Search Results: Titles starting with N from Oasis Books

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Reprint of the University of Chicago Press - one Rio Grande tp and one U of Chicago Press tp. Text in 3 parts. 14 plate illustrations, 7 text figures, 96 pages of "new color plates" listed. 9-page Publisher's Preface. Fold-out chart "Tabular Analysis of the Culture of Sonoran Utopia's-Aztekan Tribes" at rear. Summary and Conclusions, 4-page appendix. Endpaper maps.

A Ross & Haines facsimile. 248 pages + 14-page Appendix. Edition limited to 1500 copies. 7 plate illustrations following Table of Contents. Fold-out map of the midwest opposite page 352. Tight.

Front hinge broken and glue repair. Light foxing - mostly to tissue guards and some plates. 624 pages. Blind stamped border and gilded naval art on front board.

First attempt to settle Oregon. First printing in English. Original French edition was 1820. Light foxing. Howes F-310, Sabine 25432.

#400 of an edition limited to 500 signed copies. Unread uncut pages. 17 b&w photos. 4-page chronology, 6-page index. See photo for newspaper reproductions in pocket inside back board.

xxviii + 347 pages. 4-page announcement; 5-page introduction by Edward Everett Hale; abbreviations; Natick-English followed by English-Natick. 1 page of additions and corrections. Ex-lib. (see photo for Holy Family Seminary Library stamp) Moderate shelf wear, bunted corners.

"Reprinted from two1882 issues of the Atlantic Monthly magazine" Cushing's writing on his trip into the land of the Havasupai in the early 1880's. Long inked gift inscription in ind on FFEP, ow Fine. Havasupai Indian Tribe in the lower reaches of the Grand Canyon along the current California/Arizona Border. vg dj which is lightly soiled. 75 pages.

Well illustrated in b&w and color. Includes separate folding map of North America. Advertisements and classified advertisements at front and rear of magazine.

Blind stamped front and back boards. Ex-Lib, repaired. Fold-out map after Table of Contents, charts on pages 508, 517, 760, 766, 767; b&w drawings on pages 512, 520, 539, 544, 548, 549, 756, 757, 774-776, 772, and 779. Top edge and bottom edge worn. 805 pages, end of the Second Volume. Antique and scarce.

"The Story of a Confederate Childhood a Reconstruction Boyhood and the Education of a Medical Pioneer of the New South" (on front of dj). Tinted top edge. No illustrations. dj is price clipped. Dr. Barringer was 6th President of Virginia Tech.

See photo for rubbed white mark on front board and edges of spine; name marked on lower corner of ffep ow near fine. Appendix. 340 pages.

Gilded top edge. vi + 243 rough cut pages. Bookplate with previous owner's name on inside front board. Handmade paper edition. First ed. was 1883.

Bollingen Series 18. Two volume set. 49-page index. Three "Concordances" and List of Concordance Topics in Vol 2.

"Spain in the West XI." Gilded top edge, rough cut page edges. Previous owner's bookplate on ffep. 15 illustrations listed. 382 pages includes bibliography and index. Fold-out map of the west coast opposite page 42.

7 volume set. Tinted top edges. "Notice" and "Circular" and document from the Superintendent of Documents inlaid in vol I. Plates, portraits, maps. Set remains the single best source for documents, maps, illustrations, etc. of the quasi-war with France. The XYZ Affair, when French agents demanded a bribe for restoration of diplomatic relations, followed the American Revolution. France captured 316 merchant ships causing an economic crisis. In 1798 Congress rescinded previous treaties with France, beginning the quasi-war. After a succession of notable American victories, especially the USS Constellation's capture of a French ship, there was a cessation of hostilities and a peace accord in 1800. John Adams' hope for a second term was scotched. Additional shipping charges will be added based on destination and speed.

Author a Native American historian. Inscribed & signed by the author. 2 Addall - 50-53 not signed. b&w photos. 6 Appendices.

Part of The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Signed, dated and inscribed by author, Professor Callcott, on ffep. 28 pages of tales in Appendix A and Appendix B. 5 figures - four graphs and a map - listed in Table of Contents.

On un-water marbled paper. 31 poems listed, 47 pages. amlit 0485.

Issue point - pg. 43 Line 13 "Be" for "he". Author's first book under her name; w/ signed letter to Christopher Ward - a Wilmington, DE author; BAL 23484 amlit 0488. 31 poems listed. Age toned paper.