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New York, NY: Signet, 1981. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. He fought a savage enemy in the French and Indian War-and fathered a fighting American clan. The spellinding family chronicle about the birth of our nation. The first of a series of novels that follows an American family through the wars… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Stein & Day, 1971. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historic trials series. 336 pages. Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer directed the building of the atom bomb and soon after became the US government's top adviser on nuclear policy. Yet in 1953, he was suspended as a security risk by President Eisenhower, being… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Smithmark Publishers, Incorporated, 1992. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illustrated with Maps and Color Photography. Discusses the geography, cities, agriculture, and people that make up the fifty states. Arranged region-by-region.captures the essence of America with color photographs and illustrationis of natural wonders, great cities, wildlife, historic landmarks, and people. Timelines and… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 1997. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Mason (1728-1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. Here is their story as re-imagined by Thomas Pynchon, featuring… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Airmont Publishing Co. 1962. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Complete and Unabridged. It is 1757. The English and French are engaged in a savage, bloody war for control of the North American continent. Making tenuous, shifting alliances with various Indian tribes, the two European powers struggle to gain the upper… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1971. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The year 2000 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of A Little Commonwealth by Bancroft Prize-winning scholar John Demos. This groundbreaking study examines the family in the context of the colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on… Read more about this item