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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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Sobel, Robert THE CURBSTONE BROKERS: THE ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE
The Macmillan Company New York (1970) 1st ptg 296pp B&W illustrations HC good w/lightly edgeworn dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002849I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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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 Pottery 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)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002929I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002941I   details     inquire
(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
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002948I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002953I   details     inquire
(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
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002959I   details     inquire
(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)
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002963I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 12.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002968I   details     inquire
(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)
Price: USD 9.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002975I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002983I   details     inquire
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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
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002986I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS002989I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003001I   details     inquire
(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)
Price: USD 2.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003006I   details     inquire
(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)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003019I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003021I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Military)
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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)
Price: USD 6.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003027I   details     inquire
(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)
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003030I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Military)
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Adair, John THE NAVAJO AND PUEBLO SILVERSMITHS
University of Oklahoma Press Norman, OK (1973) 9th ptg 220pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0806101334 First published in 1944 as "the first full and authoritative account of..." very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003047I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Silver Collecting Books)
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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)
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003052I   details     inquire
(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)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003055I   details     inquire
(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)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003056I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 14.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003057I   details     inquire
(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)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003081I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 14.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003083I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 12.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003084I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Architecture)
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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)
Price: USD 8.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003098I   details     inquire
(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)
Price: USD 5.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003102I   details     inquire
(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)
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003115I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003148I   details     inquire
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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)
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003158I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue American History)
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Noli, Jean THE ADMIRAL'S WOLF PACK
Doubleday & Co. New York 1974 1st ed 396pp HC ISBN 0385003722 The exciting story of the German U-boat campaigns of World War II as told by the men who were actually there. good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 14.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003161I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Military)
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Miers, Earl Schenck (ed) NEW JERSEY AND THE CIVIL WAR: AN ALBUM OF CONTEMPORY ACCOUNTS
D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc. Princeton, NJ 1964 135pp HC Volume 2 of The New Jersey Historical Series.very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003169I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Civil War)
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Kennedy, Roger D. MEN ON THE MOVING FRONTIER: FROM WILDERNESS TO CIVILIZATION
American West Publishing Co. Palo Alto, CA (1969) 199pp B&W illustrations HC "The Romance, Realism,and Life-styles of One Part of the American West." very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 6.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003186I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Bakker, Elna & Lillard, Richard G. THE GREAT SOUTHWEST: THE STORY OF A LAND AND ITS PEOPLE
American West Publishing Co. Palo Alto, CA (1972) 288pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0910118264 "The Great West Series." very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003188I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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The Editors of American West THE GREAT NORTHWEST: THE STORY OF A LAND AND ITS PEOPLE
American West Publishing Co. Palto Alto, CA (1973) 285pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0910118329 very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003189I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Western Americana)
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Seaver, George ALBERT SCHWEITZER: THE MAN AND HIS MIND
Harper & Brothers New York (1947) 346pp HC good, gray cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
Price: USD 3.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003198I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Biographies (Literary, Business and General))
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Snow, Dean THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA
The Viking Press New York (1976) 272pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0670130583 very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003200I   details     inquire
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Becker, Ethel A. A TREASURY OF ALASKANA
Superior Publishing Co. Seattle (1969) 1st ed 183pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003203I   details     inquire
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Morris, Kenneth, Robinson, Marc, & Kroll, Richard AMERICAN DREAMS: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF BUSINESS IDEAS AND INNOVATIONFROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Lightbulb Press New York (1990) 1st ptg 224pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0810936569 The events and ideas that changed our lives during each year of THE JOURNAL'S existence. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small closed tear on dj
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003209I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Buchner, Alexander (translated by Iris Urwin) MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS THROUGH THE AGES
Spring Books London (1964) 3rd ptg 42pp of text 323 plates follow text HC First published in 1958. The book presents the story of musical instruments first of all in pictures, with only such minimum of text, as is necessary to link the illustrations in a comprehensible historical sequence. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 14.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003212I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Music History and Appreciation)
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Waite, Helen E. MAKE A JOYFUL SOUND: THE ROMANCE OF MABEL HUBBARD AND ALEXANDER GRAHAMBELL - An Authorized Biography
Macrae Smith Co. Philadelphia (1961) 285pp B&W illustrations HC The personal factors behind the great inventions and discoveries that change the world are often overlooked, to history's loss, and nowhere has this been more true than in the case of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor, experimenter in genetics and aerodynamics, great-hearted friend and teacher of the handicapped. good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 4.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003214I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Thompson, Craig SINCE SPINDLETOP: A HUMAN STORY OF GULF'S FIRST HALF-CENTURY
Gulf Oil Corporation Pittsburgh [1951] 110pp B&W illustrations HC good, blue cloth (hardcover) somelight edgewear/small stain
Price: USD 7.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003215I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Dyer, Davis, & Sicilia, David B. LABORS OF A MODERN HERCULES: THE EVOLUTION OF A CHEMICAL COMPANY
Harvard Business School Boston (1990) 1st ptg 528pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0875842275 Hercules,Inc., a leading producer of specialty chemicals on its 75th anniversary. One of the first companies to be created by judicial decree - a spin-off of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003217I   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue Business and Financial Histories)
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Michener, James A. THE QUALITY OF LIFE
J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia (1970) 2nd ptg 127pp HC An expanded version, without the paintings by James B. Wyeth. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
Price: USD 3.50 other currencies   order no. BOOKS003220I   details     inquire
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Hertz, Louis H. THE HANDBOOK OF OLD AMERICAN TOYS
Mark Haber & Co. Wethersfield, CT 1947 1st ed 119pp B&W illustrations HC "Provides the basic information needed by everyone interested in the subject." A classic. good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) dustjacket bright
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Newman, Peter C. KING OF THE CASTLE: THE MAKING OF A DYNASTY: SEAGRAM'S AND THEBRONFMAN EMPIRE
Atheneum New York 1979 304pp HC ISBN 0689109636 "From prairie bootlegging to multi-billion-dollar empire, the true lives, times and scandals behind one of the world's great fortunes." very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Macksey, Kenneth INVASION: THE GERMAN INVASION OF ENGLAND JULY 1940
Collier Macmillan Canada Ltd Ontario (1980) 223pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0029902908 very good, blue cloth (no dustjacket)
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Mowat, Farley SEA OF SLAUGHTER
The Atlantic Monthly Press Boston (1984) 1st US 438pp HC ISBN 0871130130 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Drepperd, Carl W. AMERICAN CLOCKS AND CLOCK MAKERS
Doubleday & Co., Inc. New York 1947 1st ed 312pp 400 B&W illustrations HC good++ w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Stendahl, Krister (editor) THE SCROLLS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT
Harper & Brothers New York (1957) 1st ed 308pp HC "The Sermon on the Mount - Paul - The Messiah - History and Life of the Early Church - John the Baptist - Judaism." good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Klapthor, Margaret Brown THE FIRST LADIES COOK BOOK: FAVORITE RECIPES OF ALL THE PRESIDENTS OFTHE UNITED STATES
Parent's Magazine Press New York (1969) rev ed 224pp B&W and color illustrations HC good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Feilding, Everard SITTINGS WITH EUSAPIA PALLADINO & OTHER STUDIES
University Books New Hyde Park, NY (1963) 324pp B&W illustrations HC good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Droscher, Vitus B. THEY LOVE AND KILL: SEX, SYMPATHY AND AGGRESSION IN COURTSHIP AND MATING
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. New York (1976) 1st ed 363pp B&W and color illustrations HC ISBN 0876902158 very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Cowdrey, Albert E. THIS LAND, THIS SOUTH: AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
University Press of KY Lexington, KY (1983) 236pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0813103029 "Here is the story of the long interaction between man, land, and climate in the American South. It is a tale of exploitations and erosion, of destruction, disease, and defeat, but also of the persistent search for knowledge and wisdom." fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue American History)
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Minney, R. J. RECOLLECTIONS OF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1969) 2nd ptg 211pp HC ISBN 0137673841 very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Ervine, St. John BERNARD SHAW: HIS LIFE, WORK AND FRIENDS
William Morrow & Co. New York 1956 628pp B&W illustrations HC good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Montgomery, Charles F. & Kane, Patricia E. (editors) AMERICAN ART: 1750-1800 TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE
Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT (1976) 1st ed 320pp 280 B&W ill., 44 color ill. PB ISBN 0821206923 Prepared for bicentennial exhibition held at the Yale University Art Gallery April 3-May 23, 1976, and at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London July 15-September 26, 1976. Presents an overview of the arts and crafts in American during that crucial half century when the colonies were moving towards independence, both politically and culturally. very good, wraps (softcover)
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Kauffman, Henry J. THE COLONIAL SILVERSMITH: HIS TECHNIQUES & HIS PRODUCTS
Thomas Nelson Camden, NJ (1969) 1st ed 176pp B&W illustrations HC very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover)
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(See also our catalogue Silver Collecting Books)
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Brinton, Crane A HISTORY OF WESTERN MORALS
Harcourt, Brace and Co. New York (1959) 1st ed 502pp HC very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Faulk, Odie B. THE GERONIMO CAMPAIGN
Oxford University Press New York (1969) 245pp B&W illustrations HC very good, red cloth (hardcover)(no dustjacket)
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Josephy, Alvin M. THE PATRIOT CHIEFS: A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN INDIAN LEADERSHIP
The Viking Press New York (1963) 3rd ptg 364pp B&W illustrations HC First published in 1961. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Utley, Robert M. THE LANCE AND THE SHIELD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SITTING BULL
Henry Holt and Co. New York (1993) 413pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0805012745 very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), BCE
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Moses, Michael (cosponsored by Israel Sack, Inc.) MASTER CRAFTSMEN OF NEWPORT: THE TOWNSENDS AND GODDARDS
MMI Americana Press Tenafly, NJ (1984) 361pp B&W and color illustrations HC THE BOOK on Newport, Rhode Island furniture. We have been fortunate in the last 10 years to be able to find and offer only a dozen copies of this elusive title, and are pleased to again offer a copy for furniture historians and fine cabinet makers. fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover)
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Cleugh, James LOVE LOCKED OUT: AN EXAMINATION OF THE IRREPRESSIBLE SEXUALITY OF THEMIDDLE AGES
Crown Publishers, Inc. New York (1964) 320pp HC good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) light spotting to cloth
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Marx, Arthur SON OF GROUCHO
David McKay Co., Inc. New York (1973) 2nd ptg 357pp B&W illustrations HC good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Merrick, Henrietta Sands IN THE WORLD'S ATTIC
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York 1931 259pp B&W and color ill., map HC good+, red cloth (hardcover) (nodustjacket)
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Koenig, Louis W. BRYAN: A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York (1971) 736pp HC good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Bell, Andrew HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF FEUDALISM, BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL
Partridge and Oakey London 1852 1st ed 447pp HC Title continued: "... with Numerous Notices of the Doings of the Feudalry, in all ages and countries." very good, original black cloth (hardcover)
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Englebert, Omer THE LAST OF THE CONQUISTADORS: JUNIPERO SERRA (1713-1784)
Harcourt, Brace and Co. New York (1956) 1st ed 368pp B&W illustrations HC good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Soubiran, Andre THE GOOD DOCTOR GUILLOTIN AND HIS STRANGE DEVICE -- (on dustjacket -THE GOOD DR. GUILLOTIN AND HIS STRANGE DEVICE)
Souvenir Press London (1964) 224pp B&W illustrations HC Believe it or not, Dr. Guillotin did not invent the hideous machine that bears his name. In fact, he only narrowly excaped execution himself and his sole motive in suggesting the use of the guillotine was the prevention of further suffering to the victims of the French Revolution. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Greene, Evarts Boutell THE FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN NATIONALITY
Frederick Ungar Publishing New York (1968) 614pp, index HC First published in 1922, reprinted from 1935 edition. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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Garner, F. H. ENGLISH DELFTWARE
Faber and Faber London (1948) 44pp of text 96 B&W plates follow text HC A volume from the "The Faber Monographs on Pottery and Porcelain", edited by W. B. Honey, covering the whole range of the English tin-glazed pottery by a convenient and well-established misnomer as "delftware". Four color plates in the text. good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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Tracy, Don ON THE MIDNIGHT TIDE
The Dial Press New York 1957 369pp HC A Novel of Confederate Blockade Runners. good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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Hapgood, David & Richardson, David MONTE CASSINO
Congdon & Weed, Inc. New York (1984) 1st ed 269pp B&W illustrations HC ISBN 0312925379 "At last, the full story behind one of World War II's most disputed events - the day American bombers destroyed the great abbey." good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) bump top edge bending few pps
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