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UNITED STATES: C.S. HAMMOND AND COMPANY, 1953 NICE LOOKING DARK BROWN TEXTURED COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT. LIGHT WEAR EDGES. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. DRAWINGS BY HERBERT PIERCE. SOME COLOR ART. 10 SECTIONS THAT INCLUDE ROCKS AND MINERALS, SHELL COLLECTING, PLANTS, TERRARIUM, ACQUARIUM, BIRD, BUTTERFLIES AND INSECTS, NATURE AND WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY, FISHING AND HUNTING. A WONDERFUL BOOK TO ENLIGHTEN AND EDUCATE THE HOBBY ENTHUSIAST. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Garden City, New York: HANOVER HOUSE, 1961 THIS FAMILY REFERENCE WORLD ATLAS IS A WONDERFUL COLLECTOR ITEM. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TABLES, COLOR PAGES ON WHAT A MAP IS- WHAT A MAP DOES- HOW TO USE A MAP- WHAT SCALE MEANS- PROJECTION: GLOBE TO FLAT- SYMBOLS- MAN'S STORY IN MAPS, AND THE WORLD ATLAS IN COLOR. THIS IS TERRIFIC. DON'T MISS THIS ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

USA: GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1926 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, GOOD DESIN FRONT AND SPINE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT, FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT IN PENCIL. A WONDERFUL WRITER THAT WAS GREAT WITH A STORY AND DETAIL. Donn Byrne (born Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne) (20 November 1889 18 June 1928) was an Irish novelist. He was born in New York City in the United States where, he claimed, his Irish parents were on a business trip at the time, and soon after returned with them to Ireland. He grew up in Camlough, County Armagh, and was equally fluent in Irish and English. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

UNITED STATES: RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANY, 1893 VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. THREE PARTS, 28 CHAPTERS AND NICE APPENDIX, WONDERFUL DETAIL OF GLAZIERS TWO EXPLORATIONS AND OTHER EXPLORERS. FOR THE LOVER OF EXPLORATION, HISTORY AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. The Mississippi River is the primary river, and second-longest river, of the largest drainage basin in the United States. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,766 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

Cleveland, Ohio: AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR STEEL TREATING, 1929 NICE LOOKING DARK RED COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, HEAVY, CLEAN AND TIGHT. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. GREAT DETAILBY KNOWLTON WHO WAS A METALLURGIST, FORT WAYNE WORKS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO., AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR STEEL TREATING. PICTURES, GRAPHS, DRAWINGS THROUGHOUT WITH A GOOD INDEX IN THE BACK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: E.P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, 1953 RARE BOOK, LIGHT GRAY COVER, WHITE PRINT SPINE, LIGHT WEAR, FPRMER LIBRARY BOOK OUT OF MORGANTOWN WV, NORMAL LIBRARY MARKINGS, CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT, VERY 1ST INSIDE BLANK PAGE MISSING, TERRIFIC PICTURES AND ARTWORK. SHOWS THE IMPORATNCE OF THE TRAIN IN SOME KIDS SCHOOLING A LONG TIME AGO. VERY INTERESTING. BUNCE DRAWS FROM HIS PAST AND EXPERIENCE WITH TRAINS. WONDERFUL BOOK FOR ADULT AND CHILDREN. Bill Bunce was an American illustrator, known for drawing a series of nine educational comic books for the Association of American Railroads (1955-1960). He was most likely the same person as William H. Bunce, the author of several educational fiction books about American history and archeology. William. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: FRED DE FAU & COMPANY, 1899 RARE SET OF A LIMITED EDITION, 274 OF 1,000. NICE LOOKING 2 BOOK SET, LEATHER ON SPINE AND CORNERS, MARBLING ON FRONT BACK COVERS AND INSIDE FRONT AND BACK. LIGHT WEAR ON THE LEATHER, FORMER OWNERS LABEL INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS. 329 PAGES BOOK ONE AND 321 PAGES BOOK TWO. EAST BRADY LIBRARY STAMPED INSIDE, THREE ILLUSTRATIONS INSIDE EACH BOOK. TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE INSIDE. Hereward the Wake: Last of the English (also published as Hereward, the Last of the English) is an 1866 novel by Charles Kingsley. It tells the story of Hereward, a historical Anglo-Saxon figure who led resistance against the Normans from a base in Ely surrounded by fen land. It was Kingsley's last historical novel, and was instrumental in elevating Hereward into an English folk-hero. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO., 1929 LIGHT BLUE COVER, LIGHTLY WORN. GOLD PRINT SPINE. FORMER LIBRARY BOOK, NUMBER SPINE, INSIDE BACK LIBRARY CARD HOLDER. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT.
ART PAINTING OF DE PAUL AS FRONTISPIECE. 5 CHAPTERS- LANDES, IMPORTANT PEOPLE, AMONG LOWLY, CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS, EXTREMIS: IN EXCELSIS.
SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS.
WONDERFUL DETAIL OF A FRENCH CATHOLIC PRIEST.
Henri Léon Emile Lavedan (9 April 1859 – 4 September 1940), French dramatist and man of letters, was born at Orléans, the son of Hubert Lavedan [fr], a well-known Catholic and liberal journalist.
Vincent de Paul, CM (24 April 1581 – 27 September 1660), commonly known as Saint Vincent de Paul, was an Occitan French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor.
In 1622 Vincent was appointed a chaplain to the galleys. After working for some time in Paris among imprisoned galley slaves, he returned to be the superior of what is now known as the Congregation of the Mission, or the… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, 1890 DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, DESIGN ON SPINE, RECESSED LINES FRONT AND BACK. WORN AND FADED, BUT GOOD SHAPE. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. RARE, NO DATE LISTED, ESTIMATE CIRCA LATE 1800S. Catherine Anne Warfield (1816¿1877) was an American writer of poetry and fiction in the South. Together with her sister Eleanor Percy Lee, she was first of the published authors in the Percy family. The most noted authors have been William Alexander Percy and Walker Percy of the twentieth century. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

NEW YORK: GROSSET & DUNLAP, 1924 NICE LOOKING RED COVER WITH BLACK INK FRONT AND SPINE, TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 ¿ 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. ONE OF THE GREAT SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS OF ALL TIME. A WONDERFUL COLLECTOR ITEM. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

BOSTON: JAMES H. EARLE, 1889 VERY NICE LOOKING BOOK, BROWN COVER, GOLD PRINTING FRONT WITH BLACK DESIGN, BLACK DESIGN SPINE WITH GOLD. TIGHT WITH NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, SLIGHTLY BROWNING PAGES FROM AGE, LAST BLANK PAGE HAS TEAR AGAINST BINDING 2/3 WAY DOWN. TIGHT BINDING. PRINTED NICELY INSIDE. INTERESTING FICTION NOVEL WITH 32 CHAPTERS. NICE COLLECTOR ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

CHICAGO: J. H. BEERS & CO., 1915 RARE TWO BOOKS SET, 1/3 LEATHER ON SPINE AND CORNERS, VOLUME ONE HAS HAD COVER REBOUND AND IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. VOLUME II HAS ORIGINAL COVER WITH LIGHT WEAR SPINE AND EDGES. GOLD PRINT SPINES. BOTH ARE CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. VERY NICE SET. MARBLING ON PAGE EDGES. VOLUME I HAS TABLE OF CONTENTS, HISTORICAL INDEX AND BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX. GREAT DETAIL REGARDING INDIANS, PENNSYLVANIA AND MANY OTHER AREAS. LARGE NUMBER OF PICTURES. VOLUME II HAS BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX AND DETAIL OF LARGE NUMBER OF INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF THE AREA. WONDERFUL BOOKS FOR THE LOVER OF PAST HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874 A FULL VIEW OF THE ENGLISH-DUTCH STRUGGLE AGAINST SPAIN, AND THE ORIGIN AND DESTRUCTION OF THE SPANISH ARMADA. MOTLEY WAS A MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, AUTHOR OF "THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC." GOOD LOOKING BOOK, MARBLED COLORS ON PAGE SIDE AND ENDS, BEAUTIFUL COLORFUL DESIGN INSIDE FRONT AND BACK AND ON COVER. LEATHER ON SPINE AND CORNERS. SLIGHT FOXING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS ON EACH. ARTWORK OF PRINCE MAURICE OF ORANGE-NASSAU AS FRONTISPIECE. STARTS WITH CHAPTER XXXVIII MILITARY EVENTS- AGRESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE NETHERLANDERS & ENDS WITH CHAPTERS LII AND LIII RELIGIOUS PEACE, PROSPECTS OF FUTURE AND CONCLUSION. TERRIFIC HISTORY AND COLLECTOR ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874 A FULL VIEW OF THE ENGLISH-DUTCH STRUGGLE AGAINST SPAIN, AND THE ORIGIN AND DESTRUCTION OF THE SPANISH ARMADA. MOTLEY WAS A MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, AUTHOR OF "THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC." GOOD LOOKING BOOK, MARBLED COLORS ON PAGE SIDE AND ENDS, BEAUTIFUL COLORFUL DESIGN INSIDE FRONT AND BACK AND ON COVER. LEATHER ON SPINE AND CORNERS. SLIGHT FOXING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS ON EACH. JOHAN VAN OLDEN-BARNEVELD PICTURE AS FRONTISPIECE. STARTS WITH CHAPTER XXI- EFFECT OF THE ASSASSINATION OF HENRY III & ENDS WITH CHAPTER XXXVIII- MILITARY OPERATIONS NETHERLANDS, CONFERENCES AT GERTRUYDENBERG. TERRIFIC HISTORY AND COLLECTOR ITEM. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

CHICAGO: A. WARNER & CO., 1887 RARE BOOK, LIGHTLY WORN OUTSIDE, MARBLING FRONT AND BACK INSIDE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. THICK AND HEAVY BOOK, 4.91 POUNDS. GREAT DETAIL. CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY; THEIR TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, VILLAGES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, INDUSTRIES, ETC.; PORTRAITS OF REPRESENTATIVE MEN; BIOGRAPHIES; HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA, STATISTICAL AND MISC.. THREE SECTIONS; HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA, HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, HISTORY OF MONTOUR COUNTY, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, PORTRAITS, MAPS. GREAT DETAIL. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO: TRANSCRIPT PRINTING CO., 1880 RARE BOOK, LEATHER COVER, GOLD, RED AND BLACK DESIGN SPINE. FRONT COVER LOOSE BUT INTACT. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT WITH APPENDIX IN BACK. MANY PERSONAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS, ANECDOTES, AND FAITHFUL DESCRIPTIONS OF EVENTS PERTAINING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY AND ITS PROGRESS. 44 CHAPTERS. GREAT DETAIL WHICH INCLUDES FORT STEVENSON, FORT SENECA, BATTLES, TECUMSEH, PUT IN BAY, PEACE TREATIES, EMIGRANTS, WYANDOTS, SENECAS, SPEECH LOGAN, BLUE JACKET, SETTLERS, SCALPS, KILLINGS, COMSTOCK, SOLDIERS, NUMEROUS TOWNSHIPS. VERY INTERESTING HISTORY WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES. Seneca County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 55,069. Its county seat is Tiffin. The county was created in 1820 and organized in 1824. It is named for the Seneca Indians, the westernmost nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. This people… Read More

NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, 1898 DARK BLUE-GREEN COVER WITH DESIGN FRONT AND GOLD PRINT SPINE. SLIGHT WEAR AROUND EDGES. 80 SECTIONS, 30 ILLUSTRATIONS. VERY INTERESTING DETAILED BOOK. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy (184850) is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. It is set in 19th-century England, particularly in London. The main hero is a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis, who is born in the country and sets out for London to seek his place in life and society. The novel took two years for Thackeray to write and, in line with other Thackeray's works, most notably Vanity Fair, it offers an insightful and satiric picture of human character and aristocratic society. The characters include the snobbish social hanger-on Major Pendennis and the tipsy Captain Costigan. Miss Amory and Sir Francis Clavering are somewhat reminiscent of Becky Sharp and Sir Pitt from Vanity Fair. William… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, 1874 VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVERS, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINES. 510 PAGES AND 530 PAGES EACH BOOK. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. VERY LIGHT FOXING IN FRONT AND BACK INSIDE COVERS OF Volume I. FRANCISCO PIZARRO FRONTISPIECE PICTURE VOLUME ONE, PEDRO DE LA CASCA, VICEROY OF PERU IS FRONTISPECE VOLUME II. WONDERFUL DETAIL AND INFORMATION AS ONLY PRESCOTT CAN WRITE. EACH BOOK DIVIDED INTO BOOK SECTIONS AND CHAPTERS. William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 January 28, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite suffering from serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1861 A FULL VIEW OF THE ENGLISH-DUTCH STRUGGLE AGAINST SPAIN, AND THE ORIGIN AND DESTRUCTION OF THE SPANISH ARMADA. MOTLEY WAS A MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, AUTHOR OF "THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC." GOOD LOOKING BOOKS, MARBLED COLORS ON PAGE SIDE AND ENDS, BEAUTIFUL COLORFUL DESIGN INSIDE FRONT AND BACK AND ON COVER. LEATHER ON SPINE AND CORNERS. SLIGHT FOXING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS ON EACH. WHERE VOLUME NUMBERS ARE INDICATED ON SPINE THERE IS SOME WEAR AND TEARING OFF. SMALL LEATHER PIECES ON LEATHER SPINE MISSING THAT INDICATE HISTORY OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS, 532 PAGES VOLUME I AND 563 PAGES VOLUME II. TERRIFIC FOLD OUT MAP IN VOLUME I, 15" X 13", SEIGE OF ANTWERP. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

HARRISBURG, PA: B. SINGERLY, PRINTER, 1871 NICE LOOKING DARK BROWN COVER, GOLD PRINT SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT.8 CHAPTERS, APPENDIX OF 4 CHAPTERS. PRIMITIVE HISTORY UNDER VIRGINIA, HISTORY PENNSYLVANIA, ESTABLISHMENT, SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, TOWNSHIPS & BOROUGHS, ELECTED OFFICERS 1790, MILITARY HISTORY, ASSOCIATIONS & EVENTS. 1752 TO 1783 VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA CONTROVERSY, THE MASON DIXON LINE, INDIAN HISTORY, WHISKEY INSURRECTION. ON TITLE PAGE- FIRST UNDER VIRGINIA AS YOHOGANIA, OHIO, OR AUGUSTA COUNTY UNTIL 1781 AND SUBSEQUESTLY UNDER PENNSYLVANIA. SKETCHES OF ALL TOWNSHIPS, BOROUGHS, VILLAGES, ETC.. A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE WHISKEY INSURRECTION, INDIAN WARFARE AND LOCAL HISTORICAL EVENTS. Washington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 209,349. Its county seat is Washington. Washington County is part of the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is home to Washington County Airport, three miles (4.8 km)… Read More