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Where the Sea Breaks its Back : The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska

By: Ford, Cory; Illustrated by Lois Darling

Price: $31.00

Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books: 2000

Seller ID: 22355

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

206 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Blue softcover, [xii] + 206 pages, brief bibliography, 14 b/w illustrations including maps. ; Originally published 1966. This edition 1992, 4th printing, 2000. ; Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746) was a German botanist, zoologist and physician, famous for being among the first to explore Alaska and its natural history. ; No marks, no defects. Crisp.
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Black and White : Land, Labor, and Politics in the South

By: Fortune, Timothy Thomas, with John H. Bracey Jr.

Price: $27.00

Publisher: Johnson Publishing Company: 1970

Seller ID: 21642

ISBN: 0714623458

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

201 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, black boards, [xvi] + 201 pages, a few footnotes, lengthy appendix, 4 tables. ; Written by former slave and noted economist. Originally published 1884. This edition, with new foreword by John H. Bracey Jr, 1970. ; Topics include: The negro and the nation. Exploitation. Education. Causes of illiteracy. Political independence of the negro. Labor and capital. Ownership of land. More. ; Heel shows small chip and bump. No other defects. No jacket, as issued. Scarce in any condition. ; Ebony Classics Series; Vol. 6
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Picts, Gaels and Scots : Early Historic Scotland

By: Foster, Sally M.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: B. T. Batsford: 1996

Seller ID: 22336

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

128 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Softcover, 128 pages, index, glossary, 88 b/w maps, photos and illustrations, 12 color plates, with captions. ; Copyright 1996. This is 1st softcover edition, 1996. Archaeology and history of early inhabitants of Scotland, including Picts, Dal Riata, Gaels, Albans and Scots. ; No defects apart from spine somewhat faded but still readable. ; Item laid in: Unused postcard with historical b/w photo, "dividing the catch" bird harvest event at St. Kilda, Scotland. ; Historic Scotland Series
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This Far by Faith : Twenty Years At Cass Community (Detroit History) (Signed)

By: Fowler, Faith

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Cass Community Publishing House: 2014

Seller ID: 21558

ISBN: 193988070X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

224 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Gray softcover, [xvi] + 224 pages, 2 small photos including front cover, small b/w map of Detroit. ; Memoirs of tireless United Methodist pastor, activist for positive change for over 20 years in notorious Cass Corridor, until recently one of the worst neighborhoods in Detroit. ; No defects of any kind. Title page SIGNED by author.
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Album of Niagara Falls

By: Frey, Charles; Illustrated by Charles Frey

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Chisolm Brothers & Charles Frey: 1890

Seller ID: 16217

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

16 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Oblong hardcover (11 x 7.75 inches) 28 x 20 cm, full brown cloth, gilt lettering; front board decorated in gilt, black, gray and green; 16 large unnumbered accordion-folded pages, 54 beautiful high-quality high-gloss b/w illustrations of Niagara Falls and its sights, of which 6 are full-page, all with brief captions. ; Topics include: Horseshoe falls. American falls. Cave of the winds. Suspension bridge. Cantilever bridge. Prospect park. Ferry stairway. Tightrope walkers. Hotels. More. ; Exterior shows very light wear and a touch of sunning. Boards slightly bowed....
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To the Aleutians and Beyond : The Anthropology of William S. Laughlin

By: Frohlich, Bruno, with Albert B. Harper and Rolf Gilbert

Price: $17.00

Publisher: National Museum of Denmark: 2002

Seller ID: 22373

ISBN: 8789384857

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

382 pages; 4to (11.75") 30 cm; Tall gray softcover, 382 glossy pages, main text in 2 columns, bibliography, extensive index, contributions from 29 experts, over 200 b/w photos, maps, graphs, illustrations, etc, with captions. William S. Laughlin began arctic and sub-arctic anthropological research in 1955 and continued over 40 years. This festschrift honors his work with a biography, interview, and a wonderful compilation of new research. ; Edited by Bruno Frohlich, Albert B. Harper, Rolf Gilbert. ; Topics include: Aleut shamanism. Human mummies of Kagamil Island. Unangan mortuary practices an...
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United States Civil War Soldiers : Living in Michigan in 1894

By: Gantz, Arlynn, and Arlene Conley Smith

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Clinton County Historical Society: 1988

Seller ID: 20911

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

288 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, steel-blue cloth, silver lettering, [vi] + 288 pages, main text in 2 columns, about 15 000 living soldiers and sailors listed by name, with their county and village (place of residence) as of 1894.; Compiled and edited by Arlynn Gantz, Arlene Conley Smith, and committee. ; Boards very slightly bowed. No other defects. No jacket, as issued.
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Pennsylvania Manual, The, Volume 87, 1945 : Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

By: Gardener, Braton R, and Alice Allen

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: 1945

Seller ID: 20751

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

1156 pages; 8vo (9.25") 20 cm; Thick hardcover, green cloth, fold-out map of PA counties and county seats, fold-out map of US states and state capitals, fold-out organizational chart, 2 indexes, over 100 b/w photos, 4 illustrations in color on glossy plates. ; Editor in chief C. M. Woolworth. Contents include: Annotated US Constitution and Pennsylvania Constitution. History and chronology of Pennsylvania. State government departments. Biographical sketches of and portrait photos of elected officials. Statistics on education, state forests, population, elections, more. ; Light wear to extremiti...
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Detroit : Then and Now

By: Gay, Cheri Y.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Thunder Bay Press: 2001

Seller ID: 22071

ISBN: 1571456899

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

144 pages; 4to (10") 26 cm; Large oblong hardcover, pictorial boards, brown endpapers, 144 pages, index. ; Historic b/w (or sepia-toned) photos from 1860-1930 side by side with full-color contemporary photos of same building or location, with extensive captions for each. Fascinating, one of best books on Detroit history in recent years. ; Book shows no defects. Jacket shows only a touch of edgewear. ; Then & Now Series
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Constitution and By-Laws of the German American Political and Social Club : Dearborn, Michigan, 1934

By: German Club

Price: $8.00

Publisher: German American Club: 1934

Seller ID: 17852

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

20 pages; 24mo (5.5") 13 cm; Small softcover booklet (3.6 x 5.5 inches) (92 x 138 mm) tan leatherette covers, 20 pages, with 9 pages in German in old Fraktur script, the same text in English over 7 pages, and 4 calendar pages. ; Published by the German American Political and Social Club of Dearborn, Michigan, 1934. ; Very light edgewear. Front page marked with member name, and on the calendar pages attendance at meetings are marked. (Image shows front cover and one spread)
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Thousand Years of Poland, A

By: Gieysztor, Aleksander, with Stanislaw Herbst and Boguslaw Lesnodorski

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Interpress Publishers: 1973

Seller ID: 22191

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

259 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, red cloth, red endpapers, 4 small maps, about 150 b/w photos and illustrations, 20 color plates. English text. ; Written by Aleksander Gieysztor with additional chapters by Stanislaw Herbst and Boguslaw Lesnodorski. ; Bookplate on rear endpaper. Fore-edge faintly spotted. Light bump to lower front tip. Jacket chipped, torn, spotted, but all readable.
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La Pologne Millenaire : A Thousand Years of Poland

By: Gieysztor, Aleksander, with Stanislaw Herbst and Boguslaw Lesnodorski

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Editions Interpress: 1973

Seller ID: 22192

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

259 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; FRENCH text throughout. Tall hardcover, red cloth, red endpapers, 4 small maps, about 150 b/w photos and illustrations, 20 color plates. ; Written by Aleksander Gieysztor with additional chapters by Stanislaw Herbst and Boguslaw Lesnodorski. ; Boards slightly bowed. Small mark on rear endpaper. No other defects to book. Jacket lightly rubbed, with three small chips and small old pricesticker on rear panel, but all readable. Quite scarce.
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Lectures and Essays on Irish and Other Subjects

By: Giles, Henry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: D. & J. Sadlier & Company: 1869

Seller ID: 14179

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

394 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover bound in beautiful dark purple-blue pebbled cloth, gilt lettering and decor, black rules, pale yellow endpapers. ; Topics include: Irish history. Irish emigration. Irish character. Daniel O'Connell. John Philpot Curran. Gerald Griffin. Bishop James Warren Doyle. The Christian idea in Catholic art and Protestant culture. Scottish wit and humor. More. ; The Rev. Henry Giles was a popular lecturer and Unitarian defender in the 19th century. This is the first collection of his Irish lectures published in book form. Published in NY by D. & J. Sadlier & Compa...
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Southfield : Yesterday and Today (Michigan History)

By: Goldbaum, Vicki; Illustrated by Vicki Goldbaum

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Manufacturers Bank: 1983

Seller ID: 15432

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

50 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Softcover, stiff orange covers, 50 pages, list of city officials, list of Fortune 500 companies located in Southfield, 40 b/w photos and illustrations. ; Copyright 1974. This si 2nd Revised Edition, 1983. Published for 25th anniversairy of the City of Southfield, a northern suburb of Detroit, which went from pioneer farmland in the 1940s to the skyscraper-studded 2nd largest city in Oakland County, known as the Office Capital of the Midwest, in the 1960s. ; No defects. Clean and tight. Scarce.
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Maya Archaeology 3 : Featuring the Grolier Codex

By: Golden, Charles, with Stephen Houston and Joel Skidmore

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Precolumbia Mesoweb Press: 2015

Seller ID: 22310

ISBN: 0985931701

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

256 pages; 4to (10.5") 27 cm; Square hardcover, 256 glossy pages, bibliography, over 400 maps, diagrams, photos and illustrations, many in full color. Large fold-out in rear pocket, as issued. ; Volume 3 of a series of 3, but stands alone. Chapters by many different experts. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. ; Maya Archaeology Series; Vol. 3
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Wedding Garland, the : (Clyde C. Metzler, Ethel Daily, Utica, Nebraska, 1906)

By: Goldsberry, Louise Dunham

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Jennings & Graham: 1896

Seller ID: 15226

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

24 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover. Beautiful ornate decorated boards, white moire cloth over spine, silver lettering on front, all edges silver, reinforced binding, 24 stiff unnumbered cardstock pages, 11 sepia-toned and 11 stunning color illustrations. One spread has places to attach photos of bride and groom, and there are three b/w photos (2 of groom, 1 of bride) two of which have been neatly trimmed to fit into ovals. They are laid in, not attached to the book. ; This was blank book published in 1896 for weddings. Now it is a memento of wedding of Clyde C. Metzler, dentist, and Ethel ...
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Reminiscences of the Civil War

By: Gordon, John B.

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Time-Life Books: 1981

Seller ID: 21914

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

474 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue-black leather, marching soldiers embossed on front, gilt lettering, all edges gilt, red silk page-marker ribbon, marbled endpapers, 474 pages. ; Top-quality reprint of a first-hand account of the American Civil War, originally published 1903. This edition 1981. ; Gilt edges partly faded. Owner name penned on front flyleaf. No other marks or defects. ; Time Life Collector's Library of the Civil War Series; Vol. 3
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Lafayette in America, 1777-1783 : Leather Bound, First Bicentennial Edition

By: Gottschalk, Louis

Price: $23.00

Publisher: L'Esprit de Lafayette Society: 1975

Seller ID: 15681

ISBN: 1299105726

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

1006 pages; 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Hardcover, brown buffalo leather, top edge and lettering and decor in 24-karat gold, red moire silk cloth liners, 20 + 184 + 364 + 458 pages, 1006 total pages, red-white-blue page-marker ribbon, footnotes, appendixes, indexes, 6 lithograph plates bound in, with fold-out Revolutionary War maps reproduced from original maps of the period. Author's imprinted aut*graph on title page. ; 1st edition thus. Cover design by Norman Alberts. Binding designed by Richard Roe. Maps lithographed by Jack Suit. Copy number BC476 stamped on title page, as issued. A beautiful limit...
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Hadrian's Wall in the Days of the Romans

By: Graham, Frank; Illustrated by Ronald Embleton

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Frank Graham: 1988

Seller ID: 22206

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

320 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, blue boards, 320 glossy pages, index, over 400 illustrations (maps, floorplans, landscapes, tombstones, elevations, etc) including 71 in full color. ; Copyright 1984. This is 3rd printing, 1988. Excellent illustrations by Ronald Embleton. Maps, vignettes and inscriptions by Gill Embleton, Eric Dale and David Thompson. ; When Romans invaded Britain, they defended themselves against the fierce Picts (Scots) in the north by building a wall and a string of fortifications to keep them out. This book traces every fortification along the wall and what remains o...
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National Geographic Society, Battlefields of the Civil War : Printed for the Blue and the Gray

By: Graves, William; Illustrated by John F. Shupe

Price: $9.00

Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1997

Seller ID: 22299

ISBN: 1572621389

Binding: Non-Book

Condition: Near Fine

Large glossy color map. Reverse has several color maps of specific battles. ; Approx 30 x 24 inches. ; No defects. Folded, as issued.
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