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Abbot, Henry L. The Beginning of Modern Submarine Warfare Under Captain Lieutenant David Bushnell
Hamden Archon Books 1966 Hard Cover Fine 4to - over 9¾
Blue cloth boards, silver gilt title, issued without dust jacket, exhibits slight rubbing Reprint of the rare pamphlet The Beginning of Modern Submarine Warfare Under Captain-Lieutenant David Bushnell, Sappers and Miners, Army of the Revolution, Being a Historical Compilation Arranged by Lieut.-Colonel Henry L. Abbot, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.., Brevet Brigadier General, 1881. Bushnell, in 1776 built a one-man, hand-crank-powered submarine called the Turtle and has ever since been hailed as the father of the submarine and as a great American technological genius.
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75.00 USD
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Adams, Robert Winthrop Timing Your Golf Swing
New York The Citadel Press 1957 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Green cloth boards, dust jacket in mylar, exhibits rubbing to spine with minor paper loss, closed edge tears and wear; record appears to be in very fine to excellent condition and housed in sleeve which is attached to pastedown. Book-record combination with instruction to improve one's game and golf swing by twenty of the leading golf professionals of the day, including Byron Nelson, Horton Smith, Gene Littler, Gene Sarazen, Julius Boros, etc..
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20.00 USD
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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey An Old Town By the Sea
Boston Houghton Mifflin 1894 Third Edition Hard Cover Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Blue cloth boards with gilt border, wear to spine at head and tail which exhibits gilt title, endpaper with signature of previous owner, Frank J. Anderson, former director of Kansas Wesleyan and Wofford College Libraries, President of MPLA, charter member of the APHA, founding member of the Miniature Book Society, bookstore proprietor and publisher of the Kitemaug Press of Spartanburg, South Carolina. One of numerous books that we offer which were once in his personal library. Author as well as a poet describes with poetry and text, facts about his home and birthplace, historic Porstsmouth, New Hampshire..
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25.00 USD
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Anderson, Maxwell You Who Have Dreams
New York Simon & Schuster 1925 Hard Cover Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾
Olive paper covered boards with paper label on spine and front cover exhibit minor rubbing to head and tail of spine, light fading, crayon number endpaper, 71 pages, limited to 1000 copies of which this is #58. Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter and lyricist, and a founding member of The Playwrights' Company. He produced not only many notable plays of the 20th century, but adapted them for the screen launching the careers of actors who are today's legends. This is Anderson's first published book.
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Atil, Esin The Age of Sultan Suleyman, the Magnificent
Washington National Gallery of Art/Abrams 1987 Trade Paperback About New 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Pictorial wrappers in original shrink wrap, opened at the top, tears. Photographs and illustrations throughout complement the text from this exhibition catalog describing decorative arts, crystals, kaftans, rugs, ceramics, gold,and gems, etc., acquired during the 16th century Ottoman Empire reign of Sultan Suleyman.
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Barnes, John One for the Morning Glory
New York Tor 1996 0312861060 First Edition Hard Cover About New About New 8vo - over 7¾
Black paper covered boards and spine, gilt title, dust jacket protected by mylar. Fantasy in which a young prince drinks a forbidden elixir and half of his body vanishes. As a result his father, the King, dismisses those who swore their allegiance to protect him. After a long and tiring search for their replacement, for strangers are hired to filll the positions of royal alchemist, court witch, maidservant, and captain of the guard, respectively. Their arrival and bond to the prince and to each other is a mystery; yet the wisdom of all four is needed for the Prince to win back his kingdom after a treacherous invasion, avenge the death of his father, and become whole again.
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