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US Army. Very Good. 1917. Softcover. Book is clean and tight. Pages are unused. There are two carbon sheets in the back. Sample message say "From Patrol No 1 at 500 yds S. E. Choukes Date 20 Oct. '15 Hour 10: 45 No. 1 Foot Messenger. To. C. O. Co. A Hostile cavalry patrol six men. Now south of Offerts moving east on Schaper Nottingham road. Will remain in observation. Sehman Sergt. ". In back is two-arm semaphore code with handflags, Morse Code and Morse punctuation. ; 48mo 3½" - 4" tall .

Detroit, MI: Blaine Ethridge. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0879170662 . Book is clean and tight. There is foxing on top edge, spine and corners are bumped, there is a call # on front flyleaf, there are no real library markings. Biggest flaw is the front edge of cover and an area on the top are stained and feel sort of waxy. None of this goes to the inside of cover or text. .

Canyon, TX: West Texas State University. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight, typical master's thesis format. Does an education dept. somewhere need this for their files?; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Signed by Author .

University of New Mexico Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. There is surface scuffing on spine. Has a bibliography of MacDonald speeches and writings in the back and an index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Weber County Commission. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0970547706 . Book is clean and tight. Tiny bit of shelf wear on corners of dust jacket. History of Weber County, Utah from 1847 to 2000. Large, heavy book. Has bibliography and extensive index. ; 1.11 x 9.13 x 6.57 Inches; 462 pages .

Praeger. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 0313379807 . Book is clean and tight. Ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. Really looks unread. Flaw on front cover, small spot missing surface. Armenia (Republic) , Georgia (Republic) , Azerbaijan (Republic). Russia; Global Security Watch; 9.30 X 6.30 X 1.10 inches; 270 pages .

Yamagata,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Lovely cloth cover with children playing and over this is a paper envelope style cover, lots of illustrations almost an encyclopedia on Japan. Four small tears on paper envelope and it is faded otherwise this is very good. .

Mexican American Cultural Press. Fair. 1976. Reprint. Softcover. Book text is clean with typical library markings inside and out. Red dot on bottom edge. Corners of cover and text are bent. The top of spine is coming apart. This is a reprint of the 1976 edition, when Henry Cisneros was still a San Antonio City Councilman.; Ex-Library .

Mexico: Editorial Trillas. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Pictorial Hardcover. 9682457572 . Book is clean and tight. It is a sixth grade math book in Spanish, 8 1/2" x 11" . .

San Antonio, Texas: Naylor. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Cover is foxed front, back and spine. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. Gift notation on inside front cover and front flyleaf. Picture of Jenkins is taped to inside front cover. Foxing on frontispiece and many pages. Dust jacket flap is laid in ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages .

Washington, DC: U. S. D. A.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1896. Hardcover. Book is tight, but has stains and foxing, no writing that I noticed. Cover is bumped and shelf worn and the surface is very rubbed. Some illustrations have color. ; 576 pages .

Washington, D.C.: Private. Good with no dust jacket. 1901. First Edition. Half-Leather. Book is clean, you can see stitching in places, leather on corners and spine is very worn and torn at head of spine. This is a souvenir book published by the author that has portraits of all the employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry from 1884-1900 and then has a short biography on each of them. There is also a history of this bureau of the government, the author was the first Chief and stayed until 1905. There are over 250 pages of portraits, most with one or two pictures but some have nine people shown. Has a note on a front free page from a former owner giving it to a library in 1934, there is a library stamp on that page but nowhere else inside or out.; Ex-Library .

The Wine Label Circle. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1851494316 . 2002 edition. Book is clean and tight. Dust jacket has a tear at top of spine at back. This is a book about the silver labels that are used on cruets "soy, vinegar and pickle bottles", etc. ; 11.70 X 8.50 X 0.80 inches; 179 pages .

Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Buckram binding, signed in ink by someone who wrote part of the preface. H.V.W.; Signed by Compiler .

Oxford: Oxford Univ Pr. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 019215950X . Book is tight but has green ink underlining in first chapter. Former owner's name on front flyleaf, along with shadow of a label and remains of another label. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear along top edge. .

Clinton, NJ: Amwell. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. Books are clean and tight. Previous owner has had a gift notation on title page from Bob in both volumes. Grizzly bear book has 3 pages dog-eared and a little foxing for foredges. Spine is bumped and tips of corners are shelf worn. These are in a slipcase with a few scratches on it but no tears. .

Selsfield, Sussex, England: David Sander's Orchids. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Book is tight (vol. 2 only). however, former owner has put penciled check marks by many items. Top and bottom of spine are bumped and shelf worn. There is a wrinkle in the back cover. Inside front and back covers have the surface disturbed.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

Chicago: Sanders. Good with no dust jacket. 1901. Second Edition. Hardcover. Book is clean, leather spine are corners are very worn with chips missing from spine which is just holding on, you can see in the picture the spots where old tape removed the surface. Has former owner's label inside front cover and name on title page. Copyright is 1900 with 1901 on title page. Front hinge is cracked and back flyleaf is creased. Book names names both human and bovine, lots of pictures and genealogy of the breed. .

New York: Negro Universities. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. 0837115469 . This would be fine if there wasn't a bit of staining on the last pages of the index from the glue used. Little bit of shelf wear to tips of corners and spine. Clean and tight .

Private. Near Fine. 2000. Spiral Bound. Book is in a clear report cover with spiral binding. Starts with William Merrill, Sr. Born about 1650 in England and came to US about 1680. If this is your family, you need a copy. Southwestern Arkansas. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .