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2004236266Charleston SC 29402: Arcadia Publishing 2004. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated; Images of America. No markings in text. Pictorial paper covers; Not Ex-Libary. Very Good binding. Arcadia Publishing unknown books
197913938Detroit: Wayne State University Press 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 216 pp with index illustrations bibliography. An as-new copy in clean dust jacket with minor shelfwear. A full length study of Wilson as U.S. Secretary of Defense that makes extensive use of his personal papers. Wayne State University Press hardcover books
1952204753Richmond VA: The Virginia State Library 1952. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Previous owner's name written at top of front paste-down endpaper. No pencil or ink markings in text. Boards very lightly soiled. Binding sound. Green cloth binding; NOT Ex-Library. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. The Virginia State Library unknown books
1943153New York: The America Press 1943. Hardcover. Good . vi 97 pp extensively illustrated with b/w photographs from Alaska and the Yukon. Boards edgeworn bump to lower corner near spine; light staining to a few pages; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. Signed with short inscription by author on frontispiece."These 'stories' which were first published by the Saturday Evening Post which is hereby complimented on its good taste are true stories. If the dogs Mageik the clown Pete the fighter Snookum the wolf and Katmai the faithful seem to some quite the best parts of the book that will no doubt be quite all right with Father Hubbard" Preface. The America Press hardcover books
1988258396Lincoln Mass: Lincoln Historical Society 1988. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Binding sound; dust jacket shows very light toning; no markings of any kind. Digital images available upon request. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Lincoln Historical Society unknown books
192212355Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington 1922. Hardcover. Good. Reprint of the 1915 edition. Two volume set. Volume 1: 363 pp; Volume 2: 398 pages with index and several folding maps showing canals and railroads in the United States during different decades. Ex-library in buckram library binding with the usual discard markings. Otherwise unmarked and sound. Due to weight shipping charges will be more than standard for priority or international orders. Carnegie Institution of Washington hardcover books
005391New York: TIME Inc. Front cover feature: "Spain Today" with art by Peter Piening. Very Good 1" tear at bottom of spine spine lean. . First Edition. Magazine. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Large 4to. TIME, Inc. 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
19792465Chicago: University of Chicago 1979. Softcover. Very Good. 9 pp in original wrappers. Light sunning to wrapper edges light shelf wear faint stain to half-title page else clean. Full text of the address made by Robert S. McNamara at the University of Chicago May 22 1979 upon receiving the Albert Pick Jr. Award. McNamara defends the position that "No nation can avoid the responsibility of providing an appropriate and reasonable level of defense for its society.But what is just as necessary is to understnad that the concept of security encompasses far more than merely military force and that a society can reach a point at which additional military expenditure no loner provides additional security." University of Chicago paperback books
1933003204Indianapolis Indiana: Indiana Historical Society 1933. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
19751822College Station TX: Texas A&M University Press 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xxix 202 pp with illustrations index. Light damage to front free endpaper name written on front pastedown lightly bumped bottom corners; else clean and sound. Dust jacket shows very light shelf wear with a few spots of nibbling at the folds. An eyewitness account of the Texas Revolution written by an intelligent and perceptive officer on Santa Anna's staff. Texas A&M University Press hardcover books
1967TB02539Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1967. First Edition. First printing Near fine with remainder mark spraying to the top edge of the text block else fine. In a very near fine but price clipped dust jacket with the ends of the spine area rubbed. The 52 volume in The American Exploration and Travel Series. University of Oklahoma Press 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
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
1943004521New York: Bibliographical Society of America 1943. 14 pages Fine in stapled brown wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front cover -"To Oscar Winther with sincere regards E.D. Seeber". Oscar Winther a noted scholar of Western U.S. history was longtime editor of the Missippi Valley Historical Review and the Journal of American History. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Pamphlet. Fine in Wraps as Issued. Bibliographical Society of America Paperback 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
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
1987227409Mission Hill SD: Dakota Homestead Publishers 1987. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. Large closed tear at top of rear dust jacket cover. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Dakota Homestead Publishers unknown 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
1907006788North Bennington VT: H. C. White & Co. 1907. No. 11526. Text in gilt card is Fine. . First Edition. Stereo Card. Fine. 3 1/2" x 7". H. C. White & Co. Paperback 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
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
181712337Washington: Pr. by William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 6 pp. <br><br>Letter of transmittal addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and signed in type on p. 3: Geo Graham Acting Secretary of War. Report signed in type on p. 6: D. Parker Adjutant and Inspetor sic General. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 2nd Session no. 91. "91" printed at head of title. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42610. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge just a bit irregular. Title-page rubber-stamped by the War Department Library. Upper right corner of title-page folded. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books
