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The Life of Henry Ward Beecher

By: Anonymous

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Hurst & Co.: 1888

Seller ID: 025190

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Hurst & Co., 1888. Undated, ca. 1888. Arlington Edition. Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings. Attractive copy in Victorian binding, pine green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in black. Extremities lightly rubbed with very minor fraying to the spine head, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a name and 1888 date on the front free endpaper, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall.
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The Life of Henry Ward Beecher

By: Anonymous

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York, Hurst & Co.: 1888

Seller ID: 025191

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Hurst & Co., 1888. Undated, ca. 1888. Arlington Edition. Illustrated throughout with black and white engravings. Attractive copy in Victorian binding, rich red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in black. Extremities very lightly rubbed, barely noticeable spine fading, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a name and 1888 date on the front free endpaper, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall.
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A Guide to Good Manners: Containing Hints on Etiquette, Business, Morals, Dress, Friendship, Weddings, Balls, Dinners, Parties, Compliments and Letter Writing

By: Anonymous

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Springfield, MA, John M. Wood: 1847

Seller ID: 035696

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Springfield, MA: John M. Wood, 1847. Title page dated 1847, cover dated 1848. Worn. Guide to mid 19th century behavior in a wide range of social situations. Printed tan hardcover, 4.5" tall, frontis engraving, 128 pages. Covers very worn and spitted with considerable chipping to the spine, binding no longer firm but all pages attached, pages a little foxed and age-toned but clean, no names or other markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. First Edition.
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Memoir of Mrs. Rebekah Evans, of South Reading, Mass. [Masschusetts]

By: Anonymous

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Boston, J. Howe, Printer: 1836

Seller ID: 038509

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Boston: J. Howe, Printer, 1836. Title page dated 1836. Memorial memoir in bright red leather lettered and decorated in gilt, frontis portrait, about 6.25 inches tall. Covers rubbed, especially at the corners and spine ends, some cover soil including an ink bottle ring on the front cover, good hinges, sound text block, pages uniformly foxed but clean, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5" - 6" tall. First Edition.
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Appalachia. December 1945. Number 100

By: Appalachian Mountain Club

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club: 1945

Seller ID: 036431

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Boston, MA: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1945. Original issue from December 1945. Softcover, 9.25" tall, about 120 pages, illustrated in black and white, mainly from photographs. Covers rubbed at the edges with some expected age-related soil, binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. Partial listing of articles: Tuckerman Headwall, Of Divers Mountain Trails, Rapids Ahead!; G.I. Sahib on Skis, Parson Sprague and the Mountain, Mount Willard Ramblins, The Ibex and Chamois in Ancient Medicine, Yosemite in Winter, Maine Mountains and Mammals, A Guatemala Volcano, Saddleback in 1839, Canals and Current...
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Appalachia. June 1948. Number 105

By: Appalachian Mountain Club

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club: 1948

Seller ID: 036434

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Boston, MA: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1948. Original issue from June 1948. Softcover, 9.25" tall, about 120 pages, illustrated in black and white, mainly from photographs. Covers rubbed at the edges with some expected age-related soil and wear, binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. Partial listing of articles: Tropical Tramps on the Cotopaxi, The White Mountains, Once in the Eastern Alps, the Cliff's Frankenstein, Tuolumne Interlude, Rock-climbing int he Willoughby Lake Regions, Bringing a Map to Life, lots more including information on trails, equipment, organizations, club climbs and tri...
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Appalachia. June 1944. Number 97

By: Appalachian Mountain Club

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club: 1944

Seller ID: 036428

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Boston, MA: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1944. Original issue from June 1944. Softcover, 9.25" tall, about 120 pages, illustrated in black and white, mainly from photographs. Covers rubbed at the edges with some expected age-related soil, binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. Partial listing of articles: A Volcano is Born, W. H. Bartlett Illustrator of American Scenery, on Kiska, Capstone of Vermont, Cordilleran Climbs, on Arizona's San Francisco Peaks, Rock Climbing Along the Potomac, Moosehead Lake to the Sea by Canoe, An Innocent in the Tetons, lots more including information on trails, eq...
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Appalachia. December 1944. Number 98

By: Appalachian Mountain Club

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Appalachian Mountain Club: 1944

Seller ID: 036429

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Boston, MA: Appalachian Mountain Club, 1944. Original issue from December 1944. Softcover, 9.25" tall, about 120 pages, illustrated in black and white, mainly from photographs. Covers rubbed at the edges with some expected age-related soil, faint old transparent stains to the outer edges of the first few pages, binding sound, pages clean and unmarked. Partial listing of articles: A Visit to Howse Pass and the Freshfields, The Artist of Katahdin, A Sheriff Looks Back, a Corsican Climb, the Growth of Cold River Camp, The Art and Technique of Walking, Mountain Folk, Indians of New Jersey, lots mo...
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Indian Art of the Americas

By: Appleton, Le Roy H.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1950

Seller ID: 018422

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First edition, 1950. Inscribed "To C.P., Roy Appleton" on the half title, in red pencil. The "C.P." in the inscription was Charles Pont, who left copies of his letters to the editor of the New York times castigating them for printing unfavorable reviews of the book. It also includes a letter in response signed by New York Times book review editor Francis Brown, and a few other clippings, etc. Tan textured cloth printed in black and red, decorative endpapers, 279 pages, errata slip at front, decorative dustjacket. The book looks and feels nearly new...
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The United States and Canada, in 1832, 1833, and 1834. In Two Volumes

By: Arfwedson, C. D. [Carl David] (1806-1881)

Price: $950.00

Publisher: London, Richard Bentley: 1834

Seller ID: 035309

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

London: Richard Bentley, 1834. First edition, 1834. Handsome two volume set in exquisite contemporary binding in light brown polished calf (spines faded to a pleasing tan), dual black spine lables, lightly raised spine bands, spine and cover embellishments in gilt and in blind, gilt tooled inner dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers, frontis engraving in each volume. Armorial bookplate of Tremayne - Heligan on each front pastedown, gift notation on preliminary blank of volume I: John Tremayne from his friend C. P. Johudon [sp?] on his leaving Eton, Christmas 1842. Some edgewear and uneven fad...
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Savage Son

By: Arnold, Oren

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press: 1951

Seller ID: 027234

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1951. First edition of this partially fictionalized account of a young Native American Apache boy who rose to renown in his adulthood as Dr. Carlos Montezuma. Gray cloth printed in red, red and black illustrated dustajcket. Light edgewear, some red residue from the dustjacket left on the outer edges of the front cover, good hinges, sound text block, the letter B in a circle on the copyright page, pages clean with no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has edgewear and a slightly faded spine, very minor edge chips and closed tears, litt...
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I Belong to South Carolina: South Carolina Slave Narratives

By: Ashton, Susanna (editor)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press: 2010

Seller ID: 040860

ISBN: 1570039011

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2010. First edition, first printing, signed by the editor on the half-title. Softcover, 318 pages. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no other names or markings.. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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Our Federal Union: The United States from 1816 to 1865

By: Asimov, Isaac

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1975

Seller ID: 040497

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. First edition, first printing, 1975. Non-fiction by the noted sci-fi author, geared for audiences 12 and older but with enough sophistication to be enjoyable by adults. Dark yellow cloth with dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [7.95] and is also very good with light edge rubbing, very subtly faded spine, effectively no paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edi...
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The Atheneum; or Spirit of the English Magazines. No. 19 - Vol. II, No. 7 - January 1, 1818

By: Atheneum Magazine

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1818

Seller ID: 028656

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1818. Single issue [Jan. 1, 1818] of this semi-monthly magazine devoted to news, scientific developments, literature, sports, fashion, etc., mainly reprinted from European periodicals. Provides a fascinating snapshot of American interests and tastes during the early days of the republic. Softcover, forty pages. Covers age-toned and lightly soiled, edges worn and chipped, pages lightly foxed but readily legible, clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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The Atheneum; or Spirit of the English Magazines. No. 44 - Vol. IV, No. 8 - January 15, 1819

By: Atheneum Magazine

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1819

Seller ID: 028665

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1819. Single issue [Jan. 15, 1819] of this semi-monthly magazine devoted to news, scientific developments, literature, sports, fashion, etc., mainly reprinted from European periodicals. Provides a fascinating snapshot of American interests and tastes during the early days of the republic. Softcover, forty pages. Covers age-toned and lightly soiled, edges worn and lightly chipped, some corners creased, pages age-toned and lightly foxed but readily legible, clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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The Atheneum; or Spirit of the English Magazines. No. 42 - Vol. IV, No. 6 - December 15, 1818

By: Atheneum Magazine

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1818

Seller ID: 028662

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1818. Single issue [Dec. 15, 1818] of this semi-monthly magazine devoted to news, scientific developments, literature, sports, fashion, etc., mainly reprinted from European periodicals. Provides a fascinating snapshot of American interests and tastes during the early days of the republic. Softcover, forty pages. Covers age-toned and lightly soiled, edges worn and chipped, corners creased, pages age-toned and lightly foxed but readily legible, clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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The Atheneum; or Spirit of the English Magazines. No. 35 - Vol. III, No. 11 - September 1, 1818

By: Atheneum Magazine

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1818

Seller ID: 028659

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1818. Single issue [Sept. 1, 1818] of this semi-monthly magazine devoted to news, scientific developments, literature, sports, fashion, etc., mainly reprinted from European periodicals. Provides a fascinating snapshot of American interests and tastes during the early days of the republic. Softcover, forty pages. Covers age-toned and lightly soiled, edges worn and chipped, minor dampstains to top margins, pages lightly foxed but readily legible, clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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The Atheneum; or Spirit of the English Magazines. No. 45 - Vol. IV, No. 9 - February 1, 1819

By: Atheneum Magazine

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1819

Seller ID: 028663

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1819. Single issue [Feb. 1, 1819] of this semi-monthly magazine devoted to news, scientific developments, literature, sports, fashion, etc., mainly reprinted from European periodicals. Provides a fascinating snapshot of American interests and tastes during the early days of the republic. Softcover, forty pages. Covers age-toned and lightly soiled, edges worn and chipped, some corners creased, pages age-toned and lightly foxed but readily legible, clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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The Atheneum; or Spirit of the English Magazines. No. 39 - Vol. IV, No. 3 - November 2, 1818

By: Atheneum Magazine

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1818

Seller ID: 028661

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1818. Single issue [Nov. 2, 1818] of this semi-monthly magazine devoted to news, scientific developments, literature, sports, fashion, etc., mainly reprinted from European periodicals. Provides a fascinating snapshot of American interests and tastes during the early days of the republic. Softcover, forty pages. Covers age-toned and lightly soiled, edges worn and chipped, a few corners creased, pages age-toned and lightly foxed but readily legible, clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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The Atheneum; or Spirit of the English Magazines. No. 46 - Vol. IV, No. 10 - February 15, 1819

By: Atheneum Magazine

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1819

Seller ID: 028664

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1819. Single issue [Feb. 15, 1819] of this semi-monthly magazine devoted to news, scientific developments, literature, sports, fashion, etc., mainly reprinted from European periodicals. Provides a fascinating snapshot of American interests and tastes during the early days of the republic. Softcover, forty pages. Covers age-toned and lightly soiled, edges worn and chipped, some corners creased, pages age-toned and lightly foxed but readily legible, clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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Category: American History and Biography