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Drew, Bernard A
GREAT BARRINGTON: GREAT TOWN - GREAT HISTORY -- Great Barrington Massachusetts
Great Barrington MA: Great Barrington Hist. Soc 1999. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket hardcover. B&W illustrations. 656pp. Great Barrington Hist. Soc unknown
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Drew, Bernard A
Spanning Berkshire Waterways: A Personal Excursion Into the History of Metal Truss Highway Bridge Construction in Western New England 1865-1905
<p>Great Barrington MA: Attic Revivals Press. Very Good; Covers sunned. 1990. Softcover. 094158318X . Blue illustrated stapled softcover. Many photos and illustrations. Inscribed on the title page. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 32 pages .</p> Attic Revivals Press paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 60977 ISBN : 094158318X 9780941583183
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Drew, Lieut. Col. George A.
THE TRUTH ABOUT WAR MAKERS. Reprinted from the August 1st, 1931, issue of Maclean's, Canada's National Magazine for the Women's League of Nations Association, Toronto.
23p. Photograph. 12mo. Original printed wraps. Nice copy. "A plain spoken denunciation of an armament industry which makes wars to make money", by a Canadian Army officer. Coldwar/Economics 10
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Drexel Institute.
DREXEL INSTITUTE OF ART, SCIENCE, AND INDUSTRY, PHILADELPHIA. James MacAlister, President. Library School Under the Direction of Alice B. Kroeger, Librarian. 1899-1900. First Term begins Monday, October 2d, Second Term begins Thursday, February 1st.
(8)p. Pagination includes wraps. 8vo. Original printed wraps, slightly worn. Scarce catalog and promotional pamphlet for what became Drexel University. PA PAMPH 19_28 BX1
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DREXLER Rosalyn
Je suis la belle ?trang?re. Roman. Traduit de l'am?ricain par R. Rosenthal.
Broch?. 218 pages.
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DREYFUS, Jack:
Ein aussergewöhnliches Medikament ist übersehen worden. Mit einem Brief an den Präsidenten der U.S.A.
Medizinische Stiftung Dreyfus, 1984, in-4to, 113 S., Original-Broschüre.
Riferimento per il libraio : 112118aaf
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Drier, Roy Ward & Octave Joseph du Temple (Eds)
Prehistoric Copper Mining in the Lake Superior Region: A Collection of Reference Articles
Privately Printed 1965 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Published by the editors Calumet MI and Hinsdale IL. Red cloth black titles on spine & dec. on front board black endpapers 214 8 pp photos maps bibliography. Boards lightly rubbed & somewhat soiled. An introduction by the editors is followed by articles or quotes reprinted from various sources dating from about 1850 on. Shipping weight 2 lbs. 2nd ptg. . VG/No dj. 22½ X 14½ cm. Privately Printed Hardcover
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Drimmer, Frederick
Very Special People. The Struggles Loves and Triumphs of Human Oddities
New York: AMjon Publishers Inc 1973. 411pp/illus. The phenomenal bestseller that reveals the real lives of human oddities - their loves and triumphs. Since the Middle Ages people have flocked to see them the strange curious wonders of our planet. The Tocci twins - two boys down to the sixth rib but only one below. Tom Thumb - a full developed man who stood only twenty-five inches high. Robert Earl Hughes - who weighed more then one thousand pounds. Eli Bowen - born without legs but a superb acrobat. Carl Unthan - the armless wonder who learned to play a violin with his feet. Clean. DJ torn on back. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AMjon Publishers, Inc hardcover
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Drinker Bowen Catherine
"Le rendez-vous de Philadelphie - ""Vend d'ouest"" n°33"
Seghers. 1970. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 460 pages - une illustration en noir et blanc en frontispice.. . . . Classification Dewey : 973-Etats-Unis
Riferimento per il libraio : R300273291
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DRINKER BOWEN Catherine
"Olympien d'Amérique; le Juge Holmes et sa famille. "
New York, Overseas Editions, 1944. 12 x 16, 463 pp., broché, bon état (papier jauni).
Riferimento per il libraio : 67218
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DRINKER BOWEN CATHERINE
LE RENDEZ VOUS DE PHILADELPHIE
VENT D'OUEST - EDITIONS SEGHERS. 1970. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 460 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 973-Etats-Unis
Riferimento per il libraio : R320113046
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Drinnon, Richard
Facing West : The Metaphysics of Indian - Hating and Empire - Building
First Schocken Books edition. With a new introduction by the author. Creased spine; otherwise very good condition. Contents clean and sound throughout. Used
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DRISCOLL, RE Robert E Driscoll R E
SEVENTY YEARS OF BANKING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Rapid City SD: The Gate City Guide 1948. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. photo. 8vo 87 pages pictorial wrappers <br/><br/>Presentation copy inscribed by the author in 1948. Driscoll was Board Chairman of the First National Bank of The Black Hills. He drew upon his predecessor's diary - kept by his father - for decades of inside information including a bank robbery 6 GUNS 637 and chapters on mining and livestock HERD 728. WITH a copy of his THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA Its Pioneer Banking History. Newcomen Society in North America 1851. 23 pages with his business card laid in. The Gate City Guide paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : DEMO007192I
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Driver Harold E.; Massey William C.
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge: New Series Vol. 47 Part 2; Comparative Studies of North American Indians
Philadelphia: The Amercan Philosophical Society 1957. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Harold E. Driver a presentation inscription on the title page. Driver was also the author of the definitive study "The Indians of North America". Near Fine small corner crease bottom corner front wrapper stamp of President's Office rear wrapper. Map in rear pocket is present. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Amercan Philosophical Society Paperback books
Riferimento per il libraio : 003592
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Driver, Harold E; Massey, William C
Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge: New Series Vol. 47 Part 2; Comparative Studies of North American Indians
Philadelphia: The Amercan Philosophical Society 1957. Book. Near Fine. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Harold E. Driver a presentation inscription on the title page. Driver was also the author of the definitive study "The Indians of North America". Near Fine small corner crease bottom corner front wrapper stamp of President's Office rear wrapper. Map in rear pocket is present. The Amercan Philosophical Society Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 003592
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DROSNIN (Michaël).-
Citizen Hughes. L'homme qui acheta l'Amérique. Traduit par Serge Quadruppani.
1985 Paris, Presses de la Renaissance, 1985, fort in 8° broché, 550 pages.
Riferimento per il libraio : 50284
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Drost, William E
Clocks and Watches of New Jersey
Elizabeth New Jersey: Engineering Publishers 1966. Very Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket one chip the size of a 50 cent coin to rear panel of jacket. NOT price clipped $15.00. Bright clean tight and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Hardcover. 7.25" wide by 10.25" tall. Profusely illustrated with superb photos of both clock cases and works. The standard reference on the subject with a wealth of horological and some genealogical history. For example there is discussion of the first torsion clock later known as the 400 day or Anniversary clock made by Aaron Crane active in NJ from 1842-1848. Contains an invaluable biographical directory of clock and watchmakers. Among them: Isaac Brokaw John Brokaw Calculograph Company Aaron D. Crane Lebbeus Dod Matthew Egerton Jr. and Sr. Joakim Hill Joseph Hollinshead Jr. and Sr. Morgan Hollinshead Aaron Lane Leslie & Williams Aaron Miller John Tappen Oliver Parcell John Scudder John Nicholl Isaac Mickle Cooper Isaac Pearson Henry S. Prentiss Moses Stiles Stephen Tichenor United States Watch Company Ichabod Williams etc. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. The author was founder and first president of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors. Mr. Drost was also a member of American Watchmakers Institute British Horological Institute Watchmakers Association of New Jersey Horological Society of New York and Antiquarian Horological Society England. Bound in the original yellow cloth. From the Dust Jacket: "Clocks and watches have an important part in the history of the Colony and State of New Jersey. This book brings to you a thorough and authentic history of the clocks and watches and their makers made in New Jersey during the past 256 years." . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. xi 291pp. Engineering Publishers Hardcover
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DROUHAUD (Pascal).
Le Phénomène Kennedy et l'opinion publique française.
S.l., s.n. (chez l'auteur), 1988, in-4°, (7)-6-289-(11) pp, qqs illustrations, biblio, broché, qqs annotations stylo, bon état
Riferimento per il libraio : 107382
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DROZ-VINCENT Philippe
Vertiges de la puissance. Le "moment américain" au moyen Orient.
Broché, 24X16 cm, 2007, 370 pages, collection textes à l'appui, éditions la découverte. Marques mineures en couverture, bon exemplaire.
Riferimento per il libraio : 29211
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Drucker, Peter F.
AN INTRODUCTORY VIEW OF MANAGEMENT.
588 p. 240mm. Original glossy paper binding. ECONOMICS/BUS BX 1
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Drummond Albert Y. editor
Drummond's Pictorial Atlas of North Carolina
Charlotte NC: Albert Y. Drummond 1924. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR editor and publisher Albert Y. Drummond at front end page -" Joseph Hyde Pratt with the compliments of the author. Oct. 1924". SCARCE Association Copy Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt 1870-1942 was a prominent North Carolina geologist conservationist and state and civic leader. In W.W I he was the colonel in command of the First Battalion of the 105th Engineers and was part of the famous Thirtieth "Old Hickory" Division the first to break the Hindenburg Line.NCpedia. In presentation embossed crushed morocco binding Near Fine morocco a bit rubbed two pages of typed recommendations tipped at rear paste down. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs 148 pages. SCARCE in current commerce. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Presentation Copy. Albert Y. Drummond Hardcover books
Riferimento per il libraio : 008914
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DRUMMOND Roscoe
Duel at the Brink. John Foster Dulles' Command of American Power. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Doubleday. New York NY 1960. 8vo. First Edition; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM DRUMMOND WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Doubleday. New York NY, hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 23539
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Drummond, Albert Y (editor)
Drummond's Pictorial Atlas of North Carolina
Charlotte NC: Albert Y. Drummond 1924. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR editor and publisher Albert Y. Drummond at front end page -" Joseph Hyde Pratt with the compliments of the author. Oct. 1924". SCARCE Association Copy Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt 1870-1942 was a prominent North Carolina geologist conservationist and state and civic leader. In W.W I he was the colonel in command of the First Battalion of the 105th Engineers and was part of the famous Thirtieth "Old Hickory" Division the first to break the Hindenburg Line.NCpedia. In presentation embossed crushed morocco binding Near Fine morocco a bit rubbed two pages of typed recommendations tipped at rear paste down. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs 148 pages. SCARCE in current commerce. Albert Y. Drummond Hardcover
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DRURY Tom
La contrée immobile
Traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis), Cambourakis, 2012, 173 pp., broché, bon état.
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DRURY Tom,
La contrée immobile,
Traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis), Cambourakis, 2012, 173 pp., broché, bon état.
Riferimento per il libraio : 57252
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Drury, Clifford Merrill
Diary of Titian Ramsay Peale. Oregon to California Overland Journey September and October 1841. Inscribed by the author Introduction and Bibliography by Carl S. Dentzel.
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson. Fine. 1957. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman. 85pp. portrait frontis; 12mo; black cloth spine lettered in gilt and illustrated paper over boards; map endpapers; tipped-in color illustration of the Rocky Mountains. Early California Travel Series XXXVI. With a long inscription on the half-title: "To Mrs. Bertram K. Dunshee 18 Oct. 1957 I am honored to know that you would like a copy of this little book which is token of a side issue of mine. So few copies were printed that the books became a collector's item even before it came from the press. Your interest in history and the real contribution you have made to the preservation of historical sites in Calif. has been a source of inspiration to me. More power to you. Sincerely Clifford M. Drury." . Glen Dawson hardcover
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Drury, Clifford M [ed]
First White Women Over the Rockies 3 volumes
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Editor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Northwest Historical Series Volume VI 1963. v.1; Mrs. Marcus Whitman Mrs. Henry H. Spaulding Mrs. William H. Gray Mrs. Asa B. Smith. 280pp. ffep signed by Drury. Northwest Historical Series Volume VII 1963.v2.; Mrs. Elkanah Walker Mrs. Cushing Eels 382pp. w/index Northwest Historical Series Volume VIII 1966.v.3; Diary of Sarah White Smith letters of Asa B. Smith documents re: 1838 reinforcement to Oregon Mission. 332pp. w/index. ffep signed by Drury. blue cloth hardcovers with gilt spine titles. fore-edge deckledlight edgewear topedge of v.1 and v.3 are sun faded. folding maps. Arthur H. Clark Hardcover
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Drury, Clifford Merrill (Editor)
First White Women Over the Rockies Vol. I: Mrs. Marcus Whitman Mrs. Henry H. Spalding Mrs. William H. Gray and Mrs. Asa B. SmithNorthwest Historical Series VI Volume 1
Glendale CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 280pp; Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine deckle edges water damage to back cover water staining to rear endpaper & last few pages bookplate to front pastedown text unmarked binding is tight Fair condition. Signed by Author. Signed letter from Author letter from publisher and Whitman Mission postcard laid in. First volume only of two-volume work. Diaries letters and biographical sketches of Mrs. Marcus Whitman Mrs. Henry H. Spalding Mrs. William H. Gray and Mrs. Asa B. Smith. Northwest Historical Series VI. Illustrated with photos. The Arthur H. Clark Company hardcover
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Drury, Clifford Merrill (introductions and editorial notes by)
First White Women Over the Rockies : Diaries Letters and Biographical Sketches of the Six Women of the Oregon Mission Who Made the Overland Journey in 1836 and 1838 3 volume set
Glendale California:: The Arthur H. Clark Company 1963. Three heavy books sent by MEDIA MAIL. Priority ONLY by special arrangement. A clean square tight set. Complete in 3 volumes. Inner hinges are perfect. No owner's name or bookplate. No reminder mark. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Vols. I & II were published in 1963; Vol. III appeared in 1966. Consisting of the diaries letters and related documents of the pioneers Narcissa Whitman Eliza Spalding Mary Gray Sarah Smith Mary Walker and Myra Eells. Years before the first covered wagon train rolled into Oregon these newly-married women rode 1900 miles on side-saddles from the Missouri frontier to Fort Walla Walla! Each volume is well illustrated with maps old prints portraits and document facsimiles. Of vols 1-3 there were only 1539 1513 and 1569 copies printed respectively. Each is bound in the original blue cloth lettered in bright gold on the spine. Top edges are tinted blue. Fore-edges untrimmed deckle-edges. Volumes VI VII & VIII of the Clarke Company's Northwest Historical Series. Clark/Brunet 67. Mattes 32 35-40 42 43. Wagner-Camp 68. . First Editions. Hard Cover. Very Good condition./Protected by clear plastic DJs. 8vo. 3 vols: 280; 382; 332pp. The Arthur H. Clark Company Hardcover
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Drury, Clifford M
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon in Two Volumes Northwest Historical Series X & XI
Glendale CA: Arthur H. Clark Company 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 911pp; Blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine bookplates to front pastedowns of both volumes rear hinge of Volume I professionally repaired minor staining to first few pages of Volume I text unmarked binding is tight VG- condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author on FFEP of Volume I. Publisher's original receipt and Whitman Mission postcard laid in. Two volume set. Story of the Whitmans missionaries to the Cayuse Indians in Old Oregon including an account of the Whitman Massacre. Illustrated. Arthur H. Clark Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 012195 ISBN : 0870621041 9780870621048
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Drury, Clifford M (1897-1984)
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman & The Opening of Old Oregon
2 volumes. 476 pages with color frontispiece and illustrations; 435 pages with color frontispiece illustrations bibliography appendices and index. Royal octavo 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First edition.<br /><br />Author and historian Clifford M. Drury was born on an Iowa farm in 1897. From the 1930s until the time of his death in 1984 he exhaustively researched and studied the lives and effects of the Old Oregon missionaries. His energy and enthusiasm for understanding missionary history and American Western expansion has left an extensive and extraordinary written legacy. In this two-volume set Drury thoroughly revisits the story of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman the impact during their eleven years at Waiilatpu and their significant roles in the great migration into the Pacific Northwest that would follow.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Spine ends slightly bumped else a very good to fine copy. Arthur H Clark Company hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : E0557 ISBN : 0870621041 9780870621048
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Drury, John.
HISTORIC MIDWEST HOUSES.
pp. x, 146. Numerous photographs of eighteenth century Midwest houses and interiors. Slight foxing. 4to. Original full pictorial cloth binding. Spine faded with small loss at top. ART 1
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Du Bellet, Paul Pecquet; Hoole, William Stanley (ed, intro)
The Diplomacy of the Confederate Cabinet of Richmond and Its Agents Abroad: Being Memorandum Notes Taken in Paris During the Rebellion of the Southern States from 1861 to 1865
Tuscaloosa Alabama: Confederate Publishing Company 1963. Softcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding. Pages clean and bright. Wrappers have light handling wear minor soiling fading at spine. Label at lower spine. Documentary history. Confederate Centennial Studies; Ex-Library; 23; 8.5" tall; 130 pages. Confederate Publishing Company unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 3730093
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DU BOSCQ DE BEAUMONT Gaston
Aux lacs fran?ais des Adirondacks. (Etats-Unis d'Am?rique). 1899. Article illustr? extrait du Tour du Monde.
Broch?. 12 pages. 23x31 cm. Couverture factice.
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DU BOSE Heyward
Mamba et ses filles. Traduction de D. Clairouin.
Broch?. 237 pages. Rousseurs.
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DU BREUIL Georges
Roosevelt le responsable.
DE LA BOUSSOLE. Non daté. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 23 pages. Dos légèrement usé.. . . . Classification Dewey : 973-Etats-Unis
Riferimento per il libraio : RO80021835
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DU HAILLY L.
Campagnes et stations sur les côtes de l'Amérique du Nord
Paris Dentu 1864 in-12 de 2 ff.n.ch., 294 pp. et 1 f.n.ch. de table perc. noire, filets à froid et titre or au dos, tr. mouch. [Rel. de l'époque], qq. rouss
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DU MAURIER Daphn?
La crique du fran?ais. Traduit par Berthe Vulliemin.
Broch?. 261 pages. Jaquette.
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DU MAURIER Daphn?
Le vol du faucon. Sans date.
Reliure ?diteur. 410 pages.
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DU MONT JAMES S.
Custer Battle Guns
Ft. Collins CO: Old Army Press 1974. First Edition. Fine in original cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket. Oblong quarto. With a foreword by James S. Hutchins. "Author's Edition" one of 250 copies signed by James Du Mont. <br/><br/> (Old Army Press) hardcover books
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Du Mont, John S
Custer Battle Guns
The Old Army Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1974 copyright. Book is in FINE condition. Dust Jacket has one small closed tear on front cover else Very Good Plus condition. 113 pages. The Old Army Press. ; Oblong 4to; 113 pages . The Old Army Press hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 102607
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Du Pont, H A
The Campaign of 1864 in the Valley of Virginia and the Expedition to Lynchburg
New York: National Americana Society 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding hinge papers cracked but holding. Pages clean tanned. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has light over all shelf wear minor edge wear label at lower spine clear sleeve. Civil War history. Ex-Library; 9.5" tall; 188 pages. National Americana Society hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 4070087
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Du-Zeitschrift.
Du.- Zeitschrift. Die Südstaaten. Porträt einer amerikanischen Region. Der amerikanische Süden - Mythos und Wirklichkeit. Photo-Portfolio: Jakob Tuggener.
in-4to, illustrierte Original-Broschüre.
Riferimento per il libraio : 53224aaf
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Du-Zeitschrift.
Du.- Zeitschrift. Rhytmus. George Gershwin. Erinnerungen an George Gershwin.. George Gershwin und die Jazz-Ära.
in-4to, illustrierte Original-Broschüre.
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Du.- Zeitschrift.
1973.06 Amerikanische Volkskunst im Shelburne Museum. Texte von J.W.Webb und M.G. Aufnahmen von Franco Cianetti. Gesichter aus Zürichs Unterwelt, Fritz Schmid. Menschen aus meinem Dorf, von Heini Stucki.
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Duane, James C
Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners by James C. Duane containing Reports of the Secretary Edward L. Allen and of the Chief Engineer Alphonse Fteley
New York: Aqueduct Commissioners 1895. Hardcover. Good . 104 p. 17 leaves of folded tables 50 leaves of photographic plates 71 leaves of maps and plans many folded some in color: in-text illustrations and tables; 35 cm. Marooon cloth with gilt-stamped cover title and illustration; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Cover title: City of New York Aqueduct Commission Reports on the New Croton Aqueduct Reservoirs and Dams 1887 to 1895. A fascinating detail examination of the construction of the New Croton Aqueduct; some photos include workmen. Errata slip tipped in before title page. A heavy book; for international shipping the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Good Condition: both boards are detached but present; lacking cloth over spine; cover is rubbed with loss at corners; cover is soiled and stained; cover title and illustration are intact and bright; text and plates are clean and tight. Aqueduct Commissioners hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 011038
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Duane, William J
Letters Addressed to the People of Pennsylvania Respecting the Internal Improvement of the Commonwealth; by Means of Roads and Canals
Philadelphia Pa: Jane Aitken 1811. Paperback. Very Good -. 2 125 1 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a nonce volume. Former owner's name at head of title page: Jennie W. Baird. Early American Imprints 2nd series Shaw & Shoemaker 22727. Howes D-516. The author William J. Duane 1780-1865 was a Philadelphia lawyer who married Benjamin Franklin's granddaughter Deborah Franklin Bache. He served several terms in the Pennsylvania Assembly and briefly as Secretary of the United States Treasury during President Andrew Jackson's battle against the Bank of the United States. While serving in the state legislature in 1809-10 Duane had chaired the standing committee on roads and internal navigation which inspired him to compose letters urging legislative support for the development of road and canal companies which were published in the Philadelphia newspaper the Aurora run by his father William Duane under the pseudonym "Franklin." Those 16 letters are here revised and reprinted with an appendix containing letters illustrating the establishment of transportation companies in New York state. In Very Good- Condition: disbound; foxing light except for the title page; light corner creasing; title page and several following pages are partially detached; otherwise pages are solid. Jane Aitken paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 001582
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DUBANT Bernard
"La tradition sioux; le sang bleu du vieux rocher."
Paris, Guy Trédaniel, 1993. 17 x 24, 336 pp., plusieurs illustrations en couleurs et en N/B, broché, bon état (couverture légèrement défraîchie).
Riferimento per il libraio : 45165
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Dubbs, Carol Kettenburg
DEFEND THIS OLD TOWN: Williamsburg During the Civil War
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 2002. xvi 2 406 pages. Perhaps the most comprehensive study of life and events in Williamsburg Virginia during the Civil War--from secession in 1861 to the bloody Battle of Williamsburg on May 5 1862 through the subsequent Union occupation that lasted until the end of the civil war in 1865. Both book and dust jacket are in as-new condition. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Louisiana State University Press Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : W2854 ISBN : 0807127809 9780807127803
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Dubbs, Joseph Henry.
HISTORIC MANUAL OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES.
433p. Illustrated. Interior hinges cracked. Rear endpaper soiled and torn. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Worn. Hardbound. PAG L19
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