Search Results: Americana (General) from Henry Stachyra, Bookseller

Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota, 1924. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 650pp., (v). Volume 37, 1924. Several minor bumps to extremities and several tiny cuts to cloth. General light soiling to exterior and a touch of soiling here and there to interior. Binding is slightly cocked, but sound. Profusely illustrated, with a good number in color. Save for a previous owner's name (Edward Ryan) in ink on front free endpaper, text clean. Overall, remains a good, sound, and still attractive copy

Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii, 352pp., (i). Just a touch of wear to cloth. Faint soiling to edges of pages. Text clean. Binding sound. Light wear and a few tiny creases to otherwise nice dust-jacket

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxviii, 440pp. Nicely illustrated with black and white photographs and a fold-out map that admits to a very short tear at extremities, though no effect on the reading of the map. Several small bumps to extremities. General medium wear to exterior, with a number of short tears to cloth at extremities, general light soiling and a little fading to cloth. Lettering on spine is rubbed, while lettering on front cover remains clear and bright. Mild, faint stain to back cover. Mild foxing and soiling to interior, here and there. A good reading copy

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxii, 155pp. Ex-library. Several minor dings to extremities and light wear and rubbing in places to exterior. Text clean. Binding sound. Overall, a good, clean, sound copy

Washington: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1971. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 52pp. Bound in original dark blue soft covers. Exterior is a bit worn, including several minor bumps and creases to extremities of volume, with light soiling and some wear and fading to remainder of covers. Light internal soiling and wear to interior, here and there. A good working copy

Lincoln, Illinois: Courier Print Shop. First Edition . Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8pp. This is a program for a pageant put on by Lincoln Community High School in 1936. The pageant was entitled "At Century's End". The volume is fully intact, but admits to some wear, including a crease to the entire length of the covers and pages, right down the middle. Additionally, there are several short tears and mildly frayed areas to extremities, with some light soiling to exterior. Overall, this is a nicely preserved copy of an item that is not likely to come up for sale very often. SCARCE 0

New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesian Missions, 1976. Soft cover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. (32pp.). Circa 1976. Actual date of publication is unknown. Very small, thin booklet with no pagination. Just light wear and a touch of soiling to exterior, with a tiny, faint spot to back cover. Text clean. Binding sound

(Pennsylvania): The Board of Publication of the Schwenkfelder Church, 1999. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Single sheet of paper, folded multiple times to create an "8 page fold-out." Light wear and a hint of soiling to exterior. Overall, a nice, clean, sound copy

Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State University Press, 1973. Second Printing . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x, 191pp. Light wear to cloth and a tiny bump to lower corner of front board. Several minor, faint spots to end papers from handling. Text clean and binding sound. Several short tears and tiny chips across extremities of dust-jacket, with just a touch of yellowing to same. Some light wear to remainder of jacket. The word "Blizzards" is faded from spine of dust-jacket. A good, clean, sound copy

Darien, Connecticut: The Guild of St. Birgitta, 1982. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 24pp., including covers. Several minor bumps and some minor creasing and tiny tears to extremities, with some light soiling to exterior. Text clean and binding sound. Illustrated with several black and white photographs. SCARCE

New York: Effingham Maynard & Co., Publishers, 1890. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 64pp. Small booklet. Ink-stamp to verso of front free endpaper. Volume admits to some general light to medium wear and light soiling. Covers are tenuously attached to remainder of volume and are likely to become detached at some point. Volume admits to tears staples. Some tanning to paper. Text clean. SCARCE

New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, Publishers., 1932. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. viii, 312pp. Mildly ex-library, as the only exterior marking is a small worn area where a very small sticker used to be on spine; else, several minor bumps to extremities and light wear to a few places on cloth. Volume ever so slightly cocked. Gilt lettering to spine and front cover remain clear and bright. Remnants of dust-jacket both discretely pasted in and also laid in. Aside from a name in ink to both front endpapers, text clean. Binding firm. Overall, a good, sound, clean, and largely attractive copy

New York: Hillary House Publishers, Ltd., 1962. Reprint . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 439pp. Ex-library, though no library markings to cloth covers. Just light wear to cloth. Minor soiling in places to edges of pages. Text clean Binding sound. Dust-jacket admits to a sticker to spine and is missing several small pieces, chips, and tears. Overall, a good, clean, sound copy

New York: Harper Torchbooks, The Academy Library, Harper & Row Publishers, 1964. Reissue . Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x, 244pp., 12pp. General light to medium wear to exterior, with a touch of soiling to same. Mild tanning to pages. No writing to text. Binding sound. A good, sound, user friendly copy

New York: Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xxiv, 323pp. Just a hint of wear to covers and very light wear to dust-jacket, with an old price-sticker to back panel of jacket. Mild tanning to paper, as is typical of this volume. Text clean. Binding sound. A nice copy

Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Dissertation Services, A Bell & Howell Company, 1997. Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 251pp. Ex-library. Bound in original soft covers. Just light wear to exterior. Text clean. Binding sound

Boston and New York: Printed for Houghton Mifflin Company by The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1926. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xv, (i), 65pp. This book was part of an institutional rare book collection, with the only library treatment being an ink-stamp to the verso of title-page. Bookseller's label (Chas. E. Lauriat Co., Boston) to lower, front free endpaper. Volume is bound in 1/4 cream colored cloth with green paper covered boards. Lettering on largely nice label on spine is clear and bright. Light soiling and wear to exterior, with a little heavier wear to corners of boards, though none of this is offensive. Mild tanning to paper. Mild soiling to just a few pages, including title-page. Text clean. Binding sound. Nicely illustrated with black and white facsimiles. The bookseller's name on the label is the same Charles Lauriat who was on the Lusitania when it sank, though he was rescued

New York: Hyperion, 1998. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. (x), 275pp., (ii). A small rubbed area to front cover. A very good, clean, sound copy with no writing to text.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv, 154pp. Minor, short crease to upper corner of back flap of otherwise very nice dust-jacket, which also admits to having a price sticker to back panel. Cloth and text clean. Binding sound. An attractive copy

Washington, D.C.: United States Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, 1986. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 16pp. + 2 unnumbered pages of plates. Several small bumps and short creases to extremities of volume, along with several tiny spots to top of front cover. Text clean. Binding sound