New York: Harper Perennial, 2015. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Reprint. Light edgewear.
xv, 516 pp. After shooting a Union soldier in her front hall with a pocket pistol, Belle Boyd became a courier and spy for the Confederate army, using her charms to seduce men on both sides. Emma Edmonds cut.....
. [American Historical Association], 1908. Hard Cover.
Base of boards faintly stained, free endpapers removed.
233-450 pp. 8vo. A separately bound edition of the Justin Winsor Prize winning essay originally published by the American Historical Association in 1906. The author, a Ph.D., was a Bulkley Fellow in History at Yale.....
Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1967. Hard Cover.
Jacket lightly rubbed, front jacket flap price clipped.
xi, 392 pp. 8vo. Includes new preface by the author. Originally published in 1932. A political and sociological study of the early United States. Includes commentary on Andrew Jackson as a land speculator, Andrew.....
. Abraham's Lady, LLC, 2011. Soft Cover.
A very nice copy.
143 pp. "This book is a unique record of magnified photos showcasing what "real" people wore in this hugely popular time period."
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Hard Cover.
Former library copy - usual markings. Rebound. Minor pencil underlining.
xviii, 522 pp. Leather spine over cloth boards, new printed marbled endpapers. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film.....
Boston: The Old South Association. Stapled Binding.
No publisher date. Wrappers lightly toned.
20 pp. From the "History of New Sweden" by Israel Acrelius. Beginning in 1749, Acrelius took a post in Wilmington, Delaware, site of a Swedish Lutheran congregation which dated to the time of the New Sweden colony.....
Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962. 6th Printing. Hard Cover.
Sixth printing. No jacket. Spine lightly faded, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper.
xvii, 220 pp. Probably no Native American handicrafts are more widely admired than Navajo weaving and Navajo and Pueblo silver work. This book, which is now in.....
London: Quercus, 2008. Adams, Ansel. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Top edge of rear jacket panel bumped.
224 pp. 14.25 x 1.25 x 17.25 inches. A stunning collection of 120 visionary photographs of the American West and its wild places showcases Adams's manipulation of light and shadow to reflect.....
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Small tear on front joint, rear cover soiled, page ridges lightly foxed.
xii, 368 pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles, color illustrations mounted on front board, illustrated endpapers. Black & white photographs and maps.....
New York: Random House, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips and small tears. Bookplate remains on front paste-down endpaper, light spots on a few pages.
442 pp. Novel set in Erie Canal country, specifically Geneva, NY.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Zenith Press, 2011. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Jacket spine head bumped. Minor general wear.
340 pp. Guns of the Civil War celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War (1861–1865) with an elegant and richly detailed history of Colt, Henry, Manhattan, Remington, Sharps, Spencer, and S&W.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997. Large Hardcover.
Bottom edge of rear jacket panel bumped.
179 pp. Beginning more than a century ago, a photographer named Seneca Ray Stoddard explored and documented the Adirondacks in a series of brilliant black-and-white images. This book presents the first major collection of.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition.
179 pp. Beginning more than a century ago, a photographer named Seneca Ray Stoddard explored and documented the Adirondacks in a series of brilliant black-and-white images. This book presents the first major collection of that work. Stoddard.....
Bradford, Pennsylvania: Forest Press, 2010. Bernik, Ed. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Includes DVD Pennsylvania Crude: The Road Trip. Jacket corners lightly bumped.
116 pp. Includes DVD Pennsylvania Crude: The Road Trip. This book takes you on a pictorial tour of the oil industry in the Pennsylvania Field from.....
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1971. Hard Cover.
No jacket.
64 pp. Discusses the sculpture, painting, signs, furniture, and other artistic works produced in America from 1620 to the early nineteenth century.
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. First state (no ads for other New World series titles). Ink name on second blank, rear hinge starting.
iv, 352, 12 pp. A historical tale based on the California Gold Rush, with black-and-white illustrations.
San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Co., Publishers, 1877. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition. Boards rubbed with some loss along edges, joints weak, cup ring stain on rear board, top corner of front flyleaf removed.
767 pp. 8vo. Original full calf, black leather spine label, gilt titles & rules, marbled endpapers.....
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1943. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
Second printing. Front jacket joint heavily rubbed, jacket edges rubbed, jacket stained. Pencil name on front paste-down endpaper, newspaper clipping mounted on front free endpaper, page edges stained.
viii, 344 pp. Color frontispiece mirrors jacket art. Number 1 in.....
Brattleboro: Stephen Greene Press, 1957. Hard Cover.
Related articles laid in. Jacket rubbed.
Historical information and black-and-white photos of the covered bridges of New England.
Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Top page ridge faintly foxed.
299 pp. When Thomas Jefferson moved his victorious Republican administration into the new capital city in 1801, one of his first acts was to abolish any formal receptions, except on New Year's.....
Washington, D.C. National Center for Constitutional Studies, 1987. Trade Paperback.
Minor sticker adhesive on rear wrapper.
xvi, 504 pp. "The Real Benjamin Franklin: The True Story of America's Greatest Diplomat. There are many Benjamin Franklins -- or at least he has taken on many different forms in the history books.....
New York: Parthenon / 20th Century Books, 1982. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
2nd printing. Spine and cover creased, pages lightly toned.
564 pp. Details investigations of mafia activity in Rochester, New York, the subsequent trials, and the debacle that followed. It is a story of perjured detectives, gang wars, organized.....
New York: Touchstone, 2001. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Pages toned.
431 pp. Black-and-white photographs. "Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental railroad -- the investors who.....
Philadelphia: American Art Marble Co., 1909. Soft Cover.
Light stain to wrappers, light water damage to pages.
60 pp. Includes color frontispiece, two-page color image of Blair County Court House, and numerous black-and-white photographs showing the uses and advantages of American Art Marble, with examples from throughout the United States
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New York: Benziger Brothers, Inc., 1959. Orban, Paul. First Edition. Hard Cover.
Page ridges faintly foxed, "Grade 7" in ink on title page.
181 pp. John Barry (March 25, 1745 – September 13, 1803) was an Irish-American officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in.....