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Surveyors and Statesmen: Land Meauring in Colonial Virginia by Hughes, Sarah S - 1979

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Surveyors and Statesmen: Land Meauring in Colonial Virginia by Hughes, Sarah S - 1979

Surveyors and Statesmen: Land Meauring in Colonial Virginia

by Hughes, Sarah S

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The Virginia Surveyors Foundation, Ltd, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. New/New. A study of land surveying in colonial Virginia, examining such issues as the technical quality of the surveying and its implications for settlement and the integral relationship between surveying and the social structure of Virginia in the 17th and 18th centuries. End paper maps.
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FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE; FOREIGNISM FULLY EXPOSED

FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE; FOREIGNISM FULLY EXPOSED

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1855. 1855 FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE; FOREIGNISM FULLY EXPOSED NECESSITY OF AMENDING THE NATURALIZATION LAWS Published by Direction of the Chief Council, Washington, DC, 1855 15pp A publication of "The Weekly American Organ" 15pp The Antebellum "Know-Nothing" Party's position on immigration's contribution to social disorder in America 8vo string binding 2 horizontal creases as this was once folded in thirds Minor staining on covers, creasing and rubbing on the edges of the pages, near fine softcover pamphlet.
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Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans
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Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans

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New Orleans: Pontalba Pr, 1998. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published New Orleans: Pontalba Pr, 1998, first printing. Square folio, 12 3/8" x 12 3/8", 128pp., nearly 200 color photos. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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Ivory and Slaves: Changing Pattern of International Trade in East Central Africa to the Later Nineteenth Century

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 8vo. xviii, [2], 296 pp. Bound in full blue cloth in brown dust jacket printed in black. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece, maps, graphs and tables. Includes list of sources and index. Very Good+, bookplate of Oscar and Mary F. Handlin to front pastedown, slight wrinkling to cloth on spine, fading to top edge, otherwise tight, clean copy in Very Good+ dust jacket with minor age-toning and shelf wear.
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The Authentic Life Of William McKinley
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The Authentic Life Of William McKinley: Our Third Martyr President; Together With A Life Sketch Of Theodore Roosevelt The 26th President Of The United States

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FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE; FOREIGNISM FULLY EXPOSED

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1855. 1855 FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE; FOREIGNISM FULLY EXPOSED NECESSITY OF AMENDING THE NATURALIZATION LAWS Published by Direction of the Chief Council, Washington, DC, 1855 15pp A publication of "The Weekly American Organ" 15pp The Antebellum "Know-Nothing" Party's position on immigration's contribution to social disorder in America 8vo string binding 2 horizontal creases as this was once folded in thirds Minor staining on covers, creasing and rubbing on the edges of the pages, near fine softcover pamphlet.
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Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans

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Ivory and Slaves
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Ivory and Slaves: Changing Pattern of International Trade in East Central Africa to the Later Nineteenth Century

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 8vo. xviii, [2], 296 pp. Bound in full blue cloth in brown dust jacket printed in black. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece, maps, graphs and tables. Includes list of sources and index. Very Good+, bookplate of Oscar and Mary F. Handlin to front pastedown, slight wrinkling to cloth on spine, fading to top edge, otherwise tight, clean copy in Very Good+ dust jacket with minor age-toning and shelf wear.
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The Authentic Life Of William McKinley
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The Authentic Life Of William McKinley: Our Third Martyr President; Together With A Life Sketch Of Theodore Roosevelt The 26th President Of The United States

by Alexander K. McClure & Charles Morris, LL.D.

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Swamp Fox: The Life And Campaigns Of General Francis Marion

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This book is in fair condition. The front, back and spine of the cover boards has wear. The edges of the cover boards are worn also, and the corners have been bumped quite a bit. The dust jacket is in poor condition. The front, back and spine of the dust jacket is extremely worn. The edges are frayed and the corners are bumped beyond repair. There are numerous tears and the dust jacket is soiled. The first end page is stamped with the library's mark. The second end page is written on by the previous owner. The pages are tanned and yellowed , but clear from all markings. "The most significant period in the career of Francis Marion was that between August 15, 1780, and September 8, 1781. During this time he alone held eastern South Carolina from the British, then helped Henry Lee capture the British posts along the Santee, and finally commanded a corps in the army with which Nathaniel Greene drove the British from South Carolina...." - Acknowledgements from Swamp Fox: The Life And Campaigns Of General… Read More
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SURVEYORS AND STATESMEN: LAND MEASURING IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA
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SURVEYORS AND STATESMEN: LAND MEASURING IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA

by Hughes, Sarah S

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Richmond: The Virginia Surveyors Foundation, 1979. Hardcover. Quarto, 196 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Good dust jacket. Red spine with light orange text. Dust jacket has moderate tearing to head edge of spine and both covers, chipping to corners, light tearing to corners and tail edge of corners, and moderate edge and shelf wear. Boards have light bumping to spine edges. Textblock has foxing to edges. Shelved Room A. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He… Read More
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Surveyors and Statesmen: Land Measuring in Colonial Virginia

by Hughes, Sarah S

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Richmond, Virginia: Surveyors, Inc.. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. Large format hardcover with dustjacket, book looks new, no remarkable flaws, the jacket has moderate scuffing on the front panel, heavier scuffing on the rear and short corner-tears at the bottom, the jacket is clean and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "This history of the development of the surveying profession in colonial Virginia also traces changing techniques of land measurement and explores the impact of surveyors' methodology on the Chesapeake economy and society," illustrated throughout and includes map end-papers .
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A History of American Art
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A History of American Art

by Daniel M. Mendelowitz

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This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine, edges and corner of the cover. There is some dog-earring on the right corner pages of the book. The pages are white, crisp and clear of any markings. "This is a history of the visual arts produced in the geographical area that now constitutes the United States. Such a book is difficult to title. A History of United States Art sounds awkward and logically might even be construed to exclude the arts of the colonial period. Thus, with apologies to our northern and southern neighbors, I use the title A History of American Art, knowing full well that the terms America and the United States are not synonymous...." - Preface from A History of American Art
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Beeswax:  Production, Harvesting, Processing and Procuts
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Beeswax: Production, Harvesting, Processing and Procuts

by Coggshall, William L & Roger A Morse

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New York: Wicwas Press, 1984. 8vo size trade paperback; 192 pages with a few illustrations and photographs Contents include: Beeswax Grading and Economics Harvesting Beeswax Commercial Preparation of Beeswax for Market Testing Beeswax Beeswax in Comb Foundation Beeswax in Candles Beeswax in Art and Industry Showing and Judging Beeswax Home Products including Candles and Car and Floor Polishes Moderate wear and edgewear to covers, light soil to top of book and shelf soil to bottom fore-edge. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Samuel The Seeker

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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey

Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River

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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp

Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp

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William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.
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Vietnam
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Vietnam: A History

by Stanley Karnow

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This book is in good condition. There is a lot of wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. There is also a substantial amount of staining on the cover boards. The pages are yellowed and tanned. There are also markings throughout the book. "The roots of this book reach back to the early 1950s in Paris, where I began my professional career as a journalist. France, supported by the United States, was then fighting to retain its hold in Indochina against the Vietminh, the Communist-led nationalist movement there. As I reported on the French end of the war, I soon became acquainted with the names and places in Vietnam from a distance, But I scarcely imagined that they were to be part of my own experience. Then, in 1959, I was assigned to cover eastern Asia; the region that included Vietnam became my beat for more than two decades. I visited Vietnam most recently in 1981 for seven weeks, the longest permitted an American correspondent since the Communists gained control of the entire… Read More
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A Rebel Came Home: The Diary and Letters of Floride Clemson, 1863-1866
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A Rebel Came Home: The Diary and Letters of Floride Clemson, 1863-1866

by Lander & McGee (editors)

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Top edge of jacket slightly flared but overall in excellent condition. Book itself is clean and free of any markings except for previous owner's name on first page (Jeanne M. Nixon). Book has some light shelf wear to corners and spine is slightly canted. Solid binding. 189 indexed pages. 0.75" X 6.25" X 9.25" 2cm X 16cm X 23.5cm Part of the series "Women's Diaries and Letters of the Nineteenth-Century South". Illustrated by Olivia Jackson McGee with additional black and white photo reproductions. Includes a family tree. The Revised edition includes additional material in the form of letters between Floride and her mother Anna Maria Calhoun Clemson between July-October 1863 at the height of the Civil War. The main body of the book is Floride's journal from January 1863 until 1866. The main sections concern Florida's trip to Niagara in summer 1863, the journey form Beltsville Maryland to Pendleton South Carolina at the end of the 1864, and the last says of Floride's grandmother Mr.s John C. Calhoun in… Read More
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America's War for Humanity: Including a Complete History of the World War Up-To-date
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America's War for Humanity: Including a Complete History of the World War Up-To-date

by Russell, Thomas H

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USA: L. W. Walter, 1917. Hardcover with no dust jacket, 1917. Book has heavier corner wear to board corners and edges, and spinefoot, and aging and some soiling to cloth. This book has blue cloth with navy and red text and design. Tipped plate of American flag on center of front board. Interior tanning heavily from age and book has light warping from age and moisture. Has small bookworm hole affecting the upper right corner of pages 23- 83, completely out of the way of any text and only about 1/2 inch in depth. Missing page corner as depicted, affecting the first front illustration page, affects a small amount of caption text, and the edges of 2 photos. Book generally lays flat and is readable and is fairly supple, Binding is decent and will permit reading. Fair condition, but not terrible for its age. 100+ illustrations. A peice of history, as this was basically news when this was printed. RARE EDITION: NOT A REPRINT. THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read More
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone
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Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone

by David Read Barker

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Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.
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The Lick Observatory of the University of California, Eleventh Edition, 1947

The Lick Observatory of the University of California, Eleventh Edition, 1947

by Lick Observatory

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University of California Press, 1947. 11th. Paperback. Author unstated : The Lick Observatory of the University of California - A Brief Descriptive Account Prepared at the Observatory. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1947. Eleventh Edition. Stapled booklet, size is demy octavo (8vo), 8 1/8"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's dark green wrapper stapled to textblock. [vi] pp prelim material, 47 numbered pp, plus three blank. Glossy paper. In addition to many b&w photos, included is information for visitors, organizational info about the observatory, its Chile station, its students, features it observed, acknowledgments. Condition notes: Staples rusted, but holding, moderate wear and scuffing but no tears to wrappers. No notes or highlighting. The observatory is on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, CA. We learn that the observatory was the gift of James Lick, who also left money to support building of a monument to Francis Scott Key in San Francisco, "...a Home for Old Ladies in San Francisco..." and… Read More
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