Americas from JimsOldBooks

Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 2000. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the kachina (or more correctly katsina), small carved wooden figures used in the culture of the Hopi Indians, and more so at the modern Hopi carvers. Signed by the… Read more about this item

New York: Gaylord Watson, 1878. Some wear to the blue paper spine, with some of it worn completely away, some creasing and small tears to back cover, but otherwise a good, internally clean and tight copy of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 1873, this is a slightly later, undated edition but with advert inside front cover for Berkshire… Read more about this item

London: Hammond, Hammond & Co, 1959. Unclipped dustwrapper has quite a lot of creasing, mainly to top edge, also some tears, and the top inch or so missing at the spine. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of grey boards, a previous owner's name and date (December 1961) on f/ep, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, 1948. Creasing and some small tear to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of brown boards, some yellowing to the pages but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in the US as "Listen, Bright Angel" in 1946, this is a slightly later British edition with no publication… Read more about this item

London: Hammond, Hammond & Co, 1949. Unclipped dustwrapper in poor condition, with tears most of the way down the fold at front flap and at right-hand side of spine, also creasing and smaller tears to the edges. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of brown boards, a previous owner's name and date (1960) on f/ep, some yellowing to… Read more about this item

Sillery, Quebec: Septentrion, 2002. A very good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book. Originally published in French in 2001, this is the first English-language edition, translated by Mary E Brennan-Ricard. A biography of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, who came to New France (now Quebec) in 1651. He lived among the Mohawk Indians for a… Read more about this item

Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books, 2007. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, original owner's name on title page, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with Peter Munuit, who founded the first permanent European settlement in Delaware in 1638 when working for the Swedish crown, and… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1971. Some creasing and a few scuff-marks to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some fading to spine of same, minor bumping to spine ends of green cloth spine strip, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's impressions (mostly looking at the nature) of two islands; Grand Manan in the Bay… Read more about this item

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1962. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with activity during the American Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley which lies in north-eastern New Jersey and Rockland County, New York. … Read more about this item

Doylestown, Pennsylvania: The Bucks County Historical Society, 1958. Hardback book in slipcase. Very slight scuffing to corners of the open end of black slipcase but no wear or damage to the book itself. Contains the text of a school journal kept by Rev. Silas Andrews (with some entries by the boys of the school) of Doylestown, Pennsylvania between… Read more about this item

London: Readers Union, 1967. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, back panel of same is a little bit grubby, minor bumping to spine ends of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book dealing with the author's journeys in Argentina and Paraguay along the Rio de la Plata, Paraguay and Parana rivers, including… Read more about this item

London: The Adventurers Club, 1960. Adventurers Club edition, no publication date given but was originally published by Hollis & Carter in 1959 so this would be a slightly later edition, say 1960? Slight creasing to edges of dustwrapper, some foxing to white panels of same, slight bumping to spine ends of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight… Read more about this item

Western Canada Wilderness Committee, 1991. Some scuffing to the edges of the spine and minor wear to edges of the cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The author's travels by kayak in the Yukon, including the Tatshenshini, Alsek, Chilkat, Hess, Firth, Coal and Snake rivers. Signed by… Read more about this item

Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. Some fading to the spine and foxing to back panel of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to lower end of red cloth spine strip, a previous owner's name and date (1974) on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Written for children aged around 10-12, the book deals with the legends… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. Minor creasing to the bottom edge of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the various Immigrant populations of New York from the seventeenth century Dutch up to the 1990s. 353pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. No dustwrapper. Ex library copy with white numbers on spine of blue cloth-covered boards, labels inside front board, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A ''selective'' guide to buildings of architectural interest in Illinois. 304pp, 150 b&w illustrations..… Read more about this item

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1967. Ex library copy with some creasing to the edges of the price-clipped dustwrapper and a label on the spine of same. Ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, hinge starting to split at the rear, otherwise a good clean copy of this hard-cover book. Contains essays and other pieces on… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2009. 2009 Paperback edition. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. Deal with the many social problems found among the First Nations peoples of Canada, particularly alcoholism, and at local attempts to deal with the problem. 264pp. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

London: The Adventurers Club, 1967. 1967 Adventurers Club edition. Some rubbing to the back of the unclipped dustwrapper, previous owner's name on first page, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the author's life on a cattle ranch in northern Arizona in the 1950s. 190pp, 11 b&w illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.… Read more about this item

Toronto: T E Bowman, 1945. Minor shelf wear to spine ends, title has been written on top and bottom page edges by previous owner, otherwise a good tight copy of this soft-cover Canadian Government publication. Brought out in 1945 by the Department for Planning and Development, the book contains papers given at the conference on river valley development in… Read more about this item