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Bihl House Publishing, 1993. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Signed by Author. VG Trade PB. Signd by the author on the title page. Stated 2nd printing. 216 p.: ill., maps, photos; index (pp. 210-216); 23 cm. Wrapper has some small scratches on the front and back cover. Corners are crisp; spine is uncreased. Contents are tight and clean. Index includes the names of many families. Includes a laid-in feature article from the Toledo Blade, 8/7/1994, on the author and the book. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 216 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: HISTORY; United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI); Genealogy & Local History. Signed by Author. ISBN: 1883829127. ISBN/EAN: 9781883829124. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 348. . 9781883829124

Kantyli Inc, [n.p.], 2004. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. New Book/Fine. Book . New HB in Fine DJ. 223 p.: col. ill., maps; 29 x 29 cm. Blue cloth over boards; corners are sharp. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ shows no wear. Size: Quarto (4to; up to 12" / 25-30 cm tall). 223 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Religious Buildings; United States; Modern; Religion & Theology. . ISBN: 0975978209. ISBN/EAN: 9780975978207. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 631. . 9780975978207

De Wolfe, Fiske & Co, Boston, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Book Illustrated with Ten Hand-Colored Plates.Charles Johnson Maynard (1845-1929) was an American naturalist and ornithologist who was a native of Newton, Massachusetts. He identified a number of bird sub-species through his field work. A prolific writer in the natural sciences, Maynard published many books, including this one, himself under his publishing company C. J. Maynard & Co., located a Newton. He was an early member of the Nuttall Ornithological Club of Cambridge, the oldest ornithology organization in the United States, although his field work interfered with his duties as Vice President of the club and co-editor of its journal, leading to his removal from those positions and resignation from the club in 1876.The book bears the bookplate of and is signed by Howard Gardner Nichols (1871-1896), who grew up in Newton and was a student at Harvard when he inscribed the book… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book . G+ HB with no DJ. Stated Fourth Printing, 1953. xi, 298, xii p., 1 l. pl., ports., diagr. 25 cm. Maroon cloth over boards with bright gold E=mc2 on front cover; dull gold on spine with water stain. Front lower corner bumped. Small puncture in front hinge with pin hole in left margin of the first 13 leaves (through Introduction). Front hinge a bit loose. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Good reading copy of bio written when Einstein was at Princeton. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 298 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Science & Technology; United States; 1950s; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 738. .

Harcourt Brace, New York, 1920. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Good+ Condition/No Dust Jacket (as issued). Book First trade printing of what became a standard style book for writers. This was originally prepared by Strunk for use in his classes at Cornell University and, based upon the dates on the copyright page, there were apparently two private printings (1918 and 1919) before this first trade edition. Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). 52 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight though toned from age. Six pages have markings in pencil, usually a check mark for a section, but a few instances of examples of sentence construction on two of the pages. Blue paper over boards bound in blue fabric. The title and author are printed in block within a box and there is an HB CO logo on the front cover. The fabric on the spine is brittle and torn almost all the way up the spine, so that the cover is barely hanging on. No foxing in this copy. The previous owner's name… Read More

Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1965. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book Nice collectible copy of the First America Edition, published one year after the original Collins publication in the UK Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Hardcover bound in lime-green paper over boards with the black Red Badge Detective logo on the front cover and the title with the logo and "This is a Red Badge Mystery" notice on the spine. Corners are sharp, though worn at the very tips. There is also wear at the head and foot of the spine, resulting in some loss of the green paper at the edges. The unclipped dust jacket ($3.50) shows a little wear at the edges of the front panel and head and foot of the spine. There is a small chip at the top of the front fold and a larger (1/8") chip at the bottom. There is a small (3/16") closed ear at the top of the rear panel and an original Rike's… Read More

Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1969. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Book . Near Fine HB in VG+ DJ, protected by mylar cover. viii, 586 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., maps; 24 cm. Light gray cloth over boards with silver title on black field & decoration on spine. Minor shelf wear. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Unclipped reddish orange DJ is a color that fades easily, but the spine is as bright as the front panel; scattered specks on back panel. Important study of timely topic. Presumed First Edition. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 386 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Middle East / General; United States; 1960s; . ISBN: 0804707065. ISBN/EAN: 9780804707060. Main Picture: Gregorian (1969) - Dust Jacket in archival polyester cover. Picture 2: Gregorian (1969) - Cloth cover in Near Fine condition. Picture 3: Gregorian (1969) - Publication information from verso of Title Page.… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book VG HB with No DJ, protected now by custom cut clear Mylar cover. 4 p. l., 3-897 p.+ [6] p. advertising Galsworthy's books: front. (port.) 22 cm. Beautiful green cloth binding with gilt decoration and title over black field on front cover and spine. This volume concludes the "Forsyte Saga" sequence and combines "Maid in Waiting" (1931), "Flowering Wilderness" (1932) and "Over the River" (1933). Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and unmarked, though the pages are slightly tanned from age. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but showing some minor shelf wear. There are slightly darkened bands across the top and bottom of the front cover. Deckled edges (rough cut). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Sagas; United States; 1930s; Main Picture: Galsworthy, End of the… Read More

Univ of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1985. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Book . Fine HB in VG+ DJ. xvi, 321 p., [43] p. of plates: ill.; 22 cm. Aqua textured paper over boards with black and white title on spine. Corners crisp; no shelf wear. Contents in "as new" condition. DJ shows minor wear around the edges. A nearly perfect copy. "This 'time capsule' account of events at Southampton Island, Hudson Bay, in 1930 is a chronicle detailed enough for comparison with the present or future time. As such it increases in historical value as the years pass." Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 321 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Anthropology / Cultural; United States; 1930s; Anthropology. . ISBN: 0806119330. ISBN/EAN: 9780806119335. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 396. . 9780806119335

John Murray, London, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Fine. Book Fine HB in Near Fine DJ, protected by archival Mylar cover. x, 212 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., maps; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth over boards with bright gilt title on spine. Corners sharp; no shelfwear. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 212 pages. Item Type: Book. Unclipped DJ in Near Fine condition, showing only minor wear at the head of the spine and top of the back panel.. The only defect is a black smudge about 1/2" long on the bottom page edge.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Europe / Great Britain; Britain/UK; Modern; ISBN: 0719560527. ISBN/EAN: 9780719560521. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 991. . 9780719560521

Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Roberts' first book, widening his scope as a journalist from magazine articles to this non-fiction account of the state of Europe in the wake of World War I based upon the author's first-hand experience. First (and only) edition, marked B-V on the copyright page (for February 1921) and published in a run of 1,500 copies Size: Octavo (8-9"). 410 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Many of the pages in the final two-thirds of the book remain uncut. The front hinge was, as usual, cracked, but it has been re-glued. Very Good+ hardcover in olive-colored cloth over boards with bright gilt title and decoration on the front cover. The gilt title is faded on the spine, which is darkened from exposure. Tips show moderate shelf wear. Deckled edges (rough cut). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; United States; 1920s;… Read More

Everybody's Vermont, West Newbury, VT, 1897. First Edition. Softcover (Perfect Bound). Very Good- Condition. Book Signed by Author. Signed by Anne Pierce (as Anne Pierce Ansley) next to her name on the title page. Laid in is a printed note from the authors with the salutation "Dear Librarian" saying they "have decided to distribute gift copies to libraries for their patron's pleasure." In addition, there is a handwritten note on a folded piece of paper from Pierce to the librarian that received the copy. It appears to have been taped to something on the back, since there is some surface loss in a scar on the back side of the note Size: Oblong (8"x9"). 122 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked with a little tanning along the outside edge of the first (title) page. No foxing in this copy. The spine is uncreased. The tips of the corners show some wear and are slightly turned. There is a small bump at the bottom edge of the front cover.… Read More