Wilderness Remembered: The Magnificence of North America as Seen Through the Eyes of the First Explorers
by Kane, Karen
Wisconsin: NorthWord Press, Inc, 1995. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x0x12. Ellis, Gerry. Jacket spine head bumped. Ink gift note on front free endpaper. 1995 Large Hardcover. "Accompanied by excerpts of text culled from the accounts of early explorers, the author's exquisite photographs of America's magnificent natural places portray the natural landscape as seen by the first white... Read More
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A Continual Feast: Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim
by Karon, Jan
New York: Viking, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x0x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2005 Hard Cover. For years, Mitford's Father Tim Kavanagh has transcribed into his dog-eared journals words of wisdom, faith, and encouragement. Written in his own hand or typed on his idiosyncratic Royal typewriter, A Continual Feast contains the lively ideas, common... Read More
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Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normany Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany -- June 7, 1944 to May 7, 1945
by Ambrose, Stephen E
New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 6x1x10. First edition. Foxing to page ridge. 1997 Hard Cover. Maps; Introduction and Acknowledgements; Prologue; PART ONE: THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE -- Expanding the Breachhead, June 7-30, 1944; Hedgerow Fighting, July 1-24, 1944; Breakout and Encirclement, July 25 - August 25, 1944; To the... Read More
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Born to Be Public
by Mania, Greg
New York: Clash, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5x0x8. First edition. Brown smudge on cover. 2020 Hard Cover. 179 pp. In this unique and hilarious debut memoir, writer and comedian Greg Mania chronicles life as a "pariah prodigy." From inadvertently coming out to his Polish immigrant parents, to immersing himself in the world of... Read More
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The House of Terror
by Woodward, Edward
New York: The Mystery League, Inc, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Lacks jacket. Boards soiled, edges lightly foxed. 1930 Hard Cover. 284 pp. "Sensational mystery thriller; marginally science fiction (unknown drugs, poison gas), rationalized supernatural elements. Reclusive scientist with formula for destructive Avolite Gas lives in "haunted" walled estate with dwarf servant and... Read More
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An Illustrated History of the Civil War: Images of an American Tragedy
by Miller, William J.; Pohanka, Brian C
New York: Metro Books, 2006. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11x10x1. Reprint. Minor wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2006 Large Hardcover. 454 pp. Culled from the finest archival collections, this extraordinary assembly of photographs, maps, cartoons, sketches, and paintings vividly illustrates the everyday lives of soldiers during the Civil War -... Read More
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Dark Light: Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-Ray
by Simon, Linda
Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, Inc, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x1x8. First edition. An excellent copy. 2004 Hard Cover. 357 pp. "The modern world imagines that the invention of electricity was greeted with great enthusiasm. But in 1879, Americans reacted to the advent of electrification with suspicion and fear. Forty years after Thomas Edison invented the... Read More
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
by Von Drehle, David
New York: Grove Press, 2003. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. First printing. Bottom page ridge scuffed. 2003 Trade Paperback. 340 pp. It was a profitable business in a modern fireproof building heralded as a model of efficiency. Yet the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City became the deadliest workplace in American history when fire broke... Read More
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The Mystery of Olga Chekhova
by Beevor, Antony
New York: Viking, 2004. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x8. First American edition. Security tag on jacket reverse. 2004 Hard Cover. xvi, 300 pp. A noted historian sheds new light on the life and career of Olda Chekhova, the beautiful niece of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, who fled Russia for Berlin in 1920, achieved fame... Read More
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Freer: A Legacy of Art
by Lawton, Thomas; Merrill, Linda
Washington, DC: Smithsonian, 1993. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8x0x9. Faint edge wear. 1993 Soft Cover. 272 pp. A biography of art collector Charles Lang Freer, and the ways his collection has inspired modern art.
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What Was Mine: Stories
by Beattie, Ann
New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x8. First edition. An excellent copy. 1991 Hard Cover. 237 pp. "A collection of short fiction, twelve works in all, including two never-before-published novellas. Here are disconnected marriages and uneasy reunions, nostalgic reminiscences and sudden epiphanies--a remarkable and moving collage of contemporary lives.
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George Herbert: The Country Parson, the Temple (The Classics of Western Spirituality)
by Herbert, George; Wall, John N.; Allchin, A.M
New York: Paulist Press, 1981. Trade Paperback. Good. 6x1x8. Ink underlining and marginalia, single spine crease. 1981 Trade Paperback. xxii, 354 pp. George Herbert (1593-1633) lived in England during the tempestuous reigns of James I and Charles I that saw the nation racked by conflict among Catholics, Hugh Churchmen, and Puritans. A member of a politically-active family, Herbert... Read More
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The Way to Shambhala: A Search for the Mythical Kingdom Beyond the Himalayas
by Bernbaum, Edwin
Boston: Shambhala, 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Pages 173/174 torn along margin and does not obscure text. 2001 Trade Paperback. xviii, 316 pp. Black-and-white illustrations and plates. For centuries the people of Tibet and Mongolia have believed in the existence of Shambhala, a mythical kingdom hidden in the remote mountains of Central Asia. There, it is said,... Read More
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![Stokes Guide to Bird Behavior, Volume One (Stokes Nature Guide) [1, I]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/349/876/1617876349.0.m.jpg)
Stokes Guide to Bird Behavior, Volume One (Stokes Nature Guide) [1, I]
by Stokes, Donald
Boston/New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1979. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4x1x5. Stokes, Donald; Lansdowne, J. Fenwick. Reprint. Remainder mark, spine creased, ink name on front flyleaf. 1979 Trade Paperback. x, 336 pp. Illustrated by the author, with 25 original illustrations by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Describes the courtship, nest-building, social behavior, and seasonal movement of twenty-five common... Read More
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Ezra Pound: A Close-Up
by Reck, Michael
New York: McGraw-Hill Paperbacks, 1973. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 7x5x1. First printing. Spine creased, edge wear, bottom corner stained. 1973 Trade Paperback. 210 pp. "Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (October 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972) was an American expatriate poet and critic who was a major figure of the Modernist movement in the first half of the... Read More
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Mary Queen of Scots
by Fraser, Antonia
Delacorte Press, 1970. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. Book club edition. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss. 1970 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xv, [1], 613, [1] pp. 8vo. Black & white illustrations throughout text. "More than four hundred years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most... Read More
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The Warrior Generals: Combat Leadership in the Civil War
by Buell, Thomas B
New York: Crown, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. 1/2 inch closed jacket tear. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1997 Hard Cover. 494 pp. Gives readers a fresh new picture of the Civil War as it really was. Buell examines three pairs of commanders from the North and South,... Read More
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![1976 Historic House Tour of the Cornhill Area of Rochester's Third Ward [Historic Third Ward House Tour / Corn Hill]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/383/608/1559608383.0.m.jpg)
1976 Historic House Tour of the Cornhill Area of Rochester's Third Ward [Historic Third Ward House Tour / Corn Hill]
by The Landmark Society of Western New York and Cornhill Neighbors Association
Rochester, New York: The Landmark Society of Western New York and Cornhill Neighbors Association, 1976. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Surface tears on wrappers, markings on Contents page. 1976 Stapled Binding. 39 pp. INDEX: Rochester's Old Third Ward--The Cornhill Area; Brewster-Burke House, 130 Spring Street; 9 Greenwood Street; 11 Greenwood Street; 73 Atkinson Street--garden; 67 Atkinson Street; 98 Adams... Read More
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One Hundred Years in God's Service: The History of St. Theresa's Church at Stanley, New York, and St. Mary's Church at Rushville, New York
by Kohring, Gertrude
1975. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Rear wrapper soiled. 1975 Stapled Binding. 64 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations. Highlights of St. Theresa’s: It was built for the newly arrived Irish immigrants who were working on the railroad. The church was constructed at a cost of $4,500 dollars. The corner stone was laid by Bishop McQuaid the first Bishop of Rochester.... Read More
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Janesville: An American Story
by Goldstein, Amy
New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2018. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. First printing. Light edge wear. 2018 Trade Paperback. xiii, 351 pp. This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its main factory shuts down—but it’s not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of... Read More
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Martha Jefferson Randolph: Republican Daughter and Plantation Mistress
by Wayson, Billy L
Palmyra, Virginia: Shortwood Press, 2013. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Signed by author. Signed by author on title page without inscription. Front cover creased. 2013 Trade Paperback. xi, 344 pp. These pages chronicle the account of a tearful child emerging from the grief of a young mother’s death to seed a relationship that became the emotional sustenance of... Read More
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Virginia at War, 1862
by Davis, William C.; Robertson, James I. Jr
Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2007. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. Book club edition. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2007 Hard Cover. x, 243 pp. As the Civil War entered its first full calendar year for the Old Dominion, Virginians began to experience the full ramifications of... Read More
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The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
by Ayers, Edward L
New York: Norton, 2018. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x1x8. 1st printing. Remainder mark on page base, minor wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2018 Trade Paperback. 640 pp. At the crux of America's history stand two astounding events: the immediate and complete destruction of the most powerful system of slavery... Read More
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Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Lives of Faith)
by Muggeridge, Malcolm
New York: Harper One, 2010. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. 7x5x0. Reprint. Sticker on rear cover, remainder mark on page base. 2010 Trade Paperback. 156 pp. In celebration of Mother Teresa's beatification in October of 2003, HarperOne is proud to present a new edition of the classic work that introduced Mother Teresa to the Western world. Something Beautiful for... Read More
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Santeria: An African Religion in America
by Murphy, Jopseh M
Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 1988. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 0x5x8. Second printing. Stain on front cover, page ridges foxed. 1988 Trade Paperback. xi, 189 pp. Santeria represents the first in-depth, scholarly account of a profound way of wisdom that is growing in importance in America today. A professional academic and himself a participant in the Santeria... Read More
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