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A Sunday Between Wars
por Maddow, Ben
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- very good
- Edição
- First edition
- Published
- 1979
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780393056983
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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€ 10,33
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New York: Norton, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 316 p. incl. notes; VG HC in VG price clipped DJ; very minor wear. Draws extensively on letters, diaries and contemporary accounts. Many B & W photographs. "The half century between the end of the Civil War and the Declaration of War in 1917 was quiet… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900
por Al Roker
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good +
- Condição de sobrecapa
- very good +
- Edição
- Apparent First
- Published
- 2015
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780062364654
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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New York: William Morrow, 2015. Apparent First. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 312 p incl bibliography & index; HC, VG+. DJ unclipped, very slight wear. Carefully researched and well written account of the hurricane that destroyed Galveston, and the misconceptions and hubris that left the city utterly unprepared.
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A Shaker's Dozen
por Thorne-Thomsen, Kathleen and Rocheleau, Paul.
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good +
- Condição de sobrecapa
- very good +
- Edição
- First edition thus
- Published
- 1999
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780811822992
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1999. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Unpaginated; slim HC in glossy pictorial DJ. Beautiful photos of Shaker objects and drawings (one house, three doves, six tools etc.) and brief text provides an introduction to Shaker beliefs and values for older children and adults.
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Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer--and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco
por Robert Graysmith
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good +
- Condição de sobrecapa
- very good
- Edição
- First edition
- Published
- 2012
- Encadernação
- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780307720566
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2012. First edition. Hardback. Very Good +/very good. 268 p/; HC, VG+ in VG DJ. Only flaws are small sticker pull on UPC area of DJ and very small remainder mark on text block. Otherwise as good as new. Extensive bibliography. Mark Twain's life as a young reporter in… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Vigilantes of Montana
por Dimsdale, Prof. Thomas J.
- Condição
- Usado - Good
- Edição
- 12th printing
- Published
- 1950
- Encadernação
- Inti
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- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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Butte Montana: McKee Printing Co., 1950. 12th printing. inti. Good. 269 p; paperback; incl foldout map (1881 Capt. D. H. Heap). Fair to good condition; pages age darkened, some wear and pencil notations. Incl. short bio of Dimsdale himself, who died in 1866 at the young age of 35. His account of the Vigilante efforts… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Mutiny on Board the Whaleship Globe
por Lay, William and Hussey, Cyrus M.
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good-
- Edição
- Second printing
- Published
- 1968
- Encadernação
- Paperback
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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New York: Corinth Books, 1968. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good- . Small PB; 109 p. incl. a glossary. VG-, minor wear. Republication with minor editing of the original account from 1828. Introduction by Edouard A. Stackpole, curator of Mystic Seaport CT. Lay and Hussey were two survivors of the mutiny, held captive by South Sea islanders… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Barbed Wire
por Liu, Joanne S.
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good +
- Edição
- Apparent First
- Published
- 2009
- Encadernação
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780878425570
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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Missoula MT: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2009. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good +. 141 p. incl. index and bibliography. How the invention of barbed wire transformed the Great Plains; includes photos and maps. Nice clean condition, no marks, slight rippling.
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Travels with Charley
por Steinbeck, John
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good +
- Condição de sobrecapa
- fair
- Edição
- Large Print
- Published
- 1962
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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New York: Franklin Watts, Inc. (Groliers), 1962. Large Print. Hardcover. Very Good +/fair. Large format (8 3/4 x 11 inches) HC; 246 pages. Cream boards, brown DJ. DJ has significant rubbing, scuffing, some tears but is basically intact. Book is very clean and solid, no interior marks. Small cutout probably to remove PO's name… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Miles from Nowhere In Search of the American Frontier
por Dayton. Duncan
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good-
- Edição
- First edition thus
- Published
- 1994
- Encadernação
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140131222
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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USA: Penguin (Non-Classics), 1994. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good- . 320 p. incl. index and references; PB; illus. with B & W photos, line maps; slight wear; overall VG- condition.The history, people and stories of the 132 counties in 15 states that meet the definition of "frontier" - fewer than 2 people per square mile.
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Watkins 125th Anniversary Edition Almanac and Home Book 1868-1993
por n.a.
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good +
- Edição
- First edition
- Published
- 1992
- Encadernação
- Staplebound
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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Winona MN: Watkins, 1992. First edition. Staplebound. Very Good +. 96 p. digest size magazine reviewing the history of Watkins products from the founding of the company to 1993. Household hints, recipes, almanac information. Nostalgia galore. Pictorial wraps; calendar on back cover.
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No Life for a Lady (Women of the West)
por Agnes Morley Cleaveland
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good +
- Edição
- Reprint
- Published
- 1977
- Encadernação
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780803258686
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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Lincoln NB: Bison Books (University of Nebraska Press), 1977. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good +. 356 p. trade paperback; Agnes Cleaveland's account of her life in the Wild West. Born on a cattle ranch in New Mexico in 1884, she grew up in cow country and wrote her story originally in 1941. Sketch map and illustrations. VG+
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Puritans At Play Leisure and Recreation in Colonial New England
por Daniels, Bruce C.
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good-
- Edição
- First edition thus
- Published
- 1996
- Encadernação
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780312161248
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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New York: St. Martin's Press/Griffin, 1996. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good- . 271 p. incl. index and footnotes; tradepaper; VG-, minor shelf wear and bumping, small stained area on outside of text block near top. Interior clean and solid. Bruce Daniels, Professor of History at the University of Winnipeg, has written a book that is both scholarly… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Saturday Evening Post July/August 1976
por Various
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good-
- Edição
- Not Stated
- Published
- 1976
- Encadernação
- Staplebound
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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1976. Not Stated. Staplebound. Very Good- . Large format magazine. During 1976 the Saturday Evening Post published several Bicentennial-themed issues. This is Volume 248, No. 5, a special collection of "best of" stories, articles etc. from 1728 to 1976. Includes a portfolio of framable Norman Rockwell covers, printed on both sides so unfortunately you must choose a side… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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The Beautiful Cigar Girl
por Stashower, Daniel
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good +
- Edição
- Apparent First
- Published
- 2006
- Encadernação
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780739483282
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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New York: Dutton, 2006. Apparent First. Paperback. Very Good +. 326 p.; index and bibliography; a careful and detailed reconstruction of an 1840s murder in New York and its influence on Edgar Allan Poe and on popular conceptions of murder. The murder of Mary Rogers was the inspiration for Poe's Mystery of Marie Roget. VG+
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Wooden Fish Songs
por McCunn, Ruthanne Lum
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good +
- Condição de sobrecapa
- very good +
- Edição
- First printing
- Published
- 1995
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780525939276
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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New York: Dutton Adult, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 385 p. HC, VG+ in VG+ DJ, lovely unmarked copy, trace of shelf wear, looks new. Novel based on the real life of Lue Gim Gong, who came to the US as an indentured servant, and earned fame developing new orange hybrids in Florida.… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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A Holy Mission to Minnesota 600 Years Ago
por Holand, Hjalmar R.
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Edição
- First printing
- Published
- 1959
- Encadernação
- Staplebound Wraps
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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Alexandria MN: Park Region Publishing Company, 1959. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good. Unpaginated; staple-bound with pictorial card cover; approx. 44 p. Detailed discussion of the Kensington Runestone, a presumed Viking relic, including its discovery, arguments for and against authenticy, photos and sketches. Hard to find item.
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American Slave, American Hero
por Pringle, Laurence
- Condição
- As New
- Condição de sobrecapa
- as new
- Edição
- First edition
- Published
- 2006
- Encadernação
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781590782828
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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Honesdale PA: Calkins Creek Books, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. 40 p,; large format HC, approx. 10.5 x 10.5 inches, pictorial boards and matching DJ, new condition. Beautifully illustrated in full colour. An account for young readers of the life and achievements of York, the personal slave of William… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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The Saturday Evening Post Jan/Feb 1978
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good-
- Published
- 1978
- Encadernação
- Staplebound
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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€ 10,33
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Indianapolis, 1978. Staplebound. Very Good- . Large format magazine; VG- condition; Special issue in honour of Norman Rockwell's 84th birthday. Cover illustration shows Rockwell looking in a mirror and painting a self-portrait. Includes framable copies of several Rockwell covers, pattern for quilt based on a Rockwell painting, Agatha Christie's "Death in the Air", and several articles relating… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Keep the Change
por McGuane, Thomas
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Edição
- Not Stated
- Published
- 1989
- Encadernação
- Hard Cover
- ISBN
- 9780771055171
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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€ 3,44
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Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1989. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 230 p.; VG/VG; library pocket, stamps, barcode sticker. Plastic cover on price-clipped DJ. Slightly cocked spine, otherwise clean and solid. "The picaresque and heartbreaking adventures of Joe Starling, one of the last great American heroes, in his quest for his roots and his rightful… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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Foods from Harvest Festivals and Folk Fairs
por Borghese, Anita
- Condição
- Usado - Very Good
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good -
- Edição
- Book Club
- Published
- 1977
- Encadernação
- Hard Cover
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Livreiro
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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€ 8,26
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1977. Book Club. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. 270 p. incl. index; VG/VG-; book is clean and sound, unclipped DJ has some edgewear, chipping, closed tear on front. Subtitled "The best recipes from and guile to food happenings across the nation", forty festivals from 22 states (and one Canadian event -… Ler mais sobre este item Preço do item
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