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Curtis, Charles P
William Tudor Gardiner 1892 - 1953
Maine: Privately Printed 1952 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. RARE copy of this illustrated biography / tribute to William Tudor Gardiner - Maine native Harvard University graduate Sergeant in World War I Maine politician who served in the Maine House of Representatives as Speaker of the House and who served two terms as Governor. Boards just slightly bowed light age-toning of endpapers. Privately Printed hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 094504
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Bancroft, Hon Geo and Simpson, Bishop
Our Martyr President Abraham Lincoln. Voices from the Pulpit of New York and Brooklyn
New York: Tibbals & Whiting 1865 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. The Honorable George Bancroft's Oration is included as well as the Oration at the Burial by Bishop Simpson. Also includes 21 sermons by various Brooklyn and New York preachers - including the Reverends Henry Ward Beecher William. R. Williams Henry W. Bellows Stephen H. Tyng Charles. S. Robinson William Ives Budington John McClintock A. N. Littlejohn Theodore L. Cuyler Joseph. P. Thompson James Eels Elbert S. Porter A. P. Rogers S. D. Burchard J. E. Rockwell Samuel T. Spear Robert Lowry Albert S. Hunt William Adams Henry J. Fox and Henry B. Smith; plus prayers by the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng and Rev. E. P. Rogers. 420 pages. Cover has edge wear and rub marks; binding is tights; few minor marks/wear within. Tibbals & Whiting hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 095226
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Zahner, Louis C
Henry Richards 1848 - 1949
Maine: By the Author 1949 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 41 page illustrated biography of Maine native Henry Richards - "The Skipper" who was a fourth generation Mainer from Gardiner. His early education was in England - a five year course at Wellington College in Berkshire England. The advent of the Civil War and the death of his father dictated a return to the U.S. and continued education in Massachusetts. This work tells of his life his philosophy his adventures. Minor wear; light foxing marks on a few pages. By the Author paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 095319
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Webster, Henry Sewall - Editor
Vital Records of West Gardiner Maine to the Year 1892
Gardiner ME: The Reporter-Journal Press 1913 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. RARE 1st Edition copy of this genealogical reference which contains birth records marriages and deaths for West Gardiner Maine 109 pages. Minimal wear. The Reporter-Journal Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 095410
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Rittenhouse, Caroline Smith
An Island Woman - Salome Sylvester Sellers Deer Isle Maine 1800 - 1909
Stonington ME: Peg Mitten Press Book. Very Good . Soft cover. First Edition. 104 page illustrated story of Salome Sylvester Sellers - "an island woman who lived her entire 108 years on Deer Isle in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Maine from 1800 to 1909. . . an everyday kind of woman". Peg Mitten Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 095432 ISBN : 0966518306 9780966518306
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Webster, Henry Sewall - Editor
Vital Records of Pittston Maine to the Year 1892
Gardiner Me: The Reporter-Journal Press 1911 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. Vital records for this Kennebec County Maine town - births marriages deaths 387 pages of valuable genealogical information! Published under authority of the Maine Historical Society. Cover has light edge wear; inked name on flyleaf. The Reporter-Journal Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 095462
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Hosmer, George L
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE TOWN OF DEER ISLE MAINE WITH NOTICES OF ITS SETTLERS AND EARLY INHABITANTS
Courier Gazette Inc. 1976 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. Modern Reprint. 289 page history of this Hancock County Maine town. Has an illustrated frontis and a fold-out map showing the location of the first settlers of Deer Isle - map is in beautiful condition!. Courier, Gazette, Inc. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 095461
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Harrison Historical Society
Bicentennial History of Harrison Maine 1905 - 2005 Volume I: History and Volume II: Area History and Genealogy
Harrison Maine: Penobscot Press 2005 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. Stated First Printing. Very nice copy of this two volume history of Harrison Maine Cumberland County western Maine. Illustrations include a fold-out map in the rear pocket of Volume I being the County Map of Harrison in 1871 superimposed on the Original Survey map showing Range and Lot Numbers. Scuff mark on 1 flyleaf where sticker was removed. Penobscot Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 095547
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By His Father
A Memoir of the Late Rev. William Croswell D.D. Rector of the Church of the Advent Boston Massachusetts.
New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1854 Book. Good. Hardcover. Book has moderate age wear including spine fading scuffs soils foxing and rub marks. D. Appleton & Co. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 095661
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Henry Aaron Yeomans
Abbott Lawrence Lowell 1856-1943 Inscribed & Signed Presentation Copy
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1948 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Inscribed & signed presentation copy to long time friend. Very good except for some bumped lower corners and minor spine sunning. Harvard University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 095925
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Taylor, Clotilde Grunsky - Editor
Stockton Boyhood - Being the Reminiscences of Carl Ewald Grunsky 1855-1877
The Friends of the Bancroft Library 1959 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. Limited First Edition. Limited edition printing of 800 copies. Written by the son of Grunsky - reminiscences of this mid-19th century geologist and civil engineer and his Stockton California boyhood. Illustrated with drawings pages are uncut. . The Friends of the Bancroft Library hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096293
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Davis, Walter Goodwin
The Ancestry of Sarah Johnson 1775-1824 Wife of Joseph Neal of Litchfield Maine
Portland Maine: The Anthoensen Press 1960 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 104 page genealogy work on the ancestry of Sarah Johnson; illustrated frontis of the Rebecca Nurse House; family tree diagram. The Anthoensen Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096391
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Davis, Walter Goodwin
The Ancestry of Sarah Miller 1755-1840 Wife of Lieut. Amos Towne of Arundel Kennebunkport Maine
Portland Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press 1939 Book. Very Good -. Soft cover. First Edition. 94 page genealogy work on the ancestry of Sarah Miller including extended ancestors in Newbury and Wells Hingham Scarborough Durham etc. Front cover and first page are creased on the bottom corner minor exterior fading/wear. The Southworth-Anthoensen Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096392
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Gino J Simi and Mario M Segreti
Saint Francis of Paola: God's Miracle Worker Supreme 1416-1507
Rockford IL: Tan Books and Publishers Inc. 1977 Book. Good . Soft cover. Moderate rub marks etc. Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096406
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Maguire, William and Beulah; completed by Jewett, Martin H
The Ancestry of Beulah Fogg Maguire of Sanford Maine
Sanford ME: By the Author 1978 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. RARE copy of this 344 page genealogy and town history. . By the Author paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096459
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Maguire, William and Beulah; completed by Jewett, Martin H
The Ancestry of William Gilman Maguire of Sanford Maine
Sanford ME: By the Author 1978 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. Front cover has light marks on side edge. RARE copy of this 245 page genealogy and town history. . By the Author paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096458
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BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW VOLUME XXIX CONTAINING LIFE SKETCHES OF LEADING CITIZENS OF SOMERSET PISCATAQUIS HANCOCK WASHINGTON AND AROOSTOOK COUNTIES MAINE
Boston: Biographical Review Company 1898 Book. Good. Leather. First Edition. Leather bound gilt-edged and decorated binding has moderate wear and significant rub marks; small stain on bottom edge of first few pages; else pages are in very good condition. "With upward of four hundred and seventy names in the index denoting that number of biographical sketches of prominent workers in various fields of useful activity factors of progress and worthy of remembrance. . . this book is fairly representative of the industrial the professional and the public life of its locality in the closing years of the nineteenth century'". 739 pages well illustrated. . Biographical Review Company hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096558
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Irving, Washington; Edited by Stanley T Williams
Tour in Scotland 1817 and Other Manuscript Notes AND Notes While Preparing Sketch Book &c. 1817 - in Slipcase
New Haven CT: Yale University Press 1927 Book. Very Good. Slipcase. First Edition. No. 370 of limited printing of 525 copies of this two volume work in slipcase. Books are in very good "plus" condition; slipcase has rub marks; some pages are uncut. Illustrated stories of Irving's travels in Scotland during 1817. Yale University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096716
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John Francis Sprague
PISCATAQUIS BIOGRAPHY AND FRAGMENTS
Bangor ME: Chas. H. Glass & Co. Printers 1899 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. First Edition. "A partial history of some who have been distinguished in public life in the Pine Tree State and who have abided in Piscataquis County and helped to make its history during a gerenration that is rapidly passing from earthly view." 102 pages. Chas. H. Glass & Co., Printers hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096773
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Rev Jotham Sewall, His Son
A Memoir of Rev. Jotham Sewall of Chesterville Maine
Boston: Tappan & Whittemore 1853 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 408 pages of memoirs of the author's father who was identified "with the rise and progress of evangelical religion in the region" of Chesterville Maine. Illustrated frontis. Binding is faded and has light wear stain on rear endpapers and top edge of last few pages inked name and name sticker on front endpapers. Tappan & Whittemore hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096981
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In Memoriam: Susan M. Page Currier 1838-1910
Salem MA: Newcomb & Gauss 1912 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Rare. A nice copy with only minor wear. . Newcomb & Gauss hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 096986
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Charles "Frankie" Hawkins
Places by the River. . . the Natives Called it Jericho - SIGNED
Colebrook NH: By the Author Printed by Liedl Printing Co. 1989 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. DATED INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Stated First Printing. DATED INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the flyleaf. 252 page illustrated stories of the author's childhood his community of Berlin New Hampshire his family genealogy etc. Minor wear/marks on dust jacket. By the Author, Printed by Liedl Printing Co. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097097
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Hawkins, Ronald F
One Boy's War - A Memoir of the Second World War - SIGNED
Northhampton New Brunswick: By the Author 2000 Book. Very Good . Soft cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Autobiographical stories from World War II of this Canadian soldier: "I was a boy soldier when I went to war and I came back a man". 292 pages illustrated. By the Author paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097127 ISBN : 0969934319 9780969934318
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David B Parker; Edited by Torrance Parker
A Chautauqua Boy in '61 and Afterward Reminiscences
Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1912 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Civil War and post-war memoirs of Parker who served briefly in the 72nd New York as a Second Lieutenant then was detailed Superintendent of the Mails of the Army of the Potomac United States Marshall and District of Virginia Chief Post Office Inspector. 388 pages illustrated. Rear inner hinge just starting to crack minor edge wear. Small, Maynard & Company hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097142
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Sir Henry Holland
Sir Henry Holland's Recollections of Past Life
New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1872 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Recollections of Sir Henry Holland 1st Baronet FRS 1788 - 1873 a British physician and travel writer. He had an extensive medical practice and was Domestic Physician to Caroline Princess of Wales briefly in 1814 and Physician Extraordinary to William IV and to Queen Victoria. He was also Physician in Ordinary to Queen Victoria in 1852. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in January 1815 and served on the council three times. He was created a Baronet in 1853. 351 pages plus additional pages of advertisements of the publishers works. Name stamp and sticker on front endpaper minor age-toning of endpapers. D. Appleton and Co. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097143
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Walter Cerf
Walter Cerf: A Personal Odyssey New in Shrinkwrap
MCMA Book. New. Hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. MCMA hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097175
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FORTY IMMORTALS OF WORCESTER AND ITS COUNTY
Worcester MA: Worcester Bank & Trust Company 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. A Brief Account of those Natives or Residents who have Accomplished Something for their Community or for the Nation Issued by the Worcester Bank & Trust Company 72 pages illustrated. Minor foxing on top page edges. Worcester Bank & Trust Company hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097378
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Ethel Colby Conant, Editor
Vital Records of Augusta Maine to the Year 1892 - Two Volumes Complete: Births Marriages and Deaths
Maine: Maine Historical Society 1934 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Vital records for this Kennebec County Maine capital city - births marriages deaths 958 pages of valuable genealogical information! Published under authority of the Maine Historical Society. . Maine Historical Society hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097394
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Ginder, Richard
With Ink and Crozier: A Biography of John Francis Noll Fifth Bishop of Fort Wayne and Founder of Our Sunday Visitor
1990 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. First Edition. A rare hard cover in dust jacket. 286 page illustrated biography. Dust jacket has a small tear on bottom front left corner; also has minor rub marks. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097405
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Francis, Philip
Horace
London: J.F.Dove 1827. Hardcover without dust jacket. With notes by H.J. Pye. Very good condition for its age appears to be rebound endpapers are different to main body of text. Board edges lightly worn mark to rough-cut page block and previous owners' names penned to FEP and to title page. Some light foxing throughout the text and tears to side edges of 2 or 3 pages. Text is clear throughout. AD. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. J.F.Dove Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 523113
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William Cushing Adams
Jonathan Edwards Adams D.D. and Maine Congregationalism - SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
Portland Maine: The Southworth Press 1933 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Fifth Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY on the flyleaf. Biography of John Edwards Adams by his son who "endeavored to portray the life of my father with his Scotch ancestry and religious background. . . through four years at Bowdoin his religious studies and ministry his service in the U.S. Christian Commission in 1863" including his experiences at the Battle of Gettysburg "his noble service for Congregationalism in Maine. . ." Rare to find a first edition every RARER to find a SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY!!! 164 pages illustrated. Bookplate on front pastedown. The Southworth Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097516
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Davis, Walter Goodwin
THE ANCESTRY OF JOSEPH WATERHOUSE 1754-1837 OF STANDISH MAINE
Portland Maine: The Anthoensen Press 1949 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 144 page story of Joseph Waterhouse and his ancestry - including family trees of Fernald of Portsmouth Moses of Portsmouth Sherburne of Portsmouth Gibbons of Piscataqua Libby of Scarborough Brown of Scarborough and Mary Sloper's family record. Illustrated frontis illustrations of family tree diagrams. Minor wear. . The Anthoensen Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097561
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Davis, Walter Goodwin
The Ancestry of Sarah Stone Wife of James Patten of Arundel Kennebunkport Maine
Portland Maine: The Southworth Press 1930 Book. Very Good -. Soft cover. First Edition. 152 page story of Sarah Stone and her ancestry - including family in Beverly Massachusetts Marblehead Salem boxford Rowley New Haven England and Hampton. Soft cover has light fading and edge wear lacking the bottom 1/2" of the spine covering. . The Southworth Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097604
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Lyndon Oak
A Sketch of the Life of General James Irish of Gorham Maine 1776-1863 with SIGNED LETTER from Irish's Grandson
Boston: Lee & Shepard 1898 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. RARE copy of this biography which also offers a great look at the early settlement history of Gorham Maine. Includes a hand-written letter from Irish's grandson loosely affixed to the inside of the back cover. Illustrated 70 pages. Unlettered soft cover has some wear and marks brief pencil note on back of one of the illustrations. Lee & Shepard paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097633
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Thomas Morgan Griffiths; Edited by Arthur Morgan Griffiths
Major General Henry Knox and the Last Heirs to Montpelier - SIGNED
Monmouth ME: Monmouth Press 1965 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Stated First Edition. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Published on the anniversary of Henry Knox's Birth. 131 page illustrated "facts relating to the Knox family and their activities in Massachusetts and Maine" centering "around the family of Major General Henry Knox George Washington's friend" who rose from poverty "to an important place in the national government and one of the largest land owners and leading promoters of industry in the early history of the United States". Binding has light wear. Monmouth Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097728
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Baxter, James Phinney
George Cleeve of Casco Bay 1630 - 1667 with Collateral Documents
South Windham ME: Branson 1991 Book. Very Good. Spiral Bound. Reprint Edition. Reprint edition of this illustrated 340 page biography of George Cleeve an early settler and founder of Portland Maine. He was Deputy President of the Province of Lygonia from 1643 until the final submission of its Maine towns to Massachusetts authority in 1658. . Branson paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 097989
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Philip Howard Gray
Penobscot Pioneers: Volume One Alley Bakeman Smart
Penobscot Press 1992 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. Overall looks like a very nice copy. Has a small smudge/stain on cover and rippling on title page. Penobscot Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 098020
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Giambattista Bodoni - In Slipcase
New York: International Typeface Corporation 1991 Book. Very Good . Soft cover. Limited First Edition. One of only 400 copies printed of this work on Giambattista Bodoni - the 18th century Italian typographer type-designer compositor printer and publisher in Parma. Illustrated. International Typeface Corporation paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 098096
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Wallace Ludden
EDUCATION THAT WAS 1898-1963 WHERE DID IT GO - SIGNED
Holland Patent NY: Steffen Publishing Co. 1982 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the flyleaf. 292 page illustrated somewhat autobiographical stories of the author's experiences with education through his life - "to tell things just as they happened". . Steffen Publishing Co. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 098180
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W Douglas MacKenzie
John MacKenzie - South African Missionary and Statesman
New York: Negro Universities Press 1969 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. RARE copy of this 564 page biography of MacKenzie a 19th century missionary to Africa written by his son. Frontis illustration looks to have been glued on the inner edge. Negro Universities Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 098450 ISBN : 0837124433 9780837124438
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Compiled by The Sisters of Visitation, Wilmington Delaware
LIFE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF RIGHT REVEREND ALFRED A. CURTIS D.D. - SECOND BISHOP OF WILMINGTON DE
New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons 1913 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. With a Preface by Cardinal Gibbons. 446 page illustrated biography of Rev. Curtis 1831-1908 who was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church served as Bishop of Wilmington from 1886-1896 and as Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore for the same years. Hard cover book in very good condition minor foxing/age-toning spine strip is lightly sunned. . P.J. Kenedy & Sons hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 098971
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John L Heaton
THE STORY OF A PAGE: THIRTY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND PUBLIC DISCUSSION IN THE EDITORIAL COLUMNS OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1913 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 364 pages of history and observations at The New York World founded by Joseph Pulitzer in 1883. Illustrated frontis of Pulitzer. The book is in very good condition; the dust jacket has moderate edge wear and is clipped on the inner flap corners; minor foxing within. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 099092
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Hepworth Dixon
John Howard and the Prison-World of Europe
Jackson and Walford London 1849. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition ex-library. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". xii 405pp. Binding firm. Wear to front joint. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges browned. Library rebind with new boards and end papers fitted along with usual library stamps. Corners slightly bumped. Contains frontispiece. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; England; 18th century; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 41511. . Jackson and Walford hardcover
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M Quatremere de Quincy
Histoire de la Vie et des Ouvrages des Plus Celebres Architectes du XIe Jusqu'a la fin du XVIIIe Tome Premier et Tome Second
New York: Hacker Art Books 1970 Book. Very Good . Hardcover. Reprint. Two volumes in one of the lives and works of the celebrated architects of the 11th through the 18th centuries. Illustrated. Hacker Art Books hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 099217 ISBN : 0878170529 9780878170524
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Burton Alva Konkle
THE LIFE AND SPEECHES OF THOMAS WILLIAMS - ORATOR STATESMAN AND JURIST 1806-1972: A Founder of the Whig and Republican Parties; Two Volumes Complete I II
Philadelphia: Campion and Co. 1905 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 757 pages illustrated. Some pages are uncut from a historical society library; minor wear/marks. Campion and Co. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 099272
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William I Hull
William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania
Swarthmore College No date. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". xvi 445pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Edges browned and marked. No date given other than 1935 though this copy postdates that. Quality reproduction with frontispiece on glossy paper and illustrations well reproduced. Swarthmore College Monographs on Quaker History Number Two. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; United States; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 41829. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Swarthmore College hardcover
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Williams, Jane (Ysgafell) (Editor)
The Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis A Balaclava Nurse Daughter of Dafydd Cadwaladyr - Two Volumes First Edition
London: Hurst and Blackett Publishers 1857 Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. RARE First Edition of this two volume autobiography of the Welch woman - Elizabeth Davis who was otherwise known as Betsy Cadwaladyr. Her "time as a Balaclava nurse in the Crimea is a central part of her life story". Primary source of Crimean War nursing. This set has been rebound and has new endpapers; Volume I lacks the title page there is faint to light dampstaining along the top page edges and more moderate to the fore-edges 1 page is torn with the bottom 1/3rd of that page missing 1 leaf is missing light foxing/minor marks within. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 099335
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Sinclair, William J
Semmelweis: His Life and His Doctrine
Manchester: Manchester University Press 1909. Hardcover without dust jacket. Gilt lettering to spine and gilt page block head. Former copy of the British Medical Association Library with a few of their stamps to prelims. Boards are edgeworn and bumped at corners with some tape residue across spine. Endpapers and pastedowns are lightly marked. Main contents are clean and binding is tight. AD. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. Manchester University Press Hardcover
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Carolyn Lyon Remington
Vibrant Silence: A Biography Signed
Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Rare inscribed & signed by author. Much history of deaf education. Normal book wear mostly around edges. Nice dust jacket. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 099442
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Major General Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Swedenborg A Hermetic Philosopher
New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1858 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. First Edition. "Being a sequel to Remarks on Alchemy and the Alchemists showing that Emanuel Swedenborg was a Hermetic Philosopher and that his writings may be interpreted from the point of view of Hermetic Philosophy; with a chapter comparing Swedenborg and Spinoza." 352 pages. The author was a career United States Army officer and author who had War Department assignments in Washington DC during the Civil War including special adviser to the Secretary of War. Born in Vermont he was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1817 was commandant of cadets at West Point served in the Seminole War in Florida and in the Mexican-American War as General Winfield Scott's inspector general. He also served as Commissioner for Prisoner of War Exchange during the Civil War. The book has blind stamped brown cloth binding with yellow endpapers. First Edition with 1858 on both the title and copyright pages. Pages are clean and crisp binding is tight. 1/8 to 1/4" wear to head and foot of the spine small insect hole on the front gutter; school of music name stamp on flyleaf and small sticker on front pastedown. All over a quite decent copy of a very rare title!. D. Appleton & Co. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 099454
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