Baedeker's Rhine.
by Baedeker, Karl.
16mo (4 1/4" x 6 1/2"), red cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated with maps, 461 pp. Ex-library copy, rubber stamp on title page, backstrip separated from cover on one side, some extremity wear, normal aging and browning; otherwise about very good. Karl Baedeker (1801-1959) was born in Essen, and attended Heidelberg University. His family was involved in the publishing and bookselling business, and around 1828 he entered the travel guide business. Baedeker created a different kind... Read More
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Baedeker's Oesterreich.
by Baedeker, Karl.
16mo (4 1/4" x 6 1/2"), red cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated with maps, 370 pp. Spine a little faded, slight extremity wear, normal browning and aging, not collated, but appears complete; otherwise about very good. This is a German edition of this title. Karl Baedeker (1801-1959) was born in Essen, and attended Heidelberg University. His family was involved in the publishing and bookselling business, and around 1828 he entered the travel guide business. Baedeker created... Read More
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Index of Streets and Plans of Paris.
by Baedeker, Karl.
16mo (4 1/4" x6 1/4"), softcovers, color folding maps. 31 pp. Spine a bit frayed, split and chipped, some darkening to covers and early owner signature on top margin of front cover, some edgewear, a section is a little loose because of spine split, normal aging; otherwise, considering the item, about very good. Maps are clean and bright. This copy includes 9 folding maps of Paris, including one showing railroads. While the accompanying text is in English the maps... Read More
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Index of Streets and Plans of Rome.
by Baedeker, Karl.
16mo (4 1/4" x6 1/4"), softcovers, color folding maps. 14 pp. Spine a little frayed, wrappers somewhat loose, chips missing from corners, one corner piece attached with archival tape, one folding map mostly detached and in three pieces, a few minor fold splits, some darkening to covers, normal aging; otherwise, considering the item, this is in good condition. This copy includes three folding maps of Rome, and a smaller double-page map of the city. Includes information on cabs and... Read More
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Index of Streets and Plans of Paris.
by Baedeker, Karl.
16mo (4 1/4" x 6 1/4"), softcovers, color folding maps. 36 pp. Spine and map edges are a bit frayed, split and chipped, 3 of the folding maps are split, and in two or three pieces (partially detached), last map is not split, some darkening to covers and early owner signature on rear cover, normal aging; otherwise good considering the type of item. This copy includes 9 folding maps of Paris, including one showing railroads. While the accompanying text is... Read More
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Baedeker's Sud-Deutschland.
by Baedeker, Karl.
16mo (4 1/4" x 6 1/2"), red cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated with maps, 554 pp. Spine faded, Slight extremity wear, hinges a little cracked, corners bumped, large folding map with sizeable tear on stub sheet, a couple of other maps with out of place folds, and small tears, some aging and browning; otherwise about very good. Karl Baedeker (1801-1959) was born in Essen, and attended Heidelberg University. His family was involved in the publishing and... Read More
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Baedeker's Rhine.
by Baedeker, Karl.
16mo (4 1/4" x 6 1/2"), red cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated with maps, 448 pp. Spine faded, Slight extremity wear, hinges a little cracked, corners bumped, large folding map with sizeable tear on stub sheet, a couple of other maps with out of place folds, and small tears, one map in two pieces, some aging and browning; otherwise about very good. Karl Baedeker (1801-1959) was born in Essen, and attended Heidelberg University. His family... Read More
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Baedeker's United States.
by Baedeker, Karl.
16mo (4 1/4" x 6 1/2"), red cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated with maps, 516 pp. Binding a little faded, very slight extremity wear, rear map of U.S. detached, back hinge a little weak, some aging and a little browning, rear endpaper browned and brittle, normal aging overall; otherwise about very good. Karl Baedeker (1801-1959) was born in Essen, and attended Heidelberg University. His family was involved in the publishing and bookselling business, and around 1828... Read More
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Picture Book of Florida.
by Bailey, Bernadine.
Square 8vo, cloth, pictorial cover, illustrated Some extremity wear, a little fading of covers, signature on title page; otherwise very good. This little work gives a brief history of key parts of Florida, and describes many modern attractions and [laces of interest. Colorful illustrations by Kurt Wiese.
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Travel and Adventures in the Congo Free State and Its Big Game Shooting
by Bailey, Henry
Tall 8vo, maroon cloth, stamped in gilt and black, frontispiece and 10 plates, plus folding map, xiv,[2], 327 pp. Covers scuffed, and book has slight bend, rear hing cracked, creasing to front endpaper, half title, and frontispiece, bookplate on front pastedown, scattered foxing; else very good. Bula N'zau, which means "elephant smasher", was the pseudonym Henry Bailey used as author of this book. By all accounts the name was very accurate. Baily spent about four years in the... Read More
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History Of The United States Secret Service
by Baker, Lafayette C
4to. Original cloth. Illustrated 704 pp. Top cover cover detached, and back cover almost detached, backstrip torn along spine. Some other minor tears on binding. Some minor foxing, but internally clean. Baker (1826-1869) was head of the Secret Service during the Civil War. Among his other exploits, was the capture of John Wilks Booth. This book contains some interesting commentary on spying, assassinations, and conspiracies during the Civil War. Baker’s own background, as well as the origin of... Read More
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A Bill To Establish A Uniform System Of Bankruptcy Throughout The United States
by Bankruptcy
Pamphlet, disbound and removed 81 pp. Some foxing and a few bends here and there, and last page is split a little at the hinge. Still, in good shape overall. This Bill was presented to the 19th Congress, second session [H.R. 332] on January 2, 1827. Bankruptcy was a big deal in this period, and was an issue Congress had to invest a good deal of time to settle. In fact, a similar Bill was proposed more than twenty-five years... Read More
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Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey
by Barber, John W
Tall 8vo, leather, illustrated, 512 pp. Unclear if this edition came with map, which is is not present, does include colored frontispiece, binding very worn, joints cracked, and covers almost detached, notation on front endpaper, moderate foxing and aging throughout. This edition contains a colored frontispiece that illustrated the Battle of Princeton, and a second plate on the Victory at Trenton. In additioon to historical information of the counties in New Jersey, it also contains an index of the towns,... Read More
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The C.S.A. and The Battle of Bull Run.
by Barnard, J.G.
First Edition. 8vo, red cloth and boards with gilt title on front cover, illustrated with five folding maps, 124 [12]pp. Binding worn around edges, spine with some splits and tears, top hinge weak, front endpaper loose, maps with some creasing, second map separated at first panel, also some darkening to a couple of maps, normal aging and darkening to contents; otherwise, good. Barnard (1815-1882) was an engineer in the Army Corps of Engineers. Dring the war with Mexico e oversaw... Read More
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Rona Barrett's Hollywood. April 1975.
by Barrett, Rona.
Magazine, glossy covers, illustrated, 82 pp. Spine and cover in good shape, normal aging of contents; otherwise very good plus. This is an issue that covers The Godfather Part II. Also, coverage of Lee Majors and Steve McQueen.
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Rona Barrett's Hollywood. August 1975.
by Barrett, Rona.
Magazine, glossy covers, illustrated, 82 pp. A little spine and cover wear, normal aging of contents; otherwise very good plus. This is an issue that covers Cher and Elvis. Also, coverage of Natle Wood and Robert Wagner.
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Rona Barrett's Gossup. January 1976.
by Barrett, Rona.
Magazine, glossy covers, illustrated, 82 pp. Spine and cover in good shape, normal aging of contents; otherwise very good plus. This is a Cher and Elvis issue. Also, coverage of Rtan O'Neal and Robert Blake
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Rona Barrett's Hollywood. April 1975.
by Barrett, Rona.
Magazine, glossy covers, illustrated, 82 pp. A little spine and cover wear, normal aging of contents; otherwise very good plus. This is an issue that covers The Godfather Part II. Also, coverage of Linda Blair and the Earthquake film
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Barrett's Hollywood. December 1977.
by Barrett, Rona.
Magazine, glossy covers, illustrated, 82 pp. Spine and covers in very good shape, normal aging of contents; otherwise very good plus. This is an Elvis Presley cover , which includes article about him (There'll Never Be Another King). Other articles cover stories on Al Pacino, Olivia Newton-John, Ed Asnerand Robert DeNiro.
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Illustrated Children's Books
by Barr, John.
Sma;; 4to, paperback, illustrated, 80 pp. Signature on title page, otherwise inear fine. Focused history from primitive chap books to more complex stuff like Beatrix Potter.
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Zell's Descriptive Hand Atlas of the World.
by Bartholomew, John.
Small folio (13 1/4" x 10"), leather spine and corners with cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated with 35 colored maps. Top cover and front endpaper are detached, spine torn and mostly detached from book block, some wear and scuffing to spine and extremities, slight aging and darkening, a little corner staining, but generally bright and clean internally. While Zell's maps don't have the decorative style of other map makers of this period, they are... Read More
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Zell's Descriptive Hand Atlas of the World.
by Bartholomew, John.
Small folio (13 1/4" x 10"), leather spine and corners with cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated with 35 colored maps. Top cover and part of spine partially detached, wear and scuffing to spine and extremities, bookplate on front endpaper, endpapers are partially glued to pastedowns, slight aging and a little corner staining, but internally bright and clean. While Zell's maps don't have the decorative style of other map makers of this period, they are attractive and... Read More
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Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Chactaws, Containing an Account of the Soil and National Productions of Those Regions Together with Observations of the Manners of the Indians
by Bartram, William
8vo, modern black half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, morocco spine label, illustrated with copper engraved folding map, 8 (including frontispiece) copper engraved plates, xxiv, 520, [12] pp. Frontispiece mounted showing some damage in margins, repair to title page, folding map trimmed at upper edge with resulting loss of border rule, repairs on map verso; foxing and some staining, piece missing in bottom margin of page 176, but not affecting text. Overall the contents are good to very good... Read More
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A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books.
by Basbanes , Nicholas A.
Thick 8vo, hardcover, title on spine, dust jacket, illustrated, 638 pp. Other than a price sticker on back of dj, dust jacket and contents in excelleny condition. A book any book collector can easily relate to.
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Who's Who in Major League Bass Ball.
by [Baseball].
4to, textured red cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated, 544 pp. Light rubbing to extremities, slight aging; about near fine. This was the first installment of this book, which was compiled by Harold "Speed' Johnson. It is a rich volume of baseball information from a significant year in the history of the sport. The book includes photographs of the players, and useful information about their records. Not surprisingly Babe Ruth got double page coverage, who at that... Read More
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