Search Results: Americana from Zoar Books & Gallery

New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 247 pages. 1831 was the year of Nat Turner's slave rebellion, of the launching of Garrison's "Liberator", of Tocqueville's visit to the United States, of Cyrus McCormick's invention of the mechanical reaper, of the great eclipse, and of many other pivotal events. Light bumping on spine tail of book. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket.

New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1998. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8" X 5.25." 365 pages. Here we have a masterly account of the Spanish-American War, the start of the United Mine workers, the tentative beginnings of the Ford Motor Company, the million-dollar launch of the Uneeda Biscuit Company, and much more. Some foxing on top edge and light wear to spine ends and corners.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4." Unpaginated. Delightful words and even more delightful inventions, these curiosities and many others are vanishing antiquities of our counrty's past of which few Americans are aware. Dust jacket has chips, edge wear and fading along top edge and fore-edge. Owner's signature on ffep.

New York: Simon, Schuster, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 238 pages. A review of our times with 311 cartoons and notes by D. R. Fitzpatrick. Foreword by Joseph Pulitzer, profile by Thomas B. Sherman. Fitzpatrick contributed political cartoons to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for more than forty years. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Brodart-protected. Price-clipped. Front free end-paper clipped. Owner's name and date on front pastedown. Poem by Kipling (written by owner) on ffep. Very minor underlining in some spots. Stain on half-title page. Rear fep and pastedown browned by newspaper cartoons tipped-in. Three color cartoons tipped-in. Dust jacket has some chips and small pieces missing.

Springfield, IL: Phillip H. Wagner, 1988. Printed Wraps. Very Good. Lloyd Ostendorf. 8 1/2" X 11." 157 pages. Special Edition--June 16, 1988. Reopening of the Lincoln Home. 133 Original Lincoln Drawings. 101 Rare Lincoln Related Photos. Map of the Lincoln Heritage Trail on back. Corners curled.

Western Massachusetts: Upper Housatonic Valley Heritage, 2005. First Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good+. 8 1/2" X 11", 120 pages + images and maps. A project of the Upper Housatonic Valley Heritage Area. One tiny spot on front wrap. Corners slightly curled.

New York, NY: DK Publishing, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 13" X 10 3/4." 304 pages. For 24 hours a day for seven days, digital photographers across the nation were invited to take pictures of their cities and towns, friends and neighbors, and families and pets. More than 25,000 photographers responded. They ranged from first-time digital photographers to university photography students to top international photojournalists and newspaper shooters - including 36 Pulitzer Prize winners. The very best of a million digital pictures - more than 1,200 in all - are showcased in this extraordinary visual time capsule of American life. Spine tail bumped.

Tokyo, Japan: Kokusai Art, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 54 pages. Printed in both Japanese and English. Pictures and stories of quilts of the midwestern US. Gift inscription on ffep.

New York, NY: American Heritage Press, 1879. Pictorial Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 112 pages. Hardcover magazine. Stories about buffalo, the Alamo, Hell's Gate, Wiiliam Allen White, gasoline, and more. Illustrated with photos and drawings of historical people and places.

Los Angeles: Reed Books, 1978. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 210 pages. The first all-color book on railroads. Price clipped on four corners of dj, jacket taped to book with two pieces of tape.

Amherst, MA: Amherst Regional High School, 1964. Buckram. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 104 pages. Very clean with no signatures. A nice looking yearbook.

Chicago: Rhodes & McClure, 1879. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 6" X 8 3/4." 188 pages + Ads. A collection of stories from throughout Lincoln's life. Red boards with gilt lettering and black borders. Spine ends and corners bumped and worn. Lightly soiled. Spine faded.

New York, 1898. Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 231 pages. Ancestors of members listed, with brief life sketches. Boards and spine are soiled. Yellow cloth with blue lettering and border. Rear hinge cracked.

New York: Knopf, 1982. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 270 pages. Tiny bend to book.

Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress, 1901. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 504 pages. Memorial Edition. Profusely illustrated with reproductions from original photographs, original drawings and special pictures of the family by express permission from the owners. Has memorial tributes by statesmen, ministers, orators and rulers of all countries.

New York, NY: Harmony Books, 1993. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 92 pages. Not only recipes but notes on growing, picking and storing apples, the history of apple-breeding and snippets of folklore and apple traditions, this is a tempting celebration of a favorite fruit that will delight cooks, gardeners and gourmets alike.

Holyoke, MA: City of Holyoke, 1973. Decorative Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 389 pages. Green boards with gilt lettering. Embossed picture of women on front cover. Written for Holyoke's Centennial. Illustrated with photos of famous Holyoke women. Errata slip pasted to ffep. A beautiful copy.

New York, NY: Random House, 2016. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6 1/4" X 9 1/2", 382 pages. Painting a vibrant dual portrait of two cultures and two marriages, the author has created unforgettable characters whose desires, sorrows, and joys ring true. With profound empathy, keen insight, and sly wit, Behold the Dreamers explores issues of marriage, class, and race while exposing the trapdoors in the American Dream. Slight ripple on dust jacket spine tail. Owners initials and date on ffep.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 286 pages. The very best of Capsules of Wisdom, Bits of Humor, the light Verse, Potpourri, and Beloved Poems that have appeared in the past generation. Edges and ffep lightly soiled. Dust jacket chipped on spine ends and corners. Some edge wear. Staining on inside-top of jacket. It looks like there is a small sticker pull on the front cover with some letters missing.

New York, NY: Dodd-Mead, 1899. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 367 pages. Illustrated with photos of ships and portraits. A well-written history of the war. Front hinge cracked, gift inscription on ffep, corners and spine ends bumped, lightly soiled.