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New York, New York, U.S.A.: The Viking Press, 1983. AL2 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has wrinkling, chipping and crease on some edges and corners, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has some foxing on the page edges, some rubbing on the cover edges, label stain on the front loose endpaper, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise very good. Preface by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Margaret Bourke-White was a highly respected writer as well as an outstanding photographer, and in this account of her life, based upon extensive new research, Jonathan Silverman has incorporated excerpts from her many books and previously unpublished writings that vividly recall the momentous and poignant experiences of her remarkable career.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Princeton, New Jersey: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1990. CF4 - An ex-library VHS video tape in very good condition that has library marking and light wear in very good case that has some light discoloration and shelf wear. This is a title in the publisher's Strangers Abroad series. A documentary film that surveys the beginnings, career, and enduring influence on Anthropology of Franz Boas. This film pays particular attention to Boas' initial exposure to ethnography through his study of the Eskimo culture on Baffin Island while on a mapping expedition at the beginning of his career. Another major section of the film examines Boas' work studying and recording the culture of the American Indian tribes of the Northwest coast of America. This film is also notable in highlighting Boas' work in establishing race as a social construct with no basis in science, in opposition to the strongly supported eugenics movement in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s. NTSC, VHS, color and… Leer más

New York: Public Affairs, 2002. BV3 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by John Taliaferro on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, cupping on the spine, light discoloration and shelf wear. Great White Fathers is at once the biography of a man and the biography of a place, told through travelogue, interviews, and investigation of the vast records left behind by one of America's most eccentric, and emblematic, visionaries. 9.5"x 6.5", 453 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered on a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son Lincoln Borglum. The sculpture features the 60-foot (18 m) heads of Presidents George Washington… Leer más

New York: Public Affairs, 2004. AN2 - A first edition hardcover book signed and dated by Lou Dubose and Jan Reid in near fine condition in near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some light shelf wear. Tom DeLay didn't look like he was going to amount much. 8.5"x5.75", 306 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Both Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Public Affairs, 2004. BS5 - A first edition hardcover book signed by both authors in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some light discoloration and shelf wear.Tom DeLay didn't look like he was going to amount much. 8.5"x5.75", 306 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Both Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. AP3 - An advance reading copy paperback book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, wrinkling, chipping and crease, lighlty curled, line color strip (publisher's defect) on the back, and light shelf wear. The author showcases Henry Adam's little-known but seminal study of the early United States and draws from it fresh insights on the paradoxes that roil America to this day. 9"x6", 425 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. AP3 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has tiny chipping on a few corners, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, some light discoloration and shelf wear. The author showcases Henry Adam's little-known but seminal study of the early United States and draws from it fresh insights on the paradoxes that roil America to this day. 9.5"x6.5", 467 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2011. BE2 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that is lightly curled, some light discoloration and shelf wear. Eight years after Jim Axelrod's dad died, he threw Jim a lifeline 26.2 miles long. 8.25"x5.5", 290 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. CM4 - An advance uncorrected reader's proof paperback book in near fine condition that has very light discoloration and shelf wear. Drawing upon her many personal conversations with Ingrid Bergman as well as with Roberto Rossellini, Isabella Rossellini, and Ingrid's directors, co-stars, and friends, Charlotte Chandler offers a personal biography of universally love Hollywood starr. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1968. AA3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have some wrinkling on the bottom spine and light shelf wear otherwise fine. A Steck-Vaughn Reprint. With lively, colorful prose woven around a splendid assortment of over one hundred photographs, Winston Bode has etched a sharp and memorable picture of Texas' immortal patriach of letters, J. Frank Dobie. Here.... Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1968. AA3 - A reprint hardcover book in near fine condition in near fine dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. A Steck-Vaughn Reprint. With lively, colorful prose woven around a splendid assortment of over one hundred photographs, Winston Bode has etched a sharp and memorable picture of Texas' immortal patriach of letters, J. Frank Dobie. Here... Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1968. AA3 - A reprint hardcover book in near fine condition in near fine dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. A Steck-Vaughn Reprint. With lively, colorful prose woven around a splendid assortment of over one hundred photographs, Winston Bode has etched a sharp and memorable picture of Texas' immortal patriach of letters, J. Frank Dobie. Here... Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn Company, 1968. AA3 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ and book have some light shelf wear otherwise fine. A Steck-Vaughn Reprint. With lively, colorful prose woven around a splendid assortment of over one hundred photographs, Winston Bode has etched a sharp and memorable picture of Texas' immortal patriach of letters, J. Frank Dobie. Here.... Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The New-York Historical Society Quarterly, 1956. W4 - Book has some wrinkling, crease, bumped corners, stains, discoloraiton, and light shelf wear. Reprinted from The New-York Historical Society Quarterly October 1956.. Stapled Booklet. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Viking, 2007. CM4 - An advance uncorrected proof trade paperback book in fine condition. A Penguin Lives biography of the iconic Julia Child from the author of Perfection Salad. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The National Historical Society, 1994. BU6 - A facsimile/reprint hardcover book in fine condition with no dust jacket. Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill", as told by his sister Helen Cody Wetmore. Green covered boards with gilt lettering. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Facsimile.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The National Historical Society, 1994. BU6 - A facsimile/reprint hardcover book in near fine condition that has a few light stains o nthe lower right side page edges with no dust jacket. Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill", as told by his sister Helen Cody Wetmore. Green covered boards with gilt lettering. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Facsimile.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The National Historical Society, 1994. BU6 - A facsimile/reprint hardcover book in fine condition with no dust jacket. Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill", as told by his sister Helen Cody Wetmore. Green covered boards with gilt lettering. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Facsimile.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The National Historical Society, 1994. BU6 - A facsimile/reprint hardcover book in fine condition with no dust jacket. Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill", as told by his sister Helen Cody Wetmore. Green covered boards with gilt lettering. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Facsimile.

Chicago, Illinois: The Duluth Press Publishing Company, 1994. T5 - A facsimile/reprint hardcover book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill", as told by his sister Helen Cody Wetmore. Green covered boards with gilt lettering. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.