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Blow the Man Down!: A Yankee Seaman's Adventures Under Sail


Williams, James H. and Warren Kuehl (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 255 pages, b&w illustrations. In a crisp, bright dust jacket.

Record # 403532


Price: $15.00 

Bob Dylan In AmericaWilentz, Sean
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Bob Dylan In America


Wilentz, Sean

Hardcover. US, Doubleday, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 390 pages. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Some stains to front and back dust jacket cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 466859


Price: $15.00 

Bonnie Prince Charlie: A BiographyErickson, Carolly
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Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Biography


Erickson, Carolly

hardcover. New York, W. Morrow, 1st, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 331 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Some stains to top and fore edge. All pages clean and legible.

Record # 469155


Price: $13.00 

 

Book of the Artists


Tuckerman, Henry T.

Softcover. New York, James Fr. Carr, 2nd, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 639 pages. "Comprising biographical and critical sketches of American artists: preceded by an historical account of the rise & progress of art in America." Blue cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Light rubbing to covers, mild wear to cover edges; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806114


Price: $80.00 

 

Brandon, VT: A History of the Town 1761-1961


Selectmen of Brandon, VT

Paperback. Vermont, Town of Brandon, reprint, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 294 pages. bright red paper wrappers with black print. light rubbing, Binding cracked in center. Foxing on fore and top edge. Black & white photographs in center, some paper separation from binding.

Record # 408626


Price: $23.00 

 

Break It Up: Patti Smith's Horses and the Remaking of Rock'n'Roll


Paytress, Mark

Hardcover. London , Portrait, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages, 8 pages of b&w photos. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 402512


Price: $15.00 

BRISTOL: PROFILE OF A CITYSHIPSIDES, HELENA and Frank Eason
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BRISTOL: PROFILE OF A CITY


SHIPSIDES, HELENA and Frank Eason

Hardcover. US, REDCLIFFE PRESS LTD, 1st, 1979-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 87 pages. Light foxing on front end paper, minor wear to dust jacket. Otherwise very good.

Record # 466519


Price: $13.00 

 

Bryan - A Political Biography of William Jennings Bryan


Koenig, Louis W.

Hardcover. NY, Putnam, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 57720


Price: $23.00 

 

Buffalo Bill and the Wild West


Sell, Henry S. and Victor Weybridge

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 2nd, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 278 Pages. Pictorial map end papers and numerous illustrations.Chip to top edge of dust jacket.

Record # 219967


Price: $16.00 

 

Buffalo Bill's Wild West - Celebrity, Memory, and Popular History


Kasson, Joy S.

Hardcover. NY, Hill and Wang, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Biography of Buffalo Bill and history and analysis of his show. Really great condition. dust jacket and internal pgs are all clean and look unread. Many black & white photos and illustrations. hardbound, 319 pgs.

Record # 108809


Price: $20.00 

 

BUFFALO BILL. HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, FAME, FAILURES, AND FORTUNES


Yost, Nellie Snyder

Hardcover. Chicago, Swallow Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 500 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. First edition, first printing. Map end papers. Illustrated. 8vo. Brown cloth with white lettering on spine. Brown, orange, and white pictorial dust jacket, lightly browned. Previous owner's red stamp on back inside flap of dust jacket and back inside cover.

Record # 219840


Price: $22.00 

 

Burr Bibliography: A List of Books Relating to Aaron Burr


Tompkins, Hamilton Bullock

Hardcover. New York , Burt Franklin, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue cloth covers, 89 pages, reprint of the 1892 edition.

Record # 405948


Price: $13.00 

 

Caesar - A Sketch


Froude, James Anthony

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1879, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 550 pages plus ads. Hardcover. Maroon cloth with gilt title and decoration. Fold-out map. Light fraying to cloth at top and bottom of spine. Light wear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 611666


Price: $38.00 

 

Caesars of the Wilderness: Company of Adventurers, Volume 2


Newman, Peter C.

Hardcover. US, Viking Adult, 1st, 1987-11-02, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 450 pages, b&w illustrations. Light sun-fade to dust jacket spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 465884


Price: $13.00 

 

Calvin Coolidge - The Man Who is President


White, William Allen

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1925, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Cloth covers show light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609228


Price: $20.00 

 

Calvin Coolidge: A Biography in Picture Postcards


Greene, J. R.

Softcover. Athol, J. R. Greene, 1st, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 101 pages. Illustrated with black & white reproductions of postcards related to the life of Calvin Coolidge. Paperback with wrap around paper cover - light foxing to paper cover. Bottom of spine bumped with tears to the paper -approx. 1/4". Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609224


Price: $15.00 

 

Campaigning with King: Charles King, Chronicler of the Old Army.


Russell, Don

Hardcover. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 187 pages. Red cloth cover with no visible wear. Dust jacket has some very minor bumping on a few edges, otherwise no visible wear. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w illustrations throughout.

Record # 852689


Price: $12.00 

 

Campaigning with King: Charles King, Chronicler of the Old Army.


Russell, Don

Hardcover. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 187 pages. Red cloth cover with no visible wear. Dust jacket has some very minor bumping on a few edges, otherwise no visible wear. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w illustrations throughout.

Record # 852687


Price: $12.00 

Capitalist Romance, A: Singer and the Sewing MachineBrandon, Ruth
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Capitalist Romance, A: Singer and the Sewing Machine


Brandon, Ruth

Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1st Edition, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Purple cover boards, light fading along the top and bottom, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, has a touch of agewear. Pages clean and unmarked. Some slight tanning to edges. Looks great for its age. Biography and social history tells of the rags-to-riches story of a self-made man who epitomized the great American dream while rambunctiously flouting its conventions.

Record # 32909


Price: $15.00 

 

Captain James Cook


Villiers, Alan

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 307 pages, b&w illustrations. Light wear and rubbing to edges of dust jacket with slight crease/tear to rear cover. Protected by mylar cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856021


Price: $15.00 

 

Captain John Ericsson: Father of the Monitor


Burnett, Constance B.

New York, Vanguard Press, 2nd, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 254 pages. Clean. Very good pictorial dust jacket with little to no edgewear, in brodart.

Record # 700143


Price: $15.00 

 

CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT: The Last of the New England Highwaymen


Waldo, Frederick W.

Hardcover. Topsfield, MA, Wayside Press, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 162 pages. A narrative of his life and adventures, with some account of the notorious captain thunderbolt. First book published by The Wayside Press. Illustrated with 13 b/w plates, including frontisportrait. Light foxing to endpapers. Previous owner's gift inscription on front flyleaf. 8vo. Red and black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Light rubbing on back. Minor edgewear. Red/black pictorial dust jacket. Edgewear, water marks along left front edge, chips at top and bottom of spine, spine and top edge toned.

Record # 220608


Price: $19.00 

 

Captain Sam Grant


Lewis, Lloyd

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 7th pr., 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, The early years of Ulysses S.Grant. ex-lib. copy with normal stamping, residue to rear end paper but hardly read. a tight clean reading copy. 512 pgs.

Record # 100919


Price: $12.00 

 

Catalyst for Controversy: Paul Caras of Open Court


Henderson, Harold

Hardcover. Carbondale, Illinois, Southern Illinois University Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 205 pages. Gray cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Lovely copy, like new.

Record # 606633


Price: $25.00