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Scratch Ankle, U.S.A. American Place Names and their Derivation


Quimby, Maron J.

Hardcover. New York, A. S. Barnes, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 390 pages. Very good pictorial dust jacket. black and white illustrations by Gloria Perry.

Record # 604671


Price: $15.00 

 

Sea Devil of the Confederacy: The Story of the Florida and her Captain, John Newland Maffitt


Boykin, Edward

Hardcover. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 306 pages. B&w frontispiece and b&w illustrations. Staining to edge papers. Rubbing and edgewear to cover and to dust jacket. Dust jacket in brodart.

Record # 852131


Price: $15.00 

 

Seashore, The: Paintings of the 19th and 20th Centuries


Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute

Softcover. Pittsburgh, PA, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute , 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout with 119 plates in b&w. White stiff wrappers. Slight wear to edges and spine, covers yellowing with age, small tear to spine. else a nice, tight copy.

Record # 606413


Price: $12.00 

 

Seashore, The: Paintings of the 19th and 20th Centuries


Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute

Softcover. Pittsburgh, PA, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute , 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout with 119 plates in b&w. White stiff wrappers. Slight wear to edges and spine, light foxing to lower edges of covers, small tear to spine. else a nice, tight copy.

Record # 606412


Price: $12.00 

 

Seasons of America Past, The


Sloane, Eric

Hardcover. New York , Funk & Wagnalls, 4th printing, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 150 pages, illustrations in color and b&w. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Some wear and tear to price clipped dust jacket with chips missing from edges and spine.

Record # 857013


Price: $23.00 

 

Second Census of the United States 1800 - Vermont


United States Government

Hardcover. Montpelier, Vermont Historical Society, Reprint, 1938, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 233 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name and Vermont Historical Society stamp on front endpaper. Features black & white fold-out map of Vermont. Hinges intact, but tender. Moderate wear to tan cloth covers. A solid reference copy.

Record # 611975


Price: $75.00 

 

Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy


Quigley, David

Hardcover. US, Hill and Wang, BC Ed., 2003-01-16, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages, b&w photos. Light sun-fade to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 465870


Price: $13.00 

 

Second Long Walk, The - The Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute


Kramer, Jerry

Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 239 pages. Black & white photographs. Dust jacket skinned on front and tear on back.

Record # 204408


Price: $20.00 

 

Second War with England - Vol. 1, The


Headley, J. T.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner, 1st, 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 346 pages. Black & white illustrations. Missing approximately 1/2" and less across top of spine with some fraying at bottom of spine. Previous owners stamp on inside front cover. Light foxing to endpapers and some pages. Cover corners rubbed and bumped.

Record # 608951


Price: $60.00 

 

Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Document, The


Allison Jr. (Introduction), Graham T.

Softcover. McLean VA, Brassey's, 1st US, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages, paperback. With an introduction by Graham T. Allison Jr. Contains the CIA's formerly top-secret cables, maps, memorandums, estimates, and briefing papers. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Heavy bumping to corners. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 951840


Price: $38.00 

Secret Life of Houdini, The : The Making of America's First SuperheroKalush, William
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Secret Life of Houdini, The : The Making of America's First Superhero


Kalush, William

Hardcover. US, Atria, 1st, 2006-10-31, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 592 pages. Remainder mark to top edge. Illustrations in b&w. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 464078


Price: $10.00 

secret life of Houdini, The: the making of America's first superheroKalush, William
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secret life of Houdini, The: the making of America's first superhero


Kalush, William

Hardcover. New York, Atria Books, reprint, 2006, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 592 pages. Hardcover. B&w photography throughout. Blind stamp on front cover. Illustrated paste downs and end papers. Some soil to front cover. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468897


Price: $15.00 

 

Secret Search for Peace in Vietnam, The


Kraslow, David & Stuart H. Looky

NY, Random House, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 247 pages. Dust jacket badly worn, chipped.

Record # 66971


Price: $10.00 

Sedona (SIGNED) Heidinger, Lisa Schnebly
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Sedona (SIGNED)


Heidinger, Lisa Schnebly

Softcover. Charleston, SC, Arcadia Publishing, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Black and white photographs throughout. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE.

Record # 471628


Price: $25.00 

 

Seductive Journey: American Tourists in France from Jefferson to The Jazz Age


Levenstein, Harvey

Hardcover. Chicago IL, University of Chicago, 1st, 1998, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 378 pages, b&w illustrations. Like new in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 805726


Price: $13.00 

 

Seeking the Golden Fleece; a Record of Pioneer Life in California


Stillman, J. D. B.

Hardcover. San Francisco CA, A. Roman & Co, 1877, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 352 pages. Numerous black & white plate illustrations. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Bump to bottom edge of covers. Markings and rubbing to covers.

Record # 503243


Price: $100.00 

 

Seen from E. A. - Three International Episodes


Feis, Herbert

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages plus index. Spine slightly cocked. Pieces of dust jacket laid-in. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609252


Price: $12.00 

Selected Letters of Cotton MatherSilverman, Kenneth (ed.)
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Selected Letters of Cotton Mather


Silverman, Kenneth (ed.)

Hardcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 446 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows some wear,small tears and chipping to upper edges. Price clipped. Scrape to bottom end of text block. Slight foxing to top of text block, bend to lower cover. Name of previous owner in pen in front end papers.

Record # 2231056


Price: $23.00 

 

Selected Speeches of Booker T. Washington


Washington, Booker T./E. Davidson Washington (Editor)

Hardcover. Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 283 pages. Hardcover. Creases to top right corner of preliminary pages, and to right corners of pages 275-278. Light foxing to a few pages. Rear endpaper removed. Blue cloth covers with some spotting, fading to spine. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 611970


Price: $225.00 

 

Selections from the M. & M. Karolik Collection of American Water Colors & Drawings, 1800-1875


Musuem of Fine Arts

Softcover. Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Catalog of part of the Museum of Fine Arts' collection. Yellow covers are frayed on the edges, with minor marking on the front, but otherwise clean. Paper wrappers are tight. Pages are clean and crisp. 57 b/w plates of various American art forms, all from 1800 to 1875, that have been donated to the museum's collection. Short introductory essay at front.

Record # 807809


Price: $15.00 

Self-Evident Lie, A: Southern slavery and the threat to American freedom /..Various
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Self-Evident Lie, A: Southern slavery and the threat to American freedom /..


Various

Hardcover. United States, Kent State University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 168 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 460557


Price: $31.00 

 

Self-Portrait U.S.A


Duncan, David Douglas

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Gilt decorations on front cover. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Some rubbing to dust jacket corners, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 613606


Price: $35.00 

 

Selling a New World - Two Colonial South Carolina Promotional Pamphlets


Greene (ed), Jack P.

Columbia, SC, South Carolina University Press , 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 153 pages.

Record # 204838


Price: $15.00 

 

Selling a New World - Two Colonial South Carolina Promotional Pamphlets


Greene (ed), Jack P.

Columbia, SC, South Carolina University Press , 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 153 pages.

Record # 204839


Price: $15.00