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Munich: Prologue to Tragedyby: Wheeler-Bennett, John W.

Munich: Prologue to Tragedy
by: Wheeler-Bennett, John W.

Hardcover. NY , Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in a poor dust jacket with chipping, fading, especially to spine. Wheeler-Bennett worked as the director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs' information department. In particular, Wheeler-Bennett lived in Germany in 1927-1934 and witnessed firsthand the rise of Nazi Germany. After the Second World War, Wheeler-Bennett was a critic of Appeasement, and 10 years after the Munich Agreement wrote a book condemning it. Footnotes. Illustrations, Maps. Bibliography. Index. 507 pages, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396261

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Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Laborby: Juravich, Tom, Kate Bronfenbrenner

Ravenswood: The Steelworkers' Victory and the Revival of American Labor
by: Juravich, Tom, Kate Bronfenbrenner

Softcover. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 245 pages. Softcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper has a touch of age wear, top edge has former bookstore stamp. otherwise clean inside and out. In very good condition.

Record # 30984

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Forward-March!: The Photographic Record of America in the World War and the Post War Social Upheaval (Volumes 1 and 2) SIGNED COPYby: Mackey, Frank J. and Marcus Wils

Forward-March!: The Photographic Record of America in the World War and the Post War Social Upheaval (Volumes 1 and 2) SIGNED COPY
by: Mackey, Frank J. and Marcus Wils

Hardcover. Chicago, The Disabled Veterans of the World War, reprint, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes complete, 496 pages total. INSCRIBED BY MACKEY on title page. Matching hardcover volumes in blue striped moire cloth boards with silvered title and ornament on front; silvered ornament on spine. No dust jackets, as issued. Both books are crisp and clean and almost as new, with barely any wear at all. Interior pages are in fine condition, with page after page of photos and maps documenting the First World War and its aftermath. Produced by the Disabled Veterans of the World War, Department of Rehabilitation. Folio. The two volumes are numbers sequentially. Volume 2 concludes with a Pronouncing Dictionary of War Names and a bibliography. Very heavy-- about 12 pounds; will require substantial additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.

Record # 408975

Price: $120.00 
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Background for Radical Reconstruction Testimony taken from the Hearings of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction the Select Committee on the Memphis Riots and Massacres and the Select Committee on the New Orleans Riots 1866 and 1867

Background for Radical Reconstruction Testimony taken from the Hearings of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction the Select Committee on the Memphis Riots and Massacres and the Select Committee on the New Orleans Riots 1866 and 1867<

Softcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 182 pages. Name, old price on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396417

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From the Cannon's Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General Alpheus S. Williamsby: Quaife (Ed.), Milo M.

From the Cannon's Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General Alpheus S. Williams
by: Quaife (Ed.), Milo M.

Hardcover. Detroit, Wayne State University Press , 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 405 pages, b&w illustrations. Gray cloth covers with blue decoration and lettering. Dust jacket price-clipped otherwise very good.

Record # 405825

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The Shadow War: European Resistance, 1939-1945by: Henri Michel

The Shadow War: European Resistance, 1939-1945
by: Henri Michel

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st US, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket, 416 pages including index, bibliography and abbreviations. "The first adequately comprehensive history of the Resistance in Europe during Hitler's war to be published in any language." Name on frontfly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396477

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Thomas Garrigue Masaryk: The Spirit of Russiaby: Gibian, George

Thomas Garrigue Masaryk: The Spirit of Russia
by: Gibian, George

Hardcover. London, George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1st ed., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 331 pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine. Dust jacket has sticker on front flap. Dust jacket is also faded along spine with over all shelf wear. Otherwise, tight clean copy.

Record # 855679

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The New Nationalism by: Snyder, Louis L.

The New Nationalism
by: Snyder, Louis L.

Hardcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 387 pages. A study of nationalisms of the modern world on all continents. Includes Black Nationalism in Africa. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396494

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Devil's Own Work, The: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct Americaby: Schecter, Barnet

Devil's Own Work, The: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct America
by: Schecter, Barnet

Hardcover. New York, Walker & Company , 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 434 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has just a touch of shelf wear to very top of spine. In excellent shape. Binding tight, seems barely read. Clean and unmarked inside and out.

Record # 31130

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Pax Americanaby: Ronald Steel

Pax Americana
by: Ronald Steel

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light edgewear, 371 pages. After WW II the US acquired an empire - one that embraces much of the world in a network of military pacts, economic ties, and political commitments. Steel describes how this empire originated, how it grew, and why is has been incapable of defending America's real interests, or of spreading her humanitarian ideals to other nations. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396610

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Marco Polo's Silk Road: The Art of the Journey - An Italian at the Court of Kublai Khanby: N/A

Marco Polo's Silk Road: The Art of the Journey - An Italian at the Court of Kublai Khan
by: N/A

Hardcover. Watkins, reprint, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 272 pages. Marco Polo (c.1254-1324) was a Christian merchant from the Venetian Republic who learned about trading while his father and uncle were absent on an extended journey through Asia, which culminated in a visit with the great khan Kublai. In 1269 the brothers returned to Venice and met Marco for the first time. The three of them then embarked on a new journey to Asia and the court of the khan, returning after more than two decades to find Venice at war. Marco was imprisoned in Genoa, whereupon he dictated his romantic-sounding stories to a cellmate. The popularity of his account is a rare example of a success in publishing before the age of printing. Introduction by John Masefield.

Record # 374080

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The Boston Massacre: An Episode of Dissent and Violenceby: Hansen, Harry

The Boston Massacre: An Episode of Dissent and Violence
by: Hansen, Harry

Hardcover. NY, Hastings House, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 191 pages, b&w illustrations. An unsparing account of the famous massacre of March 5, 1770, when a squad of British soldiers, called out to protect a sentry from a Boston mob, fired on civilians, killing 4, fatally wounding a fifth, and injuring 6 others. Was it a massacre, as Boston called it, or "the first battle of the American Revolution," as some writers styled it, or merely a street brawl, as the testimonies of witnesses seem to indicate? Whatever its character, it had great influence in consolidating colonial opposition to the British Government. This is the story of one of the most famous and controversial murder trials in American history, in which John Adams and Josiah Quince, Jr., confirmed patriots, toiled to get the soldiers acquitted to save Boston from retaliation, against the violent opposition of Samuel Adams, who wanted the soldiers convicted as murderers. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396910

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History of the City of Troy, from the Expulsion of the Mohegan Indians to the Present Centennial Year of the Independence of the United States of America, 1876by: Wei

History of the City of Troy, from the Expulsion of the Mohegan Indians to the Present Centennial Year of the Independence of the United States of America, 1876
by: Wei

Hardcover. Troy NY, William H. Young, 1st, 1876, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 400 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name on inside front cover. Features black & white illustrations and fold-out maps. Short tear and wrinkle along bottom of fold-out map ('View from corner of Second & Congress Streets 1824') between pages 144-145. Leather covers with rubbing and peeling along edges. Bit of chipping to title label on spine. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 613007

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Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy 1932-1945 by: Dallek, Robert

Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy 1932-1945
by: Dallek, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 2nd pr., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 657 pages. Robert Dallek vigorously and convincingly defends Roosevelt's foreign policy. He emphasizes how Roosevelt operated as a master politician in maintaining a national consensus for his foreign policy throughout his presidency and how he brilliantly achieved his policy and military goals. Name on half-title page otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 397275

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Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in Americaby: Giles Milton

Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America
by: Giles Milton

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 358 pages. A riveting historical mystery of Colonial America. In April, 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans, "savages," had made her their weroanza-a word that meant "big chief." The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and by her favorite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, whose tattoed face and otter-skin cloak had caused a sensation in Elizabethan London. In 1857, Manteo was returned to his homeland as Lord and Governor, along with more than 100 English men, women and children.In 1590, a supply ship arrived at the colony to discover that the settlers had vanished. For almost twenty years the fate of Ralegh's colonists was to remain a mystery. When a new wave of settlers sailed to America to found Jamestown, their efforts to locate the lost colony were frustrated by the mighty chieftain, Powhatan, father of Pocahontas, who vowed to drive the English out of America. Only when it was too late did the settlers discover the incredible news that Ralegh's colonists had survived in the forests for almost two decades before being slaughtered in cold blood by Powhatan's henchmen. Clean copy.

Record # 396691

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Vermonters: Oral Histories from Down Country to the Northeast Kingdomby: Strickland, Ron

Vermonters: Oral Histories from Down Country to the Northeast Kingdom
by: Strickland, Ron

Softcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 186 pages, b&w illustrations. Warm, wonderfully entertaining accounts by a general store proprietor, a basket weaver, a gravedigger, a town gadfly, and 34 others reveal how time-honored traditions are carried on in spite of the inroads of the 20th century. As colorful as the state's autumn hues, and, in the matter of opinions, as obdurate as mountain granite, these recollections are accompanied by candid portraits. Clean copy.

Record # 397440

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Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowoutby: Cavnar, Bob

Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowout
by: Cavnar, Bob

Softcover. White River Junction, Vt., Chelsea Green Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 230 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 459044

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Most Uncommon Jacksonians: The Radical Leaders of the Early Labor Movement by: Edward Pessen

Most Uncommon Jacksonians: The Radical Leaders of the Early Labor Movement
by: Edward Pessen

Hardcover. Albany NY, State University of New York Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and tanned dust jacket, 208 pages with index. This book attempts to throw new light on that early labor movement, mainly by answering the questions that modern critics have raised concerning its authenticity, but the major concern of the volume is with the labor leaders' views regarding American society. If these were uncommon labor leaders, they were also uncommon Jacksonians. At a time when the mass of Americans seemed to be engaged in a frenzied contest for material gain, and increasingly optimistic about their chances, the labor leaders stood apart both from the pursuit of the main chance and from its moralistic critics. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 397476

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Fifty Years on the Mississippi: Gould's History of River Navigationby: Gould, E.W.

Fifty Years on the Mississippi: Gould's History of River Navigation
by: Gould, E.W.

Hardcover. Columbus, OH, Lion's College Book, reprint, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 750 pages. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket. Previous owner bookplate on front fly leaf. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 369293

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The Completion Of Independence 1790-1830 by: Krout, John Allen / Fox, Dixon Ryan

The Completion Of Independence 1790-1830
by: Krout, John Allen / Fox, Dixon Ryan

Softcover. Chicago, Quadrangle, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 487 pages. This "Early National" period, one of yearning adolescence in the life of the nation, is the subject of this study which shows how the United States went about winning economic and cultural independence from Europe to match the political emancipation gained by the Revolution.

Record # 397588

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Religious Revolt in the XVIIth Century: The Schism of the Russian Churchby: Lupinin, Nickolas

Religious Revolt in the XVIIth Century: The Schism of the Russian Church
by: Lupinin, Nickolas

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Kingston Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 227 pages, bibliography and index. A scarce scholarly history. Slight sunning to dust jacket spine, otherwise like new, clean and tight.

Record # 402961

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Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asiaby: Herzstein, Robert E.

Henry R. Luce, Time, and the American Crusade in Asia
by: Herzstein, Robert E.

Hardcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 346 pages, b&w photographs. This book shows how Henry Robinson Luce used his famous magazines to advance his interventionist agenda in Cold War China, Korea, Japan, and above all, Vietnam. This is the first balanced work on Luce and his influence, using hitherto undiscovered or inaccessible sources. Luce saw the American Century as the heir to the fading British Empire; he failed to see the hubris and cultural blindness that would lead to disaster in Vietnam - a disaster for which his magazines paved the way. Remainder mark on top edge. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 397819

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Farewell to the Factory: Auto Workers in the Late Twentieth Century by: Ruth Milkman

Farewell to the Factory: Auto Workers in the Late Twentieth Century
by: Ruth Milkman

Softcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 234 pages. Behind all of the statistics on downsizing, the shrinking of our industrial base, and the folly of short-sighted management is the human drama of working women and men and their unions, struggling for dignity, fairness, and security. In Farewell to the Factory, Ruth Milkman tells us the stories of workers in a New Jersey auto plant. Milkman's scholarship makes a valuable contribution to the national conversation on restoring the American Dream for working families. Clean copy.

Record # 374296

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Coast Watching in WWII: Operations Against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43by: Feuer, A.B.

Coast Watching in WWII: Operations Against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43
by: Feuer, A.B.

Softcover. Mechanicsburg PA, Stackpole Books, 1st pbk, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 218 pages, b&w illustrations. From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers -- for the most part, Australian civilians -- monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity. They played a pivotal role during the battle for Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, when their intelligence facilitated the interception and destruction of twelve Japanese transports. These reports from the participants themselves provide a fascinating account that will intrigue historians as well as World War II and espionage buffs. Clean copy.

Record # 397911

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Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXV & Volume XXVIby: Journal of Hellenic Studies

Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXV & Volume XXVI
by: Journal of Hellenic Studies

Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1905 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1905 and 1906) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1905: 382 pages plus 13 full-page b&w plates and 1 color fold-out. Part two for 1906: 303 pages plus 16 b&w and 2 color plates. Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine.

Record # 405368

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We Remember Bataan and Corregidor: The Story of the American and Filipino Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and Their Captivity (INSCRIBED COPY)by: Mariano Villarin

We Remember Bataan and Corregidor: The Story of the American and Filipino Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor and Their Captivity (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Mariano Villarin

Hardcover. Baltimore, Gateway Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 335 pages, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page to the previous owner, a Major in the US Air Force Reserve. His ownership signature on the front fly leaf. Otherwise clean.

Record # 398098

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ORIGINAL PHOTO/BW/ Vermont flood/1938/ East Middleburyby: N/A

ORIGINAL PHOTO/BW/ Vermont flood/1938/ East Middlebury
by: N/A

1938, Book: Very Good, Glossy b&w photo, 7 X 4 1/2", a view of water flowing through street of East Middlebury, dated 9/22/38. Very good.

Record # 359827

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Travels Through the Canadas Containing a Description of the Picturesque Scenery on Some of the Rivers and Lakes...by: Heriot, George

Travels Through the Canadas Containing a Description of the Picturesque Scenery on Some of the Rivers and Lakes...
by: Heriot, George

Hardcover. Philadelphia, M. Carey, reprint, 1813, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Travels Through the Canadas Containing a Description of the Picturesque Scenery on Some of the Rivers and Lakes with an Account of the Productions Commerce and Inhabitants of Those Provinces. Hardcover, printed boards with calf spine that has a paper label with the title. 282 pages. Text generally clean with only occasional light foxing or soiling. Text pages intact. Internal binding strong. NOTE: this is a reprint of the 1807 book, minus any plates or illustrations. Previous owner's names, inscriptions on preliminary pages and title page. In an attractive maroon color slipcase that the book fits into nicely.

Record # 398275

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The Artisan of Ipswich: Craftsmanship and Community in Colonial New England by: Robert Tarule

The Artisan of Ipswich: Craftsmanship and Community in Colonial New England
by: Robert Tarule

Softcover. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 155 pages. Thomas Dennis emigrated to America from England in 1663, settling in Ipswich, a Massachusetts village a long day's sail north of Boston. He had apprenticed in joinery, the most common method of making furniture in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain, and he became Ipswich's second joiner, setting up shop in the heart of the village. During his lifetime, Dennis won wide renown as an artisan. Today, connoisseurs judge his elaborately carved furniture as among the best produced in seventeenth-century America. Robert Tarule, historian and accomplished craftsman, brilliantly recreates Dennis's world in recounting how he created a single oak chest. Writing as a woodworker himself, Tarule vividly portrays Dennis walking through the woods looking for the right trees; sawing and splitting the wood on site; and working in his shop on the chest-planing, joining, and carving. Dennis inherited a knowledge of wood and woodworking that dated back centuries before he was born, and Tarule traces this tradition from Old World to New. He also depicts the natural and social landscape in which Dennis operated, from the sights, sounds, and smells of colonial Ipswich and its surrounding countryside to the laws that governed his use of trees and his network of personal and professional relationships. Clean copy.

Record # 382105

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Early Vermont Conventions 1776-1777 Arranged by Redfield Proctor by: Redfield Proctor /Jonas Fay

Early Vermont Conventions 1776-1777 Arranged by Redfield Proctor
by: Redfield Proctor /Jonas Fay

Hardcover. Washington DC, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray boards with white cloth spine, dark brown lettering on front cover with original seal of Vermont. Records of Conventions in the New Hampshire Grants for the Independence of Vermont 1776-1777. The publisher is not stated but the Society has an introductory letter. 26 pages of text and letters. Majority of text block is photo-copies of original documents (unpaginated). Clean, bright copy.

Record # 398529

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Hollywood Beach Beauties: Sea Sirens, Sun Goddesses, and Summer Style 1930-1970by: Wills, David

Hollywood Beach Beauties: Sea Sirens, Sun Goddesses, and Summer Style 1930-1970
by: Wills, David

Hardcover. New York, Dey Street Books, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages. Hardcover with laminated cover boards. Clean, tight copy with light edge wear and rubbing to covers.

Record # 354047

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Viva Mexico!by: Flandrau, Charles Macomb

Viva Mexico!
by: Flandrau, Charles Macomb

Hardcover. New York , D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1908, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 294 pages. Hardcover with blue cloth with silver titles and gilt top stain. Previous owner's signature on title page, slight rubbing to boards and light fade to spine, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857020

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Stories and Pictures of the Vermont Flood, November 1927 by: Atwood, R.E.

Stories and Pictures of the Vermont Flood, November 1927
by: Atwood, R.E.

Softcover. Burlington VT, self-published, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 7 3/4 X 10 3/4", 32 pages, stapled binding. Photo-essay of flood damages from mainly mid-state North of Rutland- Bellows Falls axis. Mostly urban areas, and very little rural. Floods of 1927 where state suffered $ 25 million in property damage. Paper tanning, soiled and spotted, otherwise solid.

Record # 360088

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History of Bristol, Vermont - 1762-1940by: Harvey (Editors), Carrie K./Clara M. Kellogg

History of Bristol, Vermont - 1762-1940
by: Harvey (Editors), Carrie K./Clara M. Kellogg

Hardcover. Bristol VT, The Outlook Club of Bristol, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 115 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Green textured cloth covers with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609592

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Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throatby: Holland, Max

Leak: Why Mark Felt Became Deep Throat
by: Holland, Max

Hardcover. Lawrence KS, University Press of Kansas, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Through the shadowy persona of Deep Throat, FBI official Mark Felt became as famous as the Watergate scandal his leaks helped uncover. Best known through Hal Holbrook's portrayal in the film version of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's All the President's Men, Felt was regarded for decades as a conscientious but highly secretive whistleblower who shunned the limelight. Yet even after he finally revealed his identity in 2005, questions about his true motivations persisted. Max Holland has found the missing piece of that Deep Throat puzzle--one that's been hidden in plain sight all along. He reveals for the first time in detail what truly motivated the FBI's number-two executive to become the most fabled secret source in American history. In the process, he directly challenges Felt's own explanations while also demolishing the legend fostered by Woodward and Bernstein's bestselling account. Clean copy.

Record # 378841

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Failing Our Veterans: The G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generationby: Mark Boulton

Failing Our Veterans: The G.I. Bill and the Vietnam Generation
by: Mark Boulton

Hardcover. NY, NYU Press , 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards, no dust jacket issued, 272 pages. Returning Vietnam veterans had every reason to expect that the government would take care of their readjustment needs in the same way it had done for veterans of both World War II and Korea. But the Vietnam generation soon discovered that their G.I. Bills fell well short of what many of them believed they had earned. Mark Boulton's groundbreaking study provides the first analysis of the legislative debates surrounding the education benefits offered under the Vietnam-era G.I. Bills. Specifically, the book explores why legislators from both ends of the political spectrum failed to provide Vietnam veterans the same generous compensation offered to veterans of previous wars. Clean copy.

Record # 378823

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Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sailby: W. Jeffrey Bolster

Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail
by: W. Jeffrey Bolster

Softcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, reprint, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 310 pages, b&w illustrations. Few Americans, black or white, recognize the degree to which early African American history is a maritime history. W. Jeffrey Bolster shatters the myth that black seafaring in the age of sail was limited to the Middle Passage. Seafaring was one of the most significant occupations among both enslaved and free black men between 1740 and 1865. Tens of thousands of black seamen sailed on lofty clippers and modest coasters. They sailed in whalers, warships, and privateers. Some were slaves, forced to work at sea, but by 1800 most were free men, seeking liberty and economic opportunity aboard ship.Bolster brings an intimate understanding of the sea to this extraordinary chapter in the formation of black America. Because of their unusual mobility, sailors were the eyes and ears to worlds beyond the limited horizon of black communities ashore. Sometimes helping to smuggle slaves to freedom, they were more often a unique conduit for news and information of concern to blacks.But for all its opportunities, life at sea was difficult. Blacks actively contributed to the Atlantic maritime culture shared by all seamen, but were often outsiders within it. Capturing that tension, Black Jacks examines not only how common experiences drew black and white sailors together-even as deeply internalized prejudices drove them apart-but also how the meaning of race aboard ship changed with time. Bolster traces the story to the end of the Civil War, when emancipated blacks began to be systematically excluded from maritime work. Rescuing African American seamen from obscurity, this stirring account reveals the critical role sailors played in helping forge new identities for black people in America.

Record # 381743

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Steam Packets Ships on the Chesapeake Bay: A History of the Old Bay Line Since 1840 by: Brown, Alexander Crosby

Steam Packets Ships on the Chesapeake Bay: A History of the Old Bay Line Since 1840
by: Brown, Alexander Crosby

Hardcover. Cambridge MD, Cornell Maritime Press, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 192 pages, b&w photographs. The story of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company's "Old Bay Line"that maintained faithful and uninterrupted service on the Chesapeake Bay from its founding in 1840 until operations suspended in 1962. The line line offered transportation of passengers and frieght between Norfolk and Baltimore. Edge wear, small tears to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 387634

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The Shamans of Prehistory: Trance and Magic in the Painted Caves by: Jean Clottes; David Lewis Williams

The Shamans of Prehistory: Trance and Magic in the Painted Caves
by: Jean Clottes; David Lewis Williams

Hardcover. NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 120 pages illustrated in color. Since the first report of cave art (at Altamira in 1879), attempts have been made to explain the purpose of the mysterious drawings. Art for art's sake; totemism; hunting, destructive, or fertility magic; and modern structuralist theories have all been proposed. Clottes and Lewis-Williams propose a new theory emphasizing the shamanic aspects of Paleolithic cave paintings. After an unavoidably technical chapter providing the basics of shamanism, the authors examine Paleolithic paintings from across France and Spain, noting the use of animal figures, composite figures combining both human and animal characteristics, and geometric designs that are all common elements of shamanism. The bulk of the book is both fascinating and thought-provoking, and while it is not likely to be the last word on the subject, it is an important contribution to the field. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 387886

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Dreaming Up Americaby: Banks, Russell

Dreaming Up America
by: Banks, Russell

Hardcover. New York, Seven Stories Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 127 pages, very clean and tight copy. With America ever under global scrutiny, Russell Banks contemplates the questions of our origins, values, heroes, conflicts, and contradictions. He writes with conversational ease and emotional insight, drawing on contemporary politics, literature, film, and his knowledge of American history.

Record # 455914

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German Fury in Belgium, Theby: Mokveld, L.

German Fury in Belgium, The
by: Mokveld, L.

Hardcover. New York , George H. Doran, unknown, ND, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth, 249 pages. Faint foxing to edges, Previous owner's inscription on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 857004

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Night-Rider Legacy: Weaponizing Race in the Irasburg Affair of 1968 by: Gary G Shattuck

Night-Rider Legacy: Weaponizing Race in the Irasburg Affair of 1968
by: Gary G Shattuck

Softcover. Amherst MA, White River Press , 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 462 pages, b&w illustrations. A study of the impact and consequences caused by the use of inflammatory racially-related language during a police investigation conducted by the Vermont State Police. Beginning in 1968 with the Irasburg Affair when a White man fired shotgun blasts into a home occupied by a Black family, the story describes in detail the course of the investigation. Adverse publicity about the Vermont State Police's work alleging racism within its ranks ensued resulting in its managers withdrawing from public view and refusing to work with the legislature in the next years causing significant internal problems. They finally came to the forefront in 1979 when a despondent trooper committed suicide at the state house in Montpelier in an event called the Router Bit Affair that led to significant reforms beginning in1980. Includes bibliographical references and an index. Clean copy.

Record # 380217

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Anni Regum Edvvardi Quinti, Richardi Tertii, Henrici Septimi, et Henrici Octavi, Omnes qui antea impressi fuerunt. Ore novelment imprimee et corrigee, ouesq; plusors bones notes, letters, et figures en le margent per tout le liuer, q

Anni Regum Edvvardi Quinti, Richardi Tertii, Henrici Septimi, et Henrici Octavi, Omnes qui antea impressi fuerunt. Ore novelment imprimee et corrigee, ouesq; plusors bones notes, letters, et figures en le margent per tout le liuer, q

Hardcover. London, Printed for the Companie of Stationers, unknown, 1620, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Rebound, black covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. Soiling, ragged edges to front fly leaf and title page. Some foxing, staining to pages. Fore-edge soiled. This copy lacks year XXVII of Henry VIII. Else a nice, tight copy. Photos available.

Record # 851553

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Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln:The Story of a Pictureby: F. B. Carpenter

Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln:The Story of a Picture
by: F. B. Carpenter

Hardcover. NY, Hurd and Houghton, 1st, 1866, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 359 pages including index. Burgundy cloth with embossed rules front and back, with faded gilt lettering on spine. Name on front fly leaf (dated 1866) and title page. A clean, tight copy. Carpenter's memoir of Lincoln's tenure was written out of great admiration for Lincoln and his political platforms, in particular the Emancipation Proclamation.

Record # 382576

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Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America (SIGNED COPY)by: Rachel Hope Cleves

Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America (SIGNED COPY)
by: Rachel Hope Cleves

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 267 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. From 1807 to 1851, two ordinary women, Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake lived openly together as a married couple in Weybridge, Vermont. The story of these two women reveals that early America was both more diverse and more accommodating than modern society imagines. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 374258

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The Winter of the Bombs The Story of the Blitz of Londonby: Fitzgibbon, Constantine

The Winter of the Bombs The Story of the Blitz of London
by: Fitzgibbon, Constantine

Hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn, chipped dust jacket, 271 pages.

Record # 374053

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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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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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The Battlefield: Algeria 1988 2002 Studies in a Broken Polity by: Roberts, Hugh

The Battlefield: Algeria 1988 2002 Studies in a Broken Polity
by: Roberts, Hugh

Hardcover. NY/London, Verso, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dustjacket. The violence that has ravaged Algeria has often defied explanation. Regularly invoked in debates about political Islam, transitions to democracy, globalization, and the right of humanitarian interference, Algeria's tragedy has been reduced to a clash of stereotypes: Islamists vs.a secular state, terrorists vs. innocent civilians, or generals vs. a defenseless society. The prevalence of such simplistic representations has disabled public opinion inside as well as outside the country and contributed to the intractability of the conflict. This collection of essays offers a radical corrective to Western misconceptions. Rejecting essentialist and determinist approaches, Hugh Roberts explores the outlook and evolution of the various internal forces as they emerged--the Islamists, the Berberists, the factions within the army, and the regime in general--and he looks at external interests and actors. Clean copy.

Record # 378943

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Right or Wrong God Judge Me: The Writings of John Wilkes Booth (SIGNED COPY)by: John Wilkes Booth; Editor John Rhodehamel; Editor Louise Taper

Right or Wrong God Judge Me: The Writings of John Wilkes Booth (SIGNED COPY)
by: John Wilkes Booth; Editor John Rhodehamel; Editor Louise Taper

Hardcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 171 pages. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY CO-EDITOR TAPER. Superbly edited and annotated, this collection of the writings of John Wilkes Booth constitutes a major new primary source that contributes to scholarship on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and nineteenth-century theater history. The nearly seventy documents--more than half published here for the first time--include love letters written during the summer of 1864, when Booth was conspiring against Lincoln, explicit statements of Booth's political convictions, and the diary he kept during his futile twelve-day flight after the assassination.

Record # 372335

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