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Yankees and God (SIGNED)


Smith, Chard Powers

Hardcover. New York, Hermitage House, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 528 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. A history of New England culture and the four phases of Puritanism from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Edgewear to dust jacket, light fading and soiling as well. Faint bumping to corners. Red tint to top edge text block. Light fading to end papers. A tight copy

Record # 951376


Price: $48.00 

 

Yazoo - Integration in a Deep-Southern Town


Morris, Willie

Hardcover. New York, Harper's, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609880


Price: $12.00 

 

Yemen: 3000 Years of Art and Civilisation in Arabia Felix


Daum, Werner

Softcover. Innsbruck, Pinguin-Verlag, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 483 pages. Softcover. Slight wear and creases on cover. Old inscriptions on title page. Otherwise tight copy.

Record # 2230467


Price: $88.00 

 

Yoo-Hoo, Prosperity! - The Eddie Cantor Five-Year Plan


Cantor, Eddie/David Freedman

Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 3rd Printing, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 56 pages. Hardcover. Features black & white illustrations, some of African American stereotyping. Dust jacket missing large chunk of paper from bottom left corner of front cover, smaller chips missing along edges - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612539


Price: $23.00 

 

You're Not from Around Here


Smith, Mike

Hardcover. Santa Fe, Center for American Places, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 108 pages. Full color photographs by Mike Smith. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 609923


Price: $160.00 

 

Youngman Collection - Chinese Jades - From Neolithic to Qing, The


Youngman, Robert P./J. May Lee Barrett/Fang Jing Pei/David Huiwei Shen

Hardcover. Chicago, Art Media Resources, Inc., 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with full color photographs. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 612300


Price: $100.00 

 

Youth in the Soviet Union


Zaitzev, Vladimir

Softcover. New York, International Publishers, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 61 pages plus 2 pages of ads. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Some age darkening along cover edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612383


Price: $63.00 

 

Yucatan (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)


Dame, Lawrence

Hardcover. New York, NY, Random House, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 374 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Spine straight. Cover boards bound in tan cloth, red quarter cloth, faded gilt title on spine. Top edge dyed. Light tanning to pages and edges from age. In really good shape for its age. The author's look at the Yucatan Peninsula, a history and how it was in the early to mid-twentieth century.

Record # 32175


Price: $44.00 

 

Zakros - The Discovery of a Lost Palace of Ancient Crete


Platon, Nicholas

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 345 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket spine faded. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611739


Price: $15.00 

 

Zanzibar Chest, The: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands


Hartley, Aidan

Hardcover. New York, NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 414 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Tan cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Some light foxing to top edge. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. The story of the Hartley family in Africa, an enthralling narrative of men and women meddling with, embracing, and ultimately being transformed by other cultures.

Record # 32164


Price: $15.00 

Zarathustra and ZoroastrianismStausberg, Michael
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Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism


Stausberg, Michael

softcover. Oakville, Ca, Equinox Publishing, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover with light edge wear to paper wrappers. Black and white pictures in center.

Record # 470279


Price: $23.00 

Zemstvo - An Experiment in Local Self-Government, TheEmmons, Terence/Wayne S. Vucinich
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Zemstvo - An Experiment in Local Self-Government, The


Emmons, Terence/Wayne S. Vucinich

Hardcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 452 pages. Hardcover. Minor spotting to top edge. Minor fading to covers. Otherwise, clean, tight copy.

Record # 855385


Price: $100.00 

 

Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern: The Architecture


Barandun, Ursina (Text, Editor), Nathalie Gygax Huber (Editor)

Hardcover. Germany, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 159 pages. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped. White cover boards. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful, like new condition. A look, inside and out, at Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland.

Record # 32225


Price: $31.00 

 

Zincantan: A Maya Community in the Highlands of Chiapas


Vogt, Evon Z.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1st Edition, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 733 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Yellow cloth cover board, light foxing to top edge. Dust jacket has agewear, unclipped. Some light tanning to pages and edges from age. Binding good. Spine straight. Based on more than a decade of work, Evon Z. Vogt's book is the first full-length ethnographic study of Zinacantan culture.

Record # 33453


Price: $23.00 

A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i by: Kirch, Patrick Vinton
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A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i by: Kirch, Patrick Vinton

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2nd Pr., 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 346 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear, but is still in good condition. Blue paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, as well as a bind-in halfway through with full-color photography. This lively, accessible chronicle works back from 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows how the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai'i adapted to this new island landscape and created highly productive agricultural systems. Clean copy. Record # 34124
Price: $25.00 

Aboriginal Cultures of the Western Hemisphere by: U.S. Golden Gate International Exposition Commission
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Aboriginal Cultures of the Western Hemisphere by: U.S. Golden Gate International Exposition Commission

Softcover. San Francisco, CA, U.S. Golden Gate International Exposition Commission, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. Catalogue published for the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition. Stapled covers with b&w illustration, preface by George Creel, introduction and essay by S.A. Barrett, numerous b&w illustrations throughout. Rubbing to covers and wear to edges and spine, brown stain to left half of front cover. Record # 806000
Price: $12.00 

African Genius, The: An Introduction to African Social and Cultural History  by: Davidson, Basil
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African Genius, The: An Introduction to African Social and Cultural History by: Davidson, Basil

Softcover. New York, Little Brown & Co, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, New York, Little Brown & Co, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: None, 367 pages. Illustrated title page. B&w illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.. 384 pages. Record # 467525 Record # 467525
Price: $12.00 

After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age by: Batchelor, Stephen
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After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age by: Batchelor, Stephen

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2nd Pr., 2015, 381 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is an attempt to set the record straight about who the Buddha was and what he was trying to teach. Combining critical readings of the earliest canonical texts with narrative accounts of five of the Buddha's inner circle, Batchelor depicts the Buddha as a pragmatic ethicist rather than a dogmatic metaphysician. He envisions Buddhism as a constantly evolving culture of awakening. Clean copy. Record # 34111
Price: $12.00 

After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the World by: Wilson, A. N.
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After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the World by: Wilson, A. N.

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
Price: $12.00 

Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 Years of Collecting by: Editor: Anbinder, Paul
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Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 Years of Collecting by: Editor: Anbinder, Paul

Hardcover. NY, Hudson Hills Press, Inc., 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 332 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with some minor staining and indentations on the rear. Red cloth covers underneath are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Beautiful full-color photography throughout. The Albany Institute is one of the nation's oldest cultural institutions, dating to 1791. This comprehensive overview of its American art and decorative-arts collections presents about 130 objects (of a total exceeding 20,000), each chosen for its national significance, artistic merit, and relevance to the Institute's mission: collecting and interpreting the art, history, and culture of New York State's Upper Hudson Valley from the late seventeenth century to the present. Chapters are devoted to Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures, Sculpture, Prints, Silver and Pewter Furniture, Stoves, Ceramics and Glass, Textiles, and Costumes. This is an oversize book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 33880
Price: $35.00 

All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America by: Walters, Suzanna Danuta
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All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America by: Walters, Suzanna Danuta

Hardcover. US, University Of Chicago Press, 1st, 2001-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 338 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463757
Price: $12.00 

All-Night Party - The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem 1913-1930 by: Barnet, Andrea
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All-Night Party - The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem 1913-1930 by: Barnet, Andrea

Softcover. Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 260 pages. Softcover. Clean, tight copy. Record # 612665
Price: $12.00 

American Beginnings: Exploration, Culture, and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega by: Editor: Baker, Emerson W.
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American Beginnings: Exploration, Culture, and Cartography in the Land of Norumbega by: Editor: Baker, Emerson W.

Hardcover. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 388 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography, maps, and illustrations throughout. This illustrated collection of essays examines early Native American contact with European explorers, fisherman, and traders. Clean copy. Record # 34457
Price: $25.00 

American View, The: Art from 1770 to 1978 by: Kennedy Galleries
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American View, The: Art from 1770 to 1978 by: Kennedy Galleries

Softcover. New York, NY, Kennedy Galleries, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with illustrated covers; minor marking and rubbing. Paper wrappers. Numerous newspaper clippings inside front cover. 91 color plates of painting, sculpture, drawing and prints, all of American life. Short introduction on this theme. Tight, clean copy. Record # 808373
Price: $12.00 


  
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