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Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1973 " A compilation of addresses and tributes as given in the United States Senate and House of Representatives plus additional materials including the texts of eulogies, messages, prayers, and scriptural selections delivered at the funeral services held in Independence, Mo. and in Washington, D. C., on the life, character, and public service of the late President Harry S. Truman." Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. Black cloth with gold titles. Spine is bumped and corners slightly soft. FFEP is stamped 'From the office of Stuart Symington U. S. Senator Missouri'. Interior is clean and bright. 196p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1935 Tan cloth with black titles and small illustration on cover. Sunning to spine and board edges. Some foxing to spine and gutters, a few light spots on rear board. Head and tail of spine are soft. Water stains to top or bottom of some interior pages. Foxing to page edges. Frontispiece is portrait of Harry Yount, the First Park Ranger. Black and white drawings and photographs. 272p.. Fourth Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ruth Taylor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1943 By decree from the Governor in 1929, Jules Verne Allen was made the Official Singer of New Mexico's Cowboy Folk Songs. He was given the title of The Singing Cowboy. Chapters include: Life of the Cowboy, Cattle Brands, Cowboy Dictionary, Songs of the Range. Red cloth with black titles on spine and cover, front also has illustration of cowboy on horse. Head and tail of spine are rubbed, as are points. Several drink rings on rear board. Pencil lines inside of gutters. Binding tight. Numerous line drawings illustrate the pages. Pages 69-89 are bumped. Some age toning to pages. Interesting cowboy lore, 164p.. Sixth Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ralph Pereida. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1957 "Written by an educated, literate soldier, these letters are at once a valuable primary source for the historian and an exciting recreation of the events and moods of war. Hough served in the Western theater of operations, and his accounts of such battles as Corinth and Chickamauga, of the incidents along the route of Sherman's march on Atlanta, contain all the color and impact of eyewitness description." Grey paper dust jacket with grey illustration. Rear panel has portrait of Hough. Some small chips to edges of jacket, particularly at head of spine. Some light red staining to front panel. Spine panel is sunned. Jacket is now in brodart. Black cloth with silver title on spine. Cloth is clean. Head and tail of spine slightly soft. Nine black and white illustrations, from photographs, printed on glossy paper. Interior is clean and bright. 250 p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1930 Originally published under the title Cattle by Doubleday. Beige cloth with rust colored titles and bull on cover. Cloth is heavily soiled. Bumped at head and tail of spine. Cloth worn trough on bottom edge of front board near spine. Binding cracked at first blank. Twenty-six black and white photos. Chip in ffep, also has bookplate affixed. Red top-stain, foxing to other page edges. A number of pages are dog-eared. 340p. including index. . Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles J. Belden. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner 's Sons, 1972 Signed by the Author. Children's story of early Native American life in the southwest, inspired by clay pots. Illustrations are in the same style as the traditional designs on the pottery. Jacket is quite worn. There are chips and tears around the edges as well as insect damage. Head and tail of spine are reinforced with cello tape on reverse. Jacket is now in Brodart. Brown cloth brown title on spine and designs on cover. There is significant insect damage to the top layer of the cloth. Inscribed by author on half-title. Interior is clean. Unpaginated.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Fair. Illus. by Tom Bahti. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Austin: The Texas State Historical Society, 1979 Signed by the Author. Reprint of 1952 edition. Transcript of four lectures delivered at Louisiana State University in May, 1950. "They are the product of more than a quarter of a century of interest in the Anglo-American activities in Texas before annexation, and they are based upon an intensive study of the available contemporary material which seems to have a bearing on the subject." Softcover. Some edgewear, stains to front and rear covers. Inscribed by author on half-title page and dated 5 June, 1979. 132p.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner 's Sons, 1884 Red cloth with titles and border design embossed in black on spine and cover. Spine is faded. Some pulling to head and tail of spine. Small nick in cloth near tail. Liquid stain to bottom point on front. Crack in cloth at rear gutter. Binding is still very firm. Black endpapers. Some foxing to top edge of endpapers. Interior is clean except for previous owners name. 258p.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929 Blue cloth with silver title and canon decoration on spine. Silver is rubbed, particularly at head and tail of spine. White scuff marks to front board, rear board is scratched and spotty. Head and Tail of spine are bumped. Points are a little soft. Foxing to page edges. Frontispiece portrait of Lee, light water stain to corner of page. Binding is tight, interior is clean. 324p.. Revised. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: John Long, 1961 U. K. Edition before American. Researched portraits of gunfighters such as: Wild Bill Hickock, Bat Masterson, Clay Allison and Frank Leslie. Dust jacket is heavily worn with moderate to large chips, mostly on rear panel. jacket is now in clear protective cover. Rust colored cloth with white title on spine. Tail of spine is bumped as are lower points. Upper points are slightly soft. Some light soiling to front board. Interior is clean. Line drawing of different guns at beginning of each chapter. 176p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945 "An appealing and delightful account of this noted writer's happy experiences as an Ohio farmer." Dust jacket is heavily worn at edges, chips and tears at head and tail of spine and corners. Open tear at mid-fold on front flap. Spine panel is browning. Black cloth with gold title on red block on spine. Small red publisher logo on front. Cloth is slightly worn at edges and soiled. Foxing to endpapers, illustrated endpapers. Numerous black and white drawings. 302p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. Illus. by Kate Lord. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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E. P. Dutton & Co., 1940 Beige cloth with brown and gold embossing on spine, title is rubbed. Gold embossed device on maroon front board. Heavy foxing in gutters. Some soiling to cloth. Pages are browning, otherwise clean. 557p.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Watts & Co., 1933 Signed by the Author. An autobiography. English gentlemen rogue travels the world. Jacket is in two pieces but laid in. Water stains to blue cloth, stain continues on interior at bottom center. Inscribed by author and dated El Paso 11 December 1934. He has also written the quote from the dedication page, "You cannot make footprints in the sands if you are sitting down." Exterior is quite worn. Page edges are foxed. Broken signature. Black and white photographs. 260p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1899 Authorized edition. Olive green cloth with gold titles on spine and front board. Front also has yellow, black and white illustration of men in whaling boat. Head and tail of spine rubbed and fraying. Top corners have been nibbled off, probably by mice. Eight black and white illustrations, including frontis, one fold out map of journey. Binding loose. 379p.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Toronto: Jessie Buchanan Campbell, 1900 "Some reminiscences of the life and labors of the rev. George Buchanan, M. D., first Presbyterian minister of Beckwith, Lanark County, Upper Canada." Written by his only surviving daughter. Brown paper cover is intact but has completely separated from text block. Cover is a little soiled and it is quite worn at the spine. There are tears at both head and tail of spine. Crease along front leading edge, though it is only visible from the inside. The cover is actually in good shape for its age. Interior is clean. 56p. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Poor/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962 Jacket in Brodart. Layers of jacket are separating in some places, particularly on spine. Some edgewear. Small tear at front point. Black cloth with silver embossing. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Cloth is missing from a section of top edge. Pictorial endpaper. Previous owners name on ffep. Interior is clean and tight. Numerous black and white photos. 352p. including index.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ontario, California: Death Valley Publishing Co., 1951 Plain tan paper dust jacket with small brown illustration and titles. Several tears at edges, some foxing to upper edge. Jacket is now in clear protective cover. Tan cloth binding matches jacket. Some soiling and foxing to cloth. Binding and corners solid. Pages are bright but there are a few smudges throughout. One map and twenty three pages of black and white photos. Foxing to top edge of pages. 191p.. Cloth. Good/Fair. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Seagraves, Texas: Pioneer Book Publishers, inc., 1974 Signed by the Author. History of Tuscola or Jim Ned Valley. Red cloth with gold titles on spine and cover with animal scene. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. White scuff mark on tail of spine. Cloth is very clean. Inscribed by author to Auta and Bevington Reed. Black and white drawings as well as numerous photos. Page edges are toning. 252p. including index. . Signed by Author. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ron Reynolds. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Hurst & Company No date is given. Title page states the book is illustrated but there aren't any. Dark red cloth with white embossing and colr illustration pasted on front. White embossing on spine has been totally rubbed off. Insect damage to cloth, points are soft. Water damage to upper edges of boards. Pulling to head and tail of spine. First signature starting. Author was Professor of Latin in University College, London. 220p.. Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1924 Early reprint, original copyright 1922. A guide book for travelers under the general editorship of Fremont Rider. Includes four maps, one black and white, two small color and one large color fold out of entire island. Green cloth with limp boards. Bright gold titles on spine and front cover. Blind debossed globe decoration on front board. Light wear to edges. Small ding on lower edge of rear board. Illustrated green endpapers. Green ribbon bookmark. Includes general description of Bermuda, geology, discovery, history, natural history, government, industry and agriculture. The majority of the book is specific travel info within Bermuda; what to do, what to see, where to stay, how to get there, services available and how much it should cost. Twenty four pages of trade announcements. 158p. plus fold out map and ads.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930 Black cloth with small orange paper title on front cover, looks like there may have also been paper on title on spine but it is missing. Cloth is scuffed andoints are soft. Head and tail of spine are heavily pulled. Moderate tear in cloth at bottom of rear exterior gutter. Interior is clean and bright. A few black and white illustrations. 312p.. Ninth Printing. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943 Analysis and compilation of American humor via cartoons. Includes: American Humor and the New Century, Cartoons from 1883 to 1916, World War I and the Impudent Decade, Cartoons from 1916 to 1932, The New Deal, Cartoons from 1933 to 1943. Light brown cloth with gold title over purple background. Blind debossed Johnny Appleseed emblem on front board. Spine and board edges are faded. White stain to front board. Cloth is moderately soiled, some foxing. Page edges moderately foxed. Head and tail of spine bumped, points rubbed. Water stain to lower edge of rear board, does not affect interior. Light foxing throughout interior. Binding is tight. Wartime book. 456p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Richard Bentley, 1866 Full brown leather, with wood grain design on boards. Gold tooled edges. Five raised bands with gold florets, title over green leather. Scratch down rear board. Marbled endpapers, matched page edges. Very large bookplate on first paste-down, also very small plate from Willis & Southern Booksellers, London. Author was Chief Justice of Ceylon. Text is clean and tight. 639p. including index.. Fifteenth. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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East Lansing, Mi: Michigan State Universitty Press, 1968 Signed by the Author. George Washington appoints Thomas Pickney America's first Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James. Most historians have labeled him a disaster as a diplomat. Jack L. Cross presents a different opinion. White dust jacket is sunned and stained. There is only slight pulling to the head of spine. Jacket is now protected by Brodart. Gray cloth with gold title on spine. Some insect damage to outer layer of cloth. Binding is tight. Slight water stains to top of endpapers and first several pages. Inscribed by author on ffep. 1 65p. including index.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1989 Life with the contras, the Sandinistas and the CIA. Black dust jacket has some shelfwear, tail of spine is bumped. Jacket is now in brodart. Purple cloth spine with bright gold title, black boards. Tail of spine is bumped. Small tear in paper covering front board on top edge. Book is clean and tight. 266p.. First American Edition. Cloth and Board. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Press, 1959 Account of Native Americans who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Blue cloth with black title on spine and emblem on cover, extremely faded, unreadable. Cloth is soiled. Binding and corners are sound. Pulling to head and tail of spine. Pictorial endpapers depict two different battles. Frontispiece of General Stand Watie. There is writing in ink on frontispiece and title page. There are some black and white drawings as well as twenty pages of black and white photos. 242p. including index.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1938 Biography of two time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie. The author is Marie and Pierre Curie's second daughter, Eve. This English translation of the book won the American National Book Award for non-fiction. Early reprint, original 1937. Brown cloth gold title on brown background. Brown initials on front board. Near fine except for aging of pages. Cloth is clean and unworn. Top of pages dyed yellow. Thirty-three black and white illustrations. 412p.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New Brunswick, N. J.: Rutgers University Press, 1956 Author won Pulitzer Prize in History in 1943. Discussion on why Americans prize education but fear intellectuals. Dust jacket is heavily worn; chips, tears, foxing, fading. Jacket is now protected by brodart. Book is covered in mauve paper with white tile on spine and small emblem on front. A few scuffs to paper. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. A couple of pages are dogeared. 116p. including index. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909 Yellow cloth with black titles on spine and front. Cover also has small potrait of Linclon with gold background. Cloth is soiled, points are soft. Binding cracked at front. Gilt top edge. Twenty-four blackand white illustrations. Foxing to some pages. 409p. plus several pages of ads. . Eighth Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Charles L. Webster, 1887 Newly and expertly rebound. Original cloth from front board has been retained and attached to front. Bound in heavy weave green cloth with gold title on spine. Original decoration of crossed flags and cutlasses on front. New endpapers, heavy weight cream paper. Tissued frontispiece of General Custer. Pages are toning. Twenty eight black and white illustrations, several by Frederick Remington. One small map. Elizabeth Custer followed her husband on his campaigns and writes of their life and of the lives of his men. It is revealing of that time period. 702p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885 First edition second state with frontis and map. Brown cloth with black and gold embossing; rising sun over mountain, bugle with musical notes, title. Significant rubbing and pulling to head and tail of spine. Corners are rubbed and fraying; at bottom front corner board is showing. General rubbing and soiling to cloth. Expertly repaired, original cloth maintained but new endpapers. Binding is quite solid. Small tear to dedication page. First page of text dog-eared on bottom. Frontispiece portrait of General Custer. Map of Montana and Dakota. Faint water stain to bottom edge of center pages. 312p. including appendix.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1961 Revised Edition, fifth printing, 1966. The first part of the book is short stories of children traveling in early America. The second section is more descriptive about the history of transportation and more modern methods including helicopters and hydrofoils. The numerous black and white drawings are captivating. Green and blue illustrated dust jacket is worn around the edges, particularly at the top edge. There are two small tears at the top edge of the front panel. Head of spine panel is slightly torn at each edge and there is a 1" open tear at the top of the rear panel. Original price is intact but there is a small clip to the bottom corner of the front and back flaps. Jacket is now protected by Brodart. Book is bound in green cloth with blue title on spine. Front board has blue reproduction of illustration from dust jacket. Bottom edges of boards are rubbed and some of the green color is spotty along the bottom. Head and tail of spine are slightly bumped. Previous owners name written neatly in ink on endpaper. Binding is tight and interior is clean and bright. 134p.. Revised. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Hildegard Woodward. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1941 Vintage paperback. "The absorbing stories of the adventures of twelve explorers in the scientific world - that world unseen by the naked eye." Paul Henry De Kruif was an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. This book was a long time bestseller. Perma-gloss cover, laminate seperating at bottom edge and corner of front cover. Several arced creases to bottom corner of rear board, mostly superficial. Book is clean and solid, interior is bright. 400p.. Tenth Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. PocketBook. more information

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891 Book is heavily soiled. Foxing to spine. Cloth is torn at head of spine, tail is bumped. Water stain to device on cover. Sunning to rear board. Red stain, foxing. Silver embossed emblem on rear board. Leading edge and bottom of pages are roughcut. Foxing to page edges. Numerous black and white drawings. Credit for illustrations is not given. List of other illustrated books offered by publisher in rear. 435p.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993 Signed by author on title page. "Deighton is the author of more than thirty books of fiction and non-fiction, including his classic novels The Ipcress File and funeral in Berlin and his internationally acclaimed histories of World War II." Dust jacket is price clipped, protected y clear mylar cover. Black cloth spine with bright gold title, maroon boards. Tail of spine is lightly rubbed. Numerous black and white photos, illustrations and maps. Binding is tight, interior is clean. 653p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth and Board. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Denis Bishop. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1902 Dark green cloth textured to look like leather. Gold title on spine. Blind embossed decorations on boards. Head and tail of spine are rubbed, head of spine is fraying. Points are bumped. Some soiling to cloth. Binding is cracked. Nibbling (mouse) to leading edges of pages between 18-29, only in the margins. Numerous black and white photos on glossy paper, one color plate. Two fold out panoramic black and white photos. Two fold out monotone maps. Contains proposal to create Appalachian Forest Reserve. Part of rear free endpaper stuck to rear paste-down. 210p.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1931 'Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest'. Binding is cracked. Yelow gold cloth is grubby. Spine faded. Gold titles on spine and cover. Cross on spine, treasure chest on cover. Pages are yellowed. Six full page illustrations, and each chapter emds with a pen and ink sketch. Six maps and charts including endpapers. Bookplate on front paste down. 367p. including notes and glossary.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Ben Carlton Mead. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1942 Brown cloth with gold title on spine, emblem on cover. Head and tail of spine are rubbed. Some soiling in rear gutter, small scratch in cloth. Points are slightly rubbed. Binding is tight. Foxing to page edges, endpapers. Some foxing to first couple of pages including frontispiece and title page. lovely illustrations by Jackson. Two samll notations in pencil to rear paste-down.312p.. Trails Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by William H. Jackson. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Coward - McCann, Inc., 1957 "The whole pageant and pattern of medieval life unfolds in this history of Henry II and his sons particularly Richard Coeur de Lion and John of Magna Carte fame born of the beautiful and turbulent Eleanor of Aquitaine." Blue dust jacket with illustration of jousting knights. Moderate edgewear to jacket with bumping to tail of spine, but no chips or tears. Blue cloth with gold title on spine and coat of arms on cover. Some foxing to cloth. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Jacket is now in Brodart. Map endpapers. Previous owners name written in pencil on ffep. Illustration at beginning of each chapter. 308p. including bibliography.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Georg Hartman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Johnson, Wilson and Company, 1873 "Embracing History, Statesmanship, Naval and Military Life, Philosophy, The Drama, Science, literature and Art. . .Illustrated with highly finished steel engravings from original portraits by the most celebrated artists." Brown leather spine and points with textured purple cloth on boards. Exterior is rough but interior is in very good condition. Illustrations are wonderful; tissued, full page, black and white engravings. Forty-six subjects including: Samuel Johnson, Marie Antoinette, George Washington, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jane Austen, Lord Byron, Thomas Moore, Andrew Jackson. Leather is scuffed, scratched and peeling, completely worn through on some areas of spine. There is a large piece of leather missing from the head of the spine. There is also a small piece missing on the panel where the gold title is, obscuring part of it. Small rip in cloth on front board. Front endpapers are cracked at gutter, but binding is still tight. Marbled endpapers with matching page edges. Marbling on top edge, and upper part of leading edge, is flaking off. Some small areas of foxing to interior, but not much. Very small plate from Hobrien & Co. Binders Cleveland, on front free endpaper. 640p. . Half-Leather. Poor/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948 Gold cloth with gold title on black background on spine. Author's name in black on fornt board. Points slightly soft, head and tail of spine are slightly bumped. Small dark stain on rear board. Map endpapers, different fornt and rear. Numerous maps and black and white photos. Synopsis from Book Club laid in. 559p.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1962 Possible first. History text book. Green cloth with black line drawings to spine and front. Modearate to heavy sloing to cloth. Rubbing to head and tail of spine. Rubbing to corners. Water stain to rear board as well as old piece of cello tape. Page edges are smudged. Interior pages are clean and bright. 512p. including index. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Donald M. Yena, E. M. Schiwetz, et. Al.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927 Two volumes in one. Originally published in 1873. Dark blue cloth with gold title on spine. Spine is faded, head and tail of spine are pulled. Small area of cloth is worn through to board on front. Cloth is dusty. Gutters cracked, front and back. Some foxing to endpapers. Fifty-eight black and white illustrations, some tissued with captions in red on tissue. Some light foxing to illustration pages and surrounding pages. 321p.. Reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1944 Signed by the Author, who was Governor of Massachusetts from 1930 to 1934. Critic of the New Deal. Jacket is heavily worn. Large chips to head and tail of spine, smaller chips and tears across edges. Large stain on front. Stain on rear, some writing in pencil. Heavily textured blue cloth with bright gold title on spine and capitol dome on cover. Rubbing and pulling to head and tail of spine. There is also some rubbing to corners and edges. Some foxing and staining to page edges. A couple of pages are dog-eared. Signed by author on ffep. 240p. including index. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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San Antonio, Texas: The Clegg Company, 1957 Signed by the Author. History of Texas between 1859 - 1883. Includes footnotes and bibliography. Textured, yellow softcover binding. Titles in brown on spine and cover. Some very small stains and foxing on rear. Foxing to title page. Signed by author on title page. Foxing to page edges. Black and white photos. 78p.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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London: Hutchinson of London, 1960 Revised with a new preface by W. Gordon East & S. W. Woolridge, Professors of Geography in the University of London. Plain green dust jacket shows some toning, particularly on spine. Some damage to paper where sticker had been removed. Small closed tear to center top of front panel. Jacket is now protected by clear mylar cover. Black cloth with white titles and green lines on spine. Cloth is very clean, and unworn. Only slight bruising to head of spine. Peace sign bookplate on front free endpaper, with previous owner's name. Large chip in page border of page 16, smaller chip in same area on previous page. Thirteen maps including one large fold out. Four appendixes. . Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Uncredited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1957 Original published in 1931. Cream dust ajcket with green titles and red decorations. Heavy wear to edges, including tears and chips. There are also a number of light stains. Jacket is now in clear protective cover. Beige cloth with red title on spine, book is slightly leaning. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Inrterior is clean. Sixteen halftone illustrations from paintings by New Mexico artist Ernest L. Blumenschein, Gerald Cassidy, Andrew Dasburg, Robert Henri, Victor Higgins, Olive Rush, Will Shuster, John Sloan, Theodore Van Soelen, Howard Patterson, Grace Ravlin, Walter Ufer, M. Wright Gill, Frank Applegate, Nils Hogner. 276p. plus index.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1976 Dust jacket has small tears and nicks to edges, soiling to rear. Jacket is now in Brodart. Red cloth with silver titles on spine and cover, on front the word 'America' is in blue. White scuff marks to front board. Head and tail of spine are bumped. Some wear at corners. Binding is tight and interior is clean. Brief gift inscription on ffep. 313p.. Reader's Digest Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair. Illus. by Norman Rockwell. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942 Red cloth wiwth dark blue title on spine. Emblem with lion on front board. spine is severely sunned. Cloth lightly soiled. Map endpapers, different front and rear. Some foxing to page edges. Pages age toning. Thirty-two black and white illustrations including frontis portrait of Revere. 498p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1963 Light beige dust jacket with titles and decorations in orange and black. Jacket is soiled but shows only light edgewear. Jacket is a bit wrinkled at head of spine and there is one very small tear on the top of the rear panel. Jacket is now in Brodart. Orange cloth with gold title on spine. Head of spine is rubbed tail of spine is bumped. Interior is clean and bright. Eleven black and white illustrations. 259p.. Second Printing. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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