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Adams, John

A DEFENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AGAINST THE ATTACK OF M. TURGOT IN HIS LETTER TO DR. PRICE, DATED THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1778.[3 VOLUME SET]

London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1794. Second British Edition. Leather-bound. Three octavo volumes.Half bound leather over marbled boards. Second British edition and Third Editon overall, bound without the frontispiece portrait of Adams. 392, 451,528 [36] pages which includes the index to the set. Five raised bands with black spine labels..... More

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DROWNED VALLEY : THE PISCATAQUA RIVER BASIN. John T. Adams

Adams, John T.

DROWNED VALLEY : THE PISCATAQUA RIVER BASIN

Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1976. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to half-title page. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Brown cloth-covered boards are Near Fine. Sharp corners. Pictorial dustjacket is Good Plus Jacket is lightly stained, and edges have a few creases with closed tears..... More

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A PLAN TO RECONCILE GREAT BRITAIN & HER COLONIES, AND PRESERVE THE DEPENDENCY OF AMERICA; (bound...

Anonymous (or Joseph Cawthorne)

A PLAN TO RECONCILE GREAT BRITAIN & HER COLONIES, AND PRESERVE THE DEPENDENCY OF AMERICA; (bound with: THE PETITION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MASSACHUSET'S BAY TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

London, England: Printed for J. Almon facing Burlington-street, Picadilly, 1774. Leather-bound. Sometimes attributed to Joseph Cawthorne. Samuel Adams was a member of the committee, appointed to prepare evidence in support of the petition; the article was originally published in the Journal of The House. NOTE: Roman numeral date in book..... More

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A LETTER FROM EDMUND BURKE, ESQ; ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE CITY OF...

Burke, Edmund

A LETTER FROM EDMUND BURKE, ESQ; ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE CITY OF BRISTOL, TO JOHN FARR AND JOHN HARRIS, ESQRS. SHERIFFS OF THAT CITY, ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA

London, England: Printed for J. Dodsley,in Pall-Mall, 1777. Second Edition. Softcover. 8vo. Plain paper wrappers, approximately 8" x 5". 75 pp. in all. Small, ongoing stain to very bottom of first AND last 25 pp. This second edition (of which there were two pressings) was the first London printing, after..... More

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THE OLIVE BRANCH: OR, FAULTS ON BOTH SIDES, FEDERAL AND DEMOCRATIC. A SERIOUS APPEAL ON THE...

Carey, Matthew

THE OLIVE BRANCH: OR, FAULTS ON BOTH SIDES, FEDERAL AND DEMOCRATIC. A SERIOUS APPEAL ON THE NECESSITY OF MUTUAL FORGIVENESS AND HARMONY

Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1815. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Stated Sixth edition, enlarged. 452 pages, appendix, index. Rebacked brown cloth spine over original boards. Paper label to spine, octavo. Corners chipped, chafing and edgewear, scratches and some stains to boards. Binding solid. Private library stamp to inside board and front..... More

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REMINISCENCES OF CARPENTERS' HALL, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, AND EXTRACTS FROM THE ANCIENT...

Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia

REMINISCENCES OF CARPENTERS' HALL, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, AND EXTRACTS FROM THE ANCIENT MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CARPENTERS' COMPANY OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA; (Bound together with THE BY-LAWS AND RULES AND REGULATIONS (Published T. Ellwood Chapman, Philadelphie, 1857)

Philadelphia, PA: Published by Direction of the Company. Printed by Crissy & Markley, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo., measuring 9 1/2" x 6") Brown cloth, with Masonic symbol, in gilt to front board (otherwise debossed in blind), and in blind to rear board. Small chip to mid-spine, and larger..... More

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THEODORE ROOSEVELT [SIGNED BY CHARNWOOD]. Lord Charnwood

Charnwood, Lord

THEODORE ROOSEVELT [SIGNED BY CHARNWOOD]

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and signed "For Miss Rosemary Street with compliments from Charnwood." xx,232 pages, index. Frontis photo of Roosevelt. Red cloth with embossed cameo design, titles in gilt, octavo. Corners bumped, minor edgewear, textblock square and tight. Note: Rosemary Street was the daughter..... More

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HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK : VOLUME II; To the...

Clark, William, and John Bach McMaster

HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK : VOLUME II; To the Sources of The Missouri, thence across The Rocky Mountains and Down The River Columbia to The Pacific Ocean; Performed during the years 1804-5-6, by Order of the Government of The United States; A Complete Reprint of The Biddle Edition of 1814, to which All the Members of the Expedition Contributed; With an Account of The Louisiana Purchase

New York: A.S. Barnes, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo, 7" x 4.25", maroon cloth with gilt lettering and graphic (compass star surrounded by solar petals) to front board, and lettering to spine, labeled "The Trail Makers". 410 pp. Octavo. Rubbing to extremities. Rear hinge just barely starting, but binding very tight. Lithographed..... More

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THE CUBAN AND PORTO RICAN CAMPAIGNS. Richard Harding Davis

Davis, Richard Harding

THE CUBAN AND PORTO RICAN CAMPAIGNS

New York: Scribner's, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. 360 pages+publisher ads. Frontis, plates and numerous text illustrations from photos. Foldout color map of Cuba, and color map of Porto Rico at rear, one black and white map of Santiago de Cuba and Vicinity [page 160]. Mustard cloth with blue and red..... More

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THE DUTCH AND QUAKER COLONIES IN AMERICA [TWO VOLUMES]. John Fiske

Fiske, John

THE DUTCH AND QUAKER COLONIES IN AMERICA [TWO VOLUMES]

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Two Volume Set: xvi,294+xvi,400. Index. 8 maps. Blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Octavos. Some small scattered white spotting to covers, light edgewear. Volumes square and tight. Interiors clean, no marks, etc. More

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THE LETTERS OF JOE HILL. Compiled and, Phillip S. Foner

Hill, Joe [Compiled and Edited by Phillip S. Foner]

THE LETTERS OF JOE HILL

New York: Oak Publications, 1965. First Edition. Paperback. 96 pages, bibliography. Text illustrations throughout. Illustrated orange wraps. Wear and some small chips to spine, some edgewear. Cover bright. Interior clean, binding tight. Includes letters, songs and historical notes. All existing known letters of Hill have been compiled here. More

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Hopkinson, Joseph

AN ADDRESS TO THE FREEMEN OF PENNSYLVANIA, FROM THE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, APPOINTED, BY THE FRIENDS OF JAMES ROSS, TO CORRESPOND WITH THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ELECTION OF A GOVERNOR

Germantown, Pennsylvania: Zachariah Poulson, Junior, 1799. Pamphlet. 24 pp. Stringbound. 7 5/8" x 4 1/2" More

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DAYS AND DEEDS IN THE OREGON COUNTRY. John B. Horner

Horner, John B.

DAYS AND DEEDS IN THE OREGON COUNTRY

Portland, OR: THE J.K. GILL COMPANY, 1928. Hardcover. Spine slightly shaken, but still solidly intact. Very minor wear to edge. Short stories intended to shed light on the Pacific Northwest History. More

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Jones, John Paul

LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN PAUL JONES INCLUDING HIS NARRATIVE OF THE CAMPAIGN OF THE LIMAN. FROM THE ORIGINAL LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE POSSESSION OF MISS JANETTE TAYLOR

New York: Sterotyped by A. Chandler, 1830. Leather_bound. 555 pages. Full leather binding with red spine label with titles in gilt. Octavo. Corners bumped, scratching and light chafing to boards and spine, with chip at lower spine. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper and dated December 1840. Endpapers..... More

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Mickolus, Edward

THE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE CHRONOLOGY : SPYING BY AND AGAINST THE UNITED STATES FROM THE 1700S THROUGHOUT 2014

Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Publishers, 2015. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Paperback. Trade paperback. 10" x 7". Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. No markings. As new. Spying in the United States from the Revolutionary War with George Washington as the first director of American intelligence and Benedict Arnold..... More

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PORTRAIT LIFE OF LINCOLN; Life of Abraham Lincoln, the Greatest American, told from Original...

Miller, Francis Trevelyan (Editor)

PORTRAIT LIFE OF LINCOLN; Life of Abraham Lincoln, the Greatest American, told from Original Photographs taken with His Authority during the Great Crisis through which He Led His Country -- Treasured among the 7000 Secret Service War Negatives in the Brady-Gardner Collection at Springfield, Massachusetts, and in Private Collections, valued at $150,000. Collected by Edward Bailey Eaton.

New York: The Patriot Publishing Company, 1910. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. 4to. Brick-red cloth with gilt lettering (fading) and paste-on full length portrait of Lincoln, to front board. A bit of corner and edgewear, but still very tightly bound, and a remarkably preserved century-old homage to one of our greatest..... More

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Monroe, James

A VIEW OF THE CONDUCT OF THE EXECUTIVE, IN THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES, CONNECTED WITH THE MISSION TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, DURING THE YEARS 1794, 5, & 6; Illustrated By His Instructions and Correspondence and Other Authentic Documents

Philadelphia: Printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache, 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. [1], lxvi, 407 pages. Rebound in maroon buckram. Spine titles in gilt, octavo. Harvard College Library bookplate on inside board with "released" stamp on bookplate and same released stamp to obverse of title page. Rear pastedown shows a bit of..... More

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WAGES IN THE UNITED STATES :1908-1910. Scott Nearing

Nearing, Scott

WAGES IN THE UNITED STATES :1908-1910

New York: Macmillan Company, 1914. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark Blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Corners bumped, a few dark spots to rear board. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, otherwise nice clean copy in tight binding. Early work by social theorist and back-to-the-land pioneer Scott Nearing whose rural, quasi-utopian..... More

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VERDICT! : THE EXCLUSIVE PICTURE STORY OF THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 8. Joseph Okpaku, Verna...

Okpaku, Joseph (text), Verna Sadock (illus.)

VERDICT! : THE EXCLUSIVE PICTURE STORY OF THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 8

New York: Third Press, 1970. Sadock, Verna. Hardcover. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Fine. Dustjacket Very Good. Light scuffing and soil to surfaces, tiny chip, one small 1" closed tear to extremities. Red metallic lettering to spine and front of maroon, cloth-covered boards. Over 200 drawings. SBN 9385-8. 157 pp. Clean, tight..... More

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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, HELD IN CINCINNATI. JUNE 2-6, 1856....

Order of The Convention

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, HELD IN CINCINNATI. JUNE 2-6, 1856

Cincinnati, Ohio: Enquirer Company Steam Printing Establishment, 1856. Self-wraps. The election in which James Buchanan is nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party, the subsequent election of which, he won. 78pp. Sabin 13100 (Vol. 4, p. 89). Staining and age-tanning to text. The election where James Buchanan is nominated..... More

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OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE OF CIVIL LIBERTY, THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE JUSTICE AND...

Price, Richard

OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE OF CIVIL LIBERTY, THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE JUSTICE AND POLICY OF THE WAR WITH AMERICA Bound with three other pamphlets by author); TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, AND POSTSCRIPT, CONTAINING, A STATE OF THE NATIONAL DEBT, AN ESTIMATE OF THE MONEY DRAWN FROM THE PUBLIC BY THE TAXES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE NATIONAL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE SINCE THE LAST WAR.

London: Printed for E. and C. Dilly and T. Cadell in the Strand. 1776. Sixth Edition. Leather_bound. Full calf with five raised bands, red spine label. Front board detached but present. Edges chafed, spine label dulled. Binding tight, text is largely bright and clean, but for stain spot (burn mark?)..... More

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SHADOW LAND : STORIES OF THE SOUTH. Florence H. Robertson

Robertson, Florence H.

SHADOW LAND : STORIES OF THE SOUTH

Boston: Richard G. Badger/Gorham Press, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 7.75 x 5.25" Previous owner's name to FPDEP. Dark green top-stain, age-tanned deckle fore-edge, untrimmed bottom edges. Tide line to upper edge of last 6 pages and rear endpapers. Thin diagonal crease, possibly binding error, runs length of RPDEP..... More

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THE INTIMATE PAPERS OF COLONEL HOUSE ARRANGED AS A NARRATIVE (4 VOLUMES) SIGNED. Charles Seymour

Seymour, Charles (Editor)

THE INTIMATE PAPERS OF COLONEL HOUSE ARRANGED AS A NARRATIVE (4 VOLUMES) SIGNED

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. Hardcover. Four volumes (I & II published in 1926, III and IV in 1928), in brick-red publisher's cloth, with gilt signature to front boards, and gilt lettering to spines. All volumes very good plus with just a hint of rubbing to extremities. Charles Seymour's..... More

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THE GATHERING OF ZION : THE STORY OF THE MORMON TRAIL. Wallace Stegner

Stegner, Wallace

THE GATHERING OF ZION : THE STORY OF THE MORMON TRAIL

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1964]. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo.Violet decorated boards, with silver lettering, and some shelf fold-downs to spine-caps. A small abraded patch to dustjacket near top of spine, and some general staining and soiling to rear dustjacket panel. One of the offerings in The American Trails Series..... More

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A MILITARY JOURNAL DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, FROM 1775 TO 1783, DESCRIBING...

Thacher, James (M.D.)

A MILITARY JOURNAL DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, FROM 1775 TO 1783, DESCRIBING INTERESTING EVENTS AND TRANSACTIONS OF THIS PERIOD, WITH NUMEROUS HISTORICAL FACTS AND ANECDOTES, FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT.; To Which is Added an Appendix, Cntaining Biographical Sketches of Several General Officers

Boston: Richardson and Lord, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. 603 pages. Large 8vo (8.75" x 5.25"). Quarter-bound, (leather spine) over plain, contemporary boards, both of which are detached. Corners chafed, stains to boards. Spine cracked and worn. Binding shaken but sound. Textblock clean and complete.Washington Library label with regulations pasted down..... More

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