Connecticut: Privately Printed Seven generations of the descendents of Aaron Stark of Groton, Connecticut. Title page date 1927, frontis is the author. 141 pages with index of persons. Blue covers with gilt lettering, all very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Robert Clarke & Co. Being a complete compilation of his letters, civil, political, and military, and his public addresses, messages to Congress, inaugurals and others. Title date 1890, CR 1890, 435 pages with index. Frontis is a steel engraving of Lincoln. Green covers, slight wear, overall good+ condition.. Believe to be a First Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian National Patrait Gallery, CR 1976, 346 pages with index of artists. Articles by well-known authors, artists and scholars on their travels in Early America. Unread condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Rutlant, VT: Charles Tuttle Author was the Circuit Judge on island of Maui. Very thick book, X-Library with stamps, stickers, pocket, etc. Very good condition. Dust jacket with mylar. Three volumes in one. CR 1969. Also has the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I, Table of contents, 907 pages with fold-out of "Comparative Genealogy of Nanaulu and Ulu.. First Edition of 3 Volumes in One. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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York, PA: George Shumway Publishers Comparative values, supplement and gallery. Two tone blue and gray covers, slight soil. CR 1963, 1975, 346 pages. Pastedowns illustrated. Excellent reference for Civil War collectors of buckles, belts, leather artillery saber belts, etc.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Bonanza Books With Account of the Discovery of the Miller Collection by Mae Reed Porter. Illustrated with paintings by Alfred Jacob Miller, Charles Bodmer, and George Catlin. Color and black and white. CR MCMXLVII (1947), first by Bonanza. Dust jacket and book very good condition with mylar over dust jacket. 481 page with 96 pages watercolor, 32 pages of full page color. Recounts the adventures of the mountain men in the years 1833-38 and expedition headed by the Scottish sportsman William ... (more information)

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Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, CR 1962 and title date is 1962 also. Insert paper addressed to Mr. Story signed by Ernest M. Eller about the need for this book in showing the foundation on which grew the far flung fleets so vital to America. Wainwright on frontis, 266 pages with index. Black and white photos of people and ships of the fleet. A biography of one of the outstanding officers of his time, and gives a graphic account of the depths to which the Navy sank in the years following t... (more information)

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Stackpole, 1954 Cloth. Slight Soil to Covers. Good+/No Jacket. First Edition. 156 pages. Slight soil to covers, illustrated front cover, old watermarks on edges of pages, black and white photos. Overall good. Deer hu nting, elk hunting, hunting, natural history.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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The Around The World Treasures series - Italy. Translated by June McIntyre. Published by Franklin Watts, CR 1959, stated 1st printing, 224 pages. Dust jacket is price clipped and has slight curling ar ound the edges, overall good+. Pictures by Charles Mozley, black & white and color. Illustrated endpapers. Red decorated w/gold covers. juvenile, young readers, children's stories.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, 1871, Dated 1871 with 491 pages. Green with gold illustrated covers, front cover and spine, some foxing, corners show wear, pencil on endpapers, content good+. Edited and adapted by Parker Gillmore. About adventures in Mexi co. 117 illustrations. Mexico, exploration, naturalists, natural history.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Garden City Publ. Translated by Jones, introduction by G. K. Chesterton, illustrated by Arthur Rackham in color. CR 1939, color frontis of the Hare and the Tortoise and also on front cover of book. 13 full page color and 51 black and white illustrations, 224 pages, Spine ends slight fray, overall good+ condition.. Hard Cover. Illus. by Arthur Rackham. ... (more information)

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London, England: Africa Books, Ltd. CR 1991, blue with gold lettering, 23 pages of "Atlas of Africa Peters Projection" which shows countries in proportion to their relative sizes. This book is a timely and impressive intelectual contribution by dedicated African scholars in their continuing struggle for the liberation of our content and its pople. The result of two decades of research and extensive travels throughout Africa. This is the first volume of three on Africa. Extremely heavy book, 18... (more information)

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London, England: Africa Books, Ltd. CR 1991, 1862 pages, red covers, second volume of three on Africa. This provides extensive biographical data on some 12,000 Africans from all walks of life. Very heavy book. postage will have to be determined.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Glendive, Montana: The Frontier Gateway Museum. A pictorial history of The Homestead Rush into the Northern Great Plains 1900-1919. CR 1963, 128 pages with index and bibliography. Red covers all very good condition. Profusely illustrated with photos and text explanations.. Stated first Edition. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: W.W. Norton Abby Kelley and the Politics of Anti-slavery. Dust jacket has mylar on it, all very good condition. CR 1991, 436 pages with index and bibliography and notes, black and white photos. Abby Kelley spent more than two decades on the lecture platform, bringing her vibrant message to farmers and shopkeepers on equal rights for black people. She was the most radical member of the abolitionist movement and the chief money raiser and orgainizer. Based on contemporary letters, diaries, and... (more information)

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New York World's Fair, 1940, Slight Wear to Covers/No Jacket. First Edition. 24 pages. Soft cover magazine covering this stage production. Slight wear, overall good. Americana, World's Fairs, New York, magazines, history.. Soft Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Salem House, Salem, NH., 1985, 1st edition, 448 pages with sources, bibliography and photo credits. Dust jacket and book are very good condition. Black and white photos. Selected local legends and traditions, not only the famous an d important tales, but also lesser ones that have no life except in old records. Author opted for variety and narrative concept at the expense of comprehensive and included ghost stories, excludes loo se traditions of hauntings. History, Britain, England, Great Brita... (more information)

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Published by T. Crowell and Yale Plan Clinic, CR 1949, 1st printing 304 pages with index and bibliography. X-library with stamps, numbers and pockets, otherwise good. A New Educational Approach. Alcoh olism, drinking, alcohol, addictions.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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New York: Hurst & Co. A sequel to "The Boat Club". No date, preface dated Oct 25, 1855, 184 pages. Frontis illustrated. This was "written to gratify the reasonable curiosity of readers of the Boat Club to know what occurred at Wood Lake the second season. However, it has no direct connection with The Boat Club". Maroon covers, gilt spine lettering, overall good+ condition.. Hard Cover. ... (more information)

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Published by Military Heritage Press, CR 1982, 1st edition, 309 pages with index and bibliography. Dust jacket and book are very good. Black & white photos. Cover-up of America's greatest wartime disaster. A sea loss of 880 lives because of the in competence of admirals and offiers. The USS Indianapolis, Flagship of the Pacific 5th Fleet, carrying the components of the Hiroshima bomb to Tinian on July 3, 1945, was torpedoed a few weeks before V J Day - and sank. Of the 1196 on board, 400 went down with ... (more information)

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