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Gross, Robert A. In Debt to Shays: The Bicentennial of an Agrarian Rebellion (Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Vol 65) Hardcover. Fine. University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1993. 1st printing, Fine/hardcover/cloth binding/published without dust jacket, Hardcover,8vo, 418pgs. Shay's Rebellion was a conflict over debts and taxes, prompted by the fiscal policies of Massachusetts in the mid-1780s.

Mackenzie, Sir George: Jus Regium: or, The Just and Solid Foundations of Monarchy in General: and more especially of the Monarchy of Scotland: Manitain'd against Buchannan, Daphtali, Dolman, Milton, & c. By Sir George Mackenzie, His Majesty's Advocate in Scotland. London: Printed for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard. 1684. A rare English history book.MACKENZIE, Sir George Lacks engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles II, otherwise a very crisp copy in contemporary quarter calf with paper boards, rubbed on hinges and corners of boards. Three separate editions were published in this year. A good copy. Has early pages replaced with blank blue paper and this may be one of the later editions, which lacked the portrait, since by 1684 everyone knew what Charles II looked like. Wing M163. Charles II, second son of Charles I and Henrietta Marie of France, was born in 1630. He spent his teenage years fighting Parliament's Roundhead forces until his father's execution in… Read More

New York: Review of Review Corp.. Very Good. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. All 10 volumes of the Semi-Centennial Memorial Photographic History of the Civil War. Published in 1911 on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the war. Condition of each volume is Fine. Covers have slight wear, very light rubbing and some spotting. Top page edges on all 10 volumes gilt which is in very nice shape. Gilt lettering and decorations on all 10 spines also bright and intact. Inside pages, including hundreds of photographs, are clean and bright with no spotting or foxing. All 10 volumes bound in blue boards, no DJ. Each volume is slightly oversize and contains about 300 pages of photographs and text for a total of about 3,000 pages of photographs and explanatory text for the set. A heavy set that will require extra postage. Please contact us for postage prices. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . endpapers are blue with gold top edges. This is the first edition of this epic work and has thousands of scenes photographed from… Read More