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The Picket Post: A Record of Patriotism 3rd Quarter 1977

By: N/A

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Valley Forge, PA, Valley Forge Historical Society: 1977

Seller ID: 009976

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

48 pp., lightly soiled wraps. Women's role in the American Revolution; Washington's route to Valley Forge, William Dewees' petition; Valley Forge bicentennial, etc.
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Society of American Wars, Commandery of the State of New York: Second Book of the Society, May 1917 [Vol. II (1917)]

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Society of American Wars, Commandery of State of New York: 1917

Seller ID: 015957

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Royal blue 1/4 cloth, dark red cloth, lettered in gilt. Both covers moderately soiled, mildly rubbed at spine extremities and corners. Approx. 3/4" abrasion on rear cover with puncturing to cloth, neatly repaired. Foxed text block edges, interior clean. 103 pp. Firm binding. One leaf (pp. 3-4) creased at bottom corner. The second volume published by the SAW (Com. of S. of NY), relatively scarce.
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Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 [National Archives Microfilm Publications - Pamphlet Describing M247]

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration: 1971

Seller ID: 017627

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fine

Gray paper wraps. Booklet. 67 pp. Records from "Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention Record Group 360" in the National Archives. 15-pp. introduction and overview, followed by catalogue of 196 items, many with multiple parts; indexed. As issued. Accompanied by "Pamphlet Accompanying Microcopy No. 332: Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-89" (1962).
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Jamestown to Yorktown from Settlement to Nationhood

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Eastern National Park and Monument Association:

Seller ID: 018737

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Color pictorial wraps. Booklet, oblong format. Unpaginated, [40] pp., color photos throughout. Slight handling wear, almost as issued. Pictorial guide to Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, captioned and with additional text. Undated, ca. 1960s.
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Revolutionary War Veteran's Grave Register, Somerset County, Pennsylvania [Revolutionary War Veterans' Grave Register]

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Laughlintown, PA, Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services: 1979

Seller ID: 019979

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Light green wraps, lettered in black. [ii],21 pp. Date handwritten along top edge of title page, otherwise as issued.
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The Life of Major-General The Marquis de Lafayette [#268/1,000]

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Easton, PA, Privately Printed for the Maroon Club of Lafayette College: 1943

Seller ID: 026480

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Burgundy pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt. Facsimile reprint. Former owner's address label and private library inventory number on rear flyleaf, otherwise essentially as issued. 109 pp., frontis. portrait, with correction booklet inserted at p. 34, reprinting pp. 34-40 (Ch. IV) in correct order (certain paragraphs had inadvertently been omitted in the original printing). Some copies of this general edition were issued in a dust jacket, though it is unclear that dust jackets were included on the 1,000 numbered copies.
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The Washington Memorial Chapel - Washington Bi-Centennial 1732-1932

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Valley Forge, PA, Valley Forge Historical Society: 1932

Seller ID: 038688

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Booklet, tan illus. wraps, oblong format. Covers somewhat toned by age with a few spots, mild handling wear. Light dampstaining along fore-edges and corners of the final few leaves. 108 pp., illus., many local ads. Photographs and history of the chapel, listings of communicants, burials, marriages (annual report), Roll of Honor w/ alphabetical listing of patrons. Scarce.
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Proceedings on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Monument on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Paoli Massacre, in Chester County, Pa., September 20, 1877

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: West Chester, PA, F. S. Hickman, Steam-Power Printer: 1877

Seller ID: RS361

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Brown-burgundy pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt. Modest surface rubbing to both covers, rubbed along spine panel with crown a bit tattered, minor exposure to top corners. Former owner's signature and address inscription in pencil (dated 1893) on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. 78 pp., rear folding map (closed tear across one panel). Contents a bit toned.
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The Sutler of Mount Misery, Valley Forge - Specialists in 18th Century Military Reproductions [4th Edition]

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Valley Forge, PA, G. Gedney Godwin: 0

Seller ID: 043794

ISBN: B005ORZ3CY

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fine

Stiff tan illus. wraps. Small round price sticker ghost on upper front cover, otherwise as issued. 1st ptg. thus, of Fourth Edition catalog. 128 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Scarce.
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Twelve Flags of the American Revolution

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Library of Congress: 1974

Seller ID: 044121

ISBN: 0844401056

Binding: Buckram

Condition: Near Fine

Original copy, rebound in dark blue buckram, oblong format. Ex-library copy, typically marked/stamped, virtually without wear. Illus. throughout.
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New Jersey Medicine in the Revolutionary Era 1763-1787: An Exhibition

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Newark, NJ, New Jersey Historical Society: 1976

Seller ID: 046083

ISBN: B001JAAB22

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet, stiff tan wraps. Slight wear to corners, nearly as issued. 37 pp., with 112 catalogued objects, illus.
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Register of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

By: Aubin, J. Harris

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Commandery of the State of Massachusetts: 1906

Seller ID: 007579

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dark red cloth, stamped and lettered in burgundy. A few light soil marks to cloth, modestly rubbed extremities and corners. 253 pp. Scarce.
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They Were Not Afraid To Die 1775-1781 [INSCRIBED]

By: Azoy, A. C. M.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Harrisburg, PA, Military Service Publishing Co. [MSP Co.]: 1939

Seller ID: 051523

ISBN: 1164499866

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

INSCRIBED. Tan cloth, lettered/illus. in light blue. 1st ed. (1939). Mild foxing to endpapers and text block fore-edge. Minor shelf wear. Lacking dust jacket. 303 pp., illus., endpaper maps. Inscribed by author on half-title, full signature, personalized "For / Sam Slaymaker / loyal fellow veteran of / any number of Battles / of Princeton, this book / is inscribed with the / affectionate regards of his / friend and/or the author," dated 17 Apr. 1940. Scarce.
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Songs of the Revolution: A Paper Read Before the General David Humphreys Branch of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

By: Barney, Samuel E.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New Haven, CT, General David Humphreys Branch of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: 1903

Seller ID: 040036

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG+

Royal blue 1/4 cloth, ivory cloth covered boards, lettered in light blue, patterned endpapers. Lightly rubbed spine extremities, ivory portions of covers modestly soiled with mild dampstaining along upper back cover fore-edge. Former owner's book plate mounted on front flyleaf. 45 pp., rear blanks. Intact hinges, firm binding, clean interior.
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New Jersey and the Revolutionary War

By: Bill, Alfred Hoyt

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press: 1971

Seller ID: 025296

ISBN: 081350760X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Color illus. stiff wraps. Light shelf wear. x,117 pp., illus., maps. Gift shop address label mounted on front blank.
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The John Bogart Letters: Forty-two Letters written to John Bogart of Queen's College now Rutgers College and Five Letters written by him, 1776-1782 with Notes

By: Bogart, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers College: 1914

Seller ID: 024195

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Softcover, stapled binding. Appears to lack original wraps. 69 pp. Moderate handling/thumbing. Bottom corners chipped with minor loss through about p. 12, the final four leaves showing a short closed tear (approx. 1/2") along upper fore-edge. Acceptable reference copy.
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The Private Soldier Under Washington

By: Bolton, Charles K.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Gansevoort, NY, Corner House Historical Publications: 1997

Seller ID: 031095

ISBN: 0879281170

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Stiff color illus. wraps. Very slight bump to top front corner, otherwise as issued. Square, uncreased binding, unmarked interior. [xvi],258 pp.
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Captive Americans: Prisoners During the American Revolution

By: Bowman, Larry G.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Athens, OH, Ohio University Press: 1976

Seller ID: 017695

ISBN: 0821402293

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: VG+

Stiff illus. wraps. A few thumbing creases to covers, otherwise nicely preserved.
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History of Massachusetts, From 1764, to July, 1775: When General Washington Took Command of the American Army + History of Massachusetts From July, 1775, When General Washington Took Command of the American Army, at Cambridge, to the Year 1789, (Inclusive,) When the Federal Government Was Established Under the Present Constitution b/w A Particular Account of the Battle of Bunker, or Breed's Hill, on the 17th of June, 1775 [Vol. I + II]

By: Bradford, Alden

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Research Reprints, Inc.: 1970

Seller ID: 041015

ISBN: B000M1AUE8

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG-

NOTE: Volumes I and II ONLY (of 3), uniformly bound in dark plum cloth, lettered in gilt. Mild spotting to cover cloth and slight foxing to text block edges, with area of minor exposure along lower back cover fore-edge of each volume. Facsimile reprint of original 1822 (I) and 1825 (II) Richardson & Lord (Boston) editions. vii,414 + 376,27 pp.
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Dames and Daughters of the Young Republic

By: Brooks, Geraldine

Price: $23.50

Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell: 1901

Seller ID: 003399

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dark blue cloth, gilt stamped lettering. 287 pp., illus. w/ plates. Lightly sunned spine panel, a bit frayed at top extremity, else quite nicely preserved. Front hinge slightly starting, binding firm, a few former owner signatures on front endsheets. Interior fully intact. Scarce.
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Revolutionary War Records: Volume I, Virginia - Virginia Army and Navy Forces with Bounty Land Warrants for Virginia Military District of Ohio, and Virginia Military Scrip; from Federal and State Archives

By: Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co.: 1967

Seller ID: 025806

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Facsimile reprint of original (1936) edition. Slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. Date in pencil on front flyleaf. xiii,707 pp.
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Historical and Topographical Guide to Valley Forge [The Valley Forge Guide]

By: Burk, W. Herbert

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Norristown, PA, Self-Published: 1906

Seller ID: 020624

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good-VG

Pale gold cloth, lettered in dark blue. Moderately soiled cloth and endpapers, light pencil scribbling to front endppapers. [vi],93 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Approx. 2" closed tear neatly mended with tape along top edge of front flyleaf and frontis. Elusive first editon of what appears to be the first illustrated historical guidebook of the Valley Forge battlefield. Scarce.
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Pageant of Liberty Commemorating Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the American Revolution [Lancaster County Pennsylvania in the American Revolution 1775-1783]

By: Burrell, Percy Jewett, with Laura F. Kready and H. Clifton Thorbahn

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Lancaster, PA, Percy Jewett Burrell: 1926

Seller ID: 049222

ISBN: B004OG8WDI

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Stiff tan wraps, lettered/illus. in blue. Extended cover edges typically rubbed with a few short tears, mildly soiled covers. 136 pp. Gift inscription on upper front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked.
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