American History

Portland , Oregon.: Cross & Dimmitt Book. Illus. by Cross & Dimmitt. Near Fine. Soft cover. Not Stated.. No Date , c. 1920s , large card stock soft cover with string binding with 18 full page illustrations each print is hand colored and tipped in a cream card stock matt. This is one of the finest scenic drive books I have seen in a long time . . Condition : Cover has some ware, rubs & very light soiling corners are bumped publishers name stamp on the back cover . Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Amsterdam: Chez Thomas Lombrail, marchand libraire, dans le Beurs-Straat, 1707. Full Calf. Near Fine. First French-language Edition (another French language edition was printed in Orleans, but bearing a Paris imprint, the same year, with no priority definitively established), translated from the English, of the first history of the Virginia colony "and the best contemporary account of its aboriginal tribes and the life of its early settlers." (Howes) 12mo (159 x 92mm): [6],433,[16]pp, with engraved title page (featuring coat of arms of Virginia),14 finely executed numbered plates based on engravings from De Bry's Grand Voyages, and folding table (p. 433). Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt in six compartments between raised bands, red morocco lettering piece gilt. A handsome, well-preserved copy, tightly bound and clean throughout. This edition was in Thomas Jefferson's library, at Monticello. Sabin 5116. Howe B-410. Church 821. JCB I 93. Goldsmiths'-Kress 4396. Geology Emerging 212. European… Read More

Topeka, KS: Samuel Radges / "Commonwealth State Printing House, 1872. First Edition, Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 225 pages, plus a few tipped in ads. Rebacked with black cloth with gilt stamped lettering. New end leaves, though trimmed just beyond the margin of the inside paste downs of both covers and covering no text of ads. Original paper advertising paste over on top and bottom covers are rubbed and chipped at edges, though letter remains mostly very clear. Wear along edges of covers. Contents show scattered smudges, though remain complete and mostly clean. Nice example of this very scarce city directory.

MODERN LIBRARY, 1932. HBDJ, 1932, Stated first Modern Library Edition, 200 TITLES ON BACK OF DJ with Pre ZipCode Coupon, ,VG+/GOOD-,UNNUMBERED list of titles on INVERSE of DJ,Rub wear & small edge chips DJ , A copy of one of the scarcest Modern library balloon-cloth titles, Green cloth with Bright Gold gilt title , Spine DJ end chips wear , 260 pgs + ADS. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Charleston, SC: Carolina Art Association, 1964. Fifth Edition, limited to 1,500 copies. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Charleston, SC: Carolina Art Association, 1964. Folio, 10 1/4" x 13 1/8", 247pp., illustrated with 147 photographs, 20 plans, 3 maps and 25 full-page drawings. Some foxing along edge of page block and perimeter of dust jacket. Pages clean and bright, binding tight with no wear. Very good in very good dust jacket. . Hard. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

1847 1st ed INDIANS Mexico TEXAS Revolutionary WAR Willson American History

Marcus Willson's "American History" is a mid-19th-century compendium of the history of the United States from its earliest times through the 1840s. This work, according to the title, includes commentary on notes on Native American Indian tribes, as well as the histories of Mexico and Texas, and extensive content on the Revolutionary War. Note that this first edition work includes small, in-text illustrations and maps.

Item number: #12170
Price: $499
WILLSON, Marcus
American history--comprising historical sketches of the Indian tribes : a description of American antiquities, with an inquiry into their origin and the origin of the Indian tribes
Cincinnati : W.H. Moore ; New York : M.H. Newman, 1847. First edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o IV, 672
o Illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)
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Very good condition with exception of some chewing on the spine. Tight copy with pencil signature inside front cover James A Morrice? Volume I. Some foxing on pages. 839 pages.

Flat with plastic against dirtExcellent early map of the region. Kansas counties cover only the eastern third of the state. Nebraska counties cover less than half the state. Colorado has only approximately 15 counties. The gold regions near Denver are shown, as are a number of Indian tribes, early towns, forts, etc. Dakota includes all of Wyoming.
The map shows early proposed railroads, forts, Indian tribes, rivers, mountains, etc. The plains region is still very much in transition, with the results of several major explorations commenced immediately after the civil war are not yet in evidence.
Also shows portions of New Mexico, Texas and Indian Territory.

Union Publishing Company, New York, 1894. Hardcover. First Edition. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. Pre-publication promotional copy with pink frontispiece cover describing endorsements from Samual Gompers, President, American Federation of Labor and Eugene V. Debs, President, American Railway Union (included). The promotional copy contains 32 full page b/w photographs (mostly by A. R. Keller) or b/w sketch drawings that would appear in the published final book. 56 pp. Text is lightly yellowed typical of the pulp paper used in the printing. Leaves are clean and unmarked. There is evidence that a page 57 may have existed, but it has been torn from this copy and is missing. (When the complete book was published, it contained 491 pp.) Inside front pastedown contains a glued down leather example of the spine for the upcoming book. It is a leather strip embossed with gilt title, subtitle and author's name. Table of contents reflects 12 chapters, but only the first four chapters are… Read More

[Civil War]. [Reconstruction]. [North Carolina]."The triumphant North demanded three things of the defeated South: acknowledgment of the emancipation of its slaves; contract freedom for all citizens, black and white; and national reunification. Emancipation, freedom, and reunification were still just words. Their meanings remained unfixed. The image of the new country would emerge only as the lines connecting these ideological dots were drawn. As former North Carolina governor David L. Swain recognized, 'With reference to emancipation, we are at the beginning of the War.'" [Richard White. "The Republic For Which It Stands."]OFFICE OF THE PROVOST MARSHALL, NORTH CAROLINA. [Confederate Amnesty Oath supporting the United States Constitution]. Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of the Provost Marshal, 1865. Unbound. Single leaf. Unused form slip, printed in black on white stock. Measuring approximately 8.3 by 6.3 inches. Light age toning. Remnant stationary at verso top edge, likely from old scrapbook… Read More

This Book is in Like New Condition. The Softcovers have Very Light Shelfwear but No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Any Major Damage. The Spine is Not Creased; the Binding is Strong and Intact. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining and has No Tears, Creases, Stains, Mold, or Any Major Damage. The Page Edges have No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Any Major Damage.Book Description:The Siege of Mobile, 1780, in Maps; with Data on Troop Strength, Military Units, Ships, Casualties, and Prisoners of War including a Brief History of Fort Charlotte (Condé) by William S. Coker and Hazel P. Coker, published by The Perdido Bay Press as Volume IX in the Spanish Borderlands Series in 1982. This Book is a Softcover measuring 6" x 9" with viii+123 pages.

In the summer of 1980, the Pensacola Historical Society invited author William S. Coker to speak about the siege of Pensacola in 1781. Since so much had been written about the siege, he thought that he would be unable… Read More

Berkeley, California: The University Press: Philosophical Union of the University of California offprint from the University of California Chronicle, Volume XIII, No. 4, 1911. Offprint. Pamphlet. Stapled wraps, 5.75 x 8.75 inches, 26 pp. Faint spotting to wrappers; crease to front wrapper with several half-inch closed tears to head of wrappers and title page; some separation of wrappers along spine; discreet, one-inch tape repair to head of front wrapper (verso); toning to wrappers and leaves; pages bright and unmarked. Very good.. Original offprint setting forth George Santayana's (1863-1952) remarks before the Philosophical Union of the University of California on August 25, 1911 on "The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy." In what would become his farewell address to America, Santayana analyzes American culture and tradition at the turn of the twentieth century, presenting America with a vision of itself that would, in the decades ahead, begin to fade away before the advent of democratic… Read More

The American Historical Society, Inc., 1932. Three volume set (complete). VG+. Interiors bright and clean; each volume has an old price penciled on flyleaf. No other marks. Bindings are tight. Binding is brown embossed cloth (that looks like leather) showing a scene with a covered wagon, tipis, and a canoe. Minor shelf and handling wear to bindings -- edges and corners scuffed, spine tops and bottoms dented, some light white staining on spine of vol. II. Marbled end sheets and text block edges. Overall a clean, solid set showing minimal signs of use. Photos are of the set we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

PENNSYLVANIA: CLARENCE M. BUSCH, STATE PRINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1896 RARE TWO BOOK SET. BEAUTIFUL LIGHT BROWN COVERS, GOLD PRINT SPINE, GOLD PAGE TRIM EDGES. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. GREAT DETAIL, PICTURES, MAPS AND FOLD OUT MAPS. MARBLING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS. 4 CONTRIBUTORS VOLUME I- M.M. RICHARDS, JOHN M. BUCKALEW, SHELDON REYNOLDS, JAY GILFILLAN WEISER. VOLUME II WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FORTS BY GEORGE DALLAS ALBERT. SECTIONS VOLUME I ARE INDIAN FORTS OF BLUE MOUNTAINS, NORTH AND WEST BRANCHES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, WYOMING VALLEY REGION, CUMBERLAND AND JUNIATA VALLEYS. HEAVY SET- 7.31 POUNDS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Buzz Aldrin, Signed: Magnificent Desolation 2009 1st Edition Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home From The MoonSigned by Buzz Aldrin in blue pen, signature only. Harmony, New York, 2009First Edition stated with a complete number line.Buzz Aldrin (American, b.1930), an American astronaut, who was a Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. Aldrin and Commander Neil Armstrong were the first people to land on the Moon.Copy VG+, DJ fine, with the lower corner of the first pages moisture stained. Please refer to the photos or request additional info.