New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. x, 249 p.; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with silver spine title; brown paper over boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the publisher's Religion in America series. Contains articles by Gutbi Mahdi Ahmed, Carol L. Stone, Byron L. Haines, Abubaker al-Shingiety, John..... More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1818. Hardcover. xvi, 246, [2] p.; 86 p.; 24 cm. Original black cloth spine with light pink paper over boards. Printed paper spine label with title: Hale and Gamage on Fever. Half-title: History of an Epidemic Fever. Advertisement by Wells and Lilly on 2 unpaginated pages..... More
New York; Oxford: Oxord University Press, 1989. Paperback. ix, [3], 404 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. Includes glossary, bibliographical essay, table of cases, and index. The author seeks "to elucidate the interaction of law and society as revealed over time through the main lines of development in American legal culture." --..... More
Philadelphia: Edgewood Publishing Company, 1897. Hardcover. Title page continues: "his letter of acceptance and inaugural address; also biographical sketches of the members of his cabinet and plans of the administration. . . . It contains a Chapter by Hon. John Sherman, and an Introduction by Hon. Chaucey M. Depew." 518..... More
1886. 1 handwritten letter, dated Washington, Dec. 20, 1886, to Gail T. L. Roper to say that Hampton will not be able to attend her daughter's marriage to "my young kinsman." Wade Hampton (1818-1902) served in the Confederate calvary during the Civil War, reaching the rank of lieutenant general. After..... More
New York: Soulside: Inquiries into Ghetto Culture and Community, 1969. Paperback. 236 p.; 25 cm. Paperback. Swedish anthropologist Ulf Hannerz spent almost two years in the Winston St. neighborhood of Washington, D.C., from 1966 to 1968, in conjunction with the Urban Language Study of the Center for Applied Linguistics. He..... More
Durham, N.C. Duke University Press, 1999. Paperback. [6], 222, [2] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. "The essays collected here focus on women in front of, behind, and on the TV screen, as producers, viewers, and charcters." -- cover. Contributors are Michele Hilmes, Mark Williams, Mary Desjardins, Moya..... More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. Paperback. xiii, [1], 182, [2] p.; 23 cm. Paperback. The author "provides an essential rethinking of the ways we understand and talk about race, using an examination of the Japanese American community of Chicago's Far North Side to form an innovative new framework for..... More
Philadelphia: Girard College Print Shop, 1948. Paperback. 7 p., frontispiece; 19 cm. Stapled yellow card covers; cover title and illustration printed in black and red. "Centennial Edition" at head of front cover. No publication information, but identical in format to other booklets by Raymond I. Haskell (1891-1979) that were produced..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1969. Paperback. [20], 297, [3] p.; 18 cm. Paperback. Publisher's catalog on final 3 unpaginated pages. Hays examines the development of the American conservation movement in the context of the Progressive era of the turn of the last century. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; scattered..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1924. Hardcover. 2 volumes: lxxxii, [2], 227, [1] p.; vii, [3], 265, [1] p.; 22 cm. Red cloth with paper spine labels printed in red and black. Lacking slipcase. Top page edges green. Title pages printed in red and black. Targ, Lafcadio Hearn, 59..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. Hardcover. xx, [2], 356 p.; 21 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and embossed publisher's emblem on front cover. No dust jacket. Printed by the Riverside Press. First trade edition. Former owner's stamp (red Japanese character) on front free endpaper. Targ..... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2017. Hardcover. xii, [2], 327 p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket designed by Mandy McDonald Scallan. The author examines the ways in which three senators from South Carolina -- Olin Johnston, Strom Thurmond, and Ernest Hollings -- used..... More
Titusville, Pa. Titusville Herald, 1943. Hardcover. [6] p., 61 leaves of cartoons, [2] p.; 22 cm. Yellow card covers on a plastic comb binding; front cover illustrated by the author cartoonist. Dedicated to Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift, U.S. Marine Corps, and the officers and men of the Navy and..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Hardcover. [4], 43, [1] p.: color and black-and-white illustrations; 31 cm. Dark blue cloth spine; color illustrated pastedowns over boards. Dust jacket reproduces illustrations and title from cover. Dust jacket is in a lined Demco cover. Illustrated endpapers. Contents: Pilgrims -- Cooking and Eating..... More
New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co., 1865. 3-7, [1] p.: music for piano; 34 cm. Color front cover illustration of band instruments arrayed on ground with a sword in front of a military encampment, with a U.S. flag in the background. This composition by F.B. Helmsmüller portrays three military..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1920. Hardcover. [2], 144 p., frontispiece and 7 leaves of plates (all color plates tipped onto heavy grey stock): many in-text illustrations; 25 cm. Blue cloth spine with black spine title; dark blue cover title on light grey paper over front board with blue and..... More
New York: Modern Age Books, 1938. Paperback. Second Printing, Sept. 1938. [8], 216 p.: in-text illustrations; 19 cm. Paperback with front cover illustration. "A New Modern Age Book" -- on front cover, with the seal emblem on both covers. Printed by union labor at the Rumford Press, Concord, N.H. Typography..... More
Upper Saddle River, N.J. Pearson Education, 2009. Paperback. Third Edition. xxv, [1], 3-637, [1], E2, G10, B30, C4, I32, [4] p.: illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. With 2 cds inside back cover (Exploring African-American History). In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; cover is not lying flat; clean..... More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1984. Paperback. xix, [3], 266 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Foreword by Joseph P. Lash. Part of the publisher's series Everywoman: Studies in History, Literature, and Culture. Contributions by William H. Chafe, Elisabeth Israels Perry, Susan Ware, Winifred D. Wandersee, Joanna Schneider..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. Hardcover. xviii, [2], 380 p., [8] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Dark brown spine and light brown boards with gilt spine title. Dust jacket (in mylar cover) with cover photo of Abbie Hoffman by William Coupon. First Edition. A biography of Abbie Hoffman..... More
1945. 1 typed letter, signed by President Herbert Hoover, on his personal stationery. Thanking Mrs. Joseph W. Jones of Bristol, Tennessee, who had sent a $10 donation to the Boys' Clubs of America in response to Hoover's appeal in the organization's behalf. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) served as the 31st president..... More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1986. DePol, John. Hardcover. 34, [2] p.: wood engravings; 24 cm. Green cloth spine with green-and-white paper over boards printed from a pattern by John DePol. Printed paper spine label. Green endpapers. With original glassine dust jacket and Errata slip signed by Neil Shaver. This..... More
Harrisburg, Pa. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, House of Representatives, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. By Craig W. Horle, Joseph S. Foster, Laurie M. Wolfe, Jeffrey L. Scheib, Robert E. Wright, David Haugaard, Dianna Dillio, Jennifer A. Janofsky, and Leigh A McCuen. This is volume 3 only, consisting of 2 parts with continuous..... More
Norman, Okla. University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. x, 209 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. First paperback edition. An extraordinary book that looks at the significant issue, after the American Revolution, of the nature and importance of Indian policy, in particular who..... More