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Tides Of Time, History Of Ocean County, New Jersey
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Ocean County Principals’ Council, Tom’s River, NJ, 1940; First Edition; 8 5/8" x 11 1/8", 192 pages plus 8 pages of prefatory material and 4 page index; blue cloth boards; illustrated. A history of Ocean County, NJ, from Indian times to date, the result of a nine-year guided project of the Ocean County Principals’ Council. Text organized by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Four Centuries Of America 1492-1892
by Mines, F.S.
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- 1892
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The Art Lithographic Publishing Company, New York, 1892; oblong 12mo (5 3/8" x 4 1/4"), 30 pages; illustrated; card wraps. Charming booklet documenting key events in American History, from the landing of Columbus in 1492 to the New South in 1892, each illustrated with beautiful full-page color lithograph by Louis K. Harlow (1850-1913), fourteen in all. Very Good… Read more about this item Item Price
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How To Stop Communist Domination Of Unions
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- 1952
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General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York, 1952; Special General Electric Company internal newsletter with full text of the report given by G.E. management during their appearance before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 1952. An insightful articulation of the dangers of communist control of American labor unions, and what is needed to stop… Read more about this item Item Price
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Message From Gov. Ritner, Relative To The Pay Of The Troops, &c With Accompanying Documents
by Joseph Ritner
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- 1839
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Printed by E. Guyer, Harrisburg, PA, 1839; First Edition. 8vo, 16 pgs. Special message to Pennsylvanians from Governor Joseph Ritner (1780-1869) criticizing the rejection of his petition to the state legislature to provide payment to Pennsylvania militiamen for their service in putting down the recent insurrection at Harrisburg, commonly known as the "Buckshot War," giving a detailed chronology… Read more about this item Item Price
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1901 Quaker Anti War Pamphlet Containing The Complete Text Of The Fillipino Appeal Made To The United States Congress Regarding The Phillipine-American War
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Society Of Philadelphia Friends, Philadelphia, PA, 1901; 12mo (3 1/4" x 4 34"); 16 pgs. Quaker peace pamphlet with the complete text of a 1901 appeal by 1,200 Phillipine nationals in Manila to the United States Congress in an attempt to dissuade the United States from continuation of the Phillipine-American War. The message was read on the Senate… Read more about this item Item Price
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The True Historic Relations Of England And America
by Mead, Edwin D.
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, circa 1910; 8vo, 7 pages. A revealing study of an aspect of the Revolutionary War ignored by many historians: that while King George’s troops were battling the early colonists, the majority of people back home in England were in support of the Americans. Very Good. Previous owner neat signature in top blank margin and tanned ghost on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Salem County In The Revolution
by Stewart, Frank H.
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- 1932
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Woodbury, NJ, 1932; 8vo; 102 pages; illustrated; printed gray wraps. A history of the participation of Salem County in the War Of Independence, detailed from primary sources in the form of military correspondence, diaries, enlistment rolls, etc., all reprinted verbatim. Describes Salem and Gloucester counties’ contributions to the supplying of Washington’s soldiers at Valley Forge, the action at… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Women Of 1798
by Keogh, Daire & Nicholas Furlong (Editors), with contributions by Mary Helen Thuente, Nancy J. Curtin, John Gray, Thomas Bartlet, Ruan O’Donnell, John D. Beatty, Kevin O’Neill, Eleanor Burgess, Maureen Murphy, and Anna Kinsella
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Four Courts Press, Dublin, 1998; First Edition; 8vo, 208 pages. A History of the roles played by women in the 1798 Irish Rebellion. Ten essays by recognized Irish scholars:"Liberty, Hibernia and Mary Le More: United Irish Images Of Women" ; "Matilda Tone And Virtuous Republican Femininity" ; "Mary Anne McCracken: Belfast Revolutionary And Pioneer Of Feminism" ; "Bearing… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Second World War Complete Two Volume Set
by Churchill, Winston and The Editors Of Life
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- 1959
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Time Incorported / Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1959; First Edition, first printing; two folio volumes; leatherette boards; gilt titles and decorations; illustrated. Magnificent Time Inc. condensed version of Winston Churchill’s epic six-volume WWII memoir, profusely illustrated with hundreds of historic wartime photos in black and white and color, taken by both Allied and Axis photographers, many seen… Read more about this item Item Price
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Intimacies Of Court And Society, An Unconventional Narrative Of Unofficial Days
by The Widow Of An American Diplomat
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- 1912
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Dodd, Mead And Company, New York, 1912; First Edition; 8vo, 336 pages; top edge gilt; red cloth boards; gilt titles and decorations; illustrated. Absorbing narrative of over twenty years of travel in the United States Foreign Service as wife of a member of the diplomatic corps in France, Vatican City, Germany, Russia, England, Canada, and Washington, D. C.,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Second World War, The Grand Alliance
by Churchill, Winston S.
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Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1950; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 903 pages; red cloth; yellow topstain; illustrated. Third volume in Winston Churchill’s monumental history of the Second World War, with numerous charts and maps. Near Fine, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, slight concavity of the text block at top. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Second World War, The Hinge Of Fate
by Churchill, Winston
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Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1950; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 1,000 pages; red cloth; yellow topstain; illustrated. Fourth volume in Churchill’s series on the history of the Second World War, with numerous maps and diagrams. Near Fine, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, slight concavity of the text block at top. No ownership signatures or any other markings of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Songs Of Stephen Foster
by Foster, Stephen
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- 1944
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University Of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburg, PA, 1944; 8vo, 131 pages; illustrated. Forty-one popular American songs, lyrics and musical notation, by legendary composer and songwriter Stephen C. Foster, all first editions collected in the early part of the twentieth century by Josiah K. Lilly of Indianapolis, Indiana, who subsequently bequeathed them to the people of the United States and… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Commander In Spain, Robert Hale And The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
by Merriman, Marion and Warren Lerude
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- 1986
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University of Nevada Press, Reno, 1986; First Edition; 8vo, 255 pages; photo-illustrated. Biography of Robert Hale Merriman, first combat commander of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion and major figure in the Spanish Civil War, upon whom Ernest Hemingway is said to have based the character of Robert Jordan in "For Whom The Bell Tolls." Fine, in a Very Good… Read more about this item Item Price
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Women Of The Klan, Racism and Gender in the 1920’s
by Blee, Kathleen M.
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- 1991
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University of California Press, Berkley, 1991; First Edition; 8vo, 228 pages; photo-illustrated. A revealing look at a seldom studied facet of the capabilities and societal contributions of women. Authored by Kathleen Blee, Distinguished Professor and Dean of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the College of General Studies, University of Pittsburgh, and winner of the Chancellor’s… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Establishment Of The First Texas Newspaper, With Some Excerpts From The Texas Republican, Pioneer Of Newspapers At Nacogdoches In 1819
by McMurtrie, Douglas C.
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Press Of El Paso Vocational School, El Paso, Texas, 1935; First Edition, limited to 200 copies; 7 1/4" x 9 1/2", 15 pages. A look at the Texas Republican, first Texas newspaper, published by the James Long expedition at Nacogdoches August 14, 1819, with Horatio Bigelow as editor and Eli Harris printer. The paper carried information regarding the… Read more about this item Item Price
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O Dawnej Lodzi
by Baranowski, Bohdan
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- 1976
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Wydawnictwo Lodzkie, Lodz, Poland, 1976; First Edition; 8vo, 356 pages; beige cloth boards; black titles; illustrated. A history of old Lodz, authored by renowned Polish historian Bohdan Baranowski. Text in Polish. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket. Item Price
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The Spanish Southwest 1555-1799, catalog #147
by Edward Eberstadt & Sons
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- 1952
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Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, 1952; tall 4to, 63 pages; printed paper wraps. Catalog #147 of notable booksellers Edward Eberstadt & Sons, featuring 211 exceedingly rare books and manuscripts on the subject of Spanish exploration and colonization of the Southwest, with detailed descriptions for each of the entries. A scarce and valuable bibliographical resource, with a substantial… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wit’s End, Days And Nights Of The Algonquin Round Table
by Gaines, James R.
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- 1977
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY, 1977; First Edition; 4to, 251 pages. A revealing look at the other side of life at the Algonquin Round Table, with its notoriously glib personalities blinded by their own press releases and tormented by a crippling self consciousness. Robert Benchley, to his credit, was later in life to express remorse that he had so… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tryphena Ely White’s Journal, Being A Record, Written One Hundred Years Ago, Of The Daily Life Of A Young Lady Of Puritan Heritage (Association Copy)
by White, Tryphena Ely
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- 1904
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Fanny Kellogg, Grafton Press, NY, 1904; First Edition; copy #167 of a Limited Edition of 250; 8vo, 46 pages; illustrated; tan cloth; front board paper title label inset. Diary of Tryphena Ely White, born March 25, 1784 in West Springfield, MA, who at age 21 moved with her family to New York State, Onandaga County, Town of Camillus,… Read more about this item Item Price
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