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SIOUX CITY ILLUSTRATED: The Pioneer Period And An Authentic Sketch of The Sioux City of To-Day
by Heizer, E. P. ("Edited By")
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- Original
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- 1888
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$275.00
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Quarto (12 by 9 1/4 inches) stiff wrappers: 64 unnumbered pages illustrated with numerous vivid black and white lithographic views of business blocks, mills, various industries, office buildings, banks, homes, and other prominent landmarks; cover tinted in colors.
Good condition (minor chipping at edges, and along spine; light, old water stain extending from upper right corner of title page to middle… Read more about this item Item Price
$275.00
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RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY
by Squire, Watson C.
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- Used
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- Original First Edition
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- 1886
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- Sewn Wrappers
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$145.00
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Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 inches) Hanford Stationery and Printing Company, 1886. Original First Edition. 72 pages, large foldout map (18 1/2 by 24 inches) attached to back wrapper, bound in original sewn wrappers, very good condition.
Written before Washington became a State, the author describes "Some of the reasons qualifying this Territory for early admission into the Union .… Read more about this item Item Price
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MEMOIR OF MAJ.-GEN. GEORGE H. THOMAS
by Johnson, Richard W.
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- First Edition
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- 1881
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$120.00
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Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches) Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881. First Edition. 322 pages illustrated with engraved frontispiece and portraits (including Sheridan, Sherman, Rosecrans, and Grant), Appendix (containing "Speech of General W. T. Sherman," and letters from George B. McClellan, and others regarding the unveiling of a statue, and the dedication of a monument in honor… Read more about this item Item Price
$120.00
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HISTORY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND
by Van Horne, Thomas B.
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- First Edition
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- 1875
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$395.00
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Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches) Cincinnatti: Robert Clark & Co., 1875. First Edition. Two Volumes, xiv, 454 & v, 478 pages including an Appendix, with details on the construction of block house fortifications, and an Index."Illustrated with Campaign and Battle Maps Compiled by Edward Ruger, Late Superintendant Topographical Engineer Office, Headquarters Department of the Cumberland," in an… Read more about this item Item Price
$395.00
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THE LIFE O MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS
by Van Horne, Thomas
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- First Edition
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- 1882
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$115.00
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Octavo (8 3/4 by 6 inches) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. First Edition. x, 502 pages, eight folded maps, frontis is an engraved portrait of Thomas.
Appendix contains "Roster of Troops Engaged at Mill Springs, Kentucky January 19, 1862," and "Organization of U. S. Forces Commanded by Major General Geo. H. Thomas, at the Battle of Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 15… Read more about this item Item Price
$115.00
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C & S HIGH LINE MEMORIES and THEN SOME
by Klinger, Tom and Denise
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- First Edition
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- 2004
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$37.50
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Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 3/4 inches) Denver, Colorado: Tom Klinger, 2004. First Edition. 280 pages printed on coated stock, illustrated with vintage black and white photographic portraits, maps, a gallery of photo images of Como, Colorado, views of trains, equipment, bridges, cabins, "Addendums" of time tables, engine ratings, time books, engineers, firemen & trainmen rosters, glossary, and index. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
$37.50
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A CONTINUATION OF THE SECRET HISTORY OF WHITE-HALL; From the Abdication of the late K. James in 1688, to the Year 1696
by D. (David) Jones, Gent.
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- Original First Edition
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- 1697
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$565.00
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16 mo. (6 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches) London: R. Baldwin in Warwick-lane, 1697. Original First Edition. 7 preliminary leaves, two volumes in one: 80, 392 pages; good condition: rebound in late eighteenth, or early nineteenth century brown mottled calf, with gilt decorated spine laid down, raised bands, (missing label), minor wear to covers at front hinge (not affecting contents),… Read more about this item Item Price
$565.00
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SEVENTY YEARS IN TEXAS
by Franks, J. M.
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- First Edition
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- 1924
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$145.00
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Octavo (9 by 6 inches) Gatesville, Texas, 1924. First Edition. 134 pages, frontis portrait of the author, original stapled wrappers, very good condition (mild chips to top and bottom of spine, lower right corner of front cover slightly chipped; contents not affected).
The author's reminiscences that include "killings," "captures," and "escapes," while mentioning "Wild Bill," Kit Carson, "Wolf Boy," and many… Read more about this item Item Price
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SPEECH OF HON. WILLIAM B. SHEPARD
by "Delivered in the Senate of North Carolina, November 27, 1850. Upon His Resolutions on the Slavery Question."
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- Original
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- 1850
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$75.00
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Octavo (8 3/4 by 5 5/8 inches) Raleigh (North Carolina): Printed at the Star Office, 1850. Original 12 page printed speech in the form of a pamphlet, bound by thread, folded into thirds, to fit into its original mailing envelope (formed by a folded sheet of paper, with wax seal) addressed to "Andrew Calhoun Esq. Union Town Perry County, Alabama,"… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
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THE WRITINGS OF CALEB ATWATER (containing) "A DESCRIPTION OF THE ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED IN THE WESTERN COUNTRY; ORIGINALLY COMMUNICATED TO THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY" (and) "REMARKS MADE ON A TOUR TO PRAIRIE DU CHIEN THENCE TO WASHINGTON CITY, 1829"
by Atwater, Caleb
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition of "A Description .... "
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- 1833 and 1829
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- Hardcover: full early original leather
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$325.00
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Octavo (8 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches) Columbus, Ohio: Published by the Author, Printed by Scott and Wright, 1833 and 1829. First Edition of "A Description .... ". Hardcover: full early original leather. 408 pages, two separate titles bound together as one book, with consistent, and uniform pagination, illustrated by 10 engraved plates (6 are fold out; plate 8 is… Read more about this item Item Price
$325.00
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LETTER OF GEN. A. J. HAMILTON, OF TEXAS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
by {Southern Support For The Union During The Civil War}
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- Used - Very good
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- Original First Edition
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- 1863
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- Original Wrappers
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$250.00
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Octavo (9 by 5 3/4 inches) New York: Loyal Publication Society of New York "No. 26.", 1863. First Edition, very good condition, 18 pages, original stitched wrappers, with stab marks along the spine, and minor chipping to edges; not affecting contents which are intact and clean; Wm. C. Bryant & Co. Printers.
Hamilton was a "Southern Union man." He opposed secession,… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
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Ye "SMOKIANA" Historical, Ethnographical
by Pritchett, R. T.
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1890
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$145.00
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Small Quarto (9 1/2 X 7 inches) London: Bernard Quaritch, 1890. First Edition. 101 + (1) pages, almost 50 lithographic plates (more than 35 printed with color), quarter leather binding over cloth boards, front cover embossed with title, author, and publisher in gilt; back cover similarly embossed in gilt with "Ye Pipes of all Nations A. D. Up to Date,"… Read more about this item Item Price
$145.00
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THE BATTLE OF EASTLEIGH
by Bolle, Frederick N.
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1918
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- Hardcover
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$36.00
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Octavo (8 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches) New York: United States Naval Air Force, 1918. First Edition. oblong format, 144 pages illustrated with black and white halftone photographs, and a map, original gray cloth, hardcover, good condition (lower right corner of front cover slightly bumped, minor shelf wear to lower spine, not affecting contents which are clean and complete).
This is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Decision of Judge Leavitt, of Ohio, in the Vallandigham habeas corpus case
by Judge Leavitt, of Ohio
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- Used - Very good
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- Original First Edition
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- 1863
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- Wrappers
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$135.00
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Octavo (8 3/4 X 5 3/4 inches) Philadelphia: Printed For Gratuitous Distribution, 1863. Original First Edition. 16 page sewn paper pamphlet in wrappers, minor discoloration to edges of covers, old $2 price, and old library call numbers written in pencil on top of front cover, old 15 cent price, and calculation figures not related to text written in pencil on… Read more about this item Item Price
$135.00
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INDIAN LIFE AT THE OLD MISSIONS
by Webb, Edith Buckland
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- As new - fine
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- First Edition
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- 1952
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- Hardcover cloth
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$50.00
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Small quarto (10 3/4 X 8 inches) Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1952. Original First Edition. xxix, 326 pages, illustrated by numerous black and white plates, original dust jacket designed by Harry Garo, bibliography, index. Inscribed by author on the half title. Very good condition (protected in its original shipping box), hardcover brick colored cloth binding, title in gilt on… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
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THE RELIGION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1900
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- Wrappers
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$40.00
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Small octavo (7 3/4 X 6 inches) New York: G. W. Dillinghamn Company, 1900. First Edition. 24 page sewn booklet in wrappers, with appendix containing interesting anecdotes by Major-General Daniel E. Sickles and Hon. Oliver S. Munsell, very good condition (minor chips to spine, small, approximately 1/2 inch square, residue of something previously attached to upper left corner of front… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
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TARNISHED ANGELS
by Robinson, W. W.
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- As new
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- 1964
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- Hardcover, cloth boards
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$80.00
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32 mo. (4 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches) Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, Printed for Members of the Roxburghe Club and the Zamorano Club September 1964. 26 pages of historical text [plus 16 pages printed on yellow paper purportedly reproducing, in facsimile, a "Souvenir Sporting Guide" (a guide to the prositutes and madames) for gentlemen visitors to the Fiesta de… Read more about this item Item Price
$80.00
Annual Report of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, California U.S.A.
by {SAN PEDRO}
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- Used - Good
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- Original
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- 1928
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- Wrappers
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$45.00
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Octavo (9 X 6 inches) Harbor Department City of Los Angeles, 1928. staple bound booklet of 95 pages, in stiff paper covers, numerous black and white halftone photos of harbor scenes (trains bringing cargo, streetcars bringing people, ships at wharves), birds-eye-view of harbor and surrounding area, list of steamship companies, and agents, statistical charts, and graphs, large fold-out map, attractive… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
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The Irish in Australia
by Hogan, James Francis
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- Used - Very good
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- 1887
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- Original dark brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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$30.00
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Octavo (9 by 6 inches) (8) + 249 pp. good condition (small stamp of "Loyola High School Fathers' Library Los Angeles, Calif." on lower right of title page, small library paper label on spine, neither affecting contents), hardcover, olive green cloth, good condition. Item Price
$30.00
