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Hastings House Publishers, NY, No date. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. "Without pretense of being either guides or histories, this little volume aspires, by the means of the photographic image, to catch the essence of some of America's unique landmarks." [Dust jacket] Owner signature. Black and White photographs. Wear and chipping to extremities. Small format: 7 1/2" x 6" x 1/2"

Channel Press, NY, 1956. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/ Very Good. Essays by 60 historians. Chipping to spine of dust jacket.

Grossett & Dunlap, NY, 1960. 4th edition. Hardcover. Very Good/ No dust jacket. An excellent anthology of primary souce materials, spanning the period 1000-1944. 4th edition.

Kennekat Press, NY, 1970. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/ No dust jacket. A substantial history and unique treatment of Detroit. 356 pages. Detailed index. Kennekat reprint.

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1942. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/ Very Good. A substantial biography and cultural history. 498 pages. 1st edition.

Simon & Schuster, NY, 2003. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Definitive biography. 589 pages.

Oxford, NY, 2001. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "The familiar political heroes; scientists, writers, radicals, sports figures, and religious leaders; events that have shaped the nation; landmark legislation; influential books; natural disasters and iconic sites; the nation's social and cultural history. Everything from Jamestown and the Puritans to the Human Genome Project and the Internet - from Columbus to… Read more

Knopf, NY, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st edition, 2nd printing. "Bailyn's Pulitzer Prize-winning book uses an emigration roster that lists every person officially known to have left Britain for America from December 1773 to March 1776 to reconstruct the lives and motives of those who emigrated to the New World." [Pub. Info] "Voyagers to the West… Read more

Bloomington, IN, 1978. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History. 1st edition, later printing. "The Old Northwest is an unparalleled account of the pioneer period, the problems of settlers, and the westward movement of the American people. No historian, professional or otherwise, who is interested in the history of the region… Read more

Oxford University Press, NY, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "The Oxford Book of the American South' resonates with the words of black people and white, women and men, the powerless as well as the powerful. The most telling fiction and nonfiction produced in the South from the late eighteenth century to the present. Renowned authors such as James… Read more

Villard, NY, 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower, Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put… Read more

Harcourt Brace, NY, 1952. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket. "Behold Virginia: The Fifth Crown, being the trials, adventures, and disasters of the first families of Virginia, the rise of the grandees, and the eventual triumph of the common and uncommon sort in the revolution. Wilson's book on Virginia is a brisk and iconoclastic narrative which sets out to… Read more

Simon ad Schuster, NY, 1951. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. "A book to delight anyone who loves the country and especially the particular 92 square miles of country known as Martha's Vineyard. A captivating collections of informal essays." [Dust Jacket] 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING

McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY, 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Thirty-three Presidential families, from John and Abigail Adams to John and Jacqueline Kennedy, have called the White House home. A warmhearted view of life in the most famous home in the nation. Overflowing with hundreds of memorable pictures and pages of delightful text."" [Dust Jacket] 292 pages plus a bibliography and… Read more

Life Magazine. Stapled Magazine, Near Fine "By the summer of 1962 John F. Kennedy was well settled in the presidency. The first 18 months is always the period of presidential definition, and for Kennedy the succession of crises had tied an already disciplined personality ever more irrevocably to the responsibilities for which he held himself accountable to the future."… Read more

Library of Congress, April 1946. Photograph "The blistering speed of Feller's fastball would soon earn him the nickname 'Rapid Robert' as well as the respect of the top players in the game. For 18 years, Feller would remain among the game's finest pitchers, facing down such fearsome hitters as Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, and Hank Greenberg, and amassing… Read more

"Bob Feller's journey from an Iowa farm to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, began in 1936. That's when the 17-year-old pitcher took the mound for the Cleveland Indians and struck out a future Hall of Famer, Leo Durocher. Feller led the American League in strikeouts a remarkable seven times, including fanning 348 batters in 1946 and… Read more

Life Magazine, probably November 1963. Stapled magazine "Next to the incredulous shock and sorrow, perhaps the commonest emotion after President Kennedy's assassination was fury. Intelligence was the keynote of Kennedy's short presidency, and with it came a flair, style and excitement. He grasped problems quickly and with the help of his high-caliber team was a master of detail. He was… Read more

Abrams, NY, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Features more than 250 illustrations documenting the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and other treasures enshrined in The National Archives." [Pub. Info] Introduction by David McCullough. Superb text. 261 illustrations. Beautifully produced book. 1ST EDITION

Little Brown, Boston, 1973/74. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. "The epic, significant, or just memorable events that befell the generation of Americans whose lives pivoted between the America before and the America after the Second World War. An incredible array of the major events, sensational happenings, and news-making personalities from the Great Depression through the second inauguration of… Read more