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History of the United States Navy.

Humble, Richard, · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Italy, Chevprime Ltd., (1988). VG in VG DJ. Traces the development of the U.S. Navy from its hastily improvised Continental Navy assembled at the beginning of. the Revolutionary War, then came of age in the Civil War, was the major instrument of victory in the Pacific war agai...

Pictorial History of Second World War vols 1 & 2:a photographic record of all theaters of action chronologically arranged.

Davies, Al E., picture editor, · 1947 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

NY, Wise, 1947. VG. Every page has one or two photos with historical caption below. Red binding, black title block with red lettering. Edge wear.

Story of Connecticut: 3 volumes.

Holcomb, Robert N., · 1935 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

Hartford, CT, Hartford Times, (1935). G. Blue binding, gilt lettering. Heavy edge wear, vol. 1 is missing backstrap, fading to edges and spines.

"Fill'er Up".

Vieyra, Daniel I., foreword by James Marston Fitch, · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Collier, (1979). VG lg sz PB. Vieyra traces the development from the horse drawn tank to today's ultramodern filling stations with styles ranging from. Chinese pagodas to Frankl Lloyd Wright designs. Owner inscription ft endpaper, sl edge wear.

Unto the Generations: the roots of true Americanism.

Marsh, Daniel L., · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

New Canaan, CT, Long House Inc., 1968. VG in G DJ. How the roots of true Americanism were seeded in the Mayflower Compact, put forth rugged shoots in the Declaration and. flowered in the Constitution, and the care of their fruition was outlined and defined in Washington's Fare...

After the Revolution: the Smithsonian history of everyday life in the 18th century.

Smith, Barbara Clarak, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Pantheon/Natl Museum Am Hist, (1983). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. A stunning book re-creating our very first days of nationhood through the lives of 4 ordinary people: a Massachusetts merchant. and patriarch, a struggling Delaware yeoman farmer, a tobacco-planting slaveowner in t...

Eye-Witnesses to Wagon Trains West.

Hewitt, James, edited by, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Scribner, (1971). 1st PB ptg. G PB. Firsthand accounts of daily life on the journey west provide insights into the character of the pioneers. Back cover corner. bottom creased.

A Rope of Sand: the colonial agents, British politics and the American Revolution.

Kammen, Michael G., · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Vintage, (1974). VG PB. For 20 yrs before the American Revolution, 37 men acted as paid agents or lobbyists for the American colonies in England. A detailed study of them by a Pulitzer-prize-winning historian, of their activites and of the gradual breakdown of communicatio...

A Half-Century of Conflict: vol. II.

Parkman, Francis, · 1899 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Little Brown, 1899. G ex-library. Brown binding, gilt lettering on spine, embossed black design on ft cover. Ft hinge cracked, edge wear, library markings.

The Greatest Fact in Modern History.

Reid, Whitelaw, · 1907 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Crowell, (1907). 1st ed. VG. The rise and development of the United States given as a topic to the American Ambassador to Gr. Britain and delivered in the. Senate House as the opening address in the course on the 18th century for the summer meeting of 1906. Pretty book, mi...

The Early Empire Builders of the Great West: compiled and enlarged from author's early history of Dakota Territory 1866.

Armstrong, Moses K., · 1901 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,068)

St. Paul, MN, E. W. Porter, 1901. VG. Maroon binding, gilt lettering. Edge wear.

La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West: France and England in North America: part third.

Parkman, Francis, · 1931 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Little Brown, 1931. VG. Black binding, tan title block (scratch), edge wear, owner bookplate.

The American Frontier: our unique heritage.

Keyes, Nelson Beecher, · 1954 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NJ, Hanover House, (1954). 1st ed. VG in G DJ.

Adams and Jefferson: a revolutionary dialogue.

Peterson, Merrill D., · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Oxford, Oxford Univ Press, (1980). Reprint. VG PB. Friends of Adams and Jefferson from their first meeting in 1775 as delegates to the 2nd Continental Congress through their. bitter contest for the presidency in 1812.

The America We Love.

Day, Laraine, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

np-, Downe Pub Incorp, (1971). 1st ed. G. Tan binding, red/white lettering. Crease back cover.

Mount Vernon: the legacy.

Thane, Elswyth, · 1967 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1967). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Review copy, laid in publisher notice. Behind the scenes of the people and their personal involvement in re-establishing. Mt. Vernoon as Washington might have known it.

Tutankhamen: life and death of a pharaoh.

color plates by Dr. A. Shoukry, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, MA, New York Graphic Society, (1977). 6th ptg. VG in VG DJ. King Tut's burial treasure was discovered almost intact. Did it lay a curse on the members of the expedition? DJ edge wear.

Disaster at the Pole: the tragedy of the Airship Italia and the 1928 Nobile Expedition to the North Pole.

Cross, Wilbur, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Lyons Press, (2000). 1st ptg thus. G in G DJ ex-library. One of the most bizarre and unfortunate scrambles for the poles involved an airship in 1926. Library markings. Cross resurrects a stunning tale that has been long overlooked by history. A revised edition of Cross's b...

The Badge of Gallantry: recollections of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor winners.

Mitchelol, Lt. Col. Joseph B., · 1968 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Macmillan, (1968). 1st ptg. G. From the Charles Kohen Collection over 300 letters written by men who won the Medal of Honor with the work of artists present. at the time. Blue binding, gilt lettering on spine. Spine fading.

Fire on the Plateau: conflict and endurance in the American Southwest.

Wilkinson, Charles, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Washington, D.C., Island Press, (1999). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. History of the Colorado Plateau, sometimes violent conflicts between indigenous populatioins and more recent settlers,. treachery of the legal establishment, contentious disputes over land, provide a compelling look...