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Bohne Pall W.
Highlights in the history of American Whaling
<p>First edition. Miniature book. 2 1/2" x 1 7/8". Illustrated by Bohne. Original black leather over marbled boards. No dust jacket. Fine. 48 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>#172 of 500 copies.</p><p>Spine reads: American Whaling.</p> Bookhaven Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2221985
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Gilchrist Agnes Addison
William Strickland: Architect and Engineer 1788-1854
<p>Enlarged edition. 4to. 50 b/w illustrations 41 figures. Dust jacket clipped designed by Miriam. Very good. 312 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Includes three additional articles.</p> Da Capo Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2221968
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ROSS Janet
Three Generations of Englishwomen: Memoirs and Correspondence of Mrs. John Taylor Mrs. Sarah Austin and Lady Duff Gordon
<p>First edition. Octavo. 12 illustrations and portraits by Richard Doyle Julius Hubner and Edward Lear. 3/4 dark maroon morocco over matching cloth spines with raised bands and gilt floral tooling within gilt-ruled compartments covers ruled in gilt t.e.g. marbled endpapers spines faded to a rich brown. Fine. 2 volumes. No signatures or bookplates.</p> John Murray hardcover books
Référence libraire : 9179
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Office of History Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE; A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office 1983. The interior is extremely clean and bright with many photos throughout the text. The binding is red gilt stamped cloth. Overall a near fine copy in a like dj. . Other hardcover books
Référence libraire : 41457
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ETHERINGTON Mark.
Revolt on the Tigris: The al-Sadr Uprising and the Governing of Iraq.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0801444519 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Cornell University Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 34094 ISBN : 0801444519 9780801444517
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MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY
PUBLICATIONS OF THE COLONIAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS
1937. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORY. PUBLICATIONS OF THE COLONIAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS. Volume XXXII. Transactions 1933-1937. Boston: Published by the Society 1937. First edition. 8vo. blue cloth; lettered and decorated in gilt. Bookplate. Rubbing to cloth; slight bump to heel. Partially unopened. Very good. unknown books
Référence libraire : 46137
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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
1870. AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY JANUARY 1870. New York: American Museum of Natural History 1870. Wrappers. Light age browning to pages. Very good plus. unknown books
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ENGLAND HISTORY
HISTORY OF JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH PRINCE OF MINDELHEIM
1754. ENGLAND - HISTORY By the author of The History of Prince Eugene. THE HISTORY OF JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH PRINCE OF MINDELHEIM CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIRES OF HER BRITTANICK MAJESTY AND THE STATES OF THE UNITED PROVINCES KNIGHT AND MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER MASTER OF THE ORDNANCE &C. . n.p. n.p. 1754. 4 347 pp. 9 pp. Index. 4 pp. B-Hh6 Ii4. Complete but for missing front flyleaf. 12mo. full calf with raised bands gilt spine rules and ornaments gilt red morocco spine label. Leather worn chipped 1 inch at top of front joint. Joints cracked. Ink and pencil notes to front pastedown and title page. Foxing throughout. P. 89-90 with closed horizontal tear no loss. Several other pages have closed tears in the margins. Fair to good as is. unknown books
Référence libraire : 84823
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HISTORY FRANCE
HISTOIRE POPULAIRE DE LA FRANCE VOLS. 1-4
1862. LAHURE Ch. HISTORY - FRANCE. HISTOIRE POPULAIRE DE LA FRANCE TOME PREMIER - QUATRIEME 4 VOLS. Publication de Ch. Lahure. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1862-1863. 416/416/432/428 pp. 4to. black cloth stamped in gilt and blind AEG. Good heavy to moderate foxing spines and corners shelfworn. Gilt lettering and decoration bright. Ink ownership to front flyleaf. Volume 4's backstrip is partially detached at heel. Well-illustrated hundreds of engravings. As is. unknown books
Référence libraire : 82714
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MASSACHUSETS History of
WENHAM IN WORLD WAR II
1948. MASSACHUSETS History of. WENHAM IN WORLD WAR II. War Service of Wenham Men and Woman and Civilian Services of Wenham People. Compiled and edited by the Historical Association Wenham Village Improvement Society Inc. Salem MA: Newcomb & Gauss Co. 1948. B&w photos. Includes a fold-out map. 8vo. blue cloth stamped in gilt. Slight sunning at spine. Boards lightly soiled. Bookplate. Very good. unknown books
Référence libraire : 40047
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Chapple Joe Mitchell
To Bagdad and Back
<p>First edition. Octavo. Color frontispiece by Saul M. Arkin frontispiece etching by Levon West 2 color plates by Konrad Meindl about 10 b/w drawings by Chauncy Howard Peters 32 sepia-tone photographs 2 facsimiles. Original full red cloth stamped gilt and dark blue on spine and upper cover t.e.g. No dust jacket. Very good rubbing to spine of blue background. 298 pages.</p><p>Inscribed presentation copy signed and inscribed by Chapple to Guy Edward Murchand on front free endpaper: ".with sincere regards of the author and an appreciation of the 'new models'.The Attic Boston 1926 sic!." No other signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Author's travel in Egypt Palestine Lebanon Syria and Iraq. Notable for Levon West's etched portrait of Mohammed something which could never be accomplished by any Islamic true believer.</p> Chapple Publishing Company, Limited hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2221958
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VON ECKARDSTEIN Baron
Ten Years at the Court of St. James' 1895-1905
<p>First American edition from English sheets. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of von Eckardstein with his facsimile signature. Translated and edited with a 2 page preface by George Young. 4 page preface by von Eckardstein. 3/4 gilt stamped red morocco over red marbled boards spine with black leather gilt stamped label; marbled endpapers; t.e.g. light rubbing Very good. 255 pages. Tiffany & Co. bookplate of meatpacking businessman J. Ogden Armour on the front pastedown. Printed at Bristol Burleigh Ltd. at the Burleigh Press.</p> E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
Référence libraire : 303865
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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1928 YALE COLLEGE
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1928 YALE COLLEGE
1928. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1928 YALE COLLEGE. New Haven: Published under the direction of the Class Secretaries Bureau 1928. A pictorial historybook of Yale's Class of 1928 including a foldout photograph of the entire graduating class which is a bit worn at the edges. 8vo. navy cloth title gilt-stamped to spine. Minor scuffing to boards and moderate overall edgewear especially at spine tips. Binding a bit shaken. Clean within. About very good. unknown books
Référence libraire : 75671
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HISTORY FRANCE
HISTOIRE POPULAIRE CONTEMPORAINE DE LA FRANCE VOLS. 2-4
1865. LAHURE Ch. HISTORY - FRANCE. HISTOIRE POPULAIRE CONTEMPORAINE DE LA FRANCE TOME DEUXIEME - QUATRIEME 3 VOLS. Publication de Ch. Lahure. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1865-1866. 396/412/420 pp. 4to. black cloth stamped in gilt and blind AEG. Good heavy to moderate foxing spines and corners shelfworn. Gilt lettering and decoration bright. Ink ownership to front flyleaf. Volume 3's backstrip is partially detached at heel. Well-illustrated hundreds of engravings. As is. unknown books
Référence libraire : 80392
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EDUCATION HISTORY OF
QUARTERLY REGISTER OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY
1831. FE. EDUCATION History of. THE QUARTERLY REGISTER OF THE AMERICAN EDUC-ATION SOCIETY. Vol. III. Boston: Perkins & Marvin 1831. With a fold-out color map of the U.S. much statistical information on social conditions educational condition of the country; and articles on Self-Made Men the Moral Destiny of America etc. There is some foxing and considerable wear to the boards and cloth back only traces of the paper label remain. Still a very good tight copy in the original binding. unknown books
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WINCHESTER History of
WINCHESTER'S WAR RECORDS
1925. WINCHESTER History of. WINCHESTER'S WAR RECORDS. Civil - Spanish-American - World. Winchester Massachusetts: Andover Press 1925. 8vo. blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Slight wear to spine and corners with light foxing to text edges. A very good copy. unknown books
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Ober Fred A.
The Knockabout Club in North Africa
<p>First edition. Octavo. Illustrated with 10 black and white text illustrations and full page plates. Original red gilt and black stamp pictorial cloth and spine minor rubbing; tiny tears at head and foot of spine. No dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. A very good solid tight copy. 240 pages. Gift inscription on verso of frontispiece.</p><p>In what is presumably the first state red and gold binding.</p><p>Includes informations on the Jews of Tangiers.</p> Estes and Lauriat hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2221935
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CARRERA Jose Miguel de
A Los Chilenos su Compatriota
<p>Small 4to broadside tipped onto a stiff blank leaf. Spanish text. Bound in 1/2 gilt stamped red morocco over matching cloth spine with raised bands covers ruled in gilt. Fine. Later black cloth slipcase. Scarce. Rare broadside of the Latin American struggle for independence. Carrera 1785-1821 principal leader in the early fighting for Chilean independence where his experience in the Napoleonic Wars secured his place as head of the nationalist government; later his arrogance produced dissentions with other leaders and his rivalry with Bernardo O'Higgins led to the defeat of the nationalist forces at Rancagua in 1814.</p> [Santiago, n.p., ca. 1819] hardcover books
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DANIELL William
The Oriental Annual or Scenes in India; Comprising Twenty-Two Engravings From Original Drawings by William Daniell R.A. and A Descriptive Account by The Rev. Hobart Caunter B.D
<p>First edition. Octavo. Descriptive account by Rev. Hobart Caunter. 22 engravings from original drawings by William Daniell. 263 pages 4 pages of advertisements. Original gilt and blindstamped dark brown morocco spine with gilt stamped design of a palm tree and camel covers with gilt stamped vignette of 3 men riding on an elephant surrounded by blindstamped border of intertwined snakes a.e.g. rubbing to extremities. Very good. No foxing. Binder's ticked of F. Westley. Bookplate of H. Scofield and C.W. Nicolay with Nicolay's ink signature dated 1835.</p> Bull and Churton hardcover books
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Best Charles H.
Signature On Stiff Yellow Card
<p>6 1/4" x 3 1/2" n.d. aka Charles Herbert Best.</p><p>Best 1899-1978 Canadian physiologist born in Maine; head of the physiology department 1929-65 and director of medical research 1941-67 at the University of Toronto; associated with F.G. Banting and others in the discovery of insulin 1921; later discovered choline and histaminase.</p> unknown books
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DEPEW Chauncey M.
Signature and Date on Small Card
<p>"January 31 1902 Yours Truly - Chauncey M. Depew." 3 3/4" x 2 1/4" with holograph envelope postmarked Washington D.C. February 1 1902. Very good.</p><p>Depew 1834-1928 American lawyer; attorney for the Vanderbilt railroad interests from 1866; president of New York Central Railroad 1885-99 and chairman of the board 1899-1928; U.S. senator 1899-1911.</p> unknown books
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Adams James M.
Pioneering in Cuba
<p>First edition. Small octavo. Illustrated with b/w photos by V.K. Van De Venter Robin H. Ford John H. Rising L.E. Mayo and W.G. Spiker. Original grey pictorial cloth stamped in gilt black and green. No dust jacket. Very good small crack at rear joint. 220 pages 3 pages of ads. No signatures or bookplates. Scarce.</p> The Rumford Press hardcover books
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Burrus Ernest J.
Kino and Manje Explorers of Sonora and Arizona Their Vision for the Future. A Study of Their Expeditions and Plans with an Appendix of Thirty Documents and A Map of the Area Pimeria Alta with a Place Finder by Ronald L. Ives
Rome and St. Louis: Jesuit Historical Institute and St. Louis Univesity 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Sources and Studies for the History of the Americas Volume X. xi 793 pp with Ives' map 18" x 19" laid in; index bibliography. Original blue cloth gilt lettering on spine. Slight scuffing to spine else fine. Provides a detailed history of the exploration of the Pimeria Alta now Sonora and Arizona by Jesuit Eusebio Francisco Kino 1645-1711 and Juan Mateo Manje who accompanied Kino on nine key expeditions undertaken between 1694 and 1701. The appenidx offers annotated transcriptions of the original Spanish source material. Jesuit Historical Institute and St. Louis Univesity hardcover books
Référence libraire : 19321
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WHITE Stewart E
Daniel Boone: Wilderness Scout
<p>Octavo. 4 color plates 1 double-page 10 b/w plates decorations endpapers upper cover label and jacket designed by James Daugherty. Original blue cloth with large color pictorial label on upper cover. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped. Very good. Well illustrated biography of the legendary American frontiersman ca. 1734-1820.</p> Garden City Publishing Co. Incorporated hardcover books
Référence libraire : 197505
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Western History Association
Western History Association Annual Conference Materials: 1969-2008
Western History Association 2008. First editions. Paper wrappers. Mostly fine. A nearly continuous run of forty years lacking only 2000 of the Western History Association conference program books from the 9th to the 48th associated materials such as the Western Literature Association papers invitations and other ephemera for the various cities involved. Includes 39 conference booklets and over 67 pieces of other materials maps invitations tourism publications etc. Western History Association unknown books
Référence libraire : 39497
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Gauvin Marshall J.
Why the World is at War and Why the United States and the Allies Must Win
New York: The Truthseeker Co 1918. Softcover. Good. Revised and enlarged edition. 32 pp in original stapled wrappers. Dampstaining and chipping to wrappers text clean. Gauvin 1881-1978 was a notable author and speaker in the Freethought movement. Here he details the many perfidies of Germany and her allies and asserts that "we must do all in our power to preserve our liberties by keeping a conquering military despotism away from our shores. And the things which we cherish for ourselves we must help France and England to uphold that all of us may do our duty to humanity as guardians of civilization." The Truthseeker Co paperback books
Référence libraire : 2256
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Sitgreaves Lorenzo
Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers
Washington: Robert Armstrong 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Senate issue 32d Congress 2d Session Executive No. 59. Complete as issued with 198 pp 79 lithographed plates 23 views 6 mammals 5 birds 21 reptiles 3 fish 21 botanical plates and large folding map. Original brown cloth with chipping and tears to spine cloth. Spine cracked at pp 174/175; intermittent foxing primarily affecting the title page occasional text margins and about 20 plates mainly mammals birds reptiles and botanicals as opposed to the views which are generally clean. Map has a few splits at the intersections and one closed tear that has been repaired on the verso. This was the final expedition made by the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers in connection with the Mexican War. In addition to Sitgreaves the expedition party included J.G. Parke Richard H. Kern as draughtsman S.W. Woodhouse as physician and naturalist and Antoine Leroux as guide. Its purpose was to determine whether the Zuni River actually emptied into the Colorado and to examine the territory en route. The party followed the Zuni from Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico to the Little Colorado then continued west reaching the Colorado near the Mojave villages and then proceeding south to Camp Yuma and San Diego. Wheat 3: 22-24 notes that the map is very detailed and calls it "a monumental achievement.generally correct and exceedingly well done." Howes S-528 Wheat 763 Wagner Camp 230:1 Graff 3809 Field 1414. Robert Armstrong hardcover books
Référence libraire : 18346
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MINING Dunbar Delos S.
Canada Gold. The Rainy River District Ontario. Ideal Mining District in which American Money is Doing Great Work
Watertown NY. 4 pp on a single folded sheet 8.5 x 11 inches when folded. Undated but reprints an article from The American Mining News August 1901. Old creases from folding staple holes at upper corner all else very good. Dunbar a broker appeals to Americans for investment in this Canadian mining region because "Canadians besides lacking the mining experience are too slow to take advantage of the golden opportunities which are being grasped by the more venturesome Americans." The Rainy River District he says "possess advantages over almost every other gold mining country in the world" due to easily worked ores and ready access to fuel water transportation and labor. There was apparently something to these claims as the area is seeing a resurgence in commercial mining activity today. Not found in OCLC. unknown books
Référence libraire : 18139
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Pena Jose Enrique de la; Perry Carmen Translator ed; Friend Llerena Introduction
With Santa Anna in Texas A Personal Narrative of the Revolution
College Station TX: Texas A&M University Press 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xxix 202 pp with illustrations index. Light damage to front free endpaper name written on front pastedown lightly bumped bottom corners; else clean and sound. Dust jacket shows very light shelf wear with a few spots of nibbling at the folds. An eyewitness account of the Texas Revolution written by an intelligent and perceptive officer on Santa Anna's staff. Texas A&M University Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 1822
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War Department Annual Reports 1908 Volume II
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1908. Hardcover. Good. 286 pp 4 folding detailed financial statements 1 folding map with index in library binding red pebbled cloth. Ex-library with bookplate from Dayton Museum of Natural History front hinge cracked. This volume covers issues pertaining to Armament Transporation and Supply and includes reports from the Quartermaster-General Commissary-General Surgeon-General Paymaster-General Chief of Signal Officer and Board of Ordinance and Fortification. The folding map shows the U.S. Signal Corps telegrpah and Cable System in Alaska and U.S. Cables and Canadian Line Connecting with the United States. Government Printing Office hardcover books
Référence libraire : 1652
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Stubbs Stanley A.
Bird's-Eye View of the Pueblos
Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press 1950. Hardcover. Near fine/good. xviii 122 pp with illustrations bibliography. Light spotting to top edge of text block else fine. Dust jacket has significant losses from biopredation to rear panel; now in mylar. The dust jacket describes this volume as "a handy guide to the Indian pueblos." Includes ground plans of the Indian villages of New Mexico and Arizona with aerial photographs and scale drawings. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 1361
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Munk JA. J. A.
Southwest Sketches
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xi 311 pp with illustrations from photographs. Original pictorial cloth no dust jacket. Front hinge wobbly corners lightly bumped; else sound and clean. Sketches of a variety of places in the Southwest including chapters on the Mesa Country Land of the Cliff Dwellers Hopiland Petrified Forests of Arizona irrigation projects climate and ranching. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
Référence libraire : 963
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Chaput Donald
Francois X. Aubry Trader Trailmaker and Voyageur in the Southwest 1846-1854
Glendale CA: Arthur H. Clark Company 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 249 pp illustrations maps one folding with frontispiece appendices bibliography index. Blue buckram. Boards very slightly bowed else fine. No dust jacket. Western Frontiersman Series XVI. Chaput writes in the Foreword: "Aubry was no obscure petty trader on the frontier. From 1846 to 1854 he was the busiest most effective merchant on the Saint Louis-Santa Fe-Chihuahua-California routes . Along with this mercantile reputation he developed a talent for individual travel that has never been surpassed. His eight-hundred-mile trip on horseback from Santa Fe to Independence in five days is a record most likely to stand forever." Arthur H. Clark Company hardcover books
Référence libraire : 873
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Meyers Jeffrey
A Fever at the Core The Idealist in Politics
London: London Magazine 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 172 pp with selected bibliography. Minimal wear to corners; else fine. Fine dust jacket. A study of Wilfred Blunt Graham Roger Casement T.E. Lawrence Gabriele D'Annunzio and André Malraux who "yielded to the quixotic impulse and propelled themselves into political life with disastrous or tragic results . All six figures are significant not for what they achieved but for what they were and what they represented. These six men committed themselves to political activity but failed to resolve the Byronic conflict between egoism and idealism" dust jacket. London Magazine hardcover books
Référence libraire : 826
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Gathorne Hardy GM. G. M.
A Short History of International Affairs 1920-1939
London: Oxford University Press 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Fourth edition updated to the outbreak of war. xi 540 pp with maps index. Bumped upper corners; contents clean and sound with brief gift inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket is price clipped and has chipping to the upper spine and corners. Organized into three parts: the period of settlement 1920-1925 the period of fulfilment 1925-1930 and the period of collapse 1930-1938. Oxford University Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 796
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Lubert Steven
Murder in Tombstone The Forgotten Trial of Wyatt Earp
New Haven CT: Yale University Press 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 253 pp illustrations with bibliography index. Minimal wear to boards else fine in like jacket. "The case against the Earps with its dueling narratives of brutality and justification played out themes of betrayal revenge and even adultery. Attorney Thomas Fitch one of the era's finest advocates ultimately managed - against considerable odds - to save Wyatt Earp from the gallows. But the case could easily have ended in a conviction and Earp would have been hanged or imprisoned not celebrated as an American icon" dust jacket. Yale University Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 551
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Reid John Phillip
Patterns of Vengeance Crosscultural Homicide in the North American Fur Trade
Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society 1999. Hardcover. Fine. 248 pp with acknowledgements short titles index. Clean and tightly bound with no visible wear. No dust jacket. A legal history study focusing on relations between indigenous populations and whites in North America when dealing with disputes over homicides. Reid highlights both the dissention between cultural ideas and crosscultural assimilation of ideas about homicide vengeance and the issues created. Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society hardcover books
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MacKenzie Grieve Averil
The Last Years of the English Slave Trade Liverpool 1750-1807
London: Putnam & Co Ltd 1941. Hardcover. Good. xii 332 pp 8 illustrations with notes references index. A history of the end of the slave trade in England with accounts from the perspectives of abolitionists and slavers alikecompiled from letters records and other documentation. Spine slant some foxing edgewear to boards previous owner's bookplate. Good reading copy. Putnam & Co, Ltd hardcover books
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Footman David
The Alexander Conspiracy A Life of A.I. Zhelyabov
LaSalle IL: Open Court 1974. Hardcover. Fine. xvi 354 pp with index bibliography. An as-new copy with no dust jacket. Clean tightly bound unmarked. Andrey Ivanovich Zhelyabov 1851-1881 was a Russian revolutionary and a leading Narodnik. n June 1879 he took part in a congress of political terrorists and became an advocate of such a policy. He helped found the worker student and military arms of the extremist organization People's Will and the newspaper of that organization in 1880 and wrote several of the organization's manifestos. One of the organizers of the assassination of Alexander II he was arrested on February 27 March 11 demanded to be tried together with his subsequently captured compatriots and was found guilty and executed Britannica. Open Court hardcover books
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Vandiver Frank E. editor
Proceedings of the First Confederate Congress Fourth Session 7 December 1863-18 February 1864 Southern Historical Society Papers New Series Number XII Whole Number L.
Richmond VA: Virginia Historical Society 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Original wrappers clean tightly bound and unmarked with mild edgewear. Some pages unopened. Eight-page introduction by Vandiver followed by 463 pages of conference proceedings. An invaluable source for understanding the inner workings of the short-lived Confederate government. From the Foreword: "The proceedings presented here are somehow more than transcripts of the actions of a Congress; they are more than a diary of a legislative body. In these proceedings may be seen reflected the fears the hopes and the realities of the Southern people at war; mirrored in the movements of many political mannequins--mannequins who defy tradition by having minds of their own.Captured in the daily routine of their Congress is an amazing kaliedoscopic view of the war as the Confederates knew it." Virginia Historical Society paperback books
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Vandiver Frank editor
Southern Historical Society Papers New Series Number XIII Whole Number LI Proceedings of the Second Confederate Congress First Session Second Session in Part 2 May-14 June 1864 7 November-14 December 1864
Richmond VA: Virginia Historical Society 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. xi 475 pp original printed wrappers. Clean tightly bound unmarked; minimal wear to wraps. Publication date is given as March 1959 on cover but as 1958 on title page. Highly valuable source for understanding the inner workings of the short-lived Confederate government. Vandiver writes in the Foreword to the Proceedings of the First Confederate Conference "The proceedings presented here are somehow more than transcripts of the actions of a Congress; they are more than a diary of a legislative body. In these proceedings may be seen reflected the fears the hopes and the realities of the Southern people at war; mirrored in the movements of many political mannequins--mannequins who defy tradition by having minds of their own.Captured in the daily routine of their Congress is an amazing kaliedoscopic view of the war as the Confederates knew it." Virginia Historical Society paperback books
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Arbic Bernie
City of the Rapids: Sault Ste. Marie's Heritage SIGNED
Allegan Forest MI: Priscilla Press 2003. Softcover. Near fine. Trade paperback 347 pp indexed illustrated with b/w photos. Signed by Arbic under his name on the title page. Short inscription from previous owner describing the circumstances of purchasing the book; otherwise clean with minimal wear. Useful comprehensive history of the city of Sault Ste. Marie settlement industry citizens etc from the 18th century to the present. Priscilla Press paperback books
Référence libraire : 14619
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Linderman Frank B.; Merriam HG. Editor H. G.
Montana Adventure The Recollections of Frank B. Linderman
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1968. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 224 pp with index illustrations bibliography of Linderman's writings. A tightly bound unmarked copy in a clean dust jacket with minimal wear protected by a mylar cover. Linderman recounts his life in Montana as a trapper assayer newspaper publisher and legislator. He also writes "of his Indian friends of ways in which he was able to help them and of obtaining their legends and myths." Covers his life up to 1930. University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
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Treaty of Peace between Latvia and Soviet Russia 11.VIII.1920. Latvijas un Padomju Krievijas miera ligums
Stockholm: Latvian National Foundation 1985. Softcover. Near fine. 93 pp in original printed wrappers. Slight cover wear. Clean tightly bound unmarked. Includes essays in English Latvian French German and Russian. Latvian National Foundation paperback books
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Puisans Tadeuss
The Emerging Nation The Path of Agonizing Development from Baltic Tribalism to Latvian Nationhood
Riga: Centre of Baltic-Nordic History and Political Studies 1995. Hardcover. Near fine. 335 pp indexed illustrated. Clean tightly bound and unmarked with just a touch of wear to the corners. Centre of Baltic-Nordic History and Political Studies hardcover books
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Griffin Brian A.
Boulevard Park & Taylor Avenue Dock on the Old Bellingham Waterfront
Bellingham WA: Knox Cellars Publishing Company 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. Trade paperback 7 x 10 inches 235 pp with index many illustrations maps. Mild bump to one corner else fine. 2008 Mayor's Arts Award sticker on front cover. "A rich stew of Southside history. From the very beginnings of settlement to completion of the Taylor Avenue Boardwalk this book has it all. A great read and a must for every Bellingham bookshelf" review quote. Knox Cellars Publishing Company paperback books
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Totalitarian Regimes and their Repressions Carried out in Latvia in 1940-1956. Symposium of the Commission of the Historians of Latvia Volume 3/Latvijas Vesturnieku Komisijas Raksti 3. Totalitarie Rezimi un to Represijas Latvija 1940-1956
Riga: Latvijas vestures instituta apgads 2001. Soft cover. Near Fine. 743 pp in original printed wrappers. Light soiling to front cover else fine. Most text in Latvian some in English. Papers on the Soviet Occupation of Latvia 1940-41 and 1944-mid 50s; Nazi German Occupation of Latvia 1941-45. Latvijas vestures instituta apgads paperback books
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Wright Caleb
India and Its Inhabitants
Cincinnati: J.A. Brainerd 1854. Hardcover. Fair. Twenty-second thousand. 304 pp illustrated with many engravings. Original blind-stamped cloth boards. Spine slanted horizontal tear in spine cloth corners worn through cloth chipped at head of spine. Rear hinge cracked. First and last few pages foxed text otherwise clean and unmarked. Text based on a serious of lectures on the "manners and customs" of India the author gave after a period of travel in the country. Illustrations show female costume wildlife landscape religious ceremony festivals etc. J.A. Brainerd hardcover books
Référence libraire : 12748
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Johnson Emery R.; Van Metre TW. Huebner GG.; Hanchett DS. T. W. G. G. D. S.
History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the United States
Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington 1922. Hardcover. Good. Reprint of the 1915 edition. Two volume set. Volume 1: 363 pp; Volume 2: 398 pages with index and several folding maps showing canals and railroads in the United States during different decades. Ex-library in buckram library binding with the usual discard markings. Otherwise unmarked and sound. Due to weight shipping charges will be more than standard for priority or international orders. Carnegie Institution of Washington hardcover books
Référence libraire : 12355
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Parkman Francis Jr.
The California and Oregon Trail Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life
New York: Hurst and Company. Hardcover. Very Good. Undated reprint c. 1900. 299 pp. Dark red cloth stamped in gilt on the spine. Rubbed at the extremities brief gift inscription on front free endpaper clean and sound. Hurst and Company hardcover books
Référence libraire : 12292
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