Washington, DC: American Historical Association, 1980. Wraps. ix, 1055-1347 p. Includes: illustrations, index. 50 pages of advertisements at the back. Footnotes. More

Chicago: A Century of Progress, 1933. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 194 pages. Illustrations (a few in color). Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 9 25 inches. Folding map. Cover has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. Corners of some pages creased. A Century of Progress International Exposition was a World's Fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), which was held in Chicago, as The Chicago World's Fair, from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate the city's centennial. The theme of the fair was technological innovation. The fair's motto was "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Adapts". Its architectural symbol was the Sky Ride, a transporter bridge perpendicular to the shore on which one could ride from one side of the fair to the other. One description of the fair noted that the world, "then still mired in the malaise of the Great Depression, could glimpse a happier not-too-distant future, all driven by innovation in science and technology." Visitors saw the latest wonders in rail travel, automobiles, architecture and robots. More

Baltimore: The Baltimore Sun, 1987. 150th Anniversary Issue. Wraps. 196 pages, plus covers. Front cover folds out. Illustrations (some in color). Cover has some wear and soiling. Among the topics covered include: Politics, Civil Rights, Agriculture, Sports, Education, Communications, Transportation, and Entertainment. Among the contributors are: John Barth, Ernest Furgurson, John Dorsey, Scott Shane, Sam Fulwood, Alice Steinbach, Tom Horton, Susan Reimer, Mike Bowler, Patrick McGuire, Luther Young, Fred Rasmussen, and Reg Murphy. More

Lexington, MA: Heath Lexington Books, 1971. Hardcover. xi, 221 p.; 23 cm. Notes. Index. More

Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1963. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiv, 688 pages. Illustrations. Maps. For Further Reading. Index. DJ has wear, small tears and chips and soiling and is price clipped. Signed by the author on the title page. Theodore Christian Blegen (16 July 1891 – 18 July 1969) was an American historian and writer. Blegen was the writer of numerous historic reference books, papers and articles written over a five decade period. His primary areas of focus were of the history of the state of Minnesota and of Norwegian-American immigration. Blegen was a professor of history (1920–1927) at Hamline University in St. Paul, after which he moved to the University of Minnesota (1927–1939), later serving as dean of the graduate school (1940–1960). His career with the Minnesota Historical Society began in 1922, serving an apprenticeship in the arts of editing and meticulous research. He succeeded to the position of superintendent of the historical society, and a seat on the executive council, serving until 1939. He returned to the Society as a research fellow in 1960 after his retirement. In 1925, Blegen was appointed the first managing editor of the Norwegian-American Historical Association. During WWII, he directed the National Historical Service, preparing materials for the U.S. Army's G.I. Roundtable. He was elected president of the Organization of American Historians in 1943. He was one of the founders of the Forest History Society, serving two terms as president. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1946 and The Royal Norwegian Society from 1954. In 1950 he was knighted into the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1940. First? Edition. First? Printing. 19 cm, 88, stiff board covers, diagrams, boards soiled and worn at edges and spine, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More

New York: Norton, c1978. First Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 287, illus., DJ flap price clipped. More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. 21 cm, 273, illus. More

Jim Thorpe, PA: Carbon County Commissioners, c1959. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Staple bound, printed on both sides of the sheet. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Rare surviving copy. 18 pages (including 2 that are blank). Cover is worn and soiled. Some wear at edges and page discoloration. The last page with printing has the date of May 12, 1959 and is information on labeling from the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE Food Distribution Division which was located in New York City. In addition to recipes there is a table that shows how much milk powder to use to replace various amounts of bottle milk. The recipes include some for vegetable dishes, desserts, cheese and meat dishes, bread and muffins, and rice. There is also information on how to use dried whole egg solids (stabilized) in family meals. More

St. Paul, MN: Governor's Study Commission, 1958. First? Edition. First? Printing. 196, maps, figures, tables, apps, some bd wear/soiling. Inscribed by Gov. Orville Freeman to economist John Kenneth Galbraith. More

New York: Viking, 2005. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xi, [5], 575, [1] pages. Maps. Further Readings, Illustrations. Illustration credits. Index. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Signed on title page. Autographed sticker on front of DJ. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee (1991); Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize); Collapse (2005); and The World Until Yesterday (2012). Originally trained in physiology, Diamond is known for drawing from a variety of fields, including anthropology, ecology, geography and evolutionary biology. He is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy of the world's top 100 public intellectuals. More

Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1991. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 222 pages. Illustrations. Index to Counties. Index to Towns. Name of previous owner on fep. The post cards are reproduced at 86% to 96% of original size. The post card was, or could be, an inexpensive means of advertising. Cards postmarked in the city that was the subject of the view were particularly sought after. In 1909 one national post card collector's club based in Philadelphia claimed to have ten thousand members. After the Columbian Exposition, several companies began to issue limited edition series of postcards. In the early 1900's Eastman Kodak developed a postcard size paper which photographs could be printed on. The first picture post cards from Georgia were a set of twelve views commemorating the Cotton States Exposition held in Atlanta in 1895 and sold from vending machines. The rest is history and is documents in this monumental and intriguing work. More

State College, PA: Pennsylvania State College, 1946. 24 cm, 540, illus. (inc. 1 fold-out), appendices, index, some scratching and wear to boards. More