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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1996 Oversize book about 9 1/2 by 11 by 2 inches with some 630 pages including an extensive Index. Bound in rust cloth with silver spine lettering. Extensively illustrated throughout in color and black/white. A new look at the Civil War by two of the most noted historians on the subject. Previous owner name at front and rear else slight wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

The American Historical Society. Somerville, NJ. 1941. First Edition., 1941 Magazine size about 8 by 11 inches with some 131 pages plus several full page plates. Bound in white wraps with color coats-of-arms illustration. An important first appearance of the W Freeman Galpin book on Indians and French of the Inland Empire (Mostly New York State) before the book publication later in the year. His article here encompassing some 55 pages is titled 'Indians and French of the Inland Empire'. Another article on 'Ernst and Allied Families' including two color plates showing some dozen coats-of-arms. And others. The covers are larger than the text block which results in covers edge wear. A clean, unmarked solid copy. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

The American Historical Society. Somerville, NJ. 1940., 1940 Magazine size about 8 by 11 inches with some 155 or so pages. Bound in white wraps illustrated with color coat-of-arms. Article on the American cattle industry by J J McDonald. Other articles on Poe correspondence, White Indentured Servants, Thomas Jefferson, Edward Carrington, Conrad Kohrs, Stokes Family history and genealogy. Many pages uncut. Illustrated with several full page plates. Covers edges worn; staples rusty. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Thomas H Morrison. No place., 1913 Book size about 6 by 8 inches with some 320 pages. Bound in green cloth with black lettering--front cover photo paste-on. Illustrated throughout with numerous photos and drawings. A good example of a disaster book--these were often rushed into print immediately after a major disaster, in this case the Easter tornado which hit the Omaha, Nebraska area. Photos and material from other recent lesser disasters were often included in these books, in this case flooding in Ohio and Indiana. Front hinge cracked; other light wear. An unusually nice example of one of these disaster books which were usually cheaply made. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Scammell & Company. St Louis, Missouri., 1877 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 inches with some 480 pages. Professionally rebound in paper covered boards and faux leather spine. Frontis and eleven full page illustrations--most being scenes of violent action. Apparent reprint of the original edition issued the same year--quite scarce in this edition. Slight wear to the book--lovely copy. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Government Printing Office. Washington. 1946. First Edition., 1946 Green cloth with Smithsonian logo in gilt on front cover and gilt spine lettering. 484 pages. 8vo. Illustrated with numerous photos, maps and four fold-out maps. The usual Smithsonian wide ranging subjects: Medical Uses of the Cyclotron; Drinking Water From Sea Water; Japanese Earthquakes; Conquest of the Northwest Passage; (Schooner St. Roch); New England hurricane of September, 1944; Conserving Endangered Wildlife Species; Growing rubber in California; and others. Light general wear--clean and tight. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

No publisher. Washington. 1911., 1911 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 812 pages. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Contents include - Dutch element in American history; Historical societies in Great Britain & France; Teaching of mediaeval archaeology; side lights on the Missouri Compromise; etc. Also includes an extensive bibliography of writings on American history in 1909 & a very extensive Index. Light overall wear and soil. VERY GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Privately printed. Lincoln, Nebraska. 1888., 1888 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 184 pages. Bound in white paper covered boards with front cover gilt lettering. Patterned end papers. Frontis photo of the founder of Arbor Day, J Sterling Morton. Arbor Day as a national holiday began in Nebraska and this book begins with a history of how it came about and then goes on to various items relating to Arbor Day including articles from publications, testimonials, Governor Proclamations, school exercises, letters congratulating the author, etc. Contributors include John Burroughs, John C Fremont, Francis Parkman, J T Trowbridge, Edward Everett Hale, Various Governors, etc. Very interesting compilation of information relating to Arbor Day very early on in its observance. Many pages unopened at the top. Light overall wear and soil; previous owner stamps at front; previous owner name and address at front. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition..… Leer más

American Historical Society. NY. 1930. First Edition., 1930 Book size about 8 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches with some 350 or so pages plus numerous full page photos and including an extensive Index. Bound in green and black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Top edge gilt. Originally issued as a four volume set this is Volume IV only--the Biographical and Genealogical volume containing the biographies and genealogy of hundreds of Arkansas people. Included are many full page photos of mostly men whose biographies appear here. A valuable Arkansas genealogy reference book. Quite scarce. Light overall wear; tear to front tissue guard; substantial tear to one photo. VERY GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Donning Company. Norfolk, Virginia. 1992. Third Printing., 1987 Book size about 8 1/2 by 11 inches with some 260 pages including an extensive Index. Bound in dark blue vinyl-type paper covered boards with gilt lettering. Map end papers (Different for front and rear). In the original dust wrapper. Illustrated with hundreds of vintage photographs. Previous owner inscription at front else slight wear. Wrapper with small tear at front spine area top. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD+ Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 3rd Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Lewis Osborne. Palo Alto, California. 1064/1950 copies., 1967 Book size about 7 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches with some 92 pages. Bound in bright blue illustrated cloth with gilt spine lettering. Map end papers at the front only. Illustrated. Book number 1064 of 1950 printed. Journal of a 194 day trip around the Horn to the California gold fields in 1849. Book with very slight wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Limited Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Atomic Books. NY. 1946. Book size about 5 by 7 inches with some 128 pages. Bound in color illustrated wraps. Modern reprint edition with the addition of a handwriting analysis of Billy the Kid by a psycho-graphologist. Now there is something a bit different--Ramon Adams lists this as book No 809 in his bibliography. Book with moderate wear; pencil to front cover; dog ear pages; few corners chipped; pages age toned and brittle (Cheap paper). A fun read but cheaply made and fragile. GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

The First National Bank of Belen. Belen, New Mexico., 1946 Almanac size about 5 1/2 by 8 inches with some 32 pages. Bound in photo illustrated wraps. Upper left publisher hole punched with string tie for hanging. Illustrated. A Belen, New Mexico bank give-away. Usual almanac information with bank services described here and there. Very scarce. NEAR FINE. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

California Historical Society. San Francisco., 1974 Book size about 9 by 12 inches with some 130 or so unnumbered pages. Bound in gilt decorated rust cloth. Double page illustrated end papers (Same for front and rear). In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $15.95. Mr. Thollander has drawn barns and lettered the text in this charming book about the barns of (mostly) Northern California. Book with previous owner inscription else slight wear. Dust wrapper cut right down the front cover center and tape repaired. NEAR FINE/FAIR Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair.

Charles Norbury Beesley. Charleston, S. C. 1908. Second Printing (First appears to have been in 1898)., 1908 Oblong book size about 7 1/2 by 5 inches with some 78 pages. Bound in pale blue thin cardboard with a navy blue string tied three hole punch binding. Front cover with raised letters and decoration in blue/gray. Format of most of the book is to have a page of text facing a photo of some part of the church. Very slight wear; front cover with a bit of age toning along the spine edge area. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

The Bennington mUseum. Bennington, Vermont., 1971 Quite large book about 12 by 12 inches with unnumbered pages. Doubled blue/gray thin cardboard covers with a white plastic comb binding. Enclosed in a slipcase. Illustrated throughout with numerous black/white photos. Printed on high quality heavy paper with pages of varying sizes. Lovely book and a real pleasure to peruse. Laid-in is an eight page brochure illustrated with color and black/white photos describing the Topping Tavern Museum (A few miles up the road from the Bennington). Original owner small address labels in the front and rear else clean and unmarked with very slight wear. Slipcase with light overall wear. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce. Bethlehem, Pa., 1976 Book size about 9 by 11 inches with some 362 pages including an extensive Index. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Map end papers (Different for front and rear). In the original dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with myriad images in color and black/white. Book and wrapper have been exposed to damp in the past; wrapper with rippling; book with some slight rippling to the pages, foxing here and there mostly along the edges, a bit shaken. GOOD/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Spanish Colonial Research Center. Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1990, 1990 Book size about 8 1/2 by 11 inches with some 199 pages. Bound in cream wraps with front cover and spine black lettering. Illustrated. Bibliography of works about Columbus. Some 123 pages of books from the 1500's to date; seven pages of juvenile literature; some 70 or so pages of articles. Excellent starting point for research on the European discovery of the Americas. Apparently published to coincide with the interest generated by the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. AN EX LIBRARY BOOK but with minimal wear. VERY GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Modern Press.Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1977. Limited Edition., 1977 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 86 pages. Bound in dark yellow wraps with black lettering. A limited edition compilation of 21 articles prepared for the Albuquerque Bicentennial celebration. Six of the articles are signed by their author. Quite scarce today. Book with light overall wear and soil. VERY GOOD. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Dodge Publishing Company. NY. 1906., 1906 Book size about 8 by 10 inches with unnumbered pages. Pale blue cloth with front cover image of young angel and Pease credit in darker blue; book title in gilt at the top. Verses by Edmund Vance Cooke. Color frontis and many full page and smaller color illustrations by BESSIE COLLINS PEASE (Later known as Bessie Pease Gutman). A filled in baby book with the baby birth date of June 4, 1909. This is one of the finest early baby books I have ever possessed. The book itself is in FINE condition with only the slightest signs of wear--if you saw it laying on the counter you would be certain it was a new book. And then--the book is very neatly filled in with baby book information including the weight over the years up to age 18; two photo negatives; three locks of hair; twelve photos from birth to age six years; including the house where the baby was born in Windsor, Missouri; mother and the baby; mother, 5 year old boy and baby sister. Also included is the Fristoe… Leer más