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Detroit: General Motors, 1960. First Editions. not bound. Very Good. The three larger broadsheets feature Iroquois League of the Six Nations, great leaders, and horsemanship of the Plains Indians. The two smaller are on various arrows and arrowheads & Young Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce. The promotional text in each item attempts to link the feats of Native Americans with the characteristics of Pontiac cars and car dealers. Group of five broadsheets, all illustrated. 11" x 16". more information

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Hightstown, NJ Windsor-Hights Bicen Comm. 1776., 1776. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Stiff paper covers and contents in very good condition. 11.25" x 8.5" (68)pp Well-illustrated history of the area, its landmarks, prominent citizens, volunteer groups, etc. Illustrated by text illus from old photos. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1889. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. 348pp; 16 plates. This is one of the author's earlier works, concerning the Dutton family's expedition to discover a "Red Mountain" of cinnabar in Alaska Territory, near the Arctic Circle. Described are adventures with Chilkats and other indians, travels by canoe, encounters with wild animals, etc. 8.75" x 6.25 more information

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Gordonville, PA: Printed by Pequea, 1981. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Pictorial paper covers. 76pp; 3pp illus from photographs. The author and his uncle made the trip in a Conestoga wagon drawn by two Morgan horses, a journey of 970 miles. They traveled with a dog and a cat from home in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, to an Amish settlement 10 miles north of Marion, Kentucky. 8.25" x 5.5". more information

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Chicago: American Advance Co., 1913. First Edition. Self-wraps. Good. Edge of top margin slightly worn. 8pp. The lead article is on liquor and the mortality rate. Inside: news of various white-ribbon conventions and conclaves; "Why Not Do It Now?.Kill the liquor traffic" by Rev. T.E. Ballard; "The Inclusive Creed" by Clinton Howard; "No Liquor Advertisements for Women"; etc. 13.5" x 9.75". more information

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Charles A. Lederer, 1913. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. 16pp; cartoon on back page. The full-page cartoon, by Lederer, shows the `American Advance' business manager with a sledge hammer trying to ring the bell. Topics in this issue include: Let Us Take the Pledge; The Slow Death; The Sacrifice of the Innocents; Back to Fundamentals; Arizona for Prohibition; etc. Feature articles are: The Liquor Menace and How to Meet It--Educate and Exterminate, by Daniel A. Poling; Drain the Swamp, by Ada E. Ferris; England's War against Brewers' Tyranny; The Issue--Right or Wrong, by Allen B. Lincoln; etc. 13.5" x 10". more information

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Chicago: Charles A. Lederer, 1912. First Edition. Self-wraps. Good. Spine reinforced, some signs of handling. 16pp; cartoons. The large cartoon (5-3/4" x 8-1/4"), by Lederer, shows Uncle Sam on his back like Gulliver, tied down by tiny brewers, etc. The lead article decries Chicago's censorship of the Civic League's book on Chicago vice. Inside pieces include the Democrats' push to throw Alabama Congressman Mark Hobson out of the Party, Prohibition news from various states, "Liquor's Three-fold Alliance with Our National Government," "Friends of Red Men Rally in Boston" [protesting the Indian Bureau's alleged "robberies and outrages" against Native Americans], "Beer and Business," etc. 13.5" x 10". more information

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Chicago: American Advance Co., 1913. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Usual uniform tanning of pulp paper. 8pp. The front-page article, "Prohibition as a Municipal Asset," has news of the Movement's progress in Kansas, West Virginia, and other states. Inside pieces include: "West Virginia Battle Becomes Nationally Important"; "Iowa's Conference Adopts Progressive Program"; "Terrific Fight on in Old Oswego"; etc. 13.5" x 9.75". more information

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Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1916., 1916. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in fine condition. 8" x 6" 27pp Index. Catalogues 323 pieces in the Morse Collection, giving measurements and subject matters. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1946. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xvii, 142, index. Has an introduction by Angle and his well-annotated entries. 9.5" x 6". more information

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s.l.: s.n., circa 1942. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 4pp. 10" x 6.75 The brief articles, addressed to Mrs. American Homemaker, include: Use and Care of Your Automatic Refrigerator; Help in the Victory Drive--Make Your Electrical Appliances Last...Toasters...Waffle Irons...Coffee Makers...Washer. Iron...Vacuum Cleaner...Replace Your Own Fuses....Until Victory Is Ours. more information

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Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1989. First Thus. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: lxiii, 416, index; 34 plates (some in color), double-page map. Applegate tells of his family's journey to Oregon in 1843 when he was eight years old. Lavinia Porter relates her experiences as a young wife and mother on the trail to Denver in 1860, and later on to California. 6.75" x 4.25". more information

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Phoenix Arizona Highway Commission 1967., 1967. Overall in very good condition. 24" x 36" open broadsheet Includes large, brightly colored pictures of various cactus flowers. Illustrated by color map and illustrations. 1967 Editionst. Binding is foldout map. more information

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Collegeville, PA: Published by the author, 1962. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. Spine reinforced with red tape. (47)pp. This first separate edition is an offprint from the Journal of Presbyterian History, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 1962. This copy is inscribed: "With the Compliments of Maurice W. Armstrong." 9" x 5.5". more information

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Chicago: Sage Books/Swallow Press, 1971. 2nd printing. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xxii, 206; frontispiece. Comprises 251 examples of Native American oratory, 17th to 20th centuries, most re Indian-White relationships and treaties. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Gottingen, Germany: Niedersachsische Staats., 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original cloth, 2 volumes. pp: xxix, 1245; title-pages shown in text. Covers the years 1728 to 1830. This reference work supercedes Seidensticker's bibliography of early German printing in the US. 9.75" x 7". more information

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Columbus, OH: Dept of Education, 1939. Revised Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 64pp; illus from photographs. Contains detailed answers to 51 questions on Ohio's history, natural features, sects, Native Americans, etc. Profusely illustrated. 10" x 6.75". more information

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Harrisburg, PA: Aurand Press, 1940. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Howard Pyle. Pictorial paper covers. 32pp; 3pp Howard Pyle woodcuts, 8pp photos. Laid in is a 1950 brochure about the Ephrata Cloister. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Lansing: AAA, 1957. First thus. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. (31)pp; map. Locates and describes 47 state parks and 13 other recreation areas, and gives park attendance figures for 1956. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Lansing: AAA, 1956. First thus. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. (32)pp; centerfold map. Locates and describes 47 state parks and 13 other recreation areas, and gives park attendance figures for 1955. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Middletown, NY: Bachelors' Social Club, 1870-1915. Original editions. not bound. Near Fine. Comprises: (1) Engraved notice to N.M. Hallock of his election to membership, signed by S.S. Draper (1870). (2) Engraved notice to same person of $10 assessment, signed by Draper (1870). (3) Engraved notice of meeting schedule for the 32nd season, winter of 1897-98, at the Assembly Rooms in Middletown, NY. (4) Ticket to The Bachelors 50th Anniversary Dance, December 28, 1915. more information

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Denver: Bancroft Books, 1961. Third Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. (16)pp; illus from photographs. This biography of millionaire George Tabor's wife traces their marriage from early days in poverty. It tells of their migration from Kansas to Colorado and Augusta's ambitious business life there, through Tabor's silver strikes, his eventual scandalous divorce from Augusta to marry "Baby Doe" who became the "Silver Queen" of the 1880s, and Augusta's life after the divorce. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Denver, CO: Bancroft Booklets, 1960. Revised Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 24pp; illus from photographs. Tabor's mine at Leadville produced silver even after other mines had played out. This work includes a brief history of Leadville. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Bangor, ME: Chamber of Commerce, 1926. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trace of faint foxing on cover. 20pp; illus from photographs, map. Promotes travel by car with routes to Bangor, motor trips around Bangor, Mount Katahdin, lakes and ponds, etc. 9" x 8". more information

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NY: G.W. Dillingham, 1907. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: 117, (10); 10 plates from drawings. Bound in the publisher's red paisley cloth, paper cover label. 7" x 4 Episodic account of the life of a door-to-door salesman and his travels in Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, Columbus, Buffalo, Boston and New York. Written on the blank flyleaf: "From Mrs. Malcolm, 212-Leaside, Aug. 1910. He was a tenant there. more information

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Yellowstone Park, Wyoming: Yellowstone Library & Museum, 1956. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Pictorial cloth binding. Dust jacket lightly foxed. 320pp, index; 12 plates, maps, text illus. The Yellowstone Park naturalist offers a history of the area from its early 19th-century discovery by John Colter to 1960. This example is signed at the top of the title-page by Merrill D. Beal. 7.75" x 5.25". more information

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Philadelphia, PA: Council of Nat'l Defense, 1918. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 17pp. The occasion was a meeting of the Council of National Defense and Public Safety to celebrate the anniversary of the Fall of the Bastille. 9" x 6". more information

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NY Harper & Row (1969)., 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book and dust jacket in very good condition. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" printed dj pp: (iv), 698 Has index. BLOCKSON 2595. Useful reference work with entries from 1492 through 1968. Illustrated by frontispiece portrait. First Edition. Binding is orig cloth. more information

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Boston Beacon Press (1971)., 1971. Soft cover. A little creased and smudged as usual, else in good condition. 8" x 5.5" pp: (xv), 122 On May 17, 1968, nine Americans entered the draft board offices at Catonsville, Maryland, seized the Selective Service records, and burned them outside the building with homemade napalm. Illustrated by photo-illustrations in text. 3rd printing edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill, 1947. Revised Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 36pp; 28 illus from photographs. The author was in the Seneca School at Wyandotte, Oklahoma. Her story illustrates the major aspects of daily Navajo life in New Mexico, showing the Navajo's ability to adapt to their environment, and including chapters on school life, food, work, traditions, etc. 8.25" x 5.25". more information

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Asheville, NC: Miller Printing, 1952. Third Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. 16pp; illus from photographs, 7 maps. The centerfold map shows the entire parkway. The five strip maps locate accommodations along the way; each is described. 9.25" x 8". more information

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Boise, ID: Boise Chamber of Commerce, 1956. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Fine. Broadsheet, folded as issued. Contains suggestions for tourists who are in Boise for a day as well as overnighters and weekenders. 9" x 12". more information

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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 490pp. This is the author's first book, an historical novel whose hero is caught up in the plans of John Paul Jones during the Revolutionary War. 7.75" x 5.25". more information

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Williamsburg, VA William and Mary College 1955., 1955. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Binding and contents in very good condition. 9.25" x 6" 64pp Offprint from the "William & Mary Quarterly," October 1955. Illustrated by frontispiece portrait. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Newark, NJ Historical Records Survey 1941., 1941. Soft cover. Printed stiff-paper covers and contents in very good condition. 10.75" x 8.25" pp: 35, (3) The author of this journal, David Brainerd's brother, succeeded him in ministering to the Indians of colonial New Jersey. WPA Edition. Binding is cloth/wraps. more information

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Mahwah, NJ: Troll, 1985. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. George Guzzi. 30pp; color illus in text. This young reader's guide to basic Native American religious festivals includes Sun Dance, Green Corn Dance, etc. 8.5" x 6". more information

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Bridgeton, NJ: Presbyterian Church, 1895. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Broadsheet, slight chipping along right edge. Two pages of text celebrates the 250th anniversary of settlement and the 200th anniversary of the city charter granted by George II. 11" x 7". more information

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Hampton, VA: Published by the authors, 1947. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 23pp; 10pp illus from photographs, map. Describes the archaeological findings and artifacts at this site, set up by Colonists for trade with the Indians in 1610. 9" x 6". more information

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NY Abbeville Press (1981)., 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. 15.5" x 12" pictorial dj 165pp w/index Well-researched and profusely illustrated. Illustrated by many color plates, some fold. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. more information

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Amsterdam, NY: Evening Recorder Print, 1907. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: 41, (1) certificate of membership blank. Minor marks on cover. 6" x 4 This Association, incorporated in 1907, was formerly the Bronson Hose Company, a volunteer fire department. more information

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Phoenix: Arizona-Messenger Printing, 1952. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xi, 310, index; 19 plates, endpaper maps. Subjects of the word-sketches include the Mormon Battalion, the Apache Kid, etc. [Adams, Rampaging Herd #335 and Six-Guns #288.] more information

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NY: Sol Lewis, 1981. Limited. Original Cloth. Fine. Two volumes, cloth slipcase. 301pp, indices; illus from title-pages of the works described. First published at London in 1935-1936, and here reprinted in an edition limited to 500 copies. Describes first editions of English authors whose books were first published in America before their publication in England, and first editions of American authors whose books were first published in England. 9" x 5.75 more information

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Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1988. First Thus. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: lxix, 360, index; 32 plates (5 in color), colored map. Recalls the experiences of a frontier "showboat" family, the Bryants, who entertained folks on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in the early 1900s. Son Billy, the author, was a friend of George M. Cohan's. 6.75"x 4.5". more information

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NY: Burt Franklin, 1971. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xi, 514, extensive index. First published in 1914, this remains the standard bibliography of books, pamphlets and ephemera regarding travels in the Illinois Territory. 8.25" x 5.25 more information

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Orlando, Florida: William L. Bryant Foundation, 1960. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 41pp; illus from photographs, foldout drawing. Bulley reports on excavations at the coastal shell heap known as Green Mound, about eight miles southeast of Daytona Beach. The dig unearthed Indian pottery, bone and stone artifacts, and food remains, dating back before the 9th century A.D. 9" x 6". more information

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Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1971. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine. pp: (xv, 123); 60 plates, some double. Designed & printed at the press of David Godine, Brookline, MA. This is #165 of 1950 copies only, signed by Georgia Bumgardner. In the original slipcase. 14.5" x 10.5". more information

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Chicago: Chicago & North Western Railway, 1930. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 22pp; color views in text, map. Burgar describes and prices nine tours based on the old Overland Trail: Salt Lake City, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Tahoe, etc. 9" x 4". more information

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Washington: House of Representatives, 1888. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Name, date and title written at top; in very good condition. 24pp. "I believe in American industries, American capital, and American labor against the whole world.". 9" x 5.5". more information

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Harrisburg, PA: Historical Commission, 1939. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 79pp; 22 illus from photographs, 3 folding maps. Gives history and results of three excavations in 1934-1936, showing remnants of Monongahela Woodland Culture Indians. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xxv, 601. Has 3,089 annotated entries and an index. 10.5" x 7.5 more information

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Nashville: Ladies' Hermitage Assn, 1933. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. pp: xii, 106; frontispiece, 8 plates from photographs. Views the Hermitage as the home of Andrew and Rachel Jackson, their domestic life, relations with friends and her kin, etc. 7.5" x 5". more information

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Ilion, NY: Mrs. F.D. Callan, Circa 1920?. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8pp; woodcut frontispiece view. Contains a one-page history of the house, built in 1764, and a room-by-room inventory of the furnishings, including notes on who donated them. 9" x 6 more information

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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Philip Bear. pp: (x), 215; portrait, 34 illustrations. The author recalls his life among the Eskimos of the Eastern Arctic, 1934-1937, when he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company. 8.25" x 5.5". more information

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Washington: Daylion, 1936. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Spine gilt flaked away. 224pp, index; frontispiece, 8pp illus from photographs. This book centers on "those places from which our American institutions, customs and sayings originated." 7.25" x 4.25". more information

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Philadelphia: Mifflin & Parry, Printers, 1827. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Neatly removed from bound volume. 71pp. Carey sets out to show that the US government has not protected farmers. The domestic market, he asserts, is "greatly superior to the foreign," yet present policy diminishes the number of farm customers here while sending our business abroad. Carey calls for protecting agricultural manufactures (woollens, flour, cotton, etc.), so helping American farmers and their "commercial interest" without harming Great Britain. American Imprints 28388. First published in 1824. 8.5" x 5". more information

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Alubquerque: Univ of New Mexico Press, 1983. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xx, 221, index. Analyzes how modern poets incorporate their versions of Native American poetic themes and techniques into their own work. Has chapters on Mary Austin, Vachel Lindsay, Gary Snyder, John G. Neihardt, William Carlos Williams, Lew Sarret, and others. 9.25" x 5.5". more information

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Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 48pp; 4 portraits, colored view. Covers the first three months of Cather's expedition to America, Chicago to New Orleans, in company of his friend, Henry Tyler. 8" x 5". more information

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New Mexico: Chaco Canyon Park, 1984. 3rd printing. Original Wraps. Very Good. 10pp; illus from photographs and drawings. A guide to the Casa Rinconada Trail and archaeological finds from the Anasazi Indian culture. 8.75" x 5.75". more information

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Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1913., 1913. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers, unopened copy, near fine condition. 10" x 6.25" 36pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1913. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Worcester, MA American Antiquarian Society 1915., 1915. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents near fine condition. 9.75" x 6" 38pp First published in the Proceedings of the AAS, April 1915. Contains 11 pages of background on the publishers of almanacs in early Rhode Island, followed by an extensive checklist of almanacs with occasional annotations. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Denver, CO: Denver & Rio Grande West RR, 1926. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. (32)pp; color illus from photographs, map. The author of "Out Where the West Begins" here describes rail trips through Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, including Canon City, San Isabel National Forest, Grand Junction, Mesa Verde, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Zion National Park, Santa Fe, etc., with handsome illustrations in color. 9.25" x 5.25 more information

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New York State, 1894. not bound. Very Good. Image is 6" x 8". The pleasant-looking group is posed in front of a cabin with board-and-batten roof and striped curtains used as a door. The date appears on a broadside of "Rules" which is posted on the front of cabin #42. Some of the women wear gold bands on their fingers. 9" x 11". more information

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Durham, NC: Duke University, 1956. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 95pp; 4 charts in text. The author expresses concern over North Carolina's neglect in developing her rich human and natural resources, and he suggests reforms. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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1943. not bound. Fine. Colors are bright and strong. Each cutout is 2" x 8". The first, titled "We Enlist," shows six kids signing up for military service as Uncle Sam records their enlistments. The second, titled "We Have Dress Parade," shows the same six kids in Army, Navy, Marine, WAC, WAVE, and nursing uniforms. The third, "We Entertain at the USO," shows a boy and girl dressed in red-white-blue (he as Uncle Sam), singing and dancing on a stage. The fourth cutout, "We Are in Training," shows all six kids in uniform, saluting at attention. Each has an American flag motif. The kids are named Ula, Ned, Ida, Tom, Eva and Don--their initials spelling out UNITED. 8.5" x 11 more information

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Washington: US Department of the Interior, 1858. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Spine-tied signatures, unopened, untrimmed. 99pp. A paper label on the front is signed in ink: "John C. Ten Eyck, USS." John Conover Ten Eyck, senator, was born at Freehold, New Jersey in 1814. "Mr. Ten Eyck was a wig till 1856, when he joined the Republican party, and he was afterward chosen to the US Senate." (Appleton's Cyclopedia). This report on cotton consumption on the eve of civil war in America has sections on France, Switzerland, Bremen and Hamburg, Russia, Prussia, England, Austrian Empire, Sardinia, England, &c. 9.75" x 6". more information

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Waverly, NY: Published by the author, Circa 1958. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 16pp; 8 half-page action photos, sketches in text. 11" x 8.5 Subjects include the origin of rodeo, behind the scenes, cutting horse contests, bareback bronc riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, etc. The cover is after a painting by O. Wieghorst. more information

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N-Y: Greeley & McElrath, 1844. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Some light, spotting foxing. 12pp. The Delaware-born Clayton served in the US Senate and as a member of Zachary Taylor's cabinet. In this earlier speech, made just before the 1844 presidential election, Clayton asserts that "the great question to be decided by that Election is a question of BREAD--a question whether we shall abandon the whole principle of Protection extended to the Laboring Classes of this Country by the Tariff Act of 1842 [and return] to that state of colonial vassalage which existed in this country while England held us in subjection.," &c. American Imprints 44-1475 locates only three copies. 8.75" x 5.5". more information

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Washington: National Republican Assn, 1859. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8pp. Clephane was the delegate from the District of Columbia to the Republican National Convention of 1856. 9.5" x 6". more information

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Lancaster, PA J.L. Steinmetz, Owner [1897]., 1897. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 5.25" x 6.75" 40pp This health resort near Ephrata, PA, offered "soft alkaline mineral spring water" from Glacier Spring on Ephrata Mountain. This booklet describes the five-story Cocalico Hotel in detail, along with an overview of Ephrata history, noting the use of electricity to light the town. Illustrated by 20 full-pg photo-views, map. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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NY: Macmillan, 1944. Later printing. Original cloth. Very Good. pp: lxv, 427; 64pp illus from phtographs, folded map in pocket. 8.25" x 5.25". more information

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Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1970. First Thus. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xxvii, 252, index; illus from photographs, folding map. Collins was in the "second wave" of gold-rushers. As a prosperous leather merchant and fur-trader, he sought his fortune "among and from the discoverers and miners of gold" in the Montana and Idaho rush, operating trading posts in Omaha and elsewhere. The folding map in the back is labeled "John S. Collins' Hunting and Fishing Country." 6.75" x 4.25". more information

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Denver: Colorado Dept. of Highways, 1959. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Fine. Broadsheet, folded to 8.75" x 5.5", containing a large-scale road map of Colorado; mileage table; inset maps of Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo; detailed text and photo-views of national parks, monuments, forests and scenic areas; information for motorists; calendar of Centennial events; etc. 34" x 22". more information

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Denver: Colorado Dept. P.R., 1959. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. (37)pp. Details hiking trails, camping facilities, natural features, and directions to many different campgrounds in national forests within the state of Colorado: Arapahoe, Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre, Gunnison, Pike, Rio Grande, Roosevelt, Routt, San Isabel, San Juan, White River, and Rocky Mountain National Park. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Colorado Springs, 1950. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Broadsheet, two pages, folded to 9" x 4". Contains a map of the Pikes Peak region, driving directions, and text on points of interest, recreation, Air Force Academy, etc. 18.5" x 12". more information

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Colorado Springs, CO: Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Illus from Photographs. 24pp; photographs throughout text. This promotional booklet extolls the natural advantages of Colorado Springs and encourages Americans to relocate there. Includes the original, illustrated mailing envelope. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Washington: Prison Fellowship Ministries, 1987. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 61pp. Colson asserts that nonviolent offenders can benefit from punishment alternatives to prison, which neither deters nor rehabilitates them. 7" x 4.25". more information

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Richmond, VA: C.S.A., 1865. not bound. Fine. Issued to David Snyder in the sum of $100, under Act of 17 February 1864, redeemable 1 July 1884 with interest, etc. The main signator, Robert Tyler, was the son of President John Tyler. Robert served in the Mexican War prior to becoming the CSA's Register of the Treasury. This is a nice item for display, featuring a naval-battle cartouche. 8.75" x 11.25". more information

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Lancaster, PA. not bound. Fine. The Victorian furniture, decorative table coverings, and attire worn by the kids suggest American immigrant backgrounds. The photographs are by: A.M. Lease, 22 N. Queen St., Lancaster, PA; Dengler's Studio, 14 So. Queen St., Lancaster; and Saylor of Lancaster. 6.5" x 4.25". more information

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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth, spine expertly repaired. pp: xix, 291; index; 32 plates from photographs. Adams, Rampaging Herd, 369. Six-Guns, 484. Reese, SIX SCORE, 23. Graff Collection, 863. 9.5" x 6". more information

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NY: Columbia University Press, 1931. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. pp:(vii), 68, 50. Reproduced from the original Paris editions of 1831 and 1832 in English and in French. Cooper wrote his letter "at the immediate instigation of Lafayette" to use during the 1832 budget debate in the French Chamber of Deputies. 8" x 4.75". more information

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Washington USGPO 1939., 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 5.75" 35pp "The thoughts and feelings of America's young people today will have much to do with the course of American history tomorrow.". Illustrated by 4pp charts. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth. 293pp; frontispiece photograph. Arranged by topic: legends of the eccentric; Yankee traveling salesmen; tales of rural thrift; legends of rural spooks; etc. 8.75" x 5.5". more information

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Worcester Press of Charles Hamilton 1899., 1899. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents unopened, very good condition. 10" x 6" 26pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, October 1898. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, 1904. Limited. Pictorial cloth. Very Good. John T. McCutcheon. 487pp; 58 illustrations. Crissey, a journalist with the Saturday Evening Post, based these 58 fictional letters on his knowledge of politicians. 8.25" x 5.5 more information

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NY: Richardson, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Some spotty foxing here and there. 275pp; two portraits. This presidential campaign biography also has a number of chapters relating to the Civil War. Nevins, Civil War Books, II-49. Miles, The Image Makers, #538. 7.5" x 4.75". more information

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Gretna, LA: Pelican, 1982. 2nd printing. Original boards. Fine/Very Good. pp: x, 213, index; map. The author highlights men of action and pivotal events in the Volunteer State. 8.75" x 5.75". more information

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Denver, CO: Denver & Rio Grande RR, 1916. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Pictorial cover. 72pp; illus from photographs, double-page map. This was the "official magazine of the Passenger Department of the Denver & Rio Grande RR." In this issue: Ozokerite Deposits of Sodier Summit, Utah; Among the Ruins of the Mesa Verde by Arthur Chapman; Colorado Springs, the City of Sunshine, as a Winter Resort; Remarkable Dikes of the Spanish Peaks in Colorado; Douglas County, Colorado; etc. 8" x 5.75". more information

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Colorado Denver & Rio Grande RR, 1916. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Pictorial paper covers. 72pp; illus from photographs, double-page map. This was the "official magazine of the Passenger Department of the Denver & Rio Grande RR." In this issue: New Mexico's Ancient Harvest Festival by Edwin L. Sabin; Outdoor Sports of the Pike's Peak Region by H.H. Fawcett; Mineral Springs Near Salida, Colorado; Indian Lands in the Uintah Basin; Leadville District Output Greatest in History; etc. 8" x 5.75". more information

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Denver: H.I. Scofield, D & RG WRR, 1930. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. (4)pp; illus from photographs. Describes 11 Royal Gorge tours, with information on rail connections, the history of "the world's loftiest bridge," etc. Includes Colorado's natural attractions as well as major cities, dude ranches, &c. Has rates for hotels and resorts in Colorado, camps for boys and girls, connections by rail, &c. 11" x 8.5". more information

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Bloomfield, NJ: 150th Anniversary Committee, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Pictorial boards. 84pp; 3 maps, illus from photographs. Complete with the recording of two songs and a narrative. This copy is inscribed and signed by Rachel Diamond. 9.5" x 8.5". more information

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Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1801. Early Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Removed from bound volume of pamphlets, and laid into archival boards. 35pp. Howes, US-iana D331; Evans, American Imprints 10283. 8" x 4.75". more information

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Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1801. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Removed from bound volume of pamphlets, and laid into archival boards. 52pp. Appended to this 1801 edition of LATE REGULATIONS. is: THE ROUGH DRAFT OF THE RESOLVES OF THE FIRST CONGRESS, HELD AT NEW-YORK, IN THE YEAR 1765, stating 15 points of the colonial government proposed by the colonies. Howes, US-iana D328; Evans, American Imprints 9950. 8" x 4.75". more information

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Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1801. Early Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Removed from bound volume of pamphlets, and laid into archival boards. 152pp. Howes, US-iana D329: "The Farmer's Letters in this collection are published from the Virginia edition of them in 1769, the only copy the editors have been able to procure. The preface to that edition is believed to have been written by Richard Henry Lee, afterwards president of Congress." Howes notes that this work was the "earliest serious study into colonial legal rights." 8" x 4.75". more information

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Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1801. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Self-wraps. Good. Removed from bound volume of pamphlets and laid into archival boards. 43pp. This 1801 edition contains a useful foreword to Dickinson's speech in the Pennsylvania House of Assembly: "On the 4th of March, 1764, George Grenville, then Minister, and the House of Commons on his Motion, began their hostile Operations against the British Colonies on this Continent. This Speech . describes the Sentiments of Administration concerning Colonial Government, takes Notice of the then meditated Innovations, and was followed by a regular Course of such Measures as were apprehended and alluded to. The Change attempted did not take place." 8" x 4.75". more information

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Albany: State of New York, 1921. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Two volumes. 1,423pp; 45 plates, 4 maps. This history and annotated bibliography is the standard work on the subject. 9" x 5.75". more information

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Lancaser, PA: Lancaster County Hist Soc, 1951. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 24pp; photo-portrait of Forney (1817-1881), who edited the "Lancaster Intelligencer" for 51 years. 9" x 6". more information

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Minneapolis: Univ of Minnesota Press, 1980. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xx, 571, index; illus from photographs and old prints. Drinnon traces the continuity of attitude and action as whites pushed Native Americans westward, starting with Capt. John Endicott's brutal expedition against the Pequots in Connecticut in 1636. 8.25" x 5.5". more information

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NY: Augustus M. Kelley, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. 125pp, index. First printed by Jane Aitken and published at Philadelphia in 1811. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Williamsport, PA: Park Hotel, 1930. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 20pp; view of Park Hotel on cover. The author details auto routes and mileages through Pennsylvania and New York State, from New England to Pittsburgh and the West. Published by the Park Hotel, "the Garden Spot of Williamsport--The Mecca of the Tourist," with information on rooms and meals, and with references to the Susquehanna Trail Association, the Lycoming County Automobile Club, the Horseshoe Trail Association, etc. 9" x 4". more information

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NY: Cooper Square Publishers, 1964. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. Three volumes, 520pp; 300 pictures of title-pages. Has 1,746 entries. The Jones collection was said to reflect: "The romance of voyage and discovery from Spain to the Indies, the Spanish Main, and North America; inland to the Ohio Country; on toward the Mississippi; through to California; over Chilkoot Pass to the Gold Fields of Alaska." 12.25" x 9". more information

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various: EAIA, 1944. First Editions. various. Very Good. The 16 items, dated 1944-1973 passim, are: 6 issues of "The Chronicle," an illustrated journal, 1944-1972 passim; 6 membership directories, 1965-1973; four memorabilia from annual meetings at Monroe (NY), Old Sturbridge, and the Essex Institute. "The Chronicle" averages 16 pages per issue and contains well-researched articles on early American industries, with drawings and photos. various sizes. more information

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Bartlett Cove, AK: National Park Service, 1975. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 32pp; 4pp illus from photographs, map. This guidebook includes geological history, wildlife, hiking routes, and tips for backcountry campers. 8" x 5.5". more information

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New Market, VA: Endless Caverns, 1930. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Brochure, folded to 8 panels; illus from photographs. Includes a map of the eastern US, with a table of mileages from various points to Endless Caverns. 9.5" x 4". more information

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Ephrata, PA, 1941. not bound. Very Good. Cloth pennant with stars-and-stripes motif, inspired by the American flag, commemorating an employees' picnic on the eve of WWII. 23.5" x 8.5". more information

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Grand Rapids, MI: Grand Rapids Assn of Commerce, 1930. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 17pp; few illus from photographs. 11" x 8.5 This scarce vehicle for boosterism comprises articles and directories, such as: The Graphic Arts Club Promotes Printing and Allied Industries in Grand Rapids; Old Kent Bank Advertises Grand Rapids Nationally; Who's Who--Leonard D. Verdier; Business Women; New Tractor Corporation; movie theatres; churches; railroad and bus time-tables; luncheon clubs; etc. more information

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Worcester Davis Press 1909., 1909. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers, unopened copy, near fine condition. 10" x 6.25" 7pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, October 1909. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Collector's bookplate on endpaper. pp: xiv,58,(9); frontispiece. This 72nd Grove Play of the Bohemian Club, an adventure story re the 1849 gold rush, was printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. 9.5" x 6.25". more information

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Washington: Fellowship Forum, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original cloth. 125pp; illus from photographs, double-page map of Roman Catholic institutions in DC. Claims to prove that the Roman Catholic Church in the US is deeply involved in politics with a view to making all Americans turn Catholic. Asserts that the "central agency of this campaign" is located in Washington and is known as the National Catholic Welfare Conference, whose council report of 1920 is included here. 7.75" x 5.25". more information

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Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1917., 1917. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents near fine condition. 9.75" x 6.25" 18pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1917. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Womelsdorf, PA: Zion's Lutheran Church, 1941. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. pp: (iv), 20. Includes a history of the Church, starting with German Lutheran immigration to America in the early 18th century. 9" x 6". more information

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Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: ix, 202, indices. Fisher identifies 554 printed items relating to the Klan from 1866 to the 1970s, with some entries annotated. 8.75" x 5.5 more information

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Pensacola, Silver Springs, etc.: various publishers, 1959. not bound. Fine. Five brochures; illus from photographs, maps. Titles: Florida Flag, Seal, Song Bird, Flower, Tree; Silver Springs.Underwater Fairyland; Florida's Finest Attractions; Florida's State Parks Invite You; Clearwater Florida and Its Glorious Beaches. 4" x 9". more information

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Tallahassee: Florida Development Commission, 1958. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Fine. 98pp, index; illus from photographs, maps. Considers nine regions of Florida and describes the sights, cities, and geography of each. An appendix gives information on Florida's climate, lodgings, fishing and hunting, transportation, industry, living costs, golfing, etc. Laid in is a four-page brochure of Information and Rates for Florida State Parks. 7" x 4.75". more information

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Boston: State Street Trust Co., 1948. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. pp: 76, (2); 32pp illus in color. This attractive booklet shows and comments on the advertising cards of well-known Boston clipper ships and merchant vessels, 1860-1880. 9" x 5.75". more information

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USDA Forest Service, 1953. Revised Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. (81)pp; map. Details all the 1953 facilities within the national forests of California: toilets, tables, stoves, water, fishing, etc. 8" x 5". more information

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Lebanon, PA: Sowers Printing, 1951. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 117pp; illus from photographs. The early Catholic history of Lebanon County centers on the Assumption of B.V.M. Church. This book offers a history of the church and its school, a list of priests and pastors, and biographies of several of the Fathers. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Wendell, NC: Broadfoot, 1983. Reprint. Original Cloth. Fine/Very Good. pp: (xli), 235, index; frontispiece. Chapters include: Writing in the Ashes; The War through Women's Eyes; A Confederate Book Shelf; etc. 8.25" x 5.5". more information

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Philadelphia: Columbia Royal Arch #91, 1922. First Edition. Decorative cloth. Very Good. 83pp; 10 plates from photographs. This centennial history of the Chapter includes views of the various temples from 1820, lists of high priests, officers, &c. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Lancaster, PA: Charles H. Frey, 1889. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. (16)pp; 13pp drawings. Includes rules of a drawing contest sponsored by Frey, the Lancaster boot & shoe merchant, using the models in this book. Inside the front cover is promotional text for Frey's large stock and low prices. 7.25" x 5.25". more information

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Huguenot Park, Staten Island, NY: Federation of the Huguenot Societies in America, 1933. First Editions. Original Wraps. Very Good. Two volumes. pp: 12 + 12. Some deterioration to spine of issue no. 3. 11" x 8.25 Contains articles on Huguenot history. Laid in is the printed programme for the annual meeting, May 3, 1933, at Ursinus College. more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. Two volumes; engraved armorial bookplates. pp: 351 + 296, index. Considered "the greatest of Shakespeare's editors," the Philadelphia-born Furness was an ardent abolitionist. He "helped spirit the body of John Brown through Philadelphia," served as an agent for the Sanitary Commission in the War between the States, etc. Illustrated by 6 photo-plates, 4pp facs ms. 8" x 5". more information

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NY: Wittemann Bros., 1884. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 14 Woodbury-type views, depicting Garfield's Ohio residence, Hiram College, scenes in Washington related to his assassination and lingering death, his burial in Cleveland, etc. 3.25" x 5 President Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881 and died on September 19th of that year. more information

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Westboro, MA, 1898. Original. Hardcover. Good. Approx. 180pp. Leather-backed boards, joints worn. Printed paper label on cover, "Gentlemen's Club of Westboro". This manuscript begins with the Club constitution, wherein the purpose is stated as "to promote harmony and good feeling among its members," who are not to exceed 75 in number and are to be "male citizens 21 years of age and of good reputation." Gambling and "intoxicating liquors" are prohibited by the Club. Pages 17-19 and 63-64 list Club members along with their towns and occupations: expressman, janitor, straw worker, sleigh-maker, shoe-cutter, machinist, merchant, barber, farmer, stable keeper, boarding-house keeper, one doctor, etc. Pages 25 to the end contain minutes of the Club's monthly meetings, written by hand and signed by various secretaries over the years. Essentially, the minutes report on: proposed new members; suspensions and resignations of members; purchases (boot and blacking brushes, a dozen packs of cards, billiard table, cigar case, "reading matter," &c.); elections of officers; meeting places; government license to sell tobacco; tournaments of billiards, pool, and cards; a dance committee; a minstrel committee; etc. 10" x 7.75". more information

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Los Angeles: Jewish Hope Publishing House, 1953. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 32pp. The author asserts that Eisenhower, as a nonpartisan, is in a position to be a great president of the U.S. 8.25" x 5.25". more information

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Knoxville: Univ of Tennessee Press, 1982. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xviii, 133. Contains many annotated entries on various facets of Tennessee folk culture, an author index, and a subject index. 9.5" x 6". more information

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Raleigh, NC: Published by the author, 1956. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Primrose. 223pp; illus from drawings, map. Goerch's account of this North Carolina island includes its history, legends, shipwrecks, lifestyles, characters, flora and fauna. 8.75" x 5.25". more information

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Santa Barbara Fiesta Headquarters 1940., 1940. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper cover and contents near fine condition. 12" x 9.25" (16)pp The cover, calligraphic text, and full-page map are by W.J. Goodacre. Contains the programme for the four-day fiesta, including lines of march for parades, the stock-horse competition, a "gala performance" celebrating the birth of Santa Barbara, etc. Illustrated by vignettes throughout text. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Portland Maine Historical Society 1905., 1905. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9.5" x 6.5" 28pp Printed at The Lakeside Press. Includes a discussion of the architectural details of the house. Illustrated by 18 illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Portland: Gray Line Motors, 1961. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. (30)pp; illus from photographs. Includes a mile-by-mile description of the Columbia River Highway and Mount Hood Loop Drive (145 miles) as well as a description of the Columbia River Gorge and the Bonneville Dam boat-cruise. 8.25" x 5.25". more information

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Charleston: Gray Line Tours, 1930. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. (20)pp; illus from photographs, map. Includes a color-illustrated insert on Cypress Gardens, details on seven Gray Line Tours (two by yacht), local ads, etc. On the back is the Depression-era stamp: "NRA Member-We Do Our Part," with the Federal eagle. 9.25" x 8". more information

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N-Y: Greeley & McElrath, Tribune, 1844. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Scattered, light foxing. 16pp, double columns. Maintains that " . the great mass of the American People are agreed in the conviction that it is easier, more beneficent, less burdensome, more economical, to raise the Revenue needed for the support of the Federal Government by Duties on Imports than by Direct Taxes ." Greeley outlines the positions of presidential candidates Polk and Clay, etc., concluding: "Whichever is elected will doubtless carry with him in his triumph a Congress prepared to second and give effect to his opinions. Freemen of America! Friends of National Industry and Prosperity! choose ye between them!" 9" x 5.75". more information

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N-Y: Greeley & McElrath, Tribune, 1844. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Some scattered foxing. 16pp, double columns. Greeley rails against changes in the tariff law as proposed by General McKay of North Carolina. He calls McKay's bill "full of absurdities and inconsistencies . fraught with deadly hostility to your [the American people's] interests and welfare." 9" x 5.75". more information

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Worcester Press of Charles Hamilton 1900., 1900. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed covers, unopened copy, in very good condition. 10" x 6" 16pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, October 1900. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Worcester Press of Charles Hamilton 1896., 1896. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed covers, unopened copy, in very good condition. 10.25" x 6" 22pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1896. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Worcester Press of Charles Hamilton 1893., 1893. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers, unopened copy, in very good condition. 10.25" x 6" 20pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1893. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Worcester Press of Charles Hamilton 1893., 1893. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers lightly chipped, else very good condition. 10.25" x 6" 20pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1893. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Baltimore: Maryland Trust, 1940. Revised Edition. Leatherette. Good. Vertical crease in both covers. 206pp, index. Lists all bar members, judges, personnel of the attorney general's office, judges' rotation chart, lawyers deceased in past year, &c. 4.25" x 2.5". more information

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Worcester, MA: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1888. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. Dampmark at lower portion of covers and text. (8)pp. Offprint from the AAS Proceedings for October, 1887. Guild establishes that Roger Williams, who was admitted as a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay in 1631, is not the Roger Williams who founded the state of Rhode Island, despite the assertions of several biographers. 10" x 6". more information

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NY Harper (1920)., 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial binding and contents in very good condition. 8" x 5" pp: (xii), 301 Includes: The Legend of the Bronx; How Pearl Street Was Paved; Mary Murray of Murray Hill; The Palisades; Bowling Green; etc. Illustrated by plates, vignettes in text. First Edition. Binding is cloth/boards. more information

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NY: Harper & Brothers, 1953. 3rd printing. Original wraps. Very Good. (32)pp; illus from photographs, maps. Comprises maps inside the covers, eight pages of text, and the rest of the book devoted to photo-views and captions. 10" x 7". more information

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Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1927. First Thus. Original Cloth. Fine. Milo Winter. 128pp; frontispiece, 12 color plates, text drawings, pictorial endpapers. The author, a Harvard grad and Congregationalist minister, wrote this book in 1863 "in one of the darkest hours of the Civil War" and published it anonymously. 8.25" x 5.75". more information

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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: (x), 204. Here is a scholarly look at the evolution and characteristics of liberty in America--government's role, secret lodges, churches, &c. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1939. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 12pp; views from photographs, map. Here is a step-by-step description of the history and sights on view during a 3.9-mile walking tour of Old Strawberry Bank. 6" x 4.5". more information

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NY: Harriman, 1892. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. 97pp. Cover bit stained. 8" x 5.25 Devoted to the Protection of American Labor and Industries....A Complete and Impartial History of Our Tariff Systems, 1620-1891. more information

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Washington GW Bicentennial Commission 1931., 1931. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 6" 40-50pp each The pamphlets are authored by various historians. Titles: #1-Frontier Background of Washington's Career; #2-Washington the Man of Mind; #3-Tributes to Washington; #4-Washington the Farmer; #5-Washington as a Religious Man; #6-Washington the Colonial and National Statesman; #7-Washington and the Constitution; #8-Washington as President; #9-Washington, Proprietor of Mount Vernon; #10-Washington the Military Man. Illustrated by folding facs, maps in text. First Editions. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Washington GW Bicentennial Commission 1931., 1931. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 6" 40-50pp each The pamphlets are authored by various historians. Titles: #2-Washington the Man of Mind; #3-Tributes to Washington; #4-Washington the Farmer; #6-Washington the Colonial and National Statesman; #7-Washington and the Constitution; #8-Washington as President; #9-Washington, Proprietor of Mount Vernon; #10-Washington the Military Man. Illustrated by folding facs, maps in text. First Editions. Binding is original wraps. more information

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NY: Newcomen Society, 1953. 2nd printing. Original wraps. Very Good. 32pp; engraved views in text. This 1953 talk, given at Tucson by the President of U Arizona, includes history of the state as well as the University. 9" x 6". more information

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Wendell, NC: Broadfoot's Bookmark, 1982. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: xxiii, 58; frontispiece, 6pp illus. Contains an introductory essay, 100 annotated entries, and illustrations of some original title-pages. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Washington: U.S. Congress, 1860. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Little wear at bottom of spine. 46pp. Examines our finanacial dealings with Canada. The author claims to expose "great evils.under this system of miscalled reciprocity," where the "substance and spirit of this treaty have been more than disregarded." The "proper, radical and sufficient remedy," he concludes, "is the speedy abrogation of the treaty itself." 9" x 5.75". more information

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Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1930. 3rd printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. 123pp; 12 plates from photographs. [Decker 38:413.] 8" x 5.5". more information

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Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1931. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Good. 157pp; portrait, 13 plates from photographs. Peck (1789-1858) traveled constantly as a missionary through Illinois, Indiana and Missouri, establishing Bible societies. In 1827, he helped set up Rock Spring Seminary. He authored emigrant guides to the west, a life of Daniel Boone, etc. 8" x 5.25". more information

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Worcester County, MA, 1786. not bound. Very Good. Archival repair to manuscript folds. Two leaves. The surveyor's original drawing (4" x 6") with his computations on the verso is laid into his manuscript. The 55-acre lot was within "the fifth division" of land. Herington describes the boundaries, using mainly black birch and beech trees as points. At the bottom is his name along with that of Jonathan Seeley, the other member with Herington of the "Committee," copied and attested by Edward Vail, Town Clerk; docketed on verso. The drawing shows the school lot, the points of measurement, and neighboring lots. 5" x 8". more information

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Petersburg, VA, 1864. not bound. Good. A few separations at the folds have been archivally repaired on the verso. Partly printed, accomplished by hand. This extensive broadsheet reveals personal data as well as military career. Samuel Herr, 5 '6" tall, with dark eyes, hair, and complexion, was born at Hollidaysburg, PA, where he joined the service on 9 August 1861. He enlisted for three years, and was mustered in at Washington, DC. He fought in eight battles: Yorktown, April 5 to May 3, 1862; Hanover Court House, VA, May 27, 1862; Gaines Mill, VA, June 27, 1862; Gainesville, VA, Aug. 29, 1862; Antietam, MD, Sept. 17, 1862; Blackburn Ford, Sept. 20, 1862; Fredericksburg, VA, Dec. 13, 1862; and Gettysburg, PA, July 2, 1863, "When he receive his wound -- He is a good soldier, always zealous in the performance of his duty." This transcript of Sgt. Herr's career in Company M, 62nd Regiment, Penna. Vols Infantry, is signed by the company commander, Capt. John H. Murray, at the station near Petersburg, VA, on June 26th, 1864. Herr was mustered out in July, 1864. The 62nd Regiment, Penna Volunteers, has come to be viewed as "a forgotten regiment of distinction." 10.25" x 21" open. more information

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Indianapolis: Irwin Library, Butler Univ, 1983. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp: 75 + 16; indices. Laid in is the 16-page addendum dated November, 1985, raising the number of annotated entries to 412. 11" x 8.5". more information

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San Francisco: Division of Mines, 1952. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. 240pp, index; illus from photographs, 3 folding maps in pocket. Describes the topography of California and its link to geology, rock structures, and the natural processes which produced them. Major sections include the Mojave and Colorado Deserts, Modoc Plateau, Sierra Nevada, Klamath Mountains, coast ranges, sea floor, etc. 8.5" x 10". more information

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Ephrata, Lancaster Co., PA: P. Martin Britler, Printer, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 40pp. This interesting Ephrata imprint presents a long poem in which a misanthrope pours out his history and philosophy of life. Written "by one of that class of native Americans known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, a peculiar class of people, of peculiar habits and customs, and perhaps of peculiar turns of thought." (printer's introduction). 6" x 4". more information

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Northumberland County, PA, 1794. not bound. Very Good. One-page letterpress form, printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank. Details filled in and signatures executed in sepia ink. In part: "Know all Men by these Presents, that whereas application hath been made by me Stephen Hollingsworth on the 5th July 1792 to the Land-Office of Pennsylvania, for a grant of a tract of land, containing four hundred Acres, Situate on a Stream which leads into the North Westerly side of Loyalsock creek above a large Hill called the Allegany Mountain to Include a Spring at an old Indian incampment in the County of Northumberland." For the sum of five shillings, Hollingsworth conveys the tract to "Samuel Wallis of Muncy Township in Northumberland County and State aforesaid, Esquire.," his heirs, &c., &c. Signed on June 21, 1794, by Stephen Hollingsworth and Henry Jones. Nice item for display. [Northumberland, the tenth Pennsylvania county, created on 21 March 1772 with the county seat at Sunbury, was once the largest American Indian community in the East, where the great chief Shikellimy resided.] 13.25" x 8.25 more information

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Holliwood: Not published, 1926. Original. Hardcover. Good. Gilt-pictorial leather binding, worn at edges. Headpiece illus throughout; 30pp of entries. Many of the guests are repeat visitors from various places in Minnesota, Milwaukee, Chicago, etc. Sample comments: "a palace at the Hollisters"; "Holliwood is an ideal place to spend a vacation"; "Boy, those eats"; "What a lake!"; various references to fishing in the lake; "Sept. 3, 1939--England declared war on Germany--When and how will it end?"; etc. 8.25" x 7". more information

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Charlottesville: Ash Lawn-Highland & Clements Library, 2004. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. pp: vi, 156, index; text illus from photographs and drawings. 8.5" x 5.5 more information

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(Washington) National Park Service 1940., 1940. 1st Edition. Some age-toning, else in very good condition. 8" x 18" open 6 panels Describes the 214-acre site of this early American iron-making community in Berks County, PA, and restoration of the village. Illustrated by 5 illus from photos, map. First Edition. Binding is broadsheet. more information

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NY: Hotel Assn of New York City, 1941. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 12pp; 34 view from photographs, full-page map. The front and back covers show aerial views of the skyline, looking north & south from midtown. The text advises visitors on what to do in the city, and an alphabetical list of nearly 200 hotels gives locations and rates for various types of rooms and suites. 9" x 7.5". more information

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Salt Lake City Hotel Greeters 1927., 1927. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Former owner's name on cover, else in very good condition. 7.75" x 5.25" 32pp Lists shops and hotels. Describes local sights, Pocatello, Utah Copper Mine, Salt Lake City, etc. Illustrated by double-page map, photo illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Northampton, MA: Hotel Northampton, 1930. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Pictorial paper covers. (30)pp; 21pp illus from photographs. Looks at the history of Wiggins Tavern, hotel accommodations, travel directions and mileages, interior and exterior views. Laid in are two postcards of the tavern interior: Lewis N. Wiggins, Landlord. 5" x 5.5". more information

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s.l. Santa Fe Passenger Dept 1902., 1902. Soft cover. Paper cover lacking, contents very good in archival boards. 7.5" x 5.25" pp: 58, (2) Features Moki ceremony, routes to the Moki pueblos, and how to get there by train. Illustrated by 64 illus from photos, 2 maps. 50th thousand edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1854. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Pamphlet removed from bound volume and in very good condition. 15pp Sabin 33193. Eberstadt 106:305. 9" x 5.5". more information

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Washington Happy Days (1939)., 1939. Soft cover. Signs of light use, else all in very good condition. 7.75" x 4.5" 94pp This handbook is not found in the Library of Congress database, nor at Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Rutgers, or Yale. The New York State CCC Museum has a copy. In addition to the handbook, this lot includes an original CCC uniform patch (unused) and an Honorable Discharge from the Civilian Conservation Corps, made out to a man who served as an Assistant Leader in CCC Company 1585, Camp SCS-21 at Frankton, Indiana. A note in the handbook states that he lived in Barrack #2. The Discharge states that he was enrolled on January 12, 1939, and was discharged on December 20, 1940. He had been born in Elwood, Indiana, and enrolled when he was 21 years of age, stating his occupation as Farmer. The form is signed by Conrad H. Dawson, Company Commander, and is inserted in the original War Department mailing envelope. On the back of the form is this worker's complete record of service, immunization record, and performance reviews, signed at the bottom by Company Commander Dawson. Illustrated by drawings by Marshall Davis. Second Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Lancaster, PA: Jaques Cattell Press, 1943. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good +. pp: xv, 414, index; portrait of author, 232 illus from photographs. Spine a bit soiled and worn at the ends. 10" x 7 Contains Hrdlicka's daily notes of his four anthropological journeys to collect evidence on migrations from northeast Asia to America. more information

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Invermere, BC: Good Medicine Books, 1972. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. (32)pp; illus from photographs and drawings. As #6 in the Good Medicine series, this booklet centers on Native American spiritual beliefs and way of life. Topics include: creating a "tribal camp of the 1970s"; the Night Ceremony of Holy Smoking; a brief biography of the Wanapum tribe religious leader, Smohalla (active in Washington in the 1850s); and Sioux mythology. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Yosemite, CA: Yosemite Nat'l History Assn, 1984. First Separate. Original Wraps. Very Good. 44pp; 9pp illus from photographs. First published in the Sierra Club bulletin in 1948, this work sees Yosemite, not Yellowstone, as the first national park. 9" x 6". more information

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Harrodsburg, KY: Harrodsburg Herald Press, 1936. Second Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 67pp; illus from photographs, map. [Richmond, Shaker Literature, #2302.] 9.25" x 6.25". more information

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Boise: Idaho Chamber of Commerce, 1950. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. (16)pp; illus from photographs, map. Describes and pictures the "Gem of the Mountains": its hunting and fishing opportunities, wildlife, lumbering, etc. The front cover shows a mounted Native American in full headdress and regalia. 7.5" x 5.5". more information

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Sandpoint, Idaho: Sandpoint News-Bulletin, 1954. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Fine. Broadsheet, folded, 12 panels; illus from photographs, map. The focus of this brochure is on fishing for big Kamloops Rainbow and Dolly Varden trout in Lake Pend Oreille. 18.5" x 12". more information

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Chicago: Rand McNally, 1956. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Fine. Broadsheet, folded. The large map of Idaho includes a town & city index. On the back are views, info on fishing and hunting, etc. 28" x 18". more information

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Boise: Idaho Dept Commerce, 1956. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Fine. Broadside. Contains a map of national forests in Idaho, brief history, promo text as a "year-around vacation wonderland," and 10 views from photographs. 9" x 16". more information

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Boise: Idaho State Dept Commerce, 1950. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Fine. Broadside: 14 views from photographs, map. 16" x 23". more information

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Boise, ID: various publishers, 1955. Pictorial covers. Fine. Brochures, average 30pp; views from photographs, maps. Highlighted are summer and winter activities, especially car trips, as well as hunting and fishing. 9" x 4". more information

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Springfield: Information Service, 1950. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 32pp; illus from photographs, maps. This guidebook contains round-trip driving directions for ten tours in various parts of Illinois, with notes on historic sites, parks, &c. The maps show each of the ten tours separately as well as the entire state. 9" x 6". more information

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Baltimore Printed by P.S. Henry Huber [1859]., 1859. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Spine neatly reinforced, else near very good condition. 9" x 5.5" (34)pp Includes names of the tribes in 12 states and the District of Columbia, resolutions, grievances, suspensions, finances, etc. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Philadelphia I.N.A. 1933., 1933. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 6" 133pp w/index Fire marks alerted local fire brigades to which houses were covered by which insurance companies, begun by Franklin in 1752. Illustrated by 117 photos of firemarks. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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London Thomas Tegg & Son 1836., 1836. Hardcover. Spine labels gone, else in very good condition. 6" x 4" pp: xxvi, 397 First published in 1809. This copy bound by Root & Son in 3/4 red calf and marbled boards, paneled spine, gilt devices, t.e.g. Illustrated by 4 plates after Cruikshank. Early Edition. Binding is calf/boards. more information

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NY: Burt Franklin, 1968. Reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xxiii, 226; frontispiece, two plates. First published in 1930, this work was considered "the first serious attempt at a complete bibliography" of Lafayette. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Newport News, VA: Virginia James River Bridge Corp., 1937. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. Folds to pocket size. Two maps, four views. Has much on Tidewater Country history and places of interest, two AAA maps, and information on the James River Bridge System. 16" x 18". more information

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New Castle, Delaware Published by the author nd [ca. 1930s?]., 1930. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Minor spots on cover, else in very good condition. 9" x 6" 37pp Gives the history of various buildings, famous incidents, and some residents of New Castle, beginning in 1609. Illustrated by illustrated from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Austin, Texas: Jenkins, 1981. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Contains 2,953 descriptions, with Howes citations and Jenkins Company prices. 11" x 8.5". more information

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Boston: John Hancock, 1923. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 16pp; illustrations. Includes legends, seasons, houses, furniture and utensils, clothing, food, ceremonies, medicine men, etc. 6" x 4.5". more information

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N-Y: Century, 1887-1888. First Edition. Leatherbound. Very Good. Four volumes. pp: 750 + 760 + 752 + 829; illustrated with some 2,000 engravings by James Taylor, from photos taken by Matthew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and others. 11" x 8 Bound in 3/4 burgundy calf and marbled boards, marbled endpapers and edges. more information

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Germantown, PA: Greene Street Friends School, 1955. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. Lengthy gift inscription on endpaper. pp: (iv), 116, index; illus from photographs. 9" x 6". more information

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Madison: Wisconsin Conservation Dept., 1956. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. (64)pp; illus from photographs and drawings. Describes Wisconsin's mammals, fish, birds and reptiles, and recommends conservation measures to protect them. 9" x 6". more information

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Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, 1959. 2nd printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 64pp; 25 colored stamps pasted into place. This treatment of the geography and culture of Hawaii is in the American Geographical Society's Around-the-World Program. Includes a double-page map showing products and industries, important dates in Hawaiian history, information on economy and lifestyle, flights to Hawaii, &c. 8.25 " x 5.5". more information

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xv, 300, bibliography, index; 16pp illus from photographs. The eminent historian examines how history shaped the various attitudes of modern Native Americans. 9.5" x 6.25". more information

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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xxi, 705, index; frontispiece, 16pp illus from photographs, 11 maps. Josephy traces the conquest and dispossession of the Nez Perce by whites "from the time of Lewis & Clark to the great fighting retreat of the bands associated with Chief Joseph and other leaders in 1877," including missionary efforts. 10.25" x 7". more information

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Honolulu: Star-Bulletin, 1943. 4th printing. Original Cloth. Near Fine. 117pp, index. 8.75" x 5.5 Presents the language in 83 lessons, accompanied by an extensive Hawaiian-English vocabulary. more information

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Baltimore: Read-Taylor, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Purple cloth. 95pp; 16 plates from photographs. This centennial history, written by the rector, includes biographies of various church leaders and members, 1830 to 1930. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Washington: Outdoor Press, 1932. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. Green binding fading to yellow. 90pp; 20 illus from photographs. Contains excerpts from George Washington's diary re his plantings at Mount Vernon, historic trees in DC, etc. 9" x 6". more information

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Morris, CT: Community Hall, 1935. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. 60pp; 12 plates from photographs. Commemorates Revolutionary War officer James Morris, and Aline Morris, the French-born US educator who flourished 125 years later. 7.5" x 5". more information

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NY Methuen (1987)., 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents near fine condition. 9" x 6" pp: xliii, 476 Index. This excellent reference work has grown quite scarce. Illustrated by 10pp illus from photographs. 1st ppbk edn. Binding is original wraps. more information

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NY: Newcomen Society of the U.S., 1985. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Decorative paper covers. pp: 18, (1); views from photographs, portrait, map. Printed on laid paper at Princeton University Press. 9" x 6". more information

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 448pp, index; frontispiece. Contains 2,290 annotated entries. 9.5" x 6". more information

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Owego, NY Ladies' Aid Soc Baptist Ch 1904., 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Binding and contents in very good condition. 8.75" x 6.75" pp:(viii), 126 This is a presentation copy, inscribed on the front endpaper and signed by the president of the Ladies Aid Society. Written to counteract "the flood of worthless books" on art and travel, this volume contains "the recollections of 23 Owego men and women, plainly and simply expressed . always interesting and entertaining." Subjects include the Owego fire department, Owego in the Civil War, business growth, secret societies, etc. Illustrated by 14 plates from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. more information

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: x, 294, index; full-page map. Evaluates the relative power and autonomy of women in 12 "culture areas" of the United States. Included are the Inuit, Tlingit, Chipewyan, Seneca, Blackfeet, Paiute, Navajo, Cherokee, etc. 8.75" x 5.5". more information

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Palmyra, NJ: Burlington County Bridge Commission, 1963. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. Klinge. Broadsheet, containing maps of southern NJ, eastern PA, and Philadelphia plus strip maps and driving directions to towns and cities in the area. Precedes the interstate routes, so that directions rely on the old roads. 18" x 24". more information

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Deadwood, South Dakota: Dakota Graphics, 1979. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Nancy Bowman. 32pp; illus from photographs. Small sticker scar at top corner. The author means to show the two faces of Calamity Jane--as a buckskinned character and as a lady. 8.5" x 5.5". more information

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Knoxville, TN: Printed by S.B. Newman, 1950. First Edition. not bound. Fine. Broadsheet, folded to 9" x 4"; illus from photographs, map. Advises the tourist on what to see, where to go, where to stay in Knoxville. Includes a map of downtown. 18" x 16". more information

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Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1972. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: ix, 436, author and subject indices, and manuscripts index. Contains 5,170 entries re printed works and 402 manuscript sources. 8.75" x 5.5 more information

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Lake George, NY, 1936. First Edition. Self-wraps. Very Good. 4pp; map. This leaflet contains information on the steamship service on Lake George as well as a time-table of sailings and landings, June 15-Sept 15, 1936. 9" x 4". more information

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Lancaster, PA, 1880. not bound. Very Good. Three photographs, mounted as cabinet cards. One shows two children in period dress, one seated in an elaborate Victorian-era chair, the other standing. The others show a man in suit and bow-tie, and a woman in white collar, earrings, a medal on a chain, and roses at her neck (identified on verso as "Grandma Eshbach"). The kids on the cabinet card are named on the back as "Brother Harry Eshbach" and "Sister Grace Eshbach". The photographers are: Hubley, 45 West King St.; Cummings, No. 6 North Queen St.; and B. Frank Saylor, 42 West King St.--all of Lancaster. various sizes. more information

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Lancaster, PA, 1943. not bound. Fine. This eye-catching memento of the World War II homefront is expertly hand-lettered in white, with underlines and border in red, on a blue background. Above is a gilt spread eagle. 12" x 9". more information

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Lancaster, PA: Lancaster County Historical, 1930. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 24pp. Other topics in this issue: "ingenious inventions of Martin Shreiner" and obsequies for Lafayette, Jefferson, and Jackson. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Philadelphia: United Church Press, 1976. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 20pp. A history of the United Church of Christ missions among Native Americans from the 17th century to the 20th. 8.5" x 6". more information

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Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1856. 2nd printing. Original Cloth. Good. Cloth covering joints quite worn but holding. 369pp, index; portrait, 2 plates. This copy was inscribed by a family member in 1856. At back is a folding chart of the family tree, "Pedigree of Lawrence." These letters to his children and diary extracts were first printed in an edition of 100 copies for family and friends. Lawrence was one of the leaders in the early development of the New England textile industry. He became a philanthropist, giving away 5/6 of his entire income to Groton School, Williams College, etc. 8.25" x 5". more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. 2nd printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. Armorial bookplate. pp: xiv, 334; 12 plates from photographs. After Theodore Roosevelt's death the previous year, the author published the notebooks he had kept on their informal talks. Included are TR's thoughts on Prohibition, on being 60, on Pershing and Wood, on Masonry, on Germans in America, on John L. Sullivan, etc. 8.75" x 5.75". more information

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Lebanon, PA Lebanon Daily News 1972., 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-stamped red binding and contents near fine condition. 12.25" x 9" 288pp Facsimiles of the top stories, 1872-1972, as they appeared in newspaper of their day. Illustrated by photo-illus throughout text. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. more information

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Raleigh: NC Div of Archives & History, 1985. 3rd printing. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. pp: (viii), 68; frontispiece, 29 illus from photographs. Examines North Carolina's role in WWII, including homefront activities such as "daily life in wartime," "governing a state in wartime," etc. 9" x 6". more information

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Washington: USGPO, 1948. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 64pp; frontispiece, 16pp illus from photographs. Contains 313 annotated entries and an index. 10.25" x 7.5". more information

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Washington: USGPO, 1947. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Spine repaired. 72pp w/index; 2 maps, 12pp illus from photographs. Has an address on Deseret by Utah Senator Arthur V. Watkins, and 414 annotated bibliographical entries. 10.25" x 7.5". more information

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Washington: USGPO, 1951. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Faint dampmark on back cover. pp: iii, 75, index; 35 plates from photographs. Contains 236 annotated entries on books, maps, photographs and documents relating to Colorado history. 10.25" x 7.5". more information

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Washington: USGPO, 1948. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 76pp, index; frontispiece, 16pp illus from photographs. Contains 341 annotated entries on books, mss., maps, photographs and prints relating to Oregon Territory. 10.25" x 7.5". more information

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Washington: Library of Congress, 1954. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. pp: vi, 71; frontispiece, 20pp illus from photographs. Has 231 annotated entries and an index. 10.25" x 7.5". more information

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Newark, DE: Curtis Paper, 1956. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Antonio Fransconi. 30pp, colophon; 6 woodcuts. Arranged and annotated, with an introduction, by Earl Schenck Miers. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Philadelphia: Wm. H. Pile's Sons, Printers, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Front hinge cracked, top of joint starting: better than it sounds. 284pp; portrait. Much of the material on Lippincott's life (1801-1888) is taken from her own diaries and voluminous correspondence. The appendices are: Extracts from the Scrap Book of Mary S. Hallowell; Moorestown Boarding School; and Genealogy of the Schumacker or Shoemaker Family. 9.25" x 6". more information

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Chapel Hill: Univ of North Carolina Press, 1945. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: vii, 438, index. Examines the role of the Crown in 17th-18th century Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, & Georgia. 9.25" x 6". more information

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NY: W.A. Townsend, 1859. First Edition. Morocco. Very Good. 376pp, index; 3 plates and 136 text illustrations, chiefly from original drawings by the author, engraved by Lossing & Barritt. Light foxing to the three plates. 8.5" x 6 Deluxe gift binding of full morocco, elaborate gilt-stamped covers and spine, dentelles, all edges gilt. more information

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Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1940. Second Edition. Original wraps. Good. Spine tanned and worn at staples. 70pp; frontispiece, 12pp illus. Tells of the Swiss-born diplomat and Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson and his home at Fayette County, Pennsylvania. 7.25" x 5.25". more information

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1965. First Edition. Original cloth. Very Good. pp: ix, 330, index. Examines the American social structure, 1763-1788, using newspapers, tax lists, and travel accounts of the day. Includes several chapters on economic class structures in the North and South, mobility, contemporary views of social class, etc. 8.25" x 5". more information

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Colorado Springs: Democrat Publishing, ca. 1940s. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 4pp; five illus from photographs. "...4-1/2 Hours of Scenic Grandeur Over World Famous Cog Road and Auto Highway--A Marvelous Combination Trip--$5.00...." The photos show a birdseye view of the plexiglas-top diesel, the steam cog train in a canyon, etc. 9.25" x 4 more information

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Washington: USGPO, 1955. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. pp: 33, (1); illus from photographs, map. Recounts the history of this 17th-century Florida fort, built by the Spanish after the pirate sack of St. Augustine in 1668. 9" x 5.75". more information

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NY: Doubleday, 1930. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Edges of boards rubbed. pp: (vi), 44; 12 illus from photographs and drawings. An 11-year-old boy wrote and printed 60 copies of this work, after which Doubleday printed "some more.on bigger presses." Includes a five-page essay on "Our Flag" by Billy Marsh. 8.75" x 5.5". more information

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