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*the American Fire Engine -First Edition- DJ. Some small chips out of the red cover. Interior of book is clean bright and glossy. Printed on heavy gloss paper. Bound in Hong Kong - published in 1993 Describing the evolution of the fire engine from hand pumpers to steamers to the elaborate rigs of today, Halberstock points out all the interesting intricacies of the machines, takes readers along to fight real fires, and tells how to purchase a fire truck for $2,000, or less. Illus. The American Fire Engine (History) Hardcover – August, 1993- music 2 bib- 2654 --192 pages Publisher: Motorbooks International- by Hans Halberstad 9780879387501 LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed- in foam core- to protect it in transit - sent media mail - 7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer. - heavy book.- inv music 2 bib 2654

** The American Heritage Book of Indians - When Europeans landed on the east coast of north america they were greeted by a group of strange exotic looking people who, do to a location error were named Indians. Thus the interaction between these peoples started. This book introduces us to the various tribes of the - Americas and we can see how different they were, each group had it's own style, traditions, skills. Each group accepted the new comers in different ways some nice and some not so nice....American heritage book of India ...... Large over-sized hardcover book in good condition. Light blue cloth covered boards with dark blue cloth wrapped spine, gold embossed graphic on the front cover, gold embossed lettering on the spine all in very good condition, the covers to show slight fading at the edges. There is a ding on the top of of the boards where the book was probably dropped, damage is not severe but is obvious. Spine is tight, hinges are intact. Pages are clean, unmarked. Book is full of full… Leer más

Gift-able- excellent copy-Beginning with his appointment as Director of Central Intelligence in 1997, Tenet unfolds the momentous events that led to 9/11 as he saw-experienced them: his declaration of war on al-Qa'ida;CIA's covert operations inside Afghanistan; worldwide operational plan to fight terrorists; warnings of imminent attacks against American interests to White House officials in the summer of 2001; plan for a coordinated / devastating counterattack against al-Qa'ida laid down just six days after the attacks. Book is in like new condition Hard covers are very nice with no wear apparent. Pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is very good with only very minor wear marks. -- At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA Authors George Tenet, Bill Harlow Ed. First Edition 7th printing , Leah Carlson Stanic book Design,Jacket design Roberto de Vicq Cumptich, jacket photo Deborah Fein gold Publisher Harper Collins, 2007 ISBN 0061147788, 9780061147784 Length 549 pages, Huge thick about… Leer más

*Vintage copy of an atomic soldiers, orange cover well worn creased, a certain amount of minutiae on its edges, there is some highlighting in numerous Pages throughout the book of significant passages... Just acceptable, still readable, character copy... unfortunately the VA has not taking very good care of many soldiers with service related disabilities, they've now just started recognizing survivors of Agent Orange exposure, if you need aid and attendance from the Veterans Administration, there are many wonderful expeditors that do charge a fee, upfront no guarantees - that may be able to obtain benefits for you....Atomic Soldiers: American Victims of Nuclear Experiments,Author Howard L. Rosenberg, vintage acceptable, Beacon Press, BP619, Boston 1980 ISBN 0807032107, 9780807032107, - 192 pages, subjects veterans diseases, United States atomic bomb physiological effects, radiation toxicology, automatic weapons testing, either second or 9th printing..Atomic soldiers ....Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los… Leer más

But We Were Born Free,Gold titling on spine front of book title author's name kind of it tan dark almost a pumpkin colored cloth boards covering no dust jacket nice hefty beige stock is printed on with that pretty hundred ruffled edge of pages – and that it the interior the book is clean no D/J.-Davis who headed the Office of War Information during World War II.A weapon against McCarthy and his followers,mindless supporters of McCarthyism,against the humorless over-convinced thought-police. ?---But We Were Born Free Author Elmer Holmes Davis Publisher Bobbs-Merrill, 1954 Length 229 pages copyright 1952,, 1953 1954 by Elmer Davis printing United States America library of Congress catalog card number 54 – 6057.. Dedicated to the memory of Ernst Rueter a fighter for freedom who nobody ever scared. newer additions are more costly, without the classic find binding excellent paper and well printed.LAX Vespa, Los Angeles - maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into Media Mail… Leer más

gift able Chaste, Silent & Obedient: English Books for Women, 1475-1640 (Hardcover) by Suzanne W. Hull- Chastity in literature-green linen book covers dust jacket is missing relatively good shape - little worn IN corners some minor spotting- edges top right-hand side see pictures- previous owner name inside gold titling spine pretty goals embossing front back book now is interior pages good Chris nice illustrations. Kingsport press-did a great job - What were the roles and duties of women in Renaissance England? The author identifies and examines the books that appear to have been published, at least in part, for an English-speaking female audience in the period from 1475 to 1640. Detailed bibliographical lists include not only books specifically directed to women as a group, but also histories and biographies of famous women, as well as books whose subjects were specifically within a woman's province. This book offers a fascinating glimpse into women's lives during the nearly two centuries that the… Leer más

* The Coldest Winter America and the Korean War. David Halberstam ..Gift able-great condition almost new book-first edition second printing- excellent condition-black-and-white printed cover with glassine like opaque dust jacket one crease – deckle edges-spine–tight-dust jacket has seen some wear edges/– book clean –Feels-unread book itself almost like new -jacket-very good– jacket design GTC art & design-cover photograph David Douglas Duncan photography collection Henry Ransom humanities University of Texas at Austin– very well reviewed – great author/researcher/poignant comments ...LAX Vespa shipped through United States Post-Los Angeles.LAX Vespa- - The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War- David Halberstam- Author David Halberstam - Publisher Hyperion Books, 2007- ISBN 1401300529, 9781401300524 -719 pages- Subjects 20th Century contemporary history -Korean War.Eisenhower-Truman-Acheson- Kim-Mao-Generals MacArthur- George C.… Leer más

Willa Cather's best known work is an epic--almost mythic--story of a single human life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. He finds is a vast territory of red hills, tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican, Indian in custom - belief. In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows--gently,contending with an unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests,his own loneliness. From this, Cather gives us an indelible vision of life unfolding in a place where time suspended... Book is in good condition softcover show nominal wear mostly at the edges. Pages appear clean& unmarked. Death comes for the Archbishop, 1990 Vintage Classic Edition reprint, book designed by Ann Gold. Paperback: 297 pages Publisher: Vintage (June 16, 1990) -cover illustration Sally Mara Sturman Cover design Susan Mitchell book designed by Ann Gold- ISBN:… Leer más

*The Federalist, excellent copy appears to be unread, covers glossy, just the minuscule amount of wear on its edges from being shelved interior the book is clean and unmarked, printed on a darker beige paper ... Excellent copy for the student delving into this subject ... required reading material many times ...The Federalist, Hamilton, Madison J series of 85 essays, was written in 1787 - 1788, printed in various New York newspapers exceptional final 8th St. Included in a two-volume edition of 1788. Current text is that of the authoritative Gideon edition of 1818..... introduction, Robert A. Ferguson is George Edward Woodberry Professor in Law, Literature, Criticism at Columbia University; he teaches in both the Law School, the English Department. Books include Law and Letters in American Culture, The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820, Reading the Early Republic....2006 Barnes & Noble Classics new introduction, notes, biography chronology further reading printed in USA.....he Federalist (Barnes &… Leer más

Hardcover edition according to Worldcat.com this book was published in 1973 by Bonanza Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., N.Y.10016 Dust jacket in good condition. Boards are in good condition but do shows some dirt and marks.--.Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped through United States Post via media mail to fulfill your order, Los Angeles Area I carefully pack your book, hop on my Vespa visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system- Pages are in acceptable condition and are showing foxing Copyright 1961 by author- Generously illustrated with simple drawings that show the mechanics of the item being discussed, the book is written in terms that can be easily understood by everyone. In a lucid, conversational style, the author covers more than one hundred subjects of such diversity as pots and pans, air conditioners, high fidelity, zippers, and many, many items we all use, take for granted, but seldom understood...LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were… Leer más

Love is Eternal - A Novel of Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln...
* Gift able- -beige linen boards-fraying-spine/top red titling-stain bottom book/edge– previous owner name–excellent condition for -age- interior-good-early edition-deckle edges- – dust jacket-fair but tattered- lightly read clean-slight shelfwear-Spine not creased-no stickers-Tight binding-jacket painting Doris Reynolds-"Love is Eternal" was the inscription Abraham Lincoln had engraved on the wedding ring he gave Mary Todd -Lincoln's life and times-this book takes place in their early years before the White House-book tells Mary's own story, especially her romance with Abraham and her years of marriage which were happier than historians generally believe-Mrs. Lincoln came to Washington having a distinct idea of social duties & and energetic purpose – from a good Kentucky family/. Fair education – noted for her keenness– trying to make success under localized bitterness of all adverse criticisms – done better than critics… Leer más

Written for children, Martin Luther King, Jr, Story Biography where his family started where they came from, roots, what they did before. Story of who Dr. King is, why he's a Historically important person in the history of the US as a leader of the Civil Rights movement in the South.....Fair shape..Former School library book, Daniel Hale Williams School P. S. 307 Library, Brooklyn New York, hardcover no dust jacket - rear of book has the library card placket there is a reaction between papers so some staining, end papers are a darker beige each page has the school stamped in red ink, binding covers, it's an extremely heavy buckram dark blue binding, made to survive children -- covers are worn to the boards at the corners, a small amount of fraying at the head / foot -top /bottom at spine - spine is still very good this is back when they actually sewed books together. This would probably be classified as a library binding. Pages 54 & 56 some light pencil underlining in the area covering Rosa Parks on… Leer más

Racial Fault Lines The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California.. Unravels -yet- Intense & informative ethnic history of California since the late nineteenth-century Anglo-American conquest /institutionalization of "white supremacy" in the state. Author,Almaguer, comparatively assesses struggles for control of resources, status, political legitimacy between the European American & Native American, Mexican, African-American, Chinese, Japanese populations. Sourced primary and secondary information sources,Book-weaves a detailed, disturbing portrait of ethnic, racial,class relationships during this tumultuous time, in a clear concise easily understood writing style...... Book- good condition, soft covers show slight wear with small chip at the bottom of the rear cover. Pages are good but I do note very slight highlighting on several pages. .... Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California, Author Tomás Almaguer Publisher University of California Press, 1994 ISBN… Leer más

* Reveille in Washington 1860: "The American capital is sprawling, fractured, squalid, colored by patriotism and treason, deeply divided along the political lines that will soon embroil the nation in bloody conflict. Chaotic and corrupt, the young city is populated by bellicose congressmen, Confederate conspirators,enterprising prostitutes. Soldiers of a volunteer army swing from the dome of the Capitol, assassins stalk the avenues, and Abraham Lincoln struggles to justify his presidency as the Union heads to war"......Reveille in Washington by Margaret Leech, Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London (1941), Book of the month club.- original insert included with book/. 483 pages.....Large heavy book, dark blue boards with orange/ trim & gilt titling on spine are in good condition, some minor staining, discoloration. Hinges are tight/ Graphical endpapers with diagram of Washington D.C. in 1861. Deckle edged pages are good, no tears, only light tanning at edges. Good bibliography,… Leer más

# Roebling is a tribute to the Roebling family & the mill workers -their families. Events & places & the faces that brought them to life, an example of a company Town built right.... larger paperback copy, clean- exception of previous owner printed - front title page...Interesting snapshot of the growth &, social, cultural, religious aspects of an inclusive planned Town Roebling, of interest to historians Architects, urban planners... pictures provided for your review the book is in good condition with just minor scuffs, the slightest amount of minutiae from being used... Pictures provider for your review.... Building bridges - aqueducts with its wire rope brought the John A. Roebling's Sons Company fame and fortune. In 1904, the company purchased over 250 acres 10 miles south of Trenton, for the expansion of the flourishing company -construction of the Kinkora Works, and thus the Village of Roebling, began. Charles G. Roebling, the son of company founder John A. Roebling, sought to create a… Leer más

* Storm Over the Land - Drawn from Carl Sandburg's magisterial biography of the sixteenth US president, this volume focuses in on the War Between the States, bringing the author's trademark clarity and vivid style to this dark and dramatic period in the ........ Large Hardcover book in good condition. Blue covers, spine with silver titling are good, boards show slight fading at the edges Pages are clean, unmarked but have slight tanning at the edges from age. Dust Jacket is good, minor surface scuffing, edge curling. Nice readers copy- overall good........ Storm Over the Land, Author Carl Sandburg -Published by Konecky & Konecky Copyright 1939, 1942, Later Printing, ISBN 1568520425, Jacket design by Mark Weinberg, 440 pages, Book size about 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.,........ Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into-City-Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in -… Leer más

Understanding American History Through Fiction- Warren A. Beck & Myles L. Clowers -gift able-used/good-bright cover small amount of tanning spots edges-cover white– spotted tanned back/corner cover -lightly read –interior pages clean &page; edges tanned-age–small amount minutia/covers-Spine not creased- stickers-light edge wear-paperback not issued a dust jacket/ RR Donnelly & Sons PO. – Printer/binder cover design Anne Canevari- grading books-may be subjective?-see pictures-at least you have some idea what you're buying – I have a good description and pictures-.Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa shipped through-USPS- Understanding American History Through Fiction (Volume 1) Paperback – June, 1975- - Editors Warren A. Beck, Myles L. Clowers Edition reprint Publisher McGraw-Hill, 1974 ISBN -9780070042179 Literary Criticism ' General cover design Anne Canevari Volume 1 contains excerpts from fiction by Hervey Allen,Louis Zara, Mary Johnston,John Newton,William Davis,Charles Mercer, Kenneth… Leer más

Washington Past and Present A Guide to the Nation's Capital. Paperback book- detailing the history of the city and its various monuments including the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, The White House, etc. Book is in good condition, the covers do show some wear but not bad. Pages are all clean and unmarked. Paperback -Donald R. Kennon is chief historian of the United States Capitol Historical Society. -Washington Past and Present: A Guide to the Nation's Capital-Publisher: United States Capitol; historical Society 2nd edition (June 1, 1983) Language: English ISBN-10: 0916200051 ISBN-13: 9780916200053 Books > Textbooks > Science & Mathematics Science & Math Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into- City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. Washington Past and 4367 AS bmk 36

The centuries of Santa Fe, Paul Horgan,1976 -7009 A book of scenes and portraits from three centuriesof SantaFe society, from early Spanish colonial times to the present century. This is a hard to find book on the history of SantaFe. Oversize soft cover book - good condition, cover show some darkening from age but otherwise good. Pages are clean and unmarked. The Centuries of SantaFe Author Paul Horgan Edition reprint of 1956 edition Publisher W. Gannon, 1976 ISBN 0883075229, 9780883075227 Length 363 pages Subjects History ' United States ' State & Local ' General LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit Cent SantaFe PB Ethnic2 #History.United.States
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