(Hamilton, Thomas)

Men and Manners in America

Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. vi, 410pp. Half leather, raised bands, gilt spine lettering and decoration, marbled endpapers. Corners and spine rubbed, superficial cracking to front inner hinge but hoding tightly, binding is sound, former owner's bookplate and bookseller's small label on front pastedown, owner's name on front free endpaper, contents are mildly toned and there is a very occasional marginal note. A fascinating and often witty critique of American society in the 1830s. Howes H-138. Good.

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Book number: 003909

Catalogue: Social History, Travel and Geography

Keywords: Tourism Sightseeing "Social Critique"

Bartlett, J. Gardner (Editor)

John Hill of Dorchester, Mass., 1633, and Five Generations of His Descendants Also Ancestral Lines of Some Families Intermarried with His Descendants and Colonial Records Pertaining to Them.

Boston, Lewc. Hill (Privately Printed), 1904. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 97pp. Green buckram, gilt lettering. FIRST EDITION. Spine and top edge faded, book is otherwise clean and sound, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, Number 18 of and Edition of 100 copies. Six generations of the Hill family. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003181

Catalogue: Biography, Social History

Keywords: Genealogy

Baxter, William E.

America and the Americans

London, Gro. Routledge & Co. 1855. First Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 244pp. Half leather, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label. Cover worn, front cover detached but present, contents age-toned, text is clean. Much information on the American people, their country, their government and their customs and habits, during the author's travels in the United States. On the front free endpaper is the bookplate of former owner Henry D. Gilpin, who served as Attorney General of the Unted States under President Van Buren. Howes B-252. Fair.

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Book number: 003946

Catalogue: Religion, Social History, Travel and Geography

Keywords: "New York" "New England" South Slavery

Biagiotti, Aldo P.

Impact : The Historical Account of the Italian Immigrants of Ridgefield, Connecticut

Ridgefield, Connecticut, Romald Press, 1990. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 345pp. Marroon cloth, gilt lettering. No dust jacket as issued. Cover and contents are in very clean and sound condition. Fascinating history including an extensive section of biographical sketches of the immigrants. Near Fine.

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Book number: 001894

Catalogue: American History, Social History

Keywords: Immigration Genealogy

Bolitho, Hector

Beside Galilee

New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1933. Hardcover. 206pp. FIRST EDITION. Purple cloth, gilt lettering. Covers are clean and sound, minimal fading to lower edge, light offsetting of dustjacket to endpapers. Original dustjacket is soiled and chipped and missing a few pieces. Book is neatly inscribed on half-title page "your Persian friend, Dr. S.K. Nweeya, of Urmia City" in English and in Persian. Samuel Nweeya was the author of "Persia: The Land of the Maji, or The Home of the Wise Men". Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 000575

Catalogue: Social History, History

Keywords: Palestine "Middle East" Zionism Arabs Jews

Chateaubriand, Vicomte de

Atala, René

New York, George R. Lockwood, 1866. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 155pp. Half-bound brown textured cloth, marbled edges, gilt lettering to spine, former owner's name on front free endpaper, text in French. Light wear to extremities, spine sunned, text is clean and the binding is tight, and in overall very sound condition. Very Good.

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Book number: 003979

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Social History, Travel and Geography

Keywords: Novella Indians

de Cicco, Andres

Un año en Moscu

Buenos Aires, Editorial Difusion, 1950. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 220pp. Stiff card stock cover. Text in Spanish. Cover very lightly worn, text is tanned, dampstain to top edges and foredges, text is unharmed. Inscribed and signed illegibly on half-title page, possibly by author. Dust jacket is also dampstained and spine is faded. Laid-in is a promotional brochure of the book by the publisher. Fair/Good.

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Book number: 004494

Catalogue: History, Government and Politics, Social History

Keywords: Diplomacy "Soviet Union"

Clemmer, Mary

Ten Years in Washington: Or, Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman Sees Them.

Hartford, CT, The Hartford Publishing Company, 1882. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 608pp. Marroon cloth, gilt spine lettering and gilt decoration, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, 48 full page illustrations. Corners very lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Nice copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 003728

Catalogue: American History, Social History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Washington Cabinet Congress "White House"

Dwight, Theodore Jr.

Things as They Are

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1834. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 252pp. Brown cloth, paper spine label. Cover faded, spine label chipped but readable, first and last few pages heavily foxed and stained, rest of contents only occasionally foxed, author's name written on title page ( author's autograph?) and page 2, binding is tight. The observations during his tavels through some of the middle and northern states. Howes D-609. Good.

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Book number: 003947

Catalogue: Social History, Travel and Geography

Keywords: Sightseeing Tourism Cc

Forney, John W.

Letters From Europe

Philadelphia, T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1867. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 406 +12 pp ads. Brown cloth, gilt lettering. Book is in very sound condition except for a one inch strip torn across the head of the spine with loss of some text, and a smaller chip below. Corners are mildly rubbed, text slightly toned and a very occasional small spot, owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Good.

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Book number: 003232

Catalogue: Social History, Travel and Geography

Keywords: England France Switzerland Holland

Gauba, K.L.

Uncle Sham; Being the Strange Tale of Civilisation Run Amuck (Amok)

Lahore, India, The Lion Press, 1944. 31st Impression, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 182pp. Paper over boards. Light soil and 3 small ink spots on front cover, chipping to spine cover including 1 inch from foot of spine, text is mildly toned but otherwise clean, owner's name and date (New Delhi 1945) on front free endpaper. A vicious attack on American culture in rebuttal to Katherine Mayo's book on India. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002480

Catalogue: Social History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Marriage Sexuality Customs Culture Racism

Goodman, Paul

B'nai B'rith ; The First Lodge of England 1910-1935

London, The Lodge, 1936. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 63pp. Tan stiff wraps. Very slight corner crease, clean cover and interior. An overview of the Lodge's history. Laid- in is a a handwritten and SIGNED letter dated 18/4/37 from J.L. Freedman to a Mr. Perlzweig. A FIRST EDITION, not a recent reprint. Very Good.

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Book number: 002409

Catalogue: Religion, Social History

Keywords: London "Association Letter"

Hall, Basil

Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828. (2 Volume Set)

Philade;phia, Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. First American Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 322, 339pp. Later binding blue paper over boards, tan buckram backing, paper spine labels, uncut edges, armorial bookplate on pastedowns of both volumes, Slight mottling to spine of volume II, contents foxed, some cracking to front gutter volume II, bindowner's name on front free endpaper, bindings of both volumes are tight, corner tear to contents page (end of Vol.I) with slight loss of text, tiny hole in front endpaper of Vol.II. A critical account of 19th century American society. Good.

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Book number: 003911

Catalogue: Social History, Travel and Geography, American West

Keywords: "New England" Mississippi Slavery Charleston

Houstoun, Mrs. (Charlotte Houstoun)

Hesperos: Or Travels in the West. (2 Volumes as One)

London, John W. Parker, 1850. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 293, 279pp. Blue embossed cloth, gilt ship vignette to front cover, all edges gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard for each volume. Covers edgeworn, spine chipped at head and tail and darkened, contents age-toned most heavily at first and last few pages, light foxing to fronitspieces and c first and last few pages, binding is tight. Evocative descriptions of the landscapes, environment and the people in America in mid 19th century. Good.

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Book number: 003920

Catalogue: Social History, Travel and Geography, American West

Keywords: "New England" Mississippi Settlers Slavery Washington "New Orleans" Louisiana "Women's Issues"

King, Martin Luther Jr.

Stride Toward Freedom ; The Montgomery Story

New York, Water Committee of the City of Brooklyn, 1958. First Paperback Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. Mike Davis - Photography. 190pp. Mass market first paperback edition. Light wear to cover, slight corner crease, contents age-toned, binding is tight. Dr. King's early implementation of non violent resistance. Good.

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Book number: 004165

Catalogue: American History, Social History, African-American

Keywords: Ebenezer Abernathy Alabama "Civil Rights"