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Best.-Nr. B130421jsmug162832North American Book Distributors LLC 1940-12-31. Hardcover. Good. 7x0x10. Includes pull out map which has its own pocket in the back. No dust jacket with some cover wear. Priority shipping available on this item. No international shipping. North American Book Distributors, LLC hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 59836Portland: Binfords and Mort 1940. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xviii 304pp index; folding map in rear pocket. Address label on front pastedown offsetting to endpapers pages tanned letering dulled else very good in publisher's red cloth; lacking the jacket. Binfords and Mort hardcover books
1940Best.-Nr. 284322Portland: Binfords & Mort 1940. Hardcover. xviii 315p. preface information chronology index photos and maps including large folded map in rear pocket textured red cloth binding with gilt lettering first edition light toning of the paper else very good condition in the first state dj chipped at the head and tail of the spine completely split where front panel meets spine internal inexpert tape reinforcement along spine where it meets the rear panel repairing no doubt another complete split. Edge worn throughout toned on the rear panel with the President Roosevelt Proclamation. American Guide Series. Dykes 180 Powell 953. Binfords & Mort hardcover books
1970Best.-Nr. 028786Metuchen New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press Inc 1970. Near Fine condition. Square and reasonably tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Some light pencil underlining in chapters 10 - 13. Very neat -- done with a ruler. Easily erasible if so desired. All other pages are crisp clean and unmarked. Bibliographical references. Bound in the original gray cloth stamped in black on the spine. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 313pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Scarecrow Press, Inc Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1505568587.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9781505568585Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1982Best.-Nr. 020417National Association of Biology Teachers 1982. Scarce HARDCOVER first edition. Fine condition. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT print on demand. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1982. First Edition. Foreword by Wayne A. Moyer. List of bibliographical references after each chapter. Biographical sketches of the 10 authors each with a b/w portrait. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. xi 173pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. National Association of Biology Teachers Hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 26-101027First hardcover edition published by Houghton Mifflin and the Works Progress Administration 1938. Part of the series of books published by the WPA as guides to the states regions and cities of the United States. Each book follows a uniform format including essays on the state's history and culture descriptions of its major cities detailed auto tours of important attractions and sections of b&w photographs. The project was led by Henry Alsberg a journalist and playwright and Benjamin Botkin who was in charge of compiling the folklore for each book. The project provided work for more than 6500 men and women as writers collecting stories interviews and photographs on a variety of subjects. Each book covers a variety of topics; History Geography Agriculture Tourist attractions Education Religion Folklore and Folkways Ethnic Groups Architecture Arts Sports and Recreation and Business and Industry. This is a first printing of the New Hampshire guide published in 1938. 557 pages 5-1/2" x 8-1/4". Line drawing map of the state on the front pastedown - front endpaper pages. Several sections of b&w photos. No dust jacket. Some of the guides included a folded map stored in a pocket at the back pastedown the first printing of the New Hampshire guide did not include a map. No writing no former ownership marks. Dark blue fabrikoid covered boards. Title on the spine panel and front cover board. Spots of rubbing wear to the covers at the edges of the head and heel of the spine panel and tips of the corners. This is not a library discard copy. Edges of the text block are clean and the binding is tight and square. Attached are some photos of the copy we have in our inventory. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. E30008xNew York: Viking Press 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First edition carrying only "First Published in June 1939" statement on copyright page. Hardcover in navy blue buckram cloth lettered in gilt. Map endpapers. xxxii 735 pp. with chronology index. Folding map in pocket at rear. Illustrated with photographs and maps. A fine example in well preserved dust jacket with fade to the spine. Viking Press hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 183508New York: Viking 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Fair price clipped dust jacket. Tape along top/bottom of both panels and spine crown/heel. Rubbing along panel edges. Viking hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 542464New York: Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 735pp. Owner name on half-title a little foxing on front board and top edge else near in handsome very good dust jacket with a couple of small chips and tears. The map is present and about fine in the attached rear envelope as issued. Viking Press hardcover
1903Best.-Nr. 013941New York: Publishing Society of New Jersey 1903. Very attractive set in Near Fine condition which would be FINE but for a shade or 2 of minor sun-darkening to the spines. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. Square tight and unmarked. This is a large heavy 4 vol set that will be sent by MEDIA MAIL. Priority shipment is also available but ONLY by special arrangement and at significantly greater cost. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp -- probably never read. NO foxing. 8vo. 272 illustrations including many engraved portraits and plates with tissue guards. Contains a wealth of detail on the state's earliest inhabitants Lenni-Lenape or Delawares Indian wars missionaries white settlers New Sweden New Netherland Dutch settlements English conquest early colonial life in East Jersey West Jersey union of the Jerseys beginnings of transportation currency and counterfeiting sea coast the "Pines" inns taverns marriage customs and laws education Royal Governors French and Indian War The Revolutionary War etc. From the Foreword: "The history of a State must be considered the history of its people. It is within these four volumes that an attempt has been made to delineate their daily lives in brief what they did and how under religious political economic or social impulses they acted. Recourse has been had to much available printed material particularly contemporaneous newspapers and manuscripts." . 1903 reprint of the 1902 original. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jackets. 4 vols: 422pp 456pp 400pp 402pp. Publishing Society of New Jersey Hardcover
1902Best.-Nr. 011449New York: Publishing Society of New Jersey 1902. Very Good condition. This is a large heavy 4 vol set that will be sent by MEDIA MAIL. Priority shipment is also available but ONLY by special arrangement and at significantly greater cost. Square tight and unmarked set. Light cover soil. No owner's name or bookplate. 8vo. 272 illustrations including many engraved portraits and plates with tissue guards. Contains a wealth of detail on the state's earliest inhabitants Lenni-Lenape or Delawares Indian wars missionaries white settlers New Sweden New Netherland Dutch settlements English conquest early colonial life in East Jersey West Jersey union of the Jerseys beginnings of transportation currency and counterfeiting sea coast the "Pines" inns taverns marriage customs and laws education Royal Governors French and Indian War The Revolutionary War etc. Original blue cloth with printed-paper spine labels. From the Foreword: "The history of a State must be considered the history of its people. It is within these four volumes that an attempt has been made to delineate their daily lives in brief what they did and how under religious political economic or social impulses they acted. Recourse has been had to much available printed material particularly contemporaneous newspapers and manuscripts. " . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jackets. 4 vols: 422pp 456pp 400pp 402pp . Publishing Society of New Jersey Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0265876540.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1332168590.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0403021804.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 542464New York: Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 735pp. Owner name on half-title a little foxing on front board and top edge else near in handsome very good dust jacket with a couple of small chips and tears. The map is present and about fine in the attached rear envelope as issued. Viking Press hardcover books
1945Best.-Nr. 053614Albuquerque: The University Of New Mexico Press 1945. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. Plates Map Endpapers Maps Large Folding Map In Pocket At Rear. Xxxvii 458 Pp. Blue Cloth Lettered In Silver. Second Edition With Errata Page At Front And Very Large Folding Color Map "The Land Of Enchantment: Official Road Map Of New Mexico 1942" In Pocket At Rear. The Map Is Scarce. Map Is Fine Unworn And Brilliantly Colored. Book Has Light Wear;Front Hinge Cracked At Title Page; Ownership Signature Of Florence Pachter Schulkin Who Served In The Women'S Army Corps At Los Alamos During The Manhattan Project; Bookstore Label Of Santa Fe Book And Stationery Co. Santa Fe "Phone 58'. The University Of New Mexico Press hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. mon0000102418Houghton Mifflin Company 1938T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.5000 in x 8.1000 in x 5.7000 in. Hardcover.rnMinor wear to the dust jacket.rnNo cover wear.rnClean unmarked text. rnTight binding. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 101204Houghton Mifflin 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In blue cloth. Map in rear pocket with couple tiny tears. Jacket mostly present but torn in half along rear spine gutter and chipping at top of spine. Ink words to top of front flap of jacket. Price-clipped. . Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. RWORNEW01tpmHoughton Mifflin 1938. Very Good. Works Progress Administration. New Orleans City Guide. American Guide Series. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1938. 430pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Glossary. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with light rubbing and gently bumped corners. Pages have toned extremities and the front free endsheet has faint red stains. Folded map laid in sleeve on the rear pastedown. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 50105NY: Random House 1939. American Guide Series; 8vo.; green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine hardcover; x 705 pages; black and white photographic illustrations and maps; has "Constable" on foot of spine and no map in back as issued; gift inscription on front free endpaper and a white spot on front cover else very good. NY: Random House, 1939 unknown
1955Best.-Nr. 000017092New York: Random House Publishers 1955. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 4 vii-xx 2 3-680 2 pp. Grey cloth with black and gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; blue topstain. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Schwartz. Illustrated with double-sided plates of black and white photographs full-page maps done in black and white and a folding map in a pocket on the rear pastedown. A copyright page date of 1939 printed on the copyright page but based on the jacket price and book design we date this printing to be circa 1955. Offsetting on the rear pastedown; jacket with light edge wear on its spine and rear panels. Random House Publishers hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 78228New York: Random House 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. The scarce first printing with the New York World's Fair 1939 supplement. Hailed by the New York Times as one of the ten best books ever written about the city this WPA guide offers an endlessly fascinating look at life in New York as it was lived in the days when a trolley ride cost five cents a room at the Plaza was $7.50 and the new World's Fair was the talk of the town. A volume in the American Guide Series. Octavo: xx 708 pp. with numerous photographs prints and maps including a folding map housed in the rear pocket. Original blue cloth binding with gilt-stamped titles and borders. Minor smudge to the half-title. A very good copy in a moderately rubbed and toned dust jacket with some chipping to the tips and a few old tape repairs. Random House hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 010223NY: Random House. Hard cover. Published NY: Random House 1939 Seventh Printing Fourth Printing Revised Edition. 8vo. xii680pp. illustrated with maps and drawings includes a 1958 Visitors Guide To New York a 2-sided full color 16 1/2" x 33" folded map and pictorial with places of interest by the New York convention & Visitors Bureau in a pocket at rear. Beige cloth with black spine titles top edge tinted gray. Ex New York Post Library copy with "Post Library" written on cover rubber stamp on front edge of page block. 3 1/2" outer spine cloth split hinge intact and tight covers soiled. Internally very good pages clean and bright folded map is fine. . Good. Hard. 1939. Random House unknown
