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What We Bought : The New World, Scenes from the Denver Metropolitan Area, 1970-1974

By: Adams, Robert

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Sprengel Museum: 1995

Seller ID: 17512

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

3891690940 208 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Oblong hardcover, red cloth, blindstamped lettering, pale gray endpapers, 208 unnumbered high-gloss pages, 193 high-quality artistic tritone (b/w) photos of every-day life in Denver, Colorado, 1970-1974. Very little text, no captions. Text in parallel German and English. ; Stiftung Niedersachsen. This is the German-English edition of isbn 0300149638. This book is isbn 3891690940. Stunning photos by world renowned Robert Adams. Mostly exteriors: urban and suburban scenes, stores, billboards, mobile home parks, partly-developed subdivisions, etc, and som...
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History of the American Federation of Ramallah, Palestine, 1959-2008 : 50th Anniversary Convention, Dearborn, Michigan, July 2-6, 2008

By: Ajlouny, Nadim

Price: $32.00

Publisher: American Federation of Ramallah, Palestine: 2009

Seller ID: 16710

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

181 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, black pictorial covers, 181 pages, 3 appendixes, 2 small maps, 6 family trees and tables, lyrics of Federation anthem in Arabic and phonetic English, hundreds of high-quality photos, about half in full color. Glossy throughout. All English, with a few words and phrases in Arabic. ; Compiled, edited, introduction and photos by Nadim Ajlouny, past president, American Federation of Ramallah, Palestine. ; Includes history of City of Ramallah, history of magazine Hathihe Ramallah, photos from each convention of the Federation, major Arab-American a...
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Kyrgyz Statehood and the National Epos Manas : (Signed)

By: Akaev, Askar

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Global Scholarly Publications: 2003

Seller ID: 13713

Condition: Very Good

1592670059 364 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Red and brown pictorial softcover, 364 pages, bibliography, brief glossary of Kyrgyz terms, 1 b/w diagram. English text. Title page SIGNED by author in ornate script and dated 2-10-003.; Written by Askar Akaev, President of Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) from 1990 to 2005. Foreword by Parviz Morewedge. Co-published by Utah Valley State College. ; History of Kyrgyz, a former Soviet republic, and of its ancient epic hero-story, Manas, which serves almost as a religion in binding together the people of Kyrgyz. ; Covers show light wear to tips. No other flaw...
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American Airlines Guide Book to the World's Fair and New York : New York World's Fair, 1964-1965

By: American Airlines; Illustrated by William Kasso

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Cliff Productions: 1964

Seller ID: 18004

Condition: Very Good+

66 pages; 16mo (6") 15 cm; Small softcover, fold-and-staple binding, glossy covers, 66 pages printed on newsprint, 1 small map, 23 b/w photos and illustrations. ; Slight yellowing of pages, as usual. Faint crease to lower front cover. A touch of wear to crown. Otherwise remarkably crisp and clean. Scarce.
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I Married a Logger : Life in Michigan's Tall Timber

By: Anderson, Julie; Illustrated by Julie Anderson

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Avery Color Studios: 1989

Seller ID: 20839

Condition: Very Good+

0932212549 328 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover, 328 pages, b/w photo of author, 16 full-page line drawings by author. (Please note: front cover carries faint image of author, that is not a stain) ; Originally published 1951. This is a facsimile reprint, 1988, 2nd printing, July, 1989. ; Memoirs and true stories of life in Upper Peninsula (Michigan) logging camp in early 20th century, writen by longtime logger's wife who fended off bears and coyotes while cooking for loggers. ; Spine intact and readable but shows faint creases. No other defects.
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Fur Fort, The

By: Andrews, R. J.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Ginn & Company: 1970

Seller ID: 18746

Condition: Very Good+

24 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Large oblong softcover booklet, 24 glossy pages, bibliography, 18 b/w illustrations, 15 color illustrations including map of early trading posts in Eastern Canada. ; Historical information on pioneer forts and fur trade in Canada around Hudson Bay and Great Lakes, with short quiz at end of each section, aimed at schoolchildren but suitable for all ages. ; Covers show a touch of shelfwear. 'Thunder Bay Historical Museum' stamped inside front cover. No other defects.
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From Van to Detroit : Surviving the Armenian Genocide (Signed)

By: Aprahamian, Souren

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Souren Aprahamian: 1999

Seller ID: 20421

Condition: Near Fine

291 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Green softcover, 291 pages, index, bibliography, chronology, small map, appendix with 39 photos, 42 b/w photos in text, with captions. Lengthy inscription on inside front cover (which states, in part, '1 and a half million perished including 35 members of my family! I am the last of the 15 of my family that survived the genocide') and SIGNED by author and dated 2001.; Copyright 1993. This is 2nd edition, 1999. Edited by Ara Sarafian and Roland Telfeyan. Foreword by Armen Haig Ovhanesian. ; Author was born and raised in Van, Armenia, and witnessed the fighting fi...
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Barbary Coast, the : An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld

By: Asbury, Herbert

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Garden City Publishing Company: 1933

Seller ID: 21276

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

320 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark red boards, tan illustrated endpapers, [vi] + 320 + [xii] pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, 14 b/w illustrations, 10 b/w photos on glossy pages, with captions. ; Copyright 1933. This is an early reprint. ; Lurid history of saloons, opium dens, gambling houses, Chinese gangs, prostitution and other vices in San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the Great Earthquake of 1906. ; Exterior worn. Faint spotting to 5 pages. One leaf missing upper tip, not affecting any text. 5 leaves lightly creased. Binding tight. Lacks jacket. Scarce. Sold as is.
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Debate on the Constitution, The, Complete in 2 Volumes : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification

By: Bailyn, Bernard

Price: $34.00

Publisher: Library of America: 1984

Seller ID: 21457

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

094045064X 2433 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Set of 2 heavy hardcovers in original slipcase, dark red cloth and endpapers, high-gloss black jackets, page-marker ribbon in each vol, [xxii] + 1214 + [xxii] + 1175 pages, 2433 total pages. ; Part One: September 1878 to February 1788, 0940450492, Library of America Series, vol-62. Part Two: January to August 1788, 094045064X, Library of America Series, vol-63.; Both vols are Fine, no marks, no defects, both ribbons intact and never been touched. Slipcase shows only a whisper of wear. Quite scarce in this condition. ; Library of America Series
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Invisible Flag. the : Complete and Unabridged

By: Bamm, Peter

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Signet/New American Library: 1958

Seller ID: 20254

Condition: Near Fine

192 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Paperback, 192 pages, all edges inked red, 2 small b/w maps. ; Signet S1512. Copyright 1956. This is 1st paperback edition, April, 1958, complete and unabridged. ; True memoirs of battlefield surgeon in World War 2 in Crimea and East Prussia (formerly Germany, now part of Russia). Blurb: 'A German Army Surgeon who Served in the Russian Campaign Tells of His Personal War for Humanity Against the Nazis and the Barbarism of Battle.' Translated from German by Frank Herrmann. ; Spine very slightly twisted. No other defects. Appears unread. Quite scarce. ; Amazonbuyer...
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Women of the Peace Camps in Action for the Common Cause : A Set of Eight Photographic Postcards

By: Barber, Ed; Illustrated by Kate Donnelly

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Leeds Postcards: 1982

Seller ID: 15613

Condition: Near Fine

16mo (6.25") 16 cm; Postcard; Lot of postcards. Standard size (4.25 x 6.25 inches) 11 x 16 cm, glossy b/w photos, captions on reverse. Original coversheet, pale blue, with title and publisher name, included. ; Photos by Ed Barber and Kate Donnelly. 1) women from Greenham Common (UK air force base) protest movement after keening at Houses of Parliament. 2) Die-in at London Stock Exchange. 3) policeman removing woman protester from security gate at Greenham Common. 4) protesters obstruct bulldozers. 5) protesters obstruct construction with their bodies and large woolen webs. 6) 30 000 women ...
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House with Two Tales, the : History of Troy, Michigan

By: Barnard, Frederick H.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Barnard History Press: 2015

Seller ID: 19900

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

1936672995 139 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, gray covers, [xiv] + 139 + 13 pages, chronology, bibliography, 4 small family trees, 5 historic maps, about 130 b/w photos and facsimiles with captions. ; Isbn 9781936672998. History of Troy, Michigan, a northern suburb of Detroit, with special emphasis on Niles-Barnard House, home of pioneer settler Johnson Niles and later Norman Barnard, both instrumental in development of Troy. ; No defects. No jacket, as issued.
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La Salle in the Valley of the St. Joseph : An Historical Fragment (Indiana History)

By: Bartlett, Charles H., and Richard H. Lyon; Illustrated by Arthur Thomas

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Tribune Printing Company: 1899

Seller ID: 16678

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

119 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt lettering and decor, footnotes, small b/w map of South Bend, St. Joseph county, Indiana, and adjoining townships, 20 b/w photos and illustrations with captions. Glossy throughout. ; 'Compliments of Tribune Printing Company, South Bend, Indiana' printed on a slip bound in, as issued. ; A small but impressive book that chronicles the Indiana-area exploits of Robert de La Salle (1643-1687) who explored the Great Lakes, traveled up the St. Joseph (Miami) River and the Illinois River, portaged at South Bend, built a fort at Peoria, etc....
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Western Military Frontier, The, 1815-1846 : A Dissertation in History

By: Beers, Henry Putney

Price: $22.00

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania: 1935

Seller ID: 19909

Condition: Very Good-

227 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Gray softcover, [vii] + 227 pages, extensive index, large bibliography, copious footnotes, map of frontier in 1833, list and map of forts 1783-1846. ; Complete subtitle: 'A Dissertation in History presented to the faculty of the graduate school in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy.' Henry Putney Beers was a noted historian, bibliographer, and archivist with the National Archives and Records Service, who wrote many distinguished historical books. ; Light edgewear. Modern b/w bookplate from Dearborn Historical Museum....
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Hitler is No Fool : The Menace of the Man and His Program

By: Billinger, Karl (Paul Wilhelm Massing)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Modern Age Books: 1939

Seller ID: 14630

Condition: Very Good+

198 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Black and red softcover, [x] + 198 + 14 pages, endnotes. ; Author, born Paul Wilhelm Massing, an avowed liberal who wrote under pen name for safety, spent 5 months in solitary confinement for opposing Hitler. In this book he explains Hitler's thesis, why 'anti-Semitism is an inevitable part of fascism', and 'why the real facts of Hitler's life are not told in [Hitler's] book'. ; Isbn 113523096X. Complete subtitle and blurb: 'The Menace of the Man and his Program. Tearing away the veils of inarticulate mysticism which fog the pages of Mein Kampf, the German au...
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African American Families and Children at Risk : The Twelfth Annual Gisela Konopka Lecture, 1989

By: Billingsley, Andrew

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Center for Youth Development and Research, College of Home Economics, University of Minnesota: 1989

Seller ID: 19038

Condition: Very Good+

21 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Tan softcover booklet, [iv] + 28 pages numbered to 21, b/w portrait photos of Gisela Konopka and Andrew Billingsley. Includes audience questions and answers. ; Introductions by Dr. Mary Heltsley and Dr. Josie Johnson. ; Front cover has two puncture wounds from removed staple. Otherwise only a touch of wear. Scarce. ; Annual Gisela Konopka Lecture Series; Vol. 12
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Culloden and the ' 45

By: Black, Jeremy

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Grange Books: 1997

Seller ID: 20524

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

217 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, red boards, [xiv] + 217 glossy pages, index, endnotes, 3 battle plans, 6 small maps, 58 b/w portraits and illustrations. ; Originally published 1990. This edition 1997. ; Exhaustive history of failed 1745 Jacobite (Scottish) rebellion against England and its final battle at Culloden. ; Book and jacket show only a whisper of wear. No marks, no defects.
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Child at War : The True Story of a Young Belgian Resistance Fighter

By: Bles, Mark

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Mercury House: 1991

Seller ID: 20902

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

1562790048 301 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, black boards, [viii] + 301 pages, bibliography, 36 b/w photos with caption. Original publisher postcard laid in, as issued. ; Biography of Hortense Damon, a 15-year-old young woman who fought with underground guerrilla resistance in Leuven (Louvain) Belgium, during World War 2 and survived imprisonment at Ravensbruck concentration camp. ; No defects to book. Jacket has small wrinkle and closed tear at crown.
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Saint Austell Old Cornwall Society : Jubilee Souvenir, 1925-1975

By: Blight, Edward

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Old Cornwall Society: 1975

Seller ID: 20830

Condition: Very Good+

20 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Orange softcover, 20 pages, list of presidents with their society nicknames, list of current officers, b/w photo of banner on front, full-spread centerfold map of Cornwall. ; Additional chapters by G. J. Lomer, C. A. Evans, Peter Sheppard. ; Concise history of historical society of St Austell, one of the largest towns in Cornwall, England. ; Minor edgewear only. ; Laid in: Holy Trinity, St. Austell, 8 glossy pgs, 10 b/w photos and illustrations, creased once.
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Out of Harm's Way : Moving America's Lighthouse

By: Booher, Mike, and Lin Ezell

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Eastwind Publishing: 2001

Seller ID: 20298

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

1885457154 123 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, black cloth, photos endpapers, [xiv] + 123 glossy pages, index, bibliography, 2 appendixes, about 200 high-quality photos, most in full color. ; Famous 200-foot tall Cape Hatteras (North Carolina) Lighthouse was moved, intact, from its original coastal location to a site one half mile inland in 1999. This is the history of this historical lighthouse and the incredible engineering feat of its relocation. ; No defects to book or jacket. ; Item laid in: clipping on Outer Banks history, 2001.
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