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History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. II of V.


Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 425 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.

Record # 852815


Price: $18.00 

 

Hoffa's Man: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa As Witnessed by His Strongest Arm


Franco, Joseph

New York, 1st edition, 1987, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 332 pages, rubbing to dust jacket, mild edgewear, unclipped. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 450801


Price: $18.00 

 

Homage to Thomas Eakins, Etc


Soyer, Raphael

Hardcover. South Brunswick, N.J., Thomas Yoseloff, Publisher, 2st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 183 pages. 75 color and b&w illustrations throughout. Green cloth, color slightly faded around edges. No dust jacket. Clean copy with tight binding.

Record # 605100


Price: $13.00 

 

Home on the Canal


Kytle, Elizabeth

Hardcover. US, Seven Locks Pr, 1st, 1983-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 287 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket with multiple tears.

Record # 465815


Price: $19.00 

 

Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes


Novick, Sheldon M.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 522 pages, mild rubbing fore edge, previous owner's notations on front end papers, price clipped, moderate bumping to spine and corners, light creasing on top dust cover spine, b/w photos throughout.

Record # 30045


Price: $15.00 

Hoover the Fishing President: Portrait of the Private Man and His Life OutdoorsWert, Hal Elliott
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Hoover the Fishing President: Portrait of the Private Man and His Life Outdoors


Wert, Hal Elliott

Hardcover. Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 388 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230085


Price: $23.00 

 

Hoover's F.B.I.


Turner, William W.

Paperback. NY, Thunder's Mouth, 1st wraps, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages.

Record # 59247


Price: $15.00 

 

Horace Greeley: Champion of American Freedom (SIGNED)


Williams, Robert C.

Hardcover. New York, New York University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 413 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on flyleaf and title page. Biography of open-minded newspaper publisher. Inscription sticker affixed to front dust jacket panel. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 952559


Price: $39.00 

 

House of Many Rooms, A


Hunter, Rodello

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A humorous memoir of a Mormon family at the turn of the century in a small Utah town. 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with bumped corners. Chipping and edgewear to brodart-covered dust jacket. Decorative stain on top edge.

Record # 51507


Price: $18.00 

 

Hudson of Hudson's Bay


Scott, J. M. , Illust. by: Astrid Walford

Hardcover. New York , Henry Schuman, 1st U.S., 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None , 176 pages, B&W illustrations by Astrid Walford. Minor corner and edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 305497


Price: $15.00 

Huey Long's Louisiana: State Politics 1920-1952Sindler, Allan P.
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Huey Long's Louisiana: State Politics 1920-1952


Sindler, Allan P.

Hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 316 pages, b&w illustrations, in a chipped and soiled dust jacket.

Record # 412086


Price: $39.00 

 

Hunting Lieutenant Chadbourne.


Corder, Jim W.

Hardcover. Athens, Georgia, The University of Georgia Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 169 pages. Gray cloth cover with no visible wear. Dust jacket has wear and some stains on back, but very little wear on front. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w illustrations throughout.

Record # 852686


Price: $12.00 

 

I Could Tell You Stories: Sojourns in the Land of Memory


Hampl, Patricia

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 229 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, remainder line on bottom edge, very clean, tight copy, like new, dust jacket covered with Mylar.

Record # 800799


Price: $18.00 

 

Ike -An American Hero


Korda, Michael

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1st Edition, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 779 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright dust jacket in very good condition. Bright, clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 750229


Price: $23.00 

 

Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West, The


Samuels, Peggy and Harold

Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday & Co, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 549 pages. Tan cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine, color illustrated dust jacket, b&w illustrations, comprehensive reference work on Western American art. Light wear to dust jacket; overall a clean, tight copy.

Record # 604962


Price: $26.00 

 

In the Beginning: A Short Account of the Life and Times of Noah Smith Esq. 1756-1812 (SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR)


Lowell, Leslie F.

Hardcover. Vermont, Self Published, 1st, 1984, Book: Good, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. B/w illustrations, gilt title on spine and front cover board. Front cover board has some rubbing. Light tanning from age to pages and edges, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Cover boards slightly warped. Some of the facing pages ink transfer, but doesn't affect illustrations or text. In very good shape. VERY RARE. A must have for any Freemasonry enthusiast.

Record # 31947


Price: $63.00 

 

In the Minds and Hearts of the People: Prologue to the American Revolution 1760-1774


Miller, Lillian B.

Softcover. Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, This illustrated volume is a history that sets the stage for the American Revolution by presenting portraits and biographies of important figures and focusing on important political issues of the time. Includes 240 pages, with 22 color and 155 b&w illustrations. Newspaper review laid in front cover. Old price sticker on lower right corner of back cover. Crease across lower front cover, overall a very good clean copy.

Record # 805207


Price: $10.00 

In the Wings: A MemoirDarrid, Diana Douglas
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In the Wings: A Memoir


Darrid, Diana Douglas

Hardcover. New York, Barricade Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 370 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464653


Price: $50.00 

Iron Jaw: A Skipper Tells His Story, Charles N. Bamforth 1895-1975Bamforth, Richard A.
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Iron Jaw: A Skipper Tells His Story, Charles N. Bamforth 1895-1975


Bamforth, Richard A.

Softcover. US, Dorrance Pub Co, 1st, 2002-07-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 435 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS on title page. Light shelf-wear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 466431


Price: $19.00 

 

Jack - A Biography of Jack London


Sinclair, Andrew

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row , 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 297 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609375


Price: $12.00 

 

Jack London: A Life


Kershaw, Alex

Hardcover. New York, NY, St. Martin's Press, First US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages. Hardcover. Black boards with silver titles to spine. Deckled edge. 16 pages of illustrations in black & white plus four maps. Dust jacket in very good shape with only light, marginal wear to edges. Clean, tight and unmarked.

Record # 6670093


Price: $19.00 

 

james Baldwin - Artist on Fire


Weatherby, W. J.

Hardcover. New York, Donald I. Fine, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 412 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 609339


Price: $12.00 

 

James Dean: The Mutant King


Dalton, David

Hardcover. San Francisco, Straight Arrow Books, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 356 pages. B&w photographs throughout. Foxing to edges. Edgewear to dust jacket. Some edgewear, soiling to cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851729


Price: $20.00 

 

James Madison - The Founding Father


Rutland, Robert A.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 3rd printing, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 287 pages. Black & white illustrations. Light sun fading to dust jacket spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608692


Price: $20.00