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Thomas Jefferson: The Man - His World - His Influence

By: Weymouth, Lally (editor)

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1973

Seller ID: 004165

ISBN: 0399111662

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

254 pp., illus. Virtually as issued.
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In Old Pennsylvania Towns

By: Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Co.: 1920

Seller ID: 011733

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: VG+

Coverage of Lancaster, Lebanon, Gettysburg, York, Columbia, Chambersburg, Shippensburg, Carlisle, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Washington, Braddock Trail, Fort Bedford, Hollidaysburg, Jenny Lind, the Susquehanna, Sunbury, Wilkes-Barre, the Schuylkill, Pottsville, Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Chester. Illus. tan cloth, accents in dark green, orange, and white, gilt top edge. 352 pp., illus. w/ 39 b&w plates. 1st edition, matching dates. Modestly rubbed at corners and extremities, a few light surface marks, lightly toned spine panel. Firm, square binding. Excellent source on Pennsylvania colonial a...
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The Story of the White House

By: Whipple, Wayne

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Henry Altemus Co.: 1910

Seller ID: 049715

ISBN: B000859UU8

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Tan cloth, lettered/illus. in orange, green, and dark blue. Well-preserved copy with cloth slightly soiled. A few tape ghosts on endpapers. 134,[1] pp., illus. "Compliments of Leinbach & Bro" (Reading, PA clothier) stamped on back cover.
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Whistle Stop: How 31,000 Miles of Train Travel, 352 Speeches, and a Little Midwest Gumption Saved the Presidency of Harry Truman

By: White, Philip

Price: $14.50

Publisher: ForeEdge-University Press of New England: 2014

Seller ID: 044894

ISBN: 1611684536

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Brand new, as issued.
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Pictorial History of Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom: A Thrilling Account of the Land and Naval Operations of American Soldiers and Sailors in our War with Spain, and the Heroic Struggles of Cuban Patriots Against Spanish Tyranny.

By: White, Trumbull

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Freedom Publishing Co.: 1898

Seller ID: 019460

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Original moss-green cloth, lettered in gilt, newly rebacked in dark brown cloth mounted over original embossed leather (with embossed pattern still partially visible) and lettered in gold foil on spine panel, with new endsheets, new head- and tail-bands, retaining original marbled text block edges. Mildly rubbed corners, otherwise presents nearly as issued. 595 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Interior clean, very slightly toned, all plates intact. First edition, not a modern-era reprint or facsimile, handsomely rebound to be durable for decades of future use.
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The Colonial Spirit of '76: The People of the Revolution

By: Whitney, David C. (edited By Thomas C. Jones and Harriet B. Helmer)

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Chicago, J. G. Ferguson Publ. Co.: 1974

Seller ID: 002504

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Red, white and blue cloth. Binding as issued. Text block edges slightly soiled at bottom corner, else Fine. 440 pp., color illus. endpapers, color + b&w illus. Dust jacket slightly chipped at head of spine, mildly rubbed along top edges and corners, short v-shaped closed tear on front panel, rubbed with partial separation along rear flap fold, now in mylar.
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Wolfe and North America

By: Whitton, Lieut. Col. F. E.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown: 1929

Seller ID: 001063

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. Modest shelf wear, with lightly rubbed corners and extremities. Interior a bit toned. 322 pp., illus. w/ maps, b&w plates.
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Historical Mother Goose: A Jingle Book of Facts Told in Nonsense Rhymes

By: Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, with music by Louis Gottschalk

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York and Boston, G. Schirmer/Boston Music Co.: 1914

Seller ID: 019618

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dark red 1/4 cloth, paper covered boards, lettered and bordered in orange and blue. Corners are rubbed with some exposure to underboards, minor chipping along edges, covers somewhat toned. Clean interior, slightly toned, with firm binding. 38 pp. Music based on personalities and events central to American history, including Columbus, Hudson, Standish, Penn, Boone, Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, Fulton, Perry, Lincoln, the Boston Tea Party, the Declaration of Independence, and the Civil War. Scarce.
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Explosives in History

By: Wilkinson, Norman B.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Wilmington, DE, The Hagley Museum: 1966

Seller ID: 044873

ISBN: B0007FV6EC

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet, stiff pictorial wraps. 3rd ptg.: 1983. Light shelf wear. 63 pp., illus.
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Inside History of the White House: The Complete History of the Domestic and Official Life in Washington of the Nation's Presidents and their Families

By: Willets, Gilson

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, The Christian Herald: 1908

Seller ID: 001191

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: VG+

Unstated edition, probable 1st. Olive cloth, gilt lettering, blind stamped. Modestly rubbed extremities and edges. Lightly foxed endpapers, interior a bit toned. Former owner signature on front flyleaf.
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The Burden Bearer: An Epic of Lincoln [First Edition, #52/300]

By: Williams, Francis Howard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, George W. Jacobs and Co.: 1908

Seller ID: 033304

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG+

Ivory 1/2 vellum, dark blue cloth covered boards, lettered in gilt on spine panel. top text block edge in gilt, deckled edges. Vellum is typically toned/soiled to a tannish color, modestly rubbed at spine extremities and along joints, otherwise solid Near Fine with only slight shelf wear. No. 52 of an edition limited to 300 copies, hand-numbered on copyright page, issued Nov. 1908. Original owner's signature, dated Nov. 1908 in pencil on front flyleaf. Firm binding, clean interior. 198 pp.
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America Illustrated

By: Williams, J. David (editor)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, New York Printing and Publishing Co.: 1879

Seller ID: 028226

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Light brown cloth, decorative borders in black, lettered in gilt, bevelled edges, text block edges in gilt. Modest shelf wear, spine panel a bit sunned, rubbed with slight exposure to several corners and spine extremities, small notch in cloth along bottom front edge. 1882 calligraphic gift inscription on front flyleaf, which shows slight loss along top edge and light vertical crease, otherwise unmarked. 121 pp., well illus. w/ reproduced engravings.
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Science, Community, and the Transformation of American Philosophy, 1860-1930

By: Wilson, Daniel J.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press: 1990

Seller ID: 049036

ISBN: 0226901432

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. New/as issued, dust jacket now in mylar. Brand new copy direct from the author. x,228 pp.
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Arthur O. Lovejoy and the Quest for Intelligibility [INSCRIBED]

By: Wilson, Daniel J.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press: 1980

Seller ID: 049039

ISBN: 0807814318

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Goldenrod cloth, lettered in black. As issued. Pictorial dust jacket is modestly sunned along spine panel and upper front panel, now in mylar. xvii,248 pp. Unique presentation copy inscribed by the author on front flyleaf to his mother, signed as "Dan."
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The Presidency of Martin Van Buren [American Presidency Series]

By: Wilson, Major L.

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Lawrence, KS, University Press of Kansas: 1984

Seller ID: 049980

ISBN: 0700602380

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dark blue cloth-effect paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. No dust jacket, otherwise as issued. xiii,252 pp. 7th ptg.
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Benjamin Franklin and His Circle: A Catalogue of an Exhibition

By: Winlock, H. E. (pref.), R. T. H. Halsey, Agnes D. Peters, Joseph Downs, and Marshall Davidson (essays)

Price: $9.50

Publisher: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1936

Seller ID: 026116

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light brown wraps, lettered in black. Modestly soiled covers, slight separation at both spine extremities. Firm binding, clean interior. ix,155 pp., 356 catalogued objects. Limited to 2,000 copies issued May 1936.
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The Cambridge Press 1638-1692: A Reexamination of the Evidence Concerning The Bay Psalm Book and the Eliot Indian Bible as well as other contemporary books and people

By: Winship, George Parker

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Freeport, NY, Books for Libraries Press: 1968

Seller ID: BIBL0414

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Blue cloth, gilt on dark red title panel on upper spine. Reprint of original 1946 edition. Slightly foxed text block edges, spine panel a bit speckled, otherwise essentially as issued. x,385 pp.
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Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry

By: Wirt, William of Richmond, Virginia

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, James Webster: 1818

Seller ID: 040029

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fair

Full leather. Worn but complete, front board detached but present, rear board loose but holding, spine panel flaking with loss at extremities. xv,427,xii pp., engraved frontis. portrait with intact tissue guard. Interior shows foxing, toning, one signature toward middle loose with slightly projecting fore-edges. Binding or reading copy.
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India Rubber Man: The Story of Charles Goodyear

By: Wolf, Ralph F.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Caldwell, ID, The Caxton Printers, Ltd.: 1939

Seller ID: 034373

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Black cloth, lettered and illus. in gilt. 291 pp. Slight shelf wear, text block edges a bit foxed/toned by age. Firm binding, clean interior. Scarce color illus. dust jacket chipped with several areas of loss along top edges, typical age toning, still displays reasonably well in archival mylar.
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The Obligation of Intellectuals to be Intelligent: Some Commentary from Jefferson and Adams

By: Wright, Louis B.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Charlottesville, VA, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation: 1974

Seller ID: 031402

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Booklet, orange printed wraps. Very slight surface rubbing to a small section of lower front cover, virtually as issued. 15 pp.
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Behold! the Polish-Americans

By: Wytrwal, Joseph A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Detroit, MI, Endurance Press: 1977

Seller ID: 037568

ISBN: 0686656407

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Blue cloth, lettered in gold foil. Lightly rubbed corners and spine extremities, slight foxing to text block edges (a bit more pronounced on top edge). Firm binding. Book plate with short gift inscription mounted on upper front flyleaf. xiv,667 pp.
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Category: American History