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By: N/A
Price: $125.00
Publisher: H.M. Mosher: 1904
Seller ID: 2208481
Condition: Very Good
Wrappers lightly creased, faint stain to bottom edge of pages, ink note on front flyleaf, a few captions in pencil. 1904 Soft Cover. Unpaginated. Black-and-white photographs of various places in and around Los Angeles, California. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Rogers Print: 1964
Seller ID: 2266374
Condition: Near Fine
Spine faintly creased. 1964 Small Softcover. 70 pp. A guide to Plymouth, Massachusetts, illustrated with black-and-white images. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Bromley and Company:
Seller ID: 2296546
Condition: Very Good
Spine very faintly toned. 24 pp. Topics include: political and military history; Old Salem; House of the Seven Gables; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne; the witch house; pioneer village; witchcraft in Salem Village, 1692; Peabody Museum of Salem; location of important places in Salem; Essex Institute of Salem and it's museum collections; Essex Institute historic houses; famous Salem houses; Salem maritime history; Salem Maritime Historic Site, U.S. Department of the Interior; Voyage of the India Star, Pickering Wharf. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Arizona Highway Department: 1948
Seller ID: 2296593
Condition: Near Fine
Minor general wear. 1948 Stapled Binding. FRONT COVER: Havasu Falls. REAR COVER: Colorful Country. Color images of Grand Canyon and natural wonders. CONTENTS: Show Low: Story of a busy little town located on a busy transcontinental highway; Eagles are Our Six Point Gods: The proud bird that flies so high is a sacred bird to people in Hopiland; Ride a Horse to Havasupai: The trail is a long trail, the trip, arduous, but every mile is exciting; The Enchanted Canyon: A pictorial presentation of one of America's loveliest scenic places; The Navajo Way: Wherein is discussed the ways of the lonely N... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Arizona Highway Department: 1948
Seller ID: 2296594
Condition: Near Fine
Minor general wear. 1948 Stapled Binding. FRONT COVER: Portrait of Navajo mother and child by Ray J. Manley. REAR COVER: A study of the desert by Jack Breed. Color images of Monument Valley and other natural wonders. Cover photo by Ray Manley, taken at the Ganado trading post. 'Saguaro, Majesty of the Desert,' by Claire Meyer Proctor. Photos of Monument Valley in winter, and Petrified Forest in spring, by Josef Muench. 'The Cowman Says It Salty,' by Ramon Adams: All outdoor men possess a talent for idiom and aphorism, but the cowboy tops them all. Drawings by Ross Santee. 'Profile of My People... View more info
By: A-No1 [Livingston, Leon Ray]
Price: $30.00
Publisher: The A-No1 Publishing Co.: 1912
Seller ID: 2293039
Condition: Fair
Fifth edition. Wrappers rubbed and soiled with large chip from rear corner and clear tape repair along spine, biopredation to last few pages, a few pages lightly stained. 1912 Trade Paperback. 133, [3] pp. The third of twelve books by self-proclaimed 'King of Hoboes' Leon Ray Livingston, who wrote under the name A-No1. He was best known for his memoir of traveling cross-country, From Coast to Coast with Jack London, which inspired the movie Emperor of the North. He also did a great deal to improve the system of hobo symbols designed to keep fellow travelers safe. View more info
By: Ambrose, Stephen E.; Abell, Sam
Price: $10.00
Publisher: National Geographic Society: 1998
Seller ID: 2291119
ISBN: 0792270843
Condition: Very Good
Former library copy, with ink stamp on top edge and a few brown paper squares affixed to endpapers (probably covering other stamps). 1998 Large Hardcover. 255 pp. A distinguished historian and noted photographer join forces to chronicle the epic journey of Lewis and Clark across uncharted wilderness to the Pacific Ocean, in a compelling narrative that incorporates entries from the explorers' journals and some two hundred magnificent photographic images. View more info
By: Ayars, James
Price: $25.00 $20.00
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1968
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297173
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Library sticker on spine, ink initial on front endpaper, front jacket flap corners clipped. 1968 Hard Cover. An adaptation for young readers of the work originally published in 1940 as part of the popular Rivers of America series. New illustrations by Lili Rethi for this edition. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin and Company: 1889
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2303183
Condition: Good
First edition. Former library copy - usual marks. 1889 Hard Cover. xi, 352, 9 pp. Brown boards, gilt titles on spine and on front board. A travelogue of a summer trip to Alaska. View more info
By: Batman, Richard
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2276289
ISBN: 0151704503
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Top edge of jacket lightly bumped. Ink note on front endpaper. 1985 Hard Cover. xiii, 384 pp. An odyssey of the explorers, adventurers, and scoundrels who confronted the Pacific wilderness when it was the edge of the world. This epic of pre-Gold Rush California and the Pacific Northwest illuminates the lives and adventures of Father Junipero Serra, Captain James Cook, Daniel Boone, and the men who followed in their footsteps. More than a historical account, this book is a chronicle of experience and conflict, achievement and endurance. View more info
By: Beebe, Lucius
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Howell-North Books: 1963
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 2295371
ISBN: 083107034X
Condition: Near Fine
Third printing. Half-inch tear along jacket spine head jacket edges lightly rubbed. Ink note on front free endpaper. 1963 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 631 pp. The story of the Southern Pacific Railroad system that dominated the West Coast from Oregon to Los Angeles, Texas, and the Southwest, and of its earliest component, the Central Pacific Railroad. 631 pages of text, approximately 900 photographs and illustrations (7 in color), and maps. 121 of the photographs are by the noted railroad photographer, Richard Steinheimer. View more info
By: Beebe, Lucius
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Bonanza Books: 1982
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2295686
ISBN: 0517004208
Condition: Near Fine
Tears along top edge of jacket, top rear side of jacket previously mended with tape. 1982 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 223 pp. The text is written throughout with all Mr. Beebe's exciting combination of expert's knowledge and layman's language, so that it presents no difficulties to the technically uninitiated. More than 190 photographs are included, the bulk of them taken by Mr. Beebe himself. View more info
By: Beebe, Lucius; Clegg, Charles
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Howell-North Books: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297884
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Small tear to jacket spine head, jacket edges lightly rubbed. Ink note on front free endpaper. 1965 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 465 pp. Includes 801 illustrations--6 in full color and 5 new paintings by Howard Fogg. Volume I embraces the mainline carriers of the land from Alton through New York Central. View more info
By: Bissell, Richard; Carmer, Carl
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Rinehart & Co., Inc.: 1952
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297166
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Jacket edges lightly rubbed, jacket lightly toned, jacket price clipped. 1952 Hard Cover. 239, [3] pp. 8vo. Illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. The exciting, awful, dirty, beautiful Monongahela! - that workhorse of American rivers, where more hell pops in any ten miles than in five hundred on the Mississippi or the Congo - here is the free-wheeling saga of its men, boats and way of life, right from the heart of a riverman - poet and scholar! The Combine, old man Overholt, Carnegie - whiskey, fish, steamboats, smoke, locks, dams -- all the racy, raucous facts of the Monongahe... View more info
By: Blair, Dain
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Immaginare Press: 2014
Seller ID: 2260178
ISBN: 0972061800
Condition: Near Fine
No jacket, sticker on rear board. 2014 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. A beautiful Los Angeles Photography book. From sunrise to sunset by photographer, Dain Blair. View more info
By: Botzman, Harvey
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Cyclotour Guide Books: 1996
Edition: 1st Printing
Seller ID: 2293106
ISBN: 1889602094
Condition: Good
Former library copy, usual marks. Light stain to spine base. 1996 Trade Paperback. 199, [1] pp. A descriptive tour guide of the Erie Canal for cyclists and hikers. The Erie Canal was an engineering marvel both in its day during the 19th century and now at the preface tot he 21st century. The original locks were made of stone blocks solidified together with mud. No the mud of the earth bu the mud of masons, cement. This was not the relatively high tech portland cement which we have today but a more rudimentary mortar. It has kept the locks together for over 150 years. The Route Guide includes s... View more info
By: Brown, Karl F.; Newcomb, Rexford (Foreword)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.: 1939
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1836429
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Small light stain on base of rear board, pencil gift note on front endpaper. 1939 Hard Cover. 64 pp. Original red cloth, elaborate gilt decorations & titles, black & white photographs mounted on front board. A collection of seventy-eight photographs of churches, chapels, and other elements of twenty-three California missions, with a map showing their locations, and a timeline in order of their founding. View more info
By: Bryson, Lew
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Stackpole Books: 2003
Seller ID: 2205748
ISBN: 081172817X
Condition: Near Fine
A very nice copy. 2003 Trade Paperback. xx, 251 pp. A guide to 54 regional breweries, microbreweries, and brewpubs in New York. Bryson, who covered the breweries of another mid-Atlantic state in his previous book, Pennsylvania Breweries, focuses here on beermaking in the Empire State. His helpful and entertaining guide divides the state into seven geographical regions, such as Suburbia by the Sea: Long Island, The Big Hop: New York City, and Touched by a Glacier: The Finger Lakes. His entries are helpful and exhaustive. For F.X. Matt's Brewing Company in Utica, for instance, he offers a three-... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: RSG Publishing: 1996
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2289116
ISBN: 1887530037
Condition: Very Good
A few faint smudges on front wrapper. 1996 Soft Cover. 1996 reissue of 1899 original. Describes the author's travels through New York (Cooperstown, Richfield Springs, Afton, Binghamton, Owego), Pennsylvania (Pittstou, Wilkesbarre, Northumberland, Sunbury, Harrisburg, Columbia), and Maryland (Port Deposit, Ilavre-Grace, Watson's Island). View more info
By: Campbell, Patrick; Clune, Henry W. (Introduction); Volz, Robert L. (Preface)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: The Friends of The University of Rochester Libraries: 1978
Seller ID: 2196603
Condition: Near Fine
Includes slipcase. No jacket. 1978 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 17, [71] pp. Hardcover in publisher's slipcase with marbled paper label, gilt titles. Maps on endpapers. Introduction by Henry W. Clune and preface by Robert L. Volz written specially for this edition. Frontispiece of author, two copper plate engravings. 1978 lithographed facsimile of 1793 original - Sabin 10264: a curious and entertaining book. 'The author set out from the Highlands of Scotland, with the intention to explore the interior inhabited parts of North America, attended with an old faithful ... View more info
By: Campbell, Patrick; Clune, Henry W.; Volz, Robert L.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: The Friends of The University of Rochester Libraries: 1978
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2299157
Condition: Near Fine
Includes publisher's slipcase. 1978 Hard Cover. 17, [71] pp. Hardcover in publisher's slipcase with marbled paper label, gilt titles. Maps on endpapers. Introduction by Henry W. Clune and preface by Robert L. Volz written specially for this edition. Frontispiece of author, two copper plate engravings. 1978 lithographed facsimile of 1793 original - Sabin 10264: a curious and entertaining book. 'The author set out from the Highlands of Scotland, with the intention to explore the interior inhabited parts of North America, attended with an old faithful servant, a dog and gun, only, as he travelled... View more info
![Image for The Hudson [50th Anniversary Illustrated Edition]](/assets/images/product/2297155.jpg)
By: Carmer, Carl; Jones, Louis C.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Fordham University Press: 1989
Edition: 50th Anniversary Edition
Seller ID: 2297155
ISBN: 0823212254
Condition: Fine
50th anniversary edition. An exceptional copy. 1989 Hard Cover. xii, 338 pp. Tall 8vo. A reissue of the work originally published in 1939 as part of the popular Rivers of America series, with new illustrations by Edward J. McLaughlin, and a new foreword by Louis C. Jones. This volume is by the popular author of Stars Fell on Alabama and Listen for a Lonesome Drum. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Carl Carmer (October 16, 1893 - September 1976) was an author of nonfiction books, memoirs, and novels, many of which focused on Americana such as myths, folklore, and tales. His most famous book, Stars Fell on Alab... View more info
By: Carmer, Carl; Skinner, Constance Lindsay
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated: 1939
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297154
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Shallow chip from top jacket edge, 1/2 inch closed tear on rear jacket edge. 1939 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xii, 434 pp., plus Rivers And American Folk by Constance Lindsay Skinner ([11 pp.]). 8vo. Illustrated endpapers. Part of the popular Rivers of America series, this volume by the popular author of Stars Fell on Alabama and Listen for a Lonesome Drum. Woodcut illustration on title page, map precedes text, illustrated endpapers. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Carl Carmer (October 16, 1893 - September 1976) was an author of nonfiction books, memoirs, and nov... View more info
By: Carmer, Carl; Skinner, Constance Lindsay
Price: $25.00 $20.00
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297156
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Front jacket flap corners clipped, jacket lightly toned. 1962 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. An adaptation for young readers of the work originally published in 1939 as part of the popular Rivers of America series by the popular author of Stars Fell on Alabama and Listen for a Lonesome Drum. New illustrations by Rafaello Busoni for this edition. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Carl Carmer (October 16, 1893 - September 1976) was an author of nonfiction books, memoirs, and novels, many of which focused on Americana such as myths, folklore, and tales. His most famous b... View more info
By: Clark, Thomas D.; Benet, Stephen Vincent; Carmer, Carl
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated: 1942
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297158
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Lightly toned. 1942 Hard Cover. x, 431, [7] pp. 8vo. Illustrated by John A. Spelman III. From its origins in the Cumberland Mountains to its entry into the Ohio, the Kentucky River flows through two areas that have made Kentucky known throughout the world?the mountains in the eastern part of the state and the Bluegrass in its center. In The Kentucky, Thomas D. Clark paints a rich panorama of history and life along the river, peopled with the famous and infamous, ordinary folk and legendary characters. It is a canvas distinctly emblematic of the American experience. The Kentucky ... View more info
By: Cohen, Stan
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company: 1987
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 2298753
ISBN: 0933126611
Condition: Very Good
Rear wrapper creased, ink name has been covered with white out. 1987 Large Softcover. We have more books available by this author!. ix, 214 pp. This book is about three types of airplanes, several individuals, and a new concept in overseas travel. The airplanes commonly called Clippers, are the Sikor-sky S-42, the Martin M-130, and the Boeing B-314. The individuals include Juan Trippe, founder of America's pioneering overseas airline, Pan Am. The new concept, formulated by Pan Am during the Depression days of the 1930s, involved island-hopping by air. View more info
By: Collias, Joe G.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Howell-North Books: 1972
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2295367
ISBN: 0831070927
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Ink note on front free endpaper. 1972 Large Hardcover. 360 pp. With 420 steam action pictures, 5 in color. A dynamic collection, this mammoth parade of smokey steam action will delight even the most hard-to-please enthusiasts. This book is filled with a wide variety of railroads including the Santa Fe, Atlantic Coast Line, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago Great Western, Illinois Central, Norfolk & Western, and many more. View more info
By: Combe, George
Price: $175.00
Publisher: Carey & Hart: 1841
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 2289772
Condition: Good
First American edition, following the three volume edition published in Edinburgh. Spines and edges faded, a few light spots on vol. 1 boards, front and end matter faintly foxed. 1841 Hard Cover. xxvi, [13]-374; 405, [5] pp. 8vo. Sabin 14924. Howes C-639. Memoirs of a British phrenologist and his travels in the United States from 1838-1840, in which he discusses abolition, medical treatment of the insane, and notable contemporary figures. Combe founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society and toured the U.S. giving lectures (hence the visit described here). Included in the introduction are seve... View more info
By: Corle, Edwin; Allen, Hervey; Carmer, Carl
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Rinehart & Company, Inc.: 1951
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2297169
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Ink name and date on front endpaper, jacket price clipped, minimal loss from jacket spine head and foot. 1951 Hard Cover. 402 pp. 8vo. Illustrated by Ross Santee. Two panel map precedes text. In the words of Edwin Corle, author of Desert Country, who has chronicled the story of the Gila River, “There is no other stream that even resembles it”—and the pages of this book bear him out. A changeable river, at one time the Gila resembled the Everglades; in 1950 the lower river—fully half it six-hundred-mile length—was dry as dust. The Gila has never known a steamboat, very ... View more info
![Image for Our Own Country, Representing Our Native Land and Its Splendid Natural Scenery, Rivers, Lakes, Waterfalls, Geysers, Glaciers, Mountains, Canons [Canyons], Entrancing Landscapes, Historic Homes, Places and Scenes, Reproduced in a Series of Five Hundred Superb Original Photographs, with Graphic Historical Descriptions and Character Sketches, Constituting a Complete Historic and Geographic Picturesque America.](/assets/images/product/2302217.jpg)
By: Cox, James; Bryant, William S.
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Jno. W. Corley Publishing & Promotion Co.: 1913
Seller ID: 2302217
Condition: Good
Revised edition. Spine faded, corners a bit rubbed, hinges weakening. 1913 Large Hardcover. 336 pp. A collection of photographs spanning a wide range of the scenic wonders of America. View more info
