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Choreia: Pindar and Danceby: Mullen, William

Choreia: Pindar and Dance
by: Mullen, William

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 275 pages. Discusses dance as an integral part of the work of the Greek lyric poet Pindar. Clean copy.

Record # 386173

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Ideological Origins of the American Revolutionby: Bernard Bailyn

Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
by: Bernard Bailyn

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, unclipped dust jacket, 335 pages. Awarded both the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes, Bailyn's work is considered one of the most influential studies of the American Revolution published during the 20th century and was hailed at its first appearance as "the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Mild discoloration to dj spine.

Record # 387810

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The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini Vol. 1: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens 1653-1655 by: Fernow, Berthold (editor)

The Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 Anno Domini Vol. 1: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens 1653-1655
by: Fernow, Berthold (editor)

Hardcover. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with purple and gilt title block an front and spine. 421 pages. VOLUME 1 ONLY of a 7 volume set. Reprint of the 1897 edition. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386457

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The End of the Beginning: War Speeches by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill C. H. M. P. by: Winston S. Churchill / Compiled by Charles Eade

The End of the Beginning: War Speeches by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill C. H. M. P.
by: Winston S. Churchill / Compiled by Charles Eade

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st US, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers lettered in gold with black letterbox, 322 pages. Contains speeches throughout 1942. This year was a low point of the war, full of setbacks and disappointments across the globe for the British. Throughout the year Churchill's speeches conveyed sober, resolved, and eloquent defiance - with of course an occasional sparkle of Churchillian wit, even in the dark hours of the war. The title of this volume comes from Churchill's 10 November 1942 speech at the Lord Mayor's Day Luncheon in London at a time when fortune finally favored the British with victories in North Africa: "The Germans have received back again that measure of fire and steel which they have so often meted out to others. Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Light marking to front endpapers.

Record # 386576

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Leyte: June 1944-January 1945 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War Ii, Volume 12)by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Leyte: June 1944-January 1945 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War Ii, Volume 12)
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume XII in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 445 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, light paper residue to front covers, lacks dust jacket, dj flaps pasted onto front endpapers, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 386589

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Revised History of Harlem (City Of New York): Its Origin And Early Annals - Volume 2by: Riker, James

Revised History of Harlem (City Of New York): Its Origin And Early Annals - Volume 2
by: Riker, James

Softcover. Bowie MD, Heritage Books, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, Pages 426-908 . A facsimile reprint of the 1904 edition. Volume 2 ONLY. The present-day New York City neighborhood of Harlem was founded in the mid-17th century by Dutch Protestants, whose numbers included Huguenots (or their descendants) who had fled the counter-Reformation in France and the Walloon provinces of Artois, Cambresis, and Hainalt. Riker's Harlem is an extremely detailed historical and genealogical account of Harlem from its establishment by Kuyter and Stuyvesant between 1656 and 1660 to the end of the 17th century. Following several preliminary chapters on the Dutch and French context for the settlement of "New Haerlem," the author treats us to what seem like minute-by-minute accounts of its colonial development, including early efforts to settle the territory that became Harlem, the original land patents and their subsequent rearrangement, Indian wars, displacement of Dutch rule by the British in 1663 (and the brief reoccupation by Dutch forces in 1673), 17th-century village life, migrations to New Jersey, influx of Swedes, difficulties in assimilating English ways, and much, much more.

Record # 386888

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Lights and Shadows of the Flood of 1927: Vermont at Its Worst, Vermonters at Their Bestby: Charles T. Walter

Lights and Shadows of the Flood of 1927: Vermont at Its Worst, Vermonters at Their Best
by: Charles T. Walter

Softcover. St. Johnsbury VT, St. Johnsbury Republican, 1t, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 120 pages. A pictorial chronicle of the flood considered "the worst natural disaster to ever strike Vermont in modern times" covering the state with 8.71 inches of rain. According to the National Weather Service, "1285 bridges were lost as well as countless numbers of homes and buildings destroyed and hundreds of miles of roads and railroad tracks washed out." The book shows the results of the rainfall: rising water, destroyed railroad tracks, and leveled houses. Name on front fly leaf otherwise a clean copy in exceptional condition.

Record # 387035

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European Life And Manners; In Familiar Letters To Friends Vol. 1 Only by: Colman, Henry

European Life And Manners; In Familiar Letters To Friends Vol. 1 Only
by: Colman, Henry

Hardcover. Boston, Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1st, 1849, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. How respectable members of society communicated by letter with examples of mannered correspndence of the mid-19th century. Clean copy.

Record # 378189

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Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen by: Tucker, Sherrie

Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen
by: Tucker, Sherrie

Softcover. Durham NC, Duke University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 416 pages. Open from 1942 until 1945, the Hollywood Canteen was the most famous of the patriotic home front nightclubs where civilian hostesses jitterbugged with enlisted men of the Allied Nations. Since the opening night, when the crowds were so thick that Bette Davis had to enter through the bathroom window to give her welcome speech, the storied dance floor where movie stars danced with soldiers has been the subject of much U.S. nostalgia about the 'Greatest Generation.' Drawing from oral histories with civilian volunteers and military guests who danced at the wartime nightclub, Sherrie Tucker explores how jitterbugging swing culture has come to represent the war in U.S. national memory. Yet her interviewees' varied experiences and recollections belie the possibility of any singular historical narrative. Some recall racism, sexism, and inequality on the nightclub's dance floor and in Los Angeles neighborhoods, dynamics at odds with the U.S. democratic, egalitarian ideals associated with the Hollywood Canteen and the 'Good War' in popular culture narratives. Clean copy in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Record # 387409

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Inscriptions on Tombstones and Other Records Kings Co., NY,1882-1894by: Kings County Genealogical Club

Inscriptions on Tombstones and Other Records Kings Co., NY,1882-1894
by: Kings County Genealogical Club

Hardcover. Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover without dust jacket, 98 pages. Blue cloth covers very good. Gilt text to spine. Clean and tight copy, containing digitized publications of the Kings County Genealogical Club from 1882-1894. Clean copy.

Record # 387617

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The Reformation in England to the Accession of Elizabeth Iby: Dickens, AG. And Dorothy Carr (Editors)

The Reformation in England to the Accession of Elizabeth I
by: Dickens, AG. And Dorothy Carr (Editors)

Hardcover. London, Edward Arnold, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, maroon cloth with lightly worn dust jacket. St. Martin's Press the US distributor has put their sticker at the bottom of the spine on the jacket.

Record # 387760

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This Reckless Breed of Men: The Trappers and Fur Traders of the Southwest by: Robert Glass Cleland

This Reckless Breed of Men: The Trappers and Fur Traders of the Southwest
by: Robert Glass Cleland

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 4th pr., 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 361 pages, color frontis, preface, list of b&w illustrations and maps, prologue, 1. Beaver and Mountain Men; 2. Jedediah Strong Smith: From the Big Lake to the Sea; 3. Kedediah Strong Smith: The End of the Long Trail; 4. To Santa Fe and Beyond; 5. Perils of the Wilderness: The Wanderings of James Ohio Pattie; 6. "Joaquin Yong" and the Men of Taos; 7. From Santa Fe to California; 8. Joseph Reddeford Walker: To the "Extreme End of the Great West; 9. Partisans versus Mountain Men; epilogue, bibliographical notes, index. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 387869

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The Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives in the Age of Samuel Adams by: Pauline Maier

The Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives in the Age of Samuel Adams
by: Pauline Maier

Softcover. NY, Vintage Books, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 309 pages. The "old revolutionaries" were Samuel Adams, Isaac Sears, Thomas Young, Richard Henry Lee, and Charles Carroll. Of widely varying backgrounds and interests, all of them had their greatest influence in the years between 1769 and 1776, and all of them saw their power transferred after the war to the men we know as "the Founding Fathers." In telling the stories of these men, Maier shows how the American Revolution was less a collective movement than a commitment to an ideal of a republic, which different people interpreted differently. She describes not just why Americans made the Revolution, but what the Revolution did to them.

Record # 396288

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Radio's Golden Age: The Programs and the Personalitiesby:  Buxton, Frank & Bill Owen.

Radio's Golden Age: The Programs and the Personalities
by: Buxton, Frank & Bill Owen.

Hardcover. NY, Easton Valley Press, 2nd pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 417 pages, b&w photos. Dust jacket chipped. rubbed. An encyclopedia of programs, their dates, casts, networks and producers, with many photo plates.

Record # 359170

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Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville & Race Politics in the Swing Eraby: Gottschild, Brenda Dixon

Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville & Race Politics in the Swing Era
by: Gottschild, Brenda Dixon

Softcover. NY, Palgrave Macmillan, reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 270 pages, b&w illustrations. The career of Norton and Margot, a ballroom dance team whose work was thwarted by the racial tenets of the era, serves as the barometer of the times and acts as the tour guide on this excursion through the worlds of African American vaudeville, black and white America during the swing era, the European touring circuit, and pre-Civil Rights era racial etiquette. Clean copy.

Record # 396387

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Norwich University A Record of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Its Founding by: Flint (Editor), K. R. B./C. V. Woodbury & C. N. Barber

Norwich University A Record of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Its Founding
by: Flint (Editor), K. R. B./C. V. Woodbury & C. N. Barber

Hardcover. Norwich, Norwich University, First Edition, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 156 pages. Hardcover. Red pebbled cloth covers with gilt titles to cover. Toning throughout. Pages untrimmed, and many unopened. Frontis illustration, Captain Alden Partridge, Founder. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean & unmarked copy.

Record # 750472

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Foreign Affairsby: Eden, Anthony

Foreign Affairs
by: Eden, Anthony

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace and Company, 1st US, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and faded dust jacket, 366 pages. A collection of speeches by the Right Hon. Anthony Eden in the House of Commons and elsewhere through 1938, which offers a criticism on British foreign policy. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396467

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In Peril on the Sea: War Exploits of Allied Seamen.by: Masters, David

In Peril on the Sea: War Exploits of Allied Seamen.
by: Masters, David

Hardcover. London, The Cresset Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, some minor wear to edges of spine. Dust jacket has some wear, and a small tear on bottom of spine. Library sticker on front endpaper. Eight page section of b&w photographs. Inside is bright and clean. A nice copy.

Record # 852696

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The Missiles of October: The Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by: Abel, Elie

The Missiles of October: The Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
by: Abel, Elie

Hardcover. London, Macgibbon & Kee, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 204 pages. "A valuable well-researched study of brinkmanship and of people under pressure presented fully for the first time." Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396488

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Vermont Summer Resortsby: Vermont Bureau of Publicity

Vermont Summer Resorts
by: Vermont Bureau of Publicity

Softcover. Montpelier VT, State of Vermont, 1st, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, original color illustrated wrappers. 89 pages of text interspersed with dozens of b&w photos of Vermont landscapes. The copy details all the hotels, resorts and bed and breakfast accomodations, town by town. Information on rates and proprietors. Great reference, Previous owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 374943

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These Truths: A History of the United Statesby: Lepore, Jill

These Truths: A History of the United States
by: Lepore, Jill

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 3rd pr., 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a brirght, lightly worn dust jacket, 932 pages. In the most ambitious one volume American history in decades, award winning historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history. Written in elegiac prose, Lepore's groundbreaking investigation places truth itself-a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence-at the center of the nation's history. The American experiment rests on three ideas-"these truths," Jefferson called them-political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. And it rests, too, on a fearless dedication to inquiry, Lepore argues, because self government depends on it. But has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on that promise? These Truths tells this uniquely American story, beginning in 1492, asking whether the course of events over more than five centuries has proven the nation's truths, or belied them. To answer that question, Lepore traces the intertwined histories of American politics, law, journalism, and technology, from the colonial town meeting to the nineteenth century party machine, from talk radio to twenty first century Internet polls, from Magna Carta to the Patriot Act, from the printing press to Facebook News. Clean copy.

Record # 396583

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Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Com

Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man, Who Lived Forty Years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave Under Various Masters, and was One Year in the Navy with Com

Hardcover. New York, John S. Taylor, 2nd pr., 1837, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, leather bound with gilt design on front and rear covers, spine also with gilt design with the title Cabinet of Freedom (the series under which the publisher issued this narrative). 517 pages with an extra illustrated title page dated 1836, the regular title page dated 1837. All edges gilt. First published by John Shugert in Lewistown PA a year earlier. Written with the help of Isaac Fisher, a white Philadelphia lawyer, who declares in his preface that he has edited the oral narrative Ball had dictated to him to omit any beliefs or feelings Ball may have expressed about slavery. This declaration of significant editing has led scholars to debate the authenticity of Ball's narrative, but most agree that it represents a true story. Ball describes his experiences as a slave, including the uncertainty of slave life and the ways in which the slaves are forced to suffer harsh and inhumane conditions. In particular, he recounts the qualities of his various masters, and the ways in which his fortune depended on their temperament. The leather has separated from the spine of the book but appears to be very repairable. The first 3 pages loose (a blank leaf and the two title pages), there is a light stain to the illustrated one and light foxing. The interior of the book is clean, tight with minimal foxing throughout.

Record # 412197

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The Dominican Interventionby: Lowenthal, Abraham F.

The Dominican Intervention
by: Lowenthal, Abraham F.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 246 pages. Preface, Introduction, Chapters on: The United States and the Dominican Republic to 1965: Background to Intervention; The Origins of the 1965 Dominican Crisis: Setting the Stage; The Decision to Intervene; Deploying the Troops; and Explaining the Dominican Intervention. Drawing on nearly 150 personal interviews with individuals in the Dominican Republic and the United States, on rare access to classified U.S. government documents, and on his own first-hand experiences during the crisis, Abraham F. Lowenthal rejects official, liberal, and radical accounts of the intervention. Instead, he explains it as the product of fundamental premises, of decision-making procedures, and of bureaucratic politics. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396900

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Charlevoix: Vacation Glimpsesby: Babst, Earl D. (Ed.)

Charlevoix: Vacation Glimpses
by: Babst, Earl D. (Ed.)

Hardcover. Charlevoix MI, Charles Francis Press, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth, 56 pages, b&w line drawings. History of a private resort area in Michigan. Bottom corner bumped otherwise clean, editor's business card laid in.

Record # 378484

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Waltzing with a Dictator: The Marcoses and the Making of American Policyby: Raymond Bonner

Waltzing with a Dictator: The Marcoses and the Making of American Policy
by: Raymond Bonner

Hardcover. NY, Times Books, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 533 pages. Traces the history of the Marcos regime, examines U.S. policy towards the Philippines, and argues that U.S. support of dictators is counterproductive. Bookplate on inside front cover, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397220

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Memoranda of Fifty Years including Anniversary Addresses 1852-1902by: South Congregational Church of St. Johnsbury Vermont

Memoranda of Fifty Years including Anniversary Addresses 1852-1902
by: South Congregational Church of St. Johnsbury Vermont

Softcover. St. Johnsbury VT, Woman's Home Missionary Society, 1st, 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 36 pages in gray paper wrappers, b&w illustrations. Clean, bright copy preserved in an archival gray cardboard folder with a hand-lettered sticker on front.

Record # 379924

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Social Ferment in Vermont 1791-1850 by: David M. Ludlum

Social Ferment in Vermont 1791-1850
by: David M. Ludlum

Hardcover. NY, AMS Press, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 305 pages. Originally published in 1939. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 397421

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Chucks!: The Phenomenon of Converse: Chuck Taylor All Starsby: Peterson, Hal

Chucks!: The Phenomenon of Converse: Chuck Taylor All Stars
by: Peterson, Hal

Softcover. New York, Skyhorse Publishing, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. In this book, shoe enthusiast Hal Peterson takes an in-depth look at the history, significance, and magic of "Chucks." Originally a rubber shoe company, Converse rolled out the canvas All Star in 1917, nicknamed "Chucks" for the basketball hall-of-famer, Charles "Chuck" Taylor, who was a lifelong promoter. Color photographs throughout.

Record # 353071

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James Madison: The Founding Fatherby: Rutland, Robert A.

James Madison: The Founding Father
by: Rutland, Robert A.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, Book Club Ed., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 287 pages. Index, notes, illustrations. A detailed biography of the Virginian who served in the Continental Congress, wrote the Federalist Papers, helped write the Constitution and Bill of Rights, was Majority Leader in Congress, and was the fourth president of the US. Clean copy.

Record # 397470

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Bartlous of Sassoferrato: His Position in the History of Medieval Political Thoughtby: Woolf, Cecil N. Sidney

Bartlous of Sassoferrato: His Position in the History of Medieval Political Thought
by: Woolf, Cecil N. Sidney

Hardcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 414 pages, blue cloth covers, spine faded. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 403263

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Creating the Commonwealth: The Economic Culture of Puritan New Englandby: Innes, Stephen

Creating the Commonwealth: The Economic Culture of Puritan New England
by: Innes, Stephen

Hardcover. NY, W.W. Norton & Co., 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 405 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 397542

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History of the State of Vermont from Its Discovery and Settlement to the Close of the Year MDCCCXXXby: Hoskins, Nathan

History of the State of Vermont from Its Discovery and Settlement to the Close of the Year MDCCCXXX
by: Hoskins, Nathan

Hardcover. Vergennes VT, J. Shedd, 1st, 1831, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages, original leather binding with spine label. Calf rubbed, edgeworn, Prelim page preceeding title page has piece cut out, small number on title page, spotting to edges of text block, otherwise clean, sound copy.

Record # 407039

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London 800-1216: The Shaping of a Cityby: Brooke, Christopher, Gillian Kerr (assisted)

London 800-1216: The Shaping of a City
by: Brooke, Christopher, Gillian Kerr (assisted)

Hardcover. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1st Edition, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 424 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Blue cloth cover boards, gilt title on black on spine. Light tanning to pages. Spine straight. Binding tight. Takes its place in the eight-volume History of London series, but it is a self-contained enquiry into the place of ninth- to twelfth-century London in the history of the City and of the urban renaissance.

Record # 99249

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Ruin of The Ancient Civilization and The Triumph of Christianity, Theby: Ferrero, Guglielmo

Ruin of The Ancient Civilization and The Triumph of Christianity, The
by: Ferrero, Guglielmo

Hardcover. New York, Putnam, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 210 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608872

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War For the World: A Chronicle of Our Fighting Forces in World War IIby: Fletcher Pratt

War For the World: A Chronicle of Our Fighting Forces in World War II
by: Fletcher Pratt

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st thus, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. The Chronicles of America Vol. 54. 364 pages, b&w illustrations. Red gilt-decorated cloth, top edge gilt, no dust jacket as issued. Details the campaigns of the U.S. Armed Forces in all theaters of World War II, including Tunisia, France, Italy, the Philippines, and Guadalcanal. A very nice, tight, clean copy in excellent condition.

Record # 397903

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Navy of the American Revolution, The: Its Administration, Its Policy and Its Achievementsby: Paullin, Charles Oscar

Navy of the American Revolution, The: Its Administration, Its Policy and Its Achievements
by: Paullin, Charles Oscar

Hardcover. Cleveland OH, Burrows Brothers, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 549 pages plus 19 page publisher's catalog in rear. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 403671

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My Fault: Mussolini As I Knew Himby: Margherita Grassini Sarfatti

My Fault: Mussolini As I Knew Him
by: Margherita Grassini Sarfatti

Hardcover. NY, Enigma Books, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 323 pages, b&w illustrations. A memoir by Mussolini's longtime lover. It reveals Il Duce as riddled with disease, sexually manic, boastful, vindictive and cunning, yet deeply insecure. About a dozen pages with light pencil marking. Surprisingly scarce.

Record # 398036

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Custer in Texas: An Interrupted Narrativeby: Carroll, John M. (Comp. & Ed. )

Custer in Texas: An Interrupted Narrative
by: Carroll, John M. (Comp. & Ed. )

Hardcover. NY, Sol Lewis & Liveright, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth boards and spine with silver letters over a red background on spine. 288 pages, b&w illustrations. The author has provided a new interpretation of General Custer's tenure in Texas following the Civil War where he comes to life as a wise and successful military leader during Reconstruction. This is the first work that focuses entirely on Custer's tenure in the Lone Star State the first to detail his successful stay in Austin. No dust jacket.

Record # 359031

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The Pitot House: A Landmark on Bayou St. Johnby: Wade, James & Robert Brantley & Jan Brantley & Eugene Cizek

The Pitot House: A Landmark on Bayou St. John
by: Wade, James & Robert Brantley & Jan Brantley & Eugene Cizek

Hardcover. Gretna LA, Pelican Publishing, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 128 pages, color illustrations. A study of early Creole architecture and history in New Orleans. Clean, like new.

Record # 398256

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Dahomey and the Slave Trade: An Analysis of an Archaic Economyby: Karl Polanyi

Dahomey and the Slave Trade: An Analysis of an Archaic Economy
by: Karl Polanyi

Hardcover. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, black cloth stamped in gilt, 204 pages. Dust jacket with partial fading, edgewear. Clean copy. The author's last work, a study of the Dahomean Kingdom, it's history and the part gold, colonialism and the slave trade played in it's fortunes. Scarce title.

Record # 378373

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Birth of a River: An Informal History of the Headwaters of the Black River (SIGNED COPY)by: O'Donnell, Thomas C

Birth of a River: An Informal History of the Headwaters of the Black River (SIGNED COPY)
by: O'Donnell, Thomas C

Hardcover. Boonville NY, Black River Books, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 158 pages. B&w photo section. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Clean copy.

Record # 398471

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Jenny Lind and the Clipper Nightingale Figurehead (SIGNED COPY) by: Svardskog, Karl-Eric

Jenny Lind and the Clipper Nightingale Figurehead (SIGNED COPY)
by: Svardskog, Karl-Eric

Hardcover. Portsmouth, NH, Portsmouth Marine Society, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor sunfading to spine. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230166

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In the Spirit of Crazy Horseby: Matthiessen, Peter

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
by: Matthiessen, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Viking Press, First Thus, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 628 pages. Hardcover. Bright dust jacket with light sun fading to spine. Clean & unmarked text. A nice copy.

Record # 750529

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Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental Historyby: Merchant (Ed.), Carolyn

Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History
by: Merchant (Ed.), Carolyn

Hardcover. Washington DC, Island Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 489 pages. Hardcover. gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped. Dust jacket has a touch of age-wear (chipping at corners/creases), but very good. Very clean and bright inside. Boards bound in yellow cloth, excellent. Binding tight. In beautiful shape.

Record # 372808

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Wooden Walls in Actionby: Bowen, Frank C.

Wooden Walls in Action
by: Bowen, Frank C.

Hardcover. London, Halton & Co, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 144 pages. B&w and color illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket in brodart; Chipping along bottom edge. A clean, tight copy.

Record # 851941

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Vermont State Directory and Gazetteer for 1887-88by: Briggs and Co.

Vermont State Directory and Gazetteer for 1887-88
by: Briggs and Co.

Hardcover. Boston, Briggs and Co., 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 352 pages, includes many ads with line illustrations. Black cloth spine with ad-illustrated cardboard covers, chipping to the paper covering the boards at edges. Otherwise clean, solid.

Record # 406880

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Colonialism and Postcolonial Development: Spanish America in Comparative Perspectiveby: Mahoney, James

Colonialism and Postcolonial Development: Spanish America in Comparative Perspective
by: Mahoney, James

Softcover. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations. Very good condition, clean inside and out. Binding tight.

Record # 30981

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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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Powder Keg: Northern Opposition to the Antislavery Movement, 1831-1840 by: Lorman Ratner

Powder Keg: Northern Opposition to the Antislavery Movement, 1831-1840
by: Lorman Ratner

Hardcover. NY, Basic Books, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 172 pages. This study examines the realities that the Free North held a substantial population who opposed the abolition of slavery, describing the history of this phenomenon and the attendant aspects of racism towards Black Americans during this period. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387890

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The Conundrum of Class: Public Discourse on the Social Order in Americaby: Burke, Martin J

The Conundrum of Class: Public Discourse on the Social Order in America
by: Burke, Martin J

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago , 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 303 pages. Martin Burke traces the surprisingly complicated history of the idea of class in America from the forming of a new nation to the heart of the Gilded Age. Surveying American political, social, and intellectual life from the late 17th to the end of the 19th century, Burke examines in detail the contested discourse about equality--the way Americans thought and wrote about class, class relations, and their meaning in society.Burke explores a remarkable range of thought to establish the boundaries of class and the language used to describe it in the works of leading political figures, social reformers, and moral philosophers. He traces a shift from class as a legal category of ranks and orders to socio-economic divisions based on occupations and income. Throughout the century, he finds no permanent consensus about the meaning of class in America and instead describes a culture of conflicting ideas and opinions. Some fading to covers, otherwise like new.

Record # 374341

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