Fasquelle, Louis and Dumas, Alexandre

Napoléon, Par Alexandre Dumas. For the Use of Colleges and Schools.

New York, Ivison & Phinney, 1858. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. vi, 273pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth. Spine detached but present, dampstaining most heavily to first 30 pages, mild thereafter, contents tanned, binding is tight, a portrait of Napoleon has been pasted onto front free endpaper opposite title page. An early textbook, 1858, including conversational exercises and explanatory notes. Fair/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 002030

Catalogus: Biography, Military, History

Trefwoorden: Emperor General France Bonaparte Buonaparte

Fearon, Henry Bradshaw

Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through the Eastern and Western States of America; Contained in Eight Reports Addressed to the Thirty -Nine English Families

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees,Orme, and Brown, 1818. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No Binding. iiv, errata, 462pp. FIRST EDITION. Disbound, foxing, endpapers missing, text is complete and binding is holding well. Could be rebound. Unflattering picture of the western frontier" (Howes F-65) Poor.

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Boeknummer: 004040

Catalogus: American History, Travel and Geography, American West

Trefwoorden: "New England" "New York" Illinois Virginia Pennsylvania Territories Slavery

Fiske, John

The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America (2 Volume Set)

Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. xxvii, 256 ; xxvi, 374pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering. top edges gilt. Both volumes in clean, sound condition, slight darkening to spines, former owner's bookplate on front pastedowns. Illustrated. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 003902

Catalogus: American History

Trefwoorden: Colonial Stuyvesant Penn Leisler

Ford, Paul Leicester

The True George Washington (Signed by Harry Ogden)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 319pp. Covers soiled chipped (mainly spine), cracking of endpaper at hinges, contents age-toned, owners' bookplate and label on front pastedown and some offsetting opposite from bookplate. Front free endpaper is SIGNED in pencil "H.A. Ogden" (Harry Ogden, well-known illustrator of historical and military subjects). Fair/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 001637

Catalogus: American History, Biography, Military

Trefwoorden: President Autograph Ogden

Forney, John W.

Letters From Europe

Philadelphia, T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1867. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 406 +12 pp ads. Brown cloth, gilt lettering. Book is in very sound condition except for a one inch strip torn across the head of the spine with loss of some text, and a smaller chip below. Corners are mildly rubbed, text slightly toned and a very occasional small spot, owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Good.

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Boeknummer: 003232

Catalogus: Social History, Travel and Geography

Trefwoorden: England France Switzerland Holland

Franklin, Benjamin, et al.

Franklin Before the Privy Council, White Hall Chapel, London, 1774, on Behalf of the Province of Massachusetts, to Advocate the Removal of Hutchinson and Oliver.

Philade;phia, John M. Butler, 1860. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 134pp. Blind stamped cloth, engraved frontispiece. Edgewear and chipping to head and tail of spine and light splitting along spine but binding is tight and sound. Contents are age-toned, endpapers are foxed and there is occasional foxing in text, but still a nice copy. Howes F-372. Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 002482

Catalogus: American History

Trefwoorden: Colonies Colonial

Franklin, Benjamin

The Will of Benjamin Franklin 1757

Philade;phia, The Franklin Institute, 1949. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 9pp + facsimile foldout of will. Stapled wraps. Cover partially faded, contents are clean and sound. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 002720

Catalogus: American History, Biography

Trefwoorden: "Ben Franklin" Inheritance "James Franklin" "Jane Mecom"

Frost, John (Compiler)

The Book of the Colonies; Comprising the History of the Colonies Composing the United States, From the Discovery in the Tenth Century Until the Commencement of the Revolutionary War

Hartford, W.J. Hamersley, 1852. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. viii, 280pp. Brown cloth, stamped with scroll design, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Very light cornerwear and tiny insect borings to rear joint, spine partly sunned, foxing to first title page and very slight thereafter, some gutters exposed but binding is holding, owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. Black and white line drawings throughout. Good.

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Boeknummer: 002517

Catalogus: American History

Trefwoorden: "New England" Indians :William Penn" "Roger Williams"

Gauba, K.L.

Uncle Sham; Being the Strange Tale of Civilisation Run Amuck (Amok)

Lahore, India, The Lion Press, 1944. 31st Impression, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 182pp. Paper over boards. Light soil and 3 small ink spots on front cover, chipping to spine cover including 1 inch from foot of spine, text is mildly toned but otherwise clean, owner's name and date (New Delhi 1945) on front free endpaper. A vicious attack on American culture in rebuttal to Katherine Mayo's book on India. Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 002480

Catalogus: Social History, Government and Politics

Trefwoorden: Marriage Sexuality Customs Culture Racism

De Gaulle, Charles

Mémoires de Guerre; L'appel 1940-1942

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1954. Soft cover. 680p. Slight fading to cover, contents toned but clean, foxing to first 3 leaves, "Nöel 1955" at top of title page. In sound condition. Dust jacket is edgeworn and chipped at top of spine, but complete. Folding maps in rear.Text in French. Good/Good.

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Boeknummer: 002247

Catalogus: Military, History

Trefwoorden: "WW II" France French Français

De Gaulle , Charles

Mémoires de Guerre ; l'unité 1942-1944

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1956. Soft cover. 712p. Slight fading to spine, covers and text are clean, slight foxing to front endpaper, book is overall, in very sound condition. Dust jacket is very clean with very light wear. Folding maps in rear. Text in French. Very Good/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 002248

Catalogus: Biography, Military, History

Trefwoorden: France "WW II"

Glueck, Nelson

The River Jordan: Being an Illustrated Account of Earth's Most Storied River

Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1946. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 298pp. Brick colored cloth, gilt lettering. Very light wear to edges, spine darkened, contents mildly age-toned. SIGNED "With compliments of the author, Nelson Glueck" on front free endpaper. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 004145

Catalogus: Travel and Geography, History

Trefwoorden: Palestiine Israel Jordan Bible

Goodman, Paul

B'nai B'rith ; The First Lodge of England 1910-1935

London, The Lodge, 1936. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 63pp. Tan stiff wraps. Very slight corner crease, clean cover and interior. An overview of the Lodge's history. Laid- in is a a handwritten and SIGNED letter dated 18/4/37 from J.L. Freedman to a Mr. Perlzweig. A FIRST EDITION, not a recent reprint. Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 002409

Catalogus: Religion, Social History

Trefwoorden: London "Association Letter"

Gregory, I.M. (Editor)

Judge Magazine ; October 7 1893

New York, The Judge Publishing Co. 1893. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soft cover. Victor, Gillam, Milton. 16pp. Stapled wraps. Light edgewear chipping, partial separation to binding, light wear and tearing to horizontal fold (archival tape reinforced), faint small stains to upper margin, cover and text are otherwise clean and unmarked. 3 full page color cartoons, one of President Cleveland, one of his nominee for Ambassador to Italy and one of "The Society Treadmill" : "the weary round of a fashionable woman." Good/5/16.

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Boeknummer: 001870

Catalogus: American History, Periodical, Ephemera

Trefwoorden: Satire Magazine

Commissioners of the Israel Putnam Camp Ground

Report of the Commissioners of the Israel Putnam Camp Ground to His Excellency the Governor, January 15, 1903,

Hartford, Conn. The Hartford Printing Company, 1903. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 93pp. Black embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Book is in very good, nearly unworn condition, contents are age-toned and clean, neatly written inscription on front free endpaper. Illustrated with photos and line drawings. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 003883

Catalogus: American History, Military, Reference

Trefwoorden: Connecticut General "Putnam Park" Redding