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A Guide to the Resources of the American Antiquarian Society; A National Library of American History
Worcester, Massachusetts The American Antiquarian Society 1937 Soft Cover Fine
Book looks like new. Crisp and clean as a whistle inside and out. Measures 6-1/2"x9-3/4" with bright blue card cover and cream colored pages. Blue endpapers match cover and there are 98 pages. Illustrated with photographs in black and white showing building and samples of holdings. Contents encompass the history of the society, its membership and publications, the needs of the society, its library building and its resources. Indexed.
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18.00 USD
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Chicago Historical Society. Charter, Constitution, By-Laws, Membership List. Annual Report for the Year Ending October 31, 1914.
Chicago, Illinois Chicago Historical Society 1914 Hard Cover Very Good No DJ, as Issued
Brown boards ornamented at face with bright gilt seal and printing. Corners are a tiny bit soft, but just at tips. Pages are very clean and book is tightly bound with no names or writing. Photo of the Historical Society's building at frontis, plus two other illustrations. In addition to what is listed in title topics include donations, funds, election of officers, report of executive committee, report of Gilpin Trustees, children's lectures, librarian's report, museum accessions, publications and more. 146 pages.
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48.00 USD
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History of Tennessee Illustrated 30 East Tennessee Counties
Greenville, South Carolina Southern Historical Press 1980 Facsimile Edition Hard Cover NEW -- Slighttly Hurt No DJ, as Issued
Crisp beautiful book and last copy available, . Dark green boards highly decorated with gilt at face. Gilt printing at spine. Book is pristine, but foes show very tiny tear to top edge of spine with a vcrease to same area and very faint pink spot to side edge of text block. History of the state "from the earliest time to the present together with an historical and a biographical sketch of thirty counties of East Tennessee, besides a valuable fund of notes, original observations, reminiscenses etc. " Contains historical ad biographical sketches of the following counties:Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, James, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union and Washington.Indexed. Minimal illustration, despite title! Originally published in 1887.
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34.95 USD
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The Boston Tradition; An Exhibition in Commemoration of the 350th Anniversary Of the Founding of Boston
Boston, Mass. The Boston Foundation 1980 Soft Cover Fine
Crisp, clean booklet measuring 9" acorss and 7" high. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. The author explores the Boston tradition by looking at the contributiuons of Bostonians to the fields of Literature, Science, Business and Finance, Architecture, Religion, Politics and Law, Sculpture and both Painting and Photography, the Performing Arts, Education, Museums and Libraries, Publishing, the Decorative Arts, Social Service and Sports. Unpaginated.
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15.00 USD
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The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 1965-1968 (8 issues)
Springfield, Illinois Illinois State Historical Society Soft Cover Very Good
Nice clean collection of eight issues of this quarterly publication. All are tightly bound with pristine pages. Faults include small bit of wear to crowns and tails of spines, rubbing to face on a few, and one which shows a reglued area on spine. Overall quite good. Magazines are illustrated with photographs. Issues include: Autumn, 1965; Winter 1965; Autumn 1966; Winter 1966; Spring 1967; Summer 1967' Autumn 1967; and Summer 1968. Topics include, but are not limited to, Theodore Roosevelt and Indiana politics; Methodist circuit rider, John Scripps; Michael K. Lawler's ordeal with the 18th Illinois; the slavery extension controversy and illinois Congressmen 1846-50; Carl Sandburgh; the Infanta Eulalia, Spain's official represenative at the Columbian Exposition, World's Fair; the founding of the Chicago Daily News; the movement to establish Lebanon Seminary 1833-35; the National Road in Illinois; the Makenzie-Jefferson Theatrical Company in Galena 1838-39; politcal boss, Omer N. Custer; the leasing of mineral lands in Illinois and Wisconsin; a case study of the Chicago Negro voter 1918-1936; Admiral Dewey visits Chicago; the American Fur Company and the Chicago of 1812-1835; Wood River 1803-04; Edward Coles, a Virginia gentleman in frontier politics; the early legal and political career of Sidney Breeze and freemasonry comes to Illinois.
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28.00 USD
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The Ohio Messenger 1911 (Woman's Christian Temperance Union)
The Woman's Christian Temperance Society 1911 Soft Cover Very Good
Scarce 16 page magazine densely filled with text which marries two issues -- temperance and sufferage. Measures 9-1/4" x12-1/2" and is clean and tightly bound. Folded for mailing and shows the subscriber's name and VERY minimal address at top edge. The paper has toned on the cover,but has not on the back or inside. There are several tiny edge tears, all of which I will repair with archival tape if the buyer desires. Otherwise I will ship as is. Illustrated with a few small photographs, including a great one with a flag at a rally. Much information on specific rallies, including one at Portsmouth with lyrics to a song covering temperance and suffrage, plus history of Ohio's attempts to pass temperance laws, as well as the push-back from the liquor brewers. Very nice historical collectible.
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35.00 USD
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Vietnamese Refugee Orientation Handbook
Washington D.C. Interagency Task Force for Indochina Deaprtment of State 1975 Soft Cover Very Good
A scarce reminder of the fall of Saigon and the resultant immigration of Vietnamese refugees to the United States. This example has a white sticker to face upon which is written the name of the specific refugee. Text is in both English and Vietnamese and covers sponsorship, assistance, citizenship, education, housing, jobs, benefits, taxes, money and banking etc. Also includes U.S. map and list of agencies nationwide. Measures 8"x10" and has 59 pages. Plain white cover shows flat creases at front and back and one tiny spot to front, but is otherwise clean and nice.
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45.00 USD
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Visual History Wall Maps (set of 10 in Folder with Teacher's Guide)
Washington, D.C. Civic Education Service 1966 Soft Cover Like New VG Folder
Beautiful, colorful collection of pictorial wall maps designed for classroom use. Appear to have never been used and all fit snugly in specially designed blue accordian folder with silver printing to face. Includes teacher guide. Maps include: Exploration and Discovery, which covers early explorers such as Pizarro, Columbus, de Soto etc.; Colonization which covers the original 13 colonies, fur trading, and Native Americans; the American Revolution; the Western Frontier; American Indians; Immigration; A House Divided, which covers the period leading up to the Civil War; the Civil War; Literary America which focuses on authors such as Benet, Alcott, Iriving, Melville, Whitman, Twain, Faulkner, Ferber, etc.; and 20th Century America which covers the high points up to the Civil Rights era. Maps measure 28"x37"
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30.00 USD
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Adelman, Garry;Smith, Timothy H. Devil's Den: A History and Guide
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Thomas Pubns 1997 1577470176 / 9781577470175 Gettysburg Foundation Edition Soft Cover NEW 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Crisp, NEW book. Measures 8-3/4"x11" and is printed at front "Special Gettysburg Foundation Edition" with painting of Civil War battle. Illustrated nicely throughout with black and white photos and maps. Text offers a pre=history of the battle, then covers the Battl for Devil's Den itself, its post-battle history and touring Devil's Den today. 159 pages. Indexed.
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16.95 USD
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Andrews, Ralph W. Historic Fires of the West 1865-1915, A Pictorial History
Bonanza, 1966
Very Good/Good. Second Thus. Nice clean copy in mylar with small bit of wear to top front corners and small area at top front that has faded lightly. Lavishly illustrated with vintage photos throughout -- over 200 images in all.Covers historic fires in Colorado, Nevada, San Francisco, Utah, Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon and Washington, as well as early pumping engines, races and contests on and off duty, horse power, steamers, life in the fire house and early trucks.
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16.00 USD
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Angers, Trent The Truth About the Cajuns
Lafayette, Louisiana Acadian House Publishing 1989 0925417009 / 9780925417008 No Edition Stated, Likely First Hard Cover Fine Fine
Crisp, clean copy with no defect to book or dustjacket. Has not been price-clipped and looks most handsome in brand new protective mylar. Written to debunk the assumption that Cajuns are docile, unambitious people who live only for the next Saturday night. Photo illustrated. 120 pages.
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9.00 USD
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Arnold, Eleanor (editor) Girlhood Days; Fourth in the Series Memories of Hoosier Homemakers
The Indiana Extension Homemakers Association 1987 No Edition Stated Soft Cover Fine Wraps, Near Fine
Crisp, clearly new copy with just a tiny crease to lower front corner. Part of an oral history project in which eldlerly Indiana women shared their experiences of growing up in rural areas. Photo illustrated, including some of the contributors during childhood. Covers, family life, school, health and community life. Done in Q&A format. 202 pages.
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9.00 USD
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Boles, John B., Managing Editor The Journal of Southern History (August 1997)
The Southern Historical Association 1997 Volume LXIII, No. 3 Soft Cover Very Good Wraps, Very Good
Crisp,clean copy with pristine pages and no spine crease. Only defect is flat crease to one page corner. Issue's theme appears to be slavery. Major articles include: "The Limits of Antislavery Thought in the Revolutionary Lower South: John Laurens and Henry Laurens" by Gregory D. Massey; "Saint Domingue in Virginia: Ideology, Local Meanings and Resistance to Slavery 1790-1800" by James Sidbury; "Deference and Violence in the Postbellum Urban South: Manners and Massacres in Danville, Virginia" by Jane Dailey; and "Bogalusa Burning: The War Against Biracial Unionism in the Deep South 1919" by Stephen H. Norwood. Numerous issues available.
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8.00 USD
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Boles, John B., Managing Editor The Journal of Southern History (May, 1997)
The Southern Historical Association 1997 Volume LXIII, No. 2 Soft Cover Very Good Wraps, Very Good
Crisp,clean copy with no spine crease. Major articles include: "Autonomy and the Female Planter in Colonial South Carolina"; Fatherhood in the Confederacy: Southern Soldiers and Their Children"; and "We Have found A Moses, Theodore Bilbo, Black Nationalism, and the Greater Liberia Bill of 1939". Numerous issues available.
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8.00 USD
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Botkin, Benjamin A. A Treasury of New England Folklore
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bonanza, 1984
Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Revised Edition, Later Printing. Nice, clean, attractive copy in protective mylar. Original price stamped inside a la college bookstore. No tears or chips to dustjacket and no interior markings. Originally published in 1962. Wonderful compendium of stories, legends, tall tales, traditions, ballads and songs of the Yankee people. You'll find all sorts of goodies from ghosts, sailor's rhymes, Nantucket nauticalisms and old New England foods to old time cures, flower oracles, Captain Kidd and witches and devils and much more inbetween. 618 pages.
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15.00 USD
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Boyer, Winston S. American Roads
Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Bulfinch Press/ Little Brown, 1989
Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. No Edition Stated. Oblong. ISBN:0-8212-1708-9. Beautiful copy of a lovely coffee table book that sings the praises of America's backroads. Gorgeous full color pastoral scenes from all across the country with each road depicted imparting the spirit of its region.
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15.00 USD
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Brennan, Peggy; Brennan, Frank, Jr. Images of America, Cranbury
Charleston, SC, U.S.A.: Arcadia Publishing, 1995
Soft Cover. Fine/Near Fine, Wraps. No Edition Stated. Beautful copy -- just a touch of shopwear. Wonderful pictorial look at the history and charm of Cranbury, New Jersey. Filled with sepia-toned vintage photos with extensive explanatory cutlines. Most have never before been published, having been donated from family albums. Includes recollections and stories from "old-timers."
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12.00 USD
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