Search Results: History from KnC Books

Weekly Reader Book Club, 1959. Hardcover, Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket shelf rubbed, short black mark on front at top, small loss at edges and corners; in archival sleeve. "This Book Belongs To" area on back flap is signed. Light green paper boards clean, corners lightly bumped. End papers have a map of Lincoln landmarks. Binding tight, text unmarked but tanned.

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket.Official Congressional record of the dedication of the two statues by sculptor Charles H. Niehaus, placed in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. 59 pages.Blue cloth boards with gilt, small damp marks on covers, slightly bumped at corners. Binding tight, text clean but tanning, no creases or tears

Mentor Books, 1956. Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. Mentor # MD172, 5th printing, 1961. Slight edge wear, small chip near spine, back cover rubbed. Binding tight, text clean but tanned, no tears.

Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., 1946. Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. Staple bound. Some edge and corner wear, bumped, creases at corners of wrappers. 60 cents written on title page; some foxing. Binding tight; text clean, no creases or tears.

"It is as timely and vivid today as it was when the sickness of Nazism raged across the world ... an essential reminder of the monstrous depths and noble heights to which man has gone in our time." - Quentin Reynolds Originally published by Alfred A Knopf in 1941. Popular Library #W1102, 1961. Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. Light edge & corner wear to wrappers, some very small chips. Front cover lightly creased near top corner, cellophane coating on covers starting to peel. Binding tight, text clean, lightly tanned, no tears.

Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1954. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Stated 1st edition. 1954 selection of the Weekly Reader Children's Book Club. No dustjacket. Quarter bound cloth and leather boards, stain on front cover, heavily tanned. Binding tight, no writing or tears.

A compilation of Ernie Pyle's front-line reporting as an American war correspondent during World War 2. At the time he was covering events in the European theatre, in particular the battles in Sicily, Italy, and France during 1943-44.
Henry Holt & Co., 1944. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 1st edition, stated 1st printing. Tan cloth boards, chipped, some fraying at spine ends and corners. Binding shaken, not cracked, pages tight. Text edges tanned; pages clean, no creases or tears.

The story of the 1793 outbreak of yellow fever in the city of Philadelphia. Illustrated. Time Reading Program Special Edition, 1965. First thus. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Trade size paperback with reinforced covers. Wrappers have light shelf wear, minimal edge wear. Text clean and tight; no creases or tears.

California Department of Parks & Recreation, 1979. Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. California Department of Parks & Recreation, 1979. Good/No Dust Jacket. CA Dept of Parks and Recreation, 1979. Wrappers have light edge wear; tape repair at head of spine. Pages tight, text clean, no creases or tears.

A moving portrait of the young Abraham Lincoln. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Book Club edition. Dust jacket worn, with closed tears, and old tape repairs; in protective mylar cover. Boards clean, lightly bumped, slight wear. Sticker on inside front cover. Binding tight, text clean, no tears or creases.

An overview of politics and government in the nation of Israel. Compiled from material originally published in the Encyclopaedia Judaica. Black and white photos.Israel Pocket Library, 1974. Paperback, Good/No Dust Jacket. Wrappers have light wear to corners and edges, shelf rubbed. Text clean but tanning, no writing, tears or creases.

A summary of investigations into prehistoric Native American cultures during the 1940s and 50s. There has been ongoing controversy surrounding some of Hibben's conclusions, and more recent studies have likewise changed the American archaeological record; still this gives a perspective on the study of Native American cultures. 36 pages of black and white photos.
Hill & Wang, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. Stated 1st edition, 1st printing. Dust jacket shows some edge and corner wear, small closed tear on bottom edge; in Mylar cover. Green cloth boards bumped, spine ends chipped. Binding tight, text clean but tanning.

D. Appleton & Company, 1902. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. First edition. Spine ends and corners bumped, slight spine tilt. Gift inscription, in pencil, on FFEP, dated 1902. Top edge gilt. Binding tight, text clean but tanning, no writing, tears or creases. Last page of text has "1" indicating first edition.

A short and succinct biography of the "Virgin Queen".Alfred A. Knopf/Borzoi Books, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. Stated 1st edition; 1st printing. Dust jacket has slight wear at edges, spine sunned, price clipped; in mylar cover. Cloth boards clean, lightly bumped; binding tight. Text clean, unmarked; no creases or tears.

Bantam Books #BZ6300, August 1974. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Wrappers have light wear at edges, shelf rubbed, front cover creased at bottom corner. Readers crease along spine, binding tight. Text clean, lightly tanned, no creases or tears. 64 pages of photos.

Greenwood Press, 1991, 1st edition, 1st printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. No dust jacket (as issued). Red cloth boards with gilt, minimal shelf wear, corners sharp. Binding tight, text clean and bright, no creases or tears.

Brief biographies of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr., and Jackie Robinson.Pendulum Press/Now Age Books, 1971. Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. No spine creases, very tight binding; small crease on top corner of back cover. Small stamp on top corner of first page, remaining text clean, no tears. Light creasing on fore edge of a few pages.

Crest Books #D623, 2nd printing, June 1963. Paperback. Good/No Dust Jacket. Wrappers browning, moderate edge wear, corners lightly rounded. Binding tight, text clean, lightly tanned, no creases or tears.

A look at the history of the gunfighter through the Wild West era. Bison Books, 1984. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, Near Fine/Very Good. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, in Brodart. Red cloth boards, clean, barely bumped. Binding tight; text clean, no creases or tears.

Front-line reporting from famed World War 2 war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Wartime edition, complete and unabridged. Ernie Pyle died during the invasion of Okinawa in April 1945.Pocket Books #274, 1944. Paperback, Fair/No Dust Jacket. 3rd printing, November 1944. Somewhere in its 80 year history this copy was exposed to high humidity, resulting in spine warping and a wavy text block. The wrappers show some creasing, edge and corner wear. The pages are tight and bright; not stained. Owner name on FFEP, dated 1945.