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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945by: Kershaw, Ian

The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
by: Kershaw, Ian

Hardcover. NY, Penguin Press, 3rd pr., 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 564 pages. From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II. As Kershaw shows, the structure of Hitler's "charismatic rule" created a powerful negative bond between him and the Nazi leadership- they had no future without him, and so their fates were inextricably tied. Terror also helped the Third Reich maintain its grip on power as the regime began to wage war not only on its ideologically defined enemies but also on the German people themselves. Yet even as each month brought fresh horrors for civilians, popular support for the regime remained linked to a patriotic support of Germany and a terrible fear of the enemy closing in. Based on prodigious new research, Kershaw's The End is a harrowing yet enthralling portrait of the Third Reich in its last desperate gasps. B&w illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 383485

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American Journalism: a history of newspapers in the United States through 250 years, 1690 to 1940by: Mott, Frank Luther

American Journalism: a history of newspapers in the United States through 250 years, 1690 to 1940
by: Mott, Frank Luther

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth stamped in blue and gilt, 772 pages, b&w plates. Illustrated endpapers. The author focuses on newspapers as interpreters of events and ideas for the popular audience, highlighting dramatic, humorous, and colorful episodes in American history- and the way in which American newsmen have reported them.

Record # 383754

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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont (Volume II Only) - A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation - Volume II  by:

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont (Volume II Only) - A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation - Volume II
by:

Hardcover. New York, Lewis Publishing Company, 1st, 1903, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 754 pages. Hardcover. Volume II Only. History of Vermont told through biographies of leading Vermont citizens. Illustrated with black and white portraits. Leather spine and corners over cloth, title in gilt on spine. Marbled endpapers. Moderate rubbing to cover edges. Clean, unmarked pages. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 614207

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Town of Lunenburg, Vermont 1763-1976, Theby: Streeter, Nellie M.

Town of Lunenburg, Vermont 1763-1976, The
by: Streeter, Nellie M.

Hardcover. Lunenburg, Town of Lunenburg Historical Society, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Previous owners bookplate on half-title page. Some light underlining in pen of residents names on front endpaper. Cloth covers age darkened along spine and edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 609319

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An Apache Life-Way. The Economic, Social, and Religious Institutions of the Chiricahua Indiansby: Opler, Morris Edward

An Apache Life-Way. The Economic, Social, and Religious Institutions of the Chiricahua Indians
by: Opler, Morris Edward

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in green cloth, faded gilt lettering on spine, 500 pages. Photographs, bibliography and index.

Record # 384112

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New World New Roles: A Documentary History of Women in Pre Industrial Americaby: Frey, Sylvia R. and Marian J. Morton (Eds )

New World New Roles: A Documentary History of Women in Pre Industrial America
by: Frey, Sylvia R. and Marian J. Morton (Eds )

Hardcover. Westport CT, Greenwood Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in gilt, 246 pages. A rich and stimulating collection of documents that reveals the texture, complexity, and diversity in the experiences of women in pre-industrial America. This collection goes far beyond sermons by men and diaries of elite women in its presentation of a remarkable range of documents that enable readers to examine experiences of white women of different classes, regions, and religions, and also the experiences of slave and Amerindian women. Clean copy, 10 dog-eared pages.

Record # 378066

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The Colonial Period of American History: Volume 4 England's Commercial and Colonial Policiesby: Charles M. Andrews

The Colonial Period of American History: Volume 4 England's Commercial and Colonial Policies
by: Charles M. Andrews

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 477 pages. Original edition of this major study of British policies toward its North American colonies by a premiere early 20th century historian of Colonial America, Charles M. Andrews. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 387781

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The Great Fur Opera:Annals of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1670-1970by: Ronald Searle; Kildare Dobbs

The Great Fur Opera:Annals of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1670-1970
by: Ronald Searle; Kildare Dobbs

Hardcover. Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 128 pages, illustrated throughout by Searle's drawings. A witty and irreverent glance at the three-hundred-year history of the Hudson's Bay Company, North America's oldest continuing commercial enterprise. Light edgewear to the dust jacket, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 385469

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The Sea Serpent Journal: Hugh McCulloch Gregory's Voyage Around the World in a Clipper Ship, 1854-55by: Gregory, Hugh McCulloch (writer) / Burgess, Robert H. (editor)

The Sea Serpent Journal: Hugh McCulloch Gregory's Voyage Around the World in a Clipper Ship, 1854-55
by: Gregory, Hugh McCulloch (writer) / Burgess, Robert H. (editor)

Hardcover. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 142 pages. This volume covers the voyage, a few days less than a year in duration, of the clipper ship Sea Serpent around the world in 1854-55, from New York to New York by way of Cape Horn, San Francisco, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. One of the crew, Hugh McCulloch Gregory, better educated than the average seaman of his day, kept a journal in which he made daily entries of events on board.

Record # 397505

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Teheran: Our Path in War and Peace by: Browder, Earl

Teheran: Our Path in War and Peace
by: Browder, Earl

Softcover. NY, International Publishers, 1st, 1944, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages. Author was leader of the American communist party, and the Teheran he refers to, is the meeting between Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt in Teheran in 1943, and Brewstewr's wish to maintain the colalition post war. Clean, light shelf wear.

Record # 385720

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History and Construction of the United States Schooner Ticonderoga, The by: Crisman, Kevin James

History and Construction of the United States Schooner Ticonderoga, The
by: Crisman, Kevin James

Softcover. Alexandria, Eyrie Publications, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in blue wrappers, 82 pages. B&w illustrations and photographs throughout. Previous owner's signature on top right corner of front cover. Minor rubbing to cover edges. SIGNED LETTER FROM AUTHOR LAID IN. A nice, clean copy.

Record # 851656

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Arming the Fleet: U.S.Navy Ordnance in the Muzzle-Loading Eraby: Tucker, Spencer

Arming the Fleet: U.S.Navy Ordnance in the Muzzle-Loading Era
by: Tucker, Spencer

Hardcover. Annapolis, Md., Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 308 pages. Illustrations, diagrams and photographs throughout. A very clean and tight copy in a bright dust jacket.

Record # 455166

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Lectures on Modern Historyby: Dalberg-Acton, John Emmerich Edward

Lectures on Modern History
by: Dalberg-Acton, John Emmerich Edward

Hardcover. London, Macmillan & Co., reprint, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 362 pages with index. Name on front fly leaf, spine cloth faded, otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 386038

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Men, Women & Manners in Colonial Times (2 Volumes)by: Sydney Geo Fisher

Men, Women & Manners in Colonial Times (2 Volumes)
by: Sydney Geo Fisher

Softcover. Bowie MD, Heritage Books, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two softcover volumes 391 & 392 pages. Volumes 1 and 2 complete, a facsimile reprint of the 1897 edition by Lippincott. This two-volume series takes the reader on a journey through the colonies of Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Carolina, and Georgia. The charm of the journey is in its variety, as the reader passes through communities of such striking individuality that they assume the character of different nations. Each colony has a set of opinions and laws peculiar to itself, and it is not uncommon to find the laws of one in contradiction with the laws of another. This text explores the settlement and history of each colony prior to the American Revolution. Topics include development of the colonies' government, laws, religion, schools, boundaries, industries, layout of the cities, fashions, homes, social activities, slavery, architecture, interaction with the Indians, and customs. At least one prominent person from each colony is discussed, amongst them, William Penn of Pennsylvania, John Smith of Virginia, George Calvert of Maryland, and General Oglethorpe of Georgia. Light sunning ti spines.Clean copies.

Record # 386533

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Records of New Amsterdam Vol. 2: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens 1656 to Aug. 27 1658 Inclusive by: Fernow, Berthold (editor)

Records of New Amsterdam Vol. 2: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens 1656 to Aug. 27 1658 Inclusive
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. 429 pages. VOLUME 2 ONLY of a 7 volume set. Reprint of the 1897 edition. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386458

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Time Stood Still: My Internment in England: 1914-1918by: Paul Cohen-Portheim

Time Stood Still: My Internment in England: 1914-1918
by: Paul Cohen-Portheim

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton , 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in red, 235 pages. A masterpiece of humanism, Time Stood Still recounts Paul Cohen-Portheim's years of internment in England as an enemy alien during World War One. An artist and theatre designer, he at first viewed internment as a sort of holiday: 'Should I bring my bathing things and evening dress?' he asked the policeman taking him prisoner. Though confined in a 'gentleman's camp' near Wakefield, as Cohen-Portheim shows with grace, humor, and deep compassion, even under the best conditions, the simple act of being confined and placed in a sort of limbo is a form of torture: 'Where there is no aim, no object, no sense, there is no time.' Time Stood Still is a passionate but balanced argument against internment and its inherently dehumanizing effects. Paul Cohen-Portheim (1880-1932) was an Austrian artist, travel writer and linquist. When WWI broke out, he was painting in Devonshire, England and found himself interned for the length of the war. Flap copy pasted to front fly leaf, stamp to endpapers (Harvard Club of Boston), some light notations as well to endpapers.

Record # 386580

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The Struggle for Guadalcanal: August 1942-February 1943 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War Ii, Volume 5) by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

The Struggle for Guadalcanal: August 1942-February 1943 (History of United States Naval Operations in World War Ii, Volume 5)
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, reprint, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume V in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 389 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, lacks dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 386590

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A Perfect Babel of Confusion:Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies by: Balmer, Randall

A Perfect Babel of Confusion:Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies
by: Balmer, Randall

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 2nd pr., 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 258 pages. Examining the interaction of the Dutch and the English in colonial New York and New Jersey, this study charts the decline of European culture in North America. Balmer argues that the combination of political intrigue, English cultural imperialism, and internal socio-economic tensions eventually drove the Dutch away from their hereditary customs, language, and culture. He shows how this process, which played itself out most visibly and poignantly in the Dutch Reformed Church between 1664 and the American Revolution, illustrates the difficulty of maintaining non-English cultures and institutions in an increasingly English world. A Perfect Babel of Confusion redresses some of the historiographical neglect of the Middle Colonies and, in the process, sheds new light on Dutch colonial culture. Clean copy.

Record # 386889

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Uncle Lisha's Shop: Life in a Corner of Yankeelandby: Rowland E. Robinson

Uncle Lisha's Shop: Life in a Corner of Yankeeland
by: Rowland E. Robinson

Hardcover. NY, Forest & Stream Publishing, 5th Ed., 1891, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial gray cloth stamped in black and gold. 187 pages, floral decorative endpapers. Tales of Vermont life back in the day. Chapter headings include: The School Meeting in District 13; Uncle Lisha's Spring Gun; Concerning Owls, Uncle Lisha's Courting; A Rainy Day in the Shop; The Turkey Shoot at Hamner's; Sam Lovel's Bee-Hunting; In the Shop Again; The Fox Hunt; The Coon Hunt; In the Sugar Camp; Indians in Danvis; The Boy out West; Breaking Up; The Departure; The Wild Bees' Swarm, etc. Robinson (1833-1900) was a noted Quaker author from a well-respected and artistic Vermont family whose writings and art captured the dialect, culture and time of pre-Civil War Vermont, set in the imaginary town of Danvis, largely drawing from his the inhabitants and experiences of Ferrisburgh, VT. Name and date on a blank prelim page. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 387682

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The Ropemakers of Plymouth: A History of the Plymouth Cordage Company, 1824-1949 by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

The Ropemakers of Plymouth: A History of the Plymouth Cordage Company, 1824-1949
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket with light chipping, unclipped. 177 pages, color frontispiece, b&w illustrations, appendices, index. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 387274

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Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 3) by: Toll, Ian W.

Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 3)
by: Toll, Ian W.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 2nd pr., 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 926 pages, illustrations. In June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Islands and the accompanying ruin of Japanese carrier airpower marked a pivotal moment in the Pacific War. No tactical masterstroke or blunder could reverse the increasingly lopsided balance of power between the two combatants. The War in the Pacific had entered its endgame. Beginning with the Honolulu Conference, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt met with his Pacific theater commanders to plan the last phase of the campaign against Japan, Twilight of the Gods brings to life the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacific, when the U.S. Navy won the largest naval battle in history; Douglas MacArthur made good his pledge to return to the Philippines; waves of kamikazes attacked the Allied fleets; the Japanese fought to the last man on one island after another; B-29 bombers burned down Japanese cities; and Hiroshima and Nagasaki were vaporized in atomic blasts. Ian W. Tolls narratives of combat in the air, at sea, and on the beaches are as gripping as ever, but he also reconstructs the Japanese and American home fronts and takes the reader into the halls of power in Washington and Tokyo, where the great questions of strategy and diplomacy were decided. Clean copy.

Record # 387429

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The History of the New Deal 1933-1938by: Basil Rauch

The History of the New Deal 1933-1938
by: Basil Rauch

Hardcover. NY, Creative Age Press, 2nd pr., 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 368 pages, red cloth, black border and gilt title on upper cover. Black label with gilt title on spine. Second printing copy of this detailed look at FDR's New Deal. Jacket art by C.B. Falls. Some tape repair to dj, name on inside front cover hidden by dj flap. Otherwise a clean copy,

Record # 387758

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Thomas Pownall: British Defender of American Liberty: A Study of Anglo-American Relations in the Eighteenth Centuryby: Schutz, John A.

Thomas Pownall: British Defender of American Liberty: A Study of Anglo-American Relations in the Eighteenth Century
by: Schutz, John A.

Hardcover. Glendale CA, Arthur H. Clark Co., 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, 340 pages. A biography of Thomas Pownall (1757 - 1760) who was governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony during the French and Indian War and later a member of Parliament (1767 - 1780). Pownall had sympathies for the colonial grievances and institutions. This biography is based on a study of widely scattered documentary materials and provides insight into a man of complex and contradictory ideas and actions during the pre-Revolutionary period. Includes bibliography and index. Stamping to endpapers, from an academic library.

Record # 387762

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