Category: American History

Celebrating the Past Defining the Future

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, Citigroup Inc. : 2011

Seller ID: 7259

ISBN-13: 9780615560540

Condition: Near Fine

Blue paper boards with silver text to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. No slipcase. Silver endpapers. Chronicles the history of Citi Bank and Travelers Group which converged into Citigroup in 1998 and later became Citi in 2011. Copiously illustrated with full color photographs and artwork throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to boards, primarily at corners and base of spine; light wear to dust jacket with some bowing to top edge (see images). 11 x 11 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority mail. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Columbian Centinel -- Wednesday, February 29, 1792 (Whole No. 819; or No. 49, of Vol. XVI)

By: Columbian Centinel

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Boston, Benjamin Russell : 1792

Seller ID: 6661

Condition: Very Good+

Original copy from 1792 of Columbian Centinel. Contains an article titled "Agreeable Intelligence, (If True.)," which is one man's account of 3 spies being directed to a Native American encampment for intelligence. Once informed, General Scott divided his troop into 3 divisions who then attacked them by surprise and thus were victorious in defeating the Native Americans and re-obtaining U.S. provisions, stores, cattle, etc. that were previously stolen. At the end of this article is a pink asterisk that references some handwritten text at the base of the newspaper, which is difficult to read. ...
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Columbian Centinel, Vol. XVI (16), No. 52; Saturday, March 10, 1792 An Act to establish the Post-Office and Post-Roads within the United States

By: Columbian Centinel, Congress of the United States

Price: $650.00

Publisher: Boston, Benjamin Russell : 1792

Seller ID: 7264

Condition: Very Good

Original publication of the Columbian Centinel including Congress' authority to establish a Post-Office and Post-Roads within the United States. No previous owners' names or other markings. Spotting and crease lines from previous folding at horizontal and vertical centers (see image). 11 1/4 x 17 3/4 inches. First Edition.
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William Lauderdale, General Andrew Jackson's Warrior

By: Cooper Kirk

Price: $185.00

Publisher: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Manatee Books : 1982

Seller ID: 6245

Dark brown cloth boards over textured cream cloth spine and brown text to spine. Sepia dust jacket with text. 11 chapters in total: Beyond and Before Tennessee, Pioneer Life in Sumner County: 1779-1800, Seed Time in Sumner County: 1800-1810, Natchez and Futility: 1812-1813, Glory and Valley Forge in the Wilderness: 1813-1814, Glorious Victory Over the Creeks: 1814, General Jackson's Chief Quartermaster: 1814-1815, Years of Peace and Prosperity: 1815-1835, The Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Brigade: 1836, and Conquer or Die in Florida: 1837-1838. Black and white photos throughout. Discoloration to...
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Decision at Sea

By: Craig L. Symonds

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, Easton Press : 2007

Seller ID: 7876

Condition: As New

A virgin copy in the publisher's unopened shrink wrap. Full brown leather with gilt decorations to boards and gilt particulars to spine. Four raised bands; all edges gilt; moire endpapers; silk ribbon. 6.25 x 9.5 inches.
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Image for Derrotero de las islas Antillas: de las costas de Tierra Firme, del seno Mejicano, y de las de los Estados Unidos del Norte de America (Derrotero de las islas Antillas: de las costas de Tierra Firme, del seno Mejicano, y de las de los Estados Unidos del Norte de América)

Derrotero de las islas Antillas: de las costas de Tierra Firme, del seno Mejicano, y de las de los Estados Unidos del Norte de America (Derrotero de las islas Antillas: de las costas de Tierra Firme, del seno Mejicano, y de las de los Estados Unidos del Norte de América)

By: Direccion de Hidrografia (Dirección de Hidrografía)

Price: $275.00

Publisher: Madrid, Imprenta Nacional : 1849

Seller ID: 5656

Condition: Very Good

Full calf. Gilt title to floriated spine. Marbled endpapers, all edges painted. Slight separation to lower front hinge. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Government publication. Includes bibliographical references. 4th Edition, corrected and augmented with very recent news, an appendix on the currents of the North Atlantic Ocean and a descriptive memory of the rocks, basses and lookouts of the same Ocean, which have been discovered until the day and that the said Directorate has knowledge. (4ta Edicion, corregida y aumentada con noticias muy recientes, un apéndice sobre la...
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The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant [22 volumes]

By: Edited by John Y. Simon

Price: $850.00

Publisher: Carbondale and Edwardsville, Southern Illinois University Press : 1967-1998

Seller ID: 7294

Condition: Very Good

22 volume set all with accompanying dust jackets wrapped in mylar. Cloth boards; titles to spines. A very nice set, without previous owner's names or other markings. Volume I and II contain small stains to dust jackets (see image), but does not affect spines of books. Please expect extra postage as this is a very large and heavy set. 7 x 10 in Dust jacket present.
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An Inland Waterway [Plate 360]

By: Edward Sheriff Curtis, John Andrews & Son

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Boston, Edward Curtis : 1914

Seller ID: 6649

Condition: Fine

Photogravure by John Andrews and Son on cream wove paper. Embossed stamp stating "Library of the Peabody Institute" to bottom edge of print. Matt burn to periphery. Matted with over-mat. Mat: 23 x 19.75 in.; Window: 19 x 15.5 in.; Image: 15.25 x 11.5 in. First Edition.
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Ocali Country, Kingdom of the Sun, A History of Marion County, Florida

By: Eloise Robinson Ott, Louis Hickman Chazal

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Ocala, Florida, Marion Publishers, Inc. : 1986

Seller ID: 6243

Condition: Fine

Forrest green cloth boards with gilt particulars to spine; pictorial dust jacket. Black and white photographs and maps throughout. Chapter titles include, but are not limited to: The Sun-God, Spanish Land Grants, Fort King, Osceola's Revenge, Railroad boom, Opera to Baseball, Phosphate Discovered, Cross-Florida Waterway and many more. Nice, clean copy with no previous owners' names ore other markings. [vi], 245 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Dust jacket present.
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The Day of the Cattleman

By: Ernest Staples Osgood

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Minneapolis, The University of Minnesota Press : 1929

Seller ID: 4230

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Wheat-colored buckram cloth boards, title in brown to cover; particulars to spine. Original dust jacket in mylar cover. Chips to head of jacket. Deckled edges. Dorothy Kurtzman Phelps endpapers. A tight, clean copy without previous owners' markings.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages . Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Image for [Socialist Journals--See description for full list] A Dialogue-The Capitalist Farmer and the Socialist Wage-Earner; PA and Young America; One-Hoss Philosophy No. 16 and No. 29; At Finnegan's Cigar Store; The Growing Grocery Bill; Spies in the Trade Union; Political Economy of Jesus; The Principles and Program of Socialism; Newspaper Frauds, A Lecture; Tricks of the Press, A Lecture; Prostitution for Profit; Wayland's Monthly No.s 10, 19, 28, 34, 38, 39, 45, 46, 50, 58, 64, 66, 67, 86, 97

[Socialist Journals--See description for full list] A Dialogue-The Capitalist Farmer and the Socialist Wage-Earner; PA and Young America; One-Hoss Philosophy No. 16 and No. 29; At Finnegan's Cigar Store; The Growing Grocery Bill; Spies in the Trade Union; Political Economy of Jesus; The Principles and Program of Socialism; Newspaper Frauds, A Lecture; Tricks of the Press, A Lecture; Prostitution for Profit; Wayland's Monthly No.s 10, 19, 28, 34, 38, 39, 45, 46, 50, 58, 64, 66, 67, 86, 97

By: Eugene V. Debs, Glessner Creel, George E. Bigelow, E. N. Richardson, Allan L. Benson, A. W. Ricker, Carl D. Thompson, N. A. Richardson,

Price: $1,250.00

Publisher: Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, The Alliance; Appeal Publishing Co.; J. A. Wayland; Pearson Publishing; Appeal to Reason; National Rip-Saw Publishing; : January 1901-1912

Seller ID: 5310

Black cloth book of 23 Socialist journals and some loose propaganda. Some text loss to the article "Prostitution for Profit" from binding process. Black and white illustrations throughout. Authors include: Eugene V. Debs, H. G. Creel, George E. Bigelow, E. N. Richardson, Allan L. Benson, A. W. Ricker, Carl D. Thompson, N. A. Richardson, Leon Greenbaum, Edward Bellamy, Fred D. Warren, Saltair, Kautsky, Walter Thomas Mills, George Bicknell, Charles (Chas.) H. Vail, Inky Ike, and others. In addition to those already listed, titles include: Methods of Acquiring National Possession of our Industrie...
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Ciudad Santa Fe, Spanish Domination, 1610-1821

By: F. Stanley

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Denver, The World Press, Inc. : 1958

Seller ID: 2218

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

First edition signed, No. 208 of limited edition of 500. Dust jacket. Signed in pen to title page.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; ix, 412 pages; Signed by Author; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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The Boy Captive of the Texas Mier Expedition

By: Fanny Chambers Gooch-Iglehart

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Texas, Published by the Author; J.R. Wood Printing Co. : 1909

Seller ID: 7182

Condition: Good

Tan paper boards with red cloth spine; illustration to front board and text to spine. Black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light soiling to exterior and page edges; loss to paper over board primarily at board edges (see image). Tape repair to interior hinge after first free page. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. First Edition.
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From the Banks of the Oklawaha (SIGNED)

By: Frank L. FitzSimons

Price: $140.00

Publisher: North Carolina, Golden Glow Publishing Company : 1977

Seller ID: 5414

Condition: Very Good

Signed by author to front flyleaf, and inscribed by Ernie Miller to Jan both in ink. According to Miller, their great grandparents are mentioned in the contents of this book. Dark blue cloth with gilt particulars to front board and spine. 19 parts and 120 different chapters detailing the history of Henderson County and Hendersonville, North Carolina. Parts include but are not limited to: The Founders; Twilight for the Indians; The War Between the States; The Marvels of a New Age; Vanished Landmarks; and The Old Man on the Mountain. Illustrated both with drawings and black and white photographs...
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The Sunpapers of Baltimore (SIGNED by all 4 authors, and publisher of Sunpaper

By: Gerald W. Johnson, Frank R. Kent, H. L. Mencken, Hamilton Owens

Price: $110.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf : 1937

Seller ID: 7145

Signed by all four authors to front fly. Includes inscription from Paul Patterson, then publisher of the Sunpaper (now called The Baltimore Sun), to loose page laid in. Maroon cloth boards with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Wrapped in plastic dust jacket. Black and white photographs throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to boards and plastic dj (see image). Light foxing to page fore edge. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.
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Lincoln and the Patronage

By: Harry J. Carman and Reinhard H. Luthin

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Columbia University Press : 1943

Seller ID: 7258

Condition: Near Fine

Red cloth over boards with debossed emblem to front board and gilt particulars and burgundy stamping to spine. Some black and white illustrations throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Small bump to bottom edge of front board. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority mail. First Edition.
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Image for The Discovery of North America, A Critical, Documentary, and Historic Investigation, with an essay on the early cartography of the New World, including descriptions of two hundred and fifty maps or globes existing or lost, constructed before the year 1536...

The Discovery of North America, A Critical, Documentary, and Historic Investigation, with an essay on the early cartography of the New World, including descriptions of two hundred and fifty maps or globes existing or lost, constructed before the year 1536...

By: Henry Harrisse

Price: $1,450.00

Publisher: Paris, London, H. Welter, Henry Stevens and Son : 1892

Seller ID: 5335

Condition: Very Good

Quarter morocco over pictorial maroon cloth board with gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. Limited edition copy No. 91 of 380 issued, this being the English Toned Paper edition. Hors textes plates with tissue guards throughout. Black and white illustrations throughout text as well. Title continued: "to which are added a chronology of one hundred voyages westward, projected, attempted, or accomplished between 1431 and 1504; biographical accounts of the three hundred pilots who first crossed the Atlantic; and a copious list of the original names of American regions, caciqueships, mountains...
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Fortune [Magazine], September 1929, Volume One (1), Number 0

By: Henry Luce (Founder)

Price: $800.00

Publisher: New York, Time, Inc. Publishers : September 1929

Seller ID: 5669

Condition: Very Good

Prepublication sample issue of Fortune magazine prior to its first official publication in January 1930. Enclosed is a letter from the publisher detailing the magazine's purpose, its subject (business) and philosophy. Stated on this letter: This dummy "will give advertisers some hint of what Fortune Vol. 1, No. 1 will be like when it appears January, 1930." Many pages have place holders for where images would be inserted with text describing what image would be included. Includes images by Margaret Bourke-White and Louis Lozowick. Spotting and general wear to wraps (see image). Second half of...
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Life of Captain Nathan Hale, the martyr-spy of the American revolution

By: I.W. Stuart

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Hartford, F. A. Brown : 1856

Seller ID: 3024

Condition: Good

Green cloth with blind stamping and gilt decoration to front cover. Gilt particulars and decoration to spine. Faded spine. Loss to head and tail of spine. Front hinge beginning to detach. Bookplates removed from front pastedown. 5 x 7.5 in [xii],14-230,[i] pages.
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Image for The Border Outlaws. An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Most Noted Bandits of Ancient or Modern Times, The Younger Brothers, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Comrades in Crime. Embracing Complete and Authentic Lives of the Younger and James Brothers, And Their Bands of Highwaymen.

The Border Outlaws. An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Most Noted Bandits of Ancient or Modern Times, The Younger Brothers, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Comrades in Crime. Embracing Complete and Authentic Lives of the Younger and James Brothers, And Their Bands of Highwaymen.

By: J.W. Buel

Price: $600.00

Publisher: St. Louis & Philadelphia, Historical Publishing Company : 1880-1884

Seller ID: 7748

Condition: Good

Very scarce salesman's sample book depicting random (albeit titillating) parts of the complete volume including black/white and many colored plates. Calf spine sample adhered to front pastedown; cloth spine printed to rear board.. 10 pages in the back of the book were reserved to be signed by subscribers pledging to buy the book. Colored plate adjacent to page 142 has a repaired tear. Corners worn and contents slightly foxed; otherwise a clean copy. 5.25 x 7.5 in
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Category: American History