American Culture

Boston, MA: Branden Publishing Company, Inc., 1987. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Jacket spine is sun faded. Signed by the author on the front endpage. Black and white photos and illustrations at the end of the book.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Good -. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: Dorling Kindersley, 2003. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is loose but the pages are secure. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Color illustrations throughout. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage. . First American Edition, 1st Printing. Oversized Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1975. 128 pp. Table of Contents and Index. Color and b/w pictures. Brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Decorative endpages. Fingerprint smudge on pg. 91; otherwise pages are clean. Binding is slightly loose but pages are tight. Boards have rubbing at the corner and spine. DJ has some discoloration from age and some small spots. DJ is in great condition otherwise--no tears. Looks great in protective mylar. . First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared. more information

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Jackson, MI: Mississipi Museum of Art, 2007. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Signed by the author on the title page. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage. Bright, vivid color plates with a few black and white photos.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good -/Good +. Mylared. more information

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Boston, MA: Bulfinch Press, 1989. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Color photos throughout. Marker mark on the front endpage. Introduction by William Least Heat-Moon. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage. . First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good -/Good +. Mylared. more information

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Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 2000. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. . First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. more information

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New York, NY: Texere, 2001. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Two sections of black and white photos.. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. Mylared. more information

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Richmond, A: Time-Life Books, 1998. 152pp. Index. Black boards with gilt lettering. With a Forward by Dick Clark. A scrapbook of that long-ago teen scene that still seems so close today. The resulting book, containing more than 300 pictures and countless quotations, brings back the hopes, fears and dreams of a one-of-a-kind generation, a generation that could only have existed in the 1950s. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlgihting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Boards have some minor bumping to head/heel of spine. Unclipped pictorial DJ has light bumping to corners. Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice copy. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: Knopf Publishing Group, 2000. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Top of jacket spine has a piece missing and is worn and frayed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Good -. Mylared. more information

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San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1980. Stated First Edition. Original green boards with gilt lettering. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Slight crack to rear text block; pages are secure. Boards have some minor scuffing/ink-rubbing to panels, edges lightly sunned. Unclipped pictorial DJ has some finger soiling with a few minor indentions on front cover. Shelfwear (minor chipping/bumping to head/heel of spine, severla small tears/light nicking to edges, corners rubbed). Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy. . First Edition, 1st Printing. Oversized Hardcover. Good +/Good -. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared. more information

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Englewood, CO: Westcliffe, 1985. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Color photos throughout. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage. . First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good -/Good +. Mylared. more information

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Offenburg, West Germany: Burda GmbH, 1974. Jacket has edge wear and rubbing, flaps are yellowed, water stain to the bottom edge of the rear flap that extends around 2 inches on to the rear cover (which is only visible on the inside of the jacket), protected in mylar. Nice tight solid binding, no cracks or breaks. Bright clean pages, no marks or tears, but slightly yellowed. Photographs both color and B&W, some full page. Photographs by Wolfgang Roth. Text by Guy Friddell. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1975. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean but dull with age. Binding is loose but the pages are secure. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Jacket is yellowing with age with chips and wear at the head and foot of the spine. There are two tears near the jacket spine, one front, one at the back. Color and black and white photos throughout. Decorative endpages. Small chip on the bottom edge at the back of the jacket. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage.. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Good/Good -. Mylared. more information

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Beverly, MA: Commonwealth Editions, 1995. 392pp. Includes biographical referemces and index. Revised One-Volume Edition. Yellow cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Originally published in two volumes (Boston's North Shore, 1978 and Boston's Gold Coast, 1981), includes previously unpublished photographs and maps. Here for the first time in one volume is Garland's social history of Boston's North Shore during its heyday as America's most civilized resort. Pages are bright and clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Hinges are a bit loose but inner text block is tight with no cracks or breaks. Binding is slightly cocked. DJ is unclipped. . Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. Very nice reading copy.. Revised Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good -. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1990. 304pp. Index. Original green cloth with gilt lettering. These paintings, drawings, and prints, diaries, letters, and novel excerpts capture domestic life in America before electricity, central heating, and modern medicine. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but beginning to yellow with age. Binding is cracked in one spot but pages are secure. Remainder of text block is tight. Boards have some light finger soiling. Unclipped pictorial DJ has some minor shelfwear (light bumping to edges, corners rubbed). Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice copy. . First Thus. Oversized Hardcover. Good +/Very Good -. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1969. 144pp. 11 3/8 x 8 1/4. Original Dover Edtion. 163 Illustrations. Selected by Edmund Vincent Gillon, Jr. Introduction by Henry C. Piz (former Director of illustration Philadelphia college of Art). Previous owners name on inside from cover. The introductory essay, "Charles Dana gibson, Delineator of an Age," was written specially for this volume. Inner pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowing with age. Outer page edges have some minor finger soiling. Front hinge is a bit loose but still attached and secure. Inner text block is tight with no cracks or breaks. This is not a remainder or ex-library. Nice reading copy. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Gibson, Charles Dana. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Cambridge, MA: M. I. T. Press and Harvard University Press, 1964. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight but pulling away from the boards. Book shows some shelfwear. No jacket, yellow boards with a black spine. Fading gold stamping on the spine. Edges are worn and corners worn to the cardboard. Endpages are maps of New York. Slight musty smell.. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good -/No Jacket. more information

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Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1982. Book has shelf wear and bumping. Covers are creased and rubbed. Nice tight binding, no cracks or breaks. Previous owners name and date on the half title page. Text block is clean, no marks or tears.. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Harmony Books, 1983. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Jacket has a couple of small tears on the top edge at the front of the book. Mixture of color and black and white photos and illustrations from the premiere fashion magazin, Vogue. Foreword by Gloria Swanson. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage. . First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. Mylared. more information

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Iola, WI: Krause Publication, 2006. 447pp. Original pictorial wraps. 1200+ photos. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). A few pages lightly dogeared. Outer page edges are soiled. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Covers have some minor scuffing. Shelfwear (head/heel of spine is sllightly dented, light bumping to edges, lower right corner of front cover is creased, other corners lightly dented/creased/rubbed. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previou sowner markings. Nice reading copy. . First Thus. Oversized Softcover. Good -/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Iola, WI: Krause Publication, 2006. 447pp. Original pictorial wraps. 1200+ photos. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). A few pages are lightly dogeared. Outer page edges are moderately soiled. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Covers have some minor scuffing and right edge of front cover is lightly bowed. Shelfwear (head/heel of spine is sllightly dented, light nicking to edges, lower corners have some denting, upper corners rubbed). This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previou sowner markings. Nice reading copy. . First Thus. Oversized Softcover. Good -/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Crown, 1990. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. There are several large tears and the edges are worn and chipped. Color photos throughout. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage. . First Edition, 1st Printing. Oversized Hardcover. Good +/Good -. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 1996. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Black and white photos by Harvey Wang throughout of all these American characters. Jacket is rubbed and scuffed on the edges and corners.. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2006. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and but dull at the edges. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. . First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. 271pp. Stated First Harper & Row Edition. Original illustrated wraps. Author has taught contemporary & Native American Lit. at UCLA for more than 25 years. "A taut celebration of landscape and a hard-edged portrait of the complex world of today's Indian" - Los Angeles Times. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Light scuffing to covers. Corners have some minor rubbing. This is not a remainder or ex-library. Nice reading copy.. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1997. Original black cloth with silver lettering. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but lightly yellowed with age. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Boards have some sunning to upper edges. Minor shelfwear (small 1/4" closed tear to upper front cover near spine, light bumping to head of spine, corners rubbed/lightly nicked). Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice copy. . First Thus. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good -. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: Ivan R. Dee, 1990. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Front flap has been price-clipped. Jacket is worn and yellowing under the mylar. Edges are chipped with minor tearing. . First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. Mylared. more information

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San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1979. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Includes floor plans and renderings in color and black and white. Introduction by William J. Murtagh. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage. This is a Prism Edition. Jacket is slightly yellowed with a few chips at the edges.. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 1999. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket is slightly warped on the front and edges are starting to fray.. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good -. more information

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Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. 320pp. Index. Original pictorial wraps. Illustrated (color photographs throughout). The book is a companion volume to a traveling exhibition from the Baseball Hall of Fame, also called Baseball As America. Features Jackie Robinson, Philip Roth, Roger Kahn, Michael Chabon, Dave Barry, Tom Brokaw, Penny Marshall, George Plimpton, W.P. Kinsella, Paul Simon, Roger Angell, John Grisham, Jules Tygiel, and many more. Pages are bright and clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Minor shelfwear (light bumping to head of spine, slight rubbing to corners). This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice copy. . First Thus. Oversized Softcover. Very Good -/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Co., 1974. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Boards are lightly soiled. Large scale black and white photos throughout. Jacket is yellowing with age. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage.. Unknown Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Good -/Good. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket is worn at the edges. A few photos and illustrations.. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. more information

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Hazel Crest, IL: Hazel Crest Historical Trust Fund, 1990. 367 pp. B/W photographs and B/W illustrations. Blue board cover has minor shelf wear, with slight chipping on corners. Some scuffing and bumping. Binding is tight. Paqes are bright and clean--no highlighting, underlining, or writing. Great copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Oversized Hardcover. more information

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New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Original pictorial boards. Forward by Bonnie Raitt. Based on the PBS Television Series. This book includes: essays on the major musical genres, sidebars on pivotal events, narrative from key artists (including B.B. King, Bessie Smith, Elvis Presley, Muddy Waters and Hank Williams), and outlines of musical and social history. Portraits, performance shots and ephemera such as sheet music and record sleeves illustrate the text. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Boards have some light rubbing to corners. Unclipped pictorial DJ has some very light bumping to upper edge, still Very Good condition. Looks nice in protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Nice reading copy. . First Thus. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good -/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Mylared. more information

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College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2008. 189pp. Index. Original pictorial wraps. Illustrated in full-color. Number 3 in The Clayton Wheat Wiliams Texas Life Series. Shows how Texans have celebrated Christmas over four centuries, during good times and bad. The Texas holiday season is steeped in the rich legacy of the different ethnic groups represented here. All the Christmas customs will appeal to those who want to reminisce about the old ways, and those who want to learn more about their heritage and the holidays. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Covers have some scuffing. Corners are rubbed and lightly curled, light bumping to edges. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. Very nic ecopy.. First Thus. Quality trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, NY: Knopf Publishing Group, 2006. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is cracked at the photo section. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. One section of black and white photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Good +. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: Abrams, 1993. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Color plates throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good +. Mylared. more information

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New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1994. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. There is a large scratch on the back of the jacket. Jacket corners are worn and there is a small tear at the bottom of the back flap. Black and white photos throughout. Foreword by Randy Shilts. This is an oversized book and may require extra postage. . First Edition, 1st Printing. Oversized Hardcover. Good +/Good. Mylared. more information

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