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Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is “a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all.” Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly...
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National Debt - Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury
by Rush, Richard
Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton. Very Good+. 1828. Paperback. 8 pages; transmitting the information required by a reduction of the House of Representatives, of 8th instant, in relation to the Sum which will be required annually to discharge the whole Of the National Debt in the year 1835. March 13, 1828 ; 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 JOSIAH QUINCY in the House of Representatives of the U.S. delivered 5th January 1813 on the bill in addition to the act entitled "An Act to Raise an Additional Military Force", and for other purposes
by Quincy, Josiah
Alexandria: S. Snowden & J. D. Simms. Very Good. 1813. First Edition. Self-wrappers. 36 pages; Speech of the Hon. Josiah Quincy, in the House of Representatives of the United State4s, Delivered the 5th January, 1813. on the Bill in Addition to the Act Entitled "an Act to Raise an Additional Military Force, " and for Other Purposes. Small chip at lower right corner of 1st leaf, otherwise a Very Good copy of this early Virginia imprint regarding the raising of troops for the War against...
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PROHIBITION - A FAILURE OR, THE TRUE SOLUTION OF THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION
by Lewis, Dio
Boston: James R. Osgood. Very Good. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages toned, otherwise clean and tight in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering. Cloth a bit scuffed. OCLC: 4721018 Dioclesian Lewis was a temperance lecturer and a pioneer in physical education and practiced homeopathy. He studied at the Harvard Medical School. He argued that Prohibition was ineffective in encouraging Temperance and organized thousands of women to rally at saloons seeking their closing. Very scarce...
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The American Dream. The 50s
by Hugh Downs eds of Time Life Books
Time-Life Books/A Division of Time-Life, Inc., Alexandria, VA, 1998. Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket Copyright © 1998. 192 pp. Clean and unmarked pages
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NZ$83.32
CENTENARY MEMORIAL OF THE PLANTING AND GROWTH OF PRESBYTERIANISM IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND PARTS ADJACENT
by Convention, Presbyterian Centennial
Benjamin Singerly. Very Good-. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. 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...
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![LOCKS AND DAMS, MONONGAHELA RIVER [w/ nine maps and plans, many folding] Letter from the Acting Secretary of War with a letter from the Chief of Engineers](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/479/035/1343035479.0.b.jpg)
LOCKS AND DAMS, MONONGAHELA RIVER [w/ nine maps and plans, many folding] Letter from the Acting Secretary of War with a letter from the Chief of Engineers
by Lamont, Daniel S. ; Thomas Lincoln Casey
Washington, DC: GPO. Very Good. 1900. First Edition. Removed Document. 65, 9 folding maps and plans pages; 53d Congress, 3d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 249. Transmitting The report of the Chief of Engineers on the subject of acquiring by purchase the locks and dams on the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania. Sixty-five pages of text and tables including 8 appendices; accompanied by 9 maps and plans (6 folding). Contributors: Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War; Thomas Lincoln Casey, Brigadier General, Chief...
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![THE FRIEND : A Religious and Literary Journal [Eight Individual Issues]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/412/154/1403154412.0.b.jpg)
THE FRIEND : A Religious and Literary Journal [Eight Individual Issues]
by Smith, Robert ; [editor]
Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph and William Kite, 50 N. Fourth Street. Very Good. 1845. First Edition. Paperback. 64 pages; Seven individual issues from 1845 and one from 1847 of this American Quaker weekly journal edited by Robert Smith and printed by Joseph and William Kite, 50 N. Fourth Street, Philadelphia. Each issue is a single sheet folded into 8 printed pages (uncut); then folded into quarters horizontally, as originally mailed. Each issue bears the original owner's name signed at one...
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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
Harrisburg: Telegraph Printing House. Very Good-. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. 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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NZ$33.94
PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS AND THE RAILROAD SCENERY OF PENNSYLVANIA
by Anonymous
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good-. 1875. Hardcover. 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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THE NEW WEST CALIFORNIA IN 1867-1868
by Brace, Charles Loring
New York: G.P. Putnam. Very Good+. 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. 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...
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Life in Prairie Land, 1855
by Farnham, Eliza W
Life in Prairie Land, by Eliza W Farnham. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1855.Poignant description of the harsh life of women on the Illinois prairie written by an early woman activist.
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Many Choice Anecdotes...1829
by Weems, M. L
The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable Sayings of the Great Man,Never Before Published by Any of his Biographers. M. L. Weems, Author of Life of Washington. Philadelphia: Published by Uriah Hunt...and Louisville, KY, Published by Morton & Co. 239 pp, 4-1/2" x 71/8". 1829.Early edition of M. L. Weems biography of Benjamin Franklin. First published in 1817 as "Life of Benjamin Franklin with Essays"...a bit different content. Considered one of the cornerstone biographies of...
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Personal gold framing of Special Dog, (cabinet photo)
Personal gold framing of Special Dog, (cabinet photo)
Description: 11 x 8.75 gold framed and matted by hand of loving owner
Condition: Excellent
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Description: 11 x 8.75 gold framed and matted by hand of loving owner
Condition: Excellent
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NZ$170.22
Mary Lou Barker age 3 months, Syracuse Ne
Mary Lou Barker age 3 months, Syracuse Ne
3.5x5.5, mounted on trifold mat., photographer pittinger, Syracuse ne, date unk. Mary Lou Barker. 3 month old. Date unk. Local purchase. Good condition.
3.5x5.5, mounted on trifold mat., photographer pittinger, Syracuse ne, date unk. Mary Lou Barker. 3 month old. Date unk. Local purchase. Good condition.
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NZ$51.07
Matted Prize Collie
Matted Prize Collie
Professional Photo. Mounted on designer mat. C.G. Crooke , Coleshill. Purchased on line. Photo scuffed but quite lovely
Professional Photo. Mounted on designer mat. C.G. Crooke , Coleshill. Purchased on line. Photo scuffed but quite lovely
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NZ$42.56
An Essay on Liberty and Slavery, 1856, First Edition
by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
An Essay on Liberty and Slavery by Albert Taylor Bledsoe, LL.D., Professor of Mathematics in the University of Virginia. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.: 383 pp. 1856 Rare First EditionAbolitionists, the religious implications, the public good, and the Fugitive Slave Law are all addressed in what has been termed "a highly important and sophisticated proslavery argument". Author was a friend of Jefferson Davis, a Confederate soldier, and a defender of both the South and Slavery. He became the first...
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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
Washington, D.C: U.S. Congress. Very Good. 1854. First Edition. Original Wrappers. 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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Biographical Sketches of Our National Presidents, 1932 First Ed
Biographical Sketches of Our National Presidents and the Ladies of the White House, Book I and Book II (Part A and Part B). Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 1932 First Edition. Two parts bound as one. Condition: NOT a library book. No stamps, signatures, book plates, crimps or writing found within. Like new condition, two parts bound as one. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND...
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WILLIAM SAWYER AND OTHERS - Committee on Private Lands
by Edgerton, Mr
Washington, DC: U. S. House of Representatives. Very Good. 1852. First Edition. Self Wrappers. 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...
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Afoot and Alone; A Walk from Sea to Sea, by the Southern Route,1872
by Powers, Stephen
Afoot and Alone; A Walk from Sea to Sea By the Southern Route. Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, etc. By Stephen Powers. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. Hartford, Conn: Columbian Book Company, 1872"These were the happiest days of my life..in the large liberty and lawlessness of the prairies..." [from the Preface]
Condition: This original cloth hardcover is shown in the photographs. Binding is secure, toning is minimal, and no stamps, crimps or writing was... Read more about this item
Condition: This original cloth hardcover is shown in the photographs. Binding is secure, toning is minimal, and no stamps, crimps or writing was... Read more about this item
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NZ$350.23
The American Presidents
by Whitney, David C
Dust jacket shows wear along the edges and has a 1.5 cm tear att he top of the spine. The book itself shows very mild wear for its age. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Covers all presidents up to Nixon's first term.
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NZ$11.49
