American History

New York: New York Telephone Company Book. Illus. by Unknowen. Very Good. Hardcover. Not Stated.. No Date , c. 1940s , Tan paper boards with lettering , 46 page book with index and some black 7 white illustrations. Illustrated end pages , a scarce New York City book by the telephone company to help you with business . Condition : Very Good with light cover rubs & soiling . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dover, New Jersey: Press of the Iron Era, 1899. Very Good condition. Inner hinges starting to crack. Small hole in outer rear hinge. See photos. NOT a library discard. Pages are creamy white, clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Hardcover. First Edition. Published by Authority of the Common Council of Dover, New Jersey. This copy is signed on the flyleaf by "C. H. Benedict, Recorder 1902-3." Index. Bound in the original brown, pebble-grain cloth. Gilt titles on the front cover and spine are still bright and shiny. Laid-in are two ephemera including a printed copy of the 1903 ordinance "providing for the Licensing of Inns and Taverns and Beer Saloons and regulating the sale of malt, brewed, vinous and spirituous or other intoxicating liquors." Full title: "The Charter of the Town of Dover [New Jersey] and the Supplements Thereto with the By-Laws and Ordinances of the Common Council, The Board of Excise Commissioners and the Board… Read More

1898. 1898 Miller, Rev George MISSOURI'S MEMORABLE DECADE 1860-1870; AN HISTORICAL SKETCH PERSONAL--POLITICAL--RELIGIOUS Columbia: Press of EW Stephens, 1898 175pp, portrait frontis 8vo Dark green cloth stamped in gold, patterned end-papers Textblock pages browned and brittle, lacking rear epage, front epage loose Contemporary faded ink signature inside front cover Corners, ends of spine lightly bumped and rubbed Scarce Very Good+ hardcover.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. First Edition. Small Octavo. 273pp., compiled by H.R. Howard.Contains the trials, confessions, and execution of a number of Murrell's associates in the state of Mississippi during the summer of 1835, and the execution of five professional gamblers but the citizens of Vicksburg, on the 6th of July, 1835. This is the earliest account of a detective's experiences in bringing to justice the Murrell gang of outlaws. Nicely rebound in 3/4 brown leather over marbled paper covered boards, spine gilt, new endpapers. [Adams-one-fifty, #73].

MADRID: EN LA IMPRENTA DE BENITO CANO, 1786. Edizione del 1786 di questa rara opera scritto da Antonio Joaquin de Ribadeneyra y Barrientos (1710-1772). L'opera, scritta in forma di poema diviso in 14 canti descrive i più importanti avvenimenti del mondo dalla sua creazione finoa l Regno di Re Ferdinando VI. E' incentrata in particolare sugli avvenimenti e curiosità del Messico, paese nel quale l'autore visse e lavorò. L'opera era composta da due tomi, siamo purtroppo in possesso del primo tomo. All'interno due planches ripiegate mostrano i segno zodiacali e i venti. Firma al frontespizio con note manoscritte. Due planches ripiegate che rappresentano i segno zodiacali e i venti. Firma al frontespizio e nota manoscritto che indica l'acquisto del volume nel 1786. In buone condizioni e completo di tutte le pagine. Copertina in piena pergamena coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso in buone condizioni generali con lievi usure ai marginie dorso. Legatura in… Read More

1860 Life of Kit Carson American Expeditions INDIANS Hunting John C Fremont

Kit Carson was one of the most famous American West frontiersmen, known for being an Indian Guide and Agent of the United States to work with native tribes. Carson's life was written about extensively throughout the 19th-century, including Charles Burdett's account. Burdett portrays Carson as a classic American folk hero, describing his expeditions westward, his trade ventures, learning to fight from Native American Indians, and his settling in Indian cultures. Other notable topics include Carson's buffalo and bear hunting excursions, as well as accounts of his involvement in John C. Fremont's expeditions.

Item number: #13662
Price: $499
BURDETT, Charles
Life of Kit Carson, the great western hunter and guide: comprising wild and romantic exploits ...: with an account of various government expeditions to the Far West
New York : D.W. Evans, 1860.

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1863 1ed CONFEDERATE Acts Virginia 1862 Civil War SLAVERY Laws Voting Wheeling

'Acts of the General Assembly' is a rare Civil War-era report regarding Virginia and the state of politics in the Union. One of the first published Acts of Assembly for the new state of West Virginia 1863 when state of West Virginia was declared a legal entity and admitted to the Union by Lincoln!
This book covers various laws and discussions of bills proposed to congress including those regarding the voting privileges only for white male home owners, coal mines in Blue Ridge Mountains, railroads, hiring of convicts, taxes on slaves, free negroes, white males, public bonds, income, and an interesting section covers the use of state lunatic asylums with much more!

Item number: #13493
Price: $499
State of Virginia
Acts of the General assembly of the state of Virginia : passed at the extra session, commenced December 4, 1862, in the 87th year of the commonwealth.
Wheeling: J.F. M'Dermot, Public Printer, 1863. 1st edition… Read More

1864 Memphis Tennessee Confederate Civil War Vicksburg Slavery Gettysburg

"Chronicles of the Great Rebellion" is an outline of the American Civil War told from an elderly citizen from Memphis, Tennessee's point of view who witnessed the war. The outline is given utilizing biblical language with a Union bent for reunification. This 1864 edition, being published near the end of the war, gives information on Buchannan, Negro troops, Secession of South Carolina, Battles of Manassas, Shiloh, New Orleans, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Nashville, as well as notes on Generals Polk, Andrew Johnson, Stephens, and Sherman, and much more!
Item number: #13240
Price: $499
SCOTT, Allen M
Chronicles of the Great Rebellion, from the beginning of the same until the fall of Vicksburg
Cincinnati, C.F. Vent & Co., 1864.

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Inscribed on first blank page: To Dan with best wishes Robert S. McNamaraClean text. Price unclipped ($4.95). Protected by Brodart dust jacket cover. Book in very good plus condition and dust jacket in very good condition, some fading along spine. Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, during which time he played a large role in escalating the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Following that, he served as President of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis. McNamara consolidated intelligence and logistics functions of the Pentagon into two centralized agencies: the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Supply Agency.Prior to public service, McNamara was one of the… Read More

Morrisana, NY, 1863. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A scarce account of the recapture of a fort at Stony Point on the Hudson River by a brigade of American light infantry under the command of General Anthony Wade. The contemporary map was drawn by Lieut. John Hills, Royal Artillery, and published in London in 1784. An unnumbered copy of a limited edition of 250 copies. viii, 156pp, heavy stock paper, colour folding map, 11 facsimile letters (mostly folding), marbled endpapers, half leather over crimson boards, bound in quarter maroon fabrikoid and crimson boards, with the blind stamp of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution on the title page. An excellent copy..

600 Pages. First Edition by the full number line. Inscribed and signed by both authors on the title page. This is a fascinating study of the all-around importance of the American Revolution's Battle of Monmouth. The book is in Like-New condition both inside and out and thus has no visible extraneous markings (other than the inscription and signature), nor any visible detriments or distractions throughout, and thus all of its printing and its portraits are in a very well-preserved and enjoyable condition. Should you order this special volume from us, it will be carefully wrapped up, padded, boxed, insured, and shipped right away to you, and will come with our genuine gratitude for your interest in the book and your order of it.

This large atlas is Volume 1 of the eventual 13 volume set printed by the University of Nebraska Press. It includes all the maps from the Lewis & Clark expedition from St. Louis, Missouri to the mouth of the Coumbia River on the Pacific Coast and many of the return journey, including many others by earlier explorers that the expedition relied upon. Includes a preface and introduction that provides the historical context of the expedition and the short biographies of the main players along with a detailed explanation of how the maps were discovered, organized and included in the book. Due to the size of the atlas, extra shipping charges will apply, not to exceed $24. NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING ON THIS LARGE BOOK.
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No Expedited Shipping outside of the United States.

London: Printed by J. Phillips, 1789. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 37 pages. Hardcover rebound in mid-20th century 3/4 leather with marbled paper-covered boards. Red leather label with gilt lettering on the front board. The red leather label is scuffed but still bright. The binding of the book shows light to moderate wear. Prior owner's 20th century bookplate on the front pastedown. New endpapers. The text is a bit toned, and the title page and terminal leaf show heavier toning. The text is generally clean. Scarce. Henry Beaufoy (1750-1795) was a British Member of Parliament and was the son of a Quaker merchant (although after marriage he conformed to the Church of England). In April, 1791 he voted for abolition of the slave trade but revised his position towards gradual abolition in 1792.

Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Testu, 1793. First Edition First Printing . Leather Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. [iv], 176, 104, [1] pages. Hardcover rebound in full black leather (20th century). Modern gilt lettering on the spine, which as a couple of simple rules at the headcap and the foot of the spine. The book binder's receipt ("3.27" may suggest a 1927 rebinding, but it looks to be more likely from the 1950s; rebound by Joseph Ruzicka). Light wear to the binding. New endpapers. The old front flyleaf is laid in loosely and has a mid-20th century owner's bookplate attached. A sound copy. The text shows some toning but appears overall clean. The last leaf, an Errata, has some repairs on the fore edge. Text is in French. Jean-Baptiste Gabriel Larchevesque-Thibaud (1745-1817) was born on Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) and had a coffee plantation there. He was also a French politician and was a deputy to the Estates General of 1789.… Read More

DOUBLE SIGNED IN PERSON BY CONGRESSMAN LEWIS & ARTIST ANDREW AYDIN at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington DC. P&P bookmark included. A lovely and scarce true first printing in near fine gift-worthy condition (spine extremities bumped). Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.