Hardcover. NY, Library of America, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 840 pages volume 1, 936 pages volume 2, 936 pages volume 3, and 1,024 pages volume 4, all hardcovers in original slipcases, with manufacturer's clear plastic shrink-wrap. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Bindings are solid. This collection is a comprehensive presentation of literary works and historical documents related to the Civil War period in the United States. It includes four volumes written by Stephen W. Sears, providing a detailed account of the military and political events of the time. Each volume covers roughly one year of the war. Due to the size and weight of the package, this set is available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copies. Record # 34625
Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 317 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a few closed tears, and mild rubbing. Pink paper boards with a black cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book contains all the lyrics from the shows of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart who, together with his partner Richard Rodgers, contributed greatly to American musical theater history with their numerous love songs. This is a large-format volume, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34367
Softcover. NY, Harper, 1st thus, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 546 pages, soft cover. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid, but not perfectly square. Light foxing present to page edges. This collection of western short stories is filled with great tales from Elmore Leonard's early career. The book features well-developed characters and unpredictable endings, making it an enjoyable read for fans of the genre. This edition contains a map of the Arizona Territory from 1880, as well as many of Leonard's classic tales, including "Trail of the Apache," "Three-Ten to Yuma," and "The Kid." Clean copy. Record # 34213
Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1st, 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 242 pages, hardcover. Covers have light edge wear and rubbing. Cream colored leather stamped with elaborate botanical gilt design has been half-bound to the spine over decorated paper cover boards. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This small-format book presents several of William Cullen Bryant's earlier poems, and also contains a brief biographical sketch. Previous owner's signature is present in black pen on a front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34334
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 393 pages, b&w photographs. Previous owners' signatures on front endpage. Embossed stamp on title page. Light foxing to front pages. General wear to corners and edges. Overall, a neat, tight copy. Record # 802266
Softcover. Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 104 pages, soft cover. Blue paper covers have some edge wear and rubbing, but are still in good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This collection of lyrical and narrative poetry explores memory, human vulnerability, the natural landscape (particularly that of the American North), and the complex bonds of family and personal history which tie us together. Clean copy. Record # 34652
Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1st thus, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 664 pages, hardcover. Brown cloth covers stamped with black text show significant edge wear and rubbing, with bumped corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid, but the hinges are tender. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout, with notes on the illustrations by Russell Sturgis. This book is a comprehensive, historically significant work documenting the evolution of American furniture styles, craftsmanship, and domestic interiors from the earliest 17th century settlements through the 19th century. It tracks how European styles transformed upon reaching early American homes. Clean copy. Record # 34614
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1940, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 597 pages, hardcover. Red cloth covers have some minor edge wear with a faded spine, but are generally in very good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is somewhat loose. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book explores how the mail order catalogs of Sears Roebuck revealed major trends in transportation, fashion, agriculture, and entertainment in the first half of the twentieth century. Clean copy. Record # 34328
Hardcover. NY, American Heritage Publishing Co. Inc., 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 529 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has several chips and closed tears, concentrated at the top and bottom of the spine. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography and maps throughout. This book is a comprehensive illustrated history of all of Africa. It also presents, in 12 anthologies, a cross-section of Africa's little-known historical literature. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34355
Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Co., Early Printing, 1916, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, No dates on title pages, first two volumes list 1916 on copyright page, second two list 1919. A different frontispiece portrait of John Marshall is present in each volume. Covers are in good condition overall, with some edge wear to the corners of each volume. Interior pages with deckled edges are clean and bright. Bindings are solid. John Marshall (1755-1835) became the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court despite having had almost no formal schooling and after having studied law for a mere six weeks. During Marshall's nearly 35-year tenure as chief justice, he wielded the Constitution's awe-inspiring power aggressively and wisely, setting the Supreme Court on a course for the ages by ensuring its equal position in the triumvirate of the federal government of the United States and securing its role as interpreter and enforcer of the Constitution. These 4 volumes are available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copies. Record # 33923
Hardcover. Berkeley CA, Howell-North, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages, hardcover. Cloth pictorial boards are in good condition, as are the interior pages. Solid binding. This book tells the story of the historical two-foot gauge railroads of Maine. B&W photographs and maps included throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33635
Hardcover. Philadelphia PA, The Magee Press, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 66 pages, hardcover. Gray cloth cover, with green paper labels on cover and spine. Exterior and interior in decent shape, some minor staining and fading. Diary and life of Septimus Winner. Inscription by previous owner on first end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33608
Softcover. Boston, Ginn & Company, Reprint, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated, soft cover. Covers and interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book was the first reading primer designed for the American colonies. It became the most successful educational textbook published in the 17th century United States, and was the foundation of most schooling before the 1790s. This reprint is a tiny edition, only about 4 inches tall. Clean copy. Record # 33864
Softcover. Boston, MA, Bedford/St. Martin's, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 175 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid, despite one small spot at the bottom of the spine where the corner was bumped. This book discusses how Arab members of OPEC used oil as a political weapon during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, cutting off supplies to the U.S. and shocking the American economy. Clean copy. Record # 34639
Hardcover. NY, The Century Co., 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcovers, 393 and 381 pages, respectively. Covers are in very good condition considering their age, with just some minor rubbing to the spines. Uncut interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Top edges gilt. B&W illustrations throughout, including a beautiful frontispiece of Augustus Saint-Gaudens in each volume, a photo in volume 1 and an illustration in volume 2. This edition contains 2 different text fonts, one of which indicates biographical, and the other autobiographical writings. This is a scarcely available set on the life and works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), an American Beaux-Arts sculptor who is best known for his statues commemorating Abraham Lincoln and Union officers of the Civil War, including Robert Gould Shaw, William Tecumseh Sherman, and John Logan. These volumes were edited by his only child, Homer (1880-1953), an artist and museum administrator in his own right. These two larger volumes are available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Previous owner's stamp on inside front cover of both volumes, otherwise clean copies. Record # 33868
Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 479 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, gray paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is the story of a family, reflecting our recent history like a many-faceted mirror. It is full of people not easily forgotten, each--for worse of for better, directly or indirectly--made by war. A remainder dot is present on the bottom edge, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34438
Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 382 pages, illustrated throughout with photographs. Very clean and tight copy. Record # 853284
Softcover. Millbrae, CA, Celestial Arts, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, soft cover, B&W illustrations and photos throughout. Minor wear but generally in good condition. Long before "turn on, tune in, drop out" became the credo of the American counterculture, Aldous Huxley was using mescaline and LSD in controlled, carefully documented experiments. Accounts of those psychedelic experiences, along with his interest in Eastern mystical religions, accompany the moving story of Aldous Huxley's later years with his wife, Laura. Huxley's fascination with the spiritual world remained with him throughout his life and never wavered through his final illness in 1963. THIS TIMELESS MOMENT takes the reader into the lively mind of one of the most profound thinkers of any generation. Previous owner's name on first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33578
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Times Books, 1st, February 1, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 184 pages. Very good. Record # 454587
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Bend, Or., Maverick Distributors, 1st, June 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 136 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light wear, soil to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 457243
Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. US, Harper Perennial, 1st, 1999-04-07, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 791 pages. Light edgewear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462149
Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406512
Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406513
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