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Boston: T.B. Wait & Co., 1809. Hardcover. VG 8vo. Rebound in modern green leatherette with gilt title to spine. Foxing, browning to interior though text remains bright. Frontis with original tissue guard. No writing or chipping, interior in nice shape. 519 pp. American Biographical History. AMEBIO/3063. Very Good. More
Chelsea: H. Mason and Son, 1880. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in beige paper wraps with black title to front wrapper. Minor chipped and creasing to corners. Text is clean and bright. 34 pages. American History. Massachusetts. MA309251. Very Good. More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. Hardcover. 8vo. Modern rebinding in black leatherette covered boards with gilt title to spine. Marbled edges to pages. Interior is clean and bright with many illustrations throughout including a frontispiece with tissue guard intact. Index, 713 pages. American History. AMEBIO/3043. Near Fine. More
Richmond: The Dietz Press, (1951). Hardcover. 8vo. Scarce. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Else is clean and bright. Blue and white illustrated dust jacket with blue title to front and spine panels. Minor soiling, creasing and edgewear to jacket as well as "Claiborne" and "Hale of Kent" written in faded pen to spine panel. Index, 340 pages. VA/011419. Very Good+ / Very Good. More
Harrisburg: no publisher stated. 1876. Paperback. Very good- in wraps. Short 5 paged pamphlet. Text occasionally foxed but overall in clean condition. Last two pages detached by present. A memoranda read by Harris, at a meeting of the Hope Fire Company of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to celebrate the American centennial. Simpson was a native of Harrisburg and a Revolutionary War soldier. Terrific source for the Pa. local historian. American Biography. AMEBIO2/2212. Very Good. More
Salem: Printed at the Salem Gazette Office, 1875. Paperback. Very good in beige paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor chipping to corners and spine ends and minor foxing through out. Text is bright. 34 pages. American History. AME3/5023. Very Good. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo. Vg in red boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Minor fading to spine. Interior is clean and bright. 349 pp. American Biography. BIO5/4032. Very Good. More
New York: The New York Southern Society, 1929. Hardcover. VG in VG- dust jacket (slight staining, o/wise vg). Beige dust jacket with blue title to spine. A few smudges on jacket. Frontis, with 24 illustrations. American History. AMEBIO107131. Very Good in Very Good- DJ. More
Westminster: The Newman Press, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED from Herb O'Conor, Jr. to Victoria Banknell. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor wear to spine ends and light soiling to boards. Illustrated with clean interior. Index, 580 pages. American Biography. BIO/122305. Very Good. More
Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1892. Paperback. 8vo. Good+ in very chipped and brittle detached wrappers. Chip to title page. Text is clean and bright. 79 pages. Baltimore. BALT109251. Good +. More
Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1878. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. Very good in dark black cloth covered boards with gilt title and illustrations to front board. Minor rubbing and fading to boards. Interior is clean and bright with frontispiece and tissue guard. American History. AMEBIO210291. Very Good. More
Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1878. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. Very good in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt title and illustrations to front board. Minor rubbing and boards and fading to spine. Small spot of soiling to front board. Interior is clean and bright with frontispiece and tissue guard. 51 pages. American History. AMEBIO/031912. Very Good. More
New York: 1915. Paperback. An address given before The Society of Colonial Dames of the State of New York, on January 21 1915. Grey side stapled paper wrappers with black title ot front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright. AMBIO/022218. Near Fine. More
New York: Brentano's, 1911. Hardcover. Presentation copy signed by the author "To J.A. Wassermann with affection from his mothers dearest friend Bessie O'Connor. May 13th 1911." Elizabeth Paschal O'Connor (1850 - 1931) was the wife of Tay Pay O'Connor, Irish politician and journalist. She grew up in Texas and published several books including My Beloved South. Bookplate of Edward Wassermann to front pastedown. Very good in original red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Fading to spine and chipping to spine edges. Foxing to endpapers and a few light smudges to text but overall clean and bright. Includes 14 illustrations. Index, 352 pages. USBIO/092013. Very Good. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. Hardcover. Very good in maroon cloth covered boards with glt title to front board and to spine. Minor fading to spine and to gilt. A few small spots of discoloration to spine. Interior is clean and bright with frontispiece and tissue guard. American Biographical History. BIO209051. Very Good. More
Little, Brown and Company, 1978. Hardcover. Very good + in a very good dust jacket. Jacket has some sunning on spine. 335 pp., has appendices and notes. Politics. POL/8072. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More
New York, Washington, Hollywood: Vantage Press, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. 8vo. light blue paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Slight fading and bumping around edges. Yellowing to pages throughout, though text remains bright. Includes frontispiece illustration of Mother Elizabeth Seton. Blue illustrated price clipped dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Spine panel has faded to grey. Minor creasing and chipping to edges of dust jacket as well as minor rubbing to front and rear panels. 223 pages. American Biography. AMERBIO/041715. Very Good / Very Good. More
Warner Paperback Library, 1975. Paperback. "At sixteen, Fannie Bell Fleming from the mountains became Blaze Starr, the stripper. She wowed them in clubs across the country, carried on with the Mayor of Philadelphia, Frank Rizzo, and nearly married the Governor of Louisiana, Early Long. This is her story" (back cover). Bound in off-white paper wrappers with red title to spine and front cover. Photographic illustration of Blaze Starr to front cover. Crease and short closed tear to rear cover. Creasing to spine. Browning to interior, but text remains bright and legible. Remnants of an old price sticker to rear cover. Includes 16 pages of black and white photographs (some with partial nudity). 206 pages. AMERBIO/062118. Very Good. More
Doylestown, PA: The Bucks County Historical Society, 1972. Pamphlet. 8vo. Very good pamphlet in side stapled ilustrated yellow paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Top corner of rear free end page is torn off. Else is clean and bright. The life of rich eccentric Dr. Mercer and his various exploits. Illustrated throughout. 28 pages. Pennsylvania. Americana. AME/8082. Very Good. More
Carbondale, IL: Illinois State Historical Society, 1977. Hard Cover. Signed. Near Fine in a Near Fine pink marbled dustjacket. Minor fading to spine of dust jacket. Signed by both authors on the front flyleaf. American Biographical History. BIO1/1282. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
New Haven: Thomas H. Pease, 1866. Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. Grey paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Spine missing. Minor chipping to edges of wrappers. Front signature is loose but otherwise binding remains tight. Interior is clean and bright. 70 pages. AMERBIO/022218. Very Good. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. Hardcover. Thin 4to. Very good- in black cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Light discoloration to exterior. Lovely floral end pages. Frontispiece with intact tissue guard. Text is clean and bright. 94 pages. American Biographical History. BIO208161. Very Good -. More
Mississippi: William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, University of Mississippi, 2006. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author. Fine in grey cloth boards with silver title to spine. Pristine. In grey illustrated dust jacket with black title to spine. 228 pages. Fine / Fine. More
New York: American Geographical Society, c.1951. Paperback. Very good in blue side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Slight browning around outer edges. Light foxing to end pages. Else is Clean and bright. 59 pages. Geography. GEO1/7060. Very Good. More