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The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. XXXIII. History of Alaska, 1730-1885

By: Bancroft, Hubert Howe

Price: $39.95

Publisher: San Francisco, A.L. Bancroft: 1886

Seller ID: 12972

Binding: Leather Bound

Condition: Good+ with No dust jacket as issued

Front board separated,paper tape securing title page and inner back hinge, previous owner's embossed stamp, some wear and peeling of leather. Leather of spine split down back edge and torn across middle. Raised bands somewhat worn but black spine labels with gilt print still bright ; Text block solid and unmarked, fold-out map in fine condition, marbled page edges, binding of tan leather boards needs some work but book appears to be complete ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 775 pages
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Rising Tide The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America

By: Barry, John M.

Price: $36.50

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 1997

Seller ID: 19210

ISBN: 0684810468

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; 9.4 X 6.2 X 1.7 inches; 528 pages; "An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the greatest natural disaster this country has ever known -- the Mississippi flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of nearly one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north, and transformed American society and politics fore...
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Central in Our Lives Voices from Little Rock Central High School 1957-1959

By: Brodie, Ralph & Marvin Schwartz

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Little Rock, Arkansas, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies: 2007

Seller ID: 17954

ISBN: 0970857489

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

DJ shows light shelf wear, creased with shot tear top of spine. ; A bright, solid book, Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.10 X 6 X 0.80 inches; 211 pages; "Students and faculty members who went through the desegregation crisis of this memorable time recall events and personal feelings as they tried to avoid the outside interruptions while getting an education. Much has been said and written about the Little Rock Nine, who have also shared their memories through the years. And the students who protested and caused problems have also had their forum. Now, this book presents the ...
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Moccasin Tracks and Other Imprints

By: Dodrill, William Christian

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Parsons WV, McClain Printing Co: 1974

Seller ID: 15939

ISBN: 087012157X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Gift notation on front free end paper. ; A bright, solid book. This hardcover, bound in blue cloth covered boards is a facsimile reprint of the 1915 publication by Dodrill. ; 8.50 X 5.40 X 0.80 inches; 298 pages; This is a history of the mountain counties of West Virginia with an emphasis on pioneer life.
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Economy Of British West Florida, 1763 - 1783

By: Fabel, Robin F. A.

Price: $21.50

Publisher: Tuscaloosa, AL, University Alabama Press: 1988

Seller ID: 19007

ISBN: 081730312X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket

DJ shows very light shelf wear, slight soil page fore edges. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar. ; 9.4 X 6.0 X 1.7 inches; 296 pages; "British West Florida encompassed the panhandle of the modern state of Florida, about half of present-day Alabama, large portion of Mississippi, and some of Louisiana. The British were of diverse opinions regarding the territory. Some British politicians thought Florida full of strategic and economic potential. Others, perhaps without political affiliation, thought it strange that, having conquered developed Spanish possessions of known wealth, such ...
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The Trans-Mississippi West (1803-1853) a History of Its Acquisitions and Settlement

By: Goodwin, Cardinal

Price: $39.95

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton & Co.: 1922

Seller ID: 16813

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Dark blue cloth covered boards show small ding on front board, reference library markings on front end papers and page edges. There appears to be a page missing following copyright page. Some water staining to edges of tipped in maps, light possible evidence of water damage to page edges. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Fold-out map bound in at page 248, double page map showing population distribution west of the Mississippi in 1850, tipped in between pages 456-7, double page showing land acquired by the US, tipped in between pages 504-505. ; Ex-Library; 8.40 X 5.70 X 1.40 inches; 528 p...
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The Saga of Frankie and Johnny

By: Held, John Jr.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Clarkson N. Potter: 1972

Seller ID: 16110

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

Light wear to extremities. Dust jacket is price-clipped, light water staining on upper front, short tear top edge. Top page corners appear bumped. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; Woodcuts; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 25 pages; An illustrated edition featuring the jazz-era folk song "Frankie and Johnny". This book was originally published towards the end of the 1920's, but the bawdy woodcuts were considered too risque for the times. John Held Jr's twenty three woodcuts (one for each verse) are shown in this volume.
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Commissioners and Commodores ; The East India Squadron and American Diplomacy

By: Henson Jr, Curtis T.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Alabama, University of Alabama Press: 1982

Seller ID: 15812

ISBN: 0817300872

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Only slight wear to blue cloth covered boards ; Bright solid book. ; 9.30 X 6.20 X 0.80 inches; 240 pages
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When Russia Was in America; the Alaska Boundary Treaty Negotiations, 1824-25, and the Role of Pierre de Poletica

By: Huculak, Mykhaylo

Price: $17.95

Publisher: Vancouver BC, Mitchell Press: 1971

Seller ID: 12734

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

DJ chipped with tears and some creasing, DJ spine faded, previous owner's embossed seal on FFEP ; DJ in Mylar A tight solid book. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 149 pages; "Across the bargaining table of one of history's crucial negotiations, representatives of Russia, the United States and Great Britain decided where the boundaries of Russian Alaska would run. By the Tsar Alexander's Ukase of 1821 Russia attempted to close the Bering Sea and enforce coastal claims based on explorations and occupations as far south as Bodega Bay in California. British and American ...
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The White House and its Thirty-four Families

By: Jensen, Amy La Follette

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Mcgraw Hill: 1965

Seller ID: 17287

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Cloth boards show light edge wear, DJ has 1" X 1 1/2" piece missing from top of spine area, general edge wear. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 309 pages; A history of the White House, home of the American presidents from its first occupant, John Adams in 1800, up to and including Lyndon B. Johnson and family in 1963. The early chapters review many of the preliminary designs for the building. Generously illustrated with many photographs and drawings.
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The Devil in the Shape of a Woman Witchcraft in Colonial New England

By: Karlsen, Carol F.

Price: $21.50

Publisher: New York, W W Norton & Company: 1987

Seller ID: 18612

ISBN: 0393024784

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

Some shelf wear present on DJ and boards, DJ is sun-faded on spine, short tear base of spine. Small bump to bottom edge of front board. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.20 X 5.80 X 1.30 inches; 360 pages; "Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before...
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900 Miles from Nowhere Voices from the Homestead Frontier

By: Kinsella, Steven R.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: St. Paul, MN, Minnesota Historical Society Press: 2006

Seller ID: 17457

ISBN: 0873515722

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

DJ has light edge wear, scuffingsmall bump bottom edge of book. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 196 pages; From the front DJ flap: "It was on the vast American Prairie that people from around the world seized the opportunity for personal and economic freedom promised by free land. Traveling across oceans and continents, these hard-nosed, pragmatic people began arriving in the 1860s with shovels and plows, convinced they were part of something important. They were. Putting hand to plow and breaking the sod for their first crude homes, t...
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Sins of the Fathers A Study of the Atlantic Slave Traders, 1441-1807

By: Pope-Hennessy, James

Price: $18.50

Publisher: New York, Barnes & Noble Books: 1998

Seller ID: 19387

ISBN: 0760704791

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Bookstore clearance stamp on front pastedown, remainder mark on bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Illustrations; 20.0 X 13.4 X 1.2 inches; 286 pages; This is a reprint of the 1967 Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1st ed. "This is the powerful and shocking story of the Atlantic slave traders. From 1441 to 1807, these traders, their dealings and political affiliates, organized one of the largest slave trades in history."
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Trails Plowed Under Stories of the Old West

By: Russell, Charles M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday: 1990

Seller ID: 19249

ISBN: 0385044941

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

DJ and boards show light shelf wear, DJ spine faded.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Illustrations; 10.2 X 7.1 X 1.0 inches; 210 pages; ""Russell writes easily, and in the vernacular. He tells of Indians and Indian fighters, buffalo hunts, bad men, wolves, wild horses, tough hotels, drinking customs, and hard-riding cowboys. . . . [He] lived long enough in the West to acquire a vast amount of information and lore, and he has left enough from his brush to prove his place as a sound interpreter of a stirring period and a fascinating country".-New York Time...
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CHRONOLOGY AND DOCUMENTARY HANDBOOK OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

By: Vexler, Robert I.; William F. Swindler

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Dobbs Ferry, Oceana Publications: 1978

Seller ID: 2292

ISBN: 0379161729

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo; 152 pages; Only visible flaw appears to be a remainder mark top of page edges. Beige cloth with gilt print. This gives a chronology of the history, a list of the major players, 1st state constitution and documents relating to the constitutional history of the state. Bibliography and index.
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Republic of Dreams Greenwich Village: the American Bohemia, 1910-1960

By: Wetzsteon, Ross

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: 2002

Seller ID: 19246

ISBN: 0684869950

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.6 X 6.5 X 1.8 inches; 640 pages; "If the twentieth century was the American century, it can be argued that it was more specifically the New York century, and Greenwich Village was the incubator of every important writer, artist, and political movement of the period. From the century's first decade through the era of beatniks and modern art in the 1950s and '60s, Greenwich Village was the destination for rebellious men and women who flocked there from all over the country to fulfill their artistic, political, and perso...
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Southeast Alaska Early Photographs of the Great Land

By: Wilson, Graham

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Whitehorse YK, Wolf Creek Books: 1999

Seller ID: 17901

ISBN: 0968195547

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Card covers show very light shelf wear, corner curl.; A bright, solid book, card covers are clean and crisp. ; B&W Photographs; 8.90 X 5.90 X 0.40 inches; 128 pages; "Step back in time and experience historic Southeast Alaska. The story begins with early photographs of Indian communities. Russian settlement, the Klondike Gold Rush and the emerging towns and cities of Southeast Alaska are also explored. This collection of 125 archival photographs is a compelling keepsake for anyone interested in Alaska. "
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