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Six Seconds in Dallas: A Micro-Study of the Kennedy Assassination Proving that Three Gunmen Murdered the President by: Thompson, Josiah
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Six Seconds in Dallas: A Micro-Study of the Kennedy Assassination Proving that Three Gunmen Murdered the President by: Thompson, Josiah

Hardcover. NY, Bernard Geis Associates, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 323 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some mild edge wear and chipping, but is still in good condition overall. Blue cloth cover boards with half red paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages, despite minor foxing along the top edge. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book will lead you, step by step, through a unique reconstruction of the assassination that changed history. Previous owner's name is signed on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34392
Price: $75.00 

Brother, The - The untold story of atomic spy David Greenglass and how he sent his sister, Ethel Rosenberg, to the electric chairRoberts, Sam
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Brother, The - The untold story of atomic spy David Greenglass and how he sent his sister, Ethel Rosenberg, to the electric chair


Roberts, Sam

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 543 pages. Half-cloth boards. Illustrated with 8 pages of black & white photographs. Dust jacket with minor edgewear.

Record # 602096


Price: $13.00 

Crisis 1918 by: Gies, Joseph
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Crisis 1918 by: Gies, Joseph

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price-clipped, and the laminate on the front has begun to bubble, but it is otherwise in good condition. Black paper covers with a red cloth spine are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. This book is a history of World War I, focussing on the leading actors, strategies, and events in the German gamble for total victory on the Western Front. Clean copy. Record # 34497
Price: $12.00 

 

Life, Speeches and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln


Barrett, J. H.

Hardcover. Cincinnati, Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1st, 1865, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 842 pages. Missing frontis illustration. Brown cloth cover with embossed border, gilt lettering to spine, includes messages, proclamations, letters, etc. Rear interior hinge paper cracked. Worn, faded cover with chipping at top and bottom of spine, foxing evident, light signs of mildew evident to endpapers, previous owner's signature to blank preview page, small newspaper clipping with illustration of and poem about Abraham Lincoln to blank preview page; otherwise a neat, tight copy.

Record # 604790


Price: $96.00 

 

Emperor: Time's Tapestry 1


Baxter, Stephen

Hardcover. London, Gollancz, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 302 pages. Purple boards, gilt. Very good pictorial dust jacket.

Record # 40128


Price: $16.00 

 

Anglo-America Relations during the Spanish-American War


Reuter, Bertha Ann

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages. Dark red cloth covers, gilt titles to spine. Clean covers, through spine slightly faded, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 606707


Price: $25.00 

 

World Elsewhere, A - One Man's Fascination with the American Southwest


White, Jon Manchip

Hardcover. New York, Crowell, 1st , 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, dj spine faded. Black & white photos

Record # 51090


Price: $8.00 

 

Conservative England and the Case Against Voltaire


Schilling, Bernard N.

Hardcover. New York, Columbia University, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 394 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Fading to spine cloth. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608559


Price: $20.00 

 

War So Terrible - Sherman and Atlanta


McDonough, James Lee and James Pickett Jones

Hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos

Record # 51424


Price: $20.00 

Secret Six - The true Tale of the Men Who Conspired with John Brown, The by: Renehan, Jr., Edward J.
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Secret Six - The true Tale of the Men Who Conspired with John Brown, The by: Renehan, Jr., Edward J.

Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 1995, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 308 pages. Book shows standard wear. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing. Record # 608766
Price: $12.00 

 

Korean War, The - Challenges in Crisis, Credibility and Command


Kaufman, Burton I.

Hardcover. Philad., Temple Univ., 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 52825


Price: $18.00 

 

Long May She Wave - A Graphic History of the American Flag


Hinrichs, Kit/Delphine Hirasuna

Hardcover. Berkeley, Ten Speed Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Illustrated in full color. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609083


Price: $30.00 

 

Flavor of San Francisco - A Guide to "The City"


Delkin, James Ladd

Paperback. Stanford, CA, James Ladd Delkin, 1st Wraps, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A travel guide to San Francisco pub. during WW II. Black & white illust, maps

Record # 57274


Price: $20.00 

 

Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia


Jordan, Jr., Ervin L.

Softcover. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 447 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609199


Price: $12.00 

 

My Connemara


Steichen, Paul

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 3rd, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Carl Sandburg's granddaughter tells what it was like to grow up on the poet's North Carolina mountain farm. 47 photos. Dj with edgewear, chipping.

Record # 59891


Price: $18.00 

 

Caspar Hauser


Wassermann, Jacob

Hardcover. New York, Horace Liveright, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 467 pages. Front and rear hinges cracked. Cloth covers show standard wear. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 609908


Price: $35.00 

Living and the Dead, The - Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost WarHendrickson, Paul
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Living and the Dead, The - Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War


Hendrickson, Paul

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 427 pages. Light edgewear to pictorial dust jacket, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 61126


Price: $6.00 

 

Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut, The


Mather, Frederic Gregory

Hardcover. Albany, F. G. Mather, 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1204 pages. Black & white illustrations. Ex-museum library copy with minimal library marking. Moderate fraying to cloth at top and bottom of spine. Previous owners inscription in pencil on front endpaper. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 610309


Price: $225.00 

 

Texan Jazz


Oliphant, Dave

Paperback. Austin, Univ. of Texas Press, 1st pbk., 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. 481 pages.

Record # 61517


Price: $20.00 

 

Here They Dug the Gold - The Story of the Colorado Gold Rush


Willison, George F.

Hardcover. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 306 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611370


Price: $15.00 

 

VE Day In Photographs


McKnight, Sean

Hardcover. London, Salamader, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 64 pages of black & white historic photos of the Allied celebration over Nazi Germany. No dust jacket issued.

Record # 63600


Price: $23.00 

 

Coming of the Civil War, The


Craven, Avery

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press/Civil War Book Club, 1st Thus, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 491 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON A TIPPED-IN PAGE. Book has musty smell. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612170


Price: $38.00 

 

Growth of the American Republic, The (2 vols.)


Morison, Samuel Eliot and Henry Steele Commager

NY, Oxford Univ. Press, Rep. , 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust., maps. 785 pages. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Spine lettering faded.

Record # 65868


Price: $40.00 

 

Inka Empire and Its Andean Origins, The


Morris, Craig/Adriana von Hagen/John Bigelow Taylor

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 251 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners inscription on half title page. Illustrated with full color photographs. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612400


Price: $44.00 

 

Advance and Retreat to Saratoga in the American Revolution


Bennitt, C.E.

Schenectady, Robson & Adee, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, First appeared as articles in Schenectady newspaper. Black & white illust. 80 pages.

Record # 67068


Price: $13.00 

 

American Impact on Russia -Diplomatic and Ideological - 1784-1917, The


Laserson, Max M.

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, 1st, 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 441 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Cloth covers with rubbing to corners. Dust jacket with chunks of paper missing along edges - jacket now protected with plastic cover.

Record # 613515


Price: $15.00 

 

Alaskan Bird-Life as Depicted by Many Writers


Ingersoll (Ed.), Ernest

Softcover. NY, National Assoc. of Audubon Societies, 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 7 color plates, black & white illustrations. 72 pages. Cardboard cover with cloth spine, cover & spine labels.

Record # 68349


Price: $15.00 

 

Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1892 - With Biographical and Historical Notes


Kingman, Bradford

Softcover. Washington, D. C., Library of Congress, Reprint, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 330 pages. Softcover. 2014 Library of Congress reprint. Black & white illustrations. Book measures: 7.24" X 11.5". Some curling to front cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 613827


Price: $38.00 

 

Autumn of the Middle Ages, The


Huizinga, Johan (Transl by R.J. Payton & U. Mammitzsch)

Chicago, Univ. of Chicago, 1st US, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, A new translation of the author's major work originally titled: The Waning of the Middle Ages. 467 pages.

Record # 68863


Price: $25.00 

 

Hearts in Conflict: A One-Volume History of the Civil War


Anders, Curt

New York, Birch Lane/Carol Publishing Group, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 642 pages, b&w maps. Like new in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 700032


Price: $18.00 

 

View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages


Hallam, Henry

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, rep, 1854, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, From the 6th London Ed. Complete in one volume. Covers loose, spine missing. reading copy

Record # 70664


Price: $15.00 

 

Custer Favor the Bold - A Soldier's Story


Kinsley, D.A.

New York, Promontory Press, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 557 pages, b&w illustrations. A biography of General George A. Custer originally published in two volumes in the 1960s.

Record # 700415


Price: $18.00 

 

Grant as a Military Commander


Marshall-Cornwall, James

Hardcover. NY, Batsford/Von Nostrand, Book Club, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white Illustrations, 20 maps, 244 pgs. Dust jacket with edgewear, chips.

Record # 100979


Price: $18.00 

 

Giant in Gray


Wellman, Manly Wade

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 387 pages including index and black & white photos. Gray cloth boards with light scuffing, edgewear, spotting to text edges otherwise very good.

Record # 700709


Price: $40.00 

 

Voyage of the Damned


Thomas, Gordon and Max Morgan Witts

Hardcover. NY, Stein and Day, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos. Beautiful and new-looking condition. Hardbound, no dust jacket, 317 pgs.

Record # 109286


Price: $18.00 

 

Century of Travels in China, A - Critical Essays on Travel Writing from the 1840s to the 1940s


Kerr (Editors), Douglas/Julia Kuehn

Hardcover. Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 1st Edition, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages. Hardcover. Black cover boards with gilt titles to cover & spine. Full color & black & white illustrations following page 74. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 750231


Price: $31.00 

 

Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company, The - A Story of George Washington's Times.


Royster, Charles

NY, Knopf , 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 622 pages.

Record # 200210


Price: $25.00 

Civil War, The - State by StateHearn, Chester G.
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Civil War, The - State by State


Hearn, Chester G.

Hardcover. Devon, BlueRed Press, 2nd Printing, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages. Hardcover with printed map to cover boards. Profusely illustrated. Full page, full color & black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with only marginal wear. Clean & unmarked. A nice copy.

Record # 750489


Price: $38.00 

Second Year Of The Nixon Watch, The  by: Osborne, John
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Second Year Of The Nixon Watch, The by: Osborne, John

hardcover. NY, Liveright , 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illustrations by Bill Maudlin. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping. Record # 202450
Price: $12.00 

 

Metaphysics


Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.

Softcover. Princeton, Princeton University Press, First Edition, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 470 pages. Softcover. Previous owner's light pencil marking to several pages has been erased, faint marks remain. Crisp covers. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 750872


Price: $88.00 

 

Yankee Peddlers of Early America, The


Dolan, J.R.

New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 2nd, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 270 pages.Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front end paper.

Record # 203784


Price: $15.00 

Mysteries of Time and Spirit - The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Donald WandreiLovecraft, H. P./S. T. Joshi & David E. Schultz (Editors)
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Mysteries of Time and Spirit - The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Donald Wandrei


Lovecraft, H. P./S. T. Joshi & David E. Schultz (Editors)

Hardcover. San Francisco, Night Shade Books, First Edition, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 439 pages. Hardcover with facsimile copy of handwritten letters to endpapers. Black cloth covered boards with iridescent titles to cover & spine. Frontis illustration of H. P. Lovecraft & Donald Wandrei in black & white. Dust jacket with light, marginal wear to edges. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751009


Price: $80.00 

 

The Story of the 91st Division


N/A

Hardcover. San Francisco, Division Publication Committee, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 177 pages. Black & white photography. Cover has very light edgewear.

Record # 206861


Price: $40.00 

 

Story of the Battles of Gettysburg, The


Scott, James K. P.

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., First Edition, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 301 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt titles to cover & spine. Previous owner's inscription, "This book was purchased on the battle field at Gettisburg July, 6, 1927." Moderate foxing to preliminary pages & endpaper. Light toning elsewhere throughout. Frontis illustration in bw. Tight binding with light sunfade, light edgewear, clean & unmarked.

Record # 751288


Price: $25.00 

 

A Century of Service 1848-1948


Ellis, Mary W.

Paperback. Springfield, VT, Ladies Benevolent Society, 1st wraps, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 23 pages. Paperback. Black & white photography. Cover has wear.

Record # 208072


Price: $15.00 

 

This Blessed Land


Dekovic, Gene

Hardcover. St. Helena, CA, Illuminations Press, First Edition, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 104 pages. Wine boards with silver titles to spine. Full page, black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with toning & small tears to edges. Lightly tanned to edges inside jacket. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. One illustration in full color. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751419


Price: $31.00 

 

SOLDIER IN THE WEST: THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF ALFRED LACEY HOUGH


Athearn, Robert G. (Ed.)

Hardcover. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 250 pages. Black cloth, silver lettering. Pictorial dust jacket with tape repair.

Record # 220702


Price: $16.00 

 

Ink Manufacture Including Writing, Copying, Lithographic, Marking, Stamping and Laundry Inks


Lehner, Sigmund

Hardcover. London, UK, Scott, Greenwood & Son, Second Edition, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 171 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Green boards with black printed titles to cover & spine. Light wear to covers & to crown & heel of spine, spot of wrinkling to rear board. Light toning throughout. Marking to last page. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 751517


Price: $38.00 

 

Reunion Celebration Together with an Historical Sketch of Peru, Bennington County, Vermont and Its Inhabitants from the First Settlement of the Town


Batchelder Ira K.

Hardcover. Brattleboro, E. L. Hildreth & Co. , 1st, 1891, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, B&W illust. 144 pgs. Light wear to green cloth cover. Gilt lettering on front "History of Peru, Vt." A few tiny spots of bubbling on back cover, probably from glue in production. Patterned end papers.

Record # 300349


Price: $60.00 

Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream by: Watson, Bruce
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Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream by: Watson, Bruce

Softcover. New York, Penguin Group, Viking , 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, uncorrected proof, 519 pages, very clean, tight copy, like new, review slip laid in. Record # 800602
Price: $12.00 

 

Gateway of Vermont, The - Hartford and Its Villages


N/A

Paperback. New Lebanon, NH ?, 1st wraps, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 71 pages and ads. B&W photos. Some shelf soiling. Good plus in an archival binder. Printed by Bailey & Hatton, New Lebanon, NH. Includes: White River Junction; Hartford; West Hartford; Wilder; Quechee. Vermont; New England; Town history. Some advertising. Secured in archival binder.

Record # 301043


Price: $35.00 

 

Challenge to Liberty, The


Hoover, Herbert

Hardcover. New York, Scribner's, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 212 pages. Red cloth, gilt. Spine faded. Previous owner's signature.

Record # 803563


Price: $10.00 

 

Government and Labor in Early America


Morris, Richard B.

New York, Columbia University Press, 2nd, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 557 pages. Ex-lib, but internally clean and tight. Light marking and residue to end papers.

Record # 302937


Price: $25.00 

 

Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association: The Fourteenth Annual Meeting with Constitution, By-Laws and List of Memebers (vol. 12)


n/a

Hardcover. New York, New York State Historical Association , 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 423 pages. Blue cloth, gilt. Hinge cracked, spine rubbed. Illustrated with black & white plates. Minor foxing to title page.

Record # 804345


Price: $26.00 

 

Schenectady and the Great Western Gateway - Past and Present


N/A

Paperback. Schenectady, Schenectady Chamber of Commerce, 1st wraps, 1926, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: None, 68 pages, B&W photos. On occasion of the dedication of the Great Western Gateway Bridge. Paper chipped from spine, otherwise Very good. Paperback

Record # 303404


Price: $18.00 

 

George Washington and the New Nation (1783-1793)


Flexner, James Thomas

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 466 pages, b&w photographic plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket worn with slight soiling to covers. Light foxing to edges, else a nice, tight copy in brodart cover.

Record # 806595


Price: $20.00 

 

Land of Enchantment - The Penobscot Bay - Mount Desert Region of Maine


Stiles, Dan

Concord, NH, Sugar Ball Press, 1st , 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 181 pages, B&W photos, end paper map. Dust jacket badly chipped, previous owner's inscription on preliminary page.

Record # 304241


Price: $15.00 

 

At the Supreme War Council


Wright, Captain Peter E.

Hardcover. New York & London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st?, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 201 pages, with a handful of b&w illustrations and fold-out maps. Covers the Supreme War Council, the campaign of 1918, and the Battle of St. Quentin. Burgundy hardcovers, showing some edge-wear. Pages unmarked, although slightly yellowed. Library stamps on front endpaper, as well as a name of previous owner. Overall, a tight, clean copy.

Record # 808042


Price: $15.00 

 

Maine Coast Portraits - Volume One


Claes, Frank E. & Shirley M. Brown

Hardcover. Camden, ME, Camden Herald Pub. Co., 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non paginated. Hardcover. SIGNED BY CLAES ON FRONT FLY LEAF. B&W landscape photos by Claes throughout. Some soil and shelf wear to covers, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 304706


Price: $24.00 

 

Collectible Tin Containers with Price Guide, Book Two


Pettit, Ernest L.

Softcover. Wynantskill, NY, Ernest L. Pettit, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Illustrated throughout in color. Light edge wear; else a clean copy in good condition.

Record # 808826


Price: $25.00 

 

Outwitting the Gestapo


Aubrac, Lucie

Hardcover. Lincoln NE, University of Nebraska Press , 1st US, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 235 pages, clean hardcover, illustrated with b&w photos. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 400988


Price: $12.00 

China Since 1800 by: Harrison, John A.
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China Since 1800 by: Harrison, John A.

Paperback. New York , Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 278 pages. Light wear and rubbing to edges and spine. Nice reading-copy. Record # 809699
Price: $12.00 

 

Freddy's War: The Civil War Letters of John Frederick Frueauff


Gilbert, Sr. (Ed.), Daniel R.

Hardcover. Bethlehem PA, Moravian College, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 232 pages, b&w illustrations. Letters recount details of everyday life in the Union Army. Frueauff was in the 153d Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Record # 402623


Price: $30.00 

 

Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring


Willoughby, Charles A.

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 315 pages. B&W illustrations. Missing dust jacket. Gilt title to spine with slight wear. Slight wear to corners and slight foxing to all edges. Otherwise, a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850102


Price: $15.00 

 

Life of Israel Putnam: Major-General in the War of the American Revolution


Cutter, William

Hardcover. New York, George F. Cooledge, 1st, 1847, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 383 pages, blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering and design on spine. Black and white frontispiece portrait and other engravings. Cloth torn along edges of spine, covers edgeworn, moderate foxing to pages.

Record # 404103


Price: $50.00 

 

Private Smith's Journal: Recollections of the Late War


Walton, Clyde C.

Hardcover. Chicago, R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Lakeside Classic edition. 253 pages, b&w illustrations. Blue covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 850797


Price: $28.00 

 

To the Royal Academy of Brussels


Franklin, Benjamin

Hardcover. New York, privately printed, reprint, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 13 page essay, Franklin's famous essay on farting. Here printed and bound in a 64 page signature, most of the pages therefore blank. Three-quarter leather with marbled boards, gold lettering on spine. Limited to 250 copies, this being #90.

Record # 405128


Price: $38.00 

 

Five Sea Captains


Teller, Walter (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 431 pages, b&w photographs and illustrations. Edgewear, chipping, rubbing to price-clipped dust jacket; spine yellowed. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851887


Price: $15.00 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 110 - 1980 by: Gerber (Ed.), Douglas E.
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Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 110 - 1980 by: Gerber (Ed.), Douglas E.

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406512
Price: $12.00 

 

Life of Nelson, The: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain


Mahan, A. T.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 2nd, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 764 pages. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. B&w frontispiece and b&w illustrations with fold-out map. Gilt top edge. Wear, rubbing, and light soiling to cover. Front hinge cracked.

Record # 851944


Price: $25.00 

Spaniard in the Portuguese Indies, A: The Narrative of Martin Fernandez de Figueroa by: McKenna, James B.
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Spaniard in the Portuguese Indies, A: The Narrative of Martin Fernandez de Figueroa by: McKenna, James B.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 288 pages, b&w illustrations. Red dust jacket with rubbing, light edgewear. Record # 406660
Price: $12.00 

 

Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, The


Mahan, A. T.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, & Co, 5th, 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes; 380 and 428 pages respectively. Gilt top edge, gilt cover decoration and titling to both. Rubbing and edgewear to both covers. Spotting to cover of Vol I. Spines slightly frayed. Vol I has light spotting to endpapers.

Record # 852046


Price: $40.00 

Lincoln and the Emperors by: Tyrner-Tyrnauer, A R.
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Lincoln and the Emperors by: Tyrner-Tyrnauer, A R.

Hardcover. New York , Harcourt Brace & World, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 176 pages, hardcover in an edgeworn dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate on front fly leaf otherwise clean. Record # 408313
Price: $12.00 

 

School for Statesmen, The: Or the Public Man's Manual; Being a complete guide to the Constitution Since the Reform Bill


M. P., An Old

Hardcover. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1st, 1837, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages. Corner and spine edge wear. Small chunk missing from top of spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front fly leaf . Very minor spotting throughout. Raised band leather spine. Faded marbled edges.

Record # 852324


Price: $25.00 

Historic Cars of the Seashore Electric RailwayN/A
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Historic Cars of the Seashore Electric Railway


N/A

Softcover. Kennebunkport ME, New England Electric Railway Historical Society, reprint, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 32 pages illustrated in b&w, stapled wraps. From a museum library with light stamping, small stickers on covers. Otherwise clean.

Record # 411923


Price: $16.00 

 

Post-Captain, The: Or the Wooden Walls Well Manned Comprehending a View of Naval Society and Manners


Davis, John

Hardcover. London, The Scholartis Press, reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 247 pages. Minor dust jacket rubbing, cover and spine edge wear and tear. Small closed tear on rear of dust jacket. Otherwise, clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852383


Price: $40.00 

Charleston: Historic and RomanticLeiding, Harriette Kershaw
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Charleston: Historic and Romantic


Leiding, Harriette Kershaw

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth decorated with gilt design. 293 pages illustrated with 80 b&w plates. Spine faded, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 412074


Price: $31.00 

 

Recollections of James Anthony Gardner Commander R. N. (1775-1814).


Hamilton, G.C.B. (ed.), Sir. R. Vesey, John Knox Laughton, M.A., D.Litt.,

Hardcover. London, Spottiswoode and Co., Ltd., 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Tan and blue cloth cover with gilt lettering and emblem. Some wear on edges and spine. Faint smudges on cloth cover. Some foxing throughout. Pages and untrimmed and some unopened. Printed for the Navy Records Society. Bright and clean inside.

Record # 852452


Price: $35.00 

Slavery and Human ProgressDavis, David Brion
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Slavery and Human Progress


Davis, David Brion

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1984, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 374 pages. Light wear and foxing to dust jacket, all edges shows faint foxing. A nice, tight copy

Record # 450560


Price: $12.00 

 

Hartford County Medical Association, 1792-1992


Crombie, M.D., H. David, Robert U. Massey M.D.,

Softcover. Hartford, CONNECTICUT, Hartford County Medical Association, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 74 pages. Off-white cover with emblem design and very little wear. Printed on 200th anniversary of the Hartford County Medical Association. Inside is bright and clean. Many b&w photographs and illustrations throughout. Includes list of members and list of past Presidents of the Association.

Record # 852598


Price: $18.00 

Cadets at War: The True Story of Teenage Heroism at the Battle of New MarketBeller, Susan Provost
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Cadets at War: The True Story of Teenage Heroism at the Battle of New Market


Beller, Susan Provost

Hardcover. White Hall, Va., 1st, April 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 95 pages, b&w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451480


Price: $20.00 

 

Utah Historical Quarterly: Volume 53.


Smith (ed), Melvin T.

Hardcover. Salt Lake City, Utah Historical Society, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 416 pages. Brown cloth cover, slightly oversized, gilt lettering, very little wear. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w photographs throughout. A nice copy.

Record # 852885


Price: $20.00 

 

Soc Trang: A Vietnamese Odyssey


Bartecchi, Carl E (Photographer)

Hardcover. 1st, January 1, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 181 pages, b&w photographs. Small tear to dust jacket; protected by mylar cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451870


Price: $30.00 

 

Midget Raiders, The: The Wartime Story of Human Torpedoes and Midget Submarines


Warren, C. E. T., James Benson

Hardcover. New York, William Sloane Associates, Publishers, 2nd printing, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 318 pages, with b&w photographs. Dust jacket edge wear, rubbing and clipped flaps. Otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 852996


Price: $12.00 

Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company, The: A Story of George Washington's TimesRoyster, Charles
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Fabulous History of the Dismal Swamp Company, The: A Story of George Washington's Times


Royster, Charles

Hardcover. New York, 2nd pr, October 3, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 622 pages, several b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452976


Price: $18.00 

 

Lincoln: History of a Mountain Town from First Settlements to the Present.


Reed, Richard V.

Paperback. Barre, VT, Modern Printing Co., Inc., 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 104 pages. Cover has minor wear. Previous owner's inscription on front cover. Published on occasion of the Bicentennial, 1780-1980. Contributing writers are Adair McKean, Margaret Rood and Christie Sumner. Photography by Donald Brown. Edited by Linda Norton and Travis Harris. Many b&w photographs throughout.

Record # 853184


Price: $30.00 

Politics of Punishment, The : Prison Reform in Russia, 1863-1917Adams, Bruce Friend
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Politics of Punishment, The : Prison Reform in Russia, 1863-1917


Adams, Bruce Friend

Hardcover. DeKalb, Ill., Northern Illinois University Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages. Minor wear to upper edge of dust jacket, else like new.

Record # 453357


Price: $25.00 

 

Short History of the Arabs, A


Gabrieli, Francesco

Hardcover. London, Robert Hale, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages, translated by Salvator Attanasio, with illustrations. Minor dust jacket edge wear and foxing on top edge, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853763


Price: $12.00 

 

St. Petersburg Between the Revolutions: Workers and Revolutionaries


McKean, Robert B.

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 606 pages. Light wear and creasing to dust jacket edges, small ink-stain to rear cover. Bump to lower edge of spine. Nice, tight copy.

Record # 453438


Price: $20.00 

 

Treat 'Em Rough!: The Birth of American Armor, 1917-20


Wilson, Dale E.

Hardcover. Novato, California, Presidio, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 243 pages, with maps and illustrated dust jacket. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 854135


Price: $12.00 

History of Chinese Civilization, A  by: Gernet, Jacques
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History of Chinese Civilization, A by: Gernet, Jacques

Softcover. Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 772 pages, b&w illustrations. Faint foxing to top edge. Clean, tight copy. Record # 453665
Price: $12.00 

 

From the Jaws of Victory: A History of the Character, Causes and Consequences of Military Stupidity, From Crassus to Johnson and Westmoreland


Fair, Charles

Hardcover. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 445 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf, previous owner's signature on title page and rear fly leaf, light dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, neat and tight copy.

Record # 854563


Price: $20.00 

 

Command under Sail


Bradford, James C.

Hardcover. Annapolis, Md., Naval Institute Press, 1st, March 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 333 pages, b&w illustrations. Minor wear to dust jacket. Else very good.

Record # 454780


Price: $15.00 

 

Irish Civil War, The


Coogan, Tim Pat & George Morrison

Hardcover. Boulder, CO, Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 287 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light edgewear and scuffing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 854806


Price: $40.00 

British Admirals of the Eighteenth CenturyCreswell, John
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British Admirals of the Eighteenth Century


Creswell, John

Hardcover. Shoe String Press, Incorporated, 1st, October 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 263 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 454859


Price: $18.00 

Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental RailroadBain, David Haward
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Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad


Bain, David Haward

Hardcover. New York , Viking Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 797 pages, b&w photos. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Light edgewear to upper edge of dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 855190


Price: $38.00 

 

A history of the French navy, from its beginnings to the present day


Jenkins, Ernest Harold

Hardcover. 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 364 pages. Minor dust jacket rubbing and edge wear. Price clipped. A clean and tight copy with illustrations.

Record # 455168


Price: $55.00 

 

Studies in Genevan Government 1536 - 1605


Monter, E. William

Hardcover. Geneva, Librairie Droz, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages, light edge wear and corner bump, light yellowing to pages, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 855360


Price: $25.00 

 

Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II


Rees, Laurence

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Da Capo Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 160 pages. Light wear to edges of cover and dust jacket. Inside is nice and clean, with b&w photographs.

Record # 455580


Price: $12.00 

 

French Society and Revolution


Johnson, Douglas

Hardcover. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 321 pages. Foxing to dust jacket, both sides. Fading to dust jacket spine. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855459


Price: $25.00 

 

History of Falmouth Working Boats


Alun, Davies

Softcover. SOS Free Stock, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 203 pages, with b&w photographs throughout. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456279


Price: $50.00 

Deviants and the Abandoned inn French Society: Selections from the Annales: Economies, Societes, Civilisations by: Forster, Robert & Ranum, Orest
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Deviants and the Abandoned inn French Society: Selections from the Annales: Economies, Societes, Civilisations by: Forster, Robert & Ranum, Orest

Softcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st ed., 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages. Foxing to edges. Some fading to spine and cover. Otherwise, tight clean copy. Record # 855544
Price: $12.00 

 

Boston A to Z


O'Connor, Thomas H.

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 370 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf, with photographs. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456845


Price: $18.00 

 

Riots and Community Politics in England and Wales 1790-1810


Bohstedt, John

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 1st ed., 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 310 pages. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine. Light pencil underlining throughout. Fading/discoloring to dust jacket. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855694


Price: $19.00 

Sword And The Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive And The Secret History Of The KgbAndrew, Christopher
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Sword And The Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive And The Secret History Of The Kgb


Andrew, Christopher

Hardcover. New York, Basic Books, 2nd printing, September 23, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 700 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 457282


Price: $15.00 

 

Life and Death of Soviet Trade Unionism: 1917-1928, The


Sorenson, Jay B.

Hardcover. New York, Atherton Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 283 pages. Some chipping and closed tears on dust jacket. A little creasing on dust jacket flaps. Dust jacket now protected by clear, plastic cover. Foxing on top edge and a bit on fore edge. Minor pen mark on fore edge. 8 pages underlined in ink in last chapter. Good, tight copy.

Record # 856341


Price: $25.00 

 

History of Marksmanship, A


Trench, Charles Pocklington Chenevix

Hardcover. Chicago, rep, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 319 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Some shelf-wear, scuffing to dust jacket. Internally very good.

Record # 457664


Price: $23.00 

 

Ghost Towns of British Columbia


Ramsey, Bruce

Hardcover. Vancouver, Canada, Mitchell Press Limited, 4th printing, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 226 pages. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Light edge- and shelf-wear on dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856651


Price: $13.00 

 

Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 18


Yolton, John W.

Hardcover. Colleagues Pr, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 515 pages, gilt title on dark red cloth board, minor edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright.

Record # 457835


Price: $13.00 

 

First Battle of Britain 1917-1918 and the Birth of the Royal Air Force, The


Fredette, U.S.A.F., Major Raymond H.

Hardcover. London, Cassell, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 289 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear and tearing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 856954


Price: $25.00 

Slavery and the Annexation of TexasMerk, Frederick
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Slavery and the Annexation of Texas


Merk, Frederick

Hardcover. Random House Children's Books, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 290 pages, plus index in rear. Light dust jacket edge wear, remainder mark on bottom edge, otherwise, very clean and bright copy.

Record # 457953


Price: $25.00 

Rome Fell Today  by: Adleman, Robert H. and Colonel George Wilson
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Rome Fell Today by: Adleman, Robert H. and Colonel George Wilson

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company , 1st, 1968 , Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers and fly leafs. Some tearing and edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 857467
Price: $12.00 

 

Time, Religion and History


Gallois, William

Softcover. Longman, 1st UK, October 25, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 293 pages. Light wear to covers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458285


Price: $13.00 

 

Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America, The


Lambert, Frank

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 328 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A survey on religion and the state in early America. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Ink stamp on title page. Previous owner's name in ink on the back of half title page. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951137


Price: $31.00 

Civil War Boston: Home Front and BattlefieldO'Connor, Thomas H.
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Civil War Boston: Home Front and Battlefield


O'Connor, Thomas H.

Hardcover. Boston, Northeastern, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 313 pages, b&w illustrations. Minor sunning to dust jacket spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458593


Price: $13.00 

 

East of the Sun


Bobrick, Benson

Hardcover. London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1st UK, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 542 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The conquest and settlement of Siberia. With black-and-white photographs. Age toning, light fading to text block. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 951525


Price: $29.00 

 

Ships of the German Fleets, 1848-1945, The


Hansen, Hans Jurgen

Hardcover. Arco, reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w with a few color plates. Light de-lamination to front cover of dust jacket . Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459906


Price: $19.00 

 

Cloak & Cipher


Moore, Dan Tyler and Martha Waller

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A history of secret writing; the analysis of famous codes and ciphers and the role of cryptanalysis in great events. Mild spotting to dust jacket flaps and rear panel. Light rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Blue toning to top text block edge. With black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Record # 951893


Price: $19.00 

Ghost Town El Dorado by: Florin, Lambert
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Ghost Town El Dorado by: Florin, Lambert

Hardcover. Bonanza Bks, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 460033
Price: $12.00 

Scoundrel's Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers (SIGNED)Bagley, Will
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Scoundrel's Tale: The Samuel Brannan Papers (SIGNED)


Bagley, Will

Paperback. Logan UT, Utah State University, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 476 pages, paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front flyleaf. through letters and other documents by Samuel Brannan and his contemporaries, Will Bagley offers the first honest and accurate portrait of one of the most colorful and important figures in California and Mormon history. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Slight creasing to front lower fore edge. Sticker denoting autograph attached to front cover. Mild age toning to text block edges. A tight copy.

Record # 952509


Price: $63.00 

Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence by: Langguth, A. J.
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Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence by: Langguth, A. J.

Hardcover. US, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2006-11-07, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 482 pages, Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462100
Price: $12.00 

 

Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906 (The Penguin History of Britain)


Cannadine, David

Hardcover. US, Viking, First Edition, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 601 pages. Hardcover. Crisp, clean & unmarked with illustrated dust jacket, also in very good condition. 16 pages of illustrations & photographs in full color. Tight binding. A very nice copy.

Record # 2230281


Price: $23.00 

Rebels of Ireland, The : The Dublin Saga by: Rutherfurd, Edward
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Rebels of Ireland, The : The Dublin Saga by: Rutherfurd, Edward

Hardcover. US, Doubleday, 1st, 2006-02-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 863 pages. Light edgewear to dust jacket, and slight soil to top edge, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462388
Price: $12.00 

 

Lord of All the Dead: A Nonfiction Novel


Cercas, Javier

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 270 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Wear on the edges of dust jacket, otherwise tight and clean copy.

Record # 2230477


Price: $23.00 

Rivers of Fortune: Where Maine Tides and Money Flowed by: Caldwell, Bill
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Rivers of Fortune: Where Maine Tides and Money Flowed by: Caldwell, Bill

Hardcover. US, Gannett Books, 1st, 1983-12-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 265 pages. Light edgewear and some rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462868
Price: $12.00 

The Voynich Manuscript: The Mysterious Code That Has Defied Interpretation for CenturiesKennedy, Gerry
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The Voynich Manuscript: The Mysterious Code That Has Defied Interpretation for Centuries


Kennedy, Gerry

Softcover. Rochester, VT, Inner Traditions, 2nd, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 392 pages. Softcover. Very minor wear, foxing to top of text block, otherwise clean and tight copy.

Record # 2230724


Price: $16.00 

Stalking the Academic Communist: Intellectual Freedom and the Firing of Alex Novikoff. Ellen W. Schrecker, fwd. by: Holmes, David R.
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Stalking the Academic Communist: Intellectual Freedom and the Firing of Alex Novikoff. Ellen W. Schrecker, fwd. by: Holmes, David R.

Softcover. US, Vermont, 1st, 1989-01-15, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Light edgewear and creasing to wrappers, foxing to edges. Record # 463859
Price: $12.00 

Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History, Volume IICayton, Mary Kupiec (ed.)
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Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History, Volume II


Cayton, Mary Kupiec (ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Scribners, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 830 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very light normal scuffing to covers and wear to corners, but otherwise very clean and tight copy. Volume 2 only. Domestic shipping only.

Record # 2230982


Price: $75.00 

Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by: Tobin, Jacqueline L.
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Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by: Tobin, Jacqueline L.

Hardcover. US, Doubleday, 1st, 1999-01-19, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages. B&w and color photographs. Slight damp stain along top edge of dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 466144
Price: $12.00 

 

Holy Roman Empire, The


Heer, Friedrich

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Praeger, 1st us, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 310 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Top front of dust jacket chipped, torn and wrinkled. Wear on spine, tape repair on rear dust jacket.

Record # 2233320


Price: $25.00 

IMPERFECT GOD. AN: GEORGE WASHINGTON, HIS SLAVES, AND THE CREATION OF AMERICA by: Wiencek, Henry
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IMPERFECT GOD. AN: GEORGE WASHINGTON, HIS SLAVES, AND THE CREATION OF AMERICA by: Wiencek, Henry

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Good, 404 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w illustrations and photographs. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. . 404 pages. Record # 467422 Record # 467422
Price: $12.00 

 

How to Do It: Guides to Good Living for Renaissance Italians


Bell, Rudolph M.

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 375 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's light pencil markings throughout. Tight copy with minior wear to covers. A few black and white illustrations.

Record # 2233539


Price: $19.00 

Bright Paradise by: Raby, Peter
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Bright Paradise by: Raby, Peter

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout. Marking throughout, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468170
Price: $12.00 

 

Society Against the State: Essays in Political Anthropology


Clastres, Pierre

Softcover. New York, Zone Books, 5th, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Softcover with light wear to wrappers. Tight copy.

Record # 2233769


Price: $19.00 

Man Who Tried to Buy the World, The: Jean-Marie Messier and Vivendi Universal by: Orange, Martine
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Man Who Tried to Buy the World, The: Jean-Marie Messier and Vivendi Universal by: Orange, Martine

Hardcover. New York, Portfolio Hardcover, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 268 pages. Hardcover. 8 pages of b&w photographs. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468326
Price: $12.00 

Gentlemen on the PrairieHarnack, Curtis
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Gentlemen on the Prairie


Harnack, Curtis

Hardcover. Ames, IO, Iowa St. University , 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 254 pages, b&w illustrations. An historical account of Upper Class British immigrants in Early Iowa.

Record # 2015


Price: $20.00 

 

Monmouthshire Medley Vol. 4: Some Rare Antiquarian Views in the County


Nichols, Reginald

Softcover. South Wales, Village Publishing, First Edition, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 52 pages. Softcover profusely illustrated in black & white including maps and drawings throughout. Age toning to wraps & light wear to edges, creases to corners. Few small spots to front flyleaf & light toning throughout. Top right corner gently bowed to several pages. Otherwise clean & unmarked

Record # 6670006


Price: $15.00 

body and the blood, The: the Holy Land's Christians at the turn of a new millennium : a reporter's journeySennott, Charles M.
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body and the blood, The: the Holy Land's Christians at the turn of a new millennium : a reporter's journey


Sennott, Charles M.

Hardcover. New York, Public Affairs, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 479 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469251


Price: $19.00 

 

Confederate Agent


Horan, James

Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, b&w plts

Record # 5850


Price: $18.00 

Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918, TheHalpern, Paul G.
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Naval War in the Mediterranean, 1914-1918, The


Halpern, Paul G.

hardcover. Annapolis, Md., Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 631 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Tape repair on closed tear spine of dust jacket. Abrasion on spine of cover boards, marring the gilt lettering. Fading to fore edge dust jacket, fraying to top. Cloth cover boards have some darkening to edges. Internally very good.

Record # 469486


Price: $50.00 

 

Proceedings on the Death of Hon. Solomon Foot - Including Addresses Delievered in the Senate and House


N/A

Hardcover. Wash, D.C., GPO, 1st, 1866, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Foot was a Vermont Senator. Limp cloth covers

Record # 19949


Price: $40.00 

Ghosts of Mississippi: The Murder of Medgar Evers, the Trials of Byron De LA Beckwith, and the Haunting of the New South by: Vollers, Maryanne
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Ghosts of Mississippi: The Murder of Medgar Evers, the Trials of Byron De LA Beckwith, and the Haunting of the New South by: Vollers, Maryanne

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co (T), 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Record # 469978
Price: $12.00 

Williamstown: Vermont in the Civil WarZeller, Paul G.
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Williamstown: Vermont in the Civil War


Zeller, Paul G.

Softcover. Charleston, SC, The History Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 190 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Very clean inside and out. From the back cover: "These are the unvarnished stories of Williamstown in the Civil War. ...With the support of the Williamstown Historical Society, author Paul Zeller honors the Williamstown soldiers and ordinary citizens who fought to preserve the Union and presents their incredible stories of adventure and bravery."

Record # 30394


Price: $25.00 

Great Invasion of 1863, Or, General Lee in Pennsylvania, The: Embracing an Account of the Strength and Organization of the Armies of the Potomac and NoHoke, Jacob
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Great Invasion of 1863, Or, General Lee in Pennsylvania, The: Embracing an Account of the Strength and Organization of the Armies of the Potomac and No


Hoke, Jacob

Softcover. Gettysburg, PA, Stan Clark Military Books, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 613 pages. Softcover with light edge wear to paper wrappers. Sun fading to front and spine.

Record # 470460


Price: $15.00 

Columbia History of American Poetry, TheParini, Jay (editor)
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Columbia History of American Poetry, The


Parini, Jay (editor)

Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 894 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 470645


Price: $25.00 

 

Signal: Years of Triumph 1940-42: Hitler's Wartime Magazine


Mayer,S.L. (Ed.)

Hardcover. New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 1st USA, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Pages clean. In excellent shape. Perfect for WWII collectors or enthusiasts. Dramatic events were caught and printed in the pages of Signal, Hitler's Wartime Picture Magazine, which was the largest selling magazine in Europe during WWII.

Record # 31436


Price: $23.00 

London 1753Oconnell, Sheila
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London 1753


Oconnell, Sheila

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st US, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to back cover. Otherwise tight copy. Black & white and color images throughout.

Record # 470840


Price: $31.00 

 

Battered Stars, The: One State's Civil War Ordeal During Grant's Overland Campaign From the Home Front in Vermont to the Battlefields of Virginia (INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR)


Coffin, Howard

Hardcover. Woodstock, VT, Countryman Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 415 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Deckled foreedge. B/w illustrations throughout. Blue cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean, binding tight. Spine straight. looks barely read and nearly new. Coffin tells the story of the people at home, of the granite-like resolve; as well as the wartime scenes as they appear today.

Record # 31806


Price: $25.00 

 

Full Duty: Vermonters In The Civil War


Coffin, Howard

Hardcover. Woodstock, VT, The Countryman Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 376 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slight shelfwear to front cover. Clean copy with minor edgewear. dust jacket front inside flap price clipped. Foxing to dust jacket. Otherwise tight copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471065


Price: $19.00 

 

Ancient Mexico: An Introduction to the Pre-Hispanic Cultures


Peterson, Frederick, Jos

Hardcover. New York, NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st U.S.A., 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 313 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, has some tanning, covered in protective plastic, no rips. Some tanning from age to pages and edges, doesn't affect text or illustrations. In very good shape for its age. Books presents a coherent picture of ancient Mexico from the days of the early elephant hunters to the Spanish Conquest, and deals with all the major groups: Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Olmecs, Toltecs, Tarascans, Mixtecs and Zapotecs.

Record # 32162


Price: $23.00 

 

River of Mountains: A Canoe Journey Down the Hudson (New York State Series)


Lourie, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Syracuse University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 327 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor sun fading to dust jacket front and some foxing to textblock top edge. Otherwise very clean, unmarked, tight copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471153


Price: $15.00 

 

Golden Age of Piracy, The


Rankin, Hugh F.

Hardcover. New York, Colonial Williamsburg/Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1st Edition, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 173 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine and decoration on front cover board, excellent. Dust jacket price clipped, has some agewear (see image). Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Spine straight. In great condition. The 7th in a series of popular histories of Williamsburg and Tidewater, Virginia in the eighteenth century.

Record # 32452


Price: $15.00 

 

Corvette: The Fascinating Story of America's Favorite Sports Car


Publishing, Parragon (Creator)

Hardcover. London, Parragon Publishing, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Slight curling to dust jacket top edge. Otherwise very clean, unmarked copy, with only minor edgewear. Color photographs throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471197


Price: $25.00 

The French Revolution & Birth of Modernity by: Feher, Ferenc
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The French Revolution & Birth of Modernity by: Feher, Ferenc

Softcover. Oakland, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 298 pages, soft cover. Binding and interior pages in very good condition. Written from widely different perspectives, these essays characterize the Great Revolution as the dawn of the modern age, the grand narrative of modernity. The scope of issues under scrutiny is extremely broad, ranging from the analyses of the hotly debated class character of 1789 and the problem of the nation state to the ?Cult of the Supreme Being," the emancipation of the Jews, and the cultural heritage of the Revolution. Previous owner's name written in the inside cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33591
Price: $15.00 

 

History and Reading: Tocqueville, Foucault, French Studies


LaCapra, Dominick

Softcover. Toronto, ON, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor shelfwear.

Record # 471409


Price: $15.00 

When Hell Was In Session by: Denton, Jeremiah Jr. A.
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When Hell Was In Session by: Denton, Jeremiah Jr. A.

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Morley Books, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 248 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is dented on the bottom edge and wrinkled along the top, but the cloth covers underneath are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. "When Hell Was in Session" is a 1975 memoir by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, recounting his experiences as an American prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War. Clean copy. Record # 33709
Price: $15.00 

Last Witch of Langenburg, The: Murder In A German VillageRobisheaux, Thomas
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Last Witch of Langenburg, The: Murder In A German Village


Robisheaux, Thomas

Hardcover. New York, WW Norton, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 384 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Very faint foxing to top edge of textblock.

Record # 471695


Price: $19.00 

Cardiff by: Thompson, Herbert M.
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Cardiff by: Thompson, Herbert M.

Hardcover. U.K., William Lewis, 2nd, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages, hardcover. Cloth covers are in good condition, despite one wear spot on the front cover. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a historical sketch which details the history of Cardiff, capital of Wales, from the coming of the Romans to the dominance of Cromwell, with a supplementary chapter on the transition which took place in the 19th century when Cardiff ceased to be a small country town. Previous owner's signature on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33804
Price: $12.00 

 

Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States


Glassie, Henry

Philadelphia, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pges + index. Illustrated with black & white photos, drawings, floor plans. Ex-lib with library bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, stamping to edges, endpapers, label on spine - otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 502597


Price: $18.00 

A History of Three Mile Island Camp by: Editor: Rogovin, Larry
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A History of Three Mile Island Camp by: Editor: Rogovin, Larry

Softcover. Lake Winnipesaukee, NH, Three Mile Island Camp, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 205 page, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. B&W photography throughout. This book details the history of the Three Mile Island Camp on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. Includes information on yearly camp records, board members, native species, and much more. Clean copy. Record # 33917
Price: $40.00 

 

Uncle Tom's Cabin


Stowe, Harriet Beecher

New York, A.L.Burt Publisher, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 467 pages plus ads in rear. Gilt top edge. Edgewear and rubbing to corners and spine. Spine slightly faded. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. A few pages in beginning of book loose.

Record # 506153


Price: $10.00 

Capitalism Russian-Style by: Gustafson, Thane
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Capitalism Russian-Style by: Gustafson, Thane

Softcover. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st thus, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 264 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book provides a progress report on one of the most important economic experiments going on in the world, the building of capitalism in Russia. It describes Russian achievements in building private banks, companies, stock exchanges, new laws and law courts. It analyzes the role of the Mafia, the new financial empires, entrepreneurs, business tycoons, and the shrinking Russian state. Thane Gustafson tells how the Soviet system was dismantled and the new market society was born, and examines the prospects for a Russian economic miracle in the twenty-first century. Clean copy. Record # 33979
Price: $12.00 

 

Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, The: Series A: Cuneiform Texts. Volume VIII, Part I: Legal and Commercial Transactions by Albert T. Clay


Hilprecht, H. V.

Softcover. Philadelphia, Department of Archaeology, U of Penn, 1908, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Heavy chipping to spine. Edgewear, soiling to covers.

Record # 506901


Price: $64.00 

The Unknown Civil War in Soviet Russia: A Study of the Green Movement in the Tambov Region, 1920??"1921 by: Radkey, Oliver H.
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The Unknown Civil War in Soviet Russia: A Study of the Green Movement in the Tambov Region, 1920??"1921 by: Radkey, Oliver H.

Hardcover. Stanford, CA, Hoover Institution Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 457 pages, hardcover. Green cloth covers have some edge wear at the top and bottom of the spine, but are still in good condition. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This scarcely available book is devoted to the third force in the Russian Revolution, the Green--or peasant--resistance movement, which began in the Ukraine, spread to Great Russia, and eventually attained the proportions of a second civil war. Previous owner's initials have been engraved on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34038
Price: $35.00 

 

Lives of the Lord Chancellors of England, vol. II


Campbell, Lord

Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1874, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 445 pages. Volume II. Black & white frontispiece with tissue-guard. Writing in pencil on rear endpaper. Some wear to corners and spine.

Record # 507693


Price: $16.00 

Lord and Peasant in Russia: From the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century by: Blum, Jerome
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Lord and Peasant in Russia: From the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century by: Blum, Jerome

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 656 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with light shelf wear and bumping to the top edge. Tan cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is is a political, social, and economic history of Russia. It centers on the evolving relationships between landowners and peasants, and how that relationship impacted the politics and economic conditions inside Russia. Previous owner's signature is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34128
Price: $25.00 

 

Growth of English Industry and Commerce During the Early and Middle Ages


Cunningham, W.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1890, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 626 pages. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. Wear to corners and spine. Faded spine.

Record # 508082


Price: $14.00 

Crossroads of War: Washington County, Maryland in the Civil War by: Keller, S. Roger
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Crossroads of War: Washington County, Maryland in the Civil War by: Keller, S. Roger

Hardcover. Shippensburg, PA, Burd Street Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book brings into sharp focus a cross-section of little known happenings of both civilians and the military. These are eyewitness accounts of moments in Washington County history, a piece of the fabric that is altogether American History. Clean copy. Record # 34177
Price: $15.00 

 

Frontier of Freedom: The Portrait of an Extraordinary Village, Old Deerfield, Massachusetts


Chamberlain, Samuel and Henry N. Flynt

New York, Hastings House, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 170 pages. Contains numerous black & white photography of inside and outside of houses in Old Deerfield. Some pages signed by current occupants (1958) of historic houses. Dust jacket with chipping, light soiling.

Record # 508681


Price: $20.00 

The Invention of Pornography: Obscenity and the Origins of Modernity, 1500-1800 by: Editor: Hunt, Lynn
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The Invention of Pornography: Obscenity and the Origins of Modernity, 1500-1800 by: Editor: Hunt, Lynn

Hardcover. NY, Zone Book, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 411 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is has some light edge wear and minor staining along the top edge. Black cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W illustrations throughout. In this groundbreaking collection of essays, historians and literary theorists examine how, between 1500 and 1800, pornography emerged as a literary practice and a category of knowledge intimately linked to the formative moments of Western modernity and the democratization of culture. Clean copy. Record # 34262
Price: $18.00 

Folklore of the North American Indians - An Annotated Bibliography by: Ullom, Judith C.
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Folklore of the North American Indians - An Annotated Bibliography by: Ullom, Judith C.

Hardcover. Washington, Library of Congress, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 126 pages. Cloth boards. Black & white illustrations/reproductions. General Reference book of American Indian folklore. Previous owners signture on front endpaper. Clean, tight copy. Record # 511576
Price: $12.00 

Victorian Revolutionaries: Speculations on Some Heroes of a Culture Crisis by: Peckham, Morse
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Victorian Revolutionaries: Speculations on Some Heroes of a Culture Crisis by: Peckham, Morse

Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 310 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some rubbing, foxing, and edge wear, but is still in good condition overall. Red cloth boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. End papers and page edges have light foxing. Binding is solid. This book presents a study of the manner in which a number of 'heroic' Victorian men navigated Morse's conception of a 19th century cultural crisis by confounding the expectations of their environment; effectively, in Morse's terms, transcending their own cultural milieu in an effort to create new cultural pathways that eventually feed into new cultural growth and development. Contains previous owner's light pencil markings throughout. Record # 34360
Price: $13.00 

 

New Country, The - A Social History of the American Frontier 1776-1890


Bartlett, Richard A.

NY, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 487 pages, b&w illustrations. End paper map, in a very good but spine-faded dust jacket.

Record # 601488


Price: $19.00 

Inside Hitler's High Command by: Megargee, Geoffrey P. Murray, Williamson (Foreword)
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Inside Hitler's High Command by: Megargee, Geoffrey P. Murray, Williamson (Foreword)

Hardcover. Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 327 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, black paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. One bump to the bottom edge of the front cover. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. In this book, Megargee exposes the structure, processes, and personalities that governed the Third Reich's military decision making, and shows how Germany's presumed battlefield superiority was undermined by poor strategic and operational planning at the highest levels. Clean copy. Record # 34463
Price: $12.00 

 

Ethan Allen and the Green-Mountain Heroes of '76


De Puy, Henry W.

Hardcover. Buffalo, Phinney & Co., 1st, 1853, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 428 pages. Bottom 1/4 of spine missing. Hinges weak. Foxing thoughout. Previous owners signature on front endpaper. One signature loose from center of block. Sold As-Is.

Record # 604583


Price: $32.00 

Gas! Gas! Quick, Boys: How Chemistry Changed the First World War by: Freemantle, Michael
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Gas! Gas! Quick, Boys: How Chemistry Changed the First World War by: Freemantle, Michael

Softcover. Gloucestershire, U.K., The History Press, Reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, soft cover. Paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains a bind-in halfway through with B&W photography. Chemistry was not only a destructive instrument of World War I, but also healed the sick and wounded. This book explores both the danger and healing potential, revealing how the arms race was also a race for chemistry, to the extent that Germany's thirst for fertilizer to feed the creation of their shells nearly starved the nation. Clean copy. Record # 34530
Price: $12.00 

 

Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic


Takeyh, Ray

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 2006, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 259 pages. White cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Lovely copy, like new.

Record # 606631


Price: $20.00 

 

Hurry Home Wednesday - Growing Up in a Small Missouri Town 1905-1921


Reid, Loren

Hardcover. Columbia, Univ. of Missouri, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. previous owner's signature front end paper, otherwise

Record # 50938


Price: $18.00 

 

In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan


Leuchtenburg, William E.

Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 346 pages. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket. Spine slightly faded, hinge cracked at page 208, previous owner's bookplate to front fly leaf. Jacket shows wear, rubbing, chipping to edges and spine. Overall a nice, clean copy.

Record # 606878


Price: $15.00 

 

Jonathan Hale Farm, The - A Chronicle of the Cuyahoga Valley


Horton, John J.

Hardcover. Cleveland, Western Reserve Hist. Soc., 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pub. #116 of the Society. Black & white photos

Record # 51357


Price: $14.00 

 

Freebooters of the Red Sea


Cochran, Hamilton

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 223 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped, with standard wear overall. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608665


Price: $15.00 

 

Westward Crossings, The - Balboa, MacKenzie, Lewis & Clark


Mirsky, Jeanette

Hardcover. New York , Knopf, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 365 pages, b&w illustrations and map. Dust jacket with light soil, edgewear, spine fade. Clean.

Record # 52797


Price: $12.00 

 

How Congress Evolves - Social Bases of Institutional Change


Polsby, Nelson W.

Softcover. New York, Oxford, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 257 pages. Paperback. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609008


Price: $12.00 

 

American President, The


Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B., Philip B. Kunhardt III and Peter W. Kunhardt

Hardcover. NY, Riverhead, rep., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, A pictorial record of the Presidency. Color, black & white illust. Large format. 481 pages

Record # 57040


Price: $45.00 

 

Vermonters in the Civil War: Manuscripts in the Special Collections Department, University of Vermont Library


Marshall, Jeffery D.

Softcover. Burlington, University of Vermont, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 36 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Some brief margin notes in pencil.

Record # 609180


Price: $18.00 

 

Dauntless Dive Bomber of World War Two, The


Tillman, Barrett

Hardcover. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 2nd, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 232 pages.

Record # 59260


Price: $25.00 

 

Vital Records of Walpole, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850


Woods, Henry Ernest/C. B. Tillinghast/Charles Knowles Bolton/Francis Everett Blake/

Hardcover. Boston, NEHGS, 1st, 1902, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 216 pages. Front hinge cracked, with front cover and spine cloth loose from book. Good research copy. Cloth covers age darkened. Sold AS-IS.

Record # 609641


Price: $20.00 

 

Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont


N/A

Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Tuttle Co., 1st , 1883, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Seventh Biennial Session 1882. Worn covers, internally VG

Record # 60876


Price: $14.00 

 

Iroquois Restoration - Iroquois Diplomacy on the Colonial Frontier, 1701-1754


Aquila, Richard

Hardcover. Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 285 pages. 7 pages of black & white illustrations. Spine slightly cocked. Dust jacket worn. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610179


Price: $15.00 

 

Layfayette


Woodward, W.E.

Hardcover. NY, Farrar & Rinehart, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. 472 pages. Dj with edgewear, chipping.

Record # 61245


Price: $20.00 

 

Address of The President of the United States - Delivered at a Joint Session of The Two Houses of Congress - April 2, 1917


Wilson, Woodrow

Hardcover. New York, Edward J. Clode/Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610597


Price: $13.00 

 

Confederate Ordeal - The Southern Home Front (Civil War Series)


Time-Life Books

Hardcover. Alexandria, VA, Time-Life, Rep., 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color, black & white illust. 176 pages.

Record # 63490


Price: $19.00 

 

Great Invasion, The


Hoke, Jacob

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Yoseloff, Reprint, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 615 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611980


Price: $15.00 

 

Romantic Cities of California


Hawthorne, Hildegarde

hardcover. NY, Appleton-Century, 1st, 1939, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color frontis, many black & white drawings by E. H. Suydam. Light shelfwear to book, still G+

Record # 64994


Price: $20.00 

 

Between Two Revolutions - Islandmagee, County Antrim 1798-1920


Akenson, Donald Harman

Hardcover. Hamden, Archon Books, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 221 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name at top right corner of title page. Faint damp smell. No dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612353


Price: $125.00 

Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1900, A5:36:34 PM Reminiscences of the Revolution by: N/A
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Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators 1900, A5:36:34 PM Reminiscences of the Revolution by: N/A

Stoughton, MA, A. M. Bridgman, 1st , 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Many black & white photos. 204 pages. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Front fly leaf missing otherwise VG. Record # 66495
Price: $12.00 

 

Back Home in Oneida - Hermon Clarke and His Letters


Jackson, Harry F./Thomas F. O'Donnell

Hardcover. Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 212 pages. Hardcover. 8 pages of black & white illustrations. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613477


Price: $15.00 

 

United States of Ambition, The - Politicians, Power, and the Pursuit of Office


Ehrenhalt, Alan

NY, Times/Random House, 1st , 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 309 pages.

Record # 68061


Price: $15.00 

 

Derwent; or, Recollections of Young Life in the Country


Chester, John

Hardcover. New York, Anson D. F. Randolph & Company, 1st, 1872, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 365 pages plus 6 pages of ads. Previous owners inscription in pencil on front endpaper. Original advertising leaflet for book laid-in. Moderate rubbing, chipping to cover edges. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613670


Price: $63.00 

 

Patriots, Pistols, and Petticoats


Fraser, Jr., Walter J.

Charleston, SC, Charleston County/The Citadel, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 154 pages. The history of Charleston and the surrounding area during the American Revolution.

Record # 68655


Price: $15.00 


  
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