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Yankee Storekeeper


Gould, R.E.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill, 1st , 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A memoir of a storekeeper in a small Mine twon. 195 pages.

Record # 61230


Price: $12.00 

Yanks Paint Brits - From Benjamin West to Nelson Shanks, From King George III to The Princess of WalesFeld, Stuart P./Gregory Hedberg/Hirschl & Adler Galleries
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Yanks Paint Brits - From Benjamin West to Nelson Shanks, From King George III to The Princess of Wales


Feld, Stuart P./Gregory Hedberg/Hirschl & Adler Galleries

Softcover. New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 40 pages. Softcover. Exhibition catalog. Full color and black & white illustrations. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613813


Price: $19.00 

 

Year of the Barricades, The - A Journey Through 1968


Caute, David

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st , 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos. 514 pages.

Record # 63485


Price: $11.00 

 

Yesterday in the Hills


Watkins, Floyd C. and Charles Hubert

Softcover. Athens, GA, The University of Georgia Press, 1st thus, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 184 pages. Black-and-white frontispiece. Minor wear and sun-fading on spine. Small spot on rear cover. A little damp stain on front cover and last few pages. Light mark on fore edge. A few scratches on bottom edge. Good, unmarked copy.

Record # 856296


Price: $13.00 

 

Young America: A Folk-Art History


Lipman, Jean, Elizabeth V. Warren, Robert Bishop

Hardcover. New York, Hudson Hills Press/Museum of American Folk Art, 1st, 1986, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages. Bright cream cloth covers, red and blue stamped pictorial of eagle with flag and laurel, stamped titles to spine, laminate dust jacket completely illustrated in color, 293 illustrations including 207 in full color. Slight edgewear to dust jacket, covers extremely clean, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; an extremely clean, tight copy in excellent condition.

Record # 808302


Price: $30.00 

 

Young America: A Folk-Art History


Lipman, Jean

Hardcover. New York, 1st, September 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 199 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Folio. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 457667


Price: $31.00 

 

Young Hamilton, The - A Biography


Flexner, James Thomas

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 497 pages, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 60159


Price: $18.00 

 

Young Patriot in the American Revolution, A


Greenwood, John

Hardcover. Westvaco, 1st thus, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages. Black & white illustrations. Slip case edition. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 607924


Price: $20.00 

 

Zoar Furniture 1817-1898: A Preliminary Study


Snyder, Tricia and Gil, and Paul A. Goudy

Softcover. New Philadelphia, OH, Tuscarawas County Historical Society, Inc., 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Spiral bound. 128 pages, b&w photographs. Light edge wear, rubbing to covers. Small scratches on rear cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851027


Price: $100.00 

A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors by: Jackson, Joe
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A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors by: Jackson, Joe

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 269 pages, b&w illustrations. Light wear to pictorial dust jacket. Nice, tight copy. Record # 452944
Price: $12.00 

A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island by: Cressman, Robert J.
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A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island by: Cressman, Robert J.

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2nd, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 324 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book recounts the story of how the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll against overwhelming odds at the outbreak of World War II in the pacific theater. Clean copy. Record # 34061
Price: $12.00 

A Nation Without Borders: The United States and its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910 by: Hahn, Steven
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A Nation Without Borders: The United States and its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830-1910 by: Hahn, Steven

Hardcover. NY, Viking Books, 2nd Pr., 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 596 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a lightly bumped corner, but is still in very good condition overall. Cream paper cover boards with a brown paper spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains some B&W photography within. This book is a part of the Penguin History of the United States Series, offering a controversial yet enduring perspective on the histories of the nineteenth century. Clean copy. Record # 34503
Price: $18.00 

Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths by: Oates, Stephen B.
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Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myths by: Oates, Stephen B.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York , Harper & Row, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover otherwise clean. Record # 408302
Price: $12.00 

Abraham Lincoln: The Quest for Immortality by: Anderson, Dwight G.
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Abraham Lincoln: The Quest for Immortality by: Anderson, Dwight G.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York , Knopf, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 408304
Price: $12.00 

 

Act of Optimism, An: Building Washington Cathedral by: Lewis, Deborah Hart

Softcover. Washington, D.C., The Octagon, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. Light blue stapled covers with monotone illustration, introduction by Richard T. Feller, foreword by Herbert E. Striner, 7 full page b&w plates, checklist of objects on loan from Washington Cathedral, glossary. Record # 806403
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 

Alice Adams by: Tarkington, Booth, Illust. by: Brown, Arthur William
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Alice Adams by: Tarkington, Booth, Illust. by: Brown, Arthur William

Hardcover. Garden City NY, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1st, 1921, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 434 pages, hardcover. Red cloth covers are in good condition, with some fading around the spine. The binding is quite loose, but still contiguous. B&W illustrations throughout. Alice Adams, daughter of middle-class parents, wants desperately to belong with the people of so called 'high society' who live in her town. Ultimately, her ambitions are tempered by the realities of her situation, which she learns to accept with grace and style. Alice's resiliency of spirit makes her one of Booth Tarkington's most compelling characters. Previous owner's signature is on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33796
Price: $15.00 

All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories of William Maxwell by: Maxwell, William
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All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories of William Maxwell by: Maxwell, William

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 415 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some staining, and the spine is bumped. Covers are also lightly stained, spine sunned. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This modern first edition is a collection of 21 of William Maxwell's best short stories, 8 of which appeared here for the first time. Spanning more than fifty years and traversing more layers of memory and feeling than are contained in most books of history, 'All the Days and Nights,' represent the life's work of one of America's most widely and justly honored writers. Clean copy. Record # 33826
Price: $12.00 

 

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 

Amchitka and the Bomb: Nuclear Testing in Alaska by: Kohlhoff, Dean W.
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Amchitka and the Bomb: Nuclear Testing in Alaska by: Kohlhoff, Dean W.

Hardcover. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 166 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book explores why Amchitka island was used as a nuclear explosion test site, as well as examining the environmental consequences that followed the blasts. Previous owner lightly annotated a couple of pages in pencil including a signature on the first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33792
Price: $36.00 

America's National Historic Trails: Walking the Trails of History by: Berger, Karen, Illust. by: Smith, Bart
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America's National Historic Trails: Walking the Trails of History by: Berger, Karen, Illust. by: Smith, Bart

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is lightly bumped along the top edge, but is still in very good condition. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book delves into the history, beauty, and significance of America's 19 national historic trails. is organized into four thematic sections--Spanish Southwest, East Coast, Westward Expansion, and American Diversity--and each featured trail has its own chapter, complete with a map and a photo gallery. Contains full-color photography throughout. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34028
Price: $15.00 

 

America/200 by: Glen Falls Bicentennial Commission

Softcover. New York, Glen Falls Bicentennial Commission, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog, exhibition selected by Dr. Bates Lowry. White stapled covers with red titles and monotone illustration, illustrated plates throughout, introduction by A. Morton Raych. Light rubbing to covers; a very clean, tight copy. Record # 806173
Price: $12.00 

 

American Art from the Colonial and Federal Periods by: N/A

Softcover. New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., rep, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog of 88 paintings and drawings by 40 artists. 104 pages with 93 illustrations (37 in color). A very good, clean copy. A few nicks around edges of front and back cover, small dent at the top of back cover. Record # 805365
Price: $12.00 

 

American Automobile, The by: Stein, Ralph

Hardcover. New York, Ridge Press Book/Random House, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 252 pages. Hardcover. Full color and black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy. Record # 612117
Price: $12.00