The Bernal Diaz Chronicles: The Story of the Conquest of Mexico. de DIAZ del CASTILLO, Bernal. Translated and edited by Albert Idell - 1956.

221 pages with plates and bibliography. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") issued in light brown with gilt lettering to spine and embossed gilt lettering to cover. From the library of George M Foster. First edition.Condition:Foster's stamp to half title, his date and place of acquiry on front end paper, light rubbing to extremities else a very good to fine copy.

STREET RAILWAY ROADBED. Street Railway Publishing Company, New York. First Edition, 1898. 135 pages indexed. Authors: Mason D. Pratt and C.A. Alden. ILLUSTRATED with drawings, diagrams, tables. Former owner name and date of 1903 on front floral end-paper. RARE. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IF ISSUED. A nice copy. Please see our photos.

Paris & London: UNESCO & Heinemann, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. Brown cloth over boards with blind stamped titles to front board and gilt stamped titles to spine. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Light rubbing and slight edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. No tears. 736 pages. Volume VII of the UNESCO General History of Africa examines the period of partition, conquest and occupation from the beginning of the "European Scramble for Africa" to the Italian fascist invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. Throughout the volume, the focus is directed towards the responses of Africans themselves to the challenge of colonialism. The first two chapters survey African attitudes and readiness on the eye of the colonial era, and the background to European imperial ambitions. The next seven chapters discuss African initiatives and reactions in the face of partition and conquest up to the First World War. A general… Leer más

Oscar-The-Grouch's Alphabet Of Trash (1977 Sesame Street Golden Shape 1st Ed. IMPRESSION "A", Western Publishing) RARE. Used. VG Paperback. Written by Moss, Jeffrey. Features Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets. Rare/Scarce.

Franklin W. Dixon: While The Clock Ticked (1932, Grosset & Dunlap Hardy Boys), 1948 Printing Thus. BROWN BOARDS, ORANGE ENDPAPERS. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL RED DUST JACKET. HARDY BOYS #11. GROSSET & DUNLAP. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD- ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. DESCRIPTION: The book is in an original red kidnap jacket. That jacket is original, has an orange spine. Loss to top and bottom of spine. with a triangular divot out of the letter H in the word the. The front panel of the dust jacket is unclipped and has a 7575 priced front flap. Back flap a blurb for "Touchdown Pass", dating this copy to 1948. Back panel of the dust jacket states ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS BY ZANE GREY. BOOK: Brown boards with two boys in 30's period clothing at center. One wears a hat and scarf. Two sets of orange and white endpapers that show the boy with the hat up a tree with binoculars gazing at a cabin on a bluff across the way. Pages and endpapers are clean and bright. Black topstain. Copyright 1932 Grosset… Leer más

Taiwan: Tunghai University, 1963. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight. Covers mostly clean [just a little soiling at back cover only], extremities and covers with only a little wear, edges lightly browning. PO's name penned on title page. The other stories are: Brother's Valley and A City Which Could Not Be Taken. During a sabbatical leave from McPherson College Kansas in 1962-63, the author, an anthropologist, served as a Fulbright Lecturer in Formosa and in Pakistan. While in Formosa he lectured at two universities, did research among the mountain aborigines, and wrote the book, "Wu Feng, Companion of Headhunters". Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Not Stated Assumed First American Editio. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7 3/4 to 9 3/4".

5 Barclay Street, New York: Clark & Maynard, Publishers. Embossed stamped leather, worn at edges & aling spine, hinges are starting, light off-setting on title, text is clear, mostly very clean with moderate amount of dust soil basically to turning edges , solid. Includes many, many maps, prints, engravings etc., several full color maps including, EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AS OCCUPIED BY THE INDIANS; EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AT THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION; DOUBLED COLOR OF PART OF THE SOUTHERN STATES; SOUTHERN WESTERN STATES (during Lincoln's administration: Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Illinois); Maryland & Eastern Virginia (Lincoln's Administration); EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AT THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR; TERRITORIAL GROWTH OF THE U.S.; EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AT THE CLOSE OF THE MEXICAN WAR; TERRITORIAL GROWTH OF THE U.S.; and more.WONDERFUL old & scarce collectible for anyone who loves maps! . Fair. Hardcover. 1873.

221 pages with plates and bibliography. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") issued in light brown with gilt lettering to spine and embossed gilt lettering to cover. From the library of George M Foster. First edition.Condition:Foster's stamp to half title, his date and place of acquiry on front end paper, light rubbing to extremities else a very good to fine copy.

Paris & London: UNESCO & Heinemann, 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. Brown cloth over boards with blind stamped titles to front board and gilt stamped titles to spine. Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Light rubbing and slight edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. No tears. 736 pages. Volume VII of the UNESCO General History of Africa examines the period of partition, conquest and occupation from the beginning of the "European Scramble for Africa" to the Italian fascist invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. Throughout the volume, the focus is directed towards the responses of Africans themselves to the challenge of colonialism. The first two chapters survey African attitudes and readiness on the eye of the colonial era, and the background to European imperial ambitions. The next seven chapters discuss African initiatives and reactions in the face of partition and conquest up to the First World War. A general… Leer más

Oscar-The-Grouch's Alphabet Of Trash (1977 Sesame Street Golden Shape 1st Ed. IMPRESSION "A", Western Publishing) RARE. Used. VG Paperback. Written by Moss, Jeffrey. Features Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets. Rare/Scarce.