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New York: Barnes & Noble Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 1566192218 . A view of important American sights from two perspectives: that from the early days of photography and from a 1990s viewpoint. Most of the early photos in black & white, while the recent ones in full color. --- In textured blue paper-covered boards. Dust jacket with comparative images to front and back. --- An about Near Fine copy: bright, tightly bound and sound. Dust jacket also very nice, but with two-inch tear to rear edge.; Oblong Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 224 pages .

Chicago: Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A Lakeside Classic edition, presenting the autobiography of Edward W. Bok (1863-1930). Born in the Netherlands, he immigrated to the United States as a child and went on to be a successful author and editor of Ladies Home Journal. Mr. Bok is credited with inventing the term "living room". --- This deluxe edition edited and introduced by W. David Lewis. Includes a frontis photographic portrait of Bok, several additional illustrations and photos. --- Number 98 in a series of annually published works continuously produced since 1903 by R. R. Donnelley & Sons, owners of the Lakeside Press. The books were not made available for sale by the publisher; rather, they were given as gifts to employees, vendors and customers at Christmastime. --- In full dark brown cloth-covered boards w/publisher's device on cover and titling on spine, all in gilt; top edge… Read More

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. A famed collection of essays, poems and musings, first published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine from 1831 to 1832. Physician, author and general scholar Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.] (1809-1894) was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., a well-known Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. This deluxe edition features R. J. Holden illustrations and an introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Sandglass leaflet laid in (New York, no. V:20). --- In full grey cloth-covered hardcovers with Holden illustrations pasted to front & back covers; titling in gilt on brown spine block. Interior leaves of a buff-colored stock; all textblock edges stippled in brown. In black paper-covered slipcase. --- With scratches to title block on spine and moderate darkening to spine, otherwise a clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy lacking additional damages. Small tears & light scratching to structurally sound slipcase.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall ; xvi,… Read More

New York: The Viking Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670159158 . First Edition. A collection of highlights from these seven years, which occurred near the end of the long run of this once-influential New York broadsheet. With newsclips and editorial cartoons at endpapers. --- In full yellow cloth-covered boards, in mock front page design jacket. --- Book with remainder mark to lower textblock edge, significant top corner bumps; otherwise clean, firm and unmarked. Jacket with tear near center of spine (with corresponding blemish to underlying cloth), some light chafing and soiling and bearing orig. $12.50 flap price. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxx, 465 pages .

New York: Pantheon Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0679421513 . First printing. A transplanted New Yorker, author Bill Barich makes his home in San Francisco. In this work, he travels from the northern parts of California all the way to its border with Mexico. Along the way, he describes the people and places he sees, along with historical tidbits about California's past. With map of California to endpapers. --- In green paper-covered boards backed in green cloth, with spine titling and author initials stamped in silver. Jacket features color reproduction of David Hockney's Nichols Canyon. --- A very nice copy: clean, bright, and newish but with inked gift inscription to front flyleaf. Bright, unclipped jacket also nice but with slight creasing to edges and minor rubbing.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (14), 546 pages .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0385096852 . Thomas Thompson's work is the true crime story of the death of Houston socialite and horsewoman Joan Robinson Hill. The author describes her mysterious death, thought to be at the hands of her husband, Dr. John Hill, a plastic surgeon. Dr. Hill was later murdered during a robbery by a masked gunman. --- In red and black paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with blood-and-bullet artwork to front panel. --- A tightly-bound, sound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with small tears & chips but remaining mostly intact.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (6), 474 pages .

Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA: Louisiana State University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1990. Trade Paper. 080711605X . Vignettes and stories from the cajun country of southwest Louisiana; includes many old photos from the 1930s. In nice shape, a clean, bright and firm copy. Sm. crease, upper cover corner. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages .

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0803231075 . First edition (so indicated by lack of subsequent printings, copyright page). John H. Moore, per the jacket flap, has produced ". . .not only an excellent quantitative study of the Cheyenne Indians but also the first full ethnography of a North American tribe written from a Marxist perspective." With numerous photos, charts, tables and maps. --- In full grey cloth-covered boards with spine titling in black. Volume wrapped in simple light blue jacket with mountains-and-sun imagery to front panel. --- A sound copy, but with partial split at mid-volume which has been repaired. Also with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and a flyleaf has been cut out. Jacket with mild rubbing, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xxv, 390 pages .

Niwot: University Press of Colorado. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0870814621 . First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Henrietta Mann traces the history of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people as they were forced from their ancestral homelands in Wyoming and settled in Oklahoma. The author has gathered accounts which present the history and life experiences, as told by tribe members themselves. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with spine titling in silver. Volume wrapped in jacket with photographic portrait of the author to back panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Jacket with lightly-sunned spine, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xii, [4], 205 pages .

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. Hardcover. A collection of poems by Michigan's Will Carleton (1845-1912). Departing from his previous collections of poems celebrating rural life, such as in his "Farm Ballads," Mr. Carleton turns his attention to city people and stories. With 16 plates bearing black & white illustrations by various artists. --- In maroon cloth-covered boards with cover illustration and titling in cream to cover; gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- The plate facing p.6 has been affixed to front free endpaper, with minor wear to cover extremities and discoloration to endpapers, else a tightly-bound, sound copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xix, 164 pages .

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine. 1994. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 0803265921 . A first printing of a softcover edition of Brian Dippie's study of the ways in which Custer's Last Stand has been portayed in popular culture, such as in movies, dramatic recreations and in works of art. With a section of black & white photos. --- In stiff wraps with color drawing of the battle scene, as re-enacted by Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking damages worthy of mention.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxiv, 1-50, [12], 51-214 pages .

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1881-1890]. Hardcover. A collection of poems by Michigan's Will Carleton (1845-1912). The poems share the common theme of American rural life, and are accompanied by dozens of engraved black & white illustrations by various artists. This work follows the author's earlier "Farm Ballads" and "Farm Legends." Though bearing the original 1881 publication date, this edition was possibly published later in the 1880s. --- In brown bevel-edge cloth-covered boards with elaborate gilt-stamped illustration and titling to cover; gilt-stamped spine titling and brown endpapers; AEG (all edges gilt). --- With a little wear to cover edges & retailer's markings to endpapers; otherwise a tightly-bound, sound, well-preserved copy.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (8), 167, (6, ads) pages .

Chicago: Adams Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Soft Cover. Inscribed and signed by author. Stated Fourth Edition. A collection of author's 'cowboy poetry', dedicated to the memory of his brother Neil. In good shape, but with some soiling to covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 60 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Rinehart & Company. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. Stated (on jacket) 13th printing. First published in 1942, this work pulled no punches in its wide-ranging series of essays examining American life. Mr. Wylie, among other topics, criticized Christianity, teachers, doctors, even motherhood. --- In full grey cloth covers with titling in green to cover and spine. Dust jacket in green. --- Interior leaves somewhat tanned but volume is unmarked and tightly-bound. Dust jacket with chafing and small tears along edges, else intact and now in removable mylar protector.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); xxiii, 318 pages .

Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press / Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Near Fine. 2012. Softcover. 0890135479 . A first printing of this presentation of the art of Georgia O'Keeffe, as well as examples of New Mexico architecture and the Katsinam culture of the Pueblo and Hopi people. With a section of color plates depicting paintings by Ms. O'Keeffe, as well as some of the kachina dolls discussed in the book. --- A softcover, in stiff wraps with integral flaps; examples of O'Keeffe's art to front and back panels. --- A bright, clean, newish copy, lacking apparent damages.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 144 pages .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. Six months of the venerable illustrated magazine bound together in a rebound edition, formerly property of the library with lending pocket at front pastedown and rubberstampings. With dozens of engraved illustrations scattered throughout. In full blue cloth-covered boards. Textblock is firm and intact, though with dampstains and warped pages. --- This volume contains installments of the serialized novel by Alphonse Daudet: "Port Tarascon", translated by Henry James and illustrated by various artists (which is likely the first appearance in English of this novel); as well as numerous engravings by Frederic Remington. Harper's Monthly is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States; beginning in 1850 and continuing into the 21st century. They often featured the debut of works by noted authors or illustrators.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 10" tall; 972, 4 pages .

New York: Harper / HarperCollins [Harper Collins]. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2017. Hardcover. 0062300547 . A 23rd printing, 2017, of J. D. Vance's 2016 memoir of his life as he grew up in a mostly dysfunctional family in Kentucky and Ohio. Mr. Vance overcame his troubled childhood to graduate from Ohio State and Yale Law, eventually becoming a US Senator. --- In blue-grey paper-covered boards with spine titling in black. Volume wrapped in jacket with color view of a somewhat dilapadated country home. --- A clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Unclipped jacket ($27.99) also in great shape and in new removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 264 pages .

Washington, D. C.: American Geneological Research Institute. Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Softcover. Basic reference work aids the beginner when researching subject. Softcover, with scuffed covers and creases at spine; volume otherwise solid and intact; interior with a few inked markings. Ideal starting point for genealogical research. ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 197 pages .

New York: itbooks / HarperCollins Publishers (Harper Collins). Near Fine. 2009. Softcover. 0061833126 . This softcover work provides ideas for developing one's individualized fashion style, especially for women. With dozens of black & white and color photos, many displaying celebrities and their own personal fashion tendencies. Includes a foreword by Diane von Furstenberg. --- In simple cream wraps with author photographic portrait to back cover. --- A clean, bright, newish copy.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 288 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. [c.1968]. Hardcover. Truman Capote's book is the story of a 1959 brutal mass murder in a small town in Kansas. It is a famous work in part because, though non-fiction, it reads like a novel. A Modern Library edition in dust jacket design very much like the original Random House first edition. --- In Toledano spine 13 / violet cloth / silver spine titling / ml device blindstamped to front cover / orange & yellow Fujita endpapers / jacket style n, verso is blank. Interior bears 1965 date but likely published c.1968. ML #48.4. --- A clean, tightly-bound, sound copy with unmarked interior, though with publisher/distributor rubberstamping to front free endpaper. Fair-only, unclipped dust jacket ($2.45) with several tape-repaired tears and chipping to extremities & dampstains, else mostly intact, bright and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; [8], 344 pages .