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19381124290Boston: Nathan Sawyer 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. green dec. cloth 18 79 pages : ports. illustrations small piece missing ner top of spine of front cover no d.j as issued No. 59 of a limited edition of 350 copies CONTENTS: Schooling in Paradise; Provincial Records; Caroline Wentworth Morse 1832-1889; Clarence Seminary 1858-1860; PAradise Seminary 1860-1862; Documentary Fragments Provincial and Local Fragments Account Books Assessors List Family Bibles Inventories and Elliot Letetrs " I Rememmber" Size: 8 vo. Nathan Sawyer, Hardcover
1986056503Sydney: The Author 1986. viii 168 pp b&w illustrations appendix references index end-paper maps. Textured papered boards gilt titles in jacket. Light foxing to page edges and prelims.This is the story of the men and women of the 19th century who by choice or circumstance crossed the Great Dividing Range to build their lives in the new inland. It tells of the towns founded through their endeavours the pastoral empires penal settlements gold and mining towns each of which played a vital role in the history of Australia. The story unfolds through the buildings that have survived. Each building has been selected to reflect as aspect of Australia's early history to tell of a typical pioneer or to feature an outstanding event. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. The Author
1979027682Benson Minnesota: Swift County Historical Society 1979. Appears unread. Cover is in Near Fine condition only a tiny bit of very mild shelwear. NOT shaken. Hinges both inner and outer are PERFECT with none of the cracks or weakening that afflict so many copies of this very very heavy book. Internally FINE. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked - apparently seldom if ever read. This uncommon volume is a wonderful historical and genealogical resource with text and pictures for hundreds of Swift County Minnesota pioneers settlers residents and their families. Includes fascinating history about the settling and history of the area. Printed by Taylor Publishing Company Dallas Texas. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs maps drawings etc. Illustrated endpapers. Oversize Hardcover. 9.5" wide by 12.25" tall by 2.25" thick. This large extremely heavy nearly 10 pounds before packaging book will require SUBSTANTIAL extra postage for International shipments but only the standard charge for priority or media mail. Bound in original textured maroon leatherette with raised copper-color foil stamping and an embossed map of the County on the front cover. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine - Fine condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 962pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Swift County Historical Society Hardcover
198421258Tacoma WA: Tacomal-Pierce County Genealogical Society. Very Good. 1984-1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Except for the library binding the contents are "fine." this volume contains 8 issues of the publication. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 414 pages . Tacomal-Pierce County Genealogical Society hardcover
2012026820Banner Digital 2012. Very Good condition. This is the autobiography of Nallie Wyatt as told to her son Johnnie Wyatt. Illustrated with 10 b/w family photographs. Includes a lot of genealogical info such as: "We trace our history on both sides of my family back prior to the Civil War. Rollin's father was sold to an Alabama farm somewhere around the mid 1840s." Bound in the original pictorial wraps. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 149pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Banner Digital Paperback
1993056460Australia: Heritage Research Publishing 1993. viii 116pp addendum endnotes appendices bw ills map. Pictorial blue card. Light edge wear to cover. SIGNED by both authors on title page. An account of the voyage and settlement of the passengers of the David McIver in 1863 and the Montmorency which arrived 2 weeks later. Second in a series highlighting the importance of immigrant ships to the history of Maryborough Queensland district. Includes passenger and descendant lists. Signed by the Authors. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Heritage Research Publishing Paperback
1985056188Atherton Tablelend NQ.: Atherton Centenary Book Committee 1985. 106pp bw ills. Pictorial card. Vertical crease to front cover minor foxing. Foreword by Flo Bjelke-Petersen. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Atherton Centenary Book Committee Paperback
1978055380Townsville: James Cook University 1978. xiv 246pp index bibliography appendicesbw ills. Blue card covers. Near new. A regional study of pastoral squatting in the Kennedy district of North Queensland which was thrown open for settlement in 1861. Focuses primarily on the experience during the first decade of one pioneering family- that of Elizabeth and Joseph Hahn who settled in the Upper Burdekin in 1862. Mainly social in emphasis it also touches on the geographical environment stock management economics and marketing land legislation politics and race relations. Concentrates on the northern sector which encompasses the whole of the Herbert-Burdekin basins as well as the frontier townships of Bowen Cardwell Townsville and Dalrymple and later Charters Towers and Ravenswood. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. James Cook University Paperback
1987032597Childers Qld.: Isis Shire Council 1987. x 430pp bibliography notes num bw ills. Or card covers. Slight silverfish surface damage to front cover 6 line gift note inside front cover several page corners turned. An excellent local history of the Isis Shire centred on the town of Childers. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Isis Shire Council Paperback
1988055576Tara: TAra & District Historical Society. 1988. viii 260pp num bw ills maps. Green pictorial card covers. Light spotting to rear cover. An excellent history of Tara Shire with much of genealogical interest as well as material on the original aboriginal inhabitants timber and wool industries and all aspects of social activity in the region. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Fitzgerald Geraldine cover art. 4to. TAra & District Historical Society. Paperback
2005054558Taroom Qld.: Taroom Shire Council. 2005. xvi 400pp index bibliography appendices bw & col ills map. Pictorial card covers. Tiny scuff to top front edge of spine. Local history of the mainly pastoral Taroom Shire in western Queensland. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Taroom Shire Council. Paperback
1949012708Stoke-on-Trent: Wood Mitchell and Co. Ltd. 1949. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed Associational. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt. Cloth lightly spotted in places with gilt beginning to dull otherwise virtually as issued. Dust jacket shows mild rubbing along top edge with short closed tear at head of spine light soiling/toning now in Brodart sleeve. xxvi135 pp. illus. w/ 55 plates some color foldout family chart at rear. Signed on front flyleaf by William Anthony Adams b. 1909 dated 24 Aug. 1964 beneath which former owner J. H. Blair has handwritten a note dated 28 Aug. 1964 that Mr. Adams explained while inscribing that he was a 17th generation descendant of William Adams of Burslem. Wood, Mitchell and Co., Ltd. Hardcover
20007810Austin Texas: Texas State Genealogical Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. First Printing. Hardcover. 0970439148 . Book is clean and tight. Bottom of spine is bumped. In the index there are a few names with red marker. Tall book. Inside front cover has former owner's label. ; Vol. 1; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 432 pages . Texas State Genealogical Society hardcover
1955ZB373408Madrid: 1955. 24 pp. translated from the Spanish; covers darkened else very good softcover. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Madrid: paperback
1993055584Falmouth Tas.: The Author 1993. HEAVY. xiii 390pp epilogue bibliography/sources index num bw ills maps. Pictorial card. Front cover creased. A comprehensive and substantial local history of Falmouth Tasmania from 1828 onwards with much of genealogical interest. Falmouth is located on the northeast coast of Tasmania. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. The Author Paperback
1990012050Acadiensis Press 1990. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Subtitled:" The History of a Piece of Arrested British Colonial Policy in the Eighteenth Century". Dustjacket has some small rips. Spotting on page edges. Inside is clean. . Acadiensis Press Hardcover
1999055072Brisbane: Lang's Ships Reunion Committee 1999. 224pp several sheets family trees loosely inserted; family trees throughout few bw ills. Light black on green card spiral bound. A little light edge wear to cover. An invaluable reference fro descendants of the 1849 English immigrants to Moreton Bay in 1849. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good. 4to. Lang's Ships Reunion Committee Paperback
1991AZ793-003Miami Beach FL: T. L. C. Genealogy 1991. Book. Very Good. Plastic Comb. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pages clean and free of Writing or marks. T. L. C. Genealogy Paperback
DA09C-03827T.L.C. Genealogy. Collectible - Good. Miami Beach FL: T.L.C. Genealogy 1992. 4to Paperback. 221pp. Good book. Top and bottom corners of covers and first initial pages creased. ohio genealogy taxation land and property indexes registers of births Inquire if you need further information. T.L.C. Genealogy paperback
19661125559915<p>Lafayette La.: Evangeline Pub. Co 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author on tp. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. red cloth gilt spine viii 419 pages illustrations 24 cm. signed by author on front end paper "Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc's family tree": 1 fold. leaf tipped-in at rearIncludes bibliographical references.C0NTENTS: I. Origin of the name -- II. Early settlements of Acadia -- III. The population growth-Acadian names and their origin -- IV. The Acadian people -- V. Cruel and destructive attacks on Acadia -- VI. Acadia ceded to England : the British kings of that period -- VII. Acadians refuse to take unqualified oath yet British governors prevent them from leaving Acadia -- VIII. British deception -- IX. War : Acadians true to aoth -- X. British deception continues -- XI. England reinforcing Acadia -- XII. England reinforcing Acadia -- XII. Lawrence's preparation for the exile and positive proof that the Acadians were not rebellious -- XIII. The order of deportation an dthe order to separate members of families -- XIV. Plans for the deporatations -- XV. Notice to embark -- XVI. Adrift on the sea : in the hands of the enemy -- XVII. Population of Acadia at the time of the exile -- XVIII. The Acadians : their religion -- XIX. Separation of families -- XX. In exile -- XXI. The Carolinas -- XXII. Striving to return to Acadia -- XXIII. Exile continues after 1755 -- XXIV. Fugitives from Nova Scotia -- XXV. Acts of unbelievable cruelty to Acadians and Indians by the English -- XXVI. The causes and those responsible for the Acadian exile -- XXVII. The Acadians are welcomed in Louisiana -- XXVIII. Acadians in England France and in the American colonies -- XXIX. What some historians say about Acadian exile -- XXX. Early history of Louisiana : the German colony -- XXXI. Louisiana Acadians under Spanish rule -- XXXII. The Acadian exile and the American Revolutionary War -- XXXIII. Spain helps U.S.A. and declares war against Britain -- XXXIV. The Acadian miracle -- Appendix -- I. Petition of the Acadians deported to Philadelphia to the King of England -- II. Census of Acadia in 1686 -- III. Census of the early Acadian settlements in Louisiana -- IV. Acadians who participated in the Revolutionary War -- V. Names of Acadians who landed in South Carolina.</p> Evangeline Pub. Co, hardcover
199536605Spartanburg: The Reprint Company 1995. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. xviii 671 pages 4 blank pages to be used for recording marriages births etc. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Several illustrations. Illustrated map end papers. Interior contents clean and unmarked. Scarce. The Reprint Company hardcover
2021223007Aylmer ON Canada: Pathway Press 2021. Book. New. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New oversize hardcover 2021 3rd printing 560 pp. Article on author inlaid. Organized alphabetically by state then community multi-page entries detail the families and relationships of these former settlements some of which lasted for decades. Ironically some states with a number of successful Amish communities also have high numbers of ones that did not survive - Ohio Michigan and Pennsylvania for instance. Book Condition: New. Glossy covers no dust jacket as issued. ab. Pathway Press Hardcover
194933965Boston: Self published 1949. Hardcover. Good. Tall quartos. 3 volumes. Unpaginated. Faded blue cloth hardcovers with stamped titles on the front covers and spines. Shelf wear rubs and scratches to the cloth bindings. Ex-institutional copies with labels on the front paste downs and discard stamp on each label from "The Lucius M. Boltwood Historical and Genealogical Collection in The Jones Library Inc. Amherst Massachusetts." <br /> <br /> Volume 1 "Adams to Gould" consists of 168 typed copied pages front sides only. 5 pasted down typed additional genealogy information located on the versos of 5 pages. <br /> <br /> Volume 2 "Grant to Rice" consists of 167 pages on the front sides. 2 of the pages have typed pasted down additional genealogy information on the versos. <br /> <br /> Volume 3 has 157 typed copied pages on the front sides only. 4 pasted down typed additions to the genealogy located on the versos of 4 of the pages. Several of the pages in all volumes have written corrections to the manuscripts. Cloth bindings in good condition with some faded edges. Some light yellow toning to the copy paper edges. Obscure genealogy covering over 200 families. Self published hardcover
195434846Newton Massachusetts: Modern Press 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavos. Two volumes. Volume I: P-102 600 pages. Volume II: 2 P-103-P-114 pages 601-1294. Frontispiece illustrations. Each volume illustrated. Color armorial plate of the Carlisle family volume 2. Blue cloth hardcovers with titles on the covers and spines. Light shelf wear to the covers. Light toning to the foredge. No markings inside. Each volume inscribed signed by "Carlisle Gustin. Modern Press hardcover
RGW26367Plates illus. pedigrees; spotting to some leaves. Large 8vo orig. pink boards paper spine labels spine faded a few vols chipped at head of spine some corners bumped uncut A very useful source for genealogical information by a number of distinguished writers. hardcover