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Cosmos Crumbling; American Reform and the Religious Imagination

By: Abzug, Robert H.

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1994

Seller ID: 35994

ISBN: 0195037529

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 304 pages; Snugly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright dust jacket. Trace shelf evidence to jacket edges and front flap has the lower corner clipped. Feels unread. NF/VG++
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The History of Georgia, from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Lippincott's Cabinet Histories of the States

By: Arthur, T. S. & W. H. Carpenter

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Company: 1852

Seller ID: 34600

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

frontis; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 331 pages; 1st edition. In original green cloth with decorative borders and ruling in blind to boards and gilt paneling to spine. Soundly bound but a bit worn with a damp/spill stain to the lower spine corner of the cloth, showing with mild discoloration in the spine gutter area of the first 40 or so pages. Gilt at spine fading. Marbled paper pastedowns appear to have been added by a prior owner, with some offset glue toning to the first and last several leaves. Tissue guarded steel plate engraving and extra illustrated title page. 30 page catalog of Lipp...
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The History of the United States of North America; [In 3 Volumes] From the Discovery of the Western World to the Present Day

By: Bartlett, W. H. & B. B. Woodward

Price: $450.00

Publisher: New York & London, George Virtue & Co: 1856

Seller ID: 35765

Binding: Leather

Condition: Very Good-

Steel Plate engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 3 volumes, complete. Soundly bound in matching publisher's deluxe trade binding of full red pebbled calfleather with highly decorative borders and vignettes tooled in gilt to boards and decorative title desing sna flourishes gilt tooled to spines. [7], 698; 720; 726 pp. Some light to moderate scuffing and rubbing to leather at board edges; Vol I has a small piece of leather chipped from the crown and Vol III has shallow loss from leather at the tail of the spine. Tissue guarded steel engraved plates throughout, over 80 in total and including...
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Report of the Trial of Leonard Blodget, Colonel of the Second Regiment : On Charges Preferred Against Him by Joseph Hawes, Brigadier General of the Second Brigade of the Rhode-Island Militia, before a General Court Martial Holden by Orders from the Major--General, Which Convened At the State House in East-Greenwich, October 23

By: Blodget, Leonard ; Joseph Hawes; George D'Wolf

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Providence, RI, Miller & Hutchens: 1821

Seller ID: 41815

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Good

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 46 pages; Complete published report of the Court Martial trial of Blodget. This example disbound with title page the cover and a blank free endpage at rear. Quires unsewn but snug and tight thus. Light toning and spotting to page stock. A Library ink stamp top edge of the first page of the report. Scarce. Good thus
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Cities in the Wilderness, Urban Life in America 1625 - 1742 & Cities in Revolt, Urban Life in America 1743 - 1776 (2 Volumes)

By: Bridenbaugh, Carl

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Capricorn Books: 1964

Seller ID: 43156

Binding: Paperback set

Condition: Very Good-

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 934 pages; 2 volumes, complete. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Snugly bound and clean with light/moderate sunning to spines and superficial shelf rubbing to cover edges. VG-
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Religion in the Quarters : A Study of Slave Preachers in the Antebellum South, 1800-1860

By: Dennard, David C.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Ann Arbor, University Microfilms International :: Northwestern University: 1986

Seller ID: 33734

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 332 pages; Authorized facsimile reprinting of Dennard's 1983 dissertation submitted for a degree in Doctor of Philosophy. Hardcover soundly bound in blue cloth with titles in gilt to spine. A little tenderness in the joints; a small number of pages corner creased. Ex-library with expected but light institutional indications. G
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Campaigns in the West, 1856-1861: The Journal and Letters of Colonel John Van Deusen Du Bois

By: Du Bois, John Van Deusen & Joseph Heger (Drawings) & Durwood Ball (Intro. )

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Tuscon, Arizona Historical Society: 2003

Seller ID: 40006

ISBN: 0910037450

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 121 pages; Oversize 4to in original color pictorial dust jacket. Reprints the Du Bois journals and letters from his campaigns in the US Calvalry. Issued originally in a Grabhorn printed limited edition, this reissue includes an enalrged set of Heger drawings and a new introduction. Snugly bound and generally neat, there is a trace ripple to the front edge of the first 30 or so leaves; light foxing to the blank reverse surface of the jacket. Otherwise splendid. Folding map in pocket at rear. VG++/VG++ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for ex...
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The Christian Spectator, Being a Journey from England to Ohio, Two Years in That State... [Bound With] the European Stranger in America [And] the Family Physician and Farmer's Companion

By: Eyre, John

Price: $325.00

Publisher: Albany, J. Munsell for E. H. Pease: 1838

Seller ID: 41932

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Small 8vo 7" - 8" tall; 180 pages; 1838 J. Munsell, printer, for E. H. Pease, Albany. 1st edition. Three volumes bound as one, as usually found. [Bound With] "The European Stranger in America" 84pp New York, 1839 [And] "the Family Physician and Farmer's Companion" 24pp [NP/ND]. Soundly bound in original trade cloth binding of ribbed brown cloth with decorative borders in blind and titles brightly in gilt to spine. Notable though is the presence of 3 stab holes in the first and third of the books along with the thin remanant of green paper in the gutter of the title pag...
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Gateway to Freedom; The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad

By: Foner, Eric

Price: $18.50

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company: 2015

Seller ID: 42770

ISBN: 0393244075

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

B&W Photographs & Reproductions; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 320 pages; 1st printing. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $26.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Illustrated with b&w photos and reproductions printed on glossy stock. Handsome copy. About as new. F/F
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The Life and Public Services of James Buchanan... Including the Most Important of His State Papers

By: Horton, R.G.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York & Cincinnati, Derby & Jackson; H. W. Derby & Co.: 1856

Seller ID: 31231

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 428 pages; (Printed by George Russell; Stereotyped by W.H. Tisson) Derby & Jackson; New York & Cincinnati. HC 1st edition. Snugly bound in original decoratively blind stamped green cloth with gilt title desing to spine dulled as usually seen. Tight fresh copy with just slight shelf rub to cloth at extremities. Closed partial tear in the gutter of the front pastedown. Otherwise splendid. Uncommon in condition. VG++ to NF
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Harriet Lane, (Later Harriet Lane Johnston) Papers Read before the Lancaster County Historical Society Vol. 33, No. 6

By: Hostetter, Ida K.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Lancaster, Lancaster County Historical Society: 1929

Seller ID: 40605

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Later Harriet Lane Johnston; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23 pages; 1929 Lancaster County Historical Society Journal Vol XXXIII, No. 6. Paperback in title lettered card covers and saddle stapled binding. 16 page paper on Buchanan's niece includes several illustrations. VG+
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White over Black American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812

By: Jordan, Winthrop D.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press: 1968

Seller ID: 42650

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 651 pages; Stout HC/DJ. 1st edition. Soundly bound and clean in original dust jacket with publisher's $12.50 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Black cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. Dust jacket slightly toned to whites of the graphic design with light shelf rubbing and some shallow nicks and short tears to edges. A small number of pages with a shallow stress crease to the lower front corner; appears that the book may have been pushed onto a narrow metal book end. Contents bright and clean with no marks. Formative work, the winner of the National ...
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Changes in The Word; Reading Practices in Antebellum America

By: Lehuu, Isabelle

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Ann Arbor, UMI Dissertation Services: 1996

Seller ID: 31803

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 329 pages; Facsimile printing of the author's PhD dissertation at Cornell. Tightly bound in blue card stock covers with title label to cover and spine unlettered, as issued. Feels and appears unread and as new. Fine
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The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. 9 Volume Set

By: Lincoln, Abraham & Roy Basler (Ed. )

Price: $139.50

Publisher: New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press: 1953

Seller ID: 42824

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

facsimile reproductions of documents; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; HC 9 volume set (including index). Snugly bound in original slate gray cloth with title designs in gold and blue to spines. History Book Club edition. Contents bright and freshclean and unmarked. Illustrated with b&w facsimile manuscript plates and some photos. VG or better set ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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The Twilight of Federalism; The Disintegration of the Federalist Party, 1815-1830

By: Livermore, Shaw

Price: $69.50

Publisher: Princeton, Princeton University Press: 1962

Seller ID: 42764

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages; [SIGNED] HC/DJ. 1st edition. Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf to fellow Princeton historian, William Bruce Catton. Snugly bound and neat with clean unmarked text. Jacket just slightly toned at spine with mild shelf evidence to edges. VG++/VG++; Signed by Author
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Keeping the Secret : Underground Railroad Activity in Lancaster County and Beyond

By: Mennonite School, Hinkletown : Fourth and Fifth Grade Classes.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Hinkletown PA, Village Press for Hinkletown Mennonite School: 2001

Seller ID: 38940

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 40 pages; Larger paperback in pictorial wraps. A primary grades reader and activity book with a focus on the Underground Railway. With puzzles, illustrations and pictures to color. This copy bright and neat with no marks and just mild shelf evidence to covers. VG+
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"Dear Master" Letters of a Slave Family

By: Miller, Randall M. (Ed. )

Price: $32.50

Publisher: Ithaca, Cornell University Press: 1978

Seller ID: 38267

ISBN: 0801411343

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

B&W reproductions and photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 281 pages; Snugly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket. Jacket is price clipped to front flap and has light shelf/handling rub at edges with a few short closed nicks. Illustrated with period b&w photos and reproductions. VG+/VG
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Figuring Authorship in Antebellum America

By: Newbury, Michael

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press: 1997

Seller ID: 30389

ISBN: 0804728585

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 251 pages; Tight bright and fresh in immaculate dust jacket. Crisp unmarked copy feels and appears about as new. F/F
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In Recognition of Their Prominence : a Case Study of the Economic and Social Backgrounds of an Ante-Bellum Negro Business and Farming Class in Lancaster County [In] Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, V. 72, No. 2

By: Oblinger, Carl D

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Lancaster, Lancaster County Historical Society: 1968

Seller ID: 32563

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 71 pages; Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, V. 72, No. 2. Oblinger's paper comprises the firsat 18 p. With several other papers included. Whole issue paged 65-135. Solid copy with 4 or 5 illustrations. Covers lightly toned. VG+
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Phelps's Travellers' Guide through the United States; Containing Upwards of Seven Hundred Rail-Road, Canal, and Stage and Steam-Boat Routes.

By: Phelps, Humphrey

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Ensigns & Thayer: 1849

Seller ID: 37404

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good

12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 70 pages; Small format volume in original polished red calf with orante pictorial title desing embossed in gilt to cover and in blind to rear board. Spine unlettered as issued. Lacking the map that was originally a feature of the publication. Otherwise clean and decent with light rubbing to leather at crown and board edges. Lacking also a free front endpage; expected light toning and foxing. Good thus
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Category: American History : Antebellum