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Civil War, The - An unvarnished account of the late but still lively hostilities.


Street, James

New York, Dial Press, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. With black & white illustrations. Dust jacket shows light chipping to top spine, otherwise very good.

Record # 700658


Price: $15.00 

Civil War, The - State by StateHearn, Chester G.
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Civil War, The - State by State


Hearn, Chester G.

Hardcover. Devon, BlueRed Press, 2nd Printing, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages. Hardcover with printed map to cover boards. Profusely illustrated. Full page, full color & black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with only marginal wear. Clean & unmarked. A nice copy.

Record # 750489


Price: $38.00 

 

Civilization of Europe In the Renaissance, The


Hale, John

Paperback. NY, Atheneum, 1st US wraps, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. 648 pages. Previous owner's inscription front fly leaf. Paperback.

Record # 66786


Price: $15.00 

 

Clash of Cavalry


Downey, Fairfax

New York, David McKay Company, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages, including index and black & white photographs. (covers Battle of Brandy Station, also called the Battle of Fleetwood Hill.) Copy of early book review taped to inside cover. Teal dust jacket shows light edgewear and scuffing, otherwise very good.

Record # 700267


Price: $25.00 

 

Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice


Aristides, Juliette

Hardcover. New York, Watson-Guptill, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Scratches to dust jacket back. Otherwise very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black & white and color illustrations throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471044


Price: $19.00 

 

Clear Channels - Television and the American People


Wylie, May

Hardcover. NY, Funk & Wanalls, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 408 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photos. Previous owners stamp on front fly leaf. Dj with light edgewear, soil, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 54527


Price: $12.00 

Clearing in the Distance - Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century, ARybczynski, Witold
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Clearing in the Distance - Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century, A


Rybczynski, Witold

Hardcover. New York, Scribner, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 480 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613139


Price: $25.00 

 

Cloak & Cipher


Moore, Dan Tyler and Martha Waller

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A history of secret writing; the analysis of famous codes and ciphers and the role of cryptanalysis in great events. Mild spotting to dust jacket flaps and rear panel. Light rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Blue toning to top text block edge. With black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Record # 951893


Price: $19.00 

 

Clockmakers of Lancaster and Their Clocks 1750-1850


Wood, Stacy B. C. & Stephen E. Kramer III.

Hardcover. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. , 1st, 1977, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 224 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Yellow pictorial dust jacket. Minor wear to edges, else like new.

Record # 606148


Price: $51.00 

 

Cloister Legends or Convents and Monasteries in the Olden Time


Stewart, Elizabeth M.

Hardcover. New York , D & J Sadlier and Co., ND, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages, brown cloth with black and gilt design. Previous owner's signature on front end paper.

Record # 803317


Price: $26.00 

 

Collaboration, The: Hollywood's Pact with Hitler


Urwand, Ben

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 327 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. In beautiful condition. Pages clean and bright, binding tight, spine straight. Looks nearly new. To continue doing business in Germany after Hitler's ascent to power, Hollywood studios agreed not to make films that attacked the Nazis or condemned Germany's persecution of Jews.

Record # 32040


Price: $19.00 

 

Collecting Costume - The Care and Display of Clothes and Accessories


Tarrant, Naomi

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 143 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with only minor wear. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean unmarked copy.

Record # 750117


Price: $19.00 

 

Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin - Vol. XIII


Thwaites (ed.), Reuben G.

Madison, WI, Democrat Printing Co., 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 515 pages. Illustrated with black & white maps, charts. Ex-lib with library bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, stamp on title-page, spine label, pocket on back paste-down endpaper, date stamp on contents page. Margin edges discolored Corners bumped. Gutter separated on front endpapers. Tape repaired closed tear to spine of binding.

Record # 502761


Price: $55.00 

 

Collections of the Vermont Historical Society - Vol. II


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Hardcover. Montpelier, VT, Vt. Historical Society, 1st , 1871, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Vol 2 only. Black & white fontis of Ira Allen (some off-set of plate to title-page). Light wear to top of spine cloth otherwise excellent condition.

Record # 65977


Price: $150.00 

 

Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia, The


Cousins, Frank/Phil M. Riley

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages. Hardcover. Handstamped #909 of 975 copies. Some light foxing to preliminary pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Damp staining to spine label. Top edge gilt. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612933


Price: $50.00 

 

Colonial Furniture of West New Jersey


Hopkins, Thomas Smith/Walter Scott Cox

Hardcover. Haddonfield, Historical Society of Haddenfield, 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 114 pages. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies - this being #1. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Previous owners name at top right corner of front endpaper. Light fraying to top and bottom of spine cloth. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610343


Price: $188.00 

 

Color of a Great City, The


Dreiser, Theodore

Hardcover. NY, Boni and Liveright, 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 287 pages. Black cloth boards, gold embossed design and lettering front cover. Marking, rubbing to covers, spine fade. Corners bumped. Deckled edges.

Record # 500283


Price: $41.00 

Color of Law, The: Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights Riddle, Dave
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Color of Law, The: Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights


Riddle, Dave

Hardcover. Detroit , Wayne State University Press, reprint , 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 558 pages. Hardcover. 16 pages of b&w photographs. Silver gilt titles on spine. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468551


Price: $15.00 

 

Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels - A History of Comic Art


Sabin, Roger

Hardcover. London, Phaidon, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Full color and black & white illustrations. Light strip of fading along left edge of front cover - approximately 1/2" wide. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 610284


Price: $44.00 

 

Coming of the White Man 1492-1848, The


Priestley, Herbert Ingram

New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 18 black & white plates, 411 pages. Ex-lib with bookplate on front pastedown.

Record # 67552


Price: $15.00 

 

Commerce Of The Prairies (2 Vols)


Gregg, Josiah

NY, Lippincott , reprint , 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket. (Vol 1)172 pages, (Vol. 2) 179 pages.

Record # 202552


Price: $30.00 

 

Communication Between Man and Dolphin - The Possibilities of Talking With the Other Species


Lilly, John C.

Softcover. New York, Julian Press, First Thus, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 269 pages. Softcover. Light sunfading to spine. Profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750479


Price: $25.00 

 

Communistic Societies of the United States, The


Nordhoff, Charles

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1875, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 439 pages, hardcover. Gilt titling to boards intact. Including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, The Amana, Oneida, Bethel, Aurora, Icarian, and other communistic societies. Heavy rubbing and edgewear to boards. Heavy fraying and chipping to spine as well. Front hinge fairly weak. Heavy age-toning to text block edges. Bumping to boards. Light chipping to front flyleaf. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Unmarked. A scarce copy.

Record # 951909


Price: $75.00 

 

Compendium of the Indian Wars in New England, A


Trumbull, Benjamin

Hardcover. Hartford CT, Frederick Berg Hartranft, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 62 pages, first printing of a manuscript written in 1767. One of 400 copies. Black cloth spine and gray boards, paper label on front cover. Minor wrinkle to paper on rear cover board.

Record # 900250


Price: $58.00