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Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by: Carol Leonnig

Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service
by: Carol Leonnig

Hardcover. NY, Random House , 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 532 pages. The first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassination to the alarming mismanagement of the Obama and Trump years, right up to the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6--by the Pulitzer Prize winner.

Record # 381305

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Dictators and Their Secret Police:Coercive Institutions and State Violence by: Greitens, Sheena Chestnut

Dictators and Their Secret Police:Coercive Institutions and State Violence
by: Greitens, Sheena Chestnut

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st pbk, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 325 pages. How do dictators stay in power? When, and how, do they use repression to do so? Dictators and their Secret Police explores the role of the coercive apparatus under authoritarian rule in Asia - how these secret organizations originated, how they operated, and how their violence affected ordinary citizens. Greitens argues that autocrats face a coercive dilemma: whether to create internal security forces designed to manage popular mobilization, or defend against potential coup. Violence against civilians, she suggests, is a byproduct of their attempt to resolve this dilemma. Drawing on a wealth of new historical evidence, this book challenges conventional wisdom on dictatorship: what autocrats are threatened by, how they respond, and how this affects the lives and security of the millions under their rule. It offers an unprecedented view into the use of surveillance, coercion, and violence, and sheds new light on the institutional and social foundations of authoritarian power. ^ pages with dog earred crease, otherwise clean.

Record # 381735

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Service with Fighting Men: An Account of the Work of the American Young Men's Christian Associations in the World War (2 volume set)by: Taft (Chairman), William Howar

Service with Fighting Men: An Account of the Work of the American Young Men's Christian Associations in the World War (2 volume set)
by: Taft (Chairman), William Howar

Hardcover. New York, Association Press, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volume 1: 636 pages. Volume 2: 664 pages. Hardcovers. Bound in maroon, gilt titles on spine, somewhat muted with age. Letter from Trustees of the War Fund, dated April 11, 1924, presenting volumes to previous owner (Gilbert Colgate), as well as original packing list enclosed in Volume 1. Full color fold-out maps throughout both books. Gutter cracked in a few spots, but both book's pages still completely intact. Pages slightly yellowed with age. In very good condition.

Record # 30664

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Thomas Jefferson and the Stony Mountains: Exploring the West from Monticelloby: Donald  Jackson

Thomas Jefferson and the Stony Mountains: Exploring the West from Monticello
by: Donald Jackson

Softcover. Norman OK, University of Oklahoma Press, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 339 pages. Although he did not travel farther inland than the slopes of the Appalachians, Thomas Jefferson must take his place alongside Zebulon Pike, Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, and Lewis and Clark--the men who blazed the great western trails. Donald Jackson cogently recounts Jefferson's fundamental role in promoting and shaping the exploration, settlement, and development of the Trans-Mississippi West. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 374732

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Newspaper Datelines of the American Revolution, Vol. 1: April 18, 1775 to November 1, 1775 by: Lucier, Armand Francis

Newspaper Datelines of the American Revolution, Vol. 1: April 18, 1775 to November 1, 1775
by: Lucier, Armand Francis

Softcover. Bowie MD, Heritage Books, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 375 pages. This collection of articles from thirty-four different newspapers begins with the "alarming intelligence" of the shots fired at Lexington and Concord, followed by the Battle of Bunker Hill and other skirmishes, military affairs and the siege of St. John's. The source of these articles include letters smuggled out of Boston by terrified colonists, proclamations, speeches, affidavts as well as unconfirmed reports and fabrications. Clean copy.

Record # 386793

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Speeches of Adlai Stevensonby: Steinbeck, John

Speeches of Adlai Stevenson
by: Steinbeck, John

Paperback. NY, Random House, 1st wraps, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pgs. A collection of political speeches with a four page intro by Steinbeck. Fading to color on wraps with some shallow creases.

Record # 101136

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Foreign Labor in Nazi Germany by: Edward L. Homze

Foreign Labor in Nazi Germany
by: Edward L. Homze

Hardcover. Princeton University Press , 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth-covered boards, gilt titles to spine on black ground, 350 pages., illustrated with tables. The book sets out to "describe the inception, organisation, and administration of the Nazi foreign labor program and the relationship of the program to the Nazi war economy and government". It uses captured documents as well as material published during the war. Spine slightly cocked, clean copy.

Record # 379009

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Our Hispanic Southwestby: Peixotto, Ernest

Our Hispanic Southwest
by: Peixotto, Ernest

Hardcover. New York, Scribners, 1st, 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 245 pages, b&w illustrations by Peixotto throughout, gilt decorated cover, titles and top edge. Minor corner bumps and spine edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy. Descriptions of the old Spanish Missions and settlements of Arizona, New Mexico and along the Texan border.

Record # 51053

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Biography of the Bar of Orleans County, Vermontby: Baldwin, Frederick W.

Biography of the Bar of Orleans County, Vermont
by: Baldwin, Frederick W.

Hardcover. Barton, Frederick W. Baldwin, 1st, 1886, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages. Hardcover. Black & white steel engraved portraits. Gilt titles on leather spine. Crack along top 5" of front hinge. Rubbing to cover edges. All edges gilt. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613639

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Daily Life in Holland in the Year 1566 And the Story of My Ancestor's Treasure Chestby: Poortvliet, Rien

Daily Life in Holland in the Year 1566 And the Story of My Ancestor's Treasure Chest
by: Poortvliet, Rien

Hardcover. New York, Harry Abrams, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Illustrated heavily by author. To create this latest gem, Poortvliet found inspiration in the rich legacy of Dutch landscape and genre painting traditions and in his own Dutch heritage as well. He became intrigued by a document dating from the year 1566 that revealed the existence of an armoire owned by his distant ancestor, Jacob Jansz Poortvliet. That armoire led Rien Poortvliet to come upon something valuable indeed - a treasure trove of insights into the world of his ancestor. Characteristically evocative, the words and images in Daily Life in Holland are rich in detail and delicate in coloration, and perhaps the most beautiful of any of Poortvliet's works to date. In this fascinating saga, he recreates the lives of his forebears as they toiled and celebrated their way through daily existence. He does not conjure up a romantic vision of the past - the Dutch countryside was not all tulips and windmills! There were adversity and hard work, and we learn that 1566 was an extraordinary year in Holland, marked by famine and plague, great freezes, floods and droughts, comets and earthquakes, and an invasion by the Spanish as well.

Record # 369127

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Burning of Royalton, Vermont by Indians (SIGNED)by: Dunklee, Ivah

Burning of Royalton, Vermont by Indians (SIGNED)
by: Dunklee, Ivah

Hardcover. Weymouth, MA, George H. Ellis Co, 1st, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR WITH HANDWRITTEN POEMS AID IN. Light foxing and age discoloration on pages. Light soil to covers. Tight copy.

Record # 368910

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Confederate Operations in Canada and New York (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Headley, John W.

Confederate Operations in Canada and New York (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Headley, John W.

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 480 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. A well written and well thought out story of the Confederate Secret Service. Headley tells the little known and forgotten story of Confederate operations in Canada.

Record # 372353

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In and Out of Rebel Prisons (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Cooper, Alonzo

In and Out of Rebel Prisons (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Cooper, Alonzo

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 335 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 372369

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Letters from the East and from the West by: Frederick Hall

Letters from the East and from the West
by: Frederick Hall

Hardcover. Washington DC, F. Taylor and Wm. Morrison, 1st, 1840, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 168 pages in original tan cloth covers with paper spine label. A collection of letters by a college professor written during his travels from 1837-38. They're divided into two parts: Letters from the Valley of the Connecticut River and Letters from the West addressed to the author's wife, then in Baltimore. ( the "West" he visited include Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky). Three-page preface by author. Covers with light soil, bottom of spine frayed, front endpaper gone so volume opens to title page. No markings.

Record # 381659

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Warlord - A Life of Winston Churchill at War - 1874 - 1945 (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)by: D'Este, Carol

Warlord - A Life of Winston Churchill at War - 1874 - 1945 (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)
by: D'Este, Carol

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, First Edition, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 845 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page. Brown cloth covers with orange titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright dust jacket with only marginal wear. Clean & unmarked. A nice copy.

Record # 750682

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Fuller's Worthiesby: Fuller, Thomas

Fuller's Worthies
by: Fuller, Thomas

Hardcover. London, Folio Society, 1st thus, 1987, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 441 pages, edited and introduced by Richard Barber, a selection from "The History of the Worthies of England" by Thomas Fuller. Gilt title and decorations on dark blue cloth board with slipcase, spotless and tight copy.

Record # 854529

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Turning Point of the Revolution, The: Or Burgoyne in Americaby: Nickerson, Hoffman

Turning Point of the Revolution, The: Or Burgoyne in America
by: Nickerson, Hoffman

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1928, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 500 pages, with illustrations. Corner and edge wear and fade, scuff mark on spine, some red spots on back cover, two small watermarks on front cover and black ink stains on bottom edge. Overall in good condition with clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 853277

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Sex Press: The Sexual Revolution in the Underground Press, 1963-1979by: Vincent Berniere and Mariel Primois

Sex Press: The Sexual Revolution in the Underground Press, 1963-1979
by: Vincent Berniere and Mariel Primois

Softcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 240 pages. From 1965 to 1975, an array of journals, magazines, fanzines, and underground presses were the voice of a dramatic sexual revolution. In Europe and the United States, this "sex press" consisted of publications such as Other Scenes, Yellow Dog, Actuel, Suck, The Body, and Screw--some of which were fully dedicated to sex, while others also engaged with the time's most riveting topical issues, including politics, human rights, war, women's rights, and gay and lesbian rights. Showcasing art from the most revolutionary publications of the era, the book traces the exuberant sexual liberation of the 1960s and then moves into the mid-1970s, with its more codified form of pornography. Illustrated by a vivid collection of full-page facsimiles, Sex Press offers a compelling visual tour through an extraordinary period of experimentation, creativity, and sexual freedom.

Record # 361841

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Soldier's Record of Jericho, Vermont, Theby: Lane, E. H.

Soldier's Record of Jericho, Vermont, The
by: Lane, E. H.

Hardcover. Jericho, Town of Jericho, 1st, 1868, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 47 pages. Soldiers listed by name, age, unit, dates of service, capture, wounds, deaths. Interspersed throughout text are historical facts to be found in no other Civil War publication. Brown cloth. Title in gilt on front cover. Front and rear endpapers age toned. Small wrinkle in cloth on back cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 606828

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Craft and the Kingly Ideal: Art, Trade, and Powerby: Helms, Mary W.

Craft and the Kingly Ideal: Art, Trade, and Power
by: Helms, Mary W.

Softcover. Austin, University of Texas Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, yellow wrappers, 287 pages. Light fading to spine. In ancient Mediterranean cultures, diamonds were thought to endow their owners with invincibility. In contemporary United States culture, a foreign-made luxury car is believed to give its owner status and prestige. Where do these beliefs come from In this study of craft production and long-distance trade in traditional, nonindustrial societies, Mary W. Helms explores the power attributed to objects that either are produced by skilled artisans and/or come from 'afar.' She argues that fine artisanship and long-distance trade, both of which are more available to powerful elites than to ordinary people, are means of creating or acquiring tangible objects that embody intangible powers and energies from the cosmological realms of gods, ancestors, or heroes. Clean copy.

Record # 380486

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Joseph Ingraham's Journal of the Brigantine Hope on a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of North America, 1790-1792by: Ingraham, Joseph; Kaplanoff, Mark D.

Joseph Ingraham's Journal of the Brigantine Hope on a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of North America, 1790-1792
by: Ingraham, Joseph; Kaplanoff, Mark D.

Hardcover. Barre MA, Imprint Society, 1st thus, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a slipcase, 248 pages. Many illustrations from manuscript charts and drawings by Ingraham, introduction by Mark D. Kaplanoff, one of 1950 copies. Binding is decorated gray paper over boards, with yellow cloth spine and pasted on label. A record of a voyage for the sea otter trade, with a route that took the ship to the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands, the Marquesas, and China as well as to the northwest coast of North America.

Record # 360886

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History of the State of Vermont from its Earliest Settlement to the Close of the Year 1832by: Zadock Thompson

History of the State of Vermont from its Earliest Settlement to the Close of the Year 1832
by: Zadock Thompson

Hardcover. Burlington VT, Edward Smith, 1st, 1833, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original boards rubbed and soiled, tan cloth spine with spine label present but rubbed, chipped. Hinges tender, 252 pages with chronicle index in rear. Crude relief map on page 96. Previous owner's names on inside covers. Foxing throughout. Title page with Burlington misspelled (Bulington).

Record # 380419

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Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime: FIlms of Social Conscience in the Silent Eraby: Brownlow, Kevin

Behind the Mask of Innocence: Sex, Violence, Prejudice, Crime: FIlms of Social Conscience in the Silent Era
by: Brownlow, Kevin

Hardcover. New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 579 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket, many BW illus. The third book in a triology, prefaced by The Parade's Gone By ... (1968) and The War, the West and the Wilderness (1979). Offers a full and illustrated "exploration of a vital and now almost forgotten chapter of American moviemaking: the response of early producers and directors to the agonizing social problems of the decades before World War I. ... An essential work of silent-film history, certain to become a standard reference." Clean, tight copy.

Record # 368185

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Encounter with Disaster: a Medical Diary of Hiroshima 1945by: Liebow, Averill A.

Encounter with Disaster: a Medical Diary of Hiroshima 1945
by: Liebow, Averill A.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton , 2nd pr., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 209 pages. Many b&w photos, some color. The author and S. Oughterson and Shields Warren, as part of the United States Atomic Bomb Causality Commission, were sent immediately (September 1945) to survey Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan after the bombing and surrender of Japan to study the devastation and the subsequent irradiation sickness.

Record # 380941

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Das Hotel Adlonby: Demps, Laurenz/Paeschke, Carl-Ludwig

Das Hotel Adlon
by: Demps, Laurenz/Paeschke, Carl-Ludwig

Hardcover. Berlin GR, Nicolai Publishing, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. GERMAN TEXT. The history of Berlin's grand hotel. The Adlon opened on October 23, 1907, with the Kaiser, his wife, and many other notables in attendance. It quickly became the social center of Berlin. As the rooms in the Stadtschloss were cold and drafty, the Kaiser paid an annual retainer to keep suites available for his guests.[2] Likewise the Foreign Office used the Adlon for accommodation during state visits, with guests including Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. Notable guests of the early years included industrialists such as Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller, as well as politicians like Walter Rathenau, Gustav Stresemann and the French prime minister Aristide Briand. Many wealthy Berliners lived for extended periods of time in the hotel, while its ballrooms hosted official government functions and society events. Many photos. Clean copy.

Record # 382115

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DOWN THE GREAT RIVER; EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI Together With Views Descriptive and Pictorial of the Cities Towns Villages. During a Canoe Voyage of over Three Thousand Miles from its

DOWN THE GREAT RIVER; EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI Together With Views Descriptive and Pictorial of the Cities Towns Villages. During a Canoe Voyage of over Three Thousand Miles from its

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Hubbard Brothers, 1st, 1888, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark brown cloth stamped in black and gilt design, 443 pages plus 53 page appendix, b&w plates with a folding map (in excellent condition). B&w frontispiece portrait of the author, blue floral endpapers. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to corners. Title page says 1888, copyright page states 1887. Still believed to be a first printing. Early exploration through Chippewa country, source of the Mississippi, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis. Saint Paul, La cRosse, Rock Island, Saint Louis, Memphis, Natchez to Baton Rouge, New Orleans.

Record # 412224

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Lord Lothian and Anglo-American Relations, 1900-1940 by: Priscilla Roberts (Ed.)

Lord Lothian and Anglo-American Relations, 1900-1940
by: Priscilla Roberts (Ed.)

Hardcover. Netherlands, Dordrecht/Republic of Letters, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated glossy boards, 281 pages. For the first four decades of the twentieth century Philip Kerr, the Eleventh Marquess of Lothian, hovered on the fringes of power in Britain. As a commentator on public affairs, private secretary to Liberal prime minister David Lloyd George, secretary to the Rhodes Trust, Liberal peer, and ambassador to the United States at the beginning of World War II, Lothian's greatest interest was in preserving and strengthening the British Empire and building close bonds with the United States. This international collection of essays by seven scholars explores Lothian's impact on Anglo-American relations and his role, behind the scenes and as a government official, in forging what would eventually become known as the "special relationship." Clean copy.

Record # 378814

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Bombing of Germany, Theby: Rumpf, Hans, Edward Fitzgerald (Translator)

Bombing of Germany, The
by: Rumpf, Hans, Edward Fitzgerald (Translator)

Hardcover. London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, shows a little age wear, but in good condition. Covers bound in black, excellent. Pages unmarked and clean. Top edge dyed. In very good condition.

Record # 31010

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Footprints & Sunset on Adirondack Trails: the Memoirs of James Manchester Wardner by: Charles A. Wardner

Footprints & Sunset on Adirondack Trails: the Memoirs of James Manchester Wardner
by: Charles A. Wardner

Softcover. Jay NY, Graphics North, 1st thus, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers, 430 pages plus index and photo pages. Two extensive memoirs written by a pioneer farmer and outdoorsman from Keeseville, New York. They cover the years 1831-1904 and his experiences in the Adirondacks as a hunter, farmer, innkeeper, educator, and adventurer. Edited by his son. Clean, like new.

Record # 382761

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Nine Old Men, Theby: Pearson, Drew and Robert S. Allen

Nine Old Men, The
by: Pearson, Drew and Robert S. Allen

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday Doran, 1st, 1936, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt-stamped spine, 325 pages. Previous owner's signature on inside front cover. Dust jacket worn, chipped, spine faded. Internally clean.

Record # 412212

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Col. Bill's Talesby: Leora Wilson Drake

Col. Bill's Tales
by: Leora Wilson Drake

Softcover. Hartsville NY, Hartsville Historical Socirty, 1st thus, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, yellow wrappers with title and author's picture on cover. A collection of stories about the town of Canisteo, New York that originally ran in the local newspaper in 1949 & 1950. With index of names in front, 160 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 382330

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Records of New Amsterdam From 1653 t0 1674 Anno Domini -  Vol. 6: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens May 8 1666 to Sept. 5 1673 Inclusive. by: Fernow,

Records of New Amsterdam From 1653 t0 1674 Anno Domini - Vol. 6: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens May 8 1666 to Sept. 5 1673 Inclusive.
by: Fernow,

Hardcover. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with purple and gilt title block an front and spine. 409 pages. VOLUME 6 ONLY of a 7 volume set. Reprint of the 1897 edition. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386812

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Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American Westby: Holmes, Opal Laurel & Vardis Fisher

Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of the Early American West
by: Holmes, Opal Laurel & Vardis Fisher

Hardcover. Caldwell ID, Caxton Press, reprint, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 466 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. This book considers the gold rushes, life in the camps, crime and justice, and the special situations and unique events that came out of this period. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs. Endnotes, illustrations, indexed.

Record # 460203

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Elizabeth and Catherine: Empresses of All the Russias by: Robert Coughlan

Elizabeth and Catherine: Empresses of All the Russias
by: Robert Coughlan

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 374 pages. Russia has a fascinating history and author Robert Coughlan has provided us with an informative and compelling peek into a particularly notable segment of it, essentially the 1700s. The book covers the period from Tsar [Czar] Alexis (briefly) up to the reign of Tsar Alexander I, probably the most beloved of all the Romanovs. The focus of the work is on Catherine the Great. Her mentor, Elizabeth, was important through her shrewd handling of the many bumps and potholes which eventually allowed Catherine to take the throne against many rivals and usurpers. Clean copy.

Record # 381975

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Captain and "the Cannibal", The: An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stageby: Fairhead, James

Captain and "the Cannibal", The: An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage
by: Fairhead, James

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 392 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to edges of dust jacket. Black and white illustrations throughout. Tight copy.

Record # 470892

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Dust in the Balance -British Women in India 1905 - 1945by: Barr, Pat

Dust in the Balance -British Women in India 1905 - 1945
by: Barr, Pat

Hardcover. Somerset UK, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1st, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 186 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with light wear to edges. Black & white photographs throughout. Light pen marking couple pages. Otherwise clean tight copy.

Record # 750009

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The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution by: Ira D. Gruber

The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution
by: Ira D. Gruber

Softcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 396 pages including index. By focusing on the Howe brothers, their political connections, their relationships with the British ministry, their attitude toward the Revolution, and their military activities in America, Gruber answers the frequently asked question of why the British failed to end the American Revolution in its early years. This book supersedes earlier studies because of its broader research and because it elucidates the complex personal interplay between Whitehall and its commanders. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397511

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Sir Henry Cavendish's Debates of the House of Commons During the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain, Commonly Called the Unreported Parliament to Which Are Appended History of the Reign of George the Third - Vol. 1: 1768-1771

Sir Henry Cavendish's Debates of the House of Commons During the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain, Commonly Called the Unreported Parliament to Which Are Appended History of the Reign of George the Third - Vol. 1: 1768-1771

Hardcover. London, Longman, Orme, Green & Longmans, 1st, 1841, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, leather bound, two volumes in one: 631 plus 480 pages. All edges gilt, ribbon marker, spine has black calf label with gilt lettering, raised bands with gilt decoration. Both covers with gilt design around edges, elaborate bookplate on inside front cover. A small notation dated 1854 on last page states the publication of the work was discontinued. So never a Volume 2. Covers with light scars, some discoloration to rear board, otherwise a spectacular copy of a very scarce book.

Record # 371302

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Yellowstone National Park, The - Historical and Descriptiveby: Chittenden, Hiram Martin

Yellowstone National Park, The - Historical and Descriptive
by: Chittenden, Hiram Martin

Hardcover. Cincinnati, Stewart & Kidd, Revised, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, ex-lib with light marking. B&W illustrations, 530 pages. Folding color maps present, top edge gilt, blue cloth covers with light edgewear, light water stain to margin of frontispiece.

Record # 175276

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Burr Bibliography: A List of Books Relating to Aaron Burrby: Tompkins, Hamilton Bullock

Burr Bibliography: A List of Books Relating to Aaron Burr
by: Tompkins, Hamilton Bullock

Hardcover. NY, Burt Franklin, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue cloth covers, 89 pages, reprint of the 1892 edition

Record # 371922

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Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship by: Ujifusa, Steven

Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship
by: Ujifusa, Steven

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business--one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchased with profits from the opium trade. But the journey by sea to New York from Canton could take six agonizing months, and so the most pressing technological challenge of the day became ensuring one's goods arrived first to market, so they might fetch the highest price. "With the verse of a natural dramatist" (The Christian Science Monitor), Steven Ujifusa tells the story of a handful of cutthroat competitors who raced to build the fastest, finest, most profitable clipper ships to carry their precious cargo to American shores. They were visionary, eccentric shipbuilders, debonair captains, and socially ambitious merchants with names like Forbes and Delano--men whose business interests took them from the cloistered confines of China's expatriate communities to the sin city decadence of Gold Rush-era San Francisco, and from the teeming hubbub of East Boston's shipyards and to the lavish sitting rooms of New York's Hudson Valley estates. Clean, like new copy.

Record # 383205

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The Story of Bridgeport 1836-1936 by: Danenberg, Elsie Nicholas

The Story of Bridgeport 1836-1936
by: Danenberg, Elsie Nicholas

Softcover. Bridgeport CT, The Bridgeport Centennial Inc., 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, bound in blue textured heavy paper wrappers with gilt stamping. 176 pages, Illustrations, bibliography, index. Wraps are edgeworn, separating from spine. Interior clean and bright.

Record # 383389

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Istanbul (Deluxe Edition): Memories and the City by: Pamuk, Orhan

Istanbul (Deluxe Edition): Memories and the City
by: Pamuk, Orhan

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st thus, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. An evocative portrait of a great and storied city, an elegy for a bygone civilization, and a meditation on the "complicated intimacies" (Pamuk's phrase) of life itself. "Spins a masterful tale, moving from his fractured extended family, all living in a communal apartment building, out into the city and encompassing the entire Ottoman Empire. Pamuk sees the slow collapse of the once powerful empire hanging like a pall over the city and its citizens. Central to many Istanbul residents' character is the concept of huzun ('melancholy'). Istanbul's huzun, Pamuk writes, 'is a way of looking at life that is ultimately as life-affirming as it is negating'. A powerful, disturbing literary journey through the soul of a great city, told by one of its great writers". This is the Deluxe Edition with 439 photos and illustrations. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 383490

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Adventures Of An African Slaver Being A True Account Of The Life Of Trader In Gold, Ivory & Slave On Coast Of Guinea; Own Story As Told In 1854 To Brantz Mayerby: Can

Adventures Of An African Slaver Being A True Account Of The Life Of Trader In Gold, Ivory & Slave On Coast Of Guinea; Own Story As Told In 1854 To Brantz Mayer
by: Can

Hardcover. NY, Albert & Charles Boni, 3rd pr, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with a black cloth spine. 376 pages with illustrations, endpapers, and cover design by Miguel Covarrubias. Frontispiece loose, otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 383767

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Cole's Cavalry; or, Three Years in the Saddle in the Shenandoah Valleyby: Newcomer, C. Armour

Cole's Cavalry; or, Three Years in the Saddle in the Shenandoah Valley
by: Newcomer, C. Armour

Hardcover. Freeport, NY, Books for Libraries Press, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 165 pages. Blue cloth cover, very light wear to corners and edges, bottom edge slightly bumped. Some foxing and shadowing on front and rear endpages, otherwise inside is bright and clean. Three pages have light markings by previous owner, otherwise inside in unmarked. A nice, tight copy.

Record # 853263

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Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois; Including the Preceding Speeches of Each at Chicago, Springfield, Etc.; Also, the Two Great Speeches of Mr.

Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois; Including the Preceding Speeches of Each at Chicago, Springfield, Etc.; Also, the Two Great Speeches of Mr.

Hardcover. Columbus OH, Follett, Foster and Company, 1st, 1860, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown cloth, 268 pages. Not first issue but an early printing with a "2" on page 13, line above publisher on copyright page, 2 leaves/4 pages of ads at front for The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, The Exiles of Florida; Adela the Octoroon; then a letter from Mr. Lincoln opposite title page. Contemporary transcripts of perhaps the most consequential campaign debates in American history. While campaigning against each other for the Senate seat for Illinois, Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of public debates on slavery that earned nationwide attention. Lincoln and the young Republican Party capitalized on the attention, partly by having the debate transcripts published-laying the foundation for his successful presidential campaign. Page 1, 104, and 105 with pencil marking, light water stain to bottom corner of some pages, 1 X 1/4" chip to spine cloth. Otherwise clean.

Record # 383836

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New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion - Containing Histories of the Several New Hampshire Regiments, and Biographical Notices of Many of the Prominent Actors in the Civil War of 1861-65by:

New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion - Containing Histories of the Several New Hampshire Regiments, and Biographical Notices of Many of the Prominent Actors in the Civil War of 1861-65
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Hardcover. Newport, Tony O'Connor Civil War Enterprises, Reprint, NA, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with gilt lettering, 608 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 610169

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Cost of Courage in Aztec Society: Essays on Mesoamerican Society and Culture by: Inga Clendinnen

Cost of Courage in Aztec Society: Essays on Mesoamerican Society and Culture
by: Inga Clendinnen

Softcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 216 pages. A collection of pathbreaking essays on Aztec and Maya culture in the sixteenth century. In the title work Inga Clendinnen reconstructs the sequence of experiences through which young Aztec warriors were brought to embrace their duty to their people, to their city, and to the forces that moved the world and the heavens. Subsequent essays explore the survival of Yucatec Maya culture in the face of Spanish conquest and colonisation, the insidious corruption of an austere ideology translated into dangerously novel circumstances, and the multiple paths to the sacred constructed by 'defeated' populations in sixteenth-century Mexico. The collection ends with Clendinnen's transition to the colonial history of her own country: a close and loving reading of the 1841 expedition journal of George Augustus Robinson. Clean copy.

Record # 379161

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Wellsprings of a Nation: America before 1801. A Bicentennial Exhibition from the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society at the Worcester Art Museum April 19 June 5 1977. by:

Wellsprings of a Nation: America before 1801. A Bicentennial Exhibition from the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society at the Worcester Art Museum April 19 June 5 1977.
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Softcover. Worcester MA, American Antiquarian Society, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Exhibition catalog. 141 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Tan stiff wrappers. Covers and spine slightly sunned, small stain to for-edge, dog-ears to upper page-corners. A nice, tight copy.

Record # 396797

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Foreign Bonds; An Autopsy - A Study of Defaults and Repudiations of Government Obligationsby: Winkler, Max

Foreign Bonds; An Autopsy - A Study of Defaults and Repudiations of Government Obligations
by: Winkler, Max

Hardcover. New York , Arno Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 295 pages, green cloth covers with gilt lettering. Previous owner's stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, very good. Facsimile reprint of the 1933 edition. Scarce in hardcover.

Record # 407521

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