HISTORY (AMERICAN)
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EARLY AMERICAN MILLS
Written by Martha Zimiles; Murray Zimiles.
Stock no. 1823449
Published by Bramhall House.
1st
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
All over the Northeastern part of the United States stand the remains of the buildings that housed the birth of industry in America. This book examines America's industrial revolution in a lively and instructive way, with the emphasis always on the architectural beauty and value of the early mills, factories, and mill villages. Large format. Blue cloth spine with dark blue title, blue paper boards. B/w photos and illustrations and 11 colour plates. ISBN: 0517181282. Light browning to horizontal edges of boards and text block. Personal inscription in ink to front endpaper. Lower page corner tips are lightly creased. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few closed tears, some repaired with clear tape, a few grubby marks and some fading to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
THE FOX AND THE WHIRLWIND: GENERAL GEORGE CROOK AND GERONIMO: A PAIRED BIOGRAPHY
Written by Peter Aleshire.
Stock no. 2136601
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
2000.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Yellow boards with black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0471325759. Bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- BIOGRAPHY
KICK THE DEAD LION: A CASEBOOK OF THE CUSTER BATTLE
Written by Charles G. Du Bois.
Stock no. 2136595
Published by Upton & Sons.
1st thus
1987.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Very dark blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Originally published in soft-cover in 1954, this updated version of Du Bois' brilliant essay is offered to a new generation. ISBN: 0912783095. Wrapper spine is faded.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
- ESSAYS
THE PLAINS RIFLE
Written by Charles E. Hanson.
Stock no. 1823158
Published by The Gun Room Press.
1st thus
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Reprint Edition. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 088227015X. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn (no loss), slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- GUNS
- SHOOTING
ENGINES OF CHANGE: THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1790-1860
Written by Brooke Hindle; Steven Lubar.
Stock no. 2135682
Published by Smithsonian Institution Press.
1988.
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 087474539X. Spine is faded; small tear/nick to top. Title page is partially detached to top.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- INDUSTRY
THE KATY RAILROAD AND THE LAST FRONTIER
Written by V.V. Masterson.
Stock no. 1822485
Published by University of Oklahoma Press.
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Tracing the history of the Katy from its earliest beginnings to the present. Yellow cloth boards, brown & black title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0806102551. Fourth printing. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed, rear panel is a little grubby. Talcum powder type odour present.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- AMERICA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
THE MARCH OF THE MONTANA COLUMN
Written by James H. Bradley; Edgar I. Stewart.
Stock no. 2135387
Published by University of Oklahoma Press.
1st USA
1961.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A Prelude to The Custer Disaster. Grey cloth with silver title to spine. B/w photos. Bumping to corners. Page edge browning; some foxing. Wrapper has top corner of front flap cut off; faded to spine; some small tears and chips; couple of repairs to verso.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- MILITARY
BLOOD OF NOBLE MEN: THE ALAMO SIEGE & BATTLE
Written by Alan C. Huffines; Stephen L. Hardin.
Illustrated by Gary S. Zaboly.
Stock no. 2135264
Published by Eakin Press.
1st USA
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Maroon/red leathertte style boards; gilt title to spine. An Illustrated Chronology. Foreword by Hardin. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1571681949.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
HELL WITH THE FIRE OUT: A HISTORY OF THE MODOC WAR
Written by Arthur Quinn.
Stock no. 2135257
Published by Faber And Faber, Inc..
1st USA
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Beige boards, gilt title to spine. American edition. ISBN: 0571199038. Light marks to outer page edges. What looks like fade mark to edge of front panel of wrapper.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- MILITARY
GERONIMO: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Alexander B. Adams.
Stock no. 2135254
Published by New English Library.
1st
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Pale yellow boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. Illustrated Biography; b/w photos. ISBN: 0450016277. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- BIOGRAPHY
MONTCALM AND WOLFE
Written by Francis Parkman.
Stock no. 2134947
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1st
1964.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A continent at war - the Seven Years' War in America. First published in two volumes in 1884. This edition has an Historical Foreword by Esmond Wright, Professor fo Modern History in the University of Glasgow. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Maps to endpapers. B/w frontis. Top edge blue. xx and 719 pages including index. Spotting to covers. Browning and a few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with tears and chips, but minimal loss; some browning.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NORTH AMERICA
THE UNITED STATES CAVALRY: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by Gregory J.W. Urwin.
Illustrated by Ernest Lisle Reedstrom.
Stock no. 1820881
Published by Blandford Press.
1st
1983.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0713712198. Endpapers lightly browned. Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is neatly covered with clear laminate.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CAVALRY
- UNIFORMS