Phelps, James Andrew (Compiler)

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.

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Book number: 004466

Catalogue: American History, Social History, Reference

Keywords: Genealogy "George Willard" Chronology "Family Tree"

Pierce, Franklin (President)

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.

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Book number: 002784

Catalogue: American History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Maritime Italy

The Printemps

Little Guide to Paris and the Battle Fields of France

Paris, The Printemps (Le Printemps), 1921. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 28pp, folding map. String tied stiff wraps, pictorial paste-on label. Cover is edge-chipped and partially faded, folding map is torn along folds and long ago tape repaired but mostly complete, first and last pages lightly soiled. Illustrated throughout with photos and batllefield plans. An attractive souvenir published by Le Printemps department store circa early 1920s. Good.

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Book number: 003942

Catalogue: Military, European History

Keywords: WW I France "World War I"

Proctor, C.H.

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.

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Book number: 000608

Catalogue: American History, Biography

Keywords: "African -American" Slave "Aaron Burr"

Pym, Michael

The Power of India

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 317pp. Orange cloth, deckle edges, top edges orange, illustrated. Light wear to corners and spine ends, contents are clean and binding is tight. Dust jacket is chipped, moderately soiled, and has a few clean tears (longest is 2 inches), but is essentially complete with original price of $3.50. Life in India by an American journalist. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 001604

Catalogue: Religion, Social History, Travel and Geography

Rand, McNally & Co.

Rand, McNally & Co.'s 1876 Indexed Map of Ohio Showing the Railroads in the State, and the Express Company Doing Business Over Each. Also, Counties, Islands and Rivers,....

Chicago, Rand, Mcnally & Co. 1876. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 44pp, 20 x 13 1/2 inch colored folding map. Green cloth, gilt lettering. Light wear, text is lightly age-toned, no front free endpaper, former owner's name in pencil on rear endpaper, folding map is very good condition, in a very nice lightly worn hardcover binding. Very Good.

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Book number: 004081

Catalogue: American History, Travel and Geography

Keywords: Cartography Ohio "Pocket Map"

Randall, J.G.

The Civil War and Reconstruction

Boston, D.C. Heath and Company, 1937. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 959pp. Extremities rubbed, spine darkened, occasional margin notations, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, binding is tight, some dampstaining and puckering to lower margin. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003720

Catalogue: American History, Military, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: Slavery Secession Lincoln McClellan Confederacy Grant Abolition

Rankin, Edward S.

Indian Trails and City Streets

Montclair, New Jersey, Alphonse Lemerre, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 102pp. FIRST EDITION. Marbled paper over obards, brown cloth backing, pasteon label. Book is clean and nearly unworn, interior is clean and unmarked. The original Indian trails that existed on the site of the streets of modern Newark. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004551

Catalogue: American History, Regional, Archeology

Keywords: "New Jersey" Indians.Pesayak Oraton Newark

Members of the House of Representatives

Selections from Journals of the Honourable House of Representatives, Of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New -England

Boston, Committee on Rules of the General Court, 1949. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 71pp, 12 plates. Tan boards, black cloth spine, gilt shield decoration. Book is clean and sound, very faint soiling, contents are clean and most pages still unopened. Commemorates the return of the Historic Paul Revere Liberty Bowl in 1949. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003169

Catalogue: American History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Boston Colonists

Reynolds, Charles B.

Standard Guide WAshington Arlington Mt. Vernon (The Nation's Capital)

New York, Fox & Company, 1903. Audio Book (Cassette). 162pp +approx. 50 pp ads, large folding map. Covers and spine chipped and worn, contents slightly wavy, folding map in nearly original conditional, tho' small fold tears neatly reinforced with archival tape. Good.

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Book number: 004426

Catalogue: Americana, Travel and Geography, American History

Keywords: Tourism Guidebook "District of Columbia" DC

Rice, Franklin P.

Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849

Worcester, Massachusetts, Franklin P. Rice, 1906. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 121pp. Tan cloth, black lettering to cover and spine. Light soil, Alstead Historical Society stamp on front pastedown (smudged), small number stamp on title page, contents sound and binding is tight. Births, deaths and marriages to 1849. Very Good.

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Book number: 001066

Catalogue: American History, Reference

Keywords: Gerry Athol Templeton Genealogy "Phillipston Massachusetts"

Ringrose, Jerome and Countess De Berny

The Arms and Origin of American Colonial Families.

London, Harrington Square Heraldic Studios, 1910. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Green embossed arboreal covers, gilt lettering. Covers faded, edgewear, spine has several small chips, endpapers darkened and lightly spotted, contents age-toned, binding tender. Genealogical account of the original American colonial families with military backgrounds and descendants with many armorial coats-of arms. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001145

Catalogue: American History, Military

Keywords: Crests Arms Descent Heraldry Genealogy

Committee on Roads and Canals

Canal - Boston Harbor to Narraganset Bay, May 15, 1826

Washington, 19th Congress House of Representatives, 1826. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. pp. Disbound, pages tanned, and otherwise unmarked. Report on the feasability "of making a survey of a canal route from Canton to Weymouth, Massachusetts for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability of uniting the waters of Boston Harbor with the Naraganset Bay." Good.

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Book number: 002779

Catalogue: American History, Government and Politics, Ephemera

Keywords: Waterway Boston "Rhode Island" Narragansett Charlestown Newport

Romer, F.

Makers of History : A Story of the Development of the History of Uur Country and the Part Played in it By the Colt

Hartford, CT, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co. Soft cover. 64p. Only date listed is 1926, but appears to be a later printing. Stiff illustrated wraps. Cover and contents are clean and crisp, slight staple rust and staple pulling to cover. Laid-in is an addendum slip explaining that since the first publication, investigation has determined that Captain Wallace was killed by Indians rather than by "self-destruction". That leads us to believe that this copy, and most other copies that are in such good condition, were published later than the 1926 date stated on the title page. Very Good.

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Book number: 002293

Catalogue: American History, Military

Keywords: Firearms

Rooks, Elbridge S.

The Century Book of the American Colonies

New York, The Century Co. 1900. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 233pp. Spine and endpapers darkened, inscription on front free endpaper, contents are clean and binding is tight. Illustrated. A sound copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003500

Catalogue: American History, Children's