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The Indians' Book: Songs and Legends of the American Indians by Curtis, Natalie

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Pre-ISBN Book This is the unabridged republication of the revised 2nd edition. Trade paperback. Dover Publications. (1968) From the title page: "Illustrations from Photographs and from original drawings by Indians". This fine condition pb would have been rated new but for slight cover wear to the plastic coating. Text block as NEW. 584 p. 6 3/4 x 9 1/4", organized around each individual tribe. 149 songs from 18 tribes, 56 illustrations + Index. Lore, music, and narratives from an authoritative and important survey of Native American culture. Standard work in ethnomusicology. Well-priced copies in nearly new condition are becoming hard to find. A wonderful giftable copy. Browse our Online Inventory 24/7/365.  Check Availability  in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?mtype=&searchtype=title&searchquery=The+Indians%27+Book%3A+Songs+and+Legends+of+the+American+Indians

Alcatraz Indian Occupation Diary Nov. 20 1969 June 11 1971 Also Early Life on Blackfeet Reservation by Morris, "Indian Joe"; Johnson, Dr. Troy R. (editor) signed

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Pre-ISBN Book Stated second edition. Trade paperback. Self-published. (2001) SIGNED by author/activist, inscribed to Cathy, signed 4/17/2004. This fine condition paperback would have been rated new but for light edge wear and rubbing to the front cover. Text block as NEW, photographs crisp. 237 p. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2", 47 Chapters, filled with b/w histotic photographs. Rare. Browse our online inventory 24/7/365 View this book in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?mtype=&searchtype=title&searchquery=Alcatraz+Indian+Occupation

Legends and Lies: Great Mysteries of the American West by Walker, Dale L, Foreword by Jakes, John First paperback edition, January 1999. Trade paperback. Forge (1999)

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ISBN:0312868480 ISBN-13:9780312868482 Item condition  Fine. Nearly new bookstore quality, slight edge wear. PB, 5 1/2 x 8 1/4", 6 Sections, 12 Chapters, 4 reference sections. 320 p.  THIS BOOK IS NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY. Browse our online inventory 24/7/365 View this book in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?mtype=&searchtype=title&searchquery=Legends+and+Lies%3A+Great+Mysteries+of+the+American+West

Wood in Architecture Text by Finn Monies Layout by Gunnar Jensen and Finn Monies

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Pre-ISBN Book Edition: Believed to be the first edition; date printed on the title page. Binding: Hardcover. Publisher: F. W. Dodge Corporation. Date published: 1961 Browse our Online Inventory 24/7/365. Check Availability in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?mtype=&searchtype=title&searchquery=Wood+in+Architecture

The Dream City by Rose V S Berry

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Pre-ISBN Book Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Walter N. Brunt,, San Francisco Date published: 1915 Description: Nearly new text block bookstore quality, items of note, faded cover text, slight edge wear. No dust jacket. 335 p. Flexible hb covers, 4 3/4 x 6 1/2", filled w/ black and white photos. NOT a reprint edition. This is the original edition/printing. Fantastic gift copy for a collector. This book is a detailed collection of stories and essays exploring the art, architecture, and structural meanings behind the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco, California Browse our online inventory 24/7/365 View this book in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?mtype=&searchtype=title&searchquery=dream+city

All Time Indoor Track and Field Record Book 1962 by Wally Donovan

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Pre-ISBN Book Binding: Stapled Publisher: Self-published. Date published: 1962 Description: No dust jacket. Nearly new bookstore quality, faded spine; all else as new. Stapled booklet, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2". Rare. As of this listing, no other copies are available. Browse our online inventory 24/7/365 View this book in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?qtit=All+Time+Indoor+Track+and+Field+Record+Book+1962&mtype=B

"Here comes the Polly" by Ethel Anderson Becker

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Pre-ISBN Book LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CARD NUMBER 75-155336 Fine in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Text block clean, bright and tight; slight rubbing/edge wear to dj, small tear to top back closed with acid-free tape. 128 p. Including index. Includes many historic photos. Story of The Politofsky, a Russian gunboat built in 1861 for the Bering Sea fur trade and transferred to the United States under the Alaska Purchase of 1867. It later operated as a tug on the Pacific Northwest and Alaskan coasts. This is an exciting history filled with historic photographs.  Browse our Online Inventory 24/7/365.  Check Availability in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?qtit=Here+Comes+Polly&mtype=B

Theodore Turtle by Ellen MacGregor first edition 1955 edition Fifth Printing

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ISBN-13: 9780070445673  ISBN: 0070445672 Edition: 1955. Binding: Hardcover. Publisher: Whittlesey House, a division of the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., United States of America. Date published: 1955  Description: Galdone, Paul. VG+++ in VG++ dj. Ex-library. Great condition for 1955! 2-inch tear to top corner of front dj closed with acid-free tape, and in new protective plastic. Not price clipped. DISCARD stamp on ffep. Library binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: Children/juvenile. Durability library binding. No library stamps in text block. This popular classic children's book was written by the author of the Miss Pickerell stories. Photo is of this specific book. White on spine is from camera flash. Browse our Online Inventory 24/7/365.  Check Availability in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?qtit=Theodore+Turtle&mtype=B

The Alpa Reflex Manual by Jacob Deschin first edition

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Pre-ISBN Book Edition: presumed first. Binding: Hardcover. Publisher: Kinografik Publishing Corp., New York, NY. Date published: 1959 Description: Text block as new, clean, bright and tight. Some shelf wear to foot and corners. Tiny tears to top back edge of dj closed w/acid-free tape and in new protective plastic; narrow 1-inch chip to bottom back of dj not in text area. 128 p. 10 chapters plus index. Many historic photos, charts and tables. INCLUDES 4-page supplement to The Alpa Camera. This 128-page hardcover textbook, published in 1959, covers photographic fundamentals and functions of the Swiss-made Alpa 35mm single-lens reflex camera. INCLUDES a 4-page supplement to The Alpa Camera. Photo is of this specific book. White on the spine is from camera flash. Browse our Online Inventory 24/7/365.  Check Availability in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?qtit=The+Alpa+Reflex+Manual&mtype=B

Tai Chi Chuan Philosophy of Ying & Yang by Douglas Lee first edition

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ISBN-13: 9780897500449  ISBN: 089750044 Edition: presumed Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Ohara Publications, Incorporated, Santa Clarita, CA Date published: 1976 Description: Includes clear photos of every move! Text block clean, bright and tight, slight rubbing to covers; quarter-inch remainder mark to bottom edge; slight bump to top front cover only. 160 p., 10 chapters plus bibliography for both history and philosophy. Audience: General/trade. The philosophy of Yin and Yang in Tai Chi Chuan posits that everything is interoppositionally unified with two dynamic opposites, which are interrooted, interchangeable, and interconvertible. This concept, originating from ancient Chinese cosmology and philosophy, is fundamental to Tai Chi movements and attributes like stability/mobility and closing/opening moves. This philosophical framework views Yin and Yang not as static opposites, but as mutually dependent and constantly interacting forces that represent the totality of existence...

Don't Call Me Brother: A Ringmaster's Escape from the Pentecostal Church by Austin Miles first edition

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  Edition: presumed first edition. Binding: Hardcover. Publisher: Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York. Date published: 1989.  ISBN-13: 9780879755072   ISBN: 0879755075 Description: Text block as new. Slight shelf wear to unclipped dj with a very small tear closed with acid-free tape. Very slight cock to spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 331 p. Audience: General/trade. From the back cover, Washington Post review: "Austin Miles was one of the first PTL alumni to go public with his knowledge of sexual and financial excesses behind the pulpit there..." Photo is of this specific book. White on the spine is from camera flash. Browse our Online Inventory 24/7/365. Check Availability in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?qtit=Don%27t+call+me+brother&mtype=B

Pleasures of Boating and Sailing by Varios, and De Gex, Jenny first edition

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ISBN-13: 9781851458424  ISBN: 1851458425 Edition: presumed. Binding: Cloth spine. Publisher: Pavilion Books, London, England. Date published: 1992 Description: Fine. Text block clean, bright, with slight wrinkling on a few pages. Covers and cloth spine as new. 56 p. Pavilion Companion. Illustrated on every spread! An anthology of 19th and early 20th-century prose extracts, poems, paintings, and early photographs celebrating the pleasures of boating and sailing. Photo is of this specific book. Browse our Online Inventory 24/7/365. Check Availability in our Alibris Store https://www.alibris.com/stores/globalbooksearchandsales/search?qtit=Pleasures+of+Boating+and+Sailing&mtype=B

Reminiscences of Janette Howard Wallace by Wallace, Janette Howard signed first edition

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Pre-ISBN Book Edition: presumed. Binding: VeloBind w/ clear plastic front, paper back, black plastic spine. Publisher: "The Farm", California? Date published: 1986 Description: Author inscribed to a friend. Text block clean, bright, and tight with slight toning. Light rubbing to the front cover. Some wear to the back paper cover with a bump to the top back corner and last page only. 79 p. 8.5 x 11 inches. Family Tree and historic photos. Reminiscences of family life in the John Galen Howard household in Berkeley, Nevada City, Carmel, and Santa Cruz, Calif.; the Berkeley fire of 1923; the family's residence in various homes designed by her father, who also founded the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley; their friendship with the Warren Gregorys; and a trip to Paris in 1920. Included is background information relating to the family's history, and to her brothers: John Langley, Henry Temple, Robert Boardman, and Charles Houghton Howard. ...

Students against tyranny: The Resistance of the White Rose, Munich, 1942-1943 by Inge Scholl first edition

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From Sunrise to Sunset by Beard, Lois Roper signed first edition

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Glacier Bay Icy Wilderness by Alaska Geographic Society

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Out of Doors in Marin by Miriam F Austin

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The Fern Dictionary by Wilbur W Olson

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How Can We Lose When We're So Sincere? by T Willard Hunter first edition trade paperback The Paige Press, Claremont, CA (2005)

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A collection of sayings collected during the author's life. From the back cover: "One hobby I have long pursued is collecting witticisms."