Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1836. Paperback. 24 p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "3" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844) attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) before his career in finance, which included serving as the..... More
Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1987. Hardcover. xiii, [3], 286 p.: tables, maps, illustrations; 24 cm. Grey cloth with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Part of the publisher's Blacks in the Diaspora series and Midwestern History and Cultural series. The author presents the history of the Black community..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1852. 1 page; 22 cm. Disbound. A resolution sent from the California legislature to Congress urging that the current contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. for transporation of mail between San Francisco and Panama not be renewed and instead a contract be made for..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1974. Hardcover. ix, [1], 283 p., [16] p. of illustrations: map, genealogical tables; 22 cm. Red cover with gilt spine title. Top page edges red. Illustrated dust jacket. An "immensely readable and entertaining survey of Scottish history from the fourteenth century to the reign of James..... More
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Civil Service Reform Association, 1889. Paperback. 43 p.; 24 cm. Salmon wrapper printed in black. Charles Chauncey Binney (1855-1913) was a lawyer in Philadelphia and the author of a biography of his grandfather Horace Binney (1780-1875). He also wrote a number of articles about voting in Pennsylvania. In..... More
Chicago: Callaghan & Co., 1900. Paperback. "Reprinted from Original Pamphlet and Now Issued with Compliments of" Callaghan & Co. 52, [2] p., frontispiece portrait; 23 cm. Light green wrapper with black wrapper title. Inside of back wrapper printed in black: "In honor of 'John Marshall Day' this Eulogy was done..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Paperback. x, [2], 432 p.23 cm. Paperback. "A sweeping historical survey and a pointed rejection of current cliches, After Progress examines social reform past, present and future." -- back cover. In Near Fine- Condition: cover lightly soiled; year of publication written on first (blank) page;..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Paperback. xviii, 636 p.; 21 cm. Paperback. This is "a comprehensive collection of primary documents covering political, social and cultural aspects of the 1960's. Drawn from mainstream sources, little-known sixties periodicals, pamphlets and public speeches, this anthology brings together representative writings many of which..... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1970. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 312 p.: tables; 21 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. Dust jacket. "This is the first thorough appraisal of Franco-American diplomatic relations in their historical perspective, from the beginning of the American republic in 1789 to the outbreak..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 19667. Hardcover. An Atlantic Montly Press Book. xix, [1], 346 p., frontispiece and 1 leaf of a map, [12] p. of illustrations; 21 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title and decoration, and front cover illustration. Blue endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes the Constitution and..... More
Moscow: Editorial Progreso, 1977. Hardcover. 258, [6] p.: tables; 21 cm. Light grey cloth with black stamped spine and cover titles; green stamped author's name and publisher's emblem? on front cover. No dust jacket. Translation of Latinskaia Amerika by M. Jusainov. This Spanish translation of Boyko's work on imperialism and..... More
London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1829. Hardcover. 4 volumes: folded frontispiece in each vol., 99 plates (24 folding); 18 cm. Plain brown paper over boards with printed paper spine labels with title: Londiniana or Reminiscences of the British Capital by E.W. Brayley. Publisher's advertisements on two pages following text in..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. With Christopher Harrison, Angus McInnes, and David Vincent. viii, 276 p.: in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth with silver-stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket, as issued. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index. First American Edition. ISBN: 0-312-16330-4. Inscribed on half-title..... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. Hardcover. xvii, [3], 252 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with silver spine title. Dust jacket. Blue endpapers. "The founding fathers believed that the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of the press, religion, speech, and assembly would foster an informed citizenry..... More
Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010. Paperback. xi, [1], 331 p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback. A "biographical reader designed to acquaint students with major issues in American history through the lives of individuals, prominent and otherwise, whose activities and ideas were crucial in shaping the course of the nation's..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952. Hardcover. x, 354p., frontispiece, 1 leaf of a map (folded); 22 cm. Dark brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. No dust jacket. In Near Fine Condition: upper corners of cover are bumped; clean and tight. More
New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1990. Hardcover. xxxix, [3], 928 p.: illustrations; 26 cm. Hardback with spine and cover titles and cover illustrations. Black endpapers. Garland Reference Library of the Social Sciences, 502. Includes explanations of frequently used acronyms, terms, movements, and people, as well as an index of..... More
New York: Modern Library, 1960. Hardcover. viii, 536 p.18 cm. Green cloth with gilt-on-black spine and cover titles; gilt running man emblem on spine and front cover. Top page edges dark green. Running man emblem endpapers. No dust jacket. Copyrighted 1960. This binding style was used from 1939 to 1962..... More
London: J.G. & R. Rivington, Booksellers to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1833. Hardcover. New Edition. 2 volumes (viii, 429, [1] p.; xi, [1], 413, [1] p.); 18 cm. Contemporary polished calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; black..... More
Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1970. Hardcover. xiv, 319 p.: 2 charts and 2 tables; 24 cm. Black cloth with silver-stamped spine title and with silver stamped cover acronym ILAS. Green and yellow dust jacket. Latin-American Monographs #21, Institute of Latin American Studies, The University of Tesas at Austin..... More
Boston and New York: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1996. Paperback. xiv, 226 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of the Bedford Series in History and Culture. Includes chronology, bibliography, and index. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. More
Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 1976. Hardcover. x, [4], 306 p., [16] p. of illustrations; 22 cm. Red cloth with white spine title. No dust jacket (as issued). First published in 1955, when the British conservative politician Anthony Eden (1897-1977) was still active. He served as Prime minister from 1955 to..... More
London: James Ridgway & Sons, 1836. Hardcover. Third Edition. Vol. 4 only. [4], 442 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; dark leather labels in second and fourth compartments with gilt-tooled title "Canning's Speeches" in second compartment; gilt-tooled decoration in..... More
London / New York: J. M. Dent & Sons; E. P. Dutton & Co., 1941. Hardcover. xv, [1], 304 p.; 18 cm. Orange cloth with gilt spine title; series emblem blind-stamped on front cover. Decorated endpapers. This is no. 608 of Everyman's Library. The Introduction is by Ralph Waldo Emerson..... More
S.l. s.n., 1895. Pamphlet. [12] p.: illustrations in black and red; 19 cm. The front illustration has a stylized signature: E. Carrell or Yarrell? No publication information; not listed in WorldCat. The illustrations and text suggest that it was published in the 1890s. A "humorous" criticism of the activities of..... More