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Warlord - A Life of Winston Churchill at War - 1874 - 1945 (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)by: D'Este, Carol

Warlord - A Life of Winston Churchill at War - 1874 - 1945 (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)
by: D'Este, Carol

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins Publishers, First Edition, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 845 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page. Brown cloth covers with orange titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright dust jacket with only marginal wear. Clean & unmarked. A nice copy.

Record # 750682

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History of Barton Vermont, A (SIGNED COPY)by: Young, Darlene

History of Barton Vermont, A (SIGNED COPY)
by: Young, Darlene

Softcover. Barton, VT, Crystal Lake Falls Historical Association, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 232 pages. Softcover with light wear to wrappers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Black and whit photographs throughout.

Record # 368920

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Pictorial Life of General Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washingtonby:

Pictorial Life of General Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of Washington
by: <

Hardcover. Philadelphia, W.A. Leary & Co., 1853, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 588 pages w/ appendix. Brown leather w/ raised bands on spine, outlined in gilding. Spine cracking and worn. Edge wear. Colorful marbled end pages. Engraving of G. Washington pictured on frontispiece. Inscription in pencil on prelim page dated 1954. Blue design on top/bottom/sides of pages. Corners of boards have gilt design. B/W sketches throughout. Some tissue guards.

Record # 803716

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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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Manchuria: Cradle of Conflictby: Lattimore, Owen

Manchuria: Cradle of Conflict
by: Lattimore, Owen

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Co., 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 311 pages, 2 b&w fold-out maps in rear. Maroon cloth covers w/ gilt lettering. Spine faded. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851038

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History of New Haven in Vermont 1761-1983, Aby: Farnsworth, Harold and others

History of New Haven in Vermont 1761-1983, A
by: Farnsworth, Harold and others

Hardcover. New Haven VT, Town of New Haven, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 350 pages, b&w illustrations. Dust jacket with light wear to edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 371181

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Scourge of the Indies, The: Buccaneers, Corsairs & Filibustersby: Besson, Maurice

Scourge of the Indies, The: Buccaneers, Corsairs & Filibusters
by: Besson, Maurice

Hardcover. London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 330 pages. Engravings and illustrations throughout, some in color. Minor cover and corner edge wear and soiling. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Minor stain on bottom corner from page 305 to rear endpaper. Otherwise, all pages clean and binding tight.

Record # 852302

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Harlem's Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I (SIGNED COPY)by: Stephen L. Harris

Harlem's Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I (SIGNED COPY)
by: Stephen L. Harris

Hardcover. Washington DC, Brassey's , 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, b&w illustrations, 293 pages. INSCRIBED BY HARRIS on the title page.

Record # 371443

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History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. II of V.by: Spears, John R.

History of Our Navy, The: From its Origin to the End of the War with Spain, 1775-1898, Vol. II of V.
by: Spears, John R.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1899, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 425 pages. Blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, and embossed design. Some wear to corners and edges of spine. Some faint stains on front pages, otherwise inside is bright and clean, with more than 500 b&w illustrations, maps and diagrams. A nice copy.

Record # 852815

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

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

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

Record # 372351

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

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

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. From a captain who served in three manor battles the full story of their hardships and trials during the war. 40% casualties being the norm for 9 months service. Inspirational writings on a period of time that continues to have an effect on our country.

Record # 372367

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Tsereteli - A Democrat in the Russian Revolutionby: Roobol, W. H.

Tsereteli - A Democrat in the Russian Revolution
by: Roobol, W. H.

Hardcover. The Hague, Netherlands, Martinus Nijhoff, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 273 pages. Slight wear and fading to dust jacket spine. Tape mark on front of dust jacket. Otherwise, clean, tight copy.

Record # 855392

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Slavery in America: The Montgomery Slave Tradeby: N/A  Bryan Stevenson (Introduction)

Slavery in America: The Montgomery Slave Trade
by: N/A Bryan Stevenson (Introduction)

Softcover. Montgomery AL, Equal Justice Initiative, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 58 pages. Slavery in America: The Montgomery Slave Trade documents American slavery and Montgomery's prominent role in the domestic slave trade. The report is part of a project focused on developing a more informed understanding of America's racial history and how it relates to contemporary challenges.

Record # 372818

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American Pilgrim's Way in England, Theby: Huish, Marcus B.

American Pilgrim's Way in England, The
by: Huish, Marcus B.

Hardcover. London, The Fine Arts Society, 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 376 pages, hardcover. Decorated boards with gilted top text block. Illustrated by Elizabeth M. Chettle. Homes and memorials of the founders of Virginia, the New England states, and Pennsylvania. Also includes the universities of Harvard and Yale, the first president of the United States and other illustrious Americans. Fading and edgewear to spine. Light bumping to corners with mild fraying. Moderate spotting to text block edges. Weak spine at front endpapers. Unmarked. A clean copy.

Record # 951805

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Roer River Battles: Germany's Stand at the Westwall, 1944

Roer River Battles: Germany's Stand at the Westwall, 1944

Hardcover. Casemate, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dustjacket, 264 pages. Following the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead in July 1944, the vaunted German Army seemed on the verge of collapse. As British and US forces fanned out across northwestern France, enemy resistance unexpectedly dissolved into a headlong retreat to the German and Belgian borders. In early September an elated Allied High Command had every expectation of continuing their momentum to cripple the enemy's warmaking capability, by capturing the Ruhr industrial complex and plunging into the heart of Germany. After a brief pause to allow for resupply, Courtney Hodge's First Army prepared to punch through the ominous but largely outdated Westwall (Siegfried Line) surrounding Aachen. Drawing on primary Wehrmacht and US sources, including battle analysis and daily situation and after-action reports, The Roer River Battles provides insight into the desperate German efforts to keep a conquering enemy at the borders of their homeland. Tactical maps down to battalion level help clarify the very fluid nature of the combat. Combined, they serve to explain not just how, but why decisions were made and events unfolded, and how reality often differed from doctrine in one of the longest US campaigns of World War II.

Record # 374078

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The Hitler File: A Social History of Germany and the Nazis, 1918-45by: Frederic V. Grunfeld

The Hitler File: A Social History of Germany and the Nazis, 1918-45
by: Frederic V. Grunfeld

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 373 pages. Color and b&w photographs. Water stain on back cover. Dust jacket has some small tears. A pictorial record, with accompanying text, of German society, culture, and politics, from the Weimar Republic to Hitler's last public appearence, detailing the rise of Nazism and Hitler's public and private lives.

Record # 374236

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Ilios, the City and Country of the Trojans. The Results of Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Troy and Throughout the Troad in the Years 1871, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79. Including an Autobiography of the Author.

Ilios, the City and Country of the Trojans. The Results of Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Troy and Throughout the Troad in the Years 1871, 72, 73, 74, 78, 79. Including an Autobiography of the Author.

Hardcover. NY, Arno Press, reprint, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth. Black and gilt spine lettering. Clean copy. Illustrated with maps (some fold-out), plans, and more than 1700 other illustrations. Includes Index and Appendices. Preface by Prof. Rudolf Virchow. First published in 1881, this is Schliemann's narrative of his excavations in the Troad. 800 pages plus 38 plates. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 374654

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The Great Betrayal (SIGNED BY WISE)by: Wise, Rabbi Stephen S. & De Haas, Jacob

The Great Betrayal (SIGNED BY WISE)
by: Wise, Rabbi Stephen S. & De Haas, Jacob

Hardcover. NY, Brentano's, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original publisher's blue cloth, lettered silver on spine and on front cover. Signed presentation from Stephen Wise on front fly leaf. 294 pages. A critique of the White Paper of Lord Passfield and the charges of betrayal hurled at the British Labor Government by Jews regarding British-Zionist relations. Mild shelf wear, clean copy. Remnants of dj laid in.

Record # 375019

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Life on a Canal Boat: The Journals of Theodore D. Bartley, 1861-1889 (SIGNED COPY)by: Bartley Theodore D and Bellico Russell P Edited by and Cohn Arthur B Preface and

Life on a Canal Boat: The Journals of Theodore D. Bartley, 1861-1889 (SIGNED COPY)
by: Bartley Theodore D and Bellico Russell P Edited by and Cohn Arthur B Preface and

Softcover. Fleischmanns NY, Purple Mountain Press Ltd, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 320 pages illustrated in b&w. INSCRIBED on half-title page by Bellico and by Barbara Bartley on the title page. During the latter 19th century, inland waterways were a primary means of commercial and public transportation in the northeast. Captain Theodore D Bartley owned 3 Lake Champlain (NY-VT) canal boats and kept a daily descriptive journal of his life over 30 years. His routes included the Canadian Waterways north of the St Lawrence River along the Rideau Canal; the Northern Waterway from Quebec Province to New York Harbor; the Western Route via the Erie Canal from Troy NY to Lake Erie. He and his canal boat family witnessed many landmark historical events, as well as ordinary life alongside the canals. His original diaries of 1500 pages were transcribed by Bartley, Barbara B., great-grand-daughter-in-law of Theodore.

Record # 378098

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Fields of Vision: Landscape Imagery and National Identity in England and the United Statesby: Stephen Daniels

Fields of Vision: Landscape Imagery and National Identity in England and the United States
by: Stephen Daniels

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 255 pages, b&w illustrations. Contents: The Prince of Wales and the Shadow of St Paul's, Joseph Wright and the spectacle of power; Humphrey Repton and the improvement of the estate; J. M. W. Turner and the circulation of the state; Thomas Cole and the course of empire; Frances Palmer and the incorporation of the continent; John Constable and the making of Constable country. Clean copy.

Record # 378690

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Lord Lothian and Anglo-American Relations, 1900-1940 by: Priscilla Roberts (Ed.)

Lord Lothian and Anglo-American Relations, 1900-1940
by: Priscilla Roberts (Ed.)

Hardcover. Netherlands, Dordrecht/Republic of Letters, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated glossy boards, 281 pages. For the first four decades of the twentieth century Philip Kerr, the Eleventh Marquess of Lothian, hovered on the fringes of power in Britain. As a commentator on public affairs, private secretary to Liberal prime minister David Lloyd George, secretary to the Rhodes Trust, Liberal peer, and ambassador to the United States at the beginning of World War II, Lothian's greatest interest was in preserving and strengthening the British Empire and building close bonds with the United States. This international collection of essays by seven scholars explores Lothian's impact on Anglo-American relations and his role, behind the scenes and as a government official, in forging what would eventually become known as the "special relationship." Clean copy.

Record # 378814

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

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

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

Record # 379018

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Francesco II Gonzaga: The soldier-prince as patronby: Bourne, Molly

Francesco II Gonzaga: The soldier-prince as patron
by: Bourne, Molly

Softcover. Rome, Bulzoni Editore, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 700 pages, Color plates in rear section. Very good condition. Card wraps. Appendices appear to have original text from letters in Italian. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 379511

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Ancient Society Or Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery Through Barbarism to Civilizationby: Morgan, Lewis Henry

Ancient Society Or Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery Through Barbarism to Civilization
by: Morgan, Lewis Henry

Hardcover. Gloucester MA, Peter Smith, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers, 569 pages. Two decades after Darwin, intellectuals were writing about the evolution of everything. In England Edward Taylor focused on material culture such as fire making, cooking, or tool making. In America, Lewis Henry Morgan, concentrated on social evolution combined with subsistence techniques. His thinking was influenced by his Iroquois neighbors in New York. Like many others he posited three stages of evolution: savagery, barbarism and civilization, but he refined the three periods with three subperiods. In Lower savagery, for example, he saw humans subsisting on fruits and roots in tropical climes, using gesture language and marrying siblings in a consanguine family. Middle savagery saw fish subsistence, monosyllabic language, and marriage of cousins. Bows and arrows appeared in Upper Savagery along with syllabic language, clans, and tribal organization. Obviously Morgan was speculating on most of the developments, but he had found arguments for his positions from the reports of explorers and missionaries around the world. As a result, Morgan inspired an era of inquisitive thought that led to the development of American anthropology. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 380319

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The Huk Rebellion: A Study of Peasant Revolt in the Philippines by: Benedict J. Kerkvliet

The Huk Rebellion: A Study of Peasant Revolt in the Philippines
by: Benedict J. Kerkvliet

Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with edge wear and chipping. 305 pages, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. This is a unique and fascinating account of how a World War II resistance movement become communist and its violent struggle against the Philippine government and USA backing. The Huk Rebellion is fundamental to the understanding of Philippines politics and its evolution. This account is written from the rebel's point of view and contains many interviews with combatants from both sides. It provides many lessons for both guerillas and counter-insurgent forces. Clean copy.

Record # 380942

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Paradise Prairie by: Williams, Cecil B.

Paradise Prairie
by: Williams, Cecil B.

Hardcover. NY, John Day, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket, 372 pages. This book is sub-titled: "A true account, rich in detail about man and nature, of Oklahoma when it was the United States last frontier".

Record # 381336

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Black Ivory; A History of British Slaveryby: Walvin, James

Black Ivory; A History of British Slavery
by: Walvin, James

Softcover. Washington DC, Howard University Press, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 365 pages. Maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. A comparative social overview of slavery in Britain, America, and the Caribbean during the colonial period. Walvin carefully examines the external pressures exerted on coastal communities in Africa for slaves, the gradual development of a slave trading system within Africa, and the transport of over twelve million Africans across the seas. Clean copy. Several pages with dog-ear creases.

Record # 381575

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Hartland (Vermont) - The Way It Was 1761-1976by: N?A

Hartland (Vermont) - The Way It Was 1761-1976
by: N?A

Softcover. Hartland VT, Hartland Historical Society, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 8 1/2 X 11", stapled wraps with photo of grazing sheep on front. 73 pages, b&w illustrations throughout, maps on inside covers. Clean copy. Scarce.

Record # 381651

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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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Medieval Childrenby: Nicholas Orme

Medieval Children
by: Nicholas Orme

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 387 pages. Color and b&w illustrations. Leading medieval historian Nicholas Orme draws together a vast range of sources and disciplines-history, literature, religion, and art-to create a picture of medieval childhood more comprehensive than ever before. Beginning with pregnancy and childbirth, Orme explores the succeeding stages of a child's growth to adulthood. He discusses baptism, the significance of birthdays and ages, and family life, including upbringing, food, clothes, sleep, and the plight of the poor. He also chronicles the misfortunes of childhood, from disablement, abuse, and accidents to illness and death. In a fascinating review of the special culture of children, the author describes their rhymes, toys, and games; their religion and relationship to the Church; and their learning to read the literature for children. The final chapter of the book explains how adolescents grew up and entered the adult world. Mild fade to spine, front fly leaf with two small scars to black paper, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 382078

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Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier (SIGNED COPY)by: Jeffrey A. Lockwood

Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier (SIGNED COPY)
by: Jeffrey A. Lockwood

Hardcover. NY, Basic Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, unclipped. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Throughout the nineteenth century, swarms of locusts regularly swept across the continent, turning noon into dusk, demolishing farm communities, and bringing trains to a halt as the crushed bodies of insects greased the rails. In 1876, the U.S. Congress declared the locust "the single greatest impediment to the settlement of the country." From the Dakotas to Texas, from California to Iowa, the swarms pushed thousands of settlers to the brink of starvation, prompting the federal government to enlist some of the greatest scientific minds of the day and thereby jumpstarting the fledgling science of entomology. Over the next few decades, the Rocky Mountain locust suddenly--and mysteriously--vanished.A century later, Jeffrey Lockwood set out to discover why. Unconvinced by the reigning theories, he searched for new evidence in musty books, crumbling maps, and crevassed glaciers, eventually piecing together the elusive answer: A group of early settlers unwittingly destroyed the locust's sanctuaries just as the insect was experiencing a natural population crash. Drawing on historical accounts and modern science, Locust brings to life the cultural, economic, and political forces at work in America in the late-nineteenth century, even as it solves one of the greatest ecological mysteries of our time. 294 pages, clean copy.

Record # 382235

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Truro--Cape Cod: Or Land Marks and Sea Marks by: Rich, Shebnah

Truro--Cape Cod: Or Land Marks and Sea Marks
by: Rich, Shebnah

Hardcover. Rutland VT, Charles E. Tuttle Company, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth covers with gilt lettering. 580 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. Reprint of a book first published in 1883 on Boston by Lothrop. Clean, bright copy. No dust jacket issued.

Record # 382545

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Ship Ashore!: A record of Maritime Disasters off Montauk and Eastern Long Island, 1640-1955by: Jeannette Edwards Rattray

Ship Ashore!: A record of Maritime Disasters off Montauk and Eastern Long Island, 1640-1955
by: Jeannette Edwards Rattray

Hardcover. NY, Coward-Mccann, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light blue cloth, silver gilt title on spine, 256 pages B&w photos. endpaper map. Inscription on half-title page, otherwise clean copy.

Record # 383052

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A History of the United States of America; From The Discovery of the Continent by Christopher Columbus, To The Persent Timeby: Goodrich, Charles A.

A History of the United States of America; From The Discovery of the Continent by Christopher Columbus, To The Persent Time
by: Goodrich, Charles A.

Hardcover. Hartford CT, J. Seymour Brown, reprint, 1842, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a worn leather binding, spine stamped in gilt with title and decorations fairly bright. 654 pages with 60 engravings. Front fly leaf missing so book opens to title page. History of the US from Columbus through the beginning of the Harrison/Tyler administration (including the death of Harrison). Marbled edge pages. Endpapers tanning, interior clean with minor foxing, binding tight.

Record # 383312

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An Uncommon Soldier:The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Private Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers by: Burgess, Lauren C. (Ed.

An Uncommon Soldier:The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Alias Private Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers
by: Burgess, Lauren C. (Ed.

Hardcover. Pasadena MD, Minerva Center, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 110 pages, b&w illustrations. As the debate on the role of women in the military continues, an interesting historical footnote has been brought forth: the publication of the only known surviving set of letters of one of the estimated 400 women who disguised themselves as men to fight as soldiers in the Civil War. Born on a farm in New York in 1843, Wakeman was the oldest of nine children. Few details of her family life are known, nor what exactly precipitated her flight into the army, but glimpses of this strong-minded woman are provided throughout: "I am as independent as a hog on the ice. If it is God's will for me to fall in the field of battle, it is my will to go and never return home." Private Wakeman did not return home: she is buried under her masculine pseudonym. How many more women were buried as men? Civil War historian Burgess provides an intriguing introduction to what is sure to become an area of growing interest. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 383463

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German Social Democracyby: Russell, Bertrand

German Social Democracy
by: Russell, Bertrand

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin, reprint, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 184 pages, clean, bright copy. No dust jacket.

Record # 383729

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Art and Politics in Late Mediaeval and Early Renaissance Italy, 1250-1500 by: Charles M. Rosenberg

Art and Politics in Late Mediaeval and Early Renaissance Italy, 1250-1500
by: Charles M. Rosenberg

Hardcover. Notre Dame IN, University of Notre Dame Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped in black and gilt. 227 pages plus a section of b&w plates in rear.. A series of nine papers delivered at a conference with the same name in 1988 at the University of Notre Dame. It considered the relationship between politics and the literary and visual arts. Political scientists and anthropologists focus on the institutions that express power relationships. The aim of the Notre Dame Conference was to consider the relationship between politics and the literary and visual arts. The visual arts considered in this volume range from the traditional fine arts categories of painting, sculpture and architecture to minor art objects such as medals, badges, banners and seals. In general terms, the study of politics denotes the study of power relationships. Within this larger framework political scientists and anthropologists have chosen to focus on the institutions and structures that express these relationships and/or the actions that are undertaken by individuals and groups to define, alter, or reinforce them. Clean copy.

Record # 383879

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General and Rational Grammar: The Port Royal Grammar Janua Linguarum Series Minor No. 208 by: Antoine Arnauld; Claude Lancelot; Jacques Rieux Translator; Bernard E. R

General and Rational Grammar: The Port Royal Grammar Janua Linguarum Series Minor No. 208
by: Antoine Arnauld; Claude Lancelot; Jacques Rieux Translator; Bernard E. R

Hardcover. The Hague, Mouton, reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated green boards, 197 pages. Translated from the French. Early 'rational' language study. Originally published in 1975. Preface by Arthur Danto. Clean copy.

Record # 384150

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Archives From Elephantine: The Life of an Ancient Jewish Military Colony by: Porten, Bezalel

Archives From Elephantine: The Life of an Ancient Jewish Military Colony
by: Porten, Bezalel

Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and darkened dust jacket, 421 pages with frontispiece map, illustrations and 16 photographic plates. Important economic, religious, and social study of the ancient Jewish settlement on the island of Elephantine. During the 5th century B.C., the southern frontier of ancient Egypt was guarded by an Aramean garrison at Syene (modern Aswan) and a Jewish garrison on the adjacent island of Elephantine. This study is an interpretation of the well-known group of Aramaic papyrus texts found on the site at the beginning of the 20th century. Names on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 385379

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A Jewish Chaplain in Franceby: Levinger, Rabbi Lee J.

A Jewish Chaplain in France
by: Levinger, Rabbi Lee J.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 220 pages, a Jewish Chaplain's memoir of service in France during WWI. Foreword by Cyrus Adler. Frontis photo of Jewish welfare workers. Bookplate from private library on inside front cover, faded lettering on spine otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 385614

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Black Baptist Secondary Schools in Virginia, 1887-1957: A Study in Black History (SIGNED COPY)by: Russell, Lester F.

Black Baptist Secondary Schools in Virginia, 1887-1957: A Study in Black History (SIGNED COPY)
by: Russell, Lester F.

Hardcover. Metuchen NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with white lettering, 200 pages, b&w illustrations. SIGNED BY RUSSELL on front fly leaf. Clean, bright copy. No dust jacket issued.

Record # 385795

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ANNALES MONEGASQUES. Revue d'histoire de Monaco: No. 37 by: Archives du Palais Princier

ANNALES MONEGASQUES. Revue d'histoire de Monaco: No. 37
by: Archives du Palais Princier

Softcover. Monaco, Archives du Palais Princier, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 242 pages, color illustrations. FRENCH TEXT. Scholarly essays on the history of Monaco. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386052

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Sitting Bull: The Years in Canadaby: MacEwan, Grant

Sitting Bull: The Years in Canada
by: MacEwan, Grant

Hardcover. Edmonton CA, Hurtig , 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 221 pages, b&w photographs, map end papers. Edge wear, rubbing, small tears to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 386418

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Records of New Amsterdam From 1653 t0 1674 Anno Domini - Vol. 4: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens Jan. 3 1662 to Dec. 18 1663 Inclusive by: Fernow, B

Records of New Amsterdam From 1653 t0 1674 Anno Domini - Vol. 4: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens Jan. 3 1662 to Dec. 18 1663 Inclusive
by: Fernow, B

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 4 ONLY of a 7 volume set. Reprint of the 1897 edition. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386530

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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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Bradford's History 'of Plimoth Plantation': From the Original Manuscript- With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by:

Bradford's History 'of Plimoth Plantation': From the Original Manuscript- With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts
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Hardcover. Boston, Wright & Potter Printing Co. State Printers, 1st, 1898, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 555 pages. Appendix, indexed, b&w illustrations. Written between 1630 and 1650 and relating the founding of Plymouth Colony and the lives of the colonists from 1621 to 1647, the manuscript was none the less not published until 1898, because the British troops removed it from Boston in 1775 and it was kept in the library of the Bishop of London, where it was re-discovered in 1855 and finally returned to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1897. Included are an Appendix and Index and numerous copies of the manuscript pages as well as pictures of persons relevant to the History. Hinges partially cracked, minor cover soil.

Record # 386785

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The Reformed Librarie-Keeper (1650) (Augustan Reprint Society Publication Number 220)by: Dury, John with Introduction By Richard H. Popkin and Thomas F. Wright

The Reformed Librarie-Keeper (1650) (Augustan Reprint Society Publication Number 220)
by: Dury, John with Introduction By Richard H. Popkin and Thomas F. Wright

Softcover. Los Angeles, The Augustan Reprint Society , reprint, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 31 pages. A facsimile reprint of the 1650 pamphlet by Dury, laying out a plan for the organization of books and libraries. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386955

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Richmond, Vermont: A History of More Than 200 Yearsby: Harriet Wheatley Riggs & Others

Richmond, Vermont: A History of More Than 200 Years
by: Harriet Wheatley Riggs & Others

Hardcover. Richmond VT, Richmond Historical Society, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 506 pages. Many b&w illustrations, like new condition.

Record # 387288

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An Officer and a Lady: The World War II Letters of Lt. Col. Betty Bandel, Women's Army Corps by: Sylvia J. Bugbee (Ed.)

An Officer and a Lady: The World War II Letters of Lt. Col. Betty Bandel, Women's Army Corps
by: Sylvia J. Bugbee (Ed.)

Softcover. Hanover NH, University Press of New England, 1st, 2004, Softcover, 222 pages. From 1942 to 1945, Lieutenant Colonel Betty Bandel (retired) served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC, later WAC, the Women's Army Corps), eventually heading the WAC Division of the Army Air Force. During these years she wrote hundreds of letters to family and friends tracing her growth from an enthusiastic recruit, agog in the presence of public figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt (code named Rover), to a seasoned officer and leader. Bandel was one of the Corps' most influential senior officers. Her letters are rich with detail about the WAC's contribution to the war effort and the inner workings of the first large, non-nurse contingent of American military women. In addition, her letters offer a revealing look at the wartime emergence of professional women. Perhaps for the first time, women oversaw and directed hundreds of thousands of personnel, acquired professional and personal experiences, and built networks that would guide and influence them well past their war years.

Record # 387523

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