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JAMES SMITH OF POULTNEY, VERMONT AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS

by Linley, Verona

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Used - Near Fine
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Published
1993
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Hardcover
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Middleton, WI: Self Published, 1993. Extremely rare genealogical work. This is currently the only copy for sale online. In beautiful shape and appears to be unused and unread. Maroon cloth over board. Sturdy binding. Gilt titled spine. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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$225.00
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Historic Nantucket. Vol I no. 1 Through Vol. IX no. 4. 1953- 1962

by Nantucket Historical Association.

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Used - Good
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Edition
First Edition
Published
1953
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Hardcover
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$250.00

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Nantucket Island, MA: Nantucket Historical Association., 1953. Nantucket. b/w ills., maps and plates. Various paginations. Quarterly magazine with articles on all aspects of local history by luminaries such as Everett Crosby, Helen Winslow and Edouard Stackpole. A marvelous resource. Solidly bound in blue buckram. 9 volumes. May be extra post due to weight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket.… Read more about this item
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HISTORICAL REVIEW OF VASA ORDER OF AMERICA: 1896-1971

by Johansson, Sven G.

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Used - Good Plus
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Published
1974
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Hardcover
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None Listed, Perhaps Bishop Hill, IL: Assume VASA, 1974. Also included are a press engagement photograph of King Carl Gustaf and his fiancee Silvia Sommerlath in 1976 and also a card containing the program for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the VASA Royal Palm Lodge No. 645, West Palm Beach, Florida form 1984. The King and his fiancee attended the… Read more about this item
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Arts and Sciences: Volume Five

by Sipley, Louis Walton (Editor-in-Chief)

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Used - Very Good Minus
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Published
1941
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Hardcover
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$75.00

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Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Arts & Sciences Society, 1941. Hard-cover copy of the Photography issue of Arts & Sciences magazine. Note: Editor Sipley had recently been appointed curator of the newly-opened American Museum of Photography. Volume is also dedicated to the American Museum of Photography. Light foxing. Otherwise, a tight and clean copy of this book. Heavilly illustrated and many photographs within.… Read more about this item
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$75.00
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History of Stowe, Vermont (From 1763 to 1934)

by Bigelow, Walter J.

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Used - Good
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Published
1934
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Hardcover
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Vermont: Bigelow, Walter J. (author published), 1934. Ex-lib (presentation plate to Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, by Mrs. Marjorie Johnson on front pastedown, typical artifacts in back, but no call numbers on spine). -- Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Illustrated with several b&w photos. -- Covers rubbed, somewhat discolored as from thumbprints in several spots,… Read more about this item
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One American and His Attempt at Education

by Hunt, Frazier

Condition
Used - Good Plus
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No Dust Jacket
Edition
Second Printing
Published
1938
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938. Slight soil and spotting. Glue shadows inside covers and on end papers.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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$20.00
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Historians' History of the World

by Williams, Henry Smith

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Used - Good
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Published
1907
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Hardcover
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$350.00

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New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1907. A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations from the Earliest Times. Corners bumped and worn. Wear at the extremities. 25 volumes housed in 13 books. Complete set. It looks like India paper. Green cloth. A nice set. May be extra post because of number of volumes.. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket.… Read more about this item
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$350.00
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Bay View Magazine, Vol. 15

by Hall, J.M.

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Used - Poor
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No Dust Jacket
Published
1907
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Hardcover
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Detroit: J.M. Hall, 1907. Bay View Reading Club. Culture. 1/2 Leather. Spine cover separated in front. Bumped and worn corners. Begining to split at page 241/242.. Hard Cover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Muqaddimah

by Khaldun, Ibn

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Used - Good
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Published
1969
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Paperback
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$22.50

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969. An Introduction to History. Abridged by N.J. Dawood. Darkening around edges and on back cover.. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Rosenthal, Franz (trans). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bollingen Series.
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Toynbee Frente a los Panoramas de la Historia,

by Haya De La Torre, V.R.

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Used - Good
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No Dust Jacket
Published
1957
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Paperback
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$25.00

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Buenos Aires: Compania Editora y Distribuidoa De Plata S.R.L., 1957. 1 inch tear at top of spine. Sunning and discoloration around spine and at top of front cover. Foxing and spotting on back cover.. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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$25.00
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The World to Come

by Abercrombie, H.R.

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Used - Good Plus
Jacket Condition
Fair
Published
1942
Binding
Hardcover
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Johannesburg: Central News Agency, Ltd., 1942. The Seven Pillars of Federation. No location. WorldCat has Johannesburg. Wear at extremities. Bumped corners. Name on front end paper. Jacket is chipped at extremities and corners. Other tears and chips of jacket. Soil on back of jacket. Foxing at folds of jacket.. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"… Read more about this item
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The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold, D.D.

by Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn

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Used - Fair
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Published
1903
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Hardcover
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Two Volumes in One. No date. From listings in WorldCat it looks like the 1903 edition. Bumped and worn corners. Sunned spine and bands across top of covers. Name and date inside front cover. Spotting on frontispiece. Soil inside back cover.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Report Eighth International Geographic Congress 1904

by Walcott, C.D. Et Alii.

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Used - Good Minus
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Published
1905
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Hardcover
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Washington, DC: House of Representatives, 1905. X-library. "Discarded" stamped on library bookplate inside front cover and inside back cover. Scanning pattern at top of inside back cover. Wear on all extremities. Corners bumped. Dewey numbers on spine. Keywords: Geography, Climate, Caves, Sahara, Colonialism. Hard Cover. Good Minus/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X-library.
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Chambers's Concise Gazetteer of the World

by Patrick, David (editor)

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Used - Good
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Published
1914
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Hardcover
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Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd., 1914. Name and date written inside front cover. Name and city written on front free end paper. Wear at extremities. Some spotting to endpapers. Spine title is bright and the book is in Good condition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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$15.00
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GEORGE N. PECK AND THE FIGHT FOR FARM PARITY

by Fite, Gilbert C.

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good Plus
Edition
First Edition
Published
1954
Binding
Hardcover
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Norman OK: University of OK Press, 1954. 314pp. Depression's impact on agriculture which threatened US economy. Peck devoted his efforts to the farm parity movement, putting farming on an equal footing with other economic groups. Card on ff end paper, "With the compliments of Bernard M. Baruch." Slight rubbing at corners, otherwise very nice condition. … Read more about this item
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Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

by Ben-Gurion, David et Alii.

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Used - Very Good
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Published
1948
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Paperback
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New York: Zionist Organization of America, 1948. Two copies in original envelope. Envelope is torn and soiled. One copy has 1/8 inch chipped or folded at bottom corners. This is the declaration itself. Although the envelope has a metered stamp. There is no date inside. Great collector's item. . Loose-Leaf. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12"… Read more about this item
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Glimpses of English History

by Pell, Herbert Claiborne Pell

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Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good Plus
Published
1967
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1967. Inscribed by the artist on the front end paper, "For Bill Post & his brilliant wife from their admiring old friend. 1967". Light soil and very small tears on jacket. Gray cloth bound. Gilt lettered spine. A clean and solid copy. Lovely illustrations by Olive Bigelow Pell (including front cover). . Inscribed By… Read more about this item
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The Annual Volume 3

by Fox, John J. (ed)

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Used - Good
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Published
1990
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Paperback
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Salem, MA: New England Association of Oral History, 1990. Light sunning. Journal is bright, tight and clean. . Soft Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Selections from the Works of the Late Sylvester Genin, Esq., In Poetry, Prose, and Historical Design

by Genin, Sylvester

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Used - Fair
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Published
1855
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Maigne & Hall, 1855. Frayed and chipped extremities. Large spot at the top of spine. Soil darkening. Worn and bumped corners.. Cloth. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Archaeological Bibliography for Eastern North America

by Moeller, Roger W.; Reid, John

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Used - Very Good
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Published
1977
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Paperback
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Washington, CT: Eastern States Archeological Federation, 1977. Bright soft cover book in VG conition. ESAF does not have a permanent address so Moeller city is indicated as place of publication. Title written neatly in pen along spine.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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$14.00