Old Bookshelf: History
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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 23.5]
Catalogus: American History, Cooking
Trefwoorden: Colonial Cuisine
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 23.5]
Catalogus: American History, Military
Trefwoorden: "Fort Fisher" Charleston Nassau Confederacy Richmond "William Lamb"
A Summer in Norway ; with Notes on the Industries, Habits, Customs and Peculiarities of the People, the History and Institutions of the Country, Its Climate , Topography and Productions. Also, and Account of the Red-Deer, Reindeer and Elk.
Chicago, Jansen, McClurg and Company, 1875. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 401pp. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Moderate edgewear and nearly invisible pucker to front cover, contents age-toned, slight offsetting of frontispiece to title page, binding is tight and text is unmarked. Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 001585
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.5]
Catalogus: Travel and Geography, History
Trefwoorden: Scandinavia Lapland "Arctic Circle" Christiana Oslo Osloe
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 56]
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 233]
Catalogus: American History, Military
Trefwoorden: "General Washington" Rochambeau
Atala, René
New York, George R. Lockwood, 1866. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 155pp. Half-bound brown textured cloth, marbled edges, gilt lettering to spine, former owner's name on front free endpaper, text in French. Light wear to extremities, spine sunned, text is clean and the binding is tight, and in overall very sound condition. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 003979
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5]
Trefwoorden: Novella Indians
Un año en Moscu
Buenos Aires, Editorial Difusion, 1950. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 220pp. Stiff card stock cover. Text in Spanish. Cover very lightly worn, text is tanned, dampstain to top edges and foredges, text is unharmed. Inscribed and signed illegibly on half-title page, possibly by author. Dust jacket is also dampstained and spine is faded. Laid-in is a promotional brochure of the book by the publisher. Fair/Good.
Boeknummer: 004494
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75]
Trefwoorden: Diplomacy "Soviet Union"
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 51.25]
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 18.75]
Trefwoorden: Washington Cabinet Congress "White House"
Bibliotheque Choisie, pour servir de suite a la Bibliotheque Universelle - Tome 20
Amsterdam, Henri Schelte, 1710. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Hardcover. 456pp. Full vellum, marbled endpapers, hand-lettered spine, title page in red and black. Very light wear, spine slightly darkened, faded ink blot on title page (all text visible), contents otherwise clean and binding is tight. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 004447
USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 186.5]
Catalogus: Philosophy, History
Trefwoorden: Reviews Journals
The Third Way
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 436pp. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Yellow cloth, blue lettering. Signed by author on his bookplate on front pastedown. Spine sunned, light soiling, darkening to endpapers, otherwise contents are clean. Very Good/No Jacket.
Boeknummer: 000782
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5]
Catalogus: Philosophy, History
Trefwoorden: Essays Anthology
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 28]
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 18.75]
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 582.25]
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 9.5]
Catalogus: Illustrated, American History, Americana
Trefwoorden: "Bicentennial Commission"
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