Assortment Abbreviations Used
bottom . Code Description Price Alistair Cooke's America (used hc) By Alistair Cooke.
1973, Alfred A. Knopf, 400pp, color and b+w illustrations throughout, 11.5x8.3".
(VG in worn DJ.)
Heavily illustrated companion to the BBC/PBS TV series about American history.
(6/10/99)
$9.50
book3
The Fabulous Century: 1940-1950 (used hc) By Ezra Bowen (editor)
and Time-Life Books.
1969, Time-Life Books, 287pp, 11x8.5", Heavily illustrated with B+W photo throughout.
(VG, no DJ. Cover is textured cloth.)
A photographic review of the 1940s.
(6/10/99)
$14.00
book3.5
Hard Travellin': The Hobo and his History (used trpb) By Kenneth Allsop.
1967, New Americal Library/Plume, 448pp, Photo insert.
(VG-. Lightly soiled cover, else VG.)
A history of the American migrants and drifters often
romanticized by writers.
(7/10/99)
$10.00
book1.5
Dear Sir, Drop Dead!: Hate Mail Through the Ages (used trpb) By Donald Carroll (editor).
1979, Collier Books, 151pp. A collection of complaint letters to companies and individuals, mostly American.
(Fair. Reading copy. Mildly water damaged.)
(7/18/99)
$3.00
book1
The Fourth Estate: An Informal Appraisal of the News and Opinion Media (used trpb) By John L. Hulteng
and Roy Paul Nelson.
1983, Harper & Row, 483pp. Second edition.
(Near fine)
(7/18/99)
$8.00
book1.5
Class Act: America's Last Dirty Secret (used hc) By Benita Eisler.
1983, Franklin Watts, 352pp. About class divisions in America. First edition.
(Fine in Near Fine DJ.)
(7/29/99)
$9.00
book2
American Epoch: A History of the United States Since the 1890s (3 volume set. 3rd Edition) (used trpb) By Arthur S. Link
and William B. Catton.
1967, Alfred A. Knopf, 1754pp. Three-volume set covering (I) 1897-1920, (II) 1921-1941, and (III) 1938-1966.
(G.)
(9/7/99)
$15.00
book4
