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Brogan DW. D. W.
The American Character
New York NY USA: Alfred A. Knopf 1944. Written in the 1940's and designed to make American principles and attitudes more intelligible to the British public. Good clean hardback which shows some wear and fraying to cloth at head of spine. 169 pages. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 051050
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Brooks James J. Detective
The Adventures of a United States Detective. A Series of Interesting Sketches Illustrating the Operations of the Whisky Ring in their Evasions of the Law and its Penalties
Philadelphia: S.T. Souder and Company 1876. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Original cloth. 348 pp plus a one page note and ads in the rear. With several black and white illustrations. An account of I.R.S. agent James Brooks' investigations into the infamous Whiskey Ring conspiracy discussing the distillers and distilleries methods of hiding money various figures associated with the ring various trials etc. FAIR condition. Heavy mottling/scuffing to the cloth of the spine as well as along the upper and lower extremities. Heavy fading to the cloth. Some soiling. Binding cracked at both interior hinges with the covers starting to separate. Binding weak but intact with two signature in the center starting to separate. Minor scattered soiling and moderate darkening to the paper. Date in ink on the first page of text. S.T. Souder and Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 004094
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Broome Harvey
Out Under The Sky Of The Great Smokies
Knoxville: Greenbrier 1975. Book. Fair-. Trade Paperback. Not Stated. While this trade paperbacks text is unmarked and binding sound it is rough in all other respects. Covers have edgewear and abrasion some creases no tears. Text tips a bit bent etc. Will stand up to a reading or use as reference copy. We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described and graded using the strict traditional standards. For this reason we have virtually zero returns. Greenbrier Paperback
Bookseller reference : 7132
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Brotherston Gordon
Image of the New World : The American Continent Portrayed in Native Texts
London: Thames & Hudson 1979. Through commentaries and translations of carefully selected text it tells a story not widely known of everyday experiences of native people in every part of the continent and of their sufferings in time of war or famine and not least at the hands of the invaders from the Old World. A very good clean hardback in unclipped dustwrapper. Slight yellowing to page edges. 324 pages including index. Prompt dispatch. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Thames & Hudson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 051023 ISBN : 0500012067 9780500012062
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Brown Charles H.
THE CORRESPONDENT'S WAR. Journalists In The Spanish-American War.
Scribners: 1967. 478 pages illustrated. "The Spanish-American War was the newspaper correspondents' war excellence. The author chronicles the exploits of newspaper men during these years and his story conveys the excitement that the newsmen created across the country." FINE HARDCOVER VERY GOOD- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Scribners: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027839
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Brown Frankie artist
Frankie Brown's Art City Presents 17 Souvenier sic Xerox Photos of Berkeley
Berkeley CA: Wick's Books/Art City Publisher 1978. Wraps. Good. Small oblong postcard size format with a single staple at the left edge. 18 photos plus an intro page and credits page as well as front wrapper. Printed on single sides only. Xeroxed photos of various buildings and sites around Berkeley California from City Hall to craft peddlers on Telegraph to the inside of the Renaissance Coffee House. Slight post-hippie feel to the booklet. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy curling at the corners with minor tearing along the extremities. Minor wrinkling and browning. Wick's Books/Art City, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 014288
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Brown Les
The New York Times Encyclopedia Of Television
New York: Times Books. VG/VG. 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 1st edition/1st printing. Book is bound in blue cloth with gilt printing on the spine; clean straight & tight; spine ends are lightly bumped from shelving previous owner's name is written neatly on the front pastedown near the upper edge. The dust jacket is price intact bright & clean. It has some light edgewear/chipping and a bit of tape residue on the upper edge. A history of television and descriptions of the careers of well known and not so well known actors actresses newscasters and others. ; B&W Photographs; 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"; 492 pages . Times Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8623 ISBN : 0812907213 9780812907216
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Brown Mark H. & Felton WR. W. R.
Before Barbed Wire
New York NY USA: Bramhall House 1956. Superb record of the early days of the open range with 124 photographs from the famous L.A. Huffman originals. A very good clean hardback in dustwrapper which shows signs of light shelfwear. 254 pages. Next post UK dispatch. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Bramhall House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 051021 ISBN : 0517029421 9780517029428
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Brown Richard Maxwell.
NO DUTY TO RETREAT. Violence And Values In American History And Society.
Oxford University Press: 1991. 268 pages. "This book offers an engrossing account of how this idea of self-defense emerged focusing in particular on the gunfights of the frontier and their impact on our legal traditions." FINE- HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. . Hard Cover. Fine-/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Oxford University Press: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028404 ISBN : 0195045106 9780195045109
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Brown Seyom.
THE CRISES OF POWER. An Interpretation Of United States Foreign Policy During The Kissinger Years.
Columbia University Press: 1979. 170 pages. This is the "first book to give a balanced assessment of Kissinger's performance in office from the grand strategy of normalizing relations with the Soviet Union and China to the improvised dramatics of the "Mayaquez incident". FINE HARDCOVER FINE- DUST JACKET. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Columbia University Press: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023080 ISBN : 0231042647 9780231042642
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Brown William C. editor
The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend. July 1844 to June 1845
Boston: William C. Brown Publisher 1844. Hard Cover. Fair. Marbled boards with quarter leather spine. 140 140 pp. Black and white illustrations at the front of most months a few not bound in and perhaps missing. No month of February 1845 included perhaps as issued as there is no gap in pagination. A bound volume of the magazine The Mother's Assistant and Young Lady's Friend containing poetry articles and fiction of interest to women with some tips on parenting etc. With a religious overtone. This volume includes a piece taken from Catlin's study of the North American Indian with an engraving illustrating a Native American dwelling on various homes used by Native Americans; a piece on the teeth and their care by Lydia Child; poetry by Longfellow Whittier and others; the morality of pictures by William A. Alcott; a piece on the Wheaton Female Seminary. FAIR condition. Moderate to heavy fading and scuffing to the covers with heavy scuffing bumping and wear along the extremities. Leather split along the hinges. Minor soiling. Pages 27-46 of the second section DETACHED but laid in. Scattered soiling and staining in the interior. William C. Brown, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 015005
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BROWN F. Martin
Jamaica and its Butterflies. Illustrated by Majorie Statham Favreau. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with fine coloured frontispiece, 10 fine coloured plates and endpaper maps; olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright, crisp copy of a standard reference.
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Browning Frank.
THE VANISHING LAND. The Corporate Theft Of America.
Peter Smith/Harper: 1975. 119 pages including 12 Tables of statics. "For America's grand corporate conglomerates land is an ideal investment. It supplies steady case a solid if not spectacular earning profile and when undertaken through massive capital syndicates one of the friendliest tax loss programs the government has even offered." FINE HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Peter Smith/Harper: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021114 ISBN : 0060903619 9780060903619
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BRUNIÈRE (Fernand de la) & PONCE (Nicolas).
[HAÏTI] Vue du Cap François, isle St. Domingue, prise du chemin de l'embarcadère de la Petite Anse.
Paris, M. Moreau de St. Méry et M. Ponce, [1791]. 283 x 587 mm.
Bookseller reference : LBW-5136
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BRUEYS D'AIGALLIERS (Gabriel-François de)
Oeuvres choisies.
Nîmes, Imprimerie de la veuve Belle, 1805 in-12, 2 ff. n. ch. [titre, titre intermédiaire], X-74 pp., un f.n.ch. d'errata, broché sous couverture d'attente de papier crème.
Bookseller reference : 186374
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Bruce Philip Alexander.
INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF VIRGINIA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Volume II.
Putnam: 1910. 697 pages. Volume II of a 2 volume set. ""An inquiry into the religious moral educational legal military and political condition of the people." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER. Green coth covers gilt lettering is bright on the spine. . Hard Covers. Fine/Not Issued with Dust Jackets. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Putnam: hardcover
Bookseller reference : 028583
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Bruce Philip Alexander.
INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF VIRGINIA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
Peter Smith: 1964. First published in 1910 by the author 1404 pages. "An Inquiry Into The Religious Moral Educational Legal Military And Political Condition Of The People based on original and contemporaneaous records." 2 FINE HARDCOVERS. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with Dust Jackets. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Peter Smith: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020928
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Bruce Palmer Jr.
Intervention in the Caribbean: The Dominican Crisis of 1965
<p>Inscribed by author; association copy; 1st edition. Near Fine HC in Very Good DJ. Navy blue cloth over boards gilt letters; map front end papers. Bright clean covers and spine are As New; tightly bound; single piece of cello-tape attaching publisher's presentation card to front free end paper with typed note 'I only wish that Ellsworth could have seen this book. It was written really for him.' and signed at bottom 'Bruce Palmer'; crisp clean interior. DJ is bright clean and complete; faintly scuffed; very slight rubbing wear at spine head. From the family collection of Ellsworth Bunker U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Italy India Nepal South Vietnam Organization of American States and twice recipient of U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. Bunker figures prominently in the book and was considered by this author President Johnson and others to have been a critical element in avoiding open civil war in the Dominican Republic. 8vo 226 pp; index biblio; illustrated.</p> The University Press of Kentucky hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15375 ISBN : 0813116910 9780813116914
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Bry Doris & Callaway Nicholas Edited by
Georgia O'Keeffe In The West
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. F/F. 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. 1st edition/1st printing. Book is fine bound in light gray cloth with silver decoration and printing. It is clean straight & tight. There is one very faint small spot on the front page edges and one creased page edge otherwise it would be as new. The fine dust jacket is clean bright and crisp undamaged. "Georgia O'Keeffe - In the West is the first comprehensive exploration of this sustained culmination of O'Keeffe's life and art. The book is full of color plates of her work. A beautiful book! ; Color Plates; 13 3/4" x 16"; 97 pages . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7426 ISBN : 0394579712 9780394579719
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Bryan William Jennings Editor in Chief Francis W. Halsey Associate Editor
The World's Famous Orations Volume VI Ireland
New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company 1906. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 264 pages. A collection of speeches made in Ireland from 1775 to 1902 part of a ten volume set. Yellow cloth binding with brown stamped decorations and titles on front cover and spine. Some spotting of cover top edge discolored some edge wear corners and spien ends bumped black stains on back cover interior pages clean with light tanning binding tight except for slight weakness at last section of text block. <br/><br/>Measures 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Funk and Wagnalls Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00600
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Bryant Maria or Ryah Ryan Osborne Bryant
Handwritten journal of writings related to music art and history. Written in Brockton Massachusetts at various dates during the early 1900s
Brockton MA: No Publisher. Hard Cover. Good. Quarto sized lined journal with marbled paper covered boards and a black cloth binding. Perhaps 75-100 pages most written on. Handwritten essays throughout mostly on single sides only with a few newspaper clippings relating to the topics written about included. Believed to be the journal of a relative or the wife of Walter Copeland Bryant a resident of Brockton Massachusetts who was heavily involved in the arts and fine art scene in Boston and beyond. Copeland and his wife assembled a private collection of paintings by notable 19th century American painters many of which were bequeathed to the Brockton Public Library. This journal bears a paper label on the front reading either Ryah or Ryan Osborne Bryant with an address of 374 West Elm Street Brockton Massachusetts. Inside are several essays on different subjects apparently given as presentations to the French Circle and other clubs. Dates that these were either written or given as lectures appear at the beginning of the pieces. Subjects include the composer Chopin; music at the time of Louis XIV; social life at the time of Louis XIV; a paper on Azaz le Rideau; an introduction given at a lecture by the artist J.J. Enneking on March 16 1905 newspaper clipping indicates the introduction was given by Mrs. Walter Copeland Bryant; an introduction to a Mr. Chaffee February 6th 1905; an introduction to Mr. Matsuki relating to a talk on the art of old Japan on November 10 1904. GOOD condition. Covers browned. Extremities scuffed and worn. Interior solid and clean but toned. No Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 010155
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Bryant William Cullen et al.
The Bunker Hill Songster. Containing National and Patriotic Songs
New York: Murphy Printer and Publisher. Wraps. Good. no date presumed mid 1800s. Yellow wraps with an illustration of a peg-legged soldier on the front and an ad on the rear. 34 pp. with one illustration. A collection of war freedom and liberty patriotic and romantic songs including 'The Green Mountain Boys' by William Cullen Bryant. Lyrics only no music. GOOD condition. Minor soiling and toning to the wraps. A few tiny chips along the edges. Page edges foxed. Murphy, Printer and Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 009943
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Bryce James
Social Institutions of the United States
New York: Chautauqua Press 1891. Original Cloth. Good/No jacket . 298 pages with index. A study of various aspects of life in America including a look at religion law the position of women equality and many others. Navy cloth binding with gilt titles on spine brown end papers. Some spotting and scuffing of cover some edge wear corners and spine ends bumped a little fading of gilt light wrinkles in cloth near back spine interior pages lightly tanned. <br/><br/> Chautauqua Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00217
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Bibliothèque de travail N° 662. Loulou de la Martinique.
Couverture souple. Brochure de 40 pages.
Bookseller reference : 141634
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BUCHON (Jean Alexandre).
[GUYANE] Carte géographique, statistique et historique de la Guyane.
Paris, 1825. 473 x 616 mm.
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Buchon, Jean Alexandre.
Atlas géographique, statistique, historique et chronologique des deux Amériques et des îles adjacentes ; traduit de l'atlas exécuté en Amérique d'après Lesage, avec de nombreuses corrections et augmentations, par J. A. Buchon. Dédié a S. A. R. le duc d'Orléans.
1825 Paris J. Carez, Verdière, Bossange 1825; in-folio en feuilles de 1 feuillet (Table) et 61 sur 63 cartes ou tableaux à double page en couleurs + feuillets " bis" de texte en noir. Ensemble placé dans un carton ancien usagé au dos renforcé. Petites déchirures sans manque en marge de plusieurs planches non rognées, rousseurs en marge de nombreuses planches, quelques traces de mouillure angulaire à plusieurs planches, trace de pli au centre de chaque planche double. les gravures et coloris sont frais. Ensemble de cartes consacré aux deux Amériques du Nord et du Sud et aux Caraïbes et Antilles.
Bookseller reference : 11599
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BUDAN, Armand
La Guadeloupe pittoresque
1972 Editions Basse-terre, Société d'Histoire de la Guadeloupe, collection "Bibliothèque d'Histoire Antillaise" N° 2 - 1972 - Reproduction de l'édition de 1863, initialement parue à Paris chez Noblet et Baudry, Libraires-éditeurs - In-8, (26,5 x 21,5cm) broché sous jaquette illustrée de l'éditeur - 44 pages + XI planches d'illustrations en N&B hors texte, dont une dépliante
Bookseller reference : 120144
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Buehrig Edward H.
WOODROW WILSON AND THE BALANCE OF POWER.
Peter Smith: 1968. This book was first published in 1955 by Indiana University Press and this book is a reprint of that edition 325 pages. "The central theme of American foreign relations in the nineteenth century was the mutual accommodation progressively achieved between ourselves and Great Britain. The main theme in the present century is quite different offering a melancholy contrast. We can see today what was much less clearly visible at the time that the first World War signalized the decline of Europe from its former pre-eminence in world politics." FINE HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Peter Smith: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021046
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BUFFON (Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de) & MARTINET (François-Nicolas).
[GUYANE FRANÇAISE] 1. Tangara pourpré, de Cayenne. 2. Femelle du Tangara pourpré, de Cayenne.
[Paris, 1771-1786]. 235 x 181 mm.
Bookseller reference : LBW-8284
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BUFFON (Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de) & MARTINET (François-Nicolas).
[GUYANE FRANÇAISE] Manakin, du Brésil. 2. Manakin orangé de Cayenne.
[Paris, 1771-1786]. 235 x 182 mm.
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BUFFON (Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de) & MARTINET (François-Nicolas).
[GUYANE FRANÇAISE] 1. Carouge, de Cayenne. 2. Carouge, du Cap de Bonne Espérance.
[Paris, 1771-1786]. 235 x 179 mm.
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BUFFON (Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de) & MARTINET (François-Nicolas).
[GUYANE FRANÇAISE] Manakin à tête noire, de Cayenne. 2. Manakin verd hupé, de Cayenne.
[Paris, 1771-1786]. 240 x 179 mm.
Bookseller reference : LBW-8278
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BUFFON (Alexandre).
Guadeloupe et dépendances. - Service de l'agriculture. La Culture du bananier à la Guadeloupe..
Basse-Terre, Imprimerie officielle, 1932 in-8, 44 pp., broché.
Bookseller reference : 236422
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Bukowski Douglas.
BIG BILL THOMPSON CHICAGO AND THE POLITICS OF IMAGE.
University of Illinois Press: 1998. 273 pages. "There are politics politicians and scandals but only in Chicago can any combination of these spark the kind of fireworks they do. And no other American city has had a mayor like William Hale BIg Bill Thompson not in any of his political incarnations." FINE- SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. University of Illinois Press: Paperback
Bookseller reference : 030933 ISBN : 0252066685 9780252066689
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Bukowski Charles et al.
Los Angeles Free Press September 13 1974
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises 1974. Tabloid. Good. Side folding tabloid format. 28 pp. plus the A-T classified ads section offering an apparent an A-T selection of adult entertainment. A later issue of this pioneering underground newspaper known as the Freep. Established in 1964 the paper was known for its coverage of the counterculture movement and radical politics as well as its strong anti-Vietnam War stance. Financial and staffing troubles led to its eventual demise in 1978. This issue with a piece on Timothy Leary and whether he is a cosmic snitch for being willing to testify against friends; an article on the trial of Native Americans in AIM and the government's use of an 1868 treaty from Wounded Knee; an interview with the leader of NOW Jeanne Cordova; a piece on David Bowie; an essay on transvestites and the troubles they face on a daily basis drawn from interviews; a few poems by Charles Bukowski in his Notes From a Dirty Old Man column etc. GOOD condition. Moderate general browning. Paper slightly brittle. Minor wrinkling along the extremities. New Way Enterprises unknown
Bookseller reference : 014467
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Bukowski Charles; Gregory Dick et al.
Los Angeles Free Press. February 21 1975
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises 1975. Tabloid. Good. Side folding tabloid format. 28 pp. plus the A-T classified ads section offering an apparent A-T selection of adult entertainment. A later issue of this pioneering underground newspaper known as the Freep. Established in 1964 the paper was known for its coverage of the counterculture movement and radical politics as well as its strong anti-Vietnam War stance. Financial and staffing troubles led to its eventual demise in 1978. This issue with the "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" column by Charles Bukowski in the classified section which contains three cartoons drawn by Bukowski; a one page piece containing comments by Dick Gregory on a variety of topics etc. GOOD condition. Moderate general browning. Paper slightly brittle. Minor wrinkling along the extremities. Mailing address label present. New Way Enterprises unknown
Bookseller reference : 014311
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Bukowski Charles et al.
Los Angeles Free Press. June 14 1974
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises 1974. Tabloid. Good. Side folding tabloid format. 36 pp. plus the A-T classified ads section offering an apparent A-T selection of adult entertainment. A later issue of this pioneering underground newspaper known as the Freep. Established in 1964 the paper was known for its coverage of the counterculture movement and radical politics as well as its strong anti-Vietnam War stance. Financial and staffing troubles led to its eventual demise in 1978. This issue with the "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" column by Charles Bukowski in the classified section; the transcript of a taped communique from the Symbionese Liberation Army SLA that discusses the thoughts and philosophies of the group as well as their version of events surrounding the armed fight with the LAPD on May 17th of that year. This includes a message from Tania Patty Hearst. GOOD condition. Moderate general browning. Paper slightly brittle. Minor wrinkling along the extremities. New Way Enterprises unknown
Bookseller reference : 014078
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bulletin de la société d'histoire de la Guadeloupe
bulletin de la société d'histoire de la Guadeloupe : Chronique bibliographique de l'histoire des Antilles françaises ( 1979-1982 ) par G. Debien - Les rebellions nègres à Cuba dans la première moitié du XIXème siècle : contenu idéologique et programme subversif par A. Yacou - La rupture Gérault - Richard - Légitimus ( 1906 - 1907 ) par Ph. Cherdieu
N° 59 - 1er trimestres 1984 - Publié avec le concours du Conseil général de la Guadeloupe - revue illustrée - broché - 134 pages
Bookseller reference : 35901
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BULLETIN DES LOIS DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.-
Premier Semestre de 1851. Lois 340 à 409. Poste. Commerce. Navigation. Assistance judiciaire. Chemin de fer de l'Ouest. Antilles. Réunion.-
Paris. Imprimerie Nationale. 1851. In-8 (136 x 212mm) dos lisse basane fauve, pièces de titre et de tomaison noires, XXXII (titre et table des lois), 820 pages dont la table des matières qui s'arrête à Sucre. Quelques exemples: Décrets relatifs à l'établissement d'évêchés dans les Colonies de la Martinique, de la Guadeloupe et de la Réunion. Régime commercial de l'Algérie. Loi sur l'assistance judiciaire. Traité de commerce et de navigation entre la France et la Sardaigne, Convention postale avec cette dernière. Brevets d'invention pp. 287-347). Loi relative au Chemin de fer de l'Ouest pp.575-595. Convention postale avec la Toscane. Etc. Coiffe supérieure arrachée avec perte de cuir sur le dos, qq. bulletins insolés sinon bon exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : ORD-17052
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BULLETIN DE L'IFAN.-
Tome XXV, Janvier-Avril 1963. N°1-2.-
Série B: Sciences humaines. Dakar. IFAN. 1963. In-8 (155 x 240mm) broché, couverture imprimée, 192 pages. Bon exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : ORD-1651
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Bulkley Captain William
Small handwritten request for a bill to be paid. Dated October 12th 1787. From Lyme Presumed Connecticut
No Place: No Publisher 1787. Unbound. Fair. Small handwritten request for a bill to be paid. Dated October 12th 1787. From Lyme Presumed Connecticut. 3 � by 6 inches. Addressed to a Nathaniel Mather Captain William Bulkley requests that a bill for hay be paid to Captain Smith. Written on a single side only. Bulkley was a member of a Connecticut family of the Southport region of Connecticut. The William Bulkley House still exists one of the few pre-Revolutionary War houses to survive due to most being burnt by Tories during the war. FAIR condition. Several horizontal and vertical fold creases present with large tears along them rendering the piece somewhat fragile. Paper toned with minor dampstaining and spotting. No Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 011959
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Bunce Oliver edited by.
THE ROMANCE OF THE REVOLUTION Being A History Of The Personal Adventures Heroic Exploits And Romantic Incidents As Enacted In The War Of Independence.
Bunce & Brother: 1853. 434 pages illustrated. "From time to time in the last fifty years various sketches have appeared but they have never till now been collected in any permanent form and have been in danger from merely appearing in the transitory periodicals of the day of passing into utter oblivion." GOOD HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Bunce & Brother: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 027514
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BURCK (W.)
Histoire des colonies européennes dans L'Amérique en six parties. Traduite de l'anglois par M. E.
Nyon l’Ainé , Paris , 1780 2 vol. in-12 de XIV - XVIII -389 pp. et 1 fnch.352 pp., relié plein veau marbré époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièces de titre et tomaison , tranches rouges, petits manque au dos et défauts d’usage.Seconde édition ,la première est de 1767, illustrée de 2 cartes dépliantes par E.Bowen(1747). I. Une histoire abrégée de la découverte de cette partie du monde. II. Les moeurs & les coutumes de ses premiers habitants. III. L'histoire des colonies Espagnoles. IV. Portugaises. V. Françaises, Hollandaises & Danoises. VI. Anglaises.
Bookseller reference : PHO-616
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BUREAU Gabriel.
La Guyanne méconnue.
Préface de G. Monnerville. P. Fasquelle 1936. In-8, 166 pages. Broché.
Bookseller reference : 46452
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BURAC Maurice
Les Petites Antilles- Etude géographique des disparités régionales de développement [3 volumes]
Talence, Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux 1989 Complet en 3 tomes, vii + 1486pp. (pagination continuée) + 52 planches (avec photos en n/bl), 24cm., br.orig., Thèse de Doctorat, cachet au verso de la p.d.t., texte frais et en bon état, poids: 2.5kg., A110555
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BURAC Maurice
Les Petites Antilles- Etude géographique des disparités régionales de développement [3 volumes]
Complet en 3 tomes, vii + 1486pp. (pagination continuée) + 52 planches (avec photos en n/bl), 24cm., br.orig., Thèse de Doctorat, cachet au verso de la p.d.t., texte frais et en bon état, poids: 2.5kg., A110555
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Burbick Joan
Healing the Republic : The Language of Health and the Culture of Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century America
Cambridge Cambridgeshire: Cambrdige University Press 2009. Confronts what the author sees as a certain fundamental uneasiness about democracy in America fearing the political freedom they hoped to embrace Americans designed ways to control the body in the effort to create impose or embrace social order in a corporeal politics whose influences are felt to this day. Unread paperback - 355 pages including index. Next post dispatch. Paperback Re-Issue. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Cambrdige University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 056018 ISBN : 0521106737 9780521106733
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Burger Carl.
BEAVER SKINS AND MOUNTAIN MEN.
Dutton: 1968. 191 pages illustrated. "The importance of the beaver in the discovery exploration and settlement of the North American continent." FINE HARDCOVER FINE- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Previous owner inscription is present. . Hard Cover. Fine-/Fine-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Dutton: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 029415
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Burlend Rebecca and Edward and edited by Milo Milton Quaife.
A TRUE PICTURE OF EMIGRATION.
Citdel Press: 1968. 167 pages. "This volume narrated by Mrs. Burlend and written and edited by her son Edward is the detailed account of the family's establishment of a farm and a new life on the Illinois plains. This is a complete reprint of a work published in Aug. 1848." FINE HARDCOVER VERY GOOD- DUST JACKET. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Citdel Press: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 025557
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Burnstein Andrew and Nancy Isenberg.
MADISON AND JEFFERSON.
Random House: 2010. 809 pages illustrated. "A watershed account of the most important political friendship in American history. This book reveals the crucial partnership of two extraordinary founders creating a superb dual biography that is a thrilling and unprecedented account of early America." FINE- HARDCOVER FINE- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear palstic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine-/Fine-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Random House: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 029812 ISBN : 1400067286 9781400067282
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