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Christmas 1997 ornament.
Washington, D.C., White House Historical Assn, (1997). VG ornament gilt border pictorial of Franklin Pierce White House. Ornament shows White House during Pierce's term in office with gilt border and burgundy ribbon on velvet boards in green box. with gilt decoratiion and lettering. Eight page descriptive booklet tells about the Pierces who left the White House in 1857. The pictorial of the White House shows the Greenhouse that he had rebuilt after expansion of the White House caused it to be razed. After his leaving office they returned to Concord. In the summer of 1857 they joined their close friend Nathaniel Hawthorne in Europe, crossing by steamship, for a grand tour. They were entertained at all the royal courts. Back home retirement was difficult for the Pierces. Pierce bored by private life drank too much, she mourned her dead sons, and they disagreed strongly over the Civil War. Pierce was pro-southern. More of their biography is on the accompanying descriptive pamphlet.
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Civil War Ordnance - I: an American Ordnance Association historical armament series reprint.
Washington, D.C., Amer Ordnance Assn, (1960-61). G ex-library. Fleet against Fort; The Union Air Force. Articles reprinted from Ordnance magazine about supply & employment of arms &. related equipment had much to do with influencing the course of the Civil War. Library markings, creases at top & bottom of booklet.
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Fall River Massachusetts, a city of opportunity 1911.
VG. Many photos of businesses, town sites and historic homes. Dark green binding, gilt lettering.
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Forty-Ninth Annual Sandwich Fair in Center Sandwich, N.H. October 12, 1959.
Sandwich, NH, Sandwich Fair Assn, (1959). VG PB. Activities at the fair plus many ads.
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Maine Townsman: April 1987 Vol. 49 no. 4.
Augusta, ME, Maine Municipal Assn, (1987). G lg sz PB. Front cover shows Belfast "transortation ready", airports a key element in transports systems, training in 80K which allows. local officials to prosecute land use violations in District Court without using an attorney, highway needs. Partial address label on ft cover, edge wear.
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NEARA Journal Summer 1998 vol. XXXII, no 1.
Meredith, NH, New England Antiquities, (1998). VG lg sz PB. Pre-Columbian American Sunflower, maize images in Indian temples; Origin of tie-dye textiles: Java, India, China or. America?.
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Thy Sons and Daughters Ever: a history of the University of New Hampshire Alumni Association.
Portsmouth, NH, Peter Randall Pub, (1994). VG in VG DJ. The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts accepted its first students in 1868. By 1880 there were 49. alumni.
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The Mighty Eighth: the air war in Europe as told by the men who fought it.
NY, Berkley Caliber, (1997). G lg sized PB. The men of the mightiest air force ever guilt tell their story in their own words. Some edge wear. When America entered WWII, it was woefully nprepared for a fight though Europe was already years into the battle. Soon though America's war machine was rolling our pilots, engineers, planes, and materials in astounding numbers. It was called the Eighth Air Force and it would hit the Nazi juggernaut like a lightning bolt.
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An Intimate History of California.
NY, Blue Ribbon, (1935). 5th ptg. VG in Fair DJ. DJ chipped. Atherton writes of the Gold rush, Vigilantes, Death Valley, the Barbary Coast, San Francisco Fire, Hollywood.
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Saugus Centenary: one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Saugus 1815-1915 July 3-4-5, 1915.
np, Saugus Board of Trade, nd (ca 1915). Fair. Laid in newspaper article about "Hammersmith - Roots of Iron, the story of the Saugus Iron Works" April 1971" with photos. Back cover disbound, some tanning.
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The First Eden: the Mediterranean world and man.
Boston, Little Brown, (1987). BCE. VG in VG DJ. DJ has slight edgewear, chipping.
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Legislative Manual of the state of Ohio 1912.
Springfield, OH, Springfiled Publishing Co, 1912. VG. Brown binding, gilt ltrg. One map rumped, chipped edge, corner of back endpaper creased, small corner of ft endpaper clipped.
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The Pilgrim Story being largely a compilation from documents of Gov. Bradford & Gov. Winslow, with list of Mayflower passengers.
Plymouth, MA, MPG Communications, (1987). 14th ed. VG PB ex-library. Light tan pictorial binding showing a Pilgrim family. Story of faith, fortitude and determination of purpose by devout band who. landed at Plymouth in the winter of 1620. Library markings.
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Pilgrim Story being largely a compilation from documents of Gov. Bradford and Gov. Winslow with list of Mayflower passengers.
Plymouth, MA, MPG Communnications, (1984). 13th ed. VG PB. Tanning back endpaper.
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Map of the Port of Boston showing Railroad and Steamship Facilities and the Switching Limits of the Port.
Boston, MA, Boston Port Authority, (ca 1936). G. Some tears on edges, damp stain back cover.
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