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Carroll & Graf Publishers, May 1998. Trade Paperback. Narrates the events which preceded the gold rush of 1897, the growth and decline of Dawson, and the fates of some of the thousands who left their homes in search of fortune. More
Carroll & Graf Publishers, May 1998. Trade Paperback. Narrates the events which preceded the gold rush of 1897, the growth and decline of Dawson, and the fates of some of the thousands who left their homes in search of fortune. More
Broadway, March 2013. Trade Paperback. The #1 New York Times bestseller that charts America's dangerous drift into a state of perpetual war. Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow's Drift argues that we've drifted away from America's original ideals and become a nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war..... More
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), January 1976. First Edition. Cloth. [7' x 9' & 1/4} Octavo in dustjacket with darkening at edges, discolored spine & heavy foxing. Flap is not clipped. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Cotton's Map of New York end pages front and rear. Foxing/dust..... More
Henry Holt & Company, September 2004. Hardcover. An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle In 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies, assembly lines and fistfights. The advent of automobiles had brought workers from around the..... More
Crown Publishers, April 1951. Reprint. Cloth. 7th printing. Octavo. In dustjacket with moderate edgewear and clipped front flap. Grey cloth covered boards with black lettering on spine. Some soiling and brown spots. Dust staining top textblock edge. Tanned end pages. [316 pp.]. More
Easton Press, January 1989. Leather. Gilt-decorative brown leather binding with raised spine bands. Silk endapers and ribbon marker. All edges gilt. Unread; near flawless. More
Easton Press, 1989. First Edition. Leather. Navy blue leather bound with gold lettering and gold decorative panels front and rear cover. Gold textblock edges. Light scuff marks along fore-edge amidst the gilt. Bottom corners of pages 151 - 154 folded. Otherwise overall like new. Silk ribbon marker. Moire end pages..... More
Easton Press, January 1992. Leather. Brown leather bound with gold lettering and gold decorations. with raised Kit Carson portrait front in gold tooled oval. Gold textblock edges. Silk ribbon marker. Moire end pages. 250 pages. More
The Easton Press, 1992. Leather. Bound in brown leather with gold lettering and decorative cover design with raised Portrait of Hickok in tooled oval front cover. Moire end pages. Silk ribbon marker. 377 pages. 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
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
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
Pantheon, January 1991. Hardcover. 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
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
Little Brown and Company, June 1998. Hardcover. Steven Gaines is a bestselling storyteller with a special gift for capturing social nuance, colorful detail, and quirks of character. Just a few examples: -- A well-to-do former ballet dancer arrested for stealing his neighbors' furniture -- and showered with thank-you notes from..... More
Main Street Books, October 1992. Trade Paperback. American history the way you wish you'd learned it -- accessible, lively, witty, and just plain fun... but with a serious core of key knowledge selected by one of our most respected historians. B & W photographs throughout. Here is history the way..... More
Penguin Books, May 1977. Trade Paperback. In Civilizing the Machine, John F. Kasson asks how new technologies have affected this drive for a republican civilization-and the question is as vital now as ever. A major theme of American history has always been the desire to achieve a genuinely republican way..... More
Easton Press, 2012. First Thus. Leather. This is #343 out of 1863 copies. Quarto. {8' x 11'} Dark grey leather with gold lettering and devices on spine and gold lettering and tooled border on front board. Moire end pages. Silk ribbon marker. Gilt textblock edges. Book is like new. In..... More
John B. Alden, 1884. Cloth. 12mo. {5' x 6 & 3/4'}; Black cloth covered boards with scuff marks and scratches to cover. Gold lettering on spine. Dust stains textblock edges.Previous owner's name in ink front free end page. Sound binding. Tanning and a few stray stains to end pages. Internal..... More
John Murray, 1850. Reprint. Leather. Octavo. Two volume set,rebound, possibly using original leather because boards are heavily worn, stained, with considerabe flaking. Ribbed spine. Lettering worn down to the point of illegibility. Saddle brown end pages are not original and are in much better condition, and still have gold stickers..... More
Crown Publishing Group (NY), June 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormous rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young..... More
Penguin Books, November 1989. Trade Paperback. This in-depth narrative history, rich with firsthand views of the first half-century of America's independence, provides insightful accounts of the political, religious, artistic and educational developments of the times. More