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The Atheneum; or Spirit of the English Magazines. No. 47 - Vol. IV, No. 11 - March 1, 1819

By: Atheneum Magazine

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1819

Seller ID: 028666

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1819. Single issue [Mar. 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. 23 - Vol. II, No. 11 - March 2, 1818

By: Atheneum Magazine

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1818

Seller ID: 028658

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Poor

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1818. Heavily worn single issue [Mar. 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. tears and chips to upper center portion of the front cover, following through to the following three leaves, affecting the text but still readable with some effort, covers age-toned and lightly soiled, edges worn and chipped, pages lightly fox...
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The Atheneum; or Spirit of the English Magazines. No. 41 - Vol. II No. 2 - November 1, 1817

By: Atheneum Magazine

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Munroe and Francis: 1817

Seller ID: 028667

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Poor

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1817. Single issue [Nov. 1, 1817] 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 absent, edges worn and chipped, small hole in final page, some corners creased, occasional light dampstaining, pages age-toned and lightly foxed but readily legible, clean and unmarked.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Poor. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Firs...
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Little Sylvia of Hartford and Her Indian Boy

By: Aunt Martha

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Hartford, Connecticut, American Publishing Company: 1890

Seller ID: 006311

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1890. First edition [1890]. Very hard-to-find children's title about Sylvia, the first white child born in the Connecticut wilderness during colonial times, and the Indians, especially a boy named Swift Foot, who were kind to her before her eventual death. Illustrated in black and white. Olive green cloth printed in black, 56 pages. Some edgewear to the covers, mainly some rubbing to the corners, spine edges and a bit of light fraying to the spine ends. Internally near fine, with good hinges, firm binding, very clean pages free from name...
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The Hudson River from Ocean to Source : Historical - Legendary - Picturesque

By: Bacon, Edgar Mayhew

Price: $135.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1903

Seller ID: 009581

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. Second printing, 1903. Exceptional copy of this well-illustrated book about the Hudson River and the Hudson River Valley. Describes the river along its entire course, pointing out areas of scenic and/or historical note, and includes 100 illustrations. The title page also indicated that there is a sectional map in a special pocket in the back, but the second edition includes neither the map nor the pocket. Dark blue cloth decoratively lettered in gilt with a illustration mounted on the front cover, top edge gilt, 590 pages plus two pages of publisher's a...
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Narragansett Bay: Its Historic and Romantic Associations and Picturesque Setting

By: Bacon, Edgar Mayhew

Price: $110.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1904

Seller ID: 041110

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. First edition [1904]. Well-kept copy of this history and scenic tour of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, illustrated with black and white photographs and fifty drawings by the author. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, title page in red and black, 377 pages. Some rubbing to the extremities with some very light fraying to the lower corners, spine gilt a little dulled but clearly legible, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages with no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edi...
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The Connecticut River and the Valley of the Connecticut: Three Hundred Fifty Miles from Mountain to Sea. Historical and Descriptive

By: Bacon, Edwin M.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1907

Seller ID: 035118

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907. Second printing, 1907. Comprehensive history of the river, illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Thick volume in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt, black and white illustration mounted on front cover, frontis engraving in sepia tones, 487 pages plus ads, folding map (torn). Covers rubbed at the extremities, some light puckering to spine cloth, good hinges (front hinge neatly internally reglued), sound text block, clean pages with the name of Ruth Loring Whitman on the front free endpaper, no other markings. The map is cleanly torn across a hori...
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The Connecticut River and the Valley of the Connecticut: Three Hundred Fifty Miles from Mountain to Sea. Historical and Descriptive

By: Bacon, Edwin M.

Price: $72.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1906

Seller ID: 036539

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. First edition, 1906. Comprehensive history of the river, illustrated throughout with black and white plates, folding color map at rear. Thick volume in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt, black and white illustration mounted on front cover, frontis engraving in sepia tones, 463 pages. Light rubbing to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, foxing to plates but pages clean with occasional foxing to some of the black and white plates, April 1907 date stamp on front free endpaper, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - ...
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The Town Officer's Guide, Containing a Compilation of the General Laws of Massachusetts, Relating to the Whole Power and Duty of Towns, Districts and Parishes...

By: Bacon, John

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Haverhill, Massachusetts, E. W. Reinhart: 1825

Seller ID: 031762

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Haverhill, Massachusetts: E. W. Reinhart, 1825. First edition [1825]. Worn. Full sheep leather with black spine label, 396 pages. Covers heavily rubbed, surface split to half top of front joint but cover well attached, text block sound, pages age-toned with occasional foxing and spotting, endpapers worn, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6" - 7" tall. First Edition.
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The Blizzard

By: Bahr, Robert

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey USA, Prentice-Hall: 1980

Seller ID: 027624

ISBN: 0130778427

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey USA: Prentice-Hall, 1980. First edition, first printing. The story of the dramatic 1977 blizzard that struck Buffalo, New York. Gray flannel-textured hardcover, color illustrated dustjacket. Minimal edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has minor edgewear, no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West

By: Bain, David Haward

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Viking Press: 2004

Seller ID: 027480

ISBN: 0670033081

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2004. First edition, first printing. Dark blue hardcover, color illustrated dustjacket. The book and dustjacket are in fine condition, no names or other markings, dustjacket in mylar protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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History of the Huguenot Emigration to America. Two Volumes in One

By: Baird, Charles W.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co.: 1985

Seller ID: 039458

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. High quality facimile reprint in dark green cloth lettered in gilt, no dustjacket as issued. Very good condition with firm binding, clean pages, personal bookplate and address label inside front cover, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall.
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The Chickasaw People. Indian Tribal Series

By: Baird, W. David

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Phoenix, AZ, Indian Tribal Series: 1974

Seller ID: 038236

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Phoenix, AZ: Indian Tribal Series, 1974. First edition, limited to 15,000 copies, signed by the Chickasaw Governor. Part of a series on Native American history, traditions and culture, illustrated in both color and in black and white. Dark blue cloth, no dustjacket as issued. Very minor smudging to covers, otherwise looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, very clean pages, no names or other markings.. First, Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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A Boy's Albuquerque, 1898-1912

By: Balcomb, Kenneth C.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Albuquerque, New Mexico USA, University of New Mexico Press: 1980

Seller ID: 020714

ISBN: 0826305253

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Albuquerque, New Mexico USA: University of New Mexico Press, 1980. First edition, 1980. Memoir of Albuquerque before New Mexico statehood. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Heavy gray linen-like cloth with mauve cover lettering, deep mauve endpapers, 100 pages with index, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with hardly any discernible edgewear, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and is also in very good condition, with a pencil eraser sized coffee spot to the lower front pan...
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Of Diamonds and Diplomats

By: Baldridge, Letitia

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1968

Seller ID: 040764

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. Second printing, with a non-personalized Best Wishes signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Fair to good in fair dustjacket. Memoirs of etiquette queen Letitia Baldridge, who worked as social secretary to America's Ambassador to France, as an executive at Tiffany's and with the First Lady at the Kennedy White House. Blue cloth lettered in gilt and silver gilt, 337 pages, printed dustjacket. The book has some spotting to the spine, good hinges, sound text block with some uneven spotting to the top edge, slightly age-yellowed but clean pages with...
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Voyages of Nicholas Ball, from 1838 to 1853. In Tabulated Form, with Notes, Together with a Summary of a Trip to Europe in 1888

By: Ball, Nicholas

Price: $245.00

Publisher: Boston, L. Barta & Sons: 1895

Seller ID: 041374

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Boston: L. Barta & Sons, 1895. First edition, 1895, signed by the author to Mrs. Hannah L. Tapplin, 1895. A native of Block Island, RI, Ball ventured west to make his considerable fortune in gold mining and other endeavors, returning to build the Ocean View Hotel resort. The hotel is pictured on a page at the back just before an advertisement for the author's book about gold mining. Brown cloth lettered in gilt, 38 pages plus the ads, some engravings in the text along with some narrative and tabular list of voyages, and an itemized gold mining record. Covers rubbed and unevenly faded, front hi...
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Politics by Humans: Research on American Leadership

By: Barber, James

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A., Duke Univ Pr: 1988

Seller ID: 018927

ISBN: 0822308487

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Duke Univ Pr, 1988. Published 1988. Softcover, 517 pages. Minimal shelf rubbing, looks and feels new and unread, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall.
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The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

By: Barber, John Warner

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Worcester, Massachusetts, Door, Howland & Co.: 1841

Seller ID: 031325

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Worcester, Massachusetts: Door, Howland & Co., 1841. First edition [1841]. Restored copy with folding map absent. Illustrated throughout with engravings. Rebacked with most of original spine covering mounted on new spine. Covers rubbed and age-crackled but stabilized, original spine gilt dulled but legible, joints good, hinges internally cracked but secure, preliminaries through title page loosened but not detached, text block otherwise sound, pages uniformly foxed but fully legible throughout.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

By: Barber, John Warner

Price: $145.00

Publisher: Hartford, Connecticut, Allen S. Stillman & Co.: 1843

Seller ID: 031324

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Hartford, Connecticut: Allen S. Stillman & Co., 1843. Second edition [1843], first published 1841. Worn but complete, including the folding hand colored map. Illustrated throughout with engravings. Full sheep leather with gilt lettered and decorated spine. Covers rubbed, heaviest at the extremities with some rubthrough at the corners, spine gilt clear and legible, joints good, front hinge internally cracked past the endpapers, rear free endpaper neatly removed, text block sound with no loosened pages, pages uniformly foxed but readily legible, names in pencil on preliminary blank. Map has...
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The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania

By: Barber, John Warner

Price: $135.00

Publisher: Hartford, Connecticut, H. S. Parsons & Co.: 1846

Seller ID: 037037

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Hartford, Connecticut: H. S. Parsons & Co., 1846. Third edition, 1846. Worn copy in full brown leather with faded gilt spine lettering and decoration, full page and vignette engravings throughout. Covers rubbed and spotted, short closed tear to spine head without loss, binding basically sound with one section sticking out just a little with wear to the outer edges, foxing throughout, occasionally heavy, name (Eli Barber, Chicopee, Mass.) and some pencil figuring on front endpapers.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall.
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Category: American History and Biography