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Philadelphia: H. C. Watts Co.. Poor with no dust jacket. 1880. Hardcover. Square, fragile binding, broken hinges. Pages age-darkened. Cloth over spine is missing. Heavily worn cloth over boards with edge wear and soiling. 426 pp. ; <br><br>Victorian prescriptive book on virginity, marriage and motherhood written by an American medical authority. ; 7.5" tall; 426 pages . more information

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Long Beach, NJ: Long Beach Board of Trade. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean, age-darkened pages. Owner's label on front paste-down. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with bumped corners. ; <br><br>Later printing of book originally published in 1936 tracing the history and development of Long Beach, New Jersey. ; 8.75" tall; 170 pages . more information

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Boston: Little Brown. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1950. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Slightly cocked with sound binding and hinges. Clean but age-darkened pages. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with wear at corner tips. DJ chipped at top spine and front, with general heavy edge wear and soiling, with some pencil writing on the back. 146 pp. Humorous poetry by American poet Ogden Nash.; 8.25" (21 cm) Tall . more information

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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1981. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. 0316598321 . Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ soiled with age-darkening and general shelf wear, including edge wear at lower front. Light dampstain on back. Clipped corner. 120 pp. Posthumous selection of 60 verses ranging over a variety of subjects on which Nash made observations: work and the workplace, money and the lack thereof, the tyranny of the mundane, and the comic pitfalls of the human condition (from DJ blurb).; 8.0" (20 cm) Tall . more information

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Indianapolis: NCAA. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2001. Softcover. Square, sound binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light edge rubbing and overall light handling wear. 168 pp. <br><br>; Guide to the NCAA basketball championship playoff games, spring 2001. ; 10.75" tall; 168 pages . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Soft Cover. Supplemental "Map of Canada, Alaska, and Greenland" is included, clean and folded in magazine. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine. Contents: Atwood and Stewart, "Washington: Home of the Nation's Great"; Warren, "Washington National Monument Society"; Edwards, "On the Ridgepole of the Rockies"; Nicholas and Roberts, "Deep in the Heart of 'Swissconsin'"; Burg, "Endeavour Sails the Inside Passage"; Hodge, "With the U. S. Army in Korea"; Chamberlin, "The Society's New Map"; Nimitz, "Pacific Map Played Providential Role."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Soft Cover. Map of Asia and Adjacent Areas is missing from magazine. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall and a bit shelf worn with closed tears at top and bottom of spine. Contents: Atwood, "The Miracle of War Production"; Oakley, "American Industries Geared for War"; Moore, "The Cities That Gold and Diamonds Built"; "Sunny South Africa"; Hutchison, "Riddle of the Aleutians"; Williams, "Mother Volga Defends Her Own"; Oliver, "A Woman's Experiences among Stone Age Solomon Islanders."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1946. Soft Cover. Supplemental "Map of Bible Lands" is included, clean and folded in magazine. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing, chipping and 3-inch (7 cm) tear at top of spine. Contents: Borah, "Oregon Finds New Riches"; Atkeson, "Where Rolls the Oregon"; Williams, "Syria and Lebanon Taste Freedom"; Hudson, "Ali Goes to the Clinic"; Williams, "Paris Lives Again"; Earl, "Mending Dikes in the Netherlands"; Walker, "Fairy Terns of the Atolls"; "The Society's New Map of Bible Lands."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1949. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall . Contents: Boswell and Bostelmann, "Our Vegetable Travelers"; Brown and Sisson, "Skyline Trail from Maine to Georgia"; Atwood and Fox, "Gilbert Grosvenor's Golden Jubilee"; Klingman and Stewart, "Incredible Andorra."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, clean and bright interior. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with some rubbing at spine. Owner's name and a few minor light ink stains (blotted up) on front of wraps. Light rippling at lower margin of wraps and some early pages. Contents: Bowie and Wentzel, "Wisconsin, Land of the Good Life"; Jones and Roberts, "Charting Our Sea and Air Lanes"; Gentili and Edwards, "Roman Life in 1,600-year-old Color Pictures [excavated Roman villa on Sicily]"; Eilts and Brake, "Along the Storied Incense Roads of Aden"; Belden, "Dinkelsbühl Rewards Its Children"; Ross, Lewis, Abercrombie, and Sisson, "To 76,000 Feet by Strato-Lab Balloon."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1943. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine. Contents: Bradley, "San Francisco: Gibraltar of the West Coast"; Phillips, "Bolivia - Tin Roof of the Andes"; Morgenstierne, "Norway, an Active Ally"; Walker, "Sydney Faces the War Front Down Under"; Bartimeus, "Malta Invicta."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1949. Soft Cover. Supplemental Map of Top of the World has small chip at lower right corner, else in very good condition. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine. Contents: Brown and Fletcher, "Quebec's Forests, Farms and Frontiers"; Stirling and Kihn, "Nomads of the Far North"; Wilson and Sweet, "Busy Fairbanks Sets Alaska's Pace"; "Top of the World"; "Freedom Train Tours America"; Knutsen, "Milestones in My Arctic Journeys."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine. Contents: Camp and Bostelmann, "The World in Your Garden"; Vosburgh and Stewart, "Drums to Dynamos on the Mohawk"; Wilkinson, "British Castles, History in Stone"; Johnson, "Adventures with the Survey Navy." ; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with minor rubbing at spine. Contents: Clark and Williams, "Idaho Made the Desert Bloom"; Allen, "Touring for Birds"; Johnson, "Exploring Wild West China"; Heaney, "Manipur - Where Japan Struck at India"; Hutchison, "Wales in Wartime."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with minor rubbing at spine. Contents: Colton, "Eclipse Hunting in Brazil's Ranchland"; Guild & Fletcher, "Exploring America's Great Sand Barrier Reef"; Jones, Indian Life Before the Colonists Came"; Kilbon & Weber, "Born Hunters, the Bird Dogs"; Colton and Palmer, "Split-second Time Runs Today's World."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1963. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, clean and bright interior. Wraps are yellow and white with color photograph of Arizona desert with natives herding sheep on front. Lightly dust-soiled overall with some rubbing and small closed tear at upper spine. Contents: De Roos & Sisson, "Arizona: Booming Youngster of the West"; Abercrombie, "Venezuela Builds on Oil"; Lane, "Man-of-War, the Deadly Fisher"; Doig, "Sikkim, Tiny Himalayan Kingdom in the Clouds"; Kenney & Abercrombie, "Mighty Enterprise, World's Largest Ship"; Anderson, "Our Nuclear Navy."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. Soft Cover. Supplemental "Map of Washington [District of Columbia] [D.C.]" is included, clean and folded in magazine. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine and very small closed tear at top of spine (1/4 inch, 0.5 cm). Contents: Ewing, "Exploring the Mid-Atlantic Ridge"; Walker, "American Masters in the National Gallery"; Henry and Locke, "The Smithsonian Institution"; Watson and Culver, "Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde"; Vosburgh and Stewart, "Easter Egg Chickens"; Wharton, "Seeking Mindanao's Strangest Creatures"; "The Society's New Map of Washington."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine, small closed tears at upper spine, and lower two inches (5 cm) of spine torn and chipped. Small scraped area at left front wraps. Contents: Gilmore, "Liberated Ukraine"; Gilles, "Nigeria: From the Bight of Benin to Africa's Desert Sands"; "Kano, Mud-made City"; Atwood, "Coal: Prodigious Worker for Man"; Stillwell, "The Isles of Greece"; Clarke, "Ascension Island, an Engineering Victory."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Soft Cover. Foldout map insert is missing. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall . Contents: Grew, "Japan and the Pacific"; Draper, "Jungle War: Bougainville and New Caledonia"; Nicholas, "Nantucket - Little Gray Lady"; Stewart, "Echoes of Whaling Days"; Lloyd, "Toy Dogs, Pets of Kings and Commoners"; Culver, "Dogs in Toyland"; "Alert Anatolia"; Porter, "The Clock Turns Back in Yugoslavia."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Soft Cover. Map Supplement ("Western Theater of War") is missing from magazine. Square, tight binding, clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine. American flag displayed on front. Contents: Grosvenor, "The New Queen of the Seas"; de Chatelat, "War Awakened New Caledonia"; "South Sea Isle of Mineral Mountains"; Borah, "Kentucky, Boone's Great Meadow"; "The Sun Shines Bright in Kentucky"; Singer, "Roaming Russia's Caucasus"; Walker, "L:ife in Dauntless Darwin, Australia"; "Western Front Map Embraces Three Continents" (narrative essay; map is missing).; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1946. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, very lightly dust-soiled overall and a bit shelf worn with small closed tear at top of spine. Contents: Hamilton, "The Roman Way"; Carpenter and Herget, "Ancient Rome Brought to Life"; Jones and Tobien, Demolishing Germany's Ramparts"; Simpich, "California's Great Central Valley"; Norton, "Sigiriya, 'A Fortress in the Sky.'"; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall . Contents: Hamilton, "The Greek Way"; Stillwell, "Greece - the Birthplace of Science and Free Speech"; Herget, "The Glory That Was Greece"; Brown, Josephine, "6,000 Miles over the Roads of Free China."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1943. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, very lightly dust-soiled overall and a bit shelf worn with closed tear at bottom of spine. Contents: Hildebrand, "Glass 'Goes to Town'"; Culver, "From Sand to Seer and Servant of Men"; Walker, "American Bombers Attacking from Australia"; Grimble, "War Finds Its Way to Gilbert Islands"; Simpich, "Your Dog Joins Up"; Wicker, "Eastward from Gibraltar."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine. Contents: Hildebrand, J. R., "Revolution in Eating"; Roberts, J. Baylor, "Flavor and Savor of American Foods"; Atwood, "Washington - Storehouse of Knowledge"; Stewart, "Culture Still Lights our Wartime Capital"; Lanks, "Honduran Highlights"; Atkins, "French West Africa in Wartime."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Soft Cover. Supplemental Map of Southeastern United States is missing from volume. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with minor rubbing at spine. Contents: Hutchison, Bruce & Fletcher, John E., "Exploring Ottawa"; Talbot, Phillips & Wentzel, Volkmar, "Delhi, Capital of a New Dominion"; Clark, "Yemen - Southern Arabia's Wonderand"; Sanger, "Ancient Skyscrapers of Yemen"; Gartlein, Carl W. & Crowder, William, "Unlocking Secrets of the Northern Lights."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, very lightly dust-soiled overall and a bit edge rubbed but no stains, tears, chips or creases. Contents: Klemmer, "Belgium Comes Back"; Grosvenor, "By Cotswold Lanes to Wold's End"; Breed, "Land of the Havasupai"; Kain, "Postwar Journey through Java"; Villiers, "Last of the Cape Horners"; MacNeil, "Square Rigger in a Tempest."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall. Contents: Moore, "Gilbert Islands in the Wake of Battle"; Simpich, "The Yield of Texas"; Grosvenor, "Insignia and Decorations of the U. S. Armed Forces"; Weber, "Wildlife of Tabasco and Veracruz"; Powell, "Today on the China Coast"; Sutherland, "Bornholm - Denmark in a Nutshell."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1949. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with minor rubbing at spine. Contents: Nicholas and Roberts, "Dixie Spins the Wheel of Industry"; Kinney, "Operation Eclipse: 1948"; Stirling and Stewart, "Exploring the Past in Panama"; Jones, "Spices, the Essence of Geography."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1964. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, clean and bright interior. Folded atlas map supplement of Northwestern South America included, in fine condition. Wraps are yellow and white with color photograph of native Peruvian baby on front. Lightly dust-soiled overall with some rubbing and small closed tear at lower spine. Contents: Osborne & Bianchi, "Wetherill Mesa Yields Secrets of the Cliff Dwellers"; Belknap, "20th Century Indians Preserve Cliff Dwellers' Customs"; Weaver & Littlehales, "The Five Worlds of Peru"; Johnson, "Friendly Flight to Northern Europe"; Allen & Truslow, "Our Only Native STork, The Wood Ibis."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1941. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with chipping at top and bottom of spine. Contents: Simpich & Moore, "Bombs over Bible Lands"; Roy, "Tarheelia on Parade"; Roberts, "North Carolina Colorcade"; Vosburgh, "Our Insect Fifth Column"; Murayama, "Rogues' Gallery of Imported Pests"; Kinney, "Once in a Lifetime"; Klemmer, "Lisbon - Gateway to Warring Europe."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Soft Cover. Map Supplement ("South Central United States") is folded and clean inside magazine. Square, tight binding, clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine. Contents: Simpich and Roberts, "Louisiana Trades with the World"; Glueck, "An Archeologist Looks at Palestine"; Hurley, "Arab Land Beyond the Jordan"; James, "Keeping House in London"; Renner, "Erosion, Trojan Horse of Greece"; Sutherland and Roberts, "Carnival in San Antonio"; "The Society's New Map of the South Central United States."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with minor rubbing and small closed tear at spine. Contents: Simpich, "Paris Freed"; "Seeing Paris on a 48-Hour Pass"; Underwood, "England's Historic and Scenic Treasures"; Moore, "South from Saipan"; Walker, "Photoflashing Western Owls"; Gilmore, "Crimea Reborn."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine. Contents: Simpich, Sisson and Roberts, "4-H Boys and Girls Grow More Food"; Conger, "Portugal Is Different"; Marden, "The Purple Land of Uruguay"; Atwood, "The Fire of Heaven - Electricity"; Villiers, "Sailing with Sindbad's Sons."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Soft Cover. Supplemental Map of Southeastern United States is clean and folded inside magazine. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with minor rubbing at spine. Contents: Stirling, "On the Trail of La Venta Man"; Stewart, "Hunting Mexico's Buried Temples"; Moore, "Scintillating Siam"; Sonakul, "Pageantry of the Siamese Stage"; Sprunt, "Blizzard of Birds: The Tortugas Terns"; "The Society's Southeastern United States Map"; Ichac, "Carefree People of the Cameroons"; Campbell, "Hunting Folk Songs in the Hebrides."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1949. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine. Contents: Vosburgh, Fletcher and Stewart, "Minnesota Makes Ideas Pay"; Johnson, Moore, and Duncan, "Power Comes Back to Peiping"; Breed, "Motoring into Escalante Land"; Burdett-Scougall, Irene, "Pigeon Netting - Sport of Basques"; Walker, "Cruise to Stone Age Arnhem Land."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with rubbing at spine. Contents: Walker, "The Making of an Anzac"; "Facing War's Challenge 'Down Under'"; Vosburgh, "Metal Sinews of Strength"; Woodworth and Stewart, "California Says It with Wild Flowers"; Parr and Janssen, "War Meets Peace in Egypt"; Simpich, "Mediterranean Checkerboard."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall. Contents: Wentzer, "Feudal Splendor Lingers in Rajputana"; Walker, "Aroostook County, Source of Potatoes"; Moore, "Brazil's Land of Minerals"; Robinson, "Exploring Aleutian Volcanoes"; Simpich, "Uncle Sam Bends a Twig in Germany."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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Washington: National Geographic Society. Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding, clean and bright interior. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with some rubbing and small closed tear at lower spine. Contents: Zahl, "On Australia's Coral Ramparts"; Pickow, "The Great St. Bernard Hospice Today"; Jones, Jones and Wentzel, "Pennsylvania Avenue, Route of Presidents"; Brown, "Norway's Fjords Pit Men against Mountains"; Edgerton, "An Engineer's View of the Suez Canal."; 10" (25.4 cm) Tall . more information

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New York: Twayne Publishers. Good in Good dust jacket. 1967. Hard Cover. Exlibrary marks, square, tight binding & hinges, off-white pages. Edge rubbing to cloth over boards. DJ has light shelfwear with fading at spine, in new mylar sleeve. 342 pp. Short biographies of many immigrants who came to America from the colonial period to the 20th century.; Ex-Library; 8.75" (22 cm) Tall . more information

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Winston Salem, North Carolina, U. S. A.: John F. Blair Publisher. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2004. Paperback. 0895872692 . Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light handling wear. 432 pp. ; <br><br>Travel guide detailing locations where films were made across the state of North Carolina, including The Color Purple, The Last of the Mohicans, Dirty Dancing, Bull Durham, Blue Velvet and many more, along with television series like Dawson's Creek and Matlock. ; 1.1 x 8.43 x 5.43 Inches; 432 pages . more information

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N.p.: Privately Printed. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2001. Hard Cover. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Signed by author on ffep with brief message. Paper overr boards is clean, with very light shelf wear. 32 pp. Transcripts of World War II veteran's oral recollections of war service, written and published for his descendants.; 9.0" (23 cm) Tall; Signed by Author . more information

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New Haven: Yale University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1950. Hard Cover. Square, tight binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Cloth over baords is shelf worn with edge rubbing and wear at top and bottom of spine. Gilt on spine is darkened. 583 pp. Chronicle of America Series Volume 55 (The United States in a Chaotic World) and Volume 56 (The New Deal and World Affairs) combined in one book. Color frontispiece to each volume in the book: Karl Anderson, "The Peace Conference" (painting depicting Versailles conference, 1919); full color photograph of "The Big Three at Yalta, February, 1945."; 7.00" (18 cm) Tall; 583 pages . more information

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New Jersey: New Jersey Bell Telephone. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1963. Hard Cover. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Illustrated with line drawings. Paper over boards has light edge rubbing. Original clear glassine dustjacket included; it has a chip at top rear. 52 pp. Collection of brief historical articles appearing in the Tel-News customer newsletter of New Jersey Bell Telephone from 1935 to 1963.; 8.5" (21.5 cm) Tall . more information

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Homewood, Ill.: Dorsey Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Slightly cocked, sound binding. Clean and bright text pages. Notes on table of contents page. Wraps have heavy shelf wear including scuffing and scraping. Previous owner was John Shelton Reed, authoritative scholar of the society of the Southern U. S. , whose review notes are tipped in. Reed's signature is on ffep. 177 pp. <br><br>; Primary source anthology of scientific, historical, political, religious and constitutional segregationists with an introductory essay and epilogue. ; 9.0" tall; 177 pages . more information

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St. Louis, MO: Big River Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2006. Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Wrapsp have light shelf wear. 76 pp. Literary magazine published in St. Louis Missouri. Contents: poetry by Jay Bridgers, James Doyle, Jeanne Emmons, Cathryn Essinger, Albert Goldbarth, Dorianne Laux, Timothy Liu, Holaday Mason, Joseph Millar, Darren Morris, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Cecily Parks, Lisa Pepper, Jennifer Perrine, Suzanne Rhodenbaugh, Michael Salcman, Shane Seely. Fiction by Eric Gabriel Lehman, G. S. Phillian. Essay by Jim Mense. Cover art by Ed Rath, Doug Gaubatz.; 9.0" (23 cm) Tall . more information

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Tarboro, NC: Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. Exlibrary markings. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright text pages. Cloth over boards has light shelf wear. ; <br><br>Company-produced history of Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company, illustrated with black and white photographs from the company archives. ; Ex-Library; 8.25" tall; 142 pages . more information

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Boston: Universalist Publishing House. Good with no dust jacket. 1896. Hard Cover. Square, tight binding. Clean, age-darkened pages. Rear endpapers have some marks. Previous owner's stamp on title page and on bottom of pages (visible when closed). Cloth over boards is edge rubbed with wear at top and bottom of spine, general shelf wear. 288 pp. <br><br>Contents: Charles Henry Eaton, "Walking with God"; Sullivan Holman M'Collester, "The Blessedness of Faith"; Frank Warren Whippen, "Love as an Inner Force"; Edward Lovell Houghton, "The Riches of the Scriptures"; Charles Sumner Nickerson, "Moulded by the Invisible"; Charles Rockwell Tenney, "The Uplift of Prayer"; Joseph Kimball Mason, "The Obligation of Reason"; Gideon Isaac Keirn, "Saved by Christ"; Harrison Spofford Whitman, "Christian Peace"; James Milford Payson, "The Immortal Life"; Fred Augustine Dillingham, "A Perfected Character: The Goal of Life."; 8.0" (20 cm) Tall . more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1952. Coded First Edition. Hardcover. Square, tight binding and hinges. Cloth over boards is clean with edge rubbing. Writing on front paste-down and ffep. Marginalia on p. 63, else clean but age-darkened text pages. DJ has edgewear, small closed tears at top and bottom, very shallow chip at bottom of spine area, and moderate overall shelf wear. ; Important American theologian-philosopher Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) examines the role of the United States at mid-century by analyzing the ironies and paradoxes of American history. ; First Hardcover Edition . more information

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Wilmington NC: Taste Full Magazine. Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Soft Cover. Stapled booklet-style binding is tight. Clean and bright pages, minor edge rubbing to wraps. 72 pp. plus wraps. Contents: Jeanne Voltz, "Grassy Creek's Gayle Winston"; Elizabeth F. Wiegand, "Shelving It"; "Easter at Old Salem"; Daniel Morris, "This Galley Cooks"; "Romantic Honeymoon Retreats"; Deborah Norman, "Triangle Wine Experience"; Janet Grennes, "Extra, Extra, Taste All About It! [Sunday morning brunch]"; Courtnay Motley, "An Oscar Party"; Sue Cause, "Vietri"; Wiegand, "Candid Caterers"; Motley, "Taste Full's Wedding Menu"; Norman, "A Glass Full of Stars"; J. K. Norfleet, "The Season for Lamb"; Dorette Snover, "Springtime Vegetable Dishes"; Tracy Yunker, "Spring Desserts"; regular features.; 11.0" (28 cm) Tall . more information

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New York: Vintage. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. Paperback. 0394744071 . Square, tight binding. Clean, slightly age-darkened pages. Wraps have light edge rubbing. ; <br><br>Case study of the history of Civil Rights activism in Tuskegee, Alabama. ; 0.75 x 8.25 x 5.5 Inches; 254 pages . more information

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