Old Bookshelf: American History
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How the Dutch Came to Manhattan
New York, E.R. Herrick & Co. 1897. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Blanche McManus. 82pp. Yellow boards, silver and black lettering and decoration, top edge silver. Very light wear and very light soil to cover, spine darkened but very readable, contents are mildly toned and very clean and sound. A succinct narrative of the Dutch settlement in America, accompanied with black and white illustrations on every page of text. Very Good/No Jacket.
-- Boeknummer: 003276
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 69]
Catalogus: American History
Trefwoorden: Netherlands Colonies
The End of Greatness
New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 9781137279002. 280pp. Hardcover. Book is in clean and unmarked condition. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Boeknummer: 002758
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25]
Catalogus: American History, Government and Politics
Trefwoorden: Presidents Presidency Obama Roosevelt Washington Lincoln 9781137279002
The Magic of Communication. A Tell-You-how Story.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1935. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 36pp. Stapled stiff blue wraps. Spine rubbed, otherwise clean and sound. Traces the history of the telephone form Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to 1935, when the pamphlet was published. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 001181
USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.5]
Trefwoorden: "Bell Laboratories" "AT&T"
Decisive Battles of the Civil War
New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 226pp. Black cloth, red decoration and lettering. Very good book in sound condition. SIGNED by the author for the members of the Civil War Book Club. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 003849
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: American History, Military, U.S. Civil War
Trefwoorden: Union Confederacy
Notes from Craft Collection in Tioga Point Museum on the Sullivan Expedition of 1779 Including Order Book of General Sullivan Never Before Published
Athens, Pennsylvania, Louise Welles Murray, 1929. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Sogned By Editor. Tan boards, brown spine, paper spine label. Pages 1-33 consist of text followed by 100 pages of the order book, foldout map. Title page is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Louise Welles Murray, the founder of the Tioga Point Museum, and the title page is also INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Ethelyn Duvall Clark Stupp, a descendant of General John S. Clark. Cover is edgeworn and somewhat soiled, spine label is partially missing, but the contents are clean. Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 001375
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75]
Catalogus: American History, Military
Trefwoorden: "Tioga Point" Newtown "Craft Collection"
Cuba Libre; A Story of the Hispano-American War
New York, Maine Sunday Teegram, 1900. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Freeland A. Carter. 454pp. Columbian Historical Novels series, Volume XIII. Brown cloth, brown and gilt lettering and decoration. Extremities rubbed, spine faded, hinges split, missing front free endpaper, contents age-toned, some inner margins exposed, lacking maps of Cuba. Fair.
Boeknummer: 000862
USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25]
Catalogus: American History, Military
Trefwoorden: Spanish-American Havana "Rough Riders" Marti Santiago
Letter From the Secretary of the Navy, Transmitting Sundry Statements in Relation to the Privateer Pension Fund, Rendered in Obedience to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 15tth Instant. March 28, 1820.
Washington, Gales & Seaton, 1820. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 19pp, folding chart. Tanned, foxed and lightly soiled. Includes a list of "Persons disabled on board Private Armed Vessels, to whom Pensions have been granted. Good.
Boeknummer: 002781
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23]
Trefwoorden: Pensioneers Military
Current History, A Monthly Magazine of The New York Times - Volume VII, No. 3, 1918
New York, The New York Times Company, 1918. Soft cover. pp381-570. Decorative wraps. Chipping to spine, light soil to rear cover, text is yellowed but unmarked. Extensive reporting on the progress of the war, including the sinking of the Tuscania, Russia's withdrawal from the war, Germany's claim to Alsace and much more. Good.
Boeknummer: 002813
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: American History, Military
Trefwoorden: "WW I" Europe "President Wilson"
Centennial Celebration of the Town of Orford, N.H., Containing the Oration, Poems and Speeches, Delivered on Thursday, September 7, 1865, with Some Additional Matters Relating to the History of the Place.
Manchester, NH, Henry A. Gage, Printer. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 145pp. Brown stamped cloth, gilt title. Spine faded, corners lightly rubbed, owner's name on front free endpaper, text is clean and unmarked, and binding is sound. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 003131
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46]
Catalogus: American History
Trefwoorden: "Town History" "New Hampshire"
Defending the Island; A Story of Bar Harbor in 1758
Boston, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1904. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 124pp. Pale grey boards, red, white and blue decoration, red lettering. Slight fade to spine, few light spots on rear cover, corners square, contents are clean and sound. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 001312
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.5]
Catalogus: American History, Children's
Trefwoorden: Maine "Mount Desert" Patriotic
The Battle of Ball's Bluff
Leesburg, Virginia, Potomac Press, 1958. Limited Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 123pp. Grey cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Book is clean and sound, spine sunned, contents are clean and unmarked. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 003052
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: American History, Military
Trefwoorden: "Civil War" Virginia Confederacy
The Great Metropolis. Phelps' New York City Guide...With Street Directory
New York, Humphrey Phelps, 1867. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 70pp. folding map. Purple cloth, gilt lettering. Fading to cover mainly to spine, corners lightly rubbed, text is sound with a very occasional spot, historical society bookplate on front pastedown, folding map has several tiny holes along folds, but map is in a very well-preserved condition, and is very attractive. The city's history, its institutions, its sights, 12 full page illustrations. Folding map measures 30 x 18 inches. 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 70pp. folding hand colored map, frontispiece. Purple cloth, gilt lettering. Fading to cover mainly to spine, corners lightly rubbed, text is clean with a very occasional spot, historical society bookplate on front pastedown, several tiny tears along map folds, and map is in overall very well-preserved condition. Overview of the city, its institutions, its history and its sights and 12 engraved illustrations. Folding map measures 30 x18 inches. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 004553
USD 450.00 [Appr.: EURO 412.75]
Trefwoorden: NYC Manhattan "The Battery" "Washington Square" "Five Points"
Heroic Willards of '76; Lif ena Times of Captain Reuben Willard
New York, William Morrow and Company, 1917. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 112pp. Tan wraps. Very light shelfwear, contents age-toned, clean and unmarked. Genealogical records beginning ins1775. Original printing from 1917, not a modern reprint. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 004466
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.25]
Catalogus: American History, Social History, Reference
Trefwoorden: Genealogy "George Willard" Chronology "Family Tree"
Message from the President of the United States,Transmitting the Despatch of the United States Minister Resident at the Court of Naples,Relative to the Saving of the Crew of the American Barque Parana from Shipwreck By the Officers of the Neapolitan Navy
Washington, House of Representatives, 1856. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 3pp. Lightly foxed. An interesting document commending the Neapolitan navy for rescuing the crew of the Parana, shipwrecked in the Gulf of Santa Eufemia near Calabria. Good.
Boeknummer: 002784
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: American History, Government and Politics
Trefwoorden: Maritime Italy
The Life of James Williams, Better Known as Professor Jim, for Half a Century Janitor of Trinity College
Hartford, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1873. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Alexandre Benois. 79pp. Purple covers, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard. Covers faded and worn at edges and spine ends, light soiling, ex-library markings, labels on front endpapers with glue residue, Some spotting mainly to prelims, pages browned but mostly clean. Williams was the son of slaves in New York State. Scarce. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 000608
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 114.75]
Catalogus: American History, Biography
Trefwoorden: "African -American" Slave "Aaron Burr"
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