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The Story of the Life of Mackay of Uganda, Told for Boys by His Sister

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, A.C. Armstrong and Son: 1895

Seller ID: 2202686

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Minor staining to edges, spine cocked, bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, minor foxing to pages, minor pencil marginalia. No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 1895 Hard Cover. vii, 338 pp. This book is written especially for boys, in the hope that Mackay's example may lead many of them to think of Africa, and devote their lives to its moral and spiritual regeneration.
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General John Swift, Founder of Palmyra, N.Y. [New York]

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: ., 1923

Seller ID: 2299120

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Papers laid in, title page and last page lightly foxed. 1923 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. In commemoration of dedication of General John Swift, Memorial Cemetery, August 18, 1923. James R. Hickey Post, No. 120, American Legion. John Swift (June 17, 1761 July 12, 1814) was an American military officer during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He founded the town of Palmyra, New York. In the winter of 178889, with the Wyoming Valley situation not going in the Connecticuters' favor, John Swift and John Jenkins purchased a large tract within the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in what is now ...
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Francis Butler Simkins, 1897-1966: Historian of the South

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Columia, S. C., The State Printing Company: 1967

Seller ID: 2303057

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Signed by author with inscription. Smudge on front wrapper, ink name on front wrapper. 1967 Soft Cover. 85 pp. A pamphlet published by his family in memory of the Edgefield Native who spent his teaching career at Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia. Francis Butler Simkins (December 14, 1897 February 8, 1966) was a historian and president of the Southern Historical Association. He is best known for his highly praised history of the Reconstruction Era in South Carolina, that gave fair coverage to all sides, and for his widely used textbook The South, Old and New (1947) and his monographs on...
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George Armstrong Custer and His 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, 1876 (Montana Heritage Series, Number Seven)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Montana, Montana Historical Society Press:

Seller ID: 2272307

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Near Fine. 20 pp. Two original essays and a reproduction of one of the greatest of all the battlefield paintings, keyed to actual battlefield episodes.
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V.C. [The Victoria Cross]

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: England, Geo. Pulman & Sons, Ltd.: 1942

Seller ID: 2283084

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

Pages 19-22 loose but included, ink stamp on front wrapper, quarter-inch tear along spine head and spine base, wrappers split along spine base. 1942 Stapled Binding. 38 pp. Here are the stories of the Victoria Cross awards of this war announced up to the end of April, 1942. The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for gallantry in the presence of the enemy to members of the British Armed Forces. It may be awarded posthumously. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries, most of which have established their own honou...
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We Speak from the Air: Broadcasts by the R.A.F.

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: London, His Majesty's Stationery Office: 1942

Seller ID: 2283122

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition - a paperback original. Wrapper edges lightly rubbed, smudge on front wrapper, ink stamp on half-title page. 1942 Soft Cover. 72 pp. Men of the R.A.F. describe their own experiences in their own words. These accounts of operations over Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Britain, Norway, Italy, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Atlantic give us the human stories behind the official communiques, and show us the great range and effectiveness of our Air Power. The narratives are selected from over 280 broadcasts, given anonymously by the R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. during 1941.
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Old No. 1: The Story of Isaiah Thomas and His Printing Press

By: N/A

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Worcester, Mass., American Antiquarian Society: 1989

Seller ID: 2279598

ISBN: 0944026109

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

Smudges on rear wrapper. 1989 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. A short history of Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) , the Massachusetts printer, publisher, and founder of the American Antiquarian Society.
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Recollections of Three Kaisers

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Herbert Jenkins Limited: 1929

Seller ID: 2290462

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Boards spotted and lightly rubbed, edges and a few pages lightly foxed. 1929 Hard Cover. ix, [10]-315, [5] pp. 8vo. Frontispiece of Empress Frederick, 6 photographic portraits in text. An account of three generations of leaders of the German Empire.
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The Illustrated London News, April 4, 1953, No. 5946--Volumes 222: In Memoriam Number Queen Mary

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, The Illustrated London News: 1953

Seller ID: 2299940

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers intact. No chips, no tears. Light general wear. 1953 Stapled Binding. Includes two-panel color photograph of Queen Mary.
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Rochester and Other Literary Rakes of the Court of Charles II. With Some Account of Their Surroundings.

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Longmans, Green & Co.: 1903

Seller ID: 2303180

Binding: Three-Quarter Leather

Condition: Very Good

Boards and edges lightly rubbed, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper and university library stamp on title page. 1903 Three-Quarter Leather. x, 330 pp. Three-quarter leather with marbled boards and marbled endpapers. Top page ridge gilt. With portraits. Charles II (29 May 1630 6 February 1685)[c] was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He was king of Scotland from 1649 until his deposition in 1651, and king of England, Scotland and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and I...
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The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park New York

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: .,

Seller ID: 2267216

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Near Fine

No publisher date. Unpaginated. Fold-out. The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum holds the records of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States (19331945). Located on the grounds of Springwood, the Roosevelt family estate in Hyde Park, New York, the library was built under the President's personal direction in 1939-1940, and dedicated on June 30, 1941. It is the first presidential library in the United States and one of the thirteen presidential libraries under the auspices of the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Wheatland

By: N/A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: ., American Association for State and Local History:

Seller ID: 2267978

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

No publisher date, half-inch tear along top edge of front wrapper near spine. Unpaginated. Reprinted from American Heritage, Volume 5, Number 3. Wheatland, or the James Buchanan House, is a brick, Federal style house outside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster Township, Lancaster County. It was formerly owned by the 15th President of the United States, James Buchanan. The house was constructed in 1828 by William Jenkins, a local lawyer. It was sold to William M. Meredith in 1841. Wheatland changed hands again in 1848, when it was purchased by Buchanan. Buchanan occupied the house for the ...
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Official Program of the Inaugural Ceremonies, Inducting into Office Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, John N. Garner, Vice President of the United States, March 4, 1933

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Ransdell Incorporated: 1933

Seller ID: 2282987

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

Faint crease to wrappers, front wrapper very faintly foxed, a couple light stains on rear wrapper, minor surface tear to rear wrapper. 1933 Stapled Binding. 64 pp. Official Program of the Inaugural Ceremonies, Inducting into Office Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, John N. Garner, Vice President of the United States, March 4, 1933.
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Post, the Saturday Evening Post, December 14, 1963: John F. Kennedy, 1917-63, In Memoriam [Norman Rockwell]

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, The Curtis Publishing Company: 1963

Seller ID: 2296534

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

A few light creases. No chips. Wrappers intact. 1963 Magazine. 84 pp. COVER: Norman Rockwell portrait of JFK. In Memoriam: A Senseless Tragedy; The New President. CONTENTS: Articles - Hate Knows No Direction (Speaking Out); When the Highest Office Changes Hands, by Dwight D. Eisenhower; The New President: He Ought to Try to Slow Up, Alsop Interviews L. B. J.; The Assassination; Death in Emergency Room No. One; A Eulogy: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, by Arthur M. Schlessinger, Jr.; A Profile in Family Courage; What's Ahead for the G.O.P.?; New Weapon against Muscular Dystrophy; Wacky Search for Gold...
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The Joint Appearances of Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Presidential Campaign of 1960 (Freedom of Communications, 87th Congress, 1st Session, Rept. 994, Part 3)

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office: 1961

Seller ID: 2304592

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Spine creased, minor ink marginalia in Contents. 1961 Soft Cover. xiv, 699 pp. Final Report on the Committee on Comerce United States Senate Prepared by Its Subcommittee of the Subcommittee on Communications Pursuant to S. Res. 305, 86th Congress. Part III.
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Order of March Inaugural Parade, Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, D. C., Inaugural Committee: 1961

Seller ID: 2306930

Binding: Single Sheet

Condition: Near Fine

No chips and no tears. 1961 Single Sheet. Single sheet. Printed on front and back. Units, organizations, and individuals in the order of the march.
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Image for Testimonies of the Life, Character, Revelations and Doctrines of Mother Ann Lee, and the Elders with Her, Through Whom the World of Eternal Life was Opened in This Day, of Christ's Second Appearing, Collected from Living Witnesses, in Union with the Church (Communal Societies in America)

Testimonies of the Life, Character, Revelations and Doctrines of Mother Ann Lee, and the Elders with Her, Through Whom the World of Eternal Life was Opened in This Day, of Christ's Second Appearing, Collected from Living Witnesses, in Union with the Church (Communal Societies in America)

By: N/A

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, AMS Press: 1975

Seller ID: 2307218

ISBN: 0404107567

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

1975 reissue of 1888 second edition. A fine copy. ix, 302 pp. Ann Lee (29 February 1736 8 September 1784), commonly known as Mother Ann Lee, was the founding leader of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, or the Shakers. After nearly two decades of participation in a religious movement that became the Shakers, in 1774 Ann Lee and a small group of her followers emigrated from England to New York. After several years, they gathered at Niskayuna, renting land from the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, Albany County, New York (the area now called Colonie). They worshiped by ecsta...
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Timothy Leary: A Biography

By: 38Greenfield, Robert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Orlando, A James A. Silberman Book / Harcourt, Inc.: 2006

Seller ID: 2200978

ISBN: 0151005001

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Pages faintly toned, a few small marks to top page edges. Near Fine. 2006 Hard Cover. 689 pp. To a generation in full revolt against any form of authority, Tune in, turn on, drop out became a mantra, and its popularizer, Dr. Timothy Leary, a guru. A charismatic and brilliant psychologist, Leary became first intrigued and then obsessed by the effects of psychedelic drugs in the 1960s while teaching at Harvard, where he not only encouraged but instituted their experimental use among students and faculty. What began as research into human consciousness turned into a mission to alter consciousness...
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The a Becketts of 'Punch': Memories of Father and Sons

By: a Beckett, Arthur William

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Westminster, Archibald Constable and Co Ltd: 1903

Seller ID: 2263572

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Edges rubbed, hinges beginning to loosen, ink name on front endpaper. 1903 Hard Cover. 333, [3] pp. 8vo. A biographical account of the family behind Punch magazine, who were contemporaries of well-known authors such as Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray.
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An Answer to John Robinson of Leyden, Now First Published from a Manuscript of A.D. 1609 (Harvard Theological Studies Series Volume IX [9])

By: A Puritan Friend; Burrage, Champlin

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Harvard University Press: 1920

Seller ID: 2006047

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First edition - a paperback original. An exceptional copy. 1920 Trade Paperback. xiii, 94 pp. Printed wrappers. The first appearance in print of an early 17th century manuscript written in response to the religious teachings of John Robinson, part of whose congregation became the group we now know as the Pilgrims. Text from Bodleian MS. Jones 30 at Oxford. Robinson, John (1575/6? - 1625), Church of England clergyman and separatist theologian, was born at Sturton, Nottinghamshire... When Robinson moved from Cambridge into the wider world, his nonconformist ideas were soon revealed... Before the...
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Josephine (Makers of History)

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1902

Seller ID: 2203418

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

No jacket. A very nice copy. 1902 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 328 pp. With engravings. A biography of Josephine, the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Confidential Correspondence of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine: Including Letters from the Time of Their Marriage Until the Death of Josephine, and Also Several Private Letters from the Emperor to His Brother Joseph, and Other Important Personages

By: Abbott, John S. C.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Mason Brothers: 1856

Seller ID: 2301435

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Former a binder's copy - has been repaired. Loss to spine head, spine base and to front joint; ink name on title page. 1856 Hard Cover. 404 pp. With numerous illustrative notes and anecdotes. Including Letters from the Time of Their Marriage Until the Death of Josephine, and Also Several Private Letters from the Emperor to His Brother Joseph, and Other Important Personages.
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George Eastman

By: Ackerman, Carl W.; Seligman, Edwin R.A.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boston and New York / Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press: 1930

Seller ID: 2306566

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First edition. Lacks jacket. Spine faded, top and bottom page margins lightly stained. 1930 Hard Cover. xviii, 522 pp. 8vo. Black-and-white photographs, including air view of Kodak Park and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and images of several significant buildings in Rochester such as Eastman Theater. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. Roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film in 1888 by world's first filmmaker, Louis Le Prince, and a deca...
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One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing

By: Ackerman, Diane

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New York, W.W. Norton & Company: 2011

Seller ID: 2276300

ISBN: 039307241X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Front board lightly cocked. 2011 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 322 pp. Everyone who cherishes the gift of language will cherish Diane Ackerman's narrative masterpiece, an exquisitely written love story and medical miracle story, one that combines science, inspiration, wisdom, and heart. One day Ackerman's husband, Paul West, an exceptionally gifted wordsmith and intellectual, suffered a terrible stroke. When he regained awareness he was afflicted with aphasia?loss of language?and could utter only a single syllable: mem. The standard therapies yielded ...
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Ansel Adams: America's Photographer

By: Adams, Ansel; Gherman, Beverly

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 2002

Seller ID: 2295693

ISBN: 0316824453

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Front jacket flap price clipped. Page edges very faintly toned. 2002 Large Hardcover. xii, 110 pp. The renowned--and revered--photographer would have been 100 years old in 2002. To celebrate the life of Ansel Adams, this biography takes young readers through his rich life: from the earthquake that broke his nose to the valley that shaped his world, revealing the humorous, artistic, and thoughtful personality behind his legendary work.
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The Portfolios of Ansel Adams

By: Adams, Ansel; Szarkowski, John

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Boston, New York Graphic Society: 1977

Seller ID: 2306299

ISBN: 0821207237

Binding: Large Softcover

Condition: Very Good

First printing. Jacket clipped, jacket edges rubbed. 1977 Large Softcover. xii, 124 pp. Ninety prints from the seven limited-edition portfolios of the noted photographer testify to Adams's sustained talent and continuing achievement.
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Charles Francis Adams (American Statesmen)

By: Adams, Charles Francis; Morse, John T., Jr.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company: 1900

Seller ID: 2306695

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, pencil name on front free endpaper. 1900 Hard Cover. vii, 426 pp. Charles Francis Adams Sr. (August 18, 1807 November 21, 1886) was an American historical editor, writer, politician, and diplomat.[1] He was a son of President John Quincy Adams, and grandson of President John Adams, about whom he wrote a major biography. He was the father of Henry Adams. Adams served two terms in the Massachusetts State Senate before running unsuccessfully as vice-presidential candidate for the Free Soil Party in the election of 1848 on a ticket with former president Mar...
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The Education of Henry Adams (The 100 Greatest Books of All Time)

By: Adams, Henry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library: 1982

Seller ID: 2307021

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

Publisher's Notes from the Editors pamphlet laid in. Spine leans backward very slightly. 1982 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xiv, 530 pp. Full dark brown leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Preface by Henry Cabot Lodge, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational the...
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The Education of Henry Adams (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books 76)

By: Adams, Henry; Adams, James Truslow

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: 1931

Seller ID: 2278349

ISBN: 0394600762

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Includes original jacket. Copyright states 1931, but presence of ISBN, jacket style, and $2.95 list price indicate 1970-1975 printing. Jacket edges a bit rubbed. xvi, 517, [11] pp. Introduction by James Truslow Adams. The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational theory and practice. In 1907, Adams began privately circulating copies of a limited edition printed at his own expense. Commercial...
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The Education of Henry Adams (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books 76)

By: Adams, Henry; Adams, James Truslow

Price: $9.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: 1931

Seller ID: 2305436

ISBN: 0394600762

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Lacks jacket. 1931 Hard Cover. x, 517, [8] pp. Introduction by James Truslow Adams. The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational theory and practice. In 1907, Adams began privately circulating copies of a limited edition printed at his own expense. Commercial publication had to await its author's 1918 death, whereupon it won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize.
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