Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This classic encyclopedia of American history and biography offers a comprehensive overview of the people places and events that shaped the United States. Featuring entries on everyone from George Washington to P.T. Barnum this is an hardcover
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Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This classic encyclopedia of American history and biography offers a comprehensive overview of the people places and events that shaped the United States. Featuring entries on everyone from George Washington to P.T. Barnum this is an paperback
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Columbus Ohio H. Miller 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. An important early history of American Slavery by an Abolitionist Writer Bound in publisher's black leather. Front board detached. Contemporary signature of Isaac Esbenshade. Toning spotting throughout. xvi 17-861 pages : frontispiece 1 illustration plates. Sabin 5800. Blake describes the history of slavery in antiquity and the British isles and focuses on American slavery Constitution the annexation of Texas the Compromise of 1850 the Missouri Compromise and Troubles in Kansas etc. Includes an infamous image of the "Decks of a slave ship" showing the human cargo lined in a hold. SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS. Columbus, Ohio, H. Miller hardcover
Washington: Office of Pacific Railroad Exploration & Survey War Department 1854. 22 3/4 x 10 inches. Very good condition. This is a finely detailed map of the geology encountered between the Rio Grande River and the Red river during the 32nd parallel survey. It is based in a riverine underlying map. The majority of the findings was a Ccrustceous base. The map goes from Ft. Towson to El Paso. Around Ft Belknap is found a Carboniferous sandstone. The expedition was an early attempt to locate a southern based route for a railroad to the Pacific Ocean. It was supported by influence of senators and Representatives of the Southern States. Office of Pacific Railroad Exploration & Survey, War Department unknown
California: Office of P.R.R. Exp & Surveys c. 1855. Very Good;. Notes: "Canada de las Uvas" is now the present route of Hwy 5. This is the border between the Sierra Nevada and the Mojave desert. Size : 158x232 mm 6.22x9.13 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Geological; Maps United States West California; Office of P.R.R. Exp & Surveys unknown
Government Printing Office 1870. Paperback. Good. Government Printing Office; Washington 1870. Trade paperback. A Very Good binding sturdy and intact some handling/scuff marks to covers bit of edge/corner wear some age toning to pages ink stamp top text block edge handwritten title information on front cover and spine ink stamp on title page discoloration to title page margins a nice and overall clean copy in wraps. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 213pp. fold outs b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Government Printing Office paperback
Government Printing Office Washington DC 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Quarter leather binding over brown cloth. Covers and contents clean unworn no marking or writing. Binding sturdy square and tight. Leather still supple. Numerous reports contained therein including on photographic apparatus the Atlantic telegraph cables instruments and apparatus of medicine and surgery and most notewothy a 213 page "Reort on tjhe Munitions of War" with foldout illustrations of the Spencer rifle mechanism Remington rifle Krupp's 1000-pounder steel gun and cutaway illustrations of the 'Electric Gun' Henry gun and other weaponry. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC hardcover