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Cost of Courage in Aztec Society: Essays on Mesoamerican Society and Culture by: Inga Clendinnen

Cost of Courage in Aztec Society: Essays on Mesoamerican Society and Culture
by: Inga Clendinnen

Softcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 216 pages. A collection of pathbreaking essays on Aztec and Maya culture in the sixteenth century. In the title work Inga Clendinnen reconstructs the sequence of experiences through which young Aztec warriors were brought to embrace their duty to their people, to their city, and to the forces that moved the world and the heavens. Subsequent essays explore the survival of Yucatec Maya culture in the face of Spanish conquest and colonisation, the insidious corruption of an austere ideology translated into dangerously novel circumstances, and the multiple paths to the sacred constructed by 'defeated' populations in sixteenth-century Mexico. The collection ends with Clendinnen's transition to the colonial history of her own country: a close and loving reading of the 1841 expedition journal of George Augustus Robinson. Clean copy.

Record # 379161

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Wellsprings of a Nation: America before 1801. A Bicentennial Exhibition from the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society at the Worcester Art Museum April 19 June 5 1977. by:

Wellsprings of a Nation: America before 1801. A Bicentennial Exhibition from the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society at the Worcester Art Museum April 19 June 5 1977.
by:

Softcover. Worcester MA, American Antiquarian Society, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Exhibition catalog. 141 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Tan stiff wrappers. Covers and spine slightly sunned, small stain to for-edge, dog-ears to upper page-corners. A nice, tight copy.

Record # 396797

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A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteriesby: David Allen Lambert

A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries
by: David Allen Lambert

Softcover. Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers, 272 pages. Pages have clear, concise listings of cemetery locations and are in excellent condition as well. This one-of-a-kind guidebook provides genealogists and historians with a valuable reference for Massachusetts research. For the first time ever, a researcher can quickly gain information on: * cemetery names *year of consecration or the oldest known gravestone or burial * location of cemetery * printed and manuscript sources for the cemetery * contact information for the office affiliated with the cemetery. This book contains many previously undocumented burial grounds as well as citations to published transcriptions of gravestone listings in places such as the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and the official Massachusetts Vital Records to the end of 1850 series. Clean copy.

Record # 385408

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Three Score and Ten Union Society: Being Autobiographical Accounts of the Experiences By Some Early Residents of Stowe, Vermont: Recorded in 1874-1875 (SIGNED COPY)by:

Three Score and Ten Union Society: Being Autobiographical Accounts of the Experiences By Some Early Residents of Stowe, Vermont: Recorded in 1874-1875 (SIGNED COPY)
by:

Hardcover. Stowe VT, Stowe Historical Society, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None,

Record # 385537

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Stefansson, Dr. Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913 - 1918: A Story of Exploration Science and Sovereignty by: Stuart E. Jenness

Stefansson, Dr. Anderson and the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913 - 1918: A Story of Exploration Science and Sovereignty
by: Stuart E. Jenness

Softcover. Quebec, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 415 pages, b&w illustrations. This book presents the first comprehensive account of one of the great sagas of Arctic exploration and discovery, the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913-18, led by the ethnologist/ explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson and the zoologist Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson. Within its pages are details of the Expedition's successes and tragedies, including the discovery of all but one large island north of the Canadian mainland, the accumulation of considerable scientific information and valuable collections, and the personal feud of the Expedition's two leaders.' Illustrated with 64 photos and 20 maps. Clean copy.

Record # 385696

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Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham, a Captain of the Continental Navy, 1777-1779by: Nesser (Ed.), Robert Wilden

Letters and Papers Relating to the Cruises of Gustavus Conyngham, a Captain of the Continental Navy, 1777-1779
by: Nesser (Ed.), Robert Wilden

Hardcover. New York, Naval History Society, 1st, 1915, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages, b&w illustration. White vellum spine and corners with blue-gray boards, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Limited to 600 copies, this is #590. Beautiful bright copy.

Record # 403686

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Recognition Journal (5 issues)by: N/A

Recognition Journal (5 issues)
by: N/A

Softcover. Washington,DC, U.S. War & Navy Dept., 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Issues for May-Aug. Dec. 1944. A magazine devoted to identifying war planes and ships. Many photos and drawings. 50 pages each. Allied & enemy planes covered. Light wear otherwise solid & clean.

Record # 385858

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Pilot Knob: The Thermopylae of the Westby: Peterson, Cyrus A. and Joseph Mills Hanson

Pilot Knob: The Thermopylae of the West
by: Peterson, Cyrus A. and Joseph Mills Hanson

Hardcover. New York, Neale Publishing Co., 1st, 1914, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 324 pages, dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. An account of a Civil War battle fought in Missouri. Tight, clean copy.

Record # 405414

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The Rosicrucian Enlightenment by: Yates, Frances

The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
by: Yates, Frances

Softcover. London, Routledge, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 269 pages, b&w illustrations. "In the early seventeenth century two manifestos were published which procaimed, in terms of magic, alchemy and the Cabala, the dawn of a new age of increased knowledge and power over nature. These anonymous documents (reproduced in the appendix to this work) were written on behalf of 'the Fraternity of the Rose Cross'....Frances Yates here reveals the truth about the 'Rosicrucian Enlightenment' and details its impact on Europe's political and cultural history." Clean copy.

Record # 386278

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Valentine's Manual of Old New York 1926 by: Brown, Henry Collins

Valentine's Manual of Old New York 1926
by: Brown, Henry Collins

Hardcover. NY, Valentine's Manual Inc., 3rd pr., 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in gold, 388 pages. With a beautiful and elaborate color illuminated title-page with gilt, color frontispiece, five double-page color plates and countless illustrations both throughout the text and on sepia printed plates. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 386455

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Onwards to Victory; War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill CH. MP. C. H. M. P. by: Churchill, Winston

Onwards to Victory; War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill CH. MP. C. H. M. P.
by: Churchill, Winston

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st US, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound in publisher's red cloth, lettered in gold with black letterbox. First printing of Churchill's fourth war speeches volume, containing Churchill's speeches from 1943. Here the oratory takes a more positive tone as Churchill and the Allies begin to anticipate victory. A little before mid-year, on 19 May 1943 Churchill gave his second address to the U.S. Congress. Seventeen long months of war had passed since his first, just after Pearl Harbor. Dust jacket flap copy pasted to inside front cover. Mild spotting to covers. Otherwise clean.

Record # 386574

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Operations in North African Waters: October 1942-June 1943 -  (History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II; Vol. 2)by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Operations in North African Waters: October 1942-June 1943 - (History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II; Vol. 2)
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume VI in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 297 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. This volume covers the operations of the United States Navy in North African waters, both on the Atlantic coast and in the Mediterranean, from the beginning of World War II through the capture of Pantelleria in June 1943. More than half the volume is devoted to the capture of bases in French Morocco, which was an all-American operation and in many respects one of the most remarkable of the war. Gilt on spine with light fading, lacks dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 386587

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A Documentary History of Yonkers, New York, Vol. 2 Part 2: The Dutch the English and an Incorporated American Village 1609-1860 by: Joseph P. Madden

A Documentary History of Yonkers, New York, Vol. 2 Part 2: The Dutch the English and an Incorporated American Village 1609-1860
by: Joseph P. Madden

Softcover. Bowie MD, Heritage Books, reprint, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 286 pages. This is an indispensable companion to Part One of Volume Two, containing detailed historical background from the earliest Dutch and English settlement to the pre-Civil War years. Also included are transcriptions of the minutes of the Village Board Meetings, 1857-1860, which document the struggles of the board members as they wrestled with issues presented to the growing village, such as street construction, the running loose of cattle and hogs, and the problem of people bathing naked in the Hudson River. These minutes also contain the names of all the board members and many of the village residents. Light fade to spine otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 386886

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An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen (1673)by: Bathsua Makin

An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen (1673)
by: Bathsua Makin

Softcover. Los Angeles, Augustan Reprint Society, reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, facsimile reprint of a 1673 pamphlet. Introduction by Paula L. Babour, 56 pages. Early feminist tract. Name on front cover, otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 386979

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Race Problems in the New Africa A Study of the Relation of Bantu and Britons in Those Parts of Bantu Africa Which Are under British Controlby: Willoughby, Rev. W. C.

Race Problems in the New Africa A Study of the Relation of Bantu and Britons in Those Parts of Bantu Africa Which Are under British Control
by: Willoughby, Rev. W. C.

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, red cloth, 296 pages. Gilt title on spine. Folding maps in rear. Contents: Relation of Bantu to other African races: Africa & Africans - Study of Bantu life & thought: Spirits of things; Spirits of people; Tribal law & politics; Woman & marriage; Training of Bantu youths - Europeanization of Bantu Africa: Discovery of Bantu; White man's burden & how he got it; Some problems of government in Bantu areas; Native labour; Colour bar; Task of Church. Newsp. clippings re author laid in, leaving tan mark.

Record # 374707

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The New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 1: The Renaissance, 1493-1520 by: G. R. Potter, Editor: Denys Hay

The New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 1: The Renaissance, 1493-1520
by: G. R. Potter, Editor: Denys Hay

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 532 pages. In a preface written for this paperback edition, Professor Hay examines some of the changes in Renaissance scholarship since the first publication of this volume in 1957. Successive chapters examine the social and economic structure of a continent about to establish trade and colonies in the New World, the intellectual and artistic movements which made up the Renaissance, the position of the Church on the eve of the Reformation, the political inheritance of the Middle Ages, with its rising nation states, and the growth of the Ottoman Empire. Clean copy.

Record # 387404

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South Kingstown, Rhode Island: Town Council Records 1771-1795by: Jean Carr Stutz

South Kingstown, Rhode Island: Town Council Records 1771-1795
by: Jean Carr Stutz

Hardcover. Kingston RI, Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, 344 pages. Pristine condition.

Record # 387572

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Voice in the West: The Biography of a Pioneer Newspaperby: Ashton, Wendell J.

Voice in the West: The Biography of a Pioneer Newspaper
by: Ashton, Wendell J.

Hardcover. NY, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover, 424 pages, b&w illustrations. A history of The Deseret News Press in Salt Lake City. Dust jacket very edgeworn, chipped. The Deseret (from the Book of Mormon, meaning "honeybee") News is the oldest newspaper in the West, first published in 1850. Dust jacket very edgeworn, chipped. Book is clean, very good.

Record # 387626

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The Social Structure of Revolutionary Americaby: Main, Jackson Turner

The Social Structure of Revolutionary America
by: Main, Jackson Turner

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 330 pages.

Record # 387860

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The Politicos 1865-1896 A History of the Parties and the Great Party leaders Who Dominated American Politics During the Turbulent Years of the Robber Barons by: Josep

The Politicos 1865-1896 A History of the Parties and the Great Party leaders Who Dominated American Politics During the Turbulent Years of the Robber Barons
by: Josep

Softcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 760 pages. This is a frank and insightful analysis of the political and economic influences in the United States during the Reconstruction Era, covering the years immediately after the Civil War and the death of Abraham Lincoln, and ending shortly before the Spanish-American War. Originally published in 1938. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396285

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100 Years of the Suez Canalby: Duff, R. E. B.

100 Years of the Suez Canal
by: Duff, R. E. B.

Hardcover. London, Clifton Books, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 152 pages, with illustrations. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 853919

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

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

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

Record # 99212

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Vermont's Stone Chambers: An Inquiry into Their Pastby: Neudorfer, Giovanna

Vermont's Stone Chambers: An Inquiry into Their Past
by: Neudorfer, Giovanna

Softcover. Montpelier, Vermont Historical Society, 1st, 1980, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 102 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs and drawings. Foxing and stains on covers. Clean, unmarked pages.

Record # 613325

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The Lower Penobscot River Region, Maine by: Shaw, Richard D.

The Lower Penobscot River Region, Maine
by: Shaw, Richard D.

Softcover. Dover NH, Arcadia Publishing, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages. The Lower Penobscot River region has long lured vacationers and mariners alike, entranced by the natural beauty of the "Rhine of Maine." Early sailors named this nearly 30-mile stretch of the mighty river "Bangor River," since Bangor, the great nineteenth-century lumbering port, was the head of navigation for their schooners, barks, and brigs, laden with dry cargo, rum, and ice. Eleven historic towns line the Lower Penobscot: Searsport, Stockton Springs, Prospect, Verona, Bucksport, Frankfort, Winterport, Hampden, Orrington, Brewer, and Bangor. All are represented here with vivid photographs dating from the 1860s to the present. Clean copy.

Record # 396465

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Lions and Foxes - Men and Ideas of the Italian Renaissanceby: Alexander, Sidney

Lions and Foxes - Men and Ideas of the Italian Renaissance
by: Alexander, Sidney

Softcover. Ohio University Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 375 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean copy. Light corner crease to cover corner.

Record # 374038

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The Brink: Cuban Missle Crisis, 1962 by: Detzer, David

The Brink: Cuban Missle Crisis, 1962
by: Detzer, David

Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 299 pages. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396486

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British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print - Part 1 - From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the First World War - Series A - Russia, 1859-1914 - Volume 4 - Russia, 1906-1907

British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print - Part 1 - From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the First World War - Series A - Russia, 1859-1914 - Volume 4 - Russia, 1906-1907

Hardcover. Frederick, University Publications of America, Inc., 1st Thus, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 397 pages. Hardcover. Minimal wear. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 611036

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Burlington District Telephone Directory: July 1933by: N/A

Burlington District Telephone Directory: July 1933
by: N/A

Softcover. Burlington VT, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, 1933, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, light green card covers with dark blue lettering. 60 pages of listed subscriber phone numbers with ads throughout plus a 24 page classified business section. Directory covers Bristol, Burlington, Charlotte, Essex Center, Essex Junction and Richmond. Small perforated hole in upper corner, clean, bright copy of uncommon Vermont ephemera.

Record # 396549

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From Servitude to Service, Being the Old South Lectures on the History and Work of Southern Institutions for the Education of the Negroby: Du Bois, W.E.B. and others

From Servitude to Service, Being the Old South Lectures on the History and Work of Southern Institutions for the Education of the Negro
by: Du Bois, W.E.B. and others<

Hardcover. Boston, American Unitarian Association, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with white lettering, 232 pages. Collection of six essays, including "Atlanta University" by Professor W. E. Burghardt Du Bois in which the author discusses the significance of Atlanta University. Other institutions and authors include: Howard University by Prof. Kelly Miller; Berea College, by President William G. Frost; Tuskegee Institute by Prof. Roscoe Conkling Bruce; Hampton Institute by Principal H. B. Frissell; and Fisk University by President James G. Merrill. From a church library with label on spine, bookplate and stamp on front endpapers. Otherwise a sharp copy with no other markings or residue. Scarce in original edition.

Record # 412162

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American Daughter Gone to War: On the Front Lines With an Army Nurse in Vietnam by: Smith, Winnie

American Daughter Gone to War: On the Front Lines With an Army Nurse in Vietnam
by: Smith, Winnie

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow , BC Ed., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 352 pages with b&w photos. Winnie Smith's story of being a 21-year-old student nurse joining the Army "to see the world" and being sent to Vietnam. American Daughter Gone to War is the extraordinary story of how she was transformed from a romantic young nurse into a thoughtful, battle-scarred adult. It is a mirror for how our country dealt with the shattering experience and aftermath of the war. Copyright page states First Edition but no price on dj flap, so assumed book club. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 396757

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To the Royal Academy of Brusselsby: Franklin, Benjamin

To the Royal Academy of Brussels
by: Franklin, Benjamin

Hardcover. New York, privately printed, reprint, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 13 page essay, Franklin's famous essay on farting. Here printed and bound in a 64 page signature, most of the pages therefore blank. Three-quarter leather with marbled boards, gold lettering on spine. Limited to 250 copies, this being #90.

Record # 405128

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Eisenhower and Berlin 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbeby: Stephen E. Ambrose

Eisenhower and Berlin 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbe
by: Stephen E. Ambrose

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 119 pages, maps, index. As WWII ground to a close, whose forces would be the first to reach Berlin? General Dwight David Eisenhower, supreme commander of the British and American armies, chose to halt at the Elbe River and leave Berlin to the Red Army. Could he have beaten the Russians to Berlin? If so, why didn't he? If he had, would the Berlin question have arisen? Would Germany have been divided as it was? Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397204

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Caught in Irons: North Atlantic Fishermen in the Last Days of Sail by: Michael Wayne Santos

Caught in Irons: North Atlantic Fishermen in the Last Days of Sail
by: Michael Wayne Santos

Hardcover. Susquehanna University Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Masterfully weaves the tale of the newly arrived Irishmen who contributed to the growth of maritime industries and who invigorated New England seaport life through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Eventually, as this book documents, they would compete with their Canadian counterparts in swashbuckling schooner races that captivated both nations. In so doing, these groups of old and new Americans helped to forge some of the best maritime traditions of our country, which we all still share.

Record # 380006

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Revolutionary Census of New Jersey: An Index Based on Rateables of the Inhabitants of New Jersey During the Period of the American Revolution by: Stryer-Rodda, Kenn

Revolutionary Census of New Jersey: An Index Based on Rateables of the Inhabitants of New Jersey During the Period of the American Revolution
by: Stryer-Rodda, Kenn

Hardcover. Lambertville NJ, Hunterdon House, Revised Ed., 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt stamping on spine. 413 pages of valuable genealogy information. First published in 1972, this is the Revised Edition, slightly expanded with corrections. From the Anyone who has attempted genealogical research in New Jersey is aware of the fact that the federal census returns for the state for the years 1790, 1800, 1810 and 1820 are not extant. Moreover, only a few fragments of colonial censuses exist, and many records of the colonial period -- public, private, and ecclesiastical -- were destroyed, or taken away by Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. The only records that are state-wide are the tax rateables. Of at least 50,000 such lists compiled between 1773 and 1822, some 1,845 have been preserved. For the Revolutionary period there is at least one list for each of the townships into which the thirteen counties of the colony/state were divided. Lists for Salem, Sussex, Cape May, and Cumberland counties for the years 1773-1774 are complete; for Burlington County, only Chesterfield Township is missing; and for Gloucester County there are lists for four of the seven townships. For the years 1778-1780 there are similar lists for all but three of the remaining townships of the state -- and for them the first existing records are of 1784 or 1785. To keep sharp focus, the lists for the three periods have been separately indexed. No dust jacket issued. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397419

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Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Lawby: Jolowicz, H.F.

Historical Introduction to the Study of Roman Law
by: Jolowicz, H.F.

Hardcover. London, England, Cambridge at the University Press, 2nd Edition Reprint with corrections, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 596 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf. Blue cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, has some agewear (see image). Binding very good. Spine straight. Pages and edges have a touch of tanning from age. In this book the development of Roman law is traced historically from the earliesst times until the age of Justinian.

Record # 99161

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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 by: Duffy, Eamon

The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580
by: Duffy, Eamon

Softcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 654 pages, b&w illustrations. This major revisionist account of the pre-Reformation Church recreates lay people's experience of religion in 15th-century England. Eamon Duffy shows that late mediaeval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but was a strong and vigorous tradition, and that the Reformation represented a violent rupture from a popular and theologically respectable religious system. Clean copy.

Record # 397467

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Lumberjack Sky Pilotby: Frank A. Reed

Lumberjack Sky Pilot
by: Frank A. Reed

Softcover. Utica NY, North Country Books, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wraps, 155 pages, b&w illustrations. Originally published in 1965 as the initial book published by North Country Books. Rev. Frank Reed lived and worked in lumber camps for many years and was an eyewitness to the changes that occurres in the Adirondacks throughout the middle of the 20th century. Clean copy.

Record # 379423

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Ordeal of Ambition: Jefferson Hamilton Burr by: Daniels, Jonathan

Ordeal of Ambition: Jefferson Hamilton Burr
by: Daniels, Jonathan

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 445 pages. Story of the struggle among Jefferson, Hamilton and Burr for power and influence during the early days of the nation. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397540

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The Natural and Civil History of Vermontby: Williams, Samuel

The Natural and Civil History of Vermont
by: Williams, Samuel

Burlington VT, Samuel Mills, 2nd Ed., 1809, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcovers, 2 volume set. Second Edition, Corrected and Much Enlarged, after the first edition of 1794. 487 total pages. Vol. 1 does NOT have the folding map frontis. The handwritten name of Peter Starr (1778-1860) appears on the title page of both volumes. He was the head of a prominent Middlebury family whose name now graces two buildings: Starr Hall and Starr Library (now home to the Axinn Center). Brown calf covers with some rubbing and chipping to edges, red morocco spine labels with gilt lettering. Clean, tight set.

Record # 381489

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Second Division American Expeditionary Force in France 1917-1919by: Spaulding, Colonel Oliver Lyman, Colonel John Womack Wright

Second Division American Expeditionary Force in France 1917-1919
by: Spaulding, Colonel Oliver Lyman, Colonel John Womack Wright

Hardcover. New York, Historical Committee Second Division Association/HIllman Press, 1st Edition, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 412 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations/maps throughout. Blue cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine (faded) and front cover board, some agewear. Some light tanning to pages. Binding good. Spine straight. The story of the "American Regulars" in WWI.

Record # 99239

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Idler in Old France, Anby: Hopkins, Tighe

Idler in Old France, An
by: Hopkins, Tighe

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st Edition, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 330 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth bound cover boards, gilt title on spine and front cover board with design. Some age wear to covers (see image). Some fingerprint smudges (see image) and tanning throughout. Original author's name written on title page (see image). In very good shape for its age, no pages missing. True and fictional shortstories about French culture.

Record # 32855

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Edgar Harrison-Soldier, Patriot and Ultra Wireless Operator to Winston Churchill by: Pidgeon, Geoffrey

Edgar Harrison-Soldier, Patriot and Ultra Wireless Operator to Winston Churchill
by: Pidgeon, Geoffrey

Softcover. UK, Arundel Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 202 pages, b&w illustrations. Geoffrey Pidgeon (1926-2021) worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War on wireless transmission and output. An account of the wartime activities of Edgar Harrison who was a senior colleague of Geoffrey Pidgeon in M16 (Section VIII) and had the most extraordinary adventures during the Second World War. Clean copy.

Record # 397860

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All the Rage: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty: A History of Pain, Pleasure, and Power: 1860-1960 by: Nicholson, Virginia

All the Rage: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty: A History of Pain, Pleasure, and Power: 1860-1960
by: Nicholson, Virginia

Hardcover. NY, Pegasus Books, 1st, 2024, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 519 pages. At the heart of this history is the female body. The century-span between the crinoline and the bikini witnessed more mutations in the ideal western woman's body shape than at any other period. In this richly detailed account, Virginia Nicholson, described as 'one of the great social historians of our time.' (Amanda Foreman) and a truly brilliant researcher has produced a most remarkable social history revealing the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body. She asks how custom, colour, class and sex fit into the picture, and shrewdly charts how the advances made by feminism collided with the changing shape of desirability. Clean copy.

Record # 398460

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Daddy's Gone to War: The Second World War in the Lives of America's Children by: William M. Tuttle Jr.

Daddy's Gone to War: The Second World War in the Lives of America's Children
by: William M. Tuttle Jr.

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 365 pages. A fascinating and poignant exploration of wartime America and of one generation's odyssey from childhood to middle age. The author views the experiences of ordinary children through the lens of developmental psychology and argues that WW II left an indelible imprint on the dreams and nightmares of an American generation, not only in childhood, but in adulthood as well. Clean copy.

Record # 398030

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China and Charles Darwinby: Pusey, James Reeve

China and Charles Darwin
by: Pusey, James Reeve

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Asia Center, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 544 pages. Minor corner and edge wear, spine bump, otherwise, spotless and tight copy.

Record # 456603

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Official Portfolio of War and Nation: A Graphic and Pictorial History Prepared Directly from Government Records in the Departments of War and Statistics by: Wright, M

Official Portfolio of War and Nation: A Graphic and Pictorial History Prepared Directly from Government Records in the Departments of War and Statistics
by: Wright, M

Hardcover. Washington DC, War Department, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, Large folio volume (17x12 inches) in pebbled red embossed cloth with gilt lettering, modest wear at the extremities with bottom corners bumped. Marbled edges, 584 pages. Hundreds of woodcut illustrations with no stains or flaws. Massive work which reproduces hundreds of black and white engravings of the Civil War. The illustrations originally appeared in Leslie's Magazine during the war. Narrative and descriptions by John Clark Ridpath, Rossiter Johnson, General Fitzhugh Lee, General John T. Morgan, George L. Kilmer, General Joseph B. Carr. No makings. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 398173

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The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream by: Brands, H.W.

The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
by: Brands, H.W.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The discovery of gold by a team of Mormon mill workers in 1848 sparked a frenzy that shook the world. People swarmed to California from as far as China and Australia. They came from England and France, from Ireland and Chile, leaving behind their families and everything they owned in the hope of making their fortunes in the new world. They came by ship and overland, braving Tierra del Fuego and the pestilences of Panama, lured by the promise of gold. In a spellbinding narrative that spans several continents, Brands brings the fervour and excitement of the gold rush vividly to life. The Age of Gold is narrative history at its best -- the astonishing tale of one of the most extraordinary speculative frenzies in history, told by a master historian. 547 pages, clean copy.

Record # 382233

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Thomas Chittenden's Town: A Story of Williston, Vermont (INSCRIBED COPY)by: Willard Sterne Randall & Nancy Nahra

Thomas Chittenden's Town: A Story of Williston, Vermont (INSCRIBED COPY)
by: Willard Sterne Randall & Nancy Nahra

Hardcover. Williston VT, Williston Historical Society, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 383 pages, b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on the half-title page. A meticulous town history with many photographs. Clean copy.

Record # 398346

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Chasing Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate by: Ken Hughes

Chasing Shadows: The Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate
by: Ken Hughes

Hardcover. Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 228 pages. As a key player in the University of Virginia's Miller Center Presidential Recordings Program, Hughes has spent more than a decade developing and mining the largest extant collection of transcribed tapes from the Johnson and Nixon White Houses. Hughes's unparalleled investigation has allowed him to unearth a pattern of actions by Nixon going back long before 1972, to the final months of the Johnson administration. Hughes identified a clear narrative line that begins during the 1968 campaign, when Nixon, concerned about the impact on his presidential bid of the Paris peace talks with the Vietnamese, secretly undermined the negotiations through a Republican fundraiser named Anna Chennault. Three years after the election, in an atmosphere of paranoia brought on by the explosive appearance of the Pentagon Papers, Nixon feared that his treasonous--and politically damaging--manipulation of the Vietnam talks would be exposed. Hughes shows how this fear led to the creation of the Secret Investigations Unit, the "White House Plumbers," and Nixon's initiation of illegal covert operations guided by the Oval Office. Hughes's unrivaled command of the White House tapes has allowed him to build an argument about Nixon that goes far beyond what we think we know about Watergate. Clean, unread copy.

Record # 378771

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Peoples of Ireland, The - From Prehistory to Modern Timesby: de Paor, Liam

Peoples of Ireland, The - From Prehistory to Modern Times
by: de Paor, Liam

Softcover. Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, First Thus, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages. Softcover. Black & white illustrations throughout including maps, photographs. Bright front cover, sunfade to rear cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750501

Price: $12.00 
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