Category: American History

A HANDBOOK FOR THE EXHIBITION BUILDINGS OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Williamsburg, Virginia, : 1942

Seller ID: 006650

Condition: Very Good-

Contents include: The Old Court House, The Capitol, The Public Gaol, The Raleigh Tavern, The Ludwell-Paradise House, The Governor's Palace, the George Wythe House. A copy of this publication is presented to each person purchasing a block ticket to the Exhibition Buildings. 95 pp. Brown paper covers with wear to edges, chipping to joints, tear along back cover near spine. Interior is clean. Book in VG- condition.
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COMMUNIST TARGET-YOUTH and COMMUNIST YOUTH PROGRAM

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office : 1960

Seller ID: 005048

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good to Good+

2 publications: COMMUNIST TARGET-YOUTH (1960). Communist Infiltration and Agitation Tactics. A report by J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, illustrating Communist strategy and tactics in the rioting which occurred during House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings, San Francisco, May 12-14, 1960. 18 pages including 7 pages of photographs. Index; and COMMUNIST YOUTH PROGRAM (1966). Report of the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws to the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate....
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CONSECRATED TALENTS: OR, THE LIFE OF MRS. MARY W. MASON

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Carlton & Lanahan : 1870

Seller ID: 006285

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair

With an introduction by Bishop James. "The biographies of Holy Scripture, written under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, constitute one of the most interesting and important parts of the book of books." 285 pp. Brown cloth covers with faded gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges rubbed with areas of boards exposed, light scuffing to cover faces, joints rubbed. Spine ends are torn and missing, exposing areas of the binding. Ex. library with identification numbers and sticker on bottom spine, library bookplate on front inside cover, identification...
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DOAN'S DIRECTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1910

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Buffalo, NY, Foster-Milburn Company : 1909

Seller ID: 005995

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+

Provided by the makers of Doan's Kidney Pills, this is an annual census of the population of the United States, which they claim numbered 90 million in 1910. "Doan's 1910 Directory also contains, in handy and concise form, complete information regarding diseases of the kidneys, a subject so little understood that thousands of fatal cases occur every year that could be prevented by prompt treatment." 32 pp. Decorative paper wraps with image of Uncle Sam on front cover and on back cover, a letter from a doctor assuring Doan's Kidney Pills are safe for treatment. Cover corners are cre...
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HANDBOOK OF FEDERAL WORLD WAR AGENCIES AND THEIR RECORDS, 1917-1921.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Washington, United States Government Printing Office : 1943

Seller ID: 004308

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good+ to Very Good-

This handbook is issued in response to a current demand for information concerning the functions and records of agencies of the United States Government that contributed to the participation of the United States in the first World War. 666 pp. including Appendix. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Slight scuffing. Spine ends bumped. Mildly discolored residue from removed library label? Overall covers are Very Good-. Front free endpaper with ex-lib. stamp. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY MEMORIAL EDITION: OFFICIAL INAUGURAL PROGRAM, JANUARY 20, 1961

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Washington, DC, Kennedy-Johnson Inaugural Committee

Seller ID: 005540

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

"When John F. Kennedy was inaugurated on January 20, 1961, a heavy snow blanketed Washington, D. C. As a result, a number of copies of the Official Inauguration Book were left unsold. These books have been augmented by three special pictorial sections -- one on the inaugural ceremonies (including the memorable inaugural address); another on the death and state funeral of President Kennedy; and a third on the first 30 days in office of President Lyndon B. Johnson." This is Copy No. 351D of the Memorial Edition of the John F. Kennedy Inaugural Book, signed by E. H. Foley, General Chai...
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LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, TRANSMITTING INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE INTRODUCTION OF SLAVES INTO THE UNITED STATES

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Washington, Gales & Seaton : 1820

Seller ID: 006157

Binding: Paperbound

Condition: Good+

Doc. No. 36. January 7, 1820. Read, and ordered to lie on the table. 7 pp. Disbound government document. Pages are separated, but document is complete. Document is browning and has foxing, but text is easily legible. Spine edge is chipped and has small tears. Some page edges are uncut. Overall document in Good+ condition.
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MECHANICS' MAGAZINE, AND REGISTER OF INVENTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS: TWO VOLUMES, JANUARY-JUNE AND JULY-DECEMBER 1833

Price: $350.00

Publisher: New York,

Seller ID: 006288

Binding: Boards

Condition: Fair

"To give an impetus to this desire for useful information, as well as to afford an opportunity to those who would communicate their ideas of inventions and improvements, the Mechanics' Magazine was projected, and we have noe to congrtulate our subscribers on the completion of the first volume." Frontispiece of Benjamin Franklin and Eli Whitney. Volume I, 344 pp., Printed 1833; Volume II, 332 pp., Printed 1834; Appendix, 84 pp. Marbled boards with leather reinforced corners and joints. Cover boards completely separated from book. Missing spine. Cover corners, edges, faces and spine are ...
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PIONEERING WITH PRODUCTS AND PEOPLE

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Baltimore, MD, McCormick & Company : 1939

Seller ID: 005293

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

Memoir of the creation and success of McCormick & Company in Baltimore. 83 pp. Orange paper covers show signs of wear with dirt/scuff marks, small tears below title (previous price sticker?), bumped corners and edges rubbed. Interior is tight and clean.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL MEETING AT FANEUIL HALL, NOVEMBER 26TH, 1850

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Boston, Beals & Greene : 1850

Seller ID: 001842

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good+

"The Citizens of Boston and its vicinity, who reverence the Constitution of the United States; who wish to discountenance a spirit of disobedience to the laws of the land, and refer all questions arising under those laws to the proper tribunals; who would regard with disfavor all further popular agitation of subjects which endanger the peace and harmony of the Union, and who deem the preservation of the Union the paramount duty of every citizen, are requested to meet and express their sentiments on the present posture of public affairs, in Faneuil Hall..." 46 pp. Blue paper wraps have ...
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF NAVIGATION TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 1895

Price: $48.50

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1895

Seller ID: 001231

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good +

Full tan leather. Spine with 3 leather labels with gilt lettering. Three thick labels in Red Leather: House Documents Vol.33; in Brown Leather: No.28, Pt. 1 Navigation Report 1895, No. 28 Pt. 2 Navigation Laws and in Black Leather: 54th Congress, 1st Session 1895-96. at spine base stamped in black:3400. Leather soiled and scuffed. Front spine gutter showing signs of wear 1/2" from top. Bookplate from University of North Dakota Library on front endpaper.Hinges loosening. Browned around edges on endpapers and following page, but not on title p. or subsequent pages. Interior is tight, clean, ...
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Report Upon the Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries for the Year 1879, Volume II

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office : 1880

Seller ID: 004391

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good+

Table of Contents: Europe: Sweden and Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Switzerland, Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Austria-Hungary, Greece, Romania, Russia; and Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands. 875 pp. including Index. Numerous tables for each country showing Imports and Exports. Brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Spine reads: Supplement to Commercial Relations 1879. Small tear at spine top edge. Spine ends bumped/rubbed. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front free endpaper, oth...
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Scribner's Monthly, Volume 12 from May 1876 to Oct 1876

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner & Co : 1876

Seller ID: 004605

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good+

Numerous articles by famous authors: John Burroughs; Ernest Ingersoll, Rebecca Harding Davis; Henry James, Jr; Edward Everett Hale; Bret Harte; Philip Bourke Marston; Fanny Hodgson Burnett; etc. Articles include: Portraiture of William Penn; The True Pocahontas; Bowdoin College; John Gutenberg, Old Landmarks in Philadelphia; How America was Named; Union College, N.Y.; Charlotte Cushman; The Story of the Signing (Declaration of Independence); Harvard University; Wesleylan University, Conn; Oliver Madox Brown; Niagara; Insanity and its Treatment; Notes on Salmon Fishing; Massachusetts Agricult...
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SOVIET "JUSTICE". "SHOWPLACE" PRISONS VS. REAL SLAVE LABOR CAMPS and UNITED STATES THROUGH THE EYES OF SOVIET TOURISTS: 2 Pamphlets. 1960

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Washington, United States Government Printing Office : 1960

Seller ID: 005047

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

2 publications: SOVIET "JUSTICE". "SHOWPLACE" PRISONS VS. REAL SLAVE LABOR CAMPS. Consultation with Mr. Adam Joseph Galinski. Committee on Un-American Activities; House of Representatives; Eighty-Sixth Congress; Second Session. "Showplace prisons in Soviet Russia, in which the inmates are not prisoners but secret police agents disguised as prisoners and coached in the type of answers which they are to give to foreign visitors, were described by Adam Joseph Galinski, who arrived in the United States last summer after spending over 11 years in Soviet concentration camps...&#...
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Tables of and Annotated Index to the Congressional Series of United States Public Documents.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Waltham, Mass, Mark Press : 1963

Seller ID: 002551

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

First published in 1902. This edition limited to 600 copies. Prepared in the Office of the Superintendent of Documents. A complete list of the publications of the United States Government known to have been printed. The endeavor has been to extricate the more important documents from the scattered mass of worthless matter which composes nearly one-half of the Congressional set. Despite these exceptions, fully 50,000 documents and reports have been indexed under authors, subjects, and titles. 769 pp. Book is Near Fine both exterior and interior. Gilt lettering on spine.
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THE 20TH CENTURY SONG BOOK

Price: $5.00

Publisher: St. Louis, The Chattanooga Medicine Co. : 1904

Seller ID: 005277

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

32 pp. of songs and medicinal advertisements. Covers have dirt smudges, bent corners and chipped/torn page edges. Interior pages have some small tears. Paper is browning from age. Text is easily legible. Overall this book is in Good condition.
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THE ANNUAL REGISTER: A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD FOR THE YEAR 1903

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Longmans, Green and Co. : 1904

Seller ID: 001853

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

New Series. Paper label 3 3/4" x 2 3/4": THE LEEDS INSTITUTE..." on front cover. paper label on spine otherwise exterior is Very Good. Leeds Institute bookplate on front endpaper. Stamped on title p. and numbered, otherwise interior is tight, clean and very good.
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THE REVIVAL OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES and CONTRADICTIONS OF COMMUNISM. 2 pamphlets

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Washington, United States Government Printing Office : 1959

Seller ID: 005046

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good-

2 publications. THE REVIVAL OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES. Staff Study by Subcommittee to Investigate Administration of Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws to the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate. "On November 22, 1958, the Moscow Pravda, official organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, published a directive...for the creation of a broad popular movement against the domination of large monopolies in the United States..." 54 pp. Appendixes; and CONTRADICTIONS OF COMMUNISM, Report by Subcommittee to I...
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The Secretaries of State : Portraits and Biographical Sketches

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office : 1978

Seller ID: 001488

Binding: Paper Covers

Condition: Good+

125 pp. Paper covers with wear to edges, corners are creased, ex. lib. notes on front and back covers (identification numbers, stamp and writing). Interior is clean. Book in Good+ condition.
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THE SMOKE SIGNAL, SPRING 1968, NO. 17

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Tucson, The Tucson Corral of the Westerners : 1968

Seller ID: 005489

Binding: Paper Cover

Condition: Very Good

The Pony Express - The Overland Mail: A Dramatic Era When Western Mails Were Delivered by Pony Rider and Stagecoach. Pages 146-167. Document in VG condition with top of magazine slightly bent and creased. Otherwise magazine is tight and clean.
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Category: American History