Americana (Colonial to Immigrants)

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THADDEUS Americana (Colonial to Immigrants) May 20, 1998
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102. (COLONIAL)...Lorant, Stefan (editor). THE NEW WORLD: THE FIRST PICTURES
OF AMERICA: MADE BY JOHN WHITE & JACQUES LEMOYNE & ENGRAVED BY THEODORE DE
BRY. New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1946. 1st edition. Hardcover -
decorated cloth, Quarto. Very good condition. Very slight cover & edge wear..
Color & Black & white plates. Illus from the hand-colored facsimiles of the
John White water- colors. Narratives from the Huguenot & Virginia
Settlements. 293 pages......$35.00

103. (COLONIAL PERIOD)...Coffin, Charles Carlton. OLD TIMES IN THE COLONIES.
New York, Harper & Bros, 1899. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Large octavo.
Very good condition. Faint edgewear. Owner inscription (1899) endpaper. Black
& white frontis & plates. Detailed historical portrait of America's Colonial
period. With approximately 200 Black & white plates. With Index. Hard to
find. Green cloth with gilt title and inlaid cover drawing of a pioneer
family foraging in the snow. Tight well-bound volume. Hard to find. 460 pages
+ ads......$40.00

104. (COLONIAL VILLAGE)...Frost, John Eldridge. COLONIAL VILLAGE: 1647 - 1947
KITTERY POINT, MAINE. Kittery Point ME, The Gundalow Club, Inc, 1951 (?). 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Very light corner
wear. Black & white photographs. Study of the Buildings, Architecture &
Layout of Kittery Point, Maine. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY JOHN ELDRIDGE FROST
(March 1951). Good tight copy. 82 pages......$25.00

105. (COLORADO)...Hall, Gordon Langley. THE TWO LIVES OF BABY DOE.
Philadelphia, Macrae Smith Co, 1962. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Small
octavo. Good condition. Some cover & edge wear. Slight soiling. Edges
bumped.. Gift inscription endpaper. Owner's stamp, endpaper, title & upper
edges. 252 pages......$18.00

106. (COMMENTARY)...Jordan, June. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: AFRICAN-AMERICAN
NOTES ON THE STATE OF THE UNION. New York, Pantheon Books, 1992. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Owner signature endpaper. Good tight copy. 227
pages......$10.00

107. (COMMUNALISM)...Rexroth, Kenneth. COMMUNALISM: FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY. New York, Seabury Press, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Owner signature front endpaper. Study of communes
and intentional communities, religious & secular from their known beginnings
to the 20th Century. Groups included are the: Essenes, Therapeutae, Brethren
of the Free Spirit, anabaptists, Hutterites, Oneida, Brok Farm, Shakers,
early communes in America, Russian communities - and many more. Well-indexed.
Good tight copy. 316 pages......$17.50

108. (COMMUNITY LIFE)...Clark, Joe, HBSS. I REMEMBER. Tennessee, Tennessee
Squire Association, 1969. 1st. Large obl octavo. Very good condition. Full
page Black & white photos. Privately printed for the Tennessee Squire
Association. Nostalgic photographic memories of life in Tennessee. Stamped
burlap binding. Good tight copy. Np......$25.00

109. (CONSERVATISM)...Will, George F. THE MORNING AFTER: AMERICAN SUCCESSES
AND EXCESSES 1981-1986. New York, The Free Press, 1956. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Well-Indexed. Good tight copy. 430 pages......$10.00

110. (CONSPIRACY)...Baker, Jeffrey A. CHEQUE MATE: THE GAME OF PRINCES. St.
Petersburg FL, Group I - The Baker Group, 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, Large octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Expose of a plan for a one-world government, or world order. How the
conspiracy affects America and Americans. Good tight copy. 339
pages......$13.50

111. (CONTEMPORARY HISTORY)...Cooper, John Milton, Jr. PIVOTAL DECADES: THE
UNITED STATES, 1900-1920. New York, W. W. Norton, 1990. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs & plates.
Incisive paroramic history of the first 2 decades of 20th Century America -
the Golden Age of American politics. Well-illustrated. Index. Good tight
copy. 408 pages......$13.50

112. (COOLIDGE, GRACE)...Ross, Ishbel. GRACE COOLIDGE AND HER ERA: THE STORY
OF A PRESIDENT'S WIFE. New York, Dodd Mead, 1962. 2nd printing. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good condition in worn dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Light cover wear. Black & white plates. Authoritative bio of
Grace Coolidge, as well as a fascinating panorama of American life in the
first half of the century. With Notes, Bibliography. Well-indexed. Good tight
copy. 370 pages......$12.50

113. (COSMOS CLUB)...Washburn, Wilcomb E. THE COSMOS CLUB OF WASHINGTON: A
CENTENNIAL HISTORY 1878 - 1978. Washington DC, Cosmos Club of Washington,
1978. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Very light edge
wear. Color frontis/Black & white photos. Photo-illustrated Centennial
celebration of the Cosmos Club. With History, Organization of the Club,
Possessions, Club Life. Includes Representative Men of the Club. Plus
extensive information on Club Prize Winners, Member Statistics, more. With
detailed Appendices, Index. Hard to find. Good tight copy. 406
pages......$30.00

114. (COUNTRY INNS)...Andrews, Peter (Photographed by Raymond, Lilo, Gardner,
George W. & Northrup, Steve). CLASSIC COUNTRY INNS OF AMERICA (3 volume boxed
set). Los Angeles, Kna pages Press, 1978. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2
dec/cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition. Full color photographs.
Beautiful 3 volume boxed set. Color paste-down photo on box. Good tight set.
480 ttl pages......$35.00

115. (CRIME)...Train, Arthur. COURTS AND CRIMINALS. New York, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1923. Rev. 1912 edition. Leatherette, 12mo. Very Good
condition+. Embossed leatherette binding. Black & white frontis &
photographs. Crime in America. Contents include: Preparing a criminal case
for trial.. Sensationalism & jury trials.. Why do men kill... The Mala Vita
in America.. Tricks of the Trade - and much more. With one photograph of
Harry K. Thaw in court. Good tight copy. 304 pages......$20.00

116. (CRIME)...Train, Arthur. THE PRISONER AT THE BAR: SIDELIGHTS ON THE
ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923.
Rev. 1908 edition. Leatherette, 12mo. Very Good condition+. Embossed
leatherette binding. Black & white frontis & photographs. Contents include:
The arrest.. The police court.. The witness..The Verdict.. Red Tape.. The
Sentence - and much more. Many case histories and examples Good tight copy.
357 pages......$18.00

117. (CRIME)...Train, Arthur (Former Assistant Disrict Attorney, New York
County). TRE CONFESSIONS OF ARTEMAS QUIBBLE. New York, Charles Scribner's
Sons, 1923. Repr. 1911 edition. Leatherette, 12mo. Very Good condition+.
Embossed leatherette binding. Black & white frontis & plates. "Being the
ingenous and unvarnished history of Artemas Quibble, Esquire, One-time
practitioner in the New York criminal Courts.. Together with an account of
the divers wiles, trucks sophistries, technicalities, and sundry artifices of
himself and others of the fraternity, commonly yclept "shysters" or "shyster
lawyers." Good tight copy. 227 pages......$18.00

118. (CRIME)...Train, Arthur (Former Assistant Disrict Attorney, New York
County). TRUE STORIES OF CRIME: FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. New
York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Repr. 1908 edition. Leatherette, 12mo.
Very Good condition+. Embossed leatherette binding. Black & white frontis &
plates. Eleven true stories of crime in turn-of-the-century America. Good
tight copy. 348 pages......$18.00

119. (CULTURE)...Douglas, Patrick. EAST COAST, WEST COAST. New York, Donald
I. Fine, Inc, 1989. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. An incisive, provocative and
witty look at the cultural war between New York and California and who's
winning. Tight copy. 320 pages......$12.00

120. (CURRIER AND IVES)...Simkin, Colin (editor). CURRIER AND IVES' AMERICA:
A PANORAMA OF THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY SCENE. New York, Crown Publishers,
Inc, 1952. 1st. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Oblong quarto. Very good
condition. Very slight cover wear. 80 prints in full color. Good tight copy.
Not Paginated......$30.00

121. (D.W. GRIFFITH)...Henderson, Robert M. D.W. GRIFFITH: THE YEARS AT
BIOGRAPH. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. 1st printing. Hardcover -
cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/clipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Light edgewear. Black & white photos. The
fascinating crucial years at Biograph - 1908 thru 1913 when Griffith made
hundreds of movies - usually 2 1-reelers per week. Appendices include List of
Films, List of Players, List of Authors & Sources. With Index. Good tight
copy. 250 pages......$16.50

122. (DANCE)...Willis, John. DANCE WORLD: 1969 (Volume 4). New York, Crown
Publishers, 1970. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition
in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photographs. More than 450 photographs. Most comprehensive Pictorial &
Stastical record of the 1968-1969 Dance Season in the U.S. Includes listing
of dance companies throughout the country, bibliographies of dancers and
choreographers and obituaries. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 223
pages......$16.00

123. (DANCE)...Willis, John. DANCE WORLD: 1974 (Volume 9). New York, Crown
Publishers, 1970. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition
in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photographs. With over 450 photographs. Most comprehensive pictorial &
statistical record of the 1973-74 dance season in the U.S.. Over 1,000
closeup shots of scenes & actors & actresses, complete casts, with producers,
directors, desighers. Academy Awards, studios & many other film facts listed,
including obituaries. Well-indexed with over 8,000 entries. Good tight copy.
223 pages......$16.00

124. (DIPLOMACY)...Griscom, Lloyd C. DIPLOMATICALLY SPEAKING. New York,
Literary Guild of America, 1940. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn/edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white frontis photograph. Fascinating memoirs of a man who
was an American Envoy, Minister and Ambassador before he was thirty-five.
Well indexed. Good tight copy. 476 pages......$12.00

125. (DIPLOMACY/FOREIGN POLICY)...Weintal, Edward and Bartlett, Charles.
FACING THE BRINK: AN INTIMATE STUDY OF CRISIS DIPLOMACY. New York, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very
good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Lower edge very slightly bumped. Detailed examination of the methods & the
men guiding U.S. foreign policy since World War II. Indexed. Good tight copy.
248 pages......$12.00

126. (DOONESBURY)...Trudeau, Gary (With an Overture by Buckley, William).
DOONESBURY'S GREATEST HITS: A MID-SEVENTIES REVUE. New York, Holt, Rinehart &
Winston, 1978. Book club edition. Wrapped boards, Small Quarto. Very good
condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Corners slightly bumped. Color & Black & white cartoons. Good tight copy. Not
Paginated......$12.50

127. (DOUGLAS MACARTHUR)...Manchester, William. AMERICAN CAESAR: DOUGLAS
MACARTHUR 1880 - 1964. Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1978. Book club. Engraved
cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos. Brilliant, massive,
detailed biography of General Macarthur. Decorated endpapers. With extensive
Index. Good tight copy. 793 pages......$12.50

128. (DRUG USE)...Grinspoon, Lester, M.D. and Hedblom, Peter. THE SPEED
CULTURE: AMPHETAMINE USE AND ABUSE IN AMERICA. Cambridge MA, Harvard
University Press, 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Comprehensive look
at amphetamine use in America. Plus examination of the social forces that
favor the use... drug company profits, medical convenience, user acceptance.
Analysis of evidence showing that amphetamines are often dangerous &
unnecessary drugs, perhaps even when prescribed by physicians. With Notes,
Bibliography, extensive Index. Good tight copy. 340 pages......$15.00

129. (DRUGS)...Porter, Bruce. BLOW: HOW A SMALL-TOWN BOY MADE $100 MILLION
WITH THE MEDELLIN COCAINE CARTEL AND LOST IT ALL. New York, HarperCollins,
1993. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 boards, Large octavo. Very good+ in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs. Insider
account of the freewheeling evolution of the cocaine trade since the late
1970s. Good tight copy. 311 pages......$12.00

130. (EARLY AMERICAN HOUSES)...Drury, John (Text) With Introduction by Price,
Vincent. THE HERITAGE OF EARLY AMERICAN HOUSES. New York, Coward-McCann, Inc,
1969. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Quarto. Very good condition in lightly
blistered dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white
photographs. With 40 plates in full color and 250 in black & white. The
elegant architecture of early America. Detailed portraits of the history &
inhabitants of 65 distinguished American houses built before 1850, with
description of their architecture and authentic interiors. Tight well-bound
volume. 298 pages......$20.00

131. (EARTHQUAKE)...Heppenheimer, T. A. THE COMING QUAKE: SCIENCE AND
TREMBLING ON THE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE FRONTIER. New York, Times Books, 1988.
1st/2nd printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white
photos. California's earthquake history. Seismology, the earthquake
prediction technology & predictions for the coming big quake. With Sources.
Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 290 pages......$12.50

132. (EASTERN AMERICA)...Chamberlain, Samuel. THE NEW ENGLAND IMAGE. New
York, Hastings House, 1962. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good
condition. Lower edge lightly bumped. Light crease front endpaper. Black &
white photos. Text & photography by Chamberlain. Many full-page Black & white
plates. Beautiful, nostalgic look at New England. Includes, Four Seasons,
Farms, Villages, River & Lakes, Churches, Literary New England, Education,
Early Inns & Taverns, Houses, Doorways, Interiors & the New England Coast.
With Index. Good tight copy. 192 pages......$22.50

133. (ECONOMICS)...Friedman Milton & Rose. FREE TO CHOOSE: A PERSONAL
STATEMENT. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. 4th printing. Hardcover
- 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Signature endpaper. Analysis of the problems
facing America & imaginative proposals for change by two distinguished
economists. With Notes. Well Indexed. Good tight copy. 338 pages......$11.00

134. (EDUCATION)...Bailyn, Bernard, Fleming, Donald, Handlin, Oscar,
Thernstron, Stephan. GLIMPSES OF THE HARVARD PAST. Cambridge MA, Harvard
University Press, 1986. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Bottom cover edge
very lightly bumped. Black & white photos. Intimate, thorough history of
Harvard University. Including appendix of notable Harvard students, Good
tight copy. 149 pages......$17.50

135. (EDUCATION)...Gray, James. OPEN WIDE THE DOOR: A HISTORY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Light wrapper tape marks on edges. Black & white photos.
Well illustrated history of The University of Minnesota. Good tight copy. 256
pages......$12.00

136. (EDUCATION)...Pearl, Arthur. THE ATROCITY OF EDUCATION. New York, E.P.
Dutton, 1974. 3rd printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in lightly
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Why modern education has
little to do with the fabric of our lives - and what the educational system
can do about it. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 365 pages......$25.00

137. (EDUCATION)...Riley, John E. FROM SAGEBRUSH TO IVY: THE STORY OF
NORTHWEST NAZARENE COLLEGE... 1913 1988. Nampa ID, Northwest Nazarene
College, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Quarto. Very good+
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edges very slightly bumped.
Color & Black & white photographs. With Index. Tight well-bound volume. 302
pages......$30.00

138. (EISENHOWER - BIOGRAPHY)...Davis, Kenneth S. SOLDIER OF DEMOCRACY: A
FULL LENGTH BIOGRAPHY OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER. New York, Doubleday, Doran and
Co, 1945. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
worn/chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light cover wear.
Inscription half-title. Decorated endpapers. Biography of General Eisenhower
through the end of World War II. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 566
pages......$12.50

139. (ELECTION CAMPAIGNS)...Popkin, Samuel L. THE REASONING VOTER:
COMMUNICATION AND PERSUASION IN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS. Chicago, University
of Chicago Press, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo.
Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Insider's look at
campaigns, candidates, media, voters - plus psychological & advertising
techniques used in major campaigns. With Notes, Bibliography. Well-indexed.
Good tight copy. 291 pages......$11.50

140. (ENTERPRENEURS)...Robinson, Joe. YOU'RE THE BOSS. New York, St. Martin's
Press, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good+ in
lightly edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. True stories of
modern self-made U.S. entrepreneurs. Companies include Banana Republic, Ocean
Pacific Sunwear, Soloflex. Also: California Cooler, Jazzercise - and more.
Details of their success, plus practical advice. Indexed. Good tight copy.
342 pages......$13.50

141. (ESPIONAGE)...Lindsey, Robert. THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN: A TRUE STORY
OF FRIENDSHIP AND ESPIONAGE. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1979. 2nd printing.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good+ in lightly chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Owner tag front endpaper. Black
& white photographs. Story of 2 young Americans who casually became involved
in espionage - and the tragic results. Good tight copy. 359 pages......$13.50

142. (ESPIONAGE - CIA HISTORY)...Turner, Admiral Stansfield (Former Director
of Central Intelligence). SECRECY AND DEMOCRACY: THE CIA IN TRANSITION.
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. The dark side & problems of espionage. A look into the history &
mechanics of the CIA - & the direction it is heading. With Glossary, Extensive
Index. Good tight copy. 304 pages......$15.00

143. (ESPIONAGE)...Zeligs, Meyer A., M.D. FRIENDSHIP AND FRATRICIDE: AN
ANALYSIS OF WHITTAKER CHAMBERS AND ALGER HISS. New York, Viking Press, 1967.
1st U.S. edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in
worn/lightly edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black &
white frontis photo & plates. Parallel biographies and in-depth psychological
profiles of the Chambers and Hiss - protagonists in one of the most
dramatic... and mysterious espionage trials in U.S. history. With handwriting
facsimiles, Bibliography. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 476
pages......$15.00

144. (ESSAYS)...Erskine, John. PROHIBITION AND CHRISTIANITY: AND OTHER
PARADOXES OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. Indianapolis, Bobb-Merrill, 1927. 1st
collected. Hardcover - Hardcover - decorated cloth, 12mo. Very good
condition. 2 signatures, tag removed front endpapers. Essays by Erskine. Some
of the problems and aspects of American character. Good tight copy. 319
pages......$12.50

145. (ETHNICITY IN AMERICA)...Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. THE DISUNITING OF
AMERICA: REFLECTIONS ON A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Knoxville TN, Whittle Direct
Books, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Imperial octavo. Very
good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Black & white photographs. What it means to be an American - American
identity as an homogenous whole, or a series of fragmented ethnic groups.
With Notes. Good tight copy. 91 pages......$12.00

146. (EVANGELISM)...Miles, Austin. DON'T CALL ME BROTHER: A RINGMASTER'S
ESCAPE FROM THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. New York, Prometheus Books, 1989.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white photographs. The author's story. Indexed. Good tight
copy. 331 pages......$10.00

147. (EVANGELISTS)...Wirt, Sherwood Eliot. BILLY: A PERSONAL LOOK AT BILLY
GRAHAM, THE WORLD'S BEST-LOVED EVANGELIST. Wheaton IL, Crossway Books, 1997.
1st edition. Pictorial boards, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis & photographs. Intimate
look at Billy Graham, plus highlights, and the historic moments of his
ministry efforts. The public and private person. With Notes, Index. Good
tight copy. 271 pages......$14.00

148. (EXPEDITION)...Schurke, Paul. BERING BRIDGE: THE SOVIET-AMERICAN
EXPEDITION FROM SIBERIA TO ALASKA. Duluth MN, Pfeifer-Hamilton, 1989. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in edgetorn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge stripe. Black & white
photographs. SIGNED BY PAUL SCHURKE. True story of 12 Soviet & American
adventurers setting out from Siberia in midwinter 1989... on an epic trek
acorss 1,000 miles of arctic tuntra. Bering Bridge Expedition. With capsule
bio of Team Members, list of Equipment & Supplies. Good tight copy. 227
pages......$22.50

149. (F.B.I.)...Sullivan, William C. with Brown, Bill. THE BUREAU: MY THIRTY
YEARS IN HOOVER'S FBI. New York, W.W. Norton, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover -
1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Spine ends lightly worn. Black & white photos.
Good tight copy. 286 pages......$12.50

150. (FAMILY VALUES)...Gairdner, William D. THE WAR AGAINST THE FAMILY: A
PARENT SPEAKS OUT ON THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL POLICIES THAT
THREATEN US ALL. Toronto, Stoddart Publishers, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
With Notes, Bibliography, Index. good tight copy. 655 pages......$16.00

151. (FASHION)...Walz, Barbara (photographs) & Morris, Bernadine (text). THE
FASHION MAKERS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT AMERICA'S LEADING DESIGNERS. New York,
Random House, 1978. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small Quarto. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Slight
edgewear, wrinkling first few pages. Edge mark. Black & white photos. Good
tight copy. 224 pages......$15.00

152. (FBI)...Whitehead, Don (Foreword by Hoover, J. Edgar). THE FBI STORY: A
REPORT TO THE PEOPLE. New York, Random House, 1956. 5th printing. Hardcover -
1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in worn/chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light spotting rear cover edge.
History of the FBI. With accounts of famous cases and behind the scenes view
of the Bureau. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 368 pages......$10.00

153. (FEDERALIST)...Hamilton, Alexander, Madison, James and Jay, John (With
an Introduction by Bourne, Edward Gaylord, Ph.D.). THE FEDERALIST: A
COMMENTARY ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES (Volume I). New
York/London, M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, 1901. 1st thus edition. Hardcover -
cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Paste-down spine plate faded. Small
nick, front cover. Color frontis/Black & white plate. From the Universal
Classics Library. Illustrated with Photogravures on Japan Vellum & full page
portraits of authors. Collection of essays (I - LXII) written by Alexander
Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay - "In support of the constitution agreed
upon September 27 1787, by the Federal Convention." Tight well-bound volume.
425 pages......$25.00

154. (FINANCIAL/BIOGRAPHY)...Canfield, Cass. THE INCREDIBLE PIERPONT MORGAN:
FINANCIER & ART COLLECTOR. New York, Harper & Row, 1974. 1st. Hardcover -
cloth, Imperial octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white photos. Decorated endpapers. Full-page
color plates. Incredible life of financier, J.P. Morgan. Good tight copy. 176
pages......$16.00

155. (FIRST FAMILIES)...Benson, Harry (With Forewords by Carter, Rosalynn,
Reagan, Nancy, and Bush, Barbara). FIRST FAMILIES: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT FROM
THE KENNEDYS TO THE CLINTONS. Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1997. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Small Quarto. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Color & Black & white photographs. Intimate photos and text,
anecdotes & commentaries, offering a unique glimpse inside the White House...
and at the private lives of our most public figures. Tight well-bound volume.
128 pages......$16.50

156. (FIRST LADIES)...DeCesare, Lynda (Editor) Portraits by Seward, James.
THE FIRST LADIES: MARTHA WASHINGTON TO BARBARA BUSH. Baltimore, Ottenheimer
Publishers, 1990. 1st edition. Pictorial cloth, Small Folio. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Full color
portraits. Large portraits - 10" x 13" - suitable for framing, of all the
First Ladies, with detailed historical references and commentary. Tight
well-bound volume. 92 pages......$20.00

157. (FIRST LADIES)...Gerson, NOel B. THE VELVET GLOVE: A LIFE OF DOLLY
MADISON. Nashville/New York, Thomas Nelson, Publisher, 1975. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly rubbed dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Warm & lively biography of Dolly
Madison. With Bibliography, extensive Index. Good tight copy. 264
pages......$14.00

158. (FISHING)...David, J. Charles, 2nd (Illustrated with photographs and
line drawings by Otto, Arden). CALIFORNIA SALT WATER FISHING. New York, A. S.
Barnes & Company, 1949. 1st U.S. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Large octavo.
Very good condition. Light cover wear. Gift inscription/foxing endpapers.
Black & white photos & drawings. Well-illustrated. One of the best & most
complete books on Pacific Coast fishing. With Bibliography, Index. Good tight
copy. 271 pages......$15.00

159. (FLAG PAINTINGS)...Fort, Ilene Susan (Hassam, Childe). THE FLAG
PAINTINGS OF CHILDE HASSAN. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1988. 1st
edition. Engraved cloth, Large Square octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Tiny remainder stripe. Color & black & white
plates. 89 illustrations, including 25 plates in full color. The Flag
Paintings of Hassam, America's foremost impressionist painter. With
examination of the historical background of New York's wartime celebrations,
& related artistic activities - including Hassan's. Plus an analysis of the
aesthetidcs and iconography of the flag paintings, initiated in 1916 - and a
discussion of the exhibition of the paintings as a series. With Notes,
Bibliography, Acknowledgements. Tight well-bound volume. 128
pages......$25.00

160. (FLORIDA)...(Orange County Bicentennial Committee). MORE THAN A MEMORY.
Orlando, Orange County Bicentennial, not dated. 1st Limited edition.
Hardcover - cloth, Oblong octavo. Very good condition. Several tiny flecks of
white paint on rear cover. Color & Black & white photos. Florida - Orange
County Bicentennial. Book # 5762 of 12,500 1st edition copies. Good tight
copy. 207 pages......$22.50

161. (FOLK CULTURE)...Poulsen, Richard C. THE PURE EXPERIENCE OF ORDER:
ESSAYS ON THE SYMBOLIC IN THE FOLK MATERIAL CULTURE OF WESTERN AMERICA.
Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1982. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth,
Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Black & white photos & drawings. Examination of cultural
symbology inherent - revealing the psyche & motivations of the creator - in
western artifacts. With Notes, Index. Good tight copy. 172 pages......$18.00

162. (FOLKLORE)...Davis, Cindy & Mabe, Elizabeth. OUT OF THE MOLASSES JUG.
Seattle WA, Cloudburst Press, 1974. 3rd printing. Wraps, Small Quarto. Very
good condition. Black & white drawings. Indexed. Good tight copy. 101
pages......$12.50

163. (FOREIGN AFFAIRS)...Mehdi, Mohammad T. AN ARAB LOOKS AT AMERICA: A
NATION OF LIONS...CHAINED. San Francisco, New World Press, 1962. 1st.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Covers/edges lightly
soiled/worn. Spine end frayed. "Basic facts concerning America and
Arab-American Relations." INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Good tight copy. 177
pages......$14.00

164. (FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS)...Brandon, Henry. SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS: A
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT'S MEMOIRS FROM ROOSEVELT TO REAGAN. New York, Atheneum,
1988. 2nd edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper corners
lightly bumped. Black & white photographs. Fascinating memoirs of Brandon,
chief American correspondent: the Sunday Times of London - for four decades.
Extensive index. Good tight copy. 436 pages......$12.00

165. (FOREIGN POLICY)...Franck, Thomas M. and Weisband, Edward (Editors).
SECRECY AND FOREIGN POLICY. New York/London, Oxford University Press, 1974.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+ in lightly worn/clipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Well-Indexed. Good tight copy.
453 pages......$15.00

166. (FOREIGN POLICY)...Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edited by Johnson,
Walter). ROOSEVELT AND THE RUSSIANS: THE YALTA CONFERENCE. New York,
Doubleday, 1949. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photos &
document facs. Inside story of the Yalta Conference, where Roosevelt, Stalin
& Churchill planned the peace. Well-indexed. Good tight copy. 365
pages......$12.50

167. (FOREIGN RELATIONS)...Haig, Alexander M., Jr. with McCarry. INNER
CIRCLES: HOW AMERICA CHANGED THE WORLD - A MEMOIR. New York, Warner Books,
1992. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Black & white photographs.
Haig's memoirs + insights into the Korean War, Vietnam, Secret war against
Cuba, Watergate, Kennedy assassination - & much more. With Notes, Index. Good
tight copy. 610 pages......$13.50

168. (FOREIGN RELATIONS)...McCarthy, Eugene. A COLONY OF THE WORLD: THE
UNITED STATES TODAY. New York, Hippocrene Books, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover
- 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good+ in lightly chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. McCarthy's case that the U.S. is in a colonial
relationship to a combination of outside & inside forces... which impose a
colonial status on the country. With Index. Good tight copy. 120
pages......$10.00

169. (FOREIGN RELATIONS)...Prudkov, Oleg (Editor) Designed by Saukov,
Gennady. SOVIET WRITERS LOOK AT AMERICA. Moscow, Prosgress Publishers, 1977.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly
worn/chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Fascinating views
of America by 25 prominent Soviet writers. Plus plus captioned illustrations
of American life by artists... Vitaly Goryaev and Orest Vereisky. Good tight
copy. 345 pages......$25.00

170. (FOUNDING FATHERS)...Oliver, F.S. ALEXANDER HAMILTON: AN ESSAY ON
AMERICAN UNION. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. Hardcover - decorated
cloth, 16mo. Very good condition. Light edge wear. Front Hinge starting.
Owner signature. Black & white frontis of Hamilton. Detailed account of
Hamilton & his part in the American Revolution & founding government. Good
tight copy. 474 pages......$10.00

171. (FRATERNITIES)...Roedel, Alice Morgan. HISTORY OF THE ALPHA PHI
FRATERNITY: FROM THE FOUNDING IN 1872 THROUGH THE YEAR 1951. Stanford CA,
Published by Alph Phi Intl, 1951. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very Good
condition+. Upper corner lightly bumped. Black & white frontis & photographs.
Detailed history of Alpha Phi - of the various chapters, officers, Rosters,
Events, Conferences. Good tight copy. 356 pages......$13.50

172. (GAMBLING)...Fraikin, Glenn L. INSIDE NEVADA GAMBLING: ADVENTURES OF A
WINNING SYSTEM PLAYER. New York, Exposition Press, 1965. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition. Very light cover/edge wear.
Good tight copy. 110 pages......$14.00

173. (GAMBLING)...Turner, Wallace. GAMBLER'S MONEY: THE NEW FORCE IN AMERICAN
LIFE. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1965. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Well-documented expose of the spread of gangster methods & morals
from "The Strip" in Vegas to Wall Street & beyond. With Chronology, List of
Persons Mentioned Frequently, Index. Good tight copy. 306 pages......$15.00

174. (GARDEN DESIGNS)...Dickey, Page (Text) Lennard, Erica (Photographs).
BREAKING GROUND: PORTRAITS OF TEN GARDEN DESIGNERS. New York, Artisan
Publishers, 1997. 1st printing. Stamped cloth, Quarto. Very good+ in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photographs. Lavishly
illustrated volume with 200 full-color photographs. In-depth look at 10
contemporary garden designers... in Europe and America. Detailed information
on each designer with emphasis on inspiration, style philosophy and method of
creation - with enclosed photographs, sketches and garden plans of their
creations. Indexed. Tight well-bound volume. 207 pages......$25.00

175. (GAY AMERICA)...white, Edmund. STATES OF DESIRE: TRAVELS IN GAY AMERICA.
New York, E.P. Dutton, 1980. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Small bumped spot on cover. Good tight copy. 333 pages......$12.50

176. (GHOST TOWNS)...(Sunset Books). GHOST TOWNS OF THE WEST: A PICTORIAL
GUIDE TO TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS THAT OPENED THE WEST. Menlo Park CA, Lane
Magazine & Book Co, 1971. 1st. Pictorial boards, Small Quarto. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very slight
edgewear. Color & Black & white photos. "The first comprehensive portrait and
guide to the significant ghost towns in all parts of the West." Good tight
copy. 256 pages......$17.50

177. (GOLDWATER CAMPAIGN)...White, F. Clifton with Gill, William J. SUITE
3505: THE STORY OF THE DRAFT GOLDWATER MOVEMENT. New York, Arlington House,
1967. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in
lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Definitive
account of the Draft Goldwater movement - the first Presidential draft in
American history... engineered by a handful of GOP conservatives. Included
are Goldwater's famous speeches on the nuclear tet ban and civil rights, his
acceptance speech, the notorious letter from Governor Scranton & the roll
call tally from the 1964 convention. Tight well-bound volume. 450
pages......$30.00

178. (GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION)...Baker, Bobby with King, Larry L. WHEELING AND
DEALING: CONFESSIONS OF A CAPITOL HILL OPERATOR. New York, W. W. Norton,
1978. 3rd printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corruption &
bribery in Washington D.C. With Index. Good tight copy. 296 pages......$12.50

179. (GOVERNMENT)...Smith, Alfred E. THE CITIZEN AND HIS GOVERNMENT. New
York, Harper & Bros, 1935. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition. Newspaper review copy stamp endpaper/half title. Spine
faded/lightly bumped. Lower edge faded. Book about the mechanics of
government & what people should know about it. By Al Smith. Scarce. 264
pages......$16.00

180. (GOVERNORS)...Guzzo, Louis R. IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DIXY?: A
BIOGRAPHY OF DIXY LEE RAY. Mercer Island WA, The Writing Works, Inc, 1980.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Very good condition in lightly chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Slight cover wear. Biography of Dixy
Lee Ray, Governor of Washington. With Cirriculum Vitae, Index. Good tight
copy. .....$11.50

181. (HAWAII)...Goodman, Robert B., Daws, Gavan, Sheehan, edition. THE
HAWAIIANS. Sydney Australia, Island Heritage Limited, 1971. Traveler's
edition. Pictorial boards, Square octavo. Very Good condition+. Color
photographs. Lavishly illustrated pictorial (with text) on Hawaii & the
Hawaiian people. Sections include: Origins.. Season;s... Discoveries..
Tides.. Plantings.. Harvests.. Directions.. Celebrations. With Map of the
Principle Hawaiian Islands. Good tight copy. 296 pages......$13.50

182. (HAWAII)...Krauss, Bob (Hawaii's Favorite Columnist) With Introduction
by Michener, James A. HERE'S HAWAII (FROM MAUNA LOA TO MAMIE STOVER:
LIGHT-HEARTED OBSERVATIONS OF LIFE IN THE ISLANDS). New York, Coward-McCann,
1960. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in worn chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edges lightly bumped. True-life
adventures of Krause. Colorful cast of characters; deep sea divers,
beachboys, Hawaiian Kings, congressmen & more. With index. Good tight copy.
288 pages......$13.50

183. (HAWAII)...Lawson, Greg (Photographer). HAWAII. Santa Barbara, First
Choice Publishers, 1986. Engraved cloth, Large Square 8v0. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Color photos.
Lavish full color photo-illustrated portrait of Hawaii. International text
version. Introduction & photo-captions in English, Spanish, French, German &
Japanese. Tight well-bound volume. 72 pages......$20.00

184. (HAWAII)...Ramsey, Cynthia Russ (Photographed by Johns, Chris). HAWAII'S
HIDDEN TREASURES. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1993. Hardcover
- cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Full color photography. Opulent photoillustrated survey of
Hawaii's natural treasures. Unique world of magical vistas, rare plants &
animals. With listing of Hawaii's Parks & Preserves. Indexed. Good tight
copy. 200 pages......$16.00

185. (HAWAII)...(Sunset Books) Krell, Dorothy & Bannick, Nancy (Editors).
BEAUTIFUL HAWAII. Menlo Park CA, Lane Magazine & Book Co, 1972. 1st printing.
Pictorial cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light corner wear. Bookplate
endpaper. Color & Black & white photos. Decorated endpapers. A dazzling,
lavishly illustrated Portrait of Hawaii - with concentration on the larger
islands. Sections include: Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai. With
concise history of Hawaii. Good tight copy. 223 pages......$16.50

186. (HAWAII)...Wenkam, Robert (Photographs & Text). HAWAII'S GARDEN ISLAND
KAUAI. Chicago, Rand McNally & Co, 1979. 1st printing. Hardcover - 1/2
cloth/boards, Folio. Very good condition in lightly; worn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Paste down endpaper scraped. Color photos. Front
free endpaper missing. Magnificent photo-illustrated portrait of the garden
paradise of Kauai. With 72 pages of full-color photos. Plus Hawaiian
Glossary. Tight well-bound volume. 143 pages......$16.00

187. (HAWAII)...Westervelt, William D. HAWAIIAN LEGENDS OF GHOSTS AND
GHOST-GODS (Collected and translated from the Hawaiian). Rutland VT, Charles
E. Tuttle Co, 1970. 1st/7th printing. Hardcover - decorated cloth, 16mo. Very
good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Black & white photos. Captivating volume of Hawaiian Folklore with
explanatory facts and rare brooding photos of old Hawaii. With information on
the POlynesian Language and a Partial List of Hawaiian Names. Tight
well-bound volume. 270 pages......$16.00

188. (HEROES)...Pamplin, Dr. Robert B., Jr. with Eisler, Gary K. AMERICAN
HEROES: THEIR LIVES, THEIR VALUES, THEIR BELIEFS. New York, Mastermedia Ltd,
1995. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good+ in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 181
pages......$10.00

189. (HISS TRIAL)...Cooke, Alistair (Chief American Correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian). A GENERATION ON TRIAL: U.S.A. V. ALGER HISS. New York,
Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. 2nd printing. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good
condition in chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. "A
sensitive & dispassionate account of the celebrated case, told with high
drama & historical perspective. With Chronology. Well-indexed. Tight
well-bound volume. 357 pages......$14.00

190. (HISTORIC SITES)...Lawliss, Chuck. THE EARLY AMERICA SOURCEBOOK: A
TRAVELER'S GUIDE. New York, Crown, 1996. 1st edition. Paperback. Square
octavo. Very good condition. Black & white photos, maps, plates. Essential
reference guide to the places & events that shaped early America - from
Colonial beginnings to the Civil War. With Chronology, rating system of sites
- guided tour of each. Indexed. Good tight copy. 310 pages......$10.00

191. (HISTORY)...Beard, Charles A. & Mary R.. AMERICA IN MIDPASSAGE (2 vol.
boxed set). New York, Macmillan, 1939. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Both
volumes Very good condition. Box worn/torn but serviceable. Tight well-bound
volumes. 977 ttl pages......$30.00

192. (HISTORY)...Lynn, Kenneth S. THE AIR-LINE TO SEATTLE: STUDIES IN
LITERARY AND HISTORICAL WRITING ABOUT AMERICA. Chicago, University of Chicago
Press, 1983. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 227
pages......$12.00

193. (HISTORY?)...Lawrence, Bill (Editor). THEN SOME OTHER STUFF HAPPENED: A
NEW HISTORY OF AMERICA (SORT OF). New York, Pegasus Publishing, 1969.
Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn/edgetorn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. The most amusing history of the
U.S. ever. From test papers & reports of students of 8th grade history
classes. Good tight copy. 125 pages......$10.00

194. (HOLLYWOOD)...(Collins Publishers). A DAY IN THE LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD. San
Francisco, Collins Publishers/ZM, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small
Folio. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Color photos. May 22, 1992. A day in Hollywood - the streets, studios, sound
stages, recording studios, stars & homes of the stars. Plus, the countryside,
alleyways, people, offices - the life and essense of Hollywood captured in a
magnificent lavish full-color photolllustrated masterpiece of 75 leading
photographers from all over the world. Photos chosen from over 100,000 images
shot during the course of the day. Plus essays by Cahmplin, Matousek, Linda
Sunshine & a host of interviews with industry heavyweights. Tight well-bound
volume. 224 pages......$25.00

195. (HOLMES, OLIVER W)...Tilton, Eleanor M. AMIABLE AUTOCRAT. New York,
Henry Schuman, 1947. 1st. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
rubbed dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lt damp stain spine end.
Lightly bumped. Black & white photos. Owner inscription half-title.
Delightful biography of Holmes, reknowned physician & man of letters.
Extensive Notes & Index. Good tight copy. 470 pages......$12.00

196. (HOMOSEXUALITY IN AMERICA)...Brown, Howard, M.D. FAMILIAR FACES, HIDDEN
LIVES: THE STORY OF HOMOSEXUAL MEN IN AMERICA TODAY. 1976. 1st/2nd printing.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Largely autobiographyical saga
of psychosexual birth & self-discovery. Being gay in the America of the '70s.
Good tight copy. 246 pages......$12.50

197. (HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS)...Brand, Charles A. HORSE AND BUGGY ESSAYS.
Portland OR, Binfords and Mort, 1940. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo.
Very good condition in chipped/edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Good tight copy. 79 pages......$20.00

198. (HOTELS)...Matthew, Christopher (With Photographys by Martin, Ben & a
Note from Morley, Robert). A DIFFERENT WORLD: STORIES OF GREAT HOTELS. New
York/London, Paddington Press Ltd, 1976. 1st edition. Hardcover - decorated
cloth, Small Quarto. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Black & white frontis & photos. Decorated
endpapers. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of Black & white
photographs. The elegant past & present of 50 great hotels. Including The
Ritz in Paris, The Plaza in New York, Le Grand Hotel in Rome & many more.
Stories of the great hoteliers, the great concierges, the great restaurants -
and the distinguished guests: the Dukes & Duchesses, Kings & Queens, the
fabulously wealthy & internationally famous. Tight well-bound volume. 352
pages......$25.00

199. (HUMOR)...James, Leslie. AMERICANS IN GLASSHOUSES. New York, Henry
Schuman, 1950. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lower
corners lightly worn. "hilarious portrait of America snapped through the
out-of-focus vision of Englishmen who believe all they hear about America".
Good tight copy. 152 pages......$15.00

200. (IMMIGRANTS)...Antin, Mary. THE PROMISED LAND. Boston, Houghton Mifflin,
1912. Hardcover - decorated cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Faint
cover wear. Upper rear corner bumped. Black & white photographs. Rare photos.
Powerful, Moving story of Russian families who settled in the United States.
With Glossary. Good tight copy. 365 pages......$25.00

201. (IMMIGRANTS)...May, Charles Paul. THE UPROOTED. Philadelphia, The
Westminster Press, 1976. Wrapped boards, 12mo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Vivid personal reports of the dispossessed -
people who were uprooted from their homeland & transplanted to the United
States. Groups include Acadians, Africans, Mormong, Jews - and many others.
With Bibliography, Index. Good tight copy. 160 pages......$14.00

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