Search Results: History from THE BOOK VAULT

Reprint by the Kiwannis Club 9.25" X 12.25" [Oblong] in illustrated heavy blue paper covers, staple bound. Minor shelf wear; darkened along the ridge of the spine - otherwise excellent inside and out: NEAR FINE condition. This is a modern (1980s???)reprint as a fund raiser for the Kiwannis Club. It shows Binghamton in its heyday: Parks, Stores, important buildings, and, of course, the trolley system. Full of absolutely marvelous advertising as well. Unpaginated - 32 pages.. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Morningside House, Inc. Dayton, Ohio, 1982. 10.75" X 7.375" in brick-red cloth with gilt titles. Minor wear; some soil top corner flyleaf; Otherwise, quite nice: VERY GOOD. Jacket - soiled wear at corner tips, tape repair top edge front panel; tear from top edge back panel: GOOD. 257pp. [CC044]. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

BINFORDS & MORT, PUBLISHERS, PORTLAND, OREGON, 1953. 8.75" X 5.75" In blue cloth with red titles. Minor soil and shelf wear; a little rubbing along lower edge front cover; owner's name on flyleaf:: VERY GOOD condition. Jacket - soiled and chipped [now in brodart protector]: just GOOD. 406pp. [BD054] FIRST EDITION.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Americanization Department Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Chicago, 1925. 8.5" X 6.375" in dark blue leather-like cloth with embossed gilt cover designs and spine lettering. Top edge gilt. wear at corners, spine ends, edges; gilding dulled, but still pretty good; Clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD MINUS. 320pp [many uncut pages]. "A Library of Original Sources". Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Americanization Department Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Chicago, 1925. 8.5" X 6.375" in dark blue leather-like cloth with embossed gilt cover designs and spine lettering. Top edge gilt. wear at corners, spine ends, edges; gilding dulled, but still pretty good; Clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD MINUS. 318pp [many uncut pages]. "A Library of Original Sources". Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Americanization Department Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Chicago, 1925. 8.5" X 6.375" in dark blue leather-like cloth with embossed gilt cover designs and spine lettering. Top edge gilt. wear at corners, spine ends, edges; gilding dulled, but still pretty good; Clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD MINUS. 318pp [many uncut pages]. "A Library of Original Sources". Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Americanization Department Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Chicago, 1925. 8.5" X 6.375" in dark blue leather-like cloth with embossed gilt cover designs and spine lettering. Top edge gilt. wear at corners, spine ends, edges; gilding dulled, but still pretty good; a little worm damage inside front cover, but Clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD MINUS. 318pp [many uncut pages]. "A Library of Original Sources". Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1958. 8.25" X 8.25" in dark teal cloth with black lettering and cover design. Clean, tight, unmarked: FINE PLUS or better condition. Jacket shows very minor shelf wear: NEAR FINE. Illustrations by Lois Maloy. 64pp. "Revised Edition." [Very Scarce]. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

IROQUOIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 1951. This is an American history time line beginning in 1485. The chart runs 93 inches in length. it is housed in an illustrated heavy paper folder 11.25" X 8.75". VERY GOOD PLUS condition.. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket.

The American Numismatic Society, New York, 1958. 10.25" X 7.375" in red cloth. Minor soiling; Spine lettering has faded to illegibility; contents clean, tight, unmarked. 390pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Cook & Davis, Binghamton, NY, 1840. 7 3/8" X 4 3/4" in spiffy brown cloth. A little wear at the spine ends and corners, but not bad. I am not sure that this is the ORIGINAL binding. However the lettering looks old. The paper of the flyleaf and endpapers appears to be laid paper, however it is not moderately foxed as the balance of the book is. A. Birdsall, a prior owner, signed his name on the title page. Ausburn Birdsall was at one time the district attorney of Broome County, NY., and served in congress from 1847-1849. Later, he served as supply supervisor of the U.S. Navy. There is a BIRDSALL ST. in nearby Endicott, NY. 256pp: GOOD PLUS.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Broome County Historical Society & The Onaquaga Historical Society, 1967. 8.25" X 5.625" in heavy green cloth. Clean, tight, unmarked: FINE condition or better. Jacket shows some minor wear, esp. along bottom edge: VERY GOOD.254pp. Illustrated by JOHNNY HART. [BC026]. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

APVA Prevervation Virginia, 2007. 8" X 9.5" [oblong] in heavy paper covers. Minor shelf wear - otherwise excellent: VERY GOOD PLUS condition. 95pp. Beautifully illustrated. [BC023]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1976. 9 3/8" X 6" in green cloth. EX-LIBRARY. Covers moderately soiled; still about GOOD condition. This book sums up just about every (non-classified) bit of information known about North Korea in 1976. Comprehensive. 394pp.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York Historical Society, New York, 1938. 9.5" X 6" in spiffy dark green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Prior owner's name on flyleaf; Unidentified ink stamp on another flyleaf. Otherwise, this is a clean, very tight, unmarked volume. Probably part of some sort of library collection, but lacking the usual library paraphernalia: VERY GOOD PLUS or better condition. 450pp. [BD005]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1958. 13.875" X 10.375" in Burgundy cloth with gilt spine titles. Bottom corners bumped fraying at foot of spine; wear at the top; moderate soil; owner's name +old price erasures top corner of flyleaf. Otherwise, excellent: GOOD. 221pp. [AB200] Really interesting historical maps. Note: DUTCH TEXT ONLY.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, 1994. 11.875" X 8.5" in colorfully illustrated glossy hard covers. Very minor wear: FINE. The Auto & Technik Museum seems to be a museum primarily devoted to the evolution of transportation technology. This appears to be a sort of catalog of exhibits [some quite spectacular - a real U-Boat, for example!] at the Sinsheim Museum. 232pp. GERMAN TEXT ONLY. [BB021]. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

The Florham Press, inc. Madison, NJ, 1966. 8.875" X 6" in paper covers. Tanning around the edges of the covers, name on dedication page: VERY GOOD condition. 187pp. [Hard to find.]. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Henry Holt and Co., 1997. 9.5" X 6.5" in cream boards with umber spine and gilt titles. A few damp speckles on top edge, otherwise, this book is like new: NEAR FINE condition. 368pp.Illustrated. FIRST EDITION.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine.

PublicAffairs, 2022. 9.5" X 6.375" in matte-black boards with gilt titles. LIKE NEW inside and out. Comes in a LIKE NEW jacket. 466pp. FIRST U.S. Edition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.