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1893021702Houghton Mifflin: 1893. First published in 1886 this book is the 1893 printing 382 pages. "The struggles and the agony by which this poor and isolated community freed itself from it gloomy bondage the means by which it secularized its education and its government won for itself the blessing of free thought and speech and matured a system of constitutional liberty which has been the foundation of the American Union rise in dignity to one of the supreme efforts of mankind." FINE- HARDCOVER dark green cloth covers gilt lettering is bright on the spine. A nice clean tight copy. Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Houghton Mifflin: Hardcover
19164090066Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1916. Hardcover. Good. Exlibrary marks. Signed by Henry Cabot Lodge "H. C. Lodge" on ffep with additional inscription. Sound binding and hinges. Clean tanned pages. Cloth over boards has general shelf wear bumped corners gilt lettering label at lower spine. Autobiography of Charles Francis Adams Jr. American author historian and railroad and park commissioner who served as the president of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1884 to 1890. Published posthumously. Ex-Library; 9.75" tall; 224 pages; Signed by Associated. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
13647N.p.: N.p. n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 8pp. Near fine. Minor binding traces else clean and attractive. Eloquent speechifying by the son of John Quincy Adams who predicts the downfall of slavery and the inevitable victory of the Union. "The Confederate experiment will ignominiously fail" he intones. Soon after this Adams was named U.S. Minister to the Court of St. James where he was embroiled in the Trent affair. First edition. SABIN 186 which misquotes the title. N.p. paperback
1952017564New York: Henry Schuman 1952. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth gilt on dark blue title panel on upper spine. Slightly rubbed spine extremities and corners bottom front corner slightly curled otherwise nearly as issued. Former owner's signature and date on front flyleaf. Signed by author on tipped-in specially printed leaf preceding main title. xii253 pp. illus. Dust jacket is rubbed at corners with a bit of surface soiling on rear panel mildly rubbed edges and joints with original publisher's price of $4.00 fully intact on front flap now in mylar. Henry Schuman Hardcover
1986014876New York New York U.S.A.: Library of America 1986 First edition stated fourth printing. 8vo. Dark blue linen binding ribbon marker decorated end papers in cream-colored gilt-decorated slipcase. 1308 pp. Fine in fine slipcase. Library of America hardcover
1940003387New York: Scribner's 1940 James Truslow Adams Dictionary of American History. New York: Scribner's 1940. Second edition. 5 Volumes plus Supplement One Volume VI 1961 and Index. 7 volumes total complete. 4to. Blue cloth binding. Gold on black titles and gold decoration. Blindstamped ruling. Decorated endpapers. Ex-reference library with reference bookplate inside front cover library stamp and discard notice on rear. Unusually clean and solid copies that appear barely used. If not for library stamp etc. would be "near fine". References arranged alphabetically. Unique and useful reference work. Very good in cloth. Scribner's hardcover
195417464New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Red leather with black and gilt lettering on spine gold insignia of Liberty Bell on cover black and white photographs and drawings throughout each volume. Volume 1: The Rise of The Union; Volume 2: A Half Century of Expansion; Volume 3: Civil War and Aftermath; Volume 4: America and World Power; Volume 5: The Record of 1933-1941; Volume 6: The Record of 1942-1954. B&W Illustrations Numerous Volume 1: The Rise of the Union; Volume 2: A Half-Century of Expansion; Volume 3: Civil War & Reconstruction; Volume 4: America and World Power; Volume 5: The Record of 1933-1941; Volume 6: Annual Supplements 4. . Spines slightly faded edges yellowed with some small marks else fine. VERY GOOD. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
193320526New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1933. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt and red decorations pictorial dust jacket. xvi 428pp. Tipped-in frontispiece unique to this copy numerous illustrations decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Second printing tight and handsome of the first volume only of this multi-volume U.S. overview and in the seldom-seen lovely jacket. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a fine Typed Note Signed from Adams 1p 8½" X 5½" Southport CT 7 November 1940. Addressed to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates 1914-93. On his imprinted letterhead Adams tells this admirer "Thank you so much for your letter of October 18th which happened to be written on my birthday and which I greatly appreciated." Signed boldly in full in black ink. An all-around sharp and unusual copy. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1835DEMO004004IWashington: Gales and Seaton 1835. First edition. Paperback. fair. 8vo 32 68 pages disbound stained lacking wrappers <br/><br/>Bound with AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF NEWBURYPORT AT THEIR REQUEST ON THE SIXTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE JULY 4TH 1837. Morss And Brewster Newburyport Herald Office: Newburyport Massachusetts 1837. Sabin 295; Sabin 294 Note: Sabin is not specific but WorldCat cites only an imprint for this by C. Whipple. Inked signature on the dedication page. Gales and Seaton paperback
1834007887Washington: Gales and Seaton. First edition. Original wrappers. Published Washington: Gales and Seaton 1834. 8vo. wrappers 5 3/8" x 8 10/16" 43pp. 3 blank pp. Adams' speech which was suppressed on the floor of the House. Name in ink on title page mild tone offset to the text else very good. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st. 1834. Gales and Seaton paperback
1951232495Charles Scribner's Sons 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Beautiful matching 7 volume set with blue boards witShipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes not envelopes.h gilt lettering. Volume 7 in matching binder. Just minimal wear and no markings inside. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
197925614University of South Carolina Press. 1979. Hardcover. 1st ed in gilt-stamped brown cloth covers that show scant wear; pages tight clean unmarked. Light DJ edgewear with small edge tears. ; . University of South Carolina Press, hardcover
197925615University of South Carolina Press. 1979. Hardcover. 1st ed in gilt-stamped brown cloth covers that show scant wear; pages tight clean unmarked. Faint DJ wear. A very attractive copy. ; . University of South Carolina Press, hardcover
198340522Atlanta:: R. J. Taylor Jr. Foundation. 1983. Softcover. Oversize stapled paperback with light wear to covers including tiny splits at upper and lower spine bit of cover scuffing/soil. Some pages notated in margins with paperclip impressions at upper edge paperclips now removed . 106 pages. ; . R. J. Taylor Jr. , Foundation, paperback
1976055277Winston-Salem N. C.: Martinsville-Henry County Woman's Club / Hunter Publishing Co. 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 173 pages Indexed. Hardcover with a brown pictorial dust jacket. The jacket is worn and has some edge tears and chips especially at the headcap of the spine. The book is sound with secure inner hinges. There is a nick in the cloth at the bottom edge of the front cover. Text is clean. Illustrated throughout. <br/> <br/> Martinsville-Henry County Woman's Club / Hunter Publishing Co. hardcover
1961BOOKS060765INew York: Macmillan. Fine copy in nearly fine slipcase. 1961. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 354 pp. Limited to 350 numbered copies signed by the author & illustrator . Macmillan hardcover
1978SB16615Denver CO: Denver Art Museum 1978. Front cover sunned at the spine; Textblock very clean and tight photographs by Robert Adams. All page edges are straight and sound. Lightly shelf soiled small creases to the corners. No pagination. Scenes of the Colorado prairie. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Robert Adams Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Denver Art Museum Paperback
1970SB17599Boulder CO: Colorado Associated University Press 1970. Signed by author in blue pen on ffep. Gift quality copy immaculate and tight textblock 57 b&w photographs taken by the author. Related article laid in. All page edges are straight and sound. Black cloth binding. Price clipped dust jacket tears to the front and back corner on the head of the spine slightly edge worn tear on the top back edge. Unpaginated. Wynar/Depp 8369. Signed by Author. First Edition. Black Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good in mylar. Illus. by Robert Hickman Adams. 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Hardcover. Colorado Associated University Press Hardcover
1889BOOKS069896ISyracuse NY: The Syracuse Journal Company 1889. HC. good rebound in maroon buckram cloth hardcover. B&W illustrations map. PART FIRST pages 1-544 is the Gazetteer followed by PART SECOND - BUSINESS DIRECTORY page 1-280. CONDITION NOTE: Slight cant to book block some occasional foxing some water staining to portrait plates but not surround pages. The Syracuse Journal Company unknown
1973009008Austin TX: The Texas Memorial Museum 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. Paper covers. xiv 215 pages. Illustrated. Index. A solid copy with only light wear. <br/> <br/> The Texas Memorial Museum paperback
1976003022Washington D.C: National Gallery of Art 1976. xlii 412 pp. descriptive catalogue listing 609 works most illustrated 12 color exhibition organized for the Bicentennial. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. National Gallery of Art paperback
198727703Jonesboro GA: Freedom Hill Press 1987. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. 161pp. Illustrations. Very good. Ownership name/address penned on front flyleaf; mild bit of faint soiling to binding. Tight and nice facsimile of the scarce 1912 first edition -- a volume in this publisher's "Georgia Military History Series." Uncommon. Freedom Hill Press hardcover
199322719Fayetteville Ga. :: Americana Historical Books. NF/NF. 1993. Hardcover. 1881454029 . Covers contents DJ crisp bright tight; appears unread. A very attractive copy. ; . Americana Historical Books, hardcover
199322443Fayetteville Ga. :: Americana Historical Books. NF/NF. 1993. Hardcover. 1881454029 . Covers contents DJ crisp bright tight; appears unread. A very attractive copy. ; . Americana Historical Books, hardcover
198734974Jonesboro Ga. :: Freedom Hill Press Inc. . NF/NONE. 1987. Hardcover. 0944259014 . Covers clean bright with minimal signs of wear. Pages tight clean unmarked. No DJ. ; . Freedom Hill Press, Inc. , hardcover