Hardcover. New York, Pantheon Books, 1st US, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 482 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white illustrations throughout.
Hardcover. Wesr Newbury, MA, Essex County History, First Edition, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 504 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles spine. Map illustration of Essex County to endpapers. Inside is clean & unmarked with illustrations in black & white. Dust jacket with sunfade to spine & small tears to edges. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout.
Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 499 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A look into the heart of traditional societies and the timely lessons they can offer us. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.
Hardcover. Naperville, Ill., 1st, May 1, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Audio CD included. 284 pages, b&w photographs throughout. A very clean, tight copy.
Softcover. London, Methuen young books, reprint, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 325 pages. Softcover. Creasing to back cover. Some underlining. Sticker residue to back cover. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 606 pages. Previous owners name at top of front endpaper. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Macdonald, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages, b&w photographs and diagrams. Blue cloth covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. Light edge wear to covers. Else a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Toronto, ON, University of Toronto Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 351 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Scribner, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 365 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of moisture damage to the top of the back cover. Cover boards tan with red quarter cloth, excellent. Pages clean and bright, binding tight. In very good condition. In this book, investigative journalist, Michael Kranish brilliantly chronicles Major Taylor's astonishing rise to world prominence in bicycle racing, twelve years before the ascension of boxer Jack Johnson on the global stage and fifty years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League baseball.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston , 1st, 1930, Dust Jacket: Fair, 384 pages, color maps on endpapers, color frontispiece, illustrated color plate on front cover, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, front hinge loose. Acetate-protected dust jacket. Some wear and chipping under acetate.
Hardcover. Minneapolis, Mid-List Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 457 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. With essays by William H. Gass and John Updike. Over 400 reproductions by more than 200 of the world's writers, arranged alphabetically. Color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Fading to dust jacket front. Light soling to bottom copy edge. Edgewear to dust jacket top edge. Corners lightly bumped. Unmarked. A tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, NY, Random House, First Edition, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 173 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards with ivory & yellow textblock & black printed titles to cover & spine. Thin line of sunfade to board edges. Light toning throughout, some tanning to gutter at endpapers. Clean illustrations in black & white. Original dust jacket with age toning, small tears & chips to edges, now protected with a plastic cover. Tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.
Hardcover. Toronto, ON, Canav Books, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 186 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is a biography of Lieutenant R.H. "Hammy" Gray, one of Canada's last war heroes. It follows his Navy career during World War II, from a desperate assault on German battleship Tirpitz in a Norwegian fjord, to his time aboard the British aircraft carrier Formidable. Clean copy. Record # 34059
Hardcover. London, England, Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., 1st, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 240 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in generally good condition, protected by a plastic coating, with one open tear present at the bottom of the spine. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color illustrations throughout. This book details the fascinating history of aviation as it pertains to warfare, with emphasis on the development of airframes designed for specialized tasks, such as bombers. The volume covers world military history from pre-WWI, to post-WWII. Clean copy. Record # 34033
Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2nd, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 324 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book recounts the story of how the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll against overwhelming odds at the outbreak of World War II in the pacific theater. Clean copy. Record # 34061
Hardcover. NY, Viking Books, 2nd Pr., 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 596 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a lightly bumped corner, but is still in very good condition overall. Cream paper cover boards with a brown paper spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains some B&W photography within. This book is a part of the Penguin History of the United States Series, offering a controversial yet enduring perspective on the histories of the nineteenth century. Clean copy. Record # 34503
Hardcover. NY & London, Columbia University Press & Jewish Publication Society, 2nd Edition, 4th Printing, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 340 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is chipped and stained, with open tears at the spine. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. In this volume, Professor Baron discusses the position of the Jews in the pre-Islamic world, and the ways in which it was altered by the emergence of Mohammed and the Caliphate. Previous owner's signature on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33884
Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 609 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy. Record # 458844
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. 183 pages. Light rubbing to corners and spine. Dust jacket with soiling, heavy chipping, darkened spine. a Vivid portrayal of life in the Alsace region during the final days of World War I. O'Shaughnessy's firsthand accounts, about war-touched landscapes and resilient spirit of the people. Record # 507886
Hardcover. US, Ticknor & Fields, reprint , 1992-07-14, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 285 pages. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466473
New York, Arco Publishing Co., 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, color maps, very clean, tight copy. Record # 801298
Hardcover. US, Warner Books, 1st, 2002-01-10, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 424 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 461957
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