john w caughey (18 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, black cloth boards show light scuffing and bumping, some of the white lettering shows a few scuffed areas as well. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight and clean. No hinge issues, no signatures or bookplates, library markings etc. The only evidence of handwriting is in the upper outside corner of the front end page, where there is faint evidence of what appears to be an old store price penciled and then later erased.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

PAPERBACK. Zustand: Very Good+. Offprint. p607-628. Octavo in wraps. Light rust spots where wraps cover binding staples, else clean, crisp, and unworn. Reprinted from the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Volume XL, No. 4, March, 1954.

Very good with very good dust jacket. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed at spine tips, corners and bottom front edge. 214 pages with index and bibliography.

Zustand: Very Good. 17, [1] pp, paperback, near fine. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (American frontier, Biographies) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. W.R. Cameron (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8VO. (23 CM.) XVI, 321P. Illustrated with line drawing vignettes by W.R. Cameron and four photo reproductions. Bibliography and index. Red cloth with black letters on the spine and a vignette of a miner in black on the front cover. Near fine with clean cloth and no internal markings. Dust jacket is darkened but not price-clipped. John Walton Caughey was Professor of American History in UCLA and the author of several other books of Western Americana. This book is all about gold mining and is in the CHRONICLES OF CALIFORNIA series.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. xi, 214pp. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with the extremities lightly worn. An examination of the 'special flowering of vigilantism on the American frontier'. Including: "The Hanging of Juanita" by David P. Barstow, "The Execution of Dave Brown" by Harris Newmark, and much more.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 213 pages; Complete with a comprehensive bibliography. Description: 214 p. 23 cm. Subjects: Lynching --United States. Mobs --United States. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used: Very Good. 1st ed. Cloth, 113pp, DJ with a darkened spine, else vg. From the library of David Noble.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Cameron, W. R. (illustrator). Paperback Octavo. wraps, 323 pp, cover soiled, spine cocked, red marking on top edge, edges lightly soiled Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Leinen. Zustand: gut. - Sehr gutes Exemplar, Schutzumschlag mit leichten Gebrauchs- und Alterungsspuren, Farbkopfschnitt - In englischer Sprache. 813 S. pages. 25,5 x 16,5 cm.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Jacket priceclipped with average wear and tear. Book near VG with moderate wear, pages yellowed with an occasional minor blemish, binding firm.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. . (illustrator). México 1955. Instituto Panamericano de Geografia e Historia. Comisión de Historia 75. 17x11 cm. 127 págs. Texto en Ingles.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xvi, 321 pp. ; LCCN: 48-10984 ; LC: F865; Dewey: 979.4 ; OCLC: 484956; Series: Chronicles of California ; a detailed history of the California gold rush, with many details of travel and incidents, and methods of mining ; ex-lib ; slightly foxed ; library embossed stamp on title page, else VG. Book.

First Edition. Caughey, John W. In Clear and Present Danger: The Crucial State of Our Freedoms. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1958]. First edition. 207 pp. Publisher's red cloth, very good in shelf worn dust jacket. Tear to the front dust jacket cover. Author's inscription and signature to title page, otherwise internally clean. $45. * A timely and critical mid-century analysis of American civil liberties during the height of the Cold War. Caughey examine the intense pressures placed on the Bill of Rights by McCarthyism, loyalty oaths, and anti-communist paranoia, offering a passionate defense of intellectual freedom and traditional constitutional safeguards.

CAUGHEY, John W. THEIR MAJESTIES THE MOB. [Chicago]: University of Chicago Press, [1960]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket; 214 pages. First Edition. A study of the vigilante process past and present, with more than 50 documents comprising a living record of vigilantism. Signed presentation from Caughey on the front endpaper, to the chancellor of his university: "To Vern Knudsen with warmest regards, here's a bit of revisionist history, harvested during your chancellorship. John Caughey." Knudsen was the Chancellor of UCLA from 1959 to 1960, while Caughey was a professor there and when this book was published. A nice association copy! Near fine; little edgewear d/j. $85.00.