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A Maritime History of New York by Work Projects Administration (WPA Writers' Project) - 1941

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A Maritime History of New York by Work Projects Administration (WPA Writers' Project) - 1941

A Maritime History of New York

by Work Projects Administration (WPA Writers' Project)

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Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1941. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with small black illustration of Sandy Hook lighthouse on cover, black and yellow lettering and decoration on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean illustrated endpapers (attractive custom bookplate on front paste down). Introduction by The Honorable Fiorello H. La Guardia. Illustrated with black and white plates. 341 pages with index. Compiled by the New York City WPA Writers' Project. Dust jacket is not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), one small chip to lower corner tip of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.

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  • Publisher Doubleday Doran
  • Place of Publication Garden City, New York
  • Date Published 1941
  • Keywords New York State, WPA guide, Maritime history, WPA Writers' Project, first edition, Americana

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Picturesque Arizona

Picturesque Arizona

by Conklin, E

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Mining Record Printing Establishment. Good with no dust jacket. 1878. No Edition Stated. Decorative Cloth. "Being the Result of Travels and Observations in Arizona During the Fall and Winter of 1877"; rust colored cloth with black & gilt lettering & decorations; book has edge & shelf wear, fraying, bumped corners; there is a not quite dime-size chip to the lower spine around to the front cover; interior is tight & clean, pages starting to brown; numerous illus.; 380 pages .
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History of Stuart Iowa 1870-1970 - Centennial

History of Stuart Iowa 1870-1970 - Centennial

by Disney, Mrs. Kenneth, et al

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IA: Madrid-Register News. Softcover, spiral-bound, Very Good; 1970, 1st Edition, unpaged - 284 pages; with numerous B&W historical photos, including pioneers, businesses, churches, schools, the railroad, clubs & organizations, women's groups, sports, family histories; various ads at the back.
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Biographical Review (Volume XXIII) :  Containing Life Sketches of Leading  Citizens of Hillsboro...
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Biographical Review (Volume XXIII) : Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Hillsboro and Cheshire Counties, New Hampshire

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Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Leather rubbed and flaking at edges.. 1897. Hardcover. Original brown pebbled and blindstamped leather with decorative gilt titles on front boards and spine. Gilt-stamped turn-ins, all edges gilt. Floral patterned endpapers. Index, 28 portrait plates. Surprisingly tight and clean. A compilation of biographies of upstanding male citizens of Hillsboro and Cheshire Counties in New Hampshire, most notably home boy Horace Greeley, newspaperman and politician. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 481 pages .
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1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada
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1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada

by The Board of Editors

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Privately Printed by the Press of the Bryant Printing Co, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Original 1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada. Bound in dark-red cloth with silver gilt lettering and botanical decoration to front panel. Much historical content, including rosters of faculty, students, alumni and much, much more. Densely illustrated with photos and drawings. Includes many period ads. Obituary of 10th President Elizabeth Storrs Mead laid in. 260 pp. + 34 pp. of ads. Tight, unmarked copy with one slightly pulled but strongly attached signature. Light shelf wear to extremities. In all, a very presentable copy of an important historical resource. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book
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Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book: Every recipe triple-tested by our Tasting-Test Kitchens staff

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Meredith Publishing Company, 1953. Binder Condition: Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Five (5) Ring Binder. Stated First Edition, fifth printing. 416 pp +four bonus pages of recipes clipped from the Better Homes & Gardens magazine with dates of March 1949; January, 1950; November, 1956; and February, 1957. Small tear on page 59 caused by a paperclip that was removed. Text is lightly tanned typical of age and edges are lightly sunned. No written notations within although a few recipes are marked with a small checkmark. 20 numbered pink card stock chapter index tabs including an index. Loose-leaf binder with 5 metal rings in excellent like new condition; all pages are original and are clean and complete. Card stock binder protector after index. This edition has illustrated front and back endpapers, with pink temperature and measurement charts and a full color photograph of a blue and white rolling pin and several pies, which is continued onto the title page. This is a classic, rare copy in Fine… Read More
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Picturesque Arizona

Picturesque Arizona

by Conklin, E

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Mining Record Printing Establishment. Good with no dust jacket. 1878. No Edition Stated. Decorative Cloth. "Being the Result of Travels and Observations in Arizona During the Fall and Winter of 1877"; rust colored cloth with black & gilt lettering & decorations; book has edge & shelf wear, fraying, bumped corners; there is a not quite dime-size chip to the lower spine around to the front cover; interior is tight & clean, pages starting to brown; numerous illus.; 380 pages .
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History of Stuart Iowa 1870-1970 - Centennial

History of Stuart Iowa 1870-1970 - Centennial

by Disney, Mrs. Kenneth, et al

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IA: Madrid-Register News. Softcover, spiral-bound, Very Good; 1970, 1st Edition, unpaged - 284 pages; with numerous B&W historical photos, including pioneers, businesses, churches, schools, the railroad, clubs & organizations, women's groups, sports, family histories; various ads at the back.
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Biographical Review (Volume XXIII) :  Containing Life Sketches of Leading  Citizens of Hillsboro...
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Biographical Review (Volume XXIII) : Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Hillsboro and Cheshire Counties, New Hampshire

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Boston: Biographical Review Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Leather rubbed and flaking at edges.. 1897. Hardcover. Original brown pebbled and blindstamped leather with decorative gilt titles on front boards and spine. Gilt-stamped turn-ins, all edges gilt. Floral patterned endpapers. Index, 28 portrait plates. Surprisingly tight and clean. A compilation of biographies of upstanding male citizens of Hillsboro and Cheshire Counties in New Hampshire, most notably home boy Horace Greeley, newspaperman and politician. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 481 pages .
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1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada
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1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada

by The Board of Editors

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Privately Printed by the Press of the Bryant Printing Co, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Original 1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada. Bound in dark-red cloth with silver gilt lettering and botanical decoration to front panel. Much historical content, including rosters of faculty, students, alumni and much, much more. Densely illustrated with photos and drawings. Includes many period ads. Obituary of 10th President Elizabeth Storrs Mead laid in. 260 pp. + 34 pp. of ads. Tight, unmarked copy with one slightly pulled but strongly attached signature. Light shelf wear to extremities. In all, a very presentable copy of an important historical resource. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book
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Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book: Every recipe triple-tested by our Tasting-Test Kitchens staff

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Meredith Publishing Company, 1953. Binder Condition: Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Five (5) Ring Binder. Stated First Edition, fifth printing. 416 pp +four bonus pages of recipes clipped from the Better Homes & Gardens magazine with dates of March 1949; January, 1950; November, 1956; and February, 1957. Small tear on page 59 caused by a paperclip that was removed. Text is lightly tanned typical of age and edges are lightly sunned. No written notations within although a few recipes are marked with a small checkmark. 20 numbered pink card stock chapter index tabs including an index. Loose-leaf binder with 5 metal rings in excellent like new condition; all pages are original and are clean and complete. Card stock binder protector after index. This edition has illustrated front and back endpapers, with pink temperature and measurement charts and a full color photograph of a blue and white rolling pin and several pies, which is continued onto the title page. This is a classic, rare copy in Fine… Read More
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A Maritime History of New York

by Workers of the Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration for the City

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Doubleday, Doran and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. This specific hardback book is in very good condition with some minor wear, fading or scuffing to the cover or edges and corners but with a hard board cover that has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased with only a couple of small numbers written on the first endpage. There is no dust jacket. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; This is a piece of history for both the maritime collector and the New York hisory collector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 341 pages .
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A Maritime History of New York. Introduction by The Honorable Fiorello H. La Guardia.

by Workers of the Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration for the City of New York. [WPA]

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New York: Haskell House Publishers Ltd., 1973. Octavo, grey cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xvii, 341 pp. Near-Fine, with small blemish (about the size of a pencil eraser) to upper cover.
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life

Attempt on Roosevelt Life

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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

by Traven, B

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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES

DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES

by Goodwin, Maud Wilder

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Samuel The Seeker
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Samuel The Seeker

by Sinclair, Upton

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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey

Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River

by John B. Wyeth

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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us

by Leaf, Munro

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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era

by Hazel E. Brown

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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings

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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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