Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB: American History
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Philadelphia As It Is, and Citizens Advertising Directory: Containing a General Description of the City and Environs, List of Officers, Public Institutions, and Other Useful Information; for the Convenience of Citizens, As a Book of Reference, and a Guide to Visitors. With a New Map of the City
Philadelphia, P. J. Gray, 1833. Hardcover. Brown leather covered boards. 204 pp. A hearty reference, with an index to topics and an 11 page Citizens Advertising Directory in the rear. Though present, the map needs much restoration and is in pieces. Fair, front cover off, rear cover off .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 189578
USD 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 110.75 | £UK 94.5 | JP¥ 18787]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American History ; City Directories ; ; History - American
Souvenir and Official Programme of the Centennial Celebration of George Washington's Inauguration As First President of the United States
New York, Garnett & Gow, 1889. Hardcover. dark purple boards w/ bevelled edges & gilt printing to cover & spine. 393 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Wonderful, late 19th Century advertisements. Other than the worn covers, this is a very strong, firm copy. Good. covers highly worn to edge areas & spine. corners rubbed & curled. slight crack to lower edge of cover pastedown/hinge. pastedowns & endpapers tanned & foxed. pgs have instances of foxing; lightly tanned, but bright. tight binding.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 181297
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.75 | £UK 35.5 | JP¥ 7045]
Catalogue: History - American
Keywords: George Washington, Centennial Celebration of George Washington ; George Washington, Centennial Celebration of George Washington ; ;
Pictorial Life of General Taylor, the Hero of Okee Chobee, Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Buena Vista. With Numerous Illustrative Anecdotes and Embellishments
Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston, 1847. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; Pictoral embossed on cover and gilt illustrations and lettering on the spine; Blind stamped designs on the front and back covers. 214 pp. Yellow illustrated end papers;Color frontispiece; color plates; some bw illustrations on chapter pages. Also published under titles "The life of General Taylor" and "The people's life of General Zachary Taylor." -- website. fair(cloth rubbed off at foot end of front cover, near spine; some cloth at the foot end of the spine is peeled off, some is missing; head and foot edges of covers are rubbed. Frontispiece is detached and lightly stained; Pages are lightly stained and foxed throughout; hinges are broken near the middle of the text block.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 191259
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 | £UK 39.5 | JP¥ 7828]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American History ; Taylor, Zachary ; ; History - American
The History of Massachusetts from the Landing of the Pilgrims to the Present Time
Boston, Massachusetts, B.B. Russell / Estes & Lauriat, 1876. Hardcover. burnt orange cloth w/ black embellishments & gilt emblem; gilt & black printed spine. book xix, 578 pgs w/ bw tissue-guarded plates; frontispiece. Front cover rattled, but firm. A nice, bright copy. Ex-libris plate to cover pastedown. Good+ (spine lean; spine spongy; textblock firm. cloth rubbed & edge-worn; scratches & scuffs. corners rubbed. lower textblock edge shelf-worn/scuffed. moisture stain to upper textblock; pgs appear unaffected.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 185205
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 | £UK 39.5 | JP¥ 7828]
Catalogue: History - American
Keywords: History of Massachusetts, New England History ; History of Massachusetts ; ;
The New England Clergy and the American Revolution
New York, Frederick Ungar Publishing Co, 1958. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with faded red lettering on spine; xiii, 222 pp. Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-209). Good (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Black marker inside front cover. Shelfwear to boards and block. Pencil marks throughout pages.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 184911
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 | £UK 39.5 | JP¥ 7828]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American History ; United States Politics and Government ; ; History - American
Interesting Events in the History of the United States: Being a Selection of the Most Important and Interesting Events Which Have Transpired Since the Discovery of This Country to the Present Time
New Haven, J.W. Barber, 1829. Second edition. Leather bound. Brown leather boards; bw portrait frontispiece of Washington, bw folded map, bw illustrated title page; 312 pp; bw illustrationsw. Page vii wrongly numbered. Title page also reads, "carefully selected from the most approved authorities by J.W. Barber. Fair (heavy wear to leather boards, expected age toning, foxing spots throughout, water staining, hinges internally have heavy wear) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 184027
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 138.5 | £UK 118 | JP¥ 23483]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American History ; United States History ; ; History - American
Westport, Connecticut: The Making of a Yankee Township
New York, Writers Publishing Co, 1926. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; bw frontispiece, x, 200 pp, 4 unnumbered leaves of bw plates. Includes a postscript by Mary Coley Gage and a foreword by Henry Brubaker. VG- (hinges are loose internally, light age toning but text and illustrations are otherwise clean and clear.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 181229
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 60 | £UK 51.25 | JP¥ 10176]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American History ; Westport, Connecticut ; ; History - American
The Marihuana Conviction: A History of Marihuana Prohibition in the United States
Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1974. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with tan spine lettering; bw illustrated frontispiece; xiv, 368 pp; bw illustrations. Mounted on ffep is an article on author, Charles H. Whitebread. The history of drug control in the United States. Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-353) and index. Good (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Overall shelfwear to boards and block. Several pencil marks in text.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 185090
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 37 | £UK 31.5 | JP¥ 6262]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American History ; United States Drug History ; ; History - American
Rambles About Portsmouth: Sketches of Persons, Localities, and Incidents of Two Centuries Principally from Tradition and Unpublished Documents
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, W. Brewster & Son, 1859. Hardcover. black cloth w/ embellishments & gilt spine printing. 376 pgs. Hinges remain firm. Textblock and pages intact. Pages have instances of spotted or smudged foxing. Some pages will have tanning from laid-in, old 1900s New England newspaper clippings refering to the book's subject matter. A nice reading copy. Good (cloth scuffed & edge-worn; corners rubbed to boards. back cover edge has a 3.5inch crack. upper spine has a deep chip w/ binding visible; lower spine rubbed & torn. cover endpaper torn; pastedown has ex-libris & adhesive staining. front endpaper nearly detached. dampstaining to lower textblock w/ remnants to cover endpaper edges, instances of light dampstaining to lower pg gutters & edges) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 185194
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 37 | £UK 31.5 | JP¥ 6262]
Catalogue: History - American
Keywords: Portsmouth New Hampshire, New England History ; Portsmouth New Hampshire, New England History ; ;
The Uplift Generation: Cooperation Across the Color Line in Early Twentieth-Century Virginia
Charlottesville and London, University of Virginia Press, 2017. Hardcover. White paper over boards, gray cloth spine with gilt lettering. Duotone illustrated dust jacket. xii; 271 pp. 20 BW illustrations. "Offering a fresh look at interracial cooperation in the formative years of Jim Crow, The Uplift Generation examines how segregation was molded not by Virginia's white political power structure alone but rather throught he work of a generation of Virginian reformers across the color line between 1900 and 1930." -- dj flap. VG/VG. SIGNED by author. Light bumping to cover corners. Stamp on first page, otherwise clean and tight.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 170792
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.5 | £UK 27.75 | JP¥ 5479]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American History; Black History; Jim Crow; Virginia ; Black History ; ; History - American
Glimpses of America: A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic Marvels
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Historical Publishing Company, 1894. Hardcover. oblong, black cloth boards w/ gilt stamp; quarter leather spine w/ gilt printing. 502 pgs w/ monochrome plates. blue marbled edges. A wonderful photographic tour of America's natural landscapes with accompaying, lenghty essays. Good+ (cloth scuffed, smudged & spotted. leather rubbed. corners rubbed. small tear to cover pastedown/gutter. smudges & staining to cover pastedowns & front endpapers; ex-libris to front pastedown.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 185208
USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.25 | £UK 70.75 | JP¥ 14090]
Catalogue: History - American
Keywords: American Landscape Photography ; American Landscape Photography ; ;
Burley's United States Centennial Gazetteer and Guide, 1876
Philadelphia, S.W. Burley, 1876. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and black decorative outline. Gilt and black lettering on spine. 892 pages : illustrations, plans. G Cover has fading, edge wear, and some edge tearing. Interior binding is loose. Bookblock has age toning. Writing from previous owner on ffep.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 183531
USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.25 | £UK 70.75 | JP¥ 14090]
Catalogue: History-American
Keywords: History, Travel ; History ; ; History, Travel
Voyages Et Conquetes de Colomb Ou, la Decouverte de L'Amerique; Premiere Partie and Seconde Partie
Paris, Chez Cordier et Legras, 1810. Leather bound. Bound in brown leather, gilt illustrated spine, burgundy title block with gilt lettering on spine; blue and white illustrated end papers; bw illustrated frontispiece; xvi, 196 pp. Second part has its own bw illustrated frontispiece and title page, 180 pp. Text is in French. Voyages and Conquests of Columbus or, The Discovery of America; Part One and Part Two. Good (heavy wear to boards. age toning to pages with some foxing spots. Appears to have light water soiling along inside edges of first approximate 30 pages not affecing the text.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 185384
USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.5 | £UK 78.75 | JP¥ 15655]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American History ; Juvenile Geography ; ; History - American
Colonial Identity in the Atlantic World, 1500-1800
Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with dark brown title block and gilt lettering on spine; xi, 290 pp. Chiefly revised versions of essays presented at a seminar held in 1982 at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. Contents: Introduction: colonial identity in the Atlantic world / John H. Elliott -- The formation of a colonial identity in Brazil / Stuart B. Schwartz -- Identity formation in Spanish America / Anthony Pagden -- Nouvelle-France/Québec/Canada: a world of limited identities / Gilles Paquet and Jean-Pierre Wallot -- Identity in British America: unease in Eden / Michael Zuckerman -- Identity formation in Ireland: the emergence of the Anglo-Irish / Nicholas Canny -- Changing identity in the British Caribbean: Barbados as a case study / Jack P. Greene -- Afterword : from identity to independence / Anthony Pagden and Nicholas Canny. VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear but pages are otherwise clean and clear.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 184338
USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.5 | £UK 78.75 | JP¥ 15655]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American History ; American Colonization ; ; History - American
The Olive Branch: Or, Faults on Both Sides, Federal and Democratic. A Serious Appeal on the Necessity of Mutual Forgiveness and Harmony, Volume I.
Philadelphia, Published by the author, 1815. 4th edition, enlarged. Hardcover. Bound in brown boards with brown leather spine; 241 pages. Volume 1 only. Includes a preface to the first edition, second edition, and fourth edition. Fair (heavy wear to boards, covers loose, foxing throughout, writing inside front covers.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 183572
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 | £UK 39.5 | JP¥ 7828]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American History ; United States Political Parties ; ; History - American