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Bancroft, George HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT [6 Volumes]
New York D. Appleton and Company 1885 Revised Edition Hardcover G/NONE
Comlete six-volume set in blue cloth, gilt titles on spines, top edges gilt. Spine ends frayed with small tears to cloth, and corners bumped and worn to boards at tips, sunning to spines, scuffing and soiling to exteriors, foxing to edges and first/last few pages, few hinges cracking, small bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. ; "The Author's Last Revision.' Vols. I-III - 1883, vol. IV - 1884, vols. V-VI - 1885. ; 8vo
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150.00 USD
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Bartram, John A JOURNEY FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO ONONDAGA IN 1743
Imprint Society 1973 0876360509 / 9780876360507 Reprint Hardcover VG-/NONE Illustrated by Nathan Goldstein Signed by Illustrator
#253 of 950 limited copies. Quarter brown leather and blue marbled paper covered boards. Spine is a little faded, soiled and scuffed with a couple of nicks to leather. Binding tight, text clean. Map neatly folded and intact. Signed by illustrator on rep. Marbled paper slipcase has edgewear, bumped corners, yellowed edges, and minor foxing and insect nibbling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 132 pages; Signed by Illustrator
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20.00 USD
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Baudrillard, Jean & Chris Turner AMERICA
Verso Books 1988 0860912205 / 9780860912200 Hardcover VG/VG
Blue paper covered boards with title in gilt on spine. Light edgewear and bumping to corners. Pictorial dj with light edgewear, soiling and yellowed edges. Old price sticker to rear. Binding tight, text clean.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 129 pages
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10.00 USD
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Cantwell, Robert THE REAL MCCOY The Life and Times of Norman Selby
Vertex Book, Auerbach Publishers 1971 0877690723 / 9780877690726 First Edition; Stated First Printing Hardcover G+/G
Grey cloth-covered boards; dust jacket protected in removable, clear, archival sleeve. Lightly shelf-cocked, light sunning to spine and top edges, slight bumping to edges (mostly at spine ends), "Courtesy of Oakland Tribune" stamped on ffe; jacket sunned (esp. at spine), 1/2 chip from spine head, smaller chips from corners and spine tail, rubbed/soiled, light edgewear.; 8vo; 184 pages
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40.00 USD
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Carter, Jimmy Keeping Faith Memoirs of a President
Easton Press 1986 Hardcover NF/NONE Signed by Author
Full leather, gilt lettering and decoration. All page edges gilt. Silk book mark. Introductory pamphlet laid in loose. An excellent copy but for a blank Easton Press bookplate glued to the front pastedown. Signed by Jimmy Carter. ; The Library of the Presidents; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 622 pages; Signed by Author
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75.00 USD
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Cook, Blanche Wiesen ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Volume Two: 1933-1938
New York Viking 1999 Hardcover VG+/VG+
Quarterbound black cloth-covered spine and grey paper-covered boards, light wear to edges, extremely light foxing to textblock edges, line of black marker to lower textblock edge, note in pen to ffep. Dust jacket in mylar, light wear to edges (gentle creasing at corners and spine-ends), slightly rubbed. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 686 pages
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12.00 USD
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Coolidge, Calvin The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
New York, Cosmopolitan Book Corporation 1929 First Edition Hardcover VG+/NONE Signed by Author
Plain boards and dark blue cloth. Title stamped in gilt on the spine. TEG. Untrimmed fore edge. There is a bit of wear at the spine end corners but very little other wear. Very clean and tight. Gilt on the top page edge is bright. There is an approximately 1" stain near the lower spine that can only be seen at the right angle to the light. It is really barely noticeable. An excellent copy. We are always happy to send pictures of any of our books. ; #164/1000, signed by Coolidge on the limitation page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages; Signed by Author
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950.00 USD
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Farnham, Eliza W. LIFE IN PRAIRIE LAND
New York Harper & Brothers 1846 First Edition Hardcover Fair/NONE
Brown cloth, gilt title on spine and decoration on front. Several hinges cracking to expose binding stitches (however binding remains firm), 6" diagonal tear across last page, foxing throughout, edges worn to boards, rubbing and dampstaining to cloth, previous owner gift note in pencil to front pastedown.; 12mo; 408 pages
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40.00 USD
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