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New York: Vintage Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. Trade Paperback. 0679743650 . Trade Paperback in very good condition. Cover scuffing and edgewear with a crease on the front upper right hand corner, tightly bound with a clean and unmarked interior. "A multimedia anthem to the American post-boomer generation--our country's 13th generation since the founding fathers--this collection of commentary, quotes, and cartoons describes the elusive group in their own words and quotes sources from Tipper Gore to 2 Live Crew, from They Might Be Giants to the cult film Heathers. Cartoons throughout.." ; B&W Illustrations; 0.7 x 8.8 x 7.4 Inches; 228 pages .

Free Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0028740025 . Blue hard boards / white cloth spine / gilt titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition with light bottom spine bumping. End papers are maps of the 1939 New York World's Fair. Black & white photo section. The DJ is unclipped, very good++ condition. "The 1939-40 New York World's Fair was built on a garbage dump in Flushing, Queens. Through the eyes of fictitious characters, we see the exhibits: AT&T, Ford, General Motors, DuPont, Futurama and Democracity. We review the fair's many firsts: the introduction of regular TV broadcasting, FM radio, fluorescent lighting and the fax machine. "; 1.5 x 8.4 x 6.3 Inches; 418 pages .

Mcclelland & Stewart Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0771037333 . Cream hard boards, blue spine & white titles to the spine. Spine ends and hinges have light wear. The interior is clean & unmarked. The pages are browning, with age, around the edges. The DJ is unclipped, glossy with moderate wear. ; 1.3 x 8.9 x 6.1 Inches; 362 pages .

Toronto, Ont: The Copp Clark Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Paperback. Red textured soft cover copy with yellow lettering on spine and cover, part of the School Edition seires of the 20s. Nice, clean interior with a solid binding. Some edgewear with a slight turnup of the corners, a little wear on the spine end. "Drinkwater writes in the Note: In using for purposes of drama a personality so wide and recent a fame as that of Abraham Lincoln, I feel that one or two observations are due to my readers and critics. First my purpose is that not of the historian but of the dramatist. The historical presentation of my hero has been faithfully made in many volumes...Secondly, my purpose is, again, that of the dramatist, not that of the political philosopher...My concern is with the profoundly dramatic interest of his character and with the inspiring example of a man who handled war nobly and with imagination." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 130 pages .

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1940. Mass Market. Mass Market Paperback. The spine is scuffed with creasing and wear. The covers have some creasing and wear. Price of 25c on front cover. There are notes on the end papers and half title page. The interior text has a few pages of notes, the rest of the pgs are clean with a solid binding. "This is one of the finest single-volume biographies ever written on Lincoln," wrote independent Lincoln scholar Michael Burkhimer in 2003. This classic is number 13 of Burkhimers 100 Essential Lincoln Books. "; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 497 pages .

Doubleday Anchor. Very Good. 1965. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback, a tightly bound, unmarked book with spine sunning and cover scuffing. Overall in Very Good condition. "This classic collection of essays by Riesman discusses the implications of affluence in America. Riesman maintains that the question that should be raised by wealth has shifted over time from how to obtain wealth to how to make use of it. "; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 579 pages .

New York: The Free Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0684841274 . Beige hard boards / black spine / gilt lettering on spine. Minor bumping on the spine, with a little cracking on the inside of the hinge. First Edition, First Printing. Nice, clean, tight copy. The DJ is unclipped with some very minor edgewear. "A transcript of more than 200 hours of taped conversations from the Nixon White House, edited by historian and journalist Stanley Kutler. "; 64mo - up to 3" tall; 675 pages .

Harper & Row. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. Very Good+ with a solid binding and a clean, unmarked text. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is pirce clipped, Very Good with cover rubbing, some staining to the covers with no tearing along the edges. First Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 338 pages; Box 51/ shelved .

The Free Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1985. Paperback. 0029303702 . Trade Paperback. This copy is in very good ++ condition with a solid binding and a bright & unmarked interior. Scuffing to the covers with light edgewear. " Drawing on recently declassified Pentagon files and other official documents, the author concludes that gross ignorance of Vietnamese society, language, and culture, and a dogged Can-Do attitude in the field, prevented American advisory forces from realistically appraising either the viability of the South Vietnamese army or the soundness of the government it supported. Maps, footnotes, table, charts, bibliographical note, & indexed. ; B&W Photographs; 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 Inches; 391 pages .

UBC Press. Very Good. 2014. Hardcover. 0774827459 . Pictorial hardcovers in Fine condition with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked interior. Black & white illustrations and photographs through the book. "Before Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, he made a last-minute change -- a paragraph authorising the army to recruit black soldiers. Over the next two years, approximately 180,000 soldiers and 18,000 sailors joined the cause. Several thousand came from Canada, the terminus of the Underground Railroad. What compelled these young men to leave the comfort and safety of home to face death on the battlefield, loss of income for their families, and legal sanctions for participating in a foreign war? Drawing on newspapers, autobiographies, and military and census records, Richard Reid pieces together a portrait of a group of men who served the Union in disparate ways - as soldiers, sailors, or doctors - but who all believed that the principles of liberty,… Read More

Free Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0743260244 . Red / blue hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. A Near Fine book, pages are tight, bright, and unmarked with light spine end wear. The DJ is price clipped and in Very Good++ condition. First Edition. "Examines America's war on terror, both before and after September 11th, including what went right or wrong, the operations of al Qaeda, the Department of Homeland Security, and other crucial actions of the Bush administration." ; 9 X 5.70 X 1.10 inches; 303 pages .

Little, Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Soft Cover. Orange textured soft covered copy. Edgewear, and light sticker scar on the front top corner. Some wear to the spine hinge. Small red mark on the half title page, otherwise very clean, tightly bound, and unmarked. Undated, copyright 1945, coulf be the 1960s. "One of the most insightful studies of American politics during the Jacksonian Era. "; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 577 pages .

New York: Vintage Books. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1955. Mass Market Paperback. This book has heavy rubbing to the covers, with edgewear and a crease on the front corner. Squared, tightly bound with a clean, unmarked interior. *Awared the Pulitzer Prize for History 1956.* This book is a landmark in American political thought. It examines the passion for progress and reform that colored the entire period from 1890 to 1940 -- with startling and stimulating results. It searches out the moral and emotional motives of the reformers the myths and dreams in which they believed, and the realities with which they had to compromise. "; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 330 pages .

New York: W.W. Norton & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 0393040860 . First Edition. Only mark is the previous owner's blind stamp and date on front free-end paper. Almost fine. Minor edgewear on DJ, unclipped. Protected by a Brodart jacket cover. "This astonishing biography of Alfred Kinsey, the man who launched the sexual revolution, is graphically frank about his decidedly out-of-the-mainstream sexual practices (including masochism and voyeurism) , yet historian James Jones doesn't exploit the material for titillation. "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 937 pages .

London, England: Book Club Associates. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Buckram blue hard covers with silver lettering on spine. Minor bumping on spine edges. On front inside seam (paste down & free end-paper) it is offset about one inch on both sides. DJ has chipping on the spine top, edgewear and some rubbing. Over 350 all-American recipes with many photos and illustrations throughout the book; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 256 pages .

New York: Random House / Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0679431039 . White hard covedrs with black cloth spine, silver titles to the spine. In very good condition with light wear to the edges and spine ends. The DJ is unclipped with edgewear, no tearing. "The most-awaited memoir of the year: the incredible political and romantic tale of George Bush and Bill Clinton's key aids. Revealing in its inside tales of the last presidential race, this memoir is a surefire bestseller. 16 pages of photographs. The most-awaited memoir of the year: the incredible political and romantic tale of George Bush and Bill Clinton's key aids. Revealing in its inside tales of the last presidential race, this memoir is a surefire bestseller." 16 pages of photographs. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 493 pages .

Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press. Near Fine. 1970. First Edition. A signed First Edition, signed by the author on the half title page. In Near Fine condition, a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The author's collection of thirty poems, alongside a drawing by the author. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good- with a tear to the spine end top back edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 66 pages; Signed by Author .

Viking USA. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670032700 . A red /black Hardcover in Near Fine condition. A sound binding with bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition, light cover rubbing. "The arrival in San Francisco of three beautiful young suffragists could be linked to the murder of Reverend Divine, a famed advocate of spiritualism, the female vote, and temperance, and Ambrose Bierce and Tom Redmond join forces to investigate." ; 5.54 X 0.84 X 8.6 inches; 224 pages .

Kingston, Ontario: Quarry Press. Fine. 1996. First Edition. Paperback. 1550821725 . Trade Paperback in Fine condition. Tight, bright, unmarked. ; 0.19 x 9 x 6.02 Inches; 70 pages .

London, England: Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002158817 . Yellow hard boards with gilt titles to the spine. Light moisture damage tothe front free end page. The DJ is unclipped with a water mark to the front inside flap and to the inside top area. Light scuffing to the covers. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 223 pages .