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Maine in the Making of the Nation 1783-1870
by Ring, Elizabeth
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0897252462
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- 1
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$45.00
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Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. xix, 485pp. Green cloth, spine and title gilt. Signed by the author. Presents local and state history in the framework of national history with particular reference to the part Maine natives had in the building of the West and South. Includes historic… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Early History of the Town of Birr, Or Parsonstown
by Cooke, Thomas Lalor
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good+
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$35.00
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Tullamore, Co. Offaly: Esker Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. xxiv, 415 pp. Blue cloth, spine title gilt. Facsimile of first edition with a new introduction by Margaret Hogan. With 20 appendixes. One of the most important historical studies of the Irish Midlands in the 19th century. Slight foxing on top edge. … Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00

Prehistoric Britain
by Green, Barbara
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0718807812
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- 1
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$18.00
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London: Lutterworth Press, 1971. Third Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sorrell, Alan. 48 pp. Blue cloth, title gilt. 11x 8". Wonderfully detailed illustrations by Alan Sorrell on almost every page. Previous owner's name and address written neatly on ffep. Near Fine in VG dust jacket.
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$18.00

They Built a City: The Story of Washington D.C.
by Holland, Janice
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1953
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- Hardcover
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$35.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by the author, dated, May 30, 1953. Orange cloth; the front board has a line drawing of the Capitol building. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. How George Wahington, Thomas Jefferson and Pierre L'Enfant began the capital city. With stories… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00

Washington. The Man And The Mason
by Callahan, Charles H.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 6th Edition
- Published
- 1913
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- Hardcover
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$85.00
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Washington. D.C: Memorial Temple Committee of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1913. 6th Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto viii, 380 pp. Blue cloth, spine gilt, coat of arms gilt on front board. Color frontispiece portrait, numerous plates, facsimiles of letters, documents, maps. Near Fine
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$85.00

Early Texas Oil: A Photographic History, 1866-1936
by Rundell, Jr., Walter
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good+
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$25.00
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Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 260 pp. grey-black cloth. Number one in the series The Montague History of Oil. A vivid social history of the early Texas oil industry and its tremendous impact on Texas and its people. With 328 black and white photographs. With index. Fine… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00

A United Nations Peace Force
by Frye, William R.
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- Used - GVG
- Published
- 1957
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- Pictorial Card Wrappers
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Oceana Publications, 1957. Pictorial Card Wrappers. GVG. xii, 227 pp. Prepared under the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Includes index.The UN created a United Nations Emergency Force to secure and supervise the cease-fire during the 1956 Suez Canal crisis. Based on this experience and the Soviet invasion of Hungary… Read more about this item Item Price
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Historia de España. Tomo V: España Musulmana hasta la caída del Califato de Córdoba (711-1031 de J.C.) Instituciones y vida social e Intelectual
by Pidal, Ramon Menendez
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- Tercera [Third] Edition
- Published
- 1973
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 8423948064
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$75.00
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Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1973. Tercera [Third] Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xxiv, 838, [2] pp. With indices. Includes 3 folding plates and 3 color plates with more than 600 black and white illustrations. Dark green cloth, titles embossed gilt. Spanish language text. Light edge wear to book and dustjacket. Oversize book: … Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00

Historia De España: Tomo IV. España Musulmana Hasta La Caida Del Califato De Cordoba (711 - 1031 De J. C.)
by Pidal, Ramon Menendez
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- Used - Very Good
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- GVG
- Edition
- Cuarta [Fourth] Edition
- Published
- 1976
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 8423948064
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$75.00
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Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1976. Cuarta [Fourth] Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/GVG. La Conquista, el emirato, y el califato; xliv, 524 pp. Includes numerous black and white illustrations, several color plates, folding time-line and indices. Dark green cloth, titles embossed gilt. Spanish language text. Light edge wear; dustjacket has heavier wear along top edge. … Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00

The Lure of Gold; Being the Story of the Five Lost Ships of Christopher Columbus
by Goodwin, William B
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- Used - GVG
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- First Edition
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- 1940
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- Hardcover
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$50.00
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Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. GVG. 216 pp. including miscellaneous notes and references. Green cloth, title gilt. With 3 maps, one folding; 15 b&w plates; 1 illustration. Spine slant and cupped front board with just a touch of wear at spine edges; still a clean, tight copy.
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$50.00

In My Grandfather's House
by Poortvliet, Rien
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good+
- Published
- 1987
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0810911264
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- 1
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$100.00
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. Poortvliet, Rien. 250 pp. Tan cloth with titles stamped in red and black, illustrated endpapers. Oblong. Light wear to edges of boards. Poortvliet is well-known for his illustrations of Gnomes. Hand-written text, delightful pen & ink and color illustrations of life… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00

The Stranglers: The Cult of Thuggee and its Overthrow in British India
by Bruce, George
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First American Edition
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$20.00
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World,, 1969. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. viii, 234 pp. With 8 illustrations and a map. Includes appendix, bibliography and index. Slight spine slant, dustjacket spine faded.
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$20.00

Roll Call: One Year in the United States Senate
by Cohen, William S.
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, Signed
- Published
- 1981
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671251422
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- 1
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$12.50
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. First Edition, Signed . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 344 pp. Chronicles Cohen's freshman year in the US Senate, from January to December of 1979. Inscribed on ffep, "For Albert Schiro with best wishes on your birthday Bill Cohen 2/14/81." Cohen was Secretary of Defense during the Clinton administration, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Grow Lovely, Growing Old [Cape Town, South Africa]
by Green, Lawrence G
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- Used - GVG
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1952
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- Hardcover
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$20.00
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Cape Town: Howard B Timmins, 1952. Second Edition . Hardcover. GVG/Good. Charles D'Oyly. 272 pp, with index. Red paper-covered boards, titles stamped in black, illustrated endpapers (by Edith Stocker), 13 illustrations, color frontispiece by Dorelle. Previous owners' names on half-title, verso frontis. Wear at spine edges and along bottom edges. Dustjacket has edge wear… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00

Money and Banking
by O'Hara, Jay L
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- Used - Very Good
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- GVG
- Published
- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/GVG. xx, 672 pages, with index. Book would be near fine but for red pencil underlining to several chapters. A touch of thumb soiling, name stamped on front pastedown and on tail edge. Dustjacket has edge wear particularly at spine head. "All the basic principles, current… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00

The Water of Leith: A Collection of Essays About the River
by Jamieson, Stanley (ed.)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1987
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 009509550X
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- 1
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$25.00
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Loanhead, Midlothian: The Water of Leith Project Group, 1987. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. C. A. Hope. 196 pp. Gray cloth, spine title gilt, map endpapers. With appendix, tables, maps. Illustrations by C. A. Hope, Ian Temple, James Steele. Price-clipped dustjacket has wear and toning along top edge. Contents include geology, hydrology,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fremd in Der Eigenen Stadt: Erinnerungen Judischer Emigranten Aus Hamburg [Strangers in their own city: Memories of Jewish emigrants from Hamburg.]
by Ueckert-Hilbert, Charlotte
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1989
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- Soft cover
- ISBN 10
- 388506166X
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- 1
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$15.00
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Hamburg: Junius, 1989. Soft cover. Very Good. 201, [3] Foreword by Joist Grolle, bibliography. Text in GERMAN. Illustrated with photographs and facsimilie documents.
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$15.00

Common Cause
by Borgese, G.A
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1943
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$20.00
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New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1943. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. vi, 448, pp. Includes index. Written between July 1942 and Easter, 1943. The Western allies were just beginning to turn the tide of the war, and Borgese was exploring the shape of a post war world. An anti-Fascist, Borgese had… Read more about this item Item Price
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Philosophy of History And The Problem of Values
by Stern, Alfred
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- GVG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$15.00
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'S-Gravenhage: Mouton & Co, 1962. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/GVG. 248 pp. Blue cloth, spine titles gilt. With index of names. Bookplate on front pastedown. Crinkled dustjacket repaired with tape on the inside.
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$15.00

Forest Service. The First Forty-five Years of the Forestry Commission of Great Britain
by Ryle, George
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Hampden, Maine, USA
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$15.00
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Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 340 pp. B&W photos, appendices, index.
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$15.00