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Apartheid USA 1988
by Oltmans, Willem
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(Johannesburg: Perskor, 1989) 0628033109. 205 x 120 mm; laminated wrappers; pp. (x) + 192. Slight curl to bottom fore-corner of upper cover and a few subsequent pages; previous owner's discreet hand-stamp to title page and another prelim.; some highlighting in pencil. Very good condition. 'I would like to think that the reading of this report would contribute… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wounded Knee. An Indian History of the American West
by Brown, Dee
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(London, Chatto & Windus, 1970). Adaptation for young readers by Amy Ehrlich from Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. 8vo; original olive-green boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper maps; pp. x + 166, incl. index; maps; several plates, incl. some after E. S. Curtis' famous photographs. Boards a little sunned. Very good condition. "Those who… Read more about this item Item Price
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History of the State of California, from the Period of the Conquest by Spain, to Her Occupation by the United States of America.
by Frost, John
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(New York: United States Book Company, successsors to John W. Lovell Company, no date). Containing an account of the discovery of the immense gold mines and placers, a description of her mineral and agricultural resources, with thrilling accounts of adventures among the miners. Ownership inscription dated April 6, 1892 on fly-leaf. Crown 8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Finely-engraved portrait of James Fenimore Cooper (lived 1789 - 1851), the first major American novelist.
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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(London, Colburn & Bentley, New Monthly Magazine, April 1, 1831). 'The author of "The Spy." Engraved by Thomson from a Miniature by Madame de Mirbel.' India-paper proof impression. Surface measures approx. 445 x 300 mm. Image area measures approx. 210 x 130 mm. some superficial soiling, light creasing in the margins. Cooper published his first fiction, Precaution, in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Corridors of time; a spectacular view of 1,700,000,000 years of earth's history as exposed in the Grand Canyon;
by Redfern, Ron
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(London, Orbis, 1980). Unique panoramic photography and narrative by Ron Redfern; illustrations by Gary Hincks; introduction by Carl Sagan. Large square quarto, laminated pictorial dustwrapper, original black cloth, a little mottled, pictorial endpapers, pp. 198, numerous illustrations, including full-page and fold-out colour photographic. Fair to good. 'Rob Redfern has responded to the challenge of interpreting this Earth's history with his… Read more about this item Item Price
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Grier of San Francisco; builder in the West and his family; 1878 - 1988
by Grier, William M. (Jr.)
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(Denver, Grier & Company, 1989). Original cloth, pp. xxxi + 320, monochrome photographic illustrations in the text, genealogy. . Item Price
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