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Practical Telephone Hand Book & Guide to Telephonic Exchange, Containing Chapters on the Use of the Telephone, Series and Bridging Phones, Line Construction, Materials to be Used, Locating and Correction of Faults in Instruments and Lines; The Apparatus and Methods Used in Making Tests are Fully and Carefully Treated; And, in Addition, Plain, Easy Instructions on Farm Telephones, which are of inestimable value to Promoters of Rural Party Lines.Compiled and Edited by T. S. Baldwin, M.A. Illustrated. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., Publishers1902, First Edition: 172 pp plus 13 pages of period ads In addition to Table of Contents, Full Glossary of terms and Alphabetical Index.Condition: Original hardcover as pictured. Interior is free of marks, tears, book plates, or inscriptions. Typical aging to pages, but no mends or chipping. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us… Read More

Immortal Songs of Camp and Field; the Story of Their Inspiration Together with Striking Anecdotes Connected with Their History. Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1899. First Edition. 25 popular songs and their stories, including Yankee Doodle, Battle Hymn, Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, Star Spangled Banner, John Brown's Body, Dixie, Hail Columbia. Condition: NOT a library book. Excellent, with beautiful gilt impressed cover and spine as shown. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified signature upon receipt. Thank you for tracking your purchase and being available to sign for it upon delivery. We appreciate your business and hope to do business with you again! **Attention International Buyers** For all standard international book orders, we will be using Asendia consolidated shipping or the DHL international shipping program through Biblio.com. If you should… Read More

Songs of Conquest for Use in Public Worship, Prayer Services, Camp Meetings, Evangelistic Campaigns, Young People's Meetings, etc., 1923, First ED.
Condition: NOT a library book, therefore no plates, crimps, stamps within. Interior very clean, binding firm. Wear to cover as shown but sturdy and very useable. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Fremont, Including an Account of his Explorations, Discoveries and Adventures on Five Successive Expeditions across the North American Continent; Voluminous Selections from his Private and Public Correspondence; his defence before the Court Martial, and Full Reports of His Principal Speeches in the Senate of the United States. By John Bigelow. With Spirited Illustrations, and an accurate Portrait on Steel. New York: Derby & Jackson, 119 Nassau St/. J W Derby & Co., Cincinnati. W H Tinson, Stereotyper. 1856 First Edition.John Charles Fremont was an explorer, a war hero, and a member of the United States Senate. He was also the first presidential candidate of the new Republican Party. The author ardently supported his presidency.
Condition: Good condition, especially for its age. Initial 15 -20 pages have semi-circular stain at the top, as photographed. New aged end pages. No writing, stamps, crimps, found within. NOT a Library copy. Please review… Read More

Crowning Glory No. 1, A Choice Collection of Gospel Hymns, by Peter Bilhorn, assisted by A. Beirly. Published by P Bilhorn, Chicago, Illinois. 1892 [date obtained from inserted page of original owner, dated 1891]Preface: Crowning Glory No. 1 is a collection of Songs and Hymns, for Solos, Duets, Quartettes, Chorus and Congregational Singing. Especially adapted for Sunday Schools, Prayer Meetings, Revivals, and Mission Work.Condition: NOT a library book. Original book with new stamped spine, with original owner's identification sheet within, dated September of 1892. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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The Farmer's Every-day Book; or, Sketches of Social Life in the Country; with the Popular Elements of Practical and Theoretical Agriculture. And Twelve Hundred Laconics and Apothegms Relating to Ethics, Religion, and General Literature; Also Five Hundred Receipts (recipes) on Hygeian, Domestic, and Rural Economy. By the Rev. John L. Blake, D.D. New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan. 1855. Original c. 1850. Thirteenth Thousand. 654 pages.
Condition: Professional rebind as pictured. Marbled page edges. NOT a library book. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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1865 -1866 - Pictorial National Records: Embracing Descriptions of European and Asiatic Nations: A Statistical View of the United States of America; and a History of the Great Rebellion. In Two Volumes. Compiled from Authentic Materials by W. O. Blake. Columbus, Ohio: Gilmore & Segner. Sold Exclusively by Subscription. Vol 1 1865. Vol 2 1866.Offering "a correct knowledge of the structure of his own, as well as of other governments" -- the overall stated purpose of the larger portion of first volume and includes statistics from the 1850 Federal Census. The History of the War was originally planned to be contained within the first volume. However, the war "assumed such huge proportions and the gigantic struggle became so protracted, that it was found necessary ...to add the second volume. Hence, two different publication dates.Published by subscription only, this two volume set was held in a private collection, still with its subscription notice, which is included in the sale!Condition: These two… Read More

An Essay on Liberty and Slavery by Albert Taylor Bledsoe, LL.D., Professor of Mathematics in the University of Virginia. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.: 383 pp. 1856 Rare First EditionAbolitionists, the religious implications, the public good, and the Fugitive Slave Law are all addressed in what has been termed "a highly important and sophisticated proslavery argument". Author was a friend of Jefferson Davis, a Confederate soldier, and a defender of both the South and Slavery. He became the first editor of the "Southern Review". An original classic pro-slavery book for any African-American library collection.Condition: This original first edition of Bledsoe's proslavery argument is in very good condition, especially for its age. Original throughout with expected foxing and age-toning of pages. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best… Read More

History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, in Two volumes, 1840, by Charles Botta, Translated from the Italian by George Alexander Otis, Esq. Eight edition, in Two Volumes, Revised and Corrected.
Condition: NOT a library book. Origiinal full leather bindings as photographed. Fresh marble end pages. All original tissue guards. Complete. Expected foxing. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography. By Col S M Bowman and Lt Col R B Irwin. 1865 First Edition. New York: Charles B Richardson. Cincinnati: C F Vent & Col. Springfield: W J Holland. 1865.
Condition: NOT a library book. Original dark green cloth with impressed covers and gilt on spine. Fresh end pages. Complete. Engravings with tissue guards. No crimps, signatures, writing, underlining, stamps, bookplates found within. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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The New Golden Trio: Or, Bradbury's Golden Series of Sabbath School Melodies, Comprising the "New Golden Chain," "New Golden Shower," and "Golden Censer." By William B Bradbury. New York: Published by Biglow & Main, Successors to William B Bradbury. 1866 First Edition.
Condition: NOT a library book. This small book is in an old condition. It is complete and in tact with a secure binding. Its age is evident on the original covers. It has a new firm spine with the original spine piece re-applied. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Circus Day and Other Adventure Stories, 1922 First Edition. by Edna Payson Brett, Author of "A Merry Scout". Illustrated by Garada Clark Riley. Chicago/New York: Rand McNally & Company. 1922.Contains four stories: The Day of the Circus; The Santa Claus Company; How Yankee Celebrated the Fourth; and Who Should Carry Gideon.
Condition: In remarkably good condition. Minimal wear to cover edges. Firm Binding. No writing, crayon, crimps, or stamps found within. NOT a Library Book, but a treasured book handed down from its original publication.
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The Public Life of Capt. John Brown, with an Auto-Biography of His Childhood and Youth. 1860 First Edition [Thirtieth Thousand]. By James Redpath. Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, 1860.
Condition: NOT a library book. Original brown cloth binding with impressed covers and gilt on spine. Interior complete with frontispiece portrait, tissue guard. Fresh end pages. News article imprint on two pages in back ... all still readable. Otherwise, no marks, crimps, signatures, underlining or writing within. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Little Dwarf Nose and The Magic Whistle, 1916 First Edition. This original one hundred year-old children's book is a real charmer! With its large print and nice big-page format, coupled with the full page color and black and white illustrations, it's a must-have for any children's book collector.
Condition: This original hard-board children's book is in very good condition. The illustrations, in color and black and white, are all present. See pictures for overall good condition. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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"Browne's Sunday Thoughts" [Spine Title] Sunday Thoughts. In Three Parts. Adapted to the Various Parts of the Christian Sabbath: and its different Duties, Exercises, and Employments.To which is Prefix'd, An Essay on the Universe. Design'd To Promote a familiar, pleasing, and religious Knowledge of the Earth, and Heavenly Bodies. By the Rev. Mr. Moses Browne. 1753 [M.DCC.LIII.] First Edition, very early printing (original printing 1752). Collector-quality restoration in full leather with leather label.Condition: This original 1753 hardcover book is in full leather with a leather label as well. Interior is foxed with edge staining from old leather on first and last few pages. We found no plates or writing within the text block, and no tears. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.**Attention International Buyers**For all… Read More

Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession; with a Narrative of Personal Adventures among the Rebels, By W. G. Brownlow, . Editor of the Knoxville Whig. Philadelphia: George W Childs; Cincinnati: Applegate & Company. 1862 First Edition: 458 numbered pages + 8 pages period ads.Condition: Rebound with original label as pictured. Interior is clean, with no writing, cuts, stamps, etc. Illustrations complete. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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Picturesque America. Or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists.
1872 and 1874, First Edition. D Appleton & Company, 10-3/4" x 13" each of two volumes. Beautiful impressed covers, gilt.
Condition: Bound in the Publisher's Deluxe Gilt. Full Brown pebbled Morocco. Near Fine. Over 900 steel and wood engraved illustrations by leading American artists. Marbled end pages, gold page edges, interior of cover gilt as well. NOT a library book. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. Illuminated. Glasgow: Mackenzie, White & Co. 374 pages plus List of Illustrations in back. 1860- 1899. (Sourced from worldcat.org publications)Condition: This all original 1860-1899 edition (printed in Glasgow by Mackenzie) is bound in its half leather binding, fully and professionally restored to original beauty. It has a new matching-the-old gilt label and the restoration included interior hinges to add stability as shown in the photographs. Original marbled end pages.Complete and wonderful! We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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The Land and Its Story; or, The Sacred Historical Geography of Palestine, First Edition, 1869. By N. C. Burt, D.D. Illustrated with numerous maps and engravings. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1869.
"The following pages are the result of an effort to place the Geography of the Holy Land in living relations to the Sacred History." [from the Preface]
Condition: NOT a library book. In original binding, with new, fresh end pages. Complete and clean with no marks, underlining, crimps, stamps, etc within. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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