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NY: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1957. Oversize Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean, slight curl. Faint wear to cover. 382 items, primarily furniture but also includes Canton porcelain, American glass, decorative and useful handcraft and art objects. 9.25x8.75" (23.5x22.2cm).

NY: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1975. Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD. Tight, bright and clean interior, age soiled exterior, slight curl. Auction catalog of 1261 items including: pottery, carvings, paintings, glassware, needlework, furniture, metalwork, clocks and more. With black and white photos and descriptions. 9.25x8.5" (23.5x21.6cm)

NY: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1984. Oversize Paperback. NEAR FINE. Tight, bright, clean, slight curl. Slight rubbing of exterior edges. 685 items representing a potpourri of American arts and crafts: needlework, painting, carving, metalwork, tolls and more. 9.25x8.5" (23.5x21.6cm)

New York: Bryant Union Company, 1902. softcover. GOOD. Cover has a small chip out of the front right top corner. The back cover has two large chips out of it, so about 1/5th of the back cover is missing. The original foldout map is a largely intact with some very short tears along the fold, less than 1"" long. Some leaves are separated from the binding, but they are all present. The map itself is EIGHT FEET LONG. It has some splits at the folds but is all there and still connected. The map of the Hudson goes from the mouth at Kingston all the way up tp Troy New York. It includes names of streams, islands, and nearby mountains with elevation. It also highlights prominent homes along the river as of 1894. Some of the landmarks are also labelled with the Native American names as well. The back of the map has a panorama, some advertisement, and several local legends including the Storm King, Spuyten Duyvil, Stony Point, The Old Man in the Mountain, and Washington Irving's Headless Horseman. The guide… Read More

Garden City, NY: Anchor (#N28) / Doubleday, 1962. (Revised edition). Paperback. VERY GOOD+. As new except for reading creases on spine. "A thorough and readable account of the largest Indian tribe in the US…history from archaeological time to the present; present economic situation; sense of the supernatural; social structure, family and language..." 355 indexed, annotated pages.

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1986. (4th printing, 1990). Oversize Paperback. FINE. As new - gift quality! "The development of the Storyteller figure…is a short course in the making of a tradition…"Sections on: The Storyteller in Pueblo Culture; Color Plates; Pueblo Storyteller Potters; Reference Material. 200 indexed, annotated pages including Bibliography and Glossary, and a Biographical Survey of the Artists. 11x7" (27.8x17.8cm) ISBN: 0816511934.

Washington, DC: White House Historical Association, 1983. Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD +. As new except light wear (edges, faint scratches) to covers. Whether your interest is in the design and building of the rose garden, historical photos of the occupants, antique silver, restoration of the exterior walls, or the evolution of the black population of DC from slave to free, there's a wonderful, in-depth, illustrated article for you! 64 pages.