Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

The Lincoln Reader

By: Angle, Paul M.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Rutgers University Press : 1947

Edition: Book Club Edition

Seller ID: 33344

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Near Fine book in Good dust jacket. Jacket has chipping, tears, light soil, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects but has been read and is no longer fresh. . Standard anthology of writings of and by Abraham Lincoln. This is the book club edition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 564 pages. S1
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Images of Eternity; Studies in the Poetry of Religious Vision from Wordsworth to T. S. Eliot

By: Benziger, James

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Southern Illinois U. Press : 1962

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 25216

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Dust jacket has one-inch triangular chip, two one-inch tears, rubbing at extremities, sunning to extremities, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Slight corner bump to front cover. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Author treats Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Yeats, Stevens, and Eliot. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 324 pages. F3
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The Indianapolis 500. A Pictorial History of the Greatest Spectacle in Automobile Racing.

By: Fox, Jack C.; Photographs, Illustrated with

Price: $55.00

Publisher: World Publishing : 1967

Seller ID: 30765

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Book has mild spine slant, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed, two one-inch chips to back panel, other small chips, a couple of tears, general wear, still attractive, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. . A handsome pictorial history of the Indy 500. Since the book was published in 1967, the focus is on the early history of this great racing event, from 1911 to 1966. The photos are b/w. Although the book is termed a pictorial history, there is plenty of authoritative text as well, including data on every race. For all racing fans. Unpaginat...
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A Place of Light: the History of Wayne State University: a Centennial Publication

By: Hanawalt, Leslie L.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Wayne State Univ. Press : 1968

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 28045

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Fragile dust jacket has small chips and tears, shallow chipping to extremities of spine, two one-inch chips to bottom edge of back panel, price-clipped. Still bright and attractive, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book is is excellent condition, with light spotting to page ends being the only defect. Bright gilt decoration and titles to front cover and spine. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . History of Wayne State University to 1967. Filled with photos, figures, and tables. Warmly SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on first endpaper: "To Dwight and Marge, with special aff...
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Atlantis, in the Light of Modern Research

By: Kukal, Zdenek

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Praha. Praha, Academia : 1984

Edition: 1st English Edition

Seller ID: 24673

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Dust jacket has an oval 1-inch x 2-inch hole in upper left corner and an associated taped horizontal tear that proceeds nearly to the front flap. Light edgewear and rubbing as well. Jacket photo of Poseiden is not affected by the hole, nor are the spine titles. Jacket is now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Back cover of book has a mild corner bump. The book itself is in excellent condition. Gray cloth binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Near Fine book in Good dust jacket. . Author brings geological knowledge to play in his study of the lost continent. He was an eminent geologist w...
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The Ugly American

By: Lederer, William & Eugene Burdick

Price: $90.00

Publisher: W W Norton : 1958

Edition: 1st Edition. 1st Printing

Seller ID: 32829

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Near Fine book in Good dust jacket. Jacket has several shallow chips and one 2-inch arrowhead-shaped chip at the head of spine (see photo). It also has the clipped corner and odd crescent-shaped edge hole on front flap that other sellers have mentioned. Price on jacket is $3.75. Book is in excellent condition except for a faded area on spine matching the large chip. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, may be unread. Stated first edition. . The book is a political novel that depicts Americans somewhere in Southeast Asia, and its publication caused a sensation in America and abroad. ...
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Continuous Casting; Proceedings of Technical Sessions of the Iron and Steel Division Held in Detroit, Michigan, October 24, 1961

By: McBride, David

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Interscience Publishers : 1962

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 29411

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Fragile dust jacket has a one-inch narrow hole, chips and tears, now protected by a fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects but pages are no longer fresh; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Eight papers, each with a following Discussion. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 262 pages. E5
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California Dons

By: Milliken, Ralph Leroy

Price: $600.00

Publisher: Academy Library Guild : 1956

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 33536

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Near Fine book in Good fragile dust jacket. Jacket has chipping and small tears, light soil, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. The book has name of former owner inked to top margin of second endpaper, where there is also a small chip. No other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Considered a first edition because the 1956 date on the copyright page matches the date on the title page, no edition statement or other publications listed. Although considered to be historical fiction, the author takes pains to stress its authenticity: "this book is carefully based on the pe...
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Human Society in Ethics and Politics

By: Russell, Bertrand

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY. NY, Simon and Schuster : 1955

Edition: 1st American Edition. 1st Printing

Seller ID: 33223

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Near Fine book in Good dust jacket. A little sunning to edges of blue cloth boards, no other defects. Dust jacket has tears, shallow chipping and creasing, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. First american edition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 227 pages. L5
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On Growth and Form, Abridged Edition

By: Thompson, Sir D'Arcy & J. T. Bonner (Ed. )

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Cambridge At the University Press : 1961

Seller ID: 33799

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Near Fine book in Good dust jacket. Jacket has tears, chipping, clipped corner, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has a Christmas inscription to former owner by friends on first endpaper, no other defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . This is the first printing of the abridged edition of Thompson's classic work. A handsome copy. . 1961-01-02 Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 346 pages. A4
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Enchanted Aisles

By: Woollcott, Alexander

Price: $40.00

Publisher: NY. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons : 1924

Edition: 1st Edition

Seller ID: 29030

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

Fragile dust jacket is lacking top quarter-inch of front panel and spine, half-inch chip at bottom edge of back panel. Jacket is separated into two pieces at crease of spine but otherwise intact, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. . Book is VG, bound in blue cloth with bright gilt titles to front cover and spine, top edge is bright gilt, somewhat scratched and rubbed. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . A collection of the author's essays on the theatre. Woollcott was an American critic and writer for the New York Times. This is the first printing. Scarce in dust jacket. . Smal...
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Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket