Published by Ticknor & Fields CR 1985, 1st edition, 182 pages with index. Dust jacket and book very good. Black & White illustrations. Life and times of the Early American Steamboat as it pioneered on the Upper Missouri River and played a major role in the War for Texas Independence. Map frontis. Appendices: Construction of Yellow Stone. The 1832 Roster, Glossary of Steamboat terms. Americana, History, Steamboats, Missouri, Missouri River, Texas.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Charlotte, NC: Surry County Historical Society Delmar Printing CR 1992. Ink inscription and signature by author, "To Blanche Norman Falger a dear friend and neighbor". Also signed by Jackson below her printed name on the title page. 405 pages with index, black and white photos and sketches. North Carolina was the last state to secede in the Civil War in 1861. Letters to and from sons and fathers, sons and mothers, etc. Biographies of soldiers with birthdates, marriages, deaths, wounds suffer... (more information)

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New York: D.Appleton-Century Co. CR 1941, 468 pages with index and a Reading List. Some uncut pages, brown covers. Back covers show that something was stuck to it, all good+ condition. Black and white drawings of homes, scenes, mining towns, etc. This book covers the 1850's - the true peak gold rush years, the gold mining country of the Sierra foothills of California.. Hard Cover. Illus. by E. H. Suydam. ... (more information)

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New York: Published by C.Scribners Published in 1949, believe 1st edition. Profusely illustrated w/photos. All very good. Western Americana, Gold Rush, California.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Iowa: Wallace Homestead Book Company History and Romance of Old China. CR 1971 with 228 pages with glossary. Color, black and white photos. Softcover. Features Oriental, English, German, and American China, marks, etc. White with black lettered covers. All Good+ condition.. Second Revised Edition. Soft Cover. ... (more information)

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Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press Portrait of a Silver Mining Camp. CR 1963, title date 1963, 254 pages with index. X-Library with stamps, numbers and pocket in back. Overall good+ condition. Several maps showing route to silver mines, black and white illustrations. In 1868 in eastern Nevada, rich silver ore was discovered. This story of an average mining camp doesn't take much room in old men's memories because men tend to forget rather than record disappointment and failure. Dust jacket flaps... (more information)

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Limited Edition, First. Published by the Connecticut Historical Society, title date 1956, CR 1956, first edition. Dust jacket has a piece gone on spine top, mylar cover on dust jacket, with gray cover s, all very good. Someone wrote with pencil on the back of the dust jacket. 128 pages with index. This is a Limited Edition of 1250. Author tracked vessels that began or ended their careers in distant waters, under different names, to Maine, Hudson River, Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico. He... (more information)

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Published by Stanford University, CR 1950, 2nd in July 1955, 239 pages with index. Dust jacket has tears, overall good+. Black and white photos. Illustrated with text and map on pastedowns. A series of attractive intimate sketches of the lives of the desert animals based on scientific fact and personal observations by the author and his 40 years of experience and exploration. Natural history, deserts, desert animals, Southwest deserts, Sou thwest U.S.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Hastings House, CR 1961, CR 1961 with 308 pages with index and bibliography. About J. Henry in the North and Matthew Maury in the South. Joseph Henry invented the electromagnet. Gray blue covers with blue lettering. All good+. Civil War, Confederacy, Union, Scientists, wars, Americana.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Rio Grande Press, CR 1972, CR 1972, this is the 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. White w/red lettering on covers, slight soil, 600 B&W illustratons, overall very good. Combining 2 titles-originally distributed by MacRae's Indian Book Distributors , only people allowed to distribute this book. 271 pages and 142 pages with index and bibliography. Native American, Basketry,Western Americana.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Published by Grosset & Dunlap, CR 1926 and 1929, 305 pages w/index. Tan covers with steer head on front cover, endppapers has signature of previous owner, overall good+. Illustrated by author with black and white sketches. Western Americana, f iction, western fiction, juvenile.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Dial Press A message from Chief Seattle. Paintings by Jeffers. CR 1991, oversized book, dust jacket has many tears otherwise covers and content good+. 24 pages, unpaginated. A Suquamish Indian, Chief Seattle describes his people's respect and love for the earth and concern for its destruction. Previous owner's name on dust jacket flap and top of first pastedown.. Seventh Printing. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Boston: Little Brown, CR 1988, 186 pages with index and notes. Illustrated by Charlotte Wess. Floral illustrated endpapers. Mylar cover over dust jacket, all very good. X-library with stamps, numbers and pocket in back. Garden layouts, black and white and color photos and color text cuts. A tour of the garden through the seasons, showing the effect of lighting, color sequence, etc. Ms. Jekyll is an excellent guide as her approach remains as fresh and relevant as it was in 1908 when she first wrote th... (more information)

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Chiago, Illinois: Lakeside Classics, R. R. Donnelley Edited by Ben Procter. Christmas 1992, CR 1992, 355 pages with list of books by Donnelley and index, black and white photographs, x-library with stamps, etc. TEG (Edges trimmed in gold). Jennings was from Philadelphia but was obsessed with the prospect of finding his fortune in Texas and became a Ranger under Capt. Lee McNeely in the 1870's and 1880's.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Bonanza, CR MCMLXV (1965) this is the 2nd, 163 pages with index and bibliography. Dust jacket has slight tears, red covers, all good+. Irish soldiers, dead skunks and other stories show a self-portrait of the backwoods boy who became Pr esident of the United States. Illustrated with period drawings. Americana, history, Abraham Lincoln, humor.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Vermont: Storey Communications Over 100 Ready to use patterns and Decorative ideas. A Garden Way Publishers Book. Large book, dust jacket has slight tears at top. CR 1990. Fretwork - an ornamental style of woodworking found all over the world. Not a how-to book, primarily popular patterns that you can trace and attach to your work. 128 pages. Covers Columns, Porch Fencing, Gables, Screen Doors, Shutters, and Picket Fences. All very good condition.. Believe to be a First Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Boston, Massachusetts: L. C. Page & Co. Title date MDCCCCI (1901), Volume 1 and 2 only. Volume 3 missing. Frontis is Prince Charles Edward Stuart (photo etching. Volume 1, 343 pages, Volume 2, 333 pages. Volume 2 frontis "Countess of Albany (photo etching). Red covers, paper label on spine, all good+ condition.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Published by Macmillan, CR 1915, 1st edition, 299 pages with 3 pages ads. Covers dark, slight wear o/w good+. Covers all New England States. Travel, New England.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Washington, D.C.: U. S. Printing Office Slight Stain to Black Covers. No Jacket. Believe to be a 1st Edition. Published by U.S. Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 93rd Congress, 1st session, Doc. 93-111. LBJ frontis. Slight stain, black cov ers, all good+. 285 pages with index. History, Americana, Presidents, politics.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Messages to 90th Congress. Dust jacket has tears, all else good+. Printed in 1967, 243 pages with 2 pages of full color photos of LBJ and family. Has a letter inside signed by W. Marvin Watson, Specia l Assistant to the President. History, Americana, Presidents, politics, Congress.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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