Mystic: The Story of A Small New England Seaport; The Marine Historical Association, Vol. II, No. 4, Dec. 15, 1945
Marine Historical Association, 1945. First Printing. Softcover. Cream wraps. [40] pp. Numerous bw illus. More
Marine Historical Association, 1945. First Printing. Softcover. Cream wraps. [40] pp. Numerous bw illus. More
Philadelphia and Lancaster: Hall and Sellers (and) Francis Bailey, 1797. Hardcover. See Comments. Four volumes, bound in leather. Volume 1 (1797): front and rear hinges broken, cords holding firm, five raised-bands, applied red leather title in 2nd compartment and small applied red leather name tag at base of spine (John..... More
Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1793. Hardcover. Full brown leather with five raised-bands, tooled borders. ix, 817 pp., iii, (33) pp. Index. Significant for the two signature of Tench Coxe, one dated 1801 and the other 1804, both with a "Jnr." after the name. Volume 2 ONLY of a 4-volume set..... More
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2009. Hardcover. Covered boards with whitecloth, red cloth on the spine; silver lettering on the spine; white and red with color illustration on dj; 386 pp; 10 bw figures. Using incisive portraits of the most influential journalists of the 1790's, Daniel's captures a...... More
New York & London: Routledge, 2002. Paperback. Orange, gray, and color-illustrated wraps; gray spine with white lettering. 328 pp. "...Innovative in its scope, Negotiated Empires examines governance in British, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch and Native America and the interactions and experiences of people at the peripheries of these empires, including..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Hardbound. Black cloth with gold lettering; 371 pp. with 7 bw illustrations. Published in conjunction with the German Historical Institute. More
Baltimore; Providence: George M'Dowell & Son; Hutchens & Shephard, 1832. Hardcover. Full brown leather; four raised bands with applied red leather and gilt-lettered label in compartment;471 pp; bw illustrations. "I.A general description of North America. -- II. A general description of the United States; the Declaration of Independence and constitution..... More
New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First. Softcover. BW pictorial wraps with red lettering; 1-204 pp., 169 pp. - 386 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. Examines mysteries of America's past and how historians can crack them, including the motivations of the Salem witchcraft trials, the eighty-percent death rate..... More
New York: None Stated, 1930. Softcover. Mint greed stapled wraps with black lettering and border; 28 pp. This actually contains 7 different speeches/articles concerning North American and Chile: North American Imperialism (Davila, a translation from La Nacion, July 7, 1930 in Santiago); One of the Grand Days of American Life..... More
Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1978. Hardbound. Brownish tan cloth. pp. 1117 - 1810. some bw illustrations. More
New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. Illustrated edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth over boards, with gilt titling at spine and front cover. 386 pp. BW frontispiece with tissue overlay. 19 bw plates. More
Paris: Chez Prault, 1788-1791. Second Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. Brown leather boards, red title and volume blocks on spines, gilt letters and decorations on spines, marbled flyleaves and marbled edges all around; 759 pp. total, 3 BW illus., 5 fold-outs. Text is in French. Title on spines: Voyage de l'Ameriqu..... More
Hartford, Connecticut: Wm. Jas. Hamersley, 1852. Original, First. Hardcover. Dark brown cloth, spine reinforced with black cloth, rebacked (original spine), gilt titling. xxvi 509 pp. Several plates and some in-text illustrations, all in BW. Chapters include: The country -- manners and customs, institutions and languages. Names, numbers, positions and political..... More
Bogota: Ramon Gonzalez, 1850. Hardcover. Black and 3/4 brown primitive leather (perhaps alligator) boards with gilt-lettered black spine label. xii, 464 pp. Text in Spanish. More
La Paz, Bolivia: Embajada de Espana en Bolivia, 1985. Paperback. Rust-colored wraps with color illustrations and white lettering. 218 pp. Over 40 BW illustrations and maps. Text in Spanish. A thesis presented in 1984 with the original title "Trafico Comercial a traves de Charcas." More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1970. Softcover. White & BW illus. wraps, 483 pp., 122 BW illus. 13 chapters supplied by 12 contributors make this "the only book that concentrates on political history and relates that history to the California of the 1970s. ... [This book] brings you..... More
Washington, DC / Baltimore: Democratic Congressional Committee / The Sun, Book and Job Printing Office, 1902. Softcover. Thin, stiff, paper-covered boards with green cloth over spine. 384 pp. More
New York / Washington, DC: Democratic National Committee, 1904. Second edition. Softcover. Tan paper wraps. 353 + xi pp. More
Washington, DC: Democratic National Committee, 1924. Softcover. Light blue wraps; 352 pp.; No illustrations. Extensive information about the Democratic party's platform in comparison to the Republican party's platform heading into the 1924 elections; A good read to remind us that the more things change, the more they stay the same..... More
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1957. Softcover. Green wraps, library binding; 117 pp. plus plates; 6 bw plates. Includes words and music for approximately eighty songs. More
Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1922. Hardcover. Dark green cloth over boards, library binding; 274 pp.; No illustrations. Nine chapters, including The Negro Press in Slavery Days, The Negro Press in Freedom, Favorite Themes of the Negro Press, and more; This is NOT a digital or print-on-demand copy! More
Flagstaff, Ariz. The Amerind Foundation, Inc. / Dragoon / Northland Press, 1974. Hardcover. 3 vols. Tan cloth boards with black buckram spines, gilt letters and decorations on spines, 1104 pp., many BW illus. and drawings with rust colorings. 3 vols. An in-depth look at the archaeological work done to find..... More
Sante Fe, New Mexico: The School Of American Research / University Of Utah / The Museum Of New Mexico, 1959. Hardcover. terra-cotta boards w/ black printing. 97 pgs w/ bw plates. "...SahagĂșn's monumental and encyclopedic study of native life in Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. This immense..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: B. B. Mussey & Co. and Thomas Groom, 1848. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards; 189 pp.; 1 bw pullout map. Includes a business directory, as well as listings of banks, courts, and other institutions in Boston; Also contains calendar and lunar information and a pullout map of the..... More
Boston, Massachusetts: B. B. Mussey & Co. and Thomas Groom, 1848. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; 189 pp.; 1 bw pullout map. Includes a business directory, as well as listings of banks, courts, and other institutions in Boston; Also contains calendar and lunar information and a pullout map of the..... More