Search Results: History from A Parcel of Books

New York: Free Press, 1997 First edition, first printing. Very good in very good dustjacket. 675 pp. Includes index. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Hill and Wang, 2002 First edition, first printing. Signed by author on half-title page. 396 pp. Small chip in dustjacket lower left front, upper right corner crinkled.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997 First edition, first printing. 988 pp. Includes index. Illustrated. Foreward by Edmund S. Morgan. The suppressed history of our nation's beginnings and the heroic newspaper that tried to report it.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Pantheon, 1996 First American edition, first printing. Endpapers illustrated with maps. 324 pp. Seduced by the government's offer of 320 acres per homesteader, Americans and Europeans rushed to Montana and the Dakotas to fulfill their own American dream in the first decade of this century. Raban's stunning evocation of the harrowing, desperate reality behind the homesteader's dream strips away the myth--while preserving the romance--that has shrouded our understanding of our own heartland. This book was nominated for the 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Whitford, Pennsylvania: Stephen Moylan Press, 1962 28 pages. With photographic black and white illustrations and drawings. Centerfold map. Stapled spine. Covers lightly soiled and toned, but no bent corners or pages. Tape residue on inside front cover from detached invitation which is now laid. The invitation is to an Open House for the Lionville Pa branch of the Downingtown National Bank on April 20, 1963.. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1962 First edition, second printing. Dustjacket chipped and soiled, split at front edge but still attached. Original red cloth. 214 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Co, 1975 184 pp. with photographic illustrations. Includes index. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and gold medallion on front cover in Very Good Plus condition; dustjacket is sunned on spine and along top edge, small closed tear top front center, otherwise in Very Good condition.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Basic Books, 1999 First edition, first printing. 241 pp. Includes index and illustrations. Not a remainder. This study of the design and building of the World Trade Center in New York City examines the powerful forces and key issues involved in urban planning on a grand scale. Darton shows how the twin towers forever changed the landscape of lower Manhattan. Published prior to the events of September 11, 2001.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

CONDITION: Unread copy. Minimal edgewear. Binding is tight. Small light spot of sticker residue near upper right front corner.

New York: Free Press, 1998 First edition, first printing. VG/VG.278 pp. Includes illustrations, index and bibliographical notes. An account of the friendship between two of history's greatest geniuses from lost dreams to the art, politics, intrigue, and sexual scandals of Florence. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: American Heritage Publishing Co, 1973 Bright green flexible vinyl cover with gilt steeple and tree and lettering, slight dent at base of spine. 319 pp. Editor in charge Beverly Da Costa. Introduction by Richard M. Ketchum. Black and white photographic illustrations.. First Edition. Vinyl. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edgewood Publishing, 1889 459 pp. with map frontispiec, 23 photographic illustrations and drawings. Green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and front, gilt faded on spine, starting to fade on front, insect abrasions on front and back boards and spine, ink stain on front right near center, pages toned and foxed, missing rear free endpaper, binding is tight, else in Good condition. Subtitle: Including all the fearful record; the breaking of the South Fork Dam; the sweeping out of the Conemaugh Valley; the overthrow of Johnstown: the massing of the wreck at the Railroad Bridge: escapes, rescues, searches for survivors and the dead; relief organizations, stupendous charities, etc, etc. With full accounts also of the destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers and the Bald Eagle Creek. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Knopf, 1996 First edition, "Published March 29,1996....second printing before publication", so stated. VG/VG, slightly creased at head of spine, fore-edge scratched. 622 pp. Includes index and bibliographical notes, b/w photographs and maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lawrence and London: University Press of Kansas, 1968 First edition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, small closed tear at top of spine.139 pp. Edited by William W. Boyer with a foreword by James A. McCain. Contributors: Norman Cousins, J.W. Fulbright, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Alfred M. Landon, Ralph McGill, Ronald Reagan, and George Romney.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Lexington, MA: Lexington Historical Society, 1925 Wraps. Good, with pen markings on front cover, staples beginning to rust. Second presentation of the historical Pageant Drama commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, enacted every ten years by the citizens of Lexington, Massachusetts, week of June 15th, 1925. Directed by Samuel J. Hume. A play in four parts.. Original Wraps. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Lawrence, Kansas: Regents Press of Kansas, 1978 In original shrinkwrap. x, 194 p. : port. ; 24 cm. Bibliography: p. 155-158. Subtitle: Tennessee and New York City, 1908-1920. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

x, 366 pages black and white photographic illustrations. Autobiography, Bibliography and Index at back of book.
DIMENSIONS: 11.5 inches x 8.5 inches x 1 inch.
Signed by the author on ther front free endpaper.
Gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper. Laid in is a newspaper article hand dated
Sept 23 '62 about the author. The newspaper article has stained the verso of the front free endpaper.
CONDITION: Very Good. Light shelfwear to book edges. No writing, underlining or highlights. Transfer stain as noted above.
This book is now recognized as the principal source of historical information on the County of Montgomery in Maryland, particularly for the topography and county estates. The wealth of architectural description and family lore, accompanied in many instances by anecdotes of early days, result in a work of wide general interest. Montgomery County, officially the County of Montgomery, is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland.

New York: Knopf, 1998 First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. 531 pp. Includes index and illustrations . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Times Books, 1996 First edition, first printing, stated. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. 191 pp. Part history, part autobiography-a compelling account by the most famous draft resister of the Vietnam War.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947 x, 308 pp. Illustrated maps on endpapers, black and white photographic reproductions. Decorative cloth with fraying at head of spine, edgewear and some rubbing. Pages tight, no markings or underlining. No dustjacket present.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Jackson, William H.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.