Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Mercury 13, the : The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight

By: Ackmann, Martha

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Random House : 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24189

ISBN-13: 9780375507441

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

256 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, white and gray boards, [xvi] + 240 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 36 b/w photos on glossy plates. ; Foreword by Lynn Sherr. "A sharply pointed narrative about how thirteen highly skilled pilots were grounded, leaving it to the Russians to put a woman in space fully twenty years before the American government saw fit to do so." It is no mere coincidence that America's first astronauts into space were all white men. ; No marks, no defects, only a touch of shelfwear.
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David Austin's English Roses

By: Austin, David; Illustrated by Clay Perry

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Conran Octopus : 1995

Edition: Seventh Printing

Seller ID: 22799

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

160 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Large hardcover, black boards, pink endpapers, 160 glossy pages, index, history of the rose, rose family tree, growing and decorating with roses, etc, etc, numerous b/w diagrams, over 60 varieties of English roses shown in full color photos. ; Copyright 1993. This is 7th printing, 1995.; Only a touch of sunning to top edge. No other defects.
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Double Fold : Libraries and the Assault on Paper

By: Baker, Nicholson

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Random House : 2001

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20128

ISBN-13: 9780375504440

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

384 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, black boards, [xiv] + 370 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 7 color illustrations on glossy plates. ; True story of how hundreds of libraries "preserved" their paper ephemera (newspapers, magazines, etc) by microfilming them then destroying the originals, and other atrocities, and how author and team managed to rescue last surviving issues of New York World, a stunning early color newspaper. ; Very small remainer mark on top. Jacket shows a touch of shelfwear.
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Legends of the Plumed Serpent : Biography of a Mexican God

By: Baldwin, Neil

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Publicaffairs : 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22372

ISBN-13: 9781891620034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

206 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Tall hardcover, brown boards, orange endpapers, [xvi] + 206 pages, extensive glossary, index, bibliography, endnotes, dozens of b/w and full-color photos and illustrations. ; History and biography Quetzalcoatl, ancient giant Aztec deity in the shape of a winged serpent. ; NOT ex-library. No defects to book or jacket. Crisp.
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Slaves in the Family

By: Ball, Edward

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux : 1998

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23248

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

504 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, white boards, [vi] + 504 pages, dark gray illustrated endpapers, index, bibliography, endnotes, 2 small maps, 48 pages of b/w glossy photos with captions, family trees for Ball and (slaves) 'Angola' Amy and Priscilla. ; Seeringly honest family history-memoir by journalist descendant of wealthy Ball family that owned dozens of plantations and thousands of slaves around Charleston, South Carolina; and his search for their descendants. ; No sign of use; however, owner initials embossed on halftitle page. No other marks or flaws.
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Selected Letters of P. T. Barnum

By: Barnum, P. T. , with A. H. Saxon

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Columbia University Press : 1983

Seller ID: 24213

ISBN-13: 9780231054126

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

351 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, [xxxviii] + 351 pages, index, appendix, chronology, 25 b/w photos and facsimiles, over 300 letters with historical notes and commentary. ; Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) was not only an amazing circus master and fantastic publicist but also a museum founder, social activist, abolitionist, Universalist and mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut. ; No defects to book. Jacket shows only a whisper of shelfwear.
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At the Edge of the World : Caves and Late Classic Maya World View

By: Bassie-Sweet, Karen

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press : 1996

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22319

ISBN-13: 9780806128290

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

245 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; Hardcover, black boards, red endpapers, [xviii] + 245 pages, bibliography, index, endnotes, over 100 b/w photos and line diagrams with captions. ; No defects to book or jacket. Crisp.
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Road to Oz, the : (Hardcover Reprint, 1991)

By: Baum, L. Frank; Illustrated by John Rea Neill

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Books of Wonder/William Morrow & Company : 1991

Seller ID: 13187

ISBN-13: 9780688099978

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

267 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, green textured illustrated boards, 267 pages, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers with large red Oz monogram, b/w illustrations throughout; different sections printed on different shades of paper: tan, lavender, green, orange, etc. ; Isbn 0688099971. Afterword by Peter Glassman. Reprint of 1909, this edition published 1991.; No visible wear to book or jacket. ; Wizard of Oz Series; Vol. 5
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Culloden and the ' 45

By: Black, Jeremy

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Grange Books : 1997

Seller ID: 20524

ISBN-13: 9781840130065

Binding: Hardcover

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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Old Farm Tools and Machinery : An Illustrated History

By: Blandford, Percy W.

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Gale Research Company : 1976

Seller ID: 20323

ISBN-13: 9780810320192

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

188 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, 188 pages, index, bibliography, glossary, appendix, 41 pages of line drawings (many showing complex machines and how they work) and 30 b/w plates, totaling hundreds of items shown and described. ; Early tools, mechanical implements, harvesters, threshers, reapers, potato spinners, animal-powered machines, steam-powered machines, gasoline (petrol) powered machines, tractors, combines, much more. Includes antique and vintage vehicles and machinery from Great Britain, USA, Turkey and parts of Europe. ; No defects to book. Jacket shows just a touc...
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Blizzard's Action Toys

By: Blizzard, Richard; Illustrated by Richard Smiles

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Rodale Press : 1988

Seller ID: 21379

ISBN-13: 9780878578207

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

115 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, red cloth, [x] + 115 pages, 2 appendixes, hundreds of b/w diagrams, 17 full-color glossy photos, 17 projects arranged in order of difficulty. ; Originally published in UK 1987. This is 1st North American edition, 1988. Photos by Richard Smiles. ; One of the best books ever published on how to make large-scale wooden action toys children will love. Toys include: Scooter trike and trailer. German Fokker triplane. Fire fighters ladder truck. Quarry crane. Tractor-trailer. Dump truck. Mercedes Benz farm tractor. Water-powered inclined mountain railroa...
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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

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20298

ISBN-13: 9781885457158

Binding: Hardcover

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.
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The Time it Takes : (Michigan History)

By: Brooks, Lucy Thompson

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Lucy Thompson Brooks : 1983

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20832

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

102 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Hardcover, white cloth, gold spine title, [ii] + 84 + 16 pages, 102 total pages, main text in 2 columns, 90 b/w photos with captions. ; Autobiography of Lucy Thompson Brooks, schoolteacher and great-grandmother of many, who grew up in log cabin on farm in Hart, Oceana county, in the northwest part of Michigan's lower peninsula. She tells true tales of primitive farming, hunting, cooking, schools, horses, trains, automobiles, etc, and family adventures. ; No defects to book or jacket. Scarce.
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Here Comes the Showboat ! : (Signed)

By: Bryant, Betty

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky : 1994

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 23953

ISBN-13: 9780813118628

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

216 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, endpaper map of Ohio River Valley (Missouri to Pennsylvania) 202 pages, index, 59 b/w photos, drawings, etc, with captions. Title page dated 1994 and SIGNED by author. ; Map by JMH. Chronology of the boats 1831 to 1994 by Donald McDaniel. Foreword by Kenneth L. Gladish. Preface by Rita Kohn and William Lynwood Montell. ; Personal memoirs of the performing life on a showboat (floating theater) that plied the Ohio River and its tributaries 1910s-1940s, with special emphasis on the performers and shows. Topics include: Lady Violet. The Four...
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Desperate Passion, a : Helen Caldicott, an Autobiography (Signed)

By: Caldicott, Helen Broinowski

Price: $13.00

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : 1996

Edition: Second Printing

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 12269

ISBN-13: 9780393039474

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

366 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Black cloth, tan boards, index, 14 b/w photos with captions. Front free endpaper SIGNED by author. ; Australian physician, founder of Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, single-handedly launched major world campaign against nuclear weapons proliferation. ; Jacket in clear plastic cover neatly taped to boards. No other defects apart from author autograph.
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Life Along the Shoreline : 150 Years of Port Austin, Michigan History, 1854-2004

By: Clancy, Christine Kennedy

Price: $68.00

Publisher: Historical Society : 2004

Seller ID: 21075

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

368 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, dark red buckram cloth, silver lettering, 368 pages, main text in 2 columns, about 800 b/w photos and illustrations with captions. Includes dozens of family histories. ; Written by Christine Kennedy Clancy and committee. ; Fore-edge shows three tiny spots. Otherwise no defects to book or jacket. Quite scarce.
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Artist's Vision, An

By: Coleman, Sue

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Icy Publications : 1990

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 22339

ISBN-13: 9780969641421

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

128 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Large oblong hardcover, just under 12 x 10 inches, gray boards, 128 glossy pages, bibliography, map, numerous b/w drawings, 34 full-page full-color watercolor paintings with artist's commentary. ; Paintings, drawings and text by Sue Coleman, well-known Vancouver Island artist. Photos by Trevor Mills. Copyright 1989. This is 2nd printing, 1990. ; Stunning yet delicate artwork featuring realistic local animals (eagles, bears, loons, seals, wolves, etc) mixed with Native American artifacts (symbols, totems, totem poles) of the Northwest Coast region. ; No defects to bo...
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Lupe Velez and Her Lovers

By: Conner, Floyd

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Barricade Books : 1993

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 21911

ISBN-13: 9780942637960

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

248 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, black cloth over spine, pink boards, [viii] + 248 pages, bibliography, filmography, 29 b/w photos on glossy plates. ; Early Hollywood star known as "The Mexican Hurricane" and "The Mexican Spitfire" and who "changed lovers as casually as one eats breakfast." ; No defects to book or jacket.
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Weegee : Naked New York

By: Coplans, John; Illustrated by Weegee

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Te Neues Publishing Company : 1997

Seller ID: 23434

ISBN-13: 9783823821229

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

80 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, black boards, 80 high-gloss pages, brief chronology, bibliography, endnotes, 41 amazing duotone (b/w) photos, many full-spread, depicting raw life in 1930s-1940s New York City. ; Photos by Weegee (Arthur Fellig) "a forceful photographer with a unique style."
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How We Got to Coney Island : The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County

By: Cudahy, Brian J.

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Fordham University Press : 2002

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23338

ISBN-13: 9780823222087

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

346 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, blue boards, [xviii] + 346 pages, 2 appendixes, index, bibliography, endnotes, 7 small maps, 18 tables, 59 historical photos and facsimiles with captions. ; A vast, sprawling, yet highly engaging history of horse-powered streetcars, elevated railroads, trackless trolleys, early steamboat lines and other forms of mass transit in and around New York City, with special attention to lines running to and from Brooklyn and the famous Coney Island resort. ; No defects to book. Jacket shows only a touch of edgewear. Scarce.
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Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket