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Goshen Connecticut: A Town Above All Others by: Quadrimillennium Editorial Committee
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Goshen Connecticut: A Town Above All Others by: Quadrimillennium Editorial Committee

Hardcover. West Kennebunk, ME, Phoenix Publishing, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 274 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some light edge wear, which has been repaired with clear tape to the best of our ability. Orange cloth covers with a quarter black spine and a gilt eagle logo are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Minor foxing is visible on the external page edges, but this does not affect the legibility of any text blocks within. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book traces the historical and geographic narrative of Goshen, Connecticut, a town which earned its nickname because its commercial center sits at a higher altitude than any other in Connecticut, acting as the watershed for eight surrounding towns. The book covers the town's biblical naming origins, its 1739 founding, agricultural boom, and early settler genealogies. This scarcely available local history volume is one of only 1,000 first edition copies printed. Clean copy. Record # 34583
Price: $35.00 

The Furniture of Our Forefathers: With Critical Descriptions of Plates by Russell Sturgis by: Singleton, Esther
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The Furniture of Our Forefathers: With Critical Descriptions of Plates by Russell Sturgis by: Singleton, Esther

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1st thus, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 664 pages, hardcover. Brown cloth covers stamped with black text show significant edge wear and rubbing, with bumped corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid, but the hinges are tender. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout, with notes on the illustrations by Russell Sturgis. This book is a comprehensive, historically significant work documenting the evolution of American furniture styles, craftsmanship, and domestic interiors from the earliest 17th century settlements through the 19th century. It tracks how European styles transformed upon reaching early American homes. Clean copy. Record # 34614
Price: $22.00 

British Battles and Medals by: Gordon, Lawrence L.
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British Battles and Medals by: Gordon, Lawrence L.

Hardcover. Aldershot, U.K., Gale and Polden, Ltd., 3rd Ed., Revised & Enlarged, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 451 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket is in very good condition, as protected by a clear plastic sleeve. Blue cloth covers with silver inlay are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography of medals throughout, plus a color frontispiece. This book is scarcely available in the US. It presents a description of every Campaign Medal and Bar awarded since the Armada, with the historical reasons for their award. Contains previous owner's paste-in on the inside front cover, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34666
Price: $22.00 

The Impressionists: A Retrospective by: Editor: Kapos, Martha
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The Impressionists: A Retrospective by: Editor: Kapos, Martha

Hardcover. London, U.K., Beaux Arts Editions / Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 380 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, pictorial boards, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W and full-color photography throughout. This magnificent volume highlights some of the finest impressionist paintings collected by American institutions. A general introduction and essay accompanies each of the 48 color plates, providing an overview and appropriate social, cultural, and historical background for each work. Presents artwork by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet, van Gogh, Cezanne, Seurat, Pissarro, and many others. This is a large-format book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 34701
Price: $12.00 

Nez Perce Summer 1877 - The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis Greene, Jerome A.
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Nez Perce Summer 1877 - The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis


Greene, Jerome A.

Hardcover. Helena, Montana Historical Society, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 554 pages. Black & white photography and maps.

Record # 207406


Price: $20.00 

Cape Cod Canal, The Farson, Robert H.
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Cape Cod Canal, The


Farson, Robert H.

softcover. Canada, Cape Cod Historical Pubns, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 177 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 468835


Price: $19.00 

 

Thirteen Chapters of American History Represented by the Edward Moran series of Thirteen Historical Marine Paintings


Sutro, Theodore

Hardcover. New York, The Baker & Taylor CO, 1st, 1905, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 113 pages + b&w plates. Includes several full-page plates from the marine paintings depicting American history from Lief Erickson through the Spanish-American war. Tissue-protected photography portrait of the artist in front. scarce edition. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering. Some bumps and wear to cover. Inscription: "Compliments of the Ainslie Galleries Inc, 677 Fifth Avenue, New York City" on front attached end paper. Rough cut edges. In good shape

Record # 605231


Price: $16.00 

 

Pennsylvania's Decorative Arts in the Age of Handcraft


Richman, Irwin and Mark H. Dorfman

Softcover. University Park, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 76 pages. Pennsylvania History Studies: No. 13. White wrappers with color and b&w illustration, perfect binding, profusely illustrated with b&w photography by Mark Dorfman. Light rubbing to wrappers, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 808120


Price: $12.00 

 

An Historical & Descriptive Account of the Various Processes of the Daguerreotype & the Diorama by: Daguerre


Newhall, Beaumont (intro.)

Hardcover. New York, Winter House Ltd., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, In black and green cardboard slipcase w/ edge wear, rubbing. 282 pages, several b&w daguerreotypes. Black cloth covers. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851475


Price: $50.00 

Vineyard Voices: Words, Faces and Voices of Island People (SIGNED) Lee, Lindsey
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Vineyard Voices: Words, Faces and Voices of Island People (SIGNED)


Lee, Lindsey

Hardcover. Edgartown, MA, Martha's Vineyard Historical Society, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 296 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket shows some creases and chipping along upper edge, and has an "autographed" sticker that is beginning to peel. Signed copy on title page. Slight foxing to top of text block, otherwise clean and tight copy.

Record # 2230876


Price: $38.00