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Hammond's Handy Atlas of the World

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., C.S. Hammond & Company: 1933

Seller ID: 000387

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Book is in Good condition with some tearing to the spine and uniform foxing throughout. Covers are still bright, pages are still tightly bound. "Contains new maps of all countries of the world. Accompanied by a new ready reference gazetteer-index of the world and a new and comprehensive index of cities and towns with latest population figures. A new series of separate maps of the United States accompanied by individual index of each state with 1930 population figures."
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Nothing Like It in the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869

By: Ambrose, Stephen E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Simon & Schuster, Incorporated: 2000

Seller ID: 000362

ISBN: 0684846098

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in Near Fine condition. Dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. Later printing. The story of the building of the Transcontinental Railway. 30+ pages of black and white photos.
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The Story of the Saracens

By: Arthur Gilman, M.A.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1890

Seller ID: 000394

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in Very Good to Near Fine condition. No dust jacket. Mild soiling to covers, but still very good color on the front and spine. Inside pages are clean and solid with previous owners signature and date of 1892 on ffep. Lots of maps, including a fold out map of Arabia. From The Story of the Nations series
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The Senator : My Ten Years with Ted Kennedy

By: Burke, Richard E.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., St. Martin's Press: 1992

Seller ID: 000363

ISBN: 0312091346

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in Near Fine condition. Dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild bumping to ends of spine.
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Sarah's Key

By: DeRosnay, Tatiana

Price: $3.00

Publisher: New York, St Martin's Griffin: 2008

Seller ID: 000409

ISBN: 0312370849

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Paris, July 1942. Sarah, a ten year-old Jewish girl, is arrested by the French police in the middle of the night, along with her mother and father. Desperate to protect her younger brother, she locks him in a cupboard and promises to come back for him as soon as she can. Paris, May 2002. Julia Jarmond, an American journalist, is asked to write about the 60th anniversary of the Vel' d'Hiv' - the infamous day in 1942 when French police rounded up thousands of Jewish men, women and children, in order to send them to concentration camps. Sarah's Key is the poignant story of two families, forev...
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The Last Voyage of Columbus: Being the Epic Tale of the Great Captain's Fourth Expedition, Including Accounts of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Discovery

By: Dugard, Martin

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Back Bay Books: 2006

Seller ID: 000361

ISBN: 0316154563

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Book is in Very Good condition with slight scuffing on top edge. "Being the epic tale of the great captain's fourth expedition, including accounts of mutiny, shipwreck, and discovery.
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

By: Ellis, Joseph J.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Vintage Books: 2002

Seller ID: 000372

ISBN: 0375705244

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Poor

Book is in Fair to Poor condition. Slight water damage to first few pages. Still, a very readable copy. Discusses the creation of the US government.
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Latitude Zero: Tales of the Equator

By: Guadalupi, Gianni;Shugaar, Antony;Shugaar, Anthony

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Carroll & Graf Pub: 2001

Seller ID: 000369

ISBN: 0786709014

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in Near Fine condition with small remainder mark on bottom edge of pages, else very clean and solid. Dust jacket is in Fine condition.
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Big Muddy: Down the Mississippi Through America's Heartland

By: Hall, B.C.;Wood, C.T.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., E P Dutton: 1992

Seller ID: 000374

ISBN: 0525934766

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Book is in Fine condition with remainder mark on bottom edge of pages. Dust jacket is Near Fine with some bumping to edges. "Mark Twain would delight in Big Muddy. B.C. Hall and C.T. Wood have not only created a real travel book - telling the dark side along with the good - they have also held true to the spirit of Huck Finn in their journey down the Mississippi" - Dee Brown. Plenty of vintage black and white photos throughout.
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The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I and the Battle That Changed the World

By: Herwig, Holger H.

Price: $17.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Random House Inc: 2009

Seller ID: 000364

ISBN: 1400066719

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Book is in Fine, unread condition. Unclipped dust jacket is Near Fine with mild scuffing and bumping, no tears. A new look at World War I
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Amsterdam

By: Mak, Geert

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Harvard Univ Pr: 2000

Seller ID: 000356

ISBN: 0674003314

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Book is in New condition. Dust jacket is in New condition. The history of Amsterdam told through stories.
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Retreat From Rostov

By: Paul Hughes

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Random House: 1943

Seller ID: 000384

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Book is in Good condition. Dust jacket is in Fair condition with some chipping to ends of spine, but the rest of the cover is bright with no fading. Inside pages are clean and tight.
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The Confederate Reader: How the South Saw the War

By: Richard B. Harwell

Price: $1.00

Publisher: Mineola, New York, U.S.A., Dover Publications: 1989

Seller ID: 000368

ISBN: 0486259803

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Book is in Good condition with a mild crease along the spine. No dust jacket. A very clean, solid copy. 389 pages plus ads
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Lafitte the Pirate

By: Saxon, Lyle

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Gretna, Louisiana, U.S.A., Pelican Pub Co Inc: 1994

Seller ID: 000370

ISBN: 0882893955

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Book is in Very Good condition. No dust jacket.
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Grab Bag

By: Various

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Various:

Seller ID: 000525

This is a grab bag of 4 - 5 books with no more than one paperback per order. YA to Adult titles will vary and can be anything from modern fiction to collectible books. If there is any genre you would rather NOT receive, please state that in the comments when you place your order.
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