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1905135219New York: The Century Co 1905. hardcover. very good. 15 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo 3/4 blue morocco gilt decorated and raised spines top edges gilt. New York: The Century Co. 1905. Author's Definitive edition. A lovely set.<br/><br/> The Century Co unknown books
1970869481970. Original LP of Workingman's Dead boldly signed by Bob Weir Phil Lesh Mickey Hart Robert Hunter and Tom Constanten who has written out the lyrics to the classic song Uncle John's Band which reads "I live in a silver mine and I call it beggar's tomb; I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune." In near fine condition. Workingman's Dead is the fourth Grateful Dead studio album. It was recorded in February 1970 and originally released on June 14 1970. The album and its studio follow-up American Beauty were recorded back-to-back using a similar style eschewing the psychedelic experimentation of previous albums in favor of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter's Americana-styled songcraft. In 2003 the album was listed on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It features one of their most well-known songs Uncle John's Band. Written by guitarist Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter "Uncle John's Band" presents the Dead in an acoustic and musically concise mode with close harmony singing. It is listed as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2001 it was named 321st in the Songs of the Century project list. unknown books
198133980NY: Harmony Books 1981. First American edn. Large 8vo pp. 288. Includes index. Copiously illustrated. A nice copy in slightly soiled dj. Thumbnail biographies of notable women. Harmony Books unknown books
1985145474Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1985. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1985 film. <br/><br/>A detective Harrison Ford goes undercover to protect a young Amish boy Lukas Haas who is the sole witness of a murder. Set is the Lancaster County Amish country Pennsylvania. Shot in Philadelphia Lancaster County and Strasberg Pennsylvania. Winner of the Academy Awards for Best Editing and Best Writing and nominated for six others. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant Worldwide. Silver and Ward US Neo Noir. Spicer US Neo Noir. Paramount Pictures unknown books
19136733NY: Century 1913. First edn. 8vo pp. 510. A VG copy. BAL 14272. Century unknown books
199939183Alexandria VA: Time-Life 1999. First printing. Small 4to pp. 208. Index. Signed by the author. Copiously illustrated with color photographs. A nice copy in somewhat scuffed dj. Time-Life unknown books
196456898London: George Allen 1964. hardcover. very good/very good. Frontis. illustrated. 315pp. 8vo maroon cloth d.w. London: George Allen & Unwin 1964. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> George Allen unknown books
190467444New York: The Century Co. Very Good. 1904. Hardcover. First Printing Second Issue. 290 pages. Yellow cloth covers with gilt and green printing. The spine is darkened. The covers show some light soiling. Previous owner signed the front free end paper. Otherwise this is a clean nice copy. Very Good. . The Century Co. hardcover books
1904WRCLIT25413London: Unwin 1904. Crimson cloth stamped in gilt and black. First English issue comprised of American sheets with an English title leaf and binding. The sheets are from BAL's "third second printing." Bookplate and minor foxing otherwise near fine and bright. BAL 14223n. Unwin hardcover books
199221672NY: St. Martin's Press 1992. 1st edition. Signed. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. Fine/Nr Fine. 10 228 pp. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. <br/><br/> St. Martin's Press hardcover books
190758408New York City: Weir Brothers & Co 1907. Red lettered grey paperwraps with colors of the Mexican flag in one corner of the front wrap. 28 cm.; 18 pp. plus a folding plate tipped in to the rear wrapper. Three hole punches in left margin. Illustrated with full-page photos showing the mining operations and the workers. This prospectus offers the property plan and scope of operations for the mining estate "located at Minas Nuevas town of New Mines six miles northwest of Parral in the Parral Mining District." The company had home offices in New York City capital of $2000000 and 400000 shares. Short split to spine else a very good copy. One copy found on OCLC: Univ. of California Berkeley. <br/><br/> Weir Brothers & Co paperback books
195387221London:: Cassell & Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. B0000CIHN6 . Illustrated with four maps and 48 pages of black and white photographs by the author and Douglas Scott. First British edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else very good in a good several small chips dust jacket. . Cassell & Co., hardcover books
19932311909New York: Ballantine Books 1993. 5th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Fifth printing. Bottom page edges lightly rubbed ink notes on blurb page. 1993 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xii 642 pp. "Henry VIII is perhaps England's most infamous monarch especially when it comes to matters of the heart. He was married to six distinctly different women and in this richly detailed and meticulously researched history these remarkable often misunderstood queens come to life once again. Their full histories and personalities emerge at last giving voices to the six extraodinary women who left their distinctive marks on the English throne and thereby changed the course of British history. Ballantine Books paperback books
19087847NY: Century 1908. First edn. 8vo Pp. 421. Covers little soiled a VG copy. Century unknown books
1908427768The Century Company 1908. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 8vo. Pictorial cloth. 421 pp. Inscribed by Mitchell to Mrs. Bayard on the front free endpaper. Light soiling and wear to exterior. Spine slightly cocked. Light toning to page edges. Some dampstaining visible to lower fore-corners. Overall very good no jacket. Mitchell was a physician known for discovering causalgia and erythromelalgia once known as Mitchell's Disease. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was one of his patients and his treatment of her inspired "The Yellow Wallpaper." The Century Company hardcover books
1957WRCLIT78489New York and New Haven: New-York Historical Society and The Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University 1957. 93pp. Gilt green cloth. Portrait. Illustrations. Edited by Theodore Sizer. First edition in book form reprinted with additions from THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY April July and October 1957. A few stray marks to cloth but very good or better. New-York Historical Society and The Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University hardcover books
1957140440New York: New York Historical Society 1957. hardcover. near fine. Edited by Theodore Sizer. Illus. 93pp. Thin 8vo cloth cloth lightly rubbed. New York: New York Historical Society 1957. Near fine.<br/><br/> New York Historical Society unknown books
1994049136New York: Ballantine Books 1994. 1st American Edition. xv 287p. b/w illus. dj. Ballantine Books unknown books
19922285117Ballantine Books 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Front jacket flap price-clipped. 1992 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xv 287 pp. "Despite five centuries of investigation by historians the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V and his younger brother Richard Duke of York remain two of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. Did Richard III really kill 'the Princes in the Tower' as is commonly believed or was the murderer someone else entirely Carefully examining every shred of contemporary evidence as well as dozens of modern accounts English historian Alison Weir reconstructs the entire chain of events leading to the double murder. We are witnesses to the rivalry ambition intrigue and struggle for power that culminated in the imprisonment of the prince and the hushed-up murders that secured Richard's claim to the throne as Richard III. A masterpiece of historical research and a riveting story of conspiracy and deception The Princes in the Tower at last provides a solution to this age-old puzzle. Ballantine Books hardcover books
19929017769New York: Ballantine Books 1992. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bound in publisher's original black quarter cloth with green paper-covered boards. Spine blocked and stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Ballantine Books hardcover books
19949011362New York: Ballantine Books 1994. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. <br/><br/> Ballantine Books hardcover books
19743106Davis CA: Center on Administration of Criminal Justice University of California Davis 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. 87 pp in original wrappers. Some light handling wear middle binding fastener missing; text clean. Organized into five sections: the robbery setting; the handling of robbery arrestees; the geography of robbery the response of the police and other agencies to robbery and the history and concept of robbery. Interestingly the study begins with the assertion that "there can be little doubt that citizens are today less safe in the streets than they were two decades or even one decade ago. The populace on the whole knows this and is concerned about it." They cite a rise in robbery of 250 percent between 1960 and 1972. This study intended to explore the patterns of robbery and criminal justice response to it in the United States used the city of Oakland California as a case study. Center on Administration of Criminal Justice, University of California, Davis hardcover books
1991Embry 116082Phillimore 1991. First edition first printing. Fine in fine faintly worn dust jacket in mylar cover. B&W illustrations and photos. Phillimore, 1991. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1971272800New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with a little wear at the spine ends and corners in a near fine lightly soiled dustwrapper. Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
1998139146New York: Ballantine Books 1998. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. b/w illustrations. 532pp. tall 8vo two-toned cloth d.w. New York: Ballantine Books 1998. First American Edition. Near fine.<br/><br/> Ballantine Books unknown books