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Moyer Bell, 1990 reprint of original 1926 edition. VG/VG. Sporadic underlining throughout, owner name and date front pastedown otherwise a sharp Fine copy. Jacket has minimal wear but is sunned around the edges. 155 pp.

London, Medici Society. No date found but looks pre-1960. Tight binding, unmarked pages. Short closed tear on one page. Some staining to wraps, spine sunned. Small loss head of spine. Very Good. Illustrated with 95 photogravures. 122 pp.

Arthaud, Grenoble. 1930. VERY GOOD. Clean unmarked tight interior, off white pages. 3/4" loss heel of spine which is sunned, else fairly bright. Two pages have corner crimps. 150 pp.

Electa Napoli, 1997. 2nd edition. VG/VG. White wrappers in color pictorial dust jacket. Rubbing along lower wrap edges. Binding tight, interior clean/unmarked. Jacket, covered in mylar, has minor wear. Text in Italian, color and b/w illustrations throughout. Storia della Citta. 284 pp.

Western History Books, 1994. Turquoise cloth boards. Pristine copy in a very lightly shelfworn (no chips or tears) mylar covered DJ. Published for the Oklahoma Heritage Association by Western Heritage Books (Oklahoma Heritage County History Series). 298 pp.

Thunderbird Press. POOR. First few pages loose but present. No title page, date or printing info so presumably missing, begins with page 1. Wraps have moderate wear at spine (2 1/2" split at heel). No markings in text. Owner stamp on last ("About the Author") page. 159 numbered pages.

Thomas Gilcrease Institute. 1969. Limited edition. Bookplate first blank page. Soft corner crease, tiny smudge front wrap otherwise no flaws. 101 pp.

Corfu: Hippocrates Lycoudis. No date or printing info given. GOOD. Black/white photos throughout, occasional (charming) drawings, fold-out 12"x 9" map at rear with a few underlines. Text with underlining found on two pages, vertical margin marks to same, else clean. Binding tight and secure but 2 1/2" of paper missing from spine, rest (with partial title) loose. Small sticker residue… Read more about this item

New York: Random House/Rolling Stone Press Book. Unmarked First edition. Owner stamp top edge, minor wear and soiling to wraps, solid VG+ inside and out. 14 1/2"x11" -Big decade, big book! bw illustrations throughout. 315 pp.

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1937, copyright 1930 Harper & Bros. FINE/VG. HCDJ. Browning to pastedowns, endpapers else outstanding copy, no issues. DJ is mylar sleeved with a few rubs and chips particularly at head of spine. 500 pp.

Yale University Press. 1999. NF/VG+. First printing full number line. NF/VG+. Excellent copy, tiny stain top edge. DJ has minor/minimal edge wear. 374 pp.

Phaidon, no date. Hardcover no dj. Copyright Edition. Small PO sticker fep. Binding strong, no markings. Spine sunned. Tan/beige boards with gilt lettering front and spine, light wear/fraying head of spine. Boards and edges lightly soiled, crease to rear endpaper. 640 pp.

London: The Folio Society. 2006. VERY GOOD copy lacking the slipcase. Tight binding, unmarked, minor wear/rubs to extremities. Preface by Neil MacGregor. Twelve pages of color illustrations and frontispiece, diagrams, map. 274 pp.

New York:Simon and Schuster,1939 on title and copyright pages, no other printing info stated. 1st, 1st indicated, only question is period/vintage BOMC insignia bottom rear wrap of jacket. NEAR FINE/VG+. DJ in mylar with light wear at spine tips, overall both book and jacket VERY nice! Black boards with gold image on front and info to spine. Map pastedowns and… Read more about this item

Capricorn, New York. 1965. Excellent condition, clean/unmarked, tight, straight and square with minor wear. Bookstore sticker rear wrap. NF. 401 pp.

University of Chicago, 1968. Clean/unmarked/white pages, tight binding, light rubbing at edges and along spine, small white sticker with #9 on spine, tiny nick at edge of one page in margin, still a great copy. VG+. 498 pp plus index.

Harper and Brothers, 1847. Volume 1 ONLY. Binding tight. Some pencil notations to front pastedown and ffep, text unmarked, some soiling to pages here and there, edge tears found on a handful of pages. Boards worn, corners rough, spine ends chipped, couple short tears. Frontis engraving of Francisco Pizarro with tissue guard, map. GOOD. 527 pp.

Westzone, London, U.K. 2000. First edition, 1st printing. Unmarked, clean white pages, square and straight. Lower corners rubbed, no apparent faults otherwise. Excellent copy. Brodart sleeved dust jacket has small 1 1/2" area upper rear wrap with minor nicks and creases. Text by Laura Facchi.

The Dial Press, NY. First printing stated. 1971. VG/VG. Tight binding, clean white pages. Unclipped, price intact dust jacket ($7.95) has small chipping head of spine, minor edgewear otherwise, some staining inside. Black & white illustrations. 277 pp.

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1933. Reprint of 1905 edition, no other printing info given. Minimal rubbing at spine heel. Excellent copy, unmarked except for neatly penned previous owner name and date first blank page. Unclipped, price intact ($6.00) dust jacket with light chipping at spine ends, crease and short closed tear upper front, minimal wear otherwise. Now in a fresh Brodart… Read more about this item