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	BYE, ERIK; ILLUSTRATED BY KARL ERIK HARR; POSTRSCRIPT BY ERIC SEVAREID. Blow, Silver Wind: A Story of Norwegian Immigration to America. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Norwegian-American Culture Institute 1978. 1st Edition. Hardbound 10.25 inches tall by 8.5 wide 119 pages. Appendix. illustrated endpapers. Description: Well illustrated in b&w with drawings by Karl Erik Harr. Postscript by Erik Sevareid. From the author's introduction: ''The contents of this book are based largely on manuscripts written in the United States in 1974-75, in connection with the 150th anniversary of organized Norwegian immigration to America. The bulk of the book is taken from a manuscript I wrote for a special performance at Carnegie Hall in October 1975. The 'theatrical' part of the text was based on the reading of numerous immigrant letters.'' BINDING/CONDITION: mustard colored boards with small vignette; a Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket. ISBN: B000NY5152 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 056681 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	CHIDSEY, DONALD BARR. The War in the North: An Informal History of the American Revolution in and near Canada. New York: Crown Publishers 1967. 1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 214 pages. Appendices, notes on sources, bibliography, index. Description: Includes a few b&w illustrations. BINDING/CONDITION: light yellow-green cloth with black spine text; this is an EX-Library copy, with all the usual markings, otherwise a Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The jacket has a library spine label. ISBN: B0007DM92W USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 662] Book number: 055610 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	CROY, HOMER. Corn Country (American Folkways series). New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1947. 1st Edition, so stated. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 325 pages. Index. map endpapers. Description: This is part of the American Folkways series, under the general editorship of Erskine Caldwell. This volume is an intimate and human history of the corn belt -- a chronicle that takes in county-seat wars, the grasshopper plagues, and the plow that broke the plains, and continues up to the days of farmers' radio stations, and research on hybrid corn. BINDING/CONDITION: tan cloth with dark green; the top edge is darkened with a few tiny stains, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: B0007DYVZK USD 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 \| £UK 13.75 \| JP¥ 1986] Book number: 050411 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	DAVIS, BURKE. The Campaign That Won America: The Story of Yorktown. New York: Dial Press 1970. 1st Printing. Hardbound 8vo (about 9 inches tall) 319 pages. Index, notes. Description: Includes a section of b&w plates. Based upon hundreds of eye-witness accounts recorded in diaries, letters, journals, memoirs, and official records, the author presents the dramatic story of the campaign that ended America's fight for independence. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; this is an EX-Library copy, with all the usual markings, otherwise Fair condition. With a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The dust jacket is faded at the spine. ISBN: B000GRLBWS USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 054247 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	DAY, A GROVE AND CARL STROVEN (EDITORS). The Spell of Hawaii. New York: Meredith Press 1968. 1st Edition, so stated. Hardbound 8vo (9.5 inches tall) 338 pages. Description: This is a companion volume the 1959 book, A Hawaiian Reader. These 24 selections were chosen as representative of the best literature of Hawaii providing at the same time a chronicle of the islands' history. Authors include James A Michener, Mark Twain, R L Stevenson, Jack London, J P Marquand, and others. BINDING/CONDITION: yellow cloth with red and green on the spine; owner's gift note on the endpaper, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The jacket has only the tiniest of chips, except for one dime sized chip to the center of the rear panel, the spine is darkened, the art on the front panel is bright with good color. ISBN: B000O6OAK6 USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 055241 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	ERDMAN, LOULA GRACE. Life was Simpler Then. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1963. Family Bookshelf Edition; 3rd Printing. Hardbound 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 186 pages. Description: Dust jacket art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Reminiscences of life in frontier Missouri. BINDING/CONDITION: red boards; a Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B000O9WO1U USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 055780 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	HENKE, JACK. Tales of Oneida Lake. Utica, New York: North Country Books 1993. Hardbound 8vo (9.25 inches tall) 250 pages. Sources. map endpapers. Description: Includes a few historic photo illustrations. Over 50 short tales of local history surrounding New York's Oneida Lake area. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; a Very Good+ book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-925168-14-9 USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 \| £UK 51.25 \| JP¥ 7502] Book number: 054520 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	HOFFMAN, JACK W. Northville: The First Hundred Years. Self Published 1976. Hardbound Small 4to (10.25 inches tall) 314 pages. Index of names and places. map endpapers. Description: Well illustrated in b&w with historic photographs. A local history of Northville, Michigan, near Walled Lake and the Middle Rouge River (south of Novi). BINDING/CONDITION: tan cloth with black vignette and spine text; a Very Good book, no dust jacket. ISBN: B001M50ZSE USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 057034 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	HOGELAND, WILLIAM. The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. New York: Scribner 2006. 1st Printing. Hardbound 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall) 302 pages. Notes, sources, index. Description: Includes three maps. In 1791 at the headwaters of the Ohio River, gangs began to attack officials attempting to collect the first federal tax ever laid on an American product -- whiskey. In only a few years those attacks snowballed and raised the threat of secession, even civil war. With an unsparing look at both Hamilton and Washington -- and at determined frontier leaders such as Herman Husband and Hugh Henry Brackenridge -- historian William Hogeland offers an account of the characters who perpetrated this forgotten revolution, and those who suppressed it. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-7432-5490-2 USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 056911 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	JONES, RICHARD SEELYE. A History of The American Legion. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1946. 1st Edition, so stated. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.75 inches tall) 393 pages. Bibliography, appendices, index. Description: Includes a few b&w photo plates. BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth; an American Legion stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: B0007DKKNC USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 794] Book number: 028653 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	LEWIS, MERIWETHER AND WILLIAM CLARK; WITH JOHN BACH MCMASTER. History of The Expeditions Under The Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Volume 1 (American Explorers Series). New York: Allerton Book Co 1922. Hardbound 12mo (7.25 inches tall) 416 pages. Description: Volume one of a three volume set. Includes a b&w frontis plate and two maps. ''A complete reprint of the Biddle Edition of 1814 to which all the members of the Expedition contributed, with an account of the Louisiana Purchase by Rev John Bach McMaster and Notes upon the Route.'' This is part of the publisher's series on American Explorers. BINDING/CONDITION: dark olive cloth, top edge gilt; this is an EX-Library copy; there are no library stamps to the edges of the text block, otherwise just about every conceivable library ritual has been observed: pocket and numerous markings on the endpapers, spine covered in black library tape with the spine title and call numbers in white ink; a blurb from the jacket is pasted to the rear endpaper; Poor condition; no dust jacket. ISBN: B0006EU6QI USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 055019 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	LEWIS, MERIWETHER AND WILLIAM CLARK; WITH JOHN BACH MCMASTER. History of The Expeditions Under The Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Volume 2 (American Explorers Series). New York: Allerton Book Co 1922. Hardbound 12mo (7.25 inches tall) 409 pages. Description: Volume two of a three volume set. Includes a b&w frontis plate and two maps. ''A complete reprint of the Biddle Edition of 1814 to which all the members of the Expedition contributed, with an account of the Louisiana Purchase by Rev John Bach McMaster and Notes upon the Route.'' This is part of the publisher's series on American Explorers. BINDING/CONDITION: dark olive cloth, top edge gilt; this is an EX-Library copy; there are no library stamps to the edges of the text block, otherwise just about every conceivable library ritual has been observed: pocket and numerous markings on the endpapers, spine covered in black library tape with the spine title and call numbers in white ink; a blurb from the jacket is pasted to the rear endpaper; Poor condition; no dust jacket. ISBN: B0006EU6QI USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 055020 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	MARSHALL, DOUGLAS W AND HOWARD H PECKHAM. Campaigns of the American Revolution: An Atlas of Manuscript Maps. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press / Hammond 1976. 1st Edition. Hardbound Small Folio (about 13 inches tall) 138 pages. Sources, index. map endpapers. Description: This reproduces original materials drawn by battlefield participants and cartographers during the course of the American Revolution. Relates the use of maps to the campaigns and explains how reconnaissance influenced the course of the war. The maps, which range from crude but vitally important sketches and plans to highly artistic works rendered in full color, are here published together for the first time; accompanied by narratives explaining the battles. BINDING/CONDITION: olive green cloth with gilt; a Very Good- book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is partially price clipped (price was given as a before and after a certain date format). ISBN: 0-8437-3125-7 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 057133 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	METCALF, PAUL. Waters of Potowmack. San Francisco: North Point Press 1982. 1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (9.25 inches tall) 246 pages. Notes and bibliography. brown endpapers. Description: Includes two sections of b&w plates. A documentary history of the Potomac River and its fertile basin. A collage of primary accounts, this extends from the early explorers and colonists, the building of the Capitol, and the incidents of the Civil War to recent the past. Records first-hand impressions of the settlers, trappers, mountain men, and the surveyors of this river basin. BINDING/CONDITION: dark brown cloth; remainder stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good- book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: 0-86547-090-1 USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 055718 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	MUTZENBERG, CHAS [CHARLES] G. Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies: Authentic History of the World Renowned Vendettas of the Dark and Bloody Ground. New York: R F Fenno & Company 1917. Hardbound Small 8vo (7.5 inches tall) 333 + [5] pages ads. Description: Contents are: The Great Hatfield-McCoy Feud; The Tolliver-Martin-Logan Vendetta; The French-Eversole War; and Bloody Breathitt. BINDING/CONDITION: dark burgundy cloth with black; the spine is slanted, top edge darkened and stained, the front hinge is nearly detached; a few pages have pencil markings; Poor condition; no dust jacket. ISBN: B00085ZFJ8 USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 057206 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	NEVINS, ALLAN AND HENRY STEELE COMMAGER. A Short History Of The United States. New York: Modern Library 1945. Updated Edition. Hardbound 12mo (7.25 inches tall) 528 pages. Index. decorated endpapers. Description: This was originally published in 1942; this edition has been updated with a special chapter by the authors, bringing the chronicle up to 1944. This is Modern Library Number 235. The most recent printed date is the 1945 Random House copyright; this copy was probably printed around 1948. BINDING/CONDITION: gray cloth with red and gilt; top edge red; a Good book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B000E8DM2G USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 054477 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	NUTE, GRACE LEE. The Voyageur's Highway: Minnesota's Border Lake Land. St Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society August, 1976. 9th Printing. Trade size paperback 8vo (9 inches tall) 113 pages. Chronology, bibliography, index. Description: Two double page maps at front and rear are printed in black and green; several b&w illustrations, including other maps in the text. This is a companion volume to Rainy River Country, and relates the history of the border country between Lake Superior and Rainy Lake. This was originally published in June of 1941. BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Very Good condition. ISBN: 0-87351-006-2 USD 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 750] Book number: 056383 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	RILING, JOSEPH R. Baron von Steuben and his Regulations. Philadelphia: Ray Riling Arms Books Co 1966. Facsimile Edition. Hardbound Small 8vo (about 7.75 inches tall) 154 pages. facsimile endpapers. Description: This is facsimile reprinting of Baron von Steuben's Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. This work was ordered March 29, 1779 by John Jay, President of Congress ''to be observed by all of the troops of the United States.'' Includes a b&w frontis and numerous fold-out illustrations. Foreword by Frederick P Todd. BINDING/CONDITION: blue boards with brown imitation leather at the spine; gilt spine text; a Very Good+ book -- no particular flaws to note -- no owner markings, hinges quite sound, the binding and text edges are clean, just has very light general wear; the slipcase is Very Good. ISBN: B0006BOLIU USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63.5 \| £UK 57.25 \| JP¥ 8384] Book number: 054885 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	ROSS, ISHBEL. Crusades and Crinolines: The Life and Times of Ellen Curtis Demorest and William Jennings Demorest. New York: Harper & Row August, 1963. Hardbound 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 290 pages. Index, bibliography. Description: Includes a section of b&w plates. This is a later printing in the same year of the original publication; Harper's code ''H-N'' indicates a printing date of August, 1963. ''Through the Demorests, arbiters of fashion and passionate reformers, the author tells the turbulent story of New York City from pre-Civil War days to the Golden Nineties.'' (from the front cover). BINDING/CONDITION: black cloth with gilt spine text; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The jacket has an ink mark on the spine. ISBN: B000JLNU98 USD 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 574] Book number: 054250 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SMITH, GENE. The Shattered Dream: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. New York: William Morrow 1970. 1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (9.5 inches tall) 278 pages. Bibliography, source notes, index. Description: Includes a section of b&w photo plates. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: B000NXDIGW USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 031282 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	STONG, PHIL. Horses and Americans. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing 1946. Reprint Edition. Hardbound 8vo (9.75 inches tall) 333 pages. Bibliography, index. illustrated endpapers. Description: Includes a color frontis by John Steuart Curry, and four sections of b&w plates with 103 illustrations from old prints and photographs. Endpaper and chapter headpiece drawings by Kurt Wiese. The book is ''alive with movement, colors, truth. We plod across the desert wastes of our Southwest with the early Spanish conquerors, place our bets when the horse pride of the South is pitted against that of the North, gallop across our western plains with the Overland Mail and the Pony Express, and slowly push our Empire westward with the Conestoga wagons.'' Listed in Rampaging Herd, Number 2176. BINDING/CONDITION: rust-brown cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket. ISBN: B00085LSEO USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 048980 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	STONG, PHIL. Horses and Americans. New York: Frederick A Stokes 1939. 1st Edition. Hardbound Small 4to (about 10.5 inches tall) 333 pages. Bibliography, index. illustrated endpapers. Description: Includes a color frontis, with tissue guard, by John Steuart Curry, plus several b&w plates showing 103 illustrations from old prints and photographs. Endpaper and chapter headpiece drawings by Kurt Wiese. The center panel of the jacket is from a painting by Frederic Remington. The book is ''alive with movement, colors, truth. We plod across the desert wastes of our Southwest with the early Spanish conquerors, place our bets when the horse pride of the South is pitted against that of the North in the old Narragansett Track, gallop across our western plains with the Overland Mail and the Pony Express, and slowly push our Empire westward with the Conestoga wagons.'' Rampaging Herd, Number 2176. BINDING/CONDITION: tan cloth with small black paste on framed in gilt on the front cover, black and gilt on the spine; some darkening to the cloth near the top edge, small bookplate on the front endpaper, a laid-in news clipping has darkened spots on two facing pages, very slight tanning to the outer edges of the text block, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Fair dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B000YDLUMU USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 057165 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	VANBERG, BENT. Of Norwegian Ways. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Dillon Press 1977. 5th Printing. Hardbound 8vo (about 9 inches tall) 227 pages. Appendices. Description: Illustrated with b&w drawings by Henning Jensen. Includes a map. A light-hearted history and description of Norway, and of Norwegians and their Norwegian-American cousins. The author describes the Viking journeys, and their gods and goddesses, and tells of the great nineteenth century emigration to America. Description of customs, culture, and culinary achievements of Norway. BINDING/CONDITION: turquoise boards with white text and decoration; a Very Good book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: 0-87518-014-0 USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 054896 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.

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	BYE, ERIK; ILLUSTRATED BY KARL ERIK HARR; POSTRSCRIPT BY ERIC SEVAREID. Blow, Silver Wind: A Story of Norwegian Immigration to America. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Norwegian-American Culture Institute 1978. 1st Edition. Hardbound 10.25 inches tall by 8.5 wide 119 pages. Appendix. illustrated endpapers. Description: Well illustrated in b&w with drawings by Karl Erik Harr. Postscript by Erik Sevareid. From the author's introduction: ''The contents of this book are based largely on manuscripts written in the United States in 1974-75, in connection with the 150th anniversary of organized Norwegian immigration to America. The bulk of the book is taken from a manuscript I wrote for a special performance at Carnegie Hall in October 1975. The 'theatrical' part of the text was based on the reading of numerous immigrant letters.'' BINDING/CONDITION: mustard colored boards with small vignette; a Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket. ISBN: B000NY5152 USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 056681 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	CHIDSEY, DONALD BARR. The War in the North: An Informal History of the American Revolution in and near Canada. New York: Crown Publishers 1967. 1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 214 pages. Appendices, notes on sources, bibliography, index. Description: Includes a few b&w illustrations. BINDING/CONDITION: light yellow-green cloth with black spine text; this is an EX-Library copy, with all the usual markings, otherwise a Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The jacket has a library spine label. ISBN: B0007DM92W USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 \| £UK 4.75 \| JP¥ 662] Book number: 055610 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	CROY, HOMER. Corn Country (American Folkways series). New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1947. 1st Edition, so stated. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 325 pages. Index. map endpapers. Description: This is part of the American Folkways series, under the general editorship of Erskine Caldwell. This volume is an intimate and human history of the corn belt -- a chronicle that takes in county-seat wars, the grasshopper plagues, and the plow that broke the plains, and continues up to the days of farmers' radio stations, and research on hybrid corn. BINDING/CONDITION: tan cloth with dark green; the top edge is darkened with a few tiny stains, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: B0007DYVZK USD 22.50 [Appr.: EURO 15.25 \| £UK 13.75 \| JP¥ 1986] Book number: 050411 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	DAVIS, BURKE. The Campaign That Won America: The Story of Yorktown. New York: Dial Press 1970. 1st Printing. Hardbound 8vo (about 9 inches tall) 319 pages. Index, notes. Description: Includes a section of b&w plates. Based upon hundreds of eye-witness accounts recorded in diaries, letters, journals, memoirs, and official records, the author presents the dramatic story of the campaign that ended America's fight for independence. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; this is an EX-Library copy, with all the usual markings, otherwise Fair condition. With a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The dust jacket is faded at the spine. ISBN: B000GRLBWS USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 054247 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	DAY, A GROVE AND CARL STROVEN (EDITORS). The Spell of Hawaii. New York: Meredith Press 1968. 1st Edition, so stated. Hardbound 8vo (9.5 inches tall) 338 pages. Description: This is a companion volume the 1959 book, A Hawaiian Reader. These 24 selections were chosen as representative of the best literature of Hawaii providing at the same time a chronicle of the islands' history. Authors include James A Michener, Mark Twain, R L Stevenson, Jack London, J P Marquand, and others. BINDING/CONDITION: yellow cloth with red and green on the spine; owner's gift note on the endpaper, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The jacket has only the tiniest of chips, except for one dime sized chip to the center of the rear panel, the spine is darkened, the art on the front panel is bright with good color. ISBN: B000O6OAK6 USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 055241 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	ERDMAN, LOULA GRACE. Life was Simpler Then. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1963. Family Bookshelf Edition; 3rd Printing. Hardbound 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 186 pages. Description: Dust jacket art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Reminiscences of life in frontier Missouri. BINDING/CONDITION: red boards; a Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B000O9WO1U USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 055780 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	HENKE, JACK. Tales of Oneida Lake. Utica, New York: North Country Books 1993. Hardbound 8vo (9.25 inches tall) 250 pages. Sources. map endpapers. Description: Includes a few historic photo illustrations. Over 50 short tales of local history surrounding New York's Oneida Lake area. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; a Very Good+ book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-925168-14-9 USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 \| £UK 51.25 \| JP¥ 7502] Book number: 054520 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	HOFFMAN, JACK W. Northville: The First Hundred Years. Self Published 1976. Hardbound Small 4to (10.25 inches tall) 314 pages. Index of names and places. map endpapers. Description: Well illustrated in b&w with historic photographs. A local history of Northville, Michigan, near Walled Lake and the Middle Rouge River (south of Novi). BINDING/CONDITION: tan cloth with black vignette and spine text; a Very Good book, no dust jacket. ISBN: B001M50ZSE USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 057034 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	HOGELAND, WILLIAM. The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. New York: Scribner 2006. 1st Printing. Hardbound 8vo (about 9.25 inches tall) 302 pages. Notes, sources, index. Description: Includes three maps. In 1791 at the headwaters of the Ohio River, gangs began to attack officials attempting to collect the first federal tax ever laid on an American product -- whiskey. In only a few years those attacks snowballed and raised the threat of secession, even civil war. With an unsparing look at both Hamilton and Washington -- and at determined frontier leaders such as Herman Husband and Hugh Henry Brackenridge -- historian William Hogeland offers an account of the characters who perpetrated this forgotten revolution, and those who suppressed it. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: 0-7432-5490-2 USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 056911 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	JONES, RICHARD SEELYE. A History of The American Legion. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company 1946. 1st Edition, so stated. Hardbound 8vo (about 8.75 inches tall) 393 pages. Bibliography, appendices, index. Description: Includes a few b&w photo plates. BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth; an American Legion stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: B0007DKKNC USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 794] Book number: 028653 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	LEWIS, MERIWETHER AND WILLIAM CLARK; WITH JOHN BACH MCMASTER. History of The Expeditions Under The Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Volume 1 (American Explorers Series). New York: Allerton Book Co 1922. Hardbound 12mo (7.25 inches tall) 416 pages. Description: Volume one of a three volume set. Includes a b&w frontis plate and two maps. ''A complete reprint of the Biddle Edition of 1814 to which all the members of the Expedition contributed, with an account of the Louisiana Purchase by Rev John Bach McMaster and Notes upon the Route.'' This is part of the publisher's series on American Explorers. BINDING/CONDITION: dark olive cloth, top edge gilt; this is an EX-Library copy; there are no library stamps to the edges of the text block, otherwise just about every conceivable library ritual has been observed: pocket and numerous markings on the endpapers, spine covered in black library tape with the spine title and call numbers in white ink; a blurb from the jacket is pasted to the rear endpaper; Poor condition; no dust jacket. ISBN: B0006EU6QI USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 055019 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	LEWIS, MERIWETHER AND WILLIAM CLARK; WITH JOHN BACH MCMASTER. History of The Expeditions Under The Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Volume 2 (American Explorers Series). New York: Allerton Book Co 1922. Hardbound 12mo (7.25 inches tall) 409 pages. Description: Volume two of a three volume set. Includes a b&w frontis plate and two maps. ''A complete reprint of the Biddle Edition of 1814 to which all the members of the Expedition contributed, with an account of the Louisiana Purchase by Rev John Bach McMaster and Notes upon the Route.'' This is part of the publisher's series on American Explorers. BINDING/CONDITION: dark olive cloth, top edge gilt; this is an EX-Library copy; there are no library stamps to the edges of the text block, otherwise just about every conceivable library ritual has been observed: pocket and numerous markings on the endpapers, spine covered in black library tape with the spine title and call numbers in white ink; a blurb from the jacket is pasted to the rear endpaper; Poor condition; no dust jacket. ISBN: B0006EU6QI USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 055020 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	MARSHALL, DOUGLAS W AND HOWARD H PECKHAM. Campaigns of the American Revolution: An Atlas of Manuscript Maps. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press / Hammond 1976. 1st Edition. Hardbound Small Folio (about 13 inches tall) 138 pages. Sources, index. map endpapers. Description: This reproduces original materials drawn by battlefield participants and cartographers during the course of the American Revolution. Relates the use of maps to the campaigns and explains how reconnaissance influenced the course of the war. The maps, which range from crude but vitally important sketches and plans to highly artistic works rendered in full color, are here published together for the first time; accompanied by narratives explaining the battles. BINDING/CONDITION: olive green cloth with gilt; a Very Good- book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the dust jacket is partially price clipped (price was given as a before and after a certain date format). ISBN: 0-8437-3125-7 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 057133 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	METCALF, PAUL. Waters of Potowmack. San Francisco: North Point Press 1982. 1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (9.25 inches tall) 246 pages. Notes and bibliography. brown endpapers. Description: Includes two sections of b&w plates. A documentary history of the Potomac River and its fertile basin. A collage of primary accounts, this extends from the early explorers and colonists, the building of the Capitol, and the incidents of the Civil War to recent the past. Records first-hand impressions of the settlers, trappers, mountain men, and the surveyors of this river basin. BINDING/CONDITION: dark brown cloth; remainder stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good- book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: 0-86547-090-1 USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 055718 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	MUTZENBERG, CHAS [CHARLES] G. Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies: Authentic History of the World Renowned Vendettas of the Dark and Bloody Ground. New York: R F Fenno & Company 1917. Hardbound Small 8vo (7.5 inches tall) 333 + [5] pages ads. Description: Contents are: The Great Hatfield-McCoy Feud; The Tolliver-Martin-Logan Vendetta; The French-Eversole War; and Bloody Breathitt. BINDING/CONDITION: dark burgundy cloth with black; the spine is slanted, top edge darkened and stained, the front hinge is nearly detached; a few pages have pencil markings; Poor condition; no dust jacket. ISBN: B00085ZFJ8 USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 057206 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	NEVINS, ALLAN AND HENRY STEELE COMMAGER. A Short History Of The United States. New York: Modern Library 1945. Updated Edition. Hardbound 12mo (7.25 inches tall) 528 pages. Index. decorated endpapers. Description: This was originally published in 1942; this edition has been updated with a special chapter by the authors, bringing the chronicle up to 1944. This is Modern Library Number 235. The most recent printed date is the 1945 Random House copyright; this copy was probably printed around 1948. BINDING/CONDITION: gray cloth with red and gilt; top edge red; a Good book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B000E8DM2G USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 054477 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	NUTE, GRACE LEE. The Voyageur's Highway: Minnesota's Border Lake Land. St Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society August, 1976. 9th Printing. Trade size paperback 8vo (9 inches tall) 113 pages. Chronology, bibliography, index. Description: Two double page maps at front and rear are printed in black and green; several b&w illustrations, including other maps in the text. This is a companion volume to Rainy River Country, and relates the history of the border country between Lake Superior and Rainy Lake. This was originally published in June of 1941. BINDING/CONDITION: a trade-size paperback; Very Good condition. ISBN: 0-87351-006-2 USD 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 \| £UK 5.25 \| JP¥ 750] Book number: 056383 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	RILING, JOSEPH R. Baron von Steuben and his Regulations. Philadelphia: Ray Riling Arms Books Co 1966. Facsimile Edition. Hardbound Small 8vo (about 7.75 inches tall) 154 pages. facsimile endpapers. Description: This is facsimile reprinting of Baron von Steuben's Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States. This work was ordered March 29, 1779 by John Jay, President of Congress ''to be observed by all of the troops of the United States.'' Includes a b&w frontis and numerous fold-out illustrations. Foreword by Frederick P Todd. BINDING/CONDITION: blue boards with brown imitation leather at the spine; gilt spine text; a Very Good+ book -- no particular flaws to note -- no owner markings, hinges quite sound, the binding and text edges are clean, just has very light general wear; the slipcase is Very Good. ISBN: B0006BOLIU USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63.5 \| £UK 57.25 \| JP¥ 8384] Book number: 054885 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	ROSS, ISHBEL. Crusades and Crinolines: The Life and Times of Ellen Curtis Demorest and William Jennings Demorest. New York: Harper & Row August, 1963. Hardbound 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 290 pages. Index, bibliography. Description: Includes a section of b&w plates. This is a later printing in the same year of the original publication; Harper's code ''H-N'' indicates a printing date of August, 1963. ''Through the Demorests, arbiters of fashion and passionate reformers, the author tells the turbulent story of New York City from pre-Civil War days to the Golden Nineties.'' (from the front cover). BINDING/CONDITION: black cloth with gilt spine text; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. The jacket has an ink mark on the spine. ISBN: B000JLNU98 USD 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 \| £UK 4 \| JP¥ 574] Book number: 054250 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	SMITH, GENE. The Shattered Dream: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. New York: William Morrow 1970. 1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (9.5 inches tall) 278 pages. Bibliography, source notes, index. Description: Includes a section of b&w photo plates. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: B000NXDIGW USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 031282 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	STONG, PHIL. Horses and Americans. Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing 1946. Reprint Edition. Hardbound 8vo (9.75 inches tall) 333 pages. Bibliography, index. illustrated endpapers. Description: Includes a color frontis by John Steuart Curry, and four sections of b&w plates with 103 illustrations from old prints and photographs. Endpaper and chapter headpiece drawings by Kurt Wiese. The book is ''alive with movement, colors, truth. We plod across the desert wastes of our Southwest with the early Spanish conquerors, place our bets when the horse pride of the South is pitted against that of the North, gallop across our western plains with the Overland Mail and the Pony Express, and slowly push our Empire westward with the Conestoga wagons.'' Listed in Rampaging Herd, Number 2176. BINDING/CONDITION: rust-brown cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket. ISBN: B00085LSEO USD 18.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 \| £UK 11.25 \| JP¥ 1633] Book number: 048980 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	STONG, PHIL. Horses and Americans. New York: Frederick A Stokes 1939. 1st Edition. Hardbound Small 4to (about 10.5 inches tall) 333 pages. Bibliography, index. illustrated endpapers. Description: Includes a color frontis, with tissue guard, by John Steuart Curry, plus several b&w plates showing 103 illustrations from old prints and photographs. Endpaper and chapter headpiece drawings by Kurt Wiese. The center panel of the jacket is from a painting by Frederic Remington. The book is ''alive with movement, colors, truth. We plod across the desert wastes of our Southwest with the early Spanish conquerors, place our bets when the horse pride of the South is pitted against that of the North in the old Narragansett Track, gallop across our western plains with the Overland Mail and the Pony Express, and slowly push our Empire westward with the Conestoga wagons.'' Rampaging Herd, Number 2176. BINDING/CONDITION: tan cloth with small black paste on framed in gilt on the front cover, black and gilt on the spine; some darkening to the cloth near the top edge, small bookplate on the front endpaper, a laid-in news clipping has darkened spots on two facing pages, very slight tanning to the outer edges of the text block, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Fair dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. ISBN: B000YDLUMU USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 \| £UK 21.25 \| JP¥ 3089] Book number: 057165 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.
	VANBERG, BENT. Of Norwegian Ways. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Dillon Press 1977. 5th Printing. Hardbound 8vo (about 9 inches tall) 227 pages. Appendices. Description: Illustrated with b&w drawings by Henning Jensen. Includes a map. A light-hearted history and description of Norway, and of Norwegians and their Norwegian-American cousins. The author describes the Viking journeys, and their gods and goddesses, and tells of the great nineteenth century emigration to America. Description of customs, culture, and culinary achievements of Norway. BINDING/CONDITION: turquoise boards with white text and decoration; a Very Good book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is price clipped. ISBN: 0-87518-014-0 USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 054896 Click here to order or inquire at The Bookworm.