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Journal of Madam Knight, The


Knight, Madam

Hardcover. Boston MA, David R. Godine, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 39 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. Diary of a New England woman from 1704. From a limited print run of 1900 copies. Including an introductory note by Malcolm Freiberg and wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. Mild rubbing to dust jacket. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951891


Price: $23.00 

WHEELS WEST 1590-1900Dunlop, Richard
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WHEELS WEST 1590-1900


Dunlop, Richard

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w with a few color plates. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460012


Price: $19.00 

 

Fairy Tale Railroad: The Mohawk and the Malone, From the Mohawk, Through the Adirondacks to the St. Lawrence


Harter, Henry A.

Paperback. Utica NY, North Country Books, 1st paperback, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 309 pages, paperback. A detailed look at "The Golden Chariot Route" that ran through the Adirondack park. Many black-and-white photographs throughout. Mild bumping to corners. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 952242


Price: $19.00 

Last Battle, The : The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam WarWetterhahn, Ralph
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Last Battle, The : The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War


Wetterhahn, Ralph

Hardcover. US, Da Capo Press, 1st, 2001-06-09, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 384 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 462047


Price: $11.00 

 

Shamans of Prehistory, The


Clottes, Jean

Softcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams , 1st US, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Color photographs throughout.

Record # 2230208


Price: $19.00 

Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century by: Hickman, Katie

Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century by: Hickman, Katie

Hardcover. US, William Morrow, 1st, 2003-11-25, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 363 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Record # 462358
Price: $12.00 

 

Technical Training and Development in Papua, 1894-1941


Austin, Tony

Softcover. Canberra, AU, Australian National University, 1977, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 204 pages. Softcover. Some fading and wear on cover. Small price stickers on front cover. Unidentified signature on front cover.

Record # 2230449


Price: $25.00 

 

Sea Dragons: Predators of the Prehistoric Oceans


Ellis, Richard

Hardcover. US, University Press of Kansas, 1st, 2003-10-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 313 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 462814


Price: $23.00 

Herbert Hoover's Hideaway: the Story of Camp Hoover on the Rapidan River in Shenandoah National ParkLambert, Darwin
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Herbert Hoover's Hideaway: the Story of Camp Hoover on the Rapidan River in Shenandoah National Park


Lambert, Darwin

Softcover. Luray, VA, Shenandoah Natural History Association , Reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 145 pages. Softcover, with minor blemishes to upper cover. Minor water damage to lower bottom corner.

Record # 2230672


Price: $15.00 

Discovery of Jeanne Baret, The : A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe by: Ridley, Glynis

Discovery of Jeanne Baret, The : A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe by: Ridley, Glynis

Hardcover. US, Crown, 1st, 2010-12-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463796
Price: $12.00 

From the American System to Mass Production 1800-1932: The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United StatesHounshell, David A.
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From the American System to Mass Production 1800-1932: The Development of Manufacturing Technology in the United States


Hounshell, David A.

Softcover. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2nd, 1985, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 411 pages. Softcover. Some wear and curling to edges of covers, large crease to front outer lower corner. Lower edge of spine shows mild chipping. Initials whited out in front end papers, otherwise clean copy. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.

Record # 2230971


Price: $23.00 

Mississippi: An American Journey by: Walton, Anthony

Mississippi: An American Journey by: Walton, Anthony

Hardcover. US, Knopf, 1st, 1996-02-06, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 279 pages. 12 b&w photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466137
Price: $12.00 

 

Outside the Gates of Eden: The Dream of America from Hiroshima to Now


Hales, Peter Bacon

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 471 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges. Like new condition.

Record # 2233282


Price: $23.00 

MEN-OF-WAR by: O'Brian, Patrick

MEN-OF-WAR by: O'Brian, Patrick

HARDCOVER. New York, W.W. Norton, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, New York, W.W. Norton, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, Color photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.. Record # 467284 Record # 467284
Price: $12.00 

 

Rural Vermont: A Program for the Future


200 Vermonters

Hardcover. Burlington, Vermont Commission on Country Life, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 385 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Gilt lettering on front of green covers. Light wear to covers, light soil. Previous owner's bookplate and writing on front end paper.

Record # 2233514


Price: $50.00 

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought by: Degler, Carl N.

In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought by: Degler, Carl N.

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 400 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Some holes in dust jacket spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 468150
Price: $12.00 

 

Report of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Vermont Dairymen's Association, and Third Annual Meeting of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers' Association


Pierce (Editor), G.W.

Softcover. Brattleboro, Phoenix Job Printing Office, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Softcover with moderate soil to paper wrappers. Spine faded, water stains on rear wrapper. Pages darkened. Tight copy.

Record # 2233728


Price: $23.00 

When Roots Die: Endangered Traditions on the Sea Islands by: Jones-Jackson, Patricia

When Roots Die: Endangered Traditions on the Sea Islands by: Jones-Jackson, Patricia

Softcover. Athens GA, University of Georgia Press, reprint , 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 189 pages. Softcover. Illustrated frontispiece. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 468294
Price: $12.00 

 

Search for a Vanishing Beijing, The: A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages


Aldrich, M.A.

Hardcover. Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong University Press, Reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 399 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight. Spine straight. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages clean and bright. Very clean copy, looks nearly new. Weaves the genres of travel essays and travel guides into a comprehensive narrative about the cultural mosaic of the capital of China.

Record # 399


Price: $50.00 

 

Hail, University! A Century of University School Life (INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR)


Hawley, Richard A.

Hardcover. Hunting Valley, OH, University School, First Edition, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 277 pages. Hardcover INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR to half title page. Wine cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Faint sunfade to top & heel edge of front & rear boards. Profusely illustrated, black & white photographs throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 6670001


Price: $31.00 

Sons of Mississippi: a story of race and its legacy by: Hendrickson, Paul

Sons of Mississippi: a story of race and its legacy by: Hendrickson, Paul

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 343 pages. Hardcover. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469188
Price: $12.00 

 

Stagecoach West


Moody, Ralph

Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 1967, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, ex-lib

Record # 4074


Price: $12.00 

 

Maple Sugar Trees and Red Oldsmobiles


Silloway, Bette/Jessica Wright

Softcover. Chelsea, VT, Acorn Press, First Edition, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover non-paginated. Black & white illustrations throughout. Wonderful design, with text on one side with accompanied photographs, suggestive of distinctive scrap book on peach colored paper. Oral histories from native Vermonters. representing a variety of towns, Randolph, Brookfield, Northfield, Chelsea among others. Light wear to illustrated wraps, tear to top inch of spine. Clean inside

Record # 6670160


Price: $23.00 

Olympia: Paris in the age of Manet by: Friedrich, Otto

Olympia: Paris in the age of Manet by: Friedrich, Otto

Hardcover. New York, NY, HarperCollins, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 329 pages. Hardcover. Color photographs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 469399
Price: $12.00 

 

Lincoln & His America


Plowden, David

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, dj frayed, chipping with hole (2 1/2") on back panel

Record # 7671


Price: $40.00 

Charles Dickens's Our Mutual Friend: A Publishing HistoryGrass, Sean
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Charles Dickens's Our Mutual Friend: A Publishing History


Grass, Sean

hardcover. Burlington, VT, Ashgate Publishing , reprint, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 304 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to covers.

Record # 469951


Price: $50.00 

 

Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America, The United States National Museum Bulletin 230


Adney (Curator of Transportation), Edward Tappan, Howard I. Chapelle

Hardcover. Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1964, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 242 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Historical overview of Native American water transportation. Some soil to front cover, Endpapers, edges, and pages lightly yellowed with age,

Record # 30214


Price: $38.00 

Fighting In Normandy: The German Army from D-Day to Villers-BocageIsby, David (EDITOR)
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Fighting In Normandy: The German Army from D-Day to Villers-Bocage


Isby, David (EDITOR)

Hardcover. London, Greenhill Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 470441


Price: $23.00 

My Brave Boys: To War with Colonel Cross & the Fighting Fifth (Inscribed by author)Pride, Mike, Mark Travis
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My Brave Boys: To War with Colonel Cross & the Fighting Fifth (Inscribed by author)


Pride, Mike, Mark Travis

Hardcover. Hanover, NH, University Press of New England, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 323 pages. Hardcover. Inscribed by author Gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust cover shows a little age wear. Just a little yellowing to edges, otherwise clean inside. From the dust jacket back cover: "Edward Cross grew up among New Hampshire's breathtaking White Mountains, but as a young man he could picture nothing quite so thrilling as going off to war for his country. The battlefields he imagined were proving grounds of blood and bravery, loss and glory, betrayal and ultimate victory."

Record # 30535


Price: $15.00 

Blair Years, The: The Alastair Campbell DiariesCampbell, Alastair
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Blair Years, The: The Alastair Campbell Diaries


Campbell, Alastair

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st US, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 816 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Newsletter from publisher lain within. Tight copy.

Record # 470761


Price: $19.00 

Christian Texts for Aztecs: Art and Liturgy in Colonial MexicoLara, Jaime
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Christian Texts for Aztecs: Art and Liturgy in Colonial Mexico


Lara, Jaime

Softcover. Notre Dame, IN, University of Notre Dame, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 362 pages. Spiral bound softcover. Color illustrations throughout. Covers show a little use/shelf wear: creases, a bit of soil, small rip at bottom of front cover. In very good condition, clean and bright inside.

Record # 30943


Price: $50.00 

Japanese TheatreBowers, Faudion
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Japanese Theatre


Bowers, Faudion

Softcover. Rutland, VT, Tuttle Pub, 3rd, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 294 pages. Softcover with slight wear to edges. Clean, unmarked copy with sun fading to spine. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 470921


Price: $25.00 

 

More Generals in Gray


Allardice, Bruce S.

Hardcover. Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 301 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean. Binding tight. Spine straight. In beautiful condition. A Companion Volume to Generals in Gray. This book is about the Confederacy's "other" generals, the men who attained their rank outside the usual avenue of appointment, and who have been virtually lost to history as a consequence.

Record # 31799


Price: $15.00 

 

Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine


Scull, Andrew

Softcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrapper edges. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471090


Price: $15.00 

 

From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes From a Jazz Life (SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)


Crow, Bill

Softcover. Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 273 pages. Softcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Wrapper has tanning from age, otherwise very good. Pages and edges also have some tanning, but doesn't affect text. Small ink stain on pages 236 and 237. Binding tight. In very good shape.

Record # 32043


Price: $25.00 

 

Empire and Others: British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples, 1600-1850 (Critical Histories)


Halpern, Rick (Editor)

Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with some minor sun fading to spine. Price sticker on rear wrapper.

Record # 471167


Price: $19.00 

 

Beautiful Brandon


N/A

Softcover. Brandon, VT, Brandon Improvement Association, 1st, 1910, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages. Softcover. Staple binding. B/w illustrations (plates) throughout. Brown construction paper wrapper (agewear), orange title and decoration on front cover. Formerly on exhibit at Shelburne Museum, with stamp of proprietorship on front flyleaf. Just a touch of tanning to pages and edges, otherwise clean and unmarked. Beautiful photo-illustrated promotional travel book highlighting the sites of downtown Brandon, VT, circa 1910. Collector's delight.

Record # 32280


Price: $44.00 

 

Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists


Morgan, Michael H.

Hardcover. Washington, DC, National Geographic, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white images throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471205


Price: $15.00 

 

Vital Records of Londonderry, New Hampshire


Annis, Daniel Gage

Hardcover. Genealogical Publishing co. Inc, Reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 320 pages plus appendix. Hardcover. Blue cover boards, gilt title on spine. Binding tight. Spine straight. Very light foxing to top edge. Pages clean and bright. In beautiful condition.

Record # 33439


Price: $25.00 

 

Government and Peasant in Russia 1891 - 1906: The Prehistory of the Stolypin Reforms


Macey, David A.J.

Hardcover. Dekalb, IL, Northern Illinois University Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 383 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 471571


Price: $38.00 

The Landscape of Community: A History of Communal Forests in New England by: McCullough, Robert

The Landscape of Community: A History of Communal Forests in New England by: McCullough, Robert

Hardcover. Hanover NH, University Press of New England, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 403 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. New England's tradition of forested communities stretches unbroken to the 17th century, when the earliest settlers worked common wood lots or set aside timbered public lands to support residents, churches, and schools. The history of these reserves offers insights into the debate over the benefits of preservation over economic development. Clean copy. Record # 33687
Price: $18.00 

Paris: The Secret HistoryHussey, Andrew
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Paris: The Secret History


Hussey, Andrew

Hardcover. Canada, Bloomsbury Press, 1st US, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 512 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Foxing to top edge of textblock. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 471698


Price: $19.00 

Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska by: Whymper, Frederick

Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska by: Whymper, Frederick

Hardcover. London, Readex Microprint, reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 331 pages, hardcover. Covers are significantly bumped near the spine. Interior pages are clean and bright, and the binding is solid. This is a reprint of an 1868 book, with original B&W illustrations throughout. In 1864, the Russian government granted permission to the Western Union Telegraph Company to make a survey for a possible telegraph line extending from British Columbia through what was then called Russian America (Alaska)... One of the participants was Frederick Whymper, a young English adventurer, writer, and artist, who joined the expedition and wrote Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, one of the earliest and best accounts of Alaska during the transition from a Russian to an American possession. Previous owner wrote two short notes on the inside back cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33785
Price: $18.00 

 

Massachusetts In the Rebellion - A Record of the Historical Position of the Commonwealth . . . in the Civil War of 1861-65


Headley, P. C.

Boston, Walker, Fuller, and Co., 1st , Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 688 pages + ads in front of title-page. Black & white photos with tissue guards. Tissue guard on frontispiece removed. Heavy foxing to pages. Hinge separated from binding at front endpaper. Gold embossed decoration, lettering on front of cloth cover and spine. Spotting, fade to spine. Small hole to spine binding. Edgewear to bottom edges.

Record # 502901


Price: $80.00 

A History of the Marranos by: Roth, CecilIntro: Salomon, Herman P.

A History of the Marranos by: Roth, Cecil Intro: Salomon, Herman P.

Softcover. NY, Schocken Books, 1st thus, 1974, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 424 pages, soft cover. Covers are in good condition, with some minor rubbing and edge wear. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Includes frontispiece illustration of Isaac Aboab (1605-1693), introduction by Herman P. Salomon, errata and addenda, foreword by the author, notes, bibliography, and index. Reproductions of historical illustrations and documents throughout. This book examines the history of the Spanish Marranos, Jews who practiced Christianity in public and Judaism in private. From 1391 until their expulsion 100 years later, this book traces their history and survival, and the rise and fall of the Spanish Inquisition. Clean copy. Record # 33886
Price: $28.00 

 

Guide to German Parish Registers, A: vol. I: Baden, Bavaria, Wuerttemberg


Cerny (compiler), Johni

Hardcover. Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 420 pages. Volume one only.

Record # 506193


Price: $38.00 

Peasants, Class, and Capitalism: The Rural Research of  L. N. Kritsman and His School by: Cox, Terry

Peasants, Class, and Capitalism: The Rural Research of L. N. Kritsman and His School by: Cox, Terry

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 271 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in good condition, with some minor bumping to the corners and one small spot of sticky residue on the front. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Working in the Soviet Union of the 1920s, L.N. Kritsman and his "Agrarian Marxists" studied the process of class differentiation within the Russian peasantry, examining the best means of identifying and measuring it and investigating how farms with different class characteristics varied in their relation to production and forms of farm organizations. Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index. Significant marking in pencil by the previous owner is present throughout the first half of the book. Record # 33972
Price: $28.00 

 

Britton: An English Translation and Notes


Nichols (translator), Francis Morgan

Hardcover. Washington D.C., John Byrne & Co., 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 649 pages. Introduction by Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin. Bookseller's label on front end paper. Corners bumped. Wear to corners and spine.

Record # 506967


Price: $66.00 

The Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg: The Southern Flank, Dec. 1944-Jan. 1945; Volume 2: The Americans by: Gaul, Roland
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The Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg: The Southern Flank, Dec. 1944-Jan. 1945; Volume 2: The Americans by: Gaul, Roland

Hardcover. Atglen PA, Schiffer Military History, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 357 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and maps throughout. The 2 volumes in this set were released on the 50th anniversary of the battle of the bulge, providing new insights into the events of one of the fiercest battles of W.W.II. Volume 2 focuses on the American point of view. This is a large-form book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34012
Price: $12.00 

 

Religion and Society in England, 1790-1850


Ward, W.R.

New York, Schocken Books, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 339 pages. Blue top edge. Dust jacket with edgewear.

Record # 507762


Price: $21.00 

Give Your Heart to the Hawks: A Tribute to the Mountain Men by: Blevins, Winfred
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Give Your Heart to the Hawks: A Tribute to the Mountain Men by: Blevins, Winfred

Hardcover. Los Angeles, CA, Nash Publishing, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 349 pages, hardcover. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Blevins presents a poetic tribute to the dauntless first Westerners who explored the Great American West from the time of Lewis and Clark into the 1840s. As trappers in a hostile, trackless land, their exploits opened the gates of the mountains for the wagon trains of pioneers who followed them. Previous owner's name on inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34107
Price: $15.00 

 

From Cedar Mountain to Antietam: August-September 1862


Stackpole, Edward J.

Harrisburg PA, Stackpole Company, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 466 pages. Dust jacket with chipping, soiling. Marker on back of front end paper.

Record # 508179


Price: $20.00 

The Nature of Historical Knowledge by: Stanford, Michael
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The Nature of Historical Knowledge by: Stanford, Michael

Softcover. NY, Basil Blackwell, 1st thus, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 196 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. In this original argument, Michael Stanford proposes a single structure to incorporate all aspects of history--events, evidence, interpretations, books and lectures, popular ideas and social effects--into one comprehensive whole. The author clarifies the problems of studying history, both philosophical and practical. Clean copy. Record # 34168
Price: $15.00 

 

In My Father's Bakery - A Bronx Memoir


Korman, Marvin

NY, Red Rock Press, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 204 pages.

Record # 509204


Price: $15.00 

Love On The Rocks: Men, Women, and Alcohol in Post-World War II America by: Rotskoff, Lori
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Love On The Rocks: Men, Women, and Alcohol in Post-World War II America by: Rotskoff, Lori

Softcover. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 307 pages, soft cover. Covers have two 'used' stickers, one on the rear and one on the spine, and light bumping to the corners, but are still in good condition overall. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. In this fascinating history of alcohol in postwar American culture, Lori Rotskoff draws on short stories, advertisements, medical writings, and Hollywood films to investigate how gender norms and ideologies of marriage intersected with scientific and popular ideas about drinking and alcoholism. Clean copy. Record # 34232
Price: $12.00 

Anti-intellectualism in American Life by: Hofstader, Richard

Anti-intellectualism in American Life by: Hofstader, Richard

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books, 6th Pr., 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 434 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has several closed tears, but is still in good condition overall. Blue cloth covers have some minor discoloration on the rear. Interior pages with deckled edges are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book offers groundbreaking and urgent analyses of deep undercurrents in American life: a stubborn, irrepressible opposition to rationality, expertise, and higher learning, and the destabilizing pull exercised by conspiratorial movements on the right and left. Clean copy. Record # 34330
Price: $25.00 

 

World at Arms, A - A Global History of World War II


Weinberg, Gerhard L.

London, Cambridge University Press , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1178 pages. Huge volume in like new condition.

Record # 601682


Price: $18.00 

The Mills at Winooski Falls: Winooski and Burlington, Vermont: Illustrated Essays and Oral Histories by: Editor: Krawitt, Laura

The Mills at Winooski Falls: Winooski and Burlington, Vermont: Illustrated Essays and Oral Histories by: Editor: Krawitt, Laura

Softcover. Winooski, VT, Onion River Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book is a short volume of essays which provide a multi-century view of the impact of the industrial revolution on this region of Vermont. Clean copy. Record # 34453
Price: $18.00 

 

Tarry at Home Travels


Hale, Edward Everett

Hardcover. London, Macmillan, Reprint, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 428 pages. Green cloth, light rippling, gilt design and lettering. Minor spotting. Illustrated in black & white. Bottom corners bumped, rear board scuffed.

Record # 604678


Price: $19.00 

Visit'n: A Treasury of Vermont Stories and Storytellers, Volume X by: Editor: Beck, Jane C. Editor: Parr, Leslie

Visit'n: A Treasury of Vermont Stories and Storytellers, Volume X by: Editor: Beck, Jane C. Editor: Parr, Leslie

Softcover. Middlebury, VT, Vermont Folklife Center, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 112 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. Visit'n is a collection of people's voices, their conversations, reminiscences, and oral testimonies. It is an oversize trade paperback, with an accompanying CD. Clean copy. Record # 34517
Price: $18.00 

 

New England Life in the 18th Century


Shipton, Clifford K.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Belknap/Harvard University Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 626 pages, b&w photos. Foreword by Samuel Eliot Morison. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket with Color pencil marking to front cover, rubbing, wear, soiling. Overall a very nice, tight copy.

Record # 606675


Price: $20.00 

 

Black Belt Scalawag - Charles Hays and the Southern Republicans in the Era of Reconstruction


Rogers, Jr., William Warren

Hardcover. Athens. Ga., Univ. of Georgis, 1st, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 51043


Price: $18.00 

 

Mirrors


Galeano, Eduardo

Hardcover. New York, Nation Books, 2nd printing, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 391 pages. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 608477


Price: $30.00 

 

Richard Taylor - Saldier Prince of Dixie


Parrish, T. Michael

Hardcover. Chapel Hill, Univ. of N.C., 1st, 1992, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Black & white photos

Record # 51408


Price: $28.00 

 

Business of May Next - James Madison and the Founding, The


Miller, William Lee

Hardcover. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Dust jacket shows standard wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608764


Price: $12.00 

Voices from the Century Before - The Odyssey of a 19th Century Kentucky FamilyBerry, Mary Clay
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Voices from the Century Before - The Odyssey of a 19th Century Kentucky Family


Berry, Mary Clay

Hardcover. NY, Arcade, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 522 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black & white photos.

Record # 52804


Price: $28.00 

 

Renaissance Popes - Statesmen, Warriors and the Great Borgia Myth, The


Noel, Gerard

Hardcover. New York, Carroll & Graf, 1st US, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 403 pages. 8 pages of Illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609050


Price: $15.00 

 

Wildest of the Wild Weat - True Tales of a Frontier Town on the Santa Fe Trail


Bryan, Howard

Hardcover. Santa Fe, NM, Clear Light, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, A collection of early journalistic accounts of the New Mexican town of Las Vegas, 1835-1915. illust. 269 pages. Dj with edgewear, sunning to spine

Record # 57046


Price: $20.00 

 

Western Regions, New Hampshire: A Visual History, The


Morley, Linda

Hardcover. Norfolk, Donning Company, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 223 pages. Illustrated with mostly black & white photographs. Light fading to spine of dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609191


Price: $40.00 

 

William Henry Letters, The


Diaz, Abby Morton

Hardcover. Boston, James R. Osgood, Rep, 1874, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A collection of a young boy's letters to his grandmother with commentary. Whether fictionalized or not, an interesting account of growing up in the early to mid 1800's 1st pub. in 1870 with crude drawing supposedly by the boy. Hinge cracked. 275 bapes VF, internally. Original green cloth with gilt decoration on spine

Record # 59886


Price: $26.00 

 

Foreign Policy in the Sixties - The Issues and the Instruments


Hilsman, Roger/Robert C. Good

Hardcover. Baltimore , Johns Hopkins, 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 299 pages. Dust jacket worn with chipping and rubbing along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609835


Price: $12.00 

 

Witness to War - An American Doctor in El Salvador


Clements, M.D., Charles

Hardcover. NY, Bantam Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 268 pages.

Record # 61124


Price: $15.00 

 

Natural History and the Topography of Groton, Massachusetts, The


Green, Samuel Abbott

Hardcover. Groton, Town of Groton, Massachusetts, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 207 pages. Pamphlet and ephemeral items laid-in. Green cloth covers with title in gilt on spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610246


Price: $63.00 

 

Ancient Greece - The Triumph of a Culture


Payne, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Norton, 2nd, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Illust. 449 pages. Previous owner's signature half-title page.

Record # 61370


Price: $25.00 

Sources of Indian Tradition - Volume II by: de Bary (Editor), Wm. Theodore

Sources of Indian Tradition - Volume II by: de Bary (Editor), Wm. Theodore

Softcover. New York, Columbia University Press, Reprint, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages. Volume II only. Softcover. Previous owners name at top right corner of front endpaper. Fading to spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 610744
Price: $12.00 

 

Presidential Tapes, The - The Complete Transcripts of the Nixon Tapes


N/A

Hardcover. N Y, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 693 pages.

Record # 63500


Price: $25.00 

 

Mighty Stonewall


Vandiver, Frank E.

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 547 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR 0N PRELIMINARY PAGE. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Illustrated with 8 pages of black & white photographs. Related article laid-in. No dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611995


Price: $63.00 

 

Real Wild West, The - The 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West


Wallis, Michael

NY, St Martins, 1st, 1999, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos. 652 pages. Like new except for bottom corner bump.

Record # 65150


Price: $13.00 

 

Ku Klux Klan in American Politics, The


Rice, Arnold S.

Hardcover. Washington, D. C., Public Affairs Press, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 150 pages. Hardcover. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612362


Price: $31.00 

 

Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association - The Nineteenth Annual Meeting


N/A

NY, NY Historical Society, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. 480 pages.

Record # 67065


Price: $15.00 

 

Army Life On The Western Frontier


Croghan, George

Hardcover. Norman OK, University of Oklahoma Press , 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 188 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations and photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Includes appendix of author's travel schedule. Decorative stain to top edge. Some edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 613496


Price: $25.00 

 

Pennsylvania 1776


Secor (Ed.), Robert

University Park, PA, Pennsylvania State Univ., 2nd, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 380 pages. Black & white, 2-color illustrations. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping.

Record # 68068


Price: $25.00 

Daring Deeds of American GeneralsJenkins, John S.
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Daring Deeds of American Generals


Jenkins, John S.

Hardcover. New York, A. A. Kelley, Reprint, 1858, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 407 pages. Hardcover. Red cloth covers with embossed design front and back. Title and decoration in gilt on spine. "With Illustrations" appears on title page, but book has no illustrations. Some pages with small areas of foxing. Moderate rubbing to corners of covers, top and bottom of spine. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613801


Price: $75.00 

 

My Pamet - Cape Cod Chronicle


Kane, Tom

Mt. Kisco, NY, Moyer Bell Ltd., 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 472 pages.

Record # 68748


Price: $20.00 

Report of the Committee and Engineer, on the Subject of a Canal from Enfield Falls to Hartford, to furnish the city with water and water powerAnderson, Philander/John Chase/Stephen Spencer/Leonard Kennedy/Denison Morgan
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Report of the Committee and Engineer, on the Subject of a Canal from Enfield Falls to Hartford, to furnish the city with water and water power


Anderson, Philander/John Chase/Stephen Spencer/Leonard Kennedy/Denison Morgan

Softcover. Hartford, Press of Case, Tiffany & Burnham, 1st, 1847, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 42 pages. Softcover. Features intact fold-out map in rear: "Map of the Survey for a Canal Route for Manufacturing Purposes from the Head of Enfield Falls to Hartford". Yellow covers with some tape repairs to closed tears. Light foxing to some pages. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 614022


Price: $150.00 

 

Introduction to Ancient Egypt, An


James, T.G.H.

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, Rep., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color, black & white illust. 286 pages. A guide to the antiquities in the British Museum

Record # 69266


Price: $20.00 

 

Campaigns of the American Civil War


Fiebeger G. J.

Hardcover. West Point, U.S.M.A Printing Office, Unknown, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages including index. U.S.M.A textbook on the battles of the Civil War. Slightly age-toned paper, otherwise clean. Tan cloth boards show light water damage to spine.

Record # 700290


Price: $40.00 

 

Captain Sam Grant


Lewis, Lloyd

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 7th pr., 1950, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, The early years of Ulysses S.Grant. ex-lib. copy with normal stamping, residue to rear end paper but hardly read. a tight clean reading copy. 512 pgs.

Record # 100919


Price: $12.00 

 

Their Tattered Flags


Vandiver, Frank E.

New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 362 pages including index. Slightly faded dust jacket with taped crease and tear to top front cover, library sticker on bottom spine. Book review taped neatly into front endpages.

Record # 700693


Price: $15.00 

 

Days of Gold - The California Gold Rush and the American Nation


Rohrbough, Malcolm J.

Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice condition, clean, new-looking. Black & white sketches. Hardbound, dust jacket, 353 pgs.

Record # 109165


Price: $28.00 

 

Ghost Mountain Boys, The


Campbell, James

Hardcover. New York, Crown Publishers, 1st Edition, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 378 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt letters to spine. Illustrations in b/w. Dust jacket in very good condition. Bright, clean copy & unmarked.

Record # 750228


Price: $15.00 

 

From Alexander to Cleopatra - The Hellenistic World


Grant, Michael

New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages.B&w photos, illustrations and maps. Dust jacket spine faded.

Record # 178213


Price: $15.00 

Nebraska's Militia - The History of the Army and Air National Guard - 1854 - 1991Hartman, Douglas R.
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Nebraska's Militia - The History of the Army and Air National Guard - 1854 - 1991


Hartman, Douglas R.

Hardcover. Virginia Beach, Donning Company, First Edition, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 318 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt decoration to cover, gilt titles to spine. Dust jacket with toning to edges, wrinkled spine edge, otherwise bright. Profusely illustrated in black & white throughout. Light toning to edges. Marker to top edge of preliminary page. Otherwise clean & unmarked.

Record # 750486


Price: $63.00 

 

History Of Civil, Political, and Military of the History Of The Southern Revolution. (Vol. 1)


Victor, Orville J.

hardcover. NY, J.D. Torrey, 1st, 1861, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping. Light Fading to spine and covers. Gilt and embossed decorated cover. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue-guard. Black & white illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Previous owner's bookplate.

Record # 202432


Price: $80.00 

 

Battered Stars, The - One State's Civil War Ordeal During Grant's Overland Campaign (INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)


Coffin, Howard

Hardcover. Woodstock, The Countryman Press, First Edition, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 415 pages. Hardcover INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to half title page, with related ephemera. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with small tear top edge. Very clean, unmarked.

Record # 750867


Price: $25.00 

 

Burnell, The Green Mountain Boy - A Narrative Piece For Young People


Sylvester, A.M., Rev. J. B.

Albany, NY, Weed, Parsons and Company, 2nd, 1875, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Embossed covers with gilt spine. Spine is very faded. Light foxing through-out. Otherwise solid and clean. Inspiring tale of a young boy in northern Vermont who attends an academy in Georgia, Vermont and has a spiritual awakening

Record # 203634


Price: $20.00 

 

Medieval Warfare - A History


Keen (Editor), Maurice

Hardcover. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1st Edition, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 340 pages. Hardcover. Frontis illustration, Carving of the Battle Scenes from the Courtrai Chest, 14th Century, in black & white. Black & white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket in full color & in very good condition. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 750980


Price: $19.00 

 

The Dragon Strikes - China and the Korean War: June-December 1950


Roe, Patrick C.

Novato, CA, Presidio, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 466 pages. Black & white maps.

Record # 206732


Price: $20.00 

 

Hundred Years of Methodism, A


Simpson, Matthew

Hardcover. New York, Phillips & Hunt, First Edition, 1876, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 369 pages. Hardcover. Brick cloth covered boards with embossed decoration to cover & gilt decoration & titles to spine. Light wear to crown & heel of spine. Previous owners' signature & stamp to front endpaper. Light toning throughout.A very nice copy, clean & unmarked with a lovely binding.

Record # 751279


Price: $19.00 

 

The Black River's Rampage 1927 Springfield, Vermont


Lyndes, E. J. and Theo Menard

Paperback. Springfield, VT, Springfield Printing, unknown wraps, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 35 pages. Paperback. Black & white photography.

Record # 208049


Price: $50.00 

 

Music Lover's Handbook, The


Siegmeister, Elie

Hardcover. New York, NY, William Morrow and Company, Reprint, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 817 pages. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf. Toning to edges, black & white musical scores throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751417


Price: $13.00 

 

NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL: The Lowdown On The Big Town


Churcher, Sharon

Hardcover. New York, Crown, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 300 pages. Illustrated. 8vo. Black boards, black cloth spine. Price clipped, color pictorial dust jacket. Previous owner's signature.

Record # 220683


Price: $13.00 

 

Voices of History - 1945- 1946: Speeches and Papers of Roosevelt, Truman, Churchill, Attlee, Stalin, De Gaulle, Chiang and Other Leaders Delivered during 1944


Ausubel (Editor), Nathan

Hardcover. New York, NY, Gramercy Publishing Company, First Edition, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 660 pages. Hardcover. Light toning to edges throughout. Fold to p. 5 - 11. Foxing to top & right edge. Black boards with gilt titles to spine, some soilig to cover boards. Otherwise clean & unmarked.

Record # 751512


Price: $19.00 

 

Fast Sailing Ships: Their Design and Construction, 1775-1875


MacGregor, David R.

Hardcover. London, Naval Institute Press, 2nd, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with some minor wear to dust jacket edges. Slight yellowing to text block edges. Otherwise tight copy. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 224402


Price: $31.00 

 

Things That Have Interested Me (Second Series)


Bennett, Arnold

Hardcover. New York, NY, George H. Doran Company, First Edition, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 264 pages. Hardcover. Red boards with faded gilt titles to spine. Light soiling to boards. Light toning throughout. Deckled side edge. Clean, tight & unmarked copy.

Record # 751571


Price: $19.00 

 

Early History of Weathersfield, Vermont, The - An address delivered August 16, 1921 at the Centennial Exercises of the First Congregational Church, Weathersfield, Vermont


Butterfield, Ernest W.

Softcover. no imprint , 1st pamphlet, 1921, Book: Very Good , Dust Jacket: None, 26 pages and wraps. A hand written additional note regarding Rev. James Treadway and a correction of his name on pg 18. Some soil and a small area of scaring on the wraps, otherwise very good. Secured in archival binder.

Record # 301013


Price: $20.00 

 

Water Follies Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters


Glennon, Robert

Hardcover. Washington, Island Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 314 pages. Blue boards, gray cloth spine, gilt. Color pictorial dust jacket.

Record # 803491


Price: $10.00 

 

Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1905


N/A

Washington, DC, GPO , 2nd, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 1,374 pages. Vol. 2 only (of 2). Front hinge wear, front fly leaf half loose, binding solid. Very good internally.

Record # 302841


Price: $100.00 

 

Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the year 1875


n/a

Hardcover. New York, New York Historical Society , 1876, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 553 pages. Green cloth, gilt. Uncut.

Record # 804341


Price: $51.00 

 

History of the National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America for the Seventeenth Year Ending May 13, 1915


no author

Paperback. no place, DAR, 1st wraps, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 57 pages. Clean.

Record # 303366


Price: $8.00 

 

American Sculpture at Yale University


Freedman, Paul B. and Robert Jaffee Frank

Softcover. New Have, Connecticut, Yale University Art Gallery, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 217 pages. Exhibition catalog. Black covers with red and blue titles, photographic illustration of sculpture to front, preface by Mary Garder Neill, 466 b&w and color plates. Very slight rubbing to covers; a clean, tight copy.

Record # 806253


Price: $20.00 

 

Country Neighborhood


Coatsworth, Elizabeth

New York, Macmillan, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Decorations by Hildegard Woodward. Dust jacket chipped, edgeworn, but bright.

Record # 304204


Price: $15.00 

 

Early History of Bristol, Vermont, Formerly Known as Pocock


Munsill, Harvey

Hardcover. Bristol, VT, Bristol Historical Society, 1st, 1970s, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 258 pages. Dark green cloth covers, gilt titles, index prepared by Rev. John R. Burbank dated 2002 laid-in, diagram of land plot divisions printed on fold-out panel. Slight rubbing to cover edges, otherwise very clean, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 807993


Price: $80.00 

 

Born for Liberty - A History of Women in America


Evans, Sara M.

Hardcover. New York, Free Press, BON C, 19889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 386 pages, Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. B&W photos. Book Club Edition.

Record # 304684


Price: $12.00 

 

Indian Legends Retold


Eastman, Elaine Goodale, Illust. by: George Varian

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 161 pages. Brown cloth covers, red and black stamped titles and illustration to covers, 6 b&w illustrated plates by George Varian, introduction by Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa). Light smudges to covers, pages crisp and unmarked, tight binding; overall, a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 808713


Price: $45.00 

 

Northeast Historical Archaeology Vol 15


Beaudry, Mary (Ed.)

Paperback. Boston, Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology , 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Stiff wraps. This volume marks 20th anniversary of founding of this regional group to promote study of Northeast United States and Eastern Canadian Historical Archaeology and looks back upon it's history as well as includes as 80 page bibliography of Northeast Historical Archaeology making this issue a particularly good reference.

Record # 400963


Price: $15.00 

 

Wakefield: Birthplace of George Washington


Moore, Charles

Softcover. Washington, Wakefield National Memorial Asssocistion, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 32 pages. B&W photographs throughout. Heavy paper covers. Minor wear. Internally clean.

Record # 809213


Price: $12.00 

Conversations Principally on The Aborigines of North American/a
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Conversations Principally on The Aborigines of North America


n/a

Softcover. Salem MA, W.& E.B. Ives, 1st, 1828, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 179 pages. Softcover. A study of the native tribes of America told through a dialogue of questions and answers, aimed at a young audience. Covers with moderate soil and some chipping to paper at bottom of spine. Scarce.

Record # 402010


Price: $250.00 

 

Diary of Ebenezer Parkman 1703-1782: First Part- Three Volumes in One 1719-1755


Walett (Ed.), Francis G.

Hardcover. Worcester MA, American Antquarian Society, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages, red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Very clean, tight copy.

Record # 850026


Price: $60.00 

 

Journal of Rear-Admiral Bartholomew James 1752-1828


Laughton, John Knox and James Young Sullivan

Hardcover. London, Naval Records Society, 1st, 1896, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 402 pages,b&w plates, white cloth covers with blue cloth spine. Front gutter cracked with tear to cloth along spine. Chunk of cloth gone from top of spine. Internally very good.

Record # 403950


Price: $35.00 

 

Colton's Map of the County of Westchester (New York)


Colton, G.W & C.B.

Hardcover. New York, G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1877, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color map, approximately 19" wide, 22" high. Folded into blind-stamped brown cloth covers (3 3/4 X 5 3/4) with gilt lettering. Ad for publisher on front pastedown. Bright, clean, no tears.

Record # 404845


Price: $500.00 

 

On the High Seas


Chatterton, E. Keble

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages, b&w plates. Green cloth covers w/ light rubbing to corners. Light foxing to top edge. Rear hinge weak. Else a nice, clean copy.

Record # 851776


Price: $12.00 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 116 1986 by: Scodel (Ed.), Ruth

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 116 1986 by: Scodel (Ed.), Ruth

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 394 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406504
Price: $12.00 

 

Admiral Rodney


Macintyre, Donald

Hardcover. London, Peter Davies, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 280 pages. B&w frontispiece. Decorated endpapers. Slight fading and wear to cover edges. Light edge wear and rubbing to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851912


Price: $20.00 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 127 - 1997 by: Skinner (Ed.), Marilyn B

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 127 - 1997 by: Skinner (Ed.), Marilyn B

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 393 pages, maroon cloth covers. Previous owner's signature otherwise clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406522
Price: $12.00 

 

Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, The


Churchill, T. O.

Hardcover. London, Paul Minet, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 100 pages, b&w frontispiece. Blue cloth covers w/ light rubbing to corners. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851984


Price: $20.00 

 

Vermont State Directory and Gazetteer for 1897-98


N/A

Hardcover. Boston, Union Publishing Co., 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 366 pages, includes many ads with line illustrations. Black cloth spine with ad-illustrated cardboard covers, chipping to the paper covering the boards at edges. Hinges cracked otherwise clean, solid.

Record # 406879


Price: $75.00 

 

Sea Devil of the Confederacy: The Story of the Florida and her Captain, John Newland Maffitt


Boykin, Edward

Hardcover. New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co, 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 306 pages. B&w frontispiece and b&w illustrations. Staining to edge papers. Rubbing and edgewear to cover and to dust jacket. Dust jacket in brodart.

Record # 852131


Price: $15.00 

Fighter Tactics and Strategy 1914-1970 by: Sims, Edward H.

Fighter Tactics and Strategy 1914-1970 by: Sims, Edward H.

Hardcover. New York , Harper & Row, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 266 pages, b&w illustrations. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Light musty odor. Record # 411424
Price: $12.00 

 

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and the War on the Lakes


Lyman, Olin L.

Hardcover. New York, New Amsterdam Book Company, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 246 pages. Minor spine and cover edge wear. Ex-library residue and previous owner's stamp on front flyleaf. Pencil notes on rear end paper. Otherwise, clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852358


Price: $12.00 

 

Merrimac River Shipping: Paper Read Before the Historical Society of Old Newbury


Coffin, Edward M.

Softcover. Newburyport MA, The Historical Society of Old Newbury, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled brown paper wraps, 24 pages, b&w frontispiece. From a museum library with light stamping. Otherwise clean.

Record # 411953


Price: $14.00 

 

Squadron in the Wilderness


Weiler, Ruth

Softcover. Erie, Pennsylvania, Ruth Weiler, 1st, 1963, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 95 pages. Minor cover and spine edge wear. Small water stain on back cover. Illustrations throughout. Clean and tight copy. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.

Record # 852403


Price: $40.00 

 

Hoover, Roosevelt and the Brains Trust: From Depression to New Deal


Rosen, Eliot A.

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 446 pages. Dust jacket worn and torn, previous owner's stamp to front fly leaf, else a nice, tight copy.

Record # 450287


Price: $20.00 

 

Piggy Foxy and the Sword of Revolution: Bolshevik Self-Portraits


Vatlin, Alexander, Larisa Malashenko

Hardcover. New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 205 pages, illustrated throughout. Very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852525


Price: $30.00 

Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New NationPrice, David
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Love and Hate in Jamestown: John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Heart of a New Nation


Price, David

Hardcover. 1st, October 7, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 305 pages. Minor edgewear to pictorial dust jacket, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 450746


Price: $12.00 

 

La Bataille Navale du Jutland 31 Mai 1916


Guiheneuc, Olivier

Hardcover. Paris, Perrin et Cie, Libraires-Editeurs, 1st, 1917, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 pages, French text. Minor edge wear and rubbing, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 852771


Price: $20.00 

 

Deutsche Geschichte


Prinz zu Lowenstein, Hubertus

Hardcover. 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 740 pages, b&w photographs, map end papers. German text. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451769


Price: $15.00 

 

Utah Historical Quarterly: Volume 59.


Evans (ed), Max J.

Hardcover. Salt Lake City, Utah Historical Society, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 427 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 # 852897


Price: $20.00 

Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance FlorenceMartines, Lauro
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Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance Florence


Martines, Lauro

Hardcover. Oxford ; New York, Oxford University Press, USA, 1st, April 21, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages, several color illustrations. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452540


Price: $20.00 

 

Le Grand Corneille Historien


Desjardins, Ernest

Hardcover. Paris, Librairie Academique, Didier Et C, 1st, 1861, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Text is in French. 352 pages. Ex-library copy. Brown leather cover, spotted from age, worn on edges and corners. Light marking in pencil on some pages, otherwise inside is clean. A nice copy.

Record # 853125


Price: $30.00 

 

Soviet Society Under Perestroika


Lane, David

Softcover. Boston, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1st, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 401 pages. Light wear, rubbing to edges and spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453318


Price: $12.00 

 

Bolsheviks in Siberia, 1917-1918, The


Snow, Russell E.

Hardcover. Rutherford, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 269 pages, small chip on top spine edge and price clipped, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853312


Price: $15.00 

 

Russian dilemma, The : A political and geopolitical view


Wesson, Robert G

Hardcover. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 228 pages. Light edge wear, rubbing to dust jacket. Else clean and tight.

Record # 453399


Price: $12.00 

 

Reluctant Republic, The


Van de Water, Frederic F.

Hardcover. New York, John Day , 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 339 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front preliminary page, with illustrations. Dust jacket edge wear and tear, inch chunk missing from top edge, price clipped. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 853952


Price: $40.00 

 

Jews in the Soviet Union since 1917, The


Levin, Nora

Hardcover. New York, New York University Press, 1st, December 1, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 2 Volumes. 1013 pages total, b&w photographs. Creases to dust jacket flaps on Volume 1, cut on front cover. Corners of several pages bent on Volume 1. Else clean, tight copies.

Record # 453505


Price: $40.00 

History of the Civil War in the U.S.S.R.: Volume One,  The Prelude of the Great Proletarian RevolutionGorky, M., V. Molotov, K. Voroshilov, S. Kirov, A. Zhadanov, J. Stalin
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History of the Civil War in the U.S.S.R.: Volume One, The Prelude of the Great Proletarian Revolution


Gorky, M., V. Molotov, K. Voroshilov, S. Kirov, A. Zhadanov, J. Stalin

Hardcover. Moscow, Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers, 1st English, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 297 pages, with illustrations throughout, oversized red cloth board. Minor corner and edge wear, rub and light soil; loose frontispiece portrait of Lenin, title page and copyright page. Otherwise, unmarked and tight copy.

Record # 854392


Price: $80.00 

Murder of a Medici PrincessMurphy, Caroline P.
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Murder of a Medici Princess


Murphy, Caroline P.

Hardcover. Oxford ; New York, Oxford University Press, USA, 1st, April 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 397 pages, b&w and color illustrations. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 454648


Price: $12.00 

 

Among the Zulus Amatongas


Leslie, David

Hardcover. New York , Negro Universities Press, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 436 pages. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. No dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 854711


Price: $20.00 

The Federalization of SpainMoreno, Luis
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The Federalization of Spain


Moreno, Luis

Softcover. London ; Portland, OR, Routledge, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 182 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 454817


Price: $40.00 

 

History of Hancock County, lllinois: Illinois Sesquicentennial Edition


N/A

Hardcover. Illinois, Board of Supervisors of Hancock County, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 670 pages, with black & white photographs, gilt decorations and title on green cloth board. 77 page index pamphlet laid-in. Minor edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright.

Record # 855109


Price: $113.00 

Passchendaele by: Prior, Robin

Passchendaele by: Prior, Robin

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, July 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 237 pages, b&w photographs. Smoky odor. Else clean and tight. Record # 455015
Price: $12.00 

 

War Book, The


Hill, Clyde M., John M. Avery

Hardcover. Montpelier, VT, Capital City Press, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 106 pages, light edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Record # 855320


Price: $15.00 

 

Jamestown, the Buried Truth


Kelso, William M.

Hardcover. Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 2006, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Slight dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, crisp, clean and tight copy.

Record # 455521


Price: $15.00 

Reliving the Past: The Worlds of Social History by: Zunz, Olivier

Reliving the Past: The Worlds of Social History by: Zunz, Olivier

Softcover. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, 1st , 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 334 pages. Clean, tight copy. Record # 855420
Price: $12.00 

 

Hickory Furniture


Kylloe, Ralph

Hardcover. Salt Lake City, Gibbs Smith, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 144 pages. Red cloth cover, light wear to corners and edges of spine. Dust jacket has small tear on back top edge, light wear to edges. Inside is very clean. Many color and b&w photographs throughout.

Record # 455888


Price: $20.00 

 

Sergei Zubatov and Revolutionary Marxism: The Struggle for the Working Class in Tsarist Russia


Schneiderman, Jeremiah

Hardcover. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 401 pages. Sticker and marker marks on front cover of dust jacket. Also, fading to dust jacket spine. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855515


Price: $19.00 

Barbarians Speak, The: How the Conquered Peoples Shaped Roman Europe.Wells, Peter S.
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Barbarians Speak, The: How the Conquered Peoples Shaped Roman Europe.


Wells, Peter S.

Hardcover. Princeton, N.J., 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 335 pages, with illustrations. Minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456658


Price: $20.00 

 

Death and the Enlightenment: Changing Attitudes to Death in Eighteenth-Century France


McManners, John

Paperback. Oxford, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 619 pages. Minor shelf wear. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855640


Price: $13.00 

 

America Warplanes of WWII


Donald, David (Editor)

Hardcover. Barnes & Noble, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 457092


Price: $20.00 

 

Indiscreet Letters from Peking


Weale, B. L. Putnam

Hardcover. New York , Dodd Mead and Company, reprint, 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 447 pages. Red cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, no dust jacket issued. Light sunning and small tears to edges of spine. Slight stain to front cover. Faint foxing to end papers and title page.

Record # 855922


Price: $31.00 

 

Marianne in Chains: Daily Life in the Heart of France During the German Occupation


Gildea, Robert

Hardcover. New York, 1st US, August 4, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 507 pages, b&w photos. Light edgewear to dust jacket else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 457591


Price: $15.00 

 

Cavalry at Appomattox: A Tactical Study of Mounted Operations during the Civil War's Climactic Campaign, March 27-April 9, 1865, The


Longacre, Edward G.

Hardcover. Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. 10+ pages of black-and-white illustrations in middle of book. Very light shelf-wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856417


Price: $13.00 

 

Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 25


Conger, Professor Syndy M. (Editor)

Hardcover. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 322 pages, gilt title on dark red cloth board, minor edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright.

Record # 457826


Price: $13.00 

 

Huntington-Babylon: Town History


N/A

Hardcover. Huntington Historical Society, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 296 pages, b&w illustrations. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Light edgewear to covers with light fading to spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856940


Price: $25.00 

 

Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 9


Runte, Roseann (Editor)

Hardcover. University of Wisconsin Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 550 pages, gilt title on dark red cloth board, minor edge wear and faint foxing on edges, otherwise, very clean and bright.

Record # 457846


Price: $13.00 

Americans From Africa: Old Memories, New Moods by: Rose, Peter

Americans From Africa: Old Memories, New Moods by: Rose, Peter

Hardcover. New York , Atherton Press , 1st, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 452 pages. Gilt titles on spine and decoration on front cover. Foxing to edges and dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 857221
Price: $12.00 

 

Electrification of Russia, 1880-1926, The


Coopersmith, Jonathan

Hardcover. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell Univ Pr, 1st, November 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 274 pages. Minor sunning to spine, else a clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 458249


Price: $25.00 

 

Indian Captive: The Experiences of Zadock Steele Described in the Narrative Written by Himself


French, Mary M. Billings

Hardcover. Woodstock VT, Elm Tree Press, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 46 pages, black cloth spine and salmon boards. Paper label on front and spine, spine label chipped. Illustrated map on endpapers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 900243


Price: $38.00 

 

Book of Rattery, The


No Author

Halsgrove, 1st, November 30, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: illustrated , 160 pages, illustrated throughout with photos in b&w. Light edgewear to dust jacket, previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 458450


Price: $75.00 

 

Yankees and God (SIGNED)


Smith, Chard Powers

Hardcover. New York, Hermitage House, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 528 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. A history of New England culture and the four phases of Puritanism from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Edgewear to dust jacket, light fading and soiling as well. Faint bumping to corners. Red tint to top edge text block. Light fading to end papers. A tight copy

Record # 951376


Price: $48.00 

First World Flight: The Odyssey of Billy MitchellLane, Spencer
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First World Flight: The Odyssey of Billy Mitchell


Lane, Spencer

Hardcover. U. S. Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 408 pages, b&w photos. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Faint foxing to edges. Publication flaw to page 203. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459781


Price: $25.00 

 

Letters of Hugh Earl Percy from Boston and New York: 1774-1776


Percy, Hugh Earl

Hardcover. Boston, Charles E. Goodspeed, 1st, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages, hardcover. Edited by Charles Knowles Bolton. Correspondence during the American revolutionary war. Mild fading to spine and top edge. Mild rubbing and edgewear to boards as well. Rough cut top edge. Minor bumping to corners. Frontispiece intact. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951831


Price: $63.00 

Precious Dust: The American Gold Rush Era : 1848-1900Marks, Paula Mitchell
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Precious Dust: The American Gold Rush Era : 1848-1900


Marks, Paula Mitchell

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 448 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket is price clipped, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 459988


Price: $13.00 

 

Boss Platt and His New York Machine: A Study of the Political Leadership of Thomas J. Platt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Others


Gosnell, Harold F.

Hardcover. Chicago IL, The University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 370 pages, hardcover. Blue boards with gilt titling to spine. A study and history of the New York political machine under Thomas J. Platt. Light underlining to pages 350-351. Faint rubbing and soiling to front panel. Age toning to top text block. Light bumping to corners. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 952138


Price: $50.00 

Gilded City: Scandal and Sensation in Turn-of-the-Century New York by: Dunlop, M. H.

Gilded City: Scandal and Sensation in Turn-of-the-Century New York by: Dunlop, M. H.

Hardcover. US, William Morrow, 1st, 2000-11-21, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Previous owner's inscription on dedication page. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 461791
Price: $12.00 

The Week France FellBarber, Noel
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The Week France Fell


Barber, Noel

Hardcover. New York, Stein & Day, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket. Black & white photos throughout.

Record # 2230064


Price: $15.00 

 

Accidental Guerrilla, The : Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One


Kilcullen, David

Hardcover. US, Oxford University Press, USA, 3rd printing, 2009-03-16, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 346 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Light edgewear to dust jacket with small closed tear to rear flap. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 462223


Price: $44.00 

Great Belzoni, The: The Circus Strongman Who Discovered Egypt's Ancient TreasureMayes, Stanley
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Great Belzoni, The: The Circus Strongman Who Discovered Egypt's Ancient Treasure


Mayes, Stanley

Softcover. London, Tauris Parke Paperbacks, Reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 360 pages. Softcover. Minor foxing to textblock edges. A very clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 2230399


Price: $19.00 

 

Breaking Trail: Remarkable Women of the Adirondacks


Weber, Sandra

Softcover. US, Purple Mountain Press, Ltd., 2nd printing, 2004-07-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 182 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to wrappers with light staining to rear cover, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462685


Price: $23.00 

Conway's History of the Ship: The Advent of Steam, The Merchant Steamship before 1900Greenhill, Dr. Basil
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Conway's History of the Ship: The Advent of Steam, The Merchant Steamship before 1900


Greenhill, Dr. Basil

Hardcover. London, Naval Institute Press , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 190 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Normal wear on jacket and cover. Jacket has minor repairs with tape to edge. Clean and tight copy, illustrated throughout. Stamp from previous owner's library on end papers.

Record # 2230639


Price: $31.00 

Lampshade, The : A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans by: Jacobson, Mark

Lampshade, The : A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans by: Jacobson, Mark

Hardcover. US, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2010-09-14, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 357 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463110
Price: $12.00 

Master of Desolation: The Reminiscences of Capt. Joseph J. FullerBusch, Briton Cooper (ed.)
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Master of Desolation: The Reminiscences of Capt. Joseph J. Fuller


Busch, Briton Cooper (ed.)

Hardcover. Mystic, CT, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 349 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Clean and tight copy. American Maritime Library; Vol. 9. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower corner of front end papers.

Record # 2230918


Price: $19.00 

MEN OF PROPERTY: THE VERY WEALTHY IN BRITAIN SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION by: RUBINSTEIN, W D

MEN OF PROPERTY: THE VERY WEALTHY IN BRITAIN SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION by: RUBINSTEIN, W D

Hardcover. US, CROOM HELM, 1st, 1981-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 261 pages. Light shelf-wear to price clipped dust jacket. Previous owner's stamp on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 464448
Price: $12.00 

The Speeches of Frederick Douglass: A Critical EditionMcKivingan, John R.
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The Speeches of Frederick Douglass: A Critical Edition


McKivingan, John R.

Softcover. US, Yale University Press, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 645 pages. Softcover. Very wear to cover, otherwise clean and tight copy.

Record # 2231047


Price: $19.00 

Neighbors to the Birds: A History of Birdwatching in America by: Gibbons, Felton

Neighbors to the Birds: A History of Birdwatching in America by: Gibbons, Felton

Hardcover. US, W W Norton & Co Inc, 1st, 1988-11-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 364 pages. B&w photographs throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 466549
Price: $12.00 

 

In the Floating Army: F.C. Mills on Itinerant Life on California, 1914


Woirol, Gregory R.

Hardcover. Urbana, University of Illinois, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 168 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Rear dust jacket faded.

Record # 2233389


Price: $15.00 

METHODISM: EMPIRE OF THE SPIRIT by: Hempton, David

METHODISM: EMPIRE OF THE SPIRIT by: Hempton, David

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. B&w illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 467951
Price: $12.00 

 

First World Flight, The


Thomas, Lowell

Hardcover. New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1925, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 328 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Hinges cracked and disconnected at rear. Loose binding. Moderate fraying to cover boards. Black and white pictures throughout. Fair copy.

Record # 2233640


Price: $31.00 

Letters of Karl Marx, The by: Padover, Saul K.

Letters of Karl Marx, The by: Padover, Saul K.

Softcover. Englewood Cliffs NJ , Prentice Hall, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 576 pages. Softcover. B&w photographs throughout. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468263
Price: $12.00 

Dangerous Trails: Five Desperadoes of the Old West Coast by: Secrest, William B.

Dangerous Trails: Five Desperadoes of the Old West Coast


by: Secrest, William B.

Hardcover. Stillwater, OK, Barbed Wire Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Boards bound in red cloth. Dust jacket unclipped and excellent. Binding tight. Looks barely read.

Record # 5560125


Price: $15.00 

Shores of refuge: a hundred years of Jewish emigration by: Sanders, Ronald

Shores of refuge: a hundred years of Jewish emigration by: Sanders, Ronald

Softcover. New York, Schocken, reprint, 1988, Book: Good, 673 pages. Softcover. B&w photographs throughout. Edge wear and foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468918
Price: $12.00 

 

Westward Journeys


Applegate, Jesse A.

Hardcover. Chicago, Lakeside Pr, rep, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, memoirs of traveling the Overland Trail Ed. by Martin Ridge

Record # 2052


Price: $18.00 

 

Passions and Politics: A Biography of Versailles


Barry, Joseph

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company Inc., Reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 538 pages. Hardcover. Ivory canvas covered boards with black titles to spine. Deckled edge, illustrations in black & white, clean inside and out with maps to endpapers. Dust jacket with edgewear, light toning & price-clipped. A nice copy.

Record # 6670078


Price: $23.00 

Mummies Myth And Magic in Ancient Egypt by: El, Mahdy Christine

Mummies Myth And Magic in Ancient Egypt by: El, Mahdy Christine

softcover . New York, Thames and Hudson, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Softcover. B/W and color pictures throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 469344
Price: $12.00 

 

Father Knickerbocker Rebels


Wertenbaker, Thomas J.

Hardcover. New York, Scrib, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, NY City during the Am. Revolution. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to boards.

Record # 5869


Price: $15.00 

Taste for War, ADavis, William C.
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Taste for War, A


Davis, William C.

Hardcover. Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 226 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469891


Price: $31.00 

 

Compiled Statutes of the State of Vermont Being Such of the Revised Statutes, and of the Public Acts and Laws Passed Since, as are Now in Force: To Which are Prefixed the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Vermont


Hardcover. Burlington, Chauncy Goodrich, 1st, 1851, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Front hinge weak, previous owner's inscription, signatures on end papers, worn calf covers, internally VG w/ light foxing

Record # 20839


Price: $100.00 

Taking the Hard Road: Life Course in French and German Workers' Autobiographies in the Era of IndustrializationMaynes, Mary Jo
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Taking the Hard Road: Life Course in French and German Workers' Autobiographies in the Era of Industrialization


Maynes, Mary Jo

softcover. Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 278 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to wrappers, otherwise very good copy.

Record # 470137


Price: $15.00 

 

Formative Years, The: Torrington - 1737 to 1852


Bailey, Bess, Merrill Bailey

Softcover. Connecticut, Torrington Historical Society, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 110 pages. Softcover. "First of Three Parts". "American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976". B/w illustrations throughout. Fold-out map on parchment. Some fading to covers due to age and shelf wear. Clean inside.

Record # 30464


Price: $19.00 

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 # 470598


Price: $25.00 


  
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