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DENVER: A.B. HIRSCHFELD PRESS, 1953 INTRODUCTION BY JIM BOND. GREAT PICTURE ON FRONT OF TABER WITH TYPEWRITER. THIS IS TABER'S FIRST BOOK, THE SECOND WAS RIFLEMAN IN AFRICA. TERRIFIC COLLECTORS ITEM FOR THE HUNTER, ENTHUSIAST, COLLECTOR. INFORMATION AND PICTURES ARE TREMENDOUS. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WALLY TABER. NO OTHER MARKINGS. GREAT PHOTOS THROUGHOUT. THIRD EDITION, JANUARY 1953: 10,000 COPIES. VERY GOOD CONDITION, 1/4" SMALL PEN MARK ON FRONT COVER. WALLACE TABER IS A SPORTSMAN WHO MADE A LIVING DOING WHAT OTHERS DREAMED ABOUT. BORN A NATIVE SON OF CHICAGO IN 1915. WONDERFUL SECTION IN THE FRONT ABOUT HIS LIFE. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

CHICAGO: STANTON AND VANVILET CO., 1905 NICE LOOKING LIGHT BROWN COVER, BLACK PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. FOR THE LOVER OF COMEDY AND HISTORY. STEWART WAS A FAMOUS COMEDIAN OF HIS TIME. Cal Stewart (b. 1856 Charlotte County, Virginia, d. December 7, 1919) was an American comedian and humorist who pioneered in vaudeville and early sound recordings. He is best remembered for his comic monologues in which he played "Uncle Josh Weathersby", a resident of a mythical New England farming town called "Pumpkin Center" or "Punkin Center". ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Boston: JAMES H. EARLE, 1880 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, BLACK LINES, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. SLIGHTLY WORN. GOOD PICTURE OF JEWETT AS FRONTISPIECE. GREAT INTRODUCTION BY THAYER. BOOK TIGHT AND CLEAN WITH NO MARKINGS. DR. JEWETT AND TEMPERANCE REFORM. PHYSICIAN, ARTIST, CHEMIST, INVENTOR, TEACHER. INVOLVED AGAINST SLAVERY. PROHIBITION. GREAT BOOK. FROM BOYHOOD, PHYSICIAN, PIONEER, REBELLION, GUERRILLA WARFARE, CHILDREN, LECTURING, FAMILY, CHURCH, DEATH. A WONDERFUL LIFE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

BOSTON: HOUGHTON, OSGOOD AND COMPANY; THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, 1880 VERY NICE LOOKING RICH BROWN COVER, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. LIGHT WEAR EDGES OF SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, HEAVY PAGES, INDEX IN BACK. MOST POPULAR POEMS ARE LUCILLE, THE APPLE, OF LIFE, THE WANDERER, CLYTEMNESTRA AND MANY OTHER POEMS. ARTWORK PICTURE LORD LYTTON FRONTISPIECE. Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, PC (8 November 1831 24 November 1891) was an English statesman, Conservative politician, and poet (who used the pseudonym Owen Meredith). He served as Viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880during his tenure Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of Indiaand as British Ambassador to France from 1887 to 1891. When Lytton was twenty-five years old, he published in London a volume of poems under the name of Owen Meredith.[1] He went on to publish several other volumes under the same name. The most popular is Lucile, a story in verse published in 1860. His poetry was extremely… Read More

NEW YORK: THE GROLIER SOCIETY, 1952 BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, LOOKS NEW, WONDERFUL PICTURES AND HISTORY THROUGHOUT. VOLUME II, VERY NICE INDEX. HEAVY WITH THICK PAGES. 80 COLOR PLATES AND A GREAT NUMBER OF BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES. THIS VOLUME HAS DETAIL AND PICTURES ON THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST. DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE, TEXTURED DESIGN FRONT WITH YELLOW, GREEN AND GRAY. Grolier is an educational publishing company known for its presence in school libraries. It has a strong presence among parents of children under six years old, the target of Grolier's direct mail-to-the-home business. In June 2000 Grolier became part of Scholastic Corporation, which now maintains Grolier Online. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES

NEW YORK: THE GROLIER SOCIETY, 1952 BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, LOOKS NEW, WONDERFUL PICTURES AND HISTORY THROUGHOUT. VOLUME II, VERY NICE INDEX. HEAVY WITH THICK PAGES. 80 COLOR PLATES AND A GREAT NUMBER OF BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES. THIS VOLUME HAS DETAIL AND PICTURES ON SOUTHERN ASIA AND THE FAR EAST. DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE, TEXTURED DESIGN FRONT WITH YELLOW AND GRAY. Grolier is an educational publishing company known for its presence in school libraries. It has a strong presence among parents of children under six years old, the target of Grolier's direct mail-to-the-home business. In June 2000 Grolier became part of Scholastic Corporation, which now maintains Grolier Online. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES

NEW YORK: THE GROLIER SOCIETY, 1952 BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, LOOKS NEW, WONDERFUL PICTURES AND HISTORY THROUGHOUT. VOLUME II, VERY NICE INDEX. HEAVY WITH THICK PAGES. 80 COLOR PLATES AND A GREAT NUMBER OF BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES. THIS VOLUME HAS DETAIL AND PICTURES ON THE BALTIC STATES AND CENTRAL EUROPE. DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE, TEXTURED DESIGN FRONT WITH YELLOW AND GRAY. Grolier is an educational publishing company known for its presence in school libraries. It has a strong presence among parents of children under six years old, the target of Grolier's direct mail-to-the-home business. In June 2000 Grolier became part of Scholastic Corporation, which now maintains Grolier Online. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES

NEW YORK: THE GROLIER SOCIETY, 1952 BEAUTIFUL CONDITION, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, LOOKS NEW, WONDERFUL PICTURES AND HISTORY THROUGHOUT. VOLUME I, VERY NICE INDEX. HEAVY WITH THICK PAGES. 80 COLOR PLATES AND A GREAT NUMBER OF BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES. THIS VOLUME HAS DETAIL AND PICTURES ON THE BRITISH ISLES AND WESTERN EUROPE. DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE, TEXTURED DESIGN FRONT WITH YELLOW AND GRAY. Grolier is an educational publishing company known for its presence in school libraries. It has a strong presence among parents of children under six years old, the target of Grolier's direct mail-to-the-home business. In June 2000 Grolier became part of Scholastic Corporation, which now maintains Grolier Online. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES

NEW YORK: A.S. BARNES AND COMPANY, 1947 WONDERFUL BOOK FOR THE OUTDOORSMAN, 44 STORIES BY TERRIFIC WRITERS OF THE OUTDOORS. LIGHT RED COVER, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. WRITERS SUCH AS NASH BUCKINGHAM, BUD JACKSON, COL. HAROLD P. SHELDON AND MANY MANY OTHERS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH: THE PRESIDING BISHOPRIC, 1943 LIGHT GREEN COVER, BLACK PRINT AND PICTURE OF MAN UNDER TREE IN BLACK INK ON FRONT. INSIDE BACK COVER ARE NOTES FOR PAGES IN PENCIL. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. NICE PIECE OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY. FOR THE MORMON OR LOVER OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY AND DETAIL. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: THE SOCIETY OF SACRED ARTS, CHICAGO BRANCH, 1898 PURPLE BOOK WITH PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, GOLD DEIGN FADED AND PURPLE LIGHTER IN AREAS. BOOK VERY HEAVY AT 4.5 POUNDS, HEAVY PAGES, ABOUT 145 PIECES OF BEAUTIFUL ART THROUGHOUT. DETAIL IS WITH EACH PICTURE AND IN THE BACK ARE BIOGRAHICAL SKETCHES OF THE PAINTERS. WONDERFUL ART AND HISTORY. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Philadelphia, PA: GENERAL COUNCIL PUBLICATION HOUSE, 1906 SCHMAUK WAS EDITOR OF THE LUTHERAN LESSON SERIES. THIS WAS PUT OUT AS A SIMPLE AND EASY BIBLE GEOGRAPHY IN THE LUTHERAN GRADED SYSTEM FOR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS. BY THE BOARD OF PUBLICATION OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA. SCHMAUK WROTE A PREFACE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BOOK ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 1905 FROM LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA. VERY NICE PICTURES AND MAPS THROUGH OUT. Theodore Emanuel Schmauk, D.D., LL.D. (May 30, 1860 - March 23, 1920) was an American Lutheran minister, educator, author and Church theologian. Theodore Emanuel Schmauk was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the son of a Lutheran minister, Rev. Benjamin W. and Wilhelmina C. (Hingel) Schmauk. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, (class of 1883) being ordained by the Ministerium of Pennsylvania in that year. In 1897, he received the degree of D.D. from Muhlenberg College and in 1910, the degree of LL.D. from Augustana College.… Read More

NEW YORK: A.L. BURT COMPANY, 1908 VERY NICE DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. FRONTISPIECE A PICTURE OF A BUST OF HANNIBAL. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. FOR THE LOVER OF HISTORY AND ROME. 10 CHAPTERS WITH GREAT DETAIL TIME PERIODS. Hannibal (247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. Hannibal's father, Hamilcar Barca, was a leading Carthaginian general during the First Punic War. His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal; his brother-in-law was Hasdrubal the Fair, who commanded other Carthaginian armies. Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the Mediterranean Basin, triggered by the emergence of the Roman Republic as a great power with its defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War. Revanchism prevailed in Carthage, symbolized by the pledge that Hannibal made to his father to "never be a friend of Rome".… Read More

BOSTON: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1879 VERY GOOD CONDITION, GREEN COVER WUTH DESIGN ON FRONT, A MODERN CLASSIC, FRONTISPIECE PICTURE OF OLIVER CROMWELL. NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE TALES INCLUDED ARE A VIRTUOSO'S COLLECTION, AND OTHER TALES, AND LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE. FORMER OWNER NAME IN FRONT WITH DATE, LIGHT BROWNING ON EDGE OF PAGES, TIGHT BINDING, GREAT SHAPE. Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658), soldier and statesman, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth (1653-8). He began his career as a Member of the Long Parliament for Cambridge who returned to his native county when the English civil war broke out to raise a troop of horse against the king (see British civil wars). Until then his career had provided little clue of the greatness to come. A gentleman of modest means he had, around 1630, undergone a Calvinist conversion experience which transformed his life. Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804¿64), American man of letters, and author of two retellings of Greek legends for children, A… Read More

NEW YORK: P. F. COLLIER & SON, 1932 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER WITH GOLD WHITE AND BROWN DESIGN AND PRINT. FROM LOWELL THOMAS ADVENTURE LIBRARY. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TIGHT AND CLEAN. Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous. Thomas was born in Woodington, Darke County, Ohio, to Harry and Harriet (Wagner) Thomas. His father was a doctor, his mother a teacher. In 1900, the family moved to the mining town of Victor, Colorado. Thomas worked there as a gold miner, a cook, and a reporter on the newspaper. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: THE CENTURY CO., 1927 VERY NICE LOOKING COVER, BROWN TEXTURED, ORANGE DESIGN FRONT, BLACK PRINT, BLACK SPINE, SLIGHT TEAR TOP OF SPINE. GIFT TO A BROTHER PARAGRAPH WRITTEN INSIDE FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. WISDOM, SOUL, NATURE, CONDUCT, CHARACTER, FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, KNOWLEDGEJUSTICE, PENALTIES, POLITICS, EUROPEANS. A GREAT BOOK WITH A VERY INTERESTING MESSAGE OF GUIDANCE. Sir Thomas Barclay (20 February 1853 20 January 1941) was a distinguished authority on International Law, a writer on economic subjects and a British Liberal politician. Barclay was born at Dunfermline in 1853, the eldest son of George Barclay of Cupar. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE. .

Boston, MA: THE BOSTON MUSIC CO., 1913 NICE COVER, TIGHT AND GREAT SHAPE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. Beautiful book about a composure, musician with a strong family life. Born November 25th, 1862 near Pittsburgh. MOSTLY TOLD BY Nevin and his wife throughout. Pictures and music for songs all through. Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, 1862-1901, American composer born in Edgewerth Pennsylvania; debut as pianist, Pittsburgh (Dec. 10, 1886); excelled in lyrical music, composing 70 songs, published in Sketch Book (1888), Water Scenes (1891), In Arcady (1892), May in Tuscany (1896), A Day in Venice (1898). Best known compositions, Narcissus and The Rosary. Inside fine, binding w/ paper spine label darkened, corners rubbed through and material fraying. Book. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

EDINBURGH, LONDON: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1912 Tolstoy, Count Leo (1828-1910), Russian soldier, later pacifist, environmentalist, writer, war correspondent, and author of War and Peace, regarded by some as the world's greatest novel and also a work of great historical, political, and military insight. VERY NICE SMALL BOOK ABOUT TOLSTOY'S LIFE. MADE BY THE PEOPLES BOOKS. GREEN COVER, BLACK DESIGN AND PRINTING ON FRONT AND SPINE. FRONTISPIECE ART PICTURE OF TOLSTOY. NO MARKINGS, ERASED NAME IN FRONT, LIGHT BROWNING INSIDE FRONT COVER AND BACK COVER. WINSTANLEY WAS A LECTURER IN ENGLISH IN THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AF WALES, ABERYSTWYTH. CHAPTERS INCLUDE TOLSTOYS' CONTEMPORARIES, LIFE OF TOLSTOY (CHILDHOOD, COSSACKS, TALES), JOURNEY ABROAD, PEASANT SCHOOLS, MARRIED LIFE, RELIGIOUS, DIFFICULTIES, CONVERSION, "WAR AND PEACE", "ANNA KARENINA", MY CONFESSION, MY RELIGION, WHAT IS ART?, THE POWER OF DARKNESS, THE KREUTZER SONATA, RESURRECTION, THE INFLUENCE OF TOLSTOY,… Read More

NEW YORK: Walter J. Black, Inc., 1928 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, GOLD AND RED DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. TOP OF PAGE EDGES IN RED. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. SEVEN SECTIONS WITH THE FIRST TWO BEING TALES AND THE REST NOVELS. FOR THE LOVER OF TOLSTOY, TALES AND NOVELS. A WONDERFUL WRITER. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, RUSSIAN (9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909. That he never won is a major controversy. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS, 1898 NICE LOOKING TWO BOOK SET, LIGHT TAN, BLACK DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. BOOK ONE 21 CHAPTERS, 164 PAGES, 8 ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK TWO 20 CHAPTERS, 193 PAGES, 8 ILLUSTRATIONS. A VERY ENTERTAINING EDUCATIONAL SET. STORIES THAT HELP UNDERSTAND THE REVOLUTION AND HISTORY. The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1783. In the associated American Revolutionary War, which lasted from 1775 to 1783 during the last eight years of the American Revolution, the Thirteen Colonies secured their independence from the British Crown and established the United States as the first sovereign nation state founded on Enlightenment principles of constitutionalism and liberal democracy. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.