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State Papers/ New Hampshire: Documents Relating to the Masonian Patent 1630-1846 by: Albert Stillman Batchellor
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State Papers/ New Hampshire: Documents Relating to the Masonian Patent 1630-1846
by: Albert Stillman Batchellor

Concord NH, Edward Pearson, 1st, 1896, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 678 pages. Volume 29 (XXIX) of a collection of early state and provincial records, includes fold-out plans and maps, appendix and index. documents relating to town boundaries. Spine indicates Volume VI of Town Charters. This is the original printing not a reprint. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, mild shelf wear, a clean, solid copy.

Record # 382546

Price: $150.00
Price: $150.00 

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

Price: $75.00
Price: $75.00 
 
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The Reign of the Phallus: Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens by: Eva C. Keuls
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The Reign of the Phallus: Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens
by: Eva C. Keuls

Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth, 477 pages, b&w illustrations. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. The phallus was pictured everywhere in ancient Athens: painted on vases, sculpted in marble, held aloft in gigantic form in public processions, and shown in stage comedies. This obsession with the phallus dominated almost every aspect of public life, influencing law, myth, and customs, affecting family life, the status of women, even foreign policy. This is the first book to draw together all the elements that made up the "reign of the phallus"--Men's blatant claim to general dominance, the myths of rape and conquest of women, and the reduction of sex to a game of dominance and submission, both of women by men and of men by men. In her elegant and lucid text Eva Keuls not only examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus, but also uncovers an intense counter-movement--the earliest expressions of feminism and antimilitarism. Clean, bright copy, lacks dust jacket.

Record # 383348

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 
 
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Quaint Nantucketby: William Root Bliss
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Quaint Nantucket
by: William Root Bliss

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1896, Book: Good, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in black with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. 225 pages. A history of old Nantucket before the island was discovered by "the summer boarders", as the author explains in his Preface. Gutter partially cracked at title page, owner's small embossed stamp on the front fly leaf. Otherwise clean.

Record # 383646

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 
 
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American Journalism: a history of newspapers in the United States through 250 years, 1690 to 1940by: Mott, Frank Luther
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American Journalism: a history of newspapers in the United States through 250 years, 1690 to 1940
by: Mott, Frank Luther

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth stamped in blue and gilt, 772 pages, b&w plates. Illustrated endpapers. The author focuses on newspapers as interpreters of events and ideas for the popular audience, highlighting dramatic, humorous, and colorful episodes in American history- and the way in which American newsmen have reported them.

Record # 383754

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 
 
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Flight Into Oblivion (SIGNED COPY)by: Hanna, A. J.
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Flight Into Oblivion (SIGNED COPY)
by: Hanna, A. J.

Hardcover. Richmond VA, Johnson Publishing Co., 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, gray illustrated cloth, 306 pages with index. B&w illustrations by John Rae, several maps including endpapers. INSCRIBED BY HANNA on the front fly leaf. "The major, detailed study of the exodus of the Confederate government from Richmond; thoroughly researched and well-written." [Martin Abbott]. minor bumps to cloth covers, name tipped-in on dedication page, otherwise clean.

Record # 383927

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 
 
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History of the Town of Poultney, Vermont, from its settlement to the year 1875 with family and biographical sketches and incidentsby: Joslin, J. B. Frisbie & F. Ruggl
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History of the Town of Poultney, Vermont, from its settlement to the year 1875 with family and biographical sketches and incidents
by: Joslin, J. B. Frisbie & F. Ruggl

Hardcover. Poultney, VT, Privately printed, 1st, 1875, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 369 pages. Original brown embossed covers. Spine faded. Overall very good.

Record # 384918

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

Tales From a Dugoutby: Empey, Arthur Guy
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Tales From a Dugout
by: Empey, Arthur Guy

Hardcover. NY, Century Co., 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with black lettering and decoration on spine and front board. The author's reminiscences of time in the trenches during World War I. An American serving at the time with British 'Tommies', he also wrote 'Over the Top' and other books about his experiences. Front fly leaf missing, book opens to half title page, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 385474

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 by: MacMillan, Margaret
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The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914
by: MacMillan, Margaret

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 739 pages, index, b&w illustrations. The War That Ended Peace brings vividly to life the military leaders, politicians, diplomats, bankers, and the extended, interrelated family of crowned headsacross Europe who failed to stop the descent into war: in Germany, the mercurial Kaiser Wilhelm II and the chief of the German general staff, Von Moltke the Younger; in Austria-Hungary, Emperor Franz Joseph, a man who tried, through sheer hard work, to stave off the coming chaos in his empire; in Russia, Tsar Nicholas II and his wife; in Britain, King Edward VII, Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, and British admiral Jacky Fisher, the fierce advocate of naval reform who entered into the arms race with Germany that pushed the continent toward confrontation on land and sea. Clean copy.

Record # 385674

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

All On Fire: William Lloyd Garrison And The Abolition Of Slaveryby: Mayer, Henry
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All On Fire: William Lloyd Garrison And The Abolition Of Slavery
by: Mayer, Henry

Hardcover. NY, St Martins Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 707 pages, b&w illustrations. Born in poverty, and self-educated while working in a print shop, William Lloyd Garrison was one of the United States' greatest crusading editors, putting out a weekly anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator, for 35 years, beginning in 1831. A product of the rough and tumble political journalism of the day, Garrison wrote with extreme passion and from an uncompromising point of view. Yet the man who emerges from the pages of All on Fire is a deeply thoughtful person who, despite barely escaping lynch mobs himself, had a great sense of humor and a very polite demeanor. Historians have tended to minimize Garrison's impact on America, and some consider him a fringe character. But Henry Meyer, in this hefty biography, places Garrison at the center of his century, noting that Garrison's thought and tactics influenced not only the country's changing view of slavery, but also inspired the incipient feminist movement. The Lincoln administration noted Garrison's influence by inviting him to help raise the flag over the recaptured Fort Sumter. All on Fire goes into great detail on Garrison's life and work, providing the close and copious examination this activist's life fully deserves. Clean copy.

Record # 385909

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Genealogical Data from Colonial New York Newspapers: A Consolidation of Articles from The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record by: Kenneth Scott (Compiler)
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Genealogical Data from Colonial New York Newspapers: A Consolidation of Articles from The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
by: Kenneth Scott (Compiler)

Softcover. Baltimore, Clearfield, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, light gray wrappers, 278 pages. This volume consists of abstracts of genealogical data from four of New York's earliest newspapers--the New-York Gazette (1726-1744) and the New-York Weekly Journal (1733-1751), the two earliest city papers, and the New-York Mercury and the Weekly Mercury (1752-1783). These newspapers were originally produced as weeklies and usually consisted of four pages, with occasional supplementary issues. Their subject matter encompassed essays, treatises, parliamentary proceedings, governors' messages, European and West Indian news, shipping news, incidents culled from other newspapers, and many advertisements. In this volume of abstracts may be found items yielding information concerning marriage, birth, death, age, status, place of residence, and place of origin, covering, in all, the years 1726 through most of 1783. Treatment is not confined to New York, for among individuals mentioned are those from all the other colonies, especially New Jersey (which had no newspaper in the colonial period), New England, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

Record # 386122

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Records of New Amsterdam: Vol. 7: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens Sept. 11 1673 to Nov. 10 1674 Inclusive. Administrative Minutes March 8 1657 to Jan. 28 1661 Inclusive. Indexby:
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Records of New Amsterdam: Vol. 7: Minutes of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens Sept. 11 1673 to Nov. 10 1674 Inclusive. Administrative Minutes March 8 1657 to Jan. 28 1661 Inclusive. Index
by:

Hardcover. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., reprint, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, orange cloth with purple and gilt title block an front and spine. 352 pages. VOLUME 7 ONLY of a 7 volume set. Reprint of the 1897 edition. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386456

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

The Dawn of Liberation War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill CH. MP. C. H. M. P. by: Winston S. Churchill
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The Dawn of Liberation War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill CH. MP. C. H. M. P.
by: Winston S. Churchill

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st US, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with front and spine printed in black and gilt, 417 pages. This volume publishes his speeches, broadcasts, messages, statements, and letters made, sent, and issued between 22 February and 31 December 1944. A full and momentous year, 1944 included the Normandy invasion, the largest amphibious operation in history, which re-established the Allied military presence in German-occupied Europe. Light spotting to covers, otherwise clean.

Record # 386573

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

The Rising Sun in Pacific, 1931-April 1942: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 3 by: Morison, Samuel Eliot
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The Rising Sun in Pacific, 1931-April 1942: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 3
by: Morison, Samuel Eliot

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, reprint, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume III in The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. 411 pages, illustrated with maps and b&w photos. Gilt on spine with light fading, lacks dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 386593

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

History of New Paltz, New York, and Its Old Families From 1678 to 1820 Including the Huguenot Pioneers and Others Who Settled in New Paltz Previous to the Revolution by:
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History of New Paltz, New York, and Its Old Families From 1678 to 1820 Including the Huguenot Pioneers and Others Who Settled in New Paltz Previous to the Revolution
by:

Softcover. Bowie MD, Heritage Books, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 593 pages, b&w illustrations. Facsimile reprint of a title first published in 1903. Clean copy.

Record # 386884

Price: $28.00

Price: $28.00 

Trying-out: An Anatomy of Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1885by: Schokkenbroek, Joost C.A.
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Trying-out: An Anatomy of Dutch Whaling and Sealing in the Nineteenth Century, 1815-1885
by: Schokkenbroek, Joost C.A.

Hardcover. Amsterdam, Uitgeverij Aksant, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 366 pages, a few color and b&w illustrations. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half title page. This study describes and analyses a wide array of initiatives leading to the hunt, by Dutch whalemen, of whales and seals in Arctic waters, the temperate zones of the South Pacific and the waters of the Dutch East Indies during the major part of the nineteenth century (1815-1885) - an era neglected so far. A pioneering book focused on the men involved in the two maritime industries, be it on shore or aboard the whaleship.

Record # 387226

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Not of Woman Born: Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Cultureby: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
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Not of Woman Born: Representations of Caesarean Birth in Medieval and Renaissance Culture
by: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski

Softcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 204 pages. "Not of woman born," "the Fortunate," "the Unborn" - the terms designating those born by Caesarean section in medieval and Renaissance Europe were mysterious and ambiguous. In antiquity, children fortunate enough to have survived a Caesarean birth were believed to be marked for a special destiny. Vividly tracing the evolution of Caesarean birth from the early 1300s (when the operation was performed almost exclusively by midwives) through the Renaissance period (when midwives were considered witches and male surgeons took control), Blumenfeld-Kosinski . . . does more than provide [an] engrossingly accessible, historical account of the now-commonplace procedure--she unveils the roots of a medical misogyny that still prevails today. A richly cross-disciplined study utilizing depictions of Caesarean delivery in art, literature, and medical texts and illuminations (illustrations), [this book] is a captivating and revealing work that will be relished by readers of medical and cultural history, as well as by those who are interested in the subject of male dominance over women. Clean copy.

Record # 387396

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

The Colonial Idiom (Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address) by: David Potter Professor Gordon L. Thomas (Ed.)

The Colonial Idiom (Landmarks in Rhetoric and Public Address)
by: David Potter Professor Gordon L. Thomas (Ed.)

Softcover. Carbondale IL, Southern Illinois University Press , 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, dark gray covers with some fading. 639 pages. A detailed documentary on the American Colonial Society, discussing culture, politics, religion, and much more. David Potter and Gordon L. Thomas have selected representative and important speeches and exhortations delivered by famous Americans from the beginning of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The selections are arranged in five categories--those dealing with academic, legal, occasional, political, and religious matters. They are drawn from every stratum of colonial activity--from the classrooms, clerical studies, town meetings, provincial assemblies, and the bar. Great names abound in these pages, but, frequently, expounders of great ideas found here are unremembered figures whose works cannot be found easily elsewhere. The editors have carried out careful research on each speech to assure the authenticity of the text. They have added, for each selection, a note on the speaker and on the place where he delivered his address. Clean copy.

Record # 387579

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

The History of the New Deal 1933-1938by: Basil Rauch
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The History of the New Deal 1933-1938
by: Basil Rauch

Hardcover. NY, Creative Age Press, 2nd pr., 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. 368 pages, red cloth, black border and gilt title on upper cover. Black label with gilt title on spine. Second printing copy of this detailed look at FDR's New Deal. Jacket art by C.B. Falls. Some tape repair to dj, name on inside front cover hidden by dj flap. Otherwise a clean copy,

Record # 387758

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser, 1977-1981 (SIGNED COPY)by: Brzezinski, Zbigniew

Power and Principle: Memoirs of the National Security Adviser, 1977-1981 (SIGNED COPY)
by: Brzezinski, Zbigniew

Hardcover. NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st Ltd Ed., 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, Burgundy cloth, gilt spine and front facsimile signature; signed by author in black ink to limitation page, copy #310/500; 2 sections of black & white photographs; tan paper covered slipcase. Zbigniew Brzezinski was a political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as a counselor to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966-1968 and held the position of United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981. Clean, bight copy.

Record # 387775

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

The Papers of George Washington: The Journal of the Proceedings of the President 1793-1797by: George Washington / W. W. Abbot (Editor)
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The Papers of George Washington: The Journal of the Proceedings of the President 1793-1797
by: George Washington / W. W. Abbot (Editor)

Hardcover. Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 393 pages. Part of the monumental series comprised of all of the papers and correspondence of America's first President, George Washington (1732-1799). This stand-alone volume is "an executive daybook, a day-by-day account of many of the matters that engaged the attention of the executive departments during Washington's administration. The entries cover Washington's decisions on government contracts, appointments of office, and individual departmental problems. They throw considerable light on presidential and cabinet participation in decision-making during Washington's administration. Entries relating to the War Department are of particular value because of the destruction of most of the War Department's records by fire in 1800. ... Kept primariy by Washington's secretaries Tobias Lear and Bartholomew Dandridge, the Journal is written in th first person as if Washington were penning the entries himself." Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387807

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Religion and The Rise of Capitalism: A Historical Studyby: R.H. Tawney

Religion and The Rise of Capitalism: A Historical Study
by: R.H. Tawney

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace & Co., reprint, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 337 pages. In one of the true classics of twentieth-century political economy, R. H. Tawney addresses the question of how religion has affected social and economic practices. He tracks the influence of religious thought on capitalist economy and ideology since the Middle Ages, shedding light on the question of why Christianity continues to exert a unique role in the marketplace. In so doing, the book offers an incisive analysis of the morals and mores of contemporary Western culture. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism is more pertinent now than ever, as today the dividing line between the spheres of religion and secular business is shifting, blending ethical considerations with the motivations of the marketplace. By examining the period that saw the transition from medieval to modern theories of social organization, Tawney clarifies the most pressing problems of the end of the century. In tough, muscular, richly varied prose, he tells an absorbing and meaningful story. And in his new introduction, which may well be a classic in its own right, Adam Seligman details Tawney's background and the current status of academic thought on these issues, and he provides a comparative analysis of Tawney with Max Weber that will at once delight and inform readers. Based on his Holland Memorial Lectures, 1922. Hinge cracked at title page. front end papers with bookplate, old ink price.

Record # 387893

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Our Friends the Enemies: The Occupation of France after Napoleonby: Christine Haynes
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Our Friends the Enemies: The Occupation of France after Napoleon
by: Christine Haynes

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 404 pages. The Napoleonic wars did not end with Waterloo. That famous battle was just the beginning of a long, complex transition to peace. After a massive invasion of France by more than a million soldiers from across Europe, the Allied powers insisted on a long-term occupation of the country to guarantee that the defeated nation rebuild itself and pay substantial reparations to its conquerors. Our Friends the Enemies provides the first comprehensive history of the post-Napoleonic occupation of France and its innovative approach to peacemaking. From 1815 to 1818, a multinational force of 150,000 men under the command of the Duke of Wellington occupied northeastern France. From military, political, and cultural perspectives, Christine Haynes reconstructs the experience of the occupiers and the occupied in Paris and across the French countryside. The occupation involved some violence, but it also promoted considerable exchange and reconciliation between the French and their former enemies. Clean copy.

Record # 396279

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

The Secret Conversations of Henry Kissinger: Step By Step Diplomacy in the Middle East by: Golan, Matti
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The Secret Conversations of Henry Kissinger: Step By Step Diplomacy in the Middle East
by: Golan, Matti

Hardcover. NY, Quadrangle Books/New York Times, 2nd pr., 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, rubbed dust jacket. Translated by Ruth Geyra Stern and Sol Stern. The events preceding the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396391

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Thoughts and Reflections on the Present Position of Europe, and Its Probable Consequences to the United States by: Francis J. Grund
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Thoughts and Reflections on the Present Position of Europe, and Its Probable Consequences to the United States by: Francis J. Grund Thoughts and Reflections on the Present Position of Europe, and Its Probable Consequences to the United States by: Francis J. Grund

Thoughts and Reflections on the Present Position of Europe, and Its Probable Consequences to the United States
by: Francis J. Grund

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Childs & Peterson , 1st, 1860, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed brown cloth, 245 pages plus publishers ads. Gilt on spine faded. A fascinating work of history by Francis J. Grund, exploring the link between Europe and the United States of America. Very scarce. An interesting work of world history, explore the current state of Europe in the mid-19th century and the subsequent impact on the United States of America. This work of global history is written by Francis J. Grund, the noted journalist who published numerous works in relation to the socio-politcal climate of America. Bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise tight and clean.

Record # 396475

Price: $180.00
Price: $180.00 

Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823 by: Davis, David Brion
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Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
by: Davis, David Brion

Hardcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, 2nd pr., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, rubbed dust jacket, 576 pages. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396505

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Heritage from Hamilton: With a Selection of Personal Letters  by: MItchell, Broadus
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Heritage from Hamilton: With a Selection of Personal Letters
by: MItchell, Broadus

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University Press, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a price-clipped dust jacket, 160 pages. ".based on the Gino Speranza Lectures delivered in Columbia University by Broadus Mitchell as a part of the national celebration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Alexander Hamilton." Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396617

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Addresses Upon The American Road 1933-1938 by: Herbert Hoover
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Addresses Upon The American Road 1933-1938
by: Herbert Hoover

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2nd pr., 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 390 pages. With 30-page booklet outlining speeches laid-in, containing a number of press blurbs supporting Hoover's ideas. Scribner's colophon on copyeight page but no A, so assumed 2nd printing. Clean copy.

Record # 396899

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Slavery and Jeffersonian Virginia by: McColley, Robert
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Slavery and Jeffersonian Virginia
by: McColley, Robert

Hardcover. Urbana IL, University of Illinois Press, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with two small holes to front cover, 227 pages with index. "Slavery was a social and an economic institution of such power that it sustained and extended an economic system whose demands went far to determine the domestic and foreign policy of the "agrarian" party in our early history. For the agrarian politics of Jefferson, while possibly benefiting the small freeholder, very closely served the interests of the plantation system, at least as the planters conceived their interests." Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397182

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Genealogies of New Jersey Families From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey (TWO VOLUMES)by: Joseph R. Klett (Ed.)
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Genealogies of New Jersey Families From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey (TWO VOLUMES)
by: Joseph R. Klett (Ed.)

Hardcover. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, matching black cloth covers with gilt stamping. Vol. 1, 1139 pages, Families A-Z, Pre-American Notes on Old New Netherland Families. Vol. II, 1087 pages, A Genealogical History of New Jersey/Bible Records of New Jersey. Clean, bright copies. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 397379

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

History of the Town of Carlisle, Massachusets, 1754-1920 With Biographical Sketches of Prominent Personsby: Bull, Sidney A.
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History of the Town of Carlisle, Massachusets, 1754-1920 With Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons
by: Bull, Sidney A.

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Murray Printing Company, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on front cover. Illustrated with b&w photos, map illustration. Name on front fly, otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 397462

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

Burgoyne of Saratoga: A Biography by: Gerald Howson
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Burgoyne of Saratoga: A Biography
by: Gerald Howson

Hardcover. NY, Times Books, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket that shows fading, 360 pages, b&w illustrations, endpaper maps. General John Burgoyne was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, mostly notably during the Portugal Campaign of 1762. Burgoyne is best known for his role in the American War of Independence. During the Saratoga campaign he surrendered his army of 5,000 men to the American troops on October 17, 1777. Appointed to command a force designated to capture Albany and end the rebellion, Burgoyne advanced from Canada but soon found himself surrounded and outnumbered. He fought two battles at Saratoga, but was forced to open negotiations with Horatio Gates. Although he agreed to a convention, on 17 October 1777, which would allow his troops to return home, this was subsequently revoked and his men were made prisoners. Burgoyne faced criticism when he returned to Britain, and never held another active command. Clean copy.

Record # 397483

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution by: Ira D. Gruber
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The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution
by: Ira D. Gruber

Softcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 396 pages including index. By focusing on the Howe brothers, their political connections, their relationships with the British ministry, their attitude toward the Revolution, and their military activities in America, Gruber answers the frequently asked question of why the British failed to end the American Revolution in its early years. This book supersedes earlier studies because of its broader research and because it elucidates the complex personal interplay between Whitehall and its commanders. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397511

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Departing Glory: Theodore Roosevelt As Ex-Presidentby: Joseph L. Gardner
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Departing Glory: Theodore Roosevelt As Ex-President
by: Joseph L. Gardner

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 432 pages, b&w illustrations. A moving account of Theodore Roosevelt's post-presidential years. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 397539

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

William Shirley: King's Governor of Massachusettsby: Schutz, John A.

William Shirley: King's Governor of Massachusetts
by: Schutz, John A.

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth, 292 pages, b&w plates. ISBN number on copyright page denotes a reprint. Clean, bright copy, lacks dust jacket.

Record # 397695

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Alone on Guadalcanal: A Coastwatcher's Story by: Martin Clemens
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Alone on Guadalcanal: A Coastwatcher's Story
by: Martin Clemens

Softcover. Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 343 pages, b&w illustrations. This remarkable memoir tells the compelling story of the near-mythic British district officer who helped shape the first great Allied counteroffensive. Scottish-born and Cambridge-educated, Martin Clemens managed to survive months behind Japanese lines in one of the most unfriendly climates and terrains in the world. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 397907

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P Newton by: Bobby Seale
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Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P Newton
by: Bobby Seale

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 429 pages. Brown cloth with embossed red image of Seale gagged and bound in the courtroom during the Chicago 8 Trial. A gorgeous copy of Bobby Seale's narration of the Black Panther Party's origins and his relationship with Huey P Newton. Written as Seale was on trial as part of the Panther 14 in New Haven and during the Chicago 8/7 Conspiracy trial. Dust jacket is bright with original $6.95 price intact and unclipped. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Clean copy.

Record # 398047

Price: $200.00
Price: $200.00 

A Trip Through the Lakes of North America: Embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River...(1857)by: John Disturnell
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A Trip Through the Lakes of North America: Embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River...(1857)by: John DisturnellA Trip Through the Lakes of North America: Embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River...(1857)by: John Disturnell

A Trip Through the Lakes of North America: Embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River...(1857)
by: John Disturnell

Hardcover. NY, J. Disturnell, 1st, 1857, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, A Trip Through the Lakes of North America: Embracing a full description of the St. Lawrence River, together with all the principal places on its banks, from its source to its mouth (1857). Hardcover, original blind-stamped tan cloth, 364 pages + ads. 2 maps, one large fold-out in rear of the Valley of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Country, b&w engravings. Binding worn, clean, overall Good+.

Record # 398263

Price: $500.00
Price: $500.00 

The American Universal Geography; Or, A View of the Present State of all the Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World. In Two Volumes. (VOL. 2 ONLY)by: Morse
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The American Universal Geography; Or, A View of the Present State of all the Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World. In Two Volumes. (VOL. 2 ONLY)by: MorseThe American Universal Geography; Or, A View of the Present State of all the Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World. In Two Volumes. (VOL. 2 ONLY)by: Morse

The American Universal Geography; Or, A View of the Present State of all the Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World. In Two Volumes. (VOL. 2 ONLY)
by: Morse

Hardcover. Boston, Thomas & Andrews , 6th Ed., 1812, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in contemporary calf, with gilt letting on red leather spine label and sound and bright internally with 3 fold-out maps (Africa, Asia/Arabia and Europe). Covers worn, bottom of spine has a small chunk gone from bottom, about a square inch. Interior clean, minor foxing. VOLUME 2 ONLY.

Record # 398448

Price: $150.00
Price: $150.00 

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

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

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

Record # 398791

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

New Netherland: A Dutch Colony In Seventeenth-Century Americaby: Jacobs, Jaap
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New Netherland: A Dutch Colony In Seventeenth-Century America
by: Jacobs, Jaap

Hardcover. Boston, Brill, 1st US, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 559 pages. This volume covers the history of the Dutch colony New Netherland on the North American continent. Based on extensive research of archival material on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, much of which has not been previously used, this work provides the most complete overview yet of a colony that has been generally neglected by historians. The chapters deal with themes such as patterns of immigration, government and justice, economy, religion, social structure, material culture, and mentality of the colonists. This book will be very useful not just for students of Dutch colonial history, but also for scholars in early American history. Light pencil marking to about 30 pages. Otherwise like new.

Record # 399163

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Two Vermont Hollows: A History of Gilead and Little Hollows by: Leyland E. Wood
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Two Vermont Hollows: A History of Gilead and Little Hollows
by: Leyland E. Wood

Softcover. Randolph VT, privately printed, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, in lightly rubbed green wrappers, 242 pages, b&w illustrations, map in rear. A description of rural life "way back when" in Bethel Gilead and Rochester Little Hollows in the green hills of Vermont. Clean copy.

Record # 399652

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades: The Civil War In The Words of Those Who Lived It by: Susannah Ural
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Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades: The Civil War In The Words of Those Who Lived It
by: Susannah Ural

Hardcover. NY/UK, Osprey Publishing, 2nd pr., 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 244 pages illustrated in b&w and color. The story of families enduring the whirlwind of the Civil War, told through the words of famous and ordinary citizens and ranging from the battlefield to the home front, from presidential councils to frontier revivals. The book reveals how Americans on both sides of the Mason and Dixon line withstood four years of brutal, unrelenting conflict. Of the hundreds of thousands of books published on the American Civil War, this is one of the few to approach the nation's defining conflict from this powerful perspective. Grounded in rare family letters and diaries, Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades captures Americans' wide-ranging reactions to the war and their astonishing perseverance. Some of the accounts are entirely unknown to readers, while better-known events are told from unusual perspectives. Abraham Lincoln's assassination, for example, is shared from the viewpoint of Major Henry Rathbone and his fiancee (and stepsister) Clara Harris, while Lewis Powell's attempt on Secretary of State William Seward's life is seen through the terrified eyes Fanny Seward, who was seated next to her father when Powell burst into the room. Madison and Lizzie Bowler help readers understand how the war brought a Minnesota couple together in marriage and then nearly drove them apart when Madison insisted that his first duty was to his nation while Lizzie believed it was to her and their newborn daughter. A thousand miles to the south, two Texas families also suffered through their soldiers' absence and tried to explain to their young children why father had "gone to war" with "Santaclause." And to the north in Kentucky, a runaway slave won freedom for himself and his family by joining the Union Army only to face prejudice as brutal and destructive as the life he'd left behind. Clean copy.

Record # 399750

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Montana Women Homesteaders: A Field of One's Own by: Sarah Carter (Ed.)
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Montana Women Homesteaders: A Field of One's Own
by: Sarah Carter (Ed.)

Softcover. Helena MT, FarCountry Press, 2nd pr., 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 295 pages, b&w illustrations. In this remarkable and important book, Sarah Carter introduces us to some of Montana's first women homesteaders through their journals and other writings. By shedding light on these determined nineteenth- and early twentieth-century pioneers, Carter reveals inspiring stories filled with joy, tragedy, and redemption.

Record # 399907

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

A Mask For Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America by: McWilliams, Carey
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A Mask For Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America
by: McWilliams, Carey

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, beige cloth hardcover book in good condition. McWilliams examines the growth of discrimination and persecution of Jews in America from 1877 to 1948 and the "myths with which the anti-semite surrounds his position." Light shelfwear, no dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 400166

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

The Search for the North West Passageby: Ann Savours
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The Search for the North West Passage
by: Ann Savours

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 342 pages. Dark blue cloth covers, gilt titles, color-illustrated dust jacket, profusely illustrated with b&w plates. A comprehensive chronicle of the various arctic expeditions, lasting from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, that searched for a Northern route by sea to China, includes accounts of the ill-fated John Franklin effort and Amundsen's eventual success. Clean copy.

Record # 400846

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Centuryby: Musicant, Ivan
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Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century
by: Musicant, Ivan

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt , 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 740 pages. Historian Musicant offers a detailed examination of the American war that catapulted the nation to imperial status. Musicant offers a portrait of a nation increasingly torn between the desire for isolation and the yearning for a place on the international stage. That conflict was at first fought out in the nation's newspapers, which managed to gradually sway public opinion toward involvements abroad. The sinking of the American warship Maine in the harbor of Havana pushed America over the edge, and McKinley was compelled to declare war on Spain. The war itself lasted less than a year and featured only a few large-scale battles, but Musicant is able to wring considerable drama from this thorough narrative of events. Clean copy.

Record # 400995

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

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

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

Record # 403263

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

History of New Haven in Vermont 1761-1983, Aby: Farnsworth, Harold and others
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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 edges, corners. Previous owner's sticker on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 405131

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

Vermont State Directory and Gazetteer for 1887-88by: Briggs and Co.
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Vermont State Directory and Gazetteer for 1887-88
by: Briggs and Co.

Hardcover. Boston, Briggs and Co., 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 352 pages, includes many ads with line illustrations. Black cloth spine with ad-illustrated cardboard covers, chipping to the paper covering the boards at edges. Otherwise clean, solid.

Record # 406880

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 


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