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Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama Notes New York: Three Rivers Press, (2004). Softcover, 13 x 20.5 cm, 457pp. Signed by Michelle Obama on the title page. Name of previous owner in ink inside the front cover. Near fine condition. DJM... (read more) Your price: $125.00 Rare Books - Trade Paper
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A History of California and an Extended History of Los Angeles and Environs, 3 Volumes by J.M. Guinn Notes Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1915. 3 Volumes, quarto, 22 x 29 cm. This set is three-quarter bound in brown morocco with red cloth and gilt decoration; top edges gilt. The boards of all volumes are worn, particularly at the extremities, with some... (read more) Your price: $375.00 Rare Books - Leather
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The Loyal West in the Times of the Rebellion; also, Before and Since: Being an Encyclopedia and Panorama of the Western States, Pacific States and Territories by John W Barber and Henry Howe Notes Cincinnati: F A Howe 1865. 8vo. xii 764pp. With all plates but lacking the 2 maps that are called for. Modern half cloth marbled paper over boards. Foxing & soiling to prelims intermittent foxing & soiling throughout. Good condition. OCLC 1805072 KB... (read more) Your price: $200.00 Rare Books - Hardcover
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Lady of a Legend Signed 1st Edition by Bob Edgar and Jack Turnell Notes Cody: Stockade Publishing, (1979). Quarto, 22 x 28.5 cm. ii, x, iv, 165pp. First edition, inscribed and signed by Bob Edgar on the title page. Original tan leatherette cloth, front board and spine stamped in dark brown, front board with a pictorial paper... (read more) Your price: $125.00 Rare Books - Hardcover
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Only One Man Died: The Medical Aspects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by E. G. Chuinard Book News Annotation A reprint of a book relating the medical history of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The author, a physician himself, explores the medical milieu of the early 19th century, focusing on medicine as it was practiced in the Army, among Native Americans... (read more) Your price: $100.00 Rare Books - Trade Paper
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Texas Argonauts: Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush by Richard H Dillon Notes San Francisco: The Book Club of California 1987. Folio 35 x 25.5 cm. xiii i 199pp. Limited edition one of 450 copies. Original beige cloth spine tan paper over boards spine with a printed paper label front board pictorially stamped in blue and grey. Map... (read more) Your price: $100.00 Rare Books - Hardcover
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Bibliotheca Washingtoniana: A Descriptive List of the Biographies and Biographical Sketches of George Washington Signed Edition by W. S. Baker Notes Philadelphia: Robert M Lindsay, 1889. Inscribed by the author to his son on the first blank. Brown pebbled cloth over boards. Matte endpapers, deckle edges. Frontis of George Washington. Boards lightly worn; front board stained. Hinges broken. Fair... (read more) Your price: $150.00 Rare Books - Hardcover
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Histoire des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, 2 Volumes by John Bristed Notes Paris: Les Principaux Libraires 1832. 2 volumes. Contemporary half calf marbled paper over boards. All edges marbled. Text in French. Boards very worn especially at bottom. Leather corners worn away. Some offset and foxing to text. Good condition. First... (read more) Your price: $70.00 Rare Books - Leather
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It 1st Edition by Hinton Rowan Helper Notes New York: Burdick Brothers, 1857. Octavo, 13 x 19.5 cm, 419pp. 1st edition. Original brown cloth decorated in blind, spine stamped in gilt. Cloth is worn, sunned, and lightly soiled, with wear to the edges and corners and some loss at the spine ends... (read more) Your price: $150.00 Rare Books - Hardcover
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Representative Men of Massachusetts 1890 by William F Moore Notes Everett MA: Massachusetts Publishing Co 1898. Bound in full leather with gilt title & illustration on front board blind stamped border pattern gilt title on spine blind stamped ruling & fleurs raised bands all edge gilt with numerous plates of the... (read more) Your price: $125.00 Rare Books - Leather
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The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama Notes New York: Three Rivers Press, (2006). Softcover, 13 x 20.5 cm, 457pp. Signed by Michelle Obama on the title page. Name of previous owner in ink inside the front cover. Near fine condition. DJM... (read more) Your price: $125.00 Rare Books - Trade Paper
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Border Patrol by Mark Kidder Pak Notes Tan cloth-covered board;Map endpapers;Pictorial frontis. VG/Gone((Cloth stained;X-Library markings;DJ flap pasted toverso of FFEP;RFEP torn by removal of library card pocket; Fore-edges browning;Foxing throughout interior;Binding tight & secure... (read more) Your price: $70.00 Rare Books - Hardcover
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History of America, Tenth Edition, 4 Volumes by William Robertson Notes London: A Strahan, 1803. Four volumes. Tenth edition. 8vo., contemporary uniform full calf ruled in gilt, morocco title labels to spine. Marbled endpapers, all edges speckled. Complete with 2 folding maps: South America in volume 1, Countries of the... (read more) Your price: $400.00 Rare Books - Hardcover
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Genocide and Vendetta: The Round Valley Wars of Northern California by Lynwood Carranco and Estle Beard Notes Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1981). Octavo, 16 x 23.5 cm, 403pp. 1st edition. Bound in red paper-covered boards, spine stamped in gilt, with pictorial dust jacket; signed by one of the two authors, Estle Beard, on the half-title page. The... (read more) Your price: $400.00 Rare Books - Hardcover
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Travels in the Interior Parts of America; Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River, and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar... by Meriwether Lewis Notes London: Printed for Richard Phillips by J.G.Barnard 1807. Octavo. Recent quarter blue calf with marbled paper over boards; gilt title to spine; new endpapers. 1-24; 17-116pp. Foxing throughout; 3 closed tear across leaf 23/24 from fore edge. One folding... (read more) Your price: $3500.00 Rare Books - Leather
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Two Volunteer Missionaries Among the Dakotas by S. W. Jr. Pond Notes Boston & Chicago: Congregational Sunday School & Publishing Society, 1893. Brown cloth-covered boards with darker brown title, decoration, etc. on the cover and spine. Numerous photographs. 278 pp. Rubbing to the extremities & faint soiling of boards... (read more) Your price: $150.00 Rare Books - Hardcover
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History of Cook County, Illinois, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Complete in One Volume by A. T. Andreas Notes Chicago: A. T. Andreas, Publisher, 1884. Folio, 23 x 30 cm, 888pp. 1st edition. Original black leather decorated and lettered in gilt; beveled boards; patterned endpapers; all edges marbled; black-and-white and color maps included. 1889 newspaper... (read more) Your price: $350.00 Rare Books - Leather
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History of California, 7 Volumes by Herbert Howe Bancroft Notes Santa Barbara: Wallace Hebberd, 1963. 7 volumes. Reprint of the first American edition. Brown cloth over boards, dustjackets printed in black. Some light soiling to top edges of text blocks. Light wear & soiling to dustjackets. Good condition. MP/kb 3... (read more) Your price: $350.00 Rare Books - Hardcover
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Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusettes 1800-1805. by Massachusetts State Notes Boston Young & Minns 1800-1805. Folio disbound in 12 sections; each threaded with string. Rag paper with some foxing; edges brittle with some chipping. (500 pgs) A very interesting & unique look at early statehood in Massachusetts. Includes the Governors... (read more) Your price: $275.00 Rare Books - Miscellaneous
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History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana by Goodspeed Bros. & Co. Publishers Notes Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885. Octavo, 22.5 x 14.5 cm. 786 pp. Morocco leather over boards. Spine stamped and decorated in gilt. Raised bands. Recent endpapers. Boards rubbed, bumped and soiled. Textblock edges soiled. Several pages and plates... (read more) Your price: $200.00 Rare Books - Leather
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