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Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44 by Fremont, Brevit Captain J.(ohn) C.(Charles) - 1846

by Fremont, Brevit Captain J.(ohn) C.(Charles)

Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44 by Fremont, Brevit Captain J.(ohn) C.(Charles) - 1846

Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44

by Fremont, Brevit Captain J.(ohn) C.(Charles)

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New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprinted from the original copy issued in wraps by the Senate in 1845 (Howes F370). Issued without maps or plates. This is the stirring account of Fremont's early explorations. John C. Frémont,(1813- 1890) was an American military officer and an early explorer and mapmaker of the American West, who was one of the principal figures in opening up that region to settlement and was instrumental in the U.S. conquest and development of California. He was also a politician who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. presidency in 1856 as the first candidate of the newly formed Republican Party. Bound in contemporary black cloth with debossed design to covers and gilt titling to spine. Binding is bumped and soiled. Interior pages generally very good with scattered foxing throughout. Pencil notes on rear free endpaper. A nice copy. Octavo. 186 pages plus 6 pages of publisher advertisements. TRAVEL/032931.
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THE MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE DIRECTORY For the Year Ending November 1,  1926 (Vol. LXI)
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THE MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE DIRECTORY For the Year Ending November 1, 1926 (Vol. LXI)

by Sampson & Murdock

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Boston, Mass.: Sampson & Murdock Co.. Very Good+. 1926. Hardcover. Clean tan cloth with black lettering. Text tight, clean & intact. Frontispiece, a large fold out map. Pink, blue and white pages. Business, house, street directory and miscellaneous information. Manchester, New Hampshire ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 900 pages .
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A HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE OHIO VALLEY. With Special Reference To Waterways, Trade and...
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A HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE OHIO VALLEY. With Special Reference To Waterways, Trade and Commerce

by Ambler, Charles Henry

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Glendale, CA: Arthur H Clark, 1932. First edition. Hard cover. Published Glendale, CA: Arthur H Clark, 1932, first printing. Thick 8vo., 6 3/4" x 9 3/4," 465 pp., illustrated with plates, maps, one fold-out. Blue ribbed cloth with gilt titles. Name on pastedown. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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Sweet Thursday

Sweet Thursday

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New York: The Viking Press, 1954. 273 pages. Price clipped. Really a very nice copy of the First Edition. Clean, well bound, no marks in book block or writing. Light -yellow-brown boards with title on front cover in red. The dust jacket is actually very nice save for the price clipping. One very small rip which I very carefully tape-repaired from the inside.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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GREEN AND GOLD Class of 1928 St. Albans High School, St. Albans, Vermont

GREEN AND GOLD Class of 1928 St. Albans High School, St. Albans, Vermont

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St. Albans, VT: St. Albans High School. 1928. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak. ; Includes a Short History of the School, Former Principals and Teachers, Athletics, Class Roster and more. ; B&W Photographs; 100 pages .
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Domestic Manners of the Americans (Fourth Ediition)
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Domestic Manners of the Americans (Fourth Ediition)

by Trollope Mrs. (Frances)

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London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co [and] Reprinted for the Booksellers Fourth Edition, Complete in One Volume. Published the same year as the first edition. London [and] New York: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co: Reprinted for the Booksellers, 1832. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 9", 325pp, illustrated with 8 plates. Bound in brown linen cloth, backstirp missing, wear at the tips and along edges, fading to the cloth, name/date on title page, foxing on endpapers, mild toning along edges. Internally very good, paper bright, binding tight, all plates present. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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HISTORY OF THE PRESS OF MAINE (1872)
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HISTORY OF THE PRESS OF MAINE (1872)

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Brunswick: Press of J. Griffin. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Original binding, clean brown cloth with gilt lettering. Text tight, clean & intact. Light wear to spine ends. No foxing. Pictorial frontispiece. Engraved illustrations. The origin of the press and craft. Newspaper, Periodical, New England; B&W Drawing; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pages .
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GENERAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SHARON, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CONN. From its  First Settlement

GENERAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SHARON, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CONN. From its First Settlement

by Sedgwick, Charles F.

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Amenia, N. Y.: Charles Walsh. Near Fine. 1898. Third Edition. Hardcover. Clean blue cloth decorated with gilt lettering. Decorated endpapers. Pictorial frontispiece. B/W photo illustrations. Text tight, clean & intact. Prior owners bookplate inside front cover. Connecticut, New England; B&W Photos ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 202 pages .
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The Somerset Hills, Being a Brief Record of Significant Facts in the Early History of the Hill...
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The Somerset Hills, Being a Brief Record of Significant Facts in the Early History of the Hill Country of Somerset County New Jersey

by Schumacher, Ludwig (signed)

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New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1900. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. This is the SCARCE original 1900 HARDCOVER first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. NOT a library discard. Inner hinges are sound. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO margin notes. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece and 12 other plates. Bound in the original gray boards with a cream-color parchment spine, stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover.. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 133pp. + 12 plates.
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TWO YEARS BEHIND THE PLOUGH; or, the Experiences of a Pennsylvania Farm-Boy:; Giving a true and...

TWO YEARS BEHIND THE PLOUGH; or, the Experiences of a Pennsylvania Farm-Boy:; Giving a true and faithful account of life on a Bucks County farm as he found it during an apprenticeship of two years

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Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 224pp; frontispiece, tissue guard. Blind-stamped, pictorial brick cloth, gilt-stamped spine; light wear to spine ends. 7.5" x 5" [Wright III, 6123: "Authorship not firmly established."].
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A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap;...
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A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap; a new edition, illustrated; edited, with additions by Frank W. Bayley and Charles E. Goodspeed [3 vols]

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Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes: xiv, 391 p., 60 leaves of plates; xi, 403 p., 44 leaves of plates; xi, 417 p., 70 leaves of plates: frontispieces, many portraits; 24 cm. Very dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles. Top page edges gilt. Oval stamp on front fixed endpapers of Moore Institute School of Design Library; bookplate on front fixed endpapers of Moore Institute of Art Library; Moore College of Art Library stamp at foot of title pages. This was the first book on the history of art in the United States. The author, William Dunlap (1766-1839), was an American portrait painter, playwright, and theater manager. He helped to found the National Academy of Design in 1825, and he also wrote several books, publishing this work in 1834. In this edition, the editors have employed "judicious pruning and corrections of conspicuous errors" in the original text and have added addenda containing "brief accounts of several hundred painters, engravers, sculptors, and… Read More
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life

Attempt on Roosevelt Life

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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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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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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES

DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era

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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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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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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos

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El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How

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