The Pilgrims and Pocahontas: Rival Myths of American Origin
Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xxii, 378 pages. Illustrated. More
American History
Salem Commons and Commoners: or the Economic Beginnings of Massachusetts
Salem: Printed for the Essex Institute, 1882. Hardcover. Quarto. 81 pages. Marbled paper covered boards. Gilt title "Salem Commons" stamped on the cloth spine. Spine is chipped missing a large section of cloth. Ex-institutional copy with circular, blind embossed stamp from the Long Island Historical Society located on the title..... More
A Letter to Mr. Harrison Gray Otis
A Member of the Senate of Massachusetts, on the Present State of Our National Affairs, With Remarks Upon Mr. T. Pickering's Letter, To the Governor of the Commonwealth With an Appendix Written July 1824. Baltimore: Office of the Baltimore Patriot, 1824. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 29 pages. Wraps bound in..... More
Journal of American History Vol. VII
Greenfield, Indiana: Journal of American History, 1913. First Edition. Three-quarter leather. Thick quarto. [12], 809-1431 pages. Illustrated in color and in black and white. Three-quarter brown leather with black cloth covered boards. 4 raised bands and gilt title on spine. Leather chipped upper spine. Edge wear to boards. Some rubs..... More
Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society. Volume IV.
Archaeologia Americana. Boston: Printed for the Society. Printed by John Wilson and Son, 22, School Street, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Ex-library copy. [1], viii, 355 pages, errata page, [1]. Reddish marbled paper covered boards. Leather corners and spine. Former institutional copy with markings and or labels on the spine..... More
Annual Report of the American Historical Association for The Year 1913
Volume I only. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1915. Hardcover. 8vo. 434 pages. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Untrimmed foredge. Volume 1 of 2 volumes for the year 1913. Articles include "Charleston During the Civil War (p.167)" and "Bombardment of Fort Sumter (p. 177)." More
History of Macon County 1976
Signed by the editor. Macon County, Illinois: Macon County Historical Society, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. iv, 555 pages, [2]. Illustrated. Dark blue cloth hardcover with title and county seal on the front cover and title on the spine. Signed by the editor on the right front flyleaf. Previous owner's..... More
Historical Collections, Being A General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c., Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town In Massachusetts, With Geographical Descriptions
Worcester: Dorr, Howland & Co., 1839. Leather bound. Octavo. [1], viii, pages 9-624. Illustrated with a frontispiece, color folding map of Massachusetts, plates, and illustrations in text. Marbled calf leather binding with gilt borders on the covers and gilt title and decorations on the spine. Marbled end papers. Boards are..... More
The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry with Legends of The Surrounding Country
Shepherdstown, West Virginia: Women's Club of Harpers Ferry District. Printed By The Shepherdstown Register, Inc., 1979. Eighth printing. Paperback. Paperback. 200 pages, [10] pages advertisements and 1958 Patron Sponsor list. Illustrated cover. One frontispiece photograph. Light foxing to the back cover. More
A Short History of the United States 1492-1920
New York: Macmillan, 1923. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, p42 pages, [3]. Dark cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Illustrated with black and white and colored maps. Formerly owned by Atlanta Historian Franklin Garrett with his pasted down typed and cut out label on the front paste down; call numbers taped..... More
Documentary History of the State of Maine. Volume VI Containing The Baxter Manuscripts
Portland, OR: The Thurston Print, 1900. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 526 pages. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title to spine. Previous owners name in ink on the right front flyleaf. Light foxing on the end papers. Binding is lightly shaken. Light shelf wear to the cloth boards. More
America History and Life Volume 1 Number 1 July 1964
Santa Barbara: Clio Press for American Bibliographical Center, 1964. First Edition. Soft cover. Quarto. xi, 92 pages. Stapled soft cover with illustration of Pet-A-Le-Shar-Ro (A Pawnee Brave) and title on front cover. Some scattered scuff marks on front cover mostly around edges. More
Early Rehoboth Documented Historical Studies of Families and Events in This Plymouth Colony Township. Vol. I
Rehoboth, Massachusetts: Privately Printed, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x, 164 pages, [1]. Illustrations and a folding map. Brown cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and spine. Previous owner inscription top left corner of the front paste down. Shelf wear to the front cover. Interior contents clean. More
Our County and Its People A Descriptive and Biological Record of Bristol County Massachusetts
Prepared and Published Under the Auspices of The Fall River News and The Taunton Gazette. With the Assistance of Hon. Alanson Borden of New Bedford. [Boston]: The Boston History Company, 1890. Hardcover. Thick, heavy, quarto. Repaired. [4], xii, 799 pages (history, biography, etc.), 418 pages, [3]. Illustrated mostly with engraved..... More
A Popular History of The United States, From the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere By the Northmen, to the End of the Civil War. Preceded by a Sketch of the Pre-Historic Period and the Age of the Mound Builders
Four volumes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1881. Hardcover. Quartos. 4 volumes. Volume I: [1], xxxviii, 562 pages, [1]. Volume II: [1], xxii, 605 pages, [1]. Volume III: [1], xxii, 628 pages, [1]. Volume IV: [1], xxii, 648 pages, [1]. Illustrated with dozens of steel engravings and several illustrations. Dark..... More
The Old Northwest Pioneer Period 1815-1840.
A matched set. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1950-1964. Hardcover. Octavos. Matched set. Volume I xvi, 632 pages. Illustrated. Volume 2: x, 686 pages. Light cloth hardcovers with varying red title labels on the spines. Some wrinkling to the cloth spine volume 1 else very good condition. Volume 2 printed in..... More
Lyme Records 1667-1730 A Literal Transcription of the Minutes of the Town Meetings with Marginal Notations, to which hath been Appended Land Grants and Ear Marks
Sponsored by Patriotic Inhabitants & Friends of the Town Whose Names Are Recorded in the List of Subscribers. Stonington, Conn. The Pequot Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 190 pages. Frontispiece and another illustration before page 1. Brown hardcover with red corners. Title on the spine. Light edge wear to..... More
The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xx, [1], 334 pages, [2]. A few illustrations. More
Washington: The National Capital
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Blue cloth hardcover. xxv, 736 pages. Illustrated. Foxing on the endpapers and the page edges. Shelf wear to the covers. More
Cambridge in the "Centennial." Proceedings, July 3, 1875, in Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of Washington's Taking Command of the Continental Army, On Cambridge Common.
Cambridge: Printed by Order of City Council, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 177 pages. Photograph frontispiece and illustration of the Soldiers Monument in text. Brown cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Green floral end papers. Ex-institutional copy from the Long Island Historical Society with a blind embossed circle stamp..... More
Exercises in Celebrating the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of Cambridge Held December 28, 1880
Cambridge: Printed by Order of City Council. Charles W. Sever. 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt illustrations, black decorations, black illustration, and gilt title on the front cover. Ex-institutional copy from the Long Island Historical Society with label on the front paste down and purple stamps..... More
1731-1896 The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts
Published in Two Parts. Part I. - General History of the Town. Part II. - Town Meeting Records. Complete in One Volume. Amherst: Carpenter & Morehouse, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo. [1], xiv, [1], 640 pages (Part I), [2], 263 pages, [1]. Frontispiece portrait of Lord Amherst. Illustrated. Brown..... More
Things As They Are In America
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi, 364 pages, [2] pages ads, [1]. Gray cloth hardcover with blind stamped borders and publisher's initials on boards. Gilt stamped title on spine. Upper right front cover corner bumped. Light edge wear to cloth upper spine. Blue and..... More
Annals of the Cincinnati Historical Society
Published by Order of the Society. Cincinnati: Printed by R. P. Donough & Co., 1845. First Edition. Wraps. Wraps. Approx. 9.5" x 6". 12 pages. Pages are loose and separated. Small repaired tear on the front cover. A nother small tear on pages 9 and 10. Contents include names on..... More
Fifth Report of the Record Commissioners. 1880. Revised Edition.
'Gleaner' Articles'. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1887. Hardcover. Octavo. x, 232 pages, [2]. Dark brown cloth hardcover with gilt title and city seal on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Former institutional copy from Framingham Historical and Natural History Society with two label on the front..... More