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One Drop of Blood  by: Malcomson, Scott L
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One Drop of Blood by: Malcomson, Scott L

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 584 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466179
Price: $12.00 

 

To-Day on the Nile


Dunning, H.W.

Hardcover. New York, James Pott & Company, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 270 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Gutter cracked in multiple pages. Previous owner's bookplate and name on front end paper and front fly leaf. Map in rear partially disconnected. Covers show moderate wear and spine is loose.

Record # 2233342


Price: $25.00 

For God, Country and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It by: Pendergrast, Mark
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For God, Country and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It by: Pendergrast, Mark

Softcover. New York, Basic Books, reprint , 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, New York, Basic Books, reprint , 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: None, 523 pages. Softcover. Light edge wear to top and fore edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. . Record # 467494 Record # 467494
Price: $12.00 

 

Retreat from China


Clifford, Nicholas

Hardcover. London, Longmans Green and Co, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages. Hardcvoer with price-clipped and worn dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with light edgewear to covers.

Record # 2233549


Price: $19.00 

Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy by: Castanza, Philip
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Films of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy by: Castanza, Philip

Hardcover. Secaucus NJ, Citadel Press Inc.,U.S., 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 223 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468229
Price: $12.00 

 

Old Franciscan Missions of California, The


James, George Wharton

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Soiling to some pages, foxing. Rubbing to covers and fraying to spine. Scuffing on rear board.

Record # 3603


Price: $26.00 

 

Road to Verdun, The: World War I's Most Momentous Battle and the Folly of Nationalism


Ousby, Ian

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 393 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket plastic sleeve, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 2233789


Price: $19.00 

Skin Tight: The Bizarre Story of Guess v. Jordache by: Byron, Christopher
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Skin Tight: The Bizarre Story of Guess v. Jordache by: Byron, Christopher

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1992, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 384 pages. Hardcover. B&w photography throughout. Some edge wear, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468355
Price: $12.00 

 

Jefferson & the Ordeal of Liberty


Malone, Dumas

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good,

Record # 7629


Price: $20.00 

 

Ars Medica, Art, Medicine, and the Human Condition: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs from the Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art


Karp (Editor), Diane R.

Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, First Edition, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 231 pages. Softcover. Full color illustrated wraps with light sunfade to spine & light wear to edges. 116 plates in bw & full color. Beautifully designed and published to accompany the collection held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Clean and unmarked copy.

Price: $15.00 

Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village by: Schmemann, Serge
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Echoes of a Native Land: Two Centuries of a Russian Village by: Schmemann, Serge

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 350 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. B&w photographs throughout. Illustrated chapter headings. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469276
Price: $12.00 

 

East European Revolution


Seton-Watson, Hugh

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 3rd, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 435 pages. Hardcover. b/w illustrations. Gilt title on spine. Cover shows just a bit of wear, otherwise in great shape considering age. Pages only slightly yellowed, but clean inside.

Record # 30175


Price: $19.00 

Lost World: Rewriting Prehistory: How New Science Is Tracing America's Ice Age MarinersKoppel, Tom
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Lost World: Rewriting Prehistory: How New Science Is Tracing America's Ice Age Mariners


Koppel, Tom

Hardcover. New York, Atria, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469806


Price: $13.00 

Great Civil War, A: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865Weigley, Russell F.
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Great Civil War, A: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865


Weigley, Russell F.

Hardcover. Indiana, Indiana University Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 612 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. From the dust jacket front flap: "No one knows more about warfare, ancient and modern, than Russell Weigley. A lifelong student of both strategy and tactics, he also brings to his account a deep understanding of the importance of individuals, from generals to captains to privates. He can put the reader on the battlefield as well as anyone who has ever written about war, and he does it countless times in A Great Civil War."

Record # 30529


Price: $15.00 

Slovak History: Chronology and LexiconBartl, Julius
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Slovak History: Chronology and Lexicon


Bartl, Julius

Hardcover. Wauconda, IL, Slovenske Pedagogicke Nakladatelstvo, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to illustrated boards. Gilt decoration on front, gilt lettering on spine and gilt decoration on rear cover, stamped decoration on front. Tight copy. English translation.

Record # 470026


Price: $44.00 

Reformation in England, TheHughes, Philip
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Reformation in England, The


Hughes, Philip

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan, 5th, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 408, 366, 460 pages. Hardcover. Three volumes in one. Bound in red, gilt title on spine. B/w plates/illustrations throughout. Some fading to spine, and some slight scrapings to covers, otherwise in very good condition. Pages yellowed with age, but plates still clean and bright.

Record # 30663


Price: $63.00 

103rd Ballot, The: Democrats and the disaster in Madison Square GardenMurray, Robert K
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103rd Ballot, The: Democrats and the disaster in Madison Square Garden


Murray, Robert K

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket has soiling on rear, small tear to spine and edgewear. Internally clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to boards. Black and white pictures in center. Clean.

Record # 470495


Price: $19.00 

 

Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederacy


Richard M. McMurry

Hardcover. Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 2000, 229 pages. Hardcover. Great Campaigns of the Civil War series. B/w illustrations. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages and edges clean. Looks nearly new and barely read. In great shape. McMurry examines the Atlanta campaign as a political and military unity in the context of the greater struggle of the war itself.

Record # 31795


Price: $25.00 

Due Considerations: Essays and CriticismUpdike, John
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Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism


Updike, John

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 736 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Blue top edge. Tight copy.

Record # 470808


Price: $31.00 

 

Story of American Furniture, The


Ormsbee, Thomas Hamilton

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Company, Reprint, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout: "...With Thirty-one Line Drawings by Robert Curry and One Hundred and Seventeen Illustrations". Cover boards bound in blue cloth, gilt title on spine, some fading and agewear. Previous owner's note of date of receipt (February 5, 1944) on front flyleaf. Title blind-stamped on front cover board. Pages and edges have some tanning from age, doesn't affect text or illustrations. A tremendous resource for the antique furniture collector or dealer.

Record # 32028


Price: $15.00 

Dialectical CriticisMccanles
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Dialectical Criticis


Mccanles

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 300 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Foxing to back cover. Otherwise tight copy.

Record # 470970


Price: $15.00 

 

Rags: Being an Explanation of Why They Are Used in the Making of Paper


Andrews, Arthur E.

Hardcover. N/A, Spohnsored by Manufacturers of Quality Papers, 1st, c. 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nonpaginated. Hardcover. Illustrations in red throughout. Includes paper samples. Light green cover boards with dark green quarter cloth. Title in red and black on front cover board. Agewear to covers (see image). Pages and edges have a touch of tanning from age, doesn't affect text. Binding tight, spine straight. Probably published in early 1920's.

Record # 32278


Price: $15.00 

 

Dark Harbor


Ward, Nathan

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black spine with red lettering. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Tight copy.

Record # 471116


Price: $19.00 

 

Handwrought Ancestors


Rawson, Marion Nicholl

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1st Edition, 1936, Dust Jacket: Poor, 366 pages. Hardcover. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated by the author, b/w illustrations throughout. Tanning to pages and edges from age. Deckled foreedge. Some light underlining (pencil) in a few places. Binding good, spine straight. Dust jacket unclipped, has definite agewear (see image). This book deals with the old farm tinkerin' shops and those other tiny shops along village streets in which our cherished antiques came into existence. Pen drawings (150) by the author.

Record # 33434


Price: $23.00 

 

Arabs, The: A History


Rogan, Eugene

Hardcover. New York, Basic Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 592 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Color images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471189


Price: $75.00 

Stagecoach North: Being an Account of the First Generation in the State of Vermont by: Lee, Storrs W.
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Stagecoach North: Being an Account of the First Generation in the State of Vermont by: Lee, Storrs W.

Hardcover. NY, MacMillan, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 210 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fairly good condition, some wear and tear at corners and along top edge. Book scarce in original dust jacket. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. History of an early American family, set in Middlebury, VT. Clean copy. Record # 33680
Price: $25.00 

 

Hamilton, Bermuda: City and Capital, 1889-1997


Robb, Benbow Colin H. and Marian S.

Hardcover. Bermuda, Print Link, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471236


Price: $25.00 

A Journey to Alaska by: Teichmann, EmilEditor: Teichmann, OskarForward by: Gruening, Ernest
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A Journey to Alaska by: Teichmann, Emil Editor: Teichmann, Oskar Forward by: Gruening, Ernest

Hardcover. NY, Argosy - Antiquarian Ltd., 2nd pr., 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth covers with gilt text and Alaskan state are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. The top edge of the pages are colored black. Limited edition, only 750 copies of this type were printed. This book is Emil Teichmann's diary, chronicling his journey to Alaska in the late 1860s to establish a firm hold on the fur trading industry for his employer. Clean copy. Record # 33784
Price: $50.00 

Sedona (SIGNED) Heidinger, Lisa Schnebly
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Sedona (SIGNED)


Heidinger, Lisa Schnebly

Softcover. Charleston, SC, Arcadia Publishing, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Black and white photographs throughout. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE.

Record # 471628


Price: $25.00 

A Social and Religious History of the Jews, Volume III: High Middle Ages (500-1200) - Heirs of Rome and Persia by: Baron, Salo Wittmayer
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A Social and Religious History of the Jews, Volume III: High Middle Ages (500-1200) - Heirs of Rome and Persia by: Baron, Salo WittmayerA Social and Religious History of the Jews, Volume III: High Middle Ages (500-1200) - Heirs of Rome and Persia by: Baron, Salo Wittmayer

A Social and Religious History of the Jews, Volume III: High Middle Ages (500-1200) - Heirs of Rome and Persia by: Baron, Salo Wittmayer

Hardcover. NY & London, Columbia University Press & Jewish Publication Society, 2nd Edition, 4th Printing, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 340 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is chipped and stained, with open tears at the spine. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. In this volume, Professor Baron discusses the position of the Jews in the pre-Islamic world, and the ways in which it was altered by the emergence of Mohammed and the Caliphate. Previous owner's signature on front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33884
Price: $20.00 

Points on the Dial: Golden Age Radio beyond the NetworksRusso, Alexander
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Points on the Dial: Golden Age Radio beyond the Networks


Russo, Alexander

Softcover. Durham, UK, Duke University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 292 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Black and white illustrations throughout.

Record # 471715


Price: $19.00 

Thank You, Comrade Stalin!: Soviet Public Culture from Revolution to Cold War  by: Brooks, Jeffrey
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Thank You, Comrade Stalin!: Soviet Public Culture from Revolution to Cold War by: Brooks, Jeffrey

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 3rd Pr., 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Minor bumping to bottom corners. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book meticulously surveys the process by which the Bolsheviks attempted to mold the minds of their people, and then examines the results thereof. Clean copy. Record # 33971
Price: $18.00 

 

Seeking the Golden Fleece; a Record of Pioneer Life in California


Stillman, J. D. B.

Hardcover. San Francisco CA, A. Roman & Co, 1877, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 352 pages. Numerous black & white plate illustrations. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Bump to bottom edge of covers. Markings and rubbing to covers.

Record # 503243


Price: $100.00 

The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by: MacManus, Seumas
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The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by: MacManus, SeumasThe Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by: MacManus, Seumas

The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by: MacManus, Seumas

Hardcover. NY, The Devin-Adair Company, Revised Edition Reprint, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 737 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has been price clipped, and has a couple of small open tears at the corners, as well as the top and bottom of the spine. Gray cloth covers are in good condition overall, despite the bumped corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book attempts to sketch a rough and ready picture of the more prominent peaks that rise out of Ireland's past - the high spots in the story of the Milesian race. Previous owner's inscription is present on the dedication page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34007
Price: $12.00 

 

Louisiana Purchase and Our Land Title West of the Rocky Mountains with a Review of Annexation by the United States, The


Hermann, Binger

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1898, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 87 pages. Contains some fold-out maps. Paper taped in to front end paper. Spine a bit loose. Soiling to covers. Wear to corners, spine.

Record # 506395


Price: $33.00 

The Needle's Eye: Woman and Work in the Age of Revolution by: Miller, Marla R.
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The Needle's Eye: Woman and Work in the Age of Revolution by: Miller, Marla R.

Softcover. Amherst, MA, The University of Massachusetts Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 302 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This book illuminates the significance of women's work in the clothing trades of the early Republic. Drawing on diaries, letters, reminiscences, ledgers, and material culture, it explores the contours of working women's lives in rural New England, offering a nuanced view of their varied ranks and roles. Clean copy. Record # 34092
Price: $28.00 

 

Medieval Ecclesiastical Courts in the Diocese of Canterbury


Woodcock, Brian L.

London, Oxford University Press, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 160 pages. A few instances of pencil underlining. Spine faded. Rubbing to corners, spine.

Record # 507114


Price: $24.00 

Hunting the Gatherers: Ethnographic Collectors, Agents, and Agency in Melanesia, 1870s-1930s by: Editor: O'Hanlon, Michael Editor: Welsch, Robert L.
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Hunting the Gatherers: Ethnographic Collectors, Agents, and Agency in Melanesia, 1870s-1930s by: Editor: O'Hanlon, Michael Editor: Welsch, Robert L.

Hardcover. NY, Berghahn Books, 1st, 2000, Dust Jacket: None, 286 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is a part of the Methodology and History in Anthropology series, being volume 6. It is a collection of ethnographically informed papers about ethnology of the Pacific and the culture of museum collectors, with contributions by the two editors. Each contributor presents ethnographic artifacts collected throughout Melanesia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as Germans, English, American, and British colonial powers carved out colonies in Melanesia. Interior pages contain markings by previous owner throughout, mostly in pencil, but some highlighting and blue pen as well. Record # 34166
Price: $18.00 

 

Genealogical Resources in English Repositories


Moulton, Joy Wade

Columbus, OH, Hampton House, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 614 pages. Blue covers with gold lettering

Record # 507776


Price: $13.00 

The Connecticut River by: Hill, Evan, Illust. by: Stekl, William F.
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The Connecticut River by: Hill, Evan, Illust. by: Stekl, William F.

Hardcover. Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press, 2nd pr., 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 142 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, with chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book is about the history of the Connecticut River, from its headwaters in northern New England to its end in Long Island Sound. Informative yet entertaining, the book provides a tour of the area while describing its long history and its importance in the story of New England. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34199
Price: $12.00 

 

Sands of Dunkirk, The


Collier, Richard

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 319 pages. Black & white illustrations. Spine faded. Light soiling to covers.

Record # 508237


Price: $13.00 

Invisible Romans by: Knapp, Robert
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Invisible Romans by: Knapp, Robert

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st thus, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 371 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains full-color and B&W photography throughout. Historian Robert Knapp tells of the lives of ordinary people who lived in the ancient Roman empire. The author seeks out the ordinary folk-laboring men, housewives, prostitutes, freedmen, slaves, soldiers and gladiators to provide a nuanced and complete picture of Roman life. Clean copy. Record # 34286
Price: $20.00 

 

Twenty-Third Annual Report - To His Excellency, John G. McCullough, Governor of Vermont


Bell, C.J.

Hardcover. St.Albans, VT, Cummings Printing Co., 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 172 pagaes. Illustrated with black & white photos, drawings, maps, charts. Black cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. Small holes, wear to back.

Record # 509334


Price: $33.00 

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 

 

Invisible Immigrants - The Adaptation of English and Scottish Immigrants in 19th Century American


Erickson, Charlotte

Hardcover. Coral Gables, University of Miami Press, 2nd pr., 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 531 pages. Dust jacket with half of rear panel gone.

Record # 600785


Price: $12.00 

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 

 

Hardest Victory, The - RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War


Richards, Denis

NY, Norton, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 393 pages, b&w photos. Like new in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 601739


Price: $9.00 

The Birth of the Despot: Venice and the Sublime Porte by: Valensi, Lucette; Transl. Denner, Arthur
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The Birth of the Despot: Venice and the Sublime Porte by: Valensi, Lucette; Transl. Denner, Arthur

Hardcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st thus, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 119 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, red cloth covers with gilt text on the spine, and interior pages with mustard colored end papers are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book is an elegant and graceful account of the transformation of European attitudes towards the Ottoman empire during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It examines a crucial moment in the long and ambiguous encounter between the Christian and Islamic worlds. Clean copy. Record # 34567
Price: $18.00 

 

Notes, Historical, Descriptive and Personal, of Livermore, in Androscoggin (Formerly in Oxford) Country, Maine.


n/a

Hardcover. Portland, Bailey & Noyes, 1st, 1874, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 169 pages. Purple cloth is heavily tanned, gilt titled spine. Hinge cracked. All edges tinted red. Previous owners penciled signature on front paste-down. Embossed stamp and penciled signature on page before title page. All three mounted photos present.

Record # 604683


Price: $192.00 

The Civil War: Told By Those Who Lived It (Library of America) [4 Volume Set] by: Sears, Stephen W.
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The Civil War: Told By Those Who Lived It (Library of America) [4 Volume Set] by: Sears, Stephen W.

Hardcover. NY, Library of America, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 840 pages volume 1, 936 pages volume 2, 936 pages volume 3, and 1,024 pages volume 4, all hardcovers in original slipcases, with manufacturer's clear plastic shrink-wrap. Blue cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Bindings are solid. This collection is a comprehensive presentation of literary works and historical documents related to the Civil War period in the United States. It includes four volumes written by Stephen W. Sears, providing a detailed account of the military and political events of the time. Each volume covers roughly one year of the war. Due to the size and weight of the package, this set is available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copies. Record # 34625
Price: $120.00 

By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of LondonTinniswood, Adrian
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By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London


Tinniswood, Adrian

Hardcover. New York, Riverhead Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 331 pages, b&w illustrations. Cloth, gilt lettering to spine, pictorial dust jacket. Light wear to edges of jacket, else like new.

Record # 606689


Price: $15.00 

Mosby's Rangers by: Wert, Jeffry D.
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Mosby's Rangers by: Wert, Jeffry D.

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 384 pages, b&w illustrations, map end papers. A very clean, tight copy in great condition. Record # 51054
Price: $12.00 

 

True Stories about Indians


Ellis, Edward S.

Hardcover. Chicago, John C. Winston, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Illustrated with black & white half-tone engravings and line drawings. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Covers worn with rubbing and some light fraying along edges. Spine slightly cocked.

Record # 608511


Price: $15.00 

Cradle of Colonialism, TheMasselman, George
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Cradle of Colonialism, The


Masselman, George

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press , 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 534 pages, black & white plates, maps. Dust jacket with light wear, soil.

Record # 51416


Price: $25.00 

Medieval Family, A by: Gies, Frances/Joseph Gies
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Medieval Family, A by: Gies, Frances/Joseph Gies

Hardcover. New York, Harper Collins, 1st, 1998, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 392 pages. Book shows standard wear with light rubbing to dust jacket. Record # 608765
Price: $12.00 

 

Mayday - Eisenhower, Krushchev and the U-2 Affair


Beschloss, Michael R.

Hardcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st UK, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos

Record # 52809


Price: $9.00 

 

Those who stayed behind - Rural society in nineteenth-century New England


Barron, Hal S.

Softcover. New York, Cambridge, Reprint, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 184 pages. Black & white illustrations. Copy shows standard wear. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 609062


Price: $15.00 

 

Irish in America, The


Coffey, Michael and Terry Golway

Paperback. NY, Hyperion, 1st wraps, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Many black & white, color photos. Contributions by many famous writers accompany the illustrations. 272 pages

Record # 57261


Price: $20.00 

 

Killing Ground - Photographs of the Civil War and the Changing American Landscape


Huddleston, John

Hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 185 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609197


Price: $40.00 

 

Violence in the Black Patch of Kentucky and Tennessee


Marshall, Suzanne

Hardcover. Columbia, MO, Univ. of Missouri, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 198 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 59887


Price: $28.00 

Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture - Volume 21 by: Craddock, Patricia B./Carla H. Hay
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Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture - Volume 21 by: Craddock, Patricia B./Carla H. Hay

Hardcover. East Lansing, ASECS, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 305 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy. Record # 609861
Price: $12.00 

 

Badge of Gallantry, The - Recollections of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Winners


Mitchell, Joseph B.

Hardcover. Shippensburg, PA, White Mane, Reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos. 194 pages. Orig. pub. in 1968. Damp wrinkle to rear dj panel - not affecting book.

Record # 61125


Price: $20.00 

 

Saint Louis Illustrated - Nineteeth-Century Engravings and Lithographs of a Mississippi River Metropolis


Reps, John W.

Hardcover. Columbia, University of Missouri, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 198 pages. Book still in original shrink wrap. Profusely illustrated. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 610291


Price: $31.00 

 

Hellenism - The History of a Civilization


Toynbee, ASrnold J.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford Univ. Press, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Dj with light wear, soil

Record # 61372


Price: $15.00 

 

History of Indian Public Life - Volume Two - The Pre-Maurya and the Maurya Periods


Ghoshal, U. N.

Hardcover. Bombay, Oxford, 1st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Volume Two only. 324 pages. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Cloth cover with faded spine, areas of fading to front and back. Dust jacket spine missing chunk of paper at title. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610756


Price: $38.00 

 

Cities of the Mississippi - Nineteenth-Centiury Images of Urban Development


Reps, John W.

Hardcover. Columbia, MO, Univ. of Missouri, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hundreds of prints, 140 in color. Modern photographs from the air by Alex MacLean 342 pages.

Record # 63501


Price: $100.00 

 

Gone for a Soldier - A History of Life in the British Ranks from 1642


Neuburg, Victor

Hardcover. London, Cassell, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612160


Price: $13.00 

 

Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association - Vol XVII


N/A

NY, NY State Historical Assoc., 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white plates. 480 pages. Articles on Staten Island, Central Park, early journalism in NY City, etc.

Record # 65635


Price: $19.00 

 

Beginnings of Washington - As Described in Books, Maps and Views, The


Phillips, P. Lee

Hardcover. Washington, P. Lee Phillips, 1st, 1917, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 78 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Previous owners bookplate removed from inside front cover leaving minor abrasion. Line in ink along 2 paragraphs on page 27, otherwise unmarked text. Light wear to blue cloth covers.

Record # 612390


Price: $50.00 

 

History of the French War, A


Johnson, Rossiter

NY, Dodd Mead, 1st, 1882, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Illust. red cloth. 381 pages. Previous owner's signature rubber stamp front end paper.

Record # 67066


Price: $15.00 

 

East Greenich, Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Inscriptions


MacGunnigle , Bruce Campbell

Softcover. East Greenwich RI, East Greenwich Preservation Society, 1st, 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 268 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w maps throughout. B&w illustration on cover. Some rubbing to corners, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 613498


Price: $50.00 

 

Vermont Recollections: Sifting Memories Through the Interview Process


Beck (Ed.), Jane C.

Paperback. Orono, ME, Northeast Folklore, Wraps, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Vol. 30 in the Northeast Folklore Series. 191 pages. Paperback.

Record # 68324


Price: $15.00 

 

Narrative of the Services of the Officers and Enlisted Men of the 7th Regiment of Vermont Volunteers (Veterans) from 1862 to 1866, A


Holbrook, William C.

Hardcover. Newport, Tony O'Connor, Reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 219 pages. Hardcover. Reprint. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613819


Price: $25.00 

 

Life In a Year, A - The American Infantryman in Vietnam 1965-1972


Ebert, James R.

Navato, CA, Presidio, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 406 pages. Black & white photos.

Record # 68756


Price: $25.00 

Bliss' Magazine - Volume VI - July, 1900 - Number 1 - Guide to Pensacola - Facts for Tourists, Pleasure Seekers, Sportsmen, Home Seekers and Investors Bliss, Chas. H.
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Bliss' Magazine - Volume VI - July, 1900 - Number 1 - Guide to Pensacola - Facts for Tourists, Pleasure Seekers, Sportsmen, Home Seekers and Investors


Bliss, Chas. H.

Softcover. Pensacola, Chas. H. Bliss, 1st, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 104 pages. Small format magazine measures: 6.5" H X 5" W. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Scarce.

Record # 614176


Price: $188.00 

 

Town Meeting Country


Webster, Clarence M.

Hardcover. NY, Duell Stoan & Pearce, 1st, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, American Folkways Series. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. 246 pg.

Record # 70607


Price: $19.00 

 

Those 163 Days


Gibson, John M.

New York, Coward

Price: $20.00 

 

River of Traps - A Village Life


deBuys, William and Alex Harris

Hardcover. Albequerque, University of New Mexico, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos of life in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of northern New Mexico. 235 pgs. crease to rear dust jacket flap.

Record # 100967


Price: $50.00 

 

Jubal's Raid


Vandiver , Frank E.

New York, Publisher, Date, Place: McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, N.Y., 1960, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 198 pages including index. Dust jacket with minor edgewer and scuffing. Library sticker on bottom dust jacket spine. Previous owner nameplate and book review taped neatly in front endpages.

Record # 700694


Price: $25.00 

 

Roving Editor, The or Talks with Slaves in the Southern States


Redpath, James

Paperback. University Park, PA, Penn Sate Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Interviews with Slaves in the South by a Redpath, a journalist from the North. Edited by John R. McKivigan. Beautiful, new seeming condition. Paperback, 356 pgs.

Record # 109170


Price: $20.00 

 

Ike -An American Hero


Korda, Michael

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 1st Edition, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 779 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright dust jacket in very good condition. Bright, clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 750229


Price: $23.00 

 

Grand Lodge of Vermont F. & A.M. (for 1933)


N/A

unk., Grand Lodge of Vermont, presumed 1st, 1934, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Proceedings at an Emergent Communication of the M.W. Grand Lodge of Vermont at Rutland, August 11, 1933. Lists names of all the members of the various districts in Vermont. Includes the constitution, bylaws, reports from lodges across the U.S. and Canada.

Record # 187672


Price: $15.00 

Veteran's War Stories - 1933 - 1993Utter (Editor), George H.
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Veteran's War Stories - 1933 - 1993


Utter (Editor), George H.

Hardcover. Westerly, Sungraphics, First Thus, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 235 pages. Hardcover limited to 500. Tan cloth covers with blue printed decoration and titles to cover. Blue titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 750487


Price: $31.00 

 

My Native Land


Cox, James

hardcover. St. Louis, Blair Publishing, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers stamped in gilt, 400 pages. Black & white photos and illustrations. Light edgewear and soil to covers. Corners a bit bumped. Black & white photo frontispiece of famous minuteman statue.

Record # 202444


Price: $20.00 

 

Gods, Voices and the Bicameral Mind


Kuijsten, Marcel

Softcover. Henderson, Julian Jaynes Society, First Edition, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages. Softcover with crisp corners & blue & brown illustration to front. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 750869


Price: $38.00 

 

Power with Grace - The Life Story of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson


Ross, Ishbel

New York , G.P. Putnam's sons, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photographs.352 pages.

Record # 203743


Price: $15.00 

 

Giordano Bruno - Philosopher of the Renaisssance


Gatti (Editor), Hilary

Hardcover. Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing Limited, First Edition, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 424 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards with silver titles to spine. Bright dust jacket with full color illustration, Giordano Bruno, oil painting detail by Anonymous, in very good condition. Black & white illustrations, tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 750988


Price: $100.00 

 

History of American Life, A


Schlesinger (ed), Arthur M. and Dixon Ryan Fox

New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 411 pages. Black & white illustrations. Cover has light edgewear. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping.

Record # 206798


Price: $15.00 

 

Conquest of Everest, The


Hunt, Sir John/Sir Edmund Hillary & H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., First Edition, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 300 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with light blue graphic to cover & taupe cloth spine. Light toning to edges throughout. Profusely illustrated in full color & bw. Frontis illustration, Tenzig on the Summit of Everest, May 29th, 1953, in full color. Tight binding, clean & unmarked.

Record # 751287


Price: $15.00 

 

Over the River and Through the Years - Book One


Blaisdell, Katharine

Paperback. Bradford, VT, Journal Opinion, 1st wraps, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. 183 pages. Paperback. Black & white photography and illustrations. Cover spine sunned. Previous owner's gift inscription on title page.

Record # 208064


Price: $15.00 

 

Shakspere (Literature Primers)


Dowden, Edward/John Richard Green (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, NY, D. Appleton and Company, Reprint, 1882, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 167 pages. Brick limp cloth boards with black titles to cover & spine. Lightly cracked to pp. 21. Light toning throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751418


Price: $25.00 

 

SHAPING OF A BATTLE, THE: GETTYSBURG


Montgomery, James Stuart

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Chilton Company, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 220700


Price: $16.00 

 

Golden Age of Television, The


Marschall, Rick

Hardcover. New York, NY, Exeter Books, Second Edition, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with silver titles to spine. Profusely illustrated in black & white with photographs from a wide variety of television shows. Shelf wear, scuffing to corners & spine crown & heel. Faint, marginal tone to page edges. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 751516


Price: $23.00 

 

Identification of Aircraft for Army Air Forces, Ground-Observer Corps


N/A

Paperback. Wash. D.C., G. P. O., 1st wraps, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Many b&w photos, drawings of aircraft. 145 pgs. Light soil, wear to green wraps. Paperback

Record # 300041


Price: $25.00 

 

I Wanted To Be An Actress: The Autobiography of Katharine Cornell


Cornell, Katharine

Hardcover. New York, NY, Random House, First Edition, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 361 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. 32 pages of photographs in black & white to center. Red boards with gilt titles to cover & spine. Minor toning to pages throughout. Some tanning to endpaper gutters. Original dust jacket with heavy wear to edges, small tears, age toning and a few spots of tape. Grey dyed top edge. Clean inside, tight & unmarked copy.

Record # 751573


Price: $38.00 

 

Address on the Life and Public Services of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss


Phelps, Esq., E. J.

Softcover. Montpelier, Vt, Vermont, 1st pamphlet, 1883, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 24 pages and wraps. Delivered before the Vermont Historical Society Oct. 26, 1882. Prentiss was a judge and U.S. Senator. Very good. Secured in archival binder.

Record # 301025


Price: $20.00 

 

Rules of Engagement, The


Bush, Catherine

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 304 pages. Black pictorial dust jacket, also w/ photograph of author. Brown and yellow cloth.

Record # 803532


Price: $10.00 

 

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1914 (Vol. II)


Matteson, David Maydole (Ed.)

Washington, DC, GPO, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 793 pages. Vol. 2 only (of 2)

Record # 302842


Price: $80.00 

 

Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the year 1880


n/a

Hardcover. New York, New York Historical Society , 1881, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 489 pages. Green cloth, gilt. Minor edge wear, map missing. Few pages remain uncut. Hinge cracked.

Record # 804342


Price: $22.00 

Small Town America -Lingeman, Richard
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Small Town America -


Lingeman, Richard

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnams, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 547 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Edgewear to dust jacket. Underlining to about 10 pages. A tight copy.

Record # 303390


Price: $15.00 

 

Wadsworth-Longfellow House, The: Its History & Its Occupants


Maine Historical Society

Softcover. Portland, Maine, Maine Historical Society, reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 44 pages. Brown covers, b&w frontispiece, perfect binding, b&w plates throughout. Mild rubbing to covers, small portion of upper left corner of page with frontispiece torn off; otherwise a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 806402


Price: $20.00 

 

Myths


Eliot, Alexander (Ed.)

New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st , 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, color, B&W illustrations. Light edgewear, chipping to dust jacket. Large, coffee table-size volume.

Record # 304210


Price: $35.00 

 

Voyages of Brian Seaworthy, The: An Historical Adventure on Lake Champlain


Hill, Ralph Nading

Hardcover. Montpelier, VT, Vermont Life Magazine/Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 151 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Blue cloth covers, pale blue dust jacket with b&w illustration, illustrated by Robert A. Boyajian. Light rubbing to covers and dust jacket, price-clipped, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 808020


Price: $20.00 

 

State Parties and National Politics: North Carolina, 1815-1861


Jeffrey, Thomas E.

Athens, GA, University of Georgia, 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, 422 pages.

Record # 304691


Price: $15.00 

 

Book of Collectible Tin Containers with Price Guide, The


Pettit, Ernest L.

Softcover. Wynantskill, NY, Ernest L. Pettit, 2nd, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Illustrated throughout in color. Light edge wear; else a clean copy in good condition.

Record # 808824


Price: $20.00 

 

Coesistenza e rivoluzione - Documenti della disputa cino-sovietica


Calzini, Paolo & Enrica Collotti Pischel

Softcover. Italy, Einaudi, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Presumed 1st paperback. 494 p. Cover and edges a little shop worn and has a small bump to the front edge but still a very good copy, text block clean and tight. Italian language.

Record # 400972


Price: $15.00 

 

Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia


de Custine, Marquis

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 631 pages. Foreword by Daniel J. Boorstin. Introduction by George F. Kennan. Minor creasing on inner flaps of dust jacket. Otherwise very tight and clean copy.

Record # 809220


Price: $18.00 

 

Early English Church, The


Churton, Edward

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1st US, 1842, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages plus publisher's ads in rear. Ex-library, rebound with oversize covers, title hand-lettered on tape reinforced spine. Interior is very good, half-title page loose. Pages 18-31 with some underlining. Still, an nice reading copy.

Record # 402603


Price: $15.00 

 

Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society for the Years 1913-1914


n/a

Softcover. Vermont, The Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 310 pages. Tan pictorial stiff wrapper, completely separated. Frayed at top of spine. Moderate foxing to top edge and slight to bottom. Otherwise, a nice, clean copy.

Record # 850099


Price: $20.00 

 

Administered Prices: Steel / Administered Prices: Automobiles ( 2 Senate Reports bound in 1 volume


N/A

Hardcover. Washington DC, GPO, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two complete studies prepared by the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly on pricing in the steel and automotive sector. 203 and 314 pages, originally softcovers here in blue cloth hardcover, gilt lettering on spine. Clean.

Record # 404096


Price: $25.00 

 

"Gentlemen, Be Seated!": A Parade of the Old-Time Minstrels


Paskman, Dailey and Sigmund Spaeth

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 247 pages, b&w illustrations. Orange covers w/ light edge wear, soiling. Previous owner

Price: $40.00 

 

Vermont: Its Government 1917-1918


Jeffrey, William H.

Hardcover. St Johnsbury VT, Historical Publishing Co., 1st, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 153 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering, design. Previous owner's signature and stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 405118


Price: $38.00 

 

Nelson and Other Naval Studies


Thursfield, James R.

Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1st, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 373 pages, b&w illustrations and frontispiece. Blue cloth covers w/ gilt lettering and design. Rubbing, scratches to covers; small tears to top and bottom of spine. Hinges cracked. Else pages clean and tight.

Record # 851876


Price: $20.00 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 117 - 1987 by: Scodel (Ed.), Ruth
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Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 117 - 1987 by: Scodel (Ed.), Ruth

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 300 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406511
Price: $12.00 

 

Indians, Privateers, and High Society


Lippincott, Bertram

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 301 pages. Decorative stain to top edge.Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket; spine slightly faded.

Record # 851943


Price: $30.00 

 

Requirements Division During the World War (1917-1918), The


Salisbury, Lt. Philip and Lt. Charles Coyne

Hardcover. Washington DC, privately printed, 1st, 1918, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 103 pages, a memoir of the Division that was formed to expedite supplies to our forces in World War 1. Fold-out photo of personnel as frontispiece. Olive color cloth with gilt lettering. Gilt name of Marguerite Roselle imprinted on front cover, her copy (listed in personnel roster under stenographers in rear). Back cover has some color fade and small bumps. Internally very good.

Record # 406640


Price: $50.00 

 

Time and the Terraced Land


Fink, Augusta

Hardcover. Berkely, CA, Howell-North Books, 1st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 136 pages. B&w photographs throughout. Light wear to cover edges. Slight musty odor. Chipping and rubbing to dust jacket. Else a clean copy.

Record # 852045


Price: $20.00 

Dear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the President by: Holzer, Harold
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Dear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the President by: Holzer, Harold

Hardcover. Reading MA, Addison-Wesley, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 380 pages, b&w illustrations, clean and bright in a similar dust jacket. Record # 408309
Price: $12.00 

 

Travelling by Sea in the Nineteenth Century: Interior Design in Victorian Passenger Ships


Greenhill, Basil, Ann Giffard

Hardcover. New York, Hastings House Publishers, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 168 pages. Small bump in cloth of front cover. Minor scratches on back cover. Very minor edge wear. Many black and white pictures and illustrations throughout. A very nice and clean copy.

Record # 852238


Price: $15.00 

 

Trolley Museum, The - Kennebunkport, Maine


N/A

Softcover. Kennebunkport ME, Seashore Electric Railway, N/A, n/a, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 36 pages with stapled binding. Many b&w illustrations of old trolley cars. From a museum library with light stamping, small stickers on covers. Some surface paper loss to front cover. Otherwise clean.

Record # 411921


Price: $13.00 

 

From the Lower Deck: The Royal Navy 1780-1840


Baynham, Henry

Hardcover. Barre, Massachusetts, Barre Publishers, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 200 pages. Minor dust jacket spine and corner edge wear and rubbing. Price clipped. Otherwise, a clean and tight copy with b&w illustrations and photographs.

Record # 852381


Price: $12.00 

 

Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets


Oliphant, Mrs., Illust. by: George Morrow

Hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co., 2nd Ed., 1891, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped with gilt type and design. 520 pages, many fine b&w engraved drawings by George Reid. Top edge gilt. Very attractive copy. Clean.

Record # 412070


Price: $19.00 

 

Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The Story of the Square-Rigged Merchant Marine of British North America, the Ships, Their Builders and Owners, and the Men Who Sailed Them.


Wallace, Frederick William

Hardcover. New York , George Sully & Company, 1st U.S., 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 337 pages. Blue cloth cover, edges and spine with some wear and tearing. Pages untrimmed only on bottom edge. Light foxing on fore edge and inside pages. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf. Many b&w illustrations throughout. Circa 1920, but precise date unknown. Previous owner's inscription dated 1924.

Record # 852449


Price: $30.00 

 

The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan: Selected Correspondence, 1860-1865


McClellan, George B.

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1989, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 651 pages. Lovely copy. Like new.

Record # 450504


Price: $25.00 

Anti-Slavery Crusade, The: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm  by: Macy, Jesse
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Anti-Slavery Crusade, The: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm by: Macy, Jesse

Hardcover. New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, reprint, 1921, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages. Minor cover corner wear. Gilt decorated cover, top edge and spine. A very handsome book with clean pages and tight binding. Record # 852558
Price: $12.00 

Let the Sea Make a Noise...: A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacarthurMcDougall, Walter A.
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Let the Sea Make a Noise...: A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to Macarthur


McDougall, Walter A.

Hardcover. New York, NY, 1st, September 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 793 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451475


Price: $15.00 

 

Utah Historical Quarterly: Volume 51.


Smith (ed), Melvin T.

Hardcover. Salt Lake City, Utah Historical Society, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 403 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 # 852882


Price: $20.00 

Winston-Salem: A Cooperative SpiritFox, Janet
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Winston-Salem: A Cooperative Spirit


Fox, Janet

Hardcover. Montgomery, Ala., 1st, October 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 128 pages, b&w and color photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451864


Price: $15.00 

 

British Seaman 1200-1860, The: A Social Survey


Lloyd, Christopher

Hardcover. Cranbury, New Jersey, Associated University Press, 1st US, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 319 pages, with illustrations. Dust jacket edge wear, fade and rub. Price clipped. Otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852994


Price: $12.00 

 

Race, State, and Armed Forces in Independence-Era Brazil: Bahia


Kraay, Hendrik

Hardcover. Stanford, Calif., 1st, December 27, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 362 pages. Minor wear to dust jacket corners. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452975


Price: $35.00 

 

Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall; or, A Ramble from the Haymarket to Hyde Park, Consisting of the Various Changes that Have Occurred in the Court End of London.


Wheatley, Henry B.

Hardcover. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1st, 1870, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 405 pages. Red cloth cover, light wear to edges. Ex-library copy, rebound. Inside is bright and clean with many b&w illustrations throughout. A nice copy.

Record # 853182


Price: $35.00 

City in Late Imperial Russia, The Hamm, Michael F. (Editor)
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City in Late Imperial Russia, The


Hamm, Michael F. (Editor)

Hardcover. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1st, July 1, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 372 pages, b&w photographs. Edge wear, small tears to dust jacket; small piece missing from bottom of spine. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 453349


Price: $20.00 

 

Council Fire and Cannon


Vrooman, John J.

Hardcover. Chicago, Follett Publishing Company, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 185 pages, with b&w woodcut illustrations throughout. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Slight dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853711


Price: $18.00 

 

Russian Revolutionary Emigres, 1825-1870, The


Miller, Martin A.

Hardcover. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 292 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. Light wear to edges and covers of pictorial dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453432


Price: $12.00 

 

Franklin's Bagatelles


Rosengarten, J. G.

Hardcover. American Philosophical Society, reprint, 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 135 pages, gilt top edge and title on spine, half leather bound with marbled cover. Previous owner's bookplate on front fly leaf and endpaper, minor edge fade. English and French text, overall, clean and tight copy.

Record # 853980


Price: $30.00 

City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's by: Friedrich, Otto
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City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's by: Friedrich, Otto

Softcover. Harpercollins, 1st pb, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 495 pages, b&w photos. Light wear to wrappers, small hole in center of spine, else a very neat, tight copy. Record # 453643
Price: $12.00 

 

Morale of the American Revolutionary Army, The


Bowman, Allen

Hardcover. Port Washington, N. Y., Kennikat Press, Inc., 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages, light edge wear and some pencil markings on page margins, otherwise, clean and bright.

Record # 854545


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. Light edgewear, soiling to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 454772


Price: $12.00 

 

Story of Grand Rapids, The


Lydens, Z. Z.

Hardcover. Grand Rapids, MI, Kregel Publications, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. 682 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Dust jacket price clipped with light edgewear. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 854800


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 # 454858


Price: $18.00 

 

Eastern Railroad, The: A Historical Account of Early Railroading in Eastern New England


Bradlee, Francis B. C.

Hardcover. Salem, MA, The Essex Institute, 2nd, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 122 pages. Ex-library copy with white tape on spine and small stamp on copyright page. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, no dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 855178


Price: $38.00 

 

America's Small Wars


Collins, John M.

Hardcover. Washington, Brassey's UK, Limited, 1st, April 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Closed tear to dust jacket. Else clean and tight.

Record # 455091


Price: $10.00 

 

Letters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean Relating to Their American Tours


Carson, William G. B.

Hardcover. St. Louis, Washington University, 1st, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 181 pages, with illustrations. Light corner bump and edge wear and fade, spine fade with light edge fray, otherwise, internally clean and bright.

Record # 855352


Price: $15.00 

 

Pioneer Days in the Catskill High Peaks: Tannersville and the Region Around


Dunn, Shirley W. (Author, Editor)

Softcover. Hensonville, NY, Black Dome Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Minor wear on edges of cover. Many b&w photographs and illustrations throughout. A bright, clean copy.

Record # 455579


Price: $50.00 

 

Threats of Revolution in Britain 1789-1848


Holt, Malcolm I. Thomis & Peter

Hardcover. Hamden, CT, Archon Books, 1st , 1977, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 147 pages. Light pencil underlining. Dust jacket has fading to spine and top edge. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855454


Price: $15.00 

 

Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender, and Science in New England


Merchant, Carolyn

Softcover. Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 379 pages, with illustrations. Slight corner and edge wear and foxing on top edge, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 455993


Price: $10.00 

 

Peasant Russia Civil War: The Volga Countryside in Revolution 1917-1921


Figes, Orlando

Softcover. Oxford, Clarendon Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 391 pages. Light pencil underlining in introduction. Some fading to covers. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855536


Price: $100.00 

 

Meeting the Fox: The Allied Invasion of Africa, from Operation Torch to Kasserine Pass to Victory in Tunisia


Kelly, Orr

Hardcover. New York, Wiley, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 389 pages, with b&w photographs. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456827


Price: $12.00 

 

Autopsie du Stalinisme: Avec le Texte Integral du Rapport Khrouchtchev


Rossi, A.

Softcover. Paris, Pierre Horay, 1st ed., 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages. Inscribed by author on half title page. French text. Tinting to pages. Shelf wear and tinting to covers and spine. Tight copy.

Record # 855691


Price: $38.00 

 

Empire of the Bay: An Illustrated History of the Hudson's Bay Company


Newman, Peter C.

Hardcover. Markham, Ont. ; New York, N.Y., USA, Viking Adult, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, with photographs and illustrations, large color map laid in. Minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, light foxing on top edge, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 457265


Price: $25.00 

 

Lysenko Affair, The


Joravsky, David

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 459 pages. Light foxing and rubbing on dust jacket covers, as well as chipping and closed ears. Creasing on rear dust jacket cover. Some tape on back of dust jacket. Dust jacket now protected by clear, plastic cover. Some foxing on top and fore edges. Good, unmarked copy.

Record # 856340


Price: $19.00 

 

Shattered Nerves Doctors, Patients, and Depression in Victorian England


Oppenheim, Janet

Hardcover. New York, 1st, March 28, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 388 pages. Light edgewear to price clipped dust jacket, faint foxing to edges, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 457660


Price: $15.00 

 

Ancient Peoples and Places: Medieval Civilization in Germany, 800-1273


Bauml, Franz H.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Praeger, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 230 pages. 60 photos. 39 line drawings. 14 maps. Light chipping, creasing, and edge-wear to dust jacket. Nice, unmarked copy.

Record # 856650


Price: $13.00 

 

Air Weapon 1914-1916, The : Volume 2 of Winged Mars


Cuneo, John R.

Hardcover. Harrisburg, PA, The Military Service Publishing Co., 1st, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 503 pages, illustrated throughout with maps in b&w. Wear, tearing and sun-fade to dust jacket protected by mylar cover. Internally very good.

Record # 856951


Price: $75.00 

 

Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations


Virga, Vincent

Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, October 25, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 266 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Elephant folio. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 457952


Price: $38.00 

Age of Courts and Kings, The  by: Erlanger, Philippe
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Age of Courts and Kings, The by: Erlanger, Philippe

Hardcover. New York , Harper and Row , 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 308 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive b&w illustrations throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Illustrated end papers and fly leaves. Light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise, clean, tight copy. Record # 857462
Price: $12.00 

 

October Revolution, The


Medvedev, Roi Aleksandrovich

Softcover. Columbia Univ Pr, 1st, November 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelfwear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458278


Price: $13.00 

 

So Few The Brave


Walker, Anthony, Illust. by: Alan Archambault

Paperback. East Greenwich, RI, Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 2nd, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 208 pages, paperback. Illustrated by Alan Archambault. Regional history of the Rhode Island Continentals starting from 1775 to 1783. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951135


Price: $24.00 

SISTER SOCIETIES: WOMEN'S ANTISLAVERY ORGANIZATIONS IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICASALERNO, BETH A
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SISTER SOCIETIES: WOMEN'S ANTISLAVERY ORGANIZATIONS IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA


SALERNO, BETH A

Hardcover. DeKalb, Northern Illinois University Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 233 pages. Pencil markings throughout, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 458590


Price: $38.00 

 

Mummy in Ancient Egypt, The: Equipping the Dead for Eternity


Ikram, Salima and Aidan Dodson

Hardcover. London, Thames and Hudson, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Extensively researched, with 485 illustrations, 37 in color. Rubbing and shelf-wear to dust jacket. Light bumping to boards. Mild age-toning and spotting to text block. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951485


Price: $48.00 

 

Western Wagon Wheels


Florin, Lambert

Hardcover. Random House Value Publishing, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 185 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459905


Price: $13.00 

 

Day is Ours!, The: An Inside View of the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, November 1776-January 1777


Dwyer, William M.

Softcover. New Brunswick NJ, Rutgers University Press, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 426 pages, . Account of two battles that turned the tide of the American Revolution. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to wraps. Slight fade to wraps as well. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 951892


Price: $13.00 

Ghost Town Trails by: Florin, Lambert
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Ghost Town Trails by: Florin, Lambert

Hardcover. Random House~trade, 1st, 1963, 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 # 460032
Price: $12.00 

Paris Commune, The: With a Full Account of the Bombardment, Capture, and Burning of the CityFetridge, W.P.
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Paris Commune, The: With a Full Account of the Bombardment, Capture, and Burning of the City


Fetridge, W.P.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1871, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 516 pages, hardcover. Orange cloth boards with gilt titling and embellishment to spine and front panel. Embossed and gilt decorations to front panel. Heavy fading to spine with moderate edgewear to top and bottom of the spine. Slight pencil marking to prelim pages. Previous owner's inscription on title page. Front flyleaf slightly loose, binding is tight and intact. Mild age toning and spotting to interior pages, most notably to prelim and rear pages. Fold out map in rear still attached, has moderate wear at top edge as well as some fading. Bumping and slight fraying to board corners. Frontispiece intact. A tight copy.

Record # 952356


Price: $50.00 

War Cries on Horseback: Story of the Indian Wars of the Great PlainsLongstreet, Stephen
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War Cries on Horseback: Story of the Indian Wars of the Great Plains


Longstreet, Stephen

Hardcover. US, Doubleday, rep, 1970-12-07, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages, b&w photos. Faint foxing to top edge and light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462049


Price: $19.00 

 

Les Parisiennes: Resistance, Collaboration, and the Women of Paris Under Nazi Occupation


Sebba, Anne

Softcover. New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 1st US, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 480 pages. Softcover. Minor fraying to edges. An otherwise clean copy. Black & white photographs throughout.

Record # 2230280


Price: $15.00 

Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by: Schama, Simon
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Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by: Schama, Simon

Hardcover. US, Ecco / HarperCollins, 1st, 2006-04-25, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 478 pages. Light shelf-wear to 1/2 sized dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 462359
Price: $12.00 

 

Yemen: 3000 Years of Art and Civilisation in Arabia Felix


Daum, Werner

Softcover. Innsbruck, Pinguin-Verlag, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 483 pages. Softcover. Slight wear and creases on cover. Old inscriptions on title page. Otherwise tight copy.

Record # 2230467


Price: $88.00 

 

Discovering the Americas: The Archive of the Indies


Garcia, Pedro Gonzalez

Hardcover. US, Rizzoli International Publications, 1st US, 1997-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 299 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light warping to cloth covered boards. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462838


Price: $88.00 

Will of Zeus, The: A History of Greece from the Origins of Hellenic Culture to the Death of Alexander (SIGNED)Barr, Stringfellow
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Will of Zeus, The: A History of Greece from the Origins of Hellenic Culture to the Death of Alexander (SIGNED)


Barr, Stringfellow

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 496 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows some wear, chipping, punctures and fading. Inscribed on title page by author.

Record # 2230675


Price: $31.00 

Objects: A Chronicle of Subversion in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy by: Deichmann, Hans
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Objects: A Chronicle of Subversion in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy by: Deichmann, Hans

Hardcover. US, Marsilio Pub, 1st US, 1997-12-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 220 pages. Previous owner's sticker to front end paper. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463811
Price: $12.00 

Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History, Volume ICayton, Mary Kupiec (ed.)
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Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History, Volume I


Cayton, Mary Kupiec (ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Scribners, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 733 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very light normal scuffing to covers and wear to corners, very small bump to upper corner of text block, but otherwise very clean and tight copy. Volume 1 only. Domestic shipping only.

Record # 2230981


Price: $75.00 

Ditchdigger's Daughter: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story by: Thornton, Yvonne S.
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Ditchdigger's Daughter: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story by: Thornton, Yvonne S.

Hardcover. US, Citadel, 1st, 1995-05-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 261 pages. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 466143
Price: $12.00 

 

Carnival: A People's Uprising at Romans 1579-1580


Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy; Feeney, Mary (editor)

Hardcover. London, Scolar Press, 1st thus, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 426 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Chipping to dust jacket on top. Light soil.

Record # 2233319


Price: $23.00 

WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE BECAME SHAKESPEARE by: Greenblatt, Stephen
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WILL IN THE WORLD: HOW SHAKESPEARE BECAME SHAKESPEARE by: Greenblatt, Stephen

HARDCOVER. New York, W.W. Norton, 4th, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, New York, W.W. Norton, 4th, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, Clean, unmarked copy with minor wear and light foxing to inside dust jacket.. 430 pages. Record # 467300 Record # 467300
Price: $12.00 

 

New England Gazetteer; containing descriptions of all the States Counties and Towns in New England...


Hayward, John

Hardcover. Boston, Israel S. Boyd and William White, 9th, 1839, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with leather covers. Wear is heavy on the covers. Foxing on pages and wear to page edges. Fraying on top spine leather. Spine gracks throughout.

Record # 2233515


Price: $75.00 

Three Men Of The Beagle by: Marks, Richard Lee
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Three Men Of The Beagle by: Marks, Richard Lee

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated pastedowns and end papers. Small stain to front flyleaf, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468167
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 

 

Second Biennial Report of the Vermont State Board of Agriculture, Manufactures and Mining for the Years 1873-74


Collier, Peter

Hardcover. Montpelier, Freeman Steam Printing House and Bindery, 1st, 1874, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 799 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket issue. Moderate soil on covers. Gilt lettering on spine. Water stain on front end papers. Spine cracked.

Record # 2233729


Price: $50.00 

Like No Other Store: The Bloomingdale's Legend and the Revolution in American Marketing by: Traub, Marvin
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Like No Other Store: The Bloomingdale's Legend and the Revolution in American Marketing by: Traub, Marvin

Hardcover. New York, Times Books/Random House, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 428 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Some creasing to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468320
Price: $12.00 

 

Confederate Agent


Horan, James

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

Record # 5850


Price: $18.00 

 

Irish People, The: An Illustrated History


Neill, Kenneth

Hardcover. New York, NY, Mayflower Books Inc., First US, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages. Hardcover with maps to endpapers, light foxing to right edge. Profusely illustrated with over 450 photographs and 8 pages in full color. Dust jacket in full color with light toning to edges & spots of foxing to inside, reverse side of dj. Light toning to pages and in very good condition, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 6670005


Price: $15.00 

Falling behind: explaining the development gap between Latin America and the United StatesFukuyama, Francis
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Falling behind: explaining the development gap between Latin America and the United States


Fukuyama, Francis

Hardcover. Oxford ; New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages. Hardcover. B&w illustrations throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469248


Price: $19.00 

 

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 

 

Rip, Strip, & Row! A Builder's Guide to the Cosine Wherry


Taylor, Maureen/David Allen Lambert (Contributor)

Softcover. Larkspur, CA, Tamal Vista Publications, Second Edition, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 81 pages. Softcover. Full page illustrated wraps with only light marginal wear to edges. Clean inside & out with numerous illustrations in black & white. The Cosine Wherry is "a strong, lightweight, high performance rowboat, well designed for racing yet practical for fishing, a wonderfully shaped boat with a lot of stability." This builder's guide covers the mold, planking, fiberglassing the hull & interior, materials list, design details & more. Clean copy with sharp corners, profusely illustrated. A nice copy.

Record # 6670173


Price: $25.00 

Vexed and Troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642 by: Bridenbaugh, Carl
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Vexed and Troubled Englishmen, 1590-1642 by: Bridenbaugh, Carl

Softcover. London, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 487 pages. Softcover. Some shelf wear to back cover, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 469402
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 

Historic Georgetown: A Walking Tour (SIGNED)Carrier, Thomas J.
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Historic Georgetown: A Walking Tour (SIGNED)


Carrier, Thomas J.

softcover. Mount Pleasant, SC, Arcadia Publishing, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Black and white pictures throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 469964


Price: $19.00 

 

Alaska: Pioneer Stories of a Twentieth-Century Frontier


Miller, Luree, Scott Miller

Hardcover. Dutton, NY, Cobblehill Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 116 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Very clean and bright inside, boards are white with gilt title on spine. Boards are slightly yellowed with age. Dust jacket in great shape, unclipped. Remainder mark on bottom edge.

Record # 30609


Price: $15.00 

Historical Dances, 12th to 19th Century: Their Manner of Performance and Their Place in the Social Life of the TimeWood, Melusine
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Historical Dances, 12th to 19th Century: Their Manner of Performance and Their Place in the Social Life of the Time


Wood, Melusine

softcover. London, Dance Books. LTD, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 196 pages. Softcover with moderate wear to wrappers. Light foxing on first few pages and top text block and fore edge.

Record # 470445


Price: $23.00 

 

Berlin Rising: Biography of a City


Read, Anthony, David Fisher

Hardcover. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 341 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, very good. Red cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title stamped on spine. Binding tight, spine straight. In great shape. History of the German city, Berlin.

Record # 31650


Price: $15.00 

 

John Adams and the Diplomacy of the American Revolution


Hutson, James H.

Hardcover. Lexington , University Press of Kentucky, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with blue dust jacket. Dust jacket in good condition with some very small tears to the top front edge. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 470781


Price: $44.00 

 

Paris Under the Occupation


Walter, G

Hardcover. New York, Orion Press, 1st English, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 209 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear. Cover boards bound in Red, white, and blue with white title on spine and black design on front cover. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and unmarked. A look at Paris during the 4 year period in which they were occupied by German forces in WW2.

Record # 31914


Price: $19.00 

White Squaw, Adventures of a Lady WoodsmanBrown, Dolores
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White Squaw, Adventures of a Lady Woodsman


Brown, Dolores

Softcover. Prescott, Arizona, Wolfe Pub Co, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 145 pages. Softcover with slight edgewear. Orange spine with black lettering. Very clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 470925


Price: $19.00 

 

Euro, The: The Politics of the New Global Currency (SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)


Marsh, David

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 340 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight, spine straight. page and edges clean and unmarked. In beautiful condition, looks nearly new. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR

Record # 32207


Price: $19.00 

 

Old Ship Figure-Heads and Sterns


Laughton, L. G. Carr

Softcover. New York, Dover Publications, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Slightly curled corners on front wrapper. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471092


Price: $15.00 

 

Hitler's African Victims: The German Army Massacres of Black French Soldiers in 1940


Scheck, Raffael

Softcover. Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1st Paperback Edition, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 202 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations. Wrapper very good. Pages clean and bright. Previous bookstore's price tag on back cover bottom. Number written in marker on top edge. Otherwise clean and in very good, tight condition. This book, the first to use both French and German sources, describes a forgotten war crime: the murder by the German soldiers of thousands of Black African soldiers in the French army in June 1940.

Record # 32891


Price: $38.00 

 

Fleet Street - Five Hundred Years of the Press


Griffiths, Dennis

Hardcover. London, The British Library, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with some wear to dust jacket edges. Slight tear to dust jacket front top edge. Otherwise tight copy

Record # 471168


Price: $19.00 

Westviking: The Ancient Norse in Greenland and North America by: Mowat, Farley, Illust. by: Wheeler, Claire
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Westviking: The Ancient Norse in Greenland and North America by: Mowat, Farley, Illust. by: Wheeler, Claire

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Atlantic-Little, Brown Books, 2nd print, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 494 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in fair condition, some visible wear and tear is mitigated by clever repair work. Cloth covers are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is tight. Step into the world of sagas, longships, and enigmatic Norse explorers with Farley Mowat's captivating historical account. Clean copy. Record # 33652
Price: $15.00 

The Savoy: The Romance of a Great Hotel by: Jackson, Stanley
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The Savoy: The Romance of a Great Hotel by: Jackson, StanleyThe Savoy: The Romance of a Great Hotel by: Jackson, Stanley

The Savoy: The Romance of a Great Hotel by: Jackson, Stanley

Hardcover. NY, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 318 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is significantly worn, with a mix of open and closed tears. Pink cloth covers underneath are clean and bright, as are the interior pages. Binding is solid. This book chronicles the history and glamour of the iconic Savoy Hotel in London, from its opening in 1889 through the book's publication in 1964. B&W photography throughout. Clean copy. Record # 33735
Price: $15.00 


  
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