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	ADAIR, ROBERT Memoir of Rev. James Patterson, Late Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, N.L. , Philad. With an Introduction and Chapter on Field Preaching By Rev. D.L. Carroll Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Light foxing on a few pages, covers very slightly worn, else VG. Bright, solid, clean; Blind-stamped brown cloth covers, with gold lettering, borders; Small 8vo; 324 pages; By the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Southwark. Very Good- . USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5737] Book number: 7658 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	ANGELL, HENRY C. Records of William M. Hunt Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Bw Front, Illustrations. Covers slightly worn, else nearly VG. Solid, clean ; Medium blue cloth covers, with lettering and borders in black and a crimson pink; Heliotypes of 9 items, in all; Wide 12mo; 126 pages; On the Boston painter termed "the first American artist of his time" by this biographer/chronicler.. Good+ . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 5748 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	BARBER, FLORENCE HOLLADAY Fellow of Infinite Jest: Recollections and Anecdotes of William Lyon Phelps New Haven: Payne and Lane, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover; First Impression. Covers slightly worn, backstrip somewhat faded, from the sun, else quite a good copy. Solid, clean ; Blue cloth covers (what else?) ; 8vo; 177 pages. Good . USD 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 750] Book number: 8983 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	BRODERICK, FRANCIS L. W.E. B. Dubois, Negro Leader in a Time of Crisis Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ. Press, [1959/1966]. Reprint. Softcover. Illustrated by Photo At Front. Covers very slightly rubbed, else VG. ; 8vo; 259 pages. Very Good- . USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 2679 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	CHAPLIN, MAXWELL. GEORGE STEWART, EDITOR. FOREWORD BY ROBERT E. SPEER Letters of Maxwell Chaplin. New York: Association Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Bw Photo As Frontispiece & Illustrations. Covers slightly worn, else VG. Solid, clean; Blue cloth covers, gold lettering; 8vo; 239 pages; A biography of this Presbyterian missionary to China, with many selections from his journals and letters. Very Good- . USD 19.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 11.75 \| JP¥ 1721] Book number: 5609 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	CHICKERING, JOHN W. , D. D. The Hillside Church: Or Reminiscences of a Country Pastorate Boston, Portland: S. K. Whipple/Sanborn & Carter, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers very slightly worn, else VG. Solid, clean; Blind-stamped light brown cloth covers, with gold lettering; Small 8vo 7Â½" - 8" ; 280 pages; Sabin 12678. By the Pastor of the High St. Church, Portland, Maine. Very Good . USD 41.50 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 \| £UK 25 \| JP¥ 3663] Book number: 5799 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	CORNING, A. ELWOOD Will Carleton: A Biographical Study New York: Lanmere Publishing Co, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Photo At Front. Covers slightly worn, else VG. ; Very light damp-staining of outer margins of some pages, but this is barely noticeable; 8vo; 98 pages; Olive cloth binding. Very Good- . USD 23.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 \| £UK 14.25 \| JP¥ 2074] Book number: 2174 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	CRAIGHEAD, J. G. The Story of Marcus Whitman: Early Protestant Missions in the Northwest Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian Board of Publ, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly worn, else good plus or better. Solid, clean; Olive cloth covers; first owner's name on front end-paper, in pencil; 12mo; 211 pages. Good . USD 33.50 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 \| £UK 20.25 \| JP¥ 2957] Book number: 949 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	DOYLE, HELEN MACKNIGHT Mary Austin: Woman of Genius New York: Gotham House, c.1939. Hardcover. DJ slightly worn, else VG--in glassine; 8vo; 302 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket . USD 21.50 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 \| £UK 13 \| JP¥ 1898] Book number: 3759 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	KIMBALL, ROBERT, AND ALFRED SIMON. The Gershwins Designed By Bea Feitler New York: Athenaeum, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 068910569X. Illustrated by Many Bw Photos. Large 4o; 292 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 5496 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	NASON, ELIAS The Life and Times of Charles Sumner. His Boyhood, Education, and Public Career. Boston, Etc.: B. B. Russell, Et Al, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly worn, else VG. Solid, clean copy ; Dark green cloth covers, with gold lettering, illustration; 12mo 7" - 7Â½" tall; 356 pages; On life and times of this leader of the anti-slavery movement in New England and the North, in general, from the 1840s on. Good+ . USD 24.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 \| £UK 14.75 \| JP¥ 2162] Book number: 8813 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	NEVINS, ALLAN James Truslow Adams: Historian of the American Dream Urbana, Chicago, London: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0252724526. 8vo; 315 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 750] Book number: 7504 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	DE ROCHER, CECILE ANNE, ED. Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne: A Life in Letters Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, c. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0817314989. 8vo; 211 pages; Nathaniel Hawthorne's sister's correspondence, with annotations and explanations of her place in his life. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 32.50 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 \| £UK 19.75 \| JP¥ 2868] Book number: 8622 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	RUNYON, DAMON, JR. Father's Footsteps. On the Dj: "the Story of Damon Runyon By His Son. " New York: Random House, c. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover; Stated First Printing. DJ slightly worn, else VG--in glassine; 8vo; 180, 1 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket . USD 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 927] Book number: 6177 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	TYACK, DAVID B. George Ticknor and the Boston Brahmins Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0674349504. Illustrated by Many Photos. DJ in glassine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 11.95 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1055] Book number: 1764 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.

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	ADAIR, ROBERT Memoir of Rev. James Patterson, Late Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, N.L. , Philad. With an Introduction and Chapter on Field Preaching By Rev. D.L. Carroll Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Light foxing on a few pages, covers very slightly worn, else VG. Bright, solid, clean; Blind-stamped brown cloth covers, with gold lettering, borders; Small 8vo; 324 pages; By the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Southwark. Very Good- . USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 \| £UK 39.25 \| JP¥ 5737] Book number: 7658 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	ANGELL, HENRY C. Records of William M. Hunt Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Bw Front, Illustrations. Covers slightly worn, else nearly VG. Solid, clean ; Medium blue cloth covers, with lettering and borders in black and a crimson pink; Heliotypes of 9 items, in all; Wide 12mo; 126 pages; On the Boston painter termed "the first American artist of his time" by this biographer/chronicler.. Good+ . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 5748 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	BARBER, FLORENCE HOLLADAY Fellow of Infinite Jest: Recollections and Anecdotes of William Lyon Phelps New Haven: Payne and Lane, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover; First Impression. Covers slightly worn, backstrip somewhat faded, from the sun, else quite a good copy. Solid, clean ; Blue cloth covers (what else?) ; 8vo; 177 pages. Good . USD 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 750] Book number: 8983 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	BRODERICK, FRANCIS L. W.E. B. Dubois, Negro Leader in a Time of Crisis Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ. Press, [1959/1966]. Reprint. Softcover. Illustrated by Photo At Front. Covers very slightly rubbed, else VG. ; 8vo; 259 pages. Very Good- . USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 2679 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	CHAPLIN, MAXWELL. GEORGE STEWART, EDITOR. FOREWORD BY ROBERT E. SPEER Letters of Maxwell Chaplin. New York: Association Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Bw Photo As Frontispiece & Illustrations. Covers slightly worn, else VG. Solid, clean; Blue cloth covers, gold lettering; 8vo; 239 pages; A biography of this Presbyterian missionary to China, with many selections from his journals and letters. Very Good- . USD 19.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.25 \| £UK 11.75 \| JP¥ 1721] Book number: 5609 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	CHICKERING, JOHN W. , D. D. The Hillside Church: Or Reminiscences of a Country Pastorate Boston, Portland: S. K. Whipple/Sanborn & Carter, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers very slightly worn, else VG. Solid, clean; Blind-stamped light brown cloth covers, with gold lettering; Small 8vo 7Â½" - 8" ; 280 pages; Sabin 12678. By the Pastor of the High St. Church, Portland, Maine. Very Good . USD 41.50 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 \| £UK 25 \| JP¥ 3663] Book number: 5799 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	CORNING, A. ELWOOD Will Carleton: A Biographical Study New York: Lanmere Publishing Co, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Photo At Front. Covers slightly worn, else VG. ; Very light damp-staining of outer margins of some pages, but this is barely noticeable; 8vo; 98 pages; Olive cloth binding. Very Good- . USD 23.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 \| £UK 14.25 \| JP¥ 2074] Book number: 2174 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	CRAIGHEAD, J. G. The Story of Marcus Whitman: Early Protestant Missions in the Northwest Philadelphia, PA: Presbyterian Board of Publ, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly worn, else good plus or better. Solid, clean; Olive cloth covers; first owner's name on front end-paper, in pencil; 12mo; 211 pages. Good . USD 33.50 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 \| £UK 20.25 \| JP¥ 2957] Book number: 949 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	DOYLE, HELEN MACKNIGHT Mary Austin: Woman of Genius New York: Gotham House, c.1939. Hardcover. DJ slightly worn, else VG--in glassine; 8vo; 302 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket . USD 21.50 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 \| £UK 13 \| JP¥ 1898] Book number: 3759 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	KIMBALL, ROBERT, AND ALFRED SIMON. The Gershwins Designed By Bea Feitler New York: Athenaeum, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 068910569X. Illustrated by Many Bw Photos. Large 4o; 292 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 5496 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	NASON, ELIAS The Life and Times of Charles Sumner. His Boyhood, Education, and Public Career. Boston, Etc.: B. B. Russell, Et Al, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly worn, else VG. Solid, clean copy ; Dark green cloth covers, with gold lettering, illustration; 12mo 7" - 7Â½" tall; 356 pages; On life and times of this leader of the anti-slavery movement in New England and the North, in general, from the 1840s on. Good+ . USD 24.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 \| £UK 14.75 \| JP¥ 2162] Book number: 8813 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	NEVINS, ALLAN James Truslow Adams: Historian of the American Dream Urbana, Chicago, London: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0252724526. 8vo; 315 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 750] Book number: 7504 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	DE ROCHER, CECILE ANNE, ED. Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne: A Life in Letters Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, c. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0817314989. 8vo; 211 pages; Nathaniel Hawthorne's sister's correspondence, with annotations and explanations of her place in his life. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 32.50 [Appr.: EURO 21.75 \| £UK 19.75 \| JP¥ 2868] Book number: 8622 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	RUNYON, DAMON, JR. Father's Footsteps. On the Dj: "the Story of Damon Runyon By His Son. " New York: Random House, c. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover; Stated First Printing. DJ slightly worn, else VG--in glassine; 8vo; 180, 1 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket . USD 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 927] Book number: 6177 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.
	TYACK, DAVID B. George Ticknor and the Boston Brahmins Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0674349504. Illustrated by Many Photos. DJ in glassine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 11.95 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1055] Book number: 1764 Click here to order or inquire at American Worlds Books.