Search Results: Americana from Ainsworth Books

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0873515722 . DJ has light edge wear, scuffingsmall bump bottom edge of book. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 196 pages; From the front DJ flap: "It was on the vast American Prairie that people from around the world seized the opportunity for personal and economic freedom promised by free land. Traveling across oceans and continents, these hard-nosed, pragmatic people began arriving in the 1860s with shovels and plows, convinced they were part of something important. They were. Putting hand to plow and breaking the sod for their first crude homes, these hardy settlers left and indelible imprint on American history and on the country`s character." .

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0618968415 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, front of DJ has 1" closed tear on bottom edge. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photographs.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 324 pages; "On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a battering ram of wind moved through the drought-stricken national forests of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, whipping the hundreds of small blazes burning across the forest floor into a roaring inferno that jumped from treetop to ridge as it raged, destroying towns and timber in the blink of an eye. Forest rangers had assembled nearly ten thousand men — college boys, day workers, immigrants from mining camps — to fight the fire. But no living person had seen anything like those flames, and neither the rangers nor anyone else knew how to subdue them. Egan narrates the struggles of the… Read More

Rapid City SD: Fenske Media Corporation. As New in Very Good- dust jacket. 2010. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0913062413 . Signed by Author; DJ shows some shelf wear, with short tape-repaired tears. ; Signed by author on title page. A bright, solid book Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W photos throughout, foldout in middle of book. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 254 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0743271718 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, pages 41 - 46 have creasing on front edges. Remainder mark on bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 245 pages; "In this sweeping dual biography, Larry McMurtry explores the lives, the legends and above all the truth about two larger-than-life American figures. With his Wild West show, Buffalo Bill Cody helped invent the image of the West that still exists today—cowboys and Indians, rodeo, rough rides, sheriffs and outlaws, trick shooting, Stetsons, and buckskin. " .

Alabama: University of Alabama Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0817300872 . Only slight wear to blue cloth covered boards ; Bright solid book. ; 9.30 X 6.20 X 0.80 inches; 240 pages .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1956. First US Edition. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; DJ in mylar. DJ has some light soiling, small tears and chips. A large format book of words and pictures chronicling the years from immediately after World War II up to the middle of the booming 1950's in America. .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671415433 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, remainder dot on top page edges, price-clipped, pages tanned. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 335 pages .

New York: W W Norton & Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0393024784 . Some shelf wear present on DJ and boards, DJ is sun-faded on spine, short tear base of spine. Small bump to bottom edge of front board. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.20 X 5.80 X 1.30 inches; 360 pages; "Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem. More than three hundred years later, the question "Why?" still haunts us. Why were these and other women likely witches vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession? Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social… Read More

Marietta, GA: Longstreet Press, Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1563523272 . Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W illustrations ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 187 pages; "Coppola spent the last few years investigating the far-right extremist fringe, meeting white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Klansmen, "Identity Christians" who worship an Aryan Christ, survivalists and paramilitary groups in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Idaho, Colorado, Kansas and California. Among those he interviewed were Richard Butler, founder of Aryan Nations, and neo-Nazi Klansman Tom Metzger, head of the White Aryan Resistance. His report shows that in the 1990s, neo-Nazis have invaded "patriot" citizens' militias, infecting them with virulent anti-Semitic and racist beliefs and paranoid fantasies." .

Tuscaloosa, AL: University Alabama Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 081730312X . DJ shows very light shelf wear, slight soil page fore edges. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar. ; 9.4 X 6.0 X 1.7 inches; 296 pages; "British West Florida encompassed the panhandle of the modern state of Florida, about half of present-day Alabama, large portion of Mississippi, and some of Louisiana. The British were of diverse opinions regarding the territory. Some British politicians thought Florida full of strategic and economic potential. Others, perhaps without political affiliation, thought it strange that, having conquered developed Spanish possessions of known wealth, such as the Philippines and Cuba, Britain had been persuaded to return them in exchange for Florida, an undeveloped region of unknown worth. That Spain had never been economically successful in its Florida possession was of little concern. The economic self confidence of the British… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Price clipped dust jacket, has light scratch across front panel, otherwise only light wear. Book shows light wear to extremities. ; Bright solid book, hinges intact, black cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Stated first edition ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 538 pages; "The true story of a court battle that began on a hot July day in 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. Everyone gathered upon the small town to watch the spectacle of John Scopes being tried for the offense of teaching evolution to his high school biology class." Clarence Darrow pitted against William Jennings Bryant to decide the fate of a teacher who tried to educate his students. .

New York: The Christian Herald. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards show only light shelf wear, small corner bump bottom of back board. ; A bright solid book. Hinges intact, gilt stamped titles front and spine and blind stamped decoration on front board. Numerous plates throughout. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 492 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0609602330 . Previous owner's name on FFEP; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Decorative endpapers ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 323 pages; "Isaac's Storm is based on Cline's own letters, telegrams, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the hows and whys of great storms. Ultimately, however, it is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets nature's last great uncontrollable force." .

New York: Random House. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394471997 . Blue cloth boards show very light shelf wear. Remainder mark on bottom page edges. ; A tight solid book. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 559 pages .

Parsons WV: McClain Printing Co. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1974. Facsimile. Hardcover. 087012157X . Gift notation on front free end paper. ; A bright, solid book. This hardcover, bound in blue cloth covered boards is a facsimile reprint of the 1915 publication by Dodrill. ; 8.50 X 5.40 X 0.80 inches; 298 pages; This is a history of the mountain counties of West Virginia with an emphasis on pioneer life. .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2019. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1982131667 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Decorative endpapers ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 331 pages; "As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery." .

New York: The Macmillan Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear. Previous owner's name in ink on FFEP. Some light pencil underlining of text ; A tight solid book, hinges intact.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 438 pages; "Originally published in 1925, this textbook was written by then professor of American history at Ohio State University, Homer C. Hockett, who wrote in the preface: Whosoever by literary art can lend new charm to a twicetold tale has no need of other excuse for telling it. He who essays the oft-repeated story of our country must needs use art to win the praise of those who already know it well. but the writer of a textbook, whose primary purpose is didactic, may be pardoned for dismissing the initiated reader from his thought and centering it upon the student who looks to the text as a book of facts and interpretation rather than as a source of literary entertainment. An accurate, impartial, and… Read More

New York: Avon Books. Very Good. 1996. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 0380727110 . Light wear and corner curl, pages staring to yellow, remainder mark bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book ; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 575 pages; "This remarkable document of an era that permanently changed the American political landscape offers firsthand accounts of the 20 years of anti-Communist repression instigated by the U.S. Government in 1947, during which millions of Americans were investigated. Arthur Miller, Alger Hiss, and Pete Seeger join more than 60 others to reveal how the hunt for the "disloyal" penetrated every rank of American life." .

London: Jonathan Cape. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. 1st UK Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0224061062 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, some toning of pages.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Illustrated with B&W plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 360 pages; "November 1587. Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition has foundered on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. One hundred and sixteen men, women and children vanish without trace. Were the Lost Colonists the victims of accident or of deliberate sabotage? This remarkable work of historical detection establishes beyond doubt that the tragedy of the Lost Colony did not begin in far away Roanoke, but within the walls of Westminster - in the inner circle of Queen Elizabeth's government. Lee Miller examines the evidence and tells an astonishing story". .

New York: Clarkson N. Potter. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to extremities. Dust jacket is price-clipped, light water staining on upper front, short tear top edge. Top page corners appear bumped. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; Woodcuts; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 25 pages; An illustrated edition featuring the jazz-era folk song "Frankie and Johnny". This book was originally published towards the end of the 1920's, but the bawdy woodcuts were considered too risque for the times. John Held Jr's twenty three woodcuts (one for each verse) are shown in this volume. .