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

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

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

Record # 397470

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

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

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

Record # 403263

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The Character of John Adamsby: Shaw, Peter

The Character of John Adams
by: Shaw, Peter

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 324 pages, b&w illustrations. Published for the Williamsburg, VA Institute of Early American History & Culture. Instead of recounting, in detail, the public events of John Adams's extraordinary career, Peter Shaw views as a whole Adams's character, thought, and acts, personalizing for the reader the most remote of our Founding Fathers. This compact but comprehensive biography brilliantly portrays the poignant revelations of John Adams's inner life implicit in the recently released Adams family manuscripts. The formal side of Adams is reconciled with his remarkably colorful private life by the author's penetrating grasp of the whole man. Adams's behavior appears less eccentric when viewed in the context of its origin in the village life of eighteenth~century Massachusetts; and his politics and ideas appear less abstractly motivated when viewed in the light of the evolution of his character. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397537

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Hope and Fear in Washington (The Early Seventies) The Story of the Washington Press Corps by: Collier, Barney (Maggi Castelloe, Photographs)

Hope and Fear in Washington (The Early Seventies) The Story of the Washington Press Corps
by: Collier, Barney (Maggi Castelloe, Photographs)

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 254 pages, b&w photos by Maggi Castelloe. In the early seventies, when the press and the President were at war, Washington journalists became superstars. A profile of the era. Clean copy.

Record # 381480

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The Dusky Afternoon: An Oregon Childhood by: Sara Jeanne Duncan Widness

The Dusky Afternoon: An Oregon Childhood
by: Sara Jeanne Duncan Widness

Softcover. Luminare Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wrappers, 138 pages. This memoir immerses the reader in post-World War II rural Oregon where logging trucks laden with timber rumbled along gravel roads and moonshine was secreted in nearby shadows. Here a man's measure was taken not by his wealth or success but by his toil, and a woman was assessed not by her virtues but by her virtue. Rivers and reputations rose and fell swiftly. Electricity came to this rural area almost to the day the girl and her family arrived at the farm. Lowell and Fall Creek were charged for change. Even though families of pioneers and newcomers together celebrated in 1948 the centennial of the Oregon Territory, the landscape flush with virgin forests and rivers in very short time changed exponentially. Clean copy.

Record # 397651

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Land to the West: St. Brendan's Voyage to Americaby: Ashe, Geoffrey

Land to the West: St. Brendan's Voyage to America
by: Ashe, Geoffrey

Hardcover. London, England, Collins, 1st UK Edition, 1962, 352 pages. Hardcover. Includes appendices, bibliography & index. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, has some agewear (see image). Cover boards bound in red cloth, gilt title on spine. Tanning to pages and edges from age, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In great shape. Before Columbus, before the Vikings, did Ireland's St. Brendan make a North Atlantic crossing?

Record # 32390

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Australian Commandos: Their Secret War Against the Japanese in WWII by: Feuer A. B. /foreword by Robert Barr Smith ; afterwords by George Folta and John Keith Leasure

Australian Commandos: Their Secret War Against the Japanese in WWII
by: Feuer A. B. /foreword by Robert Barr Smith ; afterwords by George Folta and John Keith Leasure

Softcover. Mechanicsburg PA, Stackpole Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 194 pages, b&w illustrations. This is a fascinating account of Australia's M/Z commando unit and the part it played in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. M Unit personnel were secretly landed to set up coast-watching posts and radio stations to monitor Japanese shipping movements and bombing flights. Members of the Z Unit carried out raids in enemy-controlled areas and also attacked targets of opportunity. Many commandos were delivered on their missions by U.S. Navy submarines that sneaked into dangerously shallow waters to put the men ashore. Other operatives were inserted by PT boats, Catalina aircraft, parachute, and snake boats. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397851

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Records of New Amsterdam From 1653 t0 1674 Anno Domini - Vol. 3: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens Sept. 3 1658 to Dec. 30 1661 Inclusive by: Fernow,

Records of New Amsterdam From 1653 t0 1674 Anno Domini - Vol. 3: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens Sept. 3 1658 to Dec. 30 1661 Inclusive
by: Fernow,

Hardcover. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with purple and gilt title block an front and spine. 346 pages. VOLUME 3 ONLY of a 7 volume set. Reprint of the 1897 edition. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386532

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Coaching Roads of Old New England: Their Inns and Taverns and Their Stories by: George Francis Marlowe

Coaching Roads of Old New England: Their Inns and Taverns and Their Stories
by: George Francis Marlowe

Hardcover. NY, The MacMillan Co., 3rd pr., 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 200 pages. Endpaper maps, b&w illustrations by the author. Inns and colorful personalities of Groton, Hanover and Old Boston Post Road. Five of the principal routes of New England's earlier days are the focus of this book. With these routes, the writer recalls much of the romance of these ancient highways over which our ancestors jogged on horseback with saddlebags, in jolting stage-wagons, or in the later Concord coach. Clean copy.

Record # 397998

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Floating West: The Erie and Other American Canalsby: Bourne, Russell

Floating West: The Erie and Other American Canals
by: Bourne, Russell

Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Discusses the history and technology of the Erie Canal, examines some of the famous and infamous people involved with its construction, describes how other canals were built as a result of its success, and discusses how "Great Western" opened up the west.

Record # 2230235

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The Steamboats of Lake Champlain 1809-1930by: Ogden Ross

The Steamboats of Lake Champlain 1809-1930
by: Ogden Ross

Hardcover. Vermont Heritage Press, Revised Ed., 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a rubbed, edgeworn dust jacket. Pictorial end papers. B&w illustrations throughout. Intact foldout of "Shelburne Shipyard in Winter" in winter circa 1920. This new edition adds essays by Arthur B. Cohn, director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, on Lake Champlain steamboats and ferries and recent developments in Champlain Valley Maritime archaeology. Clean copy.

Record # 398146

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Brief but most complete & true Account of the Settlement of the Ancient Town of Pelham Westchester County State of New York, Aby: Barr (Ed.), Lockwood

Brief but most complete & true Account of the Settlement of the Ancient Town of Pelham Westchester County State of New York, A
by: Barr (Ed.), Lockwood

Hardcover. Richmond VA, Dietz Press, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth, 190 pages, b&w illustrations, plates, portraits, maps, facsimile, genealogical tables. Internally very good, clean, but the rear cover has some of the top edge chewed away. Dust jacket present in name only with major loss to rear panel.

Record # 412406

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The Development of Central and Western New York: From the Arrival of the White Man to the Eve of the Civil War by: Mau, Clayton

The Development of Central and Western New York: From the Arrival of the White Man to the Eve of the Civil War
by: Mau, Clayton

Hardcover. Rochester NY, Du Bois Press, 1st, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering and rules, 444 pages. Written with numerous extracts from period sources. This is a social and economic history of the settlement of the lands west of the Mohawk River. Well done. Includes notes, appendices & index. A nice copy. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 398283

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Verdun - Argonne (1914-1918)by: Michelin Co.

Verdun - Argonne (1914-1918)
by: Michelin Co.

France, Michelin & Co., 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 176 pages. Guide book to WW1 battlefield, illust. with black & white photos, maps (color two-page of Verdun). End-pages with ads. Previous owner's signature front endpaper. Dust jacket in excellent condition.

Record # 501092

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Stampede to the Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Coloradoby: Wolle, Muriel Sibell

Stampede to the Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado
by: Wolle, Muriel Sibell

Hardcover. Boulder CO, self-published, reprint, 1957, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth with red decoration, 544 pages.Comprehensive look at 240 mining camps across the state of Colorado, with black-and-white sketches made from photos & 18 maps drawn by the author. Unfortunately, while the book is in very good condition, it does have a noticeable MUSTY smell.

Record # 398791

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Regulations for the Uniformed Force of the Fire Department of the City of New Yorkby: Loftus (Fire Chief and Fire Commander), Peter and Jacob Grumet

Regulations for the Uniformed Force of the Fire Department of the City of New York
by: Loftus (Fire Chief and Fire Commander), Peter and Jacob Grumet

Hardcover. New York, New York Fire Department, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A collection of individual pamphlets, bulletins, and illustrated instructions all bound between brown wooden boards with a metal binder. All dated 1958 and 1959. 442 pages total plus an index and supplemental directives in rear. Wear, light soil to covers, otherwise a sound, clean copy of this scarce volume of fire regulations.

Record # 353632

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Guide to the History and the Historic Sites of Connecticut (2 volumes)by: Crofut, Florence S. Marcy

Guide to the History and the Historic Sites of Connecticut (2 volumes)
by: Crofut, Florence S. Marcy

Hardcover. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 973 pages over two volumes, illustrated throughout in b&w. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. No dust jackets. Minor wear to covers, else a neat, clean set.

Record # 854712

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Echoes of Old Florence: Her Palaces and those who have lived in themby: Leader, Scott

Echoes of Old Florence: Her Palaces and those who have lived in them
by: Leader, Scott

Hardcover. Florence, Flor & Findel, 3rd, 1907, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 254 pages. Tipped in illustrations and photographs. Age discoloration to pages, beveled brown leather over covers with three bands on spine continued on front and back cover ending in flor de lis decoration. Rubbing all edges. front and rear hinge cracked.

Record # 408290

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History of Ireland from the Invasion by Henry the Second to the Present Times, Theby: Dolby, William

History of Ireland from the Invasion by Henry the Second to the Present Times, The
by: Dolby, William

Hardcover. New York, Virtue and Yorston, 1864, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 477 pages plus index. Black & white plate illustrations with tissue guards. Leather spine and corners. Raised bands on spine. Tear to one illustration page. Rear fly leaf almost completely torn out. Previous owner's signature on front end paper and front fly leaf. Edgewear. Wear to corners. Soiling and tears to pages. Creasing to pages and tissue guards.

Record # 506624

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Paris in the Third Reich: A History of the German Occupation, 1940-1944 by: David Pryce-Jones

Paris in the Third Reich: A History of the German Occupation, 1940-1944
by: David Pryce-Jones

Hardcover. NY, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with minor edgewear, 294 pages. Depicts the German occupation of Paris during World War II from the perspectives of both the defeated Parisians and the victorius Germans, accompanied by 116 contemporary photographs in b&w, some color. Clean copy.

Record # 374123

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The Highlands of Phrygia; Sites and Monuments: Vol. I, Text; Vol. II, Plates (2 Volumes)by: Haspels, Caroline Henriette Emilie

The Highlands of Phrygia; Sites and Monuments: Vol. I, Text; Vol. II, Plates (2 Volumes)
by: Haspels, Caroline Henriette Emilie

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press , 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spines. Emilie Haspels (1894 - 1980), a Dutch archeologist, tells about her excavation of Midas City that we nowadays know to have been the religious center of the Phrygian empire (9th - 7th century BC). She also writes about the adventurous quest for Phrygian rock-cut monuments in a romantic landscape that is still intact today. Woven into the presentation of her archaeological findings, she tells about the customs and culture in rural Turkey before and after World War II. Volume I - text, 421 pages. Volume II - 640 b&w photographic plates and plans. Very clean set, no dust jackets.

Record # 372735

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Exercises Attending the Unveiling and Presentation of a Statue of Gen. Ethan Allen by: N/A

Exercises Attending the Unveiling and Presentation of a Statue of Gen. Ethan Allen
by: N/A

Softcover. Burlington VT, Free Press, 1st, 1874, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 66 pages. Reprints an oration by L.E. Chittenden. Mild wear, crease to front wrapper, chipping to paper on spine. Clean.

Record # 387909

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Second Chance: Two Centuries of German-speaking Jews in the United Kingdom (Schriftenreihe Wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen Des Leo Baeck Instituts)by: Carlebach, Juli

Second Chance: Two Centuries of German-speaking Jews in the United Kingdom (Schriftenreihe Wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen Des Leo Baeck Instituts)
by: Carlebach, Juli

Hardcover. Mohr Siebeck, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 654 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, previous owner's stamp on front end paper. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 354109

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Cattle-Raising on the Plains of North Americaby: von Richthofen, Walter Baron

Cattle-Raising on the Plains of North America
by: von Richthofen, Walter Baron

Hardcover. Norman, OK, University of Oklahoma Press, new, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 120 pages. Light rubbing to dust jacket; protected by mylar cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 850993

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Mycenae: A Narrrative Of Researches And Discoveries At Mycenae And Tiryns!by: Schliemann, Heinrich

Mycenae: A Narrrative Of Researches And Discoveries At Mycenae And Tiryns!
by: Schliemann, Heinrich

Hardcover. NY, Arno Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth. Black and gilt spine lettering. 404 pages plus plates at back. 27 pages of plates and illustrations; Preface by W.E. Gladstone, M.P. Reprint of author's 1880 edition. Issued without a dust jacket. Schliemann's account of his excavations at the Greek Bronze Age citadel site of Mycenae. He carried out these excavations from 1876 to 1878, and were less damaging than those of his first excavations at Troy from 1871 to 1874. Clean copy.

Record # 374653

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Hamilton's Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debtby: John Steele Gordon

Hamilton's Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt
by: John Steele Gordon

Hardcover. NY, Walker Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 214 pages. Over the past couple of decades, our national debt has become a favorite political football for Democrats and Republicans alike. Yet few Americans seem aware that the debt has a long and (mostly) honorable history. Alexander Hamilton considered it a kind of political Krazy Glue, which would also spur American industry by keeping taxes high. This borrowing power enabled the North to win the Civil War without wrecking its economy and rescued us from the Great Depression. John Steele Gordon doesn't deny the dangers of an entire nation living on credit; indeed, he believes that our fiscal affairs are a mess. But he puts this mess in fascinating perspective. And he's quick to see the human side of economic behavior: "One problem," he writes, "is that human nature predisposes us to recognize depression easily and quickly, but prosperity, like happiness, is most easily seen in retrospect." Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396342

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West of the Fourth - Local History/Genealogy of Lloydminster, Albertaby: n/a

West of the Fourth - Local History/Genealogy of Lloydminster, Alberta
by: n/a

Hardcover. Alberta, Canada, West of the Fourth Historians, 1st, 1979, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 635 pages, photographs throughout, illustrated brown cover. Minor edge wear and fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Record # 854200

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New England Past: Photographs 1880-1915by: Sugden (editor), Jane

New England Past: Photographs 1880-1915
by: Sugden (editor), Jane

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Unpaginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photographs throughout. Clean, toght copy with only light edge wear to dut jacket and cover boards.

Record # 354041

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Memorial Record of the Soldiers of Greensboro, Vermont, By E.E. Rollins 1868, Theby: Rollins, E. E.

Memorial Record of the Soldiers of Greensboro, Vermont, By E.E. Rollins 1868, The
by: Rollins, E. E.

Hardcover. Newport, VT, Civil War Enterprises, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 77 pages. Hardcover. Reprint, original publishing date 1868. In excellent shape, clean inside and out. Binding tight. From title page: "The Memorial Record of the Soldiers Who Enlisted from Greensboro, Vermont, to Aid in Subduing the Great Rebellion of 1861-5, Accompanied by a brief History of Each Regiment that Left the state."

Record # 31089

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The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology) by: Nicolas Wey Gomez

The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
by: Nicolas Wey Gomez

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 616 pages. A radical revision of the geographical history of the discovery of the Americas that links Columbus's southbound route with colonialism, slavery, and today's divide between the industrialized North and the developing South.

Record # 377983

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A Florentine Diary, from 1450 to 1516: Continued by an Anonymous Writer Till 1542 with Notes by Iodoco Del Badiaby: Landucci, Luca

A Florentine Diary, from 1450 to 1516: Continued by an Anonymous Writer Till 1542 with Notes by Iodoco Del Badia
by: Landucci, Luca

Hardcover. NY, Arno Press, reprint, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. A reprint of the 1927 edition published by J.M. Dent in London. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 374173

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Rebel War Clerk's Diary, A (Volume 1) (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by: Jones, John B.

Rebel War Clerk's Diary, A (Volume 1) (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by: Jones, John B.

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 392 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 372361

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1942 Vermont Year Bookby: Robinson, L.W.

1942 Vermont Year Book
by: Robinson, L.W.

Softcover. Chester, VT, National Survey, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 390 pages. Softcover with moderate wear to paper wrappers. Light soiling. Maps and ads inside. Tight copy.

Record # 750311

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The Edge of the South: Life in Nineteenth-Century Virginia by: Ayers, Edward L. & John C. Willis (Eds.)

The Edge of the South: Life in Nineteenth-Century Virginia
by: Ayers, Edward L. & John C. Willis (Eds.)

Softcover. Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 1st pbk, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 256 pages. A collection of scholarly essays on Virginia in the 1800s. Clean copy.

Record # 379108

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Gettysburg - The Last Invasionby: Guelzo, Allen C.

Gettysburg - The Last Invasion
by: Guelzo, Allen C.

Hardcover. 2013, Alfred A. Knopf, First Edition, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 632 pages. Hardcover. Grey & navy cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Illustrations in bw throughout. Bright dust jacket in very good condition. Clean & unmarked.

Record # 750672

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Harlem Speaks: A Living History of the Harlem Renaissance (with CD)by: Cary D. Wintz

Harlem Speaks: A Living History of the Harlem Renaissance (with CD)
by: Cary D. Wintz

Hardcover. Naperville IL, Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 502 pages, b&w illustrations. For three decades after World War I, Harlem was the site of burgeoning racial and cultural awareness and ambitions among African Americans. In the opening section of this book, Wintz provides the historical context for what became known as the Harlem Renaissance. In separate sections devoted to poetry, music, politics, art, and the phenomenon of the New Negro, contributors profile many of the era's major figures, including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Josephine Baker, W. E. B. DuBois, Paul Robeson, A. Phillip Randolph, and Marcus Garvey. The essays place the Harlem Renaissance in the broader context of an awakening of black culture throughout the U.S. The book contains references to the accompanying CD, which offers 60 minutes of music, poetry, interviews, performances, and speeches, giving voice to the vibrant life of Harlem. Photographs, drawings, book covers, and posters add to the richness of this collection. A fabulous resource on the Harlem Renaissance.

Record # 381609

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British Slave Emancipation: the Sugar Colonies and the Great Experiment, 1830-1865 by: Green, William A.

British Slave Emancipation: the Sugar Colonies and the Great Experiment, 1830-1865
by: Green, William A.

Softcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, green paper wraps, 449 pages. A study of the West Indies in the mid-nineteenth century, this book draws together the experiences of more than a dozen different sugar colonies and forms them into a coherent historical account. The first part of the book examines the West Indies on the eve of emancipation in 1830-1865, a key passage in West Indian history. Green presents a clear general picture of the sugar colonies, and places British governmental policy toward the region in the context of Victorian attitudes toward colonial questions.

Record # 381563

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A Pentagon Papers Digestby: Indochina Information Project

A Pentagon Papers Digest
by: Indochina Information Project

Softcover. NY/LA, Indochina Information Project, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wraps, 44 pages including cover. Presumed first edition/first printing. Photos by Philip Jones Griffith and Marc Rimboud. This was written and researched by the Indochina Information Project whose members included: Jill Rodewald, Vicki Camilli, Terry Poxon, Kim Shanley, Drew Bonthius, Mike Picker, Mark Thompson, and Tom Hayden. Paper age-toned. A valuable document of the Peace Movement. Page 13 with short tear to margin, otherwise clean.

Record # 373220

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Letters of Abraham Lincoln (Heretofore Unpublished)by: Koopman (Preface), Harry Lyman

Letters of Abraham Lincoln (Heretofore Unpublished)
by: Koopman (Preface), Harry Lyman

Hardcover. Rhode Island Library, Brown University, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 72 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Pages untrimmed. Covered in navy blue fabric with gilt title on spine. Some very light fraying at top and bottom of spine, as well as corners of front and back boards. Pages lightly yellowed with age. Original correspondence of Abraham Lincoln, includes copied samples of actual letters.

Record # 30395

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A GAZETTEER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: Containing Descriptions of all the Counties Towns and Districts in the State also of its principal Mountains Rivers Waterfalls Harbors Islands and Fashionable Resorts.; To which are added statistical acc

A GAZETTEER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: Containing Descriptions of all the Counties Towns and Districts in the State also of its principal Mountains Rivers Waterfalls Harbors Islands and Fashionable Resorts.; To which are added statistical acc

Hardcover. Boston, John F, Jewett, 1st, 1849, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 264 pages. Bound in blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-pictorial black morocco spine. frontispiece view and two plates with tissue guards; plates foxed. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 369674

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Cambridge Medieval History, The: Volume IV The Byzantine Empireby: Hussey (Ed), J. M.

Cambridge Medieval History, The: Volume IV The Byzantine Empire
by: Hussey (Ed), J. M.

Cambridge England, Cambridge University Press, 2nd, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Volume Four in 2 parts (2 separate books). Volume one: Byzantium and its Neigbours, Volume two: Government, Church & Civilization. Contains numerous foldout maps. Dust jacket price clipped, edgewear.

Record # 503594

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Yang Kuei-Fei Legend in Japanese Literature, The (Japanese Studies, Vol 6) (SIGNED COPY)by: Masako Nakagawa Graham

Yang Kuei-Fei Legend in Japanese Literature, The (Japanese Studies, Vol 6) (SIGNED COPY)
by: Masako Nakagawa Graham

Hardcover. Lewiston NY, Edwin Mellen Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with b&w decoration to front cover, 295 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf, possibly to the publisher Edwin Mellen. (the name has been corrected and is difficult to read.)

Record # 358606

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Lost Black Sheep: The Search for WWII Ace Chris Magee by: Reed, Robert T.

Lost Black Sheep: The Search for WWII Ace Chris Magee
by: Reed, Robert T.

Hardcover. Central Point OR, Hellgate Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 246 pages, b&w illustrations. Lost Black Sheep tells two amazing stories. The first chronicles the wartime exploits of Marine Corps Ace Chris Magee, former member of the famous Black Sheep Squadron, his improbable postwar odyssey, and the surprising developments of his later years. The second describes the author's personal quest to find a man who seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth and the startling revelations that follow when he finds him. Clean copy.

Record # 387257

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The 1863-1864 Civil War Diary of Captain James Penfield, 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry, Company H by: Penfield, James Allen

The 1863-1864 Civil War Diary of Captain James Penfield, 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry, Company H
by: Penfield, James Allen

Hardcover. Ticonderoga , Penfield Foundation, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with a small chip to bottom of spine. The 5th NY Volunteer Cavalry, Company H was organized in Crown Point, NY at the very start of the Civil War. Penfield's diary was kept during the years 1863-1864 covering his service primarily in the Shenendoah Valley and later imprisonment. He was captured during the pursuit of rebel troops after Gettysburg. Following capture Penfield was held in various Confederate prisons. Clean copy.

Record # 381110

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Bonnet Brigades by: Massey, Mary Elizabeth

Bonnet Brigades
by: Massey, Mary Elizabeth

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 371 pages plus index. B&w illustrations. A study of the Civil War's effects on the "development" of women 1861-65 and how this led to further advances in the women's movement in later years. Name on front fly leaf, page 133 wrinkled. No dust jacket.

Record # 397528

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British and American Anticommunism Before the Cold War (SIGNED COPY)by: Markku Ruotsila

British and American Anticommunism Before the Cold War (SIGNED COPY)
by: Markku Ruotsila

Hardcover. London/Portand OR, Fank Cass, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This work examines in a comparative historical way the socialist, liberal and conservative strands of Anglo-American anticommunist thought before the Cold War. In so doing, this book provides us with an intellectual pre-history of Cold War attitudes and policy positions. Clean copy.

Record # 378796

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History of Ryegate, Vermont From Its Settlement By the Scotch-American Company to Farmers of Present Timeby: Miller, Edward and Frederic P. Wells

History of Ryegate, Vermont From Its Settlement By the Scotch-American Company to Farmers of Present Time
by: Miller, Edward and Frederic P. Wells

Hardcover. St. Johnsbury VT, The Caledonian Co., 1st, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 604 pages, With Genealogical Records of Many Families. Portrait frontispiece., illustrations, portraits. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering. Cloth is starting to tear along spine at front edge. Fraying to top of spine. Gutter cracked at title page, previous owner's signature. Fold out map at page 94 very good. Internally clean.

Record # 408992

Price: $150.00 
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Mapping the Invisible: EU-Roma Gypsiesby: Orta, Lucy (editor)

Mapping the Invisible: EU-Roma Gypsies
by: Orta, Lucy (editor)

Softcover. London, Black Dog Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Softcover. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Mapping the Invisible: EU-Roma Gypsies takes the reader on a visual journey across Europe with a focus on its fastest-growing ethnic minority: the Roma. This publication is the result of a unique partnership called EU-ROMA formed by a group of architects, designers and artists wishing to raise awareness to the diversity and richness of the Roma people. The book shows us the EU-ROMA projects conducted together with the gypsy communities in Romania, Greece, Italy and the UK.

Record # 352268

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Essays on Cuban History: Historiography and Researchby: Perez Jr., Louis A.

Essays on Cuban History: Historiography and Research
by: Perez Jr., Louis A.

Hardcover. Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 306 pages. Red cloth, no dust jacket issued. Light wear to edges, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460059

Price: $50.00 
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Vermont Brigade in the Shenandoah Valley 1864, Theby: Walker, Aldace F.

Vermont Brigade in the Shenandoah Valley 1864, The
by: Walker, Aldace F.

Hardcover. Burlington VT, Free Press Association, 1st, 1869, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 191 pages, errata slip in rear, map plates. Brown cloth covers with decorative gilt cross on front and gilt lettering on spine. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 407040

Price: $100.00 
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