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Battle for Korea - The Associated Press History of the Korean Conflict by: Dvorchak, Robert J.

Hardcover. PA, Combined Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Many black & white photos. 317 pages. Personal accounts by the writers and photographers of the AP. Record # 63074
Price: $12.00 

 

Battle of Bosworth, The by: Bennett, Michael

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1985, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages. 75 black and white illustrations and three maps. Detailed reconstruction of the battle that claimed the life of Richard III and ended the Plantagenet line. Wrinkle in dust jacket laminate. Record # 512292
Price: $12.00 

Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904 by: Pratt, Richard Henry Editor: Utley, Robert M.
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Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904 by: Pratt, Richard Henry Editor: Utley, Robert M.

Softcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, Reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is about how General Richard Henry Pratt, best known as the founder and longtime superintendent of the influential Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, profoundly shaped Indian education and federal Indian policy at the turn of the twentieth century. Pratt's long and active military career included eight years of service as an army field officer on the western frontier. He directed the Carlisle school, believing that the only way to save Indians from extinction was to remove Indian youth to non reservation settings and there inculcate in them what he considered civilized ways. Previous owner's markings in black pen are present through the first half of the book. Record # 34127
Price: $12.00 

 

Before Lewis and Clark - The Story of the Chouteaus, the French Dynasty That Ruled America's Frontier by: Christian, Shirley

Hardcover. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux , 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 488 pages. Half cloth boards. Illustrated with 8 pages of black & white photographs and reproductions. Clean, tight copy. Record # 510814
Price: $12.00 

 

Ben Line - Fleet List and Short History by: Somner, Graeme

Softcover. Edinburgh, Scotland, W. M Thomas Company, 1st, 1967, Dust Jacket: None, 60 pages. From shipbrokers to sailing vessels, powered vessels and vessels managed by the British Government. Black and white map of Scotland. Record # 512336
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Birth of a Nation'hood: Gaze, Script, and Spectacle in the O. J. Simpson Case by: Morrison, Toni
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Birth of a Nation'hood: Gaze, Script, and Spectacle in the O. J. Simpson Case by: Morrison, Toni

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Pantheon, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 418 pages. Softcover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 468234
Price: $12.00 

Black Ship, The : The Quest to Recover an English Pirate Ship and Its Lost Treasure by: Clifford, Barry
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Black Ship, The : The Quest to Recover an English Pirate Ship and Its Lost Treasure by: Clifford, Barry

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Headline Book Publishing, 1st, 1999-09-30, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 309 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 464202
Price: $12.00 

Black swine in the sewers of Hampstead: beneath the surface of Victorian sensationalism by: Boyle, Thomas
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Black swine in the sewers of Hampstead: beneath the surface of Victorian sensationalism by: Boyle, Thomas

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, N.Y., U.S.A., Viking, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 273 pages. Hardcover. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469389
Price: $12.00 

Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley by: Beard, Patricia
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Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley by: Beard, Patricia

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, William Morrow, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 432 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black boards with gilt lettering, black and white photographs in center pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom page block. Record # 468441
Price: $12.00 

 

Bottle Collector's Book, A by: Ferraro, Pat & Bob

Softcover. Sparks, Nevada, Western Printing & Publishing Company, Sixth, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Sixth printing. Guide to collecting bottles. 110 pages with several essays on historical aspects and particular elements of bottle-making. Also includes glossary of terms. 37 black/white plates. Very good condition, slight wear to the spine, previous owner's name, date, and location written in ink inside the cover. Record # 805541
Price: $12.00 

 

Breaking the Maya Code by: Coe, Michael D.

Softcover. New York, Thames and Hudson, Reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages. Illustrated with black & white drawings and photographs. Previous owners name at top right corner of front endpaper. Record # 609004
Price: $12.00 

Briseis by: Black, William, Illust. by: Smedley, W. T.
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Briseis by: Black, William, Illust. by: Smedley, W. T.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers , 1st American Illustrated, 1896, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 406 pages, hardcover. Green decorative covers are in good condition, with some discoloration. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. B&W illustrations throughout. William Black (1841-1898) was a Scottish novelist whose novels were immensely popular during his lifetime, and he is often compared favorably with Trollope. Briseis is a half-Greek, half-Scotch heroine, who plays a Cinderella figure to her London aunt. Clean copy. Record # 33939
Price: $20.00 

 

Bullentin of Champlain Valley Archaeological Society by: Bailey, John H.

Paperback. Fort Ticonderoga, BY, Archaeological Society, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 29 pages. Small rip on page 29 in middle of page. Laid in "Archeology in Vermont in 1938" June 1939 Volume 1 and Number 2. Black & white photographs. Record # 408559
Price: $12.00 

Catholics, Peasants and Chewa Resistance in Nyasaland by: Linden, Ian
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Catholics, Peasants and Chewa Resistance in Nyasaland by: Linden, Ian

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Berkeley, Univ. of Calif., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. 223 pages. Light edgewear to dj. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. Clean, tight copy. Record # 60088
Price: $12.00 

Chaos Bound: Orderly Disorder in Contemporary Literature and Science by: Hayles, Katherine N.
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Chaos Bound: Orderly Disorder in Contemporary Literature and Science by: Hayles, Katherine N.

Softcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2nd pr., 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 309 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book investigates the parallels between contemporary literature and critical theory, as it pertains to the emerging interdisciplinary field known as the science of chaos. Previous owner's light underlining is present throughout in black pen. Record # 34196
Price: $12.00 

 

Chicago by: Terkel, Studs

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st , 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 148 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photos. Remainder line top edge. Dust jacket with large tear repaired with tape, edgewear. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 61749
Price: $12.00 

 

Civil, Religious and Mourning Councils and Ceremonies of Adoption of the New York Indians - New York State Museum - Bulletin 113 by: University of the State of New York

Softcover. Albany, University of the State of New York, Reprint, 1981, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 451 pages. Softcover. 3 pages of black & white photographs. Minor darkening to cover edges. Clean, unmarked text. Record # 612832
Price: $12.00 

 

CONFEDERATE AGENT: A Discovery in History. by: Horan, James

Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Map end papers. 326 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout text. This is the true story of Confederate spies, their collaborators, their women, and their activity during the Civil War. 8vo. Green cloth. Black spine title label, gilt. Record # 220707
Price: $12.00 

 

Confederate Carpetbaggers, The by: Sutherland, Daniel E.

Hardcover. Baton Rough, Louisiana St. Univ., 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos Record # 55725
Price: $12.00 

 

Cow Country by: Dale, Edward Everett

Hardcover. Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, 1st New, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 258 pages. Collection of magazine essays over 25 yrs. Illustrated in pages and d.j. Plastic jacket. Green board with black spine and gilt text. Record # 220815
Price: $12.00 

Crisis 1918 by: Gies, Joseph
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Crisis 1918 by: Gies, Joseph

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, and the laminate on the front has begun to bubble, but it is otherwise in good condition. Black paper covers with a red cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is a history of World War I, focussing on the leading actors, strategies, and events in the German gamble for total victory on the Western Front. Clean copy. Record # 34497
Price: $12.00 

Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With Boss Steinbrenner by: Madden, Bill
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Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With Boss Steinbrenner by: Madden, Bill

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Warner Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468446
Price: $12.00 

Day Before America, The: Changing the Nature of a Continent by: MacLeish, William H., Illust. by: Will Bryant
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Day Before America, The: Changing the Nature of a Continent by: MacLeish, William H., Illust. by: Will Bryant

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Boston , Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 277 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some black and white illustrations by Will Bryant. Light foxing on top page block, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468703
Price: $12.00 

 

Death in the Olive Groves: American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by: Landis, Arthur H.

Hardcover. New York, Paragon House, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 253 pages. Several black and white photographs and maps. Author Landis recounts his own experiences and the personal histories of other American volunteers. Index Record # 220799
Price: $12.00