AMERICAN HISTORY

General Society of Colonial Wars, 1967. Hardcover, no dustjacket, attractive red/white cloth binding with a gold-stamped seal on front cover, gold titles on the spine, and gold top page-edge, three sections to this book: "Origin and History of the General Society of Colonial Wars," "American Colonial Flags," and "The Colonial Wars in America 1607-1775," nicely illustrated with photos, maps, and color plates of flags, this is a beautiful copy with two minor flaws: 1) a small soiled area in the margin of page 140 (text is unaffected), 2) the former owner's bookplate attached to the inside front cover. Hard Cover. NF. American Revolution. more information

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Washington D.C.: National Trust Fund Board, 1982. Inscribed, dated May 4, 1983, and signed by Robert Warner, Archivist of the United States and writer of the preface to this volume, "explains the research potential of genealogical materials in the National Archives of the United States and assists family historians in their use," illustrated, hardcover, dustjacket has several edge-tears that have been internally tape-repaired. ISBN: 0911333002. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. NF/VG-. more information

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1981. "An inventory of the personal estate of his excellency, Lord Botetourt, Royal Governor of Virginia, 1768-1770," large paperback, 19 pages, excellent condition. ISBN: 0879350636. Trade Paperback. Fine. more information

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Eastern National Park & Monument Association, 1993. Paperback, excellent condition with a small mark on the front cover where a label was removed being the only remarkable flaw, "Written nearly 150 years ago, the original edition of this volume provides what is still the most readable description of manufacturing processes at Springfield Armory, Springfield Massachusetts...it remains informative and appealing to the general reader...". Original Wraps. NF. Firearms Military History. more information

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Farrar, Straus and Cudahy / Jewish Publication Society, 1960. Hardcover first printing (as stated on copyright page), book is in excellent condition with no remarkable flaws, dustjacket has two long, closed tears n the front panel which have been neatly internally tape-mended, it is clean and bright, the original price (2.95) is present, and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, Number 12 in the "Covenant Books" series which were designed to "take young people on an adventurous expedition into the realms of Jewish experience," illustrated by Bernard Krigstein. 1st ed.. Hardcover. NF/VG-. Judaica. more information

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New American Library, 1967. Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing, book is in excellent condition with no remarkable flaws, dustjacket looks great also but does have a small (1/2-inch) edge-chip at the top of the rear panel, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, an excellent social history of the American hobo, the ousiders of the Great Society, illustrated with photos . 1st U.S. Ed.. Hardcover. Fine/NF. more information

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Simon & Schuster, 2000. Hardcover first printing of this history classic, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. ISBN: 0684846098. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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Viking, 2005. Hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are in as new condition, nice gift copy, "By moving America's forgotten conflicts - its imperial wars - center stage they explain how war, above all else, has been the primary means by which the peoples of North America have defined society for the last half-millennium". ISBN: 0670033707. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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Chatham, NJ: Chatham Historical Society, 1975. Hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are flawless except for very slight tanning to the spine of the dustjacket, the illustrations include a color plate and end-paper maps, with the American Revolution nearing a critical stage, the printer Shepard Kollock contributed significantly to the Patriots' cause through the columns of "The New Jersey Journal" which was the first New Jersey newspaper established in the northern part of the state. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/NF. AMERICAN HISTORY. more information

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Yale University Press, 1921. Hardcover, no dustjacket, "The Chronicles of America Series," illustrated with a color frontispiece of a New England Thanksgiving, this is a clean, attractive copy inside and out with slight tanning to the spine and outer page-edge. Hard Cover. VG+. more information

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Lakeside Press, 1972. ".presents two previously unpublished manuscripts describing 19th century pioneer life in Illinois and the Midwest," illustrated, hardcover, blue cloth binding titled in gold, top edge gilt, was issued without a dustjacket. Hard Cover. NF. more information

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International Publishers, 1964. Large paperback. Trade Paperback. VG. more information

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University Press of New England, 2001. Large paperback in AS NEW condition, first printing as evidenced by the publisher's "1" on the copyright page, "This rich variety of texts dramatically reveals the complex nature of nineteenth-century concepts of identity". ISBN: 1584651326. 1st ed.. Trade Paperback. Fine. Biography. more information

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AmeriPress, 1995. Large paperback in excellent condition. ISBN: 0964042126. 1st ed.. Trade Paperback. Fine. more information

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Plymouth, MA: Memorial Press, 1963. Large paperback, stapled wraps, 76 pages, "Being largely a compilation from the documents of Governor Bradford & Governor Winslow, severally and in collaboration; together with a list of Mayflower passengers," excellent condition. 7th ed.. Trade Paperback. NF. GENEALOGY. more information

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Lancaster, PA: Aurand Press. Large paperback, 32 pages, moderate tanning along the spine, else excellent condition, no copyright date, pale green cover with an illustration on the front, "The true illustrated story of the origin, depredation and decay of a terrorist secret organization in the Pennsylvania Coal Fields during and following the Civil War," includes a bibliography. Trade Paperback. NF. Regional History. more information

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Houghton Mifflin, 1964. Hardcover first printing (as stated on copyright page), book is in excellent condition, clean, bright and new-looking inside and out with no remarkable flaws, dustjacket is a bit sunned on the spine, the spine-title is unaffected, the original price (7.50) is present, and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "the credit for the success of the first permanent English colony in America is due more to John Smith than to any other one man," 553 pages, illustrated, includes a bibliography. 1st ed.. Hardcover. Fine/VG+. more information

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University of Wisconsin Press, 1981. Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, minor signs of use only, "No one who cares about liberty will read Mr. Bayley's masterful study without a shudder about the journalistic cop-outs that contributed to making the nightmare called McCarthyism," and will also make the thinking person ponder the cop-out that took place leading up to the present fiasco in Iraq . ISBN: 0299086208. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG/VG+. more information

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Macmillan, 1963. "A nostalgic backward glance at some of yesteryear's most beloved features of our national profile," by the famous writer of "Twilight Zone" and "Hitchcock Hour" stories, an attractive copy of the hardcover first printing with moderate tanning to book and dustjacket, (edges & spine) being the only remarkable flaws. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. AMERICANA SCIENCE FICTION HORROR. more information

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University of Wisconsin Press, 1960. Large paperback with a tight binding and clean text, 319 pages, includes a bibliography. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. VG. Political Science. more information

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New Jersey Library Association, 1967. Hardcover in excellent condition, very light rubbing to the corners, no significant flaws, was issued without a dustjacket, an excellent reference, 196 pages, "The purpose of this volume is to locate, insofar as it is possible, all published works which bear with reasonable significance on the subject of New Jersey and the Negro". Hard Cover. NF. Black Studies Regional History. more information

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Putnam's, 1971. A biography of this American hero, very slight spine lean, the predominantly white dustjacket is slightly tanned and has a small amount of ink near the price on front flap, hardcover first printing. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. VG/VG+. BIOGRAPHY BLACK STUDIES. more information

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University of South Carolina Press, 1999. Large paperback in excellent condition, women's history, illustrated. ISBN: 1570032904. Trade Paperback. NF. WOMEN'S STUDIES. more information

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Ohio University Press, 1987. Hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition (looks new) and the original price label (42.95) is present on the back of the dustjacket, the first complete publication of Blennerhassett's (a rebellious and brilliant Irish aristocrat) diary about his part in Aaron Burr's conspiracy to sever the United States. ISBN: 0821408607. 1st ed.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. more information

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Galahad Books, 1982. "Sly, salty, shaggy stories of heroes and hellions, beguilers and buffoons, spellbinders and scapegoats, gagsters and gossips from the grassroots & sidewalks of America," hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0883656167. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. AMERICANA. more information

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Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1972. Hardcover, this reprint was issued without a dustjacket, gold cloth binding, excellent condition with no remarkable flaws, great gift copy of this study of old-time American handicrafts, includes 60 illustrations, 251 pages. Hardcover. NF. Americana Colonial. more information

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Oxford University Press, 1987. Large paperback, 266 pages, a clean, attractive copy inside and out, has a small price sticker on the first blank page, "A major contribution to the social history of medicine and public policy in the United States". ISBN: 0195042379. Trade Paperback. NF. Health. more information

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Harvard University Press, 1968. Hardcover with dustjacket, "The famous episode of murder and violence involving an Irish secret society in the Pennsylvania coal fields in the 1870's...Chosen by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the best books on American history published in the period 1960-1965," illustrated, includes a list of the major participants, book is in excellent condition with some slight tanning to the outer page-edge being the only flaw, the dustjacket has a small edge-chip at the top of the front panel, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. NF/VG+. Regional History. more information

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Random House, 1998. A chronicle of the generation that came of age during the great Depression and the Second World War, illustrated with photos, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. ISBN: 0375502025. Hard Cover. NF/NF. more information

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Simon & Schuster, 2004. Large paperback in excellent condition, biography of "one of the least understood, most important, and most impassioned and inspiring of the founding fathers". Trade Paperback. NF. BIOGRAPHY. more information

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The Free Press, 1996. Biography of our first president, hardcover with dustjacket, excellent condition. ISBN: 0684822911. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. BIOGRAPHY. more information

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The Spartan Press, 1970. Hardcover with dustjacket, includes the publisher's promotional material and a bibliography, book has a lean to the spine, dustjacket is tanned on the spine, clean copy inside and out. Hardcover. VG/VG. more information

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New York: Haskell House, 1968. Hardcover, condition is AS NEW, issued without a dustjacket, dark blue cloth binding, a good quality reprint of these three scholarly essays which were first published in 1902, author was a lecturer in history at Harvard University for the year 1901-2. Hardcover. Fine. more information

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New York: Haskell House, 1968. Hardcover, condition is AS NEW, issued without a dustjacket, dark blue cloth binding, a good quality reprint of these three scholarly essays which were first published in 1902, author was a lecturer in history at Harvard University for the year 1901-2. Hardcover. Fine. more information

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W.W. Norton, 1984. Draws on the letters and journals of Mary Fish (1736-1818), owner name on inside of front cover, hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0393017672. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. BIOGRAPHY. more information

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Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., 1894. "Antiquarian edition," large format hardcover, leather spine and corners and marbled boards, marbled page-edges, beautifully illustrated with "15 photogravure steel plates, 12 colored lithographic plates, and numerous other illustrations by Henry N. Cady and others," this is the second volume of a two-volume set, deals with Columbus and his voyages, voyages made to the New World by contemporaries of Columbus and others immediately after his death, English settlements, both successful and unsuccessful, the settlement of New England, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Carolinas, the Dutch and New Netherland, and the English colonization of Georgia, spine has been rebacked, book has some edge-wear but it is very clean and tight inside and out, no foxing, tears, or stains whatsoever. Hard Cover. VG. NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN. more information

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Michigan State University Press, 1994. Large paperback in excellent condition, clean inside and out with no remarkable flaws, first printing, 258 pages, nice gift copy. ISBN: 0870133519. 1st ed.. Trade Paperback. Fine. more information

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Columbia University Press, 1969. Hardcover first printing, book is in excellent condition, dustjacket is price-clipped and very slightly tanned on the spine, it is in great shape overall and our professional (removable) mylar cover makes it look even nicer, "This study examines the role of the wilderness in the thought of the settlers of New England," includes a bibliography. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/VG+. RELIGION PHILOSOPHY. more information

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Abingdon Press, 1986. Large paperback in excellent condition with a minor crease at the top corner of the first few pages being the only remarkable flaw, introduction by Charles L. Wallis, "In those exciting and turbulent years between 1803 and 1856, one extraordinary preacher - Peter Cartwright - rode a Methodist cicuit in the American western districts. This is his story". ISBN: 068702319X. Reprint. Trade Paperback. NF. Biography christianity Methodist. more information

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Syracuse University Press, 1983. Hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, gift-quality, "This is the first complete translation from the original Italian of a classic natural history/travel book originally published in Italy in 1790," illustrated throughout. ISBN: 0815622643. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/NF. BOTANY TRAVEL ITALY. more information

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Bonanza Books, 1960. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Hard Cover. VG. more information

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Scholarly Press, 1972. Hardcover reprint of the second edition of this work which was published in 1857, brown cloth binding, flawless copy, was issued without a dustjacket. ISBN: 0403004373. Hard Cover. Fine. Reference. more information

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Rand McNally, 1965. Hardcover first printing, illustrated with photos, foreword by Dwight Eisenhower, ownership stamp on bottom edge and front end-paper, dustjacket slightly tanned, very nice overall. 1st ed.. Hardcover. VG+/VG. more information

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Simon & Schuster, 1992. Hardcover first printing (as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page), book and dustjacket are in excellent condition (looks new), nice gift copy, includes a photocopy of a review of the book, 639 pages, illustrated with photos and includes a bibliography. ISBN: 0671600885. 1st ed.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Biography. more information

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University of Nebraska Press, 2002. Large paperback, slight upward curl to the front cover, text is fine, 351 pages. ISBN: 0803264194. Trade Paperback. NF. Biography. more information

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Random House, 1969. First printing, book is flawless, dustjacket has moderate rubbing but no other flaws, a professional mylar cover is included, nice gift item. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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W.W. Norton, 1995. Hardcover, book and dustjacket are clean and attractive inside and out, no significant flaws, "The guiding principle of this book is the conviction that science is an important part of history". ISBN: 0393035018. Hardcover. NF/NF. more information

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Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961. Large paperback, "Revised and published December 1, 1961 to supersede Guide published on January 2, 1957," cover has slight edge-tanning and minor scuffing on the back, clean inside and out, contents are fine. Trade Paperback. VG+. Communism. more information

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John Hopkins Press, 1976. Large paperback, a clean, attractive copy inside and out, no remarkable flaws, "examines elite recruitment and community structure in four New England colonies between 1700 and 1785," includes a bibliography. ISBN: 0801817412. 1st ed.. Trade Paperback. NF. more information

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Putnam's, 2003. Hardcover first printing, book and dustjacket are in AS NEW condition, essays by Caleb Carr, David McCullough, John Lukacs and others, nice gift item, what if the United States had truly worked to spread freedom and democracy throughout the world instead of supporting ruthless dictators like The Shah of Iran and Saddam Hussein (to name only two of many) is a question not taken on in this volume. ISBN: 0399150919. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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