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History of the Illinois River Baptist Association and of It's Churches


Bailey, Gilbert S.

NY, Sheldon Blakeman, 1st, 1857, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 146 pages, dark green covers faded. There's a small (nail?) hole through the cover and most of book but is in the margin, not effecting text. Foxing to paper, previous owner's signature on front pastedown.

Record # 601064


Price: $60.00 

Jane Jacob's First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania by: Lang, Glenna

Jane Jacob's First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania by: Lang, Glenna

Hardcover. NY, New Village Press, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 468 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, dark red paper covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. A copy in its original vacuum sealed plastic, never opened. This book is a thorough investigation of how Jane Jacobs's ideas about the life and economy of great cities grew from her home city. It reveals how this influential thinker and writer's classic works germinated in the once vibrant mid-size city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Jane spent her first eighteen years. Clean copy. Record # 34340
Price: $35.00 

 

Boyhood Days of President Calvin Coolidge, The - or From the Green Mountains to the White House


Carpenter, Ernest C.

Rutland VT, Tuttle Co., 2nd, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages, previous owner's signatures on title page. Stain on back cover.

Record # 602491


Price: $20.00 

Alphabetic Labyrinth: The Letters in History and Imagination by: Drucker, Johanna

Alphabetic Labyrinth: The Letters in History and Imagination by: Drucker, Johanna

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, gray cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book adds a whole new and exciting chapter to the history of ideas which will prove fascinating to anyone interested in the history of typography. Clean copy. Record # 34458
Price: $12.00 

 

Akel: The Communist Party of Cyprus


Adams, T. W.

Hardcover. Stanford, CA, Hoover Institution Press, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 205 pages. Clean, white pages. Dust jacket is ripped in several places (across the front, on the spine) and has pieces missing (back, spine, front).

Record # 604801


Price: $26.00 

 

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condition of the Institution for the Year 1862


n.a.

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1st, 1863, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 446 pags. Illustrated with b/w charts and diagrams. Foxing to endpapers, title page, and several other pages. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Page , especially edges are browned. Dark blue texturized cloth, toned on spine and around edges. Rubbing to covers and spine. Wear to top and bottom of spine. Bottom of the spine is nibbled, along with bottom right corners of front and back boards and bottom right corners of textblock.

Record # 40258


Price: $16.00 

 

Tribute to Vermont's Family Farms, A


Spooner, Burton W.

Softcover. Randolph Center, Greenhills, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 72 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light age toning along left edge and top left corner of front cover. Clean, tight copy. Scarce.

Record # 606712


Price: $40.00 

Kicked In and Kicked Out of the President's Little Cabinet by: Mitchell, Ewing Young
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Kicked In and Kicked Out of the President's Little Cabinet by: Mitchell, Ewing Young

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Andrew Jackson Press, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, An anti-Roosevelt tract by a former Asst. Sec. of Commerce alleging waste & corruption in government. dj clipped Record # 51099
Price: $12.00 

 

Frontier Army Surgeon - Life in Colorado in the Eighties, A


Byrne, Bernard James

Hardcover. New York, Exposition Press, 2nd Revised, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 179 pages. Dust jacket shows light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608567


Price: $20.00 

 

Great Divide, The - Second Thoughts on the American Dream


Terlel, Studs

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st , 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 51435


Price: $18.00 

 

Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877


Greene, Jerome A.

Hardcover. Norman, University of Oklahoma, 1st, 1993, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 228 pages. Black & white illustrations. Book and jacket show standard wear.

Record # 608767


Price: $12.00 

 

World of Eli Whitney, The


Mirsky, Jeannette and Allan Nevins

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan Co., 1st., 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, dj with edgewear, rubbing

Record # 52833


Price: $18.00 

 

Uriah Jewett and the Sea Serpent of Lake Memphremagog - City of Newport, Vermont 1917 & Barbara J. Malloy and the Sea Serpent of lake Memphremagog - City of Newport, Vermont 1999


Molloy, Barbara J.

Softcover. Newport, Barbara J. Molloy, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Limited edition of 250 copies - this being # 200. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609129


Price: $30.00 

 

Broken Country - Mountains & Memory


Rawlins, C. L.

Hardcover. Boston, Henry Holt, 1st , 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 57378


Price: $18.00 

 

Africa in America - Slave Acculturation and Resistance in the American South and the British Caribbean 1736-1831


Mullin, Michael

Softcover. Urbana, University of Illinois, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 412 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609201


Price: $12.00 

 

At Andersonville - A Narrative of Personal Adventure at Andersonville, Florence and Charleston Rebel Prisons


Brownell, Josiah C.

Paperback. Glen Cove Public Library, Rep.wraps, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A reprint of the original 1867 ed. 40 pages.

Record # 60831


Price: $28.00 

 

Argonauts of 'Forty-Nine, The


Leeper, David Rohrer

Hardcover. Indiana, David Rohrer Leeper, 2nd printing, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 146 pages. Black & white illustrations by O. Marion Elbel. Some spots of soiling to front cover. Title in gilt on front cover and spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609929


Price: $80.00 

 

Whirlwind of War, The - Voices of the Storm, 1861-1865


Oates, Stephen B.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 846 pags.

Record # 61127


Price: $30.00 

 

Historic Origin of the Constitution of the United States - A Compilation with Marginal Notes and Illustrative Charts, The


American Principle, Inc.

Softcover. San Francisco, American Principle, Inc., 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 436 pages. Spiral bound with heavy flexible covers. Ex-museum library copy. Stamp embossed at top right corner of title page. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 610352


Price: $31.00 

 

Pictorial History of Jazz, A - People and Places from New Orleans to Modern Jazz


Keepnews, Orrin and Bill Graves, Jr.

Hardcover. NY, Crown, 5th pr., 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 625 black & white illust. 282 pages. Dj edgeworn, spine faded.

Record # 61530


Price: $18.00 

 

Last Grand Adventure - The Story of the Klondike Gold Rush & the Opening of Alaska, The


Bronson, William/Richard Reinhardt

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 232 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Dust jacket with 2 tape repaired tears at top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611383


Price: $13.00 

 

Gods and Mortals in Classical Mythology


Grant, Michael & John Hazel

Hardcover. Springfield, MA, Merriam Co., 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Color, black & white illust. 447 pages.

Record # 63635


Price: $38.00 

 

ARAN - Islands of Legend


Siochain, P. A. O.

Hardcover. Dublin, FOILSIUCHAIN EIREANN, 1st, 1962, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs, and fold-out map in rear. Fold-out map with tape repaired tear. Dust jacket worn, darkening to edges. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 612174


Price: $38.00 

 

Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel


Chittenden, L. E., Illust. by: Howard Pyle

NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st , 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color frontis by Howard Pyle. 4 photography plates (2 loose) otherwise VG with previous owner's signature front fly leaf.

Record # 65872


Price: $15.00 

 

Jacques Coeur - Merchant Prince of the Middle Ages


Kerr, Albert Boardman

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 317 pages plus index. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Foxing to edges. Dust jacket with wear to edges, areas of soiling. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612402


Price: $15.00 

 

Eighteenth Century, The - Europe in the Age of Enlightenment


Cobban (Ed.), Alfred

NY, McGraw Hill, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 589 illustrations., 173 in color. Text pages browning as usual. Large book, shipping extra

Record # 67083


Price: $30.00 

 

Puritan Republic, The


Howe, Daniel Wait

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bowen-Merrill Company, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 422 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners bookplate on inside cover and name on front endpaper. Crease to top corner of page 211-212. Small area of sticker residue at bottom of spine. Minor rubbing to cover edges. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613519


Price: $50.00 

 

United States Coast Pilot - Alaska Part l - Dixon Entrance to Yakutat Bay


N/A

Washingdon, DC, GPO, 9th ed., 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 466 pages. 4-page supplement (1944) tipped into front. Fold-out map in nice contition. Shelf worn.

Record # 68365


Price: $15.00 

 

My Mama Rolled Out of the Sleigh: A Sampler of: Individual and Family Memories Recorded at the Vermont Women's State Fair


Lane (Editor), Karen/MaryKasamatsu/Eleanor Ott

Softcover. Montpelier, State of Vermont, 1st, 1988, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 58 pages. Softcover. Ex-museum library copy with stamp on endpapers. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Light wear. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613933


Price: $24.00 

 

Freedom's Triumph - The Why, When and Where of the European Conflict


N/A

Hardcover. Chicago, Woman's Weekly, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Many black & white photos. 148 pages. Cardboard covers, cloth spine with light wear.

Record # 68877


Price: $13.00 

 

Lectures on the American Civil War


Rhodes, James Ford

Hardcover. New York, Macmillian Company, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages including index. Fold-out color map in back. Clean insides except for small flower pressed between pages 84 and 85. In blue cloth boards with gilt title on spine. Previous owner inscription on front endpager.

Record # 700045


Price: $25.00 

 

Westering Women and the Frontier Experience 1800-1915


Myres, Sandra L.

Hardcover. Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico, 2nd, 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Ex-lib with light stamping residue b&w Illustrations 365 pgs dust-jacket with mild edgewear, chiping

Record # 70690


Price: $18.00 

 

Glorious Contentment - The Grand Army of the Republic 1865-1900


McConnell, Stuart

Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 312 pages, b&w illustrations. Like new in dust jacket.

Record # 700459


Price: $10.00 

Manners and Morals in the Age of Optimism - 1848-1914 by: Laver, James

Manners and Morals in the Age of Optimism - 1848-1914 by: Laver, James

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st US, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Ex-lib with usual markings, stamping, but hardly read, black & white Illustrations, 272 pgs. Record # 100980
Price: $12.00 

 

Kearny the Magnificent


Werstein, Irving

New York, John Day Company, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages. The life of General Philip Kearny, 1815-1862. Book review pasted to front end papers.

Record # 700712


Price: $18.00 

 

E.J Marey and Cardiology - Physiologist and Pioneer of Technology 1830-1904


Shellen, H.A.

Hardcover. Rotterdam, Kooyker Scientific Pub, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Selected writings in facsimile with comments and brief biography. 264 pages.

Record # 109935


Price: $18.00 

America and the Winter War - 1939 - 1940 (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)Jacobs, Travis Beal/Frank Freidel (Editor)
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America and the Winter War - 1939 - 1940 (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)


Jacobs, Travis Beal/Frank Freidel (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, Garland Publishing Inc., 1st Thus, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 265 pages. Hardcover INSCRIBED/SIGNED BY AUTHOR, printed as part of Modern American History, A Garland Series, edited by Frank Freidel, Harvard University. Red cloth boards with black printed titles to spine. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750232


Price: $225.00 

 

Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the U.S. - The Lansig Papers 1914-1920. (2 vols.)


GPO

Washington D.C., GPO, 1st, 1939,1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Previous owner's signature on both Vols. Otherwise clean, crisp set. 801, 576 pages.

Record # 200276


Price: $45.00 

 

Theosophy, Imagination, Tradition - Studies in Western Esotericism


Faivre, Antoine

Softcover. Albany, State University of New York Press, First Edition, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 269 pages. Softcover with full color illustration to cover. Only light marginal wear. Clean & unmarked text. A nice copy.

Record # 750772


Price: $25.00 

 

Father Abraham's Children - Michegan Episodes In The Civil War


Woodford, Frank B.

hardcover. Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations and photos. Previous owner's bookplate. Illustrated end papers. Light soil to cloth. No dust jacket. 305 pages.

Record # 202452


Price: $25.00 

 

Apxn - Notes and Papers on Archaic Studies No. 4 and 5


Sheehan (Editors), Donald and Carol

Softcover. Franconia, Center for Archaic Studies, First Edition, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 163 pages. Softcover. Red covers with gilt printed decoration & titles to cover. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean & unmarked.

Record # 750899


Price: $25.00 

Trials of Intimacy - Love and loss in the Beecher-Tilton ScandalWightman Fox, Richard
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Trials of Intimacy - Love and loss in the Beecher-Tilton Scandal


Wightman Fox, Richard

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 419 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black & white sketches and photographs.

Record # 203846


Price: $20.00 

 

Battle of Cassino, The


Majdalany, Fred

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, First Edition, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 309 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with age toning, tears to edges & chipping to spine. Toning to edges throughout. Black & white illustrations. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 751174


Price: $15.00 

 

A Memorial of Rufus Spaulding Cushman, D.D., Late Pastor of the Congregational Church in Manchester, Vermont


Manchester, Vermont

Andover, Draper, 1st, 1877, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 66 pages. All edges gilt. Cover has edgewear. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping.

Record # 206886


Price: $18.00 

 

Early American Book Bindings From the Collection of Michael Papantonio


Papantonio, Michael/Marcus A. McCorison

Softcover. New York, American Antiquarian Society, Second Edition, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 120 pages. Softcover wraps with blue printed decoration to cover & black printed titles. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 751293


Price: $15.00 

 

Handbook of Old Burial Hill Plymouth Massachusetts - Its History, Its Famous Dead and Its Quaint Epitaphs


Perkins, Frank H.

Paperback. Plymouth, MA, Rogers, 1st wraps, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 49 pages. Paperback. Black & white illustrations.

Record # 208078


Price: $35.00 

 

New Orleans Holiday


Early, Eleanor

Hardcover. New York, NY, Rinehart & Company, First Edition, 1947, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 293 pages. Hardcover. Wine cloth covered boards with navy text block & yellow titles to spine. Light shelf wear to boards & board edges. Illustrations in black & white throughout by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Previous owner's light pencil marks have been erased, light markings remain to some pages. Light toning, tight binding, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 751432


Price: $25.00 

OUTBREAK OF REBELLION, THE: Campaigns of the Civil War. by: Nicolay, John G.

OUTBREAK OF REBELLION, THE: Campaigns of the Civil War. by: Nicolay, John G.

Hardcover. Stamford, CONNECTICUT, Longmeadow Press, 1st Lonmeadow, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 226 pages. Illustrated maps. Maroon boards, gilt. Color pictorial dust jacket. Record # 220703
Price: $12.00 

 

Crime and the Criminal: An Introduction to Criminology


Parsons, Philip Archibald

Hardcover. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, Second Edition, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 387 pages. Hardcover with publisher's blue cloth covered boards. Gilt titles to cover. Some soiling & dim, faded titles to spine. Light foxing to preliminary pages. Else clean with light toning. Tight copy.

Record # 751518


Price: $23.00 

 

History of Westminster - Vermont Sesquicentennial Souvenir 1791-1941


Minard, M. Elizabeth

Westminster, VT, Town of Westminster, 1st , 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Red cloth covers, blue spine. B&W illust. 174 pgs. Dust jacket w/wrinkle, chipping

Record # 300359


Price: $35.00 

Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group by: Ford, Daniel

Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group by: Ford, Daniel

Hardcover. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, book club edition, part of Smithsonian History of Aviation Series, 450 pages, b&w photos, slight foxing on top edge, spine slightly cocked, very clean, tight copy. Record # 801388
Price: $12.00 

 

G. I. Songs - Written, Composed and/or Collected by Men in the Service


Palmer, Edgar A. (Ed.)

New York, Sheridan House, 1st , 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 253 pages. Over 100 cartoon illustrations by Richard A. Loederer and Kurt Werth. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping

Record # 301123


Price: $20.00 

 

Pictorial Life of General Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington


Frost, John, L.L.D.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, W.A. Leary & Co., 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 588 pages w/ appendix. Brown leather w/ raised bands on spine, outlined in gilding. Spine cracking and worn. Edge wear. Colorful marbled end pages. Engraving of G. Washington pictured on frontispiece. Inscription in pencil on prelim page dated 1954. Blue design on top/bottom/sides of pages. Corners of boards have gilt design. B/W sketches throughout. Some tissue guards.

Record # 803716


Price: $64.00 

 

Progress of Labor in the United States, The


Uminski, Sigmund

Hardcover. New York, House of Field, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 254 pages. A pro-union history of the labor movement. From a small library with light markings and residue to end papers, lettered numbers on spine. Internally clean, tight copy.

Record # 302943


Price: $12.00 

 

Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association: The Fourteenth Annual Meeting with Constitution, By-Laws and List of Memebers (vol. 17)


n/a

Hardcover. New York, New York State Historical Association , 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 480 pages. Blue cloth, gilt. Spine rubbed, minor edge wear. Illustrated with black & white plates. Minor foxing to title page. Fold out photograph of the historical society.

Record # 804346


Price: $19.00 

 

One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Saratoga and the Surrender of Burgoyne


Flick, A. C. and others

Paperback. Saratoga, NY, no publisher , 1st wraps, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None , 160 pages. Historical essay and program for a series of speeches held October 8, 1927 in Saratoga. Front wrapper detached, but present, chip to rear wrap. Paperback.

Record # 303425


Price: $18.00 

 

Capture of Fort William and Mary, The


Parsons, Charles L.

Softcover. New Hampshire , New Hampshire American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Reprint of paper delivered at the 77th Annual Meeting of the New Hampshire Historical Society. White stapled covers with small monotone illustration and black titles, introductory notes by Joseph P. Copley, illustrated with b&w plates throughout. Mild rubbing to covers, light water mark to bottom right corner of catalogue.

Record # 806666


Price: $18.00 

 

Memorial of the American Patriots Who Fell at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775


N/A

Hardcover. Boston , Boston City Council, 1st, 1889, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Many B&W plates, some fold-out. With a dedication of the Memorial Tablets. A little shaken light wear to edges of cloth covers. Gold stamp on front.

Record # 304269


Price: $100.00 

Entangled Edens: Visions of the AmazonSlater, Candace
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Entangled Edens: Visions of the Amazon


Slater, Candace

Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 332 pages. The author discusses both stories and images of the varying groups of people currently inhabiting the Amazon, and argues for a preservation of both this ecological gem and the various cultures that are intertwined with it. Includes a section of b&w illustrations. Book is cloth-bound dark green, pages clean. In near fine condition. Slight rubbing to the dust jacket.

Record # 808048


Price: $25.00 

 

New Haven


Seymour, George Dudley

New Haven, CT, Privately printed, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 805 pages, B&W illustrations.

Record # 304816


Price: $50.00 

 

Valley of the Upper Maumee River (2 volumes in one)


Brant & Fuller

Hardcover. Madison, WI, Brant & Fuller, reprint, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 509 pages, b&w illustrations. Red covers w/ gold lettering. Previous owner's sticker inside front cover, binding slightly loose; else a good, clean copy.

Record # 808924


Price: $70.00 

 

Churchill Roosevelt Stalin: The War They Waged and the Peace They Sought


Feis, Herbert

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press , 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 692 pages, dust jacket with light edgewear, fading to spine.

Record # 400992


Price: $20.00 

 

Revenge at Sea


Pitt, Barrie

Hardcover. New York , Stein and Day Publishers, 1st US, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 180 pages, illustrations and maps in b&w. Dust jacket price clipped with light edgewear, chipping. Internally very good.

Record # 809839


Price: $15.00 

 

Agua, Trabajo y Azucar


Malpica (Ed.), Antonio

Softcover. Granada SP, Diputacion Provincial de Granada, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 337 pages, b&w illustrations. A detailed study of water delivery and irrigation systems in the ancient world. Text in Spanish and English. Paper wrappers with a light crease to cover, otherwise very good, clean, no markings.

Record # 402701


Price: $30.00 

 

Early Narratives of the Northwest, 1634-1699


Kellogg, Louise Phelps, J. Franklin Jameson (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Barnes & Noble, Inc, Reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 384 pages. Pictorial dust jacket. Very slight wear to spine, top of spine, and corners. Dark blue boards with gilt title to cover and spine. Otherwise, a very nice, clean, tight copy.

Record # 850107


Price: $60.00 

 

Three Judges, The: Story of the Men Who Beheaded Their King


Warren, Israel P.

Hardcover. New York, Warren and Wyman, 1st, 1873, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages, green cloth covers decorated in black and gilt, b&w illustrations. Introduction by Rev. Leonard Bacon. Previous owner's inscription dated 1875 on blank preliminary page. Otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 404328


Price: $50.00 

 

Frontier Days


Swan (ed.), Oliver G.

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages. Light brown cloth covers, dark brown stamped titles, larger color illustration pasted to front cover, decorated endpapers, 6 full-page color plates, b&w illustrations throughout, top edge stain. Very slight wear to covers, pages crisp and unmarked, neat binding; overall, a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 850865


Price: $20.00 

 

Mystic Rose, The: A Study of Primitive Marriage


Crawley, Ernest

Hardcover. London, Macmillan and Co., 1st, 1902, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 492 pages, dark brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Shelfworn, short tear to cloth spine at top. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover.

Record # 405187


Price: $31.00 

 

Five Sea Captains


Teller, Walter (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Atheneum, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. 431 pages, b&w photographs and illustrations. Edgewear, chipping to price-clipped dust jacket; spine slightly yellowed. Light foxing to bottom and fore-edge edge. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 851888


Price: $18.00 

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 111 - 1981 by: Gerber (Ed.), Douglas E.

Transactions of the American Philological Association: Volume 111 - 1981 by: Gerber (Ed.), Douglas E.

Hardcover. Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages, maroon cloth covers. Clean, unmarked copy. Essays on classical Greek and Roman history, literature and culture. Record # 406513
Price: $12.00 

 

Falaise: The Town of the Conqueror


Dodd, Anna Bowman

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co, 1st, 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 280 pages. Gilt top edge. Gilt decorations on cover. B&w frontispiece and b&w illustrations throughout. Light wear & rubbing to cover; Spine slightly faded. A nice, clean copy.

Record # 851948


Price: $30.00 

 

Second Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor of the State of New Hampshire


New Hampshire Bureau of Labor

Hardcover. Manchester NH, Arthur E. Clarke Printer for the State of New Hampshire, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 204 pages, green cloth with black decoration, gilt title on spine, b&w frontispiece portrait. Spine states Vol. IV 1897-98. Previous owner

Price: $25.00 

 

Great Campaigns of Nelson, The


Morris, William O'Connor

Hardcover. London, Blackie and Son Limited, reprint, 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Fold-out map in rear. Previous owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. Foxing to edges. Rubbing, wear, and soiling to cover.

Record # 852060


Price: $20.00 

Tales of Old Grafton by: Cawley, James and Margaret

Tales of Old Grafton by: Cawley, James and Margaret

Paperback. New Jersey, A.S. Barnes and Co., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 119 pages. Black & white Photographs by the authors, paper wrappers with light rubbing, light foxing to bottom edge. Clean, tight pages. Record # 408405
Price: $12.00 

 

Colonial Fights and Fighters


Brady, Cyrus Townsend

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, Reprint, 1901, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 341 pages. Illustrated with original drawings by Gibbs, Schoonover and others, and reproductions from rare old prints, maps, and diagrams. Tissue guard on frontispiece. Minor cover and spine edge wear and stains. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852328


Price: $28.00 

Locomotives of the Reading 1836-1923Warner, Paul T.
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Locomotives of the Reading 1836-1923


Warner, Paul T.

Softcover. Chicago, Owen Davies, reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 28 pages, stapled, illustrated in b&w. A reprint of a 1923 article published in Baldwin Locomotives. From a museum library with light stamping, small stickers on covers. Otherwise clean.

Record # 411927


Price: $16.00 

 

Sumaraez Papers, The: Selections From the Baltic Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Sir James Sumarez 1808-1812


Ryan (Ed.), A. N.

Hardcover. London, Navy Records Society, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 287 pages. Minor edge wear. Gilt decorated cover and title on spine. A very clean and tight copy.

Record # 852384


Price: $35.00 

Huey Long's Louisiana: State Politics 1920-1952Sindler, Allan P.
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Huey Long's Louisiana: State Politics 1920-1952


Sindler, Allan P.

Hardcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 316 pages, b&w illustrations, in a chipped and soiled dust jacket.

Record # 412086


Price: $39.00 

 

Questions of the Day III: Our Merchant Marine, How it Rose, Increased, Became Great, Declined and Decayed with an Inquiry into the Conditions Essential to its Resuscitation and Future Prosperity.


Wells, David A.

Hardcover. New York , G. P. Putman's Sons, 1st, 1882, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 219 pages. Brown cloth cover with smudges and fraying on edges and spine. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Spine separation starting at front endpaper. Inside pages are clean and bright.

Record # 852470


Price: $15.00 

Green Mountains, Dark TalesCitro, Joseph A.
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Green Mountains, Dark Tales


Citro, Joseph A.

Hardcover. 1st, March 1, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 229 pages. SIGNED BY CITRO ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Faint foxing to top edge, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 450563


Price: $18.00 

 

Puritan in England and New England, The.


Byington, D.D., Ezra Hoyt

Hardcover. Boston, Roberts Brothers, 3rd, 1897, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 406 pages. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering. Residue from sticker on spine, bumped edges. Fraying along spine and edges. Pages untrimmed. Ex-library with usual stamping and residue. Otherwise, inside is bright and clean. A nice copy.

Record # 852610


Price: $20.00 

Within the Plantation Household: Black and White Women of the Old SouthFox-Genovese, Elizabeth
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Within the Plantation Household: Black and White Women of the Old South


Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth

Softcover. Chapel Hill, December 9, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 544 pages, b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 451574


Price: $10.00 

 

Utah Historical Quarterly: Volume 38.


Smith (ed), Melvin T.

Hardcover. Salt Lake City, Utah Historical Society, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 388 pages. Brown cloth cover, slightly oversized, gilt lettering, small smudge on back, otherwise very little wear. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w photographs throughout. A nice copy.

Record # 852887


Price: $20.00 

 

Enigma, The: How Shall History be Written?


Rosenberger, Homer Tope

Hardcover. Waynesboro, Pa., 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 453 pages, b&w photographs. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Else a very clean, tight copy

Record # 451891


Price: $30.00 

 

South American Fights and Fighters 1499-1868.


Brady, LL. D., Cyrus Townsend

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page & Company, reprint, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 342 pages. Tan cloth cover, worn edges and corners, some smudges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Inside is nice and clean. From the American Fights and Fighters Series.

Record # 853021


Price: $12.00 

School for Genius: The Story of the ETH --The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the Present by: Moore, Thomas

School for Genius: The Story of the ETH --The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the Present by: Moore, Thomas

Hardcover. New York, 1st, March 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 274 pages, b&w photographs. A very clean, tight copy. Record # 452987
Price: $12.00 

 

Old Addison Railroad, The: The Little Railroad that Came and Went.


Webster, Harold B.

Paperback. Addison County, VT, Harold B. Webster, 1st, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 35 pages. Light wear to cover. Many b&w photographs throughout. A bright, clean copy.

Record # 853185


Price: $30.00 

Russian Officialdom in Crisis: Autocracy and Local Self-Government, 1861-1900Pearson, Thomas S.
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Russian Officialdom in Crisis: Autocracy and Local Self-Government, 1861-1900


Pearson, Thomas S.

Hardcover. Cambridge [England] ; New York, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 284 pages. Light edgewear and a few small black dots on front cover of dust jacket. Tight, neat copy.

Record # 453364


Price: $40.00 

 

U. S. Crusade in China, 1938-1945, The


Schaller, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 364 pages, small closed tear on dust jacket, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853766


Price: $12.00 

Great Challenge, The: Nationalities and the Bolshevik State 1917-1930D'Encausse, Helene Carrere
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Great Challenge, The: Nationalities and the Bolshevik State 1917-1930


D'Encausse, Helene Carrere

Hardcover. New York, Holmes & Meier Publishers, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 262 pages. Dust jacket spine faded by sun. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453453


Price: $12.00 

 

Crisis Fleeting: Original Reports on Military Medicine in India and Burma in the Second World War


Stone (Editor), James H.

Washington DC, Office of the Surgeon General, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 423 pages, gilt emblem on front cover and title on spine. Minor foxing on top edge, previous owner

Price: $20.00 

Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History by: Hunter, Janet E.

Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History by: Hunter, Janet E.

Softcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Clean, tight copy. Record # 453741
Price: $12.00 

 

Pueblos, Gods & Spaniards


Terrell, John Upton

Hardcover. New York, The Dial Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 358 pages, with list of maps. Light dust jacket edge rub, otherwise, very clean, bright and neat copy.

Record # 854564


Price: $15.00 

 

Uniforms of Trafalgar


Fabb, John

Hardcover. New York, Hippocrene Books, Inc., 1st, May 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 96 pages, b&w and color illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 454786


Price: $12.00 

 

Foreign Policy and the Democratic Process


Beloff, Max

Hardcover. Baltimore, The John Hopkins Press, 1st, 1955, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 134 pages. Light edgewear, rubbing, tearing to dust jacket. Underlining in pencil in last few chapters. Neat readingcopy.

Record # 854808


Price: $12.00 

 

Naval history of England 2, A: The Age of Nelson


Marcus, Geoffrey Jules

Hardcover. London, Allen & Unwin, 1st, 19, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 532 pages. Highlighting to a few pages. Dust jacket had wrinkling, tear to bottom of spine; in brodart. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 454861


Price: $15.00 

 

Williamstown: The First Two Hundred Years 1753-1955, and Twenty Years Later, 1953-1973


Brooks, (Ed.) et.al. , Robert R. R.

Hardcover. Williamstown, MA, Williamstown Historical Commission, 2nd, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 504 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light wear and a few closed tears to upper edge of dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 855209


Price: $15.00 

 

Log of H. M. S. Mentor, 1780-1781


Servies, James A.

Hardcover. Pensacola, University Press of Florida, 1st, June 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Minor dust jacket edge wear and rubbing. Otherwise, a very clean and tight copy.

Record # 455171


Price: $40.00 

 

Napoleon III and the Working Class: A Study of Government Propaganda Under the Second Empire


Kulstein, David I.

Hardcover. California State Colleges, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 250 pages, light dust jacket edge wear and rub, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 855368


Price: $15.00 

 

Rainbow at Midnight: LABOR AND CULTURE IN THE 1940S


Lipsitz, George

Softcover. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 359 pages. Minor wear to edges of cover. Inside is very bright and clean.

Record # 455581


Price: $12.00 

 

Empire as a way of life: An Essay on the Causes and Character of America's Present Predicament Along with a Few Thoughts About an Alternative


Williams, William Appleman

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st , 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 226 pages. Previous owner's signature n front fly leaf. Light pencil underlining. Foxing to top edge and top edge of covers. Some shelf wear/tear to dust jacket along with fading along spine. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855462


Price: $25.00 

 

Crusading Warfare 1097-1193


Smail, R. C.

Softcover. Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages, minor corner and edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456377


Price: $15.00 

 

German Conception of History, The: The National Tradition of Historical Thought from Herder to the Present


Iggers, George G.

Softcover. Middletown, CT, Wesleyan University Press, reprint, 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 388 pages. Pencil underlining through introduction. Very small sticker residue on back cover. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855545


Price: $56.00 

 

Creation's Journey: Native American Identity and Belief


Hill, Tom (Editor)

Hardcover. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages, illustrated throughout, minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 456968


Price: $15.00 

 

Revolt in Tibet, The


Morris, Frank

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 223 pages. Water marks to front and back boards. Tinting around pages. Tinting to end papers. Several stamps on back side of dust jacket. Dust jacket is also tinting. Tight copy.

Record # 855718


Price: $15.00 

 

Journal of My Life


Roche, Daniel

Hardcover. New York, Columbia University Press, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 368 pages, minor dust jacket edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight,

Record # 457327


Price: $12.00 

 

Russia in 1919


Ransome, Arthur

Hardcover. New York, B. W. Huebsch, 1st, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages. Cloth covers somewhat soiled. Paper label on spine worn. Some edge wear and tanning on spine. Small hole along front hinge. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Soiled on top edge. Minor foxing on fore edge. Good, tight copy.

Record # 856342


Price: $38.00 

 

Armies of the American Wars 1753-1815


Katcher, Philip

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 160 pages, with black & white illustrations throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, clean and bright.

Record # 457731


Price: $15.00 

 

Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies


Brown, Robert L.

Hardcover. Caldwell, Idaho, The Caxton Printers, 2nd printing, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 401 pages illustrated throughout with photos in b&w. Light shelf-wear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 856657


Price: $13.00 

 

Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 11


Payne, Harry C.

Hardcover. Colleagues Pr, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 399 pages, gilt title on dark red cloth board, minor edge wear and faint foxing on edges, otherwise, very clean and bright.

Record # 457836


Price: $13.00 

 

Livermore's History of Block Island, Rhode Island


NA

Softcover. Block Island, RI, Block Island Committee of Republication, reprint, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 371 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear and tanning to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 856957


Price: $13.00 

 

From pioneer settlement to suburb: A history of Mahwah, New Jersey, 1700-1976


Bischoff, Henry

Hardcover. South Brunswick [N.J.], A. S. Barnes, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 469 pages, with black & white illustrations and photographs. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, dust jacket price clipped, otherwise, very clean and bright copy.

Record # 458010


Price: $50.00 

Horse in the West: Arabian, Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, Appaloosa, The  by: Smith, Bradley

Horse in the West: Arabian, Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, Appaloosa, The by: Smith, Bradley

Hardcover. New York, Leon Amiel, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 255 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Extensive color and b&w illustrations throughout. Light staining to dust jacket interior, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 857474
Price: $12.00 

Rise of the Nazis, The : Second Edition by: Fischer, Conan

Rise of the Nazis, The : Second Edition by: Fischer, Conan

Softcover. Manchester ; New York, Manchester University Press, 1st thus, October 11, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 211 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 458292
Price: $12.00 

 

Summer City By The Sea, The


Salvini, Emil R.

Hardcover. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 2nd, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 142 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. An illustrated history of Cape May, New Jersey. Lower fore edge corner bumped. Slight stain to same corner. Minor stain to top fore edge corner. Illustrated with architectural plans, street layouts, and b&w photos throughout. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 951138


Price: $24.00 

Breach In the Wall a Memoir of the Old by: Candlin, Enid Saunde

Breach In the Wall a Memoir of the Old by: Candlin, Enid Saunde

Softcover. New York, Paragon House, 1st PB, 1988, Book: Very Good, 340 pages. Minor crease to spine, small sticker-scar to rear cover, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 458800
Price: $12.00 

 

Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered


Briggs, John Channing

Hardcover. Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press, reprint, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 370 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A critical reevaluation of Lincoln's speeches. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951528


Price: $24.00 

Barkerville, Quesnel & the Cariboo gold rush by: Elliott, Gordon R.

Barkerville, Quesnel & the Cariboo gold rush by: Elliott, Gordon R.

Softcover. Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 4th printing, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 84 pages, Light edgewear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 459922
Price: $12.00 

 

Frontier Parish


Ritchie, Carson I.A.

Hardcover. NJ, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 210 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. An account of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Anglican Church in America, drawn from the records of the Bishop of London. Minor rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Slight fading to dust jacket as well. Minor spotting to top text block edge. Previous owner's labeling to front endpapers. Price-clipped. Unmarked. A clean and tight copy.

Record # 951896


Price: $13.00 

Ghost Towns, Gamblers and GoldLawliss, Chuck
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Ghost Towns, Gamblers and Gold


Lawliss, Chuck

Hardcover. New York, Gallery Books, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 460037


Price: $13.00 

 

Hartford, New York: A Pictorial History


N/A

Paperback. New York, Hartford Bicentennial Commitee, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 74 pages, paperback. History of Hartford, New York. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout. Faint age toning to prelim pages. Mild rubbing, slight soiling and edgewear to wraps. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 952550


Price: $29.00 

Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis by: Davis, William C.

Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis by: Davis, William C.

Softcover. US, Harper Perennial, 1st, 1999-04-07, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 791 pages. Light edgewear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462149
Price: $12.00 

 

Claude Lanzmann's Shoah: Key Essays


Liebman, Stuart

Softcover. Oxford, UK , Oxford University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Softcover. A very clean copy. Some light pencil markings throughout.

Record # 2230288


Price: $31.00 

Lost German Slave Girl, The : The Extraordinary True Story Of Sally Miller And Her Fight For Freedom in Old New Orleans by: Bailey, John

Lost German Slave Girl, The : The Extraordinary True Story Of Sally Miller And Her Fight For Freedom in Old New Orleans by: Bailey, John

Hardcover. US, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st, 2004-12-06, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 268 pages. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462392
Price: $12.00 

 

The Fifties: From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period


Wilson, Edmund

Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 663 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some wear and staining on jacket. Inscription on front end papers, 1989. Intro by Leon Edel.

Record # 2230492


Price: $19.00 

 

Victorian Vision, The : Inventing the New Britain


Mackenzie, John M.

Softcover. US, V & A Publications, 1st, 2003-05-30, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 360 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Large heavy soft cover. Light edgewear and rubbing to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462879


Price: $25.00 

Holy War in Belfast: A History of the Troubles in Northern IrelandBoyd, Andrew
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Holy War in Belfast: A History of the Troubles in Northern Ireland


Boyd, Andrew

Softcover. New York, Grove Press, Inc., 2nd, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages. Softcover, with streaks of wear marks along cover and spine, fading and slight chipping to spine, scuffing to back cover and some foxing to text block. Water marking damage inside covers, but copy seems tight. Former owner's name inside front cover and remainder mark punched hole through cover.

Record # 2230817


Price: $31.00 

Old Hickory's War by: Heidler, David Stephen

Old Hickory's War by: Heidler, David Stephen

Hardcover. US, Stackpole Books, 1st, 1996-03-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 463872
Price: $12.00 

Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History, Volume IIICayton, Mary Kupiec (ed.)
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Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History, Volume III


Cayton, Mary Kupiec (ed.)

Hardcover. New York, Scribners, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 873 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very light normal scuffing to covers and wear to corners, but otherwise very clean and tight copy. Volume 3 only. Domestic shipping only.

Record # 2230983


Price: $75.00 

Lincoln At Home: Two Glimpses Of Abraham Lincolns Family Life by: Donald, David Herbert

Lincoln At Home: Two Glimpses Of Abraham Lincolns Family Life by: Donald, David Herbert

Hardcover. US, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2000-11-07, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 124 pages. Previous owner's signature in prelim-page/ Tiny sticker scar to front cover, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 466160
Price: $12.00 

 

Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians


Himmelfarb, Gertrude

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 475 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder dot on bottom of book. Tight copy.

Record # 2233321


Price: $19.00 

GENTLEMEN ON THE PRAIRIE by: Harnack, Curtis

GENTLEMEN ON THE PRAIRIE by: Harnack, Curtis

Hardcover. Ames, Iowa State University Press, reprint , 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Ames, Iowa State University Press, reprint , 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: None, 254 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. B&w photos and illustrations throughout. Clean, tight copy.. 254 pages. Record # 467424 Record # 467424
Price: $12.00 

 

Theories of Instinct, The


Wilm, E.C.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 188 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Price-clipped. Chunks missing a nd small tears/chipping to dust jacket. Spine cracks throughout, but intact. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper.

Record # 2233541


Price: $31.00 

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by: Gould, Stephen Jay

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by: Gould, Stephen Jay

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton Co., 3rd, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 352 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear and fading to dust jacket. Record # 468209
Price: $12.00 

 

Live Yankees: The Seawalls and their Ships


Bunting, W.H.

Hardcover. Gardiner, ME, Tilbury House Publishers, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 496 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with little to no wear on edges.

Record # 2233779


Price: $25.00 

Skadden: Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire by: Caplan, Lincoln

Skadden: Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire by: Caplan, Lincoln

Softcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 341 pages. Softcover. B&w photographs throughout. Some edge wear, otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 468330
Price: $12.00 

 

Maine Pilgrimage - The Search for an American Way of Life


Saltonstall, Jr., Richard

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Drawings by Polly Warren, 353 pages, light wear to dust jacket

Record # 1078


Price: $18.00 

 

Dictionary of Celtic Mythology


MacKillop, James

Hardcover. New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1st Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 402 pages. Hardcover. Black boards with gilt titles to spine. Bright dust jacket in very good condition. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout. A nice copy.

Record # 6670023


Price: $19.00 

America at the crossroads: democracy, power, and the neoconservative legacyFukuyama, Francis
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America at the crossroads: democracy, power, and the neoconservative legacy


Fukuyama, Francis

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, reprint, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 226 pages. Hardcover. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469252


Price: $15.00 

 

Pilgrims, The


Noble, Frederick A.

Hardcover. Boston, Pilgrim Pr, 1st, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 483 pages, with b&w illustrations. Gilt titles and top edge. Ex-library residue on rear fly leaf and sticker on spine, light spine edge fray, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 4779


Price: $13.00 

screening of America, The: movies and values from Rocky to Rain Man by: O'Brien, Tom

screening of America, The: movies and values from Rocky to Rain Man by: O'Brien, Tom

Hardcover. New York, Continuum, reprint, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 219 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Record # 469534
Price: $12.00 

 

Lamont-Doherty Survey of the World Ocean Underwater Marine Geophysical Data in the


Talwani, M. & Poppe, Hastings & Aitken

Paperback. Palisades, NY, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, wraps, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, North Atlantic June 1961 - Jan 1971, Part A: Navigation and General Information. Spine worn, shelf soil otherwise

Record # 10729


Price: $10.00 

Images of America: AKRONFrancis, David W.
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Images of America: AKRON


Francis, David W.

softcover. Chicago, IL, Arcadia Publishing, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. Black and white pictures throughout. Light edgewear to wrappers.

Record # 469989


Price: $15.00 

 

Whose Woods these Are: A History of the Breadloaf Writers' Conference 1926-192


Bain, David Howard

Hardcover. New York, The Echo Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 378 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title and decoration on spine. Clean inside and out.

Record # 30368


Price: $38.00 

Lakota Noon: The Indian Narrative of Custer's DefeatMichno, Gregory F
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Lakota Noon: The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat


Michno, Gregory F

Softcover. Missoula, MT, Mountain Press Publishing Company, 5th, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 336 pages. Softcover with light edgewear to wrappers. Black and white pictures throughout. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 470463


Price: $13.00 

Abial and Anna: The Life of a Civil War Veteran as Told in Family Letters (SIGNED)Kallgren, Beverly Hayes
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Abial and Anna: The Life of a Civil War Veteran as Told in Family Letters (SIGNED)


Kallgren, Beverly Hayes

Hardcover. Maine, University of Maine Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 264 pages. Includes revised Index insert. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Very clean inside and out. From the dust jacket front flap: "...a sequel and companion volume to Dear Friend Anna, contains later letters beginning in 1866. ...Abial and Anna's courtship, begun in wartime becomes more turbulent as Abial expresses his frustrations at the political ramifications in seeking employment, explains his postwar obligations to his siblings, and tells of his desire to further his education. ...We learn of the strength, courage, humor and faith which sustains the family despite economic problems, illness, pain and grief."

Record # 30545


Price: $23.00 

 

England in the Nineteenth Century


Latimer, Elizabeth Wormeley

Hardcover. Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co. , 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 451 pages. Black & white illustrations throughout. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Former library stamp on front fly leaf. Otherwise clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 470788


Price: $38.00 

 

Italy In the Last Fifteen Hundred Years: A Concise History (SIGNED)


Schumann, Reinhold

Softcover. Lanham, MD, Univerysity Press of America, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 397 pages. Softcover. Some b/w illustrations (maps). Spine faded, but otherwise very clean copy, in very good condition, inside and out. Letter from Author laid within. A little price tag residue on back cover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.

Record # 30954


Price: $23.00 

Nubians in Egypt: Peaceful PeopleFernea, Robert A.
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Nubians in Egypt: Peaceful People


Fernea, Robert A.

Hardcover. Austin, TX, Smithmark Pub, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to edges of dust jacket. Slight yellowing to top of front dust jacket inside flap. Otherwise tight copy. Color and black & white images throughout.

Record # 470937


Price: $25.00 

 

Conquering the Valley: Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic


Krick, Robert K.

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow & Co. , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 594 pages. Hardcover. First printing, full number line on copyright page. Laid in by publisher, complete with letter of explanation, are corrected maps that replace incomplete ones (corrected in later printings) - makes this first edition unique. B/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped,no price on flap, dj excellent. Pages clean, binding tight, spine straight. Like nearly new, looks barely read. Drawn from eyewitness accounts, private diaries, and intimate letters, this fascinating work takes the reader minute-by-minute through two significant Civil War battles.

Record # 31803


Price: $19.00 

 

Prisons and Prisoners in Victorian Britain


Storey, Neil R.

Softcover. Gloucestershire, UK, The History Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 224 pages. Softcover. Brown spine with yellow lettering. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471095


Price: $23.00 

 

Chinese Journey: A Remarkable Picture, in Photographs and Words, of China as it Really is Today


Kessle, Gun (Photography), Jan Myrdal (Text)

Hardcover. New York, NY, Pantheon Books/Random House, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 160 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age wear, good condition. Cover boards bound in red cloth, Front cover board has black trim along right edge, gilt title on spine and gilt Chinese characters on front cover. Front flyleaf is almost completely detached from gutter. Binding tight, spine straight. A beautiful old book, beautifully photo-illustrated, wonderful look at China in the mid-twentieth century.

Record # 32158


Price: $25.00 

 

An American Pursuit Pilot in France: Roland W. Richardson's Diaries and Letters, 1917-1919


Richardson, Roland W.

Hardcover. Shippensburg, PA, White Mane Publishing, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 198 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with some edgewear to dust jacket edges. Blue leather with gilt lettering to spine. Gray dust jacket with blue lettering to spine. Black and white photographs throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471175


Price: $15.00 

 

Springboard in the Pond, The: An Intimate History of the Swimming Pool


Van Leeuwen, Thomas A.P.

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1st Edition, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 321 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Cover boards bound in teal cloth, gilt title on spine. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages clean and bright. In beautiful condition, looks nearly new and barely read. Van Leeuwen Explores the human relationship to water from a variety of viewpoints: social, religious, artistic, sexual, psychological, technical, and above all, architectural.

Record # 32300


Price: $25.00 

 

That Old Ball Game: Rare Photographs from Baseball's Glorious Past


Phillip, David R.

Hardcover. Chicago, IL, Henry Regnery Company, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 229 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white photographs throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 471213


Price: $23.00 

 

Performances


Dening, Greg

Softcover. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1st paperback edition, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 296 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding good. Spine is slightly faded (shelfwear, see image). Pages clean. "With elegance and candor, (the author) offers a panoramic collection of rich and densely textured essays that demonstrate how we can only understand our present through our consciousness of the past..."

Record # 33497


Price: $35.00 

Waging Modern War Bosnia, Kosovo, And The Future Of Combat (SIGNED)Clark, Wesley K.
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Waging Modern War Bosnia, Kosovo, And The Future Of Combat (SIGNED)


Clark, Wesley K.

Hardcover. New York, PublicAffairs, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 512 pages. Hardcover. Somewhat loose front board. Staining to dust jacket front and spine. Wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white images throughout.

Record # 471609


Price: $38.00 

Men And Issues Of '92. A Grand National Portrait Gallery Containing Photographs Of Leading Men Of All Parties: With A Full And Fair Presentation Of The Great National Questions Of The Day by: Boyd, James P.

Men And Issues Of '92. A Grand National Portrait Gallery Containing Photographs Of Leading Men Of All Parties: With A Full And Fair Presentation Of The Great National Questions Of The Day by: Boyd, James P.

Hardcover. NY, Publisher's Union, 1st, 1892, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 656 pages, hardcover. Cloth covers have begun to fade, some minor aesthetic staining is present, and the front hinge is cracked. Interior pages are clean and bright, however, and the binding is solid. This book discusses political campaigning in 1892. It was sold by subscription, and includes black and white photos of most of the prominent politicians of the time. Clean copy. Record # 33698
Price: $18.00 

Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. CalhounCalhoun, John C.
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Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun


Calhoun, John C.

Softcover. Indianapolis, IN, Liberty Fund Inc., 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 656 pages. Softcover. Sunfading to spine. A very clean, unmarked copy with minor edgewear.

Record # 471703


Price: $19.00 

Amchitka and the Bomb: Nuclear Testing in Alaska by: Kohlhoff, Dean W.

Amchitka and the Bomb: Nuclear Testing in Alaska by: Kohlhoff, Dean W.

Hardcover. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 166 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book explores why Amchitka island was used as a nuclear explosion test site, as well as examining the environmental consequences that followed the blasts. Previous owner lightly annotated a couple of pages in pencil including a signature on the first front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 33792
Price: $36.00 

 

North Dakota Historical Quarterly: Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota (Vol 4)


N.A.

Hardcover. Bismarck, ND, State Historical Society of North Dakota, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Vol. 2, Oct 1929-July 1930. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Residue from library sticker on spine.

Record # 503091


Price: $60.00 

Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956 by: Holloway, David

Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy, 1939-1956 by: Holloway, David

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 464 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains bind-in with B&W photography. For 40 years the Soviet-American nuclear arms race dominated world politics, yet the Soviet nuclear establishment was shrouded in secrecy. Now that the Cold War is over and the Soviet Union has collapsed, it is possible to answer some questions. This magisterial history throws light on Soviet policy at the height of the Cold War, illuminates a central but hitherto secret element of the Stalinist system, and puts into perspective the tragic legacy of this program today-- environmental damage, a vast network of institutes and factories, and a huge stockpile of unwanted weapons. Clean copy. Record # 33910
Price: $25.00 

 

History of Tompkins County, New York; with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers


various

Hardcover. Ovid, NY, W.E. Morrison & Co., 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 287 pages. Brown covers, black spine, gold lettering and decoration. Very light rubbing to corners and spine. Some pencil underlining.

Record # 506287


Price: $64.00 

Moscow, 1937 by: Schlogel, Karl Transl. Livingstone, Rodney

Moscow, 1937 by: Schlogel, Karl Transl. Livingstone, Rodney

Softcover. Malden MA, Polity, 5th Pr., 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 652 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Very minor brown stain present on the outside edge of some pages. B&W photography throughout. In this compelling book, renowned historian Karl Schlogel reconstructs with meticulous care the process through which, month by month, the terrorism of a state-of-emergency regime spiraled into the 'Great Terror,' during which 1.5 million human beings lost their lives in a single year. He consults numerous sources from the time, providing a masterful panorama of key events in Russian history. This rich and absorbing account of the Soviet purges will be essential reading for all students of Russia and for any readers interested in one of the most dramatic and disturbing events of modern history. Clean copy. Record # 33977
Price: $14.00 

 

History of the Common Law of England, The


Hale, Sir Matthew

Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 173 pages. Edited, with an introduction by Charles M. Gray. Dust jacket with edgewear. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 507032


Price: $40.00 

America's National Historic Trails: Walking the Trails of History by: Berger, Karen, Illust. by: Smith, Bart
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America's National Historic Trails: Walking the Trails of History by: Berger, Karen, Illust. by: Smith, Bart

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated, 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is lightly bumped along the top edge, but is still in very good condition. Brown cloth covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book delves into the history, beauty, and significance of America's 19 national historic trails. is organized into four thematic sections--Spanish Southwest, East Coast, Westward Expansion, and American Diversity--and each featured trail has its own chapter, complete with a map and a photo gallery. Contains full-color photography throughout. This is a large format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34028
Price: $15.00 

Study of Medieval History, The: An Inaugural Lecture by: Previte-Orton, C.W.

Study of Medieval History, The: An Inaugural Lecture by: Previte-Orton, C.W.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 39 pages. Price sticker on front cover. Soiling to covers. Faded spine. Rubbing to spine. Musty odor. Record # 507873
Price: $12.00 

A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i by: Kirch, Patrick Vinton
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A Shark Going Inland Is My Chief: The Island Civilization of Ancient Hawai'i by: Kirch, Patrick Vinton

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 2nd Pr., 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 346 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear, but is still in good condition. Blue paper covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout, as well as a bind-in halfway through with full-color photography. This lively, accessible chronicle works back from 1778, when the British explorers encountered an island civilization governed by rulers who could not be gazed upon by common people. Interweaving anecdotes from his own widespread travel and extensive archaeological investigations into the broader historical narrative, Kirch shows how the early Polynesian settlers of Hawai'i adapted to this new island landscape and created highly productive agricultural systems. Clean copy. Record # 34124
Price: $25.00 

 

Guns at Gettysburg, The


Downey, Fairfax

New York, David McKay, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 290 pages. Spine faded. Light rubbing to corners.

Record # 508268


Price: $13.00 

Lincoln and the Irish: The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union by: O'Dowd, Niall
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Lincoln and the Irish: The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union by: O'Dowd, Niall

Hardcover. NY, Skyhorse Publishing, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 205 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book untangles one of the most fascinating subtexts of the Civil War: Abraham Lincoln's relationship with the men and women coming to America to escape the Irish famine. Lincoln, whose first political actions included intimidating Irish voters at the polls, would eventually hire Irish nannies and donate to the Irish famine fund. The Irish would repay Lincoln's faith-their numbers and courage would help swing the Civil War in his favor. Clean copy. Record # 34175
Price: $12.00 

 

Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories


Lummis, Charles F., Illust. by: George Wharton Edwards

Hardcover. NY, Century Co., Revised from 1894 ed., 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 257 pages. Illustrated with black & white drawings by George Wharton Edwards. Missing front endpaper. Illustrated front cover. Soil, spotting to binding.

Record # 509400


Price: $63.00 

Callahan's Irish Quarterly: Number 2 (Spring 1982) by: Editor: Callahan, Bob
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Callahan's Irish Quarterly: Number 2 (Spring 1982) by: Editor: Callahan, Bob

Softcover. Berkeley, CA, Callahan's Irish Quarterly, 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 82 pages, soft cover. Covers have some edge wear, with one short open tear on the bottom edge of the rear cover. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This vintage magazine contains content on Minstrel shows, comics, short stories, news, and an article on the IRA. Clean copy. Record # 34241
Price: $30.00 

Thalassocracies, The by: Miller, Molly

Thalassocracies, The by: Miller, Molly

Hardcover. New York, State University of New York Press, 1st, 1971, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 185 pages with bibliography and list of ancient sources. Very good in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Record # 512316
Price: $12.00 

Greek Political Thought by: Balot, Ryan K.

Greek Political Thought by: Balot, Ryan K.

Softcover. Malden, MA, Blackwell Publishing, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 353 pages, soft cover. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. This book is a wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought. It shows what ancient political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century. Clean copy. Record # 34307
Price: $30.00 

 

Ike - His Life and Times


Brendon, Piers

NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 478 pages. B&W photos. Like new in a dust jacket.

Record # 601510


Price: $15.00 

Nova Caesarea: A Cartographic Record of the Garden State 1666-1888 by: Delaney, John

Nova Caesarea: A Cartographic Record of the Garden State 1666-1888 by: Delaney, John

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Library, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 367 pages, hardcover. Pictorial boards are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains full-color photography, maps, and illustrations throughout. This volume presents proof of what has been forgotten or ignored, yet still endures in the Garden State. It takes a close look at nineteenth-century New Jersey through the intimate visual record of its first wall maps and county atlases, which often include vignettes of public buildings, private farms, and residences. Does NOT contain the portfolio of maps specific to the special edition. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34422
Price: $165.00 

 

Short History of English Literature, A


Phelps, Gilbert

Hardcover. London, Folio Society, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 159 pages. Blue cloth, gilt titled spine. Very good red slipcase. Numerous black and white plates.

Record # 604661


Price: $12.00 

The Horse, The Wheel, And Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by: Anthony, David W.

The Horse, The Wheel, And Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by: Anthony, David W.

Hardcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd Pr., 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 553 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, green cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout. This book is an academic work which links archaeology and linguistics to show how Bronze Age Eurasian steppe pastoralists (Yamnaya culture) spread Indo-European languages through domestication of the horse and invention of the wheel. Clean copy. Record # 34515
Price: $25.00 

 

Countering Terrorism: Can We Meet the Threat of Global Violence?


Chandler, Michael & Rohan Gunaratna

Hardcover. London, Reaction Books, 1st, 2007, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Black cloth, silver lettering to spine. Slight wear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a neat, tight copy.

Record # 606646


Price: $20.00 

 

Shaping a National Culture - The Philadelphia Experience 1750-1800


Hutchins (Ed.), Catherine E.

Hardcover. Delaware, Winterthur Museum, 1st, 1994, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine,

Record # 50940


Price: $25.00 

 

Virginia Beautiful


Nutting, Wallace

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Garden City Publishing, reprint, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 262 pages, frontispiece, illustrated throughout in b&w. Tan cloth, gilt lettering to spine, no dust jacket. light foxing to title page and frontis, slight rubbing to spine, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 606899


Price: $25.00 

 

No Slacker - A Chronicle of the War at Home 1917-18


Tiemann, Philip W.

Hardcover. NY, Vantage, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 51382


Price: $12.00 

 

Lord Northcliffe's War Book


Lord Northcliffe's

Hardcover. New York, A.L. Burt, Revised, 1917, 283 pages. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Bottom edge of front cover lightly bumped. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608671


Price: $12.00 

 

Drawing the Line - The Korean War 1950-1953


Whelan, Richard

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illus.

Record # 52798


Price: $18.00 

 

Women of the War; Their Heroism and Self-Sacrifice


Moore, Frank

Hardcover. Hartford, S. S. Scranton, 1st, 1867, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 596 pages. Illustrated with Steel Engravings. Foxing to front endpapers. Green cloth covers with bright gilt titles on spine and cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609024


Price: $50.00 

 

Statesmen of the Lost Cause - Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet


Hendrick, Burton J.

Hardcover. NY, Lit. Guild, Rep., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Previous owner's bookplate front end paper. Black & white illust. Dj chipping worn

Record # 57044


Price: $18.00 

 

Wilderness to Fortress - Exploring the History of a Revolutionary War Site, From


Charles, Sheila/Lynne DeBeer/Pamela Lewis/Pamela Monder

Softcover. Orwell, Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, 1st, NA, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages. Black & white illustrations. Spiral bound. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 609184


Price: $28.00 

 

American Defense of Neutral Rights 1914-1917, The


Morrissey, Alice M.

Hardcover. Cambaridge, MA, Harvard Univ. Press, 1st, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 230 pages including bibliography and index.

Record # 59261


Price: $15.00 

 

Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, For the Year 1918 - Volume XVI


Wren (Editor), Christopher

Softcover. Wilkes-Barre, WH&GS/Coxe Publication Fund, 1st, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 335 pages. Black & white illustrations. Paper covers chipped and missing small pieces of paper at corners. Hinges of paper covers are tender. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 609675


Price: $20.00 

 

Early Greeks, The


Hopper, R.J.

Paperback. NY, Barnes and Noble, 1st US, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white illust. 257 pages.

Record # 61066


Price: $18.00 

 

The Chignecto Isthmus - and It's First Settlers


Trueman, Howard

Hardcover. Belleville, Mika Publishing Company, Reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 278 pages. 4 black & white illustrations. Front cover with minor fading. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610192


Price: $31.00 

 

First With the Most Forrest


Henry, Robert Selph

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illust. 558 pages. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf. Light wear to spine, top & bottom otherwise VG

Record # 61246


Price: $20.00 

 

History of the Indian Tribes of The United States


Schoolcraft, Henry R.

Hardcover. New York, Historical American Indian Press, Facsimile Reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 756 pages. Illustrated with color plates. Facsimile reprint. Imitation leather covers. Dust jacket with tears and chunks of paper missing along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610640


Price: $63.00 

 

Decoying the Yanks - Jackson's Valley Camlpaign (Civil War Series)


Time-Life Books

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

Record # 63495


Price: $19.00 

 

Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809


Broughton, Thomas Duer

Hardcover. New Delhi, Asian Educational Services, Reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 273 pages. Hardcover. Reprint. Black & white illustrations. Fold-out map in rear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611991


Price: $23.00 

 

Powers of the President in Foreign Affairs - 1945-1965


Robinson, Edgar E. and others

hardcover. San Francisco, Commonwealth Club of California, 1st, 1966, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 279 pages. Spine faded.

Record # 64996


Price: $20.00 

 

Ireland since the rising


Coogan, Timothy Patrick

Hardcover. Westport, Greenwood Press, Reprint, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 355 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name at top right corner of title page. Book has strong damp odor. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612355


Price: $31.00 

 

Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association - Sixth Annual Meeting


N/A

NY Historical Assoc., 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Articles on New York State and the Revolutionary War. 199 pages.

Record # 67062


Price: $41.00 

 

North for Union - John Appleton's Journal of a Tour to New England made by President Polk in June and July 1847


Cutler (Editor), Wayne

Hardcover. Nashville, Vanderbilt University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 135 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 613484


Price: $15.00 

 

May-Day - Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair


Beschloss, Michael R.

NY, Harper & Row, BC Ed., 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. 494 pages.

Record # 68065


Price: $15.00 


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