California: University of California Press Dust jacket and book are very good condition with mylar over dust jacket. Title page date 1960, CR 1951, this is third in1960. 491 pages with index and black and white photos and illustrations. A collection of essays about the aboriginal life in California. Each essay is the work of an authority in his field; culture, native populations, physcal types of indians, pre-history of Santa Barbara area, quarries of the Indians of California, 1870 Ghost Dance, etc. Al... (more information)

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Los Angeles, California: , CR 1915 by author. Paper over boards, illustrated front cover of El Camino Real, spine illlustrated, top piece missing on spine, illustrated with B&W photos. A Franciscian mission -these were linked t ogether by a ribbon of a roadway called El Camino Real - 21 missions, 3 pueblos, 4 presidios and 700 mles of roadway. This is the history and description of them. California, Franciscian missions, missions, western americana, Mexico.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Tudor Publ Title date 1945, CR 1938, 1st printing for Tudor, 314 pages w/index. Dust jacket has slight tears, illustrated endpapers, bookplate, covers and content good+. Illustrated with photos. Foreward by Dr. Herbert Bolton. P reface R.L.Duffus. Author delved into ancient records and recreated unforgettable scenes of discovery, conversion, hunger, raids, fiestas, neglect, disintegration and finally redemption of the mission s by restoration in our day. Western Americana, History, Americana, C... (more information)

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Published by Stackpole, CR 1952, believe to be a first, 308 pages. Dust jacket is bad, covers and content good+. B&W sketches. Hunting other animals that are not protected and limited to hunting seasons. He lists the proper gun to use, humane use of binoculars, hunting bobcat, fox, crow, certain hawks and owls, coyote and magpie and non-predatory animals such as porcupines, jack rabbits, prairie dogs and woodchucks. Humor, hunting, natural history .. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Elgin, Illinois : David C. Cook Publishing Games, Stunts, and Entertainments. A Complete Program. CR 1930, 69 pages. Each page is decorated with a green etching of a camp fire and a scout with a tent. Small book, very good condition. A wonderful little book to remind every American boy (girl) of what a campfire is, what you can do around one, stories, games, etc. Geared towards boys and scouting, any group of children can participate in these events.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, Dated 1890, entered in 1880 by King, printed CR 1890, making this a 1st, 295 pages with 8 pages of ads. Black and white illustrations, slight tear at bottom of spine, otherwise all good+. Contains "Captain Santa Claus, Mystery of Mahbin Mill, Plodder's Promotion". History, Americana, Western Americana, Civil War, wars, Confederacy, Union. Scarce book, Graff 2326.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Adventures Among the Northwestern Rivers and Forests and Isthmiana. Boston, Ticknor & Fields, 1863, Entered 1862, 375 pages. Printed Univ. Press, Cambridge. Gray embossed covers, foxing, slight wear to covers, on page 16 a small piece is torn out at the outside margin, overall good+. Adventure story covering the author's travels on the Straits of DeFuca, to Vancouver's Island and on to Kahtai, Port Townsend. Author is very descriptive in his conversations with the Klalam Indians. He holds nothing back -... (more information)

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Published by DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., CR 1881, CR 1881 and 1904, this new edition, 337 pages. Slight wear to covers, spine and front cover illustrated. 32 full-page halftone engravings from design by Clara E. Atwood and from original photos and 25 vignettes. Massachusetts, New England, Cape Cod.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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London, England: Wicked Publishers Crime and prison conditions in Victorian London. Ink inscription front pages, CR 1992, this in 1993, 88 pages, black and white photos and illustrations. All very good condition. Crime and violence are covered in the opening chapters; second half of book covers those found guilty, sometimes for very minor offences,go into gaol, with very harsh conditions.. Second Edition. Paper Covers. ... (more information)

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Hunter Publishing Co. Blue covers with yellow lettering and lighthouse on front cover. Illustrated pastedowns. Inscription on title page "Happy Birthday Cory! Here's something to enjoy in your Bald Head house! Our Love, Bynum and Esther". This is signed by the author at bottom of title page. 120 pages with black and white photos. CR 1967, second printing 1972. Charles Norton Swan was 91 years when he passed away in Southport, NC in 1964. He spent his entire life in and around the sea.. Sig... (more information)

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New York: Harper & Brothers Dust jacket has tears, CR 1955, 306 pages, blue covers, all good+ condition. Historical novel set during the time that Napoleon held his invading armies poised across the English Channel.. Stated first Edition with "C-E" . Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Estes & Lauriat, 40th Thousand, CR 1890, 64 pages, title date 1893. Blue with white illustrated spine and front cover, slight soil. Front endpapers have been torn out, slight foxing. This book was the basis for the movie with Shirley Temple. Fiction, children's books, juvenile books.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Edward Klode Title date 1907, CR 1906, 336 pages. Red with gold covers, all very good. Endpapers are out in the front. Americana. History.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Simon & Schuster, New York. CR 1963, stated first printing. 666 pages with index. Dust jacket and book very good. Eichmann eluded capture for 15 years. This book covers the excitement and frustration of the pursuit and his elusiveness. Also details his kidnaping by the Israelis, and a dramatic account of his trial in Jerusalem, confrontation with some of his victims, and witnesses who had miraculously survived.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Boston, Mass.: L.C. Page & Co. 1909 Very Good. First Impression Nov. 1909. Illustrations are reproductions of paintings made on the spot by Blanche McManus - in color and black and white with tissues. X-library with numbers on bottom of spine, stamps and pocket. Red illustrated front cover of LaRocheuport Castle on top, and heraldry on bottom with gilt lettering. Illustrated spine. Spine ends slight tears, back cover has a slight te ar at the bottom. 333 pages with index.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Rutledge/Mayflower, CR 1969, CR 1969 with 320 pages with index and acknowledgments. Dust jacket is price clipped o/w all very good. Fully illustrated guide to styles and prices. Photos by John Garetti, black and white and color. Gives the beg inner and veteran collector all the information needed to identify true value and avoid being fooled by fakes. Antiques, antique prices, antique values, fakes, reproductions, collectibles.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Buffalo Fine Arts Gallery/Albright Art Gallery, CR 1949, 212 pages w/index. Dust jacket is slightly faded, slate blue dust cover and book covers, all good+. Black and white photos. Only 3 ,000 printed for members of Directors of Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. Art, painting, painters, artists, museums, art galleries.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Masterpieces of Art, New York World's Fair paper booklet, May to October 1940. Published by Art Aid Corp. 1940 CR, 258 pages with index. Black and white - Official Illustrated Catalogue for World's Fa ir. Americana, History, New York World's Fair, art.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Doubleday X-library with numbers, stamps, etc. Dust jacket with mylar, all very good condition. Title date 1972, CR 1972, 821 pages with index and notes to chapters. Black and white photos, maps, etc. Sticker from "Hope Farm Bookshop" on front endpapers. Lore, legends, superstitions, violence and scandal, art and commerce, flora and fauna, natural and unnatural wonders of the Catskills are chronicled in a narrative that evokes the region, its people, their enterprises and the force... (more information)

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New Jersey: Rutgers University Press Dust jacket with mylar, all good+ condition. X-library with stamps, numbers and pocket in back. Forward by Alexander Wetmore. CR 1955. Sponsored by the National Speleological Society. 339 pages with index, black and white photos and illustrations with 6 maps and 9 drawings. Caves are a world in themselves, laboratories where scientists study the relics of the earliest Americans; they are repositories for prehistoric life. Caves are also home to some of the world's... (more information)

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