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The Laws of the United States of America: Vol V
by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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- Used - Comprising the 1st and 2nd sessions of the sixth Congress. Two volumes; uncut and mostly unopened; in original plain wrappers (t
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- 1801
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$225.00
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Washington: Samuel Harrison Smith, 1801. Comprising the 1st and 2nd sessions of the sixth Congress. Two volumes; uncut and mostly unopened; in original plain wrappers (titled in ink); the title page is bound in at the end of the second volume; some wear, but overall in excellent condition. One assumes that this publication is seldom found in this original… Read more about this item Item Price
$225.00
Los Gringos: Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, With Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia
by WISE, [HENRY], LIEUT., U.S.N
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- Used - First Edition. Aside from considerable page foxing, an excellent copy. With the 1865 gift inscription of General Wm. Raymond Lee
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- 1849
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$150.00
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New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. First Edition. Aside from considerable page foxing, an excellent copy. With the 1865 gift inscription of General Wm. Raymond Lee, in whose Massachusetts regiment Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. served. Item Price
$150.00
Steel Plate Portraits of Presidents of the United States with Fac-simile Autographs
by ANONYMOUS
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- Used - Each 5 x 7” engraving is mounted on canvas accordion style with cloth covers stamped in blind and in gilt; with a contents lea
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- n.d. [ca.1881]
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$250.00
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New York: Ralph Trautman, n.d. [ca.1881]. Each 5 x 7” engraving is mounted on canvas accordion style with cloth covers stamped in blind and in gilt; with a contents leaf listing the 21 pictured Presidents, from Washington to Chester A. Arthur. Some smudges, but very good. Item Price
$250.00
The Life of Rev. Michael Schlatter; With a Full Account of his Travels and Labors Among the Germans in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia
by HARBAUGH, REV. H
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- Used - First Edition. Howes H-178. Publisher’s cloth; near fine.
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- 1857
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$100.00
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Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1857. First Edition. Howes H-178. Publisher’s cloth; near fine. Item Price
$100.00
Iowa As It Is in 1856
by PARKER, N. HOWE
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- Used - Publisher’s decorated cloth; very good or a little better; with the folded map bound inside the back cover. In a custom slipca
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- 1856
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- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$250.00
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Chicago: Keen and Lee, 1856. Publisher’s decorated cloth; very good or a little better; with the folded map bound inside the back cover. In a custom slipcase. Item Price
$250.00
Story of Bacchus and Centennial Souvenir
by PAYNE, BRIGHAM
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- Used - First Edition. Inscribed by the publisher in 1884. Publisher’s cloth; private library bookplate; about fine.
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- 1876
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$100.00
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Hartford, Ct.: A.E. Brooks, 1876. First Edition. Inscribed by the publisher in 1884. Publisher’s cloth; private library bookplate; about fine. Item Price
$100.00
The Life of Paul Jones
by MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER SLIDELL
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- Used - First Edition. Two volumes; publisher’s cloth; spines a little faded; some pages roughly opened; an excellent set.
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- 1841
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$250.00
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Boston: Hilliard, Gray, 1841. First Edition. Two volumes; publisher’s cloth; spines a little faded; some pages roughly opened; an excellent set. Item Price
$250.00
Indian Wars of New England
by SYLVESTER, HERBERT MILTON
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- Used - First Edition (”Library Edition”); three volumes; publisher’s cloth with paper spine labels; bookplates; only minute wear;
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- 1910
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$200.00
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Boston: W.B. Clarke Co., 1910. First Edition (”Library Edition”); three volumes; publisher’s cloth with paper spine labels; bookplates; only minute wear; fine. Item Price
$200.00
A Decorative Assemblage With A Printed Letter from Clara Barton
by BARTON CLARA ET AL
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- Used - Apparently once the property, perhaps put together by him or on his behalf, of Porter Hinman Dale, Congressman and later Senator
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- 1907?
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$75.00
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No place of publication: no publisher, 1907?. Apparently once the property, perhaps put together by him or on his behalf, of Porter Hinman Dale, Congressman and later Senator from Vermont. Along with various pictures, including Walt Whitman and Union General Gordon, this collage includes a clipped, pasted on printed (facsimile) letter from Barton, “May 6, 1907/ My Dear Mr.… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
America’s Advancement: Progress of the United States During Their First Century. Illustrated by One Hundred Engravings on Steel
by LESTER C. EDWARDS
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- Used - First Edition of this lavish centennial volume; measuring approximately 9 x 12”, and over 3” thick, weighing over 10 pounds;
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- 1876
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$750.00
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New York: Virtue and Royston, 1876. First Edition of this lavish centennial volume; measuring approximately 9 x 12”, and over 3” thick, weighing over 10 pounds; bound in full morocco, decorated in gilt and blind; all edges gilt; in superb condition with intact metal (brass?) clasps. For the most part, the illustrations depict eminent persons, places, and events. An… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
Reminiscences of a Ranger, or, Early Times in Southern California
by BELL, MAJOR HORACE
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- Used - First Edition. Publisher’s pictorial cloth; hinges broken; only a fair copy with a previous owner’s long informative inscrip
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- 1881
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$100.00
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Los Angeles: Yarnell et al, 1881. First Edition. Publisher’s pictorial cloth; hinges broken; only a fair copy with a previous owner’s long informative inscription on the front pastedown regarding the author’s father and slavery. Item Price
$100.00
Annals of Portsmouth
by ADAMS, NATHANIEL
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- Used - First Edition. Contemporary and presumably original full calf; page spotting, rubbing, front free endpaper chipped; good. Red mo
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- 1825
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$200.00
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Published by the Author, 1825. First Edition. Contemporary and presumably original full calf; page spotting, rubbing, front free endpaper chipped; good. Red morocco and gilt label of “W. Adams” on the front board; ownership signature of Winthrop Adams (extremity chipped) and the book label of Charles W. Adams inside the front cover and the stamp “Charles… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
Journal of the Life, Travels and Gospel Labours of that Faithful Servant and Minister of Christ, Job Scott
by SCOTT, JOB
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- Used - First Edition. Contemporary leather; covers bowed; some wear; page staining and edge wear; lacking the rear free endpaper; a goo
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- 1797
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$150.00
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New York: Issac Collins, 1797. First Edition. Contemporary leather; covers bowed; some wear; page staining and edge wear; lacking the rear free endpaper; a good copy. A Rhode Island Quaker, Scott traveled most of the United States and to the British Isles visiting other congregations, apparently praising God incessantly the whole way. Item Price
$150.00
The History and Antiquities of New England..
by BARBER, JOHN WARNER
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- Used - Bound in contemporary full calf; foxed; good to very good. Complete with the folding map, color frontispiece, etc.
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- 1844
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$250.00
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Hartford: Allen S. Stillman, 1844. Bound in contemporary full calf; foxed; good to very good. Complete with the folding map, color frontispiece, etc. Item Price
$250.00
Indian Pictures: Facsimiles of Paintings in Water-Colour and Engravings in Black-And-White...With Text by Therese O. Deming
by DEMING, EDWIN WILLARD
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- Used - First Edition. Folio; paper-covered boards and cloth; some rubbing and staining; a good copy, but the six color plates are in ex
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- 1899
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$750.00
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1899. First Edition. Folio; paper-covered boards and cloth; some rubbing and staining; a good copy, but the six color plates are in excellent condition. Item Price
$750.00
Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States in the Years 1807 and 1808
by KENDALL, EDWARD AUGUSTUS
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- Used - First Edition; three volumes. Bound in contemporary full calf; some inscriptions and ink notes on the endpapers; foxing and page
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- 1809
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$500.00
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New York: I. Riley, 1809. First Edition; three volumes. Bound in contemporary full calf; some inscriptions and ink notes on the endpapers; foxing and page spotting; but overall a very good copy. The author’s travels were confined to New England, where he observed local politics and economic conditions. Item Price
$500.00
New England’s Memorial. Fifth Edition...Large Additions...and an Appendix by John Davis
by MORTON, NATHANIEL
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- Used - Bound in contemporary half leather and marbled paper boards; bookplate; foxing and page spotting; very good; complete with the f
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- 1826
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$400.00
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Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1826. Bound in contemporary half leather and marbled paper boards; bookplate; foxing and page spotting; very good; complete with the folding map. Item Price
$400.00
History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington
by MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. AND JAMES HALL
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- Used - Third octavo edition; considered by some to be the best of the octavo editions for the superiority of its hand coloring; three v
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- 1855
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$25,000.00
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Philadelphia: D. Rice and A.N. Hart, 1855. Third octavo edition; considered by some to be the best of the octavo editions for the superiority of its hand coloring; three volumes; publisher’s red pebble-grained morocco; all edges gilt; thick, beveled boards; raised bands; elaborate gilt decoration on the boards and the spine; in superb condition. Most of the illustrations are… Read more about this item Item Price
$25,000.00
Patriotic Effusions by Bob Short
by LONGSTREET, AUGUSTUS BALDWIN
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- Used - First Edition. While not in the BAL (which begins his entries with a work from 1831), this is attributed to Longstreet, who was
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- 1819
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$75.00
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New York: L. & F. Lockwood, 1819. First Edition. While not in the BAL (which begins his entries with a work from 1831), this is attributed to Longstreet, who was the uncle of the Confederate general. Withdrawal stamp from a historical society; bound in late cloth; first few leaves archivally mended; good. Item Price
$75.00
The Civil Officer, or The Whole Duty of Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables and Collectors of Taxes
by ANONYMOUS
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- Used - A handbook for local officials, apparently intended for those primarily in Massachusetts. The front free endpaper and the first
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- 1829
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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$75.00
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Boston: Thomas B. Wait, 1829. A handbook for local officials, apparently intended for those primarily in Massachusetts. The front free endpaper and the first blank are trimmed at the top, likely to excise owner’s signatures; some page staining; complete with two folding tables; good; bound in publisher’s (or contemporary) full calf with a black morocco spine label (in gilt:… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
