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Williams, Edward G
FORT PITT AND THE REVOLUTION ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER
<p>Pittsburgh Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania 1978. ix 237 pages. Foldout map tipped in at end of text. Limited edition: #168 of 500 copies signed by the author. A scholarly study of the western portion of the American Revolution. Now out-of-print and hard to find. The book is in vitually as new condition. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.</p> Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania hardcover
Referencia librero : W2762
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Williams, Alfred B
HAMPTON AND HIS RED SHIRTS: South Carolina's Deliverance in 1876.
Charleston:: Walker Evans & Cogswell Company. 1935. Hardcover. Second edition in red cloth covers showing small white spots on front cover; spine slant; darkening of spine making spine lettering difficult to read. Internal foxing; pages tight unmarked. No DJ. Not a former libary copy ; . Walker, Evans & Cogswell Company, hardcover
Referencia librero : 35879
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Williams, Richard T & Mildred C
INDEX OF BERKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION RECORDS 1752 - 1850
Danboro Pennsylvania: Richard T. & Mildred C. Williams. Very Good. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green soft cover in a plastic comb binding. Illustrated with a map of Berks County. Texts interior is tight clean & intact. A complete Index of the Wills & Administration Records combined into one volume as found in the Register of Wills Office in Reading Pennsylvania. Genealogy; Map; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 242 pages . Richard T. & Mildred C. Williams hardcover
Referencia librero : 16025
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Williams, Richard T, and Mildred C Williams
Index of Wills and Administration Records: Philadelphia Pennsylvania - I 1682-1782 II 1783-1810 III 1811-1831 IV 1832-1850
Newtown and Jamison PA: Will-Britt Books Mildred C. Williams and Janet R. Brittingham 1987. Book. Fine. Spiral Bound. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Four 4 volumes comprising Philadelphia wills and administration records 1682-1850 bound in stiff I-II black and III-IV dark blue wraps with front cover title labels black comb bindings. Slight handling wear essentially as issued. 213 204 195 225 pp. Revised/re-issued editions: 1987. Will-Britt Books [Mildred C. Williams and Janet R. Brittingham] Paperback
Referencia librero : 057495
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Williams, Richard T, and Mildred C Williams
Index of Wills and Administration Records: Philadelphia Pennsylvania - I 1682-1782 II 1783-1810 III 1811-1831 IV 1832-1850
Danboro PA: Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams 1972. Book. Fine. Spiral Bound. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Four 4 volumes comprising Philadelphia wills and administration records 1682-1850 uniformly bound in stiff dark blue wraps lettered in gold black comb bindings. Slight handling wear essentially as issued. 213 204 195 225 pp. 1st editions issued 1971-72. Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams Paperback
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Williams, Kenneth
Lincoln Finds a General: A Military Study of the Civil War 5 Voume set
New York: The MacMillan Company Complete five volume set in dust-jackets. 1950-1959. Ex-library. Vols. I II third printings; Vols. III IV. V first printings. All voulmes in dust-jackets last three price-clipped. Top and bottom edges of volumes IIII IV and V stained black all edges of volume II stained blue. Extra illustrated by previous owner who has affixed numerous color plates and captions to prelims and half-title pages. Cloth shows wear on vols. I and II at lower spines all 5 vols. protected by reinforced mylar covers some of which are affixed to inside boards. A clean square internally unmarked set but for inclusion of art-work with resulting show-through of mounting glue on some pages. A good set in very good dust-jackets. International orders will require additional postage Scans sent on request. . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. The MacMillan Company Hardcover
Referencia librero : 010314
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Williams, Chauncey Pratt
Lone Elk: The Story of Bill Williams Trapper and Guide of the Far West
Colorodo: John VanMale Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited/Numbered. Fine copy. Hardbound. 2 volumes in one.First ed. of 500 copies. vol 1 1935 & 1936. Tan cloth over boards. Black spine lettering. 2 vols in one. Bookplate on front paste down. Very nice clean copy. John VanMale Hardcover
Referencia librero : 1231
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Williams, Franklin B
Middletown: a Biography
Middletown NY: Lawrence A. Toepp. First edition. Hard cover in original dust jacket. Published Middletown NY: Lawrence A. Toepp 1928 first printing. 8vo. 201pp. illustrated with b/w plates maps. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Some foxing along the edges and a few endpapers else near fine in very good plain paper dust jacket chipped along the edges. . Very Good Plus. Hard. 1st. 1928. Lawrence A. Toepp unknown
Referencia librero : 006069
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Williams, Ben Ames (Jr)
Mr. Secretary
NY: Macmillan 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Small "Tulsa County Historical Society" stamp on endpapers and top edge of pages and two small numerical stamps on front endpaper. The jacket has a chip and creasing at the lower right corner of the front panel and a 2" tape repair inside the jacket at the top corner. There is also other edgewear and small tears. A historical novel based on the life of Edwin Stanton Lincoln's Secretary of War and told in the first person. 0 <br/> <br/> NY: Macmillan, 1940 hardcover
Referencia librero : 017622
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Williams, Jesse Lynch
New York Sketches
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good with no dust jacket; Covers sunned. 1902. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth with paper front label top edges gilt and deckled page edges. xii 133pp. Frontispiece illustration with tissue guard black and white illustrations and photos. New York City history featuring period photos and illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Referencia librero : 54675
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Williams, Mark Floyd (edited by)
Papers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851: Minutes and Miscellaneous Papers Financial Accounts and Vouchers: Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History Volume Four
Berkeley CA: University Of Califonia Press 1919. Vol. IV ONLY in the series. Cloth bookmarker sewn into headband. Inked writing on fep library stamps of the Nebraska State Historical Society on title page and rear pastedown else else textblock is clean and tight. Slightly shelf worn and soiled binding. 906p. including appendix and index. Blue Cloth. Good. Illus. by Plates/Folded Diagrams/Rear Pocket Diagrams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hard Cover. University Of Califonia Press Hardcover
Referencia librero : SB6489
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Williams, Samuel W (signed)
Pictures of Early Methodism in Ohio
Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham 1909. INSCRIBED/SIGNED and dated Sept 29 '09 by the AUTHOR Prof. S. W. Williams. Very Fine condition but for light rubbing to the heel of the spine. Original green cloth with top edge gilt. Gilt on the spine and front cover is as fresh and bright as new. Frontispiece portrait of the author. A fascinating portrait of frontier life. The first chapter "Pioneer Life and Manners" has a discussion of the differences between 'johnny-cake' 'hoe-cake' 'pone' 'corn dodgers' and 'nubbins.' Also discussed are topics such as 'log rolling' 'husking parties' and the treatment of disease with 'blood letting.' The chapter on 'Pioneer Methodist Women' profiles Jane Trimble whose sons were famous in Ohio politics; Elizabeth Kenton wife of General Simon Kenton; Charity Hendershott; and Rachel McDowell. There are two chapters on the early days of Ohio Wesleyan University and its faculty in Delaware Ohio. Other chapters include: A Typical Revival Chillicothe 1818-1819; Pioneer Methodism; Miami Circuit in the Early Days; Methodism and Tammany; A Methodist Law Case; etc. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine condition. 319pp. Jennings and Graham Hardcover
Referencia librero : 013824
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Williams, Gray;Westchester County Historical Society
Picturing Our Past: National Register Sites in Westchester County
Elmsford NY: Westchester County Historical Society. SIGNED First edition first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Elmsford NY: Westchester County Historical Society 2003. Thick square folio 11 1/4" x 11 1/4." xii480 pages 615 illustrations 360 in color. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering burgundy end papers. Inscribed by author on title page. A very fine copy in very fine dust jacket. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 2003. Westchester County Historical Society unknown
Referencia librero : 002549 ISBN : 0915585146 9780915585144
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Williams, Terry Tempest ; Full Page Illustrations By Clifford Brycele (With Signed Letter From Jackson Clark)
Pieces Of White Shell: A Journey To Navajoland Inscribed By Author And Signed By Illustrator
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 162 Pp. Beige Cloth Stamped In Green Light Green Boards. First Printing. Book Fine No Wear; Long Personal Inscription From The Author Noting That Book Comes To Her Through Jackson Clark Dated January 26 1985; Also Signed On Title Page By The Artist Clifford Brycelea Dated January 1985; And With A Full Page Typed Letter From Clark Presenting The Book To The Recipient As A Birthday Present. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Referencia librero : 036117 ISBN : 0684182327 9780684182322
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Williams, Jody, instructor
The Breckenridge Project. A suite of etchings created by Walter J. Breckenridge printed by students from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis: PPB Press i.e. Print Paper Book Press 2013. Edition limited to 25 copies portfolio approx. 15" x 12" containing a letterpress title page and 16 ornithological etchings each numbered and signed by the various printers in pencil and each printed from an original Breckenridge copper plate. The printers included Jennifer Bowman; Monica Brosi; Brittany Lynn Egli; Hayley Fisher; Josh Heffelfinger; Nikki Ivanovsky-Schow; Kadi Melissa Kaelin; Nina Keim; Mercedes Knapp; Kevin Martin; Josh Meillier; Taylor Mund; Xochitl Perez; Isaac Ruder; Rebeca Solares; and Linda Tran all under the tutelage of the late Jody Williams instructor at Minnesota College of Art and Design. Breckenridge 1903-2003 a noted conservationist and ornithologist was also the director at the James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota 1946-1970 and he wrote and illustrated numerous articles and books on natural history. The copper plates featuring exquisite images of native Minnesota wildlife were loaned to Jody Williams at MCAD by the Breckenridge family through the kindness of John Moriarty the Senior Manager for Wildlife at Three Rivers Park District and an honorary fellow of the Bell Museum. University of Minnesota only in OCLC. There is also a copy at Minnesota Historical. PPB Press [i.e. Print Paper Book Press] unknown
Referencia librero : 66244
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Williams, Geo S
The Constitution of the United States for the Use of Schools and Academies
Cambridge: Welch Bigelow and Company 1861. vi 199pp appendix. Or brown cloth with decoration in gilt and blind featuring an eagle and flag on front. Spine strip lacking cloth rubbed prev owners name in pencil to front free endpaper brief notation at bottom of 1 page of appendix. Blank leaves at front and rear adjacent to endpapers have damp stain at edge not affecting other pages. Original pale yellow endpapers. Scarce British volume explaining the US Constitution for students. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo. Welch, Bigelow and Company Hardcover
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Williams, Henry Horace
The Education of Horace Williams
Chapel Hill N.C.: Author 1936. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Signed by author on ffep. Sound binding and hinges. Clean tanned pages. Cloth over boards has edge rubbing light shelf wear darkened lettering on spine. Autobiography of Henry Horace Williams 1858-1940 who was a professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1890 to 1940. Ex-Library; 7.75" tall; 200 pages; Signed by Author. Author hardcover
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Williams, Anna (Blough)
The Family of Jesse Conner of Montgomery County Pennsylvania
Bridgewater VA: Privately Published by Anna B. Williams 1985. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff orange wraps lettered in black stapled binding. Essentially as issued. 1st ed. v70 pp. Scarce. Privately Published by Anna B. Williams Paperback
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Williams, Major George F
The Memorial War Book: As Drawn from Historical Records and Personal Narratives of the Men who Served in the Great Struggle
NY: Dreyfus Publishing Co. 1894. Minimally marked retired library copy else very clean and tight; Front cover has a faded spot at the upper left corner from sticker removal and a faint moisture-stain along the bottom front and top rear edge; Decorative endpapers. Two light blue marks across the bottom edge of the textblock; Slightly age and shelf worn blue cloth binding gilt stamped decoration and lettering on front cover and down spine engraved decoration on front cover no library markings on binding. 610p. Index at end. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by 2000 Engravings/ M.B. Brady & Alexander Gardner reproduced photographs Taken from U.S. Government Phtographers. Folio. Ex-Library Hardcover. Dreyfus Publishing Co. Hardcover
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Williams, Edwin
The New York Register for the Year of Our Lord 1837
G. & C. Carvill & Co New York 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/None Issued. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quarter leather with pictorial cover 528 pages 4 pages advertisements; back cover also contains text advertising. This book shows its age: covers are worn and scuffed spine has crack running down 3/4 of its length archival tape repairs to spine book has evidently gotten wet at one time but does not smell musty; foxing and water stains on interior but pages are easily readable. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 15 oz. Category: History; Books; Genealogy & Local History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 000546. . G. & C. Carvill & Co hardcover
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Williams, A M
UNDER THE TRADE WINDS.
R.I.: Preston & Rounds: 1898. 162 pages illustrated "with a 32 page sketch of the author's life by R.S. Howland. "Alfred Mason Williams was born on a farm near Tauton Mass. October 23d in the year 1840. He came of one of the best known New England families and inherited that dogged determination of his ancestors which enabled them and him to overcome such obstacles in their path as would have caused fainter hearts to turn aside." This book is Williams travels to Island of Nevis Port of Spain St. Kitts St. Eustatius San Matin St. Barts Monteserrat. With a chapter on the "rioting in St. Kitts. Williams as "a young man of 22 at such stirring times it was natural enoguht that he should heed the call of his country and enter the army. He enlisted as a private in the spring of 1862 in the Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers." VERY GOOD- HARDCOVER blue cloth covers with gilt lettering bright on the spine and cover lower corners of the book are worn and also some wear to spine edges. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Preston & Rounds: Hardcover
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WILLIAMS, RH R H
With the Border Ruffians: Memories of the Far West 1852-1868
London: John Murray 1907. Hardcover. Edited by E.W. Williams. 8vo. Red cloth gilt white and black pictorial stamping. xviii 478pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear with spine slightly sunned but spine gilt bright; 1909 ownership signature on front flyleaf. First British edition a tight and nice copy of this account by an Englishman who in America became a Confederate partisan Texas Ranger rancher Indian fighter sailor and of course "Border Ruffian." Quite scarce. Wright Howes comments "After a lurid frontier apprenticeship in Kansas this young Englishman ranched in Western Texas and served with the Rangers." GRAFF 4686. HERD 2528. HOWES W473. NEVINS II 247. SIX GUNS 2411. John Murray hardcover
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Williams, Francis Howard, et.al.
PAPERS OF THE SITE AND RELIC SOCIETY OF GERMANTOWN. (Historical Addresses (No. 4): "A Backward Vision and a Forward Glance"; "Grumblethorpe" by Edwin C. Jellett; "Pomona Grove" by Mary W. Shoemaker; "Notes On Pomona" by Edwin C. Jellett.
pp. 97-129. Illustrated. Uncut and unopened. Small 4to. Original printed wraps. Very nice copy. PA PAMPH 20_4 BX3 + 2nd c. worn
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Williams, Francis Howard.
THE WORDS OF THE PAGEANT. Philadelphia October 7-12, 1912. With notes and adaptations to the field by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer, Master of the Pageant.
54p. + Full page color studies by Charles H. Stephens. Tall 8vo. Original color pictorial wraps, slightly soiled. PA PAMPH 20_11 BX5
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Williams, John (Anthony Pasquin).
THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
pp. (16) [including blanks], 60. Wide margins. Uncut. Mildly XLib. Title page printed in red and black. Inked manuscript presentation to: "John A. McAllister, Esq. with the compliments of the Hamilton Club, March 31, 1865". 8vo. Original plain brown wraps with printed paper label. Hamilton Club Series No. 1. This is the 1865 reprint of the 1804 Boston edition. Very Limited Edition. Number 15 of only 40 copies in 8vo. Very Scarce. "The most careful search has failed in the discovery of a copy [of the 1804 ed.] and I am of the opinion that it is a fraudulent title, Mr. Hoffman having probably reprinted the life from some newspaper of the period." - Ford, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana, 1886, p. 87. ** This example belonged to John A. McAllister (1822-1896) owner of Philadelphia's leading optical supply house, photographic pioneer, and one of the greatest collectors of historic ephemera in American history. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AMERICANA BOX 9
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Williams, O. H.; Harding, George S.
SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, EASTERN DISTRICT. Appeal of O. H. Williams et. al. Appeal of George S. Harding et. al. Appeal from Orphan's Court of Wyoming County. Appellees' Paper Book. Steuben Jenkins, Garrick M. Harding, Attorneys for Appellees.
17p. XLib. First page soiled and age stained. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Henry P. Halstead, merchant, a resident of Wyoming County, purchased accident insurance from the Travellers' Insurance Company, of Hartford, Connecticut. When he arrived in New York he fell from the window of his hotel and died. Mr. Harding deposited the insurance money in the First National Bank of Scranton and paid the insurance money to Mr. Halstead's creditors instead to the wife. PA PAMPH 19_21 BX1
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Williams, Oscar (Editor).
THE WAR POETS. An Anthology of the War Poetry of the 20th Century.
485 p. Bookseller's label. Tall 8vo. 210mm. Original full cloth binding. Poetry by Civilian poets and American and English enlisted men. POETRY BX 1 / 3
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Williams, Richard T. and Mildred C.
INDEX OF WILLS AND ESTATE SETTLEMENTS MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1748-1850.
146p. Xerox from Microfilm Positives. 4to. Stiff wraps. PA PAMPH 20_6 BX2
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WILLIAMSBOURG... MAUGUIN G.
Au berceau de l'ind?pendance am?ricaine. Un cimeti?re fran?ais d?couvert ? Williamsbourg. Article (2 pages, 4 photos et 2 reproduction de gravures) dans l'Illustration.
Num?ro complet.
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Williamson, William D
The History of the State of Maine; from Its First Discovery A.D. 1602 to the Separation A.D. 1820 Inclusive - 4 Volumes
Bowie: Heritage Books 1991. Four Volume Set complete. Clean tight and unmarked. 660pp. in two parts; and 795pp. in two parts. Facsimile Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Heritage Books Paperback
Referencia librero : 033211 ISBN : 1556134355 9781556134357
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WILLIAMSON JA J A
The Voyages of the Cabots and the English Discovery of North America under Henry VII and Henry VIII. 1050 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Argonaut Press 1929. Roy. 8vo. First Edition thus on Japanese vellum with a folding map as frontispiece title-vignette in blue and black and 12 maps; original blue buckram ivory buckram back lettered in gilt uncut brown silk marker covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1050 NUMBERED COPIES THIS COPY OUT-OF-SERIES. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front free endpaper half-title and title. The seventh publication of the Argonaut Press printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press Cambridge. The title-vignette is by William Monk. Argonaut Press, hardcover
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Williamson, Harold F
Winchester: The Gun that Won the West
Washington DC: Combat Forces Press 1952. 494pp/Illustrations. Index. A comprehensive work on the Winchester gun - its history and development and ithe place of the manufacturer in the financial picture of a growing industry. Clean Scarce. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Combat Forces Press Hardcover
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WILLIAMSON Pénélope
La passion d'Emma. Traduit de l'américain par Dorothée Zumstein.
Broché. 364 pages. Rousseurs.
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Willie Pauline Young (compiler)
Abstracts of Old Ninety-six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds As on File in the Abbeville South Carolina Courthouse
Vidalia Georgia: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr. 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/None as Issued. VG/1st ed./Signed by Previous Owner. Very nice copy with just a touch of wear at the corners. No break to the navy blue cloth over boards; gold lettering on front panel and spine. No soiling exterior or interior no foxing no markings. Not ex library or remainder copy. This copy was owned by historian Virginia Steele Wood and was signed on the front pastedown. Ms. Wood has written several books about Coastal Georgia over the last 10 years. 638pp. a couple of pictures of important historical homes in Abbeville and an Alphabetical Index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag. I can drop it in the mail to you tomorrow. <br/> <br/> Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr. hardcover
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Williford, William Bailey
AMERICUS THROUGH THE YEARS: The Story of a Georgia Town and its People 1832-1975.
Cherokee Publishing Company. VG-/G. 1975. Hardcover. 0877970319 . Hardback first edition in blue cloth covers that remain clean bright; hinges sound uncracked; pages tight clean. Textblock edges lightly foxed. DJ moderately worn with foxing to white portions and to underside with light chipping small edge tears soil. Not library discard. ; . Cherokee Publishing Company, hardcover
Referencia librero : 44158 ISBN : 0877970319 9780877970316
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Williford, William Bailey
WILLIFORD AND ALLIED FAMILIES.
Atlanta:: Privately Issued. 1961. Hardcover. Covers and contents clean bright; DJ worn with small tears chipping light soil. ; . Privately Issued, hardcover
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Willing, Thomas; Johnston, Samuel
Handwritten mortgage of tract in Fawn Township York Co. Pa
1776. Near Fine -. 1 handwritten document of 4 pages 39 x 25 cm. folded. On 12 Dec. 1776 William Rowan of Fawn Township York Co. Pa. yeoman mortgaged 245 acres in Fawn Township to Beulah Paschall of the city of Philadelphia spinster for 300 pounds of Pennsylvania due by 12 Dec. 1783 with interest paid yearly. Signed by William Rowan; witnesses Peter Miller and Abraham Shoemaker; Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice Thomas Willing; and York County Recorder Samuel Johnston. Embossed paper stamp of Pennsylvania. The mortgagee was Beulah Paschall 1732-1793 a Philadelphia Quaker and owner of Cedar Grove. Thomas Willing 1731-1821 was a highly successful merchant and real estate developer as well as a Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice from 1767 to 1776. He served as the first president of both the Bank of North America and the Bank of the United States and supported the American Revolution. York County Recorder Samuel Johnston on the other hand had come to York County from England as an official representative of the Penn family. He held a variety of county offices at various times in addition to that of recorder of deeds: clerk of courts prothonotary and register of wills. When he refused to take the oaths of allegiance to Pennsylvania during the Revolution he had to relinquish all public offices. However he did not opposed the Revolution. Two of his sons-in-law served as colonels in the American militia and two of his sons were privates. By 1786 Johnston lived in Maryland and was admitted as an attorny in Baltimore County. In Near Fine- Condition: just starting to separate along folds; minor soiling; otherwise bright and solid. unknown
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WILLINGHAM Calder
Demain, ce seront des hommes
Gallimard, Du Monde Entier, 1951, 362 pp., broché, exemplaire défraîchi.
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Willis, N Parker
LETTERS UNDER A BRIDGE AND POEMS
London: George Virtue 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small quarto 333 pages extra-gilt publisher's cloth with variant elaborate covers and spine rebacked with original spine laid down new endpapers some foxing. <br/><br/>These letters by Willis were written above the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. The 9 illustrations are by W. H. Battlett plus a portrait of Willis as a frontispiece. George Virtue hardcover
Referencia librero : 2020506
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Willis, N. Parker.
HURRY-GRAPHS: Or, Sketches of Scenery, Celebrities and Society, Taken from Life.
364p. Printed bookseller's label for H.C. Holmes, 1149 Markat St., San Francisco, Cal. Stamped ownership of Peter O'Connor and Visitation Convent, St. Paul, MN. Early inked ownership of J. E. Campbell. 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth binding, embossed and decorated in blind, with a center cypher and "New Orleans". Spine decorated with gold flowers. Hardbound. Very good. A wonderful account of travels in New England and New York. Included are (sometimes extensive) observations on: life; manners; etiquette; scenery; Daniel Webster; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Thomas Hart Benton; Edgar Allan Poe; Grace Geenwood; Cape Cod; the Delaware River; Lake Mahopac; railroads; steamships; hotels; etc. Much on girls, women and society. Nathaniel Parker Willis(1806-1867), was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest paid magazine writer of his day. For a time, he was the employer of former slave and future writer Harriet Jacobs. His brother was the composer Richard Storrs Willis and his sister was a popular writer, under the name Fanny Fern. NEW ENGLAND BOX 1
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Willkie Wendell
Typed Letter SIGNED
New York 1940. n his personal stationery dated November 25 1940. The letter written 20 days after Willkies loss to FDR in the 1940 presidential election thanks a supporter for her good will and also ".a heartening faith in the principles for which I stand". Near Fine folded twice to fit into envelope. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. One PageFolded Twice. Near Fine. 8 1/2" x 11". Paperback books
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Willkie Wendell
Win with Willkie Campaign Ephemera Including RARE Stamps
Seattle WA: Don Mills Includes "Win With Willkie" bumper sticker 3 1/2" x 5" no backing paper "We Want Willkie" campaign button set of 8 Wendell Willkie portrait stamps each 1 1/2" x 2" and a pack of 100 "Win With Willkie -Vote Republican !" postage-size stamps. No Date 1940. Wendell Willkie did not run in the 1940 presidential primaries but positioned himself as an acceptable choice for a deadlocked convention. He sought backing from uncommitted delegates while his supporters many youthful enthusiastically promoted his candidacy. He was nominated on the sixth ballot over Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft. . First Edition. Near Fine. Don Mills unknown books
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Willkie, Wendell
Typed Letter SIGNED WENDELL WILKIE to a Supporter
New York 1940. Typewritten. Near Fine. One PageFolded Twice. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8 1/2" x 11". On his personal stationery dated November 25 1940. The letter written 20 days after Willkie's loss to FDR in the 1940 presidential election thanks a supporter for her good will and also ".a heartening faith in the principles for which I stand". Near Fine folded twice to fit into envelope. unknown
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Willkie, Wendell
Win with Willkie Campaign Ephemera Including RARE Stamps
Seattle WA: Don Mills Book. Near Fine. No Binding. First Edition. Includes "Win With Willkie" bumper sticker 3 1/2" x 5" no backing paper "We Want Willkie" campaign button set of 8 Wendell Willkie portrait stamps each 1 1/2" x 2" and a pack of 100 "Win With Willkie -Vote Republican !" postage-size stamps. No Date 1940. Wendell Willkie did not run in the 1940 presidential primaries but positioned himself as an acceptable choice for a deadlocked convention. He sought backing from uncommitted delegates while his supporters many youthful enthusiastically promoted his candidacy. He was nominated on the sixth ballot over Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft. Don Mills unknown
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WILLS, Gary
Under God: Religion and American Politics
Norwalk: The Easton Press 1990. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full grey calf with decorative gilt compartments. 445pp. All edges gilt. Watered silk endpapers sewn-in silk page marker. Near fine. First of this edition signed large and bold by Wills in blue fineline on an inner flyleaf. The Easton Press hardcover
Referencia librero : 31927
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Willson, Arabella M
Disaster Struggle Triumph: The Adventures of 1000 "Boys in Blue
Albany N.Y: The Argus Company 1870. First Edition. HB. Brown blind stamped cloth gilt lettering on spine 8vo. 593 pp. including errata at rear. History of the 126th Regiment of New York State Volunteers in the Civil War. The 126th served from August 1862 to June 1865 with the Army of the Potomac. Spine appears to have been affected by moisture fraying head and heal of spine cloth torn 1 1/2" at top rear joint. Moisture stain bleeds through to text block at top of gutter not affecting text. Illustrated with maps. No marks in book binding solid though rear hinge cracked. Book condition Good. The Argus Company hardcover
Referencia librero : FE6237
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Willson, Mrs Eugene
Cabin Days: A Historical Romance of the Running Water Range
Lusk Wyoming: Mrs. E. B. Willson 1939. owner's neat pencil signature at the top of the ffep else an immaculate and tight gift quality copy; no dust jacket; 64p. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Mrs. E. B. Willson Hardcover
Referencia librero : SB2716
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Willson, Marcius
History Of The United States From the Earliest Discoveries .
New York & Chicago: Ivison & Phinney / S. C. Griggs & Co. 1855. Revised & Enlarged edition. 16mo 429 pages foxed loss of paper to free endpaper quarter leather spine repaired. Ex libris H. H. Schroeder. <br/><br/>Willson's discussion of the Jefferson Administration gives one paragraph to the Louisiana Purchase and no mention of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. "Many of the early history textbooks gave no regular topical treatment to the Louisiana Purchase the acquisition of Florida territory or the annexation of Texas but usually devoted considerable space to the Mexican War - Nietz OLD TEXTBOOKS p.261." Embellished with woodcut maps charts plans of battles. Ivison & Phinney / S. C. Griggs & Co. hardcover
Referencia librero : 0007941
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Wilmer, L Allison, & J H Jarrett & Geo W F Vernon
History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers War of 1861-5 Vol1
Silver Spring MD: Family Line Publications 1989. 285pp. Vol 1 is a Roster of all Maryland Union Soldiers who served in the War plus synopsis histories of each regiment. the records of Maryland troops who fought for the preservation of the Federal Union during the great Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Family Line Publications hardcover
Referencia librero : 005850
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Wilson George R.; Thornbrough Gayle
The Buffalo Trace
Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1946. Near Fine 1/4" tear fore edge of front wrapper. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
Referencia librero : 006719
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