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1973112821973. 36 pages. Quarto original printed and illustrated wrappers some loosening. With photographs by Vance Allen. A list of black literature for children and young adults published since 1971; and several articles concerning the teaching of black literature. unknown books
28911Softcover. VG. Off-white stapled wraps. Unpaginated. 5 color plates. Essay by Howard Fox along with illustrations. paperback books
19041782Geo. Rice & Sons 1904. Hardcover. Good. Third revised edition. 172 pp illustrations advertisements with index. Front hinge cracked general wear to boards with large chip missing from mounted illustration; contents clean. No dust jacket. From the Preface: "The object of this little volume is to meet and answer the daily recurring inquiries: What shall I do with my roses Why don't my violets bloom How treat the chrysanthemums when through flowering And so on though a long list of the world-known common flowers of the garden." Geo. Rice & Sons hardcover books
191320899Pasadena CA: George Wharton James 1913. Hardcover. Good. 310 pp with illustrations from photographs. Blue cloth boards no dust jacket. Staining near the gutter on the first 6 leaves otherwise clean tightly bound. "Josephine Clifford McCracken or McCrackin 1839 - 1921 was a California writer and journalist a contemporary of Bret Harte John Muir Ina Coolbrith and Joaquin Miller and an environmentalist. McCracken wrote articles for Harper Brothers and for the newspapers Out West and Western Field while traveling though New Mexico and lower California and once in San Francisco turned full-time to her love for writing and literary pursuits" wiki. George Wharton James hardcover books
191320863Albany: State Department of Labor 1913. 35p. wraps chipped along the spine. Advance reprint from the Department Bulletin for March 1913. State Department of Labor unknown books
1999309631999. Softcover. VG. Brown wraps. Unpaginated. Numerous bw ills. paperback books
195233184Guthrie Oklahoma: Order of the Eastern Star of the State of Oklahoma 1952. SIGNED by Ethel L. Johnson a contibutor to the Intorductory section. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. VG agetoning slight wear to tail of spine. 190 2 pp. 28 b/w illustrations. 9" x 6" <br/><br/> [Order of the Eastern Star of the State of Oklahoma] hardcover books
1933003204Indianapolis Indiana: Indiana Historical Society 1933. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
2008178450Bethesda Maryland US ; St. Petersburg Russia: Foundation for International Arts and Education ; in collaboration with the State Russian Museum 2008. Hardbound. VG. ex-museum libris w/ embossed stamp to title pg; barcode to back cover. creasing to corners; creasing to spine top. heavy foxing to title pg; moderate foxing to back pg; remaining pgs seem free of foxing clean & bright. no dustjacket. Black and white pictorial boards. 288 pp. Illustrated throughout in color and bw. Catalog to accompany the international art exhibition "American Artists from the Russian Empire" which explores early 20th-century Russian immigrant art. Featuring a broad selection of works on loan from museums galleries and private collections the exhibit examines the impact of American culture and art movements on Russian artists living in the United States as well as highlighting the influence and contributions of Russian artists in shaping American culture. --WorldCat. Foundation for International Arts and Education ; in collaboration with the State Russian Museum unknown books
199020976Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 142 pp with color frontispiece and b/w plates. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the limitation page. One of 600 copies issued of which 100 were signed and bound in Brown cloth. This appears to be one of the 250 "regular copies" as it is bound in orange cloth unless this is someone's strange idea of brown but it is signed nonetheless. Fine copy. Includes a section on "the 'Powell Era' in the California Citrus Industry" followed by "Harold Powell's letters from Southern California" and "Harold Powell's letters from California and the West in 1909." Historical Society of Southern California hardcover books
1960003314San Francisco: California Historical Society Quarterly 1960. Near Fine faint soiling to cream-colored wrappers. A reprint of the California Historical Society Quarterly Vol. XXXIX No. 1 March 1960. 16 pages paginated 35-51. . Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. California Historical Society Quarterly Paperback books
1976100116Fairbanks: the Grand Lodge 1976. 36p. 8.5x11 inch program book illus. with photos wraps. the Grand Lodge unknown books
200226154Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0801870690 . Black and white photographs throughout. First printing. SIGNED by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
19841088Norco CA: Tales of the Mojave Road 1984. Hardcover. Fine. 137 pp with illustrations maps index map tipped in on rear pastedown illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Account of homesteading in the high desert of the East Mojave. The Sharps filed their claim in 1913. As was the case with most homsteaders in the region they found they couldn't make a reliable living from the land but they continued to try even as the author's hsuband went to work for the Sagamore Minethe Rock Springs Land and Cattle Company and the Santa Fe Railroad in Needles among others. Sharp offers a vivid picture of community life as well as interesting details of mining and ranching. Tales of the Mojave Road hardcover books
1975236385Richmond VA: Virginia State Library 1975. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Previous owner's name stamped at top of first page. No pencil or ink markings in text. Green paper covers; Stapled Wrappers. Very Good binding. Virginia State Library unknown books
19911090Essex CA: Tales of the Mojave Road 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. 208 pp with illustrations index illustrated map endpapers. Fine copy with no jacket as issued. Hart was a short-lived gold mining town located in the Mojave desert in San Bernardino County California. It existed between 1908 and 1915. According to the Foreword this book "is primarily a story of John and Ed Snorf their family and the people and places and happenings in their early lives . It is rich in early day desert history as told by one who lived it." Tales of the Mojave Road hardcover books
190080284New York 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis illustrations 179p. Soft brown leather. 22cm. Backstrip torn at head of front joint. Cover edges scuffed. Contents sound and clean. <br/><br/> hardcover books
200023601Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1557285764 . Edited by Gregory J. W. Urwin and Cathy Kunzinger Urwin. First edition thus. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . University of Arkansas Press hardcover books
1959181955Dallas: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts 1959. Softcover. VG covers show slight wear and fading on edges. Illustrated wraps. 13 unnumbered pages : illustrations. Exhibition held at Dallas Museum of Fine Arts Oct. 10-Nov. 15 1959 ; Witte Memorial Museum San Antonio Dec. 6 1959-Jan. 3 1960 ; Beaumont Art Museum Feb. 7-Mar. 6 1960 ; Museum Texas Technological College Lubbock Mar. 17-Apr. 17 1960 ; and at the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston May 18-June 19 1960. Dallas Museum of Fine Arts unknown books
1947285016Los Angeles.: O.W. Smith. 1947. Green cloth gilt titles. . Very good ink name to ffep no dust jacket as issued. . 21x14 cm. . A compendium of ways to end up in the slammer in postwar California. O.W. Smith. hardcover books
2000155772Sacramento: secretary of the State 2000. Hardcover. 772p. 9.5x11.5 inches tables photos etc. massive first edition in blue cloth gilt and dust jacket a curiously delicate book design given its doorstop appearance and function. However item is in fine shape all round: entirely sound clean and unmarked. Featured are endless color vignette photoportraits of officeholders in contemporary state government with long paragraphs of facts. secretary of the State hardcover books
1936006391Los Angeles: Educational Division California Fruit Growers Exchange 1936. Near Fine creased at bottom edge at spine.30 pp. with numerous black and white photographs. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Educational Division, California Fruit Growers Exchange Paperback books
1958228599n.p. 1958. 9p. staplebound pamphlet pages toned otherwise very good. Statement of policy in support of the ROC. Parallel text in English and Chinese. unknown books
1955019222Washington: Department of State 1955. xiv 307p. original stiff wrappers. Important ministerial meeting of the Big Four Powers on German and European security issues. U.S. Department of State publication 6156. Department of State unknown books
184812221Washington 1848. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Report on John Black's petition for compensation for diplomatic services rendered as United States consul at Mexico City. Includes a letter from Secretary of State James Buchanan. Government document: Thirtieth CongressFirst Session. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge very slightly irregular. First page with pencilled number in upper right corner. unknown books