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McLuhan, T. C. DREAM TRACKS: THE RAILROAD AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN 1890-1930
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York (1985) 208pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0810908352 Illustrated with photographs from the William E. Kopplin collection. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002461I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Americana)
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Kenin, Richard (Cooke, Alistair - introduction by) RETURN TO ALBION: AMERICANS IN ENGLAND 1760-1940
Holt, Rinehart and Winston New York (1979) 1st ed 288pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0030428610 American expatriates who lived in and left an indelible mark on England. A study of those aspects of British culture which throughout history have lured some Americans from their homeland. Each chapter deals with a different group of individuals. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 8.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002472I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue British History)
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Watson, Thomas J. & Petre, Peter FATHER SON & CO.: MY LIFE AT IBM AND BEYOND
Bantam Books New York 1990 468pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0553070118 Quote from the jacket "this is the story of my father and myself, of my years alone at IBM's helm, and of what I've done since leaving the company. Father and I played out our rivalry and our love for each other in the great American business that he created..." very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 2.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002476I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Norman, Charles ERZA POUND
The Macmillan Co. New York 1960 1st ptg 493pp HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002478I   details     inquire
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Bangs, John Kendrick A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX
Harper & Brothers New York 1900 171pp, ads ill. by Peter Newell HC Later printing of BAL 726. good,red cloth, teg (hardcover)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002479I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Literature)
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Bangs, John Kendrick THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT
Harper and Brothers New York 1900 204pp ill. by Peter Newell HC Later printing of BAL 731. good, red cloth, teg (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002480I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Literature)
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Carter, Hodding DOOMED ROAD OF EMPIRE: THE SPANISH TRAIL OF CONQUEST - THE AMERICANTRAIL SERIES
McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York (1963) 1st ed 408pp B&W illustrations HC Ninth title in "The AmericanTrails Series." very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 12.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002495I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Lavender, David WESTWARD VISION: THE OREGON TRAIL - THE AMERICAN TRAIL SERIES
McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York 1963 4th ptg 424pp HC Eighth title in "The American Trails Series." good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 12.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002496I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Cushman, Dan THE GREAT NORTH TRAIL: AMERICA'S ROUTE OF THE AGES
McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York (1966) 1st ed 383pp B&W illustrations HC Eleventh title in "The American Trails Series." "...from Asia across Alaska down the Rocky Mountains to the plains of Texas." very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002500I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Brinnin, John Malcolm THE SWAY OF THE GRAND SALOON: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
Delacorte Press New York (1971) 1st ed 599pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription
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(See also our catalogue Nautical and Maritime History)
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Wilson, Mitchell AMERICAN SCIENCE AND INVENTION
Bonanza Books New York orig pub 1954 438pp B&W illustrations HC A Pictorial History. The fabulous story of how American dreamers, wizards, and inspired tinkerers converted a wilderness into the wonder of the world. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002547I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Fuller, O. Muiriel JOHN MUIR OF WALL STREET: A STORY OF THRIFT
The Knickerbocker Press New York (1927) 325pp B&W illustrations HC A slight biography of a Canadianwho held executive positions with some of the leading American railroads and became an odd-lot broker on the New York Stock Exchange. Larson 401. very good+, maroon cloth, teg (hardcover)
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002552I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Railroad History)
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Dutton, William S. DU PONT: ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS
Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1942 396pp HC very good, maroon cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002559I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Grenfell, Russell THE BISMARCK EPISODE
The Macmillan Company New York 1949 4th ptg 219pp B&W illustrations HC good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
Price: USD 8.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002585I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Military)
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Faris, John T. SEEING THE FAR WEST
J.B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia 1920 1st ed 304pp 113 ill and 2 maps HC Inscribed by Edward Stratton Holloway, Esq of the J.B. Lippincott Co. He was designer of this series for Lippincott. An exceptionally nice, clean and tight copy. very good, decorated tan cloth, teg (hardcover)
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002589I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Kane, Elisha Kent ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS: THE SECOND GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIRJOHN FRANKLIN, 1853, '54, '55 - Two Volume Set
Childs & Peterson Philadelphia 1856 upwards of 300 B&W ill, maps HC Exceptionally nice set, newly rebound in brown cloth with new marbled endpapers. Hard to find any foxing, only minimal on a few pages. Volume I, 464pp; Volume II, 467pp. very good, rebound in 2001 in brown cloth - clean and tight set
Price: USD 185.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002592I   details     inquire
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Beebe, Lucius & Clegg, Charles THE AMERICAN WEST: THE PICTORIAL EPIC OF A CONTINENT
Bonanza Books New York orig. pub 1955 511pp over 1,000 B&W ill. HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002602I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Scherman, Katharine TWO ISLANDS: GRAND MANAN AND SANIBEL
Little, Brown and Co. Boston, MA (1971) 1st ed 256pp B&W illustrations HC good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002604I   details     inquire
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Sandon, John THE PHILLIPS GUIDE TO ENGLISH PORCELAIN OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
Merehurst Press London (1989) 160pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 1853910619 Good overall survey telling the full story of English porcelain. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002634I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Porcelain Books)
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Keyserlingk, Robert H. AUSTRIA IN WORLD WAR II: AN ANGLO-AMERICAN DILEMMA - AUSTRIA IN WWII
McGill-Queen's Univ. Press Kingston, Canada (1988) 305pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0773506446 The first comprehensive work on the British and American attitude toward Austria during the wary, and also serves as a case study in the growing importance of propaganda as an arm of government. very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), review press rel.
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(See also our catalogue Military)
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Collins, Gilbert FAR EASTERN JAUNTS
Methuen & Co., Ltd. London (1924) 282pp B&W illustrations HC good, green cloth (hardcover)
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Mackinder, H. J. THE RHINE
Dodd, Mead and Co. New York 1908 1st ed 383pp color illustrations and maps HC very good, olive green cloth, teg (hardcover)
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Storrick, W. C. GETTYSBURG: THE PLACE, THE BATTLES, THE OUTCOME
J. Horace McFarland Co. Harrisburg, PA (1966) reprint 167pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 3.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002675I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Civil War)
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Hacker, Louis M. THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM: THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORCES INAMERICAN HISTORY TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Columbia University Press New York (1959) 4th ptg 460pp HC Originally published in 1940. A classic by one of America's most distinguished history and economics scholars. good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002684I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Walsh, David A. & Stetler, Polly (researched and compiled... PFALTZGRAFF: AMERICA'S POTTER
Historical Society of York York, PA 1989 128pp B&W and color illustrations HC Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Historical Society of York County, PA, October, 1989 - October, 1990. Covers 150 years of the company's change and growth. very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002705I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Pottery Books)
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Macvey, John W. COLONIZING OTHER WORLDS: A FIELD MANUAL
Stein and Day New York (1984) 216pp HC ISBN 0812829433 "How man will survive and prosper on terrestrial and artificial planets in this solar system and beyond." very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002710I   details     inquire
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Granzotto, Gianni CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: THE DREAM AND THE OBSESSION
Doubleday & Co. New York 1985 1st ed 300pp HC ISBN 0385196776 very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name
Price: USD 3.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002715I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Swanberg, W. A. JIM FISK: THE CAREER OF AN IMPROBABLE RASCAL
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1959) 310pp B&W illustrations HC "America's most flamboyant crook, murdered in 1872 by his mistress's lover after a career of colossal swindles and impudent ostentation." good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002742I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Sagendorph, Robb AMERICA AND HER ALMANACS: WIT, WISDOM & WEATHER 1639-1970
Yankee, Inc. Dublin, NH (1970) 318pp B&W illustrations HC "This fascinating segment of Americana, for years second only to the Bible in most American homes, is reviewed wisely and wittily by America's foremost expert on almanacs." very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002754I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue American History)
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Hartung, Marion T. OPALESCENT PATTERN GLASS
Wallace-Homestead Co. Des Moines, IA (1971) 1st ed 112pp B&W and color illustrations HC Presented in orderly form, named, and pictured for the first time, are some 100 patterns in one of America's most collectable categories of glass. Show in color are some 60 pieces in many of the shapes in which the glass was made. very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002756I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Glass History)
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Narbeth, Colin, Hendy, Robin & Stocker, Christopher COLLECTING PAPER MONEY AND BONDS
Mayflower Books New York (1979) 1st Amer 119pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0831709405 The first comprehensive book of scripophily. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002760I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Chittenden, Lucius E. INVISIBLE SIEGE: THE JOURNAL OF LUCIUS E. CHITTENDEN APRIL 15, 1861 -JULY 14, 1861
Americana Exchange Press San Diego 1969 133pp HC Chittenden was appointed Register of the Treasury by President Abraham Lincoln. In 1968 this diary came to light and opens the day after the surrender of Fort Sumter and closes just seven days before the First Battle of Bull Run. The daily entries record the hopes and fears of a devoted Union supporter during the opening stages of the Civil War. Limited to 1500 copies. very good, black cloth, teg (hardcover) (no slipcase)
Price: USD 8.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002761I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Civil War)
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Savage, George 18TH CENTURY GERMAN PORCELAIN
Spring Books London (1967) 242pp nearly 300 B&W ill. HC Originally published in 1958. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Porcelain Books)
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McCready, Albert (narrative by) RAILROADS IN THE DAYS OF STEAM
American Heritage Pub. Co. New York (1960) 5th ptg 153pp B&W and color illustrations HC "American Heritage Junior Library." good, pictorial boards (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002774I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Railroad History)
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Holbrook, Stewart H. THE STORY OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York (1947) 6th ptg 468pp over 100 B&W ill. HC Comprehensive introductory treatment of the history of railroads in the United States. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002775I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Railroad History)
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Daggett, Stuart CHAPTERS ON THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Augustus M. Kelley, Pub. New York 1966 470pp B&W illustrations HC First published in 1922. An objective work based chiefly on printed sources. The author's purpose was "to throw light upon the problems encountered ... and to characterize and interpret the policies adopted..." Valuable. Larson 970. very good+, gray cloth (hardcover)
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002776I   details     inquire
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Jackson, Robert THE JET AGE: TRUE TALES OF THE AIR SINCE 1945
St. Martin's Press Inc. New York (1980) 157pp HC ISBN 0312442211 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Lattimer, Dick SPACE STATION FRIENDSHIP: A VISIT WITH THE CREW IN 2007
Stackpole Books Harrisburg, PA (1988) 1st ptg 239pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 081171683X very good+w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Chapman, Clowry TRADE-MARKS
Harper & Brothers Publishers New York 1930 1st ed 166pp B&W illustrations HC The how-tos of trademarks at the time, includes origin of some famous trademarks. good, brown cloth spine (hardcover)
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002787I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Cleland, Robert Glass & Hardy, Osgood MARCH OF INDUSTRY
Powell Publishing Co. Los Angeles, CA (1929) 322pp B&W illustrations HC Deals with the material progress of California. An economic history of the state dealing with agriculture, petroleum resources, water and power, and the financing of the growth. very good, tan cloth (hardcover)
Price: USD 15.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002794I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Americana)
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Chaney, Lindsay & Cieply, Michael THE HEARSTS: FAMILY & EMPIRE: THE LATER YEARS
Simon and Schuster New York (1981) 411pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0671247654 good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Costain, Thomas B. THE CHORD OF STEEL: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL AND THE INVENTION OF THETELEPHONE
Doubleday and Co., Inc. New York 1960 238pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 2.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002804I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Chase, Mary Ellen ABBY ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER
The Macmillan Co. New York (1951) 2nd ptg 159pp B&W illustrations HC good+, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket) EX-LIB usual marks
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(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Cowles, Virginia THE ROTHSCHILDS: A FAMILY OF FORTUNE
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1973 1st US 304pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0394487737 good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) tape repairs to jacket
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002810I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Cooper, Jr., Henry S.F. THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS: EVOLUTION OF AN IDEA
Holt, Rinehart and Winston New York (1980) 1st ed 254pp HC ISBN 0030461669 very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002814I   details     inquire
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Harrison, Shirley (narrative by) THE DIARY OF JACK THE RIPPER
Hyperion New York (1993) 1st ed 323pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 1562827049 Includes the full text of the diary and the arguments for and against its authenticity. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 6.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002840I   details     inquire
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Bartlett, Richard A. THE NEW COUNTRY: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER 1776-1890
Oxford University Press New York 1974 487pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0195017382 "The book replaces much of the old romance and mythology about the settlement of the West with a poignant story of people elevating themselves to new affluence and dignity in a new country represented in a new civilization of their own making." very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002841I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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de Angeli, Marguerite BUTTER AT THE OLD PRICE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARGUERITE DE ANGELI
Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York (1971) 1st ed 258pp B&W and color illustrations HC The autobiography of one of the pioneers of American children's book publishing. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR in 1971 on the dedication page. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by author
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002857I   details     inquire
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Plowden, Gene THOSE AMAZING RINGLINGS AND THEIR CIRCUS
The Caxton Printers, Ltd. Caldwell, ID 1968 2nd ptg 312pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 8.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002858I   details     inquire
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Braider, Donald THE NIAGARA
Holt, Rinehart and Winston New York (1972) 1st ed 295pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 003085394X Sixty-second volume in the "Rivers of America" series. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) previous owner's insc.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002879I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Americana)
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Hacker, Louis M. THE WORLD OF ANDREW CARNEGIE: 1865-1901
J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia (1968) 1st ed 473pp HC History of Carnegie's times. Not only economic history at its best, but also includes vivid portrayals of the men who built the industrial empires. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 14.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002904I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Noyes, Pierrepont B. A GOODLY HERITAGE
Rinehart & Co., Inc. New York (1958) 1st ed 275pp B&W illustrations HC "The continuing autobiography of an imaginative businessman and the part his boyhood in the unique Oneida Community played in shaping his successful career." Noyes helped to build one of America's largest silver companies, Oneida Ltd., makers of community plate. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002906I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Hobson, R. L. CHINESE ART - ONE HUNDRED PLATES IN COLOUR REPRODUCING POTTERY &PORECELAIN OF ALL PERIODS ...
The Macmillan Company New York 1927 100 color plates HC "...JADES, LACQUER, PAINTINGS, BRONZES, FURNITURE ETC., ETC." Fifteen page introduction followed by the 100 plates reproducing Pottery and Porcelain of all periods, Jades, Lacquer, Paintings, Bronzes, Furniture, etc. good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002909I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Porcelain Books)
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Kimmel, Stanley MR. DAVIS'S RICHMOND
Bramhall House New York orig pub 1958 214pp over 200 B&W illustrations HC "The story of the Capitalof the Confederacy from Jefferson Davis's arrival to the end of the war." good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002911I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Civil War)
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Burton, E. Milby (foreword and captions by); Lincoln, F. ... CHARLESTON: PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES BY F. S. LINCOLN
Corinthian Publications Inc. New York 1946 B&W illustrations HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Wilson, Derek THE ASTORS 1763-1992: LANDSCAPE WITH MILLIONAIRES
St. Martin's Press New York (1993) 1st US 439pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0312097441 Author had access to private Astor papers never before seen by researchers, and has created a compelling portrait of a great family that has exercised an unmatched influence. CONDITION NOTE - rubber cement residue on pastedowns and rear free endpaper. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) SEE NOTE
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002932I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Frere-Cook, Gervis (editor) THE DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE MARINER
Cassell & Co., Ltd. London (1966) 296pp B&W and color illustrations HC Vessels, charts and maps, models, ropework, scrimshaw, instruments, etc. One of the standard references. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 14.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002938I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Nautical and Maritime History)
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Villiers, Alan POSTED MISSING: THE STORY OF SHIPS LOST WITHOUT A TRACE IN RECENT YEARS
Hodder & Stoughton London (1956) 256pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Nautical and Maritime History)
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Harris, Thaddeus William A TREATISE ON SOME OF THE INSECTS INJURIOUS TO VEGETATION
William White Boston 1862 3rd ed 640pp B&W ill., all 8 colored plts HC good, brown cloth (hardcover) some light edgewear
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Thompson, Robert T. COLONEL JAMES NEILSON: A BUSINESS MAN OF THE EARLY MACHINE AGE IN NEWJERSEY, 1784-1862
Rutgers University Press New Brunswick 1940 359pp B&W illustrations HC A case study, from manuscript sources, in the history of American business in transition from mercantile to industrial capitalism. Neilson was interested in banking, turnpike, canal, stage and steamboat companies, development of water power and manufacturing and real estate. Concerned with promotion, investment, and policy determination rather than management. Also, influence of the business man on social and cultural life of his community. Larson 549. very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Copland, Aaron & Perlis, Vivian COPLAND 1900 THROUGH 1942
St. Martin's New York (1984) 1st ed 402pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0312169620 very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name
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(See also our catalogue Music History and Appreciation)
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Ring, Betty (editor) NEEDLEWORK: AN HISTORICAL SURVEY (Antiques Magazine Library)
Main Street/Universe Books New York (1975) 1st ed 174pp B&W illustrations PB ISBN 0876639228 Collection of articles from "The Magazine Antiques" on: English Embroideries, Canvas Work, Schoolgirl Embroideries, Bed Coverings, and Rugs and Carpets. good+, wraps (softcover)
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White, John H. CINCINNATI LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS 1845-1868
Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 1965 167pp B&W illustrations HC United States National Museum Bulletin 245. This history is a case study of the industry as practiced west of the Alleghenies before the Civil War. very good, olive green cloth (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Wagenknecht, Edward A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York (1976) 342pp over 600 B&W ill. HC ISBN 0517523469 A suberb compendium of visual and narrative, bringing alive the excitement and vitality of New England. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Blunt, Wilfrid COCKERELL
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1965 1st ed 385pp B&W illustrations HC Life of Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell (1867-1962), friend of Ruskin and William Morris and Director of Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Langford, Gerald THE RICHARD HARDING DAVIS YEARS: A BIOGRAPHY OF A MOTHER AND SON
Holt, Rinehart and Winston New York (1961) 1st ed 336pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0851410111 good+,tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket
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Lee, W. Storrs (editor) COLORADO: A LITERARY CHRONICLE
Funk & Wagnalls New York (1970) 489pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Kendrick, Alexander THE WOUND WITHIN: AMERICA IN THE VIETNAM YEARS, 1945-1974
Little, Brown and Co. Boston (1974) 1st ed 432pp HC ISBN 0316488410 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue American History)
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Epstein, Edward Jay LEGEND: THE SECRET WORLD OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD
McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York (1978) 1st ptg 382pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0070195390 very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Santoli, Al TO BEAR ANY BURDEN: THE VIETNAM WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH IN THE WORDS OFAMERICANS AND SOUTHEAST ASIANS
E. P. Dutton, Inc. New York (1985) 1st ed 367pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0525243275 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Huie, William Bradford THE HIROSHIMA PILOT
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York (1964) 318pp HC "The case of Major Claude Eatherly who has been called'The American Dreyfus.'" good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Eberlein, Harold Donaldson & Ramsdell, Roger Wearne THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF CHINAWARE
Halycyon House New York (1925) 325pp 205 ill. inc. 12 in color HC Covers chinaware of all countries. Franklin 2949 - Best on the Subject. good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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(See also our catalogue Porcelain Books)
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Middlebrook, Martin THE NUREMBERG RAID: THE WORST NIGHT OF THE WAR MARCH 30-31, 1944
William Morrow & Co., Inc. New York 1974 369pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 068802873X good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Dary, David ENTREPRENEURS OF THE OLD WEST
Alfred A. Knopf New York 1986 1st ed 368pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0394524055 "The Silent Army of: traders, trappers and wagon freighters, merchants, cattlemen, railroaders, and goldrushers, town boosters, land promoters, speculators, and other profit-seekers who brought capitalism to the 19th century American West." very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Americana)
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Sprague, Marshall NEWPORT IN THE ROCKIES: THE LIFE AND GOOD TIMES OF COLORADO SPRINGS
Sage Books Denver (1961) 370pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Bowers, Claude G. PIERRE VERGNIAUD: VOICE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
The Macmillan Co. New York 1950 1st ptg 535pp B&W illustrations HC Biography of Pierre Vergniaud - Girondist hero of the French revolution, brilliant lawyer, man of culture and great gifts, and perhaps the most magnetic orator of the Revolution. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Thomas, Norman GREAT DISSENTERS
W. W. Norton & Co., Inc. New York (1961) 1st ed 220pp HC America's great dissenter of this century discusses five men (Socrates, Galileo, Tom Paine, Wendell Phillips, and Gandhi) whose own dissents have helped shape western life. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Philosophy)
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Donohue, Joseph W. (edited by) THE THEATRICAL MANAGER IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA: PLAYER OF A PERILOUS GAME
Princeton University Press Princeton 1971 216pp HC ISBN 0691061882 Chapters on: Philip Henslowe, Tate Wilkinson, Stephen Price, Edwin Booth, and Charles Wyndham. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Selden, Samuel & Rezzuto, Tom ESSENTIALS OF STAGE SCENERY
Appleton-Century-Crofts New York (1972) 1st ptg 263pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Mielziner, Jo (with an introduction by Brooks Atkinson) THE SHAPES OF OUR THEATER
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. New York (1970) 1st ed 160pp 56 B&W illustrations HC This book is about planning and designing the interior shapes of our theatre buildings, primarily those for spoken drama and comedy and musical theatre. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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McClinton, Katharine Morrison ANTIQUES IN MINIATURE
Charles Scribner's Sons New York (1970) 1st ed 182pp B&W illustrations HC Covers items too large for doll's houses and not big enough to be children's furniture. Includes: furniture, silver, glass, pottery and porcelain, tin, pewter, brass, copper and iron. good (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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(See also our catalogue Pottery Books)
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Wister, Fanny Kemble (editor) OWEN WISTER OUT WEST: HIS JOURNALS AND LETTERS
University of Chicago Press Chicago (1958) 269pp B&W illustrations HC The heretofore unknown journals and letters of the author of THE VIRGINIAN - the man who mad a legendary hero of the American cowboy. Sixguns 2436, Herd 2549. very good, tan cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Moore, Thomas LALLA ROOKH: AN ORIENTAL ROMANCE
Lincoln Macveagh-Dial Press New York 1930 179pp ill. by Ben Kutcher HC Nice clean and tight copy, red cloth w/gilt stampings under dustjacket. very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Burland, Cottie NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN MYTHOLOGY
Paul Hamlyn London (1965) 153pp over 100 B&W ill, 24pp color HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Sann, Paul AMERICAN PANORAMA - Revised Edition of: FADS, FOLLIES, AND DELUSIONSOF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Crown Publishers New York (1980) 342pp 500 B&W ill. HC ISBN 0517537737 A revised edition of FADS, FOLLIES AND DELUSIONS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE including: new diets, quick cures, campus bloodshed, the cults, jogging, skyjacking, millionaire athletes and much more. good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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