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Description: From the American Indians Then and Now series, "the American Indian of the Northern Plains has impressed the world with his magnificent eagle-feather bonnet and his ability to ride bareback at breakneck speeds." -- dust jacket

Publisher Information: Copyright date - 1969, Putnam's Sons, New York, # Pages - 256, hardcover,with dust jacket. Includes illustrations, index, bibliography

Overall Condition: Fair: structurally intact with cracked hinge at front and back boards, slight yellowing to pages, light soil and overall wear, library system withdrawn with typical markings and pocket, cello cover over dust jacket has kept book in better overall condition

Washington, D.C.: Service Center for Teachers of History, 1959. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. (ii), 22pp. Several minor dings to extremities, light wear, mild soiling, and a touch of yellowing to covers. Ink-stamp to front cover. Aside from just a few marks in ink, text clean. Binding sound

Beautiful informative double sided wall chart

good. good %paperback cover and corner wear Volume 2 red spot on book edge bent page corners

Dansville, NY / Chicago: F. A. Owen Pub. Co. / Hall & McCreary, 1905. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 32 pages. Nicely illustrated 1905 pamphlet for children with slight wear to paper covers..

New York, New York: Book Sales. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 1555212298 . Large hardcover, 479 pages in fine condition with fine dustjacket. Filled with hundreds of rare and original engravings and photographs. Within these covers you will discover the New England of our forefathers. A trek into the grand New England past.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Tallinn: Valgus, 1977. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/fair. 263 pages, with maps and index, illustrated with color plates. A study of Estonian lakes, written in Estonian. Tan boards with gilt lily design on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Some edge wear and tanning of cover, corners and spine ends bumped, gilt bright, hinges a little weak, some tanning of interior pages, staining of page edges. Illustrated dust jacket with white titles on front cover and black titles on spine has some staining, tears along edges, creases, edge wear, hole in jacket at back spine, not clipped.

Plymouth, Mass: Memorial Press, 1958. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 76pp., (iii) ads. Bound in original wrappers. Light wear and mild soiling to exterior. Volume a little bowed, though not offensively so. Some rustiness to staples. Text clean and binding sound. Remains a good, clean, sound copy

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. 382 pages, indexed and illustrated with black and white photo sections. The tragic story of a South African lawyer who tried to defend black South Africans during apartheid. White cloth binding with brown lettering on spine, orange end papers. Light spotting, slight edge wear, corners and spine a little bumped, interior pages bright. White dust jacket with multicolored lettering has some edge wear, short tears along edges of front, remains of old sticker on front, a little spotting, chips along edges, not price clipped.

New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesian Missions, 1976. Soft cover. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. (32pp.). Circa 1976. Actual date of publication is unknown. Very small, thin booklet with no pagination. Just light wear and a touch of soiling to exterior, with a tiny, faint spot to back cover. Text clean. Binding sound

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1916. First printing. Vintage paperback. Good/No jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Articles include "Little-known Sardinia," "The Awakening of Argentina and Chile," "Wards of the United States," and "A Little Journey in Honduras." Yellow wraps with black titles. Some fading and scuffing of cover with spotting, edge wear, creases in corners of cover and first few pages, spine a bit faded with split starting at back hinge, back cover stained and spotted, interior pages bright (lots of interesting advertisements), binding tight.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Hardcover. Good. 313 pages with index, illustrated with black and white plates. An overview of British history pointing out how religion and money have shaped the development of Great Britain. Blue cloth binding with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine, tissue protected frontispiece, rough cut front edge. Some edge wear to cover, corners and spine ends bumped, some spotting and a few scratches, spine darkened with some fading of gilt, front hinge weak, first pages loose with frontispiece and tissue detached and laid in, interior pages lightly tanned and clean, no obvious markings, back free end paper partially torn off.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1942. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. 522 pages with index. Entertaining behind the scenes look at how Washington society and politics really work. Burgundy cloth binding with printed paper label on spine. Some spotting, label and spine faded, edge wear with bumped corners and spine ends, hinges a little weak but not broken, interior pages tanned with no obvious writing or marks, a couple of pages creased at corners.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1851. Revised. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Ex-Library. Section 1: 286 pages, Section 2: 115 pages. Irving's travels in Iberia, garnished and delightfully enlivened with tales and legends of Moorish Spain. Maroon or deep red cloth binding with gilt titles and bands on spine, gilt top edge. Standard Library Edition. Some edge wear, corners heavily bumped, spine ends a little bumped, titles mostly bright with a little wear, a little scuffing and spotting of cover, advertising pasted on front end papers, gift inscription on front free end paper mentioning school library, front hinge a little weak, frontispiece tissue protector mostly torn out, interior pages clean and lightly tanned, binding otherwise tight. Measures 5 x 8 inches

New York: Viking Press, 1986. First edition thus. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 563 pages, indexed. A detailed study of the complicated society of the country of Mexico, including anthropology, history, economics, politics, culture and psychology. White illustrated wraps with copper and black titles on front cover, gilt titles on spine. Cover yellowing, slight shelf wear to cover, tiny crease in top of spine, a little spotting, old price sticker at bottom of back cover, interior pages tanning, owner's name on front free end paper, binding sound. Mass market paperback, measures 4 1/4 x 7 inches

Clapham, North Yorkshire: Dalesman Books, 1977. Fourth edition. Vintage paperback. Good +/No Jacket. 64 pages with index, illustrated with black and white drawings and photographs. A travel guide to a beautiful section of England. Illustrated white wraps with black titles on front cover, 75p cover price. Some edge wear and tanning of cover with light spotting and a few scratches, reading crease near spine, smudges on back cover, a little spotting inside front cover, interior pages bright, binding tight.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1956. Very good paperback book. 436 pages including index. The classic story of the conquest of Mexico by Cortes's small force. Diaz was a member of the expedition but understood the horrors of the defeat of the Aztec and the destruction of their civilization. Idell uses the Cabanas Edition as the basis for his translation.. Soft Cover.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Unpaginated, illustrated with black and white political cartoons. This book points out in our times that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Yellow illustrated boards with black titles on spine. Some soiling and spotting of cover, back cover a little scratched, corners and spine ends bumped, former owner's bookplate with drawing of naked woman on front fixed end paper and gift notation dated 1958 on front free end paper, end papers a bit stained, interior pages bright, Oversized, measures 8 1/4 x 11 inches

New York: Harper Torchbooks, The Academy Library, Harper & Row Publishers, 1964. Reissue . Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x, 244pp., 12pp. General light to medium wear to exterior, with a touch of soiling to same. Mild tanning to pages. No writing to text. Binding sound. A good, sound, user friendly copy

Cincinnati, Ohio: Young and Klein, Inc., 1951. First Edition . Soft cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128pp. Minor wear to exterior. Text and covers clean and binding tight. An attractive copy