American History & Culture

Dennis Eisenberg, Uri Dan and Eli Landau
£20.00

Meyer Lansky: Mogul of the Mob

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PUBLISHERPaddington Press Ltd, New York and London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are just a little worn at edges. Foxing...

Audrey Kearns, Editor
£18.00

Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia, 1948

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A fascinating and exhaustively detailed record of Hollywood in the mid '40's.

Fred W. McDarragh
£125.00

New York, N.Y. A Photographic Tour of Manhattan Island from Battery Park to Spuyten Duyvil

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PUBLISHERCorinth Books, New York.
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Blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards a little worn and faded at edges ans spine. Photographs ans text remain clear...

Mike Leadbitter, Editor
£25.00

Nothing But The Blues

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PUBLISHER-Hanover Books, London.
BINDING-Mid blue cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITION-Some scuffing to edges of boards, corners slightly bumped. Printed pages and images remain clear with...

Laurence W. Martin
£45.00

Peace without Victory: Woodrow Wilson and the British Liberals

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An examination of the association between British Liberals and Woodrow Wilson during WWI, and the influence on subsequent US policy.

Gordon Gullickson, Editor
£15.00

Record Changer Magazine, various issues

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The Record Changer, the American Magazine of Jazz, was a small independent and progressive monthly publication. Noted for it's vivid cover art.

Margaret Leech
£18.00

Reveille in Washington 1860 - 1865

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The story of the transformation of Washington during the Civil War, written in a vivid novelistic style. A bestseller when published.

Haywood Patterson and Earl Conrad
£50.00

Scottsboro Boy

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PUBLISHERVictor Gollancz Ltd, London.
BINDINGOrange cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn and slightly faded at edges. Some foxing / browning to block edges and outer...

Harry W. Desmond and Herbert Croly
£50.00

Stately Homes in America: From Colonial Times to the Present Day

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PUBLISHERGay and Bird, London, and D. Appleton and Company, New York.
BINDING
Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally...

A.I. and E.R. Root
£40.00

The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture

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"A cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the Honeybee."

William Henry Flayhart III
£15.00

The American Line 1871-1902 (Signed)

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A comprehensive history of the first successful steamship line established after the Civil War.

Samuel Charters
£18.00

The Bluesmen

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PUBLISHEROak Publications, New York.
BINDINGSoft covers.
BOOK CONDITIONCovers are worn, with general scuffing and a creased and faded spine. 8cm tear on bottom of back...

Noel Dando (Ed), Dominique Jando, Linda Granfield
£30.00

The Circus, 1870's-1950's

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A history of the Circus in America, presented as a series of illustrated essays. Parallel text in English, German and French.

Rachel Carson
£60.00

The Edge of the Sea

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PUBLISHERHoughton Mifflin Company, boston.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards. Pattered endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, with scuffing, fading and bumping to corners. Binding secure. Some foxing...

Garcilaso de la Vega
£40.00

The Florida of the Inca

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Originally written in 1605, an account of the doomed attempt of the conquest of North America by Hernando de Soto; as told to the author by a member of that expedition.

Philip R. Alger
£28.00

The Groundwork of Practical Naval Gunnery

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Written by a Professor of Mathematics of the US Navy. Subtitled "A Study of the Principles and Practice of Exterior Ballistics, as Applied to Naval Gunnery, and of the Computation and Use of Ballistic and Range Tables."

Susan Peterson
£20.00

The Living Tradition of Maria Martinez

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A beautifully illustrated account of the life and work of the legendary Native American potter.

Ernest V. Smith
£18.00

The Making of a Surgeon

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The memoires of an American surgeon. From his humble beginnings and struggle to afford medical school, to his long and rewarding career including further training at the Mayo Clinic.

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