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New York: Free Press, 1997 First edition, first printing. Very good in very good dustjacket. 675 pp. Includes index. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994 First edition, first printing. 340 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: American Heritage Publishing Co, 1974 First edition. Edgwear and nicks on dustjacket with small tears at head and foot of spine. 400 pp. Edited by Stephen W. Sears with a foreword by Bruce Catton.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997 First edition, first printing. 988 pp. Includes index. Illustrated. Foreward by Edmund S. Morgan. The suppressed history of our nation's beginnings and the heroic newspaper that tried to report it.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Pantheon, 1996 First American edition, first printing. Endpapers illustrated with maps. 324 pp. Seduced by the government's offer of 320 acres per homesteader, Americans and Europeans rushed to Montana and the Dakotas to fulfill their own American dream in the first decade of this century. Raban's stunning evocation of the harrowing, desperate reality behind the homesteader's dream strips away the myth--while preserving the romance--that has shrouded our understanding of our own heartland. This book was nominated for the 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award in nonfiction. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon&Schuster, 1997 First edition, first printing. VG/VG, smudges on edges. 875 pp. Includes index and bibliographical notes. With illustrations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: American Bible Society, 1867 Translated out of The Original Hebrew and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised. Black boards with gold lettering on front. Book is in fair condition. 212 pages, type is larger than usual, all page edges are gilt, wear to edges of black boards, gilt lettering on front of spine, no lettering on spine, head and tail of spine rubbed, corners bumped and rubbed. Pages have some foxing. Newspaper clipping pasted inside front board. . Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket.

features in-depth analyses of 33 of the films that helped create the legend of Boris Karloff. Film titles covered include: Frankenstein, Behind the Mask/Scarface, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Mummy, The Old Dark House, The Black Cat, The Lost Patrol, The Black Room, Bride of Frankenstein, The Man Who Changed His Mind, The Walking Dead, Charlie Chan at the Opera, West of Shanghai, Invisible Menace, Devil's Island, British Intelligence, The Man with Nine Lives, Before I Hang, Climax, Black Friday, House of Frankenstein, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Devil Commands, The Body Snatcher, Frankenstein 1970, Grip of the Strangler, Corridors of Blood, The Comedy of Terrors, Die, Monster, Die!, Mad Monster Party? and Targets.

CONDITION: Unread. Minimal wear to covers. No spine or page creases.

Light shelfwear to boards and edges.No writing, highlights, or bent pages.

New York: Rizzoli, 1997 Special photography by Jacques Dirand. Text by Kate Constable. Introduction by Donna Karan. Book in Very Good condition. Dustjacke has small tears at base of spine on lightly rubbed suntouched dust jacket. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Basic Books, 1999 First edition, first printing. 241 pp. Includes index and illustrations. Not a remainder. This study of the design and building of the World Trade Center in New York City examines the powerful forces and key issues involved in urban planning on a grand scale. Darton shows how the twin towers forever changed the landscape of lower Manhattan. Published prior to the events of September 11, 2001.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ethics of The Dust Ten Lectures To Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallization By John Ruskin New York:The Mershon Company,no date.246 pages. Hardcover in cloth decorative binding with gilt design. Gilt lettering and design on spine. Frontispiece portrait of John Ruskin.2nd edition is mentioned in the last note on page 246.DIMENSIONS: 6 inches by 4-1/4 inches
CONDITION: Good/Acceptable. Binding is tight with no loose pages. No internal markings. Binding is soiled with large water(?) stain, some of the gilt design has faded or been rubbed on spine and front board. Pages toned. Edges lightly rubbed at head and foot of spine.
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Tulsa, OK: Christian Crusade Publications, 1968 18 pp. Printed paper wrappers toned with spots of foxing on front and back. Stapled spine. Inside clean and bright. No markings or underlining.. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Free Press, 1998 First edition, first printing. VG/VG.278 pp. Includes illustrations, index and bibliographical notes. An account of the friendship between two of history's greatest geniuses from lost dreams to the art, politics, intrigue, and sexual scandals of Florence. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Edition. Clear Mylar DJ Shows Some Rubbing Wear and has small slit/crease at lower front right. Book Has No Marks, Writing or Highlighting. Appears unread. Clean Pages. No Remainder Mark. Not Ex-Library.

New York: American Heritage Publishing Co, 1973 Bright green flexible vinyl cover with gilt steeple and tree and lettering, slight dent at base of spine. 319 pp. Editor in charge Beverly Da Costa. Introduction by Richard M. Ketchum. Black and white photographic illustrations.. First Edition. Vinyl. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ferguson: Great tractor builders series by Allan T. Condie.Hersham: Ian Allen Publishing., 2002. 96 pages. Black and white and color illustrations. Discusses Harry Ferguson's career and the different tractors he produced in Europe and the United States.Unread copy with minimal shelfwear. Binding tight. Clean inside and out.

Greenville, SC: The Gospel Hour, Inc Small pamphlet. 48 pp. No date. Green paper wraps printed in back, bottom edge lightly foxed, toning around edges of back cover, light crinkle on front near spine, else in Very Good Plus condition. A Gospel Hour Publication.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Boy Scouts of America, 1914 First edition (stated). Copyright, 1913 and 1914. Beige boards, heavily soiled, stamped with photo of scout holding a long pole. Edges are worn, spine has fraying and missing piece at top and bottom. Blue pencil circle drawn around title on front board, label residue bottom left. Previous owner has written "Boy Scout of" in pencil on back cover, 796 is on inside front and rear cover, preliminary pages have small fold at corner. Binding is intact. 352 pp. plus advertising. Includes index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

New York: Knopf, 1996 First edition, "Published March 29,1996....second printing before publication", so stated. VG/VG, slightly creased at head of spine, fore-edge scratched. 622 pp. Includes index and bibliographical notes, b/w photographs and maps.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.