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Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Pub. House, 1981. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, 1981 Originally printed 1954. Hard cover in very good condition with brown embossed leatherette boards and gold gilt spine lettering; no dust jacket. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Appears unread. 507 numbered pages. * Contains three large sections: Ancient Church History (5 BC -590 AD), Medieval Church History (590 - 1517), and Modern Church History (1517) and after. Contains Charts, Maps, and Photos.

Brooklyn, NY: Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per same date on Title Page and Copyright Page with no other printings indicated. Hard cover in very good condition with dark green boards and silver lettering along spine and on front cover. Text block clean and tight. There are about six pages that have a chip at the bottom, does not effect text. Dust jacket in very good condition, has a small chip at top of back cover, age toning and very light rubbing at edges. Not price clipped. * From the book, ""It was in the 1840's--that decade marked by the rising tides of democracy, humanitarianism, expansion, and sectionalism"" - that a young preacher, Beecher by name, came east from Indiana to become the minister of a newly formed church in Brooklyn. Comparatively unknown, he assumed the leadership of a small church that had been organized with a membership of twenty-one. When, in 1887, he passed away, he… Leer más

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2014. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First published in Great Britain by Macmillan. Stated: First U.S. Edition: February 2014. In addition, has complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Former owner's name written on verso of front board under flap. Text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains two section of 4 leaves / 8 pages each of glossy black & white photos, portraits, and documents. 298 numbered pages. Dust jacket in very good condition; lower right front panel has what looks likes creases but is where the plasticsized coating on the jacket lifted; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""Just over a century ago British troops were fighting a vicious frontier war against Pashtun tribesmen on the North West Frontier - the great-great-grandfather of the Taliban and tribal insurgents in modern-day… Leer más

New York: World Almanac Publications, 1983. Soft cover. Fine. Soft cover in fine condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. A section of eight leaves / 16 pages glossy paper contains color portraits, scenes, maps, etc. Contains black & white illustrations, photos, portraits and maps throughout. Chapter I: Arranged chronologically through April 1877. Chapter II: Weapons of the Civil War. Chapter III: Naval Warfare in the Civil War. Chapter IV: Biographies. Concludes with a comprehensive Index. In all, 400 numbered pages. * From the book, "". . . an invaluable compendium. No Civil War buff should be without it."" ""It is a splendid reference work and belongs in every historian's library.""

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1994. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1st Printing Stated: First American Edition 1994. First Printing per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Black boards with beige spine cloth containing silver spine lettering. Bump to the top front board. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Text block edge uncut. Dust jacket good but showing some shelf & edge wear and a 1/2 inch chip / strip across top of inside front flap running to outside corner (corresponds to bump noted above to corner of board.) If there was a price, it was on this missing strip. Near top side edge also has about 5 holes that appear to have been made by a pencil point and a rough edge along those points. Chip does not appear to have removed any printing but for price if one was present. See the two photos. Contains some black & white illustrations/photographs throughout. Concludes with chapter end notes, a… Leer más

New York: Cresent Books, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English Edition published by Editions Minerva S.A. Geneve. Copyright 1979. This edition published by Crescent Books. Hard cover in very good condition with white boards and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers depict a two page spread of a red-toned scene of Indians traveling across the land. Text block clean and tight. Half title page has shadow of a rectangle where it appears a name/address label fell off. No other markings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition. * From the front jacket, ""The literature on the American Indian, though large, certainly leaves room for a work offering a general account of current knowledge on the subject; this book, which includes numerous important illustrations, also provides certain new insights into Indian life. In the eyes of the conquerors of the New World .the Redskins could be nothing but savages. This blindness was to unleash a tragedy which eventually led to genocide, the… Leer más

Harper & Row Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 7th Printing From the book, ""The Columbia History of the World is a unique volume which begins with the formation of the universe and covers every major aspect of human history to the present day."" Forty professors from Colombia collaborated to bring this volume together. 7th Printing. Hard cover in very good condition with beige boards and black spine cloth containing silver gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight with no writings, no markings noted. Internally there is deep age toning to the papers. Dust jacket in good condition with light shelf wear, some edge wear, and tiny chips & wrinkles to the head of spine; not price clipped. * A large tome with 1,237 numbered pages. 8 1/4"" wide x 9 1/2"" tall x 2 5/8"" thick.

Cooperstown, New York, U.S.A.: Pilar Press, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. The last 20 pages have what can only be described as a notch on the bottom text block. Appears machine made, in the shape of a small triangle, gradually getting larger, the largest on the last page. See photos. Wraps are very good with only gentle shelf and edge wear. Spine uncreased. * From the back cover, ""Tales, Histories, and Drawings from the Newspaper Columns of Robert B. Seaver. These tales, observations and histories first appeared in the ""The Freeman's Journal,"" a storied weekly in upstate Cooperstown, New York.""

U.S.A.: Encounter Books, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition. First Printing per complete number line. Hardcover in very good condition. Black boards with gilt orange spine lettering. Light brown endpapers. Text block clean & tight with no writings or markings noted. Dust jacket in fine condition. Crisp & shiny with only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. Includes a 32 page section of color photos taken by the author. 232 numbered pages.

Stamford, Connecticut: Longmeadow Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book was originally published by Perrien-Keydel Co. Detroit, Michigan, in 1903. Hard cover in very good condition with navy boards and gold gilt lettering on spine and front board. Text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains over 500 black and white illustrations/photographs throughout. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; not price clipped (there is no printed price.) * From the book, ""Some of the remarkable stories in this book are told in the simple language of the heroes themselves--partly out of modesty, but also because of their lack of literary and reportorial skills. On the other hand, many of the incidents have been related by officers who were witnesses to the deeds of their subordinates, and who had the facility to describe them in the manner they deserved, but without exaggeration or embellishment. The Congressional Medal of Honor is thus the nation's grateful… Leer más

NY: Cornell University Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with gray boards, black spine cloth, and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains several black & white photos throughout. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. Appears unread. * From the book jacket,""This is the inside story of an epic courtroom showdown between terrorism and the American legal system. On a snowy day in February 1993, a massive car bomb nearly toppled the World Trade Center. Four Middle Eastern men were quickly arrested and charged with the crime. At the time, Robert E. Precht was a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society Federal Defender Division in Manhattan, handling routine cases as a public defender. He was surprised to be appointed defense attorney to the chief suspect, Mohammad Salameh,… Leer más

New York: Little Brown and Company, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Ronnberg, Erik and Gary Tonkin. 1st Printing Stated First Edition plus complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with navy boards, cream spine cloth and coppery gilt spine lettering. Front end papers show map of 'Voyages of the Whaleship GLOBE - 1823,1824' and back end papers a map of 'Mili Atoll' Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped. Contains a section of four leaves / eight pages of glossy black & white illustrations and drawings in addition to Sail and Rigging Plan for the Whaleship Globe itself. Concludes with, among other sections, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. * From a review by John Casey on the back jacket, 'The mutiny of the Globe is ever bit as exciting as the mutiny on the Bounty, and Gibson gives us the full adventure: the discovery of a key document, the psychology of the… Leer más

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1985. Soft cover. Good. Soft cover with binding clean and tight. Text block unmarked; age toning to the papers. Wraps show shelf wear with triangular crease on back top corner and plasticized coating beginning to shrivel along side edges. Good reading copy.

Little Brown & Company, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 2nd Printing Stated Second Printing. Light gray boards show age toning / sun fading with light stains along right front and top front corner. Slightly bumped corners. Front endpaper has a small rip where it appears a sticker was removed. Text block is clean & tight with no markings noted. DJ is good but age toned and slightly chipped at top & bottom of spine, spine sides, along top, and along flap folds. In protective cover. Not price clipped. Contains maps by Russell Lenz and 64 pages of glossy black & white photographs. Endpapers contain maps: Front - The United States in 1860. Back endpapers - The Area of Military Operations 1861-1865. Concludes with an extensive bibliography and comprehensive index.0

Avon Books, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition. Wraps bright & shiny & unmarked. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Mellow age toning to the papers. * From the back of the book, ""From Columbus's voyage to the Clinton administration, author Kenneth C. Davis carries the reader on a rollicking ride through 600 years of Americana. With wit, candor and fascinating facts, he explodes long-held myths and misconceptions - revealing the very human side of history that the textbooks neglect.""

William Morrow, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine conditions with blue boards, cream spine cloth and blue gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the book, "". . . the story of three lives connected by history, proximity, and blood; indeed, it is manystories, intimate and achingly personal as well as deeply historic. In one soldier's membory of a mission that transformed th world - and in a son's last attempt to grasp his father's ingrained sense of honor and duty - lies a powerful tribute to the ordinary heroes of an extraordinary time in American life."" * One of the lives: that of Paul Tibbets. ""At the age of twenty-nine, at the request of his country, Tibbets assembled a secret team of 1,800 American soldiers to carry out the… Leer más

New York: Bonanza Books, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bjorklund, Lorence. Hardcover in very good condition with tan cloth boards with black spine lettering. Former owner's name blacked out at top corner of front free end paper; no other markings noted in internal text block. Text block edges appear age toned and has some light spotting. Dust jacket very good with age toning/dust dulling to edges & light shelf wear. 384 numbered pages. Concludes with an Evaluated Bibliography and an extensive Index.

Free Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with navy blue boards and red spine lettering. End papers contain map of ""The War in the Pacific 1941-1945."" Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Concludes with section of Notes, a Bibliography, and a comprehensive Indes. 589 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with light shelf wear and minor edgewear along top; light foxing on verso. * From the jacket, ""Only now, almost forty years after the surrender of the Imperial Japanese Empire on the deck of the battleship 'Missouri,'can the true scope of the American war in the Pacific fully be understood. Historian Ronald H. Spector, drawing on newly declassified intelligence files, an abundance of British and American archival material, Japanese scholarship and documents, and the research and memoirs of scholars, politicians, and military men, now presents the most complete, up-to-date, single… Leer más

New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated : First U.S. edition 2013 with complete number line including number one. No previous printing outside the U.S. noted. Hard cover in fine condition with brown boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. 423 numbered pages; illustrations and portraits throughout. Concludes with Section of Acknowledgments, Notes to the Chapters, and an extensive Index. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap: ""An eye-opening examination of how America's colonial-era colleges were rooted in slave economies . . . A groundbreaking history that will no doubt contribute to a reappraisal of some deep-rooted founding myths."" --from Kirkus Reviews. In Ebony & Ivy, historian Craig Steven Wilder delivers a groundbreaking and incendiary exploration of the intertwined histories of slavery, race, and… Leer más

New York: Hyperion Books, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated Second Edition. Note at top of front jacket flap notes that this is an alternate selection of BOMC and History Book Club, however there is no indication that this is a BCE; there is also a price on the front flap. Hard cover in very good condition. Dark gray boards with moss green spine cloth silver gilt spine lettering. Gray end papers. Former owner's name stamped in black at top of front free end paper. Interior text block clean & tight with no writing or other markings noted. Dust jacket very good; not price clipped. Concludes with sections: Notes & Selected Bibliography, Acknowledgments, and an extensive Index. 531 numbered pages. * From the front jacket flap, ""In Thomas Edison, America found its first true natvie-born genius, a man who fulfilled the nation's dreams about its potential while extravagantly personifying its cherished values. Imagination, dynamism, entrepreneurial… Leer más