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Jay Cooke: Financier of the Civil War - Two Volumesby: Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer

Jay Cooke: Financier of the Civil War - Two Volumes
by: Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer

Hardcover. Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs & Co., 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two matching hardcover volumes in maroon cloth with gilt-lettered spine titles. [1], xi, [1 blank], 658; [2], vi, 590 pages, as issued, with plates and folding maps. Jay Cooke was an American financier who helped finance the Union war effort during the American Civil War and the postwar development of railroads in the northwestern United States. He is generally acknowledged as the first major investment banker in the United States and creator of the first wire house firm. Over 75 illustrations, including foldouts. NOTE: Unlike most sets offered online, this one does not have blue cloth or top edge gilt. The copyright page states Published October, 1907. No other printings noted. No date on title page, so suspected reprint. Bookplate on inside front covers, otherwise clean and tight set.

Record # 398434

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U.S. Policy in Central America: The Endless Debateby: Dario Moreno

U.S. Policy in Central America: The Endless Debate
by: Dario Moreno

Hardcover. Miami, University Press of Florida , 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 186 pages. Under Carter and Reagan, US foreign policy toward Central America failed. In this intriguing study, Dario Moreno explains how policy in those administrations was made, tracing its failure to a foreign policy establishment plagued by division and lack of consensus. Moreno shows that in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, and Cuba, Carter and Reagan played out two dramatically different Third World strategies and that neither Carter's liberal internationalists nor Reagan's rollback theorists understood the reality changes in those countries. Moreno's study draws authenticity from his interviews and discussions with a dozen key Central American policy makers in each of the two administrations and with eminent political figures in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, among them, Patricia Derian, assistant secretary of state for human rights under Carter, Elliot Abrams, Reagan's assistant secretary of state for human rights, and former president of Honduras, Jose Azocona. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397159

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History of Ira, Vermontby: Simon L. Peck

History of Ira, Vermont
by: Simon L. Peck

Hardcover. Rutland VT, Tuttle Co., 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth, 83 pages, b&w illustrations. This copy has an actual photo of Peck taped to the page opposite the title page (taken in March 1929, 3 years after this book was published). The author was the town clerk for 40 years, the first 58 pages devoted to Ira's history. The second part is Peck's recollections of his experiences in the Great West 1866-67. Some of the white lettering on the book's cover has been chipped off but the volume is in very good, tight shape.

Record # 398494

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The Emperor Julian: Panegyric and Polimicby: Lieu, S. N. C. (Ed. )

The Emperor Julian: Panegyric and Polimic
by: Lieu, S. N. C. (Ed. )

Softcover. UK, Liverpool University Press, 2nd Ed., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, green wrappers, 146 pages. This collection makes available in English for the first time the panegyric of Claudius Mamertinus (Panegyrici Latini XI/3), a substantial part of the treatise of John Chrysostom on St Babylas and against Julian (de S. Babyla c. Julianum et gentiles XIV-XIX), and Emphrem Syrus' Hymns Against Julian. Each text covers an important period of the reign of Julian, his rise to power, his stay at Antioch and his ill-fated Persian campaign. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386263

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Early British Economics (SIGNED)by: Beer, M.

Early British Economics (SIGNED)
by: Beer, M.

Hardcover. London, George Allen, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 250 pages. Hardcover with blue cloth coverings. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author on front fly leaf. Light foxing on end papers. Gilt lettering on spine. Light soil.

Record # 368977

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Cinderella Army: The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945by: Copp, Terry

Cinderella Army: The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
by: Copp, Terry

Hardcover. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 407 pages, b&w illustrations. In his controversial and award-winning 2003 book Fields of Fire, Terry Copp offered a stunning reversal of accepted military history, challenging the conventional view that the Canadian contribution to the Battle of Normandy was a failure. Cinderella Army continues the story of the operations carried out by the First Canadian Army in the last nine months of the war, and extends the argument developed in Fields of Fire that "the achievement of the Allied and especially the Canadian armies... has been greatly underrated while the effectiveness of the German army has been greatly exaggerated." Copp supports this argument with research conducted on numerous trips to the battlefields of France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. His detailed knowledge of the battlefield terrain, along with contemporary maps and air photos, allows Copp to explore the defensive positions that Canadian soldiers were required to overcome, and to illustrate how impressive their achievements truly were. Clean copy.

Record # 379018

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Men of the Wooden Wallsby: Bowden, Frank C.

Men of the Wooden Walls
by: Bowden, Frank C.

Hardcover. London, Staples Press, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 152 pages, illustrated throughout. Dust jacket edge wear and fading. Minor spotting along fore edge and front and rear flyleaf. Publisher's mark on copyright page. Otherwise, clean pages and tight binding.

Record # 852503

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Greenfield, Mass. Directory - 1904-5 - Vol. VI, Theby: Greenfield, Massachusetts

Greenfield, Mass. Directory - 1904-5 - Vol. VI, The
by: Greenfield, Massachusetts

Hardcover. Greenfield, Raymond & Co., 1st, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 338 pages. Hardcover. Directory of Greenfield, Massachusetts for the years 1904-1905. Features Advertising, Events Calendar, Streets, Avenues, Roads, etc., Greenfield Resident Directory, Greenfield Business Directory, and more. Staining, soiling to covers. Rubbing along leather spine. Pages are clean, unmarked. Good reference copy.

Record # 613011

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Three Critics of the Enlightenment - Vico, Hamann, Herderby: Berlin, Isaiah/Henry Harder (Editor)

Three Critics of the Enlightenment - Vico, Hamann, Herder
by: Berlin, Isaiah/Henry Harder (Editor)

Softcover. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1st Edition, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 382 pages. Softcover in very good condition with full color photo of Isaiah Berlin to cover. Tight copy. Clean & unmarked text.

Record # 750610

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A History of Cornell (SIGNED COPY)by: Bishop, Morris

A History of Cornell (SIGNED COPY)
by: Bishop, Morris

Hardcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket. 651 pages. Folding map, 21 illustrations. SIGNED BY BISHOP on the front fly leaf. Drawings by Alison Mason Kingsbury. Clean copy.

Record # 381705

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History of the Reformed Dutch Church of Rhinebeck Flatts, N.Y.by: Blanchard, Rev. Frank D.

History of the Reformed Dutch Church of Rhinebeck Flatts, N.Y.
by: Blanchard, Rev. Frank D.

Hardcover. Rhiinebeck, N.Y., Frank D. Blanchard, 1st Edition, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 191 pages. Hardcover. Scarce. Brown cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover. Pages and edges have some tanning from age, unmarked. Spine straight. Binding good. History of the church, from the eighteenth century through 1931. Clean copy.

Record # 99165

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Yellow Wolf: His Own Story by: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter

Yellow Wolf: His Own Story
by: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter

Softcover. Caldwell ID, Caxton Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 328 pages. illustrated frontispiece. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. The Nez Perce campaign is among the most famous in the brief and bloody history of the Indian wars of the West. Yellow Wolf was a contemporary of Chief Joseph and a leader among his own men. His story is one that had never been told and will never be told again. A first person account, through author L.V. McWhorter of the Nez Perce's ill-fated battle for land and freedom. Clean copy.

Record # 385615

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Handbook of Old Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts: Its History, Its Famous Dead, and Its Quaint Epitaphsby: Perkins, Frank H.

Handbook of Old Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts: Its History, Its Famous Dead, and Its Quaint Epitaphs
by: Perkins, Frank H.

Softcover. Plymouth MA, Rogers Print, reprint, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 53 pages, stapled booklet, many b&w illustrations, including tombstones. Previous owner's signature on index page. Minor wear.

Record # 359789

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De Doctrina Christiana: A Classic of Western Cultureby: N/A

De Doctrina Christiana: A Classic of Western Culture
by: N/A

Hardcover. University of Notre Dame Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth stamped in gilt and silver, 271 pages. This volume is the result of an international conference held at the University of Notre Dame in 1991 in which leading scholars, classicists, medievalists, theologians, philologists, rhetoricians, literary critics, and philosophers-gathered to focus on one of the most remarkable and influential books of late antiquity, Augustine's De doctrina christiana. Contributors to this volume place the historical setting of De doctrina christiana within the context of contemporary scholarship and explore in detail its theological meaning and impact on western culture and Christian education. The essays cover the entire field of current Augustinian studies starting with the historic setting of late antiquity in which De doctrina christiana was written. They then examine the work itself, its literary structure and interpretive and theological significance, how it was received by later patristic writers, and how it has been used as an authoritative source in contemporary times. An extensive bibliography facilitates further study.

Record # 373421

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The Politics of Provincialism: The Democratic Party in Transition 1918-1932 by: David Burner

The Politics of Provincialism: The Democratic Party in Transition 1918-1932
by: David Burner

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a nice, unclipped dust jacket. 293 pages plus index. A survey of the dramatic evolution of the Democratic Party that led to the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 375181

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Dedication of the Monument to Ann Storyby: (Ann Story)

Dedication of the Monument to Ann Story
by: (Ann Story)

Softcover. Salisbury VT, Vermont Society of Colonial Dames, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 48 pages, bound in green card wrappers with gilt lettering, b&w plates. Inscribed by a member of the Vermont Society of Dames, Sarah Clement on the front fly leaf.

Record # 405812

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A Guide to Contemporary Southwest Indians (SIGNED) by: Fontana, Bernard L.

A Guide to Contemporary Southwest Indians (SIGNED)
by: Fontana, Bernard L.

Softcover. Tucson, AZ, Southwest Parks , 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 88 pages. Softcover. Yellowing to front and back covers. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy with minor edgewear. Color photographs throughout.

Record # 353575

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Book of Weirdos, The: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthologyby: Cooke, Jon B.

Book of Weirdos, The: A Retrospective of R. Crumb's Legendary Humor Comics Anthology
by: Cooke, Jon B.

Hardcover. US, Last Gasp, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Like new in publisher's shrink wrap. Clean, tight copy. The Book of Weirdo is the definitive - and hugely entertaining- examination of Weirdo magazine, renowned underground comix cartoonist Robert Crumb's legendary humor comics anthology, which was originally published throughout the 1980s. A "low-brow" counterpoint to Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouley's rather high-faluttin' RAW comix publication, Weirdo influenced an entire generation of alternative and neo-underground artists, as well as creative refuge for the underground comix veterans, and this book features the complete story of the well-recalled comics magazine, along with testimonials from over 130 of the publication's contributors, including interviews with Weirdo's three editors - R. "Keep on Truckin'" Crumb, Peter "Hate" Bagge, and Aline "The Bunch" Kominsky-Crumb - and publisher "Baba Ron" Turner. 288 pages.

Record # 369123

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History of Lake Champlain, A: The Record of Three Centuriesby: Crocket, Walter Hill

History of Lake Champlain, A: The Record of Three Centuries
by: Crocket, Walter Hill

Hardcover. Burlington, VT, Hobart J. Shanley & Co., 1st Edition, 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 335 page. Hardcover. Blue cloth bound cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover board, some agewear to covers. Tanning throughout from age. Binding split at gutter in one place, still connected and no pages missing. Pages unmarked. Clean copy.

Record # 32868

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Mosby's Rangers (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Williamson, James J.

Mosby's Rangers (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Williamson, James J.

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 389 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. The commander of a Georgia regiment through much of the Civil War mused later in his memoirs that the heaviest burden fell not upon the man at the front, but upon the woman who waited and prayed for victory: "While the men were carried away with the drunkenness of the war, she dwelt in the stillness of her desolate home." Sallie Brock Putnam spoke for Southern womanhood. She was a native of Madison County, Virginia, and seems to have come from a family of good social standing. The book contains an unexpectedly full history of the Civil War; the author exhibits a strong grasp of strategy and tactics. But at its heart is an incisive eyewitness account of life in a capital that was swollen to four times its normal population by the exigencies of war. Brock's descriptions of Jefferson Davis' inauguration and the Richmond Bread Riot of 1863 are dramatic, but no more so than her accounts of nameless refugees, race relations, opportunistic merchants and blockade runners. Confederate prisons and family matters. In contrast to other female Southern writers of the period, she was more sober and factual, less gossipy and speculative. She wrote with shrewdness and maturity, and with a remarkable lack of self-pity and exaggeration. Yet the reader cannot miss her courage, sacrifice and suffering. Sallie Brock Putnam died in 1911.

Record # 372351

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War from the Inside -The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by:

War from the Inside -The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by:

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 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. From a captain who served in three manor battles the full story of their hardships and trials during the war. 40% casualties being the norm for 9 months service. Inspirational writings on a period of time that continues to have an effect on our country.

Record # 372367

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Witnessing the Robbing of the Jews: A Photographic Album, Paris, 1940-1944by: Gensburger, Sarah

Witnessing the Robbing of the Jews: A Photographic Album, Paris, 1940-1944
by: Gensburger, Sarah

Softcover. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Black and white photographs throughout. The center of the art world before the war, Paris fired the Nazis' greed. The discovery of more than 1,500 prized paintings and drawings in a private Munich residence, as well as a recent movie about Allied attempts to recover European works of art, have brought Nazi plundering back into the headlines, but the thievery was far from being limited to works of art. From 1942 onwards, ordinary Parisian Jews-mostly poor families and recent immigrants from Eastern Europe-were robbed, not of sculptures or paintings, but of toys, saucepans, furniture, and sheets. Witnessing the Robbing of the Jews tells how this vast enterprise of plunder was implemented in the streets of Paris by analyzing images from an album of photographs found in the Federal Archives of Koblenz. Brought from Paris in 1945, the photographs were cataloged by the staff of the Munich Central Collecting Point. Beyond bearing witness to the petty acts of larceny, these images provide crucial information on how the Germans saw their work. They enable us to grasp the "Nazi gaze" and to confront the issue of the relation between greed and mass destruction.

Record # 353322

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Prehistoric Coastal Adaptationsby: Stark, Barbara L., Barbara Voorhies (Editors)

Prehistoric Coastal Adaptations
by: Stark, Barbara L., Barbara Voorhies (Editors)

Hardcover. New York, Academic Press, 1st USA, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 313 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped. Gilt title on spine and front cover. Dust jacket has agewear with light foxing and soil. Some foxing to edges. Clean inside, binding tight.

Record # 31186

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Naval Historyby: Greenwich, Eng. National Maritime Museum

Naval History
by: Greenwich, Eng. National Maritime Museum

Hardcover. London, H.M. Stationery Off. ; [Palo Alto, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 209 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket faded. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 455046

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Vermont in the Spanish-American Warby: Johnson, Herbert T./The General Assembly, 1929/State of Vermont

Vermont in the Spanish-American War
by: Johnson, Herbert T./The General Assembly, 1929/State of Vermont

Hardcover. Montpelier, State of Vermont, 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 163 pages. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with stamping and marking on endpapers. Illustrated with two black & white photographs. Features historical data, Vermont Roster 1898, etc. Green cloth covers with rubbing along edges. Clean, tight.

Record # 612765

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LZ 129 Hindenburgby: Douglas Robinson

LZ 129 Hindenburg
by: Douglas Robinson

Softcover. NY, Arco Publishing , reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled booklet, 52 pages. Famous Aircraft Series. "This book contains: - . a history of airships - . a description of a typical "voyage" in the mighty "Hindenburg" - . 51 photographs - . 16 scale drawings - the actual Flight Handbook issued to German airship commanders". Small notation on copyright page, otherwise clean.

Record # 380636

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Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendiumby: Peters, Elizabeth

Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium
by: Peters, Elizabeth

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white illustrations and photographs. Cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket shows light edgewear. Containing nearly 600 black-and-white photographs and illustrations, and articles by numerous experts, Amelia Peabody's Egypt sparkles with unforgettable glimpses of the exotic and the bizarre, the unusual and the unfamiliar -- a treasure trove that overflows with Egyptological riches, along with wonderful insights into the culture and mores of the Victorian era, including the prevalent attitudes on empire, fashion, feminism, tourists, servants, and much more.

Record # 468480

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Trade and Empire: The British Custom Service in Colonial America 1660-1775  by: Barrow, Thomas C.

Trade and Empire: The British Custom Service in Colonial America 1660-1775
by: Barrow, Thomas C.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 336 pages. Discusses the British Acts of Trade and Navigation as enforced in colonial America. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 387859

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C. A. Gaskell Family and Business Atlas of the World, The -  New and Completeby: Gaskell, C. A.

C. A. Gaskell Family and Business Atlas of the World, The - New and Complete
by: Gaskell, C. A.

Hardcover. Chicago, U.S. Publishing House, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 250 pages, containing maps of all the states and territories of the United States, all the continents, empires, kingdoms and republics, together with maps of the leading cities of the United States, and useful and instructive colored diagrams, charts and engravings. With all populations according to 1890 census. Large format, brown pebbled cloth covers, minor wear.

Record # 408278

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The Way Out - A Forecast of Coming Changes in American Business and Industry by: Filene, Edward A.

The Way Out - A Forecast of Coming Changes in American Business and Industry
by: Filene, Edward A.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Page & Co., 1st, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth, title on spine faded, 306 pages. Stated first edition. Signs of former library book but clean internally. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf.

Record # 378075

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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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City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920by: Gilfoyle, Timothy J.

City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920
by: Gilfoyle, Timothy J.

Softcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 462 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 380921

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Hands on the Land: A History of the Vermont Landscape (SIGNED COPY)by: Albers, Jan

Hands on the Land: A History of the Vermont Landscape (SIGNED COPY)
by: Albers, Jan

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., The MIT Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 351 pages, illustrated throughout in color. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title and title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 458753

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Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1868by: Shannon, Joseph

Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1868
by: Shannon, Joseph

Hardcover. New York, Joseph Shannon, 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 912 pages, rebound in green cloth with original leather cover affixed to front with a special presentation in gilt to Dr. C. Brailey/ compliments of Matthew T. Brennan (former NY State Assembly member who became city Police Commissioner in 1868). Valentine Manuals are considered the best source material on New York City History. They are abundantly illustrated with color plates maps and documents. First published by David Valentine in 1841, he continued to be the editor until 1867, when Joseph Shannon took over the job. This volume contains some great material and plates (27 plates, maps and related matter) including four color views of Central Park. Additionally, the large folding map of the city is present, as is the second large folding map of upper Manhattan. There is also a folding plate illustrating a birds eye view of New York. All edges gilt, light foxing, the cover pastedown shows rubbing, Overall clean.

Record # 412040

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F.D.R. and the News Mediaby: Betty Houchin Winfield

F.D.R. and the News Media
by: Betty Houchin Winfield

Hardcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Power was at the heart of FDR's relationship with the media: the power of the nation's chief executive to control his public messages versus the power of the free press to act as an independent watchdog over the president and the government. This compelling study points to Roosevelt's consummate news management as a key to his political artistry and leadership legacy.

Record # 378804

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Backs to the Wall: The Heroic Story of the People of London During World War IIby: Mosley, Leonard

Backs to the Wall: The Heroic Story of the People of London During World War II
by: Mosley, Leonard

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st U.S., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 430 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine and front cover. Covers bound in red fabric, in great shape. Dust jacket unclipped and excellent. Decorated endpapers. Top edge dyed. Clean and bright inside and out.

Record # 31004

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The Woodchuck Chronicles (A Continuation of Don't Scratch Too Deep) Just more of 'The Profane History of a Vermont Valley' (SIGNED COPY)by: Terry Tyler

The Woodchuck Chronicles (A Continuation of Don't Scratch Too Deep) Just more of 'The Profane History of a Vermont Valley' (SIGNED COPY)
by: Terry Tyler

Softcover. Dorset VT, Two Damned Yankees, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 148 pages, b&w cartoons by Sandy Read. SIGNED BY TYLER on the front fly leaf. From the author's Introduction: Clean, bright copy. A follow-up book of recollections on the inhabitants of the Manchester/Dorset area of Vermont.

Record # 372206

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History of American Privateers, A.by: Maclay, A.M., Edgar Stanton

History of American Privateers, A.
by: Maclay, A.M., Edgar Stanton

Hardcover. New York , D. Appleton and Company, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 519 pages. Blue cloth with gilded lettering. Top edge gilt. Minor bump on edges and spine. Previous owner inscription on front fly leaf. Many b&w illustrations by various artists. Nice, clean interior.

Record # 852376

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Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution by: Shy, John

Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution
by: Shy, John

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 463 pages with index. This study considers the subtle and frequently confused relationship of armed force and political control in the British Empire before the American Revolution. It also clarifies a number of points of controversy and uncertainty about the causes of the American Revolution. A crisp copy of the 1965 1st edition. Name on front fly leaf, price clipped otherwise clean.

Record # 387899

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PITTSFORD: Now and Thenby: N/A

PITTSFORD: Now and Then
by: N/A

Softcover. Pittsford VT, Pittsford Historical Society, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages, A pictorial history of the town, many b&w vintage photos. Light shelf wear, no marking.

Record # 382135

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Naval Documents of the American Revolution VOLUME 6 : American Theatre Aug. 1 1776 Oct. 31 1776; European Theatre May 26 1776 Oct. 5 1776 by: Morgan (Ed.), William Ja

Naval Documents of the American Revolution VOLUME 6 : American Theatre Aug. 1 1776 Oct. 31 1776; European Theatre May 26 1776 Oct. 5 1776
by: Morgan (Ed.), William Ja

Hardcover. Washington DC, Naval History Division, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 1641 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Foreword by President Nixon. Light edgewear to cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851923

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In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (SIGNED PROOF)by: Matthiessen, Peter

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (SIGNED PROOF)
by: Matthiessen, Peter

Softcover. NY, Viking Press, Uncorr. proof, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, yellow wrappers. Unrevised and unpublished proofs. Page numbers hand written, 562 pages. SIGNED BY MATTHIESSEN on half-title page: "With best wishes/Peter Matthiessen". The author's controversial and suppressed book about the confrontation between American Indian activists and the FBI in the early 1970s at Pine Ridge Reservation near Wounded Knee. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 381952

Price: $400.00 
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Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages: Venice, Siena, Florenceby: Norton, Charles Eliot

Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages: Venice, Siena, Florence
by: Norton, Charles Eliot

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1880, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 331 pages, with gilt top edge and titles. Minor corner and edge wear, light crack along spine but no loose pages, overall, clean and tight copy.

Record # 854290

Price: $25.00 
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Romantic Story of the Puritan Fathers, Theby: Addison, Albert Christopher

Romantic Story of the Puritan Fathers, The
by: Addison, Albert Christopher

Hardcover. Boston, L. C. Page & Co., 1st impression, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages, b&w illustrations, illustrated end paper. Gray covers w/ gilt lettering and design. Gilt top edge. Rough-cut pages. Light edge wear to covers. Sticker inside front cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 850946

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Playboy Cover to Cover -- the 50's: Searchable Digital Archive--Every Page, Every Issueby: Playboy

Playboy Cover to Cover -- the 50's: Searchable Digital Archive--Every Page, Every Issue
by: Playboy

Hardcover. Bondi Digital Publishing, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Playboy Cover to Cover--the 50s brings the magazine's entire groundbreaking first decade--every issue, every page, cover to cover--into one searchable digital archive. This exclusive box set features the Bondi Reader, powerful MAC or PC browsing software that allows you to explore, search, save and arrange multiple reading lists. Every story, feature and interview, and of course every Playmate, can be located in seconds, and then compiled and cross-referenced however you choose. Playboy Cover to Cover--the 50s also comes with a 224? page companion coffee table book chronicling the behind-the- scenes history of Playboy and filled with never-before-published letters, photos, and contact sheets of Playboy?s amazing first decade. A collector's edition reissue of the extremely rare first issue--featuring Marilyn Monroe's breathtaking cover and pictorial--is included as a special bonus. This essential collection is a must for lifelong fans and subscribers of Playboy, nostalgia seekers, history and culture buffs, as well as all lovers of beautiful women.

Record # 351406

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Random Recollections of the House of Lords, from the Year 1830 to 1836, Including Personal Skeches of the Leading Members, by the Author of Random Recollections of the House of Commonsby:

Random Recollections of the House of Lords, from the Year 1830 to 1836, Including Personal Skeches of the Leading Members, by the Author of Random Recollections of the House of Commons
by:

Hardcover. London, Smith Elder & Co., 3rd Ed., 1836, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown calf covers with embossed design, black leather spine label with gilt lettering, gilt-decorated raised bands. Title page states Third Edition. Clean, bright copy. If we used Fine as a condition (we don't), this volume would qualify.

Record # 371300

Price: $70.00 
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Democracy in America by: Tocqueville, Alexis de

Democracy in America
by: Tocqueville, Alexis de

Hardcover. Birmingham AL, Legal Classics Library, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, full gray leather. all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, raised bands. Facsimile reprint of his landmark work first published in two volumes in 1838 and 1840. The author was a French aristocrat, political philosopher and historian. His travels through America and his astute observations about our government and it's people create an important historical portrait of the country at the time. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 371597

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Destroyer Squadron 23: Combat Exploits of Arleigh Burke's Gallant Force by: Jones, Ken

Destroyer Squadron 23: Combat Exploits of Arleigh Burke's Gallant Force
by: Jones, Ken

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Chilton Company, 2nd pr., 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcver in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with $4.95 on the flap. This is the fascinating story of a naval squadron, a study in depth and in action of DesRon-23, of Arleigh Burke's tremendously significant doctrine of faith, and of the mystique which it produced to make this the greatest destroyer squadron in the history of the U. S. Navy. Included are authentic, minute-by-minute details, the scalp-tingling stories of the slashing naval battles of Tassafaronga, Savo Island, Rmpress Augusta Bay, and Cape St. George , battles fought against the Japanese in World War II. ' ... Six pages of maps. Index. Mild wear to dj, clean copy.

Record # 398437

Price: $18.00 
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Room 3603: The story of the British Intelligence Center in New York during WWIIby: Hyde, H. Montgomery

Room 3603: The story of the British Intelligence Center in New York during WWII
by: Hyde, H. Montgomery

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Company, 2nd pr., 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light tan boards with white cloth spine, no dust jacket, 257 pages with index. Story of British intelligence operations in NY, and espionage deterrence during WW 2. Foreword by Ian Fleming.

Record # 383180

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Fix Bayonets!by: Thomason, Jr, John W

Fix Bayonets!
by: Thomason, Jr, John W

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, salmon-color pictorial boards with green cloth spine with gilt lettering. Profusely illustrated by author with color frontis. and many b&w plates and text drawings, Thomason's semi-fictionalized first book, based on his own experiences as a career officer in the Marines as part of the AEF. Previous owner's signature on inside front cover and on blank preim page. Otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 383365

Price: $30.00 
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