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Washington DC: National Geographic, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Very clean hardcover book in colorful dust jacket. Cool blue cloth boards with blind-stamped Aleutian decoration on cover, burgundy lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Gorgeous photographic endpapers showing Northern Lights. Illustrations by National Geographic Photographer George F. Mobley (full color, nearly 200). Foreword by Gilbert M. Grosvenor. 208 pages. Clean bright dust jacket has a few small edge chips and short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. In "Alaska," first Special Publication of the 1969-70 series, author Bern Keating examines the state's exciting past and promising future. A beautiful book..

New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw Hill, 1947. Book. Illus. by W. N. Wilson, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean hardcover book in original unclipped jacket. Clean beige cloth boards with lighthouse scene in blue on cover, blue and gold title boxes on spine. Very tiny spot of wear to one lower spine corner, else near fine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with beautiful watercolors by W. N. Wilson. 97 pages. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped, has edgewear with piece missing at upper rear corner; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing.. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975. First Edition, Second Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean large hardcover book and dust jacket. Size approx. 9" x 11". Clean blue boards with lighter blue cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean; small previous owner name and date at top edge of front free endpaper. Liberally illustrated with photographs and floor plans of historic farmhouses all across America. 265 pages with index. Clean jacket is price clipped at top corner of front inside flap; has a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Rochester, New York: Scrantom's / The City of Rochester and The Genesee Book Club, 1937. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean hardcover book with faux leather burgundy hardcover binding, gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading, bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Foreword by Harry L. Hopkins. Illustrated with three wonderful large fold-out maps (all present), smaller maps, photographs. 460 pages with index..

New York: Random House, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Random House, 2006. Stated First Edition. Fine/fine. First Edition, First Printing, with "First Edition" statement and full number line on copyright page. Clean unfaded black boards with bright metallic lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 308 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henry Levy spent a year traveling throughout America in the footsteps of another great Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, whose "Democracy in America" remains the most influential book ever written about our country. The result is a wholly fresh look at America..

London: The MacMillan Co., 1970. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. London: The MacMillan Co., 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good. Illustrated. Clean, illustrated boards with black and white lettering on spine, black and red lettering on front cover. Very slightest hint of surface wear to bottom edges. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean, crisp and bright; no writing or marks. 48 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, one 3/4" chip to top left corner of rear panel near flap fold. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Miss Glubok presents the rich artistic heritage - distinctively American - that developed from roots in England, Holland, Germany and France. Great for young readers. 10" x 10". Art..

Waukesha, Wisconsin: Warren S. O'Brien and Waukesha Aviation Club, Inc., 1969. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition.. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Warren S. O'Brien and Waukesha Aviation Club, Inc., 1969. First Edition . Near Fine. Clean softcover book (approx. 8-1/2" x 11") with gray card cover decorated with Curtiss bi-plane, blue lettering, Aviation Club logo. Bound with blue plastic comb-type binding. No creasing or wear. Illustrated with wonderful historic photographs. Unpaginated (70 pages). Attractive Curtiss Museum Library bookplate inside front cover. No other marks..

New York: Pantheon, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Pantheon, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Fine First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean paple gray paper-covered boards with gray cloth spine, black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Clean map-illustrated endpapers. 324 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. What life and history has really been like in Montana and the Dakotas - part of America's great west and now "fly-over country." With razor-sharp acuity and wit Raban makes clear that our notion of the West as a realm of settled communities peopled by farmers and small-town merchants has always been more imaginary than real. His portrait of this least known region of… Read More

Addison, New York: Scott Ouderkirk / Mary Alice Press, 2007. Book. Illus. by Scott Ouderkirk, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Stated first edition, No. 63 from Limited Edition of 275, SIGNED by author/illustrator. Unique binding - burlap covered boards with window on front cover showing barn on title page. Stain to lower margin of title page, all else clean. SIGNED "S. Ouderkirk" with a small facial sketch on title page. Endpapers decorated with barn scenes. A book dedicated to the preservation of old barns, with beautiful sketches throughout of iconic old barns..

Saalfield Publishing Co., 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Saalfield Publishing Co., 1902. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/No Dust jacket. First Edition, with 1902 on title page and 1902 on copyright page. Size 11" x 13-1/2". Green cloth boards with black lettering and line border decoration on cover. Very small spot of wear to one lower spine corner. Faint soiling to spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name neatly penned on front fixed endpaper. Vertical crease to front free endpaper. Full page photographs of scenes across America, including Niagara Falls, Grants Tomb, Golden Gate Bridge, West Point, various areas of New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, New England, New Jersey, Maryland, Bermuda, Savannah, Georgia, Florida, Colorado and more; also photos of Cuba, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada. Descriptions by John L. Stoddard. Unpaginated. (128 pages)..

Droke House (distributed by Grosset & Dunlap), 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Clean hardcover stated First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with black lettering on cover, black title box and lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean. Clean black endpapers - Newspaper publisher's gift card lightly taped to front free endpaper. Clean dust jacket (slightest hint of light foxing) is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Wit and wisdom straight out of West Virginia--pure Americana to make you wonder, laugh and cry. Everything from whiskey stills and snakes to politics..

New York: Julian Messner, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Clean hardcover book and dust jacket - stated First Edition. Brown buckram cloth boards with red illustration (two horse & riders) on cover,black and red lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - very slight yellowing - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated. 317 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, with a few short closed edge tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Vivid, unforgettable true advnture written by the most famous names in Western Americana, such as Curtis Bishop, Milt Hinkle, Homer Croy, J. Frank Dobie, Fred Gipson, Nell Murbarger, Hart Stilwell, Walter Prescott Webb and many others..

Cooperstown / Ithaca, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition, SIGNED by both authors. Clean yellow cloth boards with brown lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper as follows: "To Janet Heines fondly, but also with agreat deal of love, Wendell Tripp - Sylvia Faibisoff." Pages and edges are clean. Illustrated. 316 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, has a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Stated First Edition in original illustrated dust jacket. Clean light blue cloth boards with blue-black title box on cover and spine. No bumping, one tiny tear to cloth at top spineedge; a little very light sunning to edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean map-illustrated endpapers, with small return address label at top right corner margin of front free endpaper. Illlustrated with black & white photographs. 321 pages with index. Dust jacket is price clipped, slight edgewear and age-toning; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First Edition . Near Fine. Clean decorated binding, green cloth boards with black decoration and lettering, front and rear flaps of dust jacket laid in. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrations and decorations by Edward Larocque Tinker. 210 pages. Negro folk song, music and stories gathered from author's life in Louisiana..

Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1949. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1949. Near Fine/Very Good. Clean hardcover book in unclipped original dust jacket, complete with "The Guide" in rear pocket. Unfaded green cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear, except for tiny bump to front board edge. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with map-illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with beautiful black and white photographs. 383 pages with index. "The Guide" in rear pocket is in perfect condition, gives information on mileages, roads, scenic wonders, monuments, etc. Clean illustrated dust jacket is not price clipped, has a few small edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Historically the author traces the chronicle of the Black Hills from their opening to whites and the rush for gold in 1874--the rise and fall of boom towns, the change to… Read More

New York: McGraw Hill, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later printing.. New York: McGraw Hill, 1971. Later printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean red top-stained page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 366 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white plates. No statement of edition. Dustjacket is clean except for small page number written on front inside flap, not price clipped (9.95 on front inside flap), unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover..

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in clean unclipped jacket. Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 366 pages with index. Illustrated with map, black and white plates. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of the perilous trail to Montana's gold - part of "The American Trail" Series..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Eighth Printing.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Eighth Printing. Very Good+/Fair to Good. Eighth Printing, SIGNED by author Oscar Lewis. Clean red cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 346 pp. + index. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has chips and closed tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of the world famous Palace Hotel in San Francisco, built in 1875 and destroyed by the earthquake and fire of 1906..

New York: The Grolier Society, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: The Grolier Society, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Good. Clean hardcover book in scarce original illustrated dust jacket. Brown leather-like boards with raised lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean, beautifully illustrated (in color) endpapers. First ten pages have very faint water stain for fore-edges, otherwise all pages are clean with amazing, amusing and remarkable historical photographs from that era. 424 pages. Color illustrated dust jacket has edge chips, one 3" closed tear, 1" piece missing at base of spine, and yet it is still remarkably intact and evocative of the year 1950. Now enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. More than 100 important men and women of the time inform on what was new in the world in 1950 in this well-illustrated book. In… Read More