Search Results: Titles starting with A from Tannery Books

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1973. Paperback. Good. Elizabeth Stilinger, The ANTIQUES Guide to Decorative Arts in America, New York, E.P. Dutton, 1973, no earlier printings mentioned. Thick trade paperback with color photo on cover, 8vo, xvi, 480 pp, illustrated with 192 drawings and 434 photographs. Listed by era from 1600 to 1875, includes furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, and pewter. Good: corners/edges worn and spine creased, minor marks on bottom edges, no internal markings. Printed in USA

Philadelphia: Benjamin & Thomas Kite, 1818. Leather_bound. Good. John Churchman (1705-1775), An Account of the Gospel Labours and Christian Experiences of John Churchman. Philadelphia, Benjamin & Thomas Kite, 1818. Full leather with title block on spine, blank sticker on spine (early church libraries?), tall 12mo (17 cm), [i]-vi, 7-298 pp. Good: covers worn with top of spine chipped, po markings and label residue on endpapers, smudge on ffep, foxing, no internal markings.

London: Harvey and Darton, 1829. Hardcover. Fair. John Churchman, An Account of the Gospel Labours and Christian Experiences of John Churchman, London, Harvey and Darton, 1829, later edition [Smith, p. 408]. Plain brown paper boards, 12mo (19 cm), viii, 316 uneven cut pp. Fair: front board detached and spine missing, interior good, no markings.

A. S. Barnes & Co. . Reprint. Paperback. Ex-Library. J. Watts de Peyster, The Affair at King's Mountain, 7th October, 1780, New York and Chicago, A. S. Barnes & Co. Undated reprint from The Magazine of American History, December 1880, Vol. V, No. 6. Mottled gray paper covers, 8vo (24 cm), frontispiece portrait, [402]-424 pp, 351-[370] pp, unopened, ads inside covers. Narrative of the battle written as corrections to previous accounts, followed by reprinted testimonials of participants and descendants. And unrelated article ends in mid-sentence on p. 369. Fair to Good: covers detached and chipped, finger smudges inside rear cover, ex-library with minor pencil markings (sticker on protective folder), tiny tears on edges with no loss, no internal markings.

New York: British Information Services, 1945. First printing. Paperback. Good. African Challenge: The Story of the British in Tropical Africa, New York, British Information Services, 1945, First printing. Green paper covers with bw illustrations, 64 pp, bw illustrations and maps. Exploration, slavery, British involvement and colonization, and future improvements. Good: corners bumped, lightly tanned, no markings. printed in USA

New York: British Information Services. Paperback. Fair. African Victory with the British Forces from el Alamein to Cape Bon, New York, British Information Services [1943-1944]. Stapled red paper covers with bw photos, 64 pp counting covers, bw photos and history of expulsion of Axis forces from northern Africa, 1942-1943 in World War II. Fair: staples rusting, worn and dog-eared, large rip in rear cover with partial loss, no po markings. printed in Great Britain

New York: Newson & Company, 1916. Revised. Hardcover. Good. Margaret Ely Webb. Catherine T. Bryce, Frank E. Spaulding (Yale University), illustrated by Margaret Ely Webb, Aldine Readers Primer, New York, Newson & Company, 1916, Revised Edition. Gray-brown cloth hc with black-and-blue stamped wreath image on front, small 8vo (19 cm), 160 pp with vocabulary. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Good-: covers scuffed, worn and shaken, a few pages torn with cloth-tape repairs, po name in pencil on ffep, no underlining or crayon markings.

New York: Random House, 1985. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Vincent Loomis, Jeffrey Ethell, Amelia Earhart: The Final Story, New York, Random House, 1985, Second Printing. Brown cloth spine over rust-red paper boards, gold titling with tiny airplane design, 8vo (24 cm), xvi, 160 pp, 16 pp bw photos; glossy red DJ with sepia photos. Good/Good: boards slightly bowed, light foxing on edges, no markings; DJ scuffed and bumped with small tears at top edge, unclipped. Folded Life magazine article laid in.

The American Tobacco Company, 1964. Later printing. Paperback. Good. the American Tobacco story, The American Tobacco Company, 1964. Glossy illustrated paper covers, square 8vo, 64 pp, color illustrations. Good: covers bumped and scuffed, no markings.

Kennet Square, Penn.: Quaker Publications, 1982. First printing. Paperback. Good. Leonard S. Kenworthy, An American Quaker Inside Nazi Germany: Another Dimension of the Holocaust, Kennet Square, Penn., Quaker Publications, 1982, First printing. Red paper covers with American Friends Service Committee star and barbed-wire design, 8vo, x, 118 pp including 5 pp reproductions from Kenworthy's Berlin diary. Good-: covers worn, title page loose and stapled in, church library stamps, reading list affixed inside rear cover (names removed), minor pencil markings.

Office Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. The American Soldier, Office Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1964-undated. Historically researched paintings by H. Charles McBarron, commissioned as part of the Army Historical Program, prints 9 x 12.5 inches (23 x 32 cm). This collection contains the complete first three sets, rearranged chronologically in a protective folder, with 31 unique prints depicting soldiers and uniforms from 1775 to 1965, 10 duplicates, and typed descriptions. Very Good: one title page creased, prints lightly bumped and scuffed (1812 has dark scuff across verso), no markings. Ex-library folder with sticker damage.

The John Hopkins University Press, 1980. Third edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Blue cloth HC, 8vo, xvi, 416 pp with references and index, bw photos. Good/no DJ: ex-library with minor markings, covers lightly warped, small mark on top edges, light foxing on edges, no apparent underlining, pages crisp.

AuthorHouse, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Good. Stanley L. Bradley, The Andromeda Affair, The Adventure Continues..., AuthorHouse, 2006. Large 8vo (trade pb) with illustrated paper covers on black, 280 pp. G: corners bumped and worn, cover creased, small inkmark on edges, no internal markings. Reduced

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library/good. Richard E. Early, Apprentice: A historical novel, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977, First Printing. Green cloth hc with gilt lettering on spine, 8vo (21 cm), [viii] 180 pp; glossy illustrated dustjacket ad on back. Good/good: ex-library with stamps and stickers, tape residue on covers and endpapers, pages crisp; DJ bumped and lightly scuffed, sticker on spine, unclipped (no price). Printed in Great Britain

Baltimore: Gateway Press, 2005. First printing. Hardcover. New. Elizabeth A. Saunders, Archdale Friends Meeting, Genealogical Extracts from the Monthly Meeting Minutes: 1924-1949, Baltimore, Gateway Press, 2005. Dark red cloth with gold lettering, 224 pp. NEW: direct from publisher; corners sharp, tight, pages bright. No DJ as issued. Contains anecdotal excerpts from prohibition through the Great Depression to World War II, genealogical excerpts by last name, and family vital records from the late 19th century through the 1940s.

Raleigh: N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, 1979. First Printing. Paperback. Good. Edited by H. McKelden Smith. Architectural Resources: An Inventory of Historic Architecture, High Point, Jamestown, Gibsonville, Guilford County. Raleigh, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, et al, 1979, First Printing. Gray paper covers with blue and white window illustration and orange lettering, square 8vo (7 5/8 by 7 7/8 inches), 176 pp with index, hundreds of bw photos of houses and buildings, maps showing locations. Good+: light corner wear, no internal markings. One copy has po name and seal on title page, index pp corners bumped. The other copy has wear around the spine.

Raleigh: Society of North Carolina Archivists, 1993. Second Edition. Paperback. Ex-library. Archival and Manuscript Repositories in North Carolina: A Directory, Raleigh, Society of North Carolina Archivists, 1993, Second Edition. Buff paper covers, 4to, xii, 150 pp. Ex-library (Very Good) with stamps, stickers and blue marker, pages crisp.

Chalford, 1995. First edition. Matthew Young, The Archive Photographs series: Selby - from the William Rawling Collection, The Chalford Publishing Co., 1995, First Edition. Sepia-illustrated paper covers, 8vo (24 cm), 128 pp, many bw photographs and reproductions. Photographic collection "of a Yorkshire town at the height of the Victorian and Edwardian era." Good: covers bumped and creased, po inscription on half title, no internal markings. Published in Great Britain.

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. Illustrated by upwards of three hundred engravings, from Sketches by the Author. Volumes I and II. Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson, 1856. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards, 8vo (21 cm), mottled edges, marbled endpapers, frontispiece and decorative tile. Vol. I: 464 pp, fold-out map, 11 more plates steel engravings plus in-text illustrations. Vol. II: 8 pp, [2 map], 9-468 with appendices, six more plates steel engravings plus in-text illustrations, fold-out chart. Fair to Good: Ex-library with pockets and related markings plus po bookplate. Vol. I has covers scuffed and tape over spine, hinges cracked at frontispiece (with tape on title page) and p. 460, closed tear at map border, pages crisp. Vol. II leather and edges worn with lower spine compartment missing, joints cracking and rear cover… Read More

Osprey Publishing, 1984. Later printing. Paperback. Ex-Library. Mike Chappell. Philip Katcher, illustrated by Mike Chappell, Armies of the Vietnam War 1962-75, Men-At-Arms Series no. 104, London, Osprey Publishing, 1984, later printing. Paper covers with uniformed men on front and ad on back, royal 8vo (9 3/4 inches), 40 pp with text and bw photos (final page of notes in French and German) including ranks and insignias, 8 color plates with illustrations of uniforms. Ex-lib (Good-): ex-library with taped edges, pocket and minor stamps, bumped and scuffed, sticker damage at top of title page, no underlining.