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The American Commonwealth, being an Introduction to the study of the Government and Institutions of the United States.
by Hon. James Bryce, British Ambassador to the United States.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
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- 1907
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- Red cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine, black spine label
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- 1
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$23.15
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Buffalo: Corlis Company, Publishers, 1907. Red cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine, black spine label. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Standard Library. Guide to the national and state governments. 555 pages, revised and abridged edition for use in high schools and colleges. Originally published 1897. Light wear. Item Price
A$23.15
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A Stranger's Supper: An Oral History of Centenarian Women in Montenegro.
by Zorka Milich.
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket condition very good
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9780805791310
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- 1
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$100.33
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New York/London et al.: Twayne Publishers/Prentice Hall International, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket condition very good. Signed and inscribed by the author on fep, ""To Mindy with Best Wishes Zivele [?], Zorka Milich."" Twayne's Oral History Series No. 17. Interviews with ten 100-year-old women in one of the last traditional warrior patriarchies in Europe. Includes original press release tucked… Read more about this item Item Price
A$100.33
Niagara: A History of the Falls.
by Pierre Berton.
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- Used - Good
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- 1997
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- Trade paperback
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- 9780140270167
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- 1
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$7.72
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New York: Penguin Books, 1997. Trade paperback. Good. History of the natural wonder, popular honeymoon destination, power plants, etc. 371 pages, index, several sections of b/w illustrations. Ex-library with card pocket and stamps. Item Price
A$7.72
Once the Metropolis of Maryland: The History & Archaeology of Maryland's First Capital.
by Silas D. Hurry.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Softcover booklet
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- 9780971319004
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$4.63
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Softcover booklet. Very Good. Full color booklet details the archaeological dig and finds at the site of Historic St. Mary's City, a 17th century settlement on the Chesapeake coast. The area now has a restored living history museum. 58 pages. Item Price
A$4.63
New York's Turtle Bay, Old and New.
by Edmund T. Delaney.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket condition Good
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- 1965
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- Large format hardcover in transparent jacket
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- 1
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$9.26
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Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1965. Large format hardcover in transparent jacket. Very Good/Dust Jacket condition Good . History of the east side Manhattan neighborhood from colonial & Revolutionary times to the modern United Nations and office towers. 85 pages, well-illustrated in b/w. Item Price
A$9.26
![The Scottish Nation. [Forbes-Home]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/580/531/1248531580.0.m.jpg)
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The Scottish Nation. [Forbes-Home]
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- Used - Fair.
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Brown embossed cloth
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$30.87
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A. Fullarton & Co.. Brown embossed cloth. Fair./No Dust Jacket. Profiles and genealogies of prominent figures in Scottish history. Frontispiece engraved portrait of John Knox. Single volume from a multi-volume set, pages 241-480. Marginalia and underlining in Fordyce surname section. Rear signatures unopened. Backstrip has losses and damage, both hinges cracking, corners well rubbed. Reference or binding copy. Item Price
A$30.87
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The Story of Old Nantucket.
by William F. Macy.
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1915
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- Gray cloth boards, black-stamped cover illustration of whalers
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$115.76
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Nantucket: The Inquirer and Mirror Press, 1915. Gray cloth boards, black-stamped cover illustration of whalers. Good/No Dust Jacket. A Brief History of the Island and its People from its Discovery Down to the Present Day. Scarce copy of the original edition by Macy, 1867-1935. 108 pages, text clean and unmarked. Corners bumped. Ex-library with spine label, stamps. Item Price
A$115.76
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Portsmouth É Historic and Picturesque. A Volume of Information.
by C. S. Gurney.
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1902
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- Hardcover library binding
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$54.02
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire: C. S. Gurney, 1902. Hardcover library binding. Good/No Dust Jacket. Being a very complete and accurate compendium of over two hundred historic places and things, from the earliest settlement, in 1623. 228 pages, wonderful hard-to-find pieces of local history in the original edition. Illustrated with b/w photos, maps, drawings, etc. Includes points of interest, homes… Read more about this item Item Price
A$54.02
Lost Boys of the Bronx: The Oral History of the Ducky Boys Gang.
by James Hannon.
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- Used - Fine
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- Dust Jacket condition Fine
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- 2010
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- Dark blue cloth boards
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- 9781452020556
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$46.30
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Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2010. Dark blue cloth boards. Fine/Dust Jacket condition Fine. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the flyleaf: ""To Joe Happy Father's Day Hope you enjoy this trip to 1960's Bronx. Ducky Boys Forever James Hannon 6/17/2011."" NYC/Bronx history, Norwood/Bainbridge neighborhood, predominantly Irish in the mid-20th century. B/w photos. Item Price
A$46.30
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The American Commonwealth, being an Introduction to the study of the Government and Institutions of the United States.
by Hon. James Bryce, British Ambassador to the United States.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Published
- 1907
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- Red cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine, black spine label
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$23.15
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Buffalo: Corlis Company, Publishers, 1907. Red cloth boards, gilt-stamped spine, black spine label. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Standard Library. Guide to the national and state governments. 555 pages, revised and abridged edition for use in high schools and colleges. Originally published 1897. Light wear. Item Price
A$23.15
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When the West Was Young.
by Frederick R. Bechdolt.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1922
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- Red cloth boards, black-stamped cover & spine
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- 1
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$38.59
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New York: The Century Co., 1922. Red cloth boards, black-stamped cover & spine. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Romanticized history of the wild west with chapters on Death Valley, cowboys, Tombstone, Boot Hill, the Overland Mail, and more. 309 pages, some spotting to rear blank leaves, light bumping to top. Pencil gift inscription on flyleaf dated 1924. Item Price
A$38.59
The German Pirate: His Methods and Record.
by Ajax.
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1918
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- Gray cloth boards
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$38.59
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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918. Gray cloth boards. Good/No Dust Jacket. Details the attacks, incidents, tactics, and activities of German submarines during the First World War. Covers 1914-1917, civilian shipping, relief ships, etc. Inked inscription on ffep by a member of the American Expeditionary Force. PFC P. A. Lefebre from Providence, Rhode Island, was an orderly… Read more about this item Item Price
A$38.59
Lambert Simnel and the Battle of Stoke.
by Michael Bennett.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket condition very good
- Published
- 1987
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- Black cloth boards
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- 9780312012137
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- 1
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$4.63
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Black cloth boards. Very Good/Dust Jacket condition very good. 157 pages, b/w illustrations. Wars of the Roses, Yorkist England, dynastic conflict between Henry Tudor and Edward VI, Plantagenet prince. Item Price
A$4.63
Life in Egypt Under Roman Rule.
by Naphtali Lewis.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1985
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- Softcover
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- 9780198148722
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$9.26
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Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, 1985. Softcover. Very Good. 240 pages, index, b/w photo plates at back, a few pencil marks in index. Appendix, glossary, map and notes. Ancient Egyptian civilization. Item Price
A$9.26
A Rumor of Revolt: The ""Great Negro Plot"" in Colonial New York.
by Thomas J. Davis.
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- Used - Good
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- 1990
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- Softcover
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- 9780870237256
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$4.63
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Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1990. Softcover. Good. History and examination of the 1741 slave insurrection in New York City in the broader context of global politics, race relations, and religion. Some wear to covers. Item Price
A$4.63
The Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security.
by Andrew J. Nathan & Robert S. Ross.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1997
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- Trade paperback
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- 9780393317848
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$3.09
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New York & London: W. W. Norton, 1997. Trade paperback. Very Good. 268 pages, index. China & Taiwan, national security and foreign relations. Light wear. Item Price
A$3.09
![Astoria. Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. [Volume I only]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/411/257/1137257411.0.m.jpg)
Astoria. Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. [Volume I only]
by Irving, Washington.
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- Used - Good
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- 1961
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- Softcover
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$23.15
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Philadelphia & New York: Keystone Western Americana, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961. Softcover. Good. The 1836 edition unabridged in 2 volumes - VOLUME 1 ONLY. Introduction by William H. Goetzmann. Story of John Jacob Astor's early 19th century commercial adventures in the Pacific Northwest fur trade. Wear & darkening to covers, brief pencil marginalia. 228 pages. Item Price
A$23.15
![South Boston. Volume II. [Images of America]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/151/839/1129839151.0.m.jpg)
South Boston. Volume II. [Images of America]
by Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 2000
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- Softcover
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- 9780752408545
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$10.80
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Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2000. Softcover. Very Good. 128 pages, 200+ photos. Edgewear to covers. Local history of South Boston from 1804ff, including transportation, businesses & institutions, Carney Hospital, Perkins School for the Blind, Marian Manor, Marine Park, Castle Island, and more. Item Price
A$10.80
The Elements of Confederate Defeat: Nationalism, War Aims, and Religion.
by Richard E. Beringer, Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones, and William N. Still, Jr.
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- Used - Good
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- 1988
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780820310770
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$7.72
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Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press, 1988. Softcover. Good. 244 pages, index. Some cover wear and inked underlining and marginalia. Confederate States of America, American Civil War. Item Price
A$7.72
Slavery Remembered: A Record of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives.
by Escott, Paul D.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1979
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- Trade paperback
- ISBN
- 9780807813430
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Miller Place, New York, USA
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A$15.44
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Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1979. Trade paperback. Very Good. Analysis of the ~2400 slave narratives from the Federal Writers Project's oral history interviews taken during the Great Depression, broken down into categories & tables. 221 pages, index. Black culture, conditions of life, the Freedom generation, etc. Item Price
A$15.44
