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Glyphbreaker by: Fischer, Steven R.
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Glyphbreaker by: Fischer, Steven R.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover . New York, Copernicus, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 234 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469337
Price: $12.00 

Goshen Connecticut: A Town Above All Others by: Quadrimillennium Editorial Committee
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Goshen Connecticut: A Town Above All Others by: Quadrimillennium Editorial CommitteeGoshen Connecticut: A Town Above All Others by: Quadrimillennium Editorial Committee

Goshen Connecticut: A Town Above All Others by: Quadrimillennium Editorial Committee

Hardcover. West Kennebunk, ME, Phoenix Publishing, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 274 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some light edge wear, which has been repaired with clear tape to the best of our ability. Orange cloth covers with a quarter black spine and a gilt eagle logo are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Minor foxing is visible on the external page edges, but this does not affect the legibility of any text blocks within. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book traces the historical and geographic narrative of Goshen, Connecticut, a town which earned its nickname because its commercial center sits at a higher altitude than any other in Connecticut, acting as the watershed for eight surrounding towns. The book covers the town's biblical naming origins, its 1739 founding, agricultural boom, and early settler genealogies. This scarcely available local history volume is one of only 1,000 first edition copies printed. Clean copy. Record # 34583
Price: $35.00 

Greek Political Thought by: Balot, Ryan K.
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Greek Political Thought by: Balot, Ryan K.

Softcover. Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 353 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought. It shows what ancient political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century. Clean copy. Record # 34307
Price: $30.00 

Hair: Sex Society Symbolism by: Cooper, Wendy
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Hair: Sex Society Symbolism by: Cooper, Wendy

Hardcover. New York, Stein and Day, 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Hardcover. No dj. Cover boards bound in black cloth, gilt title on spine (faded). Tanning from age to edges. Pages clean, binding tight, spine straight. Record # 31888
Price: $12.00 

Heartbreakers: Baseball's Most Agonizing Defeats by: Kuenster, John
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Heartbreakers: Baseball's Most Agonizing Defeats by: Kuenster, John

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. Chicago, Il, Ivan R. Dee, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Chicago, Il, Ivan R. Dee, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, Black and white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.. 274 pages. Record # 467274 Record # 467274
Price: $12.00 

Heroes Without a Country: America's Betrayal of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens by: McRae, Donald
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Heroes Without a Country: America's Betrayal of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens by: McRae, Donald

Hardcover. NY, Ecco Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 389 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some staining and light edge wear, plus a small sticker on the spine. Blue paper cover boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is an excellent study of two remarkable athletes whose rise into fame and subsequent political and social impact on America was nothing short of sensational. Clean copy. Record # 34511
Price: $22.00 

Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by: Tobin, Jacqueline L.
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Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by: Tobin, Jacqueline L.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Doubleday, 1st, 1999-01-19, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages. B&w and color photographs. Slight damp stain along top edge of dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 466144
Price: $12.00 

Historiography: Ancient, Medieval & Modern by: Breisach, Ernst
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Historiography: Ancient, Medieval & Modern by: Breisach, Ernst

Softcover. Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago Press, 2nd, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 481 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W tables throughout. This book presents an effective, well-organized, and concise account of the development of historiography in Western culture. Neither a handbook nor an encyclopedia, this updated second edition narrates and interprets the development of historiography from its origins in Greek poetry to the present, with sections on such current topics as postmodernism, deconstructionism, black history, women's history, and more. Clean copy. Record # 34188
Price: $12.00 

 

History of Korea, The by: Han, Woo-Keun

Honolulu, East-West Center Press, 2nd, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. 551 pages Ex-lib with light stamping, stickers on dust jacket spine, light residue to rear end papers. Record # 66660
Price: $12.00 

 

History of Lyle Shipping Company Limited 1827 - 1966: The Firm and the Fleet by: Crowdy, Michael

Softcover. Kendal, England, World Ship Society, 1st, 1966, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages. Black and white plates throughout. Record # 512335
Price: $12.00 

IMPERFECT GOD. AN: GEORGE WASHINGTON, HIS SLAVES, AND THE CREATION OF AMERICA by: Wiencek, Henry
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IMPERFECT GOD. AN: GEORGE WASHINGTON, HIS SLAVES, AND THE CREATION OF AMERICA by: Wiencek, Henry

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Good, 404 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w illustrations and photographs. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 404 pages. Record # 467422 Record # 467422
Price: $12.00 

Indians of the North Pacific Coast by: Rogers, Edward S.
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Indians of the North Pacific Coast by: Rogers, Edward S.

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Softcover. Toronto, Canada, Royal Ontario Museum, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black and white illustrated cover in good condition, very minor creases near the spine. Staple binding is tight. Pages are clean and crisp, though a little faded. Mostly text, with some b/w plates throughout and illustrated endpapers. 18 pages. Record # 807065
Price: $12.00 

Inside Hitler's High Command by: Megargee, Geoffrey P. Murray, Williamson (Foreword)
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Inside Hitler's High Command by: Megargee, Geoffrey P. Murray, Williamson (Foreword)

Hardcover. Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 327 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. One bump to the bottom edge of the front cover. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. In this book, Megargee exposes the structure, processes, and personalities that governed the Third Reich's military decision making, and shows how Germany's presumed battlefield superiority was undermined by poor strategic and operational planning at the highest levels. Clean copy. Record # 34463
Price: $12.00 

 

Intercity Bus Lines of the Southwest by: Rhodes, Jack

Hardcover. College Sta., Texas A. & M. Univl, 1st, 1988, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, A history of 6 U.S. travel & routes with black & white photos of vintages buses. Record # 51494
Price: $12.00 

Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption by: Kennedy, Randall
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Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption by: Kennedy, Randall

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 676 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book analyzes the tremendous changes in the history of America's racial dynamics. The author challenges the reader to examine how prejudices and biases still fuel fears and inform our sexual, marital, and family choices. He takes us from the injustices of the slave era up to present-day battles over race. Previous owner's inscription is present in black pen on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34309
Price: $18.00 

 

Jacquard Textiles by: Marcoux, Alice

Softcover. Providence, RI, Rhode Island School of Design, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog with illustrated black and white covers. Illustration continues to end papers. Covers show hardly any wear, staple wrappers are tight. Pages clean and crisp. 17 b/w plates of jacquard textiles, each with the artist's statement on their work and techniques. Introduction on the history of this form of weaving, including full page photographic plate. Record # 807659
Price: $12.00 

Jesse James Was My Neighbor by: Croy, Homer
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Jesse James Was My Neighbor by: Croy, HomerJesse James Was My Neighbor by: Croy, Homer

Jesse James Was My Neighbor by: Croy, Homer

Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 313 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in poor condition due to multiple chips and open tears. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a riveting story of the James boys, documenting their criminal activities and their human sides. Croy's familiarity with the milieu that produced the outlaw brothers enriches the story. Previous owner's signature is present in black ink on the front end page. Previous owner's light pencil underlining present throughout. Record # 34235
Price: $18.00 

JOAN OF ARC: A MILITARY LEADER by: DeVries, Kelly
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JOAN OF ARC: A MILITARY LEADER by: DeVries, Kelly

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.HARDCOVER. Stroud, Sutton, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Stroud, Sutton, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color and black and white illustrations, photos. . 242 pages. Record # 467285 Record # 467285
Price: $12.00 

Just Listen To This Song I'm Singing by: Silverman, Jerry
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Just Listen To This Song I'm Singing by: Silverman, Jerry

Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. US, Millbrook Press, reprint, 1996-03-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Extensive sheet music. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 466191
Price: $12.00 

 

Kentucky's Age of Wood by: Clarke & Kohn, Kenneth & Ira, Illust. by: Ira Kohn

Hardcover. Lexington, Kentucky, University Press of Kentucky, 1st, 1976, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Guide to historical woodworking in Kentucky. 77 pages illustrated with 61 black/white line drawings. Book is in near fine condition, pages very new and clean. Slight rubbing on the back cover. Record # 805279
Price: $12.00 

Khrushchev and the Development of Soviet Agriculture: The Virgin  Land Programme 1953-1964 by: McCauley, Martin
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Khrushchev and the Development of Soviet Agriculture: The Virgin Land Programme 1953-1964 by: McCauley, Martin

Hardcover. New York, Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc., 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 232 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a repaired cut, bumped corners, and worn edges. Black cloth covers are in good condition with only minor wear to the corners and edges. Interior pages are clean and bright, with the top edge colored blue. Binding is solid. Contains B&W maps and tables throughout. Contains a laid-in review slip. In this study, McCauley has examined the economic and political record of the virgin lands from 1953-1964. The decision to expand eastward is put into the historical perspective of earlier excursions into the steppe. The impact of Khrushchev's venture on subsequent Soviet agricultural policy is explored. Previous owner underlined some text in brown pen on the last few pages, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34493
Price: $30.00 

 

Kingdoms of Gold, Kingdoms of Jade - The Americas Before Columbus by: Fagan, Brian M.

Hardcover. New York, Thames and Hudson, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 229 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated in color and black & white. Remainder line on bottom edge. Clean, tight copy. Record # 511150
Price: $12.00 

La Route Des Epices by: Touchard, Michel Claude
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La Route Des Epices by: Touchard, Michel Claude

Hardcover. Paris, France, Bordas, 1st, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 254 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has a few closed tears. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book in French is a lavishly illustrated history of spices and the spice trade. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Remainder mark on the bottom edge, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34230
Price: $25.00 

 

Landon Lectures, The - Perspectives From the First Twenty Years by: Richter (ed), William L. and Charles E. Reagan

Hardcover. Kansas, Friends of the Kansas State University Libraries, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY CHARLES REAGAN. 359 pages. Black & white photographs. Record # 204512
Price: $12.00