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Price: $69.95
Publisher: San Francisco, A.L. Bancroft: 1886
Seller ID: 12972
Front board separated,paper tape securing title page and inner back hinge, previous owner's embossed stamp, some wear and peeling of leather. Leather of spine split down back edge and torn across middle. Raised bands somewhat worn but black spine labels with gilt print still bright ; Text block solid and unmarked, fold-out map in fine condition, marbled page edges, binding of tan leather boards needs some work but book appears to be complete ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8... View more info
By: Best, Hugh
Price: $14.95
Publisher: New York, Coward McCann: 1983
Seller ID: 17613
Remainder mark bottom page edges, some wear to book extremities, previous owner's name on half title page. Dust jacket heavily worn, large chips top edge with tears and creasing ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Many B&W photos as well as genealogical charts. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.50 X 7.30 X 1.10 inches; 385 pages; Debrett's commissioned writer Hugh Best to describe a number patrician Texans with an historic overview of their ancestors and forebear... View more info
By: Brodie, Ralph & Marvin Schwartz
Price: $29.95
Publisher: Little Rock, Arkansas, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 17954
DJ shows light shelf wear, creased with shot tear top of spine. ; A bright, solid book, Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.10 X 6 X 0.80 inches; 211 pages; "Students and faculty members who went through the desegregation crisis of this memorable time recall events and personal feelings as they tried to avoid the outside interruptions while getting an education. Much has been said and written about the Little Rock Nine, who have also shared their memories ... View more info
By: Dodrill, William Christian
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Parsons WV, McClain Printing Co: 1974
Edition: Facsimile
Seller ID: 15939
Gift notation on front free end paper. ; A bright, solid book. This hardcover, bound in blue cloth covered boards is a facsimile reprint of the 1915 publication by Dodrill. ; 8.50 X 5.40 X 0.80 inches; 298 pages; This is a history of the mountain counties of West Virginia with an emphasis on pioneer life. View more info
Price: $21.50
Publisher: Tuscaloosa, AL, University Alabama Press: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19007
DJ shows very light shelf wear, slight soil page fore edges. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar. ; 9.4 X 6.0 X 1.7 inches; 296 pages; "British West Florida encompassed the panhandle of the modern state of Florida, about half of present-day Alabama, large portion of Mississippi, and some of Louisiana. The British were of diverse opinions regarding the territory. Some British politicians thought Florida full of strategic and economic potential. Others, perhaps ... View more info
Price: $39.95
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co.: 1922
Edition: 1st
Seller ID: 16813
Dark blue cloth covered boards show small ding on front board, reference library markings on front end papers and page edges. There appears to be a page missing following copyright page. Some water staining to edges of tipped in maps, light possible evidence of water damage to page edges. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Fold-out map bound in at page 248, double page map showing population distribution west of the Mississippi in 1850, tipped in between pages 456-7, ... View more info
By: Gunther, John & Quint, Bernard
Price: $13.50
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1956
Edition: First US Edition
Seller ID: 4057
B&W Photographs; DJ in mylar. DJ has some light soiling, small tears and chips. A large format book of words and pictures chronicling the years from immediately after World War II up to the middle of the booming 1950's in America. View more info
By: Held, John Jr.
Price: $14.95
Publisher: New York, Clarkson N. Potter: 1972
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16110
Light wear to extremities. Dust jacket is price-clipped, light water staining on upper front, short tear top edge. Top page corners appear bumped. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; Woodcuts; 25 pages; An illustrated edition featuring the jazz-era folk song "Frankie and Johnny". This book was originally published towards the end of the 1920's, but the bawdy woodcuts were considered too risque for the times. John Held Jr's twenty three woodcuts (one for each v... View more info
Price: $14.95
Publisher: Alabama, University of Alabama Press: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 15812
Only slight wear to blue cloth covered boards ; Bright solid book. ; 9.30 X 6.20 X 0.80 inches; 240 pages View more info
Price: $17.95
Publisher: Vancouver BC, Mitchell Press: 1971
Seller ID: 12734
DJ chipped with tears and some creasing, DJ spine faded, previous owner's embossed seal on FFEP ; DJ in Mylar A tight solid book. ; 149 pages View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Mcgraw Hill: 1965
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 17287
Cloth boards show light edge wear, DJ has 1" X 1 1/2" piece missing from top of spine area, general edge wear. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 309 pages; A history of the White House, home of the American presidents from its first occupant, John Adams in 1800, up to and including Lyndon B. Johnson and family in 1963. The early chapters review many of the preliminary designs for the bui... View more info
Price: $21.50
Publisher: New York, W W Norton & Company: 1987
Edition: First Edition; Fourth Printing
Seller ID: 18612
Some shelf wear present on DJ and boards, DJ is sun-faded on spine, short tear base of spine. Small bump to bottom edge of front board. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.20 X 5.80 X 1.30 inches; 360 pages; "Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole,... View more info
Price: $19.95
Publisher: St. Paul, MN, Minnesota Historical Society Press: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 17457
DJ has light edge wear, scuffingsmall bump bottom edge of book. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 196 pages; From the front DJ flap: "It was on the vast American Prairie that people from around the world seized the opportunity for personal and economic freedom promised by free land. Traveling across oceans and continents, these hard-nosed, pragmatic people began arriving in the 1860s with shovels and plows, convinced... View more info
By: Litwack, Leon F.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 1970
Edition: Sixth Printing
Seller ID: 19093
Cloth covered boards show light shelf wear.; A tight solid book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages; ". . . no American can be pleased with the treatment of Negro Americans, North and South, in the years before the Civil War. In his clear, lucid account of the Northern phase of the story Professor Litwack has performed a notable service." View more info
By: Vexler, Robert I.; William F. Swindler
Price: $16.50
Publisher: Dobbs Ferry, Oceana Publications: 1978
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2292
8vo; 152 pages; Only visible flaw appears to be a remainder mark top of page edges. Beige cloth with gilt print. This gives a chronology of the history, a list of the major players, 1st state constitution and documents relating to the constitutional history of the state. Bibliography and index. View more info
By: Wilson, Graham
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Whitehorse YK, Wolf Creek Books: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 17901
Card covers show very light shelf wear, corner curl.; A bright, solid book, card covers are clean and crisp. ; B&W Photographs; 8.90 X 5.90 X 0.40 inches; 128 pages; "Step back in time and experience historic Southeast Alaska. The story begins with early photographs of Indian communities. Russian settlement, the Klondike Gold Rush and the emerging towns and cities of Southeast Alaska are also explored. This collection of 125 archival photographs is a compelling keeps... View more info