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Letters from the Frontiers; Written During a Period of Thirty Years' Service in the Army of the United States (SIGNED) by McCall, Major General George A - 1868

by McCall, Major General George A

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Letters from the Frontiers; Written During a Period of Thirty Years' Service in the Army of the United States (SIGNED) by McCall, Major General George A - 1868

Letters from the Frontiers; Written During a Period of Thirty Years' Service in the Army of the United States (SIGNED)

by McCall, Major General George A

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J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1868. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Purple cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and decorations to spine; stamped frame to boards; beveled edges; no jacket; brown endpapers; 1868 on title and copyright pages; x, 11-539 pages; signed on blank recto previous to title page: "From Geo. McCall with best wishes"; laid in is a publisher's sheet of "New Books," including this title. Good condition: spine and some edges of boards are faded; spine tips worn with loss of cloth; only very slight wear otherwise to binding; straight and with good hinges; pages a little toned. New plastic protective jacket. Howes, M30; Sabin, 42970; Graff, 2574; Wagner Camp, 201 (note); Rader, 2273." A fascinating account of Army service on the frontiers of Florida in the 1820s, the Black Hawk War, Tennessee in the 1830s, Arkansas, the Mexican War, and after that Santa Fe. McCall writes charmingly of his horses, dogs, hunting, and the military life. A classic of its period.".
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  • Date Published 1868
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American Swastika (SIGNED)

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Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dustjacket : very good plus / very good. Jacket in mylar protector. Inscribed and signed on first page by author..
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Ireland: The Dolmen Press, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with white vellum-like spine; tan cloth boards; no jacket; 63 pages; signed by author on limited edition page at end; no. 54 of 75; frontispiece is a reproduction of Edvard Munch's "The Kiss of Death". Very good condition: spine slightly darkened; spine tips a little crumpled; boards are clean; straight; tight; ownership stamp to back free endpaper. New plastic protective jacket. .
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Leaping Silver: Words and Pictures on the Atlantic Salmon (SIGNED)
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George W. Stewart, 1940. Book. Fine-. Half-Leather. Signed by Author(s). Limited First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover with teal cloth boards; dark-gray leather spine with gilt lettering; no jacket; 149 pages; tipped-in color frontispiece; b&w photos; teal and black illustrations; limited edition 375/540; signed by Wulff on limited edition page. Fine minus condition: slight loss of color to spine; endpapers a little toned. .
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The Historical Encyclopedia of New Mexico, Volumes One and Two (One, Two, I, II)
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA: New Mexico Historical Association, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two brown cloth hardcovers with gilt and color embossed lettering and illustrations to spines and fronts; map endpapers; b&w foldout map at end of volume one; b&w photos. Very good condition: mild wear to spine tips of volume one; it's corners slightly worn; very slight wear to extremities of volume two; a bit of interior toning; straight; inner back hinge of volume one has been glue-repaired and is holding well. Will require extra for shipping..
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Silverthorn, a Novel (SIGNED)

by Feist, Raymond E.

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Doubleday & Company, 1985. Book. Like New. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dustjacket : like new / like new. Jacket in mylar protector. Full number line on copyright page; price of $15.95 on jacket; first edition stated on copyright page. Author's signature only on title page..
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American Swastika (SIGNED)
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American Swastika (SIGNED)

by Higham, Charles

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Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dustjacket : very good plus / very good. Jacket in mylar protector. Inscribed and signed on first page by author..
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Kist (SIGNED)
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Kist (SIGNED)

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Ireland: The Dolmen Press, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with white vellum-like spine; tan cloth boards; no jacket; 63 pages; signed by author on limited edition page at end; no. 54 of 75; frontispiece is a reproduction of Edvard Munch's "The Kiss of Death". Very good condition: spine slightly darkened; spine tips a little crumpled; boards are clean; straight; tight; ownership stamp to back free endpaper. New plastic protective jacket. .
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Leaping Silver: Words and Pictures on the Atlantic Salmon (SIGNED)
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The Historical Encyclopedia of New Mexico, Volumes One and Two (One, Two, I, II)
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The Historical Encyclopedia of New Mexico, Volumes One and Two (One, Two, I, II)

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Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA: New Mexico Historical Association, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two brown cloth hardcovers with gilt and color embossed lettering and illustrations to spines and fronts; map endpapers; b&w foldout map at end of volume one; b&w photos. Very good condition: mild wear to spine tips of volume one; it's corners slightly worn; very slight wear to extremities of volume two; a bit of interior toning; straight; inner back hinge of volume one has been glue-repaired and is holding well. Will require extra for shipping..
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Silverthorn, a Novel (SIGNED)
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Silverthorn, a Novel (SIGNED)

by Feist, Raymond E.

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Letters from the Frontiers / Written during a Period of Thirty Years' Service in the Army of the...
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Letters from the Frontiers / Written during a Period of Thirty Years' Service in the Army of the United States

by McCall, Major General George A

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. A very nice copy. A fascinating account of Army service on the frontiers of Florida in the 1820s, the Black Hawk War, Tennessee in the 1830s, Arkansas, the Mexican War, and after that Santa Fe. In 1853 he resigned his commission as Lieutenant Colonel due to ill health. During the Civil War he returned to military service in the Volunteers as Major General of Pennsylvania Volunteers. He wrote charmingly of his horses, dogs, hunting, and the military life. The work is a classic of its period"- Graff. Inscribed "President Woolsey with the respectful regards of Mrs. G. W. Biddle. April 1868." on the ffep. Theodore Dwight Woolsey, (1801-1889) was American educator and scholar and president of Yale (1846-71), whose many innovations later became common in institutions of higher learning. "Mrs. G.W. Biddle" appears to be Maria Coxe McMurtrie Biddle, wife of George Washington Biddle Sr. and their eldest son George Washington Jr.… Read More
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Under Fire: An American Story

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Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema:  A Century of Narrative Film
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film

by Standish, Isolde

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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes… Read More
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Old Bones
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Old Bones

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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings

by Parker, Kingsley

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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Dead in Dixie

Dead in Dixie

by Charlaine Harris

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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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Songs From Appledore

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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era

by Hazel E. Brown

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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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Maybe Tomorrow

Maybe Tomorrow

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Burnet, Texas: Nortex Press, 1978. CL5 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author on the front free endpaper in very good condition that is cocked, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Brown covered boards with gilt lettering. 8.5"x5.5", 84 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How

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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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Civil War England.

Civil War England.

by Young, Peter.:

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London, Longman, 1981.. 1st edition. Concentrates on the military aspects of the war, including the soldiers, arms and armour, the battles, and siege warfare. Longman Travellers Series. There is a small stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.
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