International Marine Publishing, May 2006. First Edition. 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..... More
Simon & Schuster, March 2023. Paper Back. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final book offers an intimate look at her extraordinary life and details her lifelong pursuit for gender equality and a "more perfect Union." In the fall of 2019, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the University of California, Berkeley School of..... More
University of Washington Press, 1970. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering. Blue end pages. Dust stains to boards. Bumped top corners front & back. Foxy/dust stains textblock edges. [328 pages]. More
Columbia University Press, January 1974. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. In heavily foxed, discolored with edgewear and chipping. Front flap not clipped. Previous owner's name inked front DJ panel top right corner. Red cloth covered boards with black lettering upon spine. Foxing/dust stains top textblock edge. Some moderate staining to fore-edge. Previous..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, February 2022. Hardcover. An urgent and fractious national debate over public monuments has erupted in America. Some people risk imprisonment to tear down long-ignored hunks of marble; others form armed patrols to defend them. Why do we care so much about statues? Which ones should..... More
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Pocket Books, May 1943. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. 2nd Pocket Book printing. {4' x 6 & 1/4'} Edgeworn with mild dust stains cover. Raspberry colored tint to textblock edges, slight fade.Verso to cover and first & second page pink. [124 pp.]. 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
Smith-McKay, 1975. Numbered. Cloth. First edition, numbered & limited. Copy #490/800. Quarto. Seven & 1/4-inch x Eleven & 1/4-inch in torn, frayed, chipped dustjacket with damp-staining. Dust stained, orange cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine & stamped upon front board. Cantalope orange end pages. A pocket affixed to..... More
Knopf, November 2006. Hardcover. Abraham Lincoln now occupies an unparalleled place in American history, but when he was first elected president, a skeptical writer asked, "Who will write this ignorant man's state papers?" Literary ability was, indeed, the last thing the public expected from the folksy, self-educated "rail-splitter," but the..... More
LSU Press, April 1999. Trade Paperback. Chatham Roberdeau Wheat has rightly been called the grandest of Civil War heroes. Born a Virginia gentleman, this handsome giant was by turns lawyer, politician, filibusterer, wit, bon vivant, and soldier of fortune. Perhaps the most experienced soldier on either side at the outbreak..... More
Arcadia Publishing, October 2005. Trade Paperback. By the first quarter of the 20th century, Manhattan had well over 400 miles of streetcar trackage, an investment of several million dollars. Less than 50 years later, the rail system had completely vanished. Manhattan s Lost Streetcars chronicles the finance, political pressures, and..... More
