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The North End

By: Roboff, Sari

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, The Boston 200 Corporation: 1975

Seller ID: 9055

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Publisher's stapled card wraps. Illustrated with B&W photographs. . Former owner's small label on first page, otherwise unmarked, tight and clean. VERY GOOD+. . Boston 200 Neighborhood History Series Series. B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 32 pp
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Presidential Style: Some Giants and a Pygmy in the White House (A Cass Canfield Book)

By: Rosenman, Samuel and Dorothy

Price: $150.00

Publisher: NY, Harper & Row: 1976

Seller ID: 26768

ISBN: 0060136693

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Good dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's blue cloth over green boards, silver lettering on spine, publisher's logo blind-stamped on cover, green endpapers. Introduction by James MacGregor Burns. This is a study of the comparative styles of five U. S. Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Warren G. Harding. Samuel Irving Rosenman (1896-1973) was an American lawyer, judge, Democratic Party activist and presidential speechwriter. He helped articulate liberal policies during the heyday of the New Deal Coalition. Rosenman was a senior advisor to president...
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Mr. President: The Human Side of America's Chief Executives

By: Rubel, David

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Alexandria, Virginia, Time-Life Books: 1998

Seller ID: 18507

ISBN: 078355253x

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in Fine dust jacket

AS NEW/FINE.. Illustrations & Photographs. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 256 pp
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Race, Law, and Culture: Reflections on Brown v. Board of Education

By: Sarat, Austin (ed)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: NY and Oxford, Oxford University Press: 1997

Seller ID: 7027

ISBN: 0195106229

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's glossy wraps.. Former owner's name on half-title, otherwise unmarked. Tight and square; small knick on front cover, not affecting text, else fine. VERY GOOD.. Trade Paperback. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. ix, 238 pp
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A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House

By: Schlesinger, Arthur M. , Jr.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1965

Seller ID: 26383

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on red panels on spine and cover. This is the 1966 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award winning title by the late historian, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Special Assistant to the President and the multi-award winning author of "The Imperial Presidency" and "Robert Kennedy and His Times.". The volume is in virtually perfect condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The dust jacket, now in Mylar, is chipped and moderately worn. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . Book Club Edition. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 1087 pp
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Life and Times of Washington; containing a Particular Account of National Principles and Events, and of the Illustrious Men of the Revolution. (Two Volumes, Complete)

By: Schroeder, John Frederick

Price: $500.00

Publisher: NY, Johnson, Fry, and Company: 1857

Seller ID: 27668

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Bound in half brown morocco over embossed boards, spines in six compartments, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, embosed gilt medallion with portrait of Washington on each cover, in addition to blind-stamped decorative motif, a.e.g., cream endpapers. Tissue-protected frontispiece portrait of Washington in each volume. Two title pages, one engraved and one printed, in each volume. Illustrated with numerous tissue-protected highly-finished steel engravings from original designs of historical scenes, and full-length portraits, by Alonzo Chappel. . Spines and covers m...
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Soiled Doves Prostitution in the Early West

By: Seagraves, Anna

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Idaho, Wesanne Publications: 1994

Seller ID: 21364

ISBN: 096190884X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight. . Cover shows some shelf-wear. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxi, 175 pp
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Currier and Ives' America: A Panorama of the Mid-Nineteenth Century Scene

By: Simkin, Colin (Editor)

Price: $55.00

Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers: 1952

Seller ID: 23377

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

A brief description of the invention of lithography followed by beautifully colored bright plates of the American Homestead in the seasons spring, summer, autumn and winter. The prints are beautifully colored and very bright. . Slight wear to edges, beige boards, blue lettering on cover. Endpapers a bit faded but book interior is near fine. VERY GOOD. . 80 full colored prints. Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 173 pp
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Baseball Cards of the Fifties The Complete Topps Cards 1980-1959

By: Slocum, Frank

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1994

Seller ID: 18690

ISBN: 067189224X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

Color Photographs. Folio 13" - 23" tall. Unpaginated pp
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Baseball Cards of the Sixties: The Complete Topps Cards 1960-1969

By: Slocum, Frank

Price: $80.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1994

Seller ID: 18691

ISBN: 0671892231

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

AS NEW.. Color Photographs. Folio 13" - 23" tall. Unpaginated pp
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Report From Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center

By: Smith, Dennis

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Viking: 2002

Seller ID: 21062

ISBN: 067003116X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

First edition, First printing. . Unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, shows shelf-wear and light fading. There is a very small tear at the lower right corner of the front panel of the dust jacket, else fine. FINE/NEAR FINE. . B&W Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 366 pp
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WHEN THE CHEERING STOPPED

By: Smith, Gene

Price: $8.49

Publisher: NY, William Morrow & Company: 1964

Seller ID: 3028

Binding: Hard Cover

The Early Day of Rock Island and Davenport: The Narratives of J. W. Spencer and J. M. D. Burrows

By: Spencer, J. W.; J.M.D. Burrows; Milo Milton Quaife (Ed)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Lakeside Press: 1942

Seller ID: 11050

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt borders and medallion on cover, t.e.g. The volume contains J. W. Spencer's "Reminiscences of Pioneer Life in the Mississippi Valley," first published in 1872, and "Fifty Years in Iowa: Being the Personal Reminisceces of J. M. D. Burrow, Concerning the Men and Events, Social Life, Industrial, Interests, physical Development, and Commercial Progress of Davenport and Scott County, During the Period From 1838 to 1888," first published in 1888. Most of Spencer's narrative deals with the Blackhawk War, in which he served.. G...
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History of the United States,from the Earliest Period to the Administration of President Johnson (Four volumes, complate)

By: Spencer, J[esse]. A[mes].

Price: $400.00

Publisher: NY, Johnson, Fry & Company: (1866)

Seller ID: 27653

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's half brown leather over green cloth, spines in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, blind stamped borders on covers, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 83 highly finished Steel Engravings including historical scenes and full-length portraits, from original paintings by Leutze, Weir, Powell, Chappel, Nast, and other American artists. . Spines, covers, and edges moderately rubbed and worn, all text blocks tight and square, hinges strong, mild foxing throughout, else fine. A large, heavy set (approximately 18 pounds) -...
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The Constitution of the United States of America: The Forming, the Fury, and the Framing ...A Look Back

By: Staley, Jack E.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Dayton, Ohio, Greenbrier Publishing Company: 1987

Seller ID: 20908

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New with No dust jacket as issued

Blue boards, gilt lettering on cover and spine, publisher's missing page of text and notice of correction laid in. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. Unpaginated pp
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Here is Alaska

By: Stefansson, Evelyn

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1943

Seller ID: 24769

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full illustrated bloth, maps on endpapers. Illustrated with B&W photographs. . Volume shows some wear, boards lightly stained, else near fine. VERY GOOD. . B&W Photographs. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (xiv), 154, (3) pp
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Bloody Crimes The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant For Lincoln's Corpse

By: Swanson, James

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harpercollins: 2010

Seller ID: 21350

ISBN: 0061233781

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine+ in As New dust jacket

Clean, unmarked and tight. FINE+/AS NEW.. B&W Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xiv, 464 pp
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American Manners & Morals: A Picture History of How We Behaved and Misbehaved

By: The Editors of American Heritage

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, American Heritage: 1969

Seller ID: 20183

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket

Covered in dark blue cloth with decorated endpapers. . Clipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is chipped and worn. . B&W and Color Photographs and Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 399 pp
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Out West: A Story and Guide Book Illustrating with Text and Pictures the Marvelous Resources and Scenes of the Great West

By: The White City Art Co.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Chicago, The White City Art Co.: 1897

Seller ID: 11577

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on cover with blind-stamped decoration. Profusely illustrated with 170 B&W photographs. . Boards lightly rubbed, else near fine. VERY GOOD. . B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 152, (5) pp
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In the American Grain: Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Georgia O'Keefe and Alfred Steiglitz

By: Turner, Elizabeth Hutton

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Washington, DC, Counterpoint: 1995

Seller ID: 19241

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in Fine dust jacket

Color Illustrations. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 192 pp
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House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties

By: Unger, Craig

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner: 2004

Seller ID: 26382

ISBN: 074325337X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's yellow cloth over cream boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with eight pages of B&W photographs. Shocking and politically explosive, Craig Unger's "House of Bush House of Saud" presents an unflinching political counternarrative to official explanations of why America is now endangered by fundamentalist Islamic terrorism. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine unmarked condition; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW.. B&W Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. vii, (i), 356, (1) pp
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THE ANCIENT SUN KINGDOMS OF THE AMERICAS: AZTEC, MAYA, INCA

By: von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Cleveland and NY, The World Publishing Company: 1961

Seller ID: 6452

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over specially designed pre-Inca pattern by Silvia von Hagen, the author's wife, t.e.g. (blue). Lavishly illustrated with over 220 drawings, photographs and plates. . The volume is unmarked and shows only slight shelf-wear on the tips and bottom edge. The unclipped dust jacket, now in mylar, is lightly chipped at the head and heel of the spine and along the bottom edge. FINE/VERY GOOD.. Drawings, Photographs, and Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 617, (3) pp
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Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination

By: Waldron, Lamar; Thom Hartmann

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Berkeley, Counterpoint: 2008

Seller ID: 21691

ISBN: 1582434220

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in Near Fine dust jacket

Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine.. The unclipped dust jacket shows minor wear along edges and spine; othewise, this copy is clean, unmarked, square and tight. AS NEW/NEAR FINE.. B&W Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xv, 848 pp
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Report of the Warren Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

By: Warren, Earl; Richard B. Russell; John Sherman Cooper; Hale Boggs; Gerald R. Ford; Allen W. Dulles; John J. McCloy, et al.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, The New York Times: 1964

Seller ID: 13743

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Includes contemporary newspaper articles laid in, including the first printing of the diary Lee Harvey Oswald kept while in Russia.. Covers soikled and with old damp-stain; interior clean, tight and square. Reading copy. FAIR.. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 726 pp
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In Friendly Candor

By: Weeks, Edward

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press Book: 1959

Seller ID: 11617

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

VERY GOOD.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xii, 301 pp
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Category: Americana