Search Results: U.S. History from High Park Books

Schenectady, N.Y.: General Electric, 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine. October, 1928 -GEB-69 supercedes GEA-203 Blue, flexible leatherette boards with gilt lettering on front & spine 2004 pages with index & many B&W photos. Inside page contains one name & one stamp. Nice collectible.

Syracuse, New York: Iroquois Publishing Com, 1930. Assumed First Edition . Card Covers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The History of America From the Close of the French and Indian War Through the Civil War, with a Brief Review of the Early Explorers. This is the second of two workbooks on American History. (Notes at back of book suggest a Book 3 was in preparation) Copyright 1930 (no other date given). Mottled tan card covers with brown tape on spine edge and reddish -brown lettering. Cover also has an Indian brave's head. 186 pages with index. Minor edgewear and creasing to several corners. No name is written on the 'Property of' line on cover. Pages clean, tight and unmarked. Uncommon

Orangeville, Ontario: Penny Farthing Publications, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 1st printing - 600 copies. Orange, stapled card covers with archival photo on face. 74 pages with B&W illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

York, Pa. : The American Canal and Transportation Center, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. Words, music & chords to more than 30 canal songs compiled & edited by William Hullfish. Green, illustrated stapled wraps. 88 pages with B&W illustrations, index & bibliography. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Minor corner & edge wear. Internals clean & tight.

Lititz, Pennsylvia: Selfpublished , 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Glossy, pictorial boards. (vi) 186 pages with archival photos & extensive name index.Minor spotting / foxing to upper page edges - o/w fine condition

Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 188 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

American Women's Club / US Government Wives in Columbia. Presumed First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good -. An interesting American historical document written to make the spouses of US government employees (presumably male) comfortable culturally while living in Columbia. Introduction to Columbian history / culture / country, tips on living in certain cities (including servants), services & shopping, recipes, & household Spanish vocabulary (Undated. assumed circa 1960s) Cream, illustrated card covers. 139 pages 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sunning to covers with small chip to top of back cover & small tear/crease at bottom corner of front cover. Pages tight & unmarked. Uncommon

St. Andrews, New Brunswick: Charlotte County Cottage Craft, 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stiff illustrated wraps 140 pages. Some loss of material at upper spine & bottom back corner. Firmer owner's name with inscription. Relatively tight & clean pages.

Sisseton, SD: Tekakwitha Fine Arts Center, 1989. 5th Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine +. Brown decorative boards with gilt lettering on spine & front with gilt illustration of animal skull (bison?) on front. (xvi) 192 pages. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Over 4000 words with pronunciations.

Self Published, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine. An appendix of some families closely connected by marriage and some of several names. Historical introduction by William F. Hochstetler. First published in 1912. Copyrighted 1977 by Eli J. Hochstetler. Foreward by Daniel E Hochstetler - 1993 Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. 1194 pages with some archival photos / portraits (Unumbered) , addenda, extensive appendix and indexes. Not a print on demand title. Due to size & weight and resulting high postal costs, extra shipping WILL be required. Please DO not order this book before contacting us first by email to determine an accurate Canadian postal (Canada Post) rate. Can be picked up or delivered locally in the K-W area.

Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 2009. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+. (Dear Canada Series) 240 pages with historical notes, B&W photos. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Former name blacked on inside end paper.

Sarasota, Florida: Crestline Pub, 1984. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Light, brown leatherette boards with black lettering & design. 320 pages filled with archival photos & index. A large portion of the book deals with businesses, owners & manufacturers of steam engine equipment from the U.S. & Canada. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Due to weight & size, extra shipping WILL be required outside Ontario. Please do not order before contacting us by email first to determine an accurate shipping rate through Canada Post. Can be picked locally or delivered in the K-W area.

Chicago, Illinois: The Nye Tool and Machine Works, 1910. Paperback. Very Good -. Nye (1908 1987) was a Chicago-born American industrialist, entrepreneur, and world champion sailor. Beige stapled card covers. Promotional pamphlet to the plumbing industry. 32 pages with humour, B&W illustrations & advertisements. Minor age-related wear. Intetresing ephemera from an American business.

Newton, Kansas: Mennonite Publication Office, 1949. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume 1 of Mennonite historical series. A series of essays commemorating the 75th anniversary of the coming of Mennonites to the prairie states and provinces from the Steppes of Russia Copyright - 1949, (viii) 115 pages with archival photos & footnotes. Name blacked out on front page , o/w very good plus condition.

Self Published , 1996. Paperback. Very Good+. Descendants of Francis B. Weaver & Magdalena Musser Weave. Light green card covers. 159 pages with some archival photos & extensive name index. Addendum / errata sheet attached

Wheeling, W. Virginai: WWVA Radio / Columbia Pictures, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A brief history of the early, country radio station -well illustrated. Stapled illustrated card covers. Unpaginated - 40 pages with archival, sepia photos. Minor rubbing to covers. Pages clean, tight. INSCRIBED by Linda Cassady, longtime member of The Wheeling Jamboree - with 6 relevant names written on back inside cover in same handwriting

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine +/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Revised edition from the hard cover first published in 1950. Yellow illustrated boards with matching jacket now protected in mylar, The clean dust jacket has chips to upper & lower edges. 252 pages filled with colour illustrations, matching US map end papers at front & back.

Southport, Connecticut: Sasco Associates , 1993. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good+. 131 pages with extensive disography, bibliography, and indexes of song titles and names. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, INSCRIBED by DeLong & Bert Munn. Minor corner wear.

Prince Edward County, Ontario: Discourse Associates, 2003. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A personal history & examination of the Cluett & Morehead families. 201 pages with archival / B&W photos. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clean & tight with slight corner curling.

Saco, Maine: Garland Manufacturing Company, 1917. Hardcover. Good +. Business catalogue (& historical document) of the Maine-based, manufacturing company that served the textile industry. The product line included loom pickers & reeds, lug staps, picker leather & sticks and rawhide for mechanical purposes. This 5th catalogue (edition) replaced the 1905 4th edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front. Established in 1866 by James G. Garland, incorporated in 1873 - t was originally called the Loom Picker Company, after its primary product, pickers for the textile industry. Tthe company today manufactures plastic profiles, custom machined parts, and a product line of mallets and soft faced hammers. 153 pages with index and extensive B&W illustrations of product lines. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Navy blue cloth boards have minor rubbing & some staining, several small scuffs to spine and water stain at vertical page ends. Still a decent… Read More