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SIOUX CITY ILLUSTRATED: The Pioneer Period And An Authentic Sketch of The Sioux City of To-Day
by Heizer, E. P. ("Edited By")
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- 1888
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Quarto (12 by 9 1/4 inches) stiff wrappers: 64 unnumbered pages illustrated with numerous vivid black and white lithographic views of business blocks, mills, various industries, office buildings, banks, homes, and other prominent landmarks; cover tinted in colors.
Good condition (minor chipping at edges, and along spine; light, old water stain extending from upper right corner of title page to middle… Read more about this item Item Price
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EXPERIMENTS IN AERODYNAMICS
by Langley, S. P.
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- Original First Edition
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- 1891
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$145.00
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Folio (13 1/2 by 10 inches) 115 pages, in wrappers, 10 draphtsman-like quality plates (detailed technical drawings); in addition to charts, graphs, and tables regarding "The Counter Poised Eccentric Plane," "The Rolling Carriage," and other flight experiments.
Good condition internally: (disbound, with small "withdrawn" stamp from Lake Erie College on bottom margin of Contents page, "Lake Erie Seminary Dept. of Physics"… Read more about this item Item Price
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PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF POLA IN ISTRIA
by Allason, Thomas
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- Original First Edition
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- 1819
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$1,395.00
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Original hardcover folio in very good condition (17 1/2 by 12 inches) John Murray, J. and A. Arch, J. Booth, and Colnaghi and Co. London, 1819
Four leaves, (including half title), 67 pages, ten full page engraved plates by W. B. Cooke, George Cooke, Henry Moses, and Cosmo Armstrong on separate leaves (including the frontis, "Drawn by J. M. W. Turner… Read more about this item Item Price
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RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY
by Squire, Watson C.
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- Original First Edition
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- 1886
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- Sewn Wrappers
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Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 inches) Hanford Stationery and Printing Company, 1886. Original First Edition. 72 pages, large foldout map (18 1/2 by 24 inches) attached to back wrapper, bound in original sewn wrappers, very good condition.
Written before Washington became a State, the author describes "Some of the reasons qualifying this Territory for early admission into the Union .… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DEMON OF THE ORIENT
by Williams, Allen S.
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- 1883
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Small octavo (7 5/8 by 5 3/8 inches) New York: Published by the Author, 1883. Original First Edition. 140 pages, frontispiece, original green hardcover cloth binding, good condition (normal, mild shelf wear, printed on paper that is now aged and brittle, but intact, with no loss; and not affecting contents which are complete).
An early expose on opium and its affect… Read more about this item Item Price
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MEMOIR OF MAJ.-GEN. GEORGE H. THOMAS
by Johnson, Richard W.
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- 1881
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$120.00
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Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches) Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881. First Edition. 322 pages illustrated with engraved frontispiece and portraits (including Sheridan, Sherman, Rosecrans, and Grant), Appendix (containing "Speech of General W. T. Sherman," and letters from George B. McClellan, and others regarding the unveiling of a statue, and the dedication of a monument in honor… Read more about this item Item Price
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HISTORY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND
by Van Horne, Thomas B.
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- 1875
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Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches) Cincinnatti: Robert Clark & Co., 1875. First Edition. Two Volumes, xiv, 454 & v, 478 pages including an Appendix, with details on the construction of block house fortifications, and an Index."Illustrated with Campaign and Battle Maps Compiled by Edward Ruger, Late Superintendant Topographical Engineer Office, Headquarters Department of the Cumberland," in an… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LIFE O MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS
by Van Horne, Thomas
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- 1882
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$115.00
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Octavo (8 3/4 by 6 inches) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. First Edition. x, 502 pages, eight folded maps, frontis is an engraved portrait of Thomas.
Appendix contains "Roster of Troops Engaged at Mill Springs, Kentucky January 19, 1862," and "Organization of U. S. Forces Commanded by Major General Geo. H. Thomas, at the Battle of Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 15… Read more about this item Item Price
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EDWARD WESTON'S CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPES
by Enyeart, James
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- 1984
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$65.00
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Oblong quarto (12 3/4 by 13 1/2 inches) Boston: A New York Graphic Society Book - Little, Brown and Company, 1984. First Edition. 143 pages, 117 pages of photo illustrations, bibliography, printed by The Stinehour Press. Half white linen binding over grey linen boards, housed in a grey linen slip case, with photo mounted on front cover. Very good condition… Read more about this item Item Price
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CHINA BOY
by Jones, Idwal
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- 1936
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Octavo (8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches) Los Angeles, California: The Primavera Press, 1936. First Edition. 132 pages, quarter cloth, with Chinese characters printed on decorative paper covered boards; title, decorative device, author's name, and publisher's name in gilt on spine; original worn dust jacket protected by mylar, title page drawing by James Bodrero. Very good condition.
A collection of short… Read more about this item Item Price
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CRUISES IN THE BERING SEA
by Niedieck, Paul (Translated From The Original German by R. A. Ploetz, M. A.
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- 1909
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$175.00
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Small quarto (9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches) London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1909. First Edition. xv, 252 + [4] pages of Publisher's Advertisements, "With 73 Full-Page Plates (on unnumbered leaves), a Map, and 56 Illustrations in the Text, Reproduced From Original Photographs."
The colored map is folded into a pocket attached to the rear pastedown. Original gray cloth binding with title… Read more about this item Item Price
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MODERN MEXICAN ARTISTS
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- 1937
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- Hardcover, Cloth
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$75.00
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Small octavo (8 by 6 inches) Mexico : Frances Toor Studios, 1937. First Edition. 202 pages printed on coated stock, (56 pages of text, each section headed by a black and white thumbnail portrait of the artist being discussed, 74 leaves of black and white plates representing the subject artist's work, frontis is in color) good condition (tan hardback cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
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FROM MANASSAS TO APPOMATTOX
by Longstreet, James (Lieutenant-General Confederate Army)
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- 1896
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$475.00
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Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches) Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Original First Edition. xxii, 690 pages, illustrated with [46] pages of plates: 40 illustrations, including portraits, battle scenes, and a facsimile letter to Lee, and 16 maps with color denoting battle lines (red for Confederates, blue for Federals), an appendix with letters of General Robert E.… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SPLENDID HILLS
by Clark, Ronald
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- 1948
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Quarto (11 1/2 by 8 3/4 inches) London: Phoenix House, 1948. First Edition. 118 pages, "With 3 portraits and 80 pages of plates," blue cloth, hardcover binding, good condition (slight fading to spine, and edges of covers, not affecting contents), sharp black and white photographs printed on coated stock.
A biographical sketch, and sample of the famous photographer's Alpine work; including… Read more about this item Item Price
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FISHING IN THE OLYMPICS
by Webster, E. B.
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- First Edition
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- 1923
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- Hardcover, Cloth
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$75.00
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Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches) Port Angeles, Washington: The Evening News Inc., 1923. First Edition. 226 [1] pages illustrated with black and white sketches by Annette Swan, and a few black and white photos; printed on brown paper, good condition (mild evidence of old moisture to lower border of front cover, and foredge, not affecting contents) small faint… Read more about this item Item Price
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LAUREL LINE Interurbans Special 103
by Henwood, James N. J. and John G. Muncie
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- 1986
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- Hardcover, Cloth
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$45.00
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Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches) Glendale, California: Interurban Press, 1986. First Edition. 207 pages printed on coated stock, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs, time tables, tickets, diagrams of cars, roster of equipment, bibliography, index; hardcover in very good condition with original colorful dust jacket.
Interurbans Special 103: History of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad, most notable… Read more about this item Item Price
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C & S HIGH LINE MEMORIES and THEN SOME
by Klinger, Tom and Denise
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- First Edition
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- 2004
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 3/4 inches) Denver, Colorado: Tom Klinger, 2004. First Edition. 280 pages printed on coated stock, illustrated with vintage black and white photographic portraits, maps, a gallery of photo images of Como, Colorado, views of trains, equipment, bridges, cabins, "Addendums" of time tables, engine ratings, time books, engineers, firemen & trainmen rosters, glossary, and index. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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NEW MEXICO'S RAILROADS
by Myrick, David F.
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- First Edition
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- 1970
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Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 inches) Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Museum, 1970. First Edition. 197 pages illustrated with black and white vintage captioned photographs of locomotives, stations, people; maps, plus 7 pages showing a selection of rare New Mexico railroad passes, and an index. Hardbound in original jacket, very good condition.
A well respected Western author's historical perspective on a… Read more about this item Item Price
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SEVENTY YEARS IN TEXAS
by Franks, J. M.
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- First Edition
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- 1924
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Octavo (9 by 6 inches) Gatesville, Texas, 1924. First Edition. 134 pages, frontis portrait of the author, original stapled wrappers, very good condition (mild chips to top and bottom of spine, lower right corner of front cover slightly chipped; contents not affected).
The author's reminiscences that include "killings," "captures," and "escapes," while mentioning "Wild Bill," Kit Carson, "Wolf Boy," and many… Read more about this item Item Price
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TWO VOLUMES - Boxed Set: "The Book of Colt Engraving" and "The Book of Winchester Engraving"
by Wilson, R. L.
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$295.00
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Quartos (each 12 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches) Los Angeles: Beinfeld Publishing, Inc.. First Editions. Hardcover. Very good condition.
Colt volume has 422 pages, and the Winchester volume has 402 pages; both are printed on coated stock, and profusely illustrated with black and white and color photographs including several fold out plates. There is a General Index, and a Model Index… Read more about this item Item Price
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