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Casgrain, H. R., L'Abbe Biographies Canadiennes. Tome Dieuxieme, Oeuvres Completes De l'Abbe H. R. Casgrain
Montreal, Quebec C. O. Beauchemin & Fils 1897 Hardcover Good
Montreal, Quebec: C. O. Beauchemin & Fils, 1897. In French. Title page dated 1897. Second volume in a set of Casgrain's works, handsomely bound in half green morocco leather over marbled boards, marble endpapers, 543 pages. Covers rubbed, mainly at the extremities, leather lightly scuffed but not chipped, good hinges, sound text block, ages a little age-browned but clean, light scattering of foxing to upper part of title page, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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45.00 USD
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Caskey, Marie Chariot of Fire: Religion and the Beecher Family
New Haven, Connecticut Yale University Press 1978 0300020074 / 9780300020076 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1978. First edition [1978]. Red cloth with dustjacket. The book is very good with light edgewear, firm binding, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some edge rubbing, two very tiny chips, almost no paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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30.00 USD
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Catholic Church in America. Shea, John Gilmary Our Church and Country. The Catholic Pages of American History. Two Volume Set in Very Good Condition
New York The Catholic Historical League of America 1905 First Edition Hardcover Very Good
New York: The Catholic Historical League of America, 1905. Clean and attractive two volume set of the 1905 first edition. A compendium of Catholic history in the United States, illustrated throughout in black and white. Black cloth textured to appear like three quarter leather, gilt lettering and decoration, two volumes 10.25 inches tall, a total of 740 pages plus an additional 150 pages or so of various essays and appendices. Minimal wear, minor scuffs to the rear cover of volume II, good hinges, sound text blocks, slightly age-toned but clean pages free from names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.
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145.00 USD
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Catton, Bruce Mr. Lincoln's Army
Garden City, NY Doubleday & Company 1961 Hardcover Good Good
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1961. Copyright 1951, later printing, with a 1961 gift notation on the verso of the front free endpaper. Black cloth, map endpapers, 372 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book has light edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, slightly darkened front endpapers from an old newspaper clipping, clean pages with the aforenoted inscription, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has some edgewear and a slightly faded spine, small creases and a closed tear to the lower edge of the rear panel, no paper loss.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket present.
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18.00 USD
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Caverly, Robert Boodey Life and Labors of John Eliot, the Apostle, Among the Indian Nations of New England, Together with an Account of the Eliots in England
Lowell, Massachusetts George M. Elliott 1881 First Edition Hardcover Fair
Lowell, Massachusetts: George M. Elliott, 1881. First edition [1881]. Worn. Biography of noted 17th century missionary Eliot who compiled the first Bible in a Native American language. Illustrated with four black and white plates. Tan hardcover with spine label, 98 pages plus six pages of ads. Covers held on with white fabric tape, spine covering nearly absent with spine label present but heavily chipped, Rear cover has horizontal split and is partially detached, binding sound, pages considerably age-darkened and slightly brittle but clean and fully legible, chips to top margins of final few pages, long gift notation and genealogical note on front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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185.00 USD
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Cawthorne, Nigel Mythos und Maske : Die indianische Stammeskunst Nordamerikas
München, Germany Ernst Battenberg Verlag 1998 3894414103 / 9783894414108 Hardcover Fine Very Good
München, Germany: Ernst Battenberg Verlag, 1998. Published 1998. Includes extravagant full-page color illustrations, many covered with a protective tissue, also sporting decorative designs. Black decorated boards with heavy white spine lettering, decorated endpapers, illustrated frontis with protective tissue, ninety-six pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in fine condition, looks and feels new, with sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is in very good condition with a price sticker affixed to its rear panel.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dust jacket present.
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20.00 USD
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Cecchhi, David Agawam and Feeding Hills: Images of America
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.A. Arcadia Pub 2000 0738504696 / 9780738504698 First Edition Paperback Very Good
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, U.S.A.: Arcadia Pub, 2000. First edition. The first of two volumes documenting the photographic history of Agawam and Feeding Hills, Massachusetts (later volume was entitles Agawam and Feeding Hills Revisited). This volume now out of print. Printed softcover, 128 pages. Minor external wear, mainly a bit of edge rubbing, gift notation on half-title, no other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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25.00 USD
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Center for Southern Folklore Center for Southern Folklore, Memphis, Tennessee, 1977
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. Center for Southern Folklore 1977 0892670045 / 9780892670048 First Edition Paperback Very Good
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Center for Southern Folklore, 1977. First edition [1977]. Museum catalog, twelve pages in length and illustrated with sepiatone photographs, plus several pages of supplemental materials - newspaper article reprint, brochure, carefully folded poster, supplemental exhibit info - all from the late 1970s. Softcover with some light shelfwear and a couple of ink doodles on the rear cover, contents clean and free from names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.
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35.00 USD
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Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission Historical Highlights
Worcester Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission 1969 Paperback Good
Worcester: Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, 1969. Published 1969. A collection of historical information about Central Massachusets, arranged by town, including facts about original settlements, population statistics, industrial and economic factors, transportation, etc. Illustrated with maps. Light gray card covers with black plastic comb binding, about eighty pages. Some light edgewear and a bit of age-toning to the cover edges, internally very clean and free from names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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26.00 USD
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Chamberlain, Samuel A Small House in the Sun: The Visage of Rural New England
New York Hastings House 1936 First Edition Hardcover Good No
New York: Hastings House, 1936. First edition, 1936. Photographic scenes of small towns and rural areas throughout New England. Red cloth lettered in gilt, 96 pages, no dustjacket. Covers unevenly faded with some edgewear and a bit of fraying to the foot of the spine, internally about fine with a gift inscription on the front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.
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Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar. Series Editor M. A. DeWolfe Howe John Brown. The Beacon Biographies of Eminent Americans Series
Boston Small, Maynard and Company 1906 Hardcover Good No
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1906. Published 1906. Beacon Biographies Series. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, frontis portrait, engraved title, 138 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers rubbed with some subtle spotting, good hinges, sound text block, light scattered foxing to the first and last several leaves, clean pages free from names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good/No. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
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45.00 USD
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Chapelle, Howard I. The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development
New York W. W. Norton & Co, Inc 1949 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Fair
New York: W. W. Norton & Co, Inc, 1949. Stated first edition. Very good copy in worn dustjacket. Illustrated throughout with numerous folding ship plans, diagrams, color frontis, other illustrations in black and white. Tan cloth printed in navy blue, a thick 558 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book has little wear, good hinges, sound text block, age-toned endpapers, pages clean and free from names or other markings. A list and order form for full size ship plans is laid in loosely at the front. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped (12.50) and has considerable rubbing to the extremities, many very tiny edge chips, shelf soil to rear panel, little paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Chapin, Howard Millar New England Vessels in the Expedition Against Louisbourg, 1745
Boston Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1923 Paperback Very Good
Boston: Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1923. Published 1923. Reprinted from the April 1923 issue of New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Softcover, 32 pages. Light edgewear darkening to edges, small irregular pink spot at upper corner of front cover, contents clean and unmarked.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Chapin, Willliam A.R. Wanted: Tall Men. History of Medicine in Springfield
Springfield, Massachusetts USA Self Published 1955 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Signed
Springfield, Massachusetts USA: Self Published, 1955. First edition, 1955. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Leather-look black cloth with gilt spine lettering, 314 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with hardly any discernible edgewear, sound text block, very mildly two-toned endpapers, otherwise clean pages with no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is in very good condition, chipped along the upper edge and spine foot, inner flaps appear to be clipped a bit short (perhaps by design).. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Charles D. Walcott, Director Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey 1898-99. Part VII: Explorations in Alaska in 1898
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office 1900 First Edition Hardcover Fair
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900. First edition, 1900. Part VII, Alaska, including numerous illustrations and maps, including folding maps in color, 5 large folding maps in a rear pocket. Externally quite worn, internally good to very good, maps very good. Ex college library with expected markings plus withdrawn stamps on the endpapers and stamped once on the reverse side of each folding map. Dark brown cloth printed in gilt, 11.5" tall, 508 pages. Covers lightly rubbed with additional wear to the extremities, hinges internally reglued and secure, text block sound, pages slightly age-yellowed but clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.
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185.00 USD
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Charles T. Walter. Photos Assembled by Zenas C. Jenks Lights and Shadows of The Flood of 1927: Vermont at Its Worst; Vermonters at Their Best
St. Johnsbury, Vermont The Cowles Press, Inc. 1928 Second Printing Paperback Good
St. Johnsbury, Vermont: The Cowles Press, Inc., 1928. Collected photographs and accounts of the devastating floods that hit Vermont in 1927, caused by record-breaking 9.16 inches of rain that fell in November of that year. Softcover, 190 pages. Covers rubbed with light shelf soil, binding staples visible inside front cover, text block sound, pages clean and free from names or other markings.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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65.00 USD
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Chase, Mary Ellen. Ilustrated By John O'Hara Cosgrave II Sailing the Seven Seas. North Star Books No. 4
Boston Houghton Mifflin : The Riverside Press 1958 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good
Boston: Houghton Mifflin : The Riverside Press , 1958. First edition, 1958. Illustrated. Light brown cloth with red and brown cover lettering and illustration, patterned and illustrated endpapers, 182 pages with index, color illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with hardly any discernible edgewear including lightly rubbed corners and spine ends, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition with mildly rubbed spine ends. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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16.00 USD
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Cheetham, James The Life of Thomas Paine, Author of Common Sense, The Crisis, Rights of Man, &c. &c. &c.
New York Southwick and Pelsue 1809 First Edition Hardcover Good
New York: Southwick and Pelsue, 1809. First edition, 1809. Vitriolic diatribe in the guise of a biography. Once close, Cheetham and Paine had a falling-out and became the bitterest of foes, and Cheetham took the opportunity, shortly after Paine's death, to besmirch his reputation by bringing to light his personal habits, alleged infideility, more. Original gray boards with tan spine, paper spine label, uncut edges, 347 pages. Covers worn and spotted with some chipping, especially to the spine, front cover a little loosened but still attached, rear cover nearly detached, text block sound with no loosened pages, scattered foxing, names on front endpapers lightly written in pencil, nice wide margins. Howes 336.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.
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135.00 USD
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