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Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1866. Hardcover. Poor+/None. Green cloth boards with gilt titling on spine. Top two-thirds of back strip loose, detached along rear hinge. Extremities worn, including bumped and worn corners. Protective tissue for frontispiece of William L. Stone intact, carries offset of the portrait, which copied over on to the title page. Owner's names in pencil of front end page and title page; one inked with inscription on end page, too. Pp. 139-142 are cut shorter than the others an a little wider, hanging out at the side, and loosening from the binding at the top, though still attached. Sewn binding is cracked at introductory pages, though otherwise holding. Tall 8vo. By the late William L. Stone, the last historical work he wrote. With a memoir of the author by his son. According to the preface, in writing histories of the Native Americans, Stone's intention was to ultimately convey a complete account of the great Iroquois Confederacy. Red Jacket, a great Seneca orator, was… Read More

US: Foundation for Social Research, 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Fair/None. Unusual and scarce in this good condition. Binding intact, spine is not cracked. Interior unmarked and clean. Four pages dog eared. Wrinkle along center as if stiff front cover was bent, but it does lay flat. Cover is toned with fingerprint smudge to back cover and smudge to lower corner of page edges. Otherwise overall good condition. NOT ex-library. With bibliography and index. ""When she was left a widow in 1950, Mrs. Cork began a truly epic series of travels--first to the Canadian west coast, by herring packer to Alaska, by ocean-going tug to Taku, and whaling in the north Pacific. After acquiring a B.S. and M.A. in Political Science from Columbia University, she embarked again, this time for Europe on a 50,00 mile criss-cross motor toiur from Scotland to Belgrade, from Tangiers to The Iron Curtain beyond East Berlin and Scandinavia."" Canadian Grand River Reserve