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A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa, and Travels into the Interior of that Country; Containing Particular descriptions of the Climate and Inhabitants, and interesting particulars concerning the Slave Trade. (1797)(2nd ed.)
by Joseph Hawkins
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- Used - Good+
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- Second
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- 1797
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€818.04
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Second edition, full leather, Troy, New York, 1797. Includes the occasionally missing frontis. Condition is Good or better: original full leather boards in above average condition with modest general wear. Only the bottom front corners show slightly more than minimal wear. The other corners, edges, spine and hinges are sound. Binding is sound. Leather label on spine still legible although… Read more about this item Item Price
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Postage Stamps of the United States: 1847-1963.
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- Used - Good
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- 1964
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€9.35
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Post Office description of all stamps issued through the end of 1963. Purchased new by me from the post office in 1964. Moderate wear to covers, occasional pencil notes inside. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: This volume was updated periodically from from 1927-1967. Item Price
€9.35
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Native Peoples. The Arts and Lifeways. Spring, 1992. Volume 5, Number 3.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1992
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€8.41
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Native Peoples magazine, 1992. I have imaged the table of contents. Contains spectacular art and photography. Please see images of the magazine you will receive. Item Price
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American Indian Art Magazine. Autumn, 1976. Volume 1, Number 4.
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- Used - Good
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- First
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- 1976
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€8.41
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American Indian Art Magazine, Autumn, 1976. Condition is Good. Moderate general wear to covers. Excellent art and photography. Articles include Ghost Dance, Mimbres pottery, Salish Power Dances. I have included an image of the table of contents. Please images of the magazine you will receive. Item Price
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The Drama of Drunkenness; or, Sixteen Scenes In the Drunkard's Theatre (1858)(1st edition)
by American Sunday-School Union
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- Used - Good
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- First
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- 1858
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€116.86
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1858 first (and only) edition. Hardcover in original brown and gilt blindstamped boards. Overall condition is Good. Boards show moderate general wear, binding is sound. Interior has partially removed Sabbath School bookplate and old seller's pencil note. Missing one front blank. All else complete. Paginates: blank, 67, 2 blanks, with 16 plates included in pagination. The plates are on stiff… Read more about this item Item Price
€116.86
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The September 11 Photo Project (1st printing)
by Michael Feldschuh
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
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- First
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- 2002-04
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- 9780060508661
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€14.96
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First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Oversize volume at 12 x 10 inches. Book is Near Fine: no interior markings, folds, etc. Rear boards with two small imprints at top edge. The half title has a few light scuffs acquired in the printing process that do not really show up in the image (please see… Read more about this item Item Price
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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (14 volumes: Series 1: 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 12, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26)
by Secretary of the Navy; Superintendent Naval War Records
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- Used - Good
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- First
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- 1896
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€163.61
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Fourteen volumes in original hardcovers. Series 1: volumes 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26. 1896-1914. Generally condition runs from Good to Very Good plus. These are heavy volumes that are prone to binding failures when handled improperly. Some of these volumes are sound, some strengthened with new endpapers, some where binding is… Read more about this item Item Price
€163.61
October Fury
by Peter Huchthausen
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 2002-07
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- 9780471415343
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€10.28
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First edition, third printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Condition is Fine: no markings or problems of any kind. Same as new. Please see image of the book you will receive. Item Price
€10.28
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A Personal War in Vietnam (1st ed.)
by Robert Flynn
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First
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- 1989-09
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- 9780890964187
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€11.22
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First edition, paperback. Condition is Near Fine: light edge wear, pencil note of prior bookseller, no other markings. An uncommon item. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: author was journalist embedded with Combined Unit Pacification Program (CUPP) in Vietnam in late 1970. What is CUPP you may ask? Think Marine Corps combined with Peace Corps and… Read more about this item Item Price
€11.22
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Pacific Graveyard (1964)(3rd ed.)
by James A. Gibbs
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fair
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- Third
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- 1964
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€18.70
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Hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Third edition, 1964. Volume condition is Very Good: light edgewear along bottom edge. Pencil price of prior bookseller, no other interior writing. Very light stain on title page - hard to see in person, or in image - look at bottom left and right corners. Binding sound. Packed with images and photos. Dust… Read more about this item Item Price
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Averting 'The Final Failure': John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings (1st printing)
by Sheldon Stern
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First
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- 2003-07
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- 9780804748469
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€14.02
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First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Condition of volume and jacket is Fine. No interior markings or problems. A collectible book in like condition. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Not an easy read but if you want to learn how to avert nuclear war this is a good place to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush (1958, 3rd printing)
by Pierre Berton
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fair
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- 1958
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€11.22
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First edition, third printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Volume is Very Good: has prior owner's signature and date (1958) on front blank, no other interior markings or problems. Photographic endpapers, 3 maps on 4 pages. Extensive bibliography and index. Dust jacket is Fair to Good: edge chips and corner wear are noticeable. Some repairs with archival tape.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Okinawa: touchstone (capstone) to victory. Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II. Battle book, No. 12. (1st printing)
by Benis M. Frank
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- Used - Good
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- First
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- 1970
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€9.35
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First edition, first printing, softcover. Paperback is well used showing moderate wear to covers. Interior has aluminum foil bookplate and prior owner's name on blank endpaper. No other markings. A reading copy. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: This author has two books titled "Okinawa" that are different. This book is part of the Ballantine series… Read more about this item Item Price
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We Few: The Marine Corps 400 in the War Against Japan (1st printing)
by James R. Dickenson
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First
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- November 2001
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- 9781557501684
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- 1
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€10.28
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First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Condition is Fine: no markings, no flaws. A collectible book in like condition. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Junior Army and Marine Corps officers died with stunning frequency in the Pacific so the Army came up with a 90 day program to replace them.… Read more about this item Item Price
€10.28
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Letters from the Pacific Front: My Father's Adventures from Guadalcanal to Okinawa
by Philip J. Magnan
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First
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- October 2002
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- 9780595743506
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€14.96
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Hardcover with dust jacket in archival cover. Condition is Fine: book is flawless with no markings or problems of any kind. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Although all data sources say this is a 2002 publication the copyright page states 2003. Item Price
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Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam (1984)
by Peter Dorland; James Nanney
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1984
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€9.35
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Second edition, softcover. 1984. Copyright states "First Printed 1982." Title page and forward are both dated 1984. Scans show all so you can decide. Overall condition is very good with no interior markings of any kind. Front hinge is a little tender due aging glue, not abuse. Please see scans of the book you will receive. Note: issued without an… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ancient Cibola. The Marvellous (Marvelous) Country, or Three Years in Arizona and New Mexico. (1876)
by Samuel Woodworth Cozzens
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- Used - Good
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- Second
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- 1876
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€84.14
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Hardcover, Boston, circa 1876. Likely second edition (see notes below). Condition is Good: original cloth boards show moderate general wear, some fraying to corners and spine ends. Binding is functional, book lays open. No interior writing of any kind. A few smudges and some foxing is present. Paginates: blanks, frontis, 548, [6], blanks, 28 unpaginated plates including frontis and half… Read more about this item Item Price
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Argonauticon Americanorum, sive, Historiae periculorum Petri De Victoria, ac sociorum eius, libri XV. (1647)
by Joannis Bisselii (Johannes Bissel); Pedro Gobeo de Victoria
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- Used - Good-
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- First
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- 1647
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€387.98
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First edition bound in vellum. Munich, 1647. Condition is Good. Primary condition issue is missing spine. Text block binding remains sound. Vellum boards with Yapp style fore-edges and typical vellum warp. Interior has modern stamp (R151) on interior front pastedown, ffep with pencil notation and older ink info, title page with old library stamp, prior ownership inscription dated 1699, half… Read more about this item Item Price
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Indian Captivity: A True Narrative of the Capture of Rev. O.M. Spencer, by the Indians, in the Neighbourhood of Cincinnati. (circa 1875)
by O. M. Spencer
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1875
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€135.56
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Circa 1875 edition of popular captivity narrative. Nelson & Phillips, New York. Spencer was 11 when captured in 1792. Brown blindstamped cloth, gilt title on spine. Condition is Very Good: Recased using original boards sometime in last 40 years. Modern endpapers. No interior writing, occasional foxing, some smudges, old corner folds. Small hole pp.13/14 affecting a few letters. Binding is… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Voyage to North America, and the West Indies, in 1817. (1821)(1st English edition)(plus 1950 translation)
by Edouard de Montulé
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- Used - Very Good
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- First
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- 1821
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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€397.33
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1821, London, first edition in English. Modern fine binding of half leather and marbled boards by Starr Bookworks. An underappreciated volume likely due to this first English translation. The modern translator, Seeber, describes this translation as the "product of a prosaic and incompetent literary hack" (please tell us how you really feel). It also omits about 40% of the original… Read more about this item Item Price
€397.33
