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Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed by the Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter Morristown, New Jersey Sold by Order of the Trustees, complete in eight volumes including Index
by Streeter, Thomas Winthrop; Parke-Bernet Galleries
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$300.14
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New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An uber-important set, complete in eight volumes including an Index, of the justly infamous sale across several years (1966-1970) at the Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York, of the massive collection of U.S. History and Americana of the noted collector Thomas Winthrop Streeter. Sturdy, attractive,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$300.14
Absegami Yesteryear
by Boucher, Jack E
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- Special Limited Edition
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$33.86
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Egg Harbor City, New Jersey: Atlantic County Historical Society, 1963. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Jack E. Boucher. One of 1,000 copies in a Limited Edition but unnumbered and thus out of series. Apparently unread, spine still crackles. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, blue linen cloth over boards, gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
A$33.86
The American Railroad Passenger Car, Part 1, Part 2
by White Jr., John H
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1978
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$43.10
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Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution to the Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology series. Sterling condition softcover copies, complete in two volumes, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated card… Read more about this item Item Price
A$43.10
The One Hundredth Anniversary 1826-1926 of the New York Central Railroad
by The New York Central Railroad
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1926
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$49.25
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New York: The New York Central Railroad, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Printed for the New York Central Railroad by The Knickerbocker Press. Scarce in the trade in this state and condition, bound in a demi-folio hardcover format, bound in half-bound robin's egg blue linen cloth over boards, covered with a… Read more about this item Item Price
A$49.25
The One Hundredth Anniversary 1826-1926 of the New York Central Railroad
by The New York Central Railroad
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- First Edition
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- 1926
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- Hardcover
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New York: The New York Central Railroad, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Printed for the New York Central Railroad by The Knickerbocker Press. Scarce in the trade in this state and condition, bound in a demi-folio hardcover format, bound in half-bound robin's egg blue linen cloth over boards, covered with a decorated… Read more about this item Item Price
A$43.10
Mayor Erastus Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma
by Grondahl, Paul
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$33.86
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Albany, New York: Washington Park Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound handsomely in black cloth over boards, provdes a chronology of Corning's life and extensive political life, his family Tree, and with a fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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My Reminiscences As A Cowboy
by Harris, Frank
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- First Edition
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- 1930
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$30.78
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New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 12mo 7" - 7. William Gropper. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. H.M. Kallen provides a helpful Preface to the life and work of Frank Harris, 75 years old in 1930 when he penned this fine and racing memoir. Tan, black… Read more about this item Item Price
A$30.78
Hojack: Remembering the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Railroad and Division
by Peter Gores and John Taibi
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- New
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- First Edition
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- 2022
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$500.24
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New York: New York Central Historical Society, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. New. Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. Brand-new, still in shrink-wrap, neither shelf- nor edge-worn, neither sunned nor marked as a remainder. Hardcover format bound in oblong octavo format. Plentiful (1129) black-and-white photographs of the older, historical variety and lots of full-color, full-page photographs, too. Special… Read more about this item Item Price
A$500.24
The Empire State of Base Ball: A Look at the Game in Upstate New York
by Puff, Richard, ed
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$73.88
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Garrett Park, Maryland: Society for American Baseball Research, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Mark Rucker. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the pictorial card stock wraps, staple-bound. Internally quite fine. Contributions by the editor, Richard Puff, photographs… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Mohawk Colored Giants of Schenectady
by Keetz, Frank M
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1999
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$46.18
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Schenectady, New York: Self-Published, 1999. Softcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Lightly worn, at worst, and with a particularly bright interior. Black and white photograph of the Mohawk Colored Giants of Schenectady, an… Read more about this item Item Price
A$46.18
The Route of the Phoebe Snow: A Story of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
by Shelden S. King
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1974
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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Elmira, New York: Shelden S. King, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Lightly creased, lightly sun card stock covers. Black and white photograph of the Phoebe Snow on… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Lot of Fifteen (15) books about Tillamook, Oregon including Tillamook County and the Oregon coast: The Story of Tillamook; The Tillamook: a created forest comes of age; The Oregon Trail: yesterday and today; The Adventures of Dr. Huckleberry: Tillamook County, Oregon; Art With Spirit: Lucia May Wiley (1906-1998); Tillamook Light; Tidewater Valley: a story of the Swiss in Oregon; From the Cat Walk: selected stories from 20 years of "Oceanside Breezes"; Tillamook Indians of the Oregon Coast; What Happened at Bayocean: is Salishan next?; This Was Logging!; Tillamook: lest we forget; Tillamook County History & Tradition: a pictorial retrospective from the Headlight-Herald; Tillamook Memories; Guide to Historical Markers of Tillamook County
by Collins, Dean; Gail Wells; William E. Hill; E.R. Huckleberry; James A. Gibbs, Jr.; Jo Evalin Lundy; Claire Hays; John Sauter and Bruce Johnson; Bert Webber; Ralph W. Andrews; Tillamook Pioneer Association; The Headlight-Herald; Tillamook Pioneer Associat
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$207.79
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Very Good/Very Good. A good-looking, structurally sound lot of hardcover and softcover titles, fifteen (15) in all, dealing with Tillamook, Oregon and Tillamook County: "The Land of Cheese, Trees and Ocean Breeze." Several hardcovers with dust jackets as issued, a mass market paperback, a couple of quarto-sized items, generally and specifically clean and tightly bound, none being ex-library.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$207.79
Sons of Italy: a social and religious study of the Italians in America
by Mangano, Antonio
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- First Edition
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- 1917
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$21.55
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New York: Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1917. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An early, sympathetic, not-quite ethnography of Italian-Americans newly arrived. From a publisher blurb, "Mangano's work is a fascinating exploration of the Italian-American experience, tracing the history of Italian immigration to America and its impact on both… Read more about this item Item Price
A$21.55
The Story of The Canadian Pacific Railway
by Morris, Keith
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1927
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$53.87
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London, England: William Stevens Limited Edition, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if very lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Dealer stamp, neatly affixed, inside front flap. Bluish-gray cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to front cover, inset illustration of a train chugging… Read more about this item Item Price
A$53.87
A lot of eleven (11) Federal Writer's Project (W.P.A.) Guides: Maryland; Mississippi; Kansas; North Dakota; Wiconsin; Florida; Delaware; Pennsylvania; West Virginia; South Carolina; South Dakota
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$338.62
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New York: Oxford University Press / Viking Press. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A lot of eleven (11) fine contributions made by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration known as the Federal Writer's Project (W.P.A.) Guides. Each volume withdrawn from the U.S. Information Service Library in both Saigon and Hanoi (!).… Read more about this item Item Price
A$338.62
Who Shot Maggie in the Freckle? and other ballads of Virginia City, Nevada
by The Comstocker
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1940
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$18.47
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Virginia City, Nevada: The Comstocker, 1940. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Cute little piece of Americana. Simple printed, illustrated wraps, clean, unmarked interior. Sold at the Bucket of Blood Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada. Lyrics to four songs: "Who Shot Maggie in the Freckle?" and "I'm a Roaring Son of the Comstock" and… Read more about this item Item Price
A$18.47
Intermountain Folk: songs of their days and ways
by Shipp, E. Richard
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1922
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$123.14
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Casper, Wyoming: The Casper Stationery Company, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being only one additional copy available on-line currently. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned interior at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Blind-stamped flexible hardcovers, man on horse in cameo in… Read more about this item Item Price
A$123.14
Margaret Collier Graham: First Lady of the Foothills
by Apostol, Jane
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Offprint
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- 1981
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$18.47
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Los Angeles, California: Southern California Quarterly, 1981. Offprint. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A Near Fine condition offprint from the pages of Southern California Quarterly, Volume LXIII, Number IV, Winter 1981, marred only by the front page evincing a paper-clip impression. A fun, accessible biography of a beloved writer of carefully crafted short stories,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$18.47
World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893
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- First Edition
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- 1893
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- Hardcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$24.63
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Chicago, Illinois , 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Neither author nor publisher is stated, but appears to have been published in 1893, the year of the Columbian Exposition of 1893, held in Chicago. Handsome little tome containing fine and sharp duotone (white and light gray) illustrations (engravings) on laminated card-stock. Bound in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ideas and Feelings Necessary to National Greatness: a sermon delivered before the executive and legislative departments of the government of Massachusetts, at the annual election, Wednesday, January 2d, 1867
by Warren, Henry White
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- Used - Fair
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- First Edition
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- 1867
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- Softcover
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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A$18.47
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Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1867. First Edition. Softcover. Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The author was then Pastor of the Harvard Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Chipped and damp-stained brick-red paper wraps, dissipating in both directions. A standard election sermon delivered in 1867. The author, Henry White Warren (1831–1912), was an American Methodist… Read more about this item Item Price
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