Historical Introduction (225 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Bison Book Edition. Cover laminate is beginning to loosen at edges . 388 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Signed by the editor, Robert M. Bricker. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Signed by the Editor.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A pristine copy, tight and crisp, with no signs of prior use or wear. The jacket has a touch of shelfwear, but is now protected by a mylar Brodart cover. Fast shipping world wide, with tracking number supplied to all US addresses.

Condition: good. This book is in good condition. The cover has minor creases or bends. The binding is tight and pages are intact. Some pages may have writing or highlighting.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 4to, 79 pp., color plates throughout. Wrappers a bit dull, handled and edgeworn.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Includes List Of Object Plates, Bibliographical References, Index And Photo Credits. The Book Is Bound In Blue Paper Over One Quarter Black With Gilt Lettering And Decorative Rules On The Spine. Decorative Rule On The Front. The Book Was Purchased New And Never Read. Mild Scratches On The Back.

79 pages (plus covers). Staple-bound paperback booklet: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Stiff paper covers, small impression from removed sticker at top right corner of front cover, slight toning to white rear cover. Binding is firm and pages are brigth and clean. A very good+ copy. Preface by Roger D. Bridges; Introduction and Notes by H. Roger Grant; b/w illustrations. Pages 13-42 reprint "Communism; History of the Experiment at Nauvoo of the Icarian Settlement" with Selected Readings (pages 43-44) from the original 1917 pamphlet by Emile Vallet. Features the addition of an extended Appendix section (pages 49-79) which includes "Genealogical History of the Vallet Family," "A Man: or the Shoemaker and the Viscountess" from the Emile Vallet scrapbook, along with five letters by Vallet which were printed in the Keokuk, Iowa Weekly Gate City newspaper: "A Live Communist" from the December 24, 1885 issue; "Wants to Be an Editor" from January 7, 1886; "A Millionaire in a Tight Place" from February 11, 1886; "Educational: Our Present System of Education" from February 25, 1886; and "The Emancipation of the White Man" from April 15, 1886. ISBN 0912226064.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in NF dust jacket. Reprint. Black hardcover with minor wear, very clean and tightly bound; an unmarked copy with bright & clean pages, red ribbon bookmarker bound in as issued; light wear to dust jacket, clean, not price-clipped. A lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Includes List Of Object Plates, Bibliographical References, Index And Photo Credits. The Book Is Bound In Blue Paper Over One Quarter Black With Gilt Lettering And Decorative Rules On The Spine. Decorative Rule On The Front. The Book Was Purchased New And Never Read.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket. Arranged for Voice and Keyboard. Foreword by Carleton Sprague Smith. 227 pages. A couple very faint marks to covers and light foxing to page edges. Light page-length crease in half title page. Dust jacket has several small tears and chips in edges. 1 1/4" tear in front bottom edge, 1/2" chip near back upper corner, and 3/4" piece missing from top of spine. Dust jacket now in mylar protector. International and priority shipping will be extra; please inquire.; 9 1/2 x 12 1/2".

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Oversized softcover, 160 pages, photographs in full colour and black-and-white on almost every page.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Margaret McKenna (Cover Design); Illumination Depicting Henr IV (Cover Image) (illustrator). Copyright © 2000. 223 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Cloth with a hint of foxing to foredge; in price-clipped jacket with publishers with publishers imprint label upside down at foot of spine. Plate illustrations in black & white reproducing period portraits, scenes. Forward by Pamela Hansford Johnson.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Illustrated (illustrator). Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Illustrated (illustrator). Dog-eared pages Stained Wear and Tear Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Margaret McKenna (Cover Design); Illumination Depicting Henr IV (Cover Image) (illustrator). Copyright © 2000. 223 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Only. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Only. Illustrated with Photographs (illustrator). Slight musty smell; scuffs, soils, edge chips, tears, dampstaining, etc. A readable copy. 470 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. A very nice copy. A historical study on the Appleton, Century and Crofts companies leading to their merger. 533+ pages (last pages uncut). Illustrated. Book.

Boards. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine (in mylar). Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. Ex-library copy, minimally stamped and stickered, else textblock is very clean and tight; Black boards. Unclipped dust jacket, minimally shelf worn, illustrated and mylar sleeved. 151pp., including bibliography. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Red boards are bright and crisp as is the dust jacket which is in a mylar sleeve. Facsimile reprint of the original edition published in 1863 by Jerome and Duncan. xvi, 192, xxxii pp.

Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). xii, 83, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Blue dust jacket rubbed; some scuffs and bumping at edges. Blue cloth; rear board's top fore-edge corner bumped. Foxing to text block's top edge. Past owner's ink signature on front pastedown but hidden underneath dj's front flap; same owner's personal blind-stamp on title leaf; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. With Dedication, Preface, Acknowledgments, and an historical introduction "Birth of the Baptist Movement" by Eric W. Gritsch. Born in Amite County, Mississippi, Baptist minister and civil rights activist Will D. Campbell (1924-2013) served as the longtime director of the Committee of Southern Churchmen and authored the much lauded BROTHER TO A DRAGONFLY which was a finalist for the 1978 National Book Award. ISBN 0865540861.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: like new. book never used two deer on front of Dust jacket illustrated throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: like new. book never used two deer on front of Dust jacket illustrated throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. First Edition. (1975) 448 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Title a bit rubbed. Top corner of front cover bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and few closed tears to edges. Small chip to bottom corner of front panel. Illust. w/ color and b/w photos, and maps. Contents nice.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 221 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers. First English Translation. Light Wear, No Mark.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Front blank and last page of text have slight foxing. Pages unopened.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelly & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA, December, 1989. First Edition Thus. Number 87 in the Lakeside Classics Series. The Applegate memoir was originally published as "A Day with the Cow Column in 1843" in The Overland Monthly, 1868 and later published in 1900 Oregon Historical Quarterly 1. The Honeyman Porter memoir was originally published as "By ox team to California; a narrative of crossing the plains in 1860" Oakland, Calif., Oakland Enquirer Pub. Co., 1910. Fine condition. No Dust Jacket, as issued. Gently read. The Text Block is clean (handling visible on fore-edges), bright white, tight, straight and square with bright gilt topedge and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full brown cloth, color uniform throughout, with bright gilt logo of the publisher on the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. No Dust Jacket, as issued. See photos. lxiii, 416 pages. 4 1/2" x 6 7/8". The Lakeside Classics Series, vol. 87, containing numerous photos, illustrations and a map. The Overland Trail refers both to the Oregon Trail (taken by Applegate) and the California Trail (taken by Honeyman Porter). Historical Introduction by Martin Ridge who also edited the work.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 114 page. The accompaniments harmonized and arranged by Charles Vincent and T. Tertius Noble. reprinting of the 1943 publication; 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 ".

First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page). xx, 251 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Pale green cloth. Past owner's personal bookplate on front pastedown Interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. With b/w illustrations, Foreword by Peter H. Raven, Foreword by Robert R. Archibald, Acknowledgements, Introduction "From a garden looking out: public culture in Henry Shaw's St. Louis" by editor Eric Sandweiss, Contributors, and Index. Features eight chapters titled as: "Gods in Ruins: St. Louis Politicians and American Destiny, 1764-1875" by Kenneth H. Winn; "African Americans in Henry Shaw's St. Louis" by Antonio F. Holland; "Learning from the 'Majority-Minority' City: Immigration in Nineteenth-Century St. Louis" by Walter D. Kamphoefner; "The Economy of Nineteenth-Century St. Louis" by James Neal Primm; "Enterprise and Exchange: The Growth of Research in Henry Shaw's St. Louis" by Michael Long; "Public Education in Nineteenth-Century St. Louis" by William J. Reese; "Shaping the Authentic: St. Louis Theater Culture and the Construction of American Social Types, 1815-1860" by Louis Gerteis; "Themes and Schemes: The Literary Life of Nineteenth-Century St. Louis" by Lee Ann Sandweiss. ISBN 0826214398.