Old Bookshelf: American History
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Blockade; The Civil War at Sea
New York, Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1958. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 279pp. Green cloth boards, text in green tinted paper. Covers and contents are clean and binding is tight. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper September 9, 1958. Near Fine/No Jacket.
-- Boeknummer: 001238
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23]
Catalogus: American History, Military
Trefwoorden: "Fort Fisher" Charleston Nassau Confederacy Richmond "William Lamb"
Grant Moves South
Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1960. Third Printing, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 564pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Warmly inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper. Book is in clean condition, spine mildly faded, contents clean and binding is tight. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 004038
USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 55.25]
Catalogus: American History, Signed, U.S. Civil War
Trefwoorden: Confederacy Union "Civil War"
Voyage de M. Le Chevalier de Chastellux en Amérique
Paris, R. Le Franq, 1786. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 136pp. Three quarter vellum modern marbled binding. Book is in unworn, sound condition. Possibly a pirated edition published after the 2 volume edition published the same year. Howes C-324. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 004113
USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 229.5]
Catalogus: American History, Military
Trefwoorden: "General Washington" Rochambeau
Selected Manuscripts of General John S. Clark Relating to the Aboriginal History of the Susquehanna
Athens, Pennsylvania, The Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, 1931. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 150pp. Green cloth. Very good copy. A photograph of General John S. Clark is pasted to the front free endpaper as an extra frontspiece. A neatly written caption states that the photo was taken in 1900 at age 77, and that the "family estimate his height variously as 6', 2"-4"-7" ." Includes 13 maps, one folding. Near Fine/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 002594
USD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.5]
Catalogus: American History
Trefwoorden: Pennsylvania Indians Andastes Carantouan
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.
Boeknummer: 003728
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Trefwoorden: Washington Cabinet Congress "White House"
Front Pages Presidential Election 1952
New York, The Wright Co. Inc. 1952. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 256pp. Spiral bound pictorial cover. LIght soiling to covers, dampstain to upper margin of preliminaries (not affecting actual text), text is clean and unmarked. Consists entirely of reproductions of 256 front pages of American newspapers of Wednesday November 5, 1952, reporting the presidential election results. Published by The Wright Co. "a distributor of Newsprint to America's leading Newspapers". The publisher also states that the purpose of the book "is to present the election news coverage from the standpoint of typography, layout, and appearance to the Publishers, Editors, Business Managers, and Mechanical Superintendents of American Newspapers." It presents a fascinating snapshot of the results of the 1952 presidential election between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 002690
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75]
Catalogus: American History, Collectible
Trefwoorden: Politics Voting Polls Landslide
Illustrated Memoir of the World War
New Haven, Natonal Publishing Co. Inc. 1930. First Edition. Soft cover. 40pp. Blue stapled wraps, 11"x17". Very faint fading to cover edges, mild wear but contents very sound and clean. remnants of bookplate removed from first page. 40 pages of striking full page photos of World War I. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 000698
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: American History, Military
Trefwoorden: "Great War" Doughboys Armistice Howitzers "WW I" "World War" Europe
A Summary Historical, Geographical, and Statistical View of the City of New York; Together with Some Notices of Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, &c., in its Environs. Prepared to Accompany the Topographical Map of the City and County of New York.
New York, J.H. Colton & Co. 1836. 1st Edition, 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 46pp. + folding map. First Edition. Light wear and slight fading to cover, frontispiece not present, contents in clean condition, very occasional foxing, a number of tears along folds of folding map have been tape reinforced many years ago, and more recently with archival tape. There is very minor loss of image, a former owner's name on title page and bookplate on front endaper. Color folding map measures 23 x 19 inches. A disclaimer is tipped-in regarding the folding map. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 004552
USD 625.00 [Appr.: EURO 573.25]
Catalogus: Travel and Geography, American History
Trefwoorden: "New York" NYC Manhattan Topography "Long Island"
George Washington: The Story of His Life
Philadelphia, Ketterlinus Litho. Mfg. Co. 1932. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Soft cover. Unpaginated, 24pp. 24mo. Illustrated wraps, stapled spine. Seven color illustrations. Light wear and soiling to covers, binding tight and contents clean. Published for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 000291
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.25]
Catalogus: Illustrated, American History, Americana
Trefwoorden: "Bicentennial Commission"
The Story of Kentucky
Boston, D. Lothrop Company, 1890. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 337pp. Brown pictorial boards, gilt title, frontispiece with tissue-guard plus other illustrations. Extremities lightly rubbed, ex-library with ususal markings, text is toned, some slight internal separation, though book appears to be unread. Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 002687
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23]
Catalogus: American History
Trefwoorden: "Daniel Boone" Slavery Lincoln Henderson Louisville
The Connecticut Register and Manual : A State Calendar of Public Officers and Institutions for 1885
Hartford, Brown and Gross, 1885. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. iv, 302pp, folding diagram of Representatives Hall. Red cloth, gilt lettering and state emblem. Spotting and light soil to covers, 10 cent price on title page, contents evenly age-toned, binding and contents are sound. No map apparently issued with this edition. Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 001898
USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75]
Trefwoorden: Reference Laws Officials Connecticut
United States Naval Academy; The First Hundred Years
New York, Whittlesey House, 1945. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 53pp + approx. 110 pp illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt insignia to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Corners lightly rubbed, spine darkened but readable, book is in clean and sound condition. Book includes an extensive section on historical photos and illustrations of the academy. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 004543
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: American History, Biography, Military
The Webster Centennial. Proceedings of the Webster Historical Society at Marshfield, Mass., October 12, 1882. With an Account of Other Celebrations on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Daniel Webster
Boston, Webster Historical Society, 1883. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 272pp + index. Brown embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Abrasion and chipping along front joint, faint staining to front board, corners rubbed, text is age-toned but clean and the binding is tight and sound. Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard and 2 photographs, one of the Home of Webster and the other of the Reception of the President and Guests by Mrs. Fletcher Webster. Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 002691
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: American History, Government and Politics
Trefwoorden: Celebration Statesman Marshfield Massachusetts
Saratoga Illustrated. A Complete Description of the American Watering Place With Steel Engravings, Photo-plates and Wood Cuts.
Troy, NY, The Northern News Company, 1872. 1st Edition, 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 126pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, folding map, 2 color plates, numerous engravings. Corners lightly rubbed, contents are clean and sound, binding is tight, former owner's name and date (1875) on front pastedown. The 2 color plates have small dampstains to top margins; no other stains in book, indicating that the 2 color plates were stained before being bound into book. A very well-preserved guide to Saratoga. Book measures 6 x 4 1/4 inches. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 004682
USD 425.00 [Appr.: EURO 390]
Catalogus: Travel and Geography, American History
Trefwoorden: Guidebook Springs Waters Spas Tourism Hotels Fountains
Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, Transmitting With a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Report of the Examination and Survey of the Willamette River, Oregon
Washington, DC, 52nd Congress, 1891. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 13pp, 2 folding maps. No wraps, disbound thread binding. Text and maps are lightly age-toned, clean. Both maps have multiple tears along folds. One map is of Willamette River, Oregon in Vicinity of Ross Island, other map of Willamette River, Oregon in the Vicinity of Clackamas Rapids. Fair.
Boeknummer: 002547
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.25]
Catalogus: American History, Ephemera, American West
Trefwoorden: Oregon Corvallis
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