Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1847. Hardcover. (1st Edition) Very good. Brown cloth boards with floral blind stamped decorations. 1 1/2' by 1' piece of spine missing at the top but has been repaired with black cloth. Inside is clean and tight with light browning throughout. Americana. AME/7172. Very Good. More about Miscellaneous Essays and Discourses
Univerity of Illinois Press, 1934. Hardcover. Very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Spine slightly faded; a few small stains to outer edge of pages, not affecting text; light spotting to one area of top board. American Biography. BIO2/4180. Very Good +. More about The Life and Work of Andrew Sloan Draper
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Minor wear to spine ends and edges of boards. A few spots of foxing to early and late pages, else clean and bright. Illustrated. Size: Quarto. 113 pages. AME/051618. Very Good. More about Discovery of America by Northmen: Address at the Unveiling of the Statue of Leif Eriksen....
59th Congress, 2nd Session, document no. 484. Pamphlet. Very good condition paper brochure minus stapling on one side Indian Territory. GOV/7032. Very Good. More about Letter from the Secretary of the Interior
Philadelphia: 1901. Paperback. Very in modern purple paper wraps with original wrapper glued on. Interior is clean and bright. 63 pages. American History. AME1009261. Very Good. More about A Study of the Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc, (1944). Hardcover. 8vo. Very good in very good price clipped illustrated dust jacket with white title to front panel and black title to spine. Minor edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket. Previous owner's name to front free end page. Else is clean and bright. 273 pages. Religion. REL/062718. Very Good / Very Good. More about Walkin' Preacher of the Ozarks
New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2012. Hardcover. First Edition. An engrossing study of James and Dolley Madison's experiences before and during the War of 1812. Bound in red paper boards and in pictorial dust jacket with black spine. In near fine condition. 365 pages. AMERHIST/041816. Near Fine / Near Fine. More about Mr. and Mrs. Madison's War: America's First Couple and the Second War of Independence
New York and Cincinnati: Eaton and Mains, Jennings & Graham, 1906. Hardcover. Very good in olive cloth covered boards with white title to front board and to spine. Minor chipping to title on spine. 8vo. Frontis with tissue guard intact. Previous owner signature in ink to front pastedown. There is a small hole on page 113 / 114 in the bottom margin which does not effect the text. Includes map of dismal swamp region of Tidewater. Lacks one illustration. 249 pages.American History. VA41041. Very Good. More about In the Shadow of the Pines: A Tale of Tidewater Virginia (1st Edition
Washington: Gideon and Company, 1851. Paperback. Very good- in off-white paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Wear to exterior includes chipping and creasing as well as minor soiling. Minor foxing and staining throughout, though text remains bright. 23 pages. HIS1/1232. Very Good -. More about The Austro-Hungarian Question: Correspondence Between Mr. Hulsemann, Austrian Charge d'Affaires,...
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1960. Hardcover. Very good in orange cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Previous owner's book plate to front paste down. Some markings to margins but mostly in pencil and a few spots of pencil underlinging. Else is pristine. Orange dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Fading to spine panel and minor rubbing to rear panel of dust jacket. 276 pp. American Biographical History. BIO1/3282. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. More about Oswald Garrison Villard, Liberal of the 1920's
New York: Bonanza Books, (1949). Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in very good green dust jacket with white and yellow title to front panel and white title to spine. Spine faded to blue. Illustrated. 274 pages. American Indian History. AMIN/11122. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. More about Wells Fargo: Advancing the American Frontier
Department of the Interior. 1907. Pamphlet. Very Good+ in beige stappled wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Two attached pamphlets, 8 pages and 6 pages. Native American. AMEIND/7052. Very Good +. More about Claims Against Certain Tribes in the Indian Territory and Sale of Certain Timber on Menominee...
Burlington: Hiram Johnston and Co, 1837. Paperback. Lacks wrappers. Stab bound with cord. Minor foxing throughout and light soiling to first page. 46 pages. AMER/040319. Very Good. More about An Address Delivered Before the Literary Societies of the University of Vermont, August 2, 1837,...
New York: M.J. Ivers and Company, (1888). Paperback. Good+ in side stapled off- white illustrated paper wraps with black title to front wrapper. Browning to front wrapper. Dampstaining to edges throughout though text remains bright. 26 pages. American History. AME210311. Good +. More about Col. Ingersoll's Decoration Day Address
University Press of Kansas, 2019. Paperback. Grey illustrated paper wrappers with yellow title to front cover and spine. Illustrated. 349 pages. American Frontier History. AME/052819. Fine. More about Buffalo Bill Cody A Man of the West
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1936. Hardcover. First Edition. Black cloth boards with heavily faded gilt title to spine and emblem of a ship in gilt to front cover. Wear to spine ends, corners, and edges of boards. Minor discoloration to boards. Pencil notations and underlining (mostly lines and checkmarks) to margins of many interior pages. Occasional spots of soiling. A good reading copy. 435 pages. AMER/071819. Very Good. More about The Ark and the Dove: The Beginning of Civil and Religious Liberties in America
Providence: George H. Whitney, 1854. Paperback. Good+ in off-white paper wrappers. Appears to have once been bound as a book but boards and spine are no longer present. Binding is loose. Tear to top corner of front wrapper/frontispiece. Minor foxing to pages 87-134. Else is clean and bright. 134 pages. AME1310011. Good +. More about An Account of the Churches in Rhode-Island
Chicago: National Dairy Council, 1960. Paperback. Very good in brown paper illustrated folder containing unbound color illustrated plates with corresponding text on the opposite side. Also has a 4 page teacher's supplement explaining how to use the plates to teach children healthful living habits. A unique and interesting title, quite scarce. Light edgewear to folder. Interior is clean and bright. Americana (wraps). AME/4253. Very Good. More about What We Do Day By Day. Supplement for the Teacher
Philadelphia: William J. Campbell, 1905. Hardcover. Limited edition, #317 of 500 copies, initialled by publisher. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with paper pastedown label on slightly faded spine. Deckle-edge laid-paper. Frontis with tissue guard + 22 more plates with tissue guards throughout. Wide-margin text, clean, bright interior. Previous owner's inscription to front paste down. 318 pp. American Presidential History. PRES/3043. Very Good. More about Washington in Germantown. Being an Account of the Various Visits of the Commander-in-Chief and...
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1950. Hardcover. Very good in a very good maroon dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Minor wear to dust jacket inlcudes faded spine, rubbing, and edgewar. Contents clean and tight. References to HL Mencken. Americana. AME/8052. Very Good. More about Incredible Tale. The Odyssey of the Average American in the Last Half Century
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good orange cloth covered boards silver title to spine. No dust jacket. Light dampstain to front board where a cup was placed. Interior is tight and clean with bright text. With references to H.L. Mencken. Index, 301 pages. American History. AME/5243. Very Good. More about Incredible Tale. The Odyssey of the Average American in the Last Half Century
Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, The Rhode Island Printing Company, 1892. Paperback. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Very good- in green paper wraps with black title to front wrapper. Chipping to wrappers and spine. Front wrapper is attached with archival tape. 47 pages. American History. AME112201. Very Good -. More about Moses Brown: A Sketch, Read Before the Rhode Island Historical Society, October 18, 1892
New York: The Viking Press, 1964. Hardcover. Brown and red cloth boards with dark blue title to spine and front cover. Minor soiling to front cover and slight browning to spine. Previous owner signature in pen to front endpaper, else clean interior. 464 pages. AMER/120518. Very Good. More about O Strange New World: American Culture: The Formative Years
New York: Public Affairs, [2008]. Hardcover. First Edition of this compilation of speeches given by Jordan over the years. Inscribed to Valerie Pinson, a White Houses aide during the Carter years. Bound in original black cloth with black dust jacket with title and author to spine and front cover. Very good plus condition. 238 pages. AMER/031814. Very Good / Very Good. More about Make It Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1966. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt emblem to front board. Pristine interior. Tight binding. AMER/020805. Near Fine. More about Honolulu. Sketches of Life in the Hawaiian Islands from 1828 to 1861