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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.: Louisiana State Univ Press, 1980. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New hardcover in a new dustjacket still in shrinkwrap. 8vo measuring 9 by 6 inches. 238 pages including bibliography and index.. The author's inexhaustive research into the subject is astounding and enlightening. William Darby made considerable contributions to the early mapping of the state of Louisiana as well as many other regions including Pennsylvania.

New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1884. Book. Illus. by Gustave Dore. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. from Firmin DiDots Edition of the Viscount's works. Introduction by Edward J. Harding. Gold hardcover with the title and Native American scene stamped in gilt on front cover and title in black on spine. 172pp with full page engravings and partial woodcuts embeded in text. Good solid copy. Folio edition.

Portsmith, VA: Saint Michael's Press, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An as new softcover. 8vo measuring 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches. 123 pages including index. "The dramatic story of how a few Virginia Militia and US Navy Gunners repulsed a massive British attack in 1813..".

New York, NY, U.S.A.: B D D Promotional Book Company, Incorporated, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to, hard cover, colored illustrations, nice clean text, some discoloration to dj mostly along edges, very small tear on back bottom spine edge of dj, 64pp..

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, 1995. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 258pp including appendex, notes and index. Ilustrated with reproduced b/w vintage photographs and maps. anthropology drawn from diaries, wills and court records..

United States of America: Bobbs Merrill Co., 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rush, the Philadelphia doctor who signed the Declaration of Independence, was an energetic, ambitious man given to devising reforms and, as the author puts it, meddling in politics. He studied medicine in Edinburgh and London, meeting Hume, Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, et al. and, Hawke thinks, solidifying his republican disposition. Back in Pennsylvania he agitated for independence, made friends with John Adams, urged Paine to write Common Sense, and entered Congress. Apart from the recurrent epidemics of the age, the practice of military medicine and propaganda for resuming debt payments occupied Rush during the war; afterwards he turned to progressive education, speculated in land, fought paper money, equivocally supported the abolition of slavery, declared that tobacco is unhealthful, and boosted the Constitution before it was even written. In 1789, for reasons the… Leer más

New York: Random House, 1952. Book. Illus. by Grace Paull. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is a Landmark published as a series for young readers. Illustrated with black and white line drawings. In a good plus dust jacket now in a protective mylar cover. 173pp including a chronology of events leading up to the American Revolution including the oppressive Stamp Act by the British..

Chesapeake, VA: Bim-Gus Publishers, 1997. Book. As New. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An as new softcover.121pp. maps, b&w photos.Tells the story of the people, decisions, and events which brought the culmination of the American Revolution to the Chesapeake Bay. Discover how the politics of Great Britain and the closed society of its nobility made it possible for the untrained, poorly disciplined Americans, with the help of their French Allis, to dfeat a professional British Army..

London, England: Harvard University Press, 1975. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. hard cover, fair condition, selected letters of Abigail and John Adams, 1762-1784, Massachusetts.

Cleveland, OH: Magazine of Western History, 1885. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reprinted from the Magazine of Westrern History, September, 1885. Viol. II No. 5. green paper wrappers. $to measuring 9 1/4 by 7 inches. Lacking the stiching. glued binding. Page numbers, 401-423. plus endpapers and cover wrapper. Lite green with title in black. background on the period during the FRench and Indian war of the territory west to the Pacific slope. The disputes between Great Britian, Spain and France over the North American teritories..

Columbia, S.C.: The State Company, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 544 pp, portrait photo of Braxton Bragg opposite title page, foxing on front and rear end pages, loose related newspaper clipping titled "Opportunity Rapped Twice In Kentucky, But Bragg Was Deaf", very nice condition, clean interior.

London: Westvaco Corporation, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover 8vo in slipcase. Limited Edition. Book and slipcase in very good condition. Gold gilt lettering on spine. 88 pages including black-and-white illustraions, foreword, and conclusion..

Allanta, Georgia: Ruralist Press, Inc., 1938. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. published by Sears Wilson Cabell. Treasurer Longstreet Memorial Association. Fine cream pamphlet, ruled in black, with the title in blue and a United States and Confederate Battle flag in color. 8vo, with American and stars and bars flags on cover. back cover has some foxing on edges. 16 pages. very good condition in plastic protective cover..

Albany: Knickerbocker Publishing Company, 1871. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dark Brown. With Gold Gilt Title On Cover. 138Pp Including Appendices And Index. .

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.A.: Fire Ant Books, 2005. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 268Pp Including Appendices, Biographical Essays, Notes And Index. Illustrated With B/W Maps. A Day In The Life....The Field Artillery Of The Army Of Tennessee.

El Dorado Hills, California, U.S.A.: Savas Pub Co, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. By Author. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray hard cover with a Gilt title on spine. Flat signed by author on the title page. It is a 8vo measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. 344 pages including index, 2 appendices, and end notes. Profusely illustrated with drawings, Vintage photos, maps, and portraits. Near Fine.

Richmond, Virginia: J. L. Hill Printing Company, 1893. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Lecture before the Society for Geographical and Historical Study of Richmond College, by Charles PoinDexter, Acting Librarian of the Virginia State Library. This is the original softcover which has been bound in a hardcover of 1/4 leather and marbled boards. with a red label and title in Gilt on spine. The complete original book is 74 pp plus the free end papers and covers. Some scattered foxing and insect damage to rear cover. Clean and bright for the most part..

Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort, 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 167 pages including index, filled with black and white pictures, complete with fold out map, very clean, bright, interior.

U.S.A.: Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc, 1990. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover. 8Vo. Hampton Roads Pub. Co. Inc. 1990. 211 Pp. Inscribed And Boldly Signed By The Author..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 414 pp, black and white photos, shelf wear and tear along dust jacket edges, very clean bright interior.