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An Old Boy Remembers

By: Adams, John Quincy, D.D.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Boston, Ruth Hill, Publisher: 1935

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 011817

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean brown pebbled cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and SIGNED by Adah N. Adams (author's wife): This books is presented to Mrs. Charles R. Thomas as a memorial to the love and esteem felt for her by the author and his wife. - Adah N. Adams - Aug. 30th, 1940". 125 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has corner chips, shallow loss at top and bottom of spine, a few closed tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Delightful reminiscenses of a on...
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Some Famous American Schools

By: Adams, Oscar Fay

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boston, Dana Estes & Company: 1903

Edition: First

Seller ID: 027866

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition decorated American trade binding (signed binding - monogram AMS on cover - Amy M. Sacker). Red cloth boards with orange, blue and black decoration on cover, small blue and black decoration on spine. Tiny spots of wear to corners. Some pages have very faint water mark to top or bottom page edges. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Frontispiece photo of St. Paul's School with tissue guard. Many full page photographic illustrations of schools throughout the book. Preface by the author. 341 pages. Descript...
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The American Guide: A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide for the United States

By: Alsberg, Henry G.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949

Seller ID: 005417

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Clean boards with two very small faint white spots to front bottom edge and top rear edge (smaller than a pea). Very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking, pages and edges are clean. Maps on endpapers. 1348 pgs. with index. Illustrated with maps. Very small P/O label at inside edge of front free endpaper. History, maps and suggested regional tours of the United States of America. 8vo. Americana.
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The Last Resorts: A Portrait of American Society at Play

By: Amory, Cleveland

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1952

Edition: First

Seller ID: 028687

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Clean Stated First Edition in clean original unclipped dust jacket. Green cloth boards with black cloth spine, red and white lettering on spine, small white illustration on cover. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean color-illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings and eight pages of wonderful photographs of the great resorts across America. 527 pages with index. Clean dust jacket has very slight hint of edge wear, no chips, two very short closed edge tears, not pr...
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Seedtime on the Cumberland

By: Arnow, Harriette Simpson

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Macmillan: 1960

Edition: First

Seller ID: 028708

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Printing in clean dust jacket with publisher's price still intact (7.50). Very clean green cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean map-illustrated endpapers. Previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of half-title page. Illustrated with maps. 449 pages. Dust jacket is clean with very slight edge wear, no chips, a few tiny edge nicks. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Story of the first white settlers who came to...
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Spanish Texas - Yesterday and Today

By: Ashford, Gerald

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Austin/New York, Jenkins Publishing Company: 1971

Edition: First

Seller ID: 012530

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean beige cloth boards with black decorative lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean marbled beige endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 296 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with several short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. This book tells the story of the Spanish heritage in Texas. 8vo. Texas.
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Old New England Churches - And Their Children

By: Bacon, Dolores

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Company: 1906

Edition: First

Seller ID: 021983

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition clean decorated American trade binding. Red ribbed cloth boards with gold church and tree decoration on cover with double ruled line border and gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading, tiny points of corner wear, gold lettering on spine has some wear but still legible. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Frontis photograph of the spire of the Old South Church, Boston, with printed tissue guard; 33 additional photographic plates of New England churches. 442 pages.
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Horseback Honeymoon: The Vanishing Old West of 1907 Through the Eyes of Two Young Artists in Love

By: Ballard, Dorothy

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Two Continents Publishing Group: 1975

Edition: First

Seller ID: 005991

ISBN: 0-8467-0105-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean brown cloth boards with orange lettering on spine. No bumping or wear to boards. Binding is tight, pages are clean (a little age speckling to top edges). No names, writing or bookplates. Endpapers illustrated with photographs and maps. Clean bright dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped, with just a hint of edgewear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Adventure.
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The Winter People: A Return to Cape Cod

By: Barnard, Charles N.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead: 1973

Edition: First

Seller ID: 025158

ISBN: 0396067808

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing in fine condition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean brown cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean golden cream endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated chapter headings. 173 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A lovely book. Author seeks the beauty of Cape Cod in the winter season, and discovers the people one may see but never kn...
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The Story of Man in Yellowstone

By: Beal, Merrill D.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, Yellowstone Library and Museum Association: 1960

Edition: Revised Edition

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 020245

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Revised Edition, SIGNED by author, in illustrated dustjacket. Clean blue cloth boards with silver lettering and decoration on cover, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps. Signed by author on the title page. 320 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. Dustjacket is clean (hint of very faint soiling to rear panel), 1/4" chipping at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A detailed and thorough history of the ...
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Gettysburg - The Pictures and the Story

By: Blocher, David

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Gettysburg, PA, Blocher's: 1930

Edition: Revised Edition

Seller ID: 021215

Binding: soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Revised Edition (Twenty-second Edition). Very clean brown wraps with silk rope binding intact. Illustrated cover. No chipping or creasing; a few tiny closed edge tears. Oblong book (12" x 9-1/4"). Clean "spider-web" tissue guard at front and rear. 68 pages, illustrated with large black and white photographs. Information on the Gettysburg National Park, map of the Park, history of the battle, monuments, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on back of rear panel.
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Borein's West: Leaves from the Sketchbook of the last Artist of the Longhorn Era

By: Borein, Edward (Edward S. Spaulding, Editor)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, Schauer (Edward Borein Memorial): 1952

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 028552

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in nice original illustrated dust jacket, SIGNED on half-title page. Beige cloth boards with stagecoach illustration, brown lettering on cover; brown lettering and running longhorn on spine. No bumping or wear; very slight foxing to edges (barely visible). Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers; small neatly penned name in upper corner of front pastedown. Wonderful drawings throughout by Edward Borein of the vanished American west he saw and put down on paper. Signed as follows on half-title page:...
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Hoosier: A Composite Portrait

By: Bowman, Heath

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill: 1941

Edition: Limited Edition

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 020248

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Author signed, numbered limited edition (this no. 52 of one thousand signed copies) in unclipped dustjacket. Clean rust brown cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps. Very small ink mark on bottom page edges (size of grain of rice). Tasteful privately printed previous owner bookplate on back of front free endpaper. Illustrated from photographs by the author. 360 pp. with index. Clean dustjacket has small chips and edge wear, is not price clipped (3.00 on front in...
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Fifty Years of Collecitng Americana for the Library of The American Antiquarian Society 1908-1958

By: Brigham, Clarence S.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Worcester, Massachusetts, Clarence S. Brigham: 1958

Edition: First

Seller ID: 028353

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

One of 1000 copies printed for presentation only to the Friends of the American Antiquarian Society - copyright 1958 - in original dust jacket. Very clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 185 pages with index. Dust jacket is quite clean, not chipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Grandmother Brown's Hundred Years 1827-1927

By: Brown, Harriet Connor

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown & Co.: 1929

Edition: First

Seller ID: 025247

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, Published October, 1929, in original dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with stamped gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs and woodcuts. 369 pages. Dust jacket has a few small edge chips and short closed edge tears, small price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Pearl Buck's America - A Personal Travelogue by Pearl S. Buck, Pulitzer Prize Winner and Nobel Laureate-with 200 Photographs from Life Magazine

By: Buck, Pearl S.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Bartholomew House: 1971

Edition: First

Seller ID: 026909

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Printing in original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with 200 photographs from Life Magazine, in full color and black and white, taken across the United States of America. 320 pages. Dust jacket is price clipped at top corner of front inside flap, is clean but has 2" closed curved edge tear, some surface rubbing to rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable ...
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Children of Noah: Glimpses of Unknown America

By: Burman, Ben Lucien

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, Julian Messner: 1951

Edition: First

Seller ID: 014737

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean tan cloth boards with dark teal lettering on spine. Very light hint of surface wear to top/base of spine, very light hint of bumping to corners. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean and bright; no writing or marks. 232 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, light soiling to rear panel, wear and closed tears to folds, 1-3/4" loss to bottom of spine with a 3" closed tear along front spine edge. Moderate surface and edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Life on and around the Mississippi River.
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It's A Big Country - America Off the Highways

By: Burman, Ben Lucien

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Reynal & Co.: 1956

Edition: First

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 018090

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Limited Edition, Signed by author, with "192 copies from the first edition have been specially bound and autographed for the friends of the author and his publishers. Of this edition each copy is numbered - 1. Clean red marbled boards with brown cloth spine, dark brown lettering on spine. Hint of very slight soiling to spine; no fraying, corners are sharp. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 278 pgs. Illustrated with 12 photographs and with drawings by Alice Caddy. Clean dustjacket is not price clippe...
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Everywhere I Roam

By: Burman, Ben Lucien

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday: 1949

Edition: First

Seller ID: 025119

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean beige cloth boards with green title box, silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Slight browning to inner edges of endpapers. Illustrated with drawings by Alice Caddy. 304 pages. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped (3.00 on front inside flap), has slight edge wear and a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel with an unforgettable...
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Paradise Planters: The Story of Brook Farm

By: Burton, Katherine

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co.: 1939

Edition: First

Seller ID: 008383

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 336 pgs. with index. 8vo. Sociology.
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Keyword: Americana