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Byron Kilbourn and the Development of Milwaukee

By: Berquist, Goodwin F.; Bowers, Paul C., Jr.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A., Milwaukee County Historical Society: 2001

Seller ID: 002781

ISBN: 0938076159

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.: Milwaukee County Historical Society, 2001. First edition in fine condition, with personalized inscription signed by one of the authors, Goodwin Berquist, inside the front cover. A study of the multi-faceted life of Byron Kilbourn and his role in the development of Milwaukee. Illustrated in black and white. Printed softcover, 192 pages. Book looks and feels new, no other names or markings.. Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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A Celebration of Work

By: Best, Norman

Price: $26.00

Publisher: U.S.A., University of Nebraska Press: 1990

Seller ID: 036407

ISBN: 0803212127

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

U.S.A.: University of Nebraska Press, 1990. First edition, first printing, 1990. Off white cloth with dustjacket. Fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, firm binding, clean pages, 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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The St. Lawrence. The Rivers of America

By: Beston, Henry. Illustrated By A. Y. Jackson

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York and Toronto, Farrar & Rinehart: 1942

Seller ID: 038005

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. Second printing, ca. 1942-1945ish. Rivers of America series. Blue cloth with worn dustjacket. The book has some uneven fading and edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a bookesller sticker from Quebec at lower edge of front free endpaper, gift notation on dedication page, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has chips to the extrmities and some additional rubbing, some transparent staining to the rear panel, fairly little paper loss.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Dust jacket present.
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The Battle of Alamein: Turning Point, World War II

By: Bierman, John;Smith, Colin

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Viking Press: 2002

Seller ID: 025127

ISBN: 0670030406

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2002. First edition, first printing. Tan boards with black cloth spine, 478 pages, illustrated dustjacket. Remainder stripe at lower edge, lower edge lightly bumped, otherwise about fine condition with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has some very light edge scuffing, no chips or tears.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Valley Forge: The Making of an Army

By: Bill, Alfred Hoyt

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1952

Seller ID: 027046

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. First edition. Hardcover in color illustrated dustjacket. Very light shelfwear, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has edgewear and numerous tiny chips to the edges, slightly faded spine, light shelf soil to the white background of the rear panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Niagara: Highway of Heroes. A Narrative History of New York State...and Rewritten for the Elementary Schools...

By: Bingham, Robert W. Edited By Relph E. Theobald

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Buffalo, New York, Foster & Stewart Publishing: 1943

Seller ID: 016239

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Buffalo, New York: Foster & Stewart Publishing, 1943. First edition, 1943. History of Western New York State rewritten for elementary school use, illustrated throughout in black and white. Tan pictorial boards with maroon cloth spine, illustrated endpapers, 149 pages, illustrated dustjacket. Very light shelfwear, minor soil to rear cover, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has two chips at the top edge of the front panel, fading to the spine, light soil to light-colored rear panel.. First...
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The Wicked Good Book

By: Bither, Steve

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Augusta, Maine USA, Lance Tapley Publishers: 1985

Seller ID: 017651

ISBN: 0912769041

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Augusta, Maine USA: Lance Tapley Publishers, 1985. Published 1985. Color illustrated softcover, ninety-six pages.The book is in good condition with mild edgewear including a small dampstain at upper rear cover corner, name stamp on first page, otherwise clean pages with no other markings. "The Wicked Good Band has been insulting Maine audiences with degenerate patter since their pathetic beginnings at Deering High School in Portland in the mid Sixties. Naturally, Maine audiences have eaten it up". . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall.
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Political Discussions: Legislative, Diplomatic, and Popular 1845-1886

By: Blaine, James G.

Price: $1,150.00

Publisher: Norwich, Connecticut, The Henry Bill Publishing Company, Sold By Subscription: 1887

Seller ID: 037315

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Norwich, Connecticut: The Henry Bill Publishing Company, Sold By Subscription, 1887. First edition, 1887, signed by the author on the title page, and with a letter written by Blaine laid in loosely at the front. Handsome copy in custom binding for George A. Zabriskie, bearing his initials in gilt inside the front cover and his armorial bookplate on a preliminary blank. Zabriskie was an avid book and art collector and member of both the Grolier Society and American Antiquarian Society. Full midnight blue morocco leather with floral decoration in gilt, raised spine bands with gilt decorated comp...
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Incidents of the First and Second Settlements of Worcester

By: Blake, Francis E.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Worcester, Massachusetts, Private Press of Franklin P. Rice: 1884

Seller ID: 024283

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Worcester, Massachusetts: Private Press of Franklin P. Rice, 1884. Reprinted in 1884 from the Proceedings of The Worcester Society of Antiquity. Softcover, stapled binding, 31 pages. Covers chipped around the edges with some age-toning and a 1916 date stamp, additional date stamps on rear cover and rear free endpaper, historical society blindstamp on title page, gift plate and withdrawn stamp on inner rear cover, pages themselves very clean and unmarked.. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall.
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General Biographical Dictionary, Comprising a Summary Account of the Most Distinguished Persons of All Ages, Nations, and Professions, Including More Than One Thousand Articles of American Biography

By: Blake, J. L.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Boston, Benjamin B. Mussey & Co.: 1853

Seller ID: 034534

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1853. Eighth edition, 1853. Attractive thick volume in three quarter dark brown grained leather over tan cloth, gilt lettering, gilt accented raised spine bands, gilt ruled compartments, 10.25" tall, about 2.75" thick. Binding more likely late 19th century or early 20th century. Light rubbing to the extremities, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall.
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The Juvenile Companion, Being an Introduction to the Historical Reader

By: Blake, J. L.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Boston, Bowles and Dearborn, Printed By Isaac R. Butts: 1827

Seller ID: 035149

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Boston: Bowles and Dearborn, Printed By Isaac R. Butts, 1827. Title page dated 1827. Worn book of history lessons for children. Blue-gray paper covered boards with brown leather spine lettered in gilt, just less than 6" tall, 300 pages. Covers heavily worn, especially at the corners, binding sound but not firm, hingers internally cracked but secure, free endpapers removed, pages age-toned and uniformly lightly foxed but generally clean, some additional spotting to outer margins of first several pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5" - 6" tall.
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Ghost Towns of New England: Their Ups and Downs

By: Blanchard, Fessenden S.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company: 1960

Seller ID: 011720

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1960. First edition, 1960. Illustrated in black and white. Hard-to-find title describing once-thriving New England towns which were later abandoned and forgotten, left to their ghosts. Tan cloth, 205 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book has some minimal shelfwear, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is priceclipped and has a faded spine, many tiny chips and tears along the edges, little paper loss. Includes: Dudleytown, Connecticut; Gay City in Hebron, CT; Mount Riga, CT; Dog...
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American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, Movie-making, and the Crime of the Century

By: Blum, Howard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A., Crown Forum: 2008

Seller ID: 026319

ISBN: 0307346943

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Crown Forum, 2008. First edition, first printing. Dark green hardcover, color illustrated dustjacket. Light rubbing to the spine ends, otherwise about fine condition, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is in fine condition, no chips or tears.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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A Life With History

By: Blum, John Morton

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A., Univ Pr of Kansas: 2004

Seller ID: 030771

ISBN: 0700613382

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Kansas, 2004. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine mylar protected dustjacket, looks and feels new, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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The United States and the USSR in a Changing World: Soviet and American Perspectives

By: Bochkarev, Andrei G.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., Westview Press: 1992

Seller ID: 018275

ISBN: 081338382X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Westview Press, 1992. First edition, first printing, 1992. Softcover, 412 pages. Looks and feels new and unread, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. First Edition.
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Remaking America: Public Memory, Commemoration, and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century

By: Bodnar, John

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press: 1991

Seller ID: 041939

ISBN: 0691047839

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1991. First edition, first printing, 1991. Light blue cloth with dustjacket. Near fine condition with a personal bookplate on the front free endpaper, tight binding, clean pages, no other names or markings, dustjacket also near fine in mylar protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Corruption in Washington, or Men of Good Intentions

By: Bolles, Blair

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz Ltd.: 1960

Seller ID: 001474

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1960. First edition. British view of American politics, most specifically the American presidency, by a former director of the Washington Bureau of the Foreign Policy Association. He examines corruption in the White House from the beginning through the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, which he describes as notoriously corrupt. He examines the administrative and bureaucratic structures which promote and perpetuate secrecy and corruption, and suggests that America would be better off with the British cabinet system. Red cloth, 235 pages, printed dustjacket...
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The Private Soldier Under Washington

By: Bolton, Charles Knowles. New Introduction By Steven C. Eames

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Gansevoort, NY, Corner House Historical Publications: 1997

Seller ID: 032137

ISBN: 0879281170

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Gansevoort, NY: Corner House Historical Publications, 1997. 1997 edition. Softcover in fine condition, firm binding, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall.
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Native Names of New England Towns and Villages 3rd Edition

By: Bond, C. Lawrence

Price: $16.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Alan B. Bond: 2003

Seller ID: 036217

ISBN: 0963818023

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

U.S.A.: Alan B. Bond, 2003. Third edition, 2003. Softcover in fine condition, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, no names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall.
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George Robert Bonfield: Philadelphia Marine Painter 1805-1898

By: Bonfield, George Robert. Philadelphia Maritime Museum

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Philadelphia Maritime Museum: 1978

Seller ID: 020039

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1978. Exhibition catalogue from 1978 illustrated in black and white, some color. Life and works of noted marine painter George Robert Bonfield, including additional works not signed but attributed to the artist. Softcover, 78 pages. Light shelf rubbing, mainly at the edges, internally about fine, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to. First Edition.
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Category: American History and Biography