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrapper edges.
Hardcover. New York, Vintage, 2nd Printing, 18.00, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 560 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor soiling to textblock edges. Remainder mark to bottom edge of textblock. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges.
Hardcover. New York, Berkley, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.
Hardcover. Jackson, MI, University Press of Mississippi, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 363 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Black and white images throughout.
Hardcover. Santa Monica, CA, Clover Park Press, Reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 289 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Heavy foxing to top edge of textblock. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor dust jacket wear.
Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.
Softcover. Taftsville, VT, The Countryman Press, 2nd Printing, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 214 pages. Softcover. Very small pen marking to top edge of textblock. An otherwise very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear.
Hardcover. New York, W W Norton, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A tight copy.
Hardcover. St. Paul, MN, Motorbooks, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slight yellowing and wear to dust jacket edges. An otherwise very clean, unmarked copy. Black & white and color illustrations throughout.
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Branden Publishing Co., 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 261 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very light soiling and foxing to textblock edges. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Black & white illustrations throughout.
Hardcover. Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 384 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black & white photographs throughout. A tight copy.
Softcover. New Albany, OH, Donald Narus/ New Albany Books , Revised, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 122 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy. Black & white images throughout. Several low resolution pictures, but very informative.
Softcover. UK, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages. Softcover with light rubbing to paper wrappers, otherwise clean tight copy. Black and white pictures throughout.
Hardcover. Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama Press, 3rd, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 190 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean tight copy with only minor edgewear.
Hardcover. Alpedrete, Madrid, Andrea Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 112 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light rippling to rear end paper, otherwise clean tight copy. Full of color pictures.
Hardcover. Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 356 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light edgewear and rubbing to cover boards, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Boston City Council, 1st, 1865, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 153 pages. Brown cloth covers with beveled edges. Gilt medallion of Boston on front, previous owner's inscription on blank prelim page. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Bellows Falls, Vermont Baptists, 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 700 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white. Front and back interior hinges cracked. Tears to cloth along front exterior hinge. Stains along spine and front cover - wood varnish? Notation in blue ink at top right corner of front endpaper. Good reference copy.
Hardcover. Rochester, William Alling, 1st, 1851, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 624 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners stamp on inside front cover. Foxing to pages throughout. Brown cloth covers worn with chipping along spine hinges. Roughly a 1/4" of Paper/cloth missing at top and bottom of spine. Cover corners bumped. 2 last blank endpapers removed. Text unmarked. A good reference copy.
Hardcover. Burlington, W. W. Atwater, 1st, 1856, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 139 pages of text with additional sections for Almanac, and interesting regional business advertising. Minor marking in pencil on 4 pages. Red cloth with blind stamped decoration and title in bright gilt on front cover. Light wear.
Softcover. Montpelier, E. P. Walton, 1st, 1825, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Softcover. Book measures: 5.5" X 3.5". Previous owners name and some minor doodling in quill pen on front and back cover. Fly specking along right edge of front cover and to first 6 pages of book - remaining pages unmarked. 1/4" of paper missing at bottom of spine, with related curling to paper at bottom of front cover. Book is worn but good reference copy.
Hardcover. New York, Franklin Watts, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON HALF TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Chenango Forks, Tioga Publications, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 164 pages plus section of ads. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Standard wear to covers. Clean, unmarked text.
Hardcover. Durham, Duke University Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 173 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with minor damp stain on rear. Light wear. Clean, unmarked copy.
Softcover. Castleton, Nancy Darling, 1st, 1902, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 90 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Diagonal crease at bottom right corner of front cover. Faint foxing to preliminary pages. Clean, unmarked.
Softcover. Hammonton, Batsto Citizens Advisory Committee, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 36 pages. Softcover. Ex-museum library copy with stamp and handwritten notation on title page. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, unmarked text.
Hardcover. Auckland, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd., 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 303 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with light wear, tears to edges. Black & white photographs throughout. Clean unmarked text.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, First Edition, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 204 pages. Hardcover. Red boards with black titles & light sunfade to spine. Clean & unmarked copy.
Hardcover. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1st US, 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 373 pages. Minor creasing along dust jacket top and bottom edges. Small stain on bottom edge of dust jacket flap. Very light foxing on top and fore edges. Slight tanning on rear flyleaf and end paper. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York , Palgrave Macmillan, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 862 pages with index. Light wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Plattsburgh New York, Lake Shore Press , 1st, 1876, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 24 pages. Paper wrappers with front cover detached, but present. Back cover loose. Stains to back cover and several pages. Good reference copy.
Softcover. Glendo WY, High Plains Press , 1st, 1995 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 125 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. B&w photographs throughout. Previous owner's inscription on half title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.
Hardcover. Durham NC , Duke University Press , 1st , 2014 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 116 pages. Light edge wear to bottom edge, otherwise Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Waterford NY, Col. Sydney E. Hammersley, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 28 pages, hardcover. Green boards with gilt titling to spine and front panel. History of Lake Champlain naval battles. Private printing. Water staining to front panel fore edge corner. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Normal wear to jacket, very slight foxing to top of text block, otherwise clean and tight copy. Inscribed by author on front end papers.
Hardcover. Richmond, VA, Normand White, 1st, 1826, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 444 pages. Hardcover without jacket, leatherbound volume. Normal but significant wear to leather along edges and spine, some chipping and deterioration along bottom/top of spine. Scuffing on faces, foxing on front end papers and inside. Otherwise relatively tight copy.
Hardcover. London, New Left Review, Reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 365 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Slight foxing to text block, otherwise clean and tight copy. "Library of George Murphy" impressed into front end paper.
Hardcover. New York, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 475 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very minor normal wear to cover, otherwise clean and tight copy. Inscription from previous owner on front end papers. "Library of George Murphy" impressed into front end paper.
Hardcover. New York, BasicBooks , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 793 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows normal light wear to upper edges, remainder mark on top of text block.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Belknap Press, 1st, 1987-1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Five hardcover volumes with dust jackets. From Pagan to Rome (Vol. 1, 670 pages), Revelations of the Medieval World (Vol. 2, 650 pages), Passions of the Renaissance (Vol. 3, 645 pages), From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War (Vol. 4, 713 pages), Riddles of Identity in Modern times (Vol. 5, 630 pages). Volumes 1-4 should some normal wear to edges of dust jackets, creasing and light staining. Volume 5 jacket very good. All show some foxing to top of text blocks. Tight copies, translated originally from the French volumes.
Hardcover. Nantucket, MA, Nantucket Lifesaving Museun, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some wear to edges and fading to spine and top of covers. Small dark blemish to back cover. Foxing on top and sides of text block. Tight copy otherwise, signed by author Edouard Stackpole on title page. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in upper edge of front end papers.
Hardcover. Nantucket Island, MA, Nantucket Historical Trust, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Light normal wear to cover and spine edges, but otherwise very clean and tight copy. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in upper corner of front end papers.
Hardcover. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 2nd, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some rubbing to edges of spine and corners. Gutter cracked at title page. Spine slightly loose but text block holding. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower corner of front end papers.
Softcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages. Softcover. Clean and tight copy, very minor fading to back cover and foxing to text block.
Softcover. Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, Reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 280 pages. Softcover. Minor wear to cover, some crease along edges.
Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 636 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows minor age wear, slight chipping to upper back edge. Clean and tight copy. Volume 2 only.
Hardcover. Minneapolis, MN, Two Harbors Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. US, Turner Publishing Company, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 104 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Normal wear to jacket, name of former owner in pen in front end papers. Clean and tight copy, black and white images.
Softcover. Stanford, CA, Standford University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages. Softcover. Normal light wear to covers, otherwise clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Free Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 237 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket has some wear, chipping and fading. Remainder mark. Clean and tight copy.
Softcover. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 390 pages. Softcover. Very light normal age wear, otherwise clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 446 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows some wear,small tears and chipping to upper edges. Price clipped. Scrape to bottom end of text block. Slight foxing to top of text block, bend to lower cover. Name of previous owner in pen in front end papers.
Hardcover. Columbia, MO, University of Missouri, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 312 pages. Paintings & Drawings of Presidents from Washington to Lincoln. 265 b&w, 26 color Illustrations. Clean, bright copy in a similar dust jacket.
Hardcover. Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong University Press, Reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight. Spine straight. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages clean and bright. Very clean copy, looks nearly new. Weaves the genres of travel essays and travel guides into a comprehensive narrative about the cultural mosaic of the capital of China.
Hardcover. Madison, Historical Society of Wiscconsin, 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 472 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with edge wear, fraying and rubbing to boards.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 467 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Faded gilt on spine, gutter cracked in some areas, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with dust jacket ripped, tape repaired, covered now in brodart.
Hardcover. Lincoln, Neb, University of Nebraska, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Correspondence of early plains settler. Ed. by Shirley A. Leckie.
Hardcover. Minneapolis, University of Minn, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, memoirs of a Swedish pioneer in Minn. 1841-1858 ex-lib, vol 1 only
Hardcover. New York, Morrow, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 337 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Light soiling to front board, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with heavy wear and chipping, some tape repair to brodart-covered dust jacket.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Soiling to some pages, foxing. Rubbing to covers and fraying to spine. Scuffing on rear board.
Hardcover. Boston, Pilgrim Pr, 1st, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 483 pages, with b&w illustrations. Gilt titles and top edge. Ex-library residue on rear fly leaf and sticker on spine, light spine edge fray, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Scribners, 2nd, 1896, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 2 vols, 350 b&w illust, ex-lib w/a few stamps, paste downs, and stickers. Cloth fade, especially to spines, otherwise tight & clean. Gilt decoration on front covers, gilt top page block.
Hardcover. New York, Scrib, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, NY City during the Am. Revolution. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to boards.
Hardcover. New York, Stephen Daye, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Bio of an early Quaker merchant, industrialist, coal miner. Front fly leaf gone otherwise VG.
Paperback. Palisades, NY, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, wraps, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, North Atlantic June 1961 - Jan 1971, Part A: Navigation and General Information. Spine worn, shelf soil otherwise
Hardcover. Hanover, New Hampshire, University Press of New England, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, b&w Illustrations by Robert MacLean
Hardcover. Baltimore, John Hopkins Press, 2nd, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1st pub in 1967, 13 essays by scholars in the field, b&w Illustrations
Hardcover. New York, Viking Penquin, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages, dust jacket price clipped, light bumping to dust jacket front, back and spine; light bumping to spine, b/w illustrations throughout.
Hardcover. Rock Island, IL, Rock Island History Book Committee, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 247 pages. Includes printed list of editorial errors. Decorative endpapers, gilt titles on spine and front board. Illustrated in b/w photographs. Slight bumping bottom of spine. Dust jacket: light fading on spine and along top of front and back, some rubbing on front. Clean inside. Compilation of Illinois local history.
Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 3rd, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 435 pages. Hardcover. b/w illustrations. Gilt title on spine. Cover shows just a bit of wear, otherwise in great shape considering age. Pages only slightly yellowed, but clean inside.
Hardcover. Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 242 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Historical overview of Native American water transportation. Some soil to front cover, Endpapers, edges, and pages lightly yellowed with age,
Hardcover. Massachusetts, Belmont Hill School, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 179 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine and front cover board. Some foxing to cover boards. Clean inside. in honor of the 75th anniversary of the celebrated Massachusetts prep school, including a full history.
Hardcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 366 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. College bookstore price tag on dust jacket back cover. Clean inside and out. From the dust jacket back cover: "John McWilliams winnows through the history and myth of New England to recover the past on its own terms while simultaneously tracing its later refractions. The combination, across nine pivotal events in colonial and early republican history, gives us the changing face of New England through as never before."
Hardcover. New York, The Echo Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 378 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title and decoration on spine. Clean inside and out.
Hardcover. Crown Publishers, Inc., Gingko Press Inc, New York, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 344 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Some age wear to dust jacket, pages slightly yellowed, otherwise clean inside.
Hardcover. Hanover, NH, University Press of New England, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 361 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Gilt title on spine. Small bit of age wear to dust jacket, otherwise nice clean copy inside and out. From the back cover: "Shanghai in the 1920s was a society of excess, almost perfectly designed to let Chinese and Westerners see each other at their worst. In (this book) Nicholas Clifford draws on a wide range of diplomatic and police documents to show just why this should have been so. This is an absorbing tale of privilege, exploitation and resentment--one that adds a fresh dimension to our studies of a decade that proved central to China's modern history."
Hardcover. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 267 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations. covered in light blue fabric with gilt title on spine. Dust cover lightly age worn, but clean inside.
Softcover. Connecticut, Torrington Historical Society, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 110 pages. Softcover. "First of Three Parts". "American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976". B/w illustrations throughout. Fold-out map on parchment. Some fading to covers due to age and shelf wear. Clean inside.
Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1st, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 339 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations on frontispiece with tissue guard. Undated, assume original printing: 1920. Pages untrimmed. Covers, edges and pages yellowed with age. Some age wear to covers, spine broken in a few places, but in good shape considering age. British General Callwell's firsthand account of the Great War, from the generals' point of view.
Hardcover. Privately printed, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, 71 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations. Previous owner inscription on front flyleaf. Green fabric covered, some age wear to covers, but no tears or foxing. Pages lightly yellow and spine broken in one spot, but still intact. In great shape considering age.
Hardcover. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner signature on front endpaper. Covered in black fabric, has a little age wear, light abrasions and discoloration, but still intact. Pages and edges yellowed with age, slight bit of foxing to edges. Top edge dyed red. From the foreward: The incidents related in this chronicle of railroading as I knew it in the early 1900's are without exception drawn from actual happenings."
Hardcover. Dutton, NY, Cobblehill Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 116 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Very clean and bright inside, boards are white with gilt title on spine. Boards are slightly yellowed with age. Dust jacket in great shape, unclipped. Remainder mark on bottom edge.
Softcover. Haines, AK, City of Haines, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 103 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. White cover slightly yellowed with age. Clean inside. In great shape.
Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine and front cover board. In great shape, clean inside and out. INSCRIBED BY CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR, PEDRO LOUREIRO.
Hardcover. Northridge, CA, Windsor Publications, Inc, 1st, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket price clipped. Very clean inside but does have some moisture damage to outside cover boards (discoloration). Does not affect text or structural integrity. Dust jacket also in good shape.
Hardcover. New York, New York Review Book, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 423 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Extremely clean and bright inside and out. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good condition.
Hardcover. New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 419 pages. Hardcover. Covers bound in tan fabric with gilt title and decoration on spine. Some foxing to top edge, otherwise just a touch of age yellowing to edges. Clean and unmarked inside. Previous owner signature on front flyleaf. No dust jacket. In very good condition for its age.
Softcover. Lanham, MD, Univerysity Press of America, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 397 pages. Softcover. Some b/w illustrations (maps). Spine faded, but otherwise very clean copy, in very good condition, inside and out. Letter from Author laid within. A little price tag residue on back cover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.
Hardcover. New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1st USA, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Pages clean. In excellent shape. Perfect for WWII collectors or enthusiasts. Dramatic events were caught and printed in the pages of Signal, Hitler's Wartime Picture Magazine, which was the largest selling magazine in Europe during WWII.
Hardcover. New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1st USA, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Clean inside and out. Binding tight. In great shape. Perfect for the WWII collector or enthusiast. An amazing and sometime shocking collection of images taken straight from the pages of Signal, Hitler's Wartime Magazine.
Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st USA, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, has some tanning from age, very good. Binding tight, pages clean. In great shape. A comprehensive and visually exciting guide to the major actions of the Second World War. Perfect for any WWII collector or enthusiast.
Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, a little age wear, very good. Boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine, excellent. Some foxing on top edge, other wise a clean copy. Binding tight. Looks great. This books revolves around the charismatic figure of Colonel Count Claus von Sauffenberg, Chief of Staff of the Reich Reserve Army. It is also an account of the plot he conceived with a group conspirators to kill Adolf Hitler in July 1944.
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Island Press/Shearwater Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 337 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Orange cover boards, brown quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean. Binding tight. Green endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Like new. Michael Branch has elegantly and creatively helped imagine John Muir's "missing years" and his astonishing journey to the tropics.
Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 341 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. Red cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title stamped on spine. Binding tight, spine straight. In great shape. History of the German city, Berlin.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1st, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 261 pages. Color frontispiece with tissue guard, 73 b/w illustrations. Tan cloth, lettered and illustrated in dark green, periwinkle and black, deckled edges. Gilt top edge. Tanning from age throughout. Some splitting at gutters, but binding remains strong and no pages detached. A small amount of foxing within. In great shape for its age. Beautiful illustrations of churches and meeting houses in the Philadelphia area and the stories behind them.
Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 219 pages. Hardcover. AUTHOR SIGNED BOOKPLATE on front flyleaf. Gray cover boards, red gilt title stamped on spine. Boards excellent. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of tanning to edges, otherwise very good. Top edge has just a little foxing. Binding tight, clean and bright inside, spine straight. In great shape. A moving and wickedly funny collection of personal stories stretching across the immense landscape of the American scene..
Hardcover. Chicago, IL, A.C. McClurg & Co., 3rd, 1902, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages. Hardcover. Third edition with Preface. Former library book with residual labels, stamps, and markings. 23 full-page b/w illustrations and 5 maps. Cover boards bound in red fabric, gilt title on spine and design on front cover. Spine slightly clocked. Front and rear hinges cracked and gutter split in a few places, but binding holding and no pages missing. Some moisture staining to back cover. Pages and edges have tanning from age. Two fold-out maps still attached within.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Manufacturers Book Company, 1st, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 464 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations/plates throughout. Cover boards bound in brown cloth, gilt title on spine and design on front (slightly faded). A faint moisture stain to front cover but no warping. A bump or two to edges of covers and a touch of fraying to corners. Binding tight, spine straight. Some tanning from age to edges and pages. Incredible old photographs of the royalty of the world in the mid 1800's. In amazing shape for its age.
Hardcover. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 2000, 229 pages. Hardcover. Great Campaigns of the Civil War series. B/w illustrations. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages and edges clean. Looks nearly new and barely read. In great shape. McMurry examines the Atlanta campaign as a political and military unity in the context of the greater struggle of the war itself.
Hardcover. Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 301 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean. Binding tight. Spine straight. In beautiful condition. A Companion Volume to Generals in Gray. This book is about the Confederacy's "other" generals, the men who attained their rank outside the usual avenue of appointment, and who have been virtually lost to history as a consequence.
Softcover. Burlington, VT, Onion River Press, 1st Paperback, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 573 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Pages clean, binding tight. In great shape. The story of Commire's grandfather's family during the Prohibition and the Depression.
Hardcover. Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 316 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages clean. In great shape. Kahn greatly revises our understanding of Supreme Court decision-making and its relation to constitutional theory in the eras of Chief Justices Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist.
Hardcover. New York, William Morrow & Co. , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 594 pages. Hardcover. First printing, full number line on copyright page. Laid in by publisher, complete with letter of explanation, are corrected maps that replace incomplete ones (corrected in later printings) - makes this first edition unique. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped,no price on flap, dj excellent. Pages clean, binding tight, spine straight. Like nearly new, looks barely read. Drawn from eyewitness accounts, private diaries, and intimate letters, this fascinating work takes the reader minute-by-minute through two significant Civil War battles.
Softcover. New York, Da Capo Press, 1st Paperback, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 704 pages. Softcover. Wrapper excellent. B/w illustrations throughout. Pages clean, binding tight. Looks barely read and nearly new. "This Da Capo Press paperback edition of (this book) is an unabridged republication of the edition first published in New Orleans and New York in 1868, with the addition of a new introduction by Albert Castel."
Hardcover. Woodstock, VT, Countryman Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 415 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Deckled foreedge. B/w illustrations throughout. Blue cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean, binding tight. Spine straight. looks barely read and nearly new. Coffin tells the story of the people at home, of the granite-like resolve; as well as the wartime scenes as they appear today.
Softcover. London, Leo Cooper LTD, 1st Paperback, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 100 pages. Softcover. Laid in: Errata in original type. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper has some tanning and foxing to inside, otherwise no rips and very good. Pages also have tanning and a touch of foxing, doesn't affect text or illustrations. A complete telling of the story of the Royal Marines from the beginning.
Hardcover. New York, Bloomsbury Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 632 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, a touch of tanning, and original bookstore price tag on back cover,otherwise very good. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Some tanning to edges, pages clean. Binding tight, spine slightly cocked (shelf wear). In great shape. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. A fresh and original account of the era that transformed the United States forever.
Softcover. Gualala, CA, Quilt Digest Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 103 pages. Softcover. Wrapper excellent. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Pages and edges clean. In great shape. Through quilt masterpieces, the life of America is reflected in this nostalgic look at the lives and creative work of a spirited, freedom-loving people.
Hardcover. London, UK, W.H. Allen, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Hardcover. Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight, spine straight. B/w illustrations throughout. A WWII war memoir full of adventure, danger and romance.
Hardcover. New York, Orion Press, 1st English, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 209 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear. Cover boards bound in Red, white, and blue with white title on spine and black design on front cover. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and unmarked. A look at Paris during the 4 year period in which they were occupied by German forces in WW2.
Hardcover. New York, Exposition Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 306 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's embossed stamp on front flyleaf and bookplate on front endpaper. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent, has a touch of tanning, wrapped in protective plastic cover. Cover boards bound in blue cloth, gilt title on spine and front cover. Binding tight, spine straight. Story of two early New England families, who merged during the Civil War days to become one clan: the Tylers of Brattleboro, Vermont.
Softcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2nd 1st paperback edition, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 566 pages. Softcover. With a new preface and bibliographic essay. Wrapper has some foxing on spine, otherwise very good. Clean inside. Binding tight. This passionate book leads us outside the city walls to the countryside, where the vast majority of the Greek citizenry lived, to find the true source of the cultural wealth of Greek civilization.
Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. maroon cover boards, gilt title on spine, design on front cover. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of tanning, otherwise good. Decorated endpapers (maps). Cover board spine coming away from binding at flyleaf at top, but still connected. Both an engrossing Victorian morality tale and a superb rendering of a key period in the life of Charles Darwin.
Hardcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 456 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Cover boards bound in brown leather, gilt title on spine and front cover board. A touch of chipping to cover corners. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition.
Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, Reprint, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout: "...With Thirty-one Line Drawings by Robert Curry and One Hundred and Seventeen Illustrations". Cover boards bound in blue cloth, gilt title on spine, some fading and agewear. Previous owner's note of date of receipt (February 5, 1944) on front flyleaf. Title blind-stamped on front cover board. Pages and edges have some tanning from age, doesn't affect text or illustrations. A tremendous resource for the antique furniture collector or dealer.
Softcover. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 273 pages. Softcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Wrapper has tanning from age, otherwise very good. Pages and edges also have some tanning, but doesn't affect text. Small ink stain on pages 236 and 237. Binding tight. In very good shape.
Hardcover. Kansas City, MO, frank Glenn Publishing Co., 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 274 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title to spine and front cover. Pages and edges have a touch of tanning from age, otherwise pages unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, has tanning and agewear (see image), still quite good for its age. "This book explores boldly into a racket which has been well protected by the critical and buying habits of American universities, museums, foundations and by the vanities of men in high social places.
Hardcover. Hanover, NH, University Press of New England, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 357 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY EDITOR. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Clean inside and out. Binding tight. Great shape. More than 140 letters, carefully selected from some 9000 in several archives, convey in personal terms the combat experience of Vermonters throughout the war.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Pantheon Books/Random House, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 160 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear, good condition. Cover boards bound in red cloth, Front cover board has black trim along right edge, gilt title on spine and gilt Chinese characters on front cover. Front flyleaf is almost completely detached from gutter. Binding tight, spine straight. A beautiful old book, beautifully photo-illustrated, wonderful look at China in the mid-twentieth century.
Softcover. Toronto, Canada, James Lorimer & Company, 1st English, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper very good. Previous bookstore's price tag on the back cover.
Hardcover. New York, NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st U.S.A., 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 313 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, has some tanning, covered in protective plastic, no rips. Some tanning from age to pages and edges, doesn't affect text or illustrations. In very good shape for its age. Books presents a coherent picture of ancient Mexico from the days of the early elephant hunters to the Spanish Conquest, and deals with all the major groups: Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Olmecs, Toltecs, Tarascans, Mixtecs and Zapotecs.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 414 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Tan cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Some light foxing to top edge. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. The story of the Hartley family in Africa, an enthralling narrative of men and women meddling with, embracing, and ultimately being transformed by other cultures.
Hardcover. London, England, British Library, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful, nearly new condition. "Peake sailed as a young doctor in 1899 for a part for China where few people had ever seen a Westerner before, and his account of his subsequent career is vivid, sometimes startling, and almost entirely free of the self-righteous religiosity that makes most mission memoirs hard to read."
Hardcover. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 336 pages plus index. Hardcover. B/w illustrations. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Cover boards bound in orange cloth, gilt title on spine and author's name in gilt on front cover. Deckled foreedge. Binding tight. Spine straight. Dust jacket price-clipped. Here is the drama of Sir Walter Raleigh's two daring and deluded expeditions to the banks of the Orinoco.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 310 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Blue cover boards, black, textured quarter cloth, orange title on spine. Binding tight, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. In great condition. Parting the Desert is both a transporting narrative and a meditation on the origins of the modern Middle East.
Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 340 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight, spine straight. page and edges clean and unmarked. In beautiful condition, looks nearly new. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
Hardcover. London, England, Jonathan Cape, 1st UK, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 250 pages. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. Cover boards bound in brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Westward to Vinland is not only the invaluable record of a major contemporary archaeological discovery, it is a fascinating travel book which describes the life and character of the Eskimoes and Indians of North America.
Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, Reprint, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. cover boards bound in yellow cloth, paste downs with title on front cover board and spine. Some foxing. Tanning to edges and pages from age. Cover boards still bright. Great condition.
Hardcover. Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Hardcover. Small remainder mark on bottom edge. B/w illustrations throughout. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Indicative of the adventurous, carefree, and relatively risk-free period between the world wars was the early career of a young navel office, Dan Gallery. He would eventually achieve the rank of admiral and garner international fame for capturing a German submarine during World War II.
Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Cambridge University Press, 1st Edition, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 282 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Light (erasable) pencil throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful condition. Relying on matrimonial contracts, travelers' accounts memoirs and popular literature, the authors show how distinctive forms of marriage, kinship and property transmission evolved in Athens in the nineteenth century.
Hardcover. N/A, Spohnsored by Manufacturers of Quality Papers, 1st, c. 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Illustrations in red throughout. Includes paper samples. Light green cover boards with dark green quarter cloth. Title in red and black on front cover board. Agewear to covers (see image). Pages and edges have a touch of tanning from age, doesn't affect text. Binding tight, spine straight. Probably published in early 1920's.
Softcover. Brandon, VT, Brandon Improvement Association, 1st, 1910, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages. Softcover. Staple binding. B/w illustrations (plates) throughout. Brown construction paper wrapper (agewear), orange title and decoration on front cover. Formerly on exhibit at Shelburne Museum, with stamp of proprietorship on front flyleaf. Just a touch of tanning to pages and edges, otherwise clean and unmarked. Beautiful photo-illustrated promotional travel book highlighting the sites of downtown Brandon, VT, circa 1910. Collector's delight.
Softcover. N/A, O'Shea Publishing Co., 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 12 pages. Softcover pamphlet. Wrapper has a touch of tanning from age, and Previous owner ID written and crossed out in pen on bottom left of front (see image), otherwise very good. Pen correction on page 4, pages clean and unmarked. Binding (staple) tight. Previously on exhibit at Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT.
Softcover. St. Albans, VT, Stephen E. Royce, 1st, 1872, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 382 pages plus appendix. B/w illustration on frontispiece (shadow of such on title page). Wrapper in good shape. Pages and edges have some tanning and agewear. Title page coming away from gutter, but still attached (see image), binding pretty tight, otherwise.
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1st Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Cover boards bound in teal cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and bright. In beautiful condition, looks nearly new and barely read. Van Leeuwen Explores the human relationship to water from a variety of viewpoints: social, religious, artistic, sexual, psychological, technical, and above all, architectural.
Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 3rd printing, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 455 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w historical illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, in very good condition. Tan cover boards, red quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Pages clean. Binding tight. Spine straight. In great shape, nice tight copy. Both a history and guidebook. it explains how the modern nation of France came to be, and how poorly understood that nation still is today. Above all, it shows how much of France
Hardcover. New York, Colonial Williamsburg/Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1st Edition, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 173 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine and decoration on front cover board, excellent. Dust jacket price clipped, has some agewear (see image). Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Spine straight. In great condition. The 7th in a series of popular histories of Williamsburg and Tidewater, Virginia in the eighteenth century.
Hardcover. Camden, ME, International Marine Publishing Company, 1st Edition, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 206 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Dust jacket price-clipped, has some scratching on back cover and agewear to edge, fading at spine. Black, cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine, boards very good. Foxing to edges and endpapers. Pages clean. Binding tight. Spine straight.
Hardcover. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1st Edition, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 241 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations including frontispiece. Previous owner's address label on front flyleaf. Light tanning to pages and edges from age. Black cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Some rubbing to boards as well as chipping at edges. THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN KRUDER, THE COUNT VON LUCKNER, OF WORLD WAR II. "...written by a leading German naval correspondent with the help of HK-33's survivors. The stories of the Pinguin, a German freighter converted to war use, are unique in the history of naval warfare.
Softcover. Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1st Paperback Edition, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations. Wrapper very good. Pages clean and bright. Previous bookstore's price tag on back cover bottom. Number written in marker on top edge. Otherwise clean and in very good, tight condition. This book, the first to use both French and German sources, describes a forgotten war crime: the murder by the German soldiers of thousands of Black African soldiers in the French army in June 1940.
Softcover. Eden Prairie, MN, Outernet Publishing, 3rd Edition, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 125 pages. Softcover. Over 100 diagrams, color, an black and white photos. Wrapper very good, has some slight fading to spine, otherwise excellent. Pages clean, binding tight. Whether you are a beginning collector or veteran picker, this book is an enjoyable visual and reading experience.
Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, 1st Edition, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 361 pages. Hardcover. Gray cover boards, gilt title on spine. A touch of foxing to edges. Pages clean. Binding tight. Spine straight. Dust jacket price clipped, some age wear to jacket.
Hardcover. London, England, Routledge, 1st Edition, 2006, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 1037 pages (two volume set). Hardcovers. Books are in beautiful like-new condition. Red cover boards, silver gilt title on spines. Dust jackets unclipped. Pages bright and clean. Spines straight, bindings tight. From Emperors and queens to artists and world travelers, from popes and scholars to saints and heretics, Who's Who in the Middle Ages brings together the most important people who lived in medieval Europe between 500 and 1500 AD.
Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1st Edition, 1936, Dust Jacket: Poor, 366 pages. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated by the author, b/w illustrations throughout. Tanning to pages and edges from age. Deckled foreedge. Some light underlining (pencil) in a few places. Binding good, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, has definite agewear (see image). This book deals with the old farm tinkerin' shops and those other tiny shops along village streets in which our cherished antiques came into existence. Pen drawings (150) by the author.
Hardcover. Genealogical Publishing co. Inc, Reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages plus appendix. Hardcover. Blue cover boards, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. Very light foxing to top edge. Pages clean and bright. In beautiful condition.
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian, 1st Edition, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 317 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth cover boards. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Some slight foxing to edges and front flyleaf, pages clean otherwise. Binding tight. Spine straight. Examines the lives of more than 50,000 Jewish emigrants who fled Soviet cities and resettled in the New York City area, as well as the unusual character of their community, and their articulation of group consciousness.
Hardcover. Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, Reprint, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 379 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth cover boards, white title on spine. Top edge dyed. Some light marks (pencil) in a few places. Pages bright. Edges have some foxing. Dust jacket unclipped, has some tanning/foxing (see image). Gage's account of life in Seventeenth-century Mexico and Central America makes superb reading and is for the most part accurate.
Softcover. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1st paperback edition, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 296 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding good. Spine is slightly faded (shelfwear, see image). Pages clean. "With elegance and candor, (the author) offers a panoramic collection of rich and densely textured essays that demonstrate how we can only understand our present through our consciousness of the past..."
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1st, 1863, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 446 pags. Illustrated with b/w charts and diagrams. Foxing to endpapers, title page, and several other pages. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Page , especially edges are browned. Dark blue texturized cloth, toned on spine and around edges. Rubbing to covers and spine. Wear to top and bottom of spine. Bottom of the spine is nibbled, along with bottom right corners of front and back boards and bottom right corners of textblock.
Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1864, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 419 pags. Illustrated with b/w charts and diagrams. Minor foxing to endpapers and title page. Previous owner's bookplate on front inside cover. Spotting and browning to page edges, water stain at bottom edge on last 100 pages of book. Dark blue/brown texturized cloth, toned, especially on spine and around edges. Rubbing to covers and spine. Edgewear, bottom of spine and bottom right corner of front cover are nibbled. Top corners bumped.
Hardcover. Columbia, University of Missouri, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 331 pages, black & white illustrations. Bright, clean copy in a similar dust jacket.
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