Williamstown, MA: Corner House Publishers Dust jacket with mylar over black covers, all very good condition. Inscription front endpapers "Presented in grateful appreciation to Richard Amacher adviser, teacher, frind - Jerry Wilson November, 1972". 1969 title date, CR 1969, this is a reprint of the original from 1891. 335 pages with index. No illustrations. One of the most accurate and thoroughly engrossing account of church customs in America during the 17th century. Virrtually very facet o... (more information)

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Published by Houghton Mifflin, CR 1930, 256 pages with index. Small book, red covers, slight soil, owners stamp and writing on front endpapers, o/w good. Story of Constance Nelson and life in Boston. New England, Massachusetts, Boston, Americana.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Waverly House, CR 1940, 1st edition, 372 pages. Dust jacket is bad, covers and content good. B&W sketches. Covers New England from Anne Hutchinson to Cal Coolidge from Witches to Ward Eights, from New Bedford Whalers to Newport snobs. I believe that covers everything. New England, whaling, Newport, Rhode Island.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Illustrated by Virginia Grilley. CR 1941, 290 pages. Pastedowns illustrated with Island of Nantucket. An intriguing history of Nantucket and the people who lived there, mixed with humorous stories, and lots of genealogy. The Macys, Folgers, Coffins, and many others were the first settlers - other than the indians who were there first. Whaling captains, Quakers, islanders and off-islanders added to the history of this island.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Bonanza, CR 1949. Reprint with 374 pages with index. Dust jacket has tears, remainder mark on end of bottom pages o/w good. B&W photos. Divided into 4 sections: Background of NE crafts, NE Today, Significant influences, and values of NE crafts. New England, crafts, handicrafts.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Virginia: Brassey's (US) A Maxwell Macmillan Co. Navy Women From World War I to Tailhook. Foreward by Captain Edward L. Beach , USN (Ret). dust jacket and book in very good condition. CR 1993. X-library with withdrawn stamp on title page. 321 pages with black and white photos in center. Mylar cover on bookcovers not on dust jacket. This focuses on the Navy's recruitment of women, not for their charms, but for their abilities. The emphasis is on the struggle of the Navy to accept change and women's s... (more information)

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Published by Halcyon House, CR 1948, CR 1948, this is a reprint, 257 illustrations, 390 pages. Revised and new supplement and has chapter on Early Lace by Mabel F. Bainbridge and Sandwich Glass by Lenore W. Williams. Antiques, Americana.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott X-library with stamps, numbers and pocket in back. Slight wear to covers and corners, overall good+. Content shows slight foxing, excellent photos. A photogravure and 81 doubletone illustrations from photos by author. CR 1924, 328 pages with index. Inside front hinge repaired, all tight. The Hudson was the great highway of the Province in the days of its beginning, but it also was the chief line of strategy during the War for Independence. These dwellings derived their in... (more information)

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Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988, stated 1st trade edition, 641 pages. Dust jacket and book are very good. Translated from Italian by William Weaver. This is a mesmerizing narrative which challenges the reader to wrestle with a profus ion of paradoxes and mysteries - re: the Secret Plan of the Knights Templars - a medieval order that wend underground after it was abolished in the Middle Ages - possessing immense power and knowledge of the arcane. Fiction, literature.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Hard Cover. Published by Lippincott. Cr 1903. First published November 1903. 296 pages with index. Brown paper over boards, slight wear and scuff, overall good+. Reminiscences are mostly personal. The anecdotes were heard from Whistler's own lips. Biographical data gathered from casual sources and are no doubt, subject to incidental correction. Views concerning his art were formed while watching h im at work day after day, and after many interviews. The book has many newspaper clippings inside about Whistle... (more information)

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New York: Published by Garden City, Doubleday 1970, Title date 1970, CR 1970, stated 1st edition, 668 pages w/index. Dust jacket has slight tears, green covers all very good. Sketches of maps of each island. All 56 islands are included in this guide, which will help yo u gain an insight into the islands as they really are. Natural history, travel, Caribbean islands, islands.. HARD COVER. ... (more information)

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Published by Wilfred Funk, CR 1940, CR 1940, 1st edition, 415 pages with index. Dust jacket slight tears, corners slightly bumped B&W photos all good+. Was there more than one plot? Was Booth killed or did he escape? Was Mrs. Surratt tortured be fore she was executed? Here are new long-buried revelations fully substantiated by documented evidence. Abraham Lincoln, Civi War, John Wilkes Booth, Mary Surratt, assassination, presidents.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Published by Sun Dial Press Dated 1928 with 408 pages. Frontis illustrated, all good. Stories selected from "The American Boy". Miscellaneous, Childrens, juveniles.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Delacorte Press One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears. Dust jacket and book very good condition. Illustrated pastedowns. Sticker on front pastedown, mostly torn off. 256 pages with bibliography. In 1898 a Cherokee descendent set off on a 900 mile walk of the "Trail of Tears". Along the way he met men and women who shared their stories with him, strangers helped him to understand the tragic history of the Cherokees.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Dodd Mead, CR 1938, published 1938, 1st edition, 421 pages. Blue covers, spine darkened, gilt ship on front cover, overall good+. Black and white sketche. Story of Lt. Commander G. W. DeLong, his officers and crew who pe rished in 1879 exploring the North Pole. History, exploration, explorers, North Pole expeditions, North Pole explorations, Natural History.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Racine, Michigan: Whitman Publishing Co. Big Little Book. Authorized Edition on title page. CR 1968 by Mattel. Western Publ. 248 pages with 3 ads of more BLB books, color illustrations. Front cover top right corner is torn, corners bent, back cover list of BLB titles is underlined in ink.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Oliver Ditson Company, CR MCMIX (1909) ,180 pages. The important terms used in music with pronunciation and concise definition, together with the elements of notation and a biographical list of over 500 noted names in music. Small book, green covers, slight wear to edges, overall good+. Miscellaneous, music.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Boston: New England Conservatory of Music, 1890 Edgewear, Gild Lettering,. No Jacket. As Applied to Teaching and Practice of Voice and Instruments. Published by New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, 8th Edition, CR 1890, 208 pages. Frontis and Black and white illustrations. Dark green covers, edgewear. Gilt spine lettering. All good+. Author hopes to provide a systematized course by which teachers may assist their pupils toward that genera l knowledge which is necessary to the true musician. Art, music... (more information)

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New York: Putnams, 1918 Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 1st edition, 369 pages with index and 2 pages of ads. Red faded covers, black and white photos and sketches. 64 Illustrations. Semaphore signals, insignas, etc. History, Germany, Berlin, World War I, WWI, wars, European wars.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Scribners, CR 1950, believe 1st edition, 296 pages with index. B&W photos,B&W photos, all good+. Foreward by F. S. Smythe. Natural History, Mountaineering, mountains, alps, Switzerland, climbing.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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