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Dennis, Clara G. THE ALL-HOLIDAYS BOOK OF JANE AND JOHN
Marshall Jones Co. Boston (1929) 1st ed unpaginated ill. by Beatrice Stevens HC "A delightful "round the year" account of holiday good times in the lives of two lovable little children, with space at the back for recrods of a child's own red-letter days during the year." Written in rebus style. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 28.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003961I   details     inquire
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Peattie, Donald Culross AUDUBON'S AMERICA: THE NARRATIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston (1940) 329pp ill. 16 dbl-page color plate HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003966I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Americana)
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Gorenstein, Shirley NOT FOREVER ON EARTH: PREHISTORY OF MEXICO
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1975) 153pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0684138379 very good w/gooddustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003974I   details     inquire
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Grave, Alexandra THREE CENTURIES OF CONNECTICUT FOLK ART
Art Resources of Connecticut (1979) 103pp B&W and color ill. PB Ltd. 3,000 copies. Catalogue of an exhibition held to share with the people of Connecticut this part of their cultural heritage. Over 250 pieces of folk art - carvings, pots, signs, portraits, genre pictures, and needlework - are included in the exhibition, chosen for their aesthetic value, their reflection of the lives and feelings of Connecticut people, or their depiction of the land, waters, and towns. good+, wraps (softcover)
Price: USD 12.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003981I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Connecticut History)
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Schreiber, Hermann and Schreiber, Georg VANISHED CITIES
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1957 1st ed 344pp, index B&W illustrations HC "The splendor and destruction of cities, a subject that has exercised magic in men's minds." good, green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003995I   details     inquire
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Andrews, Edward Deming & Faith SHAKER FURNITURE: THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF AN AMERICAN COMMUNAL SECT
Dover Publications, Inc. New York 1950 133pp B&W illustrations PB Originally published in 1937. Definitive work. Franklin 2173 - best on the subject. good, wraps (softcover)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004000I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Furniture)
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Reed, Rowena COMBINED OPERATIONS IN THE CIVIL WAR
Naval Institute Press Annapolis, MD (1978) 468pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0870211226 The first full account of Federal combined operations during the Civil War. The early combined operations were improvised and tentative; but by the end of the war, amphibious warfare had evolved into a sophisticated tool of conquest. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004011I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Civil War)
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Futrell, Robert Frank THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN KOREA 1950-1953 - Revised Edition
Office of Air Force History Washington, DC 1983 823pp B&W illustrations PB First published in 1961.The official history. good, wraps (softcover)
Price: USD 6.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004041I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Military)
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Von der Porten, Edward P. THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR II
Thomas Y. Crowell Company New York (1969) 1st ptg 274pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004043I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Military)
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Danker, Donald F. (introduction and notes) MOLLIE: THE JOURNAL OF MOLLIE DORSEY SANFORD IN NEBRASKA AND COLORADOTERRITORIES 1857-1866
University of Nebraska Press 1959 201pp HC "Pioneer Heritage Series." very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004058I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Wilson, Derek THE TOWER: THE TUMULTUOUS HISTORY OF THE TOWER OF LONDON FROM 1078
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1979) 257pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 068416261X good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004068I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue British History)
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Alger, Jr., Horatio STRUGGLING UPWARD AND OTHER WORKS
Crown Publishers New York (1945) 570pp HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004077I   details     inquire
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Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin PEWTER IN AMERICA: ITS MAKERS AND THEIR MARKS
Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston 1940 1st ed 2 vol, 381pp 78 B&W plates PB An exceptionally clean set. fine (hardcovers) in good slipcase as published
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004079I   details     inquire
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Cohen, David Steven THE FOLKLORE AND FOLKLIFE OF NEW JERSEY
Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, NJ (1984) 253pp over 50 B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0813509645 Includes all aspects of traditional culture, from stories handed down by word of mouth to crafts developed in the state. Author, as historian and folkloriest, uses historical documents, interviews, and artifacts to provide the first book of this kind on New Jersey. First section deals with folklore, defined as oral tradition, and includes chapters on myths, legends, jokes, names, folk beliefs, folk medicine, folk music, folk song and folk dance. The second section of the book studies folklife, or nonspoken tradions. Folk architecture, folk sculpture, folk painting, foodways, games and recreation, rituals ceremonies, and festivals fall into this category. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) -- Brand New Copy
Price: USD 12.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004113I   details     inquire
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Wolf, Edwin PHILADELPHIA: PORTRAIT OF AN AMERICAN CITY
Stackpole Books Harrisburg, PA (1975) 1st ed 351pp 600 ill., 135 in color HC ISBN 0811712311 good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004115I   details     inquire
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Meredith, Roy THE AMERICAN WARS: A PICTORIAL HISTORY FROM QUEBEC TO KOREA 1755-1953
World Publishing Co. Cleveland (1955) 1st ed 349pp 100s of B&W illustrations HC "This is the pictorial history of the American wars as seen by artists in uniform, a unique compilation of the work in sketch book and on canvas of the men who recorded history as they made it." very good, gray cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
Price: USD 12.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004150I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Military)
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Salaman, Malcolm C. WHITMAN'S PRINT-COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK - Revised and Enlarged
G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. London 1921 6th ed 376pp B&W illustrations HC Third printing of the revised 6th edition. good, blue cloth (hardcover)
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004168I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Eberlein, Harold Donaldson & McClure, Abbot THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF EARLY AMERICAN ARTS AND CRAFTS
J. B. Lippincott Company Philadelphia 1916 1st ed 339pp over B&W 200 ill. HC good+, decorated tan cloth, teg (hardcover)
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004169I   details     inquire
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Tiffany Studios ANTIQUE CHINESE RUGS
Charles E. Tuttle Co. Rutland, VT (1980) 4th ptg 96pp 33 B&W plates HC ISBN 0804800251 Reprint of the third book in a series originally published in 1908 by the Tiffany Studios of New York City. First republished by Tuttle in 1969. fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004170I   details     inquire
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Hackett, General Sir John THE PROFESSION OF ARMS
Macmillan Publishing Co. New York (1983) 239pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0025471201 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004172I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Military)
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Adams, Alexander B. SUNLIGHT AND STORM: THE GREAT AMERICAN PLAINS
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York (1977) 479pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0399115633 good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) BCE
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004174I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Ruby, Robert JERICHO - DREAMS, RUINS, PHANTOMS
Henry Holt and Co. New York (1995) 1st ed 350pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0805027998 fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004188I   details     inquire
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Jourdain, Margaret ENGLISH DECORATION AND FURNITURE OF THE LATER XVIIIth CENTURY (1760-1820)
Charles Scribner's Sons New York [1922] 269pp 426 B&W plates HC AN ACCOUNT OF ITS DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERISTIC FORMS. Final book in a series of four that form an historical and analytical survey of English Decoration & Furniture from 1500-1820. Larson 1595 - Best on the Subject. good, maroon cloth (hardcover) light edgewear
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004193I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Furniture)
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Bendiner, Elmer THE VIRGIN DIPLOMATS
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1976 1st ed 267pp HC ISBN 0394489772 "The adventures - and misadventures - of our first ambassadors, the American agents, who by secret intrigue and public politicking in the courts of Europe helped to win the American Revolution." very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004196I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue American History)
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McKearin, Helen & George S. AMERICAN GLASS - Limited Autographed Edition
Crown Publishers New York (1941) 622pp 2000 photos, 1000 drawings HC "The Fine Art of Glassmaking in America." good, brown cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004200I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Glass History)
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Hughes, Therle COTTAGE ANTIQUES
Frederick A. Praeger New York (1967) 219pp 48 B&W plates HC Furnishings from the English farmsteadsand modest country homes of the 18th and 19th centuries predating the massproduced, often shoddy artifacts spawned by the Industrial Revolution. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 9.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004215I   details     inquire
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Hinckley, F. Lewis A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE: THE AUTHENTIC CLASSIFICATION OFEUROPEAN & AMERICAN DESIGNS FOR PROFESSIONALS & CONNOISSEURS
Bonanza Books New York orig pub 1953 355pp over 1100 photographs HC good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 7.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004225I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Furniture)
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Waterfield, Hermione (edited by Christopher Forbes) FABERGE: FROM THE FORBES MAGAZINE COLLECTION
pub by Forbes n.p. n.d. (c1970) 115pp B&W and color illustrations PB Chronology, workmasters and designers, Imperial Easter eggs, Catalogue of Forbes eggs, boxes, objects of fantasy, carved figures, objects of functions, hahn. Also covers marks. good+, wraps (softcover)
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004228I   details     inquire
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Richardson, John (editor) PICASSO AN AMERICAN TRIBUTE
Chanticleer Press New York (1962) B&W and color illustrations PB Public Education Association exhibit at nine New York City galleries from April 25 - May 12, 1962. good, wraps (softcover)
Price: USD 7.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004229I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Rothman, Tony SCIENCE A LA MODE: PHYSICAL FASHIONS AND FICTIONS
Princeton University Press Princeton, NJ (1989) 207pp HC ISBN 069108484X fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review slips laid in
Price: USD 8.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004236I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Science)
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Keating, Edward M. THE BROKEN BOUGH: THE SOLUTION TO THE RIDDLE OF MAN
Atheneum New York 1975 1st ed 471pp HC ISBN 0689106793 very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004237I   details     inquire
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Steiner, Stan THE RANCHERS: A BOOK OF GENERATIONS
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1980 1st ed 241pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0394501934 "THE RANCHERS is full of the richness of western storytelling, a book that is both a contribution to the history of the West and a faithful portrait of remarkable men and women living a true American experience." very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004244I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Bradley, Van Allen THE NEW GOLD IN YOUR ATTIC
Fleet Press Corporation New York (1968) 2nd ed 280pp HC good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004253I   details     inquire
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Hipkiss, Edwin J. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN ARTS - THE M. AND M. KAROLIK COLLECTION
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA 1950 2nd ptg 366pp profusely illustrated HC First published in 1941.The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, Furniture, Silver, Needlework & Incidental Objects Gathered to Illustrate the Achievements of American Artists and Craftsmen of the Period From 1720 to 1820. very good, blue cloth (hardcover)
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004256I   details     inquire
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Marshall, Howard Wight PARADISE VALLEY, NEVADA: THE PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS OF AN AMERICAN PLACE
University of Arizona Press Tucson, az (1995) 1st ptg 152pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0816513104 Alook at the vernacular architecture of the Paradise Valley of Nevada. fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 14.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004269I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Architecture)
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Hornung, Clarence P. TREASURY OF AMERICAN DESIGN - Two Volume Set
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York (1973) 2 vol. 875pp over 2900 B&W and color ill. HC ISBN 0810905167"A Pictorical Survey of Popular Folk Arts Based upon Watercolor Renderings in the Index of American Design, at the National Gallery of Art." Franklin 1349. very good, decorated blue cloth (hardcover)
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004278I   details     inquire
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Ramsey, Natalie Allen (editor) THE DECORATOR DIGEST: CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF EARLY AMERICANDECORATION AND ITS EUROPEAN BACKGROUND
Charles E. Tuttle, Co. Rutland, VT (1965) 372pp B&W illustrations HC A publication of the Historical Society of Early American Decoration. Chapters are from their publication "The Decorator". Contents partially include: theorem painting, stencilling, country tin painting, design and design sources, the decoration of chairs. good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004289I   details     inquire
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Hummel, Charles F. A WINTERTHUR GUIDE TO AMERICAN CHIPPENDALE FURNITURE: MIDDLE ATLANTICAND SOUTHERN COLONIES
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York (1976) 1st ptg 144pp over 135 B&W and 16 col. ill PB ISBN 0517521768 The 151 pieces illustrated in this guide are a careful sampling of Chippendale furniture (1755-1790) from New York, Philadelphia, and the South. very good+, wraps (softcover) owner's name
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004291I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Furniture)
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Sobel, Robert MACHINES AND MORALITY: THE 1850s
Thomas Y. Crowell Co. New York (1973) 1st ptg 332pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0690002661 Second book in a retrospective series commissioned by Dun & Bradstreet Companies. The first book, CONQUEST AND CONSCIENCE: THE 1840s, was published a year earlier. This series focuses on the significant socio-economic events and trends of the decade, and their effect on business. very good+, brown "fabrokoid" cloth (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004304I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Selfridge, Madalaine & Cooper, Marlowe DIMPLES AND SAWDUST: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO A FASCINATING HOBBY - Volume1 and Volume 2 - Two Volume Set
published by the authors n.p. B&W illustrations PB Two Volume Set: Volume 1, 1967, 72pp; Volume 2, 1968, 188pp. very good, spiral bound (softcovers)
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004314I   details     inquire
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Bell, Ralcy Husted MEMOIRS & MISTRESSES: COLORS AND ODORS OF LOVE
William Faro, Inc. NY (1931) 370pp HC good, gray cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
Price: USD 12.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004327I   details     inquire
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Evans, Sara M. BORN FOR LIBERTY: A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN AMERICA
The Free Press New York (1989) 386pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0029029902 very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), BCE
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004332I   details     inquire
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Weintraub, Stanley JOURNEY TO HEARTBREAK: THE CRUCIBLE YEARS OF BERNARD SHAW 1914-1918
Weybright and Talley New York (1971) 368pp HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Pachmuss, Temira A RUSSIAN CULTURAL REVIVAL: A CRITICAL ANTHOLOGY OF EMIGRE LITERATUREBEFORE 1939
University of Tenn. Press Knoxville (1981) 454pp HC ISBN 0870492969 very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 12.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004339I   details     inquire
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Schwartz, Marvin D. & Wolfe, Richard A HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART PORCELAIN
Renaissance Editions New York (1967) 1st ed 93pp 75 B&W ill. HC Traces the history of porcelain making in the United States from its earliest colonial beginnings to the present works of a contemporary studio. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small chip/tear on dustjacket
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004343I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Porcelain Books)
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Bishop, Robert NEW DISCOVERIES IN AMERICAN QUILTS
E. P. Dutton & Co. New York 1975 1st ed 127pp 240 B&W and color ill. PB ISBN 0525474102 Designed as a supplement to AMERICA'S QUILTS AND COVERLETS published in 1972 by Dutton. very good, wraps (softcover) - spine is sunned as usual
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004355I   details     inquire
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Duncan, David Douglas MAGIC WORLDS OF FANTASY
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich New York (1978) 1st ed 112pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0151551022 very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscrip.
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004363I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Fry, Roger (et al) CHINESE ART: AN INTRODUCTORY HANDBOOK TO PAINTING, SCULPTURE,CERAMICS, TEXTILES, BRONZES & MINOR ARTS
B. T. Batsford, Ltd. London (1952) 5th ptg 86pp of text B&W and color illustrations HC First published in 1935. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Art and Art History)
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Fuller, Edmund TINKERS AND GENIUS: THE STORY OF THE YANKEE INVENTORS
Hastings House New York (1955) 308pp B&W illustrations HC Published as part of the American Procession Series centering around epic episodes and cultural growth in American history. good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004374I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Coleman, R. V. LIBERTY AND PROPERTY: THE STORY OF THE FABULOUS CENTURY IN WHICH THEUNITED STATES WAS BORN: 1664-1765
Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1951 1st ed 606pp 62 ill., 28 full page maps HC good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue American History)
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Ross, Pat TO HAVE & TO HOLD: DECORATIVE AMERICAN BOXES
Viking Studio Books New York (1991) 126pp over 100 color illustrations HC ISBN O670830615 A look at the history of boxmaking in America with contents including: Worldly possessions in Boxes on the Road and in the Bedchamber; Leisure Enjoyment: The Parlor; Storage and Safekeeping: The Library; Hearth and Home: The Kitchen; Tokens of Affection: Sentimental Boxes; and a section on Newly Made American Boxes. Bibliography. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 8.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004388I   details     inquire
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Page, Jake & Morton, Eugene S. LORDS OF THE AIR: THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF BIRDS
Smithsonian Books Washington, DC (1989) 1st ed 288pp color illustrations HC ISBN 0895990245 All perspectives of birds are thoroughly explored in this book. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 6.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004413I   details     inquire
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Skelton, R. A.; Marston, Thomas E.; & Painter, George D. THE VINLAND MAP AND THE TARTAR RELATION
Yale University Press New Haven 1965 3rd ptg 292pp B&W illustrations HC The Vinland Map contains the earliest known and indisputable cartographic representation of any part of the Americas, and includes a delineation of Greenland so strikingly accurate that it may well have been derived from experience. good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004418I   details     inquire
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Jones, Douglas C. THE COURT-MARTIAL OF GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1976) 4th ptg 291pp HC ISBN 0684147386 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Literature)
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Brunvand, Jan Harold CURSES! BROILED AGAIN! THE HOTTEST URBAN LEGENDS GOING
W. W. Norton & Co. New York (1989) 1st ed 335pp HC ISBN 0393027104 very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 6.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004430I   details     inquire
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Dougherty, Richard IN QUEST OF QUALITY: HORMEL'S FIRST 75 YEARS
Geo. A. Hormel & Co. Austin, MN (1966) 357pp B&W illustrations HC Story of a man with a dream and determination, his son, and the thousands associated with them in the building of an impressive industry. Story of persons who seize opportunities that come to them in our free-choice society. Author was associated with Geo. A. Hormel & Co., a major meat-packing company. for 37 years before his retirement very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS004431I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Boorstin, Daniel J. CLEOPATRA'S NOSE: ESSAYS ON THE UNEXPECTED
Random House New York (1994) 1st ed 210pp HC ISBN 0679435050 "This provocative new collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize winner deals with the challenging themes of discovery and surprise in history." very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Howells, W. D. THEIR SILVER WEDDING JOURNEY - Two Volume Set Complete - Uncommon inDustjackets
Harper & Brothers New York 1899 1st ed B&W illustrations HC BAL 9726. Two Volume Set: Volume 1, 401pp; Volume 2; 464pp. Dustjackets appear to be silvered wallpaper. very good+, pictorial gray cloth (hardcover)
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Grant, Michael THE VISIBLE PAST: GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORY FROM ARCHAEOLOGY 1960-1990
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1990) 258pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0684191245 very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BCE
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Boney, Knowles LIVERPOOL PORCELAIN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AND ITS MAKERS
Portman Press London (1989) 223pp 50 B&W plates HC ISBN 0713461896 First published in 1957. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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de Saint-Yves, Leonard (selected and translated by) SELECTED WRITINGS OF DE SADE
British Book Centre New York (1954) 306pp HC good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Daiken, Leslie CHILDREN'S TOYS THROUGHOUT THE AGES
Spring Books London (1965) 2nd ptg 207pp 115 B&W illustrations HC Standard work dealing with fascinating facts on the history of the traditional toys: dolls and dolls' houses; tin soldier and their equipment; musical toys; toy theaters; bricks and models; all the simple clockwork and mechanical toys; etc. Deals with origin and development of the marble, football, spinning top, educational toys, and etc. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Foley, Dan TOYS THROUGH THE AGES: DAN FOLEY'S STORY OF PLAYTHINGS FILLED WITHHISTORY, FOLKLORE, ROMANCE & NOSTALGIA
Chilton Books Philadelphia (1962) 1st ed 146pp B&W illustrations HC good+, gray cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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Mayer, Martin THE GREATEST-EVER BANK ROBBERY: THE COLLAPSE OF THE SAVINGS AND LOANINDUSTRY
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1990) 354pp HC ISBN 0684191520 The most cogent, comprehensive, and comprehensible account yet of the savings-and-loan debacle that will cost American taxpayers upward of $500 billion over the next half-century. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Gardner, Charles M. THE GRANGE - FRIEND OF THE FARMER 1867-1947
The National Grange Washington, DC (1949) 531pp B&W illustrations HC A concise reference history ofAmerica's oldest farm organization, and the only rural fraternity in the world. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Darty, Peter CHAIRS: A GUIDE TO CHOOSING, BUYING AND COLLECTING
The Pyne Press Princeton, NJ (1972) 118pp over 200 B&W and color ill. HC ISBN 087861060X Contents include: English chairs; French chairs; The Age of the Ebeniste and Menuisier; American chairs; Windsor chairs; Art Nouveau; and the Modern Movement. Bibliography. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Lenzner, Robert THE GREAT GETTY: THE LIFE AND LOVES OF J. PAUL GETTY - RICHEST MAN INTHE WORLD
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York (1985) 283pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0517562227 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Mosley, Leonard BLOOD RELATIONS: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE DU PONTS OF DELAWARE
Atheneum New York 1980 428pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0689110553 good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), BCE
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Brown, Curtis F. STAR-SPANGLED KITSCH
Universe Books New York (1975) 202pp nearly 400 ill. w/70 in col. HC ISBN 0876632568 "An Astounding and Tastelessly Illustrated Exploration of the Bawdy, Gaudy, Shoddy Mass-Art Culture in This Grand Land of Ours." good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Tomlinson, H. M. OUT OF SOUNDINGS
Harper & Brothers New York 1931 1st ed 282pp ill. by H. Charles Tomlinson HC very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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Breyer, Siegfried GUIDE TO THE SOVIET NAVY
US Naval Institute Annapolis, MD 1971 (3rd ptg) 353pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0870212370 very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Schneir, Walter and Schneir, Miriam INVITATION TO AN INQUEST: A NEW LOOK AT THE ROSENBERG-SOBELL CASE
Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York 1965 467pp B&W illustrations HC good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) previous owner's inscrip.
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Lancaster, Samuel Christopher THE COLUMBIA: AMERICA'S GREAT HIGHWAY THROUGH THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS TOTHE SEA
published by the author Portland, OR 1926 3rd ed 144pp B&W and color illustrations HC Author was consulting engineer, and directed construction of this scenic highway from Portland east through the Cascade Range. History of the area. Wonderful illustrations, 26 in color (21 of which "by the new process of color photography, first photographed on glass direct from nature, and afterward reproduced by the four color process"). Fold-out map, an exceptionally well down travel book and an extremely nice copy. very good+, tan cloth (hardcover) exceptionally nice copy
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Grow, Lawrence ON THE 8:02: AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF COMMUTING BY RAIL IN AMERICA
Mayflower Books, Inc. New York (1979) 1st ed 176pp well ill. color & B&W HC ISBN 0831766077 very good w/very good dustjacket(hardcover) EX-LIB no spine mark
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THOMAS' REGISTER OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS AND FIRST HANDS IN ALLLINES - THE BUYERS' GUIDE 1905-1906
Thomas Publishing Co. New York reprint of 1905 1228pp HC Reprinted as part of Thomas' subscription in the 1970s, useful in finding who made what during the period. very good, green cloth (hardcover)
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Hoyt, Edwin P. THE GUGGENHEIMS AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
Funk & Wagnalls New York (1967) 1st ed 382pp HC In 1847 the Guggenheims (fourteen of them) left a tiny Swiss ghetto for the dream of freedom. Simon and his eldest son, Meyer, became manufacturers of stove polish. By World War I, Meyer's sons were worth more than $500 million, and were the most important men in the world metal industries. good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Gunther, Max INSTANT MILLIONAIRES: THE SECRETS OF OVERNIGHT SUCCESS
Playboy Press Chicago, IL (1973) 1st ed 210pp HC A study of three dozen impatient people. They weren't satisfied with the slow, plodding, dime-saving route to financial security. They chose faster riskier routes. They wanted instant wealth - and they got it. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Ford, Corey HOW TO GUESS YOUR AGE
Doubleday & Company New York 1950 40pp ill. by Gluyas Williams HC good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Eifert, Virginia S. LOUIS JOLLIET: EXPLORER OF RIVERS
Dodd, Mead & Co. New York 1961 242pp HC good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Bradley, Francis THE AMERICAN PROPOSITION: A NEW TYPE OF MAN
Moral Re-Armament, Inc. New York 1977 175pp HC very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Hawkins, Gerald S. BEYOND STONEHENGE
Harper & Row, Publishers New York (1973) 319pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0060117869 Author delves into the many fascinating aspects of ancient man's knowledge of the sun and stars. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) BCE
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Kovel, Ralph & Terry KOVELS' KNOW YOUR ANTIQUES - Best-Selling guide to evaluating, buying,and caring for any antique - Revised & Updated
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York (1981) revised 364pp over 300 B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0517545012Wonderful introduction to all types of antiques with annotated bibliography at the end of each chapter. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Levenson, Dorothy MONTEFIORE: THE HOSPITAL AS SOCIAL INSTRUMENT, 1884-1984
Farrar, Straus & Giroux New York (1984) 1st ptg 338pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0374212287 This bookseller's grandfather, Ernest, was Medical Director of the Montefiore Hospital from 1920-28. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Glasscock, C. B. THE BIG BONANZA: THE STORY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE
The Bobbs-Merrill Company Indianapolis, IN (1931) 368pp HC A history of the discovery and mining ofthe great Lode written with emphasis on the dramatic and colorful in the business and life of the region. Considers part played by Adolph Sutro, W.C. Ralson, D.D. Mills, William Sharon, John W. Mackay, and others. Larson 918. good, orange cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) light wear spine
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Wilson, Dorothy Clarke STRANGER AND TRAVELER: THE STORY OF DOROTHEA DIX, AMERICAN REFORMER
Little, Brown and Co. Boston (1975) 1st ed 360pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0316544963 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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