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Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1971. First edition, one of 1590 copies, this out of series & unnumbered. Folio (14.5" x 10.5"), 18 unnumbered pages & 60 facsimiles with adjacent descriptive text. Publisher's brick cloth backed in gilt-lettered blue cloth, in slipcase with applied title label at the front panel.
Binding very slightly spotted, otherwise fine in good or better slipcase which is soiled & rubbed.
"Broadsides contain some of the most fascinating material relating to life in early America. These single sheets of paper, usually printed on one side only, make it possible to view colonial society from a different vantage point than that usually afforded by the materials of military, political, and diplomatic history. Subject matter of these pieces of ephemera ranges from advertisements to the edifying warnings of criminals' confessions; official proclamations, instructions for school masters, comments on important contemporary events, information for immigrants, ballads and… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Religious Liberty Association, 1911. "Revised & Enlarged Edition" edited by Willard Allen Colcord." Octavo (8.75" x 6"), 800 pages. Publisher's gilt-lettered dark maroon cloth.
Binding rubbed, spine gilt dull, modest wear at spine extremities & corners, front hinge started (still secure), previous owner's name & place at front pastedown, sporadic foxing & toning, a good or better copy.
Originally published in 1890. Provides a state by state review of compulsory piety rules, "Legislative, Executive, & Judicial."
"A perusal of the early Sunday laws of the American colonies will demonstrate how little acquainted were the first settlers of this country with the genuine principles of religious libert and separation of church and state." ~from the Introduction.

Wilmington, Delaware: Printed by the Star Publishing Company, (1947). First edition. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), x & 69 pages plus 6 illustrations on 4 plates. Publisher's blue cloth with an applied gilt label on the upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
Slight edge wear, sporadic foxing, previous owner's name & date in pencil at the half-title page, otherwise very good in soiled dust jacket with edge wear including nicks & a couple of short tears without loss, a good or better example.
"This account presents a novel point of view and an arresting tale of this little known history of the first state in the union." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio: Published Monthly by the C.M.T.C. office in the interest pf the Citizens' Military Training Camps, Volume 1, [number 1], April, 1931. First edition. Octavo (7.75" x 3.75"), 6 pages plus covers, illustrated. Original pictorial stapled stiff paper wraps.Moderately browned, scuff on the rear cover affecting return address, staples rusted, otherwise Very Good. "Here is the first issue of the C.M.T.C. Bugle. For the benefit of our new subscribers (first year applicants) we wish to announce that this leaflet will appear intermittently for the duration of the C.M.T.C. procurement campaign and will contain short items of interest concerning the C.M.T. Camps to be held in the Corps Area." ~Excerpted from page one.The camps, which ran from 1921 to 1940, offered basic military training during summer sessions & did not require an obligation for active duty service. Participants included Harry S. Truman, Ronald Reagan, Robert Penn Warren, Walter S. McIlhenny, Chuck Yeager, John J.… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut, 1933. New Haven, Connecticut: Privately Printed for the Author, printed by Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1933. First edition, one of a thousand copies. Tall 8vo, xxv, [3]-296 pages, illustrated (frontis, plates, portraits, facsimiles). Original dark blue cloth with printed paper labels at the spine & upper cover. Partially unopened. Previous owners embossed stamp & signature at half-title page, otherwise a Fine & apparently unread copyAuthor Seymour, a patent attorney, historian, & city planner, was a member of the American Antiquarian Society & the Walpole Society In addition to extensive research on the life of Nathan Hale, resulting in two books, he purchased the Hale Homestead in coventry, Connecticut which he restored & donated to the American Landmarks Society.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. Later edition. 22 volumes bound in 11 (2 volumes per book), complete. Quartos (10.25" x 7.5"), variously paginated. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in gilt within dark blue blocking on the spine. Text in two columns.
Please note, this set is Ex-Library (marked "withdrawn") with the bookplate of the United States Embassy in Paris at the front pastedown of each volume, card sleeves at the rear pastedowns, occasional rubber stamped marks, & paper labels on the spines.
Ex-Library (see above). Bindings a bit shaken, spines lightly browned, modest soiling, otherwise Very Good.
An indispensable reference of enormous value to students, catalogers, teachers, researchers, & American history aficionados.
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Bowie, Maryland: Bowie Heritage Committee, (1984). First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 135, ii, & 178 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of plates Publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth.
Lightly rubbed, slightly soiled, sporadic minor foxing, previous owner's name in ink at first blank page, otherwise Very Good.
Built in 1745 in Bowie, Belair Mansion was the home of Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle The estate bred thoroughbred race horses, including two Triple Crown winners, over the course of three centuries.

No place [Camden, New Jersey] Thomas Nelson, (1970). First edition. Octavo (8.75" x 6.75"), 176 pages, illustrated throughout. Publisher's gilt lettered maroon cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in good or better dust jacket, price clipped, browned at the spine, moderately soiled & toned, with edge wear including small losses & tiny tears.
A title in the Colonial Histories series "for students. teachers, and the general reader with an interest in America's colonial past."

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1951. Octavo (9.25" x 6.5"), xxii & 209 pages, with Thomas Kitchin's map of the Carolinas and Georgia (from the 1765 original). Publisher's maroon cloth lettered & decorated in silver.
Spine a bit faded, upper cover slightly spotted & sunned, binding started in a couple of places (still secure), "Winston Lane" in ink at ffep, minor internal toning, otherwise good or better.
The first title in the South Caroliniana Sesquicentennial Series. Provides facsimiles of Governor James Glen's Description of South Carolina; Containing, Many Curious and Interesting Particulars relating to the Civil, Natural, and Commercial History of that Colony (originally published in London, 1761) and George Milligen's Short Description of the Province of South-Carolina; with an Account of the Situation, Air, Weather, and Diseases of Charlestown (originally published London, 1770).

Boston: Chipman Law Publishing Company, 1922. First edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5.5"), xii & [1] - 117 pages. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine.
Slight shelf wear, endpapers & pastedowns browned, occasional foxing, otherwise very good. Considers the "problems which faced the court during the first years of the new government, when, without even a rule of court or a single precedent to guide, those courageous pioneers who were first elevated to the Bench commenced to blaze the trail towards constitutional government and liberty..."

[Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan, 1955]. Staple card covers. [Columbia, South Carolina: R.L. Bryan, 1955]. Offprint, reprinted from the Illustrations and Introduction to Tales of Edisto. Octavo (8.75" x 6"), 31 pages, with illustrations from photographs & a map. Publisher's pale green wraps die cut to reveal a portion of the title page. Printed label over imprint: "Copyright 1955. By Nell S. Graydon."Covers browned & soiled, text toned, otherwise very good. "In the stillnes of the early evening, the faint haunting melody of a slave lullaby drifting through the twilight, the galluping of a horse passing by, the echo of a footstep, or the swish of a silken skirt can bring forth, half-forgotten memories of long ago. Then, if you have been welcomed into the homes and hearts of the Island, you may hear stories of the people and the land ..." ~Excerpted from page 5.

New York: Published under the direction of the American Historical Company, 1939. First edition thus. Quarto (11" x 8"), 523 pages, with illustrations from portraits. Publisher's three-quarter crushed black morocco & blue cloth, the spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, lettered or decorated in gilt in four compartments. Text in two columns. Top edge gilt.
Edges & joints moderately rubbed, cloth with a few light scratches, corners a bit bumped, gift inscription at front free endpaper, sporadic minor foxing, otherwise Very Good.
An attractive leather binding housing concise biographies & portrait illustrations of prominent Americans. Beginning in 1931, the American Historical Company published similar volumes of this title over several years, each profiling different persons.

Bound volume (modern gilt-lettered blue cloth & marbled paper) containing 14 octavo pamphlets
Bound without wraps, one pamphlet lacking title page & stained throughout, (Smith/ Oratory), one pamphlet closely trimmed briefly touching some text (Clayton/ Speech Central American Treaty, 1856), scattered foxing & toning, generally very good
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The Nassau Rake: Edited and Published by the Sophomore Class of the College of New Jersey Princeton, June, 1856, 83, [1] pp.
The Nassau Rake: Edited and Published by the Sophomore Class of the College of New Jersey Princeton, June, 1857, 112 pp.
Memorabilia Sophomorum Edited and Published by the Freshman Class of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, June, 1856, 55 pp.
DAVIS, Thomas T. Address and Poem Delivered Before the Associate Chapters of the Sigma Phi Fraternity, At Their General Convention Held in Williamstown, Mass August 16, 1853 Williamstown: Published by the Alpha of Massachusetts, 1854, 37 pp.… Read More

[Richmond]: Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, no date (1930s per OCLC Worldcat), this copy inscribed & signed in ink by Rosewell Page on the front cover. Octavo (9" x 6"), 8 pages plus covers. Original printed, stapled stiff paper wraps.
Covers soiled, moderate edge wear, otherwise Very Good.
Rosewell Page (1858 - 1939) practiced law in Richmond, Virginia and served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1908 to 1910. Additionally, he wrote stories, essays, and poetry.

Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1975. First edition, this a presentation copy for Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore, signed on a laid in sheet by author Hewes & Brigadier General James L. Collins, Jr., Chief of Military History. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"), xvii & 452 pages, illustrated, plus [10] folded leaves of plates. Publisher's textured maroon fabricoid simulating crushed morocco lettered in gilt on the spine & decorated in gilt with the Seal of the United States & the name of presentee Moore on the upper cover.
Spine gilt a bit rubbed, otherwise very good or better.
The first volume in the special studies series published by the Center of Military History, United States Army, this a unique copy which was presented to Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore. Moore was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for valor at the Battle of Drang during the Vietnam War. He wrote about that experience in We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young which was made into a movie starring Mel… Read More

Macon, Georgia: Southern Press, 1963. First edition. Octavo (9.75" x 6.25"), 6 unnumbered leaves followed by 50 leaves printed recto only, with illustrations from photographs interleaved & a folding chart providing "Ancestry of the Family of Mr. and Mrs. I.C. Plant." Publisher's gilt-lettered pebbled maroon cloth. Laid in are 9 printed sheets providing corrections & additions.
Lightly rubbed, gilt dull, brief wear at corners, otherwise very good.
Allied include Whedon, Barnes, Dickerman, Cooper, Atwater, Peck, & others.
"Chiefly, a record of ancestors of Increase Cook Plant and his wife Elizabeth M. Hazelhurst Plant. Increase was the son of Timothy and Chloe (Dickerman) Plant and was born 27 February 1814 in New Haven, Connecticut. He married first Charlotte Walker on 24 July 1838. Charlotte died on 12 March 1839 in Brunswick, Georgia. Increase married second Elizabeth Mary Hazelhurst (1819-1883) on 2 October 1843. They had four children all born in Macon, Georgia. Increase died on 16 November 1892… Read More

Shepherdstown, West Virginia: published by the author, printed by Winchester Printers & Stationers, 1930. First edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), 16 pages, with illustrations from photographs. Stapled paper wraps.
Moderate soiling and foxing, otherwise Very Good.
An engaging biography by a neglected author.

York, Pennsylvania: Strayer Historical Committee, Trimmer Printing, 1968. First edition. 4to, [34], 303 & [42] pp., including 14 pages of illustrations from photographs. Original green fabricoid lettered in yellow on the spine & in pale green on the upper cover.
Rear cover lightly spotted, lower corners bruised, occasional pencilled check marks, otherwise very good.
Chronicles the lineage of John Peter Strayer who emigrated to the Colony of Pennsylvania in 1751 & fathered 18 children with two wives Allied families include Winand, Stough, Miller, Frey, & Altland.

Canton, Massachusetts: Friends of the Little Red House, 1975. Two volumes, in slipcase. Facsimile reprints, "Bicentennial Limited Edition, Number 49" (of an unspecified total). Octavos (9" x 6"), vii, xv & 666 pages plus 11 plates & 3 folding maps (additional illustrations in text); 485 pages (not illustrated). Publisher's original gilt lettered & decorated green cloth, in plain green slipcase.
Text blocks beginning to slip at the tops of the spines (still secure), otherwise Very Good or better.
Originally published in 1893, these volumes, prepared by Alice Reynolds for the Canton Historical Society, were apparently given as premiums for donations to the Not only an engaging & exhaustive history, but also an important genealogical reference.

Four octavo volumes varying in size, pagination & date of publication, all first editions, illustrated throughout, the first three ex-library in library bindings, one in dust jacket.
Incudes:Vol I: 1741-1850. New York: Appleton, 1930;
Vol II: 1850-1865; Cambridge: Harvard, 1938;
Vol III: 1865-1885. Cambridge: Harvard, 1938;
Vol IV: 1885-1905. Cambridge: Harvard, 1957.
Volumes I, II & III display typical library markings including card pockets in two volumes. Volume four is in the original binding & price-clipped dust jacket which is faded at the spine, exhibits modest edge wear, & has a gift inscription at the front pastedown, withal, a useful set of an important treatise.
The author was professor of English & director of the school of journalism at the University of Iowa & thereafter Dean of the University of Missouri. Volumes II & IIi of this important set won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for History. A fifth volume was published posthumously in 1968 & is not included in this group.
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