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A Season of Youth: The American Revolution and the Historical Imaginationby: Michael G Kammen

A Season of Youth: The American Revolution and the Historical Imagination
by: Michael G Kammen

Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 384 pages with index. In this major contribution to cultural history Kammen focuses on the American Revolution and it's impact on literature and art. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397490

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A Singular People: Images of Zoarby: Fernandez, Kathleen M.

A Singular People: Images of Zoar
by: Fernandez, Kathleen M.

Hardcover. Kent OH, Kent State Univ Pr, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 180 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Zoar, Ohio, a German-Christian utopian community founded in 1817, encouraged tourism and "gawkers." This has left a rich photographic record of the community, which includes tourists's photos and Zoarite-produced postcards. Fernandez uses many previously unpublished photos, captioned with the words of journalists, diarists, and other visitors.

Record # 350122

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American Independents: Eighteen Color Photographersby: Eauclaire, Sally

American Independents: Eighteen Color Photographers
by: Eauclaire, Sally

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 247 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. 163 color illustrations throughout.

Record # 353358

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American Shelter: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Homeby: Walker, Lester

American Shelter: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Home
by: Walker, Lester

Hardcover. Woodstock, New York, The Overlook Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Encyclopedic volume featuring the historical evolution of American homes. Hardcover, 320 pages. Over 1000 black/white illustrations, including architectural plans for each variety of home discussed. Cloth bound book is in near fine condition, only flaw on the dust jacket is a small blue ink stain on the front.

Record # 804818

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American Tour of Messrs Brown, Jones and Robinson, Theby: Toby

American Tour of Messrs Brown, Jones and Robinson, The
by: Toby

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1st, 1872, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 74 pages. Hardcover. Green Pebbled cloth. Gilt title and decoration on front cover. Black & white illustrations by Toby. Front endpaper has been removed. Previous owners name on inside front cover and preliminary page. Moderate fraying at bottom of spine, light rubbing to corners. All edges gilt. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611125

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Andy Warhol: Shadows and Other Signs of Life: Anniversary Notes for Andy Warholby: Buchloh, Benjamin

Andy Warhol: Shadows and Other Signs of Life: Anniversary Notes for Andy Warhol
by: Buchloh, Benjamin

Hardcover. Koln GR, Walther Konig, 1st, 2008, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Hardcover, 118 pages, no dust jacket issued. English and French text. On the occasion of what would have been Andy Warhol's eightieth birthday, in 2008, this exquisitely produced volume examines one essential but miraculously under-studied element of the artist's work: The shadow. Beginning with photographic still lifes of skulls and taxidermied animals, then moving on to male nudes, tabletops and table settings, celebrity portraits, gems, fruits and many amazing still lifes of hammers, sickles, shoes and other ordinary objects that presage Fischli & Weiss' Equilibres by several years, Shadows and Other Signs of Life concludes with Warhol's photographs of actual shadows and an outstanding selection of abstract silkscreens, stenciled works and piss paintings. Published to accompany the eponymous exhibition at Paris' Galerie Chantal Crousel, this volume contains illuminating short texts--Anniversary Notes for Andy Warhol--by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh.

Record # 350206

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Andy Warhol: Shadows and Other Signs of Life: Anniversary Notes for Andy Warholby: Buchloh, Benjamin

Andy Warhol: Shadows and Other Signs of Life: Anniversary Notes for Andy Warhol
by: Buchloh, Benjamin

Hardcover. Koln GR, Walther Konig, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Hardcover, 118 pages, no dust jacket issued. English and French text. On the occasion of what would have been Andy Warhol's eightieth birthday, in 2008, this exquisitely produced volume examines one essential but miraculously under-studied element of the artist's work: The shadow. Beginning with photographic still lifes of skulls and taxidermied animals, then moving on to male nudes, tabletops and table settings, celebrity portraits, gems, fruits and many amazing still lifes of hammers, sickles, shoes and other ordinary objects that presage Fischli & Weiss' Equilibres by several years, Shadows and Other Signs of Life concludes with Warhol's photographs of actual shadows and an outstanding selection of abstract silkscreens, stenciled works and piss paintings. Published to accompany the eponymous exhibition at Paris' Galerie Chantal Crousel, this volume contains illuminating short texts--Anniversary Notes for Andy Warhol--by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh.

Record # 350205

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Art of the Kwakiutl Indians and Other Northwest Coast Tribesby: Hawthorn, Audrey

Art of the Kwakiutl Indians and Other Northwest Coast Tribes
by: Hawthorn, Audrey

Hardcover. Seattle, WA, University of Washington Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover black cloth with silver lettering. 410 pages. 32 pages of color plates; near 1000 black-and-white photographs. Bibliography and index. Authoritative guide to the collections at the University of British Columbia. Clean copy in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 804678

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Atheist, The : Madalyn Murray O'Hairby: Le Beau, Bryan F.

Atheist, The : Madalyn Murray O'Hair
by: Le Beau, Bryan F.

Hardcover. New York, NYU Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 387 pages. Minor wear to dust jacket. Else very good.

Record # 454238

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Been Here and Goneby: Ramsey, Jr., Frederic

Been Here and Gone
by: Ramsey, Jr., Frederic

Hardcover. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 177 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Price clipped dust jacket with wear along edges - now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy. Report on the men and women who lived in the South and created work songs, spirituals, blues, and jazz.

Record # 611501

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Bigger Picture - 30 Years of Portraits, The (SIGNED COPY)by: Walker, Diana

Bigger Picture - 30 Years of Portraits, The (SIGNED COPY)
by: Walker, Diana

Hardcover. Washington, D. C., National Geographic, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages. INSCRIBED BY DIANA WALKER ON TITLE PAGE. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs by Diana Walker. Dust jacket with light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612412

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Bingleman's Midway (SIGNED BY MOSER)by: Ackerman, Karen/Barry Moser

Bingleman's Midway (SIGNED BY MOSER)
by: Ackerman, Karen/Barry Moser

Hardcover. Honesdale, Boyds Mills Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 31 pages. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR BARRY MOSER ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 612195

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CMR (Charles M. Russell) Book, Theby: Willard, John

CMR (Charles M. Russell) Book, The
by: Willard, John

Hardcover. Seattle, Salisbury Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated in full color and black & white. Book with original wrap around band on cover. A nice copy.

Record # 611441

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Coca Cola Slipcase Set of 3: Film, Music, Sportsby: N/A

Coca Cola Slipcase Set of 3: Film, Music, Sports
by: N/A

Hardcover. New York, Assouline, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 3 volumes in slipcase. Very clean, like new in publishers shrink-wrap. For over a century Coca-Cola has been a touchstone of modern culture and a global icon. First sipped at an Atlanta soda fountain, the beverage has become an instantly recognizable symbol around the world, woven into people's lives and memories. This newest addition to Assouline's best-selling Memoire collection, Coca-Cola: Film, Music, Sports celebrates the iconic brand's broad-reaching influence in the domains of film, music, and athletics. With imagery of some of these industries' most revered names, and forewords penned by Ridley Scott, Quincy Jones, and LeBron James, these volumes explore the beverage's prominence in some of the greatest films of all time, its inspiration for legendary musicians of all genres, and its motivational support of athletes from the Olympics to professional sports.This slipcase set is a must-have accessory not only for collectors of Coca-Cola memorabilia but also for lovers of American culture everywhere.

Record # 353309

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Coca Cola Slipcase Set of 3: Film, Music, Sportsby: N/A

Coca Cola Slipcase Set of 3: Film, Music, Sports
by: N/A

Hardcover. New York, Assouline, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 3 volumes in slipcase. Very clean, like new in publishers shrink-wrap. For over a century Coca-Cola has been a touchstone of modern culture and a global icon. First sipped at an Atlanta soda fountain, the beverage has become an instantly recognizable symbol around the world, woven into people's lives and memories. This newest addition to Assouline's best-selling Memoire collection, Coca-Cola: Film, Music, Sports celebrates the iconic brand's broad-reaching influence in the domains of film, music, and athletics. With imagery of some of these industries' most revered names, and forewords penned by Ridley Scott, Quincy Jones, and LeBron James, these volumes explore the beverage's prominence in some of the greatest films of all time, its inspiration for legendary musicians of all genres, and its motivational support of athletes from the Olympics to professional sports.This slipcase set is a must-have accessory not only for collectors of Coca-Cola memorabilia but also for lovers of American culture everywhere.

Record # 353303

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Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitressby: Taylor, Candacy A.

Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress
by: Taylor, Candacy A.

Softcover. US, ILR Press, 1st, 2009-08-06, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 142 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Since 2001, Candacy A. Taylor (a former waitress herself) has traveled more than 26,000 miles throughout the United States collecting stories of these "lifers," as many waitresses aged fifty or over playfully call themselves. She interviewed fifty-seven waitresses in thirty-eight towns and cities. Their compelling stories are complemented and enhanced by Taylor's striking color photographs of the waitresses at work.Taylor expected that the waitresses she'd meet would feel overworked and underappreciated, but was surprised and delighted to find that the opposite was true. The proud, capable waitresses Taylor interviewed loved their jobs and, even if given the opportunity, "wouldn't do anything else." Nearly all the waitresses said that the physical labor of waitressing helped them to age more gracefully and that the daily contact with customers and coworkers kept them socially engaged. Lifers generally make more money from serving regular customers with whom they forge bonds over decades and their seniority earns them respect from their coworkers and managers. Taylor's sensitive and respectful portrayal of career waitresses who have turned their jobs into a rewarding lifetime pursuit turns Counter Culture into an invaluable portrait of the continued importance of community in our changing society.

Record # 350375

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Cradle of Violence - How Boston's Waterfront Mobs Ignited the American Revolutionby: Bourne, Russell

Cradle of Violence - How Boston's Waterfront Mobs Ignited the American Revolution
by: Bourne, Russell

Hardcover. Hoboken, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., First Edition, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards with red printed titles to spine. Dust jacket in very good condition. Illustrations in bw throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751107

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Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen by: Tucker, Sherrie

Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen
by: Tucker, Sherrie

Softcover. Durham NC, Duke University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 416 pages. Open from 1942 until 1945, the Hollywood Canteen was the most famous of the patriotic home front nightclubs where civilian hostesses jitterbugged with enlisted men of the Allied Nations. Since the opening night, when the crowds were so thick that Bette Davis had to enter through the bathroom window to give her welcome speech, the storied dance floor where movie stars danced with soldiers has been the subject of much U.S. nostalgia about the 'Greatest Generation.' Drawing from oral histories with civilian volunteers and military guests who danced at the wartime nightclub, Sherrie Tucker explores how jitterbugging swing culture has come to represent the war in U.S. national memory. Yet her interviewees' varied experiences and recollections belie the possibility of any singular historical narrative. Some recall racism, sexism, and inequality on the nightclub's dance floor and in Los Angeles neighborhoods, dynamics at odds with the U.S. democratic, egalitarian ideals associated with the Hollywood Canteen and the 'Good War' in popular culture narratives. Clean copy in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 387408

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Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen by: Tucker, Sherrie

Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen
by: Tucker, Sherrie

Softcover. Durham NC, Duke University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 416 pages. Open from 1942 until 1945, the Hollywood Canteen was the most famous of the patriotic home front nightclubs where civilian hostesses jitterbugged with enlisted men of the Allied Nations. Since the opening night, when the crowds were so thick that Bette Davis had to enter through the bathroom window to give her welcome speech, the storied dance floor where movie stars danced with soldiers has been the subject of much U.S. nostalgia about the 'Greatest Generation.' Drawing from oral histories with civilian volunteers and military guests who danced at the wartime nightclub, Sherrie Tucker explores how jitterbugging swing culture has come to represent the war in U.S. national memory. Yet her interviewees' varied experiences and recollections belie the possibility of any singular historical narrative. Some recall racism, sexism, and inequality on the nightclub's dance floor and in Los Angeles neighborhoods, dynamics at odds with the U.S. democratic, egalitarian ideals associated with the Hollywood Canteen and the 'Good War' in popular culture narratives. Clean copy in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 387409

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Dreaming Up Americaby: Banks, Russell

Dreaming Up America
by: Banks, Russell

Hardcover. New York, Seven Stories Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 127 pages, very clean and tight copy. With America ever under global scrutiny, Russell Banks contemplates the questions of our origins, values, heroes, conflicts, and contradictions. He writes with conversational ease and emotional insight, drawing on contemporary politics, literature, film, and his knowledge of American history.

Record # 455914

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Early History of Berlin, Vermont: 1763-1820by: Nye, Mary Greene

Early History of Berlin, Vermont: 1763-1820
by: Nye, Mary Greene

Hardcover. Montipelier, VT, Norbert J. Towne/H.J. Dodge, 1st Edition, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 98 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout including frontispiece and foldout map. Black cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover board. Previous owner's inscribed bookplate on front endpaper and ID stamp on front flyleaf.

Record # 99192

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Earth Knows My Name, The: Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americansby: Klindienst, Patricia

Earth Knows My Name, The: Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans
by: Klindienst, Patricia

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Beacon Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 276 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Foxing to top edge of dust jacket.

Record # 2230183

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Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences, An: Comprising the Whole Range of Arts, Sciences and Literature as Connected with the Institution (Two volumes)by:

Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences, An: Comprising the Whole Range of Arts, Sciences and Literature as Connected with the Institution (Two volumes)
by:

Hardcover. New York, The Masonic History Company, Revised Edition, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 913 pages, total, both volumes. Hardcovers. The New and Revised Edition Prepared Under the Direction, and With the assistance, of the Late William J. Hughan. Gilt edges. Marbled, decorated endpapers. Color frontispieces with tissue guards. Brown, leather, blindstamped cover boards with gilt decoration on front boards and gilt title and decoration on spines (faded). Rubbing and some fraying to edges, corners, joints. Pages unmarked with some tanning from age. Binding excellent. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 99199

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Fifth Avenue - Old and New - 1824-1924by: Brown, Henry Collins

Fifth Avenue - Old and New - 1824-1924
by: Brown, Henry Collins

Hardcover. New York, Fifth Avenue Association, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 124 pages of text and full color and black & white illustrations followed by large section of advertisements. Book measures: 12.25" X 9.25". Light rubbing to cover corners. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 614495

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Fishers Island N. Y. 1614-1925by: Ferguson, Henry L.

Fishers Island N. Y. 1614-1925
by: Ferguson, Henry L.

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.

Record # 612221

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Five Dollars and a Jug of Rum - The History of Grafton, Vermont 1754 - 2000by: Grafton Historical Society

Five Dollars and a Jug of Rum - The History of Grafton, Vermont 1754 - 2000
by: Grafton Historical Society

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.

Record # 614447

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Fourth World of the Hopis, Theby: Courlander, Harold

Fourth World of the Hopis, The
by: Courlander, Harold

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st Thus, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 239 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket in protective clear plastic cover. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 614464

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Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American Westby: Holmes, Opal Laurel & Vardis Fisher

Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West
by: Holmes, Opal Laurel & Vardis Fisher

Hardcover. Caldwell ID, Caxton Press, reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 466 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. This book considers the gold rushes, life in the camps, crime and justice, and the special situations and unique events that came out of this period. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs. Endnotes, illustrations, indexed.

Record # 460203

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H.H. Richardson: Architectural Forms for an American Society (SIGNED)by: O'Gorman, James F.

H.H. Richardson: Architectural Forms for an American Society (SIGNED)
by: O'Gorman, James F.

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 171 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor foxing to front flyleaf. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy. Black and white photographs throughout. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLYLEAF.

Record # 2230201

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History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, In Three Partsby: Thompson, Zadock

History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, In Three Parts
by: Thompson, Zadock

Hardcover. Burlington, VT, Chauncey Goodrich, Early reprint with appendix added, 1853, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 716 pages. Hardcover. "...With a New (fold-out) Map of the State, and 200 (b/w) Engravings." Significant foxing and tanning to volume from age, as well as some moisture damage to bottom of fore-edge. Leather bound with bands and gilt title on spine. Fading to covers. Binding surprisingly tight. Cover boards slightly warped. In fair condition.

Record # 370972

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Image of the Indian and the Black Man in American Art, 1590-1900, Theby: Parry, Ellwood

Image of the Indian and the Black Man in American Art, 1590-1900, The
by: Parry, Ellwood

Hardcover. New York, George Braziller, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 189 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with spine fading, light wear at corners, edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611835

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In the Spirit of Crazy Horseby: Matthiessen, Peter

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
by: Matthiessen, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, First Thus, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 628 pages. Hardcover. Bright dust jacket with light sun fading to spine. Clean & unmarked text. A nice copy.

Record # 750529

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Indian Baskets of the Northwest Coastby: Lobb, Allan

Indian Baskets of the Northwest Coast
by: Lobb, Allan

Hardcover. Portland, Or., C. H. Belding, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 119 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 460177

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James Montgomery Flaggby: Meyer, Susan E.

James Montgomery Flagg
by: Meyer, Susan E.

Hardcover. New York , Watson Guptill, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 208 pages illustrated throughout with 175 b&w illustrations and 70 plates in full color. Clean, unmarked copy with minor closed tears to dust jacket.

Record # 382885

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James Montgomery Flaggby: Meyer, Susan E.

James Montgomery Flagg
by: Meyer, Susan E.

Hardcover. New York , Watson Guptill, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages illustrated throughout with 175 b&w illustrations and 70 plates in full color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 360867

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James Montgomery Flaggby: Meyer, Susan E.

James Montgomery Flagg
by: Meyer, Susan E.

Hardcover. New York , Watson Guptill, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages illustrated throughout with 175 b&w illustrations and 70 plates in full color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 459872

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Jasper Douthit's Story - The Autobiography of a Pioneerby: Douthit's, Jasper

Jasper Douthit's Story - The Autobiography of a Pioneer
by: Douthit's, Jasper

Hardcover. Boston, American Unitarian Association, 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Hardcover. No date of publication. Ex-library copy with bookplate on inside front cover and label at bottom of spine. Top edge gilt. Black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 614003

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Keepers of the Flame: The Role of Fire in American Culture, 1775-1925by: Margaret Hindle and Robert M Hazen

Keepers of the Flame: The Role of Fire in American Culture, 1775-1925
by: Margaret Hindle and Robert M Hazen

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 281 pages, b&w illustrations. "For, Lo! We live in an Iron Age--In the age of Steam and Fire!" wrote a poet mesmerized by the engines that were transforming American transportation, agriculture, and industry during his lifetime. Indeed, by the nineteenth century fire had become America's leitmotif--for good and for ill. "Keeping the flame" was deadly serious: even the slightest lapse of attention could convert a fire from friendly ally to ravaging destroyer. To examine the cultural context of fire in "combustible America," Margaret Hazen and Robert Hazen gather more than a hundred illustrations, most never before published, together with anecdotes and information from hundreds of original sources, including newspapers, diaries, company records, popular fiction, art, and music. What results is an immensely entertaining and encyclopedic history that ranges from stories of the tragic "great fires" of the century to fire imagery in folktales and popular literature. Dealing more with technology than with fire in nature, the book provides a vast amount of information on fire manipulation and prevention in urban life. Hazen and Hazen discuss the people who worked with fire--or against it. Founders, gaffers, blacksmiths, boilers at saltworks, and housewives knew how to "read" a fire and employ it for their purposes. A few dedicated investigators inquired about the scientific nature of heat and flame. And firefighters gradually progressed from "bucket brigades" to "using fire to fight fire" with the newly invented steam engine. The colorful stories of these Americans--the risks they took and the rewards they received--will fascinate not only social historians but also a broad audience of general readers. Clean copy.

Record # 374324

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Kiowa Voices (2 Vol Set); Vol. 1: Ceremonial Dance, Ritual and Song; Vol. 2: Myths, Legends and Folktales,by: Boyd, Maurice/Linn Pauahty

Kiowa Voices (2 Vol Set); Vol. 1: Ceremonial Dance, Ritual and Song; Vol. 2: Myths, Legends and Folktales,
by: Boyd, Maurice/Linn Pauahty

Hardcover. Fort Worth, TCU Press, Reprint, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Two hardcover volumes,. Volume 1 - 164 pages. Ceremonial Dance, Ritual and Song. Full color and black & white illustrations. Dust jacket in clear plastic protective cover. Clean, tight copy. Volume 2 - 323 pages. Myths, Legends and Folktales. Full color and black & white illustrations. Dust jacket in clear protective cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611822

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Laporte, Indianaby: Bitner, Jason

Laporte, Indiana
by: Bitner, Jason

Softcover. New York, Princeton Architectural Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to edges. Black and white portraits of citizens of Indiana, taken over 4 decades.

Record # 353493

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Last Gold Rush - A Pictorial History of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining District, The (SIGNED COPY)by: Grimstad, Bill/Raymond L. Drake

Last Gold Rush - A Pictorial History of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining District, The (SIGNED COPY)
by: Grimstad, Bill/Raymond L. Drake

Hardcover. Victor, Pollux Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS beneath hand numbered #338 of a limited edition of 500. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611547

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Life's Pleasures - The Ashcan Artists' Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925by: Tottis, james W.

Life's Pleasures - The Ashcan Artists' Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925
by: Tottis, james W.

Hardcover. New York, DIA/Merrell, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages. Illustrated in full color. A bright, clean copy.

Record # 609081

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Main Street Amusements - Movies and Commercial Entertainment in a Southern City 1896-1930by: Waller, Gregory A.

Main Street Amusements - Movies and Commercial Entertainment in a Southern City 1896-1930
by: Waller, Gregory A.

Hardcover. Washington.DC, Smithsonian, 1st , 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Black & white illustrations.

Record # 51011

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Men, Women & Manners in Colonial Times (2 Volumes)by: Sydney Geo Fisher

Men, Women & Manners in Colonial Times (2 Volumes)
by: Sydney Geo Fisher

Softcover. Bowie MD, Heritage Books, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two softcover volumes 391 & 392 pages. Volumes 1 and 2 complete, a facsimile reprint of the 1897 edition by Lippincott. This two-volume series takes the reader on a journey through the colonies of Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Carolina, and Georgia. The charm of the journey is in its variety, as the reader passes through communities of such striking individuality that they assume the character of different nations. Each colony has a set of opinions and laws peculiar to itself, and it is not uncommon to find the laws of one in contradiction with the laws of another. This text explores the settlement and history of each colony prior to the American Revolution. Topics include development of the colonies' government, laws, religion, schools, boundaries, industries, layout of the cities, fashions, homes, social activities, slavery, architecture, interaction with the Indians, and customs. At least one prominent person from each colony is discussed, amongst them, William Penn of Pennsylvania, John Smith of Virginia, George Calvert of Maryland, and General Oglethorpe of Georgia. Light sunning ti spines.Clean copies.

Record # 386533

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On the Beach: Chance Portraits from Two Shoresby: Douglas McCulloh and Jacques Garnier

On the Beach: Chance Portraits from Two Shores
by: Douglas McCulloh and Jacques Garnier

Hardcover. Daytona Beach FL, Southeast Museum of Photography, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 152 pages with 69 color plates. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. The memorable and sometimes aggressive photographic portraits of On The Beach are the result of a six year project by two well-known photographers, Douglas McCulloh and Jacques Garnier. They placed a studio lighting setup directly in the sand, making California and Florida beaches their backdrop. The beach eliminates conceits, concealment, and clothing. People who cross onto the sand become a little naked. To this equation of vulnerability, the two photographers add unforgiving strobe lights and a ruthless high resolution camera.

Record # 350184

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Oscar Wilde's America: Counterculture in the Gilded Ageby: Blanchard, Ms. Mary Warner

Oscar Wilde's America: Counterculture in the Gilded Age
by: Blanchard, Ms. Mary Warner

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 302 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Light sun-fade along dust jacket spine. Clean, tight copy. Touring America as the "Apostle of Aestheticism" in 1882, Oscar Wilde brought a witty and controversial message of regeneration through art and beauty to a nation still shaken by the trauma of the Civil War. In this book, the first cultural history of the aesthetic movement in the United States, Mary W. Blanchard shows that it was a wide-ranging popular movement resisted by the moral guardians of Victorianism but advanced by visionary women.

Record # 458885

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Over Time: The Jazz Photographs of Milt Hintonby: Hinton, Milt/David G. Berger/Holly Maxson

Over Time: The Jazz Photographs of Milt Hinton
by: Hinton, Milt/David G. Berger/Holly Maxson

Hardcover. San Francisco, Pomegranate, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 164 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photographs by Jazz musician Milt Hinton. Dust jacket with light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 455480

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Pedro, Nina and Perritoby: Duplaix, Lily/Barbara Latham

Pedro, Nina and Perrito
by: Duplaix, Lily/Barbara Latham

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription in a fine hand along top edge of inside front cover dated 1939. Full color and black & white illustrations by Barbara Latham. Rubbing to edges and corners of covers. Degree of age toning to page edges. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 614404

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Perish the Thought: Intellectual Women in Romantic America 1830-1860 by: Susan P. Conrad

Perish the Thought: Intellectual Women in Romantic America 1830-1860
by: Susan P. Conrad

Softcover. NJ, Citadel Press, reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 292 pages. Studies the distinctive personalities, problems, and cultural contributions of such women as Margaret Fuller, Lydia Maria Child, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, examining the extent to which romanticism encouraged intellectualism among women during the three decades prior to the Civil War. Clean copy.

Record # 397503

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Phonesexby: Toledano, Phillip

Phonesex
by: Toledano, Phillip

Hardcover. Santa Fe, Twin Palms Pub, 1st, 2008-12-03, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 60 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Close to 30 full-page color portraits of phone sex "operators" in the intimate setting of their own homes with comments from each on their work.

Record # 350172

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