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Half Way With Roosevelt

By: Lindley, Ernest K.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, The Viking Press: 1936

Seller ID: 26733

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's full black cloth, silver lettering on spine and cover, t.e.g. (blue), fore-edge deckle. Ernest K. Lindley (1899-1979) was a noted Washington correspondent for many years and then an official of the State Department. Mr. Lindley was in the vanguard of the wave of journalists attracted to Washington to cover the New Deal of President Franklin D. Rossevelt. He covered Roosevelt when he was governor of New York for the old New York Herald Tribune and the newspaper sent him to Washington when Roosevelt was elected President. He established a reputation among his colleagues and member...
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The Death of a President: November 1963

By: Manchester, William

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harper and Row: 1967

Seller ID: 26386

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, fore-edge deckle, Chronology on feps, map on reps. Includes extensive Sources and detailed Index. . The volume is in almost perfect condition, except for slight sunning along the top edge only, otherwise unmarked, tight, square and clean. The dust jacket is only mildly chipped. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD. . Book Club Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xvi, (i), 710, (1) pp
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American Beyond Our Grandest Notions

By: Matthews, Chris

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY, Free Press: 2002

Seller ID: 13407

ISBN: 0743240863

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in Very Good dust jacket

From Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's "Hardball," star of NBC's "The Chris Matthews Show," and the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think" comes this celebration of the American Spirit.Fiercely independent, in love with freedom, convinced we can make it, we are like no other people on earth. We are a people reluctant to fight who become ferocious warriors when threatened or attacked. We are suspicious of governmental power, yet quick to embrace our flag in times of danger. A deeply practical nation, we loom as the world's...
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Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis

By: Mayer, Harold M.; Richard C. Wade

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 1970

Seller ID: 26962

ISBN: 0226512738

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued

Second Impression (1970). Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over ivory linen boards, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Profusely illustrated with over 1,000 photographs and 50 maps, including four fold-out panoramic views of Chicago in 1858, 1913, 1937, and 1969. This is the story of Chicago and how it grew. In a little over a century it rose from a mere frontier outpost to become one of the great cities of the world. No single book can possibly encompass the immense scope of this development or convey the endless diversity of the life of Chicago's people. But with the help of the c...
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

By: McBride, James

Price: $8.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Riverhead Books: 1997

Seller ID: 6794

ISBN: 1573225789

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Publisher's glossy wraps.. This is an unmarked copy with very slight wear. VERY GOOD.. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 291, (2) pp
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Sunflowers: A Little Book of Thoughts

By: McFadden, Tara Ann (ed)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Running Press Book Publishers: 1998

Seller ID: 26773

ISBN: 0762405759

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: New with No dust jacket as issued

Publisher's full photographic laminated boards, photographic endpapers. Illustrated with color photographs. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; brand new, unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEW.. Running Press Miniature Editions Series. Miniature. Color Photographs. 64mo 3" - 4½" tall. 94, (2) pp
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The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems

By: Millay, Edna St. Vincent

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY, Harper & Brothers: 1923

Seller ID: 22089

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with No dust jacket as issued

Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over blue paper-covered boards, fore-edge and bottom edge deckle. . Paper covering boards is chipped and torn on the rear cover, tanned on the upper edges, and has a faint water-mark on the front cover, front hinge is just starting, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 89 pp
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The Book of the American West

By: Monaghan, Jay(ed.)

Price: $32.00

Publisher: NY, Bonanza: N.D.

Seller ID: 18010

ISBN: 0517028212

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's tan cloth over tan boards with a drawing of buffalos and cowboys embossed on the front cover and three Native Americans on horseback on the rear cover, dark brown lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with b&w drawings and photographs. . Top edge has light dust soiling, book is slightly shaken in binding, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Dust jacket is slightly rubbed at the upper tip of the rear cover and has a couple of tiny smudges on the edge of the front cover, light age toning to the flaps, else fine. VERY GOOD+/ VERY GOOD+. . B&W drawings an...
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The Cultured Man

By: Montagu, Ashley

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cleveland, The World Publishing Company: 1958

Seller ID: 26228

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

Signed and inscribed by author on ffep. Full orange cloth, gilt lettering on black panel on spine, black decoration on cover and spine, t.e.g. (black), fore edge deckle. . Spine and edges of boards sunned. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly chipped and worn, spine sunned. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD-. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 284, (3) pp. Signed by Author
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Richard Milhous Nixon The Rise of An American Politician

By: Morris, Roger

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt: 1990

Seller ID: 18019

ISBN: 0-8050-1121-8

Binding: Hard Cover.

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Red boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Very slight wear at top of price-clipped dust jacket. FINE/NEAR FINE.. B&W Photographs. 9x6. (xiv), 1005 pp
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Heartland: The Plains and the Prairie

By: Plowden, David

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York & London, W. W. Norton: 2013

Seller ID: 26981

ISBN: 0393070603

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Inscribed by the author on the title page. Publisher's full black cloth, silver lettering on spine. Illustrated with 65 full-page B&W photographs by David Plowden. When photographer David Plowden traveled from his native East Coast to the Midwest, he was stunned by the landscape. In the years that followed he became enthralled by its vast open spaces and wildly changing skies. Fields of wheat, grain, and corn, farms and grain elevators became the subjects of his photographs. The best of his work over the past 35 years is presented here, impeccably reproduced in a generous format that does j...
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End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lakes Steamboats

By: Plowden, David

Price: $60.00

Publisher: NY, Norton: 1991

Seller ID: 26983

ISBN: 0393033481

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Publisher's full black cloth, silver lettering on spine. Illustrated with 110 beautiful, full-page, B&W photographs by David Plowden. Since the mid-1850s when steamboats were first heralded as a swift and reliable method of freight transportation, these majestic vessels have criss-crossed the Great Lakes transporting everything from coal to iron ore and cement. Until the advent of the diesel locomotive engine, the speed and efficiency of the lake freighters was unchallenged. Today, however, the massive fleet has been reduced to a handful, and soon may be extinct. David Plowden has been docu...
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Princeton University Alumni Directory (1967)

By: Princeton University Bureau of Alumni Records

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, Bureau of Alumni Records: 1967

Seller ID: 21119

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, Princeton Shield in orange and gilt on cover.. Mild shelf-wear, else fine. A very clean and tight book. NEAR FINE.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 1340 pp
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The Buck Stops Here: The Presidents of the United States

By: Provensen, Alice

Price: $14.00

Publisher: NY, Harper & Row: 1990

Seller ID: 20038

ISBN: 006024786X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New in Near Fine dust jacket

Quarter bound in publisher's white cloth over light brown boards, gilt lettering on spine, navy endpapers. Illustrated with color drawings by Alice Provensen. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has very slight shelf-wear to spine ends, else fine. AS NEW/ NEAR FINE. . Color Drawings. Square 4to 9" - 11" tall
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Pictures of Gold Rush California

By: Quaife, Milo Milton (ed)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Chicago, The Lakeside Press: 1949

Seller ID: 12249

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., fore-edge deckle. Profusely illustrated with full-page, tissue-protected duotone drawings reproduced from contemporary sources and map. Includes a Historical Introduction by renowned historian Milo Quaife, an appendix, and an index. The chapters include: To California via Cape Horn; To California via Panama; To California via Mexico; California in 1848; San Francisco in 1849; the News Comes to Monterey; Three Weeks in a Mining Camp; How the Gold Was Mined; Chinese, Mexicans and Indians; Amuseme...
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Central Park: A History and Guide

By: Reed, Henry Hope; Sophie Duckworth

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY, Clarkson N. Potter: 1972

Seller ID: 26748

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Publisher's full green cloth, black lettering on spine, maps on endpapers. Profusely illustrated with photographs, engravings, and maps. . Former owner's small address label on title page, otherwise the volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. The unclipped dust jacket shows only the slightest shelf-wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. . Illustrations and Maps. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 166 pp
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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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Category: Americana