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Our New West. Records of Travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean . . . including a full description of the Pacific Railroad; and of the Life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese.
by Bowles, Samuel.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition.
- Published
- 1869
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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$50.00
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Hartford, Conn.: Published by Subscription Only, Hartford Publishing Co., 1869. First edition. Light damp-stain to the lower corners of the leaves in the latter quarter of the book, some light soiling; in very good condition. 8vo (9 x 6 inches), recent half leather and marbled sides, 524 pages. Frontis, 13 plates (including a map). An account of travel in the… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Edwards's Great West and her Commercial Metropolis, Embracing a General View of the West, and a Complete History of St. Louis, from the Landing of Ligueste, in 1764, to the Present Time . . .
by Edwards, Richard and M. Hopewell, M. D.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition.
- Published
- (1860)
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- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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$125.00
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St. Louis: Published at the Office of "Edwards's Monthly," a Journal of Progress, (1860). First edition. Cloth somewhat rubbed, a few plates just a trifle shaken; a very good copy.. Large 8vo (9.5 x 6.25 inches), original blind-stamped gilt pictorial blue cloth, [49]-604, [32] pages, a.e.g. Frontispiece, plates, illustrations in the text. Midland Notes 82: "Recounts the activities of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Old Brewery, and the New Mission House at the Five Points.
by Ladies of the Mission.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition.
- Published
- 1854
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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$75.00
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New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1854. First edition. Spine and board edges sunned and faded; a trifle worn, some light foxing; a very good copy. 12mo (7.38 x 5 inches), original gilt pictorial blind-stamped lilac cloth, gilt lettering, 304 pages. Frontispiece view of the new mission building. Women's mission work in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan, with some background… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
The Book of Niagara Falls . . . Third Edition. Carefully Revised, and Enlarged. Accompanied by Maps.
by [Niagara Falls]. Parsons, Horatio A.
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- Used - Spine and board edges somewhat sunned; lightly foxed throughout; a very good copy.
- Edition
- Stated third edition.
- Published
- 1836.
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- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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$150.00
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Buffalo: Oliver G. Steele, 1836. Stated third edition.. Spine and board edges somewhat sunned; lightly foxed throughout; a very good copy.. 12mo, original embossed deep purple or brown cloth, gilt lettering, 111, [1] pages. Folding map tipped in before the title page, approx. 12.5 x 14 inches, A discursive guidebook to the falls, evidently expanded over the 96-page edition of… Read more about this item Item Price
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West of Powder River: Tales of the Far West Told in Narrative Verse by "Powder River" Jack H. Lee.
by Lee, Jack H.
- Condition
- Used - Some foxing and light wear; in very good condition.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Published
- (1933).
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- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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$50.00
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New York: Huntington Press, (1933). First edition.
Some foxing and light wear; in very good condition.. 8vo, original pictorial buckram, 204 pages. Illus. by Paul Honore. No dust jacket.
A presentation copy, with a characteristic ink drawing by Lee, signed both by Lee and his wife (with a sentiment) on the front free endpaper.
A collection of much cowboy verse; as Courtney Riley… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of Williamson County, Illinois. From the Earliest Times, Down to the Present, with an Accurate Account of the Secession Movement, Ordinances, Raids, etc., also a Complete History of its "Bloody Vendetta," Includding [sic] all its Recondite Causes, etc., etc.
by Erwin, Milo.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition.
- Published
- 1876
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- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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$350.00
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Marion, Illinois: n. p., 1876. First edition.
Some small spots of abrasion to the cloth; some light browning in the endpapers from the binder's glue; in very good condition, quite tight and bright.
Small 8vo (6.63 x 4.63 inches), original blind-stamped black cloth, gilt lettering, viii, 286 pages.
"Here 'Big Jep,' 'Yaller Bill,' and Samuel R. were arrested. The Sherifff then went with… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Vision of Columbus; a Poem in Nine Books.
by Barlow, Joel.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First edition.
- Published
- 1787
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- 1
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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$350.00
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Hartford: Printed by by Hudson and Goodwin, for the Author, 1787. First edition.
Fragile binding somewhat rubbed; frontis a bit browned and stained, with some light scattered foxing throughought; in very good condition.
8vo (8 x 5 inches), original sheep, red leather label, gilt rules and lettering, 258, [12] pages, all edges stained green. Frontispiece portrait.
The early American epic that helped shape… Read more about this item Item Price
$350.00