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Images From the Storm: 300 Civil War Images by the Author of Eye of the Stormby: Sneden, Private Robert Knox (Author/Illustrator), Charles F. Bryan, Jr., James c. Kel

Images From the Storm: 300 Civil War Images by the Author of Eye of the Storm
by: Sneden, Private Robert Knox (Author/Illustrator), Charles F. Bryan, Jr., James c. Kel

Hardcover. New York, The Free Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 263 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Color illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. A touch of foxing on spine, otherwise clean inside. Binding tight, in great shape.

Record # 31148

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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam (SIGNED COPY)by: McPherson, James M.

Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam (SIGNED COPY)
by: McPherson, James M.

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black leather with red gilt lettering on spine. 203 pages, gilt all edges, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. It seemed that foreign governments were on the verge of recognizing the Confederacy and legitimizing its cause, and the Emancipation Proclamation had been shelved indefinitely. America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson argues that the Union victory at Antietam sharply reversed all that. He paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. Spotless and tight copy.

Record # 456332

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Air Storming A Collection of 40 Radio Talks Delivered Over the Stations of NBCby: Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Air Storming A Collection of 40 Radio Talks Delivered Over the Stations of NBC
by: Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace, 1st, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 307 pages, b&w drawings by the author. 40 short fifteen minute essays/lectures the author gave over radio in the mid-thirties. They were broadcast every Thursday and Sundays at 8:45 pm. B&w frontispiece photo of Van Loon at the microphone. Dust jacket worn, chipped.

Record # 54536

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Uniforms of the American Revolution in Colorby: McGregor, Malcolm

Uniforms of the American Revolution in Color
by: McGregor, Malcolm

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Pub Co, 1st US, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 228 pages, illustrations in color and b&w. Light edgewear, creasing and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 460138

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From Alexander to Constantine: Passages and Documents Illustrating the History of Social and Political Ideas 336 B.C.-A.D. 337by: Barker, Ernest

From Alexander to Constantine: Passages and Documents Illustrating the History of Social and Political Ideas 336 B.C.-A.D. 337
by: Barker, Ernest

Hardcover. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, London, England, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 505 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Navy blue cloth boards, some chipping at top and bottom of spine, gilt title on spine, faded. Some light tanning to pages and edges. Spine straight. Binding good.

Record # 99163

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Horse and History: From Arabia to Ascotby: Curtis, John and Nigel Tallis

Horse and History: From Arabia to Ascot
by: Curtis, John and Nigel Tallis

Hardcover. Burlington, VT, Lund Humphries, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color pictures throughout.

Record # 470117

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The Hill Country of Northern New England: Its Social and Economic History 1790-1930by: Wilson, Harold Fisher

The Hill Country of Northern New England: Its Social and Economic History 1790-1930
by: Wilson, Harold Fisher

Hardcover. New York, AMS Press, Inc. , Reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 455 pages. Hardcover. Reprint of 1936 edition. B/w illustrations (maps/diagrams). Blue cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages unmarked. Spine straight. Binding tight. Very good condition throughout. This volume is not only an admirable study in social and economic history, but a unique and valuable contribution to the history of American agriculture as well.

Record # 99212

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Book of the American Indian, Theby: Garland, Hamlin

Book of the American Indian, The
by: Garland, Hamlin

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, reprint , 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 274 pages. Illustrated with full color and black & white plates by Frederic Remington. Brown paper covered boards with cover pastedown of Remington drawing. black cloth spine. Copyright page with 1923 date and Harper's G-B code indicating later printing of 1st edition. Light foxing to outer edges of some pages and plates. Fraying to cloth at top of spine. Light darkening of pages close to gutter. Still an attractive copy.

Record # 606771

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Saga Of The Comstock Lode, The - Boom Days In Virginia Cityby: Lyman, George D.

Saga Of The Comstock Lode, The - Boom Days In Virginia City
by: Lyman, George D.

NY, Scribners, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white illustrations. Black & white Illustrated frontispiece. Illustrated end papers. Light edgewear and soil to covers.

Record # 202550

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Vermont Voices, 1609 Through The 1990's: A Documentary History of the Green Mountain Stateby: Graffagnino (Editors), J. Kevin/Samuel B. Hand/Gene Sessions

Vermont Voices, 1609 Through The 1990's: A Documentary History of the Green Mountain State
by: Graffagnino (Editors), J. Kevin/Samuel B. Hand/Gene Sessions

Softcover. Montpelier, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 409 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608783

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Murder Has a Public Face: Crime and Punishment in the Speed Graphic Eraby: Millett, Larry

Murder Has a Public Face: Crime and Punishment in the Speed Graphic Era
by: Millett, Larry

Hardcover. US, Borealis Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. In his popular Strange Days, Dangerous Nights, Larry Millett delivered Weegee-style images of midwestern noir from the photo files of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He returns in this new volume with a focus on the "dangerous"murder cases from the forties and fifties, memorialized in intimate and telling photographs. There is Arthur DeZeler, accused of bludgeoning his wife, Grace, and sinking her body in a northern lake. Laura Miller, single and pregnant, ran for help after gunshots killed her married lover. Arnold Axilrod, a mild-mannered dentist with a penchant for over-sedating his female patients, was arrested when the lifeless body of one of those patients was discovered in a Minneapolis alley. And, finally, there is Arnold Larson, the personable salesman with a winning smile and a bad temper. Millett traces these four sensational crimes from the moment the victim was found, through the search for the killer, to the court trial and resulting imprisonment or acquittal--there are two of each. All are copiously illustrated with shots from the bulky Speed Graphic camera, which yielded rich, textured views in an era when photographers enjoyed unrestricted access to police matters ranging from found bodies to jail cells. The images dramatically evoke these crimes of passion now more than a half-century old, offering a thrilling immersion into Minnesota noir.

Record # 352440

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Wandering the Corners of Elgin Spring Farm 2009by: Bessette, Earl W.

Wandering the Corners of Elgin Spring Farm 2009
by: Bessette, Earl W.

Softcover. New Haven, Bessette, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 117 pages. Spiral bound softcover. Black & white illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 610812

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Life and Death in the Northeast Kingdom: Archaeology and History at the Old Burial Ground in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. by: Kenny, Kathleen M.; James B. Peterson, Phd; J

Life and Death in the Northeast Kingdom: Archaeology and History at the Old Burial Ground in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
by: Kenny, Kathleen M.; James B. Peterson, Phd; J

Softcover. Burlington VT, Consulting Archaeology Program, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Brown glossy wrappers, slight rubbing and edge wear on fore edge. Front paper wrapper turns up slightly. Black & white photographs and map laid in. Clean and tight internally.

Record # 353637

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Atlas of Lake Champlain 1779-1780by: Chambers, R. N., Capt. William/J. Kevin Graffagnino

Atlas of Lake Champlain 1779-1780
by: Chambers, R. N., Capt. William/J. Kevin Graffagnino

Hardcover. Bennington, Vermont Heritage Press Inc./Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Hardcover with slipcase. One of a limited edition of 250 copies - does not include the additional map portfolio. Measures: 15.75"L X 12.25"W. Blue cloth covers with titles and decoration in silver. Features black & white illustrations, maps - including 3 fold-out maps. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612638

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Camp Fires of the Twenty-Third: Sketches of the Camp Life Marches, and Battles of the 23rd Regiment, NY During the term of two years on the Service of the United States...by:

Camp Fires of the Twenty-Third: Sketches of the Camp Life Marches, and Battles of the 23rd Regiment, NY During the term of two years on the Service of the United States...
by:

Hardcover. New York, Davies and Kent, 1st, 1863, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 196 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Spine heavily speckled. Blind stamped on front and rear covers. Previous owner's markings on a few pages, and front fly leaf. Corners lightly bumped.

Record # 354207

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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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League for The Union, The: Speeches of the Hon. George Bancroft and James Millikenby: Bancroft, George and James Milliken

League for The Union, The: Speeches of the Hon. George Bancroft and James Milliken
by: Bancroft, George and James Milliken

Softcover. Philadelphia, William S. & Alfred Martien, 1st, 1863, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 20 page booklet, blue wrappers. Two black lines on front cover otherwise clean.

Record # 359793

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Green Mountain Boys, The - A Historical Tale of the Early Settlement of Vermont by: Thompson, Daniel P.

Green Mountain Boys, The - A Historical Tale of the Early Settlement of Vermont
by: Thompson, Daniel P.

Hardcover. Boston, Benjamin B. Mussey and Company, Second Edition, 1853, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 364 pages. Hardcover. Two volumes in one, revised edition to the original published work by the author of "May Martin or The Money Diggers;" "Locke Amsden or The Schoolmaster." Green cloth boards with embossed decoration to cover & gilt titles to spine. Scuffed edges to boards, frayed edge to spine. Moderate foxing throughout. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 750434

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Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third  Battalion Virginia Cavalry, from its Organization to the Surrender...by: Williamson, James J.

Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion Virginia Cavalry, from its Organization to the Surrender...
by: Williamson, James J.

Hardcover. New York, Ralph Kenyan, 1st Edition, 1896, 511 pages. Hardcover. Over 200 b/w illustrations throughout. Cover boards bound in gray cloth, beveled at edges, gilt title/decoration on spine, gilt title and decoration on front cover board, designed engraved on back cover board. cover boards have some rubbing and light soil, a touch of fraying to top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's inscription on front preliminary page. Binding tight. Spine slightly cocked. "...From the Diary of a Private, Supplemented and Verified with Official Reports of Federal Officers and Also of Mosby; With Personal Reminiscences, Sketches of Skirmishes, Battles and Bivouacs, Dashing Raids and Daring Adventures, Scenes and Incidents in the History of Mosby's Command."

Record # 367821

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Victoria - A Lifeby: Wilson, A. N.

Victoria - A Life
by: Wilson, A. N.

Hardcover. New York, Penguin Press, First Edition, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 642 pages. Hardcover. Grey cloth boards with silver titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Crisp dust jacket with only minor wear. Very clean & unmarked. Crisp, tight copy.

Record # 750727

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The Worst of While you were Sleepingby: Gastman, Roger

The Worst of While you were Sleeping
by: Gastman, Roger

Hardcover. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing, 2nd, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 489 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Color photo throughout. While You Were Sleeping was a graffiti and pop culture magazine started by graffiti supply business owner Roger Gastman when he was 19. Here are some of the greatest stories the magazine ever published-and many that are not so good. From stories on admirable serial killers and interviews with child stars to photos of graffiti and people's naked sisters, this book takes you into the dirty minds of Gastman and his team of juvenile delinquents. You've been warned.

Record # 369124

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First World War, The : 1914-1918 - Personal Experiences of Lieut. Col. C.A. Court Repington (2 Volumes)by: Repington, Colonel

First World War, The : 1914-1918 - Personal Experiences of Lieut. Col. C.A. Court Repington (2 Volumes)
by: Repington, Colonel

Hardcover. Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st US, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, TWO VOLUMES. Volume I, 621 pages. Volume II, 581 pages. In depth history of WWI. In very good condition, some wear to maroon boards and soiled edges of pages. Otherwise clean and well-bound. Pages unmarked.

Record # 808050

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Harper's Weekly: Journal of Civilization Vol. VII For the Year 1863by: N/A

Harper's Weekly: Journal of Civilization Vol. VII For the Year 1863
by: N/A

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound volume of every issue for 1863. Profusely illustrated, Exceptional condition. Clean. Extra shipping charges may apply. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 369888

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History of Turkey and the War in the Eastby: Hammond, R. A.

History of Turkey and the War in the East
by: Hammond, R. A.

Hardcover. Rockland, C. E. Hunt & Co., 1st, 1878, Book: Fair, Ends at page 502; MIssing back pages. B&w frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Ornately decorated red cloth cover with gilt titles and decoration. Cover separated with soiling, rubbing, and edgewear. Foxing to edges and some light spotting throughout.

Record # 851600

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The World of London. La Societe de Londres
by: Count Paul Vasili

Hardcover. London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1st, 1885, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 300 pages + 32 ads in rear. Original brown endpapers, in the original binding of blue cloth decorated in red, black and gilt, spine titled in gilt. Also published under title: The Society of London. Originally attributed to Mme. Juliette Adam; more recently this and other similar works have been accredited with strong probability to Elie de Cyon." (Trove) Catherine Radziwill was the first to use the pseudonym Count Paul Vasili with a gossipy book called Berlin Society, a pen-name that was then taken up by other anonymous writers. Previous owner's name in ink on title page, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 371289

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Papers of Francis Gregory Dallas, The: United States Navy Correspondence and Journal 1837-1859.by: Allen (ed), Gardener W.

Papers of Francis Gregory Dallas, The: United States Navy Correspondence and Journal 1837-1859.
by: Allen (ed), Gardener W.

Hardcover. New York , De Vinne Press, 1st, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages. Light blue and white cover. Printed for the Naval History Society. Number 112 of 700 copies. Pages untrimmed. B&w illustration with tissue guard. Worn slipcase. Inside nice and clean. Contains one page insert addressed to Naval History Society members.

Record # 852374

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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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Extraordinary Seamanby: Mallalieu, J. P. W.

Extraordinary Seaman
by: Mallalieu, J. P. W.

Hardcover. New York, The Macmillan Company, reprint, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth, 179 pagees, with illustrations by Mudge-Marriatt. Minor corner and spine edge wear, otherwise, in very good condition. The "extraordinary seaman" was Captain Lord Cochrane, tenth Earl of Dondonald; the author of this book was an M.P., and contributor of the Parliamentary Report to the weekly New Statesman. "Captain Cochrane went to sea in the Royal Navy's greatest period. He became one of the finest sea fighters Britain has ever known. His scientific ingenuity and imaginative genius made him a pioneer of combat methods which were only fully developed nearly one hundred and fifty years later in the second world war."

Record # 852971

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Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Townsend, George Alfred

Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Townsend, George Alfred

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 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. Facsimilie reprint of the 1866 edition.

Record # 372356

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West of the Fourth - Local History/Genealogy of Lloydminster, Albertaby: n/a

West of the Fourth - Local History/Genealogy of Lloydminster, Alberta
by: n/a

Hardcover. Alberta, Canada, West of the Fourth Historians, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 635 pages, photographs throughout, illustrated brown cover. Minor edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 854200

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Narrative of a Blockade-Runner, The (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Wilkinson, Jon

Narrative of a Blockade-Runner, The (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Wilkinson, Jon

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 252 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 # 372372

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Indiscreet Letters from Pekingby: Weale, B. L. Putnam

Indiscreet Letters from Peking
by: Weale, B. L. Putnam

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

Record # 855922

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A Pentagon Papers Digestby: Indochina Information Project

A Pentagon Papers Digest
by: Indochina Information Project

Softcover. NY/LA, Indochina Information Project, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wraps, 44 pages including cover. Presumed first edition/first printing. Photos by Philip Jones Griffith and Marc Rimboud. This was written and researched by the Indochina Information Project whose members included: Jill Rodewald, Vicki Camilli, Terry Poxon, Kim Shanley, Drew Bonthius, Mike Picker, Mark Thompson, and Tom Hayden. Paper age-toned. A valuable document of the Peace Movement. Page 13 with short tear to margin, otherwise clean.

Record # 373220

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Countdown! 35 Daylight Missions Against Nazi Germanyby: Koger, Fred

Countdown! 35 Daylight Missions Against Nazi Germany
by: Koger, Fred

Hardcover. New York, Algonquin Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 183 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230202

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Queer Street: The Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985by: McCourt, James

Queer Street: The Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985
by: McCourt, James

Hardcover. NY, W W Norton & Co, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 608 pages. A startling anecdotal history of gay life in twentieth-century New York explores the confluence of historical and social factors that made Manhattan a mecca for homosexuals in the second half of this century.

Record # 374124

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A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century Englandby: Steven Shapin

A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England
by: Steven Shapin

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 485 pages, b&w illust. How do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational statement over another? In A Social History of Truth, Shapin engages these universal questions through an elegant recreation of a crucial period in the history of early modern science: the social world of gentlemen-philosophers in seventeenth-century England. Steven Shapin paints a vivid picture of the relations between gentlemanly culture and scientific practice. He argues that problems of credibility in science were practically solved through the codes and conventions of genteel conduct: trust, civility, honor, and integrity. These codes formed, and arguably still form, an important basis for securing reliable knowledge about the natural world.

Record # 374307

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African Holocaust The Story of the Uganda Martyrsby: Faupel, J.F.

African Holocaust The Story of the Uganda Martyrs
by: Faupel, J.F.

Hardcover. NY, P.J. Kenedy & Sons, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth, 242 pages. The history of a Catholic mission to Uganda and how in 1886 its native converts were executed. No dustjacket. Front fly leaf clipped otherwise very good, clean copy.

Record # 374684

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The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedomby: Arthur M. Schlesinger

The Vital Center: The Politics of Freedom
by: Arthur M. Schlesinger

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1949, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in tan cloth stamped in red and brown. Foreword by the author. Schlesinger's scarce third book, in which he argues for a balanced political middle ground between the views of conservatives and progressives and off the road to totalitarianism. Ex- lib, dj flap copy pasted to blank prelim page. Some light soil and pencil marking to endpapers, Clean internally.

Record # 375190

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The Victoriansby: A.N. Wilson

The Victorians
by: A.N. Wilson

Hardcover. NY, W W Norton, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 724 pages. Illustrated in b&w and color. A revisionist panorama of the nineteenth century examines the era's material and spiritual changes in the wake of emerging British capitalism and imperialism, as told through the writings of such figures as Darwin, Marks, George Eliot, and Kipling. Clean copy.

Record # 378319

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War And Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943

War And Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943

Hardcover. NY, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Nigel Hamilton's celebrated trilogy culminates with a story of triumph and tragedy. Just as FDR was proven right by the D-day landings he had championed, so was he found to be mortally ill in the spring of 1944. He was the architect of a victorious peace that he would not live to witness. Using hitherto unpublished documents and interviews, Hamilton rewrites the famous account of World War II strategy given by Winston Churchill in his memoirs. Seventy-five years after the D-day landings we finally get to see, close-up and in dramatic detail, who was responsible for rescuing, and insisting upon, the great American-led invasion of France in June 1944, and why the invasion was led by Eisenhower. As FDR's D-day triumph turns to personal tragedy, we watch with heartbreaking compassion the course of the disease, and how, in the months left him as US commander in chief, the dying president attempted at Hawaii, Quebec, and Yalta to prepare the United Nations for an American-backed postwar world order. Now we know: even on his deathbed, FDR was the war's great visionary.

Record # 378786

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Ike's Letters to a Friend 1941-1958by: Griffith, Robert W. [Editor]

Ike's Letters to a Friend 1941-1958
by: Griffith, Robert W. [Editor]

Hardcover. Lawrence KS, University Press of Kansas, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 211 pages. Small in notations to front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 378839

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Hinesburg, Vermont from 1762by: Leonard E. Carpenter

Hinesburg, Vermont from 1762
by: Leonard E. Carpenter

Softcover. Hinesburg VT, privately prined, 3rd pr., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wrappers, 36 pages. b&w illustrations. Maps on inside covers. First published in 1961, a hard-to find local town history. Clean and bright.

Record # 379126

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Fire Lookouts: The Early Years by: Kemnow, La Vaughn Vanderburg

Fire Lookouts: The Early Years
by: Kemnow, La Vaughn Vanderburg

Softcover. MountAinsWest Publishing, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, green pictorial wraps, 193 pages with b&w photos. The early years in the development of the fire lookout system were fraught with difficult decisions, hard work, and danger. Roads and trails had to be built, materials had to be transported. Building materials and supplies were carried up steep, treacherous mountainsides on the backs of horses, mules, and men. Primitive conditions were met with courage, grit, and determination. The people who built, and the people who staffed these lookouts were often exposed to extremes in weather: heat, blizzards, wind, and lightning. Occasional accidents and illnesses were to be expected and sometimes had tragic consequences. The earliest lookouts consisted of the top of a tree; an alidade mounted on a crude support or on a tripod; or simply a mountain top where an observer scanned the surrounding countryside with a powerful field glass, always on the alert for the slighted wisp of smoke. The historical information in this volume is the culmination of many years of research of original documents by Ron Kemnow. Also included are many historical photographs. Some of the older photographs and picture postcards are of poor quality, but were included for their historical value. This book is not in narrative form, but is a collection of official reports, letters, and news articles, presented as they were originally written.

Record # 379629

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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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The Ancient Marinersby: Lionel Casson

The Ancient Mariners
by: Lionel Casson

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd Ed., 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 246 pages, b&w illustrations. "Lionel Casson, the renowned authority on ancient ships and seafaring, has done what no other author has: he has put in a single volume the story of all that the ancients accomplished on the sea from the earliest times to the end of the Roman Empire." Clean copy.

Record # 381206

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Hope and Fear in Washington (The Early Seventies) The Story of the Washington Press Corps by: Collier, Barney (Maggi Castelloe, Photographs)

Hope and Fear in Washington (The Early Seventies) The Story of the Washington Press Corps
by: Collier, Barney (Maggi Castelloe, Photographs)

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 254 pages, b&w photos by Maggi Castelloe. In the early seventies, when the press and the President were at war, Washington journalists became superstars. A profile of the era. Clean copy.

Record # 381480

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Slavery in New York by: Ira Berlin; Leslie Harris (Editors)

Slavery in New York
by: Ira Berlin; Leslie Harris (Editors)

Softcover. NY, The New Press, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 403 pages. Edited by Ira Berlin, the Bancroft Prize-winning author of Many Thousands Gone, and Leslie Harris, Slavery in New York brings together twelve new contributions by leading historians of slavery and African American life in New York. Published to accompany a major exhibit at the New York Historical Society, the book demonstrates how slavery shaped the day-to-day experience of New Yorkers, black and white, and how, as a way of doing business, it propelled New York to become the commercial and financial power it is today. Powerfully illustrated with images from the New York Historical Society exhibit, Slavery and the Making of New York will be the definitive account of New York's slave past.

Record # 381597

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The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783by: Joseph J. Ellis

The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783
by: Joseph J. Ellis

Hardcover. NY, Liveright, 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 375 pages. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph J. Ellis offers an epic account of the origins and clashing ideologies of America's revolutionary era, recovering a war more brutal, and more disorienting, than any in our history, save perhaps the Civil War. For more than two centuries, historians have debated the history of the American Revolution, disputing its roots, its provenance, and above all, its meaning. These questions have intrigued Ellis-one of our most celebrated scholars of American history-throughout his entire career. With this much-anticipated volume, he at last brings the story of the revolution to vivid life, with "surprising relevance" (Susan Dunn) for our modern era. Clean copy.

Record # 381704

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Notes on the History of Waterford Maine by: Thomas Hovey Gage

Notes on the History of Waterford Maine
by: Thomas Hovey Gage

Softcover. Worcester MA, self-published, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, plain paper wraps with tanning, 87 pages. This is the 1913 first printing, clean. Small tape repair to paper spine otherwise very good.

Record # 381981

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The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Cultureby: Orlando Figes

The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
by: Orlando Figes

Softcover. London, Penguin Books , reprint, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 553 pages. The Europeans is richly enthralling, panoramic cultural history of nineteenth-century Europe, told through the intertwined lives of three remarkable people: a great singer, Pauline Viardot, a great writer, Ivan Turgenev, and a great connoisseur, Pauline's husband Louis. Their passionate, ambitious lives were bound up with an astonishing array of writers, composers and painters all trying to make their way through the exciting, prosperous and genuinely pan-European culture that came about as a result of huge economic and technological change. This culture - through trains, telegraphs and printing - allowed artists of all kinds to exchange ideas and make a living, shuttling back and forth across the whole continent from the British Isles to Imperial Russia, as they exploited a new cosmopolitan age. Clean copy.

Record # 382127

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