Search Results: History from Plain Tales Books

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Clean, bright, and unmarked. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1990.

Storm Lake, Iowa: Buena Vista County Historical Society. Illustrated. Endpaper maps. Color illustration on cover. Limited to 1,000 copies. Light foxing to page edges. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1984.

Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Archives. Office of the Secretary of State. 50 individual card-stock broadsides measuring 14" x 8 1/2". The front side of each is a facsimile of the actual document and the verso is a printed version of same. Dated from (ca. ) August 3, 1833 to October 23, 1871. Various petitions, ordinances, proclamations, etc. The last entry is a "Request for the sale of brick and iron from burned public buildings...as were destroyed by the late fire". Housed in a red box with white titles. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. . Fine. Broadsides. Facsimile.

Berkeley / Los Angeles: Univ of California Press. Vol. 1: Made for America, 1890-1901. Vol.2: Making Speech Free, 1902-1909. Illustrated. 655 and 639 pages respectively. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2003.

London: Andre Deutsch. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 4to-over 9?"-12" tall. . Hardcover. First Edition. 1991.

Fayette, Iowa, U.S.A.: Trends & Events Pub Co. Fully illustrated. Long, warm inscription from author on flyleaf. Clean and unmarked. 4to-over 9?"-12" tall. Signed and Inscribed By Author . Hardcover. First Edition. 1988.

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Hyde Park Historical Society. Illustrated and with maps. Short crease and a short, closed tear to front cover. Clean and unmarked. . Near Fine. Illustrated Wrappers. First Edition. 1980.

Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.: Tri Star-Boze Pubns, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hard cover. Green cloth with gilt titles. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Tiny nick to bottom edge of rear cover. A great copy. Signed by Author.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Horizon Press. Profusely illustarted. Tiny tear to top corner of cover and dj. Moderate wear to dj edges. A nice copy-clean and unmarked. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. . Hardcover. First Edition. 1981.

New York / Tokyo: Weatherhill. Fully illustrated in color and black & white. 4to-over 9?"-12" tall. . Hardcover. First Edition. 1995.

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. A full size facsimile of a diary kept by an Englishman who sailed to America with his family in 1832. Sent by his decendant, Thomas E. Donnelley (of the publishing family), to all other known descendants at Christmas, 1937. Blue cloth with gilt titles. . Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile. 1937.

Washington: Government Printing Office. Green cloth with gilt sledge party cover decoration and gilt spine titles. Lacking the frontispiece portrait of Captain Hall. Frontispiece steel engraving of the Polaris present, with foxing. All other engravings and maps present. Moderate wear to covers. Interior is clean and unmarked. Hinges slightly loose and with some separation, but still a fairly solid copy of this very large, heavy book. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1876.

Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Register. Illustrated with maps. Covers and page edges darkened with age. Interior is clean and unmarked. 8vo-over 7?"-9?" tall. . Hardcover. First Edition. 1906.

New Delhi, India: Asian Educational Services. A facsimile of the 1883 edition. 4to-over 9?"-12" tall. . Hardcover. 2003.

London: Henry G. Bohn. Half leather with gilt spine titles; matching marbled boards and endpapers; top edges gilt. The copper plates are extremely bright and colorful. *Rear cover detached. Some wrinkling and staining to top corner of last few pages, not affecting text or plates. Interior very clean and unmarked - NOT an ex-library copy. . Very Good. Half-Leather. 1842.

Azerbaijan: Meydar Aliyev Foundation. 5 color-illustrated pamphlets relating to the Garabagh Conflict. Housed in a printed folder. . As New. Trade Paperback. 2005.

London: William Tegg. 2 volumes. With an introduction and explanatory notes. Half green leather with marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers; gilt titles and raised bands; top edges gilt. Page edges and illustrations darkened with age; frontispiece missing from volume one. Moderate to heavy wear to extremities and corners. A nice set. . Good to Very Good . Half-Leather. 1864.

Urbana / Chicago / London: University of Illinois Press. Illustrated. Moderate wear to dj extremities and one tiny edge hole. A very nice copy, interior is clean and unmarked. Multiple signatures on half-title page. . Hardcover. 1968.

London: William Heinemann, Ltd.. Two volumes. Illustrated with maps. 1685 pages total. Oddly, approximately 25 pages at the end of each volume have minor fore-edge wrinkles/creases. Interiors are clean and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jackets. Small price stickers on front fixed endpapers. A very nice set. . Hardcover. First Edition. 1972.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated. 763 pages. Price-clipped dj. ! ' closed tear and crease to top edge of front dj panel. Clean and unmarked. 8vo-over 7?"-9?" tall. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 1967.