Category: American History

New York in the Fifties

By: Wakefield, Dan

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt : 1992

Seller ID: 122096

ISBN-13: 9780395513200

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 355 pages. Inscribed by author. Includes recollections by Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, Gay Talese, Calvin Trillin, Allen Ginsberg.
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Account of a Voyage to the North West Coast of America in 1785 & 1786, An

By: Walker, Alexander; Barry Carlson, John Thomas & Francis Charlie (appendix)

Price: $85.95

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre : 1982

Seller ID: 151340

ISBN-13: 9780888943477

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Book is in excellent condition but has notes on the half-title page and marginalia in the "notes" section at the back of the book and in the bibliography; otherwise the text is clean and free of marking. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, Dust jacket shows edge and corner wear with a repair in clear tape to the front cover. Previous owner's name at front endpaper. 219 pages with a section of b&w illustrations and maps at back as well as an appendix: A Vocabulary of the Language at Nootka Sound" by Barry Carlson, John Thomas & Francis Char...
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Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University

By: Ward, Barbara

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, David R Godine Publishers : 1979

Seller ID: 133270

ISBN-13: 9780879232887

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 194 pages. Olive green cloth boards. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. Many illustrations and photos. Large format: 8 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h.
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Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: His Anti-Slavery Labors in the United States, Canada & England

By: Ward, Samuel Ringgold

Price: $6.48

Publisher: Chicago, Johnson Pub Co : 1970

Seller ID: 143535

ISBN-13: 9780874850321

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 277 pages.
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Overland to Oregon in 1845: Impressions of a Journey Across North America

By: Warre, H.J.

Price: $12.56

Publisher: Public Archives of Canada

Seller ID: 110839

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Oblong paperback with dust jacket. Small tears on dust jacket. Dual language in English and French. 149 pages; many b&w illustrations.
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Built in Washington: 12,000 Years of Pacific Northwest Archaeological Sites and Historic Buildings

By: Washington State Office Of Archaeology And Historic Preservation

Price: $18.50

Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr : 1990

Seller ID: 149451

ISBN-13: 9780874220650

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 185 pages with b&w photos, architectural drawings throughout. Chapters include: Washington's first builders, Buildings of the early frontier, Bountiful harvests, Trails, ships and rails, Factories, Mines, and mills, Merchants on main street, Washington at play, at home in Washington, Building for tomorrow, etc.
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Built in Washington: 12,000 Years of Pacific Northwest Archaeological Sites and Historic Buildings

By: Washington State Office Of Archaeology And Historic Preservation

Price: $18.50

Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr : 1990

Seller ID: 149591

ISBN-13: 9780874220650

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, front corners slightly curled, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 185 pages with b&w photos, architectural drawings throughout. Chapters include: Washington's first builders, Buildings of the early frontier, Bountiful harvests, Trails, ships and rails, Factories, Mines, and mills, Merchants on main street, Washington at play, at home in Washington, Building for tomorrow, etc.
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Call of the Cow Country. True Stories By Bronc Buster Harry Webb. Cowboys, Indians, Outlaws, Will James, Butch Cassidy, Buffalo Bill, Mustangs, Coyotes, Bobcats, Lions

By: Webb, Harry

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Range Conservation Foundation : 2011

Seller ID: 140657

ISBN-13: 9780974456386

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 128 pages. 8 7/8"w x 11 1/4"h.
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Dwellers at the Source: Southwestern Indian Photographs of A.C. Vroman, 1895-1904

By: Webb, William; Robert A. Weinstein; Vroman, A.C.

Price: $35.95

Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Press : 1987

Seller ID: 142354

ISBN-13: 9780826310095

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers are uncreased and have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 213 pages with a great many b&w photos throughout of Hopis, Zunis, Navajos and the pueblos of the Rio Grande. Former owner's bookplate on front endpaper.
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It Began with a Roar: The Beginning of the World-Famous San Diego Zoo

By: Wegeforth, Harry M.; Morgan, Neil

Price: $87.50

Publisher: Zoological Society of San Diego

Seller ID: 119274

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 181 pages. Many photos in b&w. Contents in three parts with Pt. 1 by Neil Morgan, Pt. 2 by Harry Wegeforth & 3 by Morgan.
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A Walk to Freedom: The Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, 1956-1964

By: White, Marjorie Longenecker; Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights

Price: $75.95

Publisher: Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A., Birmingham Historical Society : 1998

Seller ID: 093298

ISBN-13: 9780943994246

Binding: Oversize Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

Slight scuffing to covers, "Autographed Copy" sticker to front cover, previous owner's inscription on title page, author's signature on title page, 88 pages with many b&w photos. Includes 3 foot x 2 foot fold-out map "Birmingman's Civil Rights Churches" with b&w photo of each church on reverse side.
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Removing a Badge of Slavery: The Record of Brown V. Board of Education

By: Whitman, Mark (ed.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A., Markus Wiener Publishers, Incorporated : 1993

Seller ID: 122142

ISBN-13: 9781558760585

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 357 pages.
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Fire on the Plateau: Conflict And Endurance In The American Southwest

By: Wilkinson, Charles F.

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Island Press : 1999

Seller ID: 149373

ISBN-13: 9781559636476

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears.
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Atlas of the Sioux Wars

By: William G. Robertson; Jerold E. Brown; Major William M. Campsey; Major Scott R. McMeen

Price: $55.95

Publisher: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College : 1993

Seller ID: 154995

Binding: Comb Binding

Condition: Very Good

Large oblong format 13-1/2" by 11", with plastic comb binding, plastic covers, containing 25 four color maps, each with text illustrating important battles and campaigns in the 19th century frontiers fighting between the Sioux Indians and the U.S. Army. Very large, detailed maps throughout. This is the original U.S. Army command publication, not a cheap knock-off from India with shrunken maps.
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A Century of Service: The Puget Power Story

By: Wing, Robert C.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Bellevue, WA, Puget Sound Power & Light Company : 1987

Seller ID: 149810

ISBN-13: 9780961906108

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 3/8"w x 10 7/8"h. 178 pages. Many b&w illustrations and photographs.
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The Conquistadores (Men-at-Arms)

By: Wise, Terence

Price: $8.50

Publisher: Osprey Publishing : 1980

Seller ID: 148412

ISBN-13: 9780850453577

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Heavily illustrated with B&W & color illustrations thoughout, 40 pages.
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Haunted Catalina: A History of the Island and Guide to Paranormal Activity

By: Wlodarski, Robert James; Wlodarski, Robert; Nathan-Wlodarski, Anne

Price: $16.95

Publisher: U.S.A., G-Host Pub : 1996

Seller ID: 139008

ISBN-13: 9780964908819

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book shows light wear to covers only, with a little staining to back cover. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.
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