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1990ref. 151322Radnor: Wallace-Homestead 1990. First. hardcover. near fine. Many black and white illustrations throughout. 602 pages Tall thick 8vo glossy pictorial boards. Radnor PA: Wallace-Homestead 1990. Near fine. Wallace-Homestead unknown books
2002ref. 2275510John Wiley & Sons Inc 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Ink name on front endpaper. 2002 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. x 182 pp. "They brought balls of spun cotton and parrots and javelins and other little things that it would be tiresome to write down and they gave everything for anything that was given to them. I was attentive and labored to find out if there was any gold." With these portentous words Christopher Columbus described one of his first encounters with Native Americans on the island of Guanahani which he had named San Salvador and claimed for Spain the day before. In Columbus in the Americas bestselling author William Least Heat-Moon reveals that Columbus's subsequent dealings with the cultures he encountered not only did considerable immediate harm but also set the pattern of behavior for those who followed him. Based on the logbook of Columbus and numerous other firsthand accounts of his four voyages to the New World this vividly detailed history also examines the strengths and weaknesses of Columbus as a navigator explorer and leader. It recounts dramatic events such as the destruction of Fortress Navidad the very first European settlement in the New World; a pitched battle in northern Panama with the native Guaymi people; and an agonizing year Columbus and his men spent marooned on a narrow spit of land in southern Jamaica. Filled with stories of triumph and tragedy courage and villainy Columbus in the Americas offers a balanced yet unflinching portrait of the most famous and controversial explorer in history. John Wiley & Sons, Inc hardcover books
1984ref. 039268Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press 1984. x 388p. slight dj sunfading on the spine Studies in income and wealth 49. University of Chicago Press unknown books
1977ref. 039147New York Etc.: Academic Press 1977. xiv 146p. lightly chipped dj Institute for Research on Poverty monograph series. Academic Press unknown books
1999ref. 022322Boston New York: Hougton Mifflin Company 1999. xii 506p. b/w illus. dj. Hougton Mifflin Company unknown books
1993ref. 022344Princeton: Princeton University Press 1993. xi 235p. dj. Princeton University Press unknown books
1969ref. 015628Princeton: Princeton University Press 1969. ix 451p. b/w front. port. dj. Princeton University Press unknown books
1991ref. 015936Los Angeles: Burning Gate Press 1991. 341p. slightly chipped dj. Burning Gate Press unknown books
1998ref. 1335327Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; in publisher's original shrink wrap; spine black with gilt lettering and design; full binding of genuine black leather; all edges gilt; silk ribbon bookmark; signed flat by Moon on limitations page; shelved Easton Press. 1335327. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
1978ref. 1215387Springfield IL: Charles C. Thomas 1978. Quarto; vg/good; dj. white spine wih green titles; HB green cloth spine with silver titles; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block clean; hand notes on ffep; 190 pp.; illus. 452 plates some with color; endpapers toning starts; binding slightly askew; dj sunned; chipping and short tears; spot staining; else very good. 1215387. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Charles C. Thomas unknown books
1997ref. 1318913New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc 1997. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 253; VG-/no-DJ; red/white/blue spine with black text; cloth has moderate wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows minimal wear to exterior edges; ex-library stamp to ffep; interior clean;. 1318913. FP New Rockville Stock. Peter Lang Publishing, Inc hardcover books
1965ref. 1325959Cambridge MA: Boston Technical Publishers Inc 1965. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 314; G-; dark blue spine with silver text; no jacket; cloth has some soiling to spine; clean panels; strong boards; text block shows mild tone to exterior edges; illustrated; interior clean; illustrated endpapers; tight binding;. 1325959. FP New Rockville Stock. Boston Technical Publishers, Inc hardcover books
1985ref. Embry 195019Alfred Van Der Marck Editions 1985. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Color photographs by Kevin Clarke and Horst Wackerbarth. Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, 1985. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1991ref. Embry 194019Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1991. Second printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Signed by the author. Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1991. Second printing. unknown books
2008ref. Embry 192276Little Brown & Co. 2008. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket with signed copy emblem in mylar. Signed by the author. Little, Brown & Co., 2008. First edition, first printing. unknown books
2002ref. Embry 188823John Wiley 2002. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. John Wiley, 2002. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1999ref. Embry 181173Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1999. First edition first printing. Near fine in near fine dust jacket in mylar cover. B&W illustrations and maps. Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1999. First edition, first printing. unknown books
2010ref. Embry 140528Ballantine Books 2010. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Ballantine Books, 2010. First edition, first printing. unknown books
2002ref. Embry 105841John Wiley 2002. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. John Wiley, 2002. First edition, first printing. unknown books
ref. 022367Good. Hand-tinted photographic print on original thin card mount; title printed on mount; photographer's imprint in the negative. Photo measures 7 5/8" x 9 7/8"; mount measures 10 ¾" x 13 ¼". Mount has minor dampstaining along top edge and bottom right corner; minor critter damage to top and bottom right corners. Photo has ¼" x ¼" chip to right edge and minor foxing. This photo depicts the Temple of Zoroaster in the Grand Canyon taken from the perspective of the Colorado River. Karl Moon 1878-1948 was a painter photographer and illustrator who operated a photo studio in Albuquerque until 1907. He then moved to the Grand Canyon headquarters of Fred Harvey's El Tovar Studio where he managed Harvey's art business. . unknown books
ref. 33126Caracas: Fundacion Eugenio Mendoza 1967. Three volumes: 1823; 1824-1825 Enero-Junio; 1825 Julio-Diciembre-1826 Enero-Mayo. Hardcover. Maroon leatherette with gold lettering. Some light bumping and wear to corners and edges some light scuffing to boards. Pages tanned. Otherwise clean and sound. . VeryGood. Hardcover . Fundacion Eugenio Mendoza 1967 hardcover books
1979ref. 32193Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago 1979. Softcover. Fine contents; some rubbing to covers; likely unread. Black ill. wraps. xx 231 pp. Profuse color and bw plates. Features 127 vases mostly Attic from public and private collections. Entries are illustrated and include substantial descriptions. Catalogue from the exhibition of December 1979 to February 1980. The Art Institute of Chicago unknown books
2006ref. 106002N. pl: The Institute for Gay Men's Health 2006. Paperback. vii 84p. b&w photos very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. The Institute for Gay Men's Health paperback books
1991ref. 32473Berkeley: North Atlantic Books 1991. First edition. Cloth fine in lightly used dust jacket. North Atlantic Books hardcover books
1938ref. BB083MOON William 1818–1894: Moon Christmas Annual. 1938. London: Moon Society 1938. Printed in embossed Moon type for the blind a simplified system of embossed reading for the Use of the Blind.Oblong Folio printed throughout with "Moon type" title; 1 85 ff.; publisher's brown cartridge stiff wrappers lettered spine label.The present Christmas Annual for 1938 printed as a gift by the Moon Society includes holiday themed poetry and stories. A most unusual Christmas gift annual. William Moon contracted smallpox as a young child and by age 22 had lost his sight completely. Frustrated by the quality of embossed reading systems he had tried he developed his own system based on roman lettering with portions of the letters omitted in order to make the characters more discernible to the touch. Moon's system was easy to master particularly for those who had learned to read before losing their sight and it became very successful. However nowadays examples are rarely encountered. Moon Society paperback books
