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President Wilson's State Papers and Addresses, with Editorial Notes, a Biographical Sketch, an Introduction and an Analytical Index

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Review of Reviews Co.: 1917

Seller ID: 046006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Olive green cloth, lettered in gilt, top text block edge in gilt. Scarce 1st edition (1917). Light wear, a few spots of rubbing on lower spine panel. Former owner's book plate mounted on front fixed endpaper, a portrait of Wilson clipped from a periodical tipped on to blank recto of frontis. Text block edges mildly toned by age. illus. xiv,438 pp.
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Wall & Nassau: An Account of the Inauguration of George Washington in Federal Hall at Wall and Nassau Streets, April 30, 1789

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Bankers Trust Co.: 1939

Seller ID: 047420

ISBN: B000KLTSZC

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Color printed cloth. Minor rubbing to corners and spine extremities, slight soiling to upper back cover. 78 pp., illus. w/ color, b&w plates. Tipped-in compliments card from the Bankers Trust Co. noting the 1939 New York World's Fair.
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Notes on Thomas Jefferson

By: A Citizen of Maryland [Lloyd D. Simpson]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Sherman & Co., Printers: 1885

Seller ID: 046013

ISBN: B000TNBEIA

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good-VG

Brown cloth, lettered/decorated in gilt and blind. Narrow bands of cloth loss and mild rubbing to spine extremities, corners rubbed with top corners somewhat layered. 182 pp. Former owner's book plate mounted on front fixed endpaper, with his address inscription on front flyleaf and verso of another front blank, a few light pencil marks to early pages of text, otherwise clean and ummarked.
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American History, Illustrated with Numerous Maps and Engravings - Vol. I: Aboriginal America

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York and Boston, Sheldon & Co./Gould & Lincoln: 1860

Seller ID: 040464

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Good

Original dark mauve textured cloth. spine panel lettered in gilt. Cloth quite rubbed/flecked on front panel, spine panel tanned. Minor loss to spine extremities. Firm binding. Scattered interior soiling, generally minor. xiv,15-288 pp., illus. Former owner's signature in pencil on upper main title, dated Christmas 1864. Wear commensurate with age, but no compromising condition issues.
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States of America, from Washington to the Present Time [Salesman's Sample]

By: Abbott, John S. C., and Russell H. Conwell

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Portland, ME, H. Hallett and Co.: 1882

Seller ID: 037979

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Goldenrod cloth, lettered/illus. in gilt and black. Salesman's dummy. Modest handling wear. Sample spine panel mounted inside front cover. Sample pages and engraved plates. Subscription blanks at rear show four entries on one page in pencil, otherwise blanek.
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Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America [Episodes of Violence in U.S. History Volume I]

By: Adamic, Louis

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Chelsea House: 1983

Seller ID: 30s049

ISBN: 0877543615

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

Red stiff paper wraps. Facsimile reprint of the 2nd (1934) edition, originally republished by Chelsea in 1974. xii,495 pp. Very slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. Very scarce in this edition.
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New Letters of Abigail Adams 1788-1801

By: Adams, Abigail; Stewart Mitchell (editor, intro.)

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1947

Seller ID: 046610

ISBN: 007DKEYM

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Minor toning to text block edges. Color illus. dust jacket chipped at corners and spine extremities, with mild rubbing along edges, now in mylar. xlii,281 pp. 1st edition (matching dates).
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The Diary of John Quincy Adams 1794-1845

By: Adams, John Quincy; Allan Nevins (editor)

Price: $37.95

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1951

Seller ID: 046611

ISBN: B0007I0MYY

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Rust cloth, lettered in gold foil. Former owner's book plate mounted on front fixed endpaper (inside front cover), date stamp on front flyleaf, newsprint portrait of JQA tipped in over half-title (with partial toning to that leaf only). Dust jacket shows rubbed edges and flap folds, partial separation along rear fold, a few short closed tears, now in mylar. Matching dates but no A, thus early reprint.
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The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams

By: Adams, John, and John Quincy Adams; Adrienne Koch and William Peden (editors, intro.)

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1946

Seller ID: 046787

ISBN: B0007DMW7O

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Royal blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to extremities, text block edges a bit dulled by age. Former owner's book plate mounted inside front cover, some page reference notations penciled on rear flyleaf, some checkmarks and a few neat underlinings scattered through interior. Stated 1st ed. xxxix,413,xxix pp. Dust jacket typically a bit toned, with modest soiling to rear panel, rubbed edges, now in mylar.
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Early American Newspapers and Their Printers: 1715-1783

By: Apfelbaum, Charles and Los

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Appletree Press: 1980

Seller ID: 029769

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Brown cloth, lettered in gold foil. Covers show light spotting, with slight bump to heel of spine. Text block bound in upside-down but otherwise intact. Separation of paper along front hinge at staples, otherwise intact, binding unaffected. Imprint partially inked out (original to issue), publisher retained. 300 pp., reproducing in facsimile examples of 52 different colonial American newspapers, each preceded by a two-page introduction providing title, date, printer, history, and summary of contents. All are gathered from the New England and Mid-Atlantic states, some named simply for the ...
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Native Grace: Prints of the New World, 1590-1876

By: Arader, W. Graham, III [Wendy Shadwell (intro.)]

Price: $14.94

Publisher: Charlottesville, VA, Thomasson-Grant: 1988

Seller ID: 009111

ISBN: 0934738475

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

128 pp., fully llus. w/ color plates by Catlin, Audubon, Catesby and others. Approx. 12"x12". Dark green cloth, essentially as issued; former owner signature on front flyleaf. Dust jacket shows very slight edge wear.
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Fugitive Days: A Memoir

By: Ayers, Bill

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin Books: 2003

Seller ID: 034560

ISBN: 0142002550

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff color pictorial wraps. Slight shelf wear, a bit rubbed on upper front cover. Square, uncreased binding. [xii],308 pp.
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Amazing and Unusual USA: Hundreds of Extraordinary Sights

By: Bahr, Jeff

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Lincolnwood, IL, Publications International, Ltd.: 2009

Seller ID: 047426

ISBN: 1412716837

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Glossy color pictorial boards. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows foil Christmas gift stamp mounted at bottom rear panel corner, otherwise as issued and now in mylar. 320 pp., illus. w/ color photographs. 1st ptg., complete number line.
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Life of President Garfield: The Complete Record of a Wonderful Career...

By: Balch, William Ralston

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Edgewood Publishing Co.: 1881

Seller ID: 037532

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Dark blue cloth, lettered/decorated in gilt and black. Mild shelf wear with minor exposure at bottom corners, toned text block edges. Front hinge paper split but hinge itself firm and intact, clean interior. xxii,29-442 pp. (complete, as given). No edition or date given, but clearly a posthumous tribute to Garfield issued shortly after his 1881 assassination. Title accurate as given, not the far more common "Life of James Abram Garfield, Late President of the United States."
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The Godlike Black Dan: A Selection of Portraits from Life in Commemoration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Daniel Webster

By: Barber, James, and Frederick Voss

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Portrait Gallery: 1982

Seller ID: 024634

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Tan stiff wraps, lettered in black. Booklet. 48 pp., illus. in b&w. Light shelf wear. Scarce,
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The Paternity of Abraham Lincoln: Was He the Son of Thomas Lincoln? An Essay on the Chastity of Nancy Hanks

By: Barton, William E.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, George H. Doran Co.: 1920

Seller ID: 046617

ISBN: B000GL6E9Y

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Olive green cloth, lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges. Spine panel cloth a bit faded, slight shelf wear. Former owner's book plate mounted on front fixed endpaper (inside front cover), date stamp on front flyleaf, mild toning to portions of front endpapers. xiv,414 pp. 1st edition w/ GHD colophon on lower main title.
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American Biography; or, An Historical Account of those Persons Who Have Been Distinguished in America, as Adventurers, Statesmen, Philosophers, Divines, Warriors, Authors, and Other Remarkable Characters [Vol. I + II, Complete]

By: Belknap, Jeremy

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Boston, Printed by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews: 1794

Seller ID: 044563

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fair-Good

Complete in two (2) volumes, published (I) 1794 and (II) 1798, uniformly bound in full brown calf, gilt on burgundy title labels mounted on upper spine panels. Leather is quite worn. Vol. I front cover detached, lacking back cover. Vol. II joints weak but holding. Interiors typically somewhat foxed/toned, some dampstaining to final several leaves in Vol. II, otherwise intact. 416 + 476 pp. Vol. I front flyleaf signed by former owner Jacob Martin.
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Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum [A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career]

By: Benton, Joel, Esq.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Edgewood Publishing Co.: 1891

Seller ID: 040160

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

Rust cloth, lettered/illus. in black and gilt. Worn but intact, with modest soiling and rubbing to covers, dye lightening and spotting to lower 10% of both covers. Rubbing with minor exposure at corners and spine extremities, text block edges typically dulled by age. Text block a bit toned, with mild dampstaining along lower margins of early leaves, merely cosmetic. 621 pp., illus.
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Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 [Vol. I + II + III + IV, Complete in 4 Volumes - Standard Library Edition]

By: Beveridge, Albert J.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1928

Seller ID: 040452

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Complete in four (4) volumes, uniformly bound in dark blue cloth, gilt on black title/author labels mounted on upper spine panels, top text block edges in gilt. 1st thus (after limited edition). Modest shelf wear, a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities, 2 volumes with short closed tears to cloth at head of spine, one volume showing a few light scuffs to lower spine cloth, one label chipped on one side (no lettering loss). Minor surface rubbing to cover cloth. xxvi,297 + vii,310 + vii,361 + vii,381 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Bindings firm, interiors clean. Decently preserved set wi...
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The European Vision of America: Notes on the Exhibition

By: Borowitz, Helen O. (text); Gabriel P. Weisberg

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Kent, OH, Kent State Univ. Press for Cleveland Museum of Art: 1975

Seller ID: 031012

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Booklet, illus. goldenrod wraps. 48 pp. As issued. Issued in conjunction with the 1975-77 traveling exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Grand Palais (Paris).
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Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution [SIGNED]

By: Brookhiser, Richard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Free Press: 2003

Seller ID: 037917

ISBN: 0743223799

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Burgundy two-tone paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. One leaf (pp. 101-02) creased, otherwise as issued. xviii,251 pp. Signed by author on lower main title, full signature, no personalization or date. Scarce signed copy.
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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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History Education in the United States: A Survey of Teacher Certification and State-Based Standards and Assessments for Teachers and Students

By: Brown, Sarah Drake, and John J. Patrick

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Institutional Services Program (American Historical Association) and Organization of American Historians: 2004

Seller ID: 049731

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff illus. wraps. v,219 pp. Very slight handling wear, virtually as issued, with square, uncreased binding, clean and unmarked interior.
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The Study of American Folklore: An Introduction

By: Brunvand, Jan Harold

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton: 1968

Seller ID: 013829

ISBN: 0393098036

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Burgundy cloth, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Slight edge wear to dust jacket, spine panel a bit sunned. xiii,383 pp. 1st edition, with "1" present in number line, but presence of ISBN number mandates that this copy cannot date to 1968 (pre-ISBN).
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March of the Iron Men: A Social History of Union Through Invention

By: Burlingame, Roger

Price: $4.50

Publisher: New York, Universal Library/Grosset and Dunlap:

Seller ID: 029337

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Stiff wraps. Undated reprint, first issued 1938 in hardcover. Universal Library UL-74. Modest shelf wear with a bit of surface rubbing, original price sticker remnant at top front cover corner, a few mild stress creases along a firm, square binding. Small punch-hole along rear cover fore-edge. xvi,500 pp.
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Category: American History