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The Colonies Under the House of Hanover

Doyle, J.A. (John Andrew) · 1907

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Longmans, Green and Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. xvi, 629 pp. Illus. with one color folding map. 8vo. Fifth in a series under the title "The English in America. "The English in America. Covers religion, Conquest of Canada, ethnology, races, Georgia. Hinges startin...

Los Gringos: Or, an Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia

Wise, Lieut. [Henry A.] · 1850

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

New York, Baker and Scribner, 1850. Second printing. Cloth. xvi, 453 pp. Sm. 8vo. Sabin notes that the second printing has the same imprints and collation as the first. Sabin 104892n. Howes W593. Spine ends worn, a few small splits at the upper joints, foxed throughout, signed...

The Way of Salvation; a Sermon, Delivered at Morristown, New-Jersey, February 8, 1829... Together with Mr. Barnes' Defence of the Sermon, Read Before the Synod of Philadelphia, at Lancaster, October 29, 1830, and His "Defence" Before the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia, in Reply to the Charges of the Rev. Dr. George Junkin

Barnes, Albert · 1836

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

New York / Boston, Leavitt, Lord & Co. / Crocker & Brewster, 1836. Seventh edition. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards. v, 266 pp. + adv. [10 pp.]. 12mo. Tipped in contemporary manuscript concerning the charges of heresy brought by George Junkin against Barnes. Junkin's c...

Los Estados Unidos

Vicuna, Pedro Felix · 1944

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Buenos Aires, Saber Vivar, 1944. Later printing. Paper wrappers. 389 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. 12mo. Prologo de Agustin Edwards. In Spanish. A very good clean unmarked unopened (uncut) copy.

Democracy: Its Counterfeits and Its Promise. The Two-Hundred and Fifth Oration Before the Municipal Authorities of Boston. Faneuil Hall, Sunday, July 4, 1976

Silber, John R. · 1976

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Boston, Boston University, 1976. First edition. Photo-pictorial paper-covered boards. 31 pp. Illus. with 5 b/w photos. Sm. 8vo. Compliments of Boston University card laid-in loose. A near fine copy in very good original glassine dust jacket with a few small tears.

Fernando Cortez

Wilson, Lawrence · 1942

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1942. First edition. Cloth. 111 pp. Illus. with 12 b/w drawings. 8vo. Clifton Line, illus. Excellent biography written for the juvenile market (age 10-14 circa 1942). Light browning on edges else a near fine copy in a very good lightly soiled ...

A Concordance to the Constitution of the United States of America; with a Classified Index, and Questions for Educational Purposes

Stearns, Charles W. · 1873

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

New York, Mason, Baker & Pratt, 1873. Fourth edition. Cloth. viii, 153 pp. 8vo. OCLC shows only 2 copies of this the fourth and last edition. Sabin 90876n. Headband torn else a very good clean copy, owner's bookplate on front pastedown with signs of removal of an earlier one.

Finding List of Military Biographies and Other Personal Literature in the War Department Library (Subject Catalogue No. 4)

War Department Library (United States). Greely, A. W. · 1897

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.28 | ¥35,934)

Washington [D.C.], Government Printing Office, 1897. First edition. Three quarter calf over marbled boards with morocco title piece lettered in gilt. vii, 93 pp. 8vo. David Fitz Gerald, Librarian. OCLC shows only 9 copies. A second edition was published two years later. Front ...

Vita de Franklin

Mignet. M. (Francois-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) · 1870

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Milano, Gaetano Brigola, 1870. Paper wrappers. 168 pp. 16mo. Text in Italian. Based on the later edition of Francois Mignet's Life of Franklin. Tears to spine and wrappers, small price sticker on front wrapper, contents mostly unopened (uncut); a nice copy.

Aus Dem Amerikanischen Bibliothekwesen. Beobachtungen Und Studien

Escher, Hermann · 1923

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Tubingen, J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1923. First edition. Paper covered boards. viii, 88 pp. 8vo. Escher's study of American libraries was based on his 1919 visit to America. A very good copy with small tears to spine ends.

New Light on the Tyrant George III

Plumb, J.H. · 1978

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Washington, D.C. Society of the Cincinnati, 1978. First edition. Cloth. 29 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w reproduction and 1 photo. 8vo. Gift card from publisher laid in loose. The Second George Rogers Clark Lecture, 31 March 1977. A near fine copy.

Enjine! Enjine!

Dunshee, Kenneth Holcomb · 1939

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Harold Vincent Smith, 1939. First edition. Paper wrappers. 63 pp. Illus. with color and b/w drawings and b/w photos. 4to. A very good+ copy with a tiny chip to heel of spine, a few scuff marks on the wrappers.

Memoirs of John Forester. Soldier; Indian Fighter, and Texas Ranger in the Republic of Texas

Forester, John · 1969

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Austin, Pemberton Press, 1969. First edition thus. Stiff paper wrappers. 16 pp. Sm. 4to. John H. Jenkins, foreword. Forester was an early Texas fighter. A near fine copy, faint crease on front wrapper.

Collecting Political Americana

Sullivan, Edmund B. · 1991

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Hanover, Christopher Publishing House, 1991. Second edition. Cloth. vii, 248 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Publisher's errata slip laid in loose. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Famous Americans

Whitman Publishing · 0

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

n.p. Whitman, n.d. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 12 pp. Illus. with 14 color drawings. Folio. About very good with rubbed wrappers, scuffed on front wrapper, lightly sunned along bottom edge.

Alexander Hamilton New Yorker 1755-1804

McChesney, Mildred F., ed., et al. · 1957

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Albany, New York State Education Dept. 1957. First edition. Cloth. 63 pp. Illus. with 40 b/w reproductions and photos. 4to. Prepared in conjunction with the 200th anniversary of Hamilton's birth. Hamilton served as Regent of the University of the State of New York from 1784-17...

A Checklist of American Imprints for 1845: Items 45-1-45-7137

Rinderknecht, Carol and Scott Bruntjen · 1996

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Metuchen, Scarecrow Press, 1996. First edition. Cloth. 539 pp. 8vo. Continues the series by Shaw and Shoemaker. A near fine copy, faint rubbing.

Japanese Textiles. From the Marjorie and Robert Graff Collection

Reynolds, Valrae, curator · 1978

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Newark, Newark Museum, 1978. First edition. Paper wrappers. 26 pp. Illus. with 18 b/w photos. Sq. 8vo. Exhibition at the Newark Museum, April 6 to September 17, 1978. A fine copy. As new.

The Royal Standard English Dictionary: In Which the Words Are Not Only Rationally Divided Into Syllables, Accurately Accented, and Their Part of Speech Properly Distinguished But Likewise by a Key to This Work, Comprising. .

Perry, William · 1810

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Boston, Thomas & Andrews, West & Blake, Eben, Larkin and John West.. Manning & Loring, Printers, 1810. Later printing. Full contemporary calf. xii, [13]- 491 pp. Sq. 24mo. "..The various Sounds of the Vowels and Consonants, denoted by typographical Characters, and illustrated ...

The Diplomatic Relations of Great Britain and the United States

Mowat, R. B. (Robert Balmain) · 1925

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

London, Edward Arnold, 1925. First edition. Cloth. xi, 350 pp. 8vo. Scattered foxing along the fore edge, preliminaries, and advertising section in rear else a very good copy; owner's bookplate on front pastedown, period gift inscription on free front endpaper.