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Fifty-Eighth Anniversary Celebration of the New England Society, in the City of New York
NY: , 1864 Wraps
Wraps. Fair. With the constitution, by-laws, charities, list of members, etc. Record of the meeting on December 22, 1863 at the Astor House, New York, including remarks by Major-General Ambrose E. Burnside, Major-General Daniel E. Sickles, and the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Inscribed to Timothy G. Churchill by Elliot C. Cowdin, listed as one of the members of the Committee of Arrangements. Fragile c ondition, box notation in ink on front cover.
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South Carolina Speaks
Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Confederate War Centennial Commission 1961 Original Wraps Good to Very Good No Jacket
Pamphlet from the Civil War Centennial in 1961. Includes: "Confederate Memorial Day" by Rodney LeHew Bell; "Address: Fourth National Assembly" by James Francis Byrnes; "The Confederate Battle Flag" by Sen. John D. Long; "South Carolina and the Confederate Centennial" and "Confederate Memorial Day Address" by John A. May; "Recapturing Fort Sumter" by Julian Metz; "The Confederate Judicial System" by Joseph Taylor Stukes; and "To Ensure Domestic Tranquililty...and...Liberty" by Sen. Strom Thurmond. 43 pages. Includes original sales slip from 1963 which is a page from John May's personal notepad with a picture of a dog and the words "Here's a brief note from another gay old dog, John May!" Important historical document linking the words of the participants with the event of raising the Confederate flag over the South Carolina State House in 1961. Some corrections to publishing information made in pen, such as Columbia crossed out and Aiken written in. Small stain on front cover, edges lightly worn, some sun-fading.
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300.00 USD
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The Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Van Buren County Michigan with Map
Philadelphia Wilmer Atkinson Co. 1916 Hardcover Good No Jacket
Blue cloth spine, paper covered boards with illustration of Court House, Paw Paw, Michigan on front. A directory filled with information on residents, farmers, and businesses, and illustrated with farming and other local scenes. Fascinating. Corners are worn through and cream-colored covers are soiled. Map of Van Buren County is torn but complete.
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55.00 USD
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Lincoln Grant Sherman Farragut: An Account of the Gift, the Erection, and the Dedication of the Bronze Statues Given By Charles H. Hackley to the City of Muskegon, Michigan
Muskegon, Michigan Chronicle Presses, Masonic Temple 1900 Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket
"Unveiled in Hackley Square, Memorial Day, 1900." Blue cloth with gold lettering, with printed compliments presentation card from Charles Hackley and signed by A. F. Temple, a member of the dedication committee, with name stamp of Isaac Stephenson, business and community leader of Marinette, WI., and bookplate of Nelson J. Ludington. 59pp., illustrated with black and white photos. A few spots or marks on covers and very minor wear to spine tip and tail and corners. An account of the dedication and unveiling of these statues under the charge of the Phil Kearney Post, No. 7, Grand Army of the Republic.
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100.00 USD
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Freddy's Fifth Birthday
Cleveland, OH Ingham & Bragg Hardcover Good to Very Good 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
No date, c. 1850. Purple cloth blindstamped, 56pp, frontis illustration and small illustrations at chapter heads, gilt design and lettering on spine. Morality tale. Spine faded, lettering legible, other fading and marks to boards, pages foxed, interior clean and tight.
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40.00 USD
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Monographies Regionales 1re Serie: Algerie No. 16-27
XIXeme Congres Geologique International 1952 Very Good Very Good
Stapled bindings, paper covers, No. 16-27: Le Bassin Neogene du Chelif (Repal), La Regon de Bougie (Duplan), Les Roches Cristallines du Littoral Oranais (Sadran), La Chaine du Djurdjura (Flandrin), Regions Sud-Telliennes et Atlas Saharien (Repal), Bordure Nord des Hautes Plaines dans L'Algerie Occidentale (Lucas), Le Littoral Oranais (Gourinard), Massifs Cristallins du Nord-Constantinois (Bolfa et al), L'Atlas Tellien Occidental (Dalloni), Histoire Geologique de la Province D'Alger (Glangeaud), Micropaleontologie du Cretace (Sigal), Genese des Gites Phosphates du Sud-Est Algero-Tunisien (Visse), plus one extra: La Paleontologie des Vertebres en Afrique du Nord Francaise (Arambourg), in double slipcase, in French, diagrams and maps, various authors. Slipcase has some wear on the spine.
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90.00 USD
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Monographies Regionales, 2eme Serie: Tunisie No. 1-7
Tunis XIXeme Congres Geologique International 1952 Very Good Very Good
Stapled bindings, paper covers, No. 1-7: Paleogeographie, Tectonique et Orogenese de la Tunisie (Castany); Les Gites Metalliferes Tunisiens (Gottis et Sainfeld); Les Grands Problemes d'Hydrogeologie en Tunisie (Castany et al); Les Grands Barrages de la Tunisie (Gottis et Strohl); Le Sillon Tunisien (Bolze et al); Atlas Tunisien Oriental et Sahel (Castany); Sud et Extreme-Sud Tunisiens (Domergue et al); in double slipcase, diagrams and maps, various authors. Some wear to spine of slipcase.
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50.00 USD
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Henry Ford Centennial 1863-1963
Dearborn, MI Henry Ford Centennial Committee 1963 Wraps Near Fine No Jacket
Beige paper wraps with embossed image of Henry Ford with his first automobile and the Henry Ford Centennial 1862-1963 on front cover. Calendar of events of the Centennial Programs with short remembrances of Ford. 16 pages.
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5.00 USD
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The Reading: Valley Forge
Phildelphia and Reading Railway Pamphlet Fair
Folded pamphlet with six pages of information on the Valley Forge Park, front page with photo of Washington's Headquaters, and a map. Issued by the General Passenger Department of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, Edson J. Weeks, General Passenger Agent. Stained and torn, two notations in ink.
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6.00 USD
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Ten Musical Animals: A Counting Book (Little Star Book)
Japan McCrory (Little Star Book) Board Book Very Good No Jacket
Delightful children's board book, 10 pages for the ten numbers, no date but looks like 1950's, with a dog, cat, goat, squirrel, bear, duck, monkey, rabbit, deer, and fox--all in little costumes and with musical insturments--who follow a little boy in a parade. Book has wear to edges and corners, a faint water mark on cover and first page, some wear to covers, crayon line on back cover going through the numbers, one crayon mark inside.
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25.00 USD
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Heath's Gallery of British Engravings, Vol. II
London Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman 1836 Hard Cover Good No Jacket
One-half leather, marbled-paper boards, all edges gilt, gilt lettering and design on spine, marbled endpapers, dentelles inside covers, 54 steel engravings of various subjects (portraits, landscapes, street scenes, etc.) by various artists including Landseer, Turner, and Stanfield among others, with accompanying descriptions or complimentary writings, poems, etc. All plates present although not all in listed order, one tissue missing, six pages have stains at top not affecting engravings, foxed, offsets, covers rubbed, leather worn, lettering still bright.
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75.00 USD
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Heath's Gallery of British Engravings, Vol. III
London Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman 1837 Hard Cover Good No Jacket
One-half leather, marbled-paper boards, all edges gilt, gilt lettering and design on spine, marbled endpapers, dentelles inside covers, 54 steel engravings of various subjects (portraits, landscapes, street scenes, etc.) by various artists including Landseer, Turner, and Stanfield among others, with accompanying descriptions or complimentary writings, poems, etc. All plates present, two tissues missing, two pages with stains at top not affecting engravings, foxed, offsets, covers rubbed, leather worn, lettering still bright.
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75.00 USD
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Pa Skidor Arsskrift 1946
Stockholm Skid-och Friluftslivets 1946 Paperback Good No Jacket
In Swedish, 328 pages, b/w photos--many of skiing and skiers. Covers stained and worn, binding tight.
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10.00 USD
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The Legacy: The Vietnam War in the American Imagination
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Beacon Pr 1991 0807054011 Trade Paperback Very Good
An anthology of 14 essays providing insight on the Vietnam War's impact on American life, particularly on race and gender issues, veterans, cinema and literature, and the roles of media, government, and protest. Front cover a little bent at bottom right.
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15.00 USD
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Atlas Photographique D'Algerie
Paris, France XIX Congres Geologique International - 1952 1952 Oversize Paperback in Slipcase Very Good Good
In French. 85 black and white photographs plus text, one foldout geologic map and nine tissue overlay maps (to photos) in envelope at back. Stunning black and white photographs of Algeria illustrating geology and geography. Spine has small tear. Slipcase has some wear, marks, and a small tear.
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40.00 USD
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Abbott, Daisy T. The Indoor Garden
Minneapolis, MN University of Minnesota Press 1941 Second Printing Hardcover Very Good Good to Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Hardcover with dustjacket, 120pp. inc. index, b/w drawings. A book on indoor gardening by the author of "The Northern Garden Week by Week" emphasizing the practical over the exotic. Book has gift inscription on front free endpaper and very slight musty odor. DJ has two pieces missing, one long narrow one at the bottom of the front panel where it is also creased, and is chipped, has one small closed tear, and is lightly stained; despite these faults it is colorful and quite attractive.
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7.00 USD
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Adams, Richard Shardik
New York Simon Schuster 1974 0671220152 First American Hard Cover Very Good Very Good
Brown cloth covered-boards with black bear design, map endpapers, 604 pages. The reincarnation of the bear Shardik and his fate with the Ortelgans and Kelderek the hunter. Dustjacket very lightly chipped.
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8.00 USD
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Akst, Daniel St. Burl's Obituary
Denver, CO Macmurray & Beck 1996 1878448684 First Edition Hardcover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Green hardcover with dustjacket, 370pp. The strange and interesting tale of Burl Bennett, an obituary writer who goes on the lamb after witnessing a gangland killing. Burl has some issues with weight that provide a framework for comment on life, death, and dinner.
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12.00 USD
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Alcott, Louisa May Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys
Chicago Goldsmith Reprint Hardcover Very Good Good
Red Star Classics. Red cloth with black lettering. Dustjacket is illustrated from film play by Mascot Pictures with Tommy Bupp as "Tommy", Frankie Darro as "Dan", and David Durand as 'Nat". Gift inscription and date on front free endpaper. Dustjacket is worn at corners and edges, has small pieces missing at tip and tail of spine, and has several closed tears, but is bright and colorful and now protected in mylar.
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20.00 USD
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Aldridge, John W. In Search of Heresy: American Literature in an Age of Conformity
NY McGraw-Hill 1956 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good
Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gold lettering, 208pp. including index. Dustjacket purple and blue with photo of author on back panel, price on inner flap $4.00. Top-notch literary criticism of American writers, including Hemingway, Bellow, and Salinger. Book has some minimal wear to edges and corners. DJ is chipped and has some worn spots, one back corner crinkled with piece missing.
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15.00 USD
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Alexander, DeAlva Stanwood A.M A Political History of the State of New York (4 volumes)
Port Washington, L.I., N.Y. Ira J. Friedman, Inc 1969 Reissue Hardcover Very Good No Jacket
Vol. 1: 1774-1832; Vol.2: 1833-1861; Vol.3: 1861-1882; Vol.4: Four Famous New Yorkers: The Political Careers of Cleveland, Platt, Hill and Roosevelt. Empire State Historical Publications Series No. 69. Reissue of the 1909 edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering on black. Volume 3 has tiny tear at top of spine, top edges very lightly soiled.
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75.00 USD
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Allende, Isabel Paula
New York, NY, U.S.A. HarperTrade 2003 0060927216 Later Printing Trade Paperback Very Good
A memoir by novelists Allende about her daughter and family.
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7.00 USD
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Alpers, Antony Katherine Mansfield: A Biography
New York, NY Knopf 1953 First American Hardcover Very Good Good to Very Good
Green cloth, 366 pages plus Note on Sources and Index. A biography of K.M.'s private life and literary career. Book has tiny mark on front cover and owner name on blank page. Dustjacket has a few closed tears and spine is darkened.
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10.00 USD
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Andrews, Alfred Genealogical History of Deacon Stephen Hart and His Descendants, 1632. 1875
New Britain, Conn. Austin Hart 1875 Hardcover Reading Copy No Jacket
"With an introduction of miscellaneous Harts and their progenitors, as far as known; to which is added a list of all the clergy of the name found, all the physicians, all the lawyers, the authors, and soldiers." The author was a member of Wisconsin and Connecticut Historical Societies. Brown cloth, nine engravings, 606 pages. Book is missing the front cover and the cloth covering for the spine, corners of back cover are worn. The geneaology of one Julia North is written in pencil on front blank leaf. Also, former owner's name, some foxing.
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75.00 USD
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Anonymous The Log-Cabin Lady: An Anonymous Autobiography
Boston Little, Brown 1924 Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Lavendar cloth with black cloth spine, paper title labels on spine and front cover, 108pp., deckled edges, four b/w illustrations. The story of a woman from a pioneer cabin in Wisconsin who became an East Coast society woman but never lost sight of basic American values. Slight wear to corners, foxing on top edge, front cover soiled.
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15.00 USD
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Atwood, Margaret Robber Bride
New York Doubleday 1993 0385260083 First American Hardcover Fine Very Good
Gray cloth and paper-covered boards, 466 pages. Signed by author on the title page. Literary novel about four women, one of them, the ruthless, Zenia. Dustjacket is price-clipped.
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15.00 USD
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Bailey, Bernadine Iowa
Chicago Albert Whitman & Co. 1952 First Edition Hardcover Good 6 1/2" x 8" Wiese, Kurt
Ex-library but only such fault is stamp on front paste-down endpaper, Blue cloth with color illustration of corn on front cover, illustrated endpapers, b/w or color illustration on every page by prolific children's book illustrator, Kurt Wiese. Children's book about Iowa. Corners and spine worn.
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9.00 USD
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Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin Miss Hickory
NY Viking 1946 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good Gannett, Ruth Signed by Author
Tan cloth with orange flower and lettering, dustjacket orange with white, gray, and black illustration and design, 123pp., pictorial endpapers, illustrated with lithographs by Ruth Gannett. Signed by author. Winner of the Newbery Medal. The story of how Miss Hickory, a doll made from an applewood twig and a hickory nut, had to spend the New Hampshire winter alone. Dustjacket has a one and a half inch tear on the spine and a half inch tear at the bottom front panel, is chipped, and is soiled. Marked down prices in pencil on the dj by printed price of $2.50. Now protected in mylar cover.
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125.00 USD
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Baker, Louise Snips and Snails
New York McGraw-Hill 1953 Second Printing Hard Cover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Book has band of discoloration at base of front board and small bookstore sticker on front free endpaper. DJ is chipped and has small tears and spine is somewhat faded but legible. "The author of the hilarious best seller OUT ON A LIMB finds herself in an even more precarious position as teacher, 'mother', and town marshal at a boy's school."
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7.00 USD
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Barnes, Linda Snapshot
NY: Delacorte (1993) First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good
1st edition. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. A Carlotta Carlyle Mystery. #21
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15.00 USD
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Barrett, Andrea Secret Harmonies
NY: Delacorte Press (1989) First Edition Hard Cover Fine Good
Yellow boards, blue cloth spine, dustjacket. DJ is chipped and has three closed tears (in mylar). Author won the National Book Award for Ship Fever in 1996. Fiction. Literature.
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15.00 USD
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Bayley, Robert The Sunny Caribbees: An Informal Guide to the West Indies
NY Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1966 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Blue cloth-covered boards, map endpapers, 236pp inc. index, illustrated with b/w photos and maps. DJ has colorful photo of palm trees. The author covers 23 islands, describing their character and people, culture and history, and his own experiences on them. Book has bookplate on front pastedown endpaper.
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15.00 USD
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Bear, Gilly When I Grow Up (The Chimney Corner Series)
New York Sam'l Gabriel Sons and Company 1915 Hard Cover Fair No Jacket Brundage, Frances and Kaucher, Harriet
Illustrated paper-covered boards, cloth spine, four full color illustrations (The Soldier Boy, Eddie and Rex, Play Ball, and A Pot of Paint), 32 pages, No. 926. Eddie dreams of becoming a soldier, farmer, postman, fireman, Indian chief, baseball player. Front cover illustration is Eddie with a football. Very worn and stained, yet eminently charming. Front cover is detached, creased, stained, and worn at edges. Cloth spine worn at tip and tail. Back cover creased, corner missing, stained. Color illustrations stained at page edges not affecting illustration. Some pages darkened at edges.
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75.00 USD
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Beardwood, Valerie The Still Hunt: The Story of Naturalist-Wildlife Photographer Jack Couffer
New York David McKay 1965 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good Couffer, Jack
Orange cloth-covered boards, illustrated dustjacket, 30 photos/illustrations, 148 pages including index. Biography of Jack Couffer, photographer and filmmaker who worked with Walt Disney on several films, including The Living Desert, Secrets of Life, Incredible Journey, and Big Red. Book's spine is very slightly cocked, edges very slightly worn. Dustjacket is lightly chipped and worn.
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10.00 USD
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Beath, Robert B. The Grand Army Blue-Book
Philadelphia Robert B. Beath 1886 Third Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
"Containing the rules and regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic and official decisions and opinions thereon, with additional notes." Blue cloth with black design and gold lettering, green, flower-patterned endpapers, 185pp. plus index. A collection of opinions on Post and military affairs. With tip-in photo of Robert E. Lee and two newspapers clippings (that have offset). Book has wear to edges and corners, and notation "Harris Post No. 91" on binder's blank.
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90.00 USD
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Bee, Clair Pitchers' Duel: A Chip Hilton Sports Story
New York Grosset & Dunlap 1950 Hardcover Very Good Good
Red cloth with black lettering and black ball, bat, and glove illustration of front, 212 pages, illustrated endpapers; dustjacket with Chip Hilton on spine and baseball game action on the front. Chip Hilton's senior year at Valley Falls High and a nineteen inning baseball game. Book has a little wear at edges and corners. Dustjacket is chipped and stained but still is colorful and bright.
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15.00 USD
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Berg, Jean Horton The Big Jump-Up Book of Trains, Trucks and Planes
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1955. Hard Cover
Hardcover picture book with big pop-ups, interior spiral binding, pictures by George Connelly. Good condition. Spine worn and repaired with tape. One interior page has closed tear and is half torn fro m spiral. Otherwise in nice shape. Children's illustrated. Pop-Up Books. Trains, trucks, planes. #632
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20.00 USD
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Bianco, Margery Williams The Little Wooden Doll
New York Macmillan 1929 Second Printing Hard Cover Good No Jacket 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Bianco, Pamela
Blue cloth with black lettering and line drawing of wooden doll, illustrated endpapers, color frontis plus 4 color full page illustrations (missing one--"When the child awoke"), numerous black and white line drawings and chapter head decorations, 65 pages. Charming story of an old, little, wooden doll that is befriended by the mice and spiders. School name is stamped on front cover but book is not ex-library, corners worn, frontis is loose, three small closed tears on interior pages.
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20.00 USD
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Biddle, Dorothy and Blom, Dorothea Flower Arrangement for Everyone
NY M. Barrows & Co. 1947 Second Printing Hardcover Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Hardcover, 192pp. inc. index, 80 b/w photos. A book intended to help "the modern American woman" to use flower arranging as an outlet for her creativity and to increase the beauty of everyday living. Book's front gutter is worn, spine sun-faded, corners a little crunched. Interior has two dog-earred pages, otherwise very good.
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7.00 USD
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Blake, William Eight Songs of Blake
Mount Vernon, NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1925 Hard Cover
Very Good. Private printing by Rudge of 200 copies. Paper covered boards, sparkly gray patterned papers with paper label, angel design/illustration on title page, unpaginated. Spine and corners show w ear. A beautiful little book for a Blake lover.
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25.00 USD
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Boles, Paul Darcy Glenport, Illinois
NY: Macmillan, 1956. First Edition Hard Cover
First edition. Good to Very Good in Good to Very Good dustjacket. Book has a bit of edgewear and one corner slightly bent. DJ is chipped and lightly soiled.
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20.00 USD
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Bolton, Eleanor Reed Dried Flowers with a Fresh Look
Princeton, NJ Van Nostrand 1958 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Hardcover with dustjacket, 210pp. inc. index, 24 color photos, 25 b/w photos, photos by Albert Buquor, arrangements by the author. A book on preserving and displaying flowers and other plants using new techniques and methods and also full of examples of the author's arrangements and many helpful how-to photos. Book's boards are faded at the peirmenters, edges marked. DJ is chipped and torn but in mylar.
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7.00 USD
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Bonner, Geraldine Tomorrow's Tangle
Indianapolis Bobbs Merrill 1903 Hardcover Good No Jacket Kellar, Arthur I.
Brown hardcover with Celtic-type knot design on front and spine, 458 pages plus 9 pages of ads. Fiction set in California. Covers have edgewear and some wear to designs, spine is slightly faded, front hinge starting, small stain at lower edge, front endpaper missing.
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10.00 USD
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Boudet, Jacques Man & Beast: A Visual History
NY Golden Press 1964 First American Edition Hard Cover Very Good Good to Very Good
Edited by Robert Laffont, translated by Anne Carter. 4to., 295pp., illustrated, white buckram with gilt illustration and lettering. Book has a small stain at the tail of spine and very slight soiling. Dustjacket has several closed tears and chipping on all edges. Cover illustration and all lettering bright on both book and dustjack et. "The forty full-page color plates and the copious black-and-white illustrations enrich a text that takes up the animal in all his doings with men: in mythology and art, in hunting and war, in scie nce and medicine, in industry, and in sport."
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13.00 USD
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Boulton, D'Arcy Jonathan Dacre The Knights of the Crown: The Monarchical Orders of Knighthood in Later Medieval Europe 1325-1520
Woodbridge, Suffolk, Great Britain Boydell Press 1997 0851154174 First Edition Hardcover Fine Fine Signed by Author
Blue cloth-covered boards, illustrated with black and white drawings, xxv + 540 pages including bibliography and index. Dustjacket has color illustration of the "Status de l'Ordre du Saint Esprit." A study of the lay orders of knights founded in the 14th and 15th centuries, including those of the monarchical class, including such famous orders as those of the Garter and the Golden Fleece. A fine copy of this book with the author's signature (D'A.J.D. Boulton) beneath his name on the title page.
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200.00 USD
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Bowers, Q. David Adventures with Rare Coins
Los Angeles, CA Bowers & Ruddy Galleries 1979 0914490001 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Signed by Author
xiii, 305pp, includes index, copiously illustrated. This is a signed presentation copy to Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert (apparently misspelled by Bowers as Schwikert) and dated 27 Sept 1979. (Former owner states was purchased from Swigert's Colorado estate.) Swigert was the command module pilot of Apollo 13 who said, "Houston, we have a problem." Book also has neatly taped to endpaper below signature and in a plastic sleeve an Apollo 13 Splashdown cachet with an Apollo 8 stamp canceled from Cape Canaveral, April 17, 1970. Book has wear to edges. An interesting and unusual association copy.
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150.00 USD
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Bowman, Isaiah The Pioneer Fringe
New York American Geographical Society 1931 First Edition Hard Cover Good to Very Good No Jacket
Special Publication No. 13. Gray cloth, 362 pages including index, illustrated with b/w maps, charts, and photos. Covers spotted and endpapers foxed, front hinge starting. A fascinating study of pioneers worldwide, of pioneering or pioneer settlement in general, and of pioneering in specific areas of the U.S., Canada, Australia, South America, Africa, and Siberia.
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20.00 USD
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Bownas, Geoffrey Japanese Rainmaking and Other Folk Practices
London George Allen & Unwin 1963 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Good to Very Good Brown, Pauline
Beige cloth with red lettering and drawing, illustrated with line drawings, 176 pages. Dustjacket white, black, and red with drawing. Rainmaking is just one of several folk practices or festivals described in this book. Dustjacket is very lightly chipped, but is soiled.
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15.00 USD
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Bradley, David No Place to Hide
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1948 First Edition Hard Cover
(Atlantic Monthly Press). First edition. Tan cloth, no dustjacket. Very Good condition. Slight wear on spine, attractive bookplate. 182pp. History. Atomic Bomb. Radiation. #469
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Braly, Malcolm On the Yard
Boston Little, Brown 1967 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Black cloth over boards with red; dj black and white illustration of prisoners, red, black, and white lettering. Book has tiny price and date in ink on bottom of front free endpaper. DJ has minimal chipping on spine and one closed tear on spine. A gritty novel of prison life. "Mr. Braly's research for this novel was done the hard way."
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15.00 USD
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Brantl, Klaus Strahlendes Munchen
Munich: Bruckmann (1963) Hard Cover
Third printing. Quarto, illustrated with color photographs, text in English, German, French, and Italian, inscribed by Munich Chief of Police. Good to Very Good in Good to Very Good dustjacket. Book h as bookplate and underlining in red ink. DJ is chipped and has two closed tears, front corners worn. Travel. Germany. Photography. #520
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Breck, Vivian White Water
Garden City, NY Doubleday 1958 Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Hardcover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Blue hardcover, no dj, 192pp., includes map showing route of trip down Green River, in Colorado and Utah. Adventure story (fiction) for young adults. Book has light wear at spine and corners.
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5.00 USD
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Breedlove, Mildred Nevada: A Poem Commemorating Nevada's One Hundredth Anniversary as a State
Self Published 1963 First Edition Stapled Wraps Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Warmly Inscribed By Author
Limited first edition, Copy Number 2, inscribed "To Miss Maude Frazier With great admiration respect and love Mildred Breedlove." (Perhaps this is the Maude Frazier who was a pioneering teacher and educator in Nevada and was the first woman lieutenant governor of Nevada.) Breedlove was Nevada's Poet Laureate. Cover has original watercolor by Lucile Bruner (signed). 29 pages Lightly soiled.
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20.00 USD
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Brewer, Stella The Chimps of Mt. Asserik
NY: Knopf, 1978. First American Edition Hard Cover
First American edition. Hardcover with dustjacket, b/w photos. The author rescued orphaned baby chimpanzees, raised them, and finally released them back into the wild in Africa. Good to Very Good cond ition in Very Good dustjacket. Book has remainder mark on bottom edge, bump to top front cover, some light stains on edges. DJ is chipped and lightly soiled, stained on the interior towards top edge. Natural History. Wild animals. #578
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7.00 USD
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Briffault, Robert Europa in Limbo
NY: Scribners, 1937. First Edition Hard Cover
First edition ("A" on CP). Orange cloth with black and gold lettering and trim, dustjacket with illustration of woman riding a bull, 476pp. A novel with World War I as the backround. Very Good conditi on with Very Good dustjacket. Book is foxed on fore-edge. DJ is chipped at head and tail of spine and spine is faded, corners a little worn. Literature. Fiction.
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Brooks, Myra J. with Roche, Mary Alice and John P New Horizons in Flower Arrangement
NY M. Barrows & Co. 1961 Hardcover Very Good Good to Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Hardcover with dustjacket, 192pp. ic. index, 18 color photos, 115 b/w photos. A collaboration of a leading flower arranger and two masters of flower photography to produce a book of dramatic and creative arrangements utilizing unusual crafts and materials and also principles of design. Book has minimal wear. DJ has four closed tears and is chipped, but now in mylar.
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10.00 USD
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Bryant, Sandy K. Nelson Mountain Air: The Life of Gordon Stuart--Mountain Man of the North Cascades
Wenatchee, WA DMI 1986 0939688204 Stated First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Near Fine Inscribed by Author
Green hardcover with gold lettering, 244 pages, illustrated with black and white photos. Colorful dustjacket with color photos on front and back. The story of Gordon Stuart, a mountain man who trapped, hunted, and ran a small fishing camp in the North Cascade Mountains, told by one of the "hired girls" who helped with his operation in his later years. Very slight wear to book and jacket.
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60.00 USD
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Burchenal, Elizabeth Folk-Dances and Singing Games
NY G. Schirmer, Inc. 1933 Revised Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket
Illustrated paper-covered boards, 12" by 9 1/4", 83pp, illustrated with photos and diagrams. The music, words, and dance steps for twenty-six folk-dances from the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Hungary, Finland, Italy, Czecho-Slovakia, England, and Scotland, with full directions for performance. Corners and edges worn, boards slightly warped, covers foxed, owner name on front free endpaper.
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15.00 USD
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Buxton, Bessie Raymond Begonias and How to Grow Them
NY Oxford University Press 1946 First Thus Hardcover Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Hardcover with dustjacket, 163pp. inc. index, illustrated with b/w photos. A book on all phases of cultivation for all varieties of begonias. Book has a musty odor and water staining on boards but not pages and no mildew, marks from tape on endpapers. DJ is torn and chipped but protected now in mylar.
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Calkins, Frank Jackson Hole
NY: Knopf, 1973. First Edition Hard Cover Very Good. Very Good
First edition. Illustrated. Fine condition in Very Good dustjacket (some wear to top and tail of spine of dj). Natural History. History. Wyoming. Grand Teton Mountains. American West.
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23.00 USD
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Canty, J. Michael; Greeley, Michael N.; Editors History of Mining in Arizona
Tucson, AZ Mining Club of the Southwest Foundation 1987 Third Printing Oversize Paperback Good to Very Good No Jacket
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and maps, 279 pages. Eleven chapters on various aspects of the history of mining in Arizona, including the gold district of Oatman, the silver district of Tombstone, the copper district of Clifton-Morenci, the lead/zinc district around Humboldt, and Bisbee, smelting, and railroads. Front bottom corner of cover is creased, covers have some wear and marks, interior is clean.
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20.00 USD
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Carr, John Dickson In Spite of Thunder
NY Harper & Brothers 1960 Later Printing Hardcover Good Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Blue paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine, Harper design on lower right front corner. Dustjacket design by Tony Madia, price $3.50 on flap. Book has hinge cracked at title page, light edgewear. Dustjacket is heavily chipped but now protected in mylar cover. Dr. Gideon Fell solves a mystery set in Geneva.
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10.00 USD
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Cater, Ruth Cooley Tree Trails and Hobbies
Garden City, NY Doubleday 1950 First Edition Hardcover Good Good
Hardcover with dustjacket, b/w photos by author or her husband, 324pp including index. The author gives information on characteristics, habitats, appearance, oddities, etc. on 200 species of native American trees. Book has a slight musty odor. DJ is worn.
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8.00 USD
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Cheesman, Clive & Williams, Jonathan Rebels Pretenders & Imposters
NY St. Martin's 2000 0965187128 Trade Paperback Very Good
A book that grew from the exhibit of the same name at the British Museum in 1999 of how in different periods of history and cultures across the globe change was effected again and again by rebels, imposters, and pretenders through deception and dissimulation. Illustrated. 192pp. Book has very slight wear to edges.
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