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A Guide at a Glance of Historic Boston

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Winchester, Mass., Rawding Distributing Co.: 1964

Seller ID: 2267176

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Spine lightly toned. 1964 Stapled Binding. 48 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations. Topics include: The State House and Historic Boston Common; Park Street Church; Old Granary Burial Ground; King's Chapel and Burial Ground; The Old South Meeting House; The Old State House; Faneuil Hall; Paul Revere House; Christ Church; Copp's Hill Burial Ground; U.S. Frigate Constitution; Bunker Hill Monument; and more.
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Image for The Four Kings of Canada. Being a Succinct Account of the Four Indian Princes lately arriv'd from North America. with a particular Description of their Country, their strange and remarkable Religion, Feasts, Marriages, Burials, Remedies from their Sick, Customs, Manners, Constitution, Habits, Sports, War, Peace, Policy, Hunting, Fishing, Utensils belonging to the Savages, with several other Extraordinary Things worthy Observation, as to the natural or curious Productions, Beauty, or Fertility, of that Part of the World.

The Four Kings of Canada. Being a Succinct Account of the Four Indian Princes lately arriv'd from North America. with a particular Description of their Country, their strange and remarkable Religion, Feasts, Marriages, Burials, Remedies from their Sick, Customs, Manners, Constitution, Habits, Sports, War, Peace, Policy, Hunting, Fishing, Utensils belonging to the Savages, with several other Extraordinary Things worthy Observation, as to the natural or curious Productions, Beauty, or Fertility, of that Part of the World.

By: N/A

Price: $350.00

Publisher: London, J.E. Garratt & Co: 1891

Seller ID: 2265379

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Wrappers lightly toned, 1/2 inch tear to spine head. 1891 Soft Cover. 47, [1] pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. 1891 reissue of 1710 original (Sabin 25282, Howes C106: These were Iroquois chiefs taken to London by Col. Schuyler of Albany.). An account of colonial Canada published for the British book trade, providing a great deal of contemporary detail about Native American culture, specifically within the Iroquois tribe.
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Glimpses of Derry, New Hampshire, 1719-1969

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Derry, New Hampshire, Ed Hatch: 1969

Seller ID: 2309540

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Surface tears along wrapper edges. 1969 Stapled Binding. CONTENTS: Ireland to Nutfield; First Settlers; Water Rights; Garrisons & Pounds; Londonderry Linen; Churches; Schools; Transportation; Hotels; Hospitals; Banks; Libraries; Post Offices; Town Buildings; Derry Water Works; Lodges, Patriotic & Civic Clubs; Industries; Chronology. Includes black-and-white photographs and maps.
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Image for Early History of Western Pennsylvania, and of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns, from MDCCLIV to MDCCCXXXIII [1754-1833]. with an Appendix, Containing, Besides Copious Extracts from Important Indian Treaties, Minutes of Conferences, Journals, Etc., a Topographical Description of the Counties of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Somerset, Greene, Fayette, Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, Etc.

Early History of Western Pennsylvania, and of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns, from MDCCLIV to MDCCCXXXIII [1754-1833]. with an Appendix, Containing, Besides Copious Extracts from Important Indian Treaties, Minutes of Conferences, Journals, Etc., a Topographical Description of the Counties of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Somerset, Greene, Fayette, Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, Etc.

By: A Gentleman of the Bar [Rupp, Israel Daniel]

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Pittsburg [Pittsburgh], Daniel W. Kauffman: 1846

Seller ID: 2289769

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Rebacked with new end sheets. Boards a bit rubbed, minor mending tissue repair to binding edge of first fold-out. 1846 Full-Leather. vi, [17]-406, vi, [2] pp. 8vo. Includes two fold-outs: Sketch of Col. Bouquet's Engagement; Plan of Fort Du Quesne. Howes R-505: This historical treasure-house includes the journals of Bouquet, Croghan, Post, etc. Sabin 74155: The appendix contains George Croghans Journal, Posts Journals, Bouquets Journal, Harmers Expedition, St. Clairs Expedition, Washingtons Journal, etc.
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Three Episodes of Massachusetts History, in Two Volumes: The Settlement of Boston Bay, The Antinomian Controversy, A Study of Church and Town Government

By: Adams, Charles Francis

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company: 1894

Seller ID: 2007289

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Fourth edition. Hinges weakening, vol. 1 front blanks repaired at binding. 1894 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. vi, 532; iv, [533]-1067 pp. 8vo. Fold-out map of Boston Bay and vicinity precedes text, fold-out map of Old Braintree in second volume. A work of colonial history focusing on three important events in Massachusetts: The Settlement of Boston Bay; The Antinomian Controversy; A Study of Church and Town Government.
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Sir Christopher Gardiner, Knight: An Historical Monograph. [From Vol. XX. of the Proc's of the Mass. Hist. Soc.], With Additions

By: Adams, Charles Francis

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Cambridge, John Wilson and Son, University Press: 1883

Seller ID: 2007291

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1883 printing. Rebound in red cloth, retaining original coral printed wrappers. Signed by author on front wrapper. Front wrapper loosening, boards lightly rubbed, bookplate of Charles Edwin Stratton on front endpaper. We have more books available by this author!. 36 pp. 8vo. A monograph originally published in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, detailing the story of Christopher Gardiner and his flight from the consequences of a rather duplicitous romantic life. It became well-known enough that Longfellow based a poem on it, entitled The Landlord's Tale: The Rhyme of Sir ...
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The March of Democracy: The Rise of the Union (Volume I)

By: Adams, James Truslow

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scriber's Sons: 1932

Seller ID: 2266170

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Volume 1 only of 2 volume set. No jacket, bookplate on front endpaper. 1932 Hard Cover. xvi, 428 pp. Volume 1 only of 2 volume set. CONTENTS: Discovery and Settlement; The Colonial System Takes Form; The Duel with France; American Life in 1763; The Insoluble Problems of the New Empire; The Revolution; The Federal Union Formed; The New Nation Gets Under Way; Jeffersonian Democracy; The Presidency of Jefferson; The War of 1812; The Era of Good Feeling; The Jacksonian Period; The Nation in Mid-Century; A Decade of Expansion, 1840-1850; The Inevitable Conflict.
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Five Generations: Life and Letters of an American Family, 1750-1900

By: Armstrong, Margaret

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York / London, Harper & Brothers: 1930

Seller ID: 2289651

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Jacket rubbed with a few tears to spine head and foot, jacket price clipped. 1930 Hard Cover. ix, [3], 425, [3] pp. 8vo. Includes 23 plates. A collection of letters and diary entries spanning 150 years of American history and recounting the histories of numerous families and individuals.
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David Alden's Daughter and Other Stories of Colonial Times

By: Austin, Jane G.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company: 1892

Seller ID: 2280442

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Boards faintly toned. 1892 Hard Cover. viii, 316 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jane Goodwin Austin (February 25, 1831 - March 30, 1894) was an American writer, notable for her popular stories of the time. During her lifetime, she was the author of 24 books and numerous short stories.[2] Her friends throughout her life were some of the most well-known American authors, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Louisa May Alcott.[3]
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Massasoit's Town, Sowams in Pokanoket: Its History, Legends, and Traditions

By: Baker, Virginia

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Warren, R.I., Published by the Author: 1904

Seller ID: 2005865

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback in gold slipcase and chemise. Minor loss from spine. 1904 Trade Paperback. 43 pp. Stapled binding, printed wrappers. A history of the town led by the sachem of the Wampanoag Confederacy, who helped prevent the failure of the Plymouth Colony and the starvation of its settlers. Sowams was a Native American village on the peninsula of Pokanoket (what is now known as Warren, Rhode Island), and site of an early trading post set up by the Plymouth Colony.
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Tresor des Anciens Jesuites (Bulletin No. 153, No. 43 de la Serie Anthropologie)

By: Barbeau, Marius

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Musee National du Canada: 1957

Seller ID: 2276391

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Inscribed to Hella Sachs and signed by author on title page. This volume was acquired from the personal library of Julian Street, Jr., Hella's husband. Edges rubbed. 1957 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xv, [1], 242 pp. French text. The title translates to 'Treasure of the Old Jesuits'. A study of artifacts left by the Jesuits, who colonized portions of Canada during the 17th century. Barbeau, considered the founder of Canadian anthropology, was a Rhodes Scholar and advocate of the preservation and celebration of the traditions of native peoples.
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The History of Massachusetts, in Three Volumes: The Colonial Period; The Provincial Period; The Commonwealth Period.

By: Barry, John Stetson

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Philips, Sampson, and Company / Published for the Author and for sale by His Agent, Henry Barry, at No. 20 Washington Street: 1855

Seller ID: 2006542

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First editions. Vol. I in fair condition with heavy wear to and significant loss from backstrip, front board nearly completely loose. Other two volumes good - front hinge of vol. II loose, front joint split, one gathering in vol. III sprung. With some restoration, this could be an attractive set. 1855 Hard Cover. xii, 516; xii, 514; xii, 468. pp. 8vo. An extensive history of Massachusetts from the time of Christopher Columbus through 1820. The final volume includes an extensive index and a large list of subscribers after the text. Sabin 3687.
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Genesee Valley Events: 1668-1986

By: Beale, Irene A.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Geneseo, Chestnut Hill Press: 1986

Seller ID: 2286756

ISBN: 0960813233

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Signed by author without inscription on title page. Spine slightly faded, owner bookplate inside front wrapper. 1986 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 198 pp. An accomplished historian and storyteller, Irene Beale has gathered a rich double handful of Valley events that recall people happenings and lore through some three hundred years of Valley living.
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Genesee Valley People 1743-1962

By: Beale, Irene A.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Geneseo, New York, Chestnut Hill Press: 1983

Seller ID: 2308913

ISBN: 0960813217

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Signed by author without inscription on title page. Spine toned. 1983 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. vii, [1], 224 pp. These accounts of the lives of moer than fifty persons present authentic Genesee Valley history at its most readable. An introduction to the social history of the Valley, it is even more a parade across the years of memorable personalities. --From the rear wrapper.
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Beginnings of the American People (Great Seal Books)

By: Becker, Carl L.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Ithaca, New York, Great Seal Books / A Division of Cornell University Press: 1963

Seller ID: 2306826

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

2nd printing. 1963 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xii, 293, [xviii] pp. Illustrated with five black-and-white maps. CONTENTS: The Discovery of the Old World and the New; The Partition of the New World; The English Migration in the Seventeenth Century; England and Her Colonies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; The American People in the Eighteenth Century; The Winning of Independence; Bibliography; Index.
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Sowams: With Ancient Records of Sowams and Parts Adjacent - Illustrated

By: Bicknell, Thomas W.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New Haven, Associated Publishers of American Records: 1908

Seller ID: 2005871

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Limited edition, #302 of an unspecified limitation. 1908 Hard Cover. vi, 194, [10] pp. Original green cloth, gilt titles, top edge gilt. A history of the town led by the sachem of the Wampanoag Confederacy, who helped prevent the failure of the Plymouth Colony and the starvation of its settlers. Sowams was a Native American village on the peninsula of Pokanoket (what is now known as Warren, Rhode Island), and site of an early trading post set up by the Plymouth Colony. Index follows text.
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The Red King's Rebellion: Racial Politics in New England, 1675-1678

By: Bourne, Russell

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Atheneum: 1990

Seller ID: 2306042

ISBN: 0689120001

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed. 1990 Hard Cover. Discusses the causes and results of King Philip's War, in which the Algonquins nearly drove the white settlers out of New England.
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The Colonial Merchant: Sources and Readings (The Forces in American Economic Growth Series)

By: Bruchey, Stuart

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.: 1966

Seller ID: 2306814

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Edges rubbed. 1966 Trade Paperback. viii, 199 pp. A collection of documents concerning trade, from the early 17th Century through the Revolutionary War.
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Paul Jones: Founder of the American Navy - A History, in Two Volumes

By: Buell, Augustus C.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribners Sons: 1902

Seller ID: 2292849

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Very Good

1902 printing. Spine and edges a bit rubbed. xv, [1], 328, [6]; vii, [1], 379, [5] pp. Brown leather spine and corners, marbled boards and endpapers, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt. Color frontispiece of Paul Jones in first volume, etched portrait frontispiece in second volume. Also includes a map of the British Isles, an outboard profile of the Bon Homme Richard, a plan of the battle of the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis, and a facsimile of an letter from Paul Jones to George Washington.
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The Williamsburg Art of Cookery or Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion: Being a Collection of Upwards of Five Hundred of the Most Ancient & Approv'd Recipes in Virginia Cookery

By: Bullock, Helen

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Williamsburg, Virginia, Colonial Williamsburg / The Dietz Press, Inc.: 1983

Seller ID: 2281353

ISBN: 0910412308

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Includes belly band jacket. 1 inch closed tear along jacket spine, original CW receipts laid in. 1983 Hard Cover. viii, 276 pp. A modern collection of recipes released by Colonial Williamsburg, designed to emulate early American culinary publications.
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The Williamsburg Art of Cookery or Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion: Being a Collection of Upwards of Five Hundred of the Most Ancient & Approv'd Recipes in Virginia Cookery

By: Bullock, Helen

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Williamsburg, Virginia, Colonial Williamsburg / The Dietz Press, Inc.: 1983

Seller ID: 2286496

ISBN: 0910412308

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Jacket and spine lightly stained. 1983 Hard Cover. viii, 276 pp. A collection of recipes released by Colonial Williamsburg, selected from early American culinary publications.
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A Prospect of the Colleges in Cambridge in New England Engraved by Wm. Burgis in 1726 [Colleges]

By: Burgis, Wm. [William]; Andrews, William Loring

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and Company: 1897

Seller ID: 2163501

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First thus. Bookplate on front endpaper, gatefold frontispiece loose but included. 1897 Hard Cover. 38 pp. 4to. 1897 reissue of 1726 original. A collection of early images of Harvard University, originally produced in 1726, and re-released here with descriptive text, including correspondence between Thomas Hollis and former Harvard President E. Holyoke.
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An Account of the Late Revolution in New-England. Together with the Declaration of the Gentlemen, Merchants, and Inhabitants of Boston, and the Country Adjacent. April 18. 1689. (Sabin's Reprints, Quarto Series. No. I. [1])

By: Byfield, Nathaniel

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Reprinted for Joseph Sabin: 1865

Seller ID: 2007785

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Former library copy (Lowell City Library), usual marks. Binding edge corners of pages lightly stained. 1865 Hard Cover. 26, [1] pp. 4to. 8 3/4 x 7 1/8. Rubricated title page, laid paper. 1865 reissue of 1689 original. Numerous blanks follow text. Sabin 9709: Edition, 250 copies, of which 50 are on large paper. No colophon or other indication of limitation. An account of the uprising in Boston against Sir Edmund Andros, governor of the Dominion of New England, who promoted the Church of England and enacted several pieces of legislation that angered the Puritans.
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Wolfe and Montcalm (Canadian University Paperbooks Number 27)

By: Casgrain, H.R.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: ., University of Toronto Press: 1964

Seller ID: 2048789

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

First paperback printing. Spine slightly faded. 1964 Trade Paperback. 292 pp. A history of two major figures in the French and Indian War. The first separate publication of this study following its original appearance in the 1905 Makers of Canada series. Chronological list and index follow text.
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New-England's Jonas Cast up at London. 1647.

By: Child, John; Marvin, W.T.R.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Boston, Wm. Parsons Lunt: 1869

Seller ID: 2265018

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Limited edition, one of 150 small paper copies (20 large paper copies were also printed). Rebound in navy blue cloth with gilt titles and new end sheets. 1869 Hard Cover. lii, [2], 40, [2] pp. 4to. Introduction and notes by W. T. R. Marvin. Sabin 12706. From the introduction: The Tract which is reprinted in the following pages, is an evidence of the discontent which existed among certain classes of the people in New England, who were excluded from a share in the government: and the circumstances it describes, which took place in 1644-6, were the cause of great disturbance among the settlers ar...
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Phineas Lyman: Connecticut's General

By: Clark, Delphina L.H.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Springfield, Massachusetts, Connecticut Valley Historical Museum: 1964

Seller ID: 2307158

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket. Spine and boards lightly toned. Map horn frontispiece loose but included. 1964 Hard Cover. 95 pp. Phineas Lyman (17161774) was a colonial American soldier known for his service in the provincial British army of the French and Indian War. He later led a group of New England veterans of the war to settle in the new colony of West Florida where he died shortly before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. He earned a reputation as the most experienced colonial American officer during the war.--Wikipedia
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All Cloudless Glory: The Life of George Washington Volume II [2]

By: Clark, Harrison

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Washington, DC, Regnery: 1996

Seller ID: 2267990

ISBN: 0895264455

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ink marginalia. 1996 Hard Cover. This second volume of Clark's biography of Washington focuses on the future president coming into his own as politician and military leader.
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The Spirit Of Seventy-Six: The Story Of The American Revolution As Told By Participants

By: Commager, Henry Steele; Morris, Richard B.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: ., Da Capo: 1968

Seller ID: 2160423

ISBN: 0306806207

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Pencil marginalia. 1968 Trade Paperback. Who shall write the history of the American Revolution? Who can write it? asked John Adams in 1815. Renowned scholars Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Morris have provided a prudent, perceptive answerthe participants themselvesand in the process have fashioned from the vast source material a thrilling chronological narrative. The Spirit of Seventy-Six allows readers to experience events long-entombed in textbooks as they unfold for the first time for both Loyalists and Patriots: the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, the Declaration of Independence, and...
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The Long Fuse: How England Lost the American Colonies 1760-1785

By: Cook, Don

Price: $4.00

Publisher: New York, Atlantic Monthly Press: 1996

Seller ID: 2195688

ISBN: 0871136619

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

5th printing. Light stain along top edge causing mild wrinkle. 1996 Trade Paperback. xiii, 416 pp. In The Long Fuse, Don Cook investigates the American Revolution from the British side, throwing new light on this colorful age and its players. He draws from a multitude of primary sources, including personal correspondence and political memoranda, to show how Britain, at the height of her power but suffering from internal political strife, made one mistake after another, culminating in the loss of her prized colonies. In opposition to King George's American policies were such towering figures as...
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Hernando Cortes: Five Letters, 1519-1526 (The Broadway Travellers Series)

By: Cortes, Hernando; Morris, J. Bayard; Ross, E. Denison; Power, Eileen

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.: 1928

Seller ID: 2293319

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Edges, endpapers, and a few text pages lightly foxed, spine faded. 1928 Hard Cover. xlvii, [1], 388, [10] pp. 8vo. Five letters by the Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that ultimately caused the collapse of the Aztec Empire. These were written during and immediately after his conquest of what is now Mexico. Translated, with an introduction, by J. Bayard Morris.
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