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NY: The Overlook Press, 2010. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 358 pages, Illustrated with three sections of color plates. b&w maps, illustrations. Clean copy. A fascinating survey of the life and enduring legacy of perhaps the greatest and most unjustly ignored of the Roman emperors-written by a richly gifted historian.In 312 A.D.,… Read more about this item

University Press of Colorado, 1995. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 138 pages, b&w illustrations. The great temple known as the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan symbolizes the axis mundi, the Aztec center of the world, where the sky, the earth, and the underworld met. In this volume, Matos Moctezuma uses his unmatched familiarity with the archaeological details to present… Read more about this item

Metuchen NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1981. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, tan cloth with white lettering, 200 pages, b&w illustrations. SIGNED BY RUSSELL on front fly leaf. Clean, bright copy. No dust jacket issued. Record # 385795

Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 719 pages. Black & white illustrations. Includes fold-out maps. Clean, tight copy. Record # 608436

New York: Naval History Society, 1915. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/None. 240 pages, b&w illustration. White vellum spine and corners with blue-gray boards, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Limited to 600 copies, this is #590. Beautiful bright copy. Record # 403686

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. reprint. Hardcover. Good/None. 416 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Spine is slightly cracked at rear endpage. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice… Read more about this item

New York: Naval History Society, 1814. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 289 pages. Minor cover soiling, corner and edge wear. Minor stains along binding on front and back end paper. Otherwise, very clean pages and tight binding. Gilt top edge. Record # 852434

New York: Random House, 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Volume 1 - 840 pages. Dust jacket shows light wear, with chipping along edges. Clean, tight copy. Volume 2 - 988 pages. Dust jacket shows minor wear. Clean, tight copy. Volume 3 - 1106 pages. Clean, tight copy. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Record # 608420

Flagstaff AZ: Northland Press, 1985. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket with a small chip to rear panel. B&w drawings by Remington. Reprinted from a series of articles published in The Century Magazine in 1888. During the early 1880s, both Remington the artist and Roosevelt the writer were trying their hands at… Read more about this item

Alexandria: Eyrie Publications, 1983. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover in blue wrappers, 82 pages. B&w illustrations and photographs throughout. Previous owner's signature on top right corner of front cover. Minor rubbing to cover edges. SIGNED LETTER FROM AUTHOR LAID IN. A nice, clean copy. Record # 851656

London: J. Hatchard, 1805. 2nd Ed.. Hardcover. Good/None. 252 pages with appendix added in this December printing. (The first edition consisted of 215 pages and was issued in October.) Half black leather binding and marbled boards. Both covers detached, the front missing. The interior and binding are in very nice condition, clean. Record # 403685

Boston: T.O.H.P. Burnham, 1863. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 602 pages, maroon cloth covers with embossed design, color faded, especially on spine. Mild foxing to several pages, rear fly leaf with corner torn away. Still a tight, attractive copy of the day-to-day travels of an English journalist through America in the early years of the Civil War. Record #… Read more about this item

New York: Naval History Society, 1915. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/None. 240 pages, b&w illustration. White vellum spine and corners with blue-gray boards, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Limited to 600 copies, this is #582. Beautiful bright copy. Record # 403687

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, maroon cloth stamped in red and gilt, 320 pages. Frontispiece, b&w plates and illustrations. Folding map. Spine sunned, light wear to extremities, previous owner's name, inscription on inside front cover, otherwise clean. Record # 412192

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. reprint. Hardcover. Good/None. 425 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy. Record # 852815

East Burke VT: Historical Publishing Co., 1903. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. 135 pages, notable for b&w portraits throughout of government officials and buildings. Green cloth with gilt lettering. There is a light water stain to the bottom of the book in the margin, text and photos not affected. Record # 403326

Rockland: C. E. Hunt & Co., 1878. 1st. Hardcover. Fair. Ends at page 502; MIssing back pages. B&w frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Ornately decorated red cloth cover with gilt titles and decoration. Cover separated with soiling, rubbing, and edgewear. Foxing to edges and some light spotting throughout. Record # 851600

London: The Fine Arts Society, 1907. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Elizabeth M.. Chettle. 376 pages, hardcover. Decorated boards with gilted top text block. Illustrated by Elizabeth M. Chettle. Homes and memorials of the founders of Virginia, the New England states, and Pennsylvania. Also includes the universities of Harvard and Yale, the first president of the United… Read more about this item

Caldwell ID: Caxton Press. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 328 pages. illustrated frontispiece. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. The Nez Perce campaign is among the most famous in the brief and bloody history of the Indian wars of the West. Yellow Wolf was a contemporary of Chief Joseph and a leader among his own men. His story is… Read more about this item

Missoula MT: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., 1999. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 178 pages. Photographic essay of the men of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and their Forestry efforts during the 1930's and early '40's. Record # 385678