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By: N/A
Price: $350.00
Publisher: J.E. Garratt & Co: 1891
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2265379
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. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: The Rogers Print: 1964
Seller ID: 2266374
Condition: Near Fine
Spine faintly creased. 1964 Small Softcover. 70 pp. A guide to Plymouth, Massachusetts, illustrated with black-and-white images. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Pilgrim Society: 1963
Seller ID: 2267173
Condition: Very Good
Wrappers very faintly toned, faint crease along length of pamphlet near spine edge. 1963 Stapled Binding. 40 pp. A guide to colonial Plymouth, Massachusetts. Topics include a list of the Mayflower passengers; Plymouth Rock; Mayflower II; streets, churches, houses, burial hill; and more. Includes black-and-white illustrations. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Rawding Distributing Co.: 1964
Seller ID: 2267176
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. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Avery & Doten, Book and Job Printers: 1889
Seller ID: 2299732
Condition: Very Good
No jacket. Light general wear. 1889 Hard Cover. xvi, 347 pp. Records of the Town of Plymouth, Massachusetts from 1636-1705. View more info
![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.](/assets/images/product/2289769.jpg)
By: A Gentleman of the Bar [Rupp, Israel Daniel]
Price: $500.00
Publisher: Daniel W. Kauffman: 1846
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2289769
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 Croghan’s Journal, Post’s Journals, Bouquet’s Journal, Harmer’s Expedition, St. Clair’s Expedition, Washington’s Journal, etc. View more info
![Image for An Answer to John Robinson of Leyden, Now First Published from a Manuscript of A.D. 1609 (Harvard Theological Studies Series Volume IX [9])](/assets/images/product/2006047.jpg)
By: A Puritan Friend; Burrage, Champlin
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Harvard University Press: 1920
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2006047
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... View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Dodd & Mead: 1872
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2286111
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Faint stain to top edge, ink name stamp on front endpaper. 1872 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. viii, [9]-331, [3] pp. 8vo. Dark orange cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations. Engraved frontispiece of a Native American fighting a bear, engraved portrait of Boone on title page, A biography of the frontiersman who has become part of American folklore for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, and his military service during the American Revolution. View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company: 1894
Edition: Fourth Edition
Seller ID: 2007289
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. View more info
![Image for Sir Christopher Gardiner, Knight: An Historical Monograph. [From Vol. XX. of the Proc's of the Mass. Hist. Soc.], With Additions](/assets/images/product/2007291.jpg)
Price: $40.00
Publisher: John Wilson and Son, University Press: 1883
Seller ID: 2007291
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 ... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Charles Scriber's Sons: 1932
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2266170
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Volume 1 only of 2 volume set. No jacket, bookplate on front endpaper. 1932 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 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; ... View more info
![Image for Archaeologia Americana. Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. Vol. I. [1] [Discovery of the River Mississippi and the Adjacent Country; Description of the Antiquities Discovered in the State of Ohio and Other Western States. Communicated to the President of the American Antiquarian Society.](/assets/images/product/2289649.jpg)
By: American Antiquarian Society; Manning, William; Hennepin, Lewis; Atwater, Caleb
Price: $450.00
Publisher: Printed for the American Antiquarian Society by William Manning: 1820
Seller ID: 2289649
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Rebound with new end sheets. 1820 Hard Cover. Sabin 1049. Includes large fold-out map of Ohio, 14 plates (7 folding). The first volume in a series printed 1820-1911. Includes: a preface about the contents of the volume; a list of the society's officers; an introduction regarding the origins of the society; Discovery of the River Mississippi and the Adjacent Country; Description of the Antiquities Discovered in the State of Ohio and Other Western States. The last is illustrated by engravings of ancient fortifications, mounds, &c. from the actual survey (some of which are fold-out... View more info
Price: $125.00 $100.00
Publisher: Harper & Brothers: 1930
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2289651
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. View more info
By: Austin, Jane G.
Price: $20.00 $16.00
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin and Company: 1892
Edition: Early Reprint
Seller ID: 2280442
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] View more info
By: Axelrod, Alan
Price: $8.00
Publisher: New York, Konecky & Konecky: 1993
Edition: Reissue
Seller ID: 2303513
ISBN: 1568521359
Condition: Near Fine
An excellent copy. 1993 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 280 pp. From the moment that Europeans landed on America's shores, they engaged in bloody conflict with the natives they encountered. Tensions and hostilities bred in the colonial wars with the Spanish, English, French, and Dutch would lead inevitably to the later wars of the removal period, skirmishes on the western Plains, and, ultimately, the confrontation at Wounded Knee. Now, captured here in the words of those who lived it, is the epic, violent history of a landscape turned red - through fear, greed, a... View more info
By: Bailyn, Bernard
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2292461
ISBN: 0394515692
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Jacket lightly rubbed. 1986 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. Analyzes the movement of English emigrants to North America between 1773 and 1776. View more info
By: Baker, Virginia
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Published by the Author: 1904
Seller ID: 2005865
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. View more info
By: Barbeau, Marius
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Musee National du Canada: 1957
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2276391
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. View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Philips, Sampson, and Company / Published for the Author and for sale by His Agent, Henry Barry, at No. 20 Washington Street: 1855
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2006542
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. View more info
![Image for Christopher Levett of York, the Pioneer Colonist in Casco Bay. [with] A Voyage into New England, Begun in 1623. and ended in 1624. (The Gorges Society. V.)](/assets/images/product/1981566.jpg)
By: Baxter, James Phinney; Levett, Christopher
Price: $200.00
Publisher: The Gorges Society: 1893
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 1981566
Condition: Very Good
Limited edition (unnumbered). Spine lightly creased with a few faint splits to backstrip, minor loss from spine head and edges. 1893 Trade Paperback. xii, 166 pp. Original wrappers. One of 200 copies. The last book published by The Gorges Society (one of only five publications), combining a biography of one of the earliest Maine colonists with his original 1628 memoirs. These include firsthand accounts of Native Americans, the countryside, and detailed descriptions of how Levett prospered. Not in Howes. Second work included is reprint of the 1628 original - with a facsimile of the title page -... View more info
By: Beale, Irene A.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Chestnut Hill Press: 1986
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2286756
ISBN: 0960813233
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. View more info
By: Beale, Irene A.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Chestnut Hill Press: 1983
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2286759
ISBN: 0960813217
Condition: Very Good
Signed by author without inscription on title page. Spine slightly faded, ink gift note on copyright page. 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 board View more info
By: Beale, Irene A.
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Chestnut Hill Press: 1983
Seller ID: 2287967
ISBN: 0960813217
Condition: Near Fine
A few faint smudges to wrappers. 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. View more info
By: Beale, Irene A.
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Chestnut Hill Press: 1986
Seller ID: 2300336
ISBN: 0960813233
Condition: Near Fine
Rear corner creased, sticker ghosting on rear 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. View more info
![Image for Cotton Mather: First Significant Figure in American Medicine (Publications of the Institute of the History of Medicine, First Series: Monographs, Volume V [5])](/assets/images/product/2005526.jpg)
By: Beall, Otho T.; Shryock, Richard H.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins Press: 1954
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2005526
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. 1954 Hard Cover. ix, 241 pp. 8vo. A new perspective on the life of the prominent Puritan minister, focusing on his contributions to early American medicine, and providing the historical context of the medical world during his lifetime. Mather is remembered as among the first Americans to advocate inoculation against disease. View more info
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Associated Publishers of American Records: 1908
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 2005871
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. View more info
By: Bobrick, Benson
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster: 1997
Edition: 2nd Printing
Seller ID: 2260791
ISBN: 0684810603
Condition: Near Fine
2nd printing. An exceptional copy. 1997 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 553 pp. George Washington at Valley Forge, Benedict Arnold's treason at West Point, Corwallis's defeat at Yorktown--these are the characters and events most Americans remember from their high-school history lessons about the Revolutionary War. Yet the war itself is so removed from us in time, its villains and heroes so remote, that it fails to grasp the place in popular imagination occupied by the Civil War, the two World Wars, or even Vietnam. Benson Bobrick's fresh account of the Revolutionary W... View more info
By: Brant, Irving
Price: $40.00
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1970
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 2265421
Condition: Near Fine
First thus. Spine ends lightly bumped. 1970 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. [viii], 681, [3] pp. 8vo. A one-volume biography of the fourth president of the United States, adapted from the six-volume biography Brant spent twenty years writing. View more info
By: Brant, Irving
Price: $15.00
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.: 1950
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2293915
Condition: Good
First edition. Lacks jacket. Front hinge weakening, rear board soiled. 1950 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 520 pp. 8vo. Book three in Brant's expansive biography of the fourth president of the United States, which eventually comprised a total of six volumes. Illustrated with black-and-white plates. View more info
Price: $175.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons: 1902
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2292849
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. View more info
