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

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

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

Record # 381705

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

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

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

Record # 99165

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Yellow Wolf: His Own Story by: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter

Yellow Wolf: His Own Story
by: Lucullus Virgil McWhorter

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

Record # 385615

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

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

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

Record # 359789

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Ritualised Friendship & The Greek Cityby: Herman, Gabriel

Ritualised Friendship & The Greek City
by: Herman, Gabriel

Hardcover. Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, dust jacket with light fading to spine, 212 pages, b&w illustrations. In this book, Gabriel Herman offers a new interpretation of Greek xenia, a term traditionally rendered as 'guest-friendship'. Drawing on contemporary literary sources and inscriptions as well as anthropology, sociology, and comparative evidence from other times, he shows that xenia was a bond of fictitious kinship akin to godparenthood, rather than a tie of hospitality or ordinary 'friendship'. Starting off from this proposition, he develops a dynamic model of the formation of elite relationships and values. He explores the concepts of obligation and loyalty, gift and bribe, treason and patriotism, and places the Greek city within a new context of power relations. Clean copy.

Record # 378297

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Kissinger Transcripts, The: The Top-Secret Talks with Beijing & Moscowby: Burr, William (Ed.)

Kissinger Transcripts, The: The Top-Secret Talks with Beijing & Moscow
by: Burr, William (Ed.)

Hardcover. New York, The New Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 515 pages. Hardcover. Gray cover boards, gilt title on spine. In nice shape, Dust jacket unclipped, has just a touch of age yellow. Edges show a little soil (shelfwear). Binding very tight, clean inside. Very good condition.

Record # 31145

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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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Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolutionby: Bailyn, Bernard

Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution
by: Bailyn, Bernard

Hardcover. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 668 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped. Front cover board slightly splayed. Dust jacket has a touch of agewear. In good shape for its age.

Record # 31097

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American Revolution, The (2 Vols.)by: Fiske, John

American Revolution, The (2 Vols.)
by: Fiske, John

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two volumes, bound in matching 3/4 black leather and marbled boards. Spines with raised bands, gilt decorations and lettering, top edge gilt, ribbon markers. Marbled end papers, previous owner's bookplate on inside front covers. Illustrated with b&w portraits and maps. A handsome production in bright, clean condition.

Record # 405505

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The Phoney War --A None-To-Reverent Account of Britain's Home Front 1939-1940by: Turner, E. S.

The Phoney War --A None-To-Reverent Account of Britain's Home Front 1939-1940
by: Turner, E. S.

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. A look at Britain in the period before the Battle of Britain - a world of gas masks, blackouts, rationing, evacuations and warnings about what to do if a German parachutist lands on your doorstep - a time when it was an offence to leave a car parked without disabling it and when signpost were torn down to confuse the enemy.

Record # 374177

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Battle Fields of the South - From Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; With Sketches of Confederate Commanders, and Gossip of the Camps (Collector's Library of the Civil War)by:

Battle Fields of the South - From Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; With Sketches of Confederate Commanders, and Gossip of the Camps (Collector's Library of the Civil War)
by:

Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 517 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 # 372362

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History of Stowe, Vermont (From 1763-1934)by: Bigelow, W. J.

History of Stowe, Vermont (From 1763-1934)
by: Bigelow, W. J.

Hardcover. Stowe. VT, Walter J. Bigelow, 1st, 1934, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 251 pages. Hardcover with NO dust jacket. Moderate fading to green cover boards, Gilt lettering on front and spine. Light scratches on rear cover board. Internally, Previous owner's writings on front fly leaf, otherwise bright, tight copy.

Record # 750317

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The Great Fire of London in 1666by: Bell, Walter George

The Great Fire of London in 1666
by: Bell, Walter George

Hardcover. London, The Folio Society, reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 261 pages indexed, with black slipcase. Striking Folio Society edition of Bell's revised 1952 account of the Great Fire of London, describing the state of the city prior to the inferno; the cause of the blaze and accounts of its spread throughout London, as well the immediate and long term aftermath. With color images and maps to end-papers.

Record # 387666

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Scritti Varii - (1879-1900) (Italian Text)by: Fortunato, Giustino

Scritti Varii - (1879-1900) (Italian Text)
by: Fortunato, Giustino

Hardcover. Roma, CalicEditori, First Thus, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 440 pages. Hardcover in Italian text. Red cloth boards with black titles to spine. Bright navy dust jacket with photograph & red printed titles. Clean, unmarked & crisp copy.

Record # 750673

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Men of Color, to Arms!: Vermont African-Americans in the Civil Warby: Fuller, James

Men of Color, to Arms!: Vermont African-Americans in the Civil War
by: Fuller, James

Softcover. Lincoln NE, iUniverse, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 236 pages. "Forward! Double-Quick!" and away we all rushed toward the fort... capturing two brass field pieces, one of which the rebels left loaded." A true account of Vermont men of color in battle during the Civil War. A barely known fact is that the tiny state of Vermont provided over one hundred and fifty African American soldiers to fight for the Union and by doing so, free millions of their own race. This is their story. Derived from historical archives and through their own words. Clean copy. Hastily signed by the author on the half-title page.

Record # 381614

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To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americansby: Kelley, Robin D. G./ Lewis, Earl (Editor)

To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans
by: Kelley, Robin D. G./ Lewis, Earl (Editor)

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 4th pr., 2000, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 670 pages, b&w illustrations. Written by the most prominent of the new generation of historians, this superb volume offers the most up-to-date and authoritative account available of African-American history, ranging from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, to today's black filmmakers and politicians. Here is a panoramic view of African American life, rich in gripping first-person accounts and short character sketches that invite readers to relive history as African Americans experienced it. We begin in Africa, with the growth of the slave trade, and follow the forced migration of what is estimated to be between ten and twenty million people, witnessing the terrible human cost of slavery in the colonies of England and Spain. We read of the Haitian Revolution, which ended victoriously in 1804 with the birth of the first independent black nation in the New World, and of slave rebellions and resistance in the United States in the years leading up to the Civil War. There are vivid accounts of the Civil War and Reconstruction years, the backlash of notorious "Jim Crow" laws and mob lynchings, and the founding of key black educational institutions. The contributors also trace the migration of blacks to the major cities, the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, the hardships of the Great Depression and the service of African Americans in World War II, the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1950s and '60s, and the emergence of today's black middle class. From Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Louis Farrakhan, To Make Our World Anew is an unforgettable portrait of a people. Clean copy.

Record # 381567

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Shotgunning: The Art and the Scienceby: Brister, Bob

Shotgunning: The Art and the Science
by: Brister, Bob

Hardcover. New York, Skyhorse, 2nd, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 320 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Record # 2230220

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Theatre through the Ages by: Molinari Cesare

Theatre through the Ages
by: Molinari Cesare

Hardcover. NY, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 324 pages, color and black and white illustrations throughout. A masterly survey of the world's stages brings to the contemporary reader the entire panorama of the theatre, including its formative stages among primitive peoples and the richly stylized traditions of the East.

Record # 363447

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De Wereld Waar ik Buiten Sta: Oorlogsdagboek 1940-1945 (Dutch Edition)by: Michaelis, Hanny

De Wereld Waar ik Buiten Sta: Oorlogsdagboek 1940-1945 (Dutch Edition)
by: Michaelis, Hanny

Hardcover. Amsterdam, Uitgeverij Van Oorschot , 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 1060 pages, DUTCH LANGUAGE. Bright copy in a similar dust jacket. Clean.

Record # 369675

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History of Nantucket: County Island and Town Including Genealogies of the First Settlers by: Starbuck, Alexander

History of Nantucket: County Island and Town Including Genealogies of the First Settlers
by: Starbuck, Alexander

Hardcover. Rutland VT, Charles E Tuttle Co., reprint, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, off-white cloth stamped in red and black, 871 pages with index, four fold-out maps, b&w illustrations. The 4th Tuttle printing, originally printed in 1924 in Boston. No dust jacket, small embossed stamp to front fly leaf, otherwise clean, like new.

Record # 383671

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Pioneering Space: Living on the Next Frontierby: Oberg, James E. and Alcestis R.

Pioneering Space: Living on the Next Frontier
by: Oberg, James E. and Alcestis R.

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2nd, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 298 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout. ames Oberg (Red Star in Orbit, Mission to Mars, etc.) is a spaceflight engineer at Houston Mission Control; Alcestis Oberg is the author of Spacefarers of the 80s and 90s. Here they offer an engrossing and vivid account of what life is like in an earth-orbiting spacecraft. Because relatively few American space-travelers have published tales of their experiences, the Obergs lean heavily on the diaries and memoirspublished in Russia and little known hereof pioneering Soviet astronauts, notably veterans of long-term Salyut missions like Ryumin and Berezovoy. Here is the human side of life in orbit. Few readers can fail to be grippedand occasionally amusedby revelations of the immediate problems (how astronauts contend with toilets, hygiene, sleeping), their technical perils (e.g., air contamination) and the psychological hazards they face, from crewmate incompatibility to depression and homesickness for Earth. Photos.

Record # 470085

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The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South by: Eli N. Evans

The Provincials: A Personal History of Jews in the South
by: Eli N. Evans

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 3rd pr., 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 369 pages. Evans "tells of his grandparents' debate to leave Lithuania for America, the first few years in the Baltimore slums, and their decision to gamble on the South. He writes about the family store, and describes his boyhood in Durham, in the North Carolina tobacco belt, where his father was mayor from 1950 to 1962 during the stormiest years of the Civil Rights era. " Also a history of earlier German & Sephardic Jewish communities in the South & the role of Southern Jews in the Civil War & Reconstruction. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 396639

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The End: Hamburg 1943by: Nossack, Hans Erich; Andres, Erich [Photographer]; Agee, Joel [Translator]

The End: Hamburg 1943
by: Nossack, Hans Erich; Andres, Erich [Photographer]; Agee, Joel [Translator]

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st thus, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 87 pages. Foreword, black and white photographs, and colophon. A description of the Allied bombing campaign from the perspective of the German survivors.

Record # 372848

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E Pluribus Unum: The Formation of the American Republic, 1776 to 1790 by: Forrest McDonald

E Pluribus Unum: The Formation of the American Republic, 1776 to 1790
by: Forrest McDonald

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2nd pr., 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn dust jacket, 326 pages. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387784

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The Eden-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1955-1957by: Boyle, Peter G (Editor)

The Eden-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1955-1957
by: Boyle, Peter G (Editor)

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The personal correspondence between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Anthony Eden during the time they were simultaneously in office tells the dramatic story of a relationship that began with great promise but ended in division and estrangement. Many of the letters have only recently been declassified, making it possible for the first time to publish this unique historic collection in its entirety. Peter G. Boyle's introduction, annotations, and conclusion provide context for the letters--details about the personalities and careers of Eden and Eisenhower and major issues that influenced the Anglo-American relationship up to 1955, such as relations with the Soviet Union, nuclear concerns, colonialism, the Middle and Far East, economic issues, and intelligence matters. The letters themselves offer an intimate look into the special connection between Britain and the United States through the often eloquent words of their leaders. Clean copy.

Record # 378797

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I Will Tell of My War Story: A Pictorial Account of the Nez Perce War (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book)by: Thompson, Scott M.

I Will Tell of My War Story: A Pictorial Account of the Nez Perce War (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book)
by: Thompson, Scott M.

Softcover. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. Chief Joseph's exhausted words of surrender, 'Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever', are the accepted end of the Nez Perce War of 1877, in which several bands of Nez Perce attempting to find a new home outside their diminished Idaho reservation clashed with the U.S. military (and occasionally other Indians) along the Clearwater and Big Hole Rivers, and finally at the foot of the Bear Paw Mountains. However, a number of Nez Perce escaped transportation to Indian Territory with Joseph and continued their flight to Canada, with perhaps a hundred eventually joining Sitting Bull's Lakota."I Will Tell of My War Story" reproduces, describes, and discusses a remarkable series of drawings by an anonymous Indian artist who fought with Chief Joseph and later reached Canada. The drawings, in red, blue, and black pencil, include portraits of principal participants in the war, battle scenes, and views of Nez Perce camp life and celebrations during the war and after. The drawings are preserved in a small pocket ledger labeled 'Cash Book' on the front, which was acquired by Indian Agent Charles D. Warner in the 1880s. It was willed by him to a family living in northern Idaho, and is now in the collection of the Idaho State Historical Society. Scott Thompson worked closely both with the owners and with members of the Nez Perce community in preparing his manuscript. Thompson's detective work and research methods to identify Nez Perce and other parties pictured in the Cash Book make fascinating reading. He is careful to point out what is speculation and what has been documented or attested to by experts on dress, weapons, ceremony, and other aspects of Native culture. The Cash Book drawings are unique in several ways. They are one of very few firsthand pictorial records of the Nez Perce War, representing an even scarcer record of this war as seen from the Indian viewpoint. They contain invaluable historical and ethnographic information not only explicit in the form of military and Native dress, regalia, and quite graphic battle scenes, but also implicit. The drawings reveal an important stage of cultural adaptation as shown by the mixture of white and Native goods combined in Nez Perce material culture during the 1870s and 1880s, and by the artist's assimilation of white/European drawing techniques such as texture and perspective. The artist combined these drawing techniques with Native art traditions to make exceptionally effective pictorial communications. Scott M. Thompson is an art teacher at Chase Middle School in Spokane, Washington.

Record # 350303

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Down On The T Wharf:  The Boston Fisheries as Seen Through the Photographs of Henry D. Fisherby: German, Andrew W

Down On The T Wharf: The Boston Fisheries as Seen Through the Photographs of Henry D. Fisher
by: German, Andrew W

Hardcover. Mystic CT, Mystic Seaport Museum , 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 156 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. 117 photographs are grouped by chapter, depicting T Wharf and its successor the South Boston Fish Pier; schooner construction at Essex, Massachusetts; outfitting for voyages; departures and arrivals; discharging dish; the passing of the fishing schooner; the emerging steam trawler fleet; and the Italian boat fishermen. Published here for the first times, these photographs are now in the collection of Mystic Seaport Museum.

Record # 352317

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Chinese Ideas of Life and Deathby: Loewe, Michael

Chinese Ideas of Life and Death
by: Loewe, Michael

Hardcover. London ; Boston, Unwin Hyman, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 226 pages. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, previous owner's signature in front, faint foxing to top edge, else a very neat, tight copy.

Record # 453652

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Collector's Luck: A Thousand Years at Lewis Bay, Cape Codby: Betty Bugbee Cusack

Collector's Luck: A Thousand Years at Lewis Bay, Cape Cod
by: Betty Bugbee Cusack

Hardcover. Stonham MA, G.R. Barnstead, 2nd pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 235 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. The history and folklore of the Cape Cod region. Many b&w illustrations, photos. Clean copy.

Record # 382309

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The Belles of New England:The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Woveby: Moran, William

The Belles of New England:The Women of the Textile Mills and the Families Whose Wealth They Wove
by: Moran, William

NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A masterful, definitive, and eloquent look at the enormous cultural and economic impact on America of New England's textile mills. The author, an award-winning CBS producer, traces the history of American textile manufacturing back to the ingenuity of Francis Cabot Lodge. The early mills were an experiment in benevolent enlightened social responsibility on the part of the wealthy owners, who belonged to many of Boston's finest families. But the fledgling industry's ever-increasing profits were inextricably bound to the issues of slavery, immigration, and workers' rights. William Moran brings a newsman's eye for the telling detail to this fascinating saga that is equally compelling when dealing with rags and when dealing with riches. Clean copy.

Record # 382126

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First Century of the History of Springfield, The: The Official Records from 1636 to 1736 With an Historical Review and Biographical Mention of the Foundersby: Burt, H

First Century of the History of Springfield, The: The Official Records from 1636 to 1736 With an Historical Review and Biographical Mention of the Founders
by: Burt, H

Hardcover. Springfield, MA, Henry M.Burt, 1st, 1898, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 473 pages. Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and front. Map in front. Light foxing throughout the pages, light corner bumping. Gutter cracked on copyright page, otherwise binding is tight.

Record # 354138

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Salisbury: From Birth to Bicentennialby: Petersen, Max P.

Salisbury: From Birth to Bicentennial
by: Petersen, Max P.

Hardcover. Salisbury, VT, Privately Published, 1st, 1976, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 189 pages with appendix and index. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering. Light sun fade on rear cover. Foxing on first few pages, otherwise tight, clean copy.

Record # 408657

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A Texan in Search of a Fight. Being the Diary and Letters of a Private Soldier in Hood's Texas Brigadeby: John C. West

A Texan in Search of a Fight. Being the Diary and Letters of a Private Soldier in Hood's Texas Brigade
by: John C. West

Softcover. Waco TX, J. S. Hill & Co., 1st, 1901, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, brown paper wraps, stapled binding, 189 pages. Covers worn and chipped, last 50 pages with top corner chipped or chewed away, not affecting text. West served in Company E., 4th Texas Regiment. "A diary kept by West from April 12 to June 13, 1863, and February 28 to April 20, 1864." Subtitled on cover: A trip of a private soldier from Texas to Gettysburg and Chickamauga in 1863. Paper tanned and fragile.

Record # 397171

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Little Bighorn Campaign, The : March-September 1876 (Great Campaigns Series)by: Sarf, Wayne Michael

Little Bighorn Campaign, The : March-September 1876 (Great Campaigns Series)
by: Sarf, Wayne Michael

Hardcover. US, Combined Books, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 312 pages, b&w illustrations. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. The destruction of George Armstrong Custer's command at Little Bighorn by the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne on 25 June, 1876 has been etched in the national memory and has remained one of America's longest lingering controversies. The Little Bighorn Campaign penetrates the mysteries of Custer's disaster as well as the broader context of the 1876 campaign against the Sioux.

Record # 462046

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Esquemeling: The Buccaneers of Americaby: Esquemeling, John

Esquemeling: The Buccaneers of America
by: Esquemeling, John

Hardcover. London, George Routledge & Sons, 3rd pr., 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark blue cloth with gilt design on spine, 480 pages. Ten b&w illustrations including frontispiece. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Binding slightly cocked. Some marking to edges. Rubbing and light edgewear to cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 852136

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The World of London. La Societe de Londres
by: Count Paul Vasili

Hardcover. London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1st, 1885, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 300 pages + 32 ads in rear. Original brown endpapers, in the original binding of blue cloth decorated in red, black and gilt, spine titled in gilt. Also published under title: The Society of London. Originally attributed to Mme. Juliette Adam; more recently this and other similar works have been accredited with strong probability to Elie de Cyon." (Trove) Catherine Radziwill was the first to use the pseudonym Count Paul Vasili with a gossipy book called Berlin Society, a pen-name that was then taken up by other anonymous writers. Previous owner's name in ink on title page, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 371289

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The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence: - Two Volumes by:

The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence: - Two Volumes
by:

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, reprint, 1859, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Early reprint. Two volume set. Three quarter polished leather with marbled boards. All edges and endpapers marbled. Color frontispiece present in volume one with tissue guard. 523 in-text illustrations, lithographic and letterpress title pages in both volumes. Originally issued in 30 installments from June 1, 1850 to Dec 1, 1852, Lossing's work was a great success and was reprinted several times before the end of the decade, in different formats and with additional illustrations and notes. Little to no foxing, exceptionally bright set.

Record # 351640

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History of Queens County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individualsby: N/A

History of Queens County, New York, with Illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals
by: N/A

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Munsell & Co., 1st, 1882, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 577 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles and decoration on brown cloth covers and leather spine. Illustrated with tissue guarded black & white portraits of prominent figures, residences, institutions, etc. Features full color fold-out map of Long Island. All edges gilt. Spine leather is dry, with moderate surface scuffs/rubbing. Clean, tight. A very nice copy.

Record # 363176

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Newport: A lively Experiment 1639-1969 (SIGNED COPY)by: Stensrud, Rockwell

Newport: A lively Experiment 1639-1969 (SIGNED COPY)
by: Stensrud, Rockwell

Newport RI, Redwood Library and Athenaeum, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. No. 65 of 500 copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR on a tipped in subscriber page. 510 pages, illustrated in color and black & white throughout; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Ribbon marker. Enclosed in a blue cloth slipcase with a pictorial label. All clean, very good plus.

Record # 383164

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The Story of Mount Desert Island (SIGNED COPY)by: Samuel Eliot Morison

The Story of Mount Desert Island (SIGNED COPY)
by: Samuel Eliot Morison

Hardcover. Boston, Atlantic-Little, Brown Company, 5th pr., 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY MORISON on the front fly leaf. 81 pages, b&w illustrations. Chapters include "The Indians," "The European Discovery," "Mount Desert as a Landmark," "The New England Settlement Begins," "The People of Mount Desert," "The Rusticators," "Yachting," etc. Clean copy.

Record # 383267

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The British Inheritance: A Treasury of Historic Documents by: Hallam, Elizabeth; Prescott, Andrew

The British Inheritance: A Treasury of Historic Documents
by: Hallam, Elizabeth; Prescott, Andrew

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 150 pages. Superbly illustrated in full color throughout, bound in black cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. Includes major treasures such as the Domesday Book and the Magna Carta, Oscar Wilde's calling card and the last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots. Clean copy.

Record # 383438

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Whale Ships and Whaling: A Pictorial History of Whaling During Three Centuries With an Account of the Whale Fishery in Colonial New England by: Dow, George Francis

Whale Ships and Whaling: A Pictorial History of Whaling During Three Centuries With an Account of the Whale Fishery in Colonial New England
by: Dow, George Francis

Hardcover. Salem MA, Marine Research Society, 1st, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 446 pages, illustrated with black and white frontispiece, photographs in the text. Illustrated endpapers. Begins with 40 pages of text, consisting of an introduction by Frank Wood and a substantial essay by George Francis Dow. This is followed by 207 BW plate pages of illustrations, along with an index. A book all about whales, whaling, whalers, Jonah and the Whale, etc. A visual feast of whaling ships. Light fading to spine, Clean copy.

Record # 383742

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INSIDE S.O.E. The first full story of Special Operations Executive in Western Europe, 1940-45by: E.H. Cookridge

INSIDE S.O.E. The first full story of Special Operations Executive in Western Europe, 1940-45
by: E.H. Cookridge

Hardcover. London, Arthur Barker Ltd., 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 640 pages 16 plates (including portraits, facsimiles). Clean copy.

Record # 383881

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Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentuckyby: Bogart, W. H.

Daniel Boone and the Hunters of Kentucky
by: Bogart, W. H.

Hardcover. Auburn, Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1st, 1854, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 390 pages. Noted as "Fifth Thousand" at top of title page. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Brown leather covers with gilt title on faded spine. Rubbing to cover corners. Light foxing to some pages. Copy tight and unmarked.

Record # 609262

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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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New York's Bravest: Eight Decades of Photographs from the Daily Newsby: O'Shaughnessy, Patrice (Editor)

New York's Bravest: Eight Decades of Photographs from the Daily News
by: O'Shaughnessy, Patrice (Editor)

Hardcover. New York, NY, powerHouse Books, 1st, September 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 163 pages, b&w and color photographs throughout. A very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452709

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Forth to the Wilderness: The First American Frontier 1754-1774by: Dale Van Every

Forth to the Wilderness: The First American Frontier 1754-1774
by: Dale Van Every

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow and Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 369 pages, b&w maps. Edge wear, chipping to price-clipped dust jacket. Light smudging to top edge. Else a clean, tight copy. "Reveals something of the majesty of the westward movement of the American people as they grappled to win and hold the first great West beyond the Appalachians."

Record # 385258

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The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why did Foragers become Farmers? by: Barker, Graeme

The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why did Foragers become Farmers?
by: Barker, Graeme

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 598 pages. This book addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming. Graeme Barker takes a global view, integrating an array of information from archaeology and other disciplines including anthropology, botany, climatology, genetics, linguistics, and zoology. Spine with a slight cock. Clean copy.

Record # 385377

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The Children of Aataentsic; A History of the Huron People to 1660 by: Bruce G. Trigger

The Children of Aataentsic; A History of the Huron People to 1660
by: Bruce G. Trigger

Softcover. McGill-Queen's University Press, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 913 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. Trigger's work integrates insights from archaeology, history, ethnology, linguistics, and geography. This wide knowledge allows him to show that, far from being a static prehistoric society quickly torn apart by European contact and the fur trade, almost every facet of Iroquoian culture had undergone significant change in the centuries preceding European contact. He argues convincingly that the European impact upon native cultures cannot be correctly assessed unless the nature and extent of precontact change is understood. His study not only stands Euro-American stereotypes and fictions on their heads, but forcefully and consistently interprets European and Indian actions, thoughts, and motives from the perspective of the Huron culture. The Children of Aataentsic revises widely accepted interpretations of Indian behaviour and challenges cherished myths about the actions of some celebrated Europeans during the "heroic age" of Canadian history. In a new preface, Trigger describes and evaluates contemporary controversies over the ethnohistory of eastern Canada.

Record # 385512

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The Northmen Columbus and Cabot 985 1503: The Voyages of the Northmen edited by Julius E. Olson; The Voyages of Columbus and of John Cabot edited by Edward Gaylord Bourne.; Original Narratives of Early American History

The Northmen Columbus and Cabot 985 1503: The Voyages of the Northmen edited by Julius E. Olson; The Voyages of Columbus and of John Cabot edited by Edward Gaylord Bourne.; Original Narratives of Early American History
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Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt stamping on spine and front cover. Hardcover. Light overall wear, very good, clean & sound condition without dust jacket. 443 pages with maps and a facsimile reproduction, all excellent condition. Publisher's promotional flyer jaid in. Clean copy.

Record # 385689

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