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Hunters and the Hunted

By: Laycock, George

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Outdoor Life (Meredith Press): 1990

Seller ID: 027199

ISBN: 0696110059

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Printing, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean beige faux leather boards with brown lettering on spine. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated in black and white and full color. Drawings by Joseph Fornelli. 280 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, has two short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The pursuit of game in America from Native Americans to modern day. 90 paintings, prints, and original dra...
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Back in Cripple Creek

By: Lee, Mabel Barbee

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday: 1968

Seller ID: 025957

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition in clean illustrated dust jacket. Clean rust cloth boards with beige cloth spine, gold lettering on rust title box on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. Tiny previous owner return address label at top edge of half-title page. Introduction by Lowell Thomas. 192 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, one very short closed edge tear. Photo of author with Lowell Thomas on rear panel. Enclosed in new arc...
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Robert Royalton and His Covered Wagon: A True Story of an American Boy from Boyhood to Young Manhood

By: Leighton, John J.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Rochester, NY, Rochester Press: 1928

Seller ID: 008831

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Very clean red ribbed cloth boards with bright gilt lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. 334 pgs. Illustrated with drawings. Clean bright dustjacket has a few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Boys Fiction.
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The Story of America: Essays on Origins

By: Lepore, Jill

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press: 2012

Seller ID: 029060

ISBN: 069115399X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Fine first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean toast brown cloth boards with copper metallic lettering on spine. As new condition. No bumping or wear, binding is tight and square, all pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 416 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Harvard historian and New YOrker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories--from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugura...
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The Fifties in Pictures

By: Lescott, James

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Great Britain, Parragon Inc: 2007

Seller ID: 024354

ISBN: 1405495308

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition in original dust jacket. Clean glossy unworn pictoral boards with Marilyn Monroe on the cover. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean purple endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated with full color and black and white photographs. 256 pages. Dust jacket is unchipped, short closed tear at top rear flap fold, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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American Vertigo - Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville

By: Levy, Bernard-Henry

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 2006

Seller ID: 018124

ISBN: 1-4000-6434-1

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing, with "First Edition" statement and full number line on copyright page. Clean unfaded black boards with bright metallic lettering on spine. No bumping, no wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 308 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Philosopher and journalist Bernard-Henry Levy spent a year traveling throughout America in the footsteps of another great Frenchman, Alexis de Tocquevil...
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Bonanza Inn - America's First Luxury Hotel

By: Lewis, Oscar and Carroll D. Hall

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1959

Seller ID: 019305

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Eighth Printing, SIGNED by author Oscar Lewis. Clean red cloth boards with blind-stamped decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 346 pp. + index. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has chips and closed tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of the world famous Palace Hotel in San Francisco, built in 1875 and destroyed by the earthquake and fire of 1906.
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McCord of Alaska - Statesman for the Last Frontier

By: Long, John Sherman (with Grace Doering McCord)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio, Dillon / Liederbach, Inc.: 1975

Seller ID: 025142

ISBN: 0-913228-15-x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition in clean original dust jacket, SIGNED by co-author Grace Doering McCord, with additional signed letter laid in. Clean blue cloth boards with gold stars on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "To talented and charming Edna B. Jennings who shares with Jack McCord and me an empathy regarding awesome, fabulous Alaska. With all good wishes - Grace Doering McCord 1975." A wonderful letter to Edna (also a writer) discussing a story she did on C...
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The Lake Superior Country

By: Longstreth, T. Morris

Price: $32.00

Publisher: New York/London, The Century Co.: 1924

Seller ID: 010296

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram S at lower right of front cover design). First Edition, First Printing. Clean dark green cloth boards with gilt and blue illustration & lettering on cover and spine. Very slight wear to corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name in light pencil on front free endpaper. Illustrated with photographs and two fold-out maps. 360 pgs. with index.
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The Long Knives Walked

By: Mabie, Mary Louise

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill: 1932

Seller ID: 010382

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean red cloth boards with gold stamped lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 304 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8 vo.. Historical Fiction.
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Maine Past & Present

By: Maine Writers Research Club

Price: $12.00

Publisher: D. C. Heath & Co.: 1929

Seller ID: 011056

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Orange/red boards are quite clean (two small water spots on front board). Green lettering and small pine tree decoration on cover and spine. Very light corner wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Front free endpaper is missing; nice frontis photograph of large tree (The Witch-trot Elm), many additional photographs throughout. Pages and edges are clean. No names, marks or underlining. 321 pgs. with index. 8 vo.. Maine.
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Ne-Saw-Je-Won - A Tale of the Waters that Run Down From Lake Superior to the Sea

By: Martin, Helen M.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Cleveland, OH, M. D. Harbaugh: 1939

Seller ID: 022715

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Softcover book (dark blue paper wraps) with silver lettering and Great Lakes illustration on cover. Fading to spine and edges, otherwise in very good condition. Small previous name at top edge of first blank page. Two two-page maps of the Great Lakes Region at front and rear of book, additional maps and photographs. Foreword by M. D. Harbaugh. 82 pages.
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Last Settlers

By: Mason, Charles; Brice, Jennifer

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Pittsburgh, PA, Duquesne University Press: 1998

Seller ID: 018594

ISBN: 0820702900

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black & white plates. Photographs by Charles Mason. 171 pp. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, unclipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A book documenting the lives of two twentieth century pioneer families in the Alaskan wilderness.
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The Incomparable Valley: A Geologic Interpretation of the Yosemite

By: Matthes, Francois E.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: University Of California Press: 1970

Seller ID: 028103

ISBN: 0520008278

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Clean trade paperback (size approx. 6-1/2" x 9-1/2"). No chipping, creasing or curling. Pages are clean, no names, writing or marks. With twenty-four photographs by Ansel Adams. Foreword by Carl P. Russell. 160 pages.
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The Development of Central and Western New York - From the Arrival of the White Man to the Eve of the Civil War

By: Mau, Clayton

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Dansville, NY, Clayton Mau: 1958

Seller ID: 021918

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Revised and Enlarged Edition, SIGNED by author in original unclipped jacket. Red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. A few tiny faint spots, otherwise clean, with no bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers (small previous owner name). Signed by the author on title page: "Clayton Mau". Illustrated. 466 pages with index. Dustjacket has light foxing, no chips or tears, not price clipped (5.75 on front inside flap). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Arranged ...
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Dakota War Whoop: Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota

By: McConkey, Harriet E. Bishop

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago, Lakeside Press/ R. R. Donnelly: 1965

Seller ID: 011675

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

Clean blue-black cloth boards with gold decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, no cracking. Pages are clean, with gilt top page edges. No names, writing or bookplates. No additional printings listed. Title page states Christmas, 1965; 1965 on copyright page. Frontis portrait of author with tissue guard, map and 3 additional illustrations. 395 pgs. 12mo. American History.
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Horse Dung Trail - Saga of American Circus

By: McKennon, Joe

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Sarasota, Florida, Carnival Publishers: 1975

Seller ID: 019012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, SIGNED by author, in original illustrated jacket. Clean turquoise blue cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Signed "Best Wishes from Joe McKennon" on front free endpaper. Small previous owner return address label on front fixed endpaper. 528 pp. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Clean dustjacket has very shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edge (1/8"), a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The w...
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The Book of Knowledge Annual 1950

By: McLoughlin, E. V.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Grolier Society: 1950

Seller ID: 028029

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Clean hardcover book in scarce original illustrated dust jacket. Brown leather-like boards with raised lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean, beautifully illustrated (in color) endpapers. First ten pages have very faint water stain for fore-edges, otherwise all pages are clean with amazing, amusing and remarkable historical photographs from that era. 424 pages. Color illustrated dust jacket has edge chips, one 3" closed tear, 1" piece missing at base of spine, and yet it is still r...
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The Ridge - Ontario's Blossom Country

By: Merrill, Arch

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Rochester, NY, Gannett Company: 1944

Seller ID: 025585

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in clean original dust jacket. Beautiful unworn textured dark green boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - previous owner bookplate on front pastedown - no writing or marks. Foreword by Arthur C. Parker. Illustrated with drawings, black and white plates. 112 pages. Illustrated dust jacket is clean, has a few very tiny shallow edge chips (under 1/16"). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Our Goodly Heritage

By: Merrill, Arch

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, American Book-Stratford Press: 1968

Seller ID: 026371

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Very clean bright book and dust jacket. Unfaded red boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 216 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), no tears, no fading. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Arch Merrill's fifteenth regional book, written in the lively, distinctive style that has made him Western New York's favori...
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Category: Americana