Old Bookshelf: History
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Funeral Orration on the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster, Delivered at a Commeroation in the Presbyterian Church, Ballston Spa, N.Y., Monday Evening, November 8, 1852.
Boston, C.C.P. Moody, 1856. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 39pp. Grey printed wraps. Light wear and light soil to cover, contents are clean. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. Bound in at fron are 5 pages of endorsements from prominent individuals of McCoy's speech. Good.
-- Boeknummer: 004451
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.5]
Trefwoorden: Speech Oratory Autograph
Histoire de Fréjus Forum JUL II Ses Antiquités - Son port
Fréjus, Louis Leydet, 1881. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 800 pp, Text in French. 3 folding plates. Rebound in vellum, red spine lettering. Some soiling and curling to boards, contents and plates are clean and unmarked, several fold tears mended with archival tape, some 0ages still unopened. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 003634
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 60]
Trefwoorden: France
History of Danbury. 1984-1896; From Notes and Manuscript Left by James Montgomery Bailey
New York, Burr Printing House, 1897. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 583pp. Publishers original brown cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. A very sound and tight copy, very slight corner rubbing, slight foxing to first and last pages including title page, text is clean and unblemished, pencilled inscription on front pastedown. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 004698
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 41.75]
Catalogus: American History, Regional
Trefwoorden: Danbury Connecticut "Fairfield County"
Barnes' Centenary History , One Hundred Years of American Independence
New York & Chicago, A.S. Barnes & Co. 1876. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Wraps. Original printed wrappers, not bound. Part 9, pages 393-456. ND but 1876. Allegorical representation of U.S. on its centennial on front cover, back cover lists other centennial publications by publisher, engravings throughout. Covers are torn and chipped at edges and lightly soiled. Some pages still unopened, some crudely opened. Not commonly found in this unbound state.
Boeknummer: 000660
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: American History, Americana
Trefwoorden: 100 Years Centennial
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.
Boeknummer: 003181
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 37]
Catalogus: Biography, Social History
Trefwoorden: Genealogy
Doctors Mase in America
Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1963. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 370pp. Inscribed and SIGNED by AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Blue decorative boards, black backing, gilt spine lettering. Corners lightly rubbed, slight fading to edges, interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is worn and several pieces torn from upper edge. Very Good/Fair.
Boeknummer: 004544
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: Biography, Medicine, History
Trefwoorden: "Jefferson Medical College" Physicians Surgery "Dr. Samuel Gross"
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.
Boeknummer: 003946
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.25]
Trefwoorden: "New York" "New England" South Slavery
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.
Boeknummer: 001894
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: American History, Social History
Trefwoorden: Immigration Genealogy
The Historical Reader, Designed for the Use of Schools and Families, on a New Plan.
Concord, George Hough, 1823. First Edition. 298p. Full calf, leather label. Bottom 1 1/2 inch peice missing from spine, covers scuffed and worn. Occasional foxing and dampstaining, notes and ownership on endpapers including some very elaborate and precise cursive writing on front free endpaper, text is complete and binding is tight. FIRST EDITION. Good.
Boeknummer: 002356
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.5]
Catalogus: Textbook, History
Trefwoorden: Schoolbook "New Hampshire"
The World War Book
Syracuse, The Craftsman Press, 1919. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 288pp. Dark blue cloth, gilt title. Text beautifully printed in sepia on buff paper. Minor smudging and spotting to covers, contents are clean. A World War I record and personal history of the citizens of Richfield Springs who entered the service of their country published by a Committee in behalf of the Citizens of Richfield Springs, New York. A brief biography and photo of each serviceman. This is the original printing, NOT A RECENT REPRINT. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 000658
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: American History, Military
Trefwoorden: Memorial Veterans "Richfield Springs" "Otsego County"
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.
Boeknummer: 000575
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Catalogus: Social History, History
Trefwoorden: Palestine "Middle East" Zionism Arabs Jews
Adventures with Rare Coins
Bpwers & Ruddy Galleries, Inc. 1979. Second Printing, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 0914490001. 305pp. Book is invery good nearly unused state. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 003712
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14]
Trefwoorden: Coins Numismatics "US Coins" 0914490001
North American Pamphlet on South American Affairs
London, 1818. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 35-83pp. Disbound pamphlet. Text is mildly toned. Brackenridge was sent by President Monroe on a fact-finding mission to South America to report on the Spanish colonies. His report shows many similarities to the conditions put forth in the Monroe Doctrine. Good.
Boeknummer: 003240
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 37]
Catalogus: American History, History
Trefwoorden: "President James Monroe" "South America" "Monroe Doctrine"
Condensed History of the United States
Saginaw, Michigan, Seemann & Peters, 1893. First Edition, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 42pp. Flexible card stock. Very mild shelfwear, contents clean, very neat notations and underlining to portions of text. Book was compiled by Lieutenant Charles Braden "to aid Camdidates in preparing for entrance to the United States Military Academy." The author further states the book "should be used in connection with one of the standard histories, as Swinton's or Barnes'." An early example of an exam preparation book for military education. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 003464
USD 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 152.25]
Catalogus: Military, History, Ephemera
Trefwoorden: USMA "West Point"
The Williamsburg Art of Cookery or Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion: Being a Collection of Upwards of Five Hundred of the Most Ancient & Approv'd Recipes in Virginia Cookery.
Williamsburg, Virginia, Colonial Williamsburg, 1939. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Full leather, leather spine label with gilt lettering. Moderate edgewear to boards, chipping along spine. Contents are sound. Reprint of the 1742 edition. Illustrated. Good.
Boeknummer: 004114
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25]
Catalogus: American History, Cooking
Trefwoorden: Colonial Cuisine
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