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America at the crossroads : great photographs from the thirties

America at the crossroads : great photographs from the thirties

by Jerome Prescott, ed.

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New York: Smithmark, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. A fine first edition, first printing in a fine dust jacket. Complete number line. 128 pages : chiefly illustrations. Folio. Captures the Great Depression of the 1930s from the perspective of small-town residents and migrant workers in a series of photographs by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, and Ben Shahn.
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Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America. Volumes 1-20, part 1 (to parts...
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Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America. Volumes 1-20, part 1 (to parts CXVI) signed with original signed receipt from Sabin

by Joseph Sabin

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New York: Joseph Sabin, 1892. First Edition, First Printing. Three quarter leather. Very good +. A very good plus first edition, small paper copy. One of 525 copies issued. These are the works published in Sabin's lifetime. Signed by Joseph Sabin with original signed receipt from Sabin. Mixed set: small paper copy and stiff wraps on vol 20, all bound into three quarter leather with marbled boards and gilt accents. Bound by The University of Chicago Press. Moderate wear to crown, foot, and corners on various volumes. Top edge gilt. One volume has bent pages from poor shipping practice (book edges pressed into one another). Marbled endpapers. On laid paper.Text is clean and bright. Vols. 1-19, "Edition, 525 copies, 8vo ... and 110 copies on large paper." Publication was suspended from 1892 to 1927, when it was resumed with the parts numbered continuously with the last issued in 1892 (Suspended with pt. CXV/CXVI (v. 20, pt. 1/2) 1892; ) This set shipped at actual cost.
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Eastern Kentucky papers ; the founding of Harman's Station, with an account of the Indian...

Eastern Kentucky papers ; the founding of Harman's Station, with an account of the Indian captivity of Mrs. Jennie Wiley and the exploration and settlement of the Big Sandy valley in the Virginias and Kentucky, to which is affixed a brief account of the Connelly family and some of its collateral and related families in America

by William Elsey Connelley

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New York: The Torch Press, 1910. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good +/none as issued. A very good plus signed edition, warmly inscribed on laid in sheet pasted to front hinge. Also laid in is a typed letter from the author dated December 25th, 1910. Red cloth boards, deckled fore edge. One rubbed corner, lower rear. 177 p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps. Octavo. Kentucky History To 1792 (Johnson County)
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Finn Burnett, Frontiersman: The Life and Adventures of an Indian fighter, mail coach driver,...

Finn Burnett, Frontiersman: The Life and Adventures of an Indian fighter, mail coach driver, miner, pioneer cattleman, participant in the Powder River expedition, survivor of the Hay Field fight, associate of Jim Bridger and Chief Washakie

by Robert Beebe David

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Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/missing. A very good first edition. Burgundy cloth boards with sunning to spine. Gilt top edge. Deckled pages. Previous owner's stamp on front pastedown. Binding is tight and square. 378 pp. including index. Octavo. Fincelius G. Burnett was born in Missouri in 1844, and had a long, thrilling career on the upper Plains and northern Rockies, initially battling Indians and later befriending them. His days as an army sutler at Forts Phil Kearny and C. F. Smith on the "Bloody Bozeman" Trail coincided with the infamous Fetterman Massacre. He later formed a lasting friendship with Washakie, the famous Shoshone chief, and Sacajawea, of Lewis and Clark fame." - Google Books
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The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals

The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals

by Marcus Petersen

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Buffalo, N.Y: The Hammond Press, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A fine first edition of a classic reference work on the fur trade. Brown cloth boards with gilt images and title stamping.. One rubbed corner, no other flaws in book. Binding is sturdy, tight, and square. Brown endpapers free of any writing. Text is clean a bright. Text is clean and bright. Rear pastedown has original price sticker from 1912: "Eastern Agent Geo. W. Reynolds" &etc. Map frontis. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings. [5] 372 pp including index. 6 9 1/4 inches tall, octavo. It was Marcus Petersen who rst published in his book. “The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals" something that was different from the material used by the authors of earlier fur books. Petersen, however, con ned himself principally to the fur-bearing animals and the characteristics and distinguishing properties of different furs. He was. however, the rst authority to compile a table giving the weights… Read More
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The Great Wagon Road: From Philadelphia to the South [American Trails Series]

The Great Wagon Road: From Philadelphia to the South [American Trails Series]

by Parke Rouse, Jr.

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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. As new/near fine. A fine first edition (as new) in a very near fine dust jacket, jacket showing a minute tear top edge on back. xii, 292 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. Octavo. One of early America's main-traveled highways, the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road has long been in need of a historian to tell its fascinating story. In this eleventh volume of the American Trails Series, Parke Rouse, Jr., the author of several studies of colonial Virginia, chronicles the history of this great artery from its origins as the Appalachian Warriors' Path to its eclipse by railroads, turnpikes, and canals in the nineteenth century, and its revival (with a changed character) in the age of the automobile. Commencing in Philadelphia, the road ran west through Lancaster and York, thence down the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and on into the Carolina backcountry, terminating at Augusta, in South… Read More
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Jefferson and his Time. Complete in six volumes. Jefferson the Virginian; Jefferson and the...

Jefferson and his Time. Complete in six volumes. Jefferson the Virginian; Jefferson and the Rights of Man; Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty; Jefferson the President: First Term, 1801-1805 & Second Term, 1805-1809; Jefferson and His Time: The Sage of Monticello

by Dumas Malone

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New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1948-1981. Book of the Month Club Edition, First edition (Mixed set). Cloth. Very good +/near fine. This complete six volume set includes a first edition (1948) of the first book, The Sage of Monticello. The remainder of the set is from the Book of the Month club. All titles and dust jackets in very good plus condition. Octavo. Shipping based on actual cost for the set. Dumas Malone’s classic six-volume biography, Jefferson and His Time, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Thomas Jefferson’s life. From the private collection of noted attorney, sailor, and sometime cowboy, Joshua L. Soske Jr.
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John Adams Volume 1: 1735-1784; Volume 2: 1784-1826

John Adams Volume 1: 1735-1784; Volume 2: 1784-1826

by Page Smith

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New York: Doubleday, 1962. Cloth. Fine. A fine first edition, as stated, in a very good slipcase. Complete in two volumes. Green cloth boards with red and gold title stamping on spine. Previous owner's stamp on first free endpaper. Slipcase shows some rubbing on front edge and tiny split at top corner, plus sunning to rear of slipcase.. 2 volumes (xx, 1170 pages) : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; Octavo. This is the first biography of John Adams to be written since the great treasury of his papers and letters became available to scholars. Adams was one of the saltiest and most perceptive diarists and letterwriters in our history and these volumes illuminate the character of a man who was, even in his lifetime, a symbol of New England and America -- worldcat
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John Adams Volume 1: 1735-1784; Volume 2: 1784-1826

John Adams Volume 1: 1735-1784; Volume 2: 1784-1826

by Page Smith

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New York: Doubleday, 1962. Cloth. Fine. A fine first edition, as stated, in a very good slipcase. Complete in two volumes. Green cloth boards with red and gold title stamping on spine. Slipcase and dust jackets show some sunning on front edge, about 1.5" 2 volumes (xx, 1170 pages) : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles. Octavo. This is the first biography of John Adams to be written since the great treasury of his papers and letters became available to scholars. Adams was one of the saltiest and most perceptive diarists and letterwriters in our history and these volumes illuminate the character of a man who was, even in his lifetime, a symbol of New England and America -- Worldcat From the private collection of noted attorney, sailor, and sometime cowboy, Joshua L. Soske Jr.
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The Old Santa Fe Trail, the Story of a Great Highway

The Old Santa Fe Trail, the Story of a Great Highway

by Colonel Henry Inman; William F Cody "Buffalo Bill", preface; Frederi Remington, illus.

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Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Inc., 1966. First Thus; Limited edition. Buckram. Fine/near fine. Frederic Remington. A fine first thus in a near fine, unclipped dustjacket [Howes 157]. Limited to 1500 copies. Deep brown buckram boards with gilt title-stamping on spine. With full page plates by Frederic Remington, all plates present. Fold out maps present and fine. Jacket showing two short marks on front cover (see photo). xvi pages, 493 pp. Octavo. First published in 1897. "The story of the Old Santa Fe Trail, so truthfully recalled by Colonel Henry Inman, ex-officer of the old Regular Army, in these pages, is a most thrilling one. The vast area through which the famous highway ran is still imperfectly known to most people as "The West"; a designation once appropriate, but hardly applicable now; for in these days of easy communication the real trail region is not so far removed from New York as Buffalo was seventy years ago. At the commencement of the "commerce of… Read More
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Outpost : John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest

Outpost : John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest

by Dorothy Nafus Morrison

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Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1999. First Edition. Cloth. As new/as new. An as new, stated first edition in an as new dust jacket. Fine. xx, 641 pages : illustrations, maps. Octavo. From the private collection of noted attorney, sailor, and sometime cowboy, Joshua L. Soske Jr. "This biography of Dr. John McLoughlin (1784-1857) illuminates the enigmatic man now called the father of Oregon. As head of the Hudson Bay Company's Fort Vancouver and later as a US citizen, McLoughlin aided Oregon Trail settlers, but the British company and some settlers proved unappreciative. The book includes a rare daguerreotype of McLoughlin, maps, and other illustrations from both US and Canadian collections." -Publisher's website TOC: Prologue: The House Canada Chapter 1. Quebec 1.. The Litigious Frasers, 1746-1778 2.. Across the St. Lawrence, 1778-1798 3.. A Very Young Doctor, 1798-1803 4.. To the Fur Country, 1803 Chapter 2. Lords of the Lakes… Read More
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Remington's Frontier Sketches

Remington's Frontier Sketches

by Frederick Remington

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Chicago: The Werner Company, 1898. First Edition. Paper covered Boards. Very good. Frederick Remington. A very good first edition [Howes R206]. Beveled beige paper covered boards show smudges and uniform staining from much handling. Joint starting about 2 inches from bottom. Mild bowing. All edges gilt. Previous owners' names on first free endpaper and title page. previous owner has made two small, fine sketches on rear pastedown. Semi-neatly inked date of 1900 appears to the right of the word "Remington" on the title page, written on it after the book was printed ---- not a publication date. All onionskins and plates present, with some waving. Oblong quarto 12" x 9 1/4" talla The first edition (and only edition published by Werner) appeared only in 1898 due to copyright challenges. No later Werner editions listed in Worldcat or on the market. See Publisher's Weekly, Nov. 19 1898: "INJUNCTION AGAINST " REMINGTON'S FRONTIER SKETCHES." Judge Lacombe, of… Read More
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Tenting on the Plains: Or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas (vol. 46 of The Western Frontier...

Tenting on the Plains: Or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas (vol. 46 of The Western Frontier Library Series)

by Elizabeth Bacon Custer

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Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1971. First Thus. Cloth. Near fine/very good +. A near fine first thus, complete three volume set in a very good plus slipcase.. Yellow, orange and brown cloth boards, respectively. Sunning to spines and slipcase; birthday inscription on the FFE. Appears completely unread. xxxiii, 706 pp. incl. advertisement; illus. Octavo. From the time of her husband’s death at the Battle of the Little Big Horn until her own death fifty-seven years later, at the age of ninety, Mrs. George Armstrong Custer devoted herself to defending or embellishing her husband’s reputation. This account, the second in Elizabeth’s trilogy of her life with the General, focuses on the period immediately following the Civil War, when the Custers were stationed in Louisiana, Texas, and Kansas. She portrays the aftermath of the Civil War in Texas and life in Kansas while her husband took part in General Winfield Hancock’s 1867 expedition against the Indians between… Read More
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[Travels in the Interior of North America]

[Travels in the Interior of North America]

by Prinz von Maximilian Wied; Carl Bodmer; Donelly, R. R. & Sons

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Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1955. Advance Reading Copy. Wraps. Very good +. Carl Bodmer. Untitled prospectus for a limited edition reprint of the book, Travels in the Interior of North America, by Prince Maximilian of Wied in 1832-34. Illustrated wrappers. With reproductions of paintings and drawings by Swiss artist Carl Bodmer, who accompanied Maximilian. Excerpts from the proposed book and an invitation to readers for comments. Color reproduction of pronghorned antelope aquatint by Bodmer on cover. No record of the book having actually been published available. 10 pp. Quarto, 12 x 9 inches tall.
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The War of the Revolution

The War of the Revolution

by Christopher Ward; Edited by John Richard Alden.

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New York: Macmillan, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good +. A very near fine two-volume set, complete, in a very good plus slipcase. Only flaw to books is previous owner's bookstamp on first free endpaper of each volume. Blue cloth boards with red and gold title stamping to spine. Green slipcase has lost a bit of cloth on the top, shows shelfwear on front edge, and unopened cracks at corners with sunning stripe to rear. xiv, 989 pp. : maps. Octavo A remarkable account of the military aspects of the American Revolution. Ward provides graphic portrayals of the fortifications, the terrain over which battles were fought, the part the Indians played, the technology of gunnery and the hundreds of details that go to make up the broad scope of the War of the North, the War of the South, and the War of the Border. ---worldcat
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The adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon, formerly a hunter : containing a narrative of the wars of...

The adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon, formerly a hunter : containing a narrative of the wars of Kentucky, with the discovery, purchase, and settlement of Kentucky ; and the Piankashaw Council, 1784 ; and territory of North American Indians ; and the rights of land in Kentucky.

by Daniel Boone; Alvin Salisbury, ed.

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Old Chelicothe Press, 1968. Facsimile. Hardcover. Fine. A lovely and fine facsimile of the 1797 edition. Mustard paper over boards with title laid on in paper. Deckle page edges. Numerous folding maps and diagrams 37 pp. Octavo. . This is Daniel Boone's story as he told it to John Filfon, Pennsylvania schoolmaster turned traveler. With the addition of old maps and illustrations to his adventures, the reader glimpses America's great frontiersman as he first appeared to the world and views the western wilderness as it looked to Daniel Boone.
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A history of the United States (Complete in two volumes)

A history of the United States (Complete in two volumes)

by Norman A. Graebner, Gilbert C. Fite, Philip L. White

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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/missing. A very good first edition, first printing with complete number line. Complete two-volume set. Purple cloth boards with title stamped on front cover and spine. Both volumes showing bumped corners. Brown endpapers. Binding soft. Sunning to spines. Previous owner's name on FFEP. Quarto. Norman Arthur Graebner (1915-2010) was visiting professor (1956-57) and professor (1957-67) at the University of Illinois (UI) History Department. He was a revered educator and lecturer as well as a leading historian of American diplomacy. Graebner was born in Kingman, Kansas, on October 19, 1915. He earned his bachelor's degree from Milwaukee State College (1939) and a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma (1940) before serving in the US Army during World War II. Following the war, he earned his PhD from the University of Chicago (1949). During his career, Graebner was recognized as one of… Read More
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