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Ithaca, , 1975. Softcover. Gd. . 8vo. . Cornell University Press. American forign policy involvements, particularly in South America, the Caribbean, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Hawaii, Alaska, & details on American expansion westward and its intellectual, economic, political, military roots & details. Scholarly work. ... more information

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Washington, , 1992. Pict. softcover. Fine. 8vo. Island Press. Book of scholarly essays by noted media contributors on the coverage of environmental concerns by the media & its bringing them to public consciousness. ... more information

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London, , 1815. . 1st edition in English. . Prob. contemp. 1/2 calf. . Nice copy inside & out., very clean. VG. 12mo. . Exceptionally rare true 1st edition in English. It was later more commonly published in the U.S. under a slightly different title. Author was officer in French army during invasion of Russia & witnessed the military movements & battles so book is highly detailed militarily w/ discussion of many individual units, commanders on both sides, every town , village & city e... more information

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Washington, , 1957. Revised for 1957. Pict. wrprs. . Average wear. Gd. 8vo. . Detailed & seemingly non-biased examination of labor movement history. Photos. Pamphlet is 85th Congr. 1st Sess. HD No. 244. ... more information

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Boston, , 1840. 1st edition. . Orig. tan paper over bds, cloth spine w/ label. Covers quite rubbed, small piece of cloth msg. at top of spine, spine label mostly worn away. Internally a tight copy but front fly, tp & about first 32pp. have noticeable brown watersts. (get lighter) to almost half of each page from edge to center. But, no pgs. stuck togetehr, all turn easily, not crinkled, & text fully readible. Rest of vol. w/ light to moderate text fxg. About gd. . 8vo. Publ. by Whipple & ... more information

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N.Y., , 1958. . 1st American edition. . Pict. cloth, glassine dj. Fine. 4to. . Over 900 illustrations with descriptions. A beautiful coffeetable book, elegantly printed in Paris using special gravure paper. The gravure illustrations, particularly the color illustrs. are superb.Translated from the French. ... more information

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Iowa City, , 1975. 1st edition. . Cloth w/ dj. Dj w/ some tears. Book vg. 4to. Publ. by Iowa State Historical Society. Is a book of photos & text on classic architecture of old buildings in Iowa City, Iowa, from 1830's into the 20th century. Incl. public buildings, university buildings, bridges, scenery, private houses. Many, many, b & w photos. 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1931. 1st or early ed. Orig. cloth. No dj. a few reapirs to spine cloth. Gd. . 8vo. Emphasizes in detail the concentration of wealth & power in various industries & natural resources. Author was Executive Director, League for Industrial Democracy, & favored a socialist approach. With details on development of Big Business, the 1929 Crash, control in oil, iron & steel, coal, copper, refining, communications, railroads & steamships, power, gas, automobile industry, tobacco, food,... more information

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N.Y., , 1971. Softcover. Text browned but not brittle. VG. 12mo. Forward by Sartre.Orig. edition was 1964. Scholarly examination of the thought & philosophy of Sartre by two British psychoanalyists heavily influenced by Sartre.They also explore Sartre's examinationation of Jean Genet & his sexuality. Overall see Sartre as one of the most radical thinkers of the 20th century. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1952. Orig. cloth. No dj. VG. 8vo. McCarthyism attempt to report on the amount of homosexuality ("fairies"), perversions, , prostitution, communist pinkos, drug & alcohol addiction, promiscuity, street crime, etc. in our nation's capitol. & among our representatives. With specific hangouts named & endpaper maps with places listed. Other books were done for some other big cities. A famous scandalous trashy series of the period. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1887. Orig. wrprs. . Unopened at top. Near fine. . 8vo. 21pp. of ads at beginning & end. Articles about "Origin Of New York", "The Relationship Of Church & State In The U.S.", "Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio--Their Admission Into The Union", printing of several orig. documents, other articles, correspondence. Several plates. With a rare handwritten transmittal letter dated Sept. 26, 1887 from publishers of "Magazine of American History" on their letterh... more information

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Sacramento, , (1856). 1st edition. Dsbd. . VG. 8vo. James Allen, State Printer. Examines how impt. State of California is economically to the whole U.S. In estimating the value discuss Calif. gold exports as part of the 230 million dollars shipped from Calif. in last 5 years, also discusses, silver, copper, grains, agtriculturethe unsurpassed soil of California for agriculture & settlement. the usefullness of a railroad connecting California to the other states espesially in case of hostilities, the i... more information

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(London), , 1816. 3rd edition. Light scattered fxg. Near fine. 8vo. Dsbd. from the Pamphleteer. Written to the Archbishop who consecrated him bishop. On the good of the church establishment in England, the English clergy in general, problems arising, the need to free the poorer bishops from the necessity of holding ecclesiastical preferments in comendam with their bishoprics, the need to secure greater independence for the bishops in the House of Lords, the need for longer residences of the bishops in the... more information

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(Washington),, 1847. Single pg. fldg. map. . Normal folds plus corner w crease. A little minor fraying at one place at edge. Gd. Folio. Public survey map (plats) showing Louisiana from Surveyor's Office, Donaldsville, Louisiana, Nov. 22d, 1847 measuring about 16 7/8 x 18 1/2 in. incl. margins. Uncolored. Shows all of Louisiana w/ grids, etc., but many place names & area names. With key in small type on townships, orig. surveys, proposed corrective surveys. ... more information

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Grand Rapids, , 1990. Cloth w/ dj. As new. 8vo. Beautiful copy in dj of Tom Landry's book on his life, football, & leading the Dallas Cowboys. Written with the help of Gregg Lewis. ... more information

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Radnor,, 1994. Oversize softcover. Fine. . 4to. . Large size book covering 2,200 radios listed alphabetically. Hundreds of black & white photos, eight pages of color. ... more information

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Chicago, , 1967. Neatly removed full pgs. from magazine. . VG. 4to. Lane, the original Kennedy assassination conspiracy promoter. The author of "Rush to Judgement", the first Kennedy assassination conspiracy book. His full interview in Playboy which promoted the 1960's flurry of Kennedy assassination theories & books. With 3 photos of him. The interview appeared on 28 full or partial pages. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1968. . Cloth w/ dj. A very nice copy in dj. VG. . 8vo. Holt, Rinehart, & Winston. 2nd prntg., 2 months after 1st. Title continuation is "Mark Lane Replies to the defenders of the Warren Report, to the press and communications industry, to the Establishment intellectuals and commentators, and tells the often grim story of how his dissent was almost silenced." By the chief & earliest critic of the Warren Report finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. Lane had previously publi... more information

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Washington, , 1817. Dsbd. Some fxg. VG. 8vo. HR Doc. 64. 2pp. letter & 1 page estimate for stone wall, railings, cubic yards of earth, gates, paving vistas, etc. ... more information

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London, , nd, ca. 1908?. Orig. grey prntd. wrprs, priced at 1 shilling. . VG. 8vo. . Separate publication, taken from the Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. III. Published by the British Academy. Detailed sociological & anthropological study of the subject by the author presented in a speech to the British Academy. Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a famous Scottish author of verse, translator of Homer & other classical poets, and also an anthroplogist, historian, novelist, journalist, fairy sto... more information

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