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Anderson, Nancy Scott and Dwight.   GENERALS: ULYSSES S. GRANT AND ROBERT E. LEE  
New York: Knopf, 1988. Book Club ed. 523 pages. Hardcover. 0394521064 0-394-52106-4. This dual biography follows America's most celebrated generals from their childhoods through West Point, the Mexican War, the 1850s, and the Civil War.
Fine/VG. Clean, tight, unmarked book. Dj very light edgewear, 1/2" closed tear. # A9231. $7.50     Inquire Now  
Andrist, editor, Ralph K.   CONFIDENT YEARS (SLIPCASED EDITION)  
New York: American Heritage, No Date. 400 pages. Hardcover. 0828100284 0-8281-0028-4. The American Heritage History of the Period Between the Civil War and World War I, a time when citizens believed they lived in a safe and well-ordered world. Hundreds of color and b/w illustrations.
Fine/No Jacket. In a fine condition pictorial slipcase. # A8569. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Armey, Rep. Dick.   THE FREEDOM REVOLUTION (SIGNED 1ST)  
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 1995. 1st ed. 318 pages. Hardcover. 0895264692 0-89526-469-2. Former House Majority Leader Armey writes on why big government failed, how freedom works & how to rebuild America. If GWB's admin is how Republicans rebuild, we're in deep doo. SIGNED by Armey.
Fine/Fine. # A9167. $15.00     Inquire Now  
Baker, James A.   THE POLITICS OF DIPLOMACY: REVOLUTION, WAR & PEACE 1988-1992 (SIGPolitics of Dip  
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. 1st ed. 687 pages. Hardcover. 0399140875 0-399-14087-5. Baker writes of his years as Secretary of State under Bush 41. B/w photos throughout, notes, indexed. SIGNED & INSCRIBED on title page: to -- with thanks for all your support and best wishes, Jim Baker.
Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Baker in a greenish ink. # B0044. $72.00     Inquire Now  
Barbour, William.   MASS MEDIA: OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS SERIES  
San Diego: Greenhaven, 1994. 306 pages. Hardcover. 1565101073 1-56510-107-3. Opposing Viewpoints Series frequently used as reference for school debate.
As New/No Jacket. A new hardcover book in new condition. # 04801. $17.95     Inquire Now  
Barry, John M.   GREAT INFLUENZA: THE EPIC STORY OF THE DEADLIEST PLAGUE IN HISTORGreat Influenza  
New York: Penguin Books, 2005. Reprint. 546 pages. Paperback. 0143036491 0-14-303649-1.
As New/Wraps. A new book in new condition. # B2961. $7.00     Inquire Now  
Beers, Henry Putney.   FRENCH IN NORTH AMERICA: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO FRENCH ARCHIVES, REPRODUCTIONS AND RESEACH MISSIONS  
Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1957. 413 pages. Hardcover. Good back resource on diplomatic and other archive material related to the French in the New World.
VG/Good. Light foxing to edges, else VG+, clean, tight, no marks. # B0854. $38.00     Inquire Now  
Beers, F.W.   REPRODUCTION OF THE 1876 COUNTY ATLAS OF SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA  
Somerset, PA: Historical/Genealogical, 1994. Limited ed. 110 pages. Hardcover. 14.25" X 11.50" dark blue hardcover 1994 limited printing reproduction of the 1876 Somerset County atlas, containing 100 maps.
Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. 1994 printing. # B0501. $45.00     Inquire Now  
Belden, Thomas G. and Marva R.   SO FELL THE ANGELS  
Boston: Little, Brown, 1956. 1st ed. 401 pages. Hardcover. From a private library, no name or numbers, all that remains is a pocket on rear pastedown.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Clean, tight. corners and tips bumped. No Dj. # B2616. $7.00     Inquire Now  
Bernikow, Louise.   AMERICAN WOMEN'S ALMANAC: AN INSPIRING AND IRREVERENT WOMEN'S HISTORY  
New York: Berkley Books, 1997. 1st ed. 388 pages. Hardcover. 0425156869 0-425-15686-9. A fun and lively photo history of women in America. Hundreds of b/w photos.
Fine/Fine. # A9254. $8.95     Inquire Now  
Bingham, F.F.   ASHORE AT MAIDEN'S WALK  
New York: Broadway Publishing Co., 1913. 1st ed. 192 pages. Hardcover. Novel of Civil War blockade runners off the Florida coast by F.F. (Fraiser Franklin) Bingham. Very scarce. Decorative navy cloth cover with pastedown illustration.
Good+/No Jacket. Light spotting, else VG. # B2286. $215.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bishop, Jim.   A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON  
New York: Random House, 1967. 1st ed. 274 pages. Hardcover.
Fine/Fine. A very nice copy. # B0542. $10.00     Inquire Now  
Boorstin, Daniel J.   VISITING OUR PAST: AMERICA'S HISTORYLANDS  
Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 1986. Revised ed. 400 pages. Hardcover. 0870446460 0-87044-646-0. Essays & color pictures tell America's story. A supplemental booklet has maps & directions to hundreds of historic sites all across the country.
Fine/Near Fine. # A5636. $10.75     Inquire Now  
Bradley, James.   FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS  
New York: Bantam Books, 2000. Reprint. 376 pages. Hardcover. 0553111337 0-553-11133-7. Moving account of the battle for Iwo Jima. B/w photos, indexed.
Fine/Fine. Perfect copy, appears unread. # B3092. $6.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Brown, Dee.   BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE AN INDIAN HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WEST  
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971. Book Club ed. 487 pages. Hardcover. 0030853222 0-03-085322-2.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, straight, tight. No name or marks. # B3042. $12.00     Inquire Now  
Bryan, Mary E.   WILD WORK: THE STORY OF THE RED RIVER TRAGEDY  
New York: D. Appleton, 1881. 1st ed. 410 pages. Hardcover. Historical novel set in the Reconstruction period. Quite scarce.
X-Lib Good+/No Jacke. Library pockets & stamps, spot on cover, otherwise tight and clean. # B0325. $115.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bryant, Ira B.   ANDREW JACKSON YOUNG, MR. AMBASSADOR  
Hosuton: D. Armstrong Company, 1979. 1st ed. 79 pages. Hardcover. Biography of Young, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. B/w photos.
As New/As New. A new copy still in shrinkwrap. # A8113. $10.75     Inquire Now  
Bunker, John.   HARBOR & HAVEN: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY FO THE PORT OF NEW YORK  
Woodland Hills: Windsor Publications, 1979. 302 pages. Hardcover. 0897810023 0-89781-002-3. Photohistory of the port of New York. Lots of b/w photos. 15 pages in color.
VG/No Jacket. # A9988. $7.25     Inquire Now  
Burcham, Carl.   HISTORY'S MESSAGES: MARVELS OF THE MAIL COMMEMORATING THE 20TH CONGRESS OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION  
no place: U.S. Postal Service, 1989. 30 pages. Paperback. No stamps included. Clean, tight, no name or marks.
Near Fine/Wraps. Slight soft crease on cover. # B2608. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Camp Custer, .   PREPAREDNESS VOL. V: SIXTH CORPS AREA, CAMP CUSTER MICHIGAN 1925  
Chicago: Military Training Camps, 1925. 284 pages. Hardcover. Camp Custer annual for 1925, general history of the camps plus specific rosters of the companies of Camp Custer. Numerous b/w photos. 256 pages plus 26 pages of advertisements.
Good+/No Jacket. # A7003. $80.00     Inquire Now  
Campbell, Thomas H.   GOOD NEWS ON THE FRONTIER: A HISTORY OF THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH  
Memphis: Frontier Press, 1965. Reprint. 172 pages. Paperback. History of this denomination, revivalism, advancement on the frontier, Negro Cumberland Presbyterians, early missionary works around the world, Civil War times, reconstruction and beyond.
Good/Wraps. Underlined text. # A4624. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Chance, Joseph E.   THE SECOND TEXAS INFANTRY: FROM SHILOH TO VICKSBURG  
Austin: Eakin Press, 1984. Reprint. 216 pages. Paperback. 1571680217 1-57168-021-7. Excellent history of this Texas unit in the Tennessee & Missisippi Campaigns, action at Corinth, Vicksburg, Shiloh. Includes manuscripts and personal letters, b/w photos, roster list, indexed. Recommended.
As New/Wraps. Later paperback reprint, new copies. # 13918. $16.15   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Chicoine, Stephen.   THE CONFEDERATES OF CHAPPELL HILL, TEXAS  
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2005. 260 pages. Boards. 0786419822 0-7864-1982-2. History of the Chappell Hill area of Central Texas in the lead-up to the Civil War, and the experiences of its soldiers. B/w photos, extensive notes & bibliography.
As New/No Jacket. A new copy in hardcover boards. Issued without dustjacket. # 29431. $49.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Christenson, Reo M.   BRANNAN PLAN: FARM POLITICS AND POLICY  
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1974. Reprint. 207 pages. Hardcover. 0837176506 0-8371-7650-6. This book came from the library of the Conservation Districts Foundation.
X-Lib Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, minimal library marks. Never checked out. # B1370. $10.00     Inquire Now  
Clements, John.   IMPEACHMENT AND TRIAL OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON  
Dallas: Political Research, Inc., 1999. 1st ed. 23 pages. Paperback. Brief biography of Clinton, impeachment process outlined, roles of the principals involved, photos, overview of the trial, list of judiciary committee, lists of votes on each article of impeachment.
As New/Wraps. New. # 19673. $8.95     Inquire Now  
Colby, John.   WAR FROM THE GROUND UP: THE 90TH DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II (PB)  
Austin: Nortex Press / Eakin, 2007. Reprint. 561 pages. Paperback. 1934645362 1-934645-36-2. Excellent account of the D-Day landing, the 90th's push through France & the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge & into the Rhineland. B/w photos, drawn maps, biblio, index. New Copy. Highly recommended.
As New/Wraps. Note: This is the -- PAPERBACK -- reprint. # 28331. $29.95   View This Item  Inquire Now   View Details Page
Cooke, Alistair.   AMERICA  
New York: Knopf, 1973. 1st ed. 400 pages. Hardcover. 0394487265 0-394-48726-5.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Firm binding, clean, no name or marks. Dj price intact. # B1409. $18.00     Inquire Now  
Creel, George.   REBEL AT LARGE SIGNED RECOLLECTIONS OF FIFTY CROWDED YEARS  
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1947. 384 pages. Hardcover. Inscribed and autographed for John F. Sonnett at the request of Jerome Politzer. Textblock edges foxed.
VG/Fair. Binding secure, pages clean & tight. DJ clipped & silverfish nibbled. # B0180. $20.00     Inquire Now  
Cultural Arts Committee, .   BICENTENNIAL LOUISIANA: HISTORIC SKETCHES AND REGIONAL RECIPES FROM THE PARISHES  
no place: LA Extension Homemakers, 1976. 1st ed. 207 pages. Paperback.
VG/Wraps. Tight, clean. Three word gift inscription FEP. # B2187. $12.00     Inquire Now  
Cunnigham, Thomas Mayhew.   GEORGIA - BEFORE PLYMOUTH ROCK AND AFTERWARDS!  
New York: Newcomen Society England, 1949. Reprint. 28 pages. Paperback. 6 x 9 inch pamphlet providing an overview of Georgia history. Illustrated with b/w etchings.
Good+/Wraps. # A6754. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Davidson, Marshall B.   LIFE IN AMERICA (2 VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASES)  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1951. 1076 pages. Hardcover. "The story of the American Adventure form the medieval dream of a western paradise to the complex society of today" Wasn't post-war America just so fun, just & right. Here's the story of how we got there. Over 1,200 b/w illustrations help present the American experience. In two slipcases.
Near Fine/Good+. One dj has spine chips, else VG in slightly edgeworn slipcases. # A5625. $22.00     Inquire Now  
Davidson, Marshall.   WORLD IN 1776  
New York: American Heritage, 1975. 1st ed. Hardcover. New book still sealed in publisher's shipping carton, it has been in our back room for 30 years.
As New/As New. # A9569. $13.50     Inquire Now  
Davidson, Charles, and Lincoln Diamant.   STAMPING OUR HISTORY THE STORY OF THE UNITED STATES PORTRAYED ON ITS POSTAGE STAMPS  
New York: Carol Publishing, 1990. 1st ed. 253 pages. Hardcover. 0818405325 0-8184-0532-5.
Fine/Fine. Clean, straight, tight, unmarked first edition. # B1742. $24.00     Inquire Now  
Davis, Kenneth S., & Frieda Kay Fall.   THE EISENHOWER COLLEGE COLLECTION: THE PAINTINGS OF DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (LIMITED ED., FULL LEATHER)  
Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, 1972. Limited ed. 160 pages. Leather. 0840212895 0-8402-1289-5. Well done volume presents 50 color reproductions of Ike's art work. Biographical background and b/w photos from his life. Large 17 x 11 inch format in full genuine tan & brown leather with photo inset. # 1,161 of 1,500 limited edition copies. 8 lbs. Nice.
Near Fine/No Jacket. # A8555. $75.00     Inquire Now  
De Voto, editor, Bernard.   THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK (FRANKLIN LIBRARY: 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES AMERICAN LITERATURE)  
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. Limited ed. 557 pages. Leather. In full brown leather, with three raised spine bands, AEG, gilt decorations and lettering, moire endpapers and silk ribbon. Six maps, ten illustrations by artists of the Old West.A
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. Several tiny white flaws in gilt on fore edge. # B2021. $60.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Denson, R.B.   DESTINY IN DALLAS: ON THE SCENE STORY IN PICTURES  
Dallas: Denco Corporation, 1964. 64 pages. Paperback. Scarce photo-documentary prepared by R.B. Denson, a private investigator and member of Jack Ruby's defense team. B/w photos, maps.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Front corner has slight crease, otherwise a fine copy. # B2845. $28.00     Inquire Now  
Desmond, Humphrey J.   CURIOUS CHAPTERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY (2ND ED)  
St. Louis: B. Herder Book Co., 1925. 2nd ed. 264 pages. Hardcover. Interesting takes on events in our history, anti-masonry, reason we took Phillipines, whether the American Revolution was the will of the majority of folks, etc. Hmmm... was Bush the will of the majority??
VG/Good+. PON stamped inside front board and on title page. # A7817. $23.00     Inquire Now  
Donohue, William.   TWILIGHT OF LIBERTY: THE LEGACY OF THE ACLU  
New Brunswick: Transaction, 1994. 332 pages. Hardcover. 156000049X 1-56000-049-X. Mr. Donohue makes an argument that the ACLU is an extremist organisation assaulting family, religion, schools, and voluntary associations.
As New/As New. A new unread book. # A8966. $4.00     Inquire Now  
Doty, C. Stewart, & Mudge & Benally.   PHOTOGRAPHING NAVAJOS: JOHN COLLIER ON THE RESERVATION, 1948-1953Photographing N  
Albuquerque: Univ. New Mexico, 2002. 1st ed. 224 pages. Hardcover. 082632438X 0-8263-2438-X. Hundreds of Collier's distinctive b/w photos of post-WWII life on the reservation.
Fine/Near Fine. # B1508. $6.75     Inquire Now  
Eller, Ernest M., Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.   NAVAL WEAPONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION  
Washington DC: American Defense Prepare,. 32 pages. Paperback. 8.5 x 11 pamphlet produced for the Bicentennial by the Am. Defense Preparedness Assoc. on the types, characteristics & ballistics of cannon used in the American Revolution. B/w illus, diagrams charts.
As New/Wraps. An crisp, fine copy. # A3863. $10.00     Inquire Now  
Fitch, Roscoe Conkling.   HISTORY OF THE FITCH FAMILY A.D. 1400-1930: A RECORD OF THE FITCHES IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, INCLUDING 'PEDIGREE OF FITCH'  
Haverhill, MA: Privately Printed, 1930. Limited ed. 557 pages. Hardcover. The 1930 ORIGINAL, privately printed by the Fitch family, limited to 1,000 copies of which this is # 704. Biographies, photos, drawings, letters, maps (some fold-out). 2 volumes in embossed green cloth with gilt lettering, gilded top edge. This is the real deal, not a photocopied reprint.
VG/No Jacket. Some notations about family on endpapers, else nice. # B2959. $275.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Forney, John W.   ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN  
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. 1st ed. 444 pages. Hardcover. Essays originally published in the Washington Sunday Chronicle, and Philadelphia Press. Dark blue cloth covered boards, gilt titles. Foxing on first few pages and scattered throughout.
Good+/No Jacket. Clean, tight. unmarked save for PON stamped inside front board. # B1684. $16.00     Inquire Now  
Fox, William F.   REGIMENTAL LOSSES IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865  
Albany, NY: Albany Publishing, 1893. Reprint. 595 pages. Hardcover. Union Army losses by state and regiment and engagement, info on 300 regiments. One chapter on Southern regiments, but most details are on Northern side. Table of contents (1 leaf) bound upside down. In beveled gray-green cloth covers with wil lettering.
Good+/No Jacket. Cover a bit silverfished. Gilt lettering. # A6563. $115.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Franzen, Marilyn D.   CAPITOL CAPSULES: FROM ALABAMA TO WYOMING  
New York: Bonanza Books, 1964. Reprint. 208 pages. Hardcover. Summary of history of each state, description of capitol building and b/w full-page photo. Very old stock (never sold).
Near Fine/VG. Foxed on top edge, half inch tear top of Dj back. # B2667. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Fuchs, Walter M.   WHEN OIL WELLS RUN DRY  
Dover, NH: Industrial Research Srv, 1946. 1st ed. 447 pages. Hardcover. Good history of oil from earliest times onwards, political interests, technology, even a forward-looking section on alternative energy. B/w photos.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Ex-corporate reference library. # B2636. $10.00     Inquire Now  
Gilpin, William.   MISSION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PEOPLE GEOGRAPHICAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL  
New York: Da Capo, 1974. Reprint. 217 pages. Hardcover. 0306710137 0-306-71013-7. From the Da Capo Reprint Series THE AMERICAN SCENE. This edition is an unabridged republication of the 1873 published in Philadelphia. The six color maps from that edition are reproduced here in black and white and have never been unfolded.
Fine/No Jacket. Book is unread. Very slight foxing top edge. Two small spots foredge. # B2962. $75.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ginsberg, Robert.   A CASEBOOK ON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE  
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967. 289 pages. Paperback. Twenty-six essays, written from 1776 to 1966, are gathered here as an analysis of the structure, meaning, & literary worth of the text of the American Declaration of Independence.
VG/Wraps. Crease near edge of back cover, bumped at corner of spine near top. # A6321. $8.50     Inquire Now  
Grant, U.S.   PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U.S. GRANT IN TWO VOLUMES, VOLUME II ONLY  
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1986. 1st ed. 647 pages. Hardcover. Dark green cloth, gilt medals stamped on front and rear boards, gilt titles on spine with four-star general's bar. All maps and the fold-out facsimile of terms of Lee's surrender are present, as are frontis and tissue. Corners sharp. No name or other marks.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Front inside hinge has been repaired. Very little wear to tips. # B2443. $92.00     Inquire Now  
Greeley, Andrew.   STUPID, UNJUST, AND CRIMINAL WAR 2001-2007  
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2007. Recheck. 215 pages. Paperback. 1570757321 1-57075-732-1.
. New, no remainder mark. # B2690. $11.00     Inquire Now  
Grimsted, David.   NOTIONS OF THE AMERICANS 1820-1860  
New York: George Braziller, 1970. 1st ed. 347 pages. Hardcover. A study of the American culture in the Jackson age. Third book in the American Culture Series.
VG/VG. Dj rubbed on edges. # A4743. $9.00     Inquire Now  
Hagner, Charles V.   EARLY HISTORY OF THE FALLS OF SCHUYLKILL, MANAYUNK SCHUYLKILL AND LEHIGH NAVIGATION COMPANIES, FAIRMOUNT WATERWORKS, ETC.  
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen, 1869. 1st ed. 102 pages. Hardcover.
VG/No Jacket. Binding tight, tips worn, PON, half-title page removed. No marks. # B0825. $125.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hale, Edward Everett.   HOW TO CONQUER TEXAS, BEFORE TEXAS CONQUERS US  
No Place: Roger Beacham, 1978. 1st ed. 53 pages. Hardcover. Limited to 395 copies, being a reprint of Hale's tract urging northerners to settle in Texas to dilute the impact of her entrance into the Union as a slave state. Reproduction of the tract cover tipped in. Included is a reprint of a speech by Charles J. Jack at the meeting in favor of the Re-annexation of Texas to the United States, April 5, 1844. Cover reproduction also tipped in. Paper covered boards with map decoration and gilt.
Fine/Fine. Fine printing, a Holman design. # 1 in the Rare Texana Series. # A4727. $55.00     Inquire Now  
Hall, John A.   GREAT STRIKE ON THE "Q", WITH A HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND GROWTH OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, FIREMEN, SWITCHMEN  
Chicago: Elliott & Beezley, 1889. 1st ed. 124 pages. Hardcover. History of the strike on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in March of 1888. Much on union activity. In dark marron decorative boards.
Good+/No Jacket. Bit of silverfishing to cover, o/w clean, tight, no marks. # A9867. $55.25     Inquire Now  
Hankins, Grace Croyle.   TRUE STORIES OF NEW JERSEY (SIGNED)  
Philadelphia: Winston, 1938. 187 pages. Hardcover. Blue with bright gilt titles. New York Times articles from 1960s of historic places laid in at appropriate pages by previous owner. Inscribed by the author to her Aunt Grace. B/w photos and drawings.
VG/No Jacket. Clean, tight binding. Slight wear at spine tips and corners. # B0328. $28.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth.   LIFE AND TIMES OF STEPHEN HIGGINSON  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. 1st ed. 306 pages. Hardcover. Noted turn-of-the-century author writes a biography of his grandfather, a member of the Continental Congress. Very dark green embossed boards, gilt titles & top edge. Tan Dj with black titles.
Near Fine/Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked first edition in Dj with two 1" chips. # B0158. $100.00     Inquire Now  
Hightower, Jim.   THIEVES IN HIGH PLACES (SIGNED)  
New York: Viking Press, 2003. 1st ed. 280 pages. Hardcover. 0670031410 0-670-03141-0. Ascerbic examination of the Kleptocrats of the Republican Party and Bush Administration.
Fine/Fine. SIGNED by Jim Hightower. # B1626. $9.00     Inquire Now  
Hodge, Frederick, & Theodore Lewis.   SPANISH EXPLORERS IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES 1528-1543  
Austin: T.S.H.A., 1984. Limited ed. 411 pages. Hardcover. 0876110715 0-87611-071-5. Contains three primary source narratives: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (ed. by Hodge); Expedition of de Soto (ed. by Lewis); Expedition of Coronado (ed. by Hodge). A facsimile reprint of the 1907 Scribner ed. Publisher did not include maps in the Limited Edition.
Fine/No Jacket. # 97 of 100 LIMITED edition copies, in fine slipcase. As new. # A6564. $85.00     Inquire Now  
Holloway, Jean.   EDWARD EVERETT HALE: A BIOGRAPHY  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1956. 275 pages. Hardcover. Biography of the noted & prolific writer. Indexed.
VG/No Jacket. # A7825. $9.00     Inquire Now  
Horowitz, David.   POLITICS OF BAD FAITH: THE RADICAL ASSAULT ON AMERICA'S FUTURE  
New York: Free Press, 1998. 1st ed. 214 pages. Hardcover. 0684850230 0-684-85023-0. Horowitz describes a cultural war that pits "progressives" and "multi-culturalists" against America's founding principles and ideas.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. # A8934. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Irving, Leonard A. (trans).   SPANISH APPROACH TO PENSACOLA, 1689-1693  
Albuquerque: Quivera Society, 1939. Limited ed. 323 pages. Hardcover. The 1939 Quivera Society original, being # 21 of 550 limited edition copies. Reports of progress in Florida. Large fold-out rear map, in fine shape. Index, notes. Quivera Society Publication Volume IX.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Spine a bit sunned. This copy saw no use, most quartos are unopened. # B1133. $65.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jefferson, Thomas.   LIFE AND SELECTED WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON (FRANKLIN LIBRARY: 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES AMERICAN LITERATURE)  
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1982. Limited ed. 586 pages. Leather. In full black leather, with four raised spine bands, gilt decorations and lettering, moire endpapers and silk ribbon. AEG. Edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden.
Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B2016. $45.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jensen, editor, Oliver.   NINETIES: GLIMPSES OF A LOST BUT LIVELY WORLD  
New York: American Heritage, 1967. 1st ed. 144 pages. Hardcover. A new book still in publisher's shipping carton, in our back room for thirty years. Essays on life of the American people in this exciting decade of change. Filled with b/w and color photos and drawings.
As New/No Jacket. # A9572. $12.75     Inquire Now  
Josephy, editor, Brandon, narrative.   AMERICAN HERITAGE BOOK OF INDIANS  
New York: American Heritage,. Reprint. 424 pages. Hardcover. There are almost 500 illustrations in this story of the American Indians from prehistoric to prresent times. A heavy book.
VG/VG. Shelf wear, rubbing & tiny chips at edges of Dj. # A6781. $8.50     Inquire Now  
Karnow, Stanley.   VIETNAM: A HISTORY  
New York: Viking Press, 1983. Book Club ed. 750 pages. Hardcover. 0670746045 0-670-74604-5. The companion to the acclaimed PBS series, the first complete account of Vietnam at war. B/w photos, thoroughly indexed. A nice, solid copy.
VG/VG. # A9235. $6.00     Inquire Now  
Lardas, Mark.   AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIER IN THE CIVIL WAR (SIGNED) OSPREY WARRIOR 114  
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2006. 1st ed. 64 pages. Paperback. 1846030927 1-84603-092-7.
As New/Wraps. New book signed by the author. # 27608. $17.95     Inquire Now  
Lardas, Mark.   NATIVE AMERICAN MOUNTED RIFLEMAN 1861-65 (SIGNED) OSPREY WARRIOR 109  
Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2006. 1st ed. 64 pages. Paperback. 1841769711 1-84176-971-1.
As New/Wraps. New book signed by the author. # 27025. $17.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Lincoln, Abraham.   ABRAHAM LINCOLN: HIS SPEECHES AND WRITINGS (FRANKLIN LIBRARY: 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES AMERICAN LITERATURE)  
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1979. Limited ed. 636 pages. Leather. In full tan leather, with three raised spine bands, gilt decorations and lettering, moire endpapers and silk ribbon. AEG.
Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B2023. $55.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Marrs, Jim.   RULE BY SECRECY  
New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Reprint. 467 pages. Paperback. 0060931841 0-06-093184-1. The Hidden History the connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. No reader crease. One inch diagonal crease. # B2958. $5.00     Inquire Now  
Mason, F. van Wyck.   ROADS TO LIBERTY  
Boston: Little, Brown, 1972. 1st ed. 752 pages. Hardcover. 0316549304 0-316-54930-4. A panorama of life in the colonies during the American Revolution, combines four stories into one specially abridged volume. Three Harbors, Stars on the Sea, Wild Horizon, Eagle in the Sky.
Near Fine/VG. Clean, tight, no marks. Dj has small tears on edges. Not price clipped # B0976. $10.00     Inquire Now  
McAfee, Michael J.   ARTILLERY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775-1783  
Washington DC: Am. Defense Preparedness, 197. 16 pages. Paperback. 8.5 x 11 booklet on the history and use of cannon during the American Revolution. McAfee was Curator of History at the West Point Museum. An immaculate copy.
Fine/Wraps. # A3859. $12.50     Inquire Now  
McDermott, editor, John Francis.   THE FRONTIER RE-EXAMINED  
Urbana: Univ. Illinois, 1967. 1st ed. 192 pages. Hardcover. 0252724917 0-252-72491-7. Collection of thirteen papers which re-examine a wide range of events central to nineteenth century life. Much on the fur trade, western trails, myth and literature of the West. Sticker ghost on FEP.
Near Fine/Good+. Dj PC, foxed, not worn. Book crisp, tight, clean. No name or marks. # A1675. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mearns, David C.   LINCOLN PAPERS (2 VOL SET)  
Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. 1st ed. 681 pages. Hardcover.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Owner's name, else very nice. # A7572. $13.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Mitchell, Memory F.   NORTH CAROLINA'S SIGNERS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE & THE CONSTITUTION  
Raleigh, NC: NC Dept. Cultural Resour, 1980. Reprint. 55 pages. Paperback. 0865260974 0-86526-097-4. Brief sketches of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, along with the text of those documents.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight. "P. 16 Blount" written on title page, o/w unmarked. # B0136. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Molyneaux, Peter.   COTTON SOUTH AND AMERICAN TRADE POLICY (WORLD AFFAIRS BOOK # 17)Cotton South an  
New York: Natl. Peace Conference, 1936. 63 pages. Hardcover. Author looks at cotton trade policies throughout U.S. history.
Good+/Fair. Dj worn and foxed. # A6545. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Moore, Avery C.   DESTINY'S SOLDIER: GENERAL ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON  
San Francisco: Fearon Publishers, 1958. 197 pages. Paperback. Biography of the great Texan and later Confederate General.
Good/Wraps. SIGNED by Moore. Rear cover & spine show silverfish losses. # B1136. $35.00     Inquire Now  
Morgan, David T., and William J. Schmidt.   NORTH CAROLINIANS IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS  
Winston-Salem: Blair, 1976. 1st ed. 150 pages. Hardcover. 0910244898 0-910244-89-8. Stories of the three signers of the Declaration of Independence who were from North Carolina, and 14 others who served in the Continental Congress between 1774 and 1789.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B3009. $10.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Murray, John O'Kane.   CATHOLIC PIONEERS OF AMERICA  
Philadelphia: H.L. Kilner & Co., 1882. Revised ed. 433 pages. Hardcover. New edition, revised. Biographical sketches of over 80 influential Catholic explorers, missionaries & priests.
Good/No Jacket. Spine has some insect holes. # A8612. $41.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
National Society, U. S. Daughters of 181.   PROCEEDINGS OF 90TH ASSOC. COUNCIL NEWS-LETTER WITH DIRECTORY VOL. 59: #1, #2, #3 JULY AND NOVEMBER, 1982 AND FEBRUARY, 1983  
Maryland: U. S. Daughters 1812, 1982-83. 1st ed. 250 pages. Paperback. Includes all three books of volume 59.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight. Few inked notes on cover of No. 1. Mail labels on rear. # B0625. $25.00     Inquire Now  
Newman, John J.   AMERICAN NATURALIZATION PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES 1790-1985  
Indiana: Indiana Historical Soc., 1985. 43 pages. Paperback. An expanded version of a paper delivered to the Natl. Genealogical Society in August 1985. History of naturalization law & courts and samples of old forms. B/w images. 8.5 x 11 saddle-stapled booklet.
Fine/Wraps. # A9723. $15.25     Inquire Now  
Nicholson, Meredith.   THE HOOSIERS  
New York: Macmillan, 1900. 1st ed. 277 pages. Hardcover. Dark red cloth coverd boards, with very light wear showing at spine tips. TEG is nearly worn off. Library pocket FEP, minimal other marks. From Macmillan's series National Studies in American Letters.
X-Lib VG/No Jacket. Clean, tight, very light silverfish marks in one area of cover. # B0153. $8.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Norwalk, Connecticut, .   NORWALK AFTER TWO HUNDRED & FIFTY YEARS (250): AN ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSAY OF THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN  
South Norwalk: C.A. Freeman, 1901. 387 pages. Hardcover. A collection of writings and information on Norwalk. Sepia photos, histories of churches, schools, benevolent orders & associations.
Fair/No Jacket. Hinges cracked but mended. Interior clean and solid. # B3114. $45.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Olien, Roger.   FROM TOKEN TO TRIUMPH: THE TEXAS REPUBLICANS SINCE 1920  
Dallas: SMU Press, 1981. 1st ed. Hardcover. 0870741802 0-87074-180-2.
As New/As New. Still in original shrinkwrap (best for such tales of horror). # B0724. $12.00     Inquire Now  
Page, Tim, and John Pimlott.   NAM: THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE 1965-75  
London: Hamlyn, 1988. 1st ed. 650 pages. Hardcover. 0600563111 0-600-56311-1. Clean, tight, no name or marks. Hundreds of b/w and color photos. Dj has a half inch closed tear at lower flap fold.
Near Fine/VG. # B2772. $17.00     Inquire Now  
Parkman, Francis.   THE BATTLE FOR NORTH AMERICA  
London: Phoenix Press, 2001. Reprint. 775 pages. Paperback. 1842124161 1-84212-416-1. Gleaned from Parkman's 1889 13-volume work (France and England in North America) into a large single, accesible tome. Much on exploration, expansion, French & Indian Wars and the run-up to American Revolution.
Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, no name or marks. # B3099. $17.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Pennington, Patience, and Cornelius O. C.   WOMAN RICE PLANTER  
Cambridge: Belknap/Harvard Univ., 1961. 1st ed. 446 pages. Hardcover. Elizabeth Alston Pringle writing as Patience Pennington, edited by Cornelius Cathey. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Alice R. H. Smith. Yellow Dj is darkened on spine.
Near Fine/VG. Tight, no name or marks. Small, pale stain on foredge, tips perfect. # B3031. $26.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Petro, Sylvester.   THE KOHLER STRIKE: UNION VIOLENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW  
Chicago: Henry Regnery & Co., 1961. 1st ed. 118 pages. Hardcover. Deep investigation of the Kohler Strike involving the United Auto Workers (UAW) in 1954-55.
Good+/Good+. # A7306. $5.00     Inquire Now  
Pollack, Kenneth M.   THE THREATENING STORM: THE CASE FOR INVADING IRAQ  
New York: Random House, 2002. Reprint. 494 pages. Hardcover. 0375509283 0-375-50928-3. More balanced than some opinions, but still firmly in the Neocon camp.
Near Fine/Near Fine. # A8956. $5.75     Inquire Now  
Pool, William C., & Craddock & Conrad.   LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON: THE FORMATIVE YEARS  
San Marcos: Southwest Texas St. Col, 1965. 1st ed. 185 pages. Hardcover. LBJ's early life as examined by noted Texas historians. Nice pencil sketches by Boyd Saunders. Indexed.
Fine/Fine. # B0541. $18.50     Inquire Now  
Powell, William S.   NORTH CAROLINA: A HISTORY  
Chapel Hill: Univ. North Carolina, 1997. Reprint. 231 pages. Paperback. 0807842192 0-8078-4219-2.
Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. No visible wear. # B3003. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Rico, Johnny.   BORDER CROSSER ONE GRINGO'S ILLICIT PASSAGE FROM MEXICO INTO AMERICA  
New York: Ballantine Books, 2009. 1st ed. 265 pages. Hardcover. 034550383X 0-345-50383-X.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked first edition. # B2879. $6.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Robinson, Albert G.   OLD NEW ENGLAND HOMES  
New York: Weathervane Books, 1975. Reprint. 105 pages. Hardcover. 0517174499 0-517-17449-9. Reprint of the 1920 Scribner's original edition. 29 pages of text and 76 b/w plates.
Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B1725. $9.00     Inquire Now  
Sandler, Martin W.   AMERICA: A CELEBRATION  
London: Dorling Kindersley, 2000. 1st Am. ed. 1024 pages. Hardcover. 0789468069 0-7894-6806-9. Foreword by Walter Cronkite. This very heavy book will incur no additional postage.
Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine Dj. Clean, tight, unmarked. Sharp corners. # B1456. $30.00     Inquire Now  
Scanlon, Marion S.   TRAILS OF THE FRENCH EXPLORERS  
San Antonio: Naylor, 1956. 1st ed. 79 pages. Hardcover. History of the Joliet-Marquette expedition in Quebec, Wisconsin, Illinois and along the Mississippi River. Indexed.
Fine/Fine. # A7419. $12.00     Inquire Now  
Scheffel, Richard L.   DISCOVERING AMERICA'S PAST  
Pleasantville: Reader's Digest, 1993. 400 pages. Hardcover. 0895775204 0-89577-520-4. Customs, legends, history, & lore of the U.S., illustrated with hundreds of b/w & color photos & drawings.
Fine/No Jacket. # A5634. $8.00     Inquire Now  
Seale, William.   THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE TWO VOLS IN SLIPCASE  
Washington D.C.: White House Historical, 198. Reprint. 1224 pages. Hardcover. 0912308281 0-912308-28-1. Two volumes in slipcase. Emerald green bindings and box with bright gilt titles and decorations. Clean, tight, no name or marks. No visible wear.
Very Fine/No Jacket. # B2776. $25.00     Inquire Now  
Shea, John Gilmary.   DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH THE ORIGINAL NARRATIVES OF MARQUETTE, ALLOUEZ, MEMBRE ET. AL  
Albany: Joseph MCDonough, 1903. 2nd ed. 368 pages. Hardcover. 'Second edition with a fascimile of the newly-discovered map of Marquette, his letter & steel portrait of La Salle.' Limited ed. # 20 of 500 copies, with added map, letter & frontispiece to the 1852 original. An important work of early western explorations. Howes 5357.
Good+/No Jacket. Light edge foxing, map very nice. # A8054. $140.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sneed, Larry A.   NO MORE SILENCE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY  
Dallas: Three Forks Press, 1998. 1st ed. 601 pages. Hardcover. 0963762966 0-9637629-6-6. Transcripts of in-depth interviews of 49 key witnesses, police officers and other officials. B/w photos, indexed.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight. Gift inscription FEP. # B2209. $41.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Stone Mountain Association, .   CUSTODIANS OF IMPERISHABLE GLORY  
Atlanta: Stone Mountain Assoc., 1926. 1st ed. 48 pages. Paperback. Not dated, but circa 1926. History of the establishment of the Confederate Memorial at Stone Mountain Georgia. B/w photos. 9 x 12 inch format.
X-Lib VG/Wraps. Ex-Library, a few small stamps, else in quite nice condition. # B0614. $40.00     Inquire Now  
Sutton, Walter.   WESTERN BOOK TRADE CINCINNATI AS A 19TH CENTURY PUBLISHING & BOOK-TRADE CENTER  
Columbus: Ohio State/Ohio Historic, 1961. 1st ed. 360 pages. Hardcover. Not a used book - been here since it was new, hence there is light foxing on edges , especially the top. Dj has light shelfwear. Otherwise clean and tight.
Fine/Near Fine. # A9422. $25.50     Inquire Now  
Tryon, William S.   THE OLD CORNER  
Boston: Boston Globe, 1964. 28 pages. Paperback. Pamphlet published by the BOSTON GLOBE detailing the history & restoration of the building known as the Old Corner.
Near Fine/Wraps. 1" diagonal piece missing lower corner of back, o/w clean & tight. # A6280. $6.50     Inquire Now  
Tucker, Glenn.   CHICKAMAUGA: BLOODY BATTLE IN THE WEST  
Dayton, OH: Morningside Bookshop, 1972. Reprint. 448 pages. Hardcover.
Near Fine/Near Fine. Clean, tight. First Morningside edition. Stands straight, square. # B0941. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
U.S. Postal Service, .   AMERICANA SERIES: A COLLECTION OF MINT STAMPS, ISSUES OF 1975-81  
Washington D.C.: USPS, 1981. 1st ed. Hardcover. Bright yellow book, no title on spine. No name or marks, tight binding. All stamps are mounted in the holders.
Near Fine/No Jacket. # B1746. $18.00     Inquire Now  
Vandiver, Frank E., & Hall & Kerr.   ESSAYS ON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR  
Austin: U.T. Press, 1968. 107 pages. Hardcover. The Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, Volume 1. Kerr: Battle of Elkhorn; Hall: Planter vs Frontiersman; Vandiver: Civil War as an Institutionalizing Force. Bibliography of W.P. Webb.
Near Fine/VG. Dj price clipped. # B0612. $11.00     Inquire Now  
Ward, Geoffrey C.   WEST: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY  
Boston: Little, Brown, 1996. 1st ed. 445 pages. Hardcover. 0316922366 0-316-92236-6. Four hundred photos illustrate essays on many facets of American expansion to the Pacific coast. A companion volume to the PBS television series from Stephen Ives and Ken Burns.
As New/As New. Clean, tight, unmarked. A new book from old stock. # B2741. $26.00     Inquire Now  
Wetherington, editor, Mark.   EAST TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS NUMBERS 56 & 57 NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR AND EIGHTY-FIVE  
Knoxville, TN: E. Tennessee Hist. Soc., 1985. 1st ed. 162 pages. Paperback. Articles on Lamar House, Knoxville, James White's second Home, Civil War Diaries of Will Stringfield, Antebellum Elites and Industrialization, Small coffee stain on back cover & text corner.
VG/Wraps. Thight binding, writing on cover, scattered underline, no name. # B0617. $12.00     Inquire Now  
White, William S.   THE PROFESSIONAL: LYNDON B. JOHNSON  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. 1st ed. 273 pages. Hardcover.
VG/Good+. Dj edgeworn. # A7305. $4.50     Inquire Now  
Wooster, Ralph A.   LONE STAR REGIMENTS IN GRAY  
Austin: Eakin Press, 2002. 1st ed. 424 pages. Paperback. 1571686827 1-57168-682-7. An excellent work on the various regiments & brigades, their many engagements & notable biographical sketches. With extensive notes and bibliography worthy of this well-researched book.
As New/Wraps. # 21975. $26.95   View This Item  Inquire Now  
York, Thomas.   AMERICA'S GREAT RAILROADS  
London: Bison Books, 1987. 192 pages. Hardcover. 0861243722 0-86124-372-2. Oversize photo history of some of the famous rail lines of America. Color & b/w photos.
Fine/Fine. A beautiful copy. # B0313. $13.00     Inquire Now  

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