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The Tree Army: A Pictorial History of the Civilian Conservation Corps 1933 1942 by: Cohen, Stan

The Tree Army: A Pictorial History of the Civilian Conservation Corps 1933 1942
by: Cohen, Stan

Softcover. Missoula MT, Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 178 pages. Photographic essay of the men of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and their Forestry efforts during the 1930's and early '40's.

Record # 385678

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Beating Backby: Jennings, Al & Will Irwin

Beating Back
by: Jennings, Al & Will Irwin

Softcover. New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1st, 1914, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 355 pages. Illustrated by Charles M. Russell. Spine faded and ripped, cardboard showing, back cover faded. Foxing on edges. Ex-library copy with all usual stamping. Previous owner's inscription.

Record # 511090

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Oysterville: Roads to Grandpa's Villageby: Willard E Espy

Oysterville: Roads to Grandpa's Village
by: Willard E Espy

Hardcover. NY, Clarkson N. Potter, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 300 pages, b&w illustrations by Earl Thollander. Willard Espy's memoir is delightful, filled with memorable characters, with no celebrities, from his family trove of people over the centuries, from witches in Salem, Massachusetts, to pioneer oystermen on the Pacific coast of Washington state. Drawing on conversations with aged relations and friends, on historic letters and documents, Willard Espy reconstructs his own personal past to provide an account of his family that was born, grew up, and died, as the United States was being born, shaped, formed, explored, expanded.

Record # 385910

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Harper's Weekly: Journal of Civilization Vol. VII For the Year 1863by: N/A

Harper's Weekly: Journal of Civilization Vol. VII For the Year 1863
by: N/A

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, bound volume of every issue for 1863. Profusely illustrated, Exceptional condition. Clean. Extra shipping charges may apply. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 369888

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North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition, the or My Last Cruise: Where We Went and What We Sawby: Habersham, A.W.

North Pacific Surveying and Exploring Expedition, the or My Last Cruise: Where We Went and What We Saw
by: Habersham, A.W.

Hardcover. Michigan, Scholarly Publishing Office University of Michigan, Reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 507 pages. Hardcover. Reprint of 1857 J.B. Lippincott & Co. publication produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University's Library's preservation reformatting program. B/w illustrations throughout. Pages clean, spine straight, binding tight. ISBN label on back cover. Light foxing to edges. Blue cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. "Visits to the Malay and Loo-Choo Islands, the Coasts of China, Formosa, Japan, Kamtschatka, Siberia, and the Mouth of the Amoor River."

Record # 99043

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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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Bergen County Historical Society Papers: Revolutionary War Round Table Papers 1960by: Albert T. Klyberg et. al.

Bergen County Historical Society Papers: Revolutionary War Round Table Papers 1960
by: Albert T. Klyberg et. al.

Softcover. Bergen County Historical Society, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pale rose wrappers with black type and engraving of courthouse and church in Hackensack. 112 pages, clean copy.

Record # 386422

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Victory in the Pacific 1945; History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 14 by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Victory in the Pacific 1945; History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 14
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 2nd pr., 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume XIV in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 407 pages, illustrated with maps (one fold-out) and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, lacks dust jacket, dj flap pasted to inside front cover, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 386583

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Revised History of Harlem (City Of New York): Its Origin And Early Annals - Volume 1by: Riker, James

Revised History of Harlem (City Of New York): Its Origin And Early Annals - Volume 1
by: Riker, James

Softcover. Bowie MD, Heritage Books, reprint, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 425 pages. A facsimile reprint of the 1904 edition. Volume 1 ONLY. The present-day New York City neighborhood of Harlem was founded in the mid-17th century by Dutch Protestants, whose numbers included Huguenots (or their descendants) who had fled the counter-Reformation in France and the Walloon provinces of Artois, Cambresis, and Hainalt. Riker's Harlem is an extremely detailed historical and genealogical account of Harlem from its establishment by Kuyter and Stuyvesant between 1656 and 1660 to the end of the 17th century. Following several preliminary chapters on the Dutch and French context for the settlement of "New Haerlem," the author treats us to what seem like minute-by-minute accounts of its colonial development, including early efforts to settle the territory that became Harlem, the original land patents and their subsequent rearrangement, Indian wars, displacement of Dutch rule by the British in 1663 (and the brief reoccupation by Dutch forces in 1673), 17th-century village life, migrations to New Jersey, influx of Swedes, difficulties in assimilating English ways, and much, much more.

Record # 386878

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Ancient and Modern Liberty, Stated and Compar'd (1734)by: John, Lord Hervey

Ancient and Modern Liberty, Stated and Compar'd (1734)
by: John, Lord Hervey

Softcover. Los Angeles, The Augustan Reprint Society, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 67 pages, Introduction by H.T. Dickinson. A facsimile reprint of Lord Hervey's 1734 political pamphlet. Name on front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 386964

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Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War IIby: Jennet Conant

Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
by: Jennet Conant

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 352 pages. Alfred Lee Loomis (1887-1975) made his fortune in the 1920s by investing in public utilities, but science was his first love. In 1928, he established a premier research facility in Tuxedo Park, N.Y., that attracted such brilliant minds as Einstein, Bohr and Fermi and became instrumental in the Allies' WWII victory. Conant, a magazine writer, draws on studies, family papers and interviews with Loomis's friends, family and colleagues (she's a relative of two scientists who worked with Loomis) to trace the story of the tycoon's professional and social life (the latter fairly racy). At the Tuxedo Park lab, Loomis attracted top-flight scientists who experimented with sound, time measurement and brain waves. During WWII, he established a laboratory at MIT (the "rad lab") where radar was developed. He also served as a conduit between civilian scientists and Roosevelt's military establishment. Although he lost some of his top people to the Manhattan Project, the "rad lab" was a major contributor to the allies' defense. In his well-publicized personal life, Loomis angered family members by trying to have his emotionally unstable wife institutionalized while he pursued an affair with another woman. Through Conant's spare, unobtrusive prose and well-paced storytelling, Loomis emerges as a contradictory man who craved scientific accomplishment and influence, but rarely took credit for himself.

Record # 374769

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Dear Wife: The Civil War Letters of Chester K. Leachby: Feidner, Edward (Ed.)

Dear Wife: The Civil War Letters of Chester K. Leach
by: Feidner, Edward (Ed.)

Softcover. Burlington VT, University of Vermont, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 231 pages plus 9 pages of photos from the Leach family album. These 200+ letters were written during the Civil War to Leach's wife, Ann Leach, from June 1861 - June 1864. Leach's hometown was Fletcher, Vermont and many members of Fletcher, as well as surrounding towns of Fairfax and Fairfield, enlisted in what would become Company H of the 2nd Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It has been reported that during the Civil War, at least one out of every five military aged Vermont males served at some time. Leach gives his (and his Regiment's) opinion on the war as well as details history about developments, strategies, and occurrences. The close of the book also features 30+ pages titled "Who is Who." This is a large listing of Vermont Civil War soldiers, their rank, and details with dates (enlisted, commissioned, discharged, wounded, died, mustered, taken prisoner, etc.) INSCRIBED BY FEIDNER on the title page. Some sun fading to front cover, otherwise very good, clean. Newspaper review laid in.

Record # 387384

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The Great North Trail: America's Route of the Ages from Asia Across Alaska Down the Rocky Mountains to the Plains of Texas by: Cushman, Dan

The Great North Trail: America's Route of the Ages from Asia Across Alaska Down the Rocky Mountains to the Plains of Texas
by: Cushman, Dan

Hardcover. NY, McGraw Hill, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The American Trails Series, edited by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. 383 pages, includes a two-page map. This book offers an account of the route between Siberia and Alaska that continues southward along the Rockies all the way to Mexico and beyond. Cushman details the stories of the many groups who have traversed parts of the route from prehistoric peoples to Native Americans, Spanish explorers, fur traders, cowboys, and whiskey runners of the Prohibition era. A clean and pristine copy of the first printing,

Record # 387599

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Roosevelt's Foreign Policy 1933-1941: Unedited Speeches and Messages by: Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Roosevelt's Foreign Policy 1933-1941: Unedited Speeches and Messages
by: Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Hardcover. NY, Wilfred Funk, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light tan cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 634 pages, mild shelf wear. An incredible chronologically arranged, unedited and indexed collection of FDR's Foreign Policy, National Defense Policy, Public Letters & Papers, Messages to Congress, Executive Orders, Proclamations, Fireside Chats & Public Addresses. Bookplate on inside front cover. Otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 387771

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Jonathan Sewall: Odyssey of an American Loyalist by: Berkin, Carol

Jonathan Sewall: Odyssey of an American Loyalist
by: Berkin, Carol

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 200 pages. 'Carol Berkin's lively narrative of one British Loyalist's disastrous career uncovers in an arresting manner the other side of the U. S. Revolution. The Revolution, from Sewall's point of view, was an unnecessary and unworthy attack by charlatans and demagogues on the best society the world had yet created. Although Sewall sought to avoid confrontation with his increasingly revolutionary friends, including Sam & John Adams and John Hancock, and at the same time be independent in his appointed posts, he was trapped in the political hierarchy of colonial Massachusetts. When the Revolution began in earnest, he left a beleaguered Boston to take refuge in England where he met the same fate as the other Tory refugees: he was an insignificant colonial, unworthy of royal patronage. ' Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387809

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A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States by: Stephen Mihm

A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States
by: Stephen Mihm

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 457 pages, b&w illustrations. Few of us question the slips of green paper that come and go in our purses, pockets, and wallets. Yet confidence in the money supply is a recent phenomenon: prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Instead, countless banks issued paper money in a bewildering variety of denominations and designs - more than ten thousand different kinds by 1860. Counterfeiters flourished amid this anarchy, putting vast quantities of bogus bills into circulation. Their success, Stephen Mihm reveals, is more than an entertaining tale of criminal enterprise: it is the story of the rise of a country defined by a freewheeling brand of capitalism over which the federal government exercised little control. It was an era when responsibility for the country's currency remained in the hands of capitalists for whom "making money" was as much a literal as a figurative undertaking. Mihm's witty tale brims with colorful characters: shady bankers, corrupt cops, charismatic criminals, and brilliant engravers. Based on prodigious research, it ranges far and wide, from New York City's criminal underworld to the gold fields of California and the battlefields of the Civil War. Clean copy.

Record # 396260

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Women of the New Mexico Frontier, 1846-1912 (SIGNED COPY)by: Cheryl Foote

Women of the New Mexico Frontier, 1846-1912 (SIGNED COPY)
by: Cheryl Foote

Hardcover. University Press of Colorado, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 198 pages, b&w illustrations. Women of the New Mexico Frontier, 1846-1912 is a collection of essays that include biographical sketches and writings from women of all walks of life who helped bring about the Americanization of the New Mexico Territory, from the Mexican War until statehood in 1912. These women were wives of missionaries, soldiers and military officers, and government officials who came from the eastern part of the United States. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. Clean copy.

Record # 372992

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Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences, An: Comprising the Whole Range of Arts, Sciences and Literature as Connected with the Institution (Two volumes)by:

Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences, An: Comprising the Whole Range of Arts, Sciences and Literature as Connected with the Institution (Two volumes)
by:

Hardcover. New York, The Masonic History Company, Revised Edition, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 913 pages, total, both volumes. Hardcovers. The New and Revised Edition Prepared Under the Direction, and With the assistance, of the Late William J. Hughan. Gilt edges. Marbled, decorated endpapers. Color frontispieces with tissue guards. Brown, leather, blindstamped cover boards with gilt decoration on front boards and gilt title and decoration on spines (faded). Rubbing and some fraying to edges, corners, joints. Pages unmarked with some tanning from age. Binding excellent. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 99199

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History of Brevard County, Vol. 1by: Shofner, Jerrell H

History of Brevard County, Vol. 1
by: Shofner, Jerrell H

Hardcover. Florida, Brevard County Historical Commission, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 271 pages. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Gilt decoration on cover. Gilt titles on spine. Small tear to bottom corner of dust jacket repaired with tape. Light wear to dust jacket. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 466950

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Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845: Volume III by: Remini, Robert V.

Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845: Volume III
by: Remini, Robert V.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Volume Three only, index, bibliography, chapter notes, maps, b&w illustrations. Award sticker on front cover. Clean copy

Record # 396461

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Papers of Francis Gregory Dallas, The: United States Navy Correspondence and Journal 1837-1859.by: Allen (ed), Gardener W.

Papers of Francis Gregory Dallas, The: United States Navy Correspondence and Journal 1837-1859.
by: Allen (ed), Gardener W.

Hardcover. New York , De Vinne Press, 1st, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 303 pages. Light blue and white cover. Printed for the Naval History Society. Number 112 of 700 copies. Pages untrimmed. B&w illustration with tissue guard. Worn slipcase. Inside nice and clean. Contains one page insert addressed to Naval History Society members.

Record # 852374

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The British War Blue Book, Miscellaneous No. 9 (1939): Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations and the Outbreak of Hostilities between Great Britain and Germany on September 3, 1939by:

The British War Blue Book, Miscellaneous No. 9 (1939): Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations and the Outbreak of Hostilities between Great Britain and Germany on September 3, 1939
by:

Hardcover. NY, Farrar & Rinehart, 1st US, 1939, Book: Good, Hardcover, blue cloth with dark blue lettering, 251 pages. Endpapers tanned and soiled at edges. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396481

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Utah Historical Quarterly: Volume 44.by: Smith (ed), Melvin T.

Utah Historical Quarterly: Volume 44.
by: Smith (ed), Melvin T.

Hardcover. Salt Lake City, Utah Historical Society, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 418 pages. Brown cloth cover, slightly oversized, gilt lettering, very little wear. Inside is bright and clean, with b&w photographs throughout. A nice copy.

Record # 852891

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The Selected Writings of John Quincy Adams by: Koch, Adrienne & William Peden (Ed.)

The Selected Writings of John Quincy Adams
by: Koch, Adrienne & William Peden (Ed.)

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 413 pages plus index. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise clean.

Record # 396508

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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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The Nazi Stateby: William Ebenstein

The Nazi State
by: William Ebenstein

Softcover. Washington DC, The Infantry Journal, reprint, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Small softcover, 335 pages. "The primary purpose of this book is to provide a guide to the main forces, institutional and ideological, in the Nazi system." Published for the American servicemen. Name on front cover,mild wear to covers.

Record # 396623

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Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America from the Years 1772 to 1777 (Two Volumes in a slipcase)by:

Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America from the Years 1772 to 1777 (Two Volumes in a slipcase)
by:

Hardcover. Barre MA, Imprint Society, Ltd. Ed., 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcovers, 2-volume set with the original slipcase, this is number "CJB" in Limited Edition of 1950 copies and is signed by R. A. J. Van Lier who provides the Notes and Introduction to this edition. The expedition took place from 1772 to 1777 and describes the history, flora and fauna, and people of this land, Illustrated with folding map and numerous plates. Title page printed in red and black. Clean, bright set.

Record # 356415

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A History of the Great War (SIGNED)by: Buchan, John

A History of the Great War (SIGNED)
by: Buchan, John

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Domestic shipping only. 8 Volumes. Hardcovers. Autograph edition is limited to five hundred signed and numbered copies printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, U.S.A. Number 187. SIGNED BY BUCHAN in volume 1, reverse of title page. 2268 total pages within 8 volumes: Color frontispieces in each volume and b/w illustrations throughout with tissue page guards and fold-out maps. Blue cover boards, navy blue quarter cloths with gilt title on blue paste downs on spines. Covers show very light shelf wear with some slight tanning and a touch of rubbing to bottom of spines (Vol. 3 has small spot on front cover board). Pages offset, some tanning to pages and edges from age. Binding very good. Spines straight. Pages and edges have a touch of tanning from age. Beautiful, historical set perfect for the WWI enthusiast.

Record # 99226

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Chronicles of Lake Champlain: Journeys in War in Peace (SIGNED)by: Bellico, Russell P.

Chronicles of Lake Champlain: Journeys in War in Peace (SIGNED)
by: Bellico, Russell P.

Hardcover. Fleischmanns, NY, Purple Mountain Press , 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 440 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Light soil on front and back covers. Black and white illustrations throughout. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE, numbered 10/60.

Record # 369291

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Genealogies of Long Island Families, From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (Two Volumes)by: Hoff, Henry B. (Ed.)

Genealogies of Long Island Families, From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (Two Volumes)
by: Hoff, Henry B. (Ed.)

Hardcover. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, 797 and 812 pages. Volume I: Albertson - Polhemius Volume II: Praa - Youngs. Black cloth with gilt stamping. Clean bright copies. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 397378

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The French and Indian Wars: The Story of Battles and Forts in the Wilderness by: Hamilton, Edward P.

The French and Indian Wars: The Story of Battles and Forts in the Wilderness
by: Hamilton, Edward P.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday & Co., 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn and chipped dust jacket. A volume in the Mainstream of Americas Series, edited by Lewis Gannett. Between the period of settlements in colonial America and the time of the Revolutionary War, English and French interests clashed in a struggle to determine who would rule the New World. It was a time from which a great deal of fiction draws inspiration, an exciting and dramatic period well~salted with the Washingtons, Johnsons, Frontenacs, Amhersts, Wolfes, and Montcalms who so greatly influenced the early growth of our land. Edward Hamilton has reconstructed this absorbing story of wilderness, forts, and weapons with a scholarly respect for minute detail. Name on half-title page, otherwise clean copy.

Record # 387785

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The Founding of New Acadia: The Beginnings of Acadian Life in Louisiana, 1765 - 1803 by: Brasseaux, Carl A

The Founding of New Acadia: The Beginnings of Acadian Life in Louisiana, 1765 - 1803
by: Brasseaux, Carl A

Hardcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University, 1st, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 227 pages, b&w illustrations. In this penetrating study, Carl Brasseaux looks beyond long-standing mythology to provide a critical account of early Acadian culture in Louisiana and the reasons for its survival. He convincingly dispels many received notions about the routes Acadians traveled from Nova Scotia to Louisiana, their original settlement sites, and the patterns of their subsequent migrations within the state, and closely examines the relations of Louisiana's Acadians with their black, Spanish, Indian, and Creole neighbors. In adapting to subtropical Louisiana, with its turmoil of alternating French and Spanish regimes, the Acadians exhibited industry, pragmatism, individualism, and the ability to close ranks in the face of a general threat. As Brasseaux reveals, Acadians' cohesiveness and insularity preserved the core elements of their culture and helped them adjust to new physical and social demands. Names, inscription to front fly leaf, interior clean and bright.

Record # 397448

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Hero Tales & Legends of the Rhineby: Spence, Lewis

Hero Tales & Legends of the Rhine
by: Spence, Lewis

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1915, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 380 pages. Hardcover with gilt lettering and decoration on front cover. Frontispiece and tissue guard detached. Gutter crack in multiple pages. Corners bumped and light soil. Illustrated with 16 color and 16 monochrome plates by Louis Weirter. Embossed red cloth with elaborate embossed design and bright dragon design and lettering. Fold-out virgin map in rear appears to have never been unfolded. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece of Odin and Brunhild.

Record # 354217

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The Rise of Modern Industry by: Hammond, J. L. and Barbara

The Rise of Modern Industry
by: Hammond, J. L. and Barbara

Softcover. NY, Harper Torchbooks, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 302 pages. This book presents the historical setting of the industrial revolution in a form suitable for the general reader. It seeks to explain why 18th-century England was the theatre of the great series of mechanical inventions that caused the revolution, and what were the great social changes that preceded, accompanied and followed it. Clean copy.

Record # 397464

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Inventing the Renaissance Puttoby: Dempsey, Charles

Inventing the Renaissance Putto
by: Dempsey, Charles

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 277 pages, illustrated in b&w and color. The putto (often portrayed as a mischievous baby) appears frequently in the art and literature of Renaissance Italy. The "spiritelli" embody a minor species of demon, neither good nor bad. This book discusses the manifestations of the putto-spiritello in 15th-century art and literature. It offers parallel interpretations of two works: Botticelli's "Mars and Venus", a painting in which infant Satyr-putti appear as the panic-inducing spirits of the nightmare, and Politian's "Stanze", a poem in which masked cupids appear to the hero in a deceiving dream. The text concludes with an examination of the functions of such masks in the poetry and public masquerades sponsored by Lorenzo de'Medici and in Michelangelo's scheme for the decoration of the Medici Chapel. Clean copy.

Record # 382186

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Massacre at Wickenburg: Arizona's Greatest Mysteryby: Wilson, R. Michael

Massacre at Wickenburg: Arizona's Greatest Mystery
by: Wilson, R. Michael

Softcover. Guilford CT, TwoDot, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 151 pages, b&w illustrations. The massacre at Wickenburg was one of the most notorious crimes committed in the Wild West--a story revealed in this book through a criminal investigation. November 5, 1871. A westbound stagecoach carrying seven men and one woman left Wickenburg in the early morning hours. At 8:00 a.m., six of the passengers were shot dead. One man and the lone woman, severely wounded, escaped into the desert. Debates raged over the identity of the murderous ambushers -- Indians? Mexican bandits? The two survivors? After a massive investigation, the U.S. Army concluded that a band of local Yavapai Indians were responsible, which led to a policy of "removal and concentration" that altered the fate of nearly every Indian in America's Southwest. Clean copy.

Record # 397647

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New England's Crises and Cultural Memory: Literature, Politics, History, Religion, 1620??"1860 by: McWilliams, John

New England's Crises and Cultural Memory: Literature, Politics, History, Religion, 1620??"1860
by: McWilliams, John

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 366 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf. From the dust jacket back cover: "John McWilliams winnows through the history and myth of New England to recover the past on its own terms while simultaneously tracing its later refractions. The combination, across nine pivotal events in colonial and early republican history, gives us the changing face of New England through as never before." Clean copy.

Record # 386684

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Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khanby: Basu, Shrabani

Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan
by: Basu, Shrabani

Softcover. New Lebanon NY, Omega Publications, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 234 pages, b&w photos. Everything about Noor Inayat Khan was extraordinary. A great-great-great granddaughter of Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, she was born in Moscow to an American mother and an Indian Sufi Muslim father. Due to the unrest in Russia the family moved to London and from there to France where she spent the happiest years of her life studying music, child psychology and writing children's books. In 1940, her father having deserted the family and died in India years before, the family moved once again to England where Noor was trained as a wireless operator with the aim of sending her to German-occupied France to join up with the resistance. Noor was small and delicate, emotional, imaginative, shy, easily flustered and distracted. On the other hand there was her steely determination to serve her country, the desperate need for wireless operators and her perfect French. She was sent on her mission in June 1943. Her biography contains all the elements of an exciting spy novel but it was horrific and deadly reality. Clean copy.

Record # 397849

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Asheville: Mountain Majestyby: Harshaw Lou

Asheville: Mountain Majesty
by: Harshaw Lou

Softcover. Bright Mountain Books , 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 358 pages, b&w illustrations throughout, Sometimes called the Paris of the South, Asheville, North Carolina, is known for its grand mountain views, rich and diverse culture, deep-rooted artistic heritage, historic architecture, and the legendary Biltmore Estate. Asheville: Mountain Majesty is an excellent source for discovering, or rediscovering, these and other facets of the city and its history.A lifelong resident of Asheville and regional historian, author Lou Harshaw offers a firsthand look at the history and development of this magnificent city by drawing upon a host of historical sources as well as an extensive oral tradition. She follows the development of Asheville from village to town to city, always reflecting the feeling of the times. The result is a journey through time, documenting the evolution of one of the most intriguing cities in the United States.Asheville: Mountain Majesty is enhanced by a wealth of period images, complemented by the author's contemporary photography.

Record # 374316

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Portraits of America: Coney Island: The Museum of the City of New Yorkby: John S. Berman

Portraits of America: Coney Island: The Museum of the City of New York
by: John S. Berman

Softcover. NY, Barnes & Noble, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages, profusely illustrated in b&w. More than simply an escape from New York's sweltering summer streets, the strip of Brooklyn's south shore known as Coney Island embodied a new American attitude toward entertainment. Here, you'll experience the decadent delights of this magical land of ritzy hotels and penny arcades, where dance pavilions and freak shows shared space with sizzling burlesque and cooling ocean breezes. You'll meet George Tilyou, whose Steeplechase Park featured the Blowhole Theater, the Insanitarium and the Human Pool Table, and Nathan Handwerker, whose Nathan's Famous hot dogs became synonymous with summertime food. You'll ride the legendary Cyclone roller coaster and stroll through Dreamland and Luna Park, where generations of New Yorkers met and mingled in a place that came to define American fun. Clean copy.

Record # 397995

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Reluctant Republic, The (SIGNED COPY)by: Van de Water, Frederic F.

Reluctant Republic, The (SIGNED COPY)
by: Van de Water, Frederic F.

Hardcover. New York, John Day , 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 339 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front preliminary page, with illustrations. Dust jacket edge wear and tear, inch chunk missing from top edge, price clipped. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise, clean and tight copy.

Record # 853952

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The Impact of World War II on Italian Americans 1935-Present by: Mormino, Gary R. (Ed.)

The Impact of World War II on Italian Americans 1935-Present
by: Mormino, Gary R. (Ed.)

Softcover. NY, American Italian Historical Association, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 244 pages, 35th Conference of the American Italian Historical Association . "'Italian Americans and World War II, ' explores many facets of the dynamic period of the 1940s and the consequences of war and peace. Scholars within AIHA and outside the academy have been slow to recognize the significance of World War II, now recognized as a seminal event in Italian-American life and culture. . . . "This volume is dedicated to all Italian Americans who lived and died, fought and prayed during World War II." Clean copy.

Record # 398114

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THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the Westby: Leckie William H. & Leckie Shirley A.

THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West
by: Leckie William H. & Leckie Shirley A.

Hardcover. Norman OK, University of Oklahoma Press, Revised Ed., 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 319 pages. B&w illustrations. A well-researched and authoritative study of 'negro' soldiers who wished to remain in the United States Army following the Civil War. They were eventually organized into the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry Regiments their service in controlling Indians on the Great Plains during the next twenty years was as invaluable as it was unpraised. With Bibliography and Index. Clean copy.

Record # 381591

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Steele's Book of Niagara Falls by: Steele, G. Oliver

Steele's Book of Niagara Falls
by: Steele, G. Oliver

Hardcover. Buffalo , Oliver G. Steele, Revised Ed., 1847, Book: Good, Hardcover, embossed dark brown cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, Tenth Edition with a new series of maps and plates. 96 pages. Folding frontispiece with two maps, Niagara River and Parts Adjacent; and Niagara Falls and Vicinity. another folding plate with a view of Niagara Falls. Both in excellent condition. Six b&w plates. Spine cloth peeling away from spine, top third gone. Binding is still solid, clean inside.

Record # 398282

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Kasteelen Buitenplaatsen Tuinen en Parken van Nederland (Dutch Text)by: Jongsma, H.

Kasteelen Buitenplaatsen Tuinen en Parken van Nederland (Dutch Text)
by: Jongsma, H.

Softcover. Amsterdam, Amsterdam Scheltema en Holkema's Boekhandel, First Edition, 1912, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, large folio size, in Dutch text. 40 pages text followed by 470 plates in black & white. Brown cloth covered boards with embossed illustration in black & gilt. Moderate rubbing, scuff marks to covers. Fraying to head & heel of spine. Gilt titles to cover & spine. Tender front board with crack to top quarter hinge. Toning to edges throughout. Striking, full page black & white illustrations detailing castles, gardens, mansions, intricate woodwork throughout. Previous owner's signature & stamp to front flyleaf. Otherwise clean & unmarked.

Record # 751117

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Post Roads & Iron Horses: Transportation in Connecticut from Colonial Times to the Age of Steamby: Richard DeLuca

Post Roads & Iron Horses: Transportation in Connecticut from Colonial Times to the Age of Steam
by: Richard DeLuca

Hardcover. Middletown CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The first book to look in detail at the turnpikes, steamboats, canals, railroads, and trolleys (street railroads) that helped define Connecticut and shape New England. Advances in transportation technology during the nineteenth century transformed the Constitution State from a rough network of colonial towns to an industrial powerhouse of the Gilded Age. From the race to build the Farmington Canal to the shift from water to rail transport, historian and transportation engineer Richard DeLuca gives us engaging stories and traces the significant themes that emerge as American innovators and financiers, lawyers and legislators, struggle to control the movement of passengers and goods in southern New England. The book contains over fifty historical images and maps, and provides an excellent point of view from which to interpret the history of New England as a whole. Clean copy.

Record # 398828

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Lex Mercatoria: Or, a Complete Code of Commercial Law; Being a General Guide to All Men in Business...With an Account of Our Mercantile Companies; (2 Volumes) 6th Editionby:

Lex Mercatoria: Or, a Complete Code of Commercial Law; Being a General Guide to All Men in Business...With an Account of Our Mercantile Companies; (2 Volumes) 6th Edition
by:

Hardcover. London, Rivington and Sons, et al., 6th Ed., 1813, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes complete: 757, 446 pages, plus an appendix and fold-out charts in volume two. This is the 1813 Sixth Edition, updated and enlarged by Joseph Chitty. Both books rebound in red library buckram with gilt titles on spines. Mild foxing but pages are bright and unmarked.

Record # 353631

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Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXXV & Volume XXXVIby: Journal of Hellenic Studies

Journal of Hellenic Studies: Volume XXXV & Volume XXXVI
by: Journal of Hellenic Studies

Hardcover. London, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1st, 1915 1916, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two years (1915 and 1916) bound in one volume. Handsome half black calf with raised bands on spine along with red label and gilt lettering. Part one for 1915: 290 pages plus 9 full-page b&w plates. Part two for 1916: 417 pages plus 9 b&w plates. Former university library with minimal stamping to edge of text block and on bookplate inside front cover. Sticker residue to bottom of spine. Chip to calf at top of spine.

Record # 405366

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Schliemann's Excavationsby: Schuchhardt, Dr. C.

Schliemann's Excavations
by: Schuchhardt, Dr. C.

Hardcover. London, Macmillan, 1st, 1891, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 352 pages. Plus index. Hardcover with moderate edge wear to cover boards. Many b&w illust, fold-out plates. Previous owner's signature half-title pg. Moderate foxing to pages.

Record # 354196

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Life and Death in the Northeast Kingdom: Archaeology and History at the Old Burial Ground in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. by: Kenny, Kathleen M.; James B. Peterson, Phd; J

Life and Death in the Northeast Kingdom: Archaeology and History at the Old Burial Ground in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
by: Kenny, Kathleen M.; James B. Peterson, Phd; J

Softcover. Burlington VT, Consulting Archaeology Program, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Brown glossy wrappers, slight rubbing and edge wear on fore edge. Front paper wrapper turns up slightly. Black & white photographs and map laid in. Clean and tight internally.

Record # 353637

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