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Houghton Mifflin Company Boston, New York, 1907, COPYRIGHT 1906 AND 1907 by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Houghton Mifflin And Company, Boston, New York (1907). Green Cloth over boards, picture on front cover, light green lettering. VERY GOOD --/NODJ. New Chronicles of Rebecca" was a sequel to the more popular 1903 novel "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" by Wiggin, an author, teacher and composer. The stories follow the life of Rebecca Rowena Randall, a cheerful Maine girl who was sent to live with her two aunts. Emma Jane, who had wrung her handkerchief into a clammy ball, gave it a last despairing wrench, and faltered: "Wouldn't you like-hadn't you better-don't you think you'd ought to be more constant at meeting and Sabbath school?" Jacob's axe almost dropped from his nerveless hand, and he regarded the daughter of Zion with unspeakable rage and disdain. Then, the blood mounting in his face, he gathered himself together, and shouted: "You take yourself off that log and out o' this dooryard… Read More

New York, Dutton. 1950, First Reissue Edition. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book. This is the beautiful 1950 First Reprint edition from new plates and engravings.,. It has the color illustration on the cover of a child in a black raincoat talking with friendly geese by Ernest H.Shepard.
Copyright , 1927, by E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc. First Printing September,1927. 100th Printing September 1935. 150th Printing July 1941. 161th Printing July 1949.Reprinted from new plates and engraving ,and type entirely reset August 1950. with decorations by Ernest H.shepard.Jacket in good condition, slight shelf wear, front flap bottom corner clipped. Book and jacket clean, bright and very presentable. Colors and text vibrant and clean.

NXlibris, Corp, 2011. NXlibris, Corp. Paperback,First Editior, First Printing, 07/27/2011. light book cardboard, designs of Military Equipment, color picture of author on back cover. Near Mint/No DJ as issued. As a follow-up to his warmly received debut book, "Nashua Area Men and Women in World War II," author Ronald Dube shares another remarkable collection of war stories and accounts told to him by his fellow Nashuan war veterans from both WWII and, primarily, the Korean War. With candor and meticulous attention to detail, "Post WWII Nashua Through Korea" paints an intimate portrait of what life was like for those who served. In between these stories, Dube includes details of the local and national developments and events that affected the everyday life of Nashua residents during this period in time. A mesmerizing work for readers of all ages, "Post WWII Nashua Through Korea" serves as a touching tribute to Nashuan war veterans, while also preserving an important historical record for future… Read More

First Updated Harper Perennial Modern Classic 2018, 2018. Harper Perennial Modern Classics 10/16/2018. First Harper Perennial Edition Published 2008. First Updated Harper Perennial Modern Classic 2018. AS NEW/NO DJ as issued. A Nation of Immigrants is a 1958 book on American immigration by then U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. The name of the book is a reference to a popular moniker for the United States, as a country whose population, the Americans, is predominantly made up of non-Native American peoples who settled the country following the European colonization of Americas and the establishment of the Thirteen Colonies. The book was written by Kennedy in 1958, while he was still a senator. It was written as part of the Anti-Defamation League's series entitled the One Nation Library.[1] In the 1950s, former ADL National Director Ben Epstein was concerned by rising xenophobia and anti-immigrant rhetoric, so he reached out to then-Senator Kennedy to write a manuscript on… Read More

A personal report after fifty years of study & enjoyment of wildlife within the boundaries of Greater New York.How many New Yorkers are aware of the immense variety of wildlife to be found within the limits of their city? It's all a matter of knowing how and where to look. Few are as well prepared to tell us as is John Kieran.
Book is clean, solid and bright. No soiling, no markings. Maps on end papers. Beautiful illustrations throughout the book by Henry Bugbee Kane.

Houghton Mifflin, 1959. H. M. CO, 1959, Stated First printing. A Near Mint copy, with a Near Mint Dust jacket, unclipped with $5.75 price on front flap./Near Mint. Henry Bugbee Kane.. A personal report after fifty years of study & enjoyment of wildlife within the boundaries of Greater New York. How many New Yorkers are aware of the immense variety of wildlife to be found within the limits of their city? It's all a matter of knowing how and where to look Few are as well prepared to tell us as is John Kieran. Houghton Mifflin (1959). Stated First printing.Book is clean, solid and bright No soiling, no markings Maps on end papers Beautiful illustrations throughout the book by Henry Bugbee Kane.

Butterflies by Clarence, M. Weed, D. Sc. ,An outstanding book for its time!!! Forty-eight illustratios in full color, Details and descriptions very detailed. This vollume is in great condition, no writing or soiling. very little pulling away from spine , no writing, almost as new , except for mild fadiing of gold gilt on upper front cover and pine. colors bright on all color plates, no fading or dicolorations. a beatuful copy for lits age. Birds by Neltje Blanchan, forty-eight Illustrations in full color, unbelievble renderings on color plates. book inexcellent condition, no yelowying...
Doubleday, Page and Company, for Nelson Doubledy , Inc,, 1926, Three volume in a collection of six volume. All thre volumes are in great condition, tight,clean and vibrant, some mild fading to gold gilt lettering , but nothing major. some light spotting on all boards, very minor. Beautiful volulmes, GREAT GIFTS.

Doubleday, Page and Company, for Nelson Doubledy , Inc, 1926. Doubleday, Page and Company, for Nelson Doubledy , Inc,, 1926, T.. Three volume in a collection of six volume/No DJ. Butterflies by Clarence, M Weed, D Sc ,An outstanding book for its time!!! Forty-eight illustratios in full color, Details and descriptions very detailed. This vollume is in great condition, no writing or soiling very little pulling away from spine , no writing, almost as new , except for mild fadiing of gold gilt on upper front cover and pine colors bright on all color plates, no fading or dicolorations a beatuful copy for its age. Birds by Neltje Blanchan, forty-eight Illustrations in full color, unbelievble renderings on color plates book inexcellent condition, no yellowing. BX38 Doubleday, Page and Company, for Nelson Doubleday , Inc,, 1926, Three volume in a collection of six volume All three volumes are in great condition, tight, clean and vibrant, some mild fading to gold gilt lettering , but nothing major some light… Read More

Viking, 1991. Viking ,First Edition, First Printing 10/91. Very Good, top area of spine indented, clean and bright,slight shelf wear/Very Good. The Last Castle Rock StoryLeland Gaunt opens a new shop in Castle Rock called Needful Things Anyone who enters his store finds the object of his or her lifelong dreams and desires: a prized baseball card, a healing amulet In addition to a token payment, Gaunt requests that each person perform a little "deed," usually a seemingly innocent prank played on someone else from town These practical jokes cascade out of control and soon the entire town is doing battle with itself Only Sheriff Alan Pangborn suspects that Gaunt is behind the population's increasingly violent behavior Viking ,First Edition, First Printing 10/91 Stated First Published by Viking with full # line Very Good, top area of spine indented, clean and bright,slight shelf wear, DJ very Good,small closed tear top back, some shelf wear,not clipped, $2495, bottom of flap 1091.

The Last Castle Rock StoryLeland Gaunt opens a new shop in Castle Rock called Needful Things. Anyone who enters his store finds the object of his or her lifelong dreams and desires: a prized baseball card, a healing amulet. In addition to a token payment, Gaunt requests that each person perform a little "deed," usually a seemingly innocent prank played on someone else from town. These practical jokes cascade out of control and soon the entire town is doing battle with itself. Only Sheriff Alan Pangborn suspects that Gaunt is behind the population's increasingly violent behavior
Viking ,First Edition, First Printing 10/91. Stated First Published by Viking with full # line. Very Good, top area of spine indented, clean and bright,slight shelf wear, DJ very Good,small closed tear top back, some shelf wear,not clipped, $24.95, bottom of flap 1091

Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1949. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1949. red cloth boards with gold lettering and small decoration on spine. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1949. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Clean red cloth boards with gold lettering and small decoration on spine. Some foxing back-end papers No Dust Jacket.

Little, Brown, 1965. First Edition , First Printing, Little, Brown, 1965. Very Good/no dj. Contains map illustrations, two by Samuel Bryant following sketches by the author, and a section of 8 gloss pages with black and white illustrations of indian tribes etc. In contrast to most accounts of Puritan-Indian relations, New England Frontier argues that the first two generations of Puritan settlers were neither generally hostile toward their Indian neighbors nor indifferent to their territorial rights Rather, American Puritans-especially their political and religious leaders-sought peaceful and equitable relations as the first step in molding the Indians into neo-Englishmen When accumulated Indian resentments culminated in the war of 1675, however, the relatively benign intercultural contact of the preceding fifty-five-year period rapidly declined. New England Frontier: Puritans and Indians 1620-1675, by historian Alden T Vaughan is an informative book based on some puritans Ideals Back in 1965, when… Read More

Contains map illustrations, two by Samuel Bryant following sketches by the author, and a section of 8 gloss pages with black and white illustrations of indian tribes etc.
In contrast to most accounts of Puritan-Indian relations, New England Frontier argues that the first two generations of Puritan settlers were neither generally hostile toward their Indian neighbors nor indifferent to their territorial rights. Rather, American Puritans-especially their political and religious leaders-sought peaceful and equitable relations as the first step in molding the Indians into neo-Englishmen. When accumulated Indian resentments culminated in the war of 1675, however, the relatively benign intercultural contact of the preceding fifty-five-year period rapidly declined.
New England Frontier: Puritans and Indians 1620-1675, by historian Alden T. Vaughan is an informative book based on some puritans Ideals. Back in 1965, when the book was published many people still had different views upon what occurred in the… Read More

Framingham Massachusetts Old America Company, 1923. Framingham Massachusetts Old America Company 1923. Green Cloth/Gold letterring and gold art. Very Good/no dj. The state of New Hampshire is better known than any other by the nation of tourists at large. For this reason the numerous pictures, in a form to preserve, of the various portions of the state, will be the more valued by the public. The writer has an affection for New Hampshire, as he passed years of preparation there at Phillips Exeter Academy. It was in that state that he recovered and restored the famous Wentworth-Gardner House, which has now become the property of the Metropolitan Museum. Here is a glimpse of New Hampshire as it was. Just as in his other volumes, Nutting, in poetry, prose and pictures, depicts the lush scenery of one of the nation's most beautiful mountain states. Included in the collection of photographs is the village meetinghouse in Hancock, an old schoolhouse in Westmoreland, farmers gathering hay in Tuftonboro,… Read More

The state of New Hampshire is better known than any other by the nation of tourists at large. For this reason the numerous pictures, in a form to preserve, of the various portions of the state, will be the more valued by the public. The writer has an affection for New Hampshire, as he passed years of preparation there at Phillips Exeter Academy. It was in that state that he recovered and restored the famous Wentworth-Gardner House, which has now become the property of the Metropolitan Museum.
Here is a glimpse of New Hampshire as it was. Just as in his other volumes, Nutting, in poetry, prose and pictures, depicts the lush scenery of one of the nation's most beautiful mountain states. Included in the collection of photographs is the village meetinghouse in Hancock, an old schoolhouse in Westmoreland, farmers gathering hay in Tuftonboro, scenes of turn-of-the-century home life, and the interiors of some of the beautiful homes
Framingham Massachusetts, Old America Company 1923, First Edition, First… Read More

Charlesl Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972. Charlesl Scribner's Sons, New York (1972). Blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine and upper board. Very Good, very clean bright, owners stamp on front pacedown , spine is intact but cover hinge has unglued. Blue cloth stamped in gilt on the spine and upper board./No DJ.. Hemingway thought of himself as Nick Adams. Enjoy these stories as Hemingway shares his life as Nick living in Michigan. This collection of 24 stories featuring Hemingway's alter-ego Nick Adams finally puts the stories in chronological order with the addition of eight pieces previously unpublished and provide a more comprehensive view of of Nick's early life and his development as a writer. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972, Copyright 1972 The Ernest Hemingway Foundation. Publication of the eight previously unpublished pieces in this book is the result of a gift of the English language rights by Mary Hemingway to The Ernest Hemingway Founddtion.Very Good, very clean bright, owners… Read More

Viking, 1993. Viking ,First Edition, First Printing 10/13/93. Near Mint , no owner's labels, clean bright, no shelf wear or bumped corners,/Near Fine. A new collection of short stories, several being published for the first time, offers a spine-tingling journey to the nightmare world created by a master of sheer terror and grotesque imagination 1,500,000 first printing $400,000 ad/promo BOMC Viking ,First Edition, First Printing 10/13/93 Stated First Published by Viking with full # line Near Mint , no owner's labels, clean bright, no shelf wear or bumped corners, very slight pulling of spine at top, DJ Near Mint, clean and vibrant Front flap $2795 bottom left 09/93.

Arbor House Pub Co, 1987. Arbor House Pub Co,First Edition, November, 1897. 1st with full. Dark blue paper over boards , blue cloth spine, gold lettering. Book is Near Mint with Near Mint DJ. Clean, tight book. No soiling, no writing. Dj is bright, no shelf wear or bumped corners/Near Mint. The late president provides his explanation of America's failure in the Vietnam conflict and argues that the US should not allow its foreign policy to be paralyzed by fear of another Vietnam. Arbor House Pub ,First Edition, November, 1897 with full number line Book is Near Mint with Near Mint DJ Clean, tight book No soiling, no writing Dj is bright, no shelf wear or bumped corners, no clipping, price tag $1495 A beautiful copy.

The late president provides his explanation of America's failure in the Vietnam conflict and argues that the U.S. should not allow its foreign policy to be paralyzed by fear of another Vietnam.
Arbor House Pub Co,First Edition, November, 1897. 1st with full number line. Book is Near Mint with Near Mint DJ. Clean, tight book. No soiling, no writing. Dj is bright, no shelf wear or bumped corners, no cllipping, price tag $14.95. A beautifulcopy.

Simon & Schuster, 2013. Simon & Schuster, First Edition, First Printing, 11/05/2013. Yellow paper over boards, black cloth spine,gold lettering. Near Fine, solid, clean, no writing./DJ Near Mint, clean, vibrant, not clipped.. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, No Ordinary Time is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines-Eleanor and Franklin's marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor's life as First Lady, and FDR's White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin. Simon & Schuster, First Edition, First Printing, 11/05/2013, Full #'s line 1-10. Near Fine, solid, clean, no writing. Yellow paper over boards, black cloth spine,gold lettering. DJ… Read More