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Our New West. Records of Travel Between The Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. Over the Plains Over the Mountains Through the Great Interior Basin Over the Sierra Nevadas To and Up and Down the Pacific Coast... Including a full
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Our New West. Records of Travel Between The Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. Over the Plains Over the Mountains Through the Great Interior Basin Over the Sierra Nevadas To and Up and Down the Pacific Coast... Including a full

Hardcover. Hartford CT, Hartford Publishing Co., 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt lettering and design, embossed rules to covers. 524 pages. Detailed records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific coast on the newly completed transcontinental railroad. Includes much information on the Mormons, Salt Lake City, Indians, gold mining, etc. 12 engraved plates and one map. Bookplate on inside front cover, light fading to spine gilt. Solid, clean copy.

Record # 382021

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That Sweet Enemy: Britain and France: The History of a Love-Hate Relationshipby: Tombs, Robert; Tombs, Isabelle
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That Sweet Enemy: Britain and France: The History of a Love-Hate Relationship
by: Tombs, Robert; Tombs, Isabelle

Softcover. NY, Vintage, 1st pbk, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pages. That Sweet Enemy brings both British wit (Robert Tombs is a British historian) and French panache (Isabelle Tombs is a French historian) to bear on three centuries of the history of Britain and France. From Waterloo to Chirac's slandering of British cooking, the authors chart this cross-channel entanglement and the unparalleled breadth of cultural, economic, and political influence it has wrought on both sides, illuminating the complex and sometimes contradictory aspects of this relationship--rivalry, enmity, and misapprehension mixed with envy, admiration, and genuine affection--and the myriad ways it has shaped the modern world. Clean copy.

Record # 382131

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Hyde Park, Vermont: Shire Town of Lamoille County by: Bicentennial Committee
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Hyde Park, Vermont: Shire Town of Lamoille County
by: Bicentennial Committee

Hyde Park VT, Town of Hyde Park , 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in gilt. 196 pages, b/w plates, maps. Clean copy, like new.

Record # 382390

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE AD FOR MUNSINGWEAR UNION SUITS: Mother and Daughterby: N/A
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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAGAZINE AD FOR MUNSINGWEAR UNION SUITS: Mother and Daughter
by: N/A

Minneapolis MN, Northwestern Knitting Co., 1918, Book: Very Good,

Record # 382629

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From the Palaces to the Pike: Visions of the 1904 World's Fairby: Fox, Timothy J. And Duane R. Sneddeker
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From the Palaces to the Pike: Visions of the 1904 World's Fair
by: Fox, Timothy J. And Duane R. Sneddeker

Softcover. St. Louis MO, Missouri Historical Society, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Perfect binding is tight. Interior is clean. Recreates, in words and pictures, the visual and emotional impact of the 1904 World's Fair. Using over two hundred images from the Missouri Historical Society's Photographs and Prints Collection, many reproduced from rare glass-plate negatives, From the Palaces to the Pike offers a tour of the St. Louis World's Fair that has been unavailable for nearly a century. Following an introduction that explains how the park was transformed into the World's Fair, the book takes readers inside the big exhibit palaces, brings them face-to-face with "human exhibits," and transports them over the fair grounds in hard-to-find aerial views. Special chapters also provide views of the Fair's entertainment district, known as the Pike, and of the 1904 Olympic Games. After the Fair, "the palaces crumbled, the exhibits dispersed, the Pike gave way to the mansions on Lindell Boulevard, and the fantasy land was reconfigured back into Forest Park," Clean, bright copy.

Record # 383214

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The Gallic and Civil Wars of Caesarby: Rev. John Pullein Hawkey(transl.)
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The Gallic and Civil Wars of Caesar
by: Rev. John Pullein Hawkey(transl.)

Hardcover. Dublin, Brett Smith, 1st thus, 1788, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, leather bound. 553 pages plus Index of Proper Names. Uncommon translation from Ireland. Hawkey was a Reverend and Master of the Free-School in Dundalk. "The Commentaries of his Wars in Gaul" is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years he spent fighting the Germanic peoples and Celtic peoples in Gaul that opposed Roman conquest. The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes. Rome's war against the Gallic tribes lasted from 58 BC to 50 BC and culminated in the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC, in which a complete Roman victory resulted in the expansion of the Roman Republic over the whole of Gaul (mainly present-day France and Belgium). "His Commentaries of the Civil War" is an account written by Julius Caesar of his war against Gnaeus Pompeius and the Senate. It covers the events of 49-48 BC, from shortly before Caesar's invasion of Italy to Pompey's defeat at the Battle of Pharsalus and flight to Egypt with Caesar in pursuit. It closes with Pompey assassinated, Caesar attempting to mediate rival claims to the Egyptian throne, and the beginning of the Alexandrian War. Prelim pages gone so the book opens on the title page. Interior pages bright with no foxing, firm binding. Light wear to covers, front cover with partial split along spine, Otherwise clean.

Record # 383404

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Nantucket's Shipwrecks and Railroadby: Harry B. Turner

Nantucket's Shipwrecks and Railroad
by: Harry B. Turner

Softcover. Nantucket MA, The Inquirer and Mirror, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, approx. 60 pages, b&w illustrations. Some text, but Largely a collection of black and white historical photos of Nantucket Island shipwrecks and trains with captions. Clean copy.

Record # 383683

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Greeters' Guide to Washingtonby: N/AGreeters' Guide to Washingtonby: N/A

Greeters' Guide to Washington
by: N/A

Softcover. Washington DC, Greeters of America, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled tan wrappers. Compliments of the Arlington Hotel. Giving Location and description of principal points of interest, public buildings, etc., etc., illustrated with reproductions of latest photographs. 72 pages with a foldout map. in rear. In addition there is second, different street map of Washington's streets laid in. Folds out to approx, 20 X 23". All in very good condition.

Record # 383828

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Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles by: Faragher, John Mack
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Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles
by: Faragher, John Mack

Hardcover. NY, WW Norton & Co, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 580 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. Eternity Street tells the story of a violent place in a violent time: the rise of Los Angeles from its origins as a small Mexican pueblo. In a masterful narrative, John Mack Faragher relates a dramatic history of conquest and ethnic suppression, of collective disorder and interpersonal conflict. Eternity Street recounts the struggle to achieve justice amid the turmoil of a loosely governed frontier, and it delivers a piercing look at the birth of this quintessentially American city. In the 1850s, the City of Angels was infamous as one of the most murderous societies in America. Saloons teemed with rowdy crowds of Indians and Californios, Mexicans and Americans. Men ambled down dusty streets, armed with Colt revolvers and Bowie knives. A closer look reveals characters acting in unexpected ways: a newspaper editor advocating lynch law in the name of racial justice; hundreds of Latinos massing to attack the county jail, determined to lynch a hooligan from Texas. Murder and mayhem in Edenic southern California. "There is no brighter sun...no country where nature is more lavish of her exuberant fullness," an Angeleno wrote in 1853. "And yet, with all our natural beauties and advantages, there is no country where human life is of so little account. Men hack one another to pieces with pistols and other cutlery as if God's image were of no more worth than the life of one of the two or three thousand ownerless dogs that prowl about our streets and make night hideous." Like-new.

Record # 385368

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The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry 1933 1945 by: Levin, Nora
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The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry 1933 1945
by: Levin, Nora

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, Book Club, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 768 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 385596

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When Nations Disagree: A Handbook on Peace Through Law by: Arthur Larson
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When Nations Disagree: A Handbook on Peace Through Law
by: Arthur Larson

Hardcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 251 pages including index. Clean copy.

Record # 385724

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Monarchs, Ministers and Maps: The Emergence of Cartography as a Tool of Government in Early Modern Europe.by: Buisseret, David (editor)
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Monarchs, Ministers and Maps: The Emergence of Cartography as a Tool of Government in Early Modern Europe.
by: Buisseret, David (editor)

Hardcover. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 189 pages, color and b&w illustrations. This volume, a detailed survey of the political uses of cartography between 1400 and 1700 in Italy, France, England, Poland, Austria, and Spain, answers these questions: When did monarchs and ministers begin to perceive that maps could be useful in government? For what purposes were maps commissioned? How aCCU1rate and useful were they? How did cartographic knowledge strengthen the hand of government? The chapters offer new insights into the development of cartography and its role in European history. Light fading to areas of dj, no marking.

Record # 386029

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The Verb 'Be' In Ancient Greekby: Charles H. Kahn
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The Verb 'Be' In Ancient Greek
by: Charles H. Kahn

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Hackett Publishing, reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth stamped with black lettering, 486 pages. A reprint, with new introductory essay, of the D. Reidel edition of 1973. This reissue of Charles Kahn's classic work includes a substantial new introductory essay, which presents a reformulation of the theory of syntactic and semantic unity for the system of uses of the verb be in Greek (conceived primarily as a verb of predication), and hence a defense of the conceptual unity for the notion of Being in Greek philosophy. The book offers a systematic description of the use and grammar of the verb to be in Ancient Greek, before the philosophers took it over to express the central concepts in Greek logic and metaphysics. Evidence is taken primarily from Homer but supplemented by specimens from classical Attic prose. Topics discussed include the original status of the verb in Indo-European, as well as the logical and syntactic relations among copula, existential, and veridical uses. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386377

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Federalist And Antebellum Years 1784-1860 - Volume IVby: Frederick W. Bogert

Federalist And Antebellum Years 1784-1860 - Volume IV
by: Frederick W. Bogert

Softcover. New Jersey, Bergen County Board, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 85 pages. Volume four of a seven volume set on the history and heritage of Bergen County. Clean, like new..

Record # 386500

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Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls: June 1942 - April 1944 - Volume 7 in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War IIby: Morison, Samuel Eliot
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Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls: June 1942 - April 1944 - Volume 7 in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume VII in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, 369 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, lacks dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 386584

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New England's Crises and Cultural Memory: Literature, Politics, History, Religion, 1620??"1860 by: McWilliams, John
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New England's Crises and Cultural Memory: Literature, Politics, History, Religion, 1620??"1860
by: McWilliams, John

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 366 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf. From the dust jacket back cover: "John McWilliams winnows through the history and myth of New England to recover the past on its own terms while simultaneously tracing its later refractions. The combination, across nine pivotal events in colonial and early republican history, gives us the changing face of New England through as never before." Clean copy.

Record # 386684

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Trade and Market in the Early Empires; Economies in History and Theory by: Sweezy, Paul M., Karl Polanyi, Conrad M. Arsenberg (Editors)
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Trade and Market in the Early Empires; Economies in History and Theory
by: Sweezy, Paul M., Karl Polanyi, Conrad M. Arsenberg (Editors)

Hardcover. Glencoe IL, The Free Press, 1st, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth, 382 pages. Dust jacket flaps laid in, name inside front cover. Light pencil marking to about 10 pages. Ancient civilizations and medieval Europe had no "economies" -- no fixed prices for commodities, no production for markets. People have always exchanged goods, of course, but in the pre-modern world, exchange between individuals was most often done through social networks, always with a non-economic motivation. Scarcity, "entrepreneurship", the universal self-regulating market with fixed prices for goods, and the system of trade as we know it, and economics as the fundamental driving sector for all of society --- are all unique to the modern West.

Record # 386942

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Vermont in Quandary: 1763-1825 by: Chilton Williamson
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Vermont in Quandary: 1763-1825
by: Chilton Williamson

Hardcover. Montpelier VT, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 318 pages, b&w illustrations. Name on front fly leaf. A bright, clean copy with a tight binding.

Record # 387283

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Warfleets Of Antiquityby: Nelson, R.B.

Warfleets Of Antiquity
by: Nelson, R.B.

Hardcover. Sussex UK, Wargames Research Group, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 101 pages, b&w illustrations. This book, written in 1973, is for readers interested in the naval history of the ancient peoples of the Mediterranean. The period covered starts with Greek and Phoenician vessels of 800-700 BC and includes ships up to 800 AD. The aim of the book is to fill a gap by concentrating on the practical aspects of naval warfare in antiquity, and the battles selected for description are intended to show the development of tactics and strategy, rather than illustrate the general history of the period. It includes descriptions of the ships, crews, tactics and campaigns of Greek, Persian, Carthaginian, Hellenic, Roman, Celtic, Germanic, Scandinavian and Byzantine fleets. Clean copy.

Record # 387521

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Voice in the West: The Biography of a Pioneer Newspaperby: Ashton, Wendell J.

Voice in the West: The Biography of a Pioneer Newspaper
by: Ashton, Wendell J.

Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, 424 pages, b&w illustrations. A history of The Deseret News Press in Salt Lake City. Dust jacket very edgeworn, chipped. The Deseret (from the Book of Mormon, meaning "honeybee") News is the oldest newspaper in the West, first published in 1850. Dust jacket very edgeworn, chipped. Book is clean, very good.

Record # 387626

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The Founding Of A Nation: A History of the American Revolution 1763-1776 by: Merrill Jensen
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The Founding Of A Nation: A History of the American Revolution 1763-1776
by: Merrill Jensen

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 735 pages. light stamp to top edge. Exceptionally nice condition.

Record # 387764

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Great Britain and the American colonies, 1606-1763by: Jack P. Greene
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Great Britain and the American colonies, 1606-1763
by: Jack P. Greene

Hardcover. Columbia SC, University of South Carolina Press, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, 311 pages. To illustrate the changing conception of colonies and the tensions with London, the author selected 50+ revealing documents that explore the economic and political relationships between Great Britain and her American Colonies from 1607 to 1763. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387786

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Radicals and Visionaries: A History of Dissent in New Jerseyby: Schonbach, Morris
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Radicals and Visionaries: A History of Dissent in New Jersey
by: Schonbach, Morris

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, D. Van Nostrand Co., 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 125 pages, endpapers map, 'The New Jersey Historical Series, Volume 12'. A look at radicalism from colonial days forward. Mild soil to dust jacket.

Record # 387848

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A Rendezvous with Destiny: The Roosevelts of the White House by: Roosevelt, Elliott and Brough, James
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A Rendezvous with Destiny: The Roosevelts of the White House
by: Roosevelt, Elliott and Brough, James

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 446 pages with index, b&w photos. Name on half-title page otherwise clean.

Record # 387902

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Public Workers: Government Employee Unions, the Law, and the State, 1900-1962by: Joseph E. Slater
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Public Workers: Government Employee Unions, the Law, and the State, 1900-1962
by: Joseph E. Slater

Hardcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 260 pages. From the dawn of the twentieth century to the early 1960s, public-sector unions generally had no legal right to strike, bargain, or arbitrate, and government workers could be fired simply for joining a union. Public Workers is the first book to analyze why public-sector labor law evolved as it did, separate from and much more restrictive than private-sector labor law, and what effect this law had on public-sector unions, organized labor as a whole, and by extension all of American politics. Joseph E. Slater shows how public-sector unions survived, represented their members, and set the stage for the most remarkable growth of worker organization in American history. Slater examines the battles of public-sector unions in the workplace, courts, and political arena, from the infamous Boston police strike of 1919, to teachers in Seattle fighting a yellow-dog rule, to the BSEIU in the 1930s representing public-sector janitors, to the fate of the powerful Transit Workers Union after New York City purchased the subways, to the long struggle by AFSCME that produced the nation's first public-sector labor law in Wisconsin in 1959. Slater introduces readers to a determined and often-ignored segment of the union movement and expands our knowledge of working men and women, the institutions they formed, and the organizational obstacles they faced.

Record # 396318

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Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830by: Elliott, J. H.
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Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830
by: Elliott, J. H.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 546 pages. This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus's arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule in the early nineteenth century. J. H. Elliott, one of the most distinguished and versatile historians working today, offers us history on a grand scale, contrasting the worlds built by Britain and by Spain on the ruins of the civilizations they encountered and destroyed in North and South America. Elliott identifies and explains both the similarities and differences in the two empires, processes of colonization, the character of their colonial societies, their distinctive styles of imperial government, and the independence movements mounted against them. Based on wide reading in the history of the two great Atlantic civilizations, the book sets the Spanish and British colonial empires in the context of their own times and offers us insights into aspects of this dual history that still influence the Americas. Color illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 396458

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Jacksonian Aristocracy; Class and Democracy in New York, 1830-1860 by: Miller, Douglas T.
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Jacksonian Aristocracy; Class and Democracy in New York, 1830-1860
by: Miller, Douglas T.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 228 pages. "The period from Andrew Jackson's presidency to the Civil War has traditionally been considered the age of democracy triumphant in the United States. This book sharply contradicts that assumption, contending that while democracy advanced substantially in the political sense, social and economic distinctions became, if anything, more marked. Powerful forces, especially in the economic field, were working toward the stratification of society." Name on the front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396479

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Cultures of United States Imperialism by: Kaplan, Amy and Donald E Pease (Editors)
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Cultures of United States Imperialism
by: Kaplan, Amy and Donald E Pease (Editors)

Softcover. Durham NC, Duke University Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 672 pages. Pointing to a glaring blind spot in the basic premises of the study of American culture, leading critics and theorists in cultural studies, history, anthropology, and literature reveal the "denial of empire" at the heart of American Studies. Challenging traditional definitions and periodizations of imperialism, this volume shows how international relations reciprocally shape a dominant imperial culture at home and how imperial relations are enacted and contested within the United States.Drawing on a broad range of interpretive practices, these essays range across American history, from European representations of the New World to the mass media spectacle of the Persian Gulf War. The volume breaks down the boundary between the study of foreign relations and American culture to examine imperialism as an internal process of cultural appropriation and as an external struggle over international power. Clean copy.

Record # 396521

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Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6-September 30 1945 by: Hachiya, Michihiko
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Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6-September 30 1945
by: Hachiya, Michihiko

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 237 pages. Endpaper maps. Day-by-day eye witness account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the seven weeks that followed. Dr. Hachiya, himself wounded in the blast, was director of a major Hiroshima hospital. Translated and edited by Warner Wells, M.D. One of the best first hand accounts; much on the the gradual "discovery" of radiation sickness. The dust jacket's rear panel has photo of the author's surviving family. Bookplate opposite half-title page, otherwise clean.

Record # 396626

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The Korean Decision: June 24-30 1950 by: Glenn D. Paige
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The Korean Decision: June 24-30 1950
by: Glenn D. Paige

Hardcover. NY, The Free Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray cloth binding with orange and gilt lettering on spine. 394 pages. Prof. Paige's reconstruction and analysis of the U.S. decision to resist Chinese aggression in Korea in 1950. Name on front fly leaf othewise clean. No dust jacket.

Record # 396903

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American Nationalism, 1783-1830: A Self-Portraitby: Rebecca Brooks Gruver

American Nationalism, 1783-1830: A Self-Portrait
by: Rebecca Brooks Gruver

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 315 pages. The documents, speeches, letters and debates that were the genesis and evolution of American nationalism: Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, Cooper, Clay, Breckinridge and others. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 397215

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Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governmentsby: Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt
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Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments
by: Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt

Hardcover. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2nd pr., 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped with gilt lettering, 608 pages. After the Revolutionary War, the federal government awarded bounty lands to citizens and soldiers for services rendered. In its simplest form, this involved the exchange of free land for military service. Federal records of these Revolutionary War bounty land awards are well known and readily accessible to genealogists. But the federal government was not alone in rewarding its citizens and soldiers with bounty lands. Nine state governments adopted similar policies, generating even more records. Unlike the federal bounty land records, however, these state records are not centralized; instead, they are found in the various states in the form of manuscript records and printed books and are all but inaccessible to the researcher. Until now, that is! Because with this work by Lloyd Bockstruck we now have a master index to state bounty land records, a Revolutionary War resource unparalleled for freshness, originality, and research potential. The nine states that awarded bounty lands in their western reserves or on their western borders (directly affecting the future states of Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Ohio, and Tennessee) are Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. (The basis for the Connecticut and Georgia awards, by the way, differ from the norm.) Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397420

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Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150-1400by: Bennett, H. S.
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Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions 1150-1400
by: Bennett, H. S.

Softcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 364 pages. A picture of the daily and yearly round of the English peasant in the Middle Ages. Bennett explains the feudal system which linked the poor man to the soil and to the service of his lord and the church. Since all of the inhabitants of England at that time were countrymen, except for a few large towns, this book is really an introduction to life in Medieval England as a whole. Clean and unmarked wraps in reddish-brown with a woodcut illustration. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397466

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Liberty and Authority: Early American Political Ideology, 1689-1763 by: Leder, Lawrence H.

Liberty and Authority: Early American Political Ideology, 1689-1763
by: Leder, Lawrence H.

Hardcover. Chicago, Quadrangle Books, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket, 167 pages. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397485

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Eleven Exiles: Accounts of Loyalists of the American Revolution by: Blakeley, Phyllis R. & Grant, John N.

Eleven Exiles: Accounts of Loyalists of the American Revolution
by: Blakeley, Phyllis R. & Grant, John N.

Softcover. Toronto, Dundurn Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 336 pages. Includes table of contents, bibliography, index, maps and b&w photographs and illustrations. The 11 exiles were: John Howe, Printer; Francis Green; Joseph Durfee, Shelburne Pioneer; Molly Brant, Mohawk Heroine; Ward Chipman, founding father of New Brunswick; William Schurman of Prince Edward Island; Sir John Johnson; Ranna Cossit; Sarah Sherwood; Boston King and William Jarvis.

Record # 397513

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John Marshall and Alexander Hamilton: Architects of the American Constitution by: Konefsky, Samuel J.

John Marshall and Alexander Hamilton: Architects of the American Constitution
by: Konefsky, Samuel J.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan , 2nd pr., 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 274 pages, clean copy.

Record # 397541

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Memories of a Mountain Town (Lincoln, Vermont)-A Bi-Centennial Commemorative Collection of Old Photographs Contributed by Her People 1780-2007by: Norton, Linda/Genevi

Memories of a Mountain Town (Lincoln, Vermont)-A Bi-Centennial Commemorative Collection of Old Photographs Contributed by Her People 1780-2007
by: Norton, Linda/Genevi

Softcover. Lincoln VT, Lincoln Bi-Centennial Committee, reprint, 2007, Softcover. Fold-out map in rear of book. Many b&w photographs, made by new negatives and reprinted old photographs by David Brown. Section A "Memories of a Mountain Town," published 1976 / Section B: "Lincoln Vermont, 1780-1980 published 1980 / Section C: "Lincoln Entering the 21st Century," published 2007.

Record # 397759

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American Guerrilla: The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann by: Mike Guardia

American Guerrilla: The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann
by: Mike Guardia

Softcover. Philadelphia, Casemate Publishers, reprint, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 226 pages, b&w illustrations. With his parting words "I shall return", General Douglas MacArthur sealed the fate of the last American forces on Bataan. Yet one young Army Captain named Russell Volckmann refused to surrender. He disappeared into the jungles of north Luzon where he raised a Filipino army of over 22,000 men. For the next three years he led a guerrilla war against the Japanese, killing over 50,000 enemy soldiers. At the same time he established radio contact with MacArthur?s HQ in Australia and directed Allied forces to key enemy positions. When General Yamashita finally surrendered, he made his initial overtures not to MacArthur, but to Volckmann. This book establishes how Volckmann's leadership was critical to the outcome of the war in the Philippines. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397909

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On the Paris Commune by: Marx, Karl/ Engels, Friedrich

On the Paris Commune
by: Marx, Karl/ Engels, Friedrich

Hardcover. Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 357 pages. "On March 18, 1871, the workers of Paris expelled the bourgeois rulers of the city and took power into their own hands , a shining achievement never to be forgotten. Ten days later, on March 28, they set up the Paris Commune, the world's first proletarian state. It was of an entirely new type, being governed by the people and for the people, with all its social and political measures taken in the interest of the working people, the working class above all." -from the Preface. First printing of this selection, published for the centenary of the Commune. With ribbon bookmark. Clean copy.

Record # 398073

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The North American Tourist by: N/A
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The North American Tourist
by: N/A

Hardcover. NY, A. T. Goodrich, 1st, 1839, Book: Good, Hardcover, publisher's ribbed dark green cloth, gilt-lettered at the spine. Cloth tight and sound. 12mo, With four views and nine (of 10) maps, all in very good condition. The map opposite page 78 pertaining to the Niagara Falls area has been excised. Previous owner's 1840 ownership signature on reverse on copyright page bleeds through to title page. Water stain to front endpapers, affects first 10 pages, otherwise tight and clean.

Record # 398265

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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln Sixteenth President of the United States together with His State Papers including His Speeches Addresses Messages Letters and Proclamations and the Closing Scenes connected with His Lif
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln Sixteenth President of the United States together with His State Papers including His Speeches Addresses Messages Letters and Proclamations and the Closing Scenes connected with His LifThe Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln Sixteenth President of the United States together with His State Papers including His Speeches Addresses Messages Letters and Proclamations and the Closing Scenes connected with His Lif

The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln Sixteenth President of the United States together with His State Papers including His Speeches Addresses Messages Letters and Proclamations and the Closing Scenes connected with His Lif

Hardcover. NY, Derby & Miller, 1st, 1865, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover embossed brown cloth with bright gilt title and decoration on spine. 808 pages plus 6 pages of ads. Beautiful steel engraving frontispiece of Lincoln engraved by A. H. Ritchie. Illustrated with 15 additional engravings. The book is tight and square. Raymond was the Editor of the New York Times and he brought this volume out with amazing dispatch after the assassination of Lincoln. Frank B. Carpenter, who had lived in the White House for an extended period , added a section , "Anecdotes And Personal Reminiscences Of President Lincoln." Mild wear to rear cover, clean copy.

Record # 398452

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White-Man-Runs-Him by: Dennis Harcey & Brian Croone

White-Man-Runs-Him
by: Dennis Harcey & Brian Croone

Softcover. Evanston IL, Evanston Publishing, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 221 pages, b&w illustrations. This biography chronicles the experiences of White-Man-Runs-Him, Crow Indian warrior, chief, and scout for General Custer. Clean copy.

Record # 398795

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Prairie Runways : The History of Wichita's Original Municipal Airport by: Susan Thompson

Prairie Runways : The History of Wichita's Original Municipal Airport
by: Susan Thompson

Hardcover. Wichita KS, Kansas Aviation Museum , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, oblong format, 127 pages with many b&w historical photos. Susan Thompson's clearly written, well-illustrated history of what was one of the nation's premier airports in the pre-jet age is a great read for serious and casual aviation fan and anybody with a general interest in aviation history. Wichita's Municipal Airport was the primary stop-off point for coast to coast air travel in the days that preceded long-distance flight. Clean copy.

Record # 399172

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THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES - THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM AND THE FRANKISH EAST 1100-1187 [VOLUME TWO]by: Steven Runciman
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THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES - THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM AND THE FRANKISH EAST 1100-1187 [VOLUME TWO]
by: Steven Runciman

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge At the University Press , 1st, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with faded spine, 523 pages .VOL. 2 ONLY. Includes bibliography and index. Illustrated with black-and-white plates and genealogy foldout chart. Comprehensive study on the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East during the Crusades, by well-noted historian Steven Runciman. Lacks dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 399373

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Indian Joe: The Friendly Indian Guideby: William Parker Neal

Indian Joe: The Friendly Indian Guide
by: William Parker Neal

Softcover. West Danville VT, United Methodist Church, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover booklet, stapled wrappers, 16 pages. Indian Joe was a Native American guide active in the early conflicts and settlement of Vermont in the 1700s. B&w illustrations, photo of his tomb in the Oxbow cemetery in Newbury, Vermont. Clean copy.

Record # 399653

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Ladies Of Courage (SIGNED COPY)by: Roosevelt, Eleanor and Lorena Hickok
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Ladies Of Courage (SIGNED COPY)
by: Roosevelt, Eleanor and Lorena Hickok

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in an edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket, spine faded. 312 pages. SIGNED BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT on a tipped-in page following the front fly leaf. This publication by Mrs. Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok came well after their days in the White House together. It tracts the activities of women in politics from Stanton to 1952 but concentrates on the 1948-1952 period where Hickok's journalistic experience would be particularly useful. The book concludes with a " How To Break Into Politics " chapter. However, the highlight of the book is Hickok's chapter on Eleanor which Eleanor agreed to reluctantly and did not see before publication. Clean copy.

Record # 399763

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Montana Women Homesteaders: A Field of One's Own by: Sarah Carter (Ed.)

Montana Women Homesteaders: A Field of One's Own
by: Sarah Carter (Ed.)

Softcover. Helena MT, FarCountry Press, 2nd pr., 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 295 pages, b&w illustrations. In this remarkable and important book, Sarah Carter introduces us to some of Montana's first women homesteaders through their journals and other writings. By shedding light on these determined nineteenth- and early twentieth-century pioneers, Carter reveals inspiring stories filled with joy, tragedy, and redemption.

Record # 399907

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A Mask For Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America by: McWilliams, Carey

A Mask For Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America
by: McWilliams, Carey

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth hardcover book in good condition. McWilliams examines the growth of discrimination and persecution of Jews in America from 1877 to 1948 and the "myths with which the anti-semite surrounds his position." Light shelfwear, no dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 400166

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The Search for the North West Passageby: Ann Savours

The Search for the North West Passage
by: Ann Savours

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 342 pages. Dark blue cloth covers, gilt titles, color-illustrated dust jacket, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. A comprehensive chronicle of the various arctic expeditions, lasting from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, that searched for a Northern route by sea to China, includes accounts of the ill-fated John Franklin effort and Amundsen's eventual success. Clean copy.

Record # 400846

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Cambridge Ancient History,Third Edition, Volume II, Part I: History of the Middle East and the Aegean Region 1800-1380 BCby: Edwards, I.E.S., C.J. Gadd, H.G.L. Hammon
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Cambridge Ancient History,Third Edition, Volume II, Part I: History of the Middle East and the Aegean Region 1800-1380 BC
by: Edwards, I.E.S., C.J. Gadd, H.G.L. Hammon

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 868 pages, terra-cotta cloth covers, b&w illustrations, maps tables. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 403124

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