Category: American History

A Relation of Maryland [Great Americana]

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Readex Microprint Corp. : 1966

Seller ID: 054263

ISBN: B08XVW7SRR

Condition: Near Fine

Burgundy leatherette, lettered in gilt. Slight surface rub on lower front cover, inventory number inked on bottom text block edge, otherwise as issued. [vi],56,[23] pp. Facsimile reprint of original 1635 edition.
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A Society's Chief Joys: An Exhibition from the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Worcester, MA, American Antiquarian Society : 1969

Seller ID: 032341

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Tan stiff wraps, lettered in red. Slightly soiled along top edge of front cover, otherwise essentially as issued, now in protective clear PVC wrap. 138 pp., illus. in b&w, color.
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Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Nineteenth Congress of the United States - Published by Authority

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Peter Force for the Congress of the United States : 1827

Seller ID: 027855

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good

Light blue stiff wraps, lettered in black, deckled (untrimmed) text block edges. Both covers trimmed, remounted onto original flyleaves. Modestly soiled covers, chipped edges as expected. Text block unopened, with light soiling/foxing found mostly in wide margins. 77 pp., featuring transcriptions of treaties with various Native American tribes ("Indian Treaties") on pp. 32-53. Very scarce.
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America: An Affirmation of Faith

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Wickliffe, KY and Luke, MD, Westvaco : 1984

Seller ID: 001167

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Limited edition, Christmas annual, slipcased, gilt top, ribbon bookmark bound in. Book and case as issued.
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American War Songs

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, National Committee for the Preservation of Existing Records of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America : 1925

Seller ID: 058859

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dark blue cloth, lettered/decorated in gilt. Approx. 1" of exposure to lower front cover fore-edge and approx. 1/4" to lower back cover fore-edge, moisture spotting to back cover, otherwise only slight wear. Firm binding, clean interior. xxix,202 pp., illus. 1st ed.
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Brief History of the American Labor Movement [85th Congress, 1st Session / House Document No. 244; U.S. Dept. of Labor Bulletin No. 1000]

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C., United States Dept. of Labor/GPO : 1957

Seller ID: 019003

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Tan wraps. Booklet. 1957 revision. Slight wear, almost as issued.
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Donnelley's Industrial Directory of the Eastern District: The Buyer's Guide - A Catalog of Manufacturers and Wholesale Distributors [8th Edition - 1930]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, The Reuben H. Donnelley Corp. : 1930

Seller ID: 037679

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth, lettered/illus. in black. Modest shelf wear with some soiling to cloth on both covers and spine, rubbed with minor exposure at corners. Firm binding, clean interior though somewhat toned. Intact hinges. 412 pp., many ads. Usually found heavily used, this copy quite respectably preserved. Coverage includes CT, NY, NJ, most of PA, MD, DE, VA, NC, SC, GA and FL.
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Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal - Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 2005)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, McNeil Center for Early American Studies at University of Pennsylvania : 2005

Seller ID: 061000

ISBN: B000RSPS7K

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Stiff illus. wraps. Slight handling wear, nearly as issued. [iii],226 pp.
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Exhibition of Books and Manuscripts in Commemoration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Signing of the Constitution of the United States of America, September 17th, 1787 [Library Company of Philadelphia]

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Library Company of Philadelphia : 1937

Seller ID: 032356

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Near Fine

Booklet, tan wraps. Light shelf wear, covers slightly toned. 28 pp., 131 catalogued entries.
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Eye Magazine [Complete Run of (15) Issues March 1968 - May 1969]

Price: $395.00

Publisher: New York, Hearst Corporation : 1968

Seller ID: 062204

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Complete run, 15 issues March 1968 - May 1969, of the short-lived but influential American pop culture magazine Eye, devoted primarily to '60s youth culture: fashion, film, music, etc. Donovan, Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Warren Beatty, Jim Morrison, Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock, Ravi Shankar, I Ching, the draft and the Vietnam War, bikinis, Grace Slick, Jimi Hendrix, Hugh Hefner, LSD, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Lennon and McCartney, Tom Wolfe, tarot, JFK, the Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Tim Buckley, the Bee Gees, Candace Bergen, Julie Driscoll, Abbie Hoffman, the Smothers Brothers, Steve McQue...
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Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States, giving the Location . . . of the States, Territories, Counties, Cities, Towns, and Post-Offices in the American Union, with the Population and Other Statistics from the Census of 1850

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Bowie, MD, Heritage Books : 1990

Seller ID: 058592

ISBN-13: 9781556133718

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stiff pale yellow wraps, lettered in black. Just a hint of handling wear, slightly soiled text block fore-edge. Square, uncreased binding. 400 pp., folding map at front.
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Four Hours A Year: A Picture-Book Story of Time Inc.'s Third Major Publishing Venture -- The March of Time

Price: $19.50

Publisher: New York, Time, Inc. : 1936

Seller ID: 004576

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG-

Original prospectus for the third publishing venture (after Time and Fortune) of Time, Inc. -- and the first to fail. Tan cloth, moderately soiled. Interior clean and fully intact. Firm binding. 72 pp., illus. w/ gorgeous b&w photographs.
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Hamilton-Burr Dueling Pistols

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Richmond, VA, The United States Historical Society

Seller ID: 034473

Binding: Spiral Bound

Condition: VG+

Tri-fold, 8.5" x 11", promotional/order form for "authentic hand-made exact replicas of the famous and controversial Hamilton-Burr dueling pistols." Illus. in color, accompanied by cover letter. Mild handling wear.
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In Memoriam: William Buel Franklin, February 27, 1823 - March 8, 1903

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Privately Issued : 1903

Seller ID: 042880

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Green cloth, lettered in gilt, bordered in black, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Minor rubbing to covers and spine extremities. Ex-historical society library copy with book plate mounted on front fixed endpaper, "compliments" stamp on front flyleaf and at top corner of p. 7. 60 pp., frontis. portrait. A few very minor soil marks internally, creased frontis. tissue guard.
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Masonic Americana [Volume I + Volume II]

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Knights Templar Magazine, Grand Encampment of Knights Templar : 1974

Seller ID: 016419

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Complete in two volumes, both showing very slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. (I) 16th ptg.: May 1987; (II) 1st ptg.: May 1985. [vii],245 + ix,319 pp., illus.
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Official Documents of the Post Office Department of the Confederate States of America [Vol. I + II, Complete]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Holland, MI, Theron Wierenga : 1979

Seller ID: 058586

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in gray buckram, lettered in black. New/as issued. [vi],23,16,27,44,66,[4] + [v],57,7,49,24,11,34,19,21,[2] pp., folding chart laid in Vol. I.
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Official Documents of the Post Office Department of the Confederate States of America [Vol. I + II, Complete]

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Holland, MI, Theron Wierenga : 1979

Seller ID: 058587

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in gray buckram, lettered in black. New/as issued. [vi],23,16,27,44,66,[4] + [v],57,7,49,24,11,34,19,21,[2] pp., folding chart laid in Vol. I.
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Official Documents of the Post Office Department of the Confederate States of America [Vol. I + II, Complete]

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Holland, MI, Theron Wierenga : 1979

Seller ID: 058588

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in gray buckram, lettered in black. New/as issued. [vi],23,16,27,44,66,[4] + [v],57,7,49,24,11,34,19,21,[2] pp., folding chart laid in Vol. I.
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Official Program of the Inaugural Ceremonies inducting into Office Herbert Hoover (President of the United States) and Charles Curtis (Vice-Presidcent of the United States) - Washington, D.C., March 4, 1929

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Press of W. F. Roberts Co. for the Inaugural Committee : 1929

Seller ID: 057035

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Booklet, stiff pictorial wraps. Official program for the 1929 inauguration of Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis. Fine/as issued in original mailing envelope, which shows mild wear and soiling but is complete and without tears or damage (never mailed), thus VG.
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Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 [National Archives Microfilm Publications - Pamphlet Describing M247]

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

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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Samuel Adams: Father of American Independence

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, John Hancock Life Insurance Co. : 1922

Seller ID: 019346

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: VG+

Illus. wraps. Light handling wear. [16] pp., illus. No. 71 in the Hancock series.
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Selections from The Writings of Thomas Paine, including Age of Reason, Common Sense, Rights of Man, etc.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Carlton House : 1938

Seller ID: 038994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Two-tone blue cloth, gilt on red titles. Minor shelf wear, text block edges a bit dulled by age. Former owner's book plate mounted on lower front pastedown. [v],298 pp. Selections from Common Sense, American Crisis, Rights of Man, Dissertation on First Principles of Government, Age of Reason, and Letter to George Washington. Very scarce gold dust jacket is rubbed along edges, with minor chipping to spine extremities, and creasing to lower spine panel, now in mylar. Undated title/copyright pages, but dust jacket shows "D. P.-10-38" on lower front flap, likely indicating year of issue.
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State Papers and Correspondence bearing Upon the Purchase of the Territory of Louisiana

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office : 1903

Seller ID: 001069

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

100th anniversary commemorative of Louisiana Purchase. Modestly sunned spine panel, lightly frayed spine extremities. Mild shelf wear, small tiny holes along rear joint. Tape repair to front flylyeaf (blank). 299 pp.
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The Bowne House: A National Shrine to Religious Freedom

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Flushing, Long Island, NY, The Bowne House Historical Society : 1953

Seller ID: 054495

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: VG+

Stiff dark blue textured wraps, lettered in gilt. Front cover partially sunned, back cover a bit faded toward edges. Firm binding, clean interior. 45 pp., illus.
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Category: American History