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By: Adams, Robert
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Sprengel Museum: 1995
Seller ID: 17512
ISBN: 3891690940
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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 some interiors... View more info
By: Ajlouny, Nadim
Price: $35.00
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 the City of Ramallah, history of the magazine Hathihe Ramallah, photos from each convention of the Federation, major Arab-Am... View more info
By: Akaev, Askar
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Global Scholarly Publications: 2003
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 13713
ISBN: 1592670059
Condition: Very Good
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 flaws. No marks... View more info
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. View more info
By: Anderson, Julie; Illustrated by Julie Anderson
Price: $21.00
Publisher: Avery Color Studios: 1989
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 20839
ISBN: 0932212549
Condition: Very Good+
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. View more info
By: Andrews, R. J.
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Ginn & Company: 1970
Edition: Second Printing
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. View more info
Price: $23.00
Publisher: Souren Aprahamian: 1999
Edition: Second Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
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... View more info
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. View more info
By: Bailyn, Bernard
Price: $34.00
Publisher: Library of America: 1984
Seller ID: 21457
ISBN: 094045064X
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
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 View more info
By: Bamm, Peter
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Signet/New American Library: 1958
Edition: First Paperback Edition
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... View more info
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 ... View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Barnard History Press: 2015
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19900
ISBN: 1936672995
Condition: As New with no dust jacket
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. View more info
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.... View more info
By: Billinger, Karl (Paul Wilhelm Massing)
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Modern Age Books: 1939
Edition: First Edition
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... View more info
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 View more info
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. View more info
By: Bles, Mark
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Mercury House: 1991
Seller ID: 20902
ISBN: 1562790048
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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. View more info
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. View more info
By: Booher, Mike, and Lin Ezell
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Eastwind Publishing: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20298
ISBN: 1885457154
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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. View more info
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Baldor Electric Company: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 14411
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
174 pages; 4to (10") 26 cm; Dark blue cloth, gold lettering, 174 pages, numerous sidebars, chronological history, 6 appendixes, 89 photos and illustrations in text, most in color. ; Authored by R. S. 'Rollie' Boreham, Jr. ; 'Baldor Electric Company is a leading manufacturer of industrial electric motors, drives and generators', founded 1920 in Saint Louis, Missouri, moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1967, went public in 1976.; Boards are slightly bowed. No other defects to book. Jacket has two very small closed tears. Scarce. View more info