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Worcester, Mass.: Isaiah Thomas Printer. Very Good+. 1785. Second Edition. Hardcover. Convened at Hartford at the Anniversary Election, May 8th 1783 by Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College. Second Edition Corrected. Original clean marbled boards, brown leather spine decorated with gilt. Text tight, clean & intact. A few pages with a hint of foxing. Facsimile title page. 8 additional pages of other publications. Ex-Lib, Boston Public Library ink stamp. Prior owners book plate. Connecticut Election Sermon. New England ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 172 pages .
FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE BOOK TO MOOSEHEAD LAKE, Katahdin Iron Works and Vicinity, the North Maine Wilderness, and the Head Waters of the Dead, Kennebec, Penobscot, Aroostook, and St. John Rivers, Etc. by Farrar, Charles A. J - 1889
by Farrar, Charles A. J
FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE BOOK TO MOOSEHEAD LAKE, Katahdin Iron Works and Vicinity, the North Maine Wilderness, and the Head Waters of the Dead, Kennebec, Penobscot, Aroostook, and St. John Rivers, Etc.
by Farrar, Charles A. J
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Boston: Lee & Shepard. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Fold-out map present with tape repair at one fold, faint ghost of price sticker on front board, small rubs at spine ends and corners, hinge papers cracked - book tight, owner's name plus owner's name stamp x 3 ; Maps, plates and figures in text .
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A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY JONATHAN TRUMBULL GOVERNOR & COMMANDER IN CHIEF & THE HONOURABLE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT............
by Stiles, Ezra
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ANCIENT & MODERN ISLES OF SHOALS. From Their First Discovery to the Present Time
by Montegeu M. Tzl.
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Boston: G. Alex Emery. Very Good. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in soft covers, rebound in marbled boards with leather corners & spine including the original covers. Early Boston imprint. Text tight, clean & intact. Eight islands, 10 miles southeast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Illustrated with 12 full page engravings. Outer covers with spine end wear, have protected the original text well. Interior VG+. New England; Engraved Illustrations; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 35 pages .
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BACKWOODS BARON, THE LIFE STORY OF CLAUDE ALBERT FULLER (SIGNED BY C.A. FULLER)
by Beals, Frank L.
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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Wheaton, Illinois: Morton Publishing Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with black title on front cover. Text tight, clean & intact. Portrait frontispiece. Signed "Compliments Claude Albert Fuller 8/1/56." VG dust jacket with a few tiny edge chips. Claude's early days, his practice of law, romance, family life, politics, ten years in congress and success make a wonderful story. Arkansas Congressman. Genealogy; B/W Photograph ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 146 pages; Signed by Biographee .
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The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880 In Four Volumes
by Winsor, Justin (editor)
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, hinges cracked, dampstain at top . and bottom margins, Volume three and four boards dampstained and bowed, . volume three noticeably more sunned at spine.. 1881. Hardcover. Complete in four quarto volumes. Uniformly bound in full dark brown leather with all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Six compartments on spine stamped in blind and in gilt. Gilt-stamped turn-ins. Numerous illustrations, signature facsimiles, heliotypes, maps, index in each volume. A handsome set. Volume I: xxxii, 596pp, later printing; Volume II: lviii, 577pp, first edition; Volume III: xii, 691pp, first edition; Volume IV: x, 713pp, first edition. A sweeping history of the Boston area and sketches of some of its most famous citizens from the colonial era through the late 19th century. Howes W 576. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Bradford Bungalows
by Bradford Architectural Co.
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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A substantial arts and crafts trade catalog for 208 bungalow style homes. Home pictures have been cut from 15 pages presumably for sales. Plans cost from $8 to $15 . estimated construction from $758 to $4000.Near fine, bright copy= good +
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GREEN AND GOLD Class of 1928 St. Albans High School, St. Albans, Vermont
by St. Albans High School
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St. Albans, VT: St. Albans High School. 1928. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak. ; Includes a Short History of the School, Former Principals and Teachers, Athletics, Class Roster and more. ; B&W Photographs; 100 pages .
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Liturgy for the Use of the Church at King's Chapel in Boston
by [Church of England]
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Boston: From the Press of the Christian Examiner, 1828. Leather_bound. Near Fine. 6 x 8 1/2 inches. 368 pages. Bookplate of Elisabeth Fisher Everett inside front cover. Otherwise pages clean and free of marking, soiling or staining. All page edges gilt. Gilt bright. Bound in contemporary full black calf with gilt rolled borders to both boards and gilt dentelles. The spine has four (false) raised bands with gilt decoration, and additional gilt decoration at the head and tail of the spine. Spine also has gilt title ("Chapel Services"). Owner's name in gilt to front cover. Very light shelf wear to edges and corners. King's Chapel is the oldest church in America with continuous weekly worship services. Its liturgy is a unique hybrid that reflects this history, largely based upon the 1662 English Book of Common Prayer . A truly spectacular example of this scarce liturgical work in an unusually well decorated American binding.
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From Kaw teepee to Capitol: the life story of Charles Curtis, Indian who has risen to high estate.
by [NATIVE AMERICANS -- KAW & OSAGE]. CURTIS, Charles.
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1928. 8vo. 223, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates. Green publisher’s cloth, blue illustration & lettering front cover, illustrated endpapers (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing, very slight bumping to corners), w/ d.j. cover art of Curtis w/ teepees & US Capitol dome (minor chipping, tears, tear to foot of spine & lower back cover affecting some lettering, closed tears), still VG/G- copy. First edition of this surprisingly uncommon biography of the first Native American to become Vice President of the United States under Hoover, after becoming the first Republican Whip in 1915 in the US Senate. Curtis (1860-1936) lived from 1863-1868 with his maternal grandmother on the Kaw Indian Reservation near Council Grove, KS on the Santa Fe Trail, and after a raid by the Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Arapaho in 1868, and subsequent removal of the tribe to Indian Territory, he went to live with his paternal grandmother in Topeka, KS and was integrated into an Anglo-American…
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Frontier Days with Reta and Robbie
by Myrtle Jones Longacre
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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n.p.: Myrtle Jones Longacre, 1963. Good. No DJ. Buckram cover is sunned and shows light soiling and shelf wear. Binding is split at title page. Interior is clean and without ownership marks. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. "A true account of the Jones family."
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CAMPING AND CRUISING IN FLORIDA
by Henshall, James A., M.D.
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Covina, California, United States
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Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A captivating look at fishing and outdoor sports in late 19th century Florida. Henshall (1836-1925) was popularly known as the "Apostle of the Black Bass", the acknowledged authority on this game fish, as well as an enthusiastic yachtsman. Octavo: xvi, 248, 12 p. advertisements with wood engraved plates and illustrations. Original green cloth binding, with pictorial gilt and black stamping. Period previous owner's ink signature to a prefatory blank leaf. Some general dust staining to the top edge. The spine and front panel are darkened a bit, with moderate wear to the corners and tips and a few minor stains; else very good. Bruns H149, calling it very scarce.
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life
by nebraska state journal
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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- 9780394856438 / 0394856430
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
by Traven, B
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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Samuel The Seeker
by Sinclair, Upton
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
by John B. Wyeth
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
by Goodwin, Maud Wilder
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
by Leaf, Munro
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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