Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Life of Bernini, the : Sculptor, Architect, Painter

By: Baldinucci, Filippo, with Catherine Enggass and Robert Enggass

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press : 1966

Seller ID: 23247

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

118 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, gray faux marbled boards, [xviii] + 118 pages + 8 plates, 144 total pages, tan endpapers, appendix list of works by Bernini, 10 b/w drawings on glossy plates. ; Translated from the Italian by Catherine Engass. Introduction by Robert Enggass. Originally published in Italy in 1682, this biography of great artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) written by famed Florentine connoisseur Filippo Baldinucci (1624-1694) (who wrote some of the earliest histories of European art) was not published unabridged in English until this edition, 1966. ; Book shows almos...
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Trains We Rode, The, Complete in 2 Volumes : Volume 1, Alton, New York Central ; Volume 2, Northern Pacific, Wabash

By: Beebe, Lucius, and Charles Clegg

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Howell-North Books : 1965

Seller ID: 23008

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

976 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Set of 2 tall heavy hardcovers, 976 glossy pages, index in vol-2, detailed captions, 1551 historic b/w photos and illustrations, 11 illustrations in full color. ; Photos by Charles Clegg. Color paintings by Howard Fogg. ; Vol-1, Alton Railroad and New York Central, red lettering, 1965. Vol-2, Northern Pacific Railway and Wabash Railroad, yellow lettering, 1966. ; A vast, sprawling pictorial history of America's four greatest railroads, from point of view of lifelong train enthusiast, noted newspaper columnist, famed epicure and unabashed wit. ; Books show only a ...
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Henry Huntington and the Pacific Electric : A Pictorial Album, 3e, 3rd Edition, 1978

By: Crump, Spencer

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Trans-Anglo Books : 1978

Edition: Third Edition

Seller ID: 22985

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

112 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, brown boards, 112 pages, red pictorial endpapers, over 200 historical b/w photos with detailed text. Includes appendix listing all PE lines, routes, and operations. ; Copyright 1970. This is 3rd edition, revised, 1978. ; Complete history of the Big Red Cars of Southern California and the man who founded the company. ; No defects to book. Jacket chipped at crown, small closed tear repaired with old tape, front flap clipped at upper corner, spine faded but readable.
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Everywhere West : The Burlington Route

By: Dorin, Patrick C.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Superior Publishing Company : 1976

Seller ID: 23065

ISBN-13: 9780875645230

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

173 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, teal-green boards, 173 glossy pages, index, main text in 2 columns, 12 b/w maps, 25 lists and tables, 241 historical b/w photos with captions. ; Jammed packed with detail, a complete history of the Burlington Route, aka the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) which once covered 11 000 miles in fourteen western and midwestern states. Chapters include: Formation. Gas-electric motor cars. Zephyrs (streamlined trains). Commuter trains. Freight trains. Coal trains. More. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. Jacket clipped, rubbed, with smal...
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Painted Churches of Romania, the : A Visitor's Impressions

By: Fletcher, John

Price: $26.00

Publisher: New Knowledge Books : 1971

Seller ID: 23286

ISBN-13: 9780850610017

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

142 pages; 4to (11.75") 30 cm; Tall hardcover, blue boards, index, bibliography, footnotes, chronology, pronunciation guide, 2 maps, 5 watercolor illustrations, 8 small b/w diagrams, over 40 full-color photos, 52 pages of text + 6-pg publisher catalog + 84 pages of high-quality color glossy plotos, total 142 pages. English throughout. ; Foreword by Isabel Wyatt. Photos and paintings by John Fletcher. ; Five magnificent old churches of Bucharest (Humor, Voronet, Moldolvita, Arbore, Sucevita) and the monastery of Dragomirna, which are decorated with wall-to-wall icons and other religious symbols...
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Contemporary Clinical Psychology, 1e : 1st Edition, 1973

By: Goldenberg, Herbert

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company : 1973

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 21193

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

452 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, brown boards illustrated in wild abstract pattern, black endpapers, 452 pages, 2 indexes, bibliography, footnotes, 18 talbes, 12 b/w photos and diagrams. ; 1st edition, 1973, with complete number line. Published by Brooks/Cole, division of Wadsworth Publishing Company. ; Book shows almost no wear. Jacket chipped at tips, faded on spine, but all readable. ; Laid in: two business-reply cards from publisher (Mini Bookstore 1 Psychology, Mini Bookstore 2 Psychology).
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How to Live with a Calculating Cat

By: Gurney, Eric; Illustrated by Eric Gurney

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Prentice-Hall : 1966

Edition: Seventh Printing

Seller ID: 23407

ISBN-13: 9780584105179

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

124 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Hardcover, black boards, pink lettering, 124 unnumbered pages profusely illustrated in b/w with humorous cartoon cats (and some silly dogs and humans) ; Copyright 1962. This is 7th printing, March, 1966. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. Jacket is clipped, lightly faded, and has three closed tears, long ago repaired with cellophane tape, which has since fallen off, leaving pale stains. Otherwise jacket is all present and all readable.
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L-1011 Tristar and the Lockheed Story

By: Ingells, Douglas J.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Aero Publishers : 1973

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23345

ISBN-13: 9780816866502

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

256 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, dark blue-black textured buckram cloth, 256 glossy pages, endpapers decorated with dozens of airline logos, index, over 300 high-quality photos, b/w and color, many never before published. ; "Dynamic history of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, aerospace giant of the 1970s, and its fabulous L-1011 Tri Star, the most advanced technology second generation jetliner in the age of flight." ; No defects to book. Jacket is lightly rubbed, edgeworn, with two small chips to upper rear panel, not affecting any text.
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Kill and Tell : (1e, 1st Edition, Signed)

By: Kienzle, William X.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Andrews & McMeel : 1984

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 21926

ISBN-13: 9780836261202

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

249 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, brown endpapers, [viii] + 249 pages. Inscribed and SIGNED by author Bill Kienzle on title page. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. No other defects apart from autograph. Jacket has light edgewear, small hole in spine panel, not affecting any text. ; Father Koesler Series; Vol. 6
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Pomniki i Mogily Polakow na Cmentarzach Zagranicznych : Polish Monuments and Tombs in Cemeteries of Foreign Lands

By: Marylski, Eustachy

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe : 1980

Edition: Limited Edition

Seller ID: 8585

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

56 pages; 4to (10") 26 cm; POLISH TEXT throughout. Hardcover, black cloth over spine, gray faux marbled boards and endpapers, 56 pages, footnotes, a few tables, 7 full-page color plates. ; Facsimile reprint of 'Polish Monuments and Tombs in Cemeteries of Foreign Lands', originally published 1860. This edition 1980. Limited edition, number 220 of 500. ; Book shows only minor edgewear. Plain white unlettered jacket, rubbed, edges wrinkled, original price penciled on rear. Quite scarce. (Image shows book without jacket)
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Search for Franklin : The Story of One of the Great Dramas of Polar Exploration

By: Neatby, Leslie H.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: M. G. Hurtig : 1970

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22279

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

281 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, 281 pages, index, bibliography, 5 b/w maps. ; Sir John Franklin spent half his life attempting to find sea route across northern Canada and in 1847 died trying. Location of his doomed final expedition remained a mystery despite more than a dozen further expeditions to find him. This book covers the fruitless expeditions of 1848-1859. ; No defects to book apart from a touch of shelfwear. Jacket has seven edge-chips but is all readable, not clipped. (Please note: Table of contents calls for photos but this edition has no photos, only 5 maps)
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Money of the American Indians : And Other Primitive Currencies of the Americas

By: Taxay, Don

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Nummus Press : 1970

Seller ID: 23483

ISBN-13: 9780878410019

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

158 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, 158 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, 1 table, 52 b/w photos and illustrations. ; Gold disks, clam shell disks, copper bells, beads, wampum, etc, used as currency by Natives of North, South, and Central America. Foreword by Frederick J. Dockstader. ; Old antique-store name stamped on front endpaper. No other defects to book. Jacket slightly faded, lightly spotted, chipped at heel and crown but all readable.
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Iron Horse at War, the : The United States Government's Photodocumentary Project on American Railroading During the Second World War

By: Valle, James E.; Illustrated by Jack Delano

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Howell-North Books : 1978

Seller ID: 22974

ISBN-13: 9780831071127

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

256 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, yellow cloth, 256 glossy pages, endpaper map, main text in 2 columns, 310 striking b/w photos with captions. ; 272 of the 310 photos in this book were taken by the great Jack Delano. ; An amazing collection of professional photographs showing how American railroads coped with the tremendous surge of traffic engendered by World War 2." While he worked mainly in Chicago documenting the North Western Railway and the Indiana Harbor Belt Line, Delano journeyed and documented activity across the country as far as Santa Fe and Los Angeles. ; Book is pris...
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Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket