Hardcover. Salem, MA, Marine Research Society, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 155 pages, hardcover. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations and tables throughout. Although mastery of the art of rigging is no longer required onboard today's modern ships, legions of serious model ship builders who wish to rig their ships correctly need to learn this art in miniature. This book is widely considered the best manual ever produced on rigging a sailing ship. Clean copy. Record # 34243
Softcover. Albany NY, State University of New York Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 348 pages, soft cover. Covers are very clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is tight. Kass Fleisher chronicles the oft-ignored massacre of Shoshoni natives by Union troops in 1863, including commentary and some speculation. This book has been signed by the author on the title page. Overall nice clean copy. Record # 33653
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 561 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Mild fading present on the spine. Binding is solid. This book completes John Dos Passos's three-volume series "fable of America's materialistic success and moral decline." Here we come back to America after the war, and find a nation on the upswing. Industrialism booms. The stock market surges. Lindbergh takes his solo flight. Henry Ford makes automobiles. From New York to Hollywood, love affairs to business deals, it is a country taking the turns too fast, speeding toward the economic crash of 1929. Previous owner's signature on first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33706
Softcover. Sunset, TX, Jack Glover, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, soft cover. Covers are in good condition, with one closed tear near the stapled spine. Interior pages are clean and bright, with some light foxing to page edges. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. This book is an illustrated guide to identification and classification of barbed wire. Clean copy. Record # 34178
Hardcover. Doubleday, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 624 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright, as this book is still sealed in its original plastic covering, which has a few rips. Researchers, reporters, and producers for ABC News searched the world's archives for the rarest and most stunning photographs and images, consulted eminent twentieth-century historians, and discovered and interviewed hundreds of eyewitnesses and participants in the significant moments of the most eventful one hundred years in human history. The result was this spectacular book, the independent companion volume to the landmark ABC News and The History Channel television series 'The Century'. Co-written by ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings and Senior Editorial Producer Todd Brewster, 'The Century' features a narrative of extraordinary quality that tracks major themes--the impact of technology, the soaring of the imagination, the ghastly violence, the joy of entertainment--through chronological chapters recounting the signal moments of each era in the century. This is an oversize book, domestic shipping only. Clean copy. Record # 33820
Hardcover. London, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 191 pages, hardcover. Covers show minor wear and yellowing, as well as some bumping around the edges. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Mild musty smell present. This book is an overview of cinema, covering the manufacture and processing of cine-film, making a film, the picture theatre, and the development of cinema. Line illustrations and B&W photography throughout. Previous owner's signature inscribed on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33755
Hardcover. NY, The McGraw-Hill Book Company, 2nd, 1978, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 444 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket edge worn with some light chipping. Black cloth covers with gilt text are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid, though the front hinge is cracked. Contains B&W mathematical figures throughout. This book is intended for use in a senior undergraduate or graduate level course in Fourier Transforms. The text applies mathematical concepts to the physical world, equipping students to think about the world and physics in terms of transforms. It includes such tools as the pictorial dictionary of transforms and bibliographic references. Clean copy. Record # 34488
Hardcover. Geneva, Switzerland, Albert Skira, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 151 pages, hardcover. Gray cloth boards with embossed lettering are in good condition, despite foxing to the top edge, and minor edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains 82 full-color laid-in plates, all of which are present. This book contains all of the essentials to facilitate the study of the great art movements. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's paste-in is present on the front end page. Light pencil underlining and notes are present throughout. Record # 34264
Hardcover. Emmaus, PA, Rodale Press Inc., 10th printing, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 246 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a few closed tears, and was price clipped, but is generally in good condition. Red cloth covers are clean and bright, and all interior pages are legible. Some minor browning is present on the outside edges of the book and on the front end pages. This 1974 edition is uncommon in hardcover format. Learn the ins and outs of raising all types of small livestock for home consumption with this handbook. Previous owner's inscription on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33767
Softcover. Toronto, ON, Broadview Literary Texts, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 331 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This is a memoir written by Olaudah Equiano, an influential African advocate of abolishing the slave trade in Britain during the late 18th century. Clean copy. Record # 33665
Softcover. Anchorage, AK, The Alaska Historical Society, 1st thus, 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 156 pages, soft cover. Covers are generally in good condition, though one small closed tear is present on the top corner of the rear cover. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout. This monograph presents the results of a complex study of the site of the winter camp of the Bering expedition in Komandor Bay of Bering Island, in 1741-42. Clean copy. Record # 33790
Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1921, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 496 pages, hardcover. Covers are in good condition due to lightly bumped corners, and mildly faded spine. Interior pages are clean and bright, except for a small tear on the bottom corner of 2 preface pages. Binding is solid. Some B&W photography of castles and places involved in the legends throughout. This book covers the history behind the stories of the Brothers Grimm and the ancestry of fairies; ghosts, who they were and where they came from; John the Blind, the wandering king of Bohemia; Marienthal, the flying horseman; and many other tales. Clean copy. Record # 33988
Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton , 1st thus, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 392 pages, hardcover. Dust jacked and covers are bright and clean, as are the interior pages. Spine is solid. In "The Light Ages," Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on a tour of medieval science through the eyes of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk, who was an intrepid crusader, inventor, and astrologer. One very minor ink blemish is present on the top edge of the pages, otherwise a clean copy. Record # 33658
Hardcover. Norwood MA, Doubleday Page & Co., reprint, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 258 pages, hardcover. Exterior and interior in remarkably good condition, though there is some fading on page edges. Small B&W illustrations throughout. Culturally important reference work serving as a record of an ordinary man's experience and success in his efforts to make a home for himself in the country. Clean copy. Record # 33609
Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Cinebooks Inc., 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 450 pages, hardcover. Covers have one or two minor marks, interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is an oversized book, available for domestic shipping only. The ultimate one-stop guide to the year in movies, The Motion Picture Guide Annual 1986 provides a richly detailed account of every domestic & foreign movie released theatrically in the United States in 1985, as well as many titles released "straight to video." Each entry includes title, star rating, country of origin, running time, production/releasing company, color or black & white, genre, MPAA rating, parental recommendation, and cast & credit listings. Clean copy. Record # 33851
Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Cinebooks Inc., 1st, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 726 pages, hardcover. Covers have some minor marks and staining, interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is an oversized book, available for domestic shipping only. The ultimate one-stop guide to the year in movies, The Motion Picture Guide Annual 1987 provides a richly detailed account of every domestic & foreign movie released theatrically in the United States in 1986, as well as many titles released "straight to video." Each entry includes title, star rating, country of origin, running time, production/releasing company, color or black & white, genre, MPAA rating, parental recommendation, and cast & credit listings. Clean copy. Record # 33850
Hardcover. Evanston, IL, Cinebooks Inc., 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 799 pages, hardcover. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is an oversized book, available for domestic shipping only. The ultimate one-stop guide to the year in movies, The Motion Picture Guide Annual 1988 provides a richly detailed account of every domestic & foreign movie released theatrically in the United States in 1987, as well as many titles released "straight to video." Each entry includes title, star rating, country of origin, running time, production/releasing company, color or black & white, genre, MPAA rating, parental recommendation, and cast & credit listings. Clean copy. Record # 33849
Hardcover. Evanston, IL, Cinebooks Inc., 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 665 pages, hardcover. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is an oversized book, available for domestic shipping only. The ultimate one-stop guide to the year in movies, The Motion Picture Guide Annual 1989 provides a richly detailed account of every domestic & foreign movie released theatrically in the United States in 1988, as well as many titles released "straight to video." Each entry includes title, star rating, country of origin, running time, production/releasing company, color or black & white, genre, MPAA rating, parental recommendation, and cast & credit listings. Clean copy. Record # 33848
Hardcover. Evanston, IL, Cinebooks Inc., 1st, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 480 pages, hardcover. Covers have a few minor stains but are generally in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is an oversized book, available for domestic shipping only. The ultimate one-stop guide to the year in movies, The Motion Picture Guide Annual 1990 provides a richly detailed account of every domestic & foreign movie released theatrically in the United States in 1989, as well as many titles released "straight to video." Each entry includes title, star rating, country of origin, running time, production/releasing company, color or black & white, genre, MPAA rating, parental recommendation, and cast & credit listings. Clean copy. Record # 33847
Hardcover. NY, Baseline II, Inc., 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 460 pages, hardcover. Covers have a few minor stains but are generally in very good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is an oversized book, available for domestic shipping only. The ultimate one-stop guide to the year in movies, The Motion Picture Guide Annual 1991 provides a richly detailed account of every domestic & foreign movie released theatrically in the United States in 1990, as well as many titles released "straight to video." Each entry includes title, star rating, country of origin, running time, production/releasing company, color or black & white, genre, MPAA rating, parental recommendation, and cast & credit listings. Clean copy. Record # 33846
Hardcover. NY, Baseline II, Inc., 1st, 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 593 pages, hardcover. Covers have a few minor stains but are generally in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is an oversized book, available for domestic shipping only. The ultimate one-stop guide to the year in movies, The Motion Picture Guide Annual 1992 provides a richly detailed account of every domestic & foreign movie released theatrically in the United States in 1991, as well as many titles released "straight to video." Each entry includes title, star rating, country of origin, running time, production/releasing company, color or black & white, genre, MPAA rating, parental recommendation, and cast & credit listings. Clean copy. Record # 33845
Hardcover. NY, Baseline II, Inc., 1st, 1993, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 635 pages, hardcover. Covers have some minor marking but are generally in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is an oversized book, available for domestic shipping only. The ultimate one-stop guide to the year in movies, The Motion Picture Guide Annual 1993 provides a richly detailed account of every domestic & foreign movie released theatrically in the United States in 1992, as well as many titles released "straight to video." Each entry includes title, star rating, country of origin, running time, production/releasing company, color or black & white, genre, MPAA rating, parental recommendation, and cast & credit listings. Clean copy. Record # 33844
Hardcover. NY, Cinebooks, Inc., 1st, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 744 pages, hardcover. Covers have some minor markings but are generally in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This is an oversized book, available for domestic shipping only. The ultimate one-stop guide to the year in movies, The Motion Picture Guide Annual 1995 provides a richly detailed account of every domestic & foreign movie released theatrically in the United States in 1994, as well as many titles released "straight to video." Each entry includes title, star rating, country of origin, running time, production/releasing company, color or black & white, genre, MPAA rating, parental recommendation, and cast & credit listings. Clean copy. Record # 33842
Hardcover. NY, Cinebooks, Inc., 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 792 pages, hardcover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Spine is creased, but the binding is still solid. This is an oversized book, available for domestic shipping only. The ultimate one-stop guide to the year in movies, The Motion Picture Guide Annual 1997 provides a richly detailed account of every domestic & foreign movie released theatrically in the United States in 1996, as well as many titles released "straight to video." Each entry includes title, star rating, country of origin, running time, production/releasing company, color or black & white, genre, MPAA rating, parental recommendation, and cast & credit listings. Clean copy. Record # 33840
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 "The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Fleisher, Kass")
 "The Big Money by: Passos, John Dos")
 "The Bobbed Wire II Bible by: Glover, Jack, Illust. by: Olde, Gary")
 "The Century by: Jennings, Peter Brewster, Todd")
 "The Cinema To-Day by: Spencer, D. A. Waley, H. D.")
 "The Fourier Transform and its Applications by: Bracewell, Ronald N.")
 "The History of Modern Painting From Baudelaire to Bonnard: The Birth of a New Vision by: Raynal, Maurice Leymarie Jean")
 "The Homesteader's Handbook to Raising Small Livestock by: Belanger, Jerome D.")
 "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, The African by: Equiano, Olaudah Edit. Costanzo, Angelo")
 "The Komandorskii Camp of the Bering Expedition: An Experiment in Complex Study by: Len'Kov, V. D. Silant'ev, G. L. Staniukovich, A. K. Transl. Arndt, Katherine L. Editor: Frost, O. W.")
 "The Land of Haunted Castles by: Casey, Robert J.")
 "The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science by: Falk, Seb")
 "The Making of a Country Home by: Mowbray, J.P.")
 "The Motion Picture Guide: 1986 Annual (The Films of 1985) by: Nash, Jay Robert Ross, Stanley Ralph Mulay, James J.")
 "The Motion Picture Guide: 1987 Annual (The Films of 1986) by: Nash, Jay Robert Ross, Stanley Ralph Mulay, James J.")
 "The Motion Picture Guide: 1988 Annual (The Films of 1987) by: Nash, Jay Robert Ross, Stanley Ralph Editor: Mulay, James J. Editor: Curran, Daniel Editor: Wallenfeldt, Jeffrey H.")
 "The Motion Picture Guide: 1989 Annual (The Films of 1988) by: Ed. Director: Leahy, William Editor: Nash, Jay Robert Editor: Wallenfeldt, Jeffrey H.")
 "The Motion Picture Guide: 1990 Annual (The Films of 1989) by: Nash, Jay Robert Ross, Stanley Ralph")
 "The Motion Picture Guide: 1991 Annual (The Films of 1990) by: Editor: Miller-Monzon, John")
 "The Motion Picture Guide: 1992 Annual (The Films of 1991) by: Ed. Director: Pallot, James Editor: Miller-Monzon, John Editor: Straussman, David")
 "The Motion Picture Guide: 1993 Annual (The Films of 1992) by: Ed. Director: Pallot, James Editor: Miller-Monzon, John Editor: Straussman, David")
 "The Motion Picture Guide: 1995 Annual (The Films of 1994) by: Ed. Director: Pallot, James Editor: Levich, Jacob Editor: Fox, Ken Editor: McDonagh, Maitland")
 "The Motion Picture Guide: 1997 Annual (The Films of 1996) by: Editor: Grant, Edmond Editor: Fox, Ken Editor: Joseph, Andrew")