Category: Americana

RECOLLECTIONS OF COLLEGE LIFE, At Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pa., From 1839 to 1845: A Narrative, with Reflections. By Rev. Theodore Appel, D.D., Lancaster, Pa

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Reading, PA: Daniel Miller, Printer and Publisher, 1886. : 1886.

Seller ID: 10907

Condition: Very good

Reading, PA: Daniel Miller, Printer and Publisher, 1886.. 1886.. Very good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with some light staining to the rear cover. The gilt titling on the spine is somewhat faded. viii, [ii] & pages [10]-348. There is a light stain to the title with an owner's ink name along the top edge, else the contents are very good.

First edition. First Edition.
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EASTERN PIONEERS

By: Armbruster, Eugene L

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Published by the author, 1929. : 1929.

Seller ID: 31683

Condition: Very good

New York: Published by the author, 1929.. 1929.. Very good. - Tall octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The spine & edtremities are faded & the wraps are lightly bumped. There are 2 tiny chips out of the front edge of the rear wrap. [16] pages, partially unopened. The bottom page corners are lightly creased. There is a tiny crease to the front edge of each leaf with 2 tiny chips out of the front edges of each of the last 2 leaves. Very good.

Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. This copy is unnumbered.
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MONTAUK.

By: Armbruster, Eugene L.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, 1923 : 1923

Seller ID: 36747

Condition: Very good

- Small quarto, printed white paper wraps titled in black. The covers are very slightly soiled with a tiny chip to the top of the front cover. 8 pages. Near fine.

Limited edition of 300 copies. A lyrical description of Montauk and the journey to Montauk Point, whereby the visitor passes the four original houses and Camp Welsh, where soldiers were stationed during the summer.
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THE INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND AND NEW NETHERLAND. (Cover title)

By: Armbruster, Eugene L.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (Published by the author}, (1918). : (1918).

Seller ID: 37404

Condition: Good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed light tan wrappers. The binding is lightly soiled & chipped with a small piece out of the bottom corner of the front cover. The bottom inch of each wrap is detached. 12 pages, including wraps. Good. First edition. First Edition.
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HARPER'S WEEKLY. March 21, 1914

By: Austin, Mary; Moore, Justin Huntley; Stearns, Harold; et al. Hapgood, Norman; editor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: The McClure Publications, 1914. : 1914.

Seller ID: 26455

Condition: Good

New York: The McClure Publications, 1914.. 1914.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 14 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial tan wrappers with a reproduction of a telegram from Woodrow Wilson on the front wrap and an ad for Oldsmobile on the rear wrap. The binding is rubbed, bumped & lightly chipped with creasing to the bottom corner of the front wrap. 32 pages. Black-and-white illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg, Guy Pene du Bois, Harriet Mead Olcott and others. The blind stamp of Edgewood Free Public Library is on the front wrap & on 1 page of the magazine. Good. Among ...
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COMING UP THE ROAD: Memories of a North Country Boyhood

By: Bacheller, Irving

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company: Publishers, (1928). : (1928).

Seller ID: 2191

Condition: Very good

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company: Publishers, (1928).. (1928).. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The dw is chipped & soiled with small pieces out. 316 pp. The page edges are very slightly darkened. Very good in a good dw.

First edition.

Bacheller was born in 1859 into a New England family pioneering in the St. Lawrence Valley, north of the Adirondacks. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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GOOD AND BAD MONEY: The Real Issue of the Presidential Campaign. A Railroad Man's Address to Railroad Men. (Cover title)

By: Baker, George H

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Published by the author, [1896]. : [1896].

Seller ID: 14743

Condition: Good

Published by the author, [1896].. [1896].. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The wraps are nearly detached & their edges are darkened. The rear wrap is lightly soiled & there is a black stain with 2 small, light stains to the front wrap. 16 pages. Illustrated with 3 graphs. There are stains to the inside front wrap & the bottom edges of the first 2 leaves. The front edges of the leaves are lightly creased. There is a light paper-clip mark to the top edges of the wraps & to the top edge of each leaf. Good working copy. The United States presidential election of November 18...
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Image for TYPED LETTER TO VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT SPIRO T. AGNEW SIGNED BY SENATOR HOWARD BAKER RECOMMENDING AIR FORCE COLONEL CLARENCE T. MAY FOR SERVICE AS AGNEW'S PERSONAL PILOT.

TYPED LETTER TO VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT SPIRO T. AGNEW SIGNED BY SENATOR HOWARD BAKER RECOMMENDING AIR FORCE COLONEL CLARENCE T. MAY FOR SERVICE AS AGNEW'S PERSONAL PILOT.

By: Baker, Howard H., Jr. (1925-2014). American politician and diplomat who served as United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: December 18, 1968. : 1968.

Seller ID: 95545

Condition: Very good

Washington, DC: December 18, 1968., 1968.. Very good . - Typed letter filling one side of a 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of United States Senate letterhead with Howard H. Baker, Jr. / Tennessee printed at top left. Boldly signed Howard H. Baker, Jr. The top edge & bottom left corner of the letter are lightly creased and there are small marks & pinholes at top left & top center where staples have been removed. There is a notation penned at top right Reply for Gov. signature. A carbon copy of Agnew's reply, thanking Baker for the recommendation, is also present. Baker's letter is fold...
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ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY U.S. SECRETARY OF WAR NEWTON D. BAKER.

By: Baker, Newton D. (1871-1937). American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: November 26, 1929. : 1929.

Seller ID: 34885

Condition: Good

November 26, 1929.. 1929.. Good. - An original sepia-toned 8-1/4 inch high by 5-5/8 inch wide photograph inscribed and signed at bottom left: "To Seymour Halpern / with - Good Wishes / Newton D. Baker". There are a few glue marks to the edges of the photograph & its corners have been clipped, cutting off a few letters of the date. Good. Baker is photographed at head-and-shoulders length, wearing a dark pin-striped suit and tie and round glasses.Newton Diehl Baker [1871-1937] was an American lawyer, politician and government official. He served as the 37th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from ...
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH SOLDIER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. By George Ballentine. Edited by William H. Goetzmann

By: Ballentine, George

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Christmas, 1986. : 1986.

Seller ID: 3431

Condition: Fine

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Christmas, 1986.. 1986.. Fine. - Small octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a device in gilt on the front cover. lxxxiv & 354 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, several black & white plates and a double-page color map. Near fine. The Lakeside Classics, printed by The Lakeside Press.A history of America's war with Mexico. Animosity between the United States and Mexico heightened subsequent to Texas being admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845. This act was one of the factors which led to the declaration of war on May 13, 1846. &#...
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THE C.S.A. AND THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN. (A Letter To An English Friend). With Five Maps.

By: Barnard, J.G.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1862. : 1862.

Seller ID: 97906

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in pebbled red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover. The covers are rubbed and the head & tail of the darkened spine are slightly chipped. 124 pages & 12 pages of publisher's ads, with 5 folding maps inserted. A remnant of an early bookseller's label is affixed to the bottom of the front endpaper, there is a pencil note at the top of the front pastedown and an early owner's name is penciled on the front blank. There are minor slits to the joints. The overlapping front edge of the first folding map is chipped and there is occ...
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WOOD ENGRAVING OF A SLEIGHING SCENE ON BOSTON NECK.

By: Barry, Charles A.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: (Boston, MA): (1860). : (1860).

Seller ID: 96014

Condition: Very good

- Wood engraving, approximately 5-3/4 inches high by 9 inches wide, mounted on a sheet of cream stock, 7 inches high by 10-1/2 inches wide. The bottom edge of the mount is cut at a slant & there is a tiny stain to its top margin. Very good. Titled Sleighing Scene on Boston Neck, the engraving depicts gentlemen riding horse-drawn sleighs down a broad street lined with handsome buildings and leafless trees. They are being watched by a crowd bundled up in overcoats, cloaks, bonnets and tall hats. An excited dog races down the middle of the street to keep up with the horses.
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED TO ARTHUR SOHMER, FORMER CHIEF-OF-STAFF OF VICE PRESIDENT SPIRO AGNEW, SIGNED BY U.S. SENATOR DEWEY FOLLETT BARTLETT, SR.

By: Bartlett, Dewey Follett, Sr. (1919-1979). Oklahoma Governor and Senator.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: February 2, 1977. : 1977.

Seller ID: 34206

Condition: Very good

- 38 words typed on a cream sheet of United States Senate letterhead, 8 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide, printed in raised lettering in blue with Bartlett's name at top left & a gilt seal above the address. Signed Dewey. Folded twice for mailing. Together with the typed mailing envelope. Near fine. Bartlett writes to Art Sohmer, former chief-of-staff of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, thanking him for sending his wishes for Bartlett's good health. I'm feeling fine, and should resume my Senate duties in a few weeks. Dewey Follett Bartlett, Sr. (1919-1979) was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1978....
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WHERE WE LIVE: The Best of Big Sky Journal. Volume 1

By: Bass, Ric; Flores, Dan; Beer, Ralph. Johnson, Denis; Chatham, Russell; Smith, Annick; et al

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Bozeman, MT: Spring Creek Publishing, 1997. : 1997.

Seller ID: 33552

ISBN-13: 9780965333627

Condition: Fine

Bozeman, MT: Spring Creek Publishing, 1997.. 1997.. Fine. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt with a color illustration mounted on the front cover. The book is housed in black cloth slipcase with a rectangular keyhole in its front panel revealing the cover illustration. The slipcase is lightly rubbed. viii, 251 & [1] pages. Near fine.

First edition.

Fiction and essays relating to the countryside, the great outdoors and outdoor pursuits with sections on Ranches and Rodeos, Saloons, Hunting and Fishing and Rivers of the Big Sky. First Edition.
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WINTER: NOTES FROM MONTANA

By: Bass, Rick

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. : 1991.

Seller ID: 29122

Condition: Fine

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.. 1991.. Fine. SIGNED BY RICK BASS - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. Half- title, title, [4] leaves & 162 pages. Illustrated in black & white with drawings by Elizabeth Hughes. Near fine.

First edition.

Signed by Rick Bass on the title page.

The author, a writer, petroleum geologist and environmental activist, celebrates a winter spent in a tiny community in a remote valley of Montana--the last valley in the state without electricity. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Image for TYPED LETTER WITHDRAWING FROM A COMMITTEE TO WELCOME BELGIAN PLAYWRIGHT MAURICE MAETERLINCK TO AMERICA SIGNED BY AMERICAN LAWYER AND POLITICIAN JAMES M. BECK.

TYPED LETTER WITHDRAWING FROM A COMMITTEE TO WELCOME BELGIAN PLAYWRIGHT MAURICE MAETERLINCK TO AMERICA SIGNED BY AMERICAN LAWYER AND POLITICIAN JAMES M. BECK.

By: Beck, James M. (1861-1936). A member of the Republican Party who served as U.S. Solicitor General and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: December 31, 1919. : 1919.

Seller ID: 95579

Condition: Very good

- 105 words typed on a sheet of his law firm's approximately 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide letterhead with his name as one of the partners printed at top left. Signed James M. Beck. The top & bottom edges of the letter are slightly darkened with light creasing to the top edge. There are 2 tiny chips to the top left corner. Very good. In late December 1919 tour manager James B. Pond of the Pond Lecture Bureau, New York City, invited a number of distinguished citizens to a reception welcoming Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck to the United States and to his first lecture at Carnegie Hall ...
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AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED, in regard to not having received money from Joseph Greene of Waymouth.

By: Belcher, Andrew.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Boston, 1705. : 1705.

Seller ID: 30336

Condition: Very good

- Approximately 40 words penned on a 3-5/8 inch high by 4-3/4 inch wide sheet of creamy white paper, the note addressed to Increase Robinson is dated March 5, "1705/6" and signed "And. Belcher". Once folded, with some slight offsetting at left and minor ink smudges at the top, the note is inlaid in a 10-7/8 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide cream paper mat. Very good. There is an Andrew Belcher of this period who was a leading ship owner controlling the grain supply of Boston. He was highly successful in trade, sometimes violating the Navigation Acts, and purportedly doing business with pirates. As...
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OLD MAPS OF THE WORLD. SET I: NORTH AMERICA. Featuring maps produced in 1757

By: Bellin, Jacques Nicholas

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Cleveland, OH: Bloch and Company, 1959. : 1959.

Seller ID: 12100

Condition: Fine

Cleveland, OH: Bloch and Company, 1959.. 1959.. Fine. - Quarto, red buckram titled in gilt on spine. There are a few tiny black marks to the front cover. Title, 1 leaf & 10 plates printed in black on light tan stock. Fine.

Facsimiles of 10 maps produced by Bellin in 1757. Inscribed by the publisher.
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NORTHERN PLAINSMEN: Adaptive Strategy and Agrarian Life

By: Bennett, John W

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL: Aldine Publishing Company, (1971). : (1971).

Seller ID: 11434

Condition: Very good

Chicago, IL: Aldine Publishing Company, (1971).. (1971).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial red, black & white wraps. The wraps are very lightly rubbed & the spine is sunned. xvi, [1] leaf & 352 pages. The top corners of the last 2 leaves are creased. 12 pages of black-and- white illustrations. Very good. A title in the series Worlds of Man: Studies in Cultural Ecology, edited by Walter Goldschmidt. An anthropological/ecological study of how four distinct social groups--the Indians, the ranchers, the farmers and the Hutterites--adapted to the environment of the Canadian Great P...
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Image for THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY BILL. SPEECH OF MR. BENTON, OF MISSOURI, ON THE BILL TO SEPARATE THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE BANKS, delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 14, 1838.

THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY BILL. SPEECH OF MR. BENTON, OF MISSOURI, ON THE BILL TO SEPARATE THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE BANKS, delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 14, 1838.

By: Benton, Thomas Hart.

Price: $395.00

Publisher: Albany, NY: Albany Argus - Extra, published by Croswell & Van Benthuysen, [1838]. : [1838].

Seller ID: 97358

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 10-1/2 inches high by 6-3/4 inches wide. Stitched self-wraps with a title banner above 2 columns of text. 24 pages, including the covers, printed in 2 columns. There is dampstaining along the edges and occasional scattered foxing. Good. Instrumental in the 1846 Oregon Treaty, the politician Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) was an ally of president Andrew Jackson. This speech by Senator Benton of Missouri, addressed to the U.S. Senate, calls for divorcing the government from banks, particularly the National Bank. Benton opposed paper money as favoring the elite and a disadvantage to far...
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Category: Americana