Names On the Land

NY: Random House, 1945. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 418pp. Stated first printing. Bound in sturdy grey cloth boards, with grey topstain and pictorial map endpapers. VG/VG-. Topstain shows light fading, with a couple of faint moisture spots. Edges of textblock lightly tanned. Unclipped "$3.00" jacket shows uniform browning, with light general edgewear, several short… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. 1st printing of the Revised & Enlarged Edition. Prior owner's name and date inked on front flyleaf. Full grey cloth binding xiii, 511 pp., index. Jacket is well rubbed and scuffed along edges, soiled; offered now in a new mylar cover.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9"… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, (1945). First edition. "Every American should find fascination in the discovery of the strange circumstances by which names long familiar came into being"--from the jacket flap. Fine in a bright, very good dust jacket with rubbing and skinning on spine ends and touch of other very minor wear on spine.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. Revised Edition. hardcover. Near fine in a VG dust jacket. First printing of this "Revised and Enlarged" edition. Illustrated

Random House, 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. 4th printing, near fine hardcover shows some light trace wear, else tight and clean, in very good price-clipped dust jacket that shows rubbing and soil along with closed tears and open chips. 418 pages with endpaper maps. Still a solid copy of this "..historical account of place-naming in… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1967. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A Trade Size Paperback With A Display Quality Spine. Generously Illustrated Throughout! Pages Are Clean, Tight And Bright. Prior Owner's Name Is Written On The Half Title Page. (See Photos) (516- P).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. Reprint. Trade PB in illustrated plasticized wraps. Near Fine w/bent bottom front corner intruding into book, else clean and unmarked. 511pp inc. Author;'s Postscript, Notes and References, Index; illustrated in maps.

New York Review Books, 2008. Very Good softcover NEW . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

New York Review Books, 2008. Book. Very Good (small faults). Soft cover. 2nd Printing. Octavo. Bumped on outside edge of back cover. Tiny scuff on rear edge of spine..

New York, NY: Random House, 1945. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. New/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Brick-red linen boards w/illustrated spine/Fine. DJ/NF showing trace edge wear; under mylar. Upper text edge dyed blue. Blank map of the United States to front endpaper; the same with names added to rear endpaper. Story of the naming of places and the… Read more about this item

NYRB Classics, July 2008. Trade Paperback. VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

New York: Random House, 1945. Book. Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray buckram, lettered in gilt. Slight binding lean, covers slightly tanning toward edges, text block edges a bit tanned. Firm binding, clean interior. Stated first ptg. (original 1945 edition). Color illus. dust jacket rubbed along flap folds, with mild… Read more about this item

Editions for the Armed Services, Inc, 1945. Paperback. Good. #929, November 1945. Published by arrangement with Random House. Wraps scuffed, creased, and edgeworn, with light soil. Faded to spine, titling still sharp. Staplebound; staple pulling from title page, but the binding is intact. Staple free of rust. Prior owner's name stamped to title page. Interior else clean, pages… Read more about this item

Boston Cambridge: Houghton Miffilin Company/The Riverside Press, 1958. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Traces the origin and history of place names in the United States. First printing of revised and enlarged edition. Contains 19 illustrations, including maps and photographs. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Short notation on rear pastedown endpaper referring to… Read more about this item

Lexikos, 1983. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Lexikos, 1983. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Random House, 1945. 1st printing. Hardback in pale blue cloth boards, no jacket.. VeryGood unmarked, sunned spine.. Dramatic stories of American place-names. Clean tight HB copy. 5-3/4 x 8-1/2, 418 pp, index, color-map endpapers.

Random House, 1945. hardback. very good condition inb adust jacket with some wear & rubbing inscribed and signed by the author

UsedVeryGood. Minor inscribing. Some wear/creases. Text is mostly clean & readable.

San Francisco, CA: Lexikos, 1982. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. 4th ed. VERY GOOD. Spine faded and gently creased, head of spine and page corners bumped, wrappers edgeworn, upper corner of front cover bumped and creased, page edges tanned. xxx, 526 pp. Size: 8vo