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The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates
by Ketcham, Ralph, Ed
Very little wear. After a 34 page introduction, the book presents documents and discussions from the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Companion book to The Federalist Papers. 440 pages.
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$4.00
California History Pack II
by various
A collection of 14 pamphlets, brochures and booklets relating to aspects of California history. I have been able to find most of these items offered for sale online, and if you were to buy the cheapest ones out there, you would end up paying $170 or more and still not have them all. I think my price is a bargain. The items included are as follows:
The Story Told by a Fallen Redwood: by Emanuel Fritz. 1949, 8 pages, very little wear. Published by Save-the-Redwoods League (STRL). Muir Woods: Two copies,... Read more about this item
The Story Told by a Fallen Redwood: by Emanuel Fritz. 1949, 8 pages, very little wear. Published by Save-the-Redwoods League (STRL). Muir Woods: Two copies,... Read more about this item
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$89.75
The American Pullman Cars of the Midland Railway
by Radford, J. B
Ian Allan, 1984 pp120 bw plates/diagrams index VG+ Some sunning to spine, Fine text and plates.
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$4.80
Defiant Desire
by Gevisser, Mark and Edwin Cameron, Eds
Little wear to the book. A few shallow creases on the spine and a scattering of underlining and margin notes throughout the text. About 30 essays on the topic.
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$11.75
The Celtic World
by Green, Miranda J., Ed
A massive book on the Celts. Covers the time from the earliest archaeological evidence up to the early post-Roman period. This consists of 41 chapters written by a variety of authors, with many illustrations (the list of illustrations runs almost six pages). Book shows almost no wear, the dust jacket just a little more. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. This book will ship at over five pounds. As such, it is not available for international shipping without a substantial increase in cost. For...
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$25.75
The Musical Instruments of the Incas: A Guide Leaflet to the Collection of Exhibition In the American Museum of Natural History
by Charles W. Mead
American Museum of Natural History, 1903. Soft Cover. Fair. American Museum of Natural History,1903. Soft Cover.Volume III, No. 4, July 1903. Guide Leaflet No. II. Cover has considerable shelfwear, light soiling, toned and small chips and tears on edges, chipped corners. Cover is detached, title page is lightly attached. Cccasional foxing in margins, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Good reading/research copy.
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$18.00
The Afghan Connection; The Extraordinary Adventures of Major Eldred Pottinger.
by Pottinger, George
Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press, 1983, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 0707302862
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$34.30
Difficult Years Bear Fruit. The Birth and Development of the German Democratic Republic
Dresden: Zeit im Bild, 1974 8vo pp144 bw plates VG- Detailed Communist account of the building of the East Germany state. Much on post-1945 social reforms.
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$11.27
The Prairie West
by Francis, R. Douglas and Howard Palmer, Eds
Trae paperback. Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The spine is uncreased. Owner's name inside front cover. A collection of essays about various aspects of Western Canadian history. This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.
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$16.75
The French Revolution, A History
by Carlyle, Thomas
Little wear to the cover other than the soiling of over a century. One small hole in the fabric on the spine, where there also is a little fading of the red cloth. Edges and corners are in good shape, with intact fabric. Internally, the pages are clean and unmarked and mostly tightly bound. One small binding blemish occurs at pages 2-3, as shown in photo #4. Nothing is in danger of falling out. There is no date in the book, but the former owner, Gertrude Pritchard, very helpfully dated it when she...
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$8.50
Tennessee: A History
by Dykeman, Wilma
Very little wear. Slight curl to the front cover. Trade paperback. Exactly what the title claims it to be, but with minimal illustrations.
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$4.00
Plutarch: Lives of the Noble Greeks
by Fuller, Edmund, Ed
The book has some chips at the edges and corners, and a pair of 2 cm tears at the base of the spine, both fore and aft. Pages are clean, tight, and unmarked, with blue dyed page edges. Owner's name on the title page. This book contains the brief biographies of nine ancient Greeks, excerpted from Plutarch's larger work.
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$4.50
Spanish and Indian Place Names of California
by Nellie Van De Grift Sanchez
No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt print and decoration stamped on the front and spine. Spine is darkened a little. Some mild edgewear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with many illustrations. This would be a very good book, other than one problem. The binding has split behind the endpaper, at the half-title page. Not just showing the binding fabric, but clean through (see photo #4). This kind of repair is beyond my abilities, so I am selling this as-is, leaving any repair to the...
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$16.25
American Realities: Historical Episodes from Reconstruction to the Present
by Youngs, J. William T
329 pages. 14 essays on various historical episodes. Used as a textbook for a collegiate American History class.
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$6.50
The Indian Army: The Garrison of British Imperial India 1822-1922
by Heathcote, T. A
David & Charles, 1974 smaller 4to cloth pp215 bw plates maps tables glossary bibliography index VG-/G+ East India Company and Imperial forces, with much social commentary. [ Larger book, so extra airmail postage overseas. ]
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$5.11
A Diplomatic History of the American People
by Bailey, Thomas A
No dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Pages are clean and tight. Owner's name inside front cover. Small amount of underlining throughout. Covers American diplomacy from 1776 through 1949. This book will ship at about three pounds. Excess shipping is included in the list price.
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$11.75
What Style is it?
by Poppeliers, John C., S. Allen Chamber, Jr. and Nancy B. Schwartz
An oddly shaped book; would be pocket-sized, if you had very deep pockets. Little wear other than a slight bend to this long and lean book/. 112 pages, all clean and tight.
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$3.75
Modern European Culture and Consciousness, 1870-1980
by Monaco, Paul
A somewhat rare thin book, showing some wear at the edges and corners. Pages are tight and intact, with some highlighting, underlining and margin notes. Obviously, this was more "modern" when printed in 1983. 40 years later, it can be thought of as recent history.
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$5.25
Joan of Arc
by Peach, L. Du Garde
Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth, 1971 8vo pictorial boards pp51 colour drawings VG Series 561 Adventure from History. Originally p[riced 2/6- 12 and a half pence, Ladybird revised price 15p net. Very minor edge wear, a nice First of this title.
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$2.65
Congress and Its Members
by Davidson, Roger H. and Walter J. Oleszek
Trade paperback. Some wear at the front corners, owner's name inside the front cover. Spine is uncreased. Highlighting and underlining in many places. Discussion of the functioning of both houses, the relationships with presidents, the public and others, and statistical analysis from 1790 to 1996, and more.
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$5.75
Hovering Angels. The Record of the Royal Navy's Helicopters
by Turner, John Frayn
London: George G. Harrap, 1957 8vo cloth pp170+publisher adverts bw plates VG+/VG- A detailed overview of 1950s RN helicopter operations, from Antarctica to Malaya. Minor liquid paper to front blank endpaper, Fine text and plates. Dust wrapper has a small corner tear and some apparent former liquid marking on reverse, yet is near Fine otherwise.
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$4.80
American Race Horses: 1958
by Agrella, Joe, Dan M. Bowmar III, Joe A Estes, et al
Book rust colored fabric with gilt print on the front and spine. Wear at the head and tail of the spine, with a piece missing at the top (see photo). Some additional wear at the corners. Covered with a clear plastic jacket that is missing some pieces. Pages are clean, tight and intact. A less glossy type of paper was used for the Statistics section and those pages are quite tanned with age. all water stain at the lower spine manifests to a greater or lesser degree on all pages. (Although the water stain...
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$44.00
The History of Australia and New Zealand from 1606 to 1890
by Sutherland Alexander; Sutherland George
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1901. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Longmans, Green & Co.,1901. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has moderate shelfwear, corners and spine ends softened, overall minor scuffing, spine darkened. Name on free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
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$31.00
Imaging of the Temporal Bone
by Joel D. Swartz
223 Pages. First edition by the full number line.
This is a technical medical book. The book's exterior's only visible detriments are light wearing marks on all four corners and on the closed book's right side page edge, the former doctor owner's name. The interior book would be in like new condition save for a few notes and underlinings on pages 66, 67, 184, and 186. Aside from those distractions, there seem to be no further visible extraneous markings or other distractions/detriments throughout the... Read more about this item
This is a technical medical book. The book's exterior's only visible detriments are light wearing marks on all four corners and on the closed book's right side page edge, the former doctor owner's name. The interior book would be in like new condition save for a few notes and underlinings on pages 66, 67, 184, and 186. Aside from those distractions, there seem to be no further visible extraneous markings or other distractions/detriments throughout the... Read more about this item
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$38.00
