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Burrage Henry S.
Maine at Louisburg in 1745
Augusta ME: Burleigh and Flynt Publishers 1910. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Blue cloth. 143 pp including index. With a few illustrations. A history of the siege of Louisburg part of King George's War. New England colonists feeling threatened by the large French fort on Cape Breton Island argued for a campaign against the Louisburg fort as it had the potential to harass fishing fleets. In 1744/45 an expedition was organized and a siege was conducted with the French forces finally surrendering. This work chronicles Maine's then part of Massachusetts efforts in the skirmish including a study of William Pepperell's leadership and a list of Maine officers and men and publication of correspondence related to the siege. GOOD condition EX-MUSEUM LIBRARY. Pocket pastedown and minor stamping present with traces of a spine label present. Mostly minor scuffing and general fading to the covers. Light soiling. Some wear along the extremities. Previous owner's armorial bookplate present partially covered by the museum's plate. Text clean and solid with scattered minor foxing. Burleigh and Flynt, Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : 005784
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Bush Martin H.
REVOLUTIONARY ENGIMA. A Re-Appraisal Of General Philip Schuyler Of New York.
Ira J. Friedman Inc.: 1969. 205 pages. "Philip Schulyer was initially drawn into the controversy with Great Britain because he sought to preserve and maintain America's economic and social privileges and not because he wanted to break away from the mother country. He did not wish for independence nor did he fight for it. Rather he fought to get Britain to cede its power of taxation to the American colonies without any though of promoting democratic ideals since he preferred to keep New York under British rule and in the hands of aristocrats of wealth and power. This important contribution to Revolutionary War history and to the colonial history of New York is a carefully conceived work meticulously researched and documented." FINE HARDCOVER ex-library withdrawn. No call letters present on spine bue cloth lettering is bright on spine edge. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library Withdrawn. Ira J. Friedman, Inc.: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024750
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BUTEL Paul
Histoire des Antilles françaises, XVIIe-XXe siècle
Perrin, 2002, in-8 br., 423 p., 1ère édition, coll. "Pour l'histoire", 8 planches ill. h.-t., cartes, ex-dono, sous couverture plastifiée, bon état.
Bookseller reference : QWA-11582
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BUTEL Paul
Histoire des Antilles françaises. XVIIe - XIXe siècle
Perrin Paris, Perrin 2002. In-8 broché, de 423 pages. Photos hors-texte. Très bon état
Bookseller reference : 133501
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BUTEL Paul
Histoire des Antilles françaises. XVIIe-XXe siècle
Perrin Perrin, 2007. In-12 broché de 570 pages. Très bon état
Bookseller reference : 183192
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BUTEL Paul
Histoire des Antilles françaises. XVIIe - XIXe siècle
Paris, Perrin 2002. In-8 broché, de 423 pages. Photos hors-texte. Très bon état
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Butler Benjamin Franklin
Anniversary Discourse Delivered before the Albany Institute April 23 1830
Albany NY: Webster and Skinners Printer 1830. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. Lacking any wraps that may have been issued. 88 pp. A speech given to celebrate the anniversary of the Albany Institute in New York discussing the goals of the institute as well as the history of education in New York and the importance of education and the learning of history. By Benjamin Franklin Butler presumed to be the lawyer and politician from New York who was one of the founders of New York University and the Children's Village. The Albany Institute was founded in 1791 and is one of the oldest museums in the United States. GOOD condition. Minor creasing to the title page. Minor general toning. Remains of binding along the spine. Binding somewhat tenuous with stitching beginning to give out at various signatures. Sabin 9608. Webster and Skinners, Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 010934
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Butler Jon.
AWASH IN A SEA OF FAITH. Christianizing The American People.
Harvard University Press: 1990. 360 pages illustrated. This book "fulfills extravagantly the promise of those pathbreaking and pugnacious articles that made magic an essential reality of the 17th century and the Great Awakening an interpretive fiction of the eighteenth. It is by far the best account we have of early American religious life and the most radiantly original." FINE SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harvard University Press: Paperback
Bookseller reference : 026197 ISBN : 0674056019 9780674056015
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Butler John L.
First Highways of America : A Pictorial History of Early Roads for Automobiles
Iola WI USA: Krause Publications 1994. Focuses on the period between 1900 and 1925 which offers a glimpse of a glorious are in American society as Americans got their automobiles and then their country out of the mud and dust. Clean bright large format hardback in a d/w. Light bow to boards and sunning to spine - 320 pages. Next post dispatch from the UK. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Krause Publications Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 051053 ISBN : 087341280X 9780873412803
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Butler Jon.
THE HUGUENOTS IN AMERICA. A Refugee People I New World Society.
Harvard University Press: 1983. 264 pages. "In this first modern history of the Huguenots' New World experience the author traces the Huguenot diaspora across late 17th century Europe explores the causes and character of their American emigration and reveals the Huguenots' secular and religious assimilation in three remarkably different societies- Boston New York and South Carolina." FINE SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harvard University Press: Paperback
Bookseller reference : 025812 ISBN : 0674413210 9780674413214
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Butterfield L. H. Editor
THE ADAMS PAPERS. Diary And Autobiography Of John Adams. Volume 2: Diary 1771 - 1781.
Belknap Press: 1961. 458 pages. Volume 2 of four volumes. "A manuscript history of America in the diaries and correspondence of a single family." FINE- HARDCOVER VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Belknap Press: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031314
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Butterfield L. H. Editor
THE ADAMS PAPERS. Diary And Autobiography Of John Adams. Volume 3: Diary 1782 - 1804 Autobiography Through 1776.
Belknap Press: 1961. 449 pages. Volume 2 of four volumes. "A manuscript history of America in the diaries and correspondence of a single family." FINE- HARDCOVER FINE- GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine-/Fine-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Belknap Press: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031315
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Butterfield L. H. Editor
THE ADAMS PAPERS. Diary And Autobiography Of John Adams. Volume 4: Autobiography 1777 - 1780.
Belknap Press: 1961. 403 pages. Volume 4 of four volumes. "A manuscript history of America in the diaries and correspondence of a single family." FINE- HARDCOVER FINE- GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine-/Fine-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Belknap Press: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031316
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Byars Merlene Hutto Otto
From My Scrap Book of the State of South Carolina
Raleigh North Carolina: Pentland Press Inc. 1996. Illustrations. Black boards. Separate "Contents Page" laid in - which is signed by the author. Fine Fine dust jacket with creases front and rear flaps. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pentland Press, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8637 ISBN : 1571971289 9781571971289
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BÉBEL-GISLER (Dany).
Léonora. L'histoire enfouie de la Guadeloupe.
Seghers, 1985, gr. in-8°, 319 pp, traduit du créole, 8 pl. de photos hors texte, broché, couv. illustrée, bon état (Coll. Mémoire vive)
Bookseller reference : 102015
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Bébel-Gisler (Dany), Hurbon (Laënnec)
Cultures et pouvoir dans la Caraïbe. Langue créole, vaudou, sectes religieuses en Guadeloupe et en Haïti.
français In-8 de 140 pp.; broché de l'éditeur.
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BÉLIÈRES, Joseph
VIE D'ANNE GERTRUDE, pieuse créole de Cayenne
Avignon Librairie Aubanel Frères 1857 in 18 (15,5x9) 1 volume broché, couverture imprimée, 153 pages, et 6 pages de catalogue de la Librairie Aubanel, quelques petites traces brunes. Deuxième édition. J.-Joseph Bélières, Missionnaire et vice préfet apostolique de la Guyane française. Rare. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
Bookseller reference : 31503
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Bérenger Féraud (L.-J.-B.)
Traité clinique des maladies des européens aux Antilles (Martinique).
français 2 tomes en 2 vol. in-8 de carte, XIII-620 et 575 pp.; demi-basane verte, dos lisse à faux-nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque). Illustré d'une carte dépliante de la Martinique (35x27 cm). Edition originale. Des tampons de l'hôpital militaire d'Oran, rousseurs, dos passés marron. Rare.
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C. S. FORESTER.
Le contre-amiral Hornblower aux Antilles (Hornblower in the West Indien).
Paris, Gallimard, 1961. in-8°, 307 pp., broche, couverture illustree.
Bookseller reference : 15086
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C. S. FORESTER.
Le contre-amiral Hornblower aux Antilles (Hornblower in the West Indien).
in-8°, 307 pp., broche, couverture illustree. Bon exemplaire. [JU-2]
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Cabestrero Teofilo
Blood of the Innocent
Orbis 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. The wraps are minimally rubbed. Internally clean and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Orbis paperback
Bookseller reference : 100q ISBN : 0883442116 9780883442111
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CADORET Brita, CARPOT Lucienne et alii
Guide bleu : Antilles, îles du Vent, Guyane : faune, flore, monuments, volcans, randonnées. Collection : Guide Bleu.
Paris, Hachette, 1998. 13 x 19, 514 pp., nombreuses illustrations et cartes en couleurs, cartonnage souple d'édition + jaquette, très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 38566 ISBN : 2012428088
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CAHIERS des ANNALES.-
A travers l'Amérique Latine.-
A.Colin. 1949. Gd in-8 br. XI (Introduction de Lucien Febvre) et 208pp.
Bookseller reference : ORD-1734
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CAHUN Léon
Les pilotes d ' Ango. Illustré de 45 gravures sur bois dessinées sur boisq par Sahib.
Couverture rigide P, Hachette , 1890 , petit in4° percaline verte , dos orné , tranches dorées , 315pp Langue: Français
Bookseller reference : M6188
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CAILLOT (Séverin).-
Cuba libre.
Reims, Pailletet et Godefroid, 1896, grand in 8° broché, 123 pages ; non coupé ; quelques rousseurs éparses ; couverture défaichie avec mouillures. RARE.
Bookseller reference : 24162
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Cairnes JE. J. E.
The Slave Power: Its Character Career and Probable Designs: Being an Attempt to Explain the Real Issues Involved in the American Contest
New York: Carleton Publisher 1862. First American Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First American edition. xvi 171 pp. Brown cloth with diamond like motif and minor ruling and decoration in blind. An influential work examining the economic disadvantages of using slave labor especially as used in the United States at that time offering opinions on the cause of the Civil War. GOOD condition ex-theological library with the remains of a spine label a small bookplate and some stamping to the inside cover first endpaper and copyright page. Moderate fading to the covers heavy along the spine. Minor rubbing and soiling. Light fraying to the corners with some pulling fraying and loss of cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Two smallish areas of ink staining to the rear cover with a few minor ink spots present as well. Thumbtip size singe mark at the lower page extremities near the gutter affecting the margin of the title page and gradually decreasing and disappearing by the middle of the book. This has resulted in minor loss of paper to the title page. Interior solid with minor toning to the paper. Sabin 9856. Carleton, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 004971
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Calhoun Daniel H.
PROFESSIONAL LIVES IN AMERICA. Structure & Aspiration 1750 - 1850.
Harvard University Press: 1965. 231 pages Foreword by Oscar Handlin. "By pursuing several cases studies in depth this book seeks to define the pattern and pace of how men in the major professions actually behaved and experienced life between 1750 and 1850 a period that exerted an immense influence on the economic and social modernization of American society." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harvard University Press: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 029820
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Callender John M.
New Light on Old Fort Snelling: An Archaeological Exploration 1957-58
St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society 1959. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9� - 12" tall. vi 42pp. Publications of the Minnesota Historical Society. Several small bumps to extremities of volume with only light soiling minor wear and a touch of sunning to covers. Text clean and binding sound <br/> <br/> Minnesota Historical Society paperback
Bookseller reference : 024853
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Calvert Eliza Hall
Aunt Jane Of Kentucky
Albany NY: NCUP 1992. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. Presume 1st Thus. While essentially sound with bright unmarked text and unworn covers this trade paperback copy has 2 issues worth noting. Front cover has crease lower corner and the first endsheet has a small gift inscription. Editor Melody Graulich. We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. Books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described and graded using the strict traditional standards. For this reason we have virtually zero returns. NCUP Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5550 ISBN : 0808404326 9780808404323
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Calvert Jane E.
Quaker Constitutionalism and the Political Thought of John Dickinson
New York NY USA: Cambridge University Press 2009. Looks at the life and times of the American Patriot farmer whose theory of Quaker constitutionalism can be traced in a clear and direct line from early Quakers through Dickinson to Martin Luther King Jr. Clean square hardback in a d/w - 382 pages including index. Prompt dispatch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 063211 ISBN : 0521884365 9780521884365
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CAMARD-HAYOT Florette (sous la direction de) - LAGARIGUE Jean-Luc de
Martinique, terre de rhum
Traces, 1997, in-4 cart. (24 x 29), 176 p., illustrations n. et b. et coul., jaquette (comportant des traces d'usure), livre lui-même en bon état.
Bookseller reference : QWA-12902
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Campbell Charles S.
THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS 1865 - 1900.
Harper & Row: 1976. 393 pages illustrated. "In this book the only comprehensive study of United States foreign relations during the latter decades of the 19th century the author explains vividly and authoritatively how and why these transformations occurred giving the details of the great debate on overseas expansion and of the intricate diplomacy including international arbitration that led to the settlement of the disputes with the British. Throughout he emphasizes the relationships between elements in the United States domestic history and developments in foreign relations." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER blue cloth covers lettering is bright on the spine. Hard Cover. Very Good/No dust jacket present. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Harper & Row: Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022791 ISBN : 0060106182 9780060106188
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Campbell, Joseph
Historical Atlas of World Mythology, Vol. II: The Way of the Seeded Earth, Part 3: Mythologies of the Primitive Planters: The Middle and Southern Americas
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Large format: 10 1/2"w x 13 7/8"h. 128 pages. Many color illustrations. Wear to cover.
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CANCLAUX (Jean-Baptiste Camille de).
Pièce signée, en partie imprimée, signée également par le major du régiment, le capitaine commandant le détachement et le commissaire des guerres.
Auray, 1792. 1 p. in-4 oblong (22,4 x 29,3 cm), en-tête imprimé "Régiment du Port-au-Prince" corrigé à l'encre "Cap", vignette et encadrement gravés, sceau de la municipalité d'Auray et apostille des officiers municipaux, traces de plis.
Bookseller reference : LBW-3758
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Canney Donald L.
Sailing Warships of the US Navy
Rochester Kent: Chatham Publishing 2001. The first broad survey to look again at Howard Chapelle's findings to unearth new material and in many cases to draw different conclusions. Heavy large format hardback in an unclipped d/w - 224 pages including index. Clean bright copy. Prompt dispatch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to 6. Chatham Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 064541 ISBN : 1861761104 9781861761101
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Carbet
Comptines et Chansons Antillaises
lemeac 1975 In-8 broché à l’italienne. 75 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
Bookseller reference : 26123 ISBN : 77619822
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Cardin Jean-Luc
L'immigration chinoise à la Martinique. Martinique “Chine-Chine”
L'harmattan 1991 In-8 broché 21,1 cm sur 13,3. 242 pages. Couverture plastifiée. Très bon état d’occasion.
Bookseller reference : 119663
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CARBET, M.-M.
La Cuisine des iles ou le bon manger antillais.
Verviers, Nouvelles Editions Marabout, MS 386, 1980. in-16, 185 pp, broche, couverture illustrée couleurs.
Bookseller reference : 32748
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Carter HARMAN
LES ANTILLES
Un ouvrage de 157 pages, format 280 x 215 mm, illustré + cartes, relié cartonnage couleurs, publié en 1965, Life, Collection "Autour du Monde"
Bookseller reference : LFA00c5a
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CARTE MARINE - GOLFE DE PARIA
Mer des Antilles, Vénézuela, Port de Guiria - Port de Cristobal Colon.
Paris, Service Hydrographique de la Marine, Paris, Service Hydrographique de la Marine1958 ; 2 cartes sur une feuille de 53 x 74 cm., imprimé en noir.
Bookseller reference : 46405679
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CARBET, M.-M.
La Cuisine des iles ou le bon manger antillais.
in-16, 185 pp, broche, couverture illustrée couleurs. Très bel exemplaire. [PO-4] 200 recettes simples et ensoleillees.
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Careless J. M. S.
Canada : A Story of Challenge
Cambridge Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press 2011. Professor Careless's account of the emergence of the Canadian nation from the long and enduring efforts to build a community in the North American continent separate from the United States. Clean bright large volume paperback - 444 pages including index. Prompt dispatch. Paperback Re-Issue. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Cambridge University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 063011 ISBN : 1107675812 9781107675810
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Caribbean; West Indies; Barbados; Guiana; Native American; Pinckard George
NOTES ON THE WEST INDIES: Written During the Expedition Under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby: Including Observations on The Island of Barbadoes and the Settlements Captured by the British Troops Upon The Coast of Guiana: Likewise Remarks Relating to the Creoles and Slaves of the Western Colonies and The Indians of South America: with Occasional Hints Regarding The Seasoning or Yellow Fever of Hot Climates.
London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1806. 3 volumes. First Edition. A Very Rare Complete Set. 8vo handomely bound in antique half tan calf at a later date over marbled paper covered boards the spines with raised bands and red morocco lettering labels gilt. xxiv448; xvi 472; xix 1 errata 456 pp. A very handsome copy the bindings in excellent condition the half-titles are present in the required volumes prelims and endleaves with the inevitable browning some spotting throughout due to the paper content still a pleasing and collectible set. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION COMPLETE SET OF THIS FUNDAMENTAL WORK ON THE WEST INDIES in which Pinckard describes his experiences in the West Indies and Guiana particularly of slavery. There is much on the customs and social goings on of the slave population and on the economy of slavery during this period. Passages from this work were reprinted by abolitionists in 1807. In October 1795 the author had been appointed a physician to the forces and was selected to join Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedition to the West Indies where he was on the Santo Domingo staff. He reached Barbados in February 1796. His constant work on medical ailments and especially of Yellow Fever during this expedition are of significant importance. <br> Pinckard was in Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and served on the staff of General Samuel Hulse. He was promoted for his services to the rank of deputy inspector-general of hospitals and had a part in the direction of the medical service in the Duke of York's expedition to Den Helder. On his return he took a house in Great Russell Street then moved to Bloomsbury Square London and resided there till his death. He established the Bloomsbury Dispensary and was physician to it for thirty years. In 1823 he formulated the idea of insuring lives beyond the normal bounds from a medical standpoint leading to the foundation in 1824 of Clerical Medical. He was chairman and a director from its foundation in 1824 to his death in 1835. Wiki. Larned calls the work a very useful and readable description of Barbadoes Guiana and the West Indies Islands.<br> Complete three volume sets of the first edition of Pinckard's Notes on the West Indies are very rare in commerce.<br> Sabin 62893. Larned 4132<br> Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme hardcover
Bookseller reference : 70117
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Carlile Homer E.
The Removal Of The Eastern Cherokees
Muskogee OK.: Hoffman Printing. NF/NONE. 1983. Hardcover. Near fine book is bound in a blue pictorial binding with black lettering. It is clean straight & tight with just a touch of shelf wear at the upper spine end and a slightly ragged area on the lower edge of the front free endpage probably done at the time of binding. A thesis written in 1938 and submitted to the Department of History Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. ; 9" x 6 1/4"; 83 pages . Hoffman Printing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9132
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Carlson Joel
No Neutral Ground
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1973. Hardcover. Very Good /good. 382 pages indexed and illustrated with black and white photo sections. The tragic story of a South African lawyer who tried to defend black South Africans during apartheid. White cloth binding with brown lettering on spine orange end papers. Light spotting slight edge wear corners and spine a little bumped interior pages bright. White dust jacket with multicolored lettering has some edge wear short tears along edges of front remains of old sticker on front a little spotting chips along edges not price clipped. <br/><br/> Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00185 ISBN : 0690584571 9780690584578
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Carp Benjamin L.
DEFIANCE OF THE PATRIOTS. The Boston Tea Party & The Making Of America.
Yale University Press: 2011. 311 pages illustrated in b&w. "This evocative and enthralling book presents the broades account yet of a defining event in American history which forged the American character and continues to shape its politics today." FINE SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Yale University Press: Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031169 ISBN : 0300117051 9780300117059
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Carp Benjamin L.
Defiance of the Patriots : The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America
New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2010. Definitive work which unravels the Anglo-American crisis and Boston's response to Great Britain's attempt to have a monopolistic company sell dutied tea in the colonies. Clean tight hardback in a d/w showing lightest shelfwear - 311 pages including index. Prompt dispatch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Yale University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 060415 ISBN : 0300117051 9780300117059
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Carpenter Mary Thorn
In Cairo and Jerusalem
New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Company 1894. Probable First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 222 pages plus advertising illustrated with black and white photo plates and other images. An interesting late 19th century travelogue by an American traveler. Gray cloth binding with red stamped decorations on front cover and gilt titles on front cover and spine. Some wear to cover corners and spine ends heavily bumped wrinkles in spine and front cover along spine edge gilt a little faded on spine pencil marks and scratches on cover some staining pencil marks and drawings on first few pages through table of contents except for title page and frontispiece gift inscription on front free end paper hinges very weak with paper broken over them interior pages lightly tanned with a few pencil marks and stains back end paper missing text block tight. <br/><br/> Anson D. F. Randolph and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 01051
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CARRILLO Carlos Antonio 1783 1852
1938 Signed Limited Edition Exposition Addressed to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union.Concerning the Regulation and Administration of the Pious Fund. Translated and Edited by Herbert Ingram Priestley
<p>John Henry Nash 1871-1947 American printer and bibliophile born Woodbridge Canada. After learning the printer's trade he emigrated to the United States in <br />1894. He eventually became professor of typography at the University of Oregon. A vital and vigorous personality in American printing he made beautiful books in California under patronage which has permitted him to work without too much consideration for limits of time materials and expense. All of Nash's books are <br />collectors items and are highlighted in a 1932 edition by Lakeside Press ranking Nash's books amongst the best printers and binders since William Morris.California History A book printed by John Henry Nash of San Francisco titled 'Exposition Addressed to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union by Senor Don Carlos Antonio Carrillo Deputy for Alta California Concerning the Regulation and Administration of the Pious Fund. Translated and Edited by Herbert Ingram Priestley. Librarian of the Bancroft Library University of California. San Francisco Printed by John Henry Nash. 1938.</p><p>Only 650 Copies were printed and bound. 35 pages including introduction and actual speech. Some cover wear and jacket tear but otherwise this is a book in exceptional condition. The California Pious Fund started in the late 1600's and was used by the Jesuits Dominicans and Franciscans to set up and run the California missions up and down the coast of California. Potential invasions from Russia French and Americans in the 1830's and some earlier instances the fund was used to support the military defense of California. When Santa Ana confiscated the fund and demanded that all the missions and mission properties be sold in the 1840's the fund nearly collapsed however a rejuvenation of legal action against the government of Mexico to recover the proceeds of the fund to help support the missions which were still operating but not as a military defense system in the 1860's. An important piece of California history a very nice and somewhat rare book.</p> Nash, John hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio8
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Carroll Peter N; Noble David W.
The Free and the Unfree: A New History of the United States
London: Penguin Books 1977. Documents the dynamic relationship between the outgroups - native Americans blacks immigrants religious minorities women - with the power holders of American society. A very good clean copy which shows some light sunning to covers. Internally clean though pages tanning with age. 448 pages including index. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Penguin Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031331 ISBN : 0140220380 9780140220384
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