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1) WALT DISNEY WORLD: THE FIRST DECADE

Walt Disney, 1982. 128pp. Illus. (loc 1014/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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2) ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR PAINTINGS BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, THE

Crown Publishers. '431 Exact Reproductions in Full Color from the Original Collection.' In one volume. Reproduced in color from the collection at The New York Historical Society. Intro by Marshall B. Davidson. Very good. DJ is very good, slightly frayed. (loc 392/1). Hard Cover. more information

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3) MEET THE AMERICANS
A Man in the Street

London Secker & Warburg 1943. Second edition. 168pp. America and England: just pre WW II. Very good, slight cover wear, paper browning. (loc 873). Hard Cover. more information

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4) "FREEDOM BUDGET" FOR ALL AMERICANS, A
A. Philip Randolph

New York: A. Philip Randolph Institute, 1966. "Budgeting Our Resources, 1966-1975 To Achieve "Freedom From Want". Spells out a specific and factual course of action, step by step, to start in early 1967 toward the practical liquidation of poverty in the United States by 1975. 84pp. Good. Includes a five page list of signatories; 15 of the names have a check mark in ink next to them. (loc 871/1). Soft Cover. Soft Cover. more information

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5) PANAMA AND THE CANAL in Picture and Prose
Abbot, Willis J

New York: Syndicate 1913. First edition. 413pp. Done at the time of its opening. 600 photos taken for this book. Water colors by E.J. Read and Gordon Grant. 9"x12" Very good except top of backstrip frayed, light dampstain on rear cover. (loc 374/1+1). Hard Cover. more information

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6) HENRY WARD BEECHER; A Sketch of His Career
Abbott, Lyman (editor)

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1883. 'With Analyses of His Power as a Preacher, Lecturer, Orator, and Journalist, and Incidents and Reminiscences of His Life....Commemorative of his entrance upon his seventieth year.' 604pp. Frontis. Illus. Good Plus: wear to corners of cover, fraying to top of backstrip, endpapers and frontis foxed. (loc 854). Hard Cover. more information

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7) CONFESSIONS OF A HOAXER, THE
Abel, Alan

Macmillan, 1970. 252pp Illus. "The hilarious true story of America's crown prince of the put-on...". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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8) CHILDREN OF THE ROOJME
Abinader, Elmaz

Norton, 1991. 303pp. Illus. "A Family's Journey." (loc 506/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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9) ADVISE & DISSENT Memoirs of South Dakota and the U.S. Senate
Abourezk, James G

Lawrence Hill, 1989. 275pp including index. Portrait of a U.S. Senator who truly represented the people he 'represented', for eight brief illuminating years in Washington, D.C. (loc 886/1). First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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10) UNCOMMON SOLDIER, THE
Abrahams, Robert D

Covenant Books, 1959. 178pp "Major Alfred Mordecai". First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Frayed and Soiled. Illus. by Garchik, Morton. more information

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11) NIXON VS. NIXON: An Emotional Tragedy
Abrahamsen, David

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1977. Second Printing. 267pp. Photos. Abrahamsen is an important psychiatrist. Good Plus. DJ is good. (loc 856). Hard Cover. more information

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12) HARD TIME BLUES
Abramsky, Sasha

St. Martins, 2002. 284pp "How politics built a prison nation.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Frayed. more information

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13) ADVOCATE AND ACTIVIST
Abt, John J. & Myerson, Michael

Urbana, IL: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1993. 311 pp. "Memoirs of an American Communist Lawyer".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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14) MORNING AND NOON; A Memoir
Acheson, Dean

Boston, MA Houghton 1965. First Printing. 288pp. Illus. Ex-library. Very good. DJ is very good, in a plastic cover with the flaps glued down. (loc 847/1). Hard Cover. more information

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15) MORNING AND NOON; A Memoir
Acheson, Dean

Houghton Mifflin, 1965. First Printing. Very good except for small tear at top of backstrip. Dj is good, price clipped. 288pp. Illus. (loc 1052/1). First Printing. Hard Cover. more information

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16) GEORGE EASTMAN
Ackerman, Carl W

Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Illus. with photos, frontis of Eastman. 522pp Intro by Edwin R. A. Seligman, Columbia Univ. Ex-libris of prev. owner inside front cover. (Loc. 1093/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. more information

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17) COPEY OF HARVARD
Adama, J. Donald

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. 306pp. Biography of Charles Townsend Copeland. Illus. Presentation copy inscribed by 'Donald'.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good, Top Edge Soiled/Soiled DJ. more information

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18) MADAM 90210
Adams, Alex & Stadiem, William

Villard, 1993. 284pp. "My life as madam to the rich and famous.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Worn/No Jacket. more information

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19) EMANCIPATION OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE; The Dream and The Reality
Adams, Brooks

Houghton Mifflin, 1919. Originally published in 1887. Mostly about colonial Mass. Includes material on the Antimonians, the Cambridge Platform, the Anabaptists, the Quakers, the Scire Facias, Witchcraft, Brattle Church and more. 534pp. Cover dampstained along bottom edge. Lacks front end paper; hinge repaired with tape. (loc 934/1). Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hard Cover. Good with Cover Wear. more information

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20) LETTERS OF HENRY ADAMS (1858-1891)
Adams, Henry

Houghton Mifflin, 1930. First Edition. 552pp. Frontis. Gilt top edge. Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford. Very good, lettering on backstrip lightly rubbed, minor wear to top and bottom of backstrip and to corners of cover. (loc 1091). Hard Cover. more information

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21) AMERICA'S TRAGEDY
Adams, James Truslow

N.Y.: Scribner's, 1934. First edition. 415 pp.. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Chipped DJ. more information

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22) ON THE ROAD FOR UNCLE SAM
Adams, Joey

Bernard Geis Assoc. 1963. First Printing. 'The Bittersweet Adventures of an American Vaudeville Troupe in Southeast Asia.' 311pp. Photos. Very good. DJ is frayed. (loc 999). Hard Cover. more information

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23) LEGAL PAPERS OF JOHN ADAMS
Adams, John

Cambridge, MA Harvard 1965. 3 vols. Edited by K. Wroth & H. Zobel. Part of the Adams Papers ed. by L. H. Butterfield. (loc 794).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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24) LOGGING RAILROADS OF THE WEST
Adams, Kramer A

Bonanza 1961. Very good. No jacket. 144pp. Originally published by the Superior Pub. Co. (loc 889). Hard Cover. more information

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25) FLYERS, THE: In Search of Wilbur & Orville Wright
Adams, Noah

Crown, 2003. 221pp incl. index, Notes and Bibliography. Illus. This adventurous author has tried to relive as much as possible the experiences of the Wright Bros. (Loc 1003/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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26) KING C. GILLETTE - THE MAN AND HIS WONDERFUL SHAVING DEVICE
Adams, Russesll

Little Brown, 1978. 311pp Illus. Index King Gillette strove to build a better world as well as a better razor. His story and that of The Gillette Company. (Loc. 1093/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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27) TIJUANA BIBLES
Adelman, Bob

N.Y. Simon & Schuster 1997. First edition. 160pp. Very good. DJ is frayed. "America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930's-1950's." Intro by Art Spiegelman and commentary by Richard Merkin. (loc 1045). Hard Cover. more information

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28) KENNEDY WIT, THE
Adler, Bill (editor)

New York: Citadel, 1964. Fourth Printing. Very good. DJ is very good. 83pp. Illus. (loc 861). Hard Cover. more information

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29) IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO
Adler, Larry

Grove, 1984. 222pp Illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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30) DRAWING DOWN THE MOON
Adler, Margot

Viking, 1979. 455pp Illus "Witches Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and other pagans in America today.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Frayed. more information

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31) ISOLATIONIST IMPULSE, THE
Adler, Selig

Abelard-Schuman, 1957. First edition. Very good. DJ is good plus, light soil. 538pp. (loc x56/8). Hard Cover. more information

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32) GENIUS OF LEMUEL SHAW, THE
Adlow, Elijah

Mass. Bar Association 1962. First edition. Very good; small former owner name and address sticker on front end paper. D/j is very good. 388pp. Frontis portrait. 'Expounder of The Common Law.' (loc 789/1+1). Hard Cover. more information

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33) TIME FOR GREATNESS, A
Agar, Herbert

Boston MA: Little, Brown, 1942. First edition. Good, soiled. Goals for America after the war. 301pp. (loc 884). Hard Cover. more information

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34) UNQUIET YEARS, THE; USA 1945-55
Agar, Herbert

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. Light foxing to fore edge. 176 pp. A decade in post-war America.. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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35) LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN
Agee, James & Evans, Walker

N.Y. Ballantine 1966. First Printing (paperback).428pp. Photos. Daily life of tenant farmers in the deep south recounted by authors who lived with three different families for six weeks. Good. (loc 873). Paperback. more information

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36) GO QUIETLY...or Else
Agnew, Spiro

Morrow, 1980. Agnew's version of the legal case against him. 288pp. (loc 498/6). First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. more information

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37) MARION BARRY: THE POLITICS OF RACE
Agronsky, Jonathan I.Z

British-American Publishing, 1991. Stain on page edges. 380pp. (loc 983/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Worn. more information

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38) TURNING STREAM, THE
Aikman, Duncan

N.Y.: Doubleday, 1948. 440 pp. "A tough-minded, exciting analysis of the American people battling today's currents of world change.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good, Frayed DJ. more information

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39) GOOD PROVIDER, THE
Alberts, Robert C

Houghton Mifflin, 1973. 297pp Illus "H.J. Heinz and His 57 Varieties." (loc 1054/1). First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good, Frayed DJ. more information

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40) ANYONE'S DAUGHTER: The Times and Trials of Patty Hearst
Alexander, Shana

Viking, 1979. 562pp. Trying to set straight the misconceptions and misunderstandings, placing it in the context of the then current events and times. (Loc 844/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good, Light Cover Wear/Slightly Frayed DJ. more information

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41) SPY WORE RED, THE
Aline, Countess of Romanones

Random House, 1987. 304pp "My adventures as an undercover agent in World War II.". Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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42) COMEBACK KID, THE
Allen, Charles & Portis, J

Birch Lane Press, 1992. First edition. 294pp. Photos. Campaign bio of Bill Clinton. Very good. DJ is very good. (loc 855/1+1). First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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43) PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE KNOWN ME
Allen, George F

Simon & Schuster, 1960. 290pp "1960 Edition" Gift label on front endpaper.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Frayed, Chipped DJ. more information

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44) BRITISH ESSAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Allen, H.C. And Hill, C.P.. Eds

St. Martins, 1957. 348pp. (loc 1050/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slightly Frayed DJ. more information

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45) BLUE-GRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY
Allen, James Lane

Macmillan, 1899. Later Printing, 1911. 301pp. Illus. Illuminated front cover. 'And Other Kentucky Articles.' Articles reprinted from Harper's and The Century magazines. Good Plus: minor wear to corners of cover and to top and bottom of backstrip, lower corner of front cover mildly bumped. (loc 938). First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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46) RECONSTRUCTION
Allen, James S

NY: International Publishers, 1937. First edition. 256pp. 'The Battle for Democracy (1865-1876)'. Illus. with cartoon sketches. Marxist interpretation. Very good. (loc 857). Hard Cover. more information

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47) TRUMAN MERRY-GO-ROUND, THE
Allen, Robert S. & Shannon, W. V

Vanguard Press, 1950. 502pp. (loc 884/1+2). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Worn. more information

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48) OUR FAIR CITY
Allen, Robert S., ed

N.Y.: Vanguard, 1947. 387 pp. Corruption in large American cities after WW II. Remnants of d/j glued to cover paste-downs. No stamps other than those inside front cover. (loc 861/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Ex-Library. more information

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49) OUR SOVEREIGN STATE
Allen, Robert S., ed

Vanguard 1949. First Edition. 413pp. Corruption in state government in the post WWI era. Cover is moisture damaged. Interior is very good. (loc 853). Hard Cover. more information

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50) STARKWEATHER
Allen, William

Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 184pp Illus "The story of a mass murderer.". Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Frayed. more information

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