Easton Press, 1992. First Edition. Leather. Steel blue leather bound with gold lettering and fleur de lis decorative panels front and rear cover. Ribbed spine. Gold textblock edges with two small, slight scratches along fore-edge. Else like new. Silk ribbon marker. Moire end pages. Unused Easton Press Ex-libris laid in..... More
The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited. Leather. Brown leather with gold lettering and decorations. Gold textblock edges. Silk ribbon marker. Moire end pages. Signed by Schlesinger on 2nd blank page after FFEP with protective fly leaf. (939 pp.). More
University of Nebraska Press, March 1995. Trade Paperback. "A model of analytical history. In . . . spare, cogent prose, Wooster delineates military strategy against the western tribes, places the political influence of the Gilded Age military establishment in solid perspective, gives an able survey of the institutional structure of..... More
Crown, November 2020. Hardcover. A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making--from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE - NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW..... More
Stackpole Books, June 2021. Hardcover. Slavery is one of the central, most enduringly significant facts of U.S. history. It loomed like a dark cloud over the country's birth at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and shaped the most important nodes of American history before the Civil War. Even today, the..... More
MBI, July 2000. First Edition. Cloth. Step right up and thrill to the magic of the great coasters as you travel through roller coaster history from their beginnings up through today! Experience the early roots of coastering in the mid-1800s and the emergence of the grand amusement parks in the..... More
Cameron Books, December 1989. First Edition. Cloth. With beautiful laser scanner duotones and 365 previously unpublished photographs, this is a fascinating study of the great quake in San Francisco in 1906--and of the likelihood of a similar quake today. Folio in very good dustjacket. Heavy foxing to verso of DJ..... More
Windgate Press, August 1996. First Edition. Cloth. Oblong quarto. {13 & 1/2' x 10 & 1/4'} in very good DJ with foxing on verso. Illustrations of Victorian era automobiles on end pages. Mild foxing to interior pages. More
Henry Holt and Co., April 2014. Hardcover. A top Washington journalist recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that created modern America, on the fiftieth anniversary of its passage It was a turbulent time in America--a time of sit-ins, freedom rides, a...... More
Univ of Oklahoma Pr, March 1994. Hardcover. Loud Hawk: The United States versus the American Indian Movement is the story of a criminal case that began with the arrest of six members of the American Indian Movement - Kenny Loud Hawk, Russell Redner, Anna Mae Aquash, KaMook Banks, Dennis Banks..... More
Pantheon, January 1991. Hardcover. More
Doubleday & Co., January 1959. Cloth. Quarto. In very good DJ with sun-bleached spine and edgewear. Tanning to verso of jacket. Flap is not clipped. Black cloth covered boards. 192 pages. Clean internal pages. More
Brightwaters Press, November 1984. Hardcover. More
Princeton Architectural Press, November 2004. Oversized Hardcover. From its birth as a remote trading outpost on the fringes of the Dutch empire to its current status as the so-called Capital of the World, New York has always captivated visual artists. The extraordinary prints collected by the New-York Historical Society over..... More
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, January 1978. Hardcover. Foxing a bit of soiling; else, very good. More
New York, New York, U.S.A. : Fountainhead Publishers, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Jacket clipped; a bit of foxing and light soiling; else, very good. More
Warner Books (NY), November 2001. Hardcover. From the Revolutionary War era to the shanty towns of the 19th century to the glory, deterioration, and "Disneyfication" of the street in the 20th Century, "Down 42nd Street" brings to vivid life the fascinating stories embedded in more than two centuries of cobblestone..... More
Dover Publications, March 1983. Paper Back. Profusely illustrated account of the greatest engineering achievement of the 19th century. Rare contemporary photos and engravings, accompanied by extensive, detailed captions, recall construction, human drama, politics, much more. 167 black-and-white illustrations. Profusely illustrated account of the greatest engineering achievement of the 19th century..... More
Dover Publications, 1979. Paper Back. evocative photographs chronicle evolution of immigrant neighborhood from 1870s to 1920 as wave and wave of Jewish immigrants arrive from Eastern Europe. 99 black-and-white photographs. Introduction. Bibliography. Quarto. Foxing to internal pages toward beginning and end of book. 84 pages. More
Howell-North Books, January 1972. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto. In heavily foxed/marginally darkened DJ with chipping/tear top of spine. Flap not clipped. Very heavy foxing/spotting to jacket verso. Light grey cloth covered boards with black lettering and illustration of Coit Tower front board and black lettering on spine., Darkening and dust..... More
Universe Publishing(NY), August 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Features four textual walking tours of Greenwich Village along with early twentieth-century photographs and maps, and recounts historical facts on how the town captured its legendary appeal. A beautifully illustrated look at America's most beloved bohemia, including four walking tours, now at a...... More
Russell Sage Foundation, November 1991. First Edition. Cloth. Times Square, in its heyday, expressed American culture in the moment of vivid change. A stellar group of critics and scholars examines this transitional moment in Inventing Times Square, a study of the development of New York's central entertainment district. A fascinating..... More
Knopf, May 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark blue boards with a black cloth spine both lettered in copper. Two very lightly bumped corners. Light shelf wear on the jacket. More
Knopf, February 2013. Hardcover. The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench..... More
International Marine Publishing, May 2006. Hardcover. An epic story of one man's devotion to the American cause In October 1776, four years before Benedict Arnold's treasonous attempt to hand control of the Hudson River to the British, his patch-work fleet on Lake Champlain was all that stood between British forces..... More
