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The Story of a Great Nation by John Gilmary Shea - 1886: or, Our Country's Achievements, military, Naval, Political, and Civil - To Which is Added a Biographical Portrait Gallery of Her Great Leaders including Statesmen, Orators, Diplomats, Jurists, Soldiers, Sailors, Explorers

by John Gilmary Shea

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The Story of a Great Nation by John Gilmary Shea - 1886

The Story of a Great Nation: or, Our Country's Achievements, military, Naval, Political, and Civil - To Which is Added a Biographical Portrait Gallery of Her Great Leaders including Statesmen, Orators, Diplomats, Jurists, Soldiers, Sailors, Explorers

by John Gilmary Shea

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Gay Brothers & Company, New York, 1886. Hardcover. Condition: Good-. 1st Edition. 990 pp. (complete) Text age yellowed, sunned around outer edges and pages fragile due to age showing some chips and tears. "Illustrated with several hundred engravings, including over 350 portraits." Front and rear free pastedown and rear free endpaper are green floral design. Front free endpaper missing. No prior owner attribution. Subtitle: "to Which is Added a Biographical Portrat Gallery of Her Great Leaders, Including Statesmen, Orators, Diplomats, Jurists, Soldiers, Sailors, Explorers, Financiers, Inventors, Philanthropists, Reformers, Engineers, Scientists, Artists, Authors, Etc, Etc. Also Our Presidents, Their Portraits and Autographs, with Biographical Sketches and a Chronological Table, Showing the Great Events in Universal History, Contemporary with Each Administration, with a Description of Our National Government, and How it is Administered in Its Various Departments." Contains a rough-draft edited, hand-written version of the Declaration of Independence. Very heavy volume will require additional shipping cost. A SCARCE compilation of American history ending midway through the administration of President Grover Cleveland in 1886 when this book was written. Many stories contained in this book are not chronicled elsewhere.
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  • Format/Binding Deep brown textured boards with black-stamped titles to front and spine; and black-stamped illustrative decoration to front and
  • Book Condition Used - Good-
  • Jacket Condition No dust jacket
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Gay Brothers & Company
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1886
  • Keywords American history, americana, biography
  • Size 7 1/2 X 9 3/4

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Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book
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Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book

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McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, NY U.S.A., 1950. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Ninth Printing. 1st hardbound edition, bound red cloth boards with white Pennsylvania Dutch design in white. 463 pp. including index. Loose-leaf pages in 5 ring metal binder with heavy stock and metal text protectors front and back. Card stock yellow tabbed dividers (20) are crisp and unbent. Text is clean and in like new condition. Recipe note added in pen on page 189. No previous owner attribution. Brown end pastedowns with white decoration. Illustrations on almost every page, mainly line drawings, B&W photographs and several full color photographs. This is General Mills first hardcover cookbook, published in 1950, which quickly became a national best seller and is now a family heirloom for many. This book contains illustrations and unique tips to "dress up food for eye appeal" fitting for dinner parties of the 1950s. A First Edition in this condition is rare. Note: pictures… Read More
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Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book
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Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book: Every recipe triple-tested by our Tasting-Test Kitchens staff

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Meredith Publishing Company, 1953. Binder Condition: Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Five (5) Ring Binder. Stated First Edition, fifth printing. 416 pp +four bonus pages of recipes clipped from the Better Homes & Gardens magazine with dates of March 1949; January, 1950; November, 1956; and February, 1957. Small tear on page 59 caused by a paperclip that was removed. Text is lightly tanned typical of age and edges are lightly sunned. No written notations within although a few recipes are marked with a small checkmark. 20 numbered pink card stock chapter index tabs including an index. Loose-leaf binder with 5 metal rings in excellent like new condition; all pages are original and are clean and complete. Card stock binder protector after index. This edition has illustrated front and back endpapers, with pink temperature and measurement charts and a full color photograph of a blue and white rolling pin and several pies, which is continued onto the title page. This is a classic, rare copy in Fine… Read More
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Riders of the Purple Sage
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Riders of the Purple Sage

by Zane Grey

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Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers 1912. First Edition. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Douglas Duer, illustrator. 335 pp. plus 4 pages of advertisements at back. Text is clean and unmarked but tanned, typical of the paper used in 1912. Light foxing on front free endpapers and title page. Previous owner's attribution stamped on front pastedown. A Western novel about a Mormon woman defending her ranch and the period conflicts between Mormons and Gentiles near the the southern Utah border as written by a classic American writer.
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Desert Gold
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Desert Gold

by Zane Grey

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Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers 1913. First Edition. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Douglas Duer, illustrator. 326 pp. plus 2 pages of advertisements at back for other Zane Grey books. Text is clean and unmarked but tanned, typical of the paper used in 1912. Text has light foxing scattered throughout. Previous owner's attribution stamped on front pastedown. Desert Gold, a Romance of the Border.
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Personal Reminiscences of the Late War
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Personal Reminiscences of the Late War

by H. W. Bolton

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H.W. Bolton, Chicago, IL, 1892. Hardcover. Condition: Good-. No DJ as Issued. First Edition. 219 pp with b/w illustrations. Pages 91-96 have three-inch tears from fore edge, but intact and readable. Text block yellowing typical of age, no discernable foxing. No prior owner attribution or evidence of being a library copy. This book is a rare compilation of anecdotes of members of the 16th Maine Volunteers during the U. S. Civil War.
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Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book
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Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book

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McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, NY U.S.A., 1950. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Ninth Printing. 1st hardbound edition, bound red cloth boards with white Pennsylvania Dutch design in white. 463 pp. including index. Loose-leaf pages in 5 ring metal binder with heavy stock and metal text protectors front and back. Card stock yellow tabbed dividers (20) are crisp and unbent. Text is clean and in like new condition. Recipe note added in pen on page 189. No previous owner attribution. Brown end pastedowns with white decoration. Illustrations on almost every page, mainly line drawings, B&W photographs and several full color photographs. This is General Mills first hardcover cookbook, published in 1950, which quickly became a national best seller and is now a family heirloom for many. This book contains illustrations and unique tips to "dress up food for eye appeal" fitting for dinner parties of the 1950s. A First Edition in this condition is rare. Note: pictures… Read More
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Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book
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Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book: Every recipe triple-tested by our Tasting-Test Kitchens staff

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Meredith Publishing Company, 1953. Binder Condition: Fine. No Jacket as Issued. Five (5) Ring Binder. Stated First Edition, fifth printing. 416 pp +four bonus pages of recipes clipped from the Better Homes & Gardens magazine with dates of March 1949; January, 1950; November, 1956; and February, 1957. Small tear on page 59 caused by a paperclip that was removed. Text is lightly tanned typical of age and edges are lightly sunned. No written notations within although a few recipes are marked with a small checkmark. 20 numbered pink card stock chapter index tabs including an index. Loose-leaf binder with 5 metal rings in excellent like new condition; all pages are original and are clean and complete. Card stock binder protector after index. This edition has illustrated front and back endpapers, with pink temperature and measurement charts and a full color photograph of a blue and white rolling pin and several pies, which is continued onto the title page. This is a classic, rare copy in Fine… Read More
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Desert Gold
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Desert Gold

by Zane Grey

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Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers 1913. First Edition. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Douglas Duer, illustrator. 326 pp. plus 2 pages of advertisements at back for other Zane Grey books. Text is clean and unmarked but tanned, typical of the paper used in 1912. Text has light foxing scattered throughout. Previous owner's attribution stamped on front pastedown. Desert Gold, a Romance of the Border.
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Personal Reminiscences of the Late War
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Personal Reminiscences of the Late War

by H. W. Bolton

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H.W. Bolton, Chicago, IL, 1892. Hardcover. Condition: Good-. No DJ as Issued. First Edition. 219 pp with b/w illustrations. Pages 91-96 have three-inch tears from fore edge, but intact and readable. Text block yellowing typical of age, no discernable foxing. No prior owner attribution or evidence of being a library copy. This book is a rare compilation of anecdotes of members of the 16th Maine Volunteers during the U. S. Civil War.
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Fancy Work for Pleasure and Profit
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Thompson & Thomas, Chicago, IL.1905. Condition: Very Good+ No dust jacket. 496 pp. Text slight yellowing typical of age. Text block has brown tinted top edge and marbled fore edge. Illustrated throughout with over 350 woodcut illustrations and numerous color plates, including frontispiece. Second printing of this scarce and comprehensive work on embroidery, crochet, knitting, needlework, beading, and much more for women and homemaking. Published during the Victorian era, this book served as a guide in providing new, beautiful and inexpensive items for the home. Book was first published in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and was dedicated to Mrs. Potter Palmer, its President Board of Lady Managers. Remarkable condition for its age.
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The Story of A Great Nation ( Our Country' Achievements

by John Gilmary Shea

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Gay Brothers, 1886. Hardcover. Like New. book in Fine shape hardly used pointed board corners gold Washington on front with illustrations 990 pages
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life

Attempt on Roosevelt Life

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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey

Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River

by John B. Wyeth

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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES

DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES

by Goodwin, Maud Wilder

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings

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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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9780394856438
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0394856430
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room...

Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos

by Anderson, Carilyn M. And Franklin, Harold A. And Nelson, Bonnie K. And Radford, Milene F. And Dollen

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9781929117093
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1929117094
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El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How

by Eric Sloane

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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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Wanted: A Chaperon, with Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy
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Wanted: A Chaperon, with Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy

by Ford, Paul Leicester

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Very hard to find First Edition of this work in half red Morroco over marbled boards. Usually found in green decorated cloth boards. Gilt stamped titles and spine decoration. Top of pages gilt. Inside pastedowns and flyleaves also marbled. Six full page illustrations protected by tissue guards. Not paginated. Previous owners' signature and stamp on the first plain flyleaf, otherwise clean and unmarked internals. Except for slight shelfwear and scuffing of cover edges, in fine condition. Binding is square and tight.
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Cleveland County the Pride of the Promised Land: An Illustrated History

Cleveland County the Pride of the Promised Land: An Illustrated History

by Speer, Bonnie

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ISBN 13
9780943087023
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0943087023
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Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Traditional Publishers, 1988. Book. VG. Hardcover. Signed By 2 of 4 Authors. Limited/Numbered. The book is brown faux leather with gilt titles. The only defect to note is small bump on the front edge. The DJ has shelf wear and small tears. The book is SIGNED BY AUTHORS Bonnie Speer and Micah Smith on the Limited Edition page. This is book number 341 of a Limited, Deluxe Edition of 500 copies. Front end page is decorated with a map of the Five Civilized Tribe Territories and the back end page is a map of Cleveland County. There are numerous black and white maps, illustrations and photos. The author brings the history of this county to life..
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

by Traven, B

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Large-Print Edition
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9780786201006
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0786201002
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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