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Lincolnwood: Publications Inter, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Collectible - Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.25"x12.25" 496 indexed pps. First printing. Pictorial glossy hardboards. Paste downs are gray with outlines in white of all race tracks in NASCAR. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minor shelf wear to DJ and boards. Will require extra shipping. This is the complete story of big-time American stock-car racing, from its roots on the moonshine back roads and dusty circle tracks of the South to its stature as a coast-to-coast multibillion-dollar phenomenon. The only book of its kind sanctioned by NASCAR. The story of each season is told in a picture-caption format, with charts detailing the top winners. The points races are recapped, and sidebars tell the behind-the-scenes storeis of the men and women, tracks, and races that have made NASCAR great. A special appendix also lists the winner of every race in NASCAR Winston Cup… Read More

Haleah, FL: Columbia picture publications, 1973. Loose Sheet Music. Very Good-Collectible. 9.25"x12" Each sheet music arrives in a clear cover w/cardboard backing. Secure ship w/track #. Foxing. Original piano solo.

New York, NY: Hyperion, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. FOURTH PRINTING. 7.75"X10" 285 indexed pgs. DJ design by John Hamilton. Photography by David Loftus. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped ($34.95), unmarked. Fading to ffep. Price covers extra shipping weight. Secure ship w/track #. Jamie Oliver, the Naked Chef, is a culinary star with charm that shines even brighter than his glossy pictures (People). Hes the Food Networks latest sensation, a Today Show regular, and, a GQ man of the month. His audience appeal keeps growing and his primetime show on the Food Network continues to reap huge ratings as he teaches everyone the secret behind fresh, simple, delicious cooking. In The Naked Chef Takes Off, TVs hottest young chef (USA Weekend) returns to offer even more delectable stripped-down recipes with basic ingredients and a minimum of fuss. In this new book, Jamie features fantastic breakfasts, tapas, roasts, fish dishes,… Read More

NY: Delacorte Press, 1989. Hardcover. Used - VeryGood/no dust jacket. 5.625"x8.5"x1.25"; 467 pages. Black boards, silver lettering on spine and rose w/ stem on front. Outer pages are tanning/foxing, but no markings throughout; front cover is bowed, and there is some minor bumping to corners. No dj. Spine straight and binding tight. Jacqueline Briskin is the author of Paloverde and Too Much Too Soon. This latest novel tells of the effect of World War II on the lives of two schoolgirls, one American and one French, who swear to a friendship that will threaten their lives.

England: Airlife, 1995. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/VeryGood. 5.75"x8.5" 310 indexed pages. Black boards w/gold foil letters to spine. Cover photo by Aram Gesar. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Mended small tear to crown. Secure ship w/track #. Investigations into the causes of aircraft accidents have for decades focused on what happened and who did it - very rarely 'Why'? It is the question 'Why' that David Beaty has addressed here, fighting the misnomer of 'pilot error' and propounding that the cause should be sought deeper inside human beings who make apparently simple human errors. Source: Publisher.

Louisville: Sarabande Books, 2010. 1st Edition. Paperback. Collectible - Near Fine. 6"x9". 184 pages. Photo of noodler holding catfish on front. Cover and text disign by Kirkby Gann Tittle. A-F Paper. List of Titles: The Name of the Nearest River; Things Both Right and Needed; The Coal Thief; Equator Joe's Famous Nuclear Meltdown Chili; This Device Must Start on Zero; At Late or Early Hour; The Evening Part of Daylight; We Were Men and the Fire Made Us; A Lakeside Penitence; A Courier Among Green Trees; Winter in the Blood; The Author.

NY: Clarion Books (HCP), 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. New/New. Castillo, Lauren. 11TH PRINTING. Physical Info: 0.4" H x 9.2" L x 9.1" W (0.8 lbs) 40 pages. Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product. Target Age Group: 04 to 07. Secure ship w/track #. A Caldecott Honor Book * A Huffington Post Best Picture Book about Family * An NYPL 100 Books for Reading and Sharing * A 100 Scope Notes Top 20 Book of the Year. In this magical picture book, a young boy spends an overnight visit with his nana and is frightened to find that the city where she lives is filled with noise and crowds and scary things. But then Nana makes him a special cape to help him be brave, and soon the everyday sights, sounds, and smells of the city are not scary--but wonderful. The succinct text is paired with watercolor illustrations that capture all the vitality, energy, and beauty of the city.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1998. Hardcover_pictorial boards. New. 5"x7.63" 174 pp. Blonde in pink suit with letters in background. #6 The Secret of Red Gate Farm last listing on back cover. 50 book listing on 2nd fep. Yellow flash light on front and spine. Frontispiece: Ned pulled Nancy down to the pavement. Twenty chapters. By mistake Nancy Drew receives a letter from England intended for an heiress, also named Nancy Drew. When Nancy undertakes a search for the missing young woman, it becomes obvious that a ruthless, dangerous man is determined to prevent her from finding the heiress or himself. Clues that Nancy unearths leads her to believe that the villainous Edgar Nixon plans to marry the heiress and then steal her inheritance. During her investigation Nancy discovers that Nixon is engaged in a racket that involves many innocent, trusting persons. The thrilling hunt for Nixon and the heiress takes Nancy in and out of many perilous situations. How the teen-age detective saves the British… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Near Fine-Collectible/VeryGood. 6.5"x9.5" 684 indexed numbered pages. First printing. Grass green cloth w/gilt letters to front and spine. Front endpaper: Salem Common on Training Day, 1808 Oil painting by George Ropes. Back endpaper: Concord, Mass., ca. 1865. DJ painting of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Charles Osgood. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, price clipped, unmarked. Mended tears to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. A full-length portrait of one of America's great writers brings to life Hawthorne's experiences and the age he lived in, detailing his courtship of Sophia Peabody and his relationships with Melville, Poe, Emerson, and others. Goodreads. Shows us America's first great writer and his contemporaries as living, breathing people. Source: Publisher.

Washington DC: United States Governent. Reprint. Pamphlet. VeryGood. 6"x9" Spines straight, bindings w/staples, pages clean w/tone from age. Not x-library, unclipped, unmarked. Few fox & soil spots. Secure ship w/track #. #3 - Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America. 92 pages. (1962) #9 - Gettysburg: National Military Park Pennsylvania. 50 pages w/B&W plates.(1962) #10 - Shiloh: National Military Park, Tennessee. 47 pages. (1961) #14 - Yorktown and the Siege of 1781. 60 pages. (1957) #15 - Manassa (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park, Virginia. 47 pages. (1961) #25 - Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia - Tennessee. 60 pages. (1961).

NY: SmithMark, 1992. Reprint. Hardcover_cloth. Fine/Fine. Jeffrey Burn. 10.13"x13.38". 256 pgs. Light rust cloth boards. Gold foil letters on spine. Hieroglyphic art work for paste downs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Price covers extra shipping costs for weight. Before Columbus came to America, the population of Native Americans - the first, aboriginal peopes - was about 5 million. By 1890, it was 250,000. During the same period the white population in the U.S. increased from o to 75 million. As it did so, it usurped the ancestral lands of the Indians who had inhabited the continent for centuries and destroyed both the delicate balance of their economy and an age-old way of life. Pivotal events such as the removal, in the 1830s, of the Southeastern tribes to whatwas called Indian Territory, the Long March of the Navajo to imprisonmentat Fort Sumner in 1864, and the tragedy at Wounded Knee in 1890 marked… Read More

Philadelphia: Running Press Book Publishers, 1994. Hardcover_cloth. Fine. 2.75"x3.25" Black cloth boards w/red letters on spine w/tan sunset paste downs. Photographs by Edward S. Curtis; Smythe sewn binding. DJ designed by Toby Schmidt; Interior was designed by Nancy Loggins; Pictures of indians researched by Elizabeth Broadrup. Text researched by Gregory C. Aaron and set in Bauer Bodoni by Richard Conklin. GIFT QUALITY. Secure ship w/track #. These are portraits of unusual depth, in both word and image, here are detailed visual and spiritual portrayals of the community, individuality, and human nature of native americans. Curtis' photo evoke the images, but the words are their own. From Mourning Dove to Chief Seattle, from Lone Man to Red Cloud, here is the timeless wisdom of native americans. Our Miniature Editions TM collection continues to grow! Since 1989, when our first minis appeared, Running Press has offered an astonishing range of subjects, sure to find a place in any booklover's library!… Read More

NY, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1906. Hardcover_cloth. Acceptable-Collectible. 6.25"x7.63" 256 numbered indexed pages. Maroon cloth w/black embossed letters and designs on front & spine. Spine straight, binding loose, pages soft tone, Not x-library, severe edge and shelf wear. Pencil marks throughout. Covers barely attached. Chips and tears to pages. PON inside front board. Secure ship w/track #.

San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1969. Hardcover_cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 6"x8.5" 239 pgs. Signed by author, Kay Bennett. Cream cloth boards w/indians in black ink on front and black letters on spine. Apache country map for paste downs. B&W illustrations. DJ design by David Sonnen. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. X-Library w/graphics, pencil notations through out, unclipped (price). This book is, essentially, a family history during the period of 1846 to 1870. Kay Bennett's grandmother was the Shebah of this saga and her greatgrandfather was the just and respected leader of one of the Navajo clans. The events she chronicles in such heartbreaking detail were experienced by her own people. From repeated telling they stand out vividly in her own mind. Her information is derived from primary sources, not from research in some library.

NY: Berkley, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. Fine-Collectible/Fine. 6.25"x9.25" 871 indexed pgs. 2nd printing. Black boards w/red metallic letters to spine. Cover design by Steven Ferlauto. Text design by Tiffany Estreicher.DJ design by Steven Ferlauto. Jacket photo courtesy of Leif Skoogfors/Corbis. Fully illustrated w/photos. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (price), & unmarked. Now, in Navy seals: The complete history from world war II to the present, author Kevin Dockery has combined his three critical acclaimed volumes-navy seals: A history of the early years; navy seals: The vietnam years; and navy seals : Post-vietnam to the present-into one, comprehensive omnibus edition. Written with the cooperation of the udt/seal museum association, this is the first oral history to definitevely cover the seals from their early days as WWII combat swimmers in the South Pacific, to their status as living legends in Vietnam and Desert storm, through… Read More

NY: Flatiron Books, 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. New/New. THIRD PRINTING w/DJ wrapped in mylar. Physical Info: 1.38" H x 9.48" L x 6.41" W (1.29 lbs) 400 pages. Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps , Price on Product, Table of Contents. Secure ship w/track #. "From the New York Times bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy, The Nazi Conspiracy tells the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of the second World War. In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt wanted one thing: a face-to-face meeting with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would decide some of the most crucial strategic details of the war. Yet when the Nazis found out about the meeting, their own secret plan took shape-an assassination plot that would've changed history. A true story filled with daring rescues,… Read More

Searcy, AK: Harding College, 1978. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Collectible - VeryGood. 224 pages. 5.86"x7.75"x .75". Bright red boards w/gold letters on spine. PON on first fly paper. Author dedication to Dr. Clifton L. Ganus. Frontispiece picture of author, preface, and contents. 3 b&w photos. No other markings. Spine straight, binding tight. Small bumps to top corners. No DJ. Secure ship w/track #.

NY: Berkley, 2005. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. VeryGood/VeryGood. 5.75"x8.5" 248 pgs. Black boards w/gold foil letters to spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), and unmarked. Soiling stains to inside board, ffep, & backside of DJ. PON on ffep. Secure ship w/track #. Now that she's been knitting up a storm with the help of her new friends at House of Lambspun, Kelly Flynn can't imagine ever leaving Fort Connor, Colorado. But there's trouble in her adopted hometown—and not just with her new sweater project... When Kelly volunteers to take a troop of tourists to visit Vickie Claymore's alpaca farm, she discovers Fort Connor isn't as sedate as it seems. Instead of a warm welcome, they find Vickie splayed out on her original hand-woven rug, her blood seeping into the design. The police jump on the case, but Kelly can't resist doing a little investigation work of her own—even if it means taking a break from the sweater she's been knitting in… Read More

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood/no jacket. Howard Chandler Christy. 5"x7.5"x1.5". 401 pagination. Blue cloth boards, gilt title with photo on front by Christy. Gilt letters on spine. Some fading to cover. Frontispiece B&W illustration with tissue in place by Christy "The day you and I are married I'm going to send him a wreath of poison ivy." Colophon on title page w/date. 7 additional illustrations. PON inside front and back covers. Mooris Book Shop of Chicago label inside front cover. Rubs and edge wear. Spine slight slant, binding tight. Not x-library. "It is a fun story...The rich playboy, is kidnapped by his friends, drugged and put on a ship to Panama with no clothes or luggage. He works on the building of the Panama Canal to earn passage homes. He goes home as a man of responsibility who has made good and has be come a man instead of a playboy." Goodreads 3.64.

NY: Harry N. Abrams Inc., Publishers, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. Withers, Ernest C. - photographer. FIRST PRINTING. 10.25"X10.25" 191 numbered indexed pages. Black boards w/white letters inside tan title frame on front. White letters on red spine. 142 duotone illustrations. Foreword by Willie Mays. Essau bu Daniel Wolff. Blemish on front board from manufacturer. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (price), & unmarked. Faint toning along top of few pages. Faint foxing on edges. Price covers extra secure ship w/track #. A visual history of the Negro Leagues documents both the years of its integration and the communities in which they were played, featuring duotone plates of such legends as Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, and Hank Aaron. 30,000 first printing. Goodreads.