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Washington DC: Department of the Army, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. Grey cloth binding with black titles, very clean and unmarked. No wear to extremities. Text block edges clean, no spotting. Two red x's on inside of front cover, otherwise internals are very clean and free from any markings. Sewn binding is tight and solid, square, intact endbands. 510 pages with index. 6 x 9.4 inches. Department of the Army, Washington DC, 1956.

Viking Penguin, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9. Viking/Penguin Group 1988, First Printing of First Edition Hardcover Quarto and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. 628 pages. Over 6 lbs shipping weight. Captions by Julie FensterBlue quarter cloth with gilt titles, ivory parchment cloth over boards-two tiny specks to ivory cloth. Solid, square, tight, sewn binding. Internals as new. B/w and color historical photographs on nearly every page--more than 500 beautiful images and custom maps, from the first primitive maps outlining a new world to faded daguerreotype of young men in uniform, hopeful immigrant families arriving at Ellis Island, to stirring photographs of civil right marchers, and the Oklahoma City bombing. And includes paintings, sketches, etchings and engravings. Professor Brinkley's lucid writing and wit make this an outstanding book for both the history buff and the scholar. A Herculean treatise presenting a detailed, accurate, and fascinating account… Leer más

Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Type: Hardback First Edition.. Quarto Hardcover Book As New. No jacket, as issued. 192 pages. Discover the world the Indians knew--in this volume of the series from Time-Life Books: The American Indians. Using the words and images of the Indians themselves and hundreds of illustrations, this series re-creates an America you may not have seen before--with a unique collection of period archival photographs by 19th century photographers; superb reproductions of paintings by George Catlin, Karl Bodmer, Charels M Russell, Frederic Remington, and others; native American paintings by artists such as Amos Bad Heart Buffalo, Red Horse, Kicking Bear, and Kills Two; rare artifacts; original art and maps to show places and events just as they were. This volume focuses on the time period when the first Europeans came to America and the Indians interaction with them. Binding of burgundy leatherette with embossed… Leer más

U.S.A: Turrner Publishing, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Edition Hardcover and Dust Jacket As New. Bright and clean, tight and solid volume, square with sharp corners. An analysis of the course of history for the American middle-class. The author tells the is story from the post war glory days (World War II) through decades of success and struggle, grit and determination. He has found the cause of the cracks in this facade and the global consequences of the continuing neglect of the middle class. He offers a fresh perspective on the crisis affecting the American middle class and has laid out a course of action for restoring economic health for this group that is 'the soul of America'. 433 pages. 9.4 x 6.25 inches. 2015, Turner Publishing, USA

P. F. Collier & Son, 1916. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback Small 1916 Hardcover Book in Good Condition, without jacket, as issued. 383 pages. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. b/w frontis portrait. Black leather over flexible boards with gilt spine titles, quite clean and unmarked, whisper of wear to extremities. Front inner hinge cracked. Binding solid and square. Pages toned lightly, very clean, no markings of any kind, no creases. Except cracked hinge, very nice 1916 volume. From Washington to Lincoln revealed in the letters addresses state papers and other writings of Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, -- and many others. Collier Classics, P. F. Collier & Son

U.S.A: Doubleday & Co, 1960. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Hardcover BCE and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A look at the people and states of the United States, in the 1940s and1950s. Originally published in two separate volumes, this book includes all fifty states, put together in two sections. Here are word pictures with 32 full color illustrations which emphasize these word pictures, encompassing the past and present of each state in the union and the people who populate it. Distinguished native or adopted sons and daughters portray their state: Irving Stone writes of California; Bruce Catton describes his native Michigan; A.B.Guthrie explores Montana; William Faulkner takes you into the heart of Mississippi--and so on with each state. Binding of navy half-cloth with turquoise spine panel, gilt titled, turquoise cloth wrapped boards; very clean with light edgewear.Tight & solid. Internals very clean and completely unmarked. Jacket is clean with… Leer más

New York: Basic Books, 1999. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Clean and unmarked pictorial wraps, tight & solid, bare whisper of wear to corners. An important commentary on the often conflicting way Americans understand and define the 20th century changing culture--the changing tastes, uses of leisure time, the emergence of mass cuture, commercialization, influence of advertising and standard products, separation of youth and adult cultures, commercialization of organized entertainment, television and its influence on mass culture and consumerism,.320 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches. 1999, Basic Books, New York

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Direct/Simon & Schuster, 1998. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Large Paperback Book in Very Good Condition. 8.5" x 10.75" tall. 559 pp plus Apendices. Heavy illustrated card cover is very clean, unmarked, with slight ruffling of corners. Internals very clean-no underlining or highlighting, no marginalia, Tight glued binding with all pages intact. Volume 1 covers the time period up through the Reconstruction, to 1877. Many maps, copies of original documents and letters of historical importance, illustrations, Tables, Charts. Suggestions for further reading, review questions, additional sources, after each chapter. 10.75 x 8.5 inches. 559 pages plus Apendices.

New York: Random House, 1974. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Clean, tight & untorn with light cover edgewear. Upper corners with crease at tip. Rear upper spine corner chipped. Pages lightly toned--clean, clear, unmarked. Binding tight. A Pulitzer-Prize Winner. Third volume of a trilogy. First two are "The Americans; The Colonial Experience" and "The Americans: The National Experience. In this book. Mr. Boorstin tells the story of the invention of a new democratic culture and the reorientation of the national character through countless little revolutions in economy, technology, and social rearrangements. 717 pages with Biographical Notes and Index. 8 X 5.25 inches. Random House, New York, 1974.

New York: Alfred A Knopf/Random House, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder First Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Remainder dot on lower edge. .Black quarter-cloth with gilt titles, burgundy boards, very clean and comptely unmarked, binding tight, solid and square, red and black end bands. Internals as new. A masterly examination of the founding years of America, during the last quarter of the 18th century. xi + 283 pages with Notes and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2007, Alfred A Knopf/Random House, New York.

Siisters, Oregon: Multnomah Pub, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. IISigned by Author. ISigned by Author Signed by Author Type: Hardback Signed and Inscribed by the Author on Endpaper. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket in FINE Condition. Binding of blue paper-wrapped boards, with gilt titles, very clean and unmarked, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals As new. Rabbi Daniel Lapin presents his view that our nation is in an internal war between those who seek a secular future and those who call for a return to America's Judeo-Christian roots. 362 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Multnomah Publishers, Sisters, Oregon, U.S.A., 1999.

U.S.A: HarperCollins, 2002. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hard Back Book Club Edition in Fine Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Based on hundreds of interviews and months of investigation, this is the story of the courageous men and women aboard Flight 93 who fought the terrorists who hijacked their plane, sacrificing their lives and saving thousands in doing so. 288 pages with index. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 2002, HarperCollins, USA

USA: Arcadia Publishing, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Edition. Trade Paperback As New. Illustrated cover in blue with center Civil War photo. 128 pp. 6.5 x 9.25 inches. Historic Civil War photographs on nearly every page. The City of Atlanta durng the Civil War, with two unparalled individuals, William Tecumseh Sherman and Scarlett O'Hara, old city streets, period homes, military fortifications, images as it was up to and during the Civil War. Includes photos of the destruction of the rail lines, the demolition of General Hood's ordinance train, etc. Photos have excerpts from diaries, letters, memoirs, regarding life in Atlanta during the war. A comprehensive view of the city that emphasizes the human experience in a time of terror and destruction. 1999, Arcadia Publishing, USA

U.S.A: Simon & Schuster, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Roy Gutman provides this documented indictment of Reagan administration policy toward Nicaragua and other third world countries. His account is based on interviews with key players of involved countries (including Argentina). It is a detailed analysis of how the most unstable political system in Central America became the longest running, most damaging foreign policy controversy of the Reagan years, with a re-creation of the actions and players behind the Reagan administration's inconsistent, ineffective, snd usually deceptive policies towards Nicaragua. Gutman explains the self-promoting roles of William Casey and Oliver North in the formation of policy on Nicaragua and other third world trouble spots. Reagan's cast of amateurs doctored intelligence, obstructed the experts, and thwarted diplomacy. Gutman provides the… Leer más

U.S.A: Delacorte Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Delacorte Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. A modern day trek along the Pony Express Trail. Pony Express riders started carrying mail in 1860. The Pony Express trail was created to carry mail 2100 miles from Missouri, across the desert, to California. The author retraced the original Pony Express Trail, traveling by horseback, covered wagon, foot and canoe, exploring the country that was once home to the Pony riders. Here is his story. 307 pages.5.75 x 8.5 inches. Delacorte Press, New York, 1993.

U.S.A: Delacorte Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Mylar cover. A modern day trek along the Pony Express Trail. Pony Express riders started carrying mail in 1860. The Pony Express trail was created to carry mail 2100 miles from Missouri, across the desert, to California. The author retraced the original Pony Express Trail, traveling by horseback, covered wagon, foot and canoe, exploring the country that was once home to the Pony riders. Here is his story. 307 pages.5.75 x 8.5 inches. Delacorte Press, New York, 1993.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Thirty-two page illustration section on coated paper, more than 100 b/w photographs, detailed and graphic, most never published before being published in this book. In this suspenseful narrative, Wyden describes how the CIA acquired its private air force for this ill-fated and ill-judged attempted invasion of Cuba in 1961, and how the planners ignored coral reefs almost dooming the invasion from the start. He details the bizarre CIA preparations for the invasion, the staging of a dummy invasion to confuse Castro, the fake crash landing of a phony Castro warplane in Florida, the exclusion of Cuba's government-in-exile from the final planning, and many other details about this so called planned war. Very clean and unmarked yellow and red wraps with black titles, slight wear to extremities, no creases, tight & solid,… Leer más

West Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.A: Howard Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition Hardcover Book and Jacket in Fine Condition. The Living Legacy of Former Lt. Commander Tom McGuinness Co-pilot of American Airlines Flight II, the first airplane to crash into the World Trade Center on 9/11. An inspirational message of faith, consolation, recovery to guide one through life's journey. 244 pages. 9.25" x 6.25". 2004, Howard Books, West Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA: John F. Blair, 1989. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. John F. Blair Publishing, 1989, Stxth Printing. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. Clean and unmarked wraps with light rubbing of extremities, lower front corner lightly scuffed, small chip to spine. Sewn binding tight, solid and square. Pages quite clean, no marks, no creases. For this book, Belinda Hurmence chose 27 narratives from the 1200 type-written pages of interviews with 284 former South Carolina slaves, from the recorded interviews filed in the Library of Congress. This is a moving firsthand account of the last years of slavery and first years of freedom. 135 pages. 5 x 7.5 inches. 1989, John F. Blair, Publisher, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

New York: Scribner, 2004. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Remainder Mk on lower edge. Clean, unmarked tight and solid book, no edgewear, pages clean and unmarked, binding tight, solid and square. National Book Award Finalist. Faced with the sale of the century-old family house on Cape Cod where he had spent 42 summers, George Howe Colt returned for one last stay with his wife and children. This book is a tribute to this eleven bedroom jumble of gables, bays, dormers and the weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations. It is a cherished reminder of summer's pleasures and also a study of class, a meditation on the privileges and burdens of the past and a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life. 327 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 2004. Scribner, New York.