Titles starting with P from David Hecht, Bookseller

Washington, , 2002. VG. PBS Special with actual news coverage of the Kennedy's arrival in Texas, his speeches, landing at Love Field, motorcade & assassinationation on Elm near the triple underpass. With breaking local announcement of shooting, other Dallas news coverage, national break-in of local programming, Cronkite announcement of his death, local interviews of witnesses, reminiscences of local & national reporters, witnesses on the grassy knoll, politicans, much more. With photos & ... more information

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Washington, , 2003. Video cassette in slipcase box. VG. PBS TV special on Oswald's entire life & evidence examined whether he really was JFK's lone assassin. With news footage, photos, documents, numerous interviews of those who knew him, Kennedy assassination theorists, newly released Kremlin documents & interviews about his time in Soviet Union and much more. Includes footage of the breaking TV report of Kennedy's assassination, the very earliest news coverage, the Zapruder film... more information

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Honolulu, , 1932. 1st edition. Prntd. wrprs. VG. 8vo. Publ. by Institute of Pacific Relations. Articles incl. "World Peace Machinery and the Asia Monroe Doctrine" (on any possible U.S. response to Japan's recent invasion of Manchuria, the rtersponse of the League of Nations, much more), "The Changing Japanese Sitution in California" (13pp. on Japanese population in Calf. incl. geography, births, ages, deaths, immigration, percentage of native-born to immigrants, etc.), several pg.... more information

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Oakland,, nd, ca. 1885. Orig. gilt pictorial cloth. Mostly split at folds or partially split (easily repairable), o/w vg., inside & out. 8vo. Fold-out accordian view album with 20 panels showing 41 sepia photographs of San Francisco ( residences, street scenes, hotels, etc.) , Yosemite, Sacramento, Carmel, Monterey, Carmel Mission, Carmel, Pacific Grove, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Colfax, Lake Tahoe, Donner Lake, Monument Point, the Central Pacific RR tracks, Salt Lake City, Tucson. ... more information

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Oakland, , nd, ca. 1885. Orig. pict. cloth. Mostly partially or completely split at folds (easily repairable), o/w vg. inside & out. 8vo. Fold-out accordian view album with 20 panels showing 41 sepia photographs of San Francisco (residences, street scenes, hotels, etc.), Yosemite, Sacramento, Carmel, Monterey, Carmel, Carmel Mission, Pacific Grove, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Colfax, Lake Tahoe, Donner Lake, Monument Point, the Central Pacific RR tracks, Salt Lake City, Tucson. ... more information

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Oakland, , nd, ca. 1885. Orig. pict. cloth. Bit of splitting at folds (easily repairable), o/w vg. inside & out. . 8vo. Fold-out view accordian album with 20 panels showing 41 sepia photographs of San Francisco (residences, street scenes, hotels, etc), Yosemite, Sacramento, Carmel, Monterey,Carmel, Carmel Mission, Pacific Grove, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Colfax, Lake Tahoe, Donner Lake, Monument Point, the Central Pacific RR tracks, Salt Lake City, Tucson. ... more information

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Oakland, , 1888. Orig. decor. cloth. Binding faded with some wear at edges & corners, a little wear at front hinge, internally the photos are very nice. Gd. - VG. 8vo. Album with 30 panels showing 46 tinted sepia photographs. Includes driving last spike on Transcontinental RR meeting (painting), the Capitol at Sacramento, Yosemite, San Francisco Chinatown, Lick Observatory, Cliff House, a Wells Fargo stage, a Chinese store, Palace Hotel, Hotel Del Monte dining room, Monterey, two steamers at sea, Car... more information

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Los Angeles, , 1946. Softcover. VG. 4to. First issue & several early issues of photo magazine on sites, scenery, national & state parks, missions of 1940's California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Nevada, Many color photos, some dbl. & full pg. With descriptive articles, some business ads for hotels & resorts, etc. Strong article & photo emphasis on California. Each issue w/ full pg. color cover. 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. Each issue priced at 35 cents. Interesting look at beginning of po... more information

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N.Y., , 1879. . Orig. softcover wrprs., gilt title on cover. . Lacks rear wrpr. & spine cloth, v. light text browning, lettering somewhat faded on cover, a few early leaves dog-eared. A well-used copy but gd. . 8vo. Measures 7 x 9 1/4 in., larger size than competitive guides. Heavily illustrated with many full pg. scenic plates, also portraits, many text engravings. Describes the railroad routes across the country, all pleasure resorts. noted scenery of the Far West, details on many cities, towns, ... more information

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N.Y., , 1966. . Orig. cloth. . Ex. lib. w/ a few stamps & card pocket. No dj. Gd. - VG. . 8vo. A scholarly history & examination. Schocken Books. ... more information

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N.Y., , 1976. Softcover. . Minor ex. lib. Nice tight clean copy. VG. 12mo. International Publishers. Leftist view of government attemptsd to manage the news and media acquiescence. Rubber stamp on tp of "Reference Center For Marxist Studies", the library of the U.S. C ommunist Party. Book first appeared in 1971. ... more information

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Iowa City, , 1962. . 1st edition. . Orig. softcover. . Bit of wrpr. soiling., other minor wear. Gd. - VG. . Tall folio. . Publ. by State Histor. Society. Fascimile reproductions of 63 newspapers, sometimes whole issues, Uncommon. ... more information

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London & Liverpool, , nd, ca. 1884. Map. VG. 4to. Single highly detailed map of Palestine also showing what is today, Jordan, also uncolored parts of Syria & Lebanon, rmvd. from undated "The Student Atlas Of Ancient & Modern Geography. New And Enlarged Edition." edited by Wm. Hughes. From the rare edition publ. by Soc. For Promoting Christian Knowledge." Map undated, ca. 1884. Map imprint is "George Philip & Son." Dbl. page, printed color, measuring 10 3/4 x 13... more information

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London, , 1888. . Prob. 1st edition. Modern antique style polished gilt calf & marble paper over bds., new eps. . Nice fresh clean copy in nice rebinding. VG. . Lg. 4to. . 4 full pg. maps, 2 litho views, 32 full pg. color chromolitho paintings of scenic views & sites. Detailed descriptive text. Nice roomy text layout (wide margins), the chromolithos bright & attractive, with tissue guards. Lg. size thick book, measuring 8 3/8 x 12 in. ... more information

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Edinburgh, , (1842). VG. 8vo. . Dbl. columns, small print. Illustrated. Detailed travels in Palestine. Large text map. ... more information

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Boston, , 1913. 1st edition. Orig. cloth. Front hinge crkd. VG copy. With bookplate of CVR Edward of the Folio Society. 8vo. The causes of German aggression in Europe, the German threat to England, France,, & the rest of Europe, the recent Balkan War, the status of Russia, Turkey, American policy toward Europe, etc. Important book published on the verge of World War I predicting future German military moves & the reasons for them. ... more information

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Boston, , 1913. 1st edition. Orig. gilt cloth. VG. No dj. . 8vo. Publ. Feb. 1913. Houghton Mifflin Co. Germany & its expansionist policies across the world & in its European diplomacy studied in detail just before the outbreak of World War I. Extensive bibliography. ... more information

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Garden City, , 1913. Orig. cloth. . Light waterstn. crinkling, still gd. . 8vo. . Many photo plates. Frontis fldg. color panorama. ... more information

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Baltimore, , 1826. Dsbd. Heavy fxg. VG. . 8vo. Dbl. columns, small print. 32pp. of these issues on Congressional resolutions, votes & correspondence between U.S. Congress & President on Panama Question.April 1 issue has first 10pp. on Panama Question, Overall some of the correspondence dealing with Panama Question signed by Sec. of State John Quincy Adams, last issue has several letters between new Sec. of State Henry Clay & diplomats from Mexico, also several pgs. of printing of full treati... more information

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Tucson, , 1984. 1st edition. Cloth w/ pict. dj. VG. . 8vo. U. of Arizona Press. Scholary post 1910 biographies of both the Mexican bandit & political revolutionary Pancho Villa & his role in the so-called Mexican Revolution, & John Reed & his radical politics & role in & the Russian Revolution. Both Villa & Reed were contemporaries who died young. Illustrated. ... more information

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