Search Results: History - American from Charlie's Books

"The 50 great Pioneers of American Industry" by the editors of News Front. Published by J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois. 1965 edition. Bound in Handcrafted Mission Leather. Index by Industry and Personality. Color Illustrations. 207pp. Decorative end-papers. Very Good condition although with rubbing at the spine and extremities. The book(11.25" x 8.5") is clean, unmarked, and tightly bound.

"America by the Sea" (Explore America) published in 1996 by The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Elizabeth Cameron, Series Editor. 1996 edition. "Map Features and Symbols" on the front paste down end-paper. Illustrations and Photographs with Picture Credits. 144pp. Fine hardcover (11.25" x 9.25").

Simon and Schuster/American Mineral Spirits Company, 1957. Decorative gilt Flexible Leather with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. 512pp. Illustrations. Index. Fine Limited Edition by the American Mineral Spirits Company. Unmarked, clean, and tightly bound.. Flexible Leather. Fine.

"The Approaching Fury: Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861" by Stephen B. Oates. "The coming of the Civil War told from the viewpoints of thirteen principal players in the drama." Paperback First HarperPerennial edition published in 1998. References. Index. 495pp. Some soiled areas on the front cover and neat bookmark pasted to reverse side of the front cover; thus, a paperback in Good condition.

This 2011 edition published by The Folio Society Ltd., London with new preface by the author. Maps by Reginald Piggot. Bound in cloth, blocked with a design by Gavin Morris, illustrated by Joe Mclaren. Frontispiece: Queen Elizabeth steers the Christian ship of Europe, forecasting England's position as mistress of the seas. End-paper Maps. Epilogue. Bibliography. Index. 295pp. Fine hardcover book with Fine Slipcase. From the Preface - "Archaeological digs and DNA research all take time, effort and a great deal of money. But it may not be many more years before we are finally able to solve the mystery of the lost colonists of 1587."

"The Bottom of the Harbor" by Joseph Mitchell. First Revised Edition 2008 with a Foreword by Luc Sante. Pantheon Books, New York. 293pp. Small hardcover with dust jacket - all in Fine condition.

Hardcover book 2010 edition with Foreword by William E. Foley. Map 1816, Louisiana Purchase and Northwest Territories. Fine condition with Very Good dust jacket with short edge tear head of the spine. "An absorbing examination of John McClallen's contributions to a young America's expansion beyond the Continental Divide." --- Jim Hardee.

Large hardcover book (11.25" x 8.75") celebrating the American Bicentennial by David C. Whitney and edited by Thomas C. Jones and Harriet B. Helmer. Featuring water-color paintings and sketches by Kay Smith. Copyright 1974 by J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company and Distributed to schools and libraries by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation of Chicago, Illinois. Introduction by the editor Thomas C. Jones. Illustrated throughout. Index. 440pp. Fine book without dust jacket.

First edition 1999 of "Comrades" by Stephen E. Ambrose. Fine hardcover with Fine dust jacket. Illustrations by Jon Friedman.

"Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919" by Stephen Puleo. Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts. Soft-cover book (9" x 6") 2004 edition with a New Afterword. Pictures. 273pp. Epilogue. List of Deceased. Bibliography. Index. Afterword. Very Good book with crease near the lower edge of the back cover

Soft-Cover book (9" x 6") with title "Dear Charlie' Letters: Recording The Everyday Life Of A Young 1854 Gold Miner" ... As Set Forth by Your Friend, Horace Snow. Designed by Muriel Neavin. A Publication Of The Mariposa County Historical Society in 1983. Fourth Printing 1990. Published by the Mariposa Museum and History Center, Inc., Mariposa, California, and Pioneer Publishing Company, Fresno, California. Illustrated by gold rush engravings. 118 pages. Fine copy.

First edition, 2005. Fine copy, also Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover book by David Halberstan - published by Villard Books in 1993. First Edition. Pictures. 800pp. Fine copy with a Fine dust jacket. "The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that David Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today."

"Foreign Affairs" (America and The Pacific 1941-1991) Winter 1991/92 published by the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. - Vol. 70, No. 5 1991. William G. Hyland, Editor. 216pp. Remainder mark on the bottom-edge, else, a Fine soft-cover book.

Library Edition, Second Printing 2002. Fine hardcover book with Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover 1954 edition. Light scuffing at the corners and head/tail of the spine and some pencil markings to text - still, a tightly bound book in Good condition with a Good dust jacket with small edge chips and tears.

Hardcover book 1994 edition - published by The Foundation for Economic Education. Index. 720pp. A bit of foxing on the top-edge and some rubbing on the rear boards although a Very Good tightly bound book.

Soft-cover book Signed by the author Eva M. Young 7/4/76. Published in 1976 and printed by Anderson Press of Charlotte, North Carolina. Illustrations. 111pp. Very Good condition - clean and tightly bound. Short biographical sketches of the birthplaces of American Presidents.

"Great America Journeys" (Explore America) published in1996 by The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York. Series Editor: Elizabeth Cameron. "Map Features and Symbols" on the front paste down end-paper. Maps and Pictures in color. Gazetteer: Travelers' Guide to Great American Journeys. 144pp + Index. Fine hardcover (11.25" x 9.25").

The Haunted South - soft-cover book published in 2014 by The History Press, Charleston, South Carolina. Illustrations. Fine condition. "Join author Alan Brown as he traverses the supernatural legends of the American South."