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AYER'S AMERICAN ALMANAC 1880

By: Anonymous

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Lowell, MA, Dr. J. C. Ayer & Company: 1880

Seller ID: 36970

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good-

40 pages; In original pictorial wrappers. Bottom interior corner of "October" clipped, otherwise Very Good. Starts off with an astrological chart and cures (Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, etc) for various ailments, then presents the month by with astronomical information and various interesting and humorous anecdotes and notes on historic anniversaries. OCLC: 823514973; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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AYER'S AMERICAN ALMANAC for the use of Farmers, Planters, Mechanics, Mariners, and all Families - 1866

By: Anonymous

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Lowell, MA, Dr. J. C. Ayer & Company: 1866

Seller ID: 37137

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good-

Former owner's name at top of front wrapper, corners of wrappers creased with marginal chipping, string loop run through upper left corner, general light dust soiling. Starts off with an astrological chart and cures (Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, etc) for various ailments, then presents the month by with astronomical information and various interesting and humorous anecdotes and notes on historic anniversaries. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS AND THE RAILROAD SCENERY OF PENNSYLVANIA

By: Anonymous

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott: 1875

Seller ID: 41114

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

110; 50 pages; With 225 Illustrations and a double-page map of Philadelphia. OCLC: 3661579 Original brown cloth binding worn at spine ends and corners, lacks free endpapers. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Speech of N. P. Banks, Jr. of Mass., on the Employment of Army Officers in National Armories delivered at the House of Representatives

By: Banks, Nathaniel P

Price: $17.97

Publisher: Washington, D.C, U.S. Congress: 1854

Seller ID: 37073

Binding: Original Wrappers

Condition: Very Good

16 pages; Original printed wrappers. This is the original 1854 printing. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MISSOURI - A Centennial Record with 48 Steel Engravings

By: Barns, Chancy R

Price: $299.95

Publisher: St. Louis, Bryan, Brand & Co: 1877

Seller ID: 39091

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

936 pages; Clean and tight in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorative stamping in gilt at spine and front cover. OCLC: 2686105 Some minor wear at spine ends. Endpapers starting. Extensive sections on archeaology and history of Missouri with 48 steel engravings. Table of Contents: I. Archaeology. The Mounds and their builders ... by A.J. Conant. -- II. History. Historical sketch of Missouri, by Col. W.F. Switzler. -- III. Physical geography. Geology, mines, minerals, waters, prairies, timber and soils of Missouri, by G.C. Swallow. -- IV. Material wealth. The resou...
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE PEACE JUBILEE held at Peterborough, N.H. September 30, 1898

By: Bartlett, General Charles H.

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Manchester, William E. Moore: 1898

Seller ID: 36986

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Near Fine

24 pages; Clean and tight in original printed wrappers. OCLC: 13631444 ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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THE NEW WEST CALIFORNIA IN 1867-1868

By: Brace, Charles Loring

Price: $174.95

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam: 1869

Seller ID: 42520

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

xii, 13-373, (1), 2 ads pages; Clean and secure in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine, minor rubbing at extremities. Includes sections on various aspects of mining, the Pacific Railroad, Yosemite Canyon, the California University, various aspects of agricultural production (including wine production, bees, silk-making, etc.), California petroleum, etc. Cowan p. 68, Six guns 252. Brace presents a very appealing picture of California as a destination for travel and emigration.
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Image for Representation of Sundry CITIZENS OF PROVIDENCE A statement from the sundry citizens of Providence, Rhode Island against an Increase of the Duty on Imported Manufactures

Representation of Sundry CITIZENS OF PROVIDENCE A statement from the sundry citizens of Providence, Rhode Island against an Increase of the Duty on Imported Manufactures

By: Brown, Nicholas

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Washington, DC, GPO: 1828

Seller ID: 36960

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

5 pages; House of Representatives, Treasurer's Dept; Document No. 174; 20th Congress, 1st Session. Light foxing. A statement from the sundry citizens of Providence, Rhode Island against an Increase of the Duty on Imported Manufactures. OCLC: 697711682 Presenting the argument that increased duty on such manufactured items as sail cloth, hemp, iron and molasses will have negative impacts on the shipping and merchandising industries. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in epheme...
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Massacre at Fort Mimms Hand Colored Steel Engraving

By: Chappel, Alonzo ; (John Rogers)

Price: $29.95

Publisher: New York, Johnson, Fry and Company: 1860

Seller ID: 41894

Binding: Engraving

Condition: Very Good

1 pages; Excellent 19th Century steel engraving with modern hand coloring, depicting Massacre at Fort Mimms, an attack on settlers and allied Native Americans on August 30, 1813, by the Red Stick faction of the Creeks. Public outcry sparked the initial military action against the Creek Nation that would usher in the Creek War of 1813-14. Beautifully engraved (perhaps by John Rogers) after an original painting by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887). Image measures 5 5/8" x 7 1/8" (14" x 11" matted). Clean sharp nicely colored image, matted in white stock with clear mylar. "In th...
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CENTENARY MEMORIAL OF THE PLANTING AND GROWTH OF PRESBYTERIANISM IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND PARTS ADJACENT

By: Convention, Presbyterian Centennial

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Benjamin Singerly: 1876

Seller ID: 41132

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

445 pages; Green cloth binding with decorative gilt lettering at spine and front cover. Cloth rubbed at spine ends, bumped and chipped at bottom front corner, label at base of spine, endpapers chipped at corners and splitting across hinges, binding still tight. Containing the historical discourses delivered at a convention of the Synods of Pittsburgh, Erie, Cleveland, and Columbus, held in Pittsburgh, December 7-9, 1875. With appendices and illustrations. fine engraved frontispiece portrait of John McMillan, additional engraved plates (portrait and architectural) with tissue guards, ; Exp...
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INDIANS ON THE UPPER MISSOURI

By: Cumming, A. ; (Superintendant Indian Affairs)

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Washington, DC, G.P.O.: 1856

Seller ID: 36944

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

15 pages; Message from the President of the United States, transmitting A Report in regard to the expedition among the Indians on the Upper Missouri. Executive Document No. 65, 34th Congress, 1st Session. OCLC: 9102688 Omaha Reserve at Black Bird Hills, Pawnee, Poncas, Sioux, Yancton Sioux, Fort Pierre, Fort Clark, Arickarees, Yellos Stone River, Black Feet, etc. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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YALE AND "THE CITY OF ELMS"

By: Decrow, W. E

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Boston, W. E. Decrow: 1885

Seller ID: 38839

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Light rubbing at edges, otherwise clean and tight in original blue cloth binding decoratively stamped in black and gold. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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WILLIAM SAWYER AND OTHERS - Committee on Private Lands

By: Edgerton, Mr

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Washington, DC, U. S. House of Representatives: 1852

Seller ID: 36967

Binding: Self Wrappers

Condition: Very Good

4 pages; Report 98, 37th Congress, 2nd Session. Regarding the grants to members of the Miami Indian tribe and their heirs of tracts of land on each side of the St. Mary's River by the Treaty of Greenville in 1795; the subsequent 1826 treaty providing that the US repurchase some of said granted land in 1795 and in 1818, etc... ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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CENTENARY MEMORIAL OF THE ERECTION OF THE COUNTY OF DAUPHIN AND THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY OF HARRISBURG 1785-1885

By: Egle, William Henry

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Harrisburg, Telegraph Printing House: 1886

Seller ID: 41086

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

397 pages; A couple scattered pencil marks in margin of name index, 1/2" closed tear at edge of one page. Otherwise, clean and tight in original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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DEBTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

By: Forward, W

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Washington, DC, GPO: 1842

Seller ID: 36959

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

3 pages; House of Representatives, Treasurer's Dept; Document No. 254; 27th Congress, 2nd Session. A statement of the debts of the City of Washington mid-year 1842. . ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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The Introductory Discourse and the Lectures delivered before the American Institute of Instruction in Boston, August, 1835 including the Journal of Proceedings and a List of the Offices

By: Furness, William Henry ; et alus

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Boston, Charles J. Hendee: 1836

Seller ID: 42504

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Sixth Annual Meeting; xxii, (2), 291 pages; Original owner's name on ffep "Joseph Pratt" otherwise unmarked and secure in original faded muslin covered boards; cloth split along spine edges, front board loosely attached, scattered light foxing, printed spine lable rubbed, cloth chipped along spine. Complete with Table of Contents, proceedings and papers delivered at the August 1835 meeting of the American Institute of Instruction. Contents include: Introductory Lecture by W. H. Furness; On the Study of the Classics by A. Crosby; On a Proper Education for an Agricultural People by Sam...
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THE HISTORY OF THE CHILLICOTHE PRESBYTERY From its organization in 1799 to 1889

By: Galbraith, R. C

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Chillicothe, H. W. Guthrie, Hugh Bell, and Peter Platter: 1889

Seller ID: 41095

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

431 pages; Clean and tight in original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine. Some light foxing to endpapers. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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EXETER, SCHOOLDAYS and OTHER POEMS

By: Hudgens, Seymour Isaacs

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Moses King: 1882

Seller ID: 40408

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

113 pages; A very good copy, clean and tight in original green cloth binding with black and gilt stamped spine and cover. OCLC: 9529537 Hudgens attended Phillips Exeter Academy prepreratory to his attendance at Harvard University. He was unable to complete the course with his Class of 1884 at Harvard, having been absent the entire junior year, but grafuated the following year (1885-86). During the three years 1881, 1882 and 1884 in which he was with the class, he rowed No. 6 on the University crew. After leaving college, Hudgens became an instructor in German, Greek and English literature a...
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THE CYMRY OF '76 or, Welshmen and Their Descendants of the American Revolution

By: Jones, Alexander

Price: $34.95

Publisher: New York, Sheldon, Lamport & Co.: 1855

Seller ID: 39096

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

132 pages; An Address with Appendix containing Notes, Sketches and Nomenclature of the CYMBRI to which is added A Letter on Eminent Welshmen by Samuel Jenkins and A Brief Sketch of St. David's Benevolent Society. Clean and tight in original blue cloth binding with decorative blindstamping, gilt lettering at spine. Cloth rubbed at extremities, gilt faded from lettering at spine, lacks ffep. OCLC: 9910264; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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PARIS IN AMERIKA Nach Der Siebzehntes Auflage Des Französischen Originals

By: Laboulaye, Edouard De ; (Writing As Rene Lefebure)

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Erlangen, Edouard Besold: 1868

Seller ID: 38860

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

viii, 416 pages; Contemporary half morocco over pebbled paper covered boards, brown endpapers. Binding quite rubbed along the spine, with wear along the joints but covers still attached; there is an internal tear to the title page, 3 inches, affecting the imprint, which has been repaired from the blank verso with an old piece of paper. Edouard de Laboulaye caused a sensation with the publication of his Paris en Amérique, which went through a large number of impressions during the 1860's. Translations appeared in English and several European languages, including Russian. The German edition wa...
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Category: 19th Century