New York: Random House This edition 1941, translated by Peter Motteux, illustrated with wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller, slipcased - sllight wear, book green covers with gilt embossing on spine and lettering. 567 pages. Text cuts black and white and color. The adventures of an eccentric hidalgo who adopted the name of Don Quixote de la Mancha when his brain became addled from reading too many romances on knighthood and he fell into one of the strangest conceits that every madman stumbled on in... (more information)

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Published by Norton CR 1946, stated 1st edition, 404 pages /windex. Dust jacket has tears and a piece is gone at top of front cover, is price clipped. Gray covers with red and gold, some pencil notes which could be erased, overal l good+. A pageant of Art history, showing the essential unity of the art. Art, music, dance, history.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Or Startling Scenes and Perilous Adventures in the Far West. Published by Edward Canby, Dayton, Ohio. 363 pages, no date, probably late 1800's. Spine has title "Rocky Mountain Adventures". Starts with page 29, as Table of Contents states. Book is separating from stitching, loose, but complete. Illustrated frontis, many black and white illustrations with many of native americans of that period. Brown covers, front cover decorated with "Star Library" in center of book, with embellishments,... (more information)

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New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold CR 1976, 1st printing. 256 pages with glossary and index a.ong with a Guide to Antique Shops in Japan. Black and white photos. Covers screens, porcelains, lacquerware, scrolls, chests, Netsake, woodblock prints and textiles. Covers and content very good condition.. First Printing. Soft Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Published by Al. Knopf, CR 1972, 1973, this 3rd in 1973, 468 pages. Dust jacket has tears, covers and content good+. Fiction about Washo Indians. Illustrated endpapers. Fiction, western fiction, native americans, indians.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Harcourt Brace, CR 1939 to 1942, stated 1st edition, 440 pages with index. 60 halftones from photos, 98 drawings, maps and sketches. Gray with red lettering, slight soil, overall good+. A Profile of the Civil War taken mainly f rom "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years". Civil War, history, Abraham Lincoln, Presidents.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Iowa: Wallace Homestead Book Company CR 1988, first printing with 493 pages with index. Has a cross reference index of autography values by category and index. Excellent reference with hundreds and hundreds of autographs. Softcover, all very good condition.. Soft Cover. ... (more information)

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North Carolina: Broadfoot Publishing Company Dust jacket has mylar cover, all very good condition. Original, unedited Limited edition, CR 1989, 288 pages. Map of southeast Virginia on back pastedowns, coast and sounds of North Carolina on front pastedowns. Historical fiction. The title is a reference to both ironclad ships and the important women who suffered under Union occupation, one of which was a spy behind enemy lines in New Bern, NC. A fictional account of the story of the battle of the Monitor ... (more information)

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New York: World Publications A disquisition upon cetain matters maritime, and the possibility of intelligent life under the waters of this earth. Dust jacket torn on bottom front cover, otherwise good+ condition. CR 1970, 215 pages with index and appendices. Frontis is a Columbian gold artifact. Author gathers reports of historical and recent sighting of lighted objects that have risen from, descended into, and maneuvered over reservoirs, rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. Disappearances of air and wate... (more information)

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New York: Published by Cornell University, CR 1954, 1st edition, 295 pages with index. Ink inscription front endpapers, B&W photos and maps, overall good+. Trying to bring the reader up to date on the new frontier around the Arabian Peninsula, America' s role in developing it and the challenge it presents to U.S. and other Western nations and to the Arabs. History. Arabia, Mid-East, Arabs.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Books, Inc., 1955, CR 1954, 810 pages w/index. Green with gray spine, all very good. Black and white illustrations. Landscaping, soil, lawns, trees, shrubs, flower gardens, house plants, herbs, rock gardens, fruits, etc . Covers just about anything you need to know about gardening. Natural history, gardening, trees, bushes, flowers, herbs, fruits.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Bruce Humphries, CR 1935, believe 1st, 113 pages. Dust jacket is torn, back almost gone, otherwise good+. Ink inscription signed and dated by Sargent on front endpapers. Literature. Poetry.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Stackpole Books Retracing America's Most Adventurous Journey. Illustrated by Marily Weber. Dust jacket and book are in good+ condition. CR 1978, 2nd printing April 1981. 224 pages with 9 maps with a key to the maps. In 1975, the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation issued an environmental impact statement for the proposed Lewis and Clark National Historical Trail of 3,700 miles. Follow the wilderness adventures of the original expedition with a modern American family who retraces the historic trail. Text cut... (more information)

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Published by Adam & Charles Black, 1952, Dated 1972 with 178 pages with bibliography. Large book, slight soil to covers, overall good+. Frontis and foreward by Peter Scott. 16 plates from photos and 41 drawings by author. Ducks, waterfowl, hunting, natural history.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Boston: Published by Houghton Mifflin, CR 1910, published Oct. 1910, 1st edition, 345 pages w/index. Light red covers, all good+. Has 5 maps and plans. Author's story of the Civil War and his experiences with the Army of the Potomac in the Ordnance Corps. Civil War, Army, Union Army, History, Americana.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by A. S.Barnes, CR 1943, stated 1st printing, 138 pages. No dust jacket. Large book, slight soil to covers, content very good. Color and B&W sketches. Field sports and angling in words and pictures. Angling, fishing, sports, games, hunting, shooting.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: William Morrow The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. Color photos by Justin Kerr. CR 1990. 542 pages with index, references, bibliography, notes and a glossary of Gods and Icons. Dust jacket with mylar, all very good condition. The story of Maya Kingship from the beginning of its institution and the first great pyramid builders 2,000 years ago to the decline of Maya civilization and its destruction by the Spanish. Kingship was the primary political and religious institution of the Ancient Ma... (more information)

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Published by Atheneum, CR 1975, stated 1st edition, 308 pages w/index. Black and white photos from movies, etc. Interviews with Alfred Hitchcock, Raoul Walsh, Frank Capra, Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor, Howard Hawks, William Wellm an, King Vidor, etc. Reminiscences of their work and their lives. Americana. History. Movies, film, cinema, directors, Hollywood.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905 Green Illus. Covers. Slight Soil to Covers. Good+/No Jacket. Believe to be a 1st Edition. 420 pages. Green covers, front cover has picture of lions, slight soil and slightly loose. Inside hinges start ing to separate, but all there and good. Excellent black and white photos. The wild animal world of equatorial Africa is photographed by flashlight. Translated to Henry Zick. Photography, Africa, natural history, hunting.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Putnams Sons Dust jacket and book very good condition. CR 1983, 2nd impression, 623 pages with index. Black and white illustrations. Traces the entire story of America from first settlers.. Hard Cover. Book Club Edition. ... (more information)

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