Search Results: Titles starting with A from Digital Editions

Washington DC: Worldwatch Institute, November 1993. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo, 5.5 x 8.5, 66 pages.

New York, George D. Sproul, 1903. Octavo (8.5 x 5.75), xiii + 392 pages. Red 3/4 leather binding with gold lettering and design and mottled paper cover and endpapers. Brown 3/4 leather binding with marbled boards and endpapers and gold lettering and design on spine; the top surface of the text block is gilded. The interior is spotless and the binding is solid, but the cover shows wear and tear consistent with its age (see image). Contains interleaved images and an Introduction by William Peterfield Trent.

New York: Random House (Modern Library), after 1936. Hardcover. 12mo, 5 x 7.5, 378 pages. Red cloth binding with minimal shelf wear.

Washington DC: Worldwatch Institute, January 1989. Staplebound. As New. 8vo, 5.5 x 8.5, 70 pages.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. Octavo (9.5 x 6.5), 364 + 8 pages of interleaved images. Maroon cloth hardboards with gold lettering and some shelf wear including water stains on the top edges. There is some discoloration of the end papers, but the text block is otherwise bright and clean. Henry Adams emigrated from England to Massachusetts around 1636. The bulk of this history presents four generations of the Adams family beginning with John Adams (fifth generation descendant of the immigrant ancestor and second president of the United States), followed by his son, John Quincy Adams (sixth president), grandson, Charles Francis Adams, and great-grandsons, John Quincy, Charles Francis, Henry, and Brooks Adams. More than a genealogical records of the Adams family, this volume documents the families significance in the political history of the United States.

Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo, 5.5 x 8, xxxiv + 398 pages. Translated by A. T. S. Goodrick Trade paperback bound in blue buckram; paper label. Minimal shelf wear. Lacking end papers.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, n.d. (ca. 1880). Hardcover. Very Good +. 12mo, 5 x 7.5, 670 pages Tightly bound; interior clean with moderate age toning. Cover: very little edge wear; some minimal darkening of back strip.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company (Anchor Book), 1968. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo, 5 x 8, xvi + 492 pages. Unused.

New York: World Resources Institute, 1998. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo, 6 x 9, xii + 450 pages, illustrated (charts and maps) Minor wear to cover, else as issued.

Washington DC: Worldwatch Institute, March 1992. Staplebound. Near Fine. 8vo, 5.5 x 8.5, 62 pages. Minor bending at spine.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1970. Tenth printing.. Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo, 5.5 x 8, xiv + 200 pages. A volume in Edward W. Fox, ed., "The Development of Western Civilization: Narrative Essays in the History of Our Tradition from Its Origins in Ancient Israel and Greece to the Present. The cover is shelf-worn; the interior is pristine.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1963. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 6 x 9.5, xvi + 364 pages, illustrated Moderately worn cover; weakened (but holding) hinges; underlining and marginal marks (in pencil) throughout.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1962. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 5.5 x 8, xiv + 368 pages Trade paperback rebound in library-quality buckram, paper label. High-lighting in first dozen pages; intermittent marginal notation and underlining in pencil in remainder of the volume

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo, 5.5 x 8.75, 216 pages. The sixth volume in "Historical Problems: Studies and Documents," edited by G. R. Elton Minor discoloration and very minor chipping of dust cover, else as issued.

Washington DC: Worldwatch Institute, August 1977. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo, 5.5 x 8.5, 74 pages. Very minor shelf wear.

Washington DC: Worldwatch Institute, October 1990. Staplebound. As New. 8vo, 5.5 x 8.5, 50 pages.

New York: Hastings House, 1949. Blue cloth binding with beige lettering on red. Octavo (8.5 x 5.5), xxii + 1348 pages.Four volume set:New England * The Middle StatesThe Lake States * The Plains StatesThe South * The SouthwestThe Mountain States * The West Coast Covers/binding show some staining and wear. First volume also includes preface and "How to Use the American Guide." Supple pages show minor toning and some staining. Illustrated with regional maps.

Huntington, WV :Standard Printing and Publishing Co.1950. Octavo (9.25 x 6.25), xi + 624 pages. Blue cloth, gold stamped binding; bright, unmarked pages. Cornelius Jansen Clopper emigrated from Holland to New Amsterdam around 1650. Written in narrative form, this volume includes detailed descriptions of many of his descendants, their livelihoods, challenges, and personalities. Excerpts from descendants' poems, correspondence, farm inventories, and speeches help paint a vivid picture of their lives. Several photographs depict family members and their residences. Other family names prominently mentioned include CHAMBERS, ESTE, LUDLOW.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 4to, 10 x 10, 300 pages, profusely illustrated (line drawings). Text by Foley, magnificent drawings by Thatcher. Foreword by James M. Fitch The cover is a bit discolored; the interior is bright and clean

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo, 6 x 9, xvi + 428 pages Binding is tight; cover and edges are moderately soiled. Interior is bright, but with intermittent marginal notation and underlining (in pencil only)