New York: Basic Books, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 338 pgs, index, notes, b&w photos and illustrations. From the world's leading writer on archaeology, a new theory of how climate, technology, and the rituals of the medieval Christian Church combined to bring Europeans to the New World. More
Mechanicsburg, PA: 1994. Second edition. Hardcover. Originally published in 1961. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 408 pgs, index, appendices, sections of b&w photos. A poignant, angry, articulate book about the French debacle in Indochina in the late 1940s and early 1950s. More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 318 pgs. The author (1878-1952) was an English romantic writer, one of the founders of the Regency romantic genre. In all he wrote some forty novels. More
New York: Harper Collins, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 5 x 8, 278 pgs, index,,endnotes, b&w historical photos.Tthe unpredictable story of America's first major scientific discovery -- the use of anesthesia -- told in an absorbing narrative that traces the dawn of modern surgery through the lives of three extraordinary men..... More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2000. Paperback. 4 1/2 x 8 1/2, 288 pgs, index, color photos and illustrations and maps throughout. Tips and directions for nature adventures in parks, preserves, forests, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhose Island and Connecticut. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 2001. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. 4 x 7, 390 pgs. The enthralling page-turner now a major motion picture starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro Here is a gripping novel, inspired by real-life events, about a private team of British vigilantes that sets out..... More
Cleveland, OH: World Syndicate Publishing, 1933. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 x 7, 316 pgs. Contains a valuable chapter on airplane navigation by Captain Robert Schofield Wood. Also has a copy of the contents of the book presented to Captain Lindbergh by Secretary of State Kellogg of world wide congratulations received by..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First American edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 385 pgs, bibliography. The writings of the men and women who traversed, circumnavigated, and settled Australia. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. First American edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 489 pgs, index, sources, bibliography, sections of b&w historical photos. An account of an early 1800s exploration voyages. Derived from actual diaries, etc. More
New York: Grove Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 470 pgs, index, notes, bibliography, two sections of b&w photos. The epic story of the men who stopped at nothing to unravel the mysteries of the North Pole. More
Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2001. First edition. Paperback. 5 1/2 x 8, 307 pgs. What happens when government fiscal mismanagement, resource wars, peak oil, overpopulation, high unemployment and an unexpected shocking and sudden wave of bank failures converge and descend at the same time? It just could mean unimaginable chaos. This..... More
Stockbridge, MA: Berkshire House, 1992. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9, 472 pgs. History, lodging, culture, restaurants, recreation, shopping, maps and much more. More
New York: Norton, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 352 pgs, index. Memoirs of a late 19th century Austrian physician. More
Tallahassee, FL: Florida Division of Archives, 1984. Paperback. 7 x 10, 58 pgs, b&w photos. A good anthology of life in Florida, past and present. More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1958. Book Club. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 250 pgs. Classic tale of the sea. More
Pittsboro, IN: Indiana Camp Supply Inc., 1977. Second edition. Paperback. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2, 112 pgs, b&w photos. Includes source, cost (at time,1977) weight, serving size, water requirement cooking hints and nutrition. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. Reprint. Paperback. 6 x 9, 240 pgs, index. More
New York: Scribners, 1911. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 229 pgs, illustrated by F. Graham Cootes, frontispiece art missing. John Fox, Jr. (1862 - 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer who Fox gained a following as a war correspondent, working for Harper's Weekly in Cuba during..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/2, 438 pgs, index, section of b&w photos. Surveys the history of warfare from ancient Mesopotamia to the Gulf War in search of a deeper understanding of the origins of Western warfare and the reasons for its..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8,187 pgs. The fascinating, complex world of training stables and all that goes into the winning. More
Nashville: A.L. Burt. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2, 308 pgs, b&w frontispiece of Franklin. A neat old reprint of Franklin's autobiography. Ex-library with the usual markings. More
New York: Harper Collins, 2004. Reprint. Hardcover. 6 X 9, 590 pgs, sections of color photos. Franks' insider's account of the war on terrorism that has changed the world since September 11, 2001. More
Stowe-Day Foundatoin, 1977. Paperback. 8 1/2 x 11, 16 pgs, b&w historical photos. Four postcards to a page. The illustrations are reproductions of cartes de visite from an album belonging to Henry Ward Beecher. More
