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Those Who Prayed: An Anthology of Medieval Sources by: Speed, Peter (Ed.)
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Those Who Prayed: An Anthology of Medieval Sources
by: Speed, Peter (Ed.)

Softcover. NY, Italica Press, 2nd pr., 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 284 pages. Slight crease to spine, light shelf-wear to wrappers, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 398931

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Wolf U-Boat Commanders In World War II by: Jordan Vause
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Wolf U-Boat Commanders In World War II
by: Jordan Vause

Hardcover. Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 249 pages. Hardcover. Brick cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated with photos in b/w. Dust jacket with light wear. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 398933

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Westering Women and the Frontier Experience 1800-1915 by: Myres, Sandra L
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Westering Women and the Frontier Experience 1800-1915
by: Myres, Sandra L

Softcover. Albuquerque NM, University of New Mexico Press, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 365 pages, b&w illustrations. Professor Myres gives frontier women a voice they never had. She uses extensive source material by and about women ( letters, journals, and reminiscences from over 400 collections ) to study the impact of the frontier on women's lives and the role of women in the West. She offers a major reinterpretation of the experience of pioneer women, including that of Indian, Mexican, French, black, and Anglo-American women. The account recreates in detail the frontier experience of all these women, beginning with their physical and intellectual responses to the trek West, and concluding with their struggle for political suffrage and economic opportunity. Clean copy.

Record # 398984

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

The War to End All Wars by: N/A
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The War to End All Wars
by: N/A

Softcover. Austin TX, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled wraps, 40 pages. Illustrated in color and b&w. Amazingly, no date for this exhibition catalog on WW1 that includes posters, photographs, letters and other ephemera and artifacts from the period. Clean copy.

Record # 398994

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Acts Passed at the First Congress of the United States of America, Begun and held at the City of New York On Wednesday the Fourth of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine and of the Independence of the United. States The T
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Acts Passed at the First Congress of the United States of America, Begun and held at the City of New York On Wednesday the Fourth of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine and of the Independence of the United. States The TActs Passed at the First Congress of the United States of America, Begun and held at the City of New York On Wednesday the Fourth of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine and of the Independence of the United. States The T

Acts Passed at the First Congress of the United States of America, Begun and held at the City of New York On Wednesday the Fourth of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine and of the Independence of the United. States The T

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Francis Childs, 1st, 1795, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, leather bound, 434 pages plus an index in rear. Maroon label on spine reads UNITED STATES LAWS in gilt. Covers all three sessions: The second on the 4th of January 1790 and the 3rd session, held in Philadelphia, on the 6th of December 1790. Covers rubbed, front board detached. First 2 pages, (the title page and the following page) have tears, pieces missing. The next page, the beginning text of the Constitution has smaller marginal damage. The rest of the text pages very good with the occasional foxing.

Record # 399002

Price: $500.00
Price: $500.00 

Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945 by: Frederick Taylor
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Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945
by: Frederick Taylor

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 518 pages with index. B&w illustrations. The allied bombing of Dresden created a massive fire that swept the city center, killing thousands of people and destroying its medieval heart. Debate began almost immediately: Was the destruction of this seemingly civilian city necessary militarily, or was it, some asked, equivalent to a war crime? Not just another in an endless parade of books on Dresden, Taylor's account may go a long way toward putting such questions to rest. It opens with the start, by British bombers, of the nighttime attack, and immediately turns to the past, meandering through several centuries of Dresden history, from its founding in the Middle Ages to the 20th century and the rise of the Nazis. Taylor, translator of The Goebbels Diaries, also covers the history of aerial bombardment and its international laws; gives glimpses of life under the Nazi regime; details the Allied bombing campaign against Germany; and, most excitingly, puts forth new information concerning Dresden's part in the German war effort, which turns out to be much greater than postwar information generally portrays. Clean copy.

Record # 399020

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Flying Minute Men: The Story of the Civil Air Patrol by: Neprud, Robert E.
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Flying Minute Men: The Story of the Civil Air Patrol
by: Neprud, Robert E.

Hardcover. NY, Duell Sloan Pearce, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 243 pages, b&w photos, cartoons by Zack Mosley. Clean copy.

Record # 399071

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

A Dance With Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II by: Anne Noggle
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A Dance With Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II
by: Anne Noggle

Hardcover. College Station, Texas A&M University , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 318 pages. In their own vivid words, the women members of the Soviet air force recount their dramatic efforts against the German forces in World War II. These brave women, the first ever to fly in combat, proved that women could be among the best of warriors, withstanding the rigors of combat and downing the enemy. B&w illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 399105

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Fort Maurepas: The Birth of Louisiana 1699-1702 (SIGNED COPY) by: Jay Higginbotham
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Fort Maurepas: The Birth of Louisiana 1699-1702 (SIGNED COPY)
by: Jay Higginbotham

Hardcover. Mobile AL, Colonial Books, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers, 93 pages plus bibliography and index. Gilt lettering on the spine. SIGNED BY HIGGINBOTHAM on the half-title page. A clean, bright copy.

Record # 399109

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

A Description of the "New Deal" by: Fairchild, Fred Rogers/Furniss, Edgar Stevenson/Buck, Norman Sydney/ Whelden, Chester Howard, Jr.
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A Description of the "New Deal"
by: Fairchild, Fred Rogers/Furniss, Edgar Stevenson/Buck, Norman Sydney/ Whelden, Chester Howard, Jr.

Softcover. NY, The Macmillan Company, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, blue wrapper with dark blue cloth spine. First printing. iii, [1], 104, [4] pages. Table. The authors were associated with Yale University. Name at top of cover, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 399141

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Prairie Runways : The History of Wichita's Original Municipal Airport by: Susan Thompson
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Prairie Runways : The History of Wichita's Original Municipal Airport
by: Susan Thompson

Hardcover. Wichita KS, Kansas Aviation Museum , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, oblong format, 127 pages with many b&w historical photos. Susan Thompson's clearly written, well-illustrated history of what was one of the nation's premier airports in the pre-jet age is a great read for serious and casual aviation fan and anybody with a general interest in aviation history. Wichita's Municipal Airport was the primary stop-off point for coast to coast air travel in the days that preceded long-distance flight. Clean copy.

Record # 399172

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hackensack, Dutchess County, New York by: Maria Bockee Carpenter Tower (Ed.)

Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hackensack, Dutchess County, New York
by: Maria Bockee Carpenter Tower (Ed.)

Softcover. Bowie MD, Heritage Books, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, yellow wrappers, 333 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 399186

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Shopkeepers and Master Artisans in Nineteenth-Century Europe by: Crossick, Geoffrey & Heinz-Gerhard Haupt
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Shopkeepers and Master Artisans in Nineteenth-Century Europe
by: Crossick, Geoffrey & Heinz-Gerhard Haupt

Hardcover. London, Methuen, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 283 pages. Shopkeepers and master artisans had a striking presence in the history of nineteenth-century Europe, not only in the development of industrial and urban economies, but also the fabric of social life and the politics of protest. The experience of 1848, the differing pace of various forms of nationalism and liberalism and, at the end of the century, the shift towards right-wing nationalist or Catholic political movements reflected a developing 'crisis' in the petite bourgeoisie. The essays examine the nature of this crisis and ask critical questions about the social relations of the petite bourgeoisie with the developing working classes. This book as a whole provides a fresh and integrated approach to the world of these shopkeepers and master artisans and illuminates much else besides in the social history of nineteenth-century Europe. Clean copy.

Record # 399188

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by: James Agee / Walker Evans (Photographer)
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
by: James Agee / Walker Evans (Photographer)

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 3rd pr., 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 471 pages, Walker Evans photos up front. In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignment for "Fortune" magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. Their journey would prove an extraordinary collaboration and a watershed literary event when in 1941. "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" was first published to enormous critical acclaim. This unsparing record of place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives today stands as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. The time is the mid-1930s, in the depths of the Great Depression. Tenant farmers down South are struggling with deepening debt, chronic illnesses in their families (NO health care), land suffering from drought and the hopeless, grinding poverty much of America suffered through in that era. Clean copy. Lacks the dust jacket.

Record # 399257

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Struggle and Success: An Anthology of the Italian Immigrant Experience in California by: Paola A. Sensi-Isolani / Phylis Cancilla Martinelli
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Struggle and Success: An Anthology of the Italian Immigrant Experience in California
by: Paola A. Sensi-Isolani / Phylis Cancilla Martinelli

Softcover. NY, Center for Migration Studies, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 289 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 399265

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Preexisting Conditions: Recounting the Plague by: Samuel Weber
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Preexisting Conditions: Recounting the Plague
by: Samuel Weber

Hardcover. NY, Zone Books, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 214 pages. The philosopher and literary and cultural critic Samuel Weber returns to past narratives of plagues and pandemics to reproduce the myriad ways individual and collective, historical and actual, intentional and unintentional forces converge to reveal how cultures and societies deal with their vulnerability and mortality. The "preexisting conditions"-a phrase taken from the American healthcare industry-of these very cultures converge and collide with the urgent situations of individuals confronting the plague. Texts drawn from the Bible, Sophocles, Thucydides, Boccaccio, Luther, Defoe, Kleist, Holderlin, Artaud, and Camus demonstrate how in the process of narration individuals come to reconsider their relationship to others, to themselves, and to the collectives to which they belong and on which they depend. Clean copy.

Record # 399275

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862 by: Carol Sheriff
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The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862
by: Carol Sheriff

Hardcover. NY, Hill & Wang , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 251 pages. Completed in 1825 and enlarged between 1836 and 1862 at the initial cost of $7 million, the Erie Canal not only created an economic revolution in the region but fostered new and unique communities made up of entrepreneurs, canal workers, and farmers. Utilizing a variety of primary resources, but especially the Canal Board Papers, Sheriff (history relates the social history of those who lived, worked, and traveled the Erie Canal before the Civil War. This previously untold story is laced with accounts by businessmen who saw the canal as opportunity, immigrant laborers looking for steady work, and farmers who transported their produce by canal boat. Although all of these groups relayed their complaints, claims, and concerns to the Canal Board, we do not know the responses they received. Still, the issues raised tell a great deal about the local impact of the Erie Canal, and herein lies the strength of the book. Clean copy.

Record # 399285

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Narragansett Bay: Its Historic and Romantic Associations and Picturesque Setting by: Bacon, Edgar Mayhew
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Narragansett Bay: Its Historic and Romantic Associations and Picturesque Setting
by: Bacon, Edgar Mayhew

Hardcover. NY, G.P. Putnam"s Sons, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt stamping, pictorial label, top edge gilt, 377 pages. Tissued frontis, b&w plates plus text illustrations. Folding map. Sound and square. All very good, clean copy.

Record # 399290

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

Proceedings of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar 28th Triennial Conclave Louisville, Kentucky by: John A. Gerow /Henry Bates Stoddard
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Proceedings of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar 28th Triennial Conclave Louisville, Kentucky by: John A. Gerow /Henry Bates StoddardProceedings of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar 28th Triennial Conclave Louisville, Kentucky by: John A. Gerow /Henry Bates Stoddard

Proceedings of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar 28th Triennial Conclave Louisville, Kentucky
by: John A. Gerow /Henry Bates Stoddard

Hardcover. Knights Templar, 1st, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, embossed black cloth with gilt stamping, 304 pages. Mild wear to covers, clean, tight copy.

Record # 399293

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

Proceedings of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar 31st Triennial Conclave Chicago by: John A. Gerow /William B. Melish
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Proceedings of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar 31st Triennial Conclave Chicago by: John A. Gerow /William B. MelishProceedings of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar 31st Triennial Conclave Chicago by: John A. Gerow /William B. Melish

Proceedings of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar 31st Triennial Conclave Chicago
by: John A. Gerow /William B. Melish

Hardcover. Knights Templar, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: 100.00, Hardcover, embossed black cloth with gilt stamping, 327 pages. Mild wear to covers, clean, tight copy.

Record # 399295

Price: $80.00
Price: $80.00 

National Geographic January -June 1913 vol. XXIV No.1 includes Beacons of the Sea: Lighing of the coasts of America by George Putnam by: N/A
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National Geographic January -June 1913 vol. XXIV No.1 includes Beacons of the Sea: Lighing of the coasts of America by George Putnam
by: N/A

Hardcover. Washington DC, National Geographic Society, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, six bound editions from the first 6 months of 1913. Nice folding map of Central America/ Caribbean (pg. 166), fold-out b&w photo of Machu Picchu (pg. 434), poster-size fold-out of Titkana Peak (pg. 600, Color porfolio of 50 birds of Farm and Orchard (pgs. 669-697) with paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Interior pages and fold-outs pristine, rear upper spine label rubbed, faded. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 399315

Price: $70.00
Price: $70.00 

Looking at History: Indiana's Hoosier National Forest Region, 1600 to 1950 by: Ellen Sieber, Cheryl Ann Munson
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Looking at History: Indiana's Hoosier National Forest Region, 1600 to 1950
by: Ellen Sieber, Cheryl Ann Munson

Softcover. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1st thus, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 131 pages, b&w illustrations. "Looking at History" examines the history from geologic times to the present of a nine-county region - Perry, Jackson, Orange, Crawford, Dubois, Lawrence, Monroe, Martin, and Brown. It is an area rich in cultural heritage - prehistoric Indians, pioneer settlers, rural family life, folklore. The authors concentrate on the land and the natural culture of the inhabitants to produce a unique portrait of a distinctive area of the state. Included are 105 photographs, drawings, and maps. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 399347

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Long Island Italians by: Salvatore J. LaGumina
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Long Island Italians
by: Salvatore J. LaGumina

Softcover. Charleston SC, Arcadia Publishing, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages. In America "the streets were paved with gold." That was the mistaken notion of many an immigrant to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s. On Long Island, deluded sojourners from Italy were to find that in fact there were few streets and that they themselves were to be the ones to build them. A pictorial history covering more than a century of history, Long Island Italians depicts the transition of urban Italians as they moved increasingly from the city to the suburbs in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Many photos, clean copy.

Record # 399365

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

King Philip's War : The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict by: Eric B. Schultz, Michael J. Tougias
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King Philip's War : The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict
by: Eric B. Schultz, Michael J. Tougias

Hardcover. Woodstock VT, Countryman Press, 4th pr., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket, 416 pages, b&w illustrations. Now largely forgotten, the massacres of 1675 to 1676, known as King Philip's War, ended the harmonious relations that had existed between native Americans and the colonists since their arrival at Plymouth Rock in 1620. Tensions had been rising as the number of settlers grew, and the pillaging of an outlying farm by affronted young braves escalated into open hostilities. Pitched battles were fought from Rhode Island to Maine. Hundreds of English died as farmers fled and cowered behind stockades or in the few port towns. Thousands of natives were slaughtered and the rest dispersed or sold into slavery in the West Indies. The savagery resulted in the clearing of the native populations from southern New England and the unopposed expansion of the New England colonies. It also became the brutal model on which the United States came to deal with its native peoples. King Philip's War tells the story with such close attention to detail that each ambush, each burned-out farm, becomes a vivid image. The authors make abundant use of maps and photographs of old sites to enable the reader to follow the course of the war: the book forms an exhaustive guide for the armchair historian or anyone wishing to visit the monuments and battlefields today. Clean copy.

Record # 399367

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

The Italians of San Francisco 1850-1930 - Gli Italiani Di San Francisco 1850-1930 (Bilingual Edition) by: Deanna Paoli Gumina
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The Italians of San Francisco 1850-1930 - Gli Italiani Di San Francisco 1850-1930 (Bilingual Edition)
by: Deanna Paoli Gumina

Softcover. NY, Center For Migration Studies, 3rd pr., 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 230 pages. The Italians of San Francisco is the first comprehensive description of the economic and social aspects of the Italian migratory experience in San Francisco to be presented in a side-by-side bilingual edition, providing teachers and students of Italian and English with a linguistically definitive and an historically important learning tool. This text pieces together the fragmented story of one of the largest immigrant groups to come to California charting the history of their economic and social development as it began in San Francisco, and as it was to be found throughout California. The Italians of San Francisco tells the story of a community whose strength was maintained in the vibrancy and perseverance of its members, and whose accomplishments were achieved through the ambition and efforts of each of its members. Clean copy.

Record # 399370

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES - THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM AND THE FRANKISH EAST 1100-1187 [VOLUME TWO] by: Steven Runciman
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THE HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES - THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM AND THE FRANKISH EAST 1100-1187 [VOLUME TWO]
by: Steven Runciman

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge At the University Press , 1st, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with faded spine, 523 pages .VOL. 2 ONLY. Includes bibliography and index. Illustrated with black-and-white plates and genealogy foldout chart. Comprehensive study on the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East during the Crusades, by well-noted historian Steven Runciman. Lacks dust jacket. Clean copy.

Record # 399373

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Abrege Chronologique de L'Histoire Romaine: Tome II by: ANONYME ;[DU VERDIER, Gilbert Saulnier ]
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Abrege Chronologique de L'Histoire Romaine: Tome II by: ANONYME ;[DU VERDIER, Gilbert Saulnier ]Abrege Chronologique de L'Histoire Romaine: Tome II by: ANONYME ;[DU VERDIER, Gilbert Saulnier ]

Abrege Chronologique de L'Histoire Romaine: Tome II
by: ANONYME ;[DU VERDIER, Gilbert Saulnier ]

Hardcover. Paris, Theodore Girard, 1670, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown leather covers, raised bands on spine, 558 pages, FRENCH TEXT. Volume 2 only of 8 volume history of ancient Rome. Sound binding, outer leather split at spine edges but holding. rear cover with 2" x 1 1/4 " chip, rear fly leaf gone, but remarkably good condition. No foxing.

Record # 399403

Price: $400.00
Price: $400.00 

Seige-1759: The Campaign Against Niagara (SIGNED COPY) by: Brian Leigh Dunnigan

Seige-1759: The Campaign Against Niagara (SIGNED COPY)
by: Brian Leigh Dunnigan

Softcover. Youngstown NY, Old Fort Niagra Association, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 120 pages, b&w illustrations, maps. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Few events in the long and complex history of Fort Niagara occupy so prominent a niche as the Seven Years War and the dramatic nineteen-day siege of 1759. The North American conflict of 1754-1760 resulted in the expulsion of French colonial power from the Great Lakes and Canada, and the siege of Fort Niagara was the climax of a century-long struggle for the northern gateway to the heart of the continent. Clean copy.

Record # 399514

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Foreshadowings of Smith College, Selections from Letters of Louisa Dickinson to John Morton Greene, 1856-1857 by: Dickinson, Louisa; Greene, Helen French (ed.)
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Foreshadowings of Smith College, Selections from Letters of Louisa Dickinson to John Morton Greene, 1856-1857
by: Dickinson, Louisa; Greene, Helen French (ed.)

Hardcover. Privately Printed, 1st, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, blue paper-covered boards, black cloth spine with paper label, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, frontis portrait and other black-and-white illustrations. Glassine wrapper present, chipped and worn. These letters document the nascent history of Smith College, Northampton, Mass. Pages unopened. Clean copy.

Record # 399541

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

A Whistle Up the Valley: The Story of the Peavine, Vermont's White River Railroad by: Wes Herwig with Mirian Herwig and Robert C Jones
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A Whistle Up the Valley: The Story of the Peavine, Vermont's White River Railroad
by: Wes Herwig with Mirian Herwig and Robert C Jones

Hardcover. Burlington VT, Evergreen Press, 2nd pr., 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 105 pages, b&w illustrations. This pictorial history chronicles the rise and fall of the White River Valley railroad. Like new condition.

Record # 399627

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

Village in the Hills: A History of Danville, Vermont, 1786-1995 by: Susannah Clifford
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Village in the Hills: A History of Danville, Vermont, 1786-1995 by: Susannah CliffordVillage in the Hills: A History of Danville, Vermont, 1786-1995 by: Susannah Clifford

Village in the Hills: A History of Danville, Vermont, 1786-1995
by: Susannah Clifford

Hardcover. W. Kennebunk ME, Phoenix Publishing, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 274 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 399631

Price: $60.00
Price: $60.00 

Men Against Granite by: Tomasi, Mari / Richmond, Roaldus
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Men Against Granite
by: Tomasi, Mari / Richmond, Roaldus

Softcover. Shelburne VT, New England Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 323 pages, b&w illustrations. A selection of 52 interviews (from over 120) conducted 1938-1940 around Barre, Vermont. All of whom had a connection to the granite industry. Edited by Alfred Rosa and Mark Wanner. Name and address on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 399632

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Lincoln: History of a Mountain Town from First Settlements to the Present. by: Reed, Richard V.
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Lincoln: History of a Mountain Town from First Settlements to the Present.
by: Reed, Richard V.

Softcover. Barre VT, Modern Printing Co., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 104 pages. Green paper wrapper with tipped on color photograph, black lettering, Fold-out map in rear.

Record # 399633

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

St. Augustine in the Gilded Age by: Bowen, Beth Rogero; St Augustine Historical Society
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St. Augustine in the Gilded Age
by: Bowen, Beth Rogero; St Augustine Historical Society

Softcover. Charleston SC, Arcadia Publishing, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. Depicts the oldest city in the United States from the beginning of the picture postcard era to 1914, when a fire destroyed several downtown blocks. The volume presents more than 200 images from the archives of the St. Augustine Historical Society and the author's personal collection. Related street map laid-in. Clean copy.

Record # 399640

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves by: Ward, Andrew
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The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
by: Ward, Andrew

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 386 pages. The first narrative history of the Civil War told by the very people it freed. Groundbreaking, compelling, and poignant, The Slaves' War delivers an unprecedented vision of the nation's bloodiest conflict. An acclaimed historian of nineteenth-century and African-American history, Andrew Ward gives us the first narrative of the Civil War told from the perspective of those whose destiny it decided. Woven together from hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs, here is the Civil War as seen from not only battlefields, capitals, and camps, but also slave quarters, kitchens, roadsides, farms, towns, and swamps. Speaking in a quintessentially American language of wit, candor, and biblical power, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to vivid life. From slaves' theories about the causes of the war to their frank assessments of such major figures as Lincoln, Davis, Lee, and Grant; from their searing memories of the carnage of battle to their often startling attitudes toward masters and liberators alike; and from their initial jubilation at the Yankee invasion of the slave South to the crushing disappointment of freedom's promise unfulfilled, The Slaves' War is a transformative and engrossing vision of America's Second Revolution. Clean copy.

Record # 399642

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Will County by: David A. Belden
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Will County
by: David A. Belden

Softcover. Charleston SC, Arcadia Publishing , 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages illustrated in b&w. In 1836 workers broke ground for the nearly 100-mile-long Illinois and Michigan Canal between the Illinois and Chicago Rivers. The opening of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the movement of industry away from Chicago caused manufacturers to turn their attention to Will. As the county's population grew, the unincorporated area between Joliet and Chicago's southern suburbs continued to shrink. The transportation ties linking Chicago with the communities of Will County--traces, paths, wagon roads, canals, rail lines, plank roads, and highways--helped create an expanding metropolitan region. The early history and unique growth of Will County is showcased in this book. Over 200 vintage postcards provide an interesting glimpse into the social, material, and cultural history of Will County in the early 20th century. Clean copy.

Record # 399646

Price: $18.00
Price: $18.00 

Sincerely Yours: Historic Postcard Views of Londonderry & South Londonderry, Vermont by: George F. Newell
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Sincerely Yours: Historic Postcard Views of Londonderry & South Londonderry, Vermont
by: George F. Newell

Hardcover. Poultney VT, Historical Pages Co., 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 153 pages. Hundreds of century-old photographs give remarkable insight into the life and times of Londonderry and South Londonderry through the eyes of those who once lived there. This collection covers the time period from 1890 to 1920 in this small, rural Vermont community through pictures of daily life and special events. Businesses, stores, churches, schools, inns, and early homesteads are all featured, as well as baptisms, horse drawn sleighs, families in their Sunday best, and its once booming rail centre. Descriptive text accompanies each photograph to bring the still frames to life and provide its historical context. Clean copy.

Record # 399647

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

History Of Grafton, Vermont 1754-1985 And Sidelights On Grafton History by: Pettengill, Helen M.
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History Of Grafton, Vermont 1754-1985 And Sidelights On Grafton History
by: Pettengill, Helen M.

Softcover. Grafton VT, Grafton Historical Society, 3rd pr., 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 100 pages, b&w illustrations. Related ephemera, postcards laid in. Clean copy.

Record # 399649

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Over Cram Hill by: Russell H. Farnsworth
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Over Cram Hill
by: Russell H. Farnsworth

Softcover. Burlington VT, privately printed, 3rd pr., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 80 pages. Black and white photos, map, and acknowledgments. A biography of the author's mother and a record of life in central Vermont during the turn of the century. SIGNED BY FARNSWORTH on the front fly leaf. Previous owner's signature also on the front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 399650

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Indian Joe: The Friendly Indian Guide by: William Parker Neal
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Indian Joe: The Friendly Indian Guide
by: William Parker Neal

Softcover. West Danville VT, United Methodist Church, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover booklet, stapled wrappers, 16 pages. Indian Joe was a Native American guide active in the early conflicts and settlement of Vermont in the 1700s. B&w illustrations, photo of his tomb in the Oxbow cemetery in Newbury, Vermont. Clean copy.

Record # 399653

Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00 

Cornwall People and their Times by: Mary Peet Green
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Cornwall People and their Times
by: Mary Peet Green

Softcover. New Haven VT, Antioch Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 282 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 399654

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

A Whistle Up the Valley: The Story of the Peavine, Vermont's White River Railroad by: Wes Herwig with Mirian Herwig and Robert C Jones
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A Whistle Up the Valley: The Story of the Peavine, Vermont's White River Railroad
by: Wes Herwig with Mirian Herwig and Robert C Jones

Hardcover. Burlington VT, Evergreen Press, 2nd pr., 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 105 pages, b&w illustrations. This pictorial history chronicles the rise and fall of the White River Valley railroad. Like new condition.

Record # 399655

Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00 

Green Mountain Copper: The Story of Vermont's Red Metal (SIGNED COPY) by: Abbott, Collamer
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Green Mountain Copper: The Story of Vermont's Red Metal (SIGNED COPY)
by: Abbott, Collamer

Softcover. Randolph VT, privately printed, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 36 pages. b&w illustrations. SIGNED BY ABBOTT on the title page. From about 1827 to 1958, periodic copper mining operations were carried on in the towns of Strafford, Vershire and Corinth. A glimpse into the times and men who produced Vermont's red metal. Stapled wrappers, mild soil to front cover, otherwise clean copy.

Record # 399656

Price: $50.00
Price: $50.00 

Everlasting Glory: Vermont Soldiers who were Awarded The Congressional Medal of Honor For Service During The Civil War 1861-1865 by: Phil S. Rogers (Ed.)
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Everlasting Glory: Vermont Soldiers who were Awarded The Congressional Medal of Honor For Service During The Civil War 1861-1865
by: Phil S. Rogers (Ed.)

Softcover. Hardwick VT, The Vermont Civil War Hemlocks, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 78 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean copy.

Record # 399657

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

Shrewsbury, Vermont, Our Town As It Was by: Dawn D. Hance & Others
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Shrewsbury, Vermont, Our Town As It Was
by: Dawn D. Hance & Others

Softcover. Rutland VT, Academy Books, Revised Ed., 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 320 pages. Profusely illustrated in b&w. Clean copy.

Record # 399658

Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 

History Of The Town Of Cornwall, Vermont by: Lyman Matthews
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History Of The Town Of Cornwall, Vermont
by: Lyman Matthews

Softcover. Middlebury VT, Addison Press, reprint, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, a facsimile edition copying the 1862 original. In light green wraps, 356 pages. #210 of 500 printed. Clean copy.

Record # 399659

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

A History of the Town of Orwell, Vermont: Dedicated to all citizens Past & Present by: N/A
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A History of the Town of Orwell, Vermont: Dedicated to all citizens Past & Present
by: N/A

Hardcover. Orwell VT, Orwell Historical Society, 1st thus, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 175 pages, b&w illustrations, map in rear pocket. Name stamp and notation on front end papers, otherwise clean.

Record # 399663

Price: $38.00
Price: $38.00 

Potash and Pine: The Formative Years in Randolph History by: Wright, Leigh
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Potash and Pine: The Formative Years in Randolph History
by: Wright, Leigh

Hardcover. Randolph VT, Randolph Historical Society, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket that has been glued to covers. 134 pages, b&w illustrations. Ex-lib with a spine sticker and light residue, stamping to endpapers. Clean internally.

Record # 399664

Price: $38.00
Price: $38.00 

The Story of Libby Prison by: Kent, Will Parmiter
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The Story of Libby Prison
by: Kent, Will Parmiter

Softcover. Newprt VT, Tony O'Connor Civil War Enterprises, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in stapled wrappers, 60 pages, b&w illustrations. Second Edition. Originally published in 1891 this is a modern reprint. Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It gained an infamous reputation for the overcrowded and harsh conditions under which officer prisoners from the Union Army were kept. Prisoners suffered from disease, malnutrition and a high mortality rate. Clean copy.

Record # 399683

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 

Maggie!: Maggie Lindsley's Journal, Nashville, Tennessee, 1864, Washington, D.C., 1865 by: Maggie Lindsley
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Maggie!: Maggie Lindsley's Journal, Nashville, Tennessee, 1864, Washington, D.C., 1865
by: Maggie Lindsley

Softcover. Southbury CT, privately printed, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Including letters written to her in 1862 from Professor Benjamin Silliman of Yale College. Softcover, 129 pages, b&w illustrations. Published by Muriel Davies McKenzie in Southbury, Connecticut. Clean copy.

Record # 399684

Price: $35.00
Price: $35.00 


  

Used & Antiquarian History Books

The history section spans American and world history in used, rare and out-of-print editions, from local and regional chronicles to Civil War narratives and primary sources. Titles include Joseph Judge's Season of Fire: The Confederate Strike on Washington, Letters of Abraham Lincoln (Heretofore Unpublished) and the two-volume History of Pittsfield, MA.

You will also find exploration and regional accounts such as A Summer in Alaska and Brian L. Knight's No Braver Deeds: The Story of the Equinox Guards. Multi-volume sets, signed copies and antiquarian printings appear here regularly, making the shelves worth checking for scarce and out-of-print references.

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