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Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military Industrial Complex by: Hartung, William D.
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Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military Industrial Complex by: Hartung, William D.

Hardcover. NY, Nation Books, 2nd Pr., 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book recounts the fascinating and often frightening history of America's largest military contractor, Lockheed Martin, as well as its unique role in the formation of U.S. foreign policy. Clean copy. Record # 34398
Price: $12.00 

 

Rebels Under Sail - The American Navy during the Revolution by: Fowler, Jr., William M.

Hardcover. New York, Scribner's, Book Club Edition, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy. Record # 608657
Price: $12.00 

 

Revolution at Berkeley: The Crisis in American Education by: Miller (Ed.), Micheal and Susan Gilmore

Hardcover. New York, Dial Press , 2nd pr., 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 348 pages, in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket with a closed tear. Record # 403805
Price: $12.00 

 

Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital by: Lankford, Nelson

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312pages, B&w plates. Like new with like new dust jacket. Record # 510241
Price: $12.00 

 

Rituals of Dinner, The: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners by: Visser, Margaret

New York, Grove Weidenfied, 1st American, 1991, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 432 pages. Yellow boards with burgundy cloth spine and gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's label on top right corner of front endpaper. Spine is slightly faded at top and bottom edges. Bottom corners bumped, front bottom right corner is wrinkled. Color pictorial dust jacket with minor marking on back, slight edgewear, and creased bottom front corner. Record # 512434
Price: $12.00 

 

Rock Toons: A Cartoon History of the First 30 Yearsof Rock 'N' Roll by: Sadler, Michael

Softcover. New York, Harmony Books, 1st American , 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 103 paghes. Color illustrations by Serge Dutfoy. Light edgewear to covers and spine. Light soiling to front cover. Record # 511187
Price: $12.00 

 

Roosevelt and Frankfurter: Their Correspondence 1928-1945 by: Freedman (Ed.), Max

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 772 pages, b&w illustrations. Blue cloth with a bright dust jacket with light edgewear. Clean, no markings. Record # 406399
Price: $12.00 

Roots: The Saga of an American Family by: Haley, Alex
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family by: Haley, Alex

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday and Co., Reprint, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 688 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some minor chipping and edge wear. Tan boards with black spine have bumped corners, but are otherwise in good condition. Interior pages have some minor water damage, resulting in foxing along the top edge of the pages which does not affect the legibility of any text blocks. The binding has begun to separate just at the top of the spine, resulting in some built up dust, but is still solid. This is a Book Club Edition reprint. Alex Haley recaptures his family's history in this drama of eighteenth-century slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants. Clean copy. Record # 34433
Price: $12.00 

Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by: Schama, Simon
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Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by: Schama, Simon

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Ecco / HarperCollins, 1st, 2006-04-25, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 478 pages. Light shelf-wear to 1/2 sized dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 462359
Price: $12.00 

Saga America by: Fell, Barry
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Saga America by: Fell, Barry

Hardcover. NY, Times Books, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 425 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been well protected by a plastic covering. Orange cloth covers with green text are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography and illustrations throughout. End pages feature a timeline of historical events. This book maintains that complex, advanced societies flourished in the Americas well before the arrival of Christopher Columbus, and uses artifacts found across America to support the theory. Clean copy. Record # 33875
Price: $45.00 

Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon: The Forgotten History of an American Shrine by: Casper, Scott E.
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Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon: The Forgotten History of an American Shrine by: Casper, Scott E.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Hill and Wang, reprint, 2008-01-22, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 286 pages. Illustrated frontispiece. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466094
Price: $12.00 

Science at the Bedside: Clinical Research in American Medicine, 1905-1945 by: McGehee, Professor A. Harvey
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Science at the Bedside: Clinical Research in American Medicine, 1905-1945 by: McGehee, Professor A. Harvey

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 1981-08-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 547 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 464608
Price: $12.00 

Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism by: Stacks, John F.
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Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism by: Stacks, John F.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 2002-12-05, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 372 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear and scratching to lightly soiled dust jacket. Record # 465872
Price: $12.00 

screening of America, The: movies and values from Rocky to Rain Man by: O'Brien, Tom
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screening of America, The: movies and values from Rocky to Rain Man by: O'Brien, Tom

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Continuum, reprint, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 219 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 469534
Price: $12.00 

 

Second Year Of The Nixon Watch, The by: Osborne, John

hardcover. NY, Liveright , 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illustrations by Bill Maudlin. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping. Record # 202450
Price: $12.00 

 

Secret Six - The true Tale of the Men Who Conspired with John Brown, The by: Renehan, Jr., Edward J.

Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 308 pages. Book shows standard wear. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing. Record # 608766
Price: $12.00 

 

Selected Masterpieces of New York State Painting by: Anderson, Marna Brill

Softcover. Not given, Museum of American Folk Art, Not given, Not given, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with dark covers, color plates; minor rubbing, edges warped. Staple wrappers. Newspaper clippings on exhibition inside of front cover. 20 b/w plates of folk painting by various artists. 51 items listed. Text on the history of folk painting in New York and the selection in the exhibition. 16 pages. Occasional minor pen marks on pages, but otherwise copy is clean and tight. Record # 808563
Price: $12.00 

Shape of the River, The: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions by: Bok, Derek
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Shape of the River, The: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions by: Bok, Derek

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 472 pages. Hardcover. Extensive tables and graphs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 468257
Price: $12.00 

SHELBY'S FOLLY: JACK DEMPSEY, DOC KEARNS, AND THE SHAKEDOWN OF A MONTANA BOOMTOWN by: Kelly, Jason
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SHELBY'S FOLLY: JACK DEMPSEY, DOC KEARNS, AND THE SHAKEDOWN OF A MONTANA BOOMTOWN by: Kelly, Jason

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Lincoln, NE, Bison Books, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Lincoln, NE, Bison Books, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: None, 214 pages. Softcover. 14 pages of b&w photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.. 240 pages. Record # 467428 Record # 467428
Price: $12.00 

Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam by: Anderegg, C. R.
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Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam by: Anderegg, C. R.

Softcover. Washington, D. C., Air Force History and Museums Program, 1st, 2001, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 210 pages, soft cover. Covers have edge wear and rubbing, with one closed tear at the bottom the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book details the transformation of the U.S. Air Force and its fighter weapon systems in the time period ranging from the end of the Vietnam War to the beginning of the Gulf War. Clean copy. Record # 34594
Price: $15.00 

 

Sir Harry Vance: His Life and Times 1613-1662 by: Adamson, J. H. and H. F. Folland

Hardcover. Boston, Gambit, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 498 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with light sticker residue. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf. Record # 511934
Price: $12.00 

Six Seconds in Dallas: A Micro-Study of the Kennedy Assassination Proving that Three Gunmen Murdered the President by: Thompson, Josiah
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Six Seconds in Dallas: A Micro-Study of the Kennedy Assassination Proving that Three Gunmen Murdered the President by: Thompson, Josiah

Hardcover. NY, Bernard Geis Associates, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 323 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some mild edge wear and chipping, but is still in good condition overall. Blue cloth cover boards with half red paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages, despite minor foxing along the top edge. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book will lead you, step by step, through a unique reconstruction of the assassination that changed history. Previous owner's name is signed on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34392
Price: $75.00 

Slavery in North Carolina, 1748-1775 by: Kay, Marvin L.
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Slavery in North Carolina, 1748-1775 by: Kay, Marvin L.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, The, 1st, July 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 402 pages. Smokey odour. Foxing to top edge and smudge on fore-edge. Wear to cover edges. Light wear to dust jacket. Else a tight copy. Record # 454951
Price: $12.00 

Slaves in the Family by: Ball, Edward
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Slaves in the Family by: Ball, Edward

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. New York, Ballantine Books, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 505 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 468235
Price: $12.00