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Domestic Manners of the Americans

By: Trollope, Mrs.; James E. Mooney (intro.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Barre, MA, Imprint Society: 1969

Seller ID: 050421

ISBN: 0876360002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Gray buckram, spine panel lettered in gilt on black field, slipcased. As issued. xx,329 pp., illus. Edition limited to 1,950 copies signed by editor Mooney on rear colophon, this copy out of series. Minor chipping to bottom opening edge of slipcase.
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White House Pets

By: Truman, Margaret

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, David McKay Co.: 1969

Seller ID: 022420

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Rust cloth, lefftered in gilt. Former owner's address label mounted on front pastedown, bookseller's tag on lower front flyleaf, inventory number in ink along top edge of title page, otherwise unmarked, virtually without wear. Dust jacket shows some rubbing along edges, minor chipping to bottom edge, price-clipped front flap, now in archival mylar. 1st edition, no additional printings indicated. x,174 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Early book by the author more generally known for her popular mystery series. Scarce; decently preserved.
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A March of Liberty: A Constitutional History of the United States

By: Urofsky, Melvin I.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.: 1988

Seller ID: 041052

ISBN: 0394564146

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Fuchsia cloth, lettered in gold foil. Cover cloth is rubbed/faded, otherwise only mild wear. Firm binding, clean interior. xxii,969,42,44 pp. Copyright page with explicit "First Edition" statement, number line beginning with "2."
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Benajmin Franklin

By: Van Doren, Carl

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1938

Seller ID: 003885

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Preceded by 3-vol. limited edition. Brown cloth. 845 pp., illus. Light shelf wear, back strip a bit sunned. Firm binding. Former owner bookplate on FEP.
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America

By: Van Loon, Hendrick

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Boni and Liveright: 1927

Seller ID: 034030

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dark blue cloth, lettered and bordered in gilt, with color front cover pastedown illus. Modest shelf wear, a few surface marks to cloth, spine panel somewhat darkened with faded lettering, lightly rubbed corners. Both hinges neatly mended, binding firm. xvi,17-470 pp., illus.
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Life of Gen. Ben Harrison . . . Also, Life of Hon. Levi P. Morton

By: Wallace, Gen. Lew

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, J. C. McCurdy & Co.: 1888

Seller ID: 048729

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Brown -burgundy 1/4 leather, dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, beveled edges, text block edged in gilt. Typically rubbed at corners and spine extremities. Mended hinges, firm binding. 578 pp., illus. Interior shows scattered soiling, foxing; top binding corner loss to front flyleaf.
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Early American Dress: The Colonial and Revolutionary Periods [The History of American Dress, Vol. 2]

By: Warwick, Edward; Henry C. Pitz; Alexander Wyckoff

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Benjamin Blom: 1965

Seller ID: 028140

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Light shelf wear, text block edges a bit toned by age. 428 pp., illus. Dust jacket toned by age, most evident along spine panel, with chipped spine extremities and corners, now in mylar. Toning to half-title page from vintage news clipping, removed.
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George Washington's Farewell Address to His Countrymen

By: Washington, George

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Newark, DE, Curtis Paper Company: 1954

Seller ID: 006220

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

20 pp., illus. w/ wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Limited edition, June 1954. Slightly soiled covers, almost as issued.
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The Last Wills and Testaments of George and Martha Washington and Schedule of his Property

By: Washington, George, and Martha Washington; John C. Fitzpatrick (editor)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Mount Vernon, VA, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union: 1982

Seller ID: 017819

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fine

Stiff light blue wraps. 5th edition: 1982. vii,67 pp., illus. As issued.
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Letters and Addresses of George Washington

By: Washington, George; Jonas Viles (editor)

Price: $19.95

Publisher: New York, Unit Book Publishing Co.: 1908

Seller ID: 046614

ISBN: B000KDCTNI

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Green cloth, lettered in gilt. Slightly rubbed corners and spine extremities. Former owner's book plate mounted on front fixed endpaper (inside front cover). 489,iv pp. 1908 Unit Book Publishing Co. edition, printed by the Trow Press.
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What Caused the Pueblo Revolt of 1680? (Historians at Work)

By: Weber, David J. (editor, intro.)

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's: 1999

Seller ID: 051236

ISBN: 031219174X

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Stiff illus. wraps. Essentially as issued. xii,132 pp.
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Lincoln's Administration: Selected Essays by Gideon Welles

By: Wells, Gideon; Albert Mordell (compiler, intro); H. L. Trefousse (pref., intro. notes)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Twayne Publishers: 1960

Seller ID: 032224

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Orange cloth, lettered in black. Text block edges slightly toned by age, otherwise as issued. 223 pp. Illus. dust jacket shows light shelf wear, with 3/4" closed tear at head of rear joint, minor clear tape scar along lower rear joint, minor rubbing to corners, now in mylar. Scarce.
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Freedom Foundation: Hostessing - First Lady for 22 Years at Valley Forge 1948-1970 [Reminisces [sic] of the First 21 Years of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge] [SIGNED]

By: Wells, Ruth Elizabeth Van Allen

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Valley Forge, PA, Freedoms Foundation: 1992

Seller ID: 041071

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fine

Booklet, stiff light green wraps, lettered in black. As issued. Inscribed by author on front cover, full signature, with generic "all the best from" inscription. 30,[18],16,[2],13,[5] pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Memoir.
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A Literary History of America

By: Wendell, Barrett

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Haskell House Publishers Ltd.: 1968

Seller ID: 019274

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Dark green cloth, lettered in gilt. As issued. Facsimile reprint of original (1900) edition. xi,574 pp.
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The Planters of Colonial Virginia

By: Wertenbaker, Thomas J.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Russell & Russell: 1959

Seller ID: 052286

ISBN: B000HLJQIY

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Mere hints of shelf wear, essentially as issued. Dust jacket mildly tanned along spine panel, otherwise nearly as issued, now in mylar. vi,7-260 pp. 1st ed.
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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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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: Hardcover

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: Hardcover

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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The American Miners' Association: A Record of the Origin of Coal Miners' Unions in the United States

By: Wieck, Edward A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Russell Sage Foundation: 1940

Seller ID: 052252

ISBN: B0000D5JKR

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. 1st ed. 330 pp., endpaper maps. Some surface marks/soiling to front cover cloth, text block edges typically tanned by age, otherwise only minor wear. Signature of economist Herbert R. Northrup on blank verso of front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked.
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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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Category: American History