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Spanish-Americans of New Mexico - A Heritage of Pride, The


Gonzalez, Nancie L.

Hardcover. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico, 2nd, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 246 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket spine sunfaded. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608298


Price: $18.00 

 

Spectator of America - A Classic Document About Lincoln and Civil War America by a Contemporary English Correspondent


Mitgang (Ed.), Herbert

Paperback. Athens, Univ. of Georgia, rep. wraps, 1989, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, The writings of Edward Dicey who traveled extensively in 1860's America. 318 pages

Record # 55525


Price: $15.00 

 

Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz (6 vols.)


Bancroft (Ed.), Frederic

NY, G.P. Putnam, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Ex-lib with bookplates, light stamping, residue.

Record # 69517


Price: $150.00 

 

Speedy, The: A History of United States Special Delivery Service


Gobie, Henry M.

Hardcover. North Miami, FL, Wilhelmina M. Gobie, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Illustrated with b/w photos, illustrations, and diagrams. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. 8vo. Gray boards with blue pictorial front cover. Matching dust jacket. Light browning around edges of endpapers, and label pasted on front endpaper. Minor wear to spine edges and dust jacket edges. Minor browning and spotting to front and back of dust jacket. Very Good.

Record # 219955


Price: $51.00 

 

Spies in the Sky: Surveillance Satellites in War and Peace (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)


Norris, Pat

Softcover. US, Praxis, 1st, 2007-08-16, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 463387


Price: $25.00 

 

Spirit of 'Seventy-Six, The - The Story of the American Revolution as Told by Participants


Commager, Henry Steele and Richard B. Morris

NY, Harper & Row, Book Club, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 1348 pages. Huge, comprehensive volume. B&W illust. Dust jacket spine faded, some wrinkling to dust jacket lamination, once owned by a smoker.

Record # 301003


Price: $28.00 

 

Spirit of America in Country Furniture, 1700-1840, The


Jordan, Jerard & Pat

Softcover. Des Moines, Iowa, Wallace - Homestead Book Co., 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 103 pages illustrated throughout with photographs in color and b&w. Orange pictorial paper wrappers with black titles. Light wear to covers and spine and small imprint from original price-sticker to front, else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 605672


Price: $8.00 

 

Springboard in the Pond, The: An Intimate History of the Swimming Pool


Van Leeuwen, Thomas A.P.

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.

Record # 32300


Price: $25.00 

 

Squadron in the Wilderness


Weiler, Ruth

Softcover. Erie, Pennsylvania, Ruth Weiler, 1st, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Minor cover and spine edge wear. Small water stain on back cover. Illustrations throughout. Clean and tight copy. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.

Record # 852403


Price: $40.00 

Squeeze This!: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America (Folklore Studies in Multicultural World)Jacobson, Marion
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Squeeze This!: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America (Folklore Studies in Multicultural World)


Jacobson, Marion

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, University of Illinois Press, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color pictures in center, black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 470282


Price: $31.00 

 

St. Marys and Camden County (Images of America)


Barefoot, Patricia

Softcover. Charleston, SC, Arcadia Publishing, First Edition, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. Illustrated wraps in sepia tones. Black & white photographs throughout. Tight binding, clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751532


Price: $25.00 

 

St. Patrick's Cathedral - A Centennial History


Cook, Leland

Paperback. NY, Quick Fox, 1st , 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pgs. Foreword by Terence Cardinal Cooke, Intro by Brendan Gill. Color, black & white illustrations. Slight curling to front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 105010


Price: $15.00 

 

St.clair


Wallace, Anthony

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 519 pages, b&w photos. Light wear to dust jacket, slight soiling to for-edge. Tight copy.

Record # 453084


Price: $15.00 

 

Stagecoach West


Moody, Ralph

Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, ex-lib

Record # 4074


Price: $12.00 

 

Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles


Bilstein, Roger

Softcover. US, University Press of Florida, reprint, 2003-09-19, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 511 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 463434


Price: $25.00 

 

Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado


Wolle, Muriel Sibell

Hardcover. Boulder, CO, Muriel Sibell Wolle, 7th pr, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 544 pages, b&w illustrations by the author, map end papers. Light wear to cover corners. Water stains to edges. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850788


Price: $30.00 

Stand of the U.S. Army at Gettysburg, TheHall, Jeffrey C.
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Stand of the U.S. Army at Gettysburg, The


Hall, Jeffrey C.

Hardcover. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 470029


Price: $31.00 

Standing Up to Colonial Power: The Lives of Henry Roe and Elizabeth Bender CloudRamirez, Renya K.
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Standing Up to Colonial Power: The Lives of Henry Roe and Elizabeth Bender Cloud


Ramirez, Renya K.

Hardcover. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Normal light wear to jacket edges. Spine somewhat cocked. Light pencil marking.

Record # 2231007


Price: $23.00 

 

Stanley Kubrick: A Biography


LoBrutto, Vincent

Softcover. New York, Da Capo Press, Reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 579 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper excellent. Binding tight. Pages and edges clean. Great copy. Perfect for the Kubrick enthusiast.

Record # 31522


Price: $25.00 

 

Stanton - The Life and Times of Lincoln's Secretary of War


Thomas, Benjamin P./Harold M. Hyman

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st Edition, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 642 pages. Hardcover. Toning to edges. Red cloth boards with gilt decorations to cover. Gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket with sunfading, and chips to one corner. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 750227


Price: $25.00 

 

Stars in His Crown: A Centennial History of the Community of St. John Baptist Told in the Context of the History of the Religious Orders in the Episcopal Church


Simpson, James B./Edward M. Story

Hardcover. Sea Bright, Ploughshare Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 301 pages. Hardcover. 8 pages of black & white photographs. Light foxing to top edge of dust jacket. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613694


Price: $13.00 

 

State Parties and National Politics: North Carolina, 1815-1861


Jeffrey, Thomas E.

Athens, GA, University of Georgia, 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, 422 pages.

Record # 304691


Price: $15.00 

 

State Regulation of Railroads in the South (Studies in History, Economics and Public Law)


Ferguson, Maxwell

Softcover. New York , Columbia University Press , 1st, 1916, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 228 pages, paper wraps rebound in cardboard covers, ex-library with light stamping, residue. Clean internally.

Record # 405720


Price: $19.00 

 

Statesmen and Solddiers of the Civil War: A Study of the Conduct of War


Maurice, Major General Sir Frederick

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 173 pages, with illustrations. Dust jacket corner and edge wear, rubbing, and foxing on edges. Otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853369


Price: $20.00