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Squanto's journey The story of the first Thanksgiving
by Joseph Bruchac
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780439323284
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Rensselaer, New York, USA
- Item Price
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£3.97
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Not at all a "typical" picture book (though Shed's paintings are lovely). Squanto, a member of the Patuxet people, was taken by ship to Spain about 1614. After he was returned to his homeland, he helped the English settlers in many ways. This tells that story, ending with the harvest being celebrated as the first Thanksgiving. With Author's note and… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (The Western Frontier Library, 14)
by Isabella Lucy Bird; (Introduction by Daniel Boorstin)
- Condition
- As New
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Published
- December 1999
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780806113289
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Rensselaer, New York, USA
- Item Price
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£2.59
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Miss Bird, an intrepid English horsewoman traveled through the Rockies in 1873- on her own! She documents this unusual adventure in letters to her sister, from which this book was created. Starting at Lake Tahoe, she seeks adventure and certainly finds it, all described in wonderful first person prose. Copy is as new without a mark or crease, and would… Read more about this item Item Price
£2.59
Remember the Ladies 100 Great American Women
by Cheryl Harness
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Published
- February 4, 2003
- Binding
- Paperbound
- ISBN
- 9780064438698
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Rensselaer, New York, USA
- Item Price
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£3.18
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This amazing, beautifully illustrated book resembles an atlas of women who shaped the nation of the United States. Over 100 are mentioned, in chronological sections (New World, Grwong Pains, Turn of the Century, to name a few). From Sacagawea to Martha Stewart, the author Harness casts a wide net in picking these "Great American Women". In her flowing script, Harness… Read more about this item Item Price
£3.18
Helen's Babies [and] Mrs. Mayburn's Twins
by Habberton, John
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1876
- Binding
- Dark red cloth hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Rensselaer, New York, USA
- Item Price
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£7.89
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Color frontispiece, clean text. Bottom of spine is frayed, but otherwise the book is intact. Two titles in one book. The back of the title page says "Copyright 1881 by T. B. Peterson & Brothers Helen's Babies."
Helen's Babies was based on the adventures of Habberton's son, and quickly became popular with children and youth. The book was in the Ruby… Read more about this item Item Price
£7.89
The Last of the Mohicans
by Cooper, James Fenimore
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- 1898
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Rensselaer, New York, USA
- Item Price
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£175.36
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Well preserved
Standard English Classics edition from 1898. Binding intact; the only blemish is very slight stain on the front cover. Front matter includes detailed map "Lake George and Vicinity", an introduction and notes by John Dunbar, PhD, and Cooper's own introduction. After the original text are 19 pages of notes. Item Price
£175.36
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The House of the Seven Gables
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Published
- unspecified
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Rensselaer, New York, USA
- Item Price
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£80.39
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This very old edition has rose vine designs on the dove gray cover and spine. The back of the title page is blank (no copyright data or other information). Has some old water staining on the endpapers, and covers, but the text is clean. Item Price
£80.39
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The Seasons, Fasts and Festivals of The Christian Year
by Staley, Vernon
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Published
- 1910 (assumed)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Rensselaer, New York, USA
- Item Price
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£7.17
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Very Good condition, a volume of The English Churchman's Library. Author's Preface is dated Christmas Day, 1910. The front endpaper has, in pencil, "Property of Trinity Church School 1918". Item Price
£7.17
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A Christmas Carol, Cricket on the Hearth, The Chimes, and American Notes
by Dickens, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1868
- Binding
- Hard bound
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Rensselaer, New York, USA
- Item Price
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£11.95
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Cloth bound in a lovely burgundy-dark brown, with an embossed circular logo on the front. The circle contains Dickens' face in profile, raised, and the name "Charles Dickens" above it. Spine with title, also embossed. Front binding is loose, some wear on corners, and back cover (with no embossing) shows water damage. As stated on the spine, this is Vol… Read more about this item Item Price
£11.95