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Hardcover. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, chipped dust jacket. 253 pages, INSCRIBED BY TAYLOR on the title page. Previous owner's inscription on half-title page, otherwise clean. First Mail West recounts the colorful history of stagecoach lines on the Santa Fe Trail during the height of overland traffic from 1850 to 1879. Desert, rain, snow, wind, outlaws, Indians, buffalo stampedes, and business competitors challenged, and sometimes scuttled, the operation of stage lines between Missouri and New Mexico. The author describes the topography, roads, rolling stock, stations, accommodations, and natural and human dangers along the trail, and analyzes the fierce competition between independent lines for passenger traffic and federal mail contracts.

Montpelier, VT, Vermont Historical Society, 1st Edition, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 280 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Previous owner's ID stamp on front flyleaf. Just a touch of moisture damage to edge of frontispiece page, slightly to bottom edge of foredge and to the bottom right corner of each illustration. Illustrations not damaged or affected. Green cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover board. Some light tanning to pages and edges from age. Still wrapped in its original mylar protective covering. Binding tight. Spine straight. The documented history of Vermont's fist medical college at Castleton between the years of 1818-1862.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 387 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. Remainder marks to top and bottom edge. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket. 374 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. "At the dawn of the nineteenth century, Saratoga Springs hosted no more than a thousand hardy travelers yearly, Newport floundered in the midst of a fifty-year commercial decline, and Coney Island's beach resembled a wind-swept wilderness. A hundred years later, the number of summer visitors to Saratoga had increased a hundredfold, the antics of high society at Newport transfixed America, and at least five million pleasure seekers visited Coney annually. 'Those who talk of the mushroom growth of our Western cities,' declared an astounded writer for Harper's Weekly in 1878, 'might better spend their wonder and enthusiasm upon our Eastern watering-place.'" -- From the Introduction. Fifty-nine illustrations enliven Sterngass's unique study of the commodification of pleasure that occurred as capitalist values flourished, travel grew more accessible, and leisure time became democratized.

Hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st, 1999-12-08, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. SIGNED BY MILLER.

Hardcover. Canada, Stoddart Publishing, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 616 pages, b&w photos. Minor wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st US, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, TWO VOLUMES. Volume I, 621 pages. Volume II, 581 pages. In depth history of WWI. In very good condition, some wear to maroon boards and soiled edges of pages. Otherwise clean and well-bound. Pages unmarked.

Softcover. New York, Peninsula Press, Reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 103 pages. Spiral bound reprint edition privately printed by Peninsula Press in 1994. Previous owners name stamped at top of title page. Black & white illustrations. Clean, unmarked text.

Hardcover. Grafton, Grafton Historical Society, Revised and Expanded, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover. Revised and expanded edition. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in bright, unclipped dust jacket, 413 pages. His second collection after The Summer Game (1972). Five Seasons covers the baseball seasons from 1972 through 1976, described as the "most significant half decade in the history of the game." The era was notable for the remarkable individual feats of Hank Aaron, Lou Brock, and Nolan Ryan, among others. It also presented one of the best World Series of all time (1975), including still the greatest World Series game ever played (Game Six). Along with visiting other games and campaigns, Roger Angell meets a trio of Tigers-obsessed fans, goes to a game with a departing old-style owner, watches high-school ball in Kentucky with a famous scout, and explores the sad and astounding mystery of Steve Blass's vanished control. Angell's Five Seasons is a gem and a gift for baseball lovers of all ages. Super condition, clean.

Softcover. NY, Riverhead Books, 1st wraps, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 308 pages. A collection of short stories from the winner of the National Book Award 1n 2013. The stories in Five-Carat Soul--none of them ever published before--spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They're funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable, imaginative and authentic--all told with McBride's unrivaled storytelling skill and meticulous eye for character and detail. McBride explores the ways we learn from the world and the people around us. An antiques dealer discovers that a legendary toy commissioned by Civil War General Robert E. Lee now sits in the home of a black minister in Queens. Five strangers find themselves thrown together and face unexpected judgment. An American president draws inspiration from a conversation he overhears in a stable. And members of The Five-Carat Soul Bottom Bone Band recount stories from their own messy and hilarious lives.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, salmon-color pictorial boards with green cloth spine with gilt lettering. Profusely illustrated by author with color frontis. and many b&w plates and text drawings, Thomason's semi-fictionalized first book, based on his own experiences as a career officer in the Marines as part of the AEF. A clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, salmon-color pictorial boards with green cloth spine with gilt lettering. Profusely illustrated by author with color frontis. and many b&w plates and text drawings, Thomason's semi-fictionalized first book, based on his own experiences as a career officer in the Marines as part of the AEF. Previous owner's signature on inside front cover and on blank preim page. Otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. London, Wolff, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 471 pages. Dust jacket worn, with rubbing and small tears along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 200 pages illustrated in color and b&w. A visual record of the twentieth century offers 170 of the Associate Press's classic photographs, covering news items relating to war, struggle, leadership, and great moments.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st , 1978, Book: Very Good, 149 pages. Hardcover with laminated boards. Black & white photos. Clean board covers. No dust-jacket issued.

Hardcover. Turin, Umberto Allemandi & Co., Revised Ed., 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 320 pages, Illustrated throughout in color. Real 'honest men', the Brueghels took part in the intellectual epic of their day which, from humanism to the spirit of the Enlightenment, brought about a renewal in thought and laid the foundations of Modernity. Through the human adventure of the Brueghel dynasty, progressing from obscure beginnings to recognition by the very greatest, Florence de Voldere introduces us to the genius of these men who created the Flemish aesthetic identity. Voldere takes us through the Renaissance in Flanders in the form of a story in pictures. Through this approach based on a dynamic reading of the paintings, this book shows the crucial role of art at one moment of civilization, and opens up some decidedly novel perspectives for interpreting Flemish art. Clean, like new. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Richmond VA, Johnson Publishing Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray illustrated cloth, 306 pages with index. B&w illustrations by John Rae, several maps including endpapers. INSCRIBED BY HANNA on the front fly leaf. "The major, detailed study of the exodus of the Confederate government from Richmond; thoroughly researched and well-written." [Martin Abbott]. minor bumps to cloth covers, name tipped-in on dedication page, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. New York, St. Martins Press, 1st Edition, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 338 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright dust jacket with only minor wear. Light foxing to edges. Otherwise clean unmarked copy.

Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Discusses the history and technology of the Erie Canal, examines some of the famous and infamous people involved with its construction, describes how other canals were built as a result of its success, and discusses how "Great Western" opened up the west.

Softcover. Randolph VT, Roy L. Johnson Company, 2nd Ed., 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Printed paper wraps, iv, 181 pages. illustrated, portrait frontis. 41 full page b & w illustrations from photographs, small spots on wraps, "The torrential rains began on November 3, 1927. It had already been a wet October and rivers were swollen and the ground saturated. Nine inches of rain fell in a thirty-six hour period and horrendous flooding began. Though all of New England was affected, Vermont was devastated. The state flooded from Newport to Bennington, with the Winooski River Valley the hardest hit. Eighty-five people died and 9,000 were left homeless." Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, George Allen, 5th Ed., 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, flexible black cloth with red and gilt stamping, edges stained red. 343 pages with a 10 page catalogue of Hare's other titles in rear. With 22 illustrations and a double page color map. Detailed information on the history and landmarks of Florence. Clean, bright copy of this vintage travel guide.

Softcover. Washington DC, National Geographic, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 192 pages. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum draws more visitors than any other museum in the world--90,000 a day in the summertime--and the exhibit of air travel posters featured in this unique companion volume combines arresting, colorful art, rare archival material, and a unique approach to aeronautical history. The posters--most of them never before published--feature barnstormers, gliders, and flying boats, the earliest passenger flights, the first luxury-liners, mail carriers, jets, and much more. Spanning a century and a half, they combine the popular art and the commerce of their eras, with both explored in the entertaining, informative text by a longstanding National Air and Space Museum curator. From 19th-century circus impresarios offering rides in gaudy hot-air balloons to the sleek 21st-century airliners, the posters provide a fascinating illustrated history of flight as it evolved from an exotic realm inhabited only by visionaries and daredevils into our modern world of speedy jets and frequent flyers--no longer extraordinary, perhaps, but still echoing with the exhilarating thrill and glamorous excitement captured here.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st , 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Moser. Clean, tight copy.