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London: Gro. Routledge & Co., 1855. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 244pp. Half leather, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label. Cover worn, front cover detached but present, contents age-toned, text is clean. Much information on the American people, their country, their government and their customs and habits, during the author's travels in the United States. On the front free endpaper is the bookplate of former owner Henry D. Gilpin, who served as Attorney General of the Unted States under President Van Buren. Howes B-252.
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America and the Americans
by Baxter, William E.
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Atala, René
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New York: George R. Lockwood, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 155pp. Half-bound brown textured cloth, marbled edges, gilt lettering to spine, former owner's name on front free endpaper, text in French. Light wear to extremities, spine sunned, text is clean and the binding is tight, and in overall very sound condition.
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Beautés de L'histoire Des États-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale Ou Précis Des Événemens les plus Remarquables...
by Nougaret, P.J.B.
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Paris: Brunot-Labbe, 1817. Hardcover. Very Good. . Corners Worn... 507pp. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt tooling and lettering to spine, red leather spine label, 8 engraved plates. Light wear to edges, binding is tight, slit to upper backstrip neatly mended, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, 1/2 inch strip excised from top of title page, owner's name and date (1819) below. light foxing throughout. topography and physical description of the east coast states, customs and character of the inhabitants, the constitution.
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Beside Galilee
by Bolitho, Hector
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 206pp. FIRST EDITION. Purple cloth, gilt lettering. Covers are clean and sound, minimal fading to lower edge, light offsetting of dustjacket to endpapers. Original dustjacket is soiled and chipped and missing a few pieces. Book is neatly inscribed on half-title page "your Persian friend, Dr. S.K. Nweeya, of Urmia City" in English and in Persian. Samuel Nweeya was the author of "Persia: The Land of the Maji, or The Home of the Wise Men".
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B'nai B'rith ; The First Lodge of England 1910-1935
by Goodman, Paul
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London: The Lodge, 1936. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 63pp. Tan stiff wraps. Very slight corner crease, clean cover and interior. An overview of the Lodge's history. Laid- in is a a handwritten and SIGNED letter dated 18/4/37 from J.L. Freedman to a Mr. Perlzweig. A FIRST EDITION, not a recent reprint.
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A Diary in America, with Remarks on Its Institutions. (2 Volumes)
by Marryat, C.B. (Capt.) Frederick
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Philade;phia: Carey & Hart, 1839. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. j242, 228pp. Original boards, cloth backed. Covers edgeworn,spotted, paper spine labels partially chipped off, contents are age-darkened and have very little foxing, bindings are tight, earl owners' names on flyleaves and first text page of second volume. English author's account of his American tour, which appeared in 1839 simultaneously in London , Paris and in various editions in Philadelphia and New York. Howes M -300.
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A Discourse Delivered Before the Members of the Boston Female Asylum, Friday, Sept. 25, 1801, Being Their First Anniversary
by Stillman, Samuel
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Hartford: Russell and Cutler, 1801. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 18pp. Paper wraps, string bound. Front wrap missing, pamphlet otherwise complete, light to moderate foxing, former owner's name on title page.
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Helper's Impending Crisis Dissected
by Wolfe, Saml. M.
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Philadelphia: J.T. LLoyd, 1860. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 14 ads, [4], 223, 30 ads. Blind-stamped black binding, gilt lettering to spine. Covers and spine worn and chipped, joints splitting but holding, endpapers heavily foxed, text occasionally spotted, owner's name on front pastedown, binding is tight. Wolfe's debunking of Samuel Helper's "The Impending Crisis of the South", in which Helper was critical of the negative economic impact slavery had on the South.
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Heroic Willards of '76; Lif ena Times of Captain Reuben Willard
by Phelps, James Andrew (Compiler)
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1917. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 112pp. Tan wraps. Very light shelfwear, contents age-toned, clean and unmarked. Genealogical records beginning ins1775. Original printing from 1917, not a modern reprint.
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Hesperos: Or Travels in the West. (2 Volumes as One)
by Houstoun, Mrs. (Charlotte Houstoun)
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London: John W. Parker, 1850. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 293, 279pp. Blue embossed cloth, gilt ship vignette to front cover, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard for each volume. Covers edgeworn, spine chipped at head and tail and darkened, contents age-toned most heavily at first and last few pages, light foxing to fronitspieces and c first and last few pages, binding is tight. Evocative descriptions of the landscapes, environment and the people in America in mid 19th century.
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Impact : The Historical Account of the Italian Immigrants of Ridgefield, Connecticut
by Biagiotti, Aldo P.
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Ridgefield, Connecticut: Romald Press, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 345pp. Marroon cloth, gilt lettering. No dust jacket as issued. Cover and contents are in very clean and sound condition. Fascinating history including an extensive section of biographical sketches of the immigrants.
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John Hill of Dorchester, Mass., 1633, and Five Generations of His Descendants Also Ancestral Lines of Some Families Intermarried with His Descendants and Colonial Records Pertaining to Them.
by Bartlett, J. Gardner (Editor)
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Boston: Lewc. Hill (Privately Printed), 1904. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 97pp. Green buckram, gilt lettering. FIRST EDITION. Spine and top edge faded, book is otherwise clean and sound, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, Number 18 of and Edition of 100 copies. Six generations of the Hill family.
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Letter from the Secretary of State, Transmitting a Report of the Commissioner of Immigration of the Foreign Immigration and the Expenditures of the Bureau for the First Three Quarters of the Year 1866.
by Seward, William H. (Secretary of State)
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Washington: House of Representatives, 1866. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 81pp. Disbound. Mildly toned but clean and sound. Contains listings of the number and occupations and vital statistics of passengers arriving in the U.S.
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Letters From Europe
by Forney, John W.
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Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1867. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 406 +12 pp ads. Brown cloth, gilt lettering. Book is in very sound condition except for a one inch strip torn across the head of the spine with loss of some text, and a smaller chip below. Corners are mildly rubbed, text slightly toned and a very occasional small spot, owner's bookplate on front pastedown.
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Life and Liberty in America : Or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada in 1857-58.
by Mackay, Charles
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. First American Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 413pp, 10 illustrations. Brown embossed cloth, gilt spine lettering, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Light wear to corners and spine ends, slight splitting to rear joint, covers faded, spine still readable, contents age yellowed. The author's travels and observations during his visit to United States.
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The Little Wanderer's Friend: The Quarterly Issue of the Howard Mission and Home for LIttle Wanderers (oct. 1870)
by Various
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New York: The Howard Mission, 1870. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 59, xiii pp. Printed wraps. Liight dampstaining and light soil to cover, contents are clean. The work of the Home for LIttle Wanderers orphanage, and appeals for charitable contributions to the Home. The Home, which still exists, is the oldest U.S child welfare ageny in exist4ence. This is the original 1870 printing, not a recent printing.
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Maximum Feasible Misunderstanding; Community Action in the War on Poverty
by Moynihan, Daniel P.
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New York: The Free Press, 1969. First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxi, 218pp. Black cloth, pink and gilt lettering to spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Near fine book, very good dust jacket is lightly worn and lightly scuffed.
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Men and Manners in America
by (Hamilton, Thomas)
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Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. vi, 410pp. Half leather, raised bands, gilt spine lettering and decoration, marbled endpapers. Corners and spine rubbed, superficial cracking to front inner hinge but hoding tightly, binding is sound, former owner's bookplate and bookseller's small label on front pastedown, owner's name on front free endpaper, contents are mildly toned and there is a very occasional marginal note. A fascinating and often witty critique of American society in the 1830s. Howes H-138.
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The Power of India
by Pym, Michael
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 317pp. Orange cloth, deckle edges, top edges orange, illustrated. Light wear to corners and spine ends, contents are clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket is chipped, moderately soiled, and has a few clean tears (longest is 2 inches), but is essentially complete with original price of $3.50. Life in India by an American journalist.
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Stride Toward Freedom ; The Montgomery Story
by King, Martin Luther Jr.
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New York: Water Committee of the City of Brooklyn, 1958. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mike Davis - Photography. 190pp. Mass market first paperback edition. Light wear to cover, slight corner crease, contents age-toned, binding is tight. Dr. King's early implementation of non violent resistance.
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