Resultados de búsqueda: US History from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

1984 softcover as pictured. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Would be as very good aside from light shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1896 hardcover as pictured, not a reprint. This is a short history of the Pilgrims in the early days of Massachusetts Colony. A nicely made volume in good shape given its age. Binding is intact, front hinge lightly cracked at title page. Gold cloth boards with white and gold stamping are lightly soiled with minimal edge wear. Owner's name and date on FFEP. Gilt top edge of text block. Text appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG1

1975 hardcover as pictured. This is a short but detailed history of the Radclyffe family of Virginia, some of whose members were among the Jamestown colony settlers. Includes biographies and genealogies of some families in the line as well as activities of individuals during the Civil War. Binding is firm. Red cloth boards with gold stamping on spine are clean and show light edge wear. Text appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OF4

1877 hardcover as pictured. An early attempt to document white settlement in, and the suppression/removal of Native Americans from the Northwest Territories and Ohio country in the latter half of the 18th century. This book has seen some use but remains quite readable. Binding is intact though both front and rear hinges are cracked. Maroon cloth boards with black and gold stamping are soiled and worn at edges with fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. Pencilled notation on half title page. Text is tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes 15 illustrations. No dust jacket. We have a number of books on the history of the Northwest Territories and Kentucky on offer. Please see our storefront for more information. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG1

1845 three quarter bound hard cover as pictured. An interesting history of the American Revolution. Binding is largely intact though several signatures are coming loose. Brown leather and marbled paper boards with gold stamping on spine are rubbed, scuffed and worn along edges. Hinges cracked, rear endpapers lost. Owner's names on front endpapers. Text is age tanned, mottled and water stained at lower corner and fore edge but remains very readable. A tipped in fold out in the appendix is partially missing.Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (O-M3)

1939 hardcover as pictured. A collection of anecdotes and tales with which the author attempts to record the social activities of the early settlers of the Ohio country and lower middle west. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with black stamping show some edge wear. Book plate and pencil notations on front endpapers. Text is lightly tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed and faded over spine with many small chips and tears. We have a number of books on offer concerning Kentucky history. Please see our storefront for more information. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

2021 hardcover as pictured. Revolting Things delves into well-known examples of "dark heritage" ranging from Confederate monuments to the sites of racist violence. Mullins discusses the burials and gravesites of figures who committed abhorrent acts. The book also considers racial displacement in the wake of post–World War II urban renewal, as well as the uneasiness many contemporary Americans feel about the social and material sameness of suburbia. Binding is firm. Boards show minimal shelf wear. Text appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1865 hardcover as pictured. The personal recollections of a journalist and Union spy in the period up to and through the Civil War. Binding is intact. Brown cloth boards with copper stamping are rubbed, stained and faded with slight fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. Pencil marking on FFEP. Edge of text block is tanned but text itself appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

2010 hardcover as pictured. A controversial "for the right reasons" book arguing that the United States constitution was pro-slavery "in its politics, its law, and its economics." Well documented with several appendices and an extensive bibliography. This copy is in very good condition. Binding firm. Dust jacket and boards show minimal shelf wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OB2

1907 staple bound pamphlet as pictured. Ex-library with only marking being a sticker on the title page. This is account of the Revolutionary War campaign against the Haudenosaunee (iroquois Nation) in Western New York based on the journal of Edwin Redwood, a forest runner. Binding is intact but worn. Gray covers with black printing are rubbed and show wear at corners and at head and tail of spine. Pencil notation on REP. Text is age tanned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sOB2

1898 hardcover as pictured. An interesting and troubling look at the former Spanish "possessions" that came under control of the United States at the dawn of the American Century. This book was written soon after the Spanish American War, before the paternalism and excesses of American rule became obvious but the racism and western elitism are already present and disturbing. In short, it is a good example of the thinking that has casued so much of the trouble in the world today. This copy is well worn but remains very readable. Binding is intact. Blue cloth boards with silver, black and gold stamping are soiled with wear at edges and spine. The cloth is lifting from backing in places. Both hinges are loose, rear hinge is cracked. Endpapers are tanned with pencil notation at fore. Text is tanned, rippled and water stained at edges but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR