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Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1999. First Edition. Cloth. As new/as new. An as new, stated first edition in an as new dust jacket. Fine. xx, 641 pages : illustrations, maps. Octavo. From the private collection of noted attorney, sailor, and sometime cowboy, Joshua L. Soske Jr. "This biography of Dr. John McLoughlin (1784-1857) illuminates the enigmatic man now called the father of Oregon. As head of the Hudson Bay Company's Fort Vancouver and later as a US citizen, McLoughlin aided Oregon Trail settlers, but the British company and some settlers proved unappreciative. The book includes a rare daguerreotype of McLoughlin, maps, and other illustrations from both US and Canadian collections." -Publisher's websiteTOC: Prologue: The HouseCanadaChapter 1. Quebec1.. The Litigious Frasers, 1746-17782.. Across the St. Lawrence, 1778-17983.. A Very Young Doctor, 1798-18034.. To the Fur Country, 1803Chapter 2. Lords of the Lakes…
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Outpost : John McLoughlin and the Far Northwest
by Dorothy Nafus Morrison
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No More Vietnams
by Richard M. Nixon
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New York: Arbor House, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. A fine first edition, first printing in a fine, unclipped dust jacket, Complete number line. 240 pages. Octavo. In writing No More Vietnams, Richard Nixon-with the unique perspective of the man who served us America's commander-in-chief during the war's most difficult stage-has set out to dispel the myths of Vietnam, to show why we failed in Vietnam, and to contribute to the development of policies that will help avoid such failures in the future. In doing so, President Nixon analyzes the role that four presidents, the military, the Congress, the media, and the antiwar movement played in the Vietnam debacle."--Front jacket flapFrom the private collection of noted attorney, sailor, and sometime cowboy, Joshua L. Soske Jr.
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The Winchester Horror
by William F. Nolan
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Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 1998. Limited Edition; Signed edition; First Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Eric Powell. A fine, signed limited first edition in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Nolan on the limitation page, number 400 of 450 copies. [Novella Seies no. 6]. Appears completely unread. Burgundy cloth binding. Fine dust jacket. Illustrated. 111 pp. Octavo. Halloween night, 1997. Two young couples are participating in a candle-lit seance. They're giggling. Joking around. They're not believers even though the seance is taking place in the infamous Winchester House. Even though the spirit they are trying to contact is the legendary Sarah Winchester...But when the candle hisses out and the room plunges into darkness, their smiles soon turn to screams and suddenly they believe...It's one year later, and David Kincaid, well-known investigator of the paranormal, is hot on the trail of Lyn Lucero, the missing younger sister of a long-time friend in…
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The Winchester Horror
by William F. Nolan
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Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 1998. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Eric Powell. A fine, signed limited edition in a fine clamshell slipcase. Signed by Nolan on the limitation page, "O" of 26 lettered copies. [Novella Seies no. 6]. Appears completely unread. Burgundy clamshell slipcase. Burgundy cloth binding. Fine dust jacket. Color illustration. Traycased Hardcover Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies bound in leather clamshell box and Smyth sewn with a satin ribbon page marker. 111 pp. Octavo. Halloween night, 1997. Two young couples are participating in a candle-lit seance. They're giggling. Joking around. They're not believers even though the seance is taking place in the infamous Winchester House. Even though the spirit they are trying to contact is the legendary Sarah Winchester...But when the candle hisses out and the room plunges into darkness, their smiles soon turn to screams and suddenly they believe...It's…
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Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademiens sekreterare och astronom, 1749-1783. Av N.V.E. Nordenmark. Avec un résumé français
by N. V. E. [Nils Viktor Emanuel] Nordenmark
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Uppsala: Almqvist & Wirsells Boktryckeri, 1939. Early Printing. Original wraps. Near fine/very good. First published in 1935, this is an excellent early printing of the biography of the astronomer Wargentin.In original paper wraps with wax/glassine dust wrapper intact. Very near fine with many unopened pages. A few stains to cover, especially at unprotected edges. (see photo). Text in Swedis and French. Frontis., illustrations, 464 pp., 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches tall, octavo. Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin (Sunne parish, Jämtlands län 11 September 1717 (OS) Stockholm 13 December 1783), Swedish astronomer and demographer. Wargentin made studies on the moons of Jupiter and published his first paper on the topic in 1741 in the Acta of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala. The crater Wargentin on the Moon is named after him, as is the secondary school Wargentinsskolan in Östersund, Jämtland, with a historical continuity going back to the school Wargentin himself attended on…
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A history of the United States (Complete in two volumes)
by Norman A. Graebner, Gilbert C. Fite, Philip L. White
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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/missing. A very good first edition, first printing with complete number line. Complete two-volume set. Purple cloth boards with title stamped on front cover and spine. Both volumes showing bumped corners. Brown endpapers. Binding soft. Sunning to spines. Previous owner's name on FFEP. Quarto. Norman Arthur Graebner (1915-2010) was visiting professor (1956-57) and professor (1957-67) at the University of Illinois (UI) History Department. He was a revered educator and lecturer as well as a leading historian of American diplomacy.Graebner was born in Kingman, Kansas, on October 19, 1915. He earned his bachelor's degree from Milwaukee State College (1939) and a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma (1940) before serving in the US Army during World War II. Following the war, he earned his PhD from the University of Chicago (1949). During his career, Graebner was recognized as one of…
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This is the Zodiac speaking" : into the mind of a serial killer
by Michael D. Kelleher; David Van Nuys
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Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. A fine first edition in an equally fine dust jacket. Complete number line. Black paper-covered boards over black pleather quarter cloth. Vibrant silver title stamping on spine. xii, 261 pages : illustrations. Octavo. California was thrown into a paralysis of fear in 1969, distraught over the unsolved murders of the Zodiac killer. The Zodiac became the most elusive and frustrating adversary ever encountered by the law enforcement community in the San Francisco Bay Area. A series of letters, allegedly written by the murderer himself and published in local newspapers, only added to the mystery and panic. Over 30 years after he exploded onto the headlines of the San Francisco Chronicle, the Zodiac serial killer remains an enigma that is unparalleled in the history of crime in America, and the case remains unsolved. Violence expert Michael Kelleher and psychologist David Van Nuys attempt to provide a glimpse into the mind…
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