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The Paths of Inland Commerce: A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway [Chronicles of America No. 21]

By: Hulbert, Archer B.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New Haven, CT, Yale University Press: 1920

Seller ID: 046050

ISBN: B000ZGHSOU

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dark green cloth, lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt, ivory and black, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Minor shelf wear, slight binding lean. Clean interior. xii,211 pp.
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In Their Name: Dedicated to the Brave and the Innocent Oklahoma City, April 1995 [SIGNED BY OKLAHOMA FIRST LADY CATHY KEATING]

By: Irving, Clive (editor); Mike Brake (oral history editor); Tom Brokaw; Suzanne Hodgart (photo editor); Rev. Billy Graham (fwd.)

Price: $19.50

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1995

Seller ID: 013172

ISBN: 067944825X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated 1st edition. 176 pp., illus. with color plates. As issued. Dust jacket shows very slightly rubbed edges. Inscribed by Cathy Keating, First Lady of Oklahoma, on half-title.
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The Dream City: A Portfolio of Photographic Views of the World's Columbian Exposition

By: Ives, Prof. Halsey C. (intro.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: St. Louis, MO, N. D. Thompson Publishing Co.: 1893

Seller ID: 046880

ISBN: B01M9HSM5T

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Brown 1/2 leather, brown pebbled boards, lettered in gilt (cover variant with no illustration, text only). Binding copy with both covers detached but present, lacking spine panel (binding intact and firm). Leather rubbed with loss. Contents intact and generally clean, a few minor scattered soil marks.
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A Year at Monticello -- 1795

By: Jackson, Donald

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Golden, CO, Fulcrum, Inc.: 1989

Seller ID: 045431

ISBN: 1555910505

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Black 1/4 cloth, tan paper covered boards, spine panel lettered in gold foil. As issued. Dust jacket as issued. [vii],117 pp.
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The Life of Andrew Jackson (Complete in One Volume)

By: James, Marquis

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, IN, Bobbs-Merrill: 1938

Seller ID: 001024

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Previously issued in separate volumes 1933, 1937, 1st combined. Lightly soiled toward bottom edge, slight shelf wear. Very minor closed tear on fore-edge of frontis. portrait; interior slightly toned, former owner signature on verso of FFEP. Firm binding.
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The Life of Andrew Jackson (Complete in One Volume)

By: James, Marquis

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, IN, Bobbs-Merrill Co.: 1938

Seller ID: 040493

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Red buckram, gilt on black title panel on upper spine, top text block edge stained red. Previously issued in separate volumes 1933, 1937, 1st combined. Slight shelf wear, text block edges a bit toned by age. [xiii],972 pp., illus., endpaper maps.
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An Historian's World: Selections from the Correspondence of John Franklin Jameson

By: Jameson, John Franklin (ed. Elizabeth Donnan and Leo F. Stock)

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society: 1956

Seller ID: 001154

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Slightly rubbed edges, else virtually as issued. Dust jacket moderately toned, with slightly chipped edges and extremities, one tiny hole toward lower spine panel, price-clipped front flap. xi,382 pp.
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The Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson [Vellum-Like Binding Variant, ca. 1890]

By: Jefferson, Joseph

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, The Century Co.: 1890

Seller ID: 016602

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Relatively uncommon binding variant, vellum-like ivory paper covered boards, decorated in blind, bordered in gilt, with gilt spine lettering, top edge in gilt, deckled edges. Royal 8vo. Mildly soiled, mild shelf wear. Evidence of repair to lower front joint, which showed slight separation. xv,501 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Small private library plate mounted on front pastedown. A few slightly ragged edges due to deckling (original to issue). Likely first edition, with 1889 and 1890 copyright dates, no date on title page.
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Jefferson's Letters: Selections from the private and political correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, telling the story of American independence and the founding of the American government

By: Jefferson, Thomas; Willson Whitman (editor)

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Eau Claire, WI, E. M. Hale and Co.: 1948

Seller ID: 046782

ISBN: B001CEYAGS

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dark blue pebbled cloth, spine panel lettered/decorated in silver foil. Minor rubbing to spine extremities, top front corner slightly bumped. [iv],374 pp.
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The Provincial and Revolutionary History of St. Peter's Church, Philadelphia 1753-1783 b/w George Washington, St. Peter's and the Episcopal Church

By: Jefferys, C. P. B.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, St. Peter's Church/Washington Bicentennial Committee of St. Peter's Church: 1932

Seller ID: 019640

Binding: Buckram

Condition: Near Fine

Original edition, rebound in olive buckram, lettered in gilt (not ex-library). No title page (as issued?), with title and author provided at top of p. 1. Main text is 104 pp., the second article (following) approx. 24 pp. (unpaginated), illus. w/ 9 b&w plates. Light shelf wear. Clean interior, firm binding. Scarce.
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Life of Andrew Jackson

By: Jenkins, John S.

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Green Forest, AR, Attic Books-New Leaf Publishing Group: 2011

Seller ID: 036747

ISBN: 0890516030

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Paper covered boards, deckled edges. As issued. Facsimile reprint of original 1850 edition published by American Sunday School Union. 395,[3] pp.
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A College Album, or Rah, Rah, Yesterday

By: Jensen, Oliver

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, American Heritage Publishing Co.: 1974

Seller ID: 012824

ISBN: 0070324573

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Pictorial boards, lightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities, else as issued. Light shelf wear to dust jacket, short closed tear with associated crease at bottom front corner, clipped front flap, now in Brodart sleeve. 112 pp., illus. w/ fascinating vintage b&w photographs.
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American Advertising 1800-1900

By: Johnson, Myron

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Scotia, NY, Americana Review: 1960

Seller ID: 038186

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet, light brown wraps, lettered/illus. in black. Light shelf wear, a few light surface/soil marks to covers. [32] pp., illus.
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Pioneer Spaniards in North America

By: Johnson, William Henry

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Boston, MA, Little, Brown and Co.: 1903

Seller ID: 026688

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: VG+

Dark green cloth, lettered and illus. in orange, gilt and black. Ex-library copy, typically marked/stamped but with little actual wear, call number on spine panel, stamped text block edges. xvi,381,[4] pp., illus. Firm binding, clean interior beyond library markings.
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Going, Gone, Gone: Vanishing Americana

By: Jonas, Susan, and Marilyn Nissenson

Price: $5.00

Publisher: San Francisco, CA, Chronicle Books: 1994

Seller ID: 006302

ISBN: 0811802922

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

176 pp., b&w photos. Slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. Front flap price-clipped.
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The Robber Barons: The Great American Capitalists 1861-1901

By: Josephson, Matthew

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Co.: 1934

Seller ID: 046240

ISBN: B00X172LTM

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Black cloth, lettered in silver foil, deckled bottom text block edge, top edge stained red. Essentially as issued. Dust jacket (red lettering on black field) shows minor chipping/loss at spine extremities, several corners, with two short closed tears along top rear edge, presents nicely in mylar. Stated first edition but with unpriced DJ and BOMC insert tucked in at rear. xii,474 pp.
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American Culture, American Tastes: Social Change and the 20th Century

By: Kammen, Michael

Price: $19.95

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1999

Seller ID: 048143

ISBN: 0679427406

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Black and dark rust paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. New, as issued, dust jacket now in mylar. xxvii,322 pp. Stated 1st ed.
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Abraham Lincoln's Philosophy of Common Sense: An Analytical Biography of a Great Mind [Vol. I + II + III, Complete, Slipcased]

By: Kempf, Edward J.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, New York Academy of Sciences: 1965

Seller ID: 046004

ISBN: B001RBONNQ

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Complete in three (3) volumes, uniformly bound in teal leatherette, lettered in gold foil, in original publisher's slipcase. All 3 vols. as issued, appear unread, thus Fine; slipcase shows modest shelf wear, thus VG. xxiv,412 + [v],413-870 + [v],871-1443 pp., continuously paginated.
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Himself!: The Life and Times of Mayor Richard J. Daley [SIGNED]

By: Kennedy, Eugene

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1978

Seller ID: SBS55

ISBN: 0670372587

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Green 1/4 cloth, black paper covered boards. Very slightly tanned along edges, essentially as issued. Dust jacket shows light shelf/edge wear, just a bit of soiling, several very minor (1/8" or less) closed tears along bottom front edge and base of spine. xv,288 pp., illus. Signed by author on front flyleaf. Very scarce author-signed copy.
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Radio Talk Series: 61 Issues 24 September 1944 - 21 July 1946

By: Kettering, C. F.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: General Motors Symphony of the Air: 1944

Seller ID: 018263

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG+

White wraps, printed in black, slightly toned. Group lot consisting of sixty-one (61) consecutive issues of the transcriptions, as published, of the "General Motors Symphony of the Air," broadcast weekly each Sunday at 5 p.m. over the NBC radio network. Each pamphlet is 4 pp., illustrated. Uniformly light handling wear, some showing toned covers, some with vertical fold line, all basically VG+ to Near Fine. 61 issues total. Partial series begins with 24 Sept. 1944, through 21 July 1946, lacking the following issues: 1944: 15 Oct., 29 Oct., 10 Dec., 17 Dec., 24 Dec., 31 Dec., 1945: 28 J...
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The Old Farmer and his Almanack, Being Some Observations on Life and Manners in New England a Hundred Years Ago.

By: Kittredge, George Lyman

Price: $14.50

Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press: 1920

Seller ID: 019397

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges. Lower title with 1920 date, copyright page w/ stated 3rd ptg.: Mar. 1921. Modest shelf wear, minor exposure at bottom corners. Firm binding, clean interior beyond slight and scattered foxing. xiv,403 pp., embellished with engravings.
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The Old Farmer and his Almanack, Being Some Observations on Life and Manners in New England a Hundred Years Ago.

By: Kittredge, George Lyman

Price: $14.50

Publisher: Boston, MA, William Ware and Co.: 1904

Seller ID: 019842

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges, top edge in gilt. 1st edition. Modest shelf wear, a bit rubbed at corners and spine extremities. Both hinges slightly starting, but binding is quite firm, with clean interior. xiv,403 pp., embellished with engravings. Better than typically found.
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The Life and Times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809: A Pennsylvania Member of the Continental Congress

By: Konkle, Burton Alva

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Campion and Company: 1904

Seller ID: 018036

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Burgundy ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt, top text block edge in gilt, deckled edges. Modestly rubbed spine extremities and corners. Odd spotting or pitting to cloth on front cover, roughly 10 1/8" to 1/4" spots with lightened color, perhaps moisture drops, only a cosmetic issued, otherwise nicely preserved, with firm binding and clean interior. [ix],303 pp., illus. w/ 43 b&w plates with tissue guards, including maps. Lacks front flyleaf, else fully intact.
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The American Spirit: Paintings by Mort Kunstler - Text by Henry Steele Commager

By: Kunstler, Mort (art); Henry Steele Commager (text); M. Stephen Doherty (biography); Armand Hammer (fwd.)

Price: $29.95

Publisher: New York, Harry N. Abrams: 1985

Seller ID: 023030

ISBN: 0810918382

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

Dark blue cloth, lettered in blind on front cover and in gold foil on spine. As issued. Dust jacket as issued. 240 pp., 218 illus., including 186 full color plates.
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The New History: Trends in Historical Research and Writing Since World War II [Journal of Contemporary History: 4]

By: Laqueur, Walter, and George L. Mosse (editors)

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, Harper Torchbooks/Harper & Row: 1967

Seller ID: 008443

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Originally issued as Vol. 2, No. 1 (1967) of the Journal of Contemporary History as "History Today," an important contribution to the New Historicism. 265 pp. Slightly sunned spine panel, else as issued, with square, uncreased binding.
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Category: American History