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Behind the Scenes in Washington. Being a Complete and Graphic Account of the Credit Mobilier Investigation, the Congressional Rings, Political Intrigues, Workings of the Lobbies, Etc. Giving the Secret History of Our National Government, in All Its Various Branches, and Showing How the Public Money Is Squandered, How Votes Are Obtained, Etc. , with Sketches of the Leading Senators, Congresmen, Government Officials, Etc. , and an Accurate Description of the Splendid Public Buildings of the Federal Capital

Edward Winslow Martin · 1873 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

The Continental Publishing Company and National Publishing Co, 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 518p plus advertisements. A gilt purple cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. The binding is secure, though quite cockeyed, and bits of cloth are chipping off the spine and its...

Seth's Brother's Wife: A Study of Life in the Greater New York

Harold Frederic · 1968 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Grosse Pointe, MI, Scholarly Press, 1968. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. 405p. Facsimile reprint; ex-library. A brick-red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Various library markings inside, but otherwise, text clean and binding secure. Facsimile of the 1887 edition. .

My American Friends

L.P. Jacks · 1933 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Macmillan, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 263p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is price-clipped, tanned on the spine, and lightly chipped here and there. A British man's impressions of the Americ...

Old Mcdonald Had a Farm

Angus McDonald · 1942 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 278p. An orange cloth hardcover book in good+ condition. Back cover stained, front cover foxed, front hinge shaken, and poorly erased pencil scribbled on endpapers. Otherwise, main text unmarked and binding secure...

A Rugged Man's Life

Robert F. Allen · 1968 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Philadelphia, Dorrance & Company, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 191p. A teal-blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Light shelf wear, but otherwise, text unmarked and binding secure for reading purposes. A portrait of life in rural Union County, Ohio. .

An Explanation of the Map of Federal Lands

Manasseh Cutler · 1966 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Readex Microprint, 1966. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. 24p. Facsimile reprint. A green hardcover book in fine condition. From the GREAT AMERICANA series, a reprint of a scarce tract from 1787 promoting the Ohio Valley. .

Dust between My Toes: An Amish Boy's Journey

Wayne M. Weaver · 1997 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Wooster, OH, The Wooster Book Company, 1997. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 233p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. .

The Mother's Book

Lydia Maria Child · 1989 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Cambridge, Applewood Books, 1989. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. 169p. Facsimile reprint. A hardcover book in very good condition. Small dents along the top of the front cover; otherwise clean and tight. A facsimile of the second edition from 1831. .

Women of the South Distinguished in Literature

Mary Forrest · 1861 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

New York, Derby & Jackson, 1861. 1st Edition. Leather. 511p. A hardcover book beautifully bound in full decorated leather with gilt edges and a ribbon page marker. Good condition overall. The cover is rubbed along the edges, but the gilt lettering and embossed detailing are st...

Ancient Armies

Tim Newark · 2000 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Hong Kong, Concord Publications, 2000. Paperback. 47p. A large-format softcover book in fine condition. Illustrated in color by Angus McBride. .

Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of West Tennessee

[James S. French] · 1833 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.80 | ¥59,890)

New York, J. & J. Harper, 1833. Second Edition. Hardcover. 209p; 24p advertisements in back. Ex-library. A hardcover book in POOR condition. Bound in the original cloth boards, but LACKS THE BACKSTRIP. The boards are heavily stained and weakly attached, and the corners are bum...

Travels; in New-England and New-York, Volumes I-IV

Timothy Dwight · 1821 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

New Haven, Timothy Dwight, 1821. Leather. 4 vols. 524p; 527p; 534p; 527p. Ex-library. A set of four hardcover books bound in 1/4 black leather with red cloth boards. Edges rubbed and cloth lightly stained here and there. The spine leather of volume I has a surface crack starti...

Lydia Maria Child: Selected Letters, 1817-1880

Milton Meltzer and Patricia G. Holland, eds., with Francine Krasno · 1982 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

Amherst, The University of Massachusetts Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 583p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. The correspondence of antislavery author and Native American rights activist Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880). .

Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families

1894 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co, 1894. 1st Edition. Leather. 1220p. A large, thick hardcover book bound in decorative leather. FAIR condition. The edges are worn through to the cardboard and most of the spine leather is chipped off. The exterior hinges are reinforced with black tape....

The Americans at Home

David Macrae · 1952 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc, 1952. Hardcover. 606p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. The spine is slightly faded, and an owner's name stamp is on the front endpaper. Otherwise, text clean and binding secure. The jacket is lightly chipped, fox...

The True Story of Our National Calamity by Flood, Fire and Tornado

Logan Marshall · 1913 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Philadelphia, Charles Foster Publishing Co, 1913. Hardcover. SALESMAN'S SAMPLE. A decorated red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Cloth soiled, edges shelf-worn, rear endpaper tanned, and hinges a little shaky. Text itself is unmarked. Salesman's sample copy; does NOT co...

Farm Wife: A Self-Portrait, 1886-1896

Virginia E. McCormick, ed · 1990 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Ames, Iowa State University Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 243p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. The journal of 19th-century Ohio farm wife Margaret Dow Gebby, annotated by modern farm wife Virginia McCormick. .

British Gentlemen in the Wild West: The Era of the Intensely English Cowboy

Lawrence M. Woods · 1989 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, The Free Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 245p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. .

The Gold Rush: Letters of David Wooster from California to the Adrian, Michigan, Expositor 1850-1855

David Wooster · 1972 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Mount Pleasant, MI, The Cumming Press, 1972. Limited 1st Edition. Hardcover. 85p. A navy blue cloth hardcover book in fine condition. No dustjacket. Limited edition; one of 487 copies. .

An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans

Lydia Maria Child · 1996 · Kubik Fine Books Ltd.

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 1996. Paperback. 207p. A softcover book in good condition. Underlining and notes inpencil. Binding tight and cover in nice shape. Excellent reading copy. .