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{Lena, Illinois]: [Stephenson-Carroll Publishers], 1969. Edition Not Stated (Assume Only Edition). original wraps. Near fine condition. 4to., pp. 112, historical photographs and portraits. Includes advertising. -- Lena is a village in Stephenson County, Illinois. Lena was platted in 1853, and named after a place mentioned in a poem by Ossian.-Wikipedia.

[Self Published], 910. [First Edition]. hardcover. Very good +. 8vo., 281pp., original black cloth, frontis. portrait, illustrated. Biographical sketches, topography, early settlement, Indian war, land claims, early religious matters, exodus to north carolina, revolution to 1800, 1800 to 1820, 1820 to 1840, 1840 to 1860, civil war period, shipbuilding, index, etc. etc. -- Condition.

Geneva, NY: Hobart College, 1921. Edition Not Stated. Stiff wraps. Very good. (Assume First Edition). 8vo., 59 pages. -- This is the scarce original edition.-- No notable defects.

Madawaska Historical Society, 1973. Reprint Edition. Original wraps. Near fine. Original edition publised in Bangor, Maine, Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co., 1902. -- 8vo., 94pp., illustrated with many historical photographs. -- "1 [Print on demand] edition published in 2018 in English and held by 1 library worldwide".-world catalog. -- Condition. Aroostook County is known for its potato crops, as well as its Acadian culture. In the Saint John Valley in the northern part of the county, which borders Madawaska County, New Brunswick, many of the residents are bilingual in English and Acadian French.

Indianapolis: E. Chamberlain, 1850. Third Edition. Full leather. Fair. 8vo., frontis engraving, 440pp, 24 engravings throughout the text Leather covers are crudley resewn to spine with thread, lacks rear endpapers, leather is scuffed and extremities rubbed, contents light to moderate foxing, binding is sound with no loose signatures. -- A complete working copy.

Chicago, 1969. Original wraps. Very good. Size (7 1/2"x10 1/2"), 304 pages. Illustrated, advertisements.

Chicago, 1951. Original wraps. Very good. Size (7 1/2"x10 1/2"), 304 pages. Illustrated, advertisements.

Topeka, Kansas State Historical Society, 1936. 8vo, 469pp, blue cloth, index -- Partial contents: Ferries in kansas, The Chisholm Trail, Letters of a Kansas Pioneer 1855-60, Kansas History as published in the state press, The Grave of Sarah Keyes on the Oregon Trail, etc etc -- Very good condition (A37K) Quantity Available: 1 Category: Americana; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 002288.

New York: A Funk & Wagnalls Book - Published by Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972. Second Printing. hardcover. Very good +/very good +. Eric Sloane. Royal 8vo., 76pp., illustrations by the author. Signed on the first free endpaper by the author. -- Small closed tear to the dust jacket. First free endpaper has top corner cut out (about the size of a business card). Otherwise Condition --. "A prolific member of the Hudson River School of painting, it is generally accepted that Eric Sloane was a artistic genius. Over his lifetime Sloane wrote thirty eight books. It is estimated that he created nearly 15,000 paintings over his lifetime, mostly oil on masonite. He painted one almost every day, often before lunch, striving to do better than the day before. Later in his life, he bought back or traded for some of his earlier work, which he destroyed by fire, contending it was inferior".-wikipedia.

Baltimore: D. Binswanger & Co., 1873. [First Edition]. Baltimore: D Binswanger & Co, 1873 [First Edition] Short 8vo,299pp, original black cloth w/gilt title on the spine, frontis portrait of the author -- 1/8 of the first free endpaper is torn offf at the bottom of the page, black cloth faded and lightly soiled, tips of spine moderately rubbed, foredges dusty Corners a little bumped and worn -- Overall good to good+ condition XB434 Quantity Available: 1 Category: Americana; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 003018.

London: Thomas Tegg and Son, 1838. Vol.1, First Edition / Vol.2 Second Edition. Quarter leather. Very good. 16mo. (4"x6"), quarter leather bindings, marbled endpapers, hand colored steel engraved frontispiece (by George Cruikshank) in each volume, book plate of Justin G. Turner in Vol. 1. Vol. 1 has a folding facsimile letter. Vol. 2 has large folding sheet facsimile of the first declaration of independence. -- Volume 2 has loose frontispiece. Books are internally sound except for the loose frontispiece in vol. 2. -- Overall Condition. Cruikshank: "In his lifetime he created nearly 10,000 prints, illustrations, and plates. There are collections of his works in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. A Royal Society of Arts blue plaque commemorates Cruikshank at 293 Hampstead Road in Camden Town"-wikipedia.

Edged Publishing Company, 1891. First Edition. Half leather. Good. Octavo, 607 pp., half red leather, gilt fore-edges, floral end-papers, frontis with tissue guard, Pages 226-230 have been cut with a scissors creating neat closed tears (until you open the pages) that run partially to almost fully from the margin to the gutter. Light rubbing to the extremities; one very small closed tear to the bottom of the spine. Binding is sound. -- Other than the scissored pages, I would have described this book as very good.

Livingstone, Montana: June Brooks, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. June Brooks, Livingstone, Montana, 1993. First Edition. Near Fine Condition. Local History Signed by Author. Small amount of ink notation on inside front cover. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 72 pages. Item Type: Local History. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Americana; Ethnic History*; United States; 20th century ; Americana; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8496.

Petersburg, Illinois: Old Salem Lincoln League, 1927. First Edition. Very good +. Quarto, brown pebbled cloth, 147pp., Lincoln portrait, fold out pictorial map of New Salem, illustrations, index. -- Light fading to cloth at tip of the spine. Very minor edgewear to the extremities. -- Internally fine. Bookplate of Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf pasted to the first free endpaper. -- "Oakleaf was one of the "Big Five," a nickname for the dominant collectors of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia at the turn of the 20th century. In addition to collecting, Oakleaf also delivered a number of lectures on Lincoln and in 1925 compiled one of the best bibliographies of printed Lincoln material to date."-rogerjnorton.com.

Socialist Literature Co., NY, 1913. 8vo-short, blue cloth, 237pp -- Good+ condition Quantity Available: 1 Category: Americana; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 000554.

Garden City: Anchor / Doubleday, 1973. Stated First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. 12mo., 429pp., red cloth hardbound copy with 'Peter Smith' on the spine (may have been bound for a library but no library markings), bibliographical notes, general bibliography, index. --. A systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States.

Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc, 1991. Reprint Edition [Meriwether Society]. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo., 690pp.+26pp. index, 68 photographic illustrations, bibliography, facsimile manuscripts. -- Light underlining in red ink to a few pages. -- A quality reprint of the 1964 edition. -- Condition. "This books has four divisions: Meriwether, Lewis, Minor, and Gilmer and all of the sections embrace and carry on the immediate and collateral lines. In some cases a few "asides" have been added in explanation of families with the same name which overlap, as in the case of the Lewis family, with its John Lewis and the "Staunton" Lewises, in the hope that the reader will be able to follow these convergent lines. Another instances is that of the Merriweather family, whose ancestor came from England about 1825 to settle first in Kentucky and shortly afterward in Indiana, and the migrated to Kansas and Colorado, where most of their descendants now live. This family f Merriwether has no relationship with the… Leer más

Winnipeg: Columbia Press, 1929. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover. Good. 8vo., 150pp., dark green cloth binding. Text is in Icelandic / English. Letters and addresses in english. Illustrated with photo portraits and some historical photographs. -- Front hinge cracked and first few pages loose. Cloth boards and spine darkened. rear cover has a few stains. Moderate wear and some fraying to outer extremities. -- A good working copy. Icelandic immigrants came to the United States primarily in the latter half of the 19th century and after World War II. There are more than 40,000 Icelandic Americans according to the 2000 U.S. census, and most live in the Upper Midwest. The United States is home to the second largest Icelandic diaspora community in the world after Canada.- Wikipedia.

Exposition Press, New York. First Edition. 8vo, 300pp, index -- Near fine copy in a very good or better dust (not price clipped) jacket (E-238-3) Quantity Available: 1 Category: Americana; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 001636.

Printed for the Author By the Antioch Press, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1948. Stated First Printing. Short 8vo, 170pp, illustrated, index -- Very good+ condition in a dust stained/darkened jacket with moderate exterior wear to extremities (NX926) Quantity Available: 1 Category: Americana; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 001689.