History from Parker's Rare Books
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My Life With Stanley's Rear Guard
by Ward, Herbert
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- Used
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- First American Edition
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- 1891
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- Wraps
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$250.00
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New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1891. First American Edition. Wraps. Tan stiff paper wraps, brown lettering on front cover and spine, publishers ads for Mark Twain books on rear cover, small 8vo, 151 pp. Fold-out map by F. S. Weller before title page. Account of the author's experiences as a officer in the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
Oregon Legislative Album 1899
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- Used
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- 1899
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- Wraps
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$250.00
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Salem, Oregon: Statesman Job Office, 1899. Wraps. Green stiff card covers, gilt and red lettering and floral designs on front cover with the Oregon State seal in gilt, 8vo, 101 pp. all on glossy paper. Consists of "half-tone engravings and biographical sketches of the ninety members of the twentieth biennial session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly." Leaves are printed… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
Capital Elites; High Society In Washington, D. C., After The Civil War
by Jacob, Kathryn Allamong
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- Used
- Edition
- First Printing
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- 1995
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- HB
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$12.00
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Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. First Printing. HB. Quarter gray cloth and black paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 318 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. Light soiling top edge of text block. In an illustrated dust jacket that shows minor shelf wear. Book condition VG in VG DJ. Item Price
$12.00
The Day Wall Street Exploded; A Story Of America In Its First Age Of Terror
by Gage, Beverly
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- Used
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
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- 2009
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- HB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$25.00
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New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. First Printing of the First Edition. HB. Black paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, viii, 400 pp., illustrated end papers. Signed and inscribed by the author on verso of half-title page. Story of the 1920 bombing of the Morgan Bank area of Wall Street that killed 38 people. First printing, with… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
Pictorial History Edmonson County, Kentucky 1825-1998
by Rich, Billie Jo (Editor)
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- HB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$35.00
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Paducah, Ky: Edmonson County Historical Society, Turner Publishing Company, 1998. First Edition. HB. Maroon imitation leather, gilt lettering and illustration of court house building on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, 4to, 152 pp., photo illustrated end papers. Edmonson County is located in the south-central part of Kentucky. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. Profusely… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
My Experience With Indians
by James, John
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1925
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- HB
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$200.00
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Austin, Texas: Gammel's Book Store, 1925. First Edition. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, 8vo, [12] 13-147 pp., frontis photograph of the author and 20 full-page plates within text. Account of the author's travel from Illinois to Johnson County, Texas in 1869 when he was 17 years old, his encounters with native peoples in Texas, and his… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
The Story Of Fayetteville And The Upper Cape Fear
by Oates, John A
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- Used
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1972
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- HB
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$65.00
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Raleigh, North Carolina: Litho Industries, 1972. Second Edition. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, xxxii, 868, (2), 72 pp., map endpapers. The second edition contains an index by Mary Oates Burton at rear. Previous owner's name top of half-title page, no other marks in book, binding tight. Minor rubbing to gilt lettering on covers.… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00
Tumacacori's Yesterdays
by Jackson, Earl
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- Used
- Edition
- 3-2
- Published
- 1951
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- Wraps
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$10.00
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Sata Fe, New Mexico: Southwest Monuments Association, 1951. 3-2. Wraps. Illustrated stiff paper wraps, brown lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 96 pp. Frontis map, no marks in book, binding tight. Covers show very light soiling. Book condition VG. Item Price
$10.00
The Old Main
by Ayers, Edel Ytterboe
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- Used
- Published
- 1969
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- HB
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$30.00
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Anniston, Alabama: Higginbotham & Sawyer, 1969. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, 8vo, 123 pp. History of the early days of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. No marks in book, binding tight. In a nice illustrated dust jacket. Book condition Near Fine in VG+ DJ. Item Price
$30.00
The Field And The Work; Sketches Of Missionary Life In The Far North
by Semmens, John
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1884
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- HB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$165.00
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Toronto: Methodist Mission Rooms, 1884. First Edition. HB. Blue cloth ruled in black, gilt lettering on spine, 12mo, 199 pp. Frontis illustration and 10 full page plates within text. Book plate of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Church of Canada on front paste-down. Semmens (1850-1921) was a Methodist missionary who traveled extensively in Manitoba and published 4 books… Read more about this item Item Price
$165.00
The Story of Siebrig, Magdaline and Martha and The Men They Loved
by Middlemiss, Marceil
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- Used
- Published
- (1983)
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- HB
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$175.00
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np: by author, (1983). HB. Brown leather, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 4 to, 191 pp. X-Church Library with stamp at front, card pocket at rear. Clean, unmarked book. Donated to Church by the family of the author. Story of the Belt family, who came from Holland and settled in America. Text on front of sheets… Read more about this item Item Price
$175.00
Travels in Peru During the Years 1838-1842
by Tschudi, J. (Johann) J. (Jakob)
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- Used
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- 1st American Edition
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- 1847
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- HB
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$125.00
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New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1847. 1st American Edition. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 12 mo, 354 pp + ads at rear. Two parts, in one volume, with each part having half title and title page, but paginated as one book. Book at one time was rebound, with new backstrip and new end papers, with original… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
Churchill; Walking With Destiny
by Roberts, Andrew
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- Used
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Published
- 2018
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- HB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$35.00
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Viking, 2018. First Printing of the First Edition. HB. Black paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 1105 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. In an unclipped dust jacket. Book condition VG+ in VG+ DJ. Item Price
$35.00
Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present And Future Of American Labor
by Greenhouse, Steven
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- Used
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Published
- 2019
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- HB
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$10.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. Stated First Edition. HB. Quarter red cloth and blue paper covered boards, silver lettering on spine, 8vo, 397 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In an unclipped dust jacket. Book condition Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Item Price
$10.00
Life Of Henry Clay Vol. II
by Schurz, Carl
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- Used
- Published
- 1899
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- HB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$8.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1899. HB. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 424 pp., TEG. Part of the American Statesmen series. Owners name front paste-down, no marks in text, binding tight. Moisture stain lower edge of text block not affecting any text. Book condition Good+. Item Price
$8.00
Henry Clay; The Essential American
by Heidler, David S. and Heidler, Jeanne T
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- Used
- Edition
- First Printing of the Stated First Edition
- Published
- 2010
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- HB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$10.00
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New York: Random House, 2010. First Printing of the Stated First Edition. HB. Black paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 595 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Small remainder mark bottom of text block. In a nice, unclipped dust jacket. Book condition VG+ in VG+ DJ. Item Price
$10.00
Gordon Gammack: Columns From Three Wars
by Gammack, Gordon
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- HB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$25.00
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Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1979. First Edition. HB. Tan cloth, black lettering on spine, large 8vo, 150 pp. Inscribed on half-title page as follows: "George Kjome, to Dad from MIke." Mike Kjome was the subject of 12 articles by Gammack included in this book. Kjome was a civilian from Decorah, Iowa teaching in Vietnam who was captured… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
In Days Gone By
by Anderson, Melvin Arthur
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- Used
- Published
- 2007
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- Wraps
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$35.00
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Wasta, South Dakota: Pony Track Publishing, 2007. Wraps. Glossy trade paper, photo illustration and brown lettering on front cover, 8vo, 241 pp. Autobiography of this South Dakota rancher. Illustrated with photographs, including two interesting photos of Native American gatherings. No marks in book, binding tight. Book condition VG+. Item Price
$35.00
The Brownsville Story; Our 150 Years
by Walhovd, Carol and Heiller, Fern
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- Used
- Published
- c. 1976 [1999]
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- Wraps
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- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$30.00
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Winona, Mn: Printed by Theis Printing Co, c. 1976 [1999]. Wraps. Oversized stiff paper wraps, black lettering and aerial view of Brownsville, Minnesota on front cover, 4to, 126 pp. History of Brownsville, originally published in 1976, and updated for the village's sesquicentennial celebration in 1999. Brownsville is located on the Mississippi river in Houston County, Mn. No marks in… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
Samlede Skrifter i Udvalg: Bibelske og kirkehistoriske Skisser og Afhandlinger
by Sverdrups, Georg
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- Used
- Published
- 1909
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- HB
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ontario, Wisconsin, USA
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$35.00
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Minneapolis: Frikirkens Boghandels Forlag, 1909. HB. Volume I of a Six volume set. Maroon blind-ruled cloth, gilt lettering and elaborate gilt designs on spine, 8vo, xvi, 384 pp. Frontis photo of the author, with tissue guard. Owner's name ffep, no other marks in book, pages clean and binding tight. Covers clean with just a hint of edge wear. Book… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
