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By: Luebke, Frederick C., Editor
Price: $17.75
Publisher: Lincoln, NE, Univ of Nebraska Press: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 004655
122 pp., index. From the Great Plains Photography Series. Bottom corner slightly bumped. A beautiful, attractive copy. A literary, historic and photographic analysis of the art and architecture of the Nebraska state capitol.; 9¾" - 12" Tall View more info
Price: $11.50
Publisher: Princeton, NJ, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.: 1964
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 004355
vii-xiv, 250 pp., 12 figures, references, index. Spine slightly slanted, a little bumping along bottom edge. DJ sunned around spine and edges. Text is unmarked and not yellowing. A solid copy. From the dust jacket: "In this significant book, Thomas Pettigrew presents a lucid report on the Negro American at mid [20th] century. He provides a many-sided view of him - his personality, his genetic composition, his mental and physical health, his intelligence, his... View more info
By: Tarr, Joel A.
Price: $19.75
Publisher: Urbana, IL, University of Illinois Press: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 005318
xi + 376 pp, Black cloth with gold lettering, index, bibliography, a number of tables and charts, 16 pp. of b/w photos. Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear, a little foxing to top and leading edges, top corner of front end paper (1/3") torn off. Jacket shows a little edge wear, some rubbing and soiling. A nice copy. "Government was meant to be exploited, to advance the individual and aid the machine. The machine offered its followers ma... View more info
By: Bohannon, Jim
Price: $8.95
Publisher: New Orleans, LA, Paper Chase Press: 2000
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 004558
Some edgewear/bumping, Spots on top edge. DJ has very slight shelfwear. A bright, attractive copy. "With a characteristic logic, reasonableness - and a good dose of humor - that have made him one of the most respected news-talk radio hosts in the nation, Jim Bohannon challenges us to think 'outside the lines' and offers practical solutions we can use now that can guide us back toward our true greatness as a nation 'of the people, for the people, by the people.'&... View more info
By: Roosevelt, Elliott; Brough, James
Price: $7.50
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1973
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 007476
Orange cloth with black lettering, x + 338 pp, index, 8 pp of b/w photos. Spine a bit cocked, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Jacket has minor edge wear, mostly at top and base of spine, and a little rubbing. A nice copy. "An Untold Story" follows the lives of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt through their fascinating disparate lives. Written by their third son Elliott, there are familial insights and comments that put new ligh... View more info
By: Perry, Lewis
Price: $19.95
Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 005863
332 pp., notes, index. Teal blue boards with navy spine. Some light pencil underlining. A bright, tight, attractive copy. "In this highly original look at American culture in the decades between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, Lewis Perry paints a vivid portrait of our tumultuous society as it veered toward modernity."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Evans, Sara M.
Price: $14.95
Publisher: New York, Free Press: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 004320
ix-xii, 386 pp., notes, further reading, index. DJ has very slight shelfwear. A bright, tight, attractive copy. "An extraordinary history of American women, from the indigenous Indian woman of the 16th century wilderness to the dual-role career woman and mother of the 1980s, which integrates their story into the larger narrative of our nation's experience."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Penrose, Charles
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, The Newcomen Society in North America: 1951
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 007158
Cream wraps, 40 pp, center stapled, numerous illustrations. A little edge wear and soiling, interior clean and unmarked. A nice copy. From July to October, 1860, the 18-year-old Prince of Wales engaged in a royal progress, visiting a number of towns and cities in Canada and the United States. This pamphlet highlights this journey -- the first visit to North America by a British Royal. It also gives the author's address to the Newcomen Society, presented at the 1947 C... View more info
By: Woodward, Bob
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Waterville, ME, Thorndike Press: 2003
Edition: Large Print Edition
Seller ID: 003906
Hard cover binding with pictoraial boards and no jacket (as issued). "This Large Print Book carries the Seal of Approval of N.A.V.H." A bright attractive copy. "With his unmatched investigative skills, veteran journalist and eight-time No. 1 national bestselling author Bob Woodward tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush and his top advisers, after the initial shock of the September 11 attacks, led the nation to war. Extensive ... View more info
By: Davis, Jerome
Price: $42.75
Publisher: New York, Farrar & Rinehart: 1941
Edition: Third Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 005019
xxviii + 556 pp, index, bibliography, 10 charts including 3 fold-out, numerous tables. Black cloth with gold lettering, a little rubbed on spine. Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear esp. at top and base of spine. Owner's name on front end paper, title page has 'died Oct 19, 1979' under author's name. Darkening to half-title and facing page caused by newspaper clipping (NY Times Feb 15, 1948) laid in. The clipping is a book review of "One Thousa... View more info
By: Vickers, James
Price: $32.50
Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC, Barclay Publishers, Inc.: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 007786
White cloth with gold lettering, 208 pp. Bibliography, index, 16 pp of color photos, numerous b/w illustrations and photos. Laid in is a copy of a newspaper article by James Vickers from The Spectator , September 5, 1991. It covers the life and career of black activist and journalist Chuck Stone when he joined the faculty of the UNC Chapel Hill School of Journalism. Spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, slight edge wear, owner's data on front end paper. Jack... View more info
By: Murray, David
Price: $8.25
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1968
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 005666
178 pp., 8 pp. black and white photographs, index. Black cloth boards with spine slightly slanted and gift inscription inside. DJ is price-clipped and has minor edgewear and one small tear. A bright, attractive copy. "Mr. Murray tells the remarkable Percy story in revealing detail, with the insight of an experienced reporter. He shows us Percy instituting an equal-employment-opportunity policy at Bell & Howell before it was either necessary or fashionable to d... View more info
Price: $6.95
Publisher: New York, Bonanza Books: 1948
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 004103
129 pp., index, black and white photographs. Spine slightly slanted, some foxing along edge, gift inscription inside. DJ has some edgewear, sunned along edges, 2 1/2" tear along bottom back edge of spine. "Here in the most selective form is covered the colonial expansion of England during which Massachsetts was founded. The growth of Salem is traced from 1626 to 1932 against the state and national scene. The author traces the history of witchcraft from 1... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office: 1925
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 001931
Ex-library with typical markings and stamps. Boards are fairly well rubbed, with the lettering worn. Significant edge wear and chipping, especially to corners and to bottom edge. Soiling and scuffing to boards, especially along spine. The pastedowns have separated at hinges, leaving webbing exposed. Text is unmarked and bright.; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Arter, Bill
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Columbus, Ohio, Nida-Eckstein Printing: 1966
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 008034
Gray cloth with black lettering, 96 pp., index. Spine a bit cocked, corners bumped, slight edge wear. Jacket in new Brodart, spine a bit sunned, some edge wear and chippnig, darkening. Signed by author on title page. A nice copy. "Being a collection of pieces and pictures, all about Columbus places and people, past and present. " Originally published as a weekly feature in the Columbus Dispatch between 1964 and 1966, each of the 80+ vignettes incl... View more info
By: Horwitz. Tony
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Vintage Books: 1999
Edition: First Vintage Departures Edition
Seller ID: 005827
Spine somewhat slanted, very minor shelfwear and bumping. A bright, attractive copy. "A ten-state adventure from Gettysburg to Vicksburg, from Charleston graveyards to Tennessee taverns. Probing both the history of the Civil War and its potent echo in the present, Horwitz crafts an eloquent, fast-paced, and penetrating travelogue that shows us how the Lost Cause still resonates in the memory and rituals of the South."; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View more info
By: Faulk, Odie B.
Price: $7.95
Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1974
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 005931
237 pp., notes, bibliography, index, black and white photographs and maps. Spine slightly slanted, minor edgewear. DJ has shallow chips at top of spine, 3" tear at front flap edge and three 1/2" tears. Text is clean, tight, and bright. An account of the clash of civilizations between Native Americans and Europeans, focusing on the period from the end of the Mexican War to the 1880s.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Copenhagen, Royal danish Ministry of Forair Affairs: 1976
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 007447
This is a special edition of the Danish Journal commemorating the 200th anniversary of the American Revolution. Orange wraps, 48 pp, numerous photos and illustrations throughout. The cover is a drawing by Vilhelm Pedersen illustrating the Hans Christian Andersen poem 'Thousands of Years Hence'. Ex-library with typical marks, it has been protected with stiff cardboard covers that are taped to the Journal. Interior is very good with a little edge wear. Articles include... View more info
By: Spencer, Philip
Price: $4.00
Publisher: New York, Scholastic: 1962
Seller ID: 005576
187 pp. Scholastic #TX 322. Light edgewear/bumping, PO name inside, text yellowing but clean and unmarked. A fictionalized account of April 19, 1775, the day the American Revolution began. Age Level: Grades 4-8; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Middletown, Conn., Wesleyen University Press: 1973
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 005320
xvii + 626 pp. Grey cloth with gold lettering on red background, index, notes. Appendices include a chronological list of people involved with the college -- trustees, faculty, administration; a selection of various societies and social organizations; and the buildings that comprise the campus. Numerous b/w photos and illustrations. Published on the 200th anniversary of the founding of Dickinson College. Corners bumped, slight edge wear, just a little rubbing. Jacke... View more info
