ANONYMOUS

The Mirrors of Washington

New York & London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, the Knickerbocker Press. 1921, First. Cloth. Ill.: Cesare. Book, Sketches of 14 politicians, each with portrait and cartoon. Hinges broken, cloth worn, few marks on front. Good.

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Book number: 001909

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: Cesarebiography, American Politicians Politics, Economics, Social Studies Biography

PHINEAS T. BARNUM

Funny Stories

London, George Routledge & Sons. 1890, First UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, Decorated red cloth worn, spine darkened, hinge cracked, flyleaf and portrait frontispiece loose. Good reading copy. Uncommon. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005715

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: Humour Anecdote Entertainment Humour

HENRY BRYAN BINNS

Abraham Lincoln

London, J. M. Dent. 1907, Not Known. Hardcover. Book, The Temple Biographies series. Engraved portrait frontispiece + 14 half-tone plates. Cloth worn & faded; front hinge broken; ends spine frayed. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000774

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: Biography, History, Americana President Lincoln Biography

WINSTON CHURCHILL

The Crisis

London, Macmillan. 1906, Colonial Library. Hardcover. Ill.: Howard Chandler Christy. Book, 8 b/w plates. Few spots of foxing. Cloth binding. Historical novel about events leading up to the American Civil War, set in St.Louis, Missouri, by the American novelist not to be confused with the English politician. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001516

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: Howard Chandler Christyfiction, Novel Illustrated Vintage Fiction

JACK CONROY

The Disinherited

London, Wishart & Co. 1934, First UK Edition. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth, partly faded, worn on corners and spine ends, marked on back; endpapers bit discoloured, contents good. Stamped inside cover Pioneer Bookshop for Socialist Literature, 268 Upper Street, Islington. Scarce edition of this early proletarian American novel. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006502

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: Novel Fiction Proletarian Worker Mining Depression Missouri Vintage Fiction Politics, Economics, Social Studies

EDWARD S. CORWIN

The Constitution and what it means today

Princeton, Princeton University Press. 1921, Second Edn. Cloth. Book, Cloth dull, corners worn, slight browning & spotting endpapers. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000778

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: American Government, Law History Politics, Economics, Social Studies

HARRY J. GREENWALL

American Scene

London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson. 1937, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Green cloth, bit faded on spine, rubbed on corners. Some stamps on flyleaf, label on rear endpaper from library of Chelsea Hospital. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005969

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: Social History Politics Economics Politics, Economics, Social Studies History

H. H. HOUBEN, TRANS. JOHN LINTON

Christopher Columbus, the tragedy of a Discoverer

London, George Routledge. 1935, First ?. Hardcover. Book, Translated from the German by John Linton. Good condition except that most of one side of the spine has been eaten by something, probably mice. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. Chattily written biography. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004437

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: History America Biography Spain Italy Discovery Exploration Biography

WILL JAMES

Smoky, the Cowhorse

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons. 1930, Reprint. Cloth. Book, Num. illus. Green cloth, picture of horse's head. Front hinge cracked, front free endpaper missing; cloth dull, ends & edges spine worn; marks on a few pages. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001696

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: Fiction, Horses, Cowboys, Old West Vintage Fiction

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

The Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man (Twentieth Century Classics)

London, Penguin Books. 1990, New Edition. (ISBN: 0140184023) Soft cover. Book, Slight wear to edges of covers. Introduction and notes by William L. Andrews. First published in 1912, written by the first black executive secretary of the NAACP, presents a frank picture of being black in America. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005901

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: 0140184023 History Social Black Interest America Politics, Economics, Social Studies Biography

ALBERT E. KAHN

High Treason, the Plot Against the People

New York, Lear. 1950. Soft cover. Ill.: `. Book, Covers creased and worn, page edges brown and brittle. History of right-wing intolerance in the US, sadly topical. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006647

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: `Politics Communism Fascism Human Rights CIVIL Rights Racism Antisemitism Peekskill Politics, Economics, Social Studies

ALEXANDER KEY

The Wrath and the Wind

Indianapolis & New York, Bobbs-Merrill. 1949, First Edition ?. Hardcover. Book, Slight spine lean; dustwrapper bit rubbed, and bit frayed and torn on edges. Greenish blue cloth, gold lettering; appears to be first edition. Novel of Florida and the slave trade. Good/Good.

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Book number: 005170

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: Novel Fiction Historical Vintage Fiction

PETER MATTHIESSEN

Indian Country

London, Collins Harvill. 1985, First UK. (ISBN: 000217345X) Hardcover. Book, Edges a bit darkened, slight crease some page corners, dustwrapper a little worn on top edge. Account of the white man's abuse of the native American, and appeal for preservation of the traditional way of life. Map endpapers. Good Plus/Good Plus.

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Book number: 004344

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: 000217345x Native American Tribal Cherokee Mohawk Iroquois History Culture Hopi Navajo Shoshone Land Rights Sioux Wounded Knee Siskiyou Politics, Economics, Social Studies

JOHN MYERS MYERS

The Wild Yazoo

London, Macdonald. 1948, First GB. Cloth. Ex-Library, Novel set in early 19th cent. Mississippi. Ex Boots Library, label front cover. Cloth worn edges & corners, spine darkened; flyleaf removed, half-title bit torn; slight foxing. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002172

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: Novel, Fiction Vintage Fiction

VINCENT CORNELIUS NEALE (CORNELIUS VINCENT WEBSTER NEALE)

Letters of Historic Interest

Croydon, Roffey & Clark. First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Letters from the son of John Mason Neale, the hymn writer, to his sister-in-law, Mrs. Sidney Oldall Addy. (Sidney Oldall Addy was also a writer; his wife, Mary, was the sister of Vincent Neale's wife, Eliza). Letters dated from 1912 to 1923, nothing remarkable, but fascinating details of life in California at the time, including the price of everything. 61 pages; embossed maroon cloth, slightly faded on and next to spine. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006606

Catalogue: American History

Keywords: History California Politics, Economics, Social Studies Biography