Search Results: American History from Andrew Langer, Bookseller

Boston: American Unitarian Association. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Hardcover. Gray paper boards. cream (parchment-like) paper spine, gilt image of Minerva's Owl on cover, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, cream endpapers.; 5-1/2" x 7-1/2"; 70 pp; Spine darkened, boards with some soiling and edgewear, sound binding. Lightly toned paper, two pages darkened where a clipping was once laid, light soilnig to rear endpaper, free of writing. .

Portland, Maine: O. H. Fellows, Transcript Printing House. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1894. Softcover. Green wraps, stapled, detailed report includes accounting for expenses and lists names of all parties receiving funds from Town treasury. Scarce, will be compelling to those interested in the history of Brownfield, Maine. ; 6 x 9"; 26 pp; Publication retains faint vertical crease, most pages are dogeared lower right, rear cover creased at upper right, small tears no writing on pages. .

New York: Harper's Magazine. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1955]. Reprint. Softcover. Consists of four parts: I -- The Coming Labor Shortage, II -- The Promise of Automation, III -- The New Tycoons, IV -- Eleven Coming Issues in American Politics. Reprinted from the March, April, May and June, 1955 issues of HARPER'S MAGAZINE. Tan stapled wraps.; 8-1/2" x 11"; [27] pp; Covers and page corners with mild creasing, covers and pages somewhat toned, clean and unmarked. .

Raleigh, N. C.: Josephus Daniels, State Printer and Binder. Good with no dust jacket. 1891. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, decorative endpapers, page edges dyed red, some fold-outs. "Compliments of Geo. W. Sanderlin, Auditor" slip pasted in at title page.; 6" x 9"; 235 pp; Front board quite soiled, both boards have been chewed pretty well at the lower right (a fairly hefty dog seems likely), sound binding, minor wear to a few pages at the edges, text block is clean and unmarked. .

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1991. Softcover. Author represented the Forest History Society and developed this pamphlet "in cooperation with the History Unit, USDA Forest Service Washington, D.C." (title page). Title text shown as printed on the title page; cover offers the "0f" corrected to "of" and adds National Forests 1891-1991 (denoting the year Congress acted to create the Forest Reserve Act).; 5-1/4" x 8-1/2"; v, 37 pp; This pamphlet in the main discusses the history prior to 1891. It discusses and pictures Franklin B. Hough (the first Federal forestry agent appointed in 1876), Bernard E. Fernow (appointed Chief of the USDA Division of Forestry in 1886) and Gifford Pinchot (appointed Chief in 1898). Widely held institutionally, this publication is for some reason uncommon in the trade. ; Soiling/creasing to some pages limited to the tip of the lower right corner, stamp of Alaska… Read More

Gunnison, CO: The Western State College Foundation. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1979). No printing noted. Softcover. Stiff tan wraps, perfect bound, color illustration to front cover, illustrations include some color plates, folding map at rear.; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 140 pp; Slight cover wear, title page partly detached, text and map are clean and unmarked. .

Idaho Falls, Idaho. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Printed for The Author by The Post-Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Brown cloth, gilt lettering front and spine, frontispiece map of Idaho Terrritory in 1863, illustrated mostly with photos of early area residents. This copy bears a presentation inscription on the FFEP penned and signed by the author: To my friend ______ _______, Barzilla W. Clark, Sept 15- 42. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; 140 pp; Signed by Author; Boards rubbed and lightly soiled, spine quite rubbed with loss of gilt lettering. Spine with lean, hinges are solid, a few spots; pages are generally clean and unmarked. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Publishers dark green pebbled cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, brown endpapers, frontispiece guarded color map of Florida, one additional map in color, two maps in b&w. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"; 316 pp; Lightly worn at spine ends and board corners, abraded area along spine at front board. Otherwise little wear. Binding remains tight and interior is clean and unmarked. .

Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Publishers blue cloth, gilt lettering front and spine, many tables accompany the text. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"; xxi, 344 pp; Ex-library with the usual markings, pages generally clean and free of tears or writing. .

Washington, D. C.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1963. Softcover. Salmon wraps, stapled. Edition Dated April 18, 1963, references Amendment No. I as attached though no attachment is present. Scarce in printed form.; 5-3/4" x 8-3/4"; 6 pp; Creased vertically (folded in half), slight cover soiling, clean and unmarked within. .

Chicago: R. Blanchard and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Pebbled leather over beveled boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, decorative blue endpapers, illustrated in b&w with many plates. Heavy, extra for international postage.; 6-3/4" x 9-3/4"; 681+ pp; First edition (1880) was revised and expanded into two volumes, published 1898 (Volume I) and this 1900 (Volume II).; Leather is well-worn at spine with losses at top and bottom, front hinge nearly detached and held on solely by cords, sound rear hinge, little-seen text block VG+, clean and unmarked, with some pages remaining unopened. .

Seattle, Washington: Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. Softcover. Scarce Chamber of Commerce piece promoting Seattle and the surrounding area. Stapled self-wraps, Produced in Rotogravure on Pacific Northwest Made Paper by North Pacific Gravure Co. in Seattle. ; 8 x 11"; [32] pp; Very little sign of wear despite being printed on thin paper. Tiny chip at the edge of the front cover, a couple of brown spots. .

Berkeley: Turtle Island. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Softcover. 0-913666-18.1 . White wraps, perfect bound, cover with illustration in orange, brown free endpapers, illustrated. One of 950 paper copies. ; 5" x 7-3/4"; 148 pp; Covers lightly soiled, solid binding, pages clean and free of tears or writing. .

Somersworth, N. H.: Peter E. Randall. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1970. Second Edition. Hardcover. Rose cloth, gilt spine lettering, two-panel map at front, frontispiece portrait of author, section of photographs (b&w) at end of Volume I, additional map at rear of Volume II, another fold-out map in pocket at rear. Heavy, USPS Media Mail as expected, others extra.; 6" x 9"; 1104 pp; Covers lightly worn/soiled, spine lightly worn at top/bottom, front hinge a tad loose, rear hinge cracked, both hinges still strong. Pages, including maps, are clean and unmarked. .

New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1926. Reprint. Hardcover. True Stories of Great Americans. Gilt lettered blue cloth. ; 5" x 7-1/2"; ix, 201 pp; Light fraying at top of spine, spine gilt rubbed otherwise little wear, sound binding, clean and unmarked within. .

Santa Barbara, California: The Narrative Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (2004). No edition noted. Softcover. 1-58976-258-4 . Stiff black wraps, perfect bound, front cover with portrait of author. Number 99 in the Historical Adventure and Exploration Series. ; 5-1/4" x 8-1/4"; 344 pp; From the rear cover: "Father Pierre-Jean De Smet (1801-1873), a Belgian Jesuit, arrived in America in 1821 and spent the next half century traveling extensively among the American Indians, recording his experiences, spreading the gospel, and building missions. This first volume of his writings covers his travels among the Flatheads and many other tribes throughout Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana from 1833 through 1841." ; Little wear. Minor nicks along edges of covers, light scratches to covers, clean and unmarked. .

Boston: George B. Reed. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Library of Congress duplicate, it being their original copy No. 2 bearing their label and accession notes dated Feb 26 1885. Brown cloth, gilt lettering; 5.5 x 8.5"; 138 pp; Ex library. Boards somewhat stained and well-frayed at the bottom, pages generally in very good condition with some minor annotations. .

Havre, MT: Griggs Printing & Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; Stated First Printing. Softcover. 0-918292-02-6 . Northern Montana history. Yellow wraps, perfect bound, illustrated with b&w photos. This copy inscribed by the author on front flyleaf: God Bless! Dixie Connor.; 5-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 167 pp; Signed by Author; Light soiling, edgewear, pages are clean and unmarked. .

Topeka, Kansas: Printed by Robert R. (Bob) Sanders, State Printer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Softcover. Stapled wraps, front cover with color illustration of a Jayhawk, text accompanied by additional cartoon illustrations (the first of which bears the name Yogi), last two pages reproduce a Pogo comic strip featuring a jawyawk. ; 6" x 9"; [16] pp; Light soiling to covers, faint crease along bottom edge, text clean and unmarked. .

San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. The Case of the American Indian Against the Federal Government of the United States--as documented in treaties, speeches, judicial rulings, congressional bills and hearings from 1830 to the present (jacket front). Brown cloth, gilt spine letteing, top stain pink. Tan dust jacket. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; 262 pp; Lightly bumped at corners, mild spotting along page edges, clean and uinmarked within. Dust jacket mildly creased along edges, not price clipped ($10.00), in clear protective cover. .