Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at Pensacola, Florida, for Aiding Slaves to Escape from Bondage. With an Appendix, Containing a Sketch of His Life

Boston, The Anti-Slavery Office, 1848. Hardcover. 126p. A brown cloth hardcover book in fair condition. There are chips in the head and foot of the spine; the foot of the binding is exposed. The covers are stained and the corners are bumped. Binding is weak, but all pages remain attached. Former owner signature on endpapers, small horizontal tears in pages 7-10, and scattered foxing throughout. Pages otherwise clean. A later edition of this work on slavery and abolition. Features a frontis illustration, a portrait of Walker. .

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Book number: 126850

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Ussr Exhibition: New York World's Fair 1959

New York, 1959. Paperback. 16p. A staplebound booklet in very good condition. Lamination on the cover has some air bubbles. Corners crinkled and some mild dampstaining in the margins. Otherwise unmarked and securely bound. A souvenir booklet from the 1959 New York World's Fair, spotlighting the USSR Exhibition of Achievements in Science, Technology and Culture. .

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Book number: 201214

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Views of Dayton and the Soldiers' Home

Dayton, OH, John J. Keyes. 1st Edition. Paperback. An oblong, thread-bound softcover book in very good condition. The edges of the paper covers are crinkled and have some small closed tears. Price sticker residue on the front. The plates inside are clean and securely bound. Oblong book measuring 10 x 8 1/2 inches. A collection of sharp, detailed black and white photographs depicting Dayton, Ohio, around the turn of the 20th century, before the Great Flood of 1913. (No publication date stated; ca. 1900-1910.). .

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Book number: 177106

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Vintage Booklet on Lyndon B. Johnson and the White House

The Curtis Publishing Company, 1964. Paperback. 68p. A staplebound booklet in fine condition. Comes with the envelope in which the booklet was originally mailed, complete with White House return address. A booklet for young people published during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, offering biographical information as well as a tour of the White House and explanation of presidential duties. Illustrated with lots of color photographs. As New .

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Book number: 193478

Catalogue: American History

Watson's New and Complete Illustrated Atlas of the World

New York/Chicago, Gaylord Watson/Tenney & Weaver, 1888. Hardcover. 262p. An oversize hardcover book bound in decorated brown cloth. Good condition overall. Edges worn; edges of front cover soiled, most visibly at the bottom. Owner's inscriptions on front free endpaper and on first blank page. Hinges shaken, but binding still tight enough for normal handling. Pages lightly foxed; occasional spotty stains that are fairly unobtrusive. Text and maps otherwise unmarked. Contains 82 pages of maps (mostly of the United States) and numerous black and white drawings. Measures approx. 14" x 11.75. Good .

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Book number: 185007

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The West of Buffalo Bill: Frontier Art, Indian Crafts, Memorabilia from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 290p. A large, oblong hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Illustrated with many color photographs. Measures approx. 11.75" long x 10.5" tall. .

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Book number: 173728

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Williams' Middletown City Directory 1939

Cincinnati, Williams Directory Co, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A clothbound hardcover book in acceptable condition. Edges scuffed and corners worn. Cloth splitting along edge of front cover. A couple of owners' stamps inside, and scattered small pencil marks in text. Most pages clean, and binding tight. Thumb-indexed directory for the city of Middletown, Ohio (Butler County) as of 1939. Fair .

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Book number: 196422

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Lawrence F. Abbott

Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt

Garden City, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1919. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 315p. A red cloth hardcover book in good+ condition. Tiny white spots under the author's name on the spine. Corners are bumped and front free endpaper has been torn out. Tanning on half-title page and on the pages surrounding the plates. Owner;s inscription and tiny notation on half-title page and rear pastedown. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Abbott was Roosevelt's secretary post-presidency. Illustrated with black and white plates. Good .

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Book number: 194963

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Shirley Abbott

Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South

New Haven, Ticknor & Fields, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 210p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Owner's gift inscription inside; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is price-clipped and lightly edgeworn; faint spotty stains on front panel. Very Good .

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Book number: 184002

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Robert P. Abele

Democracy Gone: A Chronicle of the Last Chapters of the Great American Democratic Experiment

Lanham, MD, Hamilton Books, 2009. Paperback. 330p. A softcover book in fine condition. As New .

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Book number: 192701

Catalogue: American History

St. Mary's Academy

1974 St. Mary's Academy Yearbook

South Bend, IN, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 115p. A large hardcover book bound in neon pink cloth. Edges rubbed and lots of student inscriptions inside. Binding is tight. 1974 yearbook, "Perspectives," for St. Mary's Academy in South Bend, Indiana. Fair .

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Book number: 182704

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Xavier Academy, Avondale

Catalogue of Xavier Academy 1913-1914

Cincinnati, The Mountel Press, 1914. Paperback. 48p. An ivory softcover book in very good condition. Some finger smudges on covers. Spine tanned. Edges a bit crinkled. Otherwise clean and tight. Course catalogue for Xavier Academy, Avondale, in Cincinnati, Ohio. .

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Book number: 162412

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Xavier Academy, Avondale

Catalogue of Xavier Academy 1915-1916

Cincinnati, The Mountel Press, 1916. Paperback. 49p. A brown softcover book in very good condition. Spine lightly tanned. Edges a bit crinkled. Mild foxing on reverse side of frontis. Otherwise clean and tight. Course catalogue for Xavier Academy, Avondale, in Cincinnati, Ohio. .

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Book number: 162413

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John Adams

A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price, Dated the Twenty-Second Day of March, 1778. (3 Volumes)

Philadelphia, Printed by Budd and Bartram for William Cobbett, 1797. Third Edition. Hardcover. 3 vols. 392p; 451p; 528p; index. REBOUND. A set of three hardcover books rebound in modern navy blue cloth, retaining the original leather spine labels. Very good condition. Volume I lacks the frontispiece portrait. Only volume II has the half-title page; volumes I and III do not. Each full title page has an 18th-century owner's pretty, flourished signature in the middle (Benjn. Cornick Ridgate). Otherwise, each volume has clean, crisp pages with only minimal foxing and age-tanning. The binding is quite secure and the covers are barely shelf-worn. Sturdy, readable, and attractive shape for their age! A very scarce and important work articulating key tenets of mixed government, originally published as America's leaders convened to amend (and eventually replace) the Articles of Confederation. Volume I includes a list of subscribers. Howes A60. .

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Book number: 174196

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Benedict Revoil; W.H. Davenport Adams, trans

The Hunter and the Trapper in North America; or, Romantic Adventures in Field and Forest

London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 393p. A hardcover book bound in gilt-decorated red cloth. Acceptable condition. Spine cockeyed and edges of cloth worn through. Front hinge cracked; bits of dried glue flaking off from a previous repair attempt. Dark stain on bottom corner of first 50 pages. Early owner's inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1874. Foxing throughout. A badly worn but readable copy. Illustrated with black and white engravings. .

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Book number: 174985

Catalogue: American History