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Washington, D.C.: R.C. Weightman, 1808. Hardcover. Near Fine. 123, [1] p.; 21 cm. Modern binding: black cloth spine with gilt-tooled spine title; flax paper dyed brown with aniline dye over acid-free boards. "April 12, 1808. Printed by order of the Senate." Includes communications by B.H. Latrobe and Robert Fulton on the subject of canals. Howes, G27. Albert Gallatin was Secretary of the Treasury from 1801 to 1813. He advocated an ambitious program to improve the nation's transportation infrastructure for which he was unable to muster enough support at the federal level. As had been traditionally done, such improvements were instead accomplished piecemeal during the 19th century by local governments, and by private road and canal companies. In Near Fine Condition: pages are browning but clean and tight.
( J. K. Lilly's copy) The Indiana Gazeteer, or Topographical Dictionary; Containing a Description of the Several Counties, Towns, Villages, Settlements, Roads , Lakes, Rivers, Creeks, & Springs in the State of Indiana. Second Edition by (Scott, John) - 1833
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( J. K. Lilly's copy) The Indiana Gazeteer, or Topographical Dictionary; Containing a Description of the Several Counties, Towns, Villages, Settlements, Roads , Lakes, Rivers, Creeks, & Springs in the State of Indiana. Second Edition
by (Scott, John)
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Indianapolis, IN: Douglas and Maguire, 1833. RARE. Second Edition, carefully revised, corrected and enlarged. 200 pp., original cloth with red leather spine label. Very Good, moderate foxing, cloth a bit rubbed and faded, small holes in front hinge, 1980 bookseller's description laid in. Pencil note front end page to "see page 127, Crown Hill in 1826", with corresponding pencil mark in margin at p. 127. From the collection of Josiah Kirby Lilly. his round leather bookplate front paste down, also stamped at front end page "Josiah K. Lilly, JR., from Wm. M. Rockwood, May 26, 1932". Lilly's book collection formed the foundation for the renowned Lilly Library at Indiana University. Books from his personal collection are uncommon in the current market. Howes S230, Sabin 78305. . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Subject of Public Roads and Canals; made in pursuance of a resolution of Senate, of March 2, 1807
by Gallatin, Albert
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Histoire d'un pou françois; ou, L'espion d'une nouvelle espece, tant en France, qu'en Angleterre.
by DELAUNEY, Remy
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1781 History of a French Spy American Revolution Benjamin Franklin Espionage'History of a French Spy' is a story of French espionage during the American Revolution by Remy Delauney.
In the first part of 1778, King Louis XVI of France signed the Treaty of Alliance which promised military support between France and the United States against Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin ordered and drew the treaty for the French government to sign. This book tells of the conversations between Franklin and French naval officers.
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Histoire d'un pou françois; ou, L'espion d'une nouvelle espece, tant en France, qu'en Angleterre.
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The Challenge to Liberty
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1934 1st ed Herbert Hoover SIGNED Challenge to Liberty on Franklin Roosevelt "Children are our greatest natural resource."
― Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States known for his business plans during the Great Depression. Shortly following his presidency and retirement from politics, he published 'The Challenge to Liberty' which was a harsh, critical work of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, calling much of Roosevelt's plans 'fascist'! According to Polenberg,
"Hoover raised an important issue when he claimed that big government would attempt to protect itself from criticism by blocking the free flow of information and therefore represented an insidious threat to freedom of speech and the press."
This 1934 first edition is signed by author and former president Herbert Hoover!
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HOOVER, Herbert
The Challenge to Liberty
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The Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide : through the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and the territories of Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska ; being an accurate and concise description of each state and territory ; and containing the routes and distances on the great lines of travel ; accompanied with a large and minute map
by COLTON, J.H.
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1854 HUGE MAP Colton's Western Tourist Emigrant's Guide Americana CaliforniaJ.H. Colton founded an American mapmaking company in the early 1830s which became an international leader in the map publishing industry until 1890. Colton created railroad maps, immigrant guides, elaborate atlases, and more all printed using engraved steel plates, which produced higher quality prints than maps made with less costly wax engravings, which were often separately hand water colored. and were recognized for their decorative borders.
J.H. Colton's 'Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide'is an important 19th-century geographical book with an enormous folding map of the American 'west' including Ohio, Missouri, Indiana and Wisconsin. According to Howes, this work includes descriptions and material on California, Oregon, and Texas, with overland routes and westward expansion.
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Narrative of Military Operations, directed, during the late war between the States
by JOHNSTON, Joseph Eggleston
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1874 1ed Confederate General Joseph E Johnston Civil War Narrative CSA MilitaryJoseph E. Johnston was a 19th-century American Army officer who served as a Confederate States Army general, even though he trained at West Point. However, his military acumen was wrecked and constantly criticized by Confederate President Jefferson Davis – with whom Johnston was very displeased. Following his service time as a military officer, Johnston wrote and published his own memoirs – memoirs which were mostly attacks on President Davis and other officers, as well as defending his own actions and decisions during the Civil War.
'In Tall Cotton' says of this work:
"A vigorous defense of his own actions and necessarily, therefore, a hard-hitting attack on others, particularly on President Davis against whom he records his objections to excess."
According to Nevins, this work is
"one of the earliest Confederate reminiscences; strongly partisan, anti-Davis, and defensive in tone."
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Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Subject of Public Roads and Canals; made in pursuance of a resolution of Senate, of March 2, 1807
by Gallatin, Albert
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Washington, D.C.: R.C. Weightman, 1808. Hardcover. Near Fine. 123, [1] p.; 21 cm. Modern binding: black cloth spine with gilt-tooled spine title; flax paper dyed brown with aniline dye over acid-free boards. "April 12, 1808. Printed by order of the Senate." Includes communications by B.H. Latrobe and Robert Fulton on the subject of canals. Howes, G27. Albert Gallatin was Secretary of the Treasury from 1801 to 1813. He advocated an ambitious program to improve the nation's transportation infrastructure for which he was unable to muster enough support at the federal level. As had been traditionally done, such improvements were instead accomplished piecemeal during the 19th century by local governments, and by private road and canal companies. In Near Fine Condition: pages are browning but clean and tight.
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Histoire d'un pou françois; ou, L'espion d'une nouvelle espece, tant en France, qu'en Angleterre.
by DELAUNEY, Remy
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1781 History of a French Spy American Revolution Benjamin Franklin Espionage'History of a French Spy' is a story of French espionage during the American Revolution by Remy Delauney.
In the first part of 1778, King Louis XVI of France signed the Treaty of Alliance which promised military support between France and the United States against Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin ordered and drew the treaty for the French government to sign. This book tells of the conversations between Franklin and French naval officers.
Item number: #11218
Price: $950
DELAUNEY, Remy
Histoire d'un pou françois; ou, L'espion d'une nouvelle espece, tant en France, qu'en Angleterre.
A Paris : 1781. 1st edition
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The Challenge to Liberty
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1934 1st ed Herbert Hoover SIGNED Challenge to Liberty on Franklin Roosevelt "Children are our greatest natural resource."
― Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States known for his business plans during the Great Depression. Shortly following his presidency and retirement from politics, he published 'The Challenge to Liberty' which was a harsh, critical work of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, calling much of Roosevelt's plans 'fascist'! According to Polenberg,
"Hoover raised an important issue when he claimed that big government would attempt to protect itself from criticism by blocking the free flow of information and therefore represented an insidious threat to freedom of speech and the press."
This 1934 first edition is signed by author and former president Herbert Hoover!
Item number: #13579
Price: $599
HOOVER, Herbert
The Challenge to Liberty
New York, London, C. Scribner's Sons, 1934. First edition.
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The Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide : through the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and the territories of Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska ; being an accurate and concise description of each state and territory ; and containing the routes and distances on the great lines of travel ; accompanied with a large and minute map
by COLTON, J.H.
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1854 HUGE MAP Colton's Western Tourist Emigrant's Guide Americana CaliforniaJ.H. Colton founded an American mapmaking company in the early 1830s which became an international leader in the map publishing industry until 1890. Colton created railroad maps, immigrant guides, elaborate atlases, and more all printed using engraved steel plates, which produced higher quality prints than maps made with less costly wax engravings, which were often separately hand water colored. and were recognized for their decorative borders.
J.H. Colton's 'Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide'is an important 19th-century geographical book with an enormous folding map of the American 'west' including Ohio, Missouri, Indiana and Wisconsin. According to Howes, this work includes descriptions and material on California, Oregon, and Texas, with overland routes and westward expansion.
Item number: #13174
Price: $750
COLTON, J.H.
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Narrative of Military Operations, directed, during the late war between the States
by JOHNSTON, Joseph Eggleston
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1874 1ed Confederate General Joseph E Johnston Civil War Narrative CSA MilitaryJoseph E. Johnston was a 19th-century American Army officer who served as a Confederate States Army general, even though he trained at West Point. However, his military acumen was wrecked and constantly criticized by Confederate President Jefferson Davis – with whom Johnston was very displeased. Following his service time as a military officer, Johnston wrote and published his own memoirs – memoirs which were mostly attacks on President Davis and other officers, as well as defending his own actions and decisions during the Civil War.
'In Tall Cotton' says of this work:
"A vigorous defense of his own actions and necessarily, therefore, a hard-hitting attack on others, particularly on President Davis against whom he records his objections to excess."
According to Nevins, this work is
"one of the earliest Confederate reminiscences; strongly partisan, anti-Davis, and defensive in tone."
Per Eicher,
"This is one of the… Read More
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life
by nebraska state journal
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
by Traven, B
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
by John B. Wyeth
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
by Goodwin, Maud Wilder
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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Samuel The Seeker
by Sinclair, Upton
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos
by Anderson, Carilyn M. And Franklin, Harold A. And Nelson, Bonnie K. And Radford, Milene F. And Dollen
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El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
by Eric Sloane
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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