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HISTORIC HOUSES OF EARLY AMERICA

By: Lathrop, Elise

Price: $20.00

Publisher: NY: Tudor Publishing Co., 1927.: 1927.

Seller ID: 23727

Condition: Good

NY: Tudor Publishing Co., 1927.. 1927.. Good. - Small quarto, 11-1/8 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in green cloth titled in gilt on spine & front cover. The covers are quite rubbed, bumped and stained. xv & 464 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece & numerous illustrations and plates. There is some minor soiling to the verso of the frontispiece. Good.

First edition.

Histories of early American houses and the stories attached to them and their inhabitants. First Edition.
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THROUGH OUR UNKNOWN SOUTHWEST: The Wonderland of the United States--Little Known and Unappreciated--The Home of the Cliff Dweller and the Hopi, the Forest Ranger and the Navajo--the Lure of the Painted Desert

By: Laut, Agnes C

Price: $15.00

Publisher: NY: Robert McBride & Company, 1921.: 1921.

Seller ID: 2199

Condition: Very good

NY: Robert McBride & Company, 1921.. 1921.. Very good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt with vignette stamped in gilt within gilt frame on front cover. The covers are lightly bumped with stains to the rear cover. The spine is faded with small stains. [viii], xxx & 271 pp. There is an owner's ink inscription on the front endpaper. B&W frontispiece & 31 B&W plates. Very good internally.

Fourth printing.
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BENT'S FORT

By: Lavender, David

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954.: 1954.

Seller ID: 3095

Condition: Very good

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954.. 1954.. Very good. - Octavo, rust brown cloth titled in green, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly soiled, rubbed & chipped. 450 pages. Green & white endpaper maps. Very good.

First edition.

"The Bent brothers...formed the vanguard of American expansion to the West. Bent's fort -- their great adobe castle on the banks of the Arkansas -- was the focal point of expansion and exploration, of diplomacy among three ambitious nations: the United States, Texas, and Mexico, and of trade with Santa Fe, Taos, and the [Native Americans]...
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UNITED STATES ATLASES: A List of National, State, County, City, and Regional Atlases in the Library of Congress. Together with: UNITED STATES ATLASES: A Catalog of National, State, County, City, and Regional Atlases in the Library of Congress and Cooperating Libraries. 2 volumes in 1

By: Le Gear, Clara Egli; compiler

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Fine Books, n.d. [1988].: n.d. [1988].

Seller ID: 6214

Condition: Fine

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Fine Books, n.d. [1988].. n.d. [1988].. Fine. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt. Slightly dusty. viii & 445 pp.; and xiii & 301 pp. Near fine.

Reprint, limited to 150 copies, of the Library of Congress Reference Department edition of 1950-53.
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Image for LEEDS, 1713. THE AMERICAN ALMANACK ... Fitted to the Latitude of 40 Degrees, and a Meridian of five hours West from London, but may, without sensible error, serve all the adjacent places, even from Newfound-Land to Carolina. By Daniel Leeds, Philomat.

LEEDS, 1713. THE AMERICAN ALMANACK ... Fitted to the Latitude of 40 Degrees, and a Meridian of five hours West from London, but may, without sensible error, serve all the adjacent places, even from Newfound-Land to Carolina. By Daniel Leeds, Philomat.

By: Leeds, Daniel (1652-1720).

Price: $180.00

Publisher: [New York], probably before [1889].: [1889].

Seller ID: 95920

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, 7 inches high by 4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed stitched self-wraps. 24 pages on buff paper, including the cover pages. The almanac is illustrated with a textual woodcut entitled "The Anatomy of Mans Body, as govern'd by the 12 Constellations". Six pages were printed at an angle, as issued, resulting in minor loss of text on two pages. The corners are creased with occasional minor flaws throughout. Very good. A RARE 19th Century facsimile of this 1713 almanac, the last one authored by Daniel Leeds. His son Titan Leeds took over in 1714. The imprint on the title pa...
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PEDRO MARTÍNEZ: A MEXICAN PEASANT AND HIS FAMILY

By: Lewis, Oscar

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY: Random House, 1964.: 1964.

Seller ID: 2138

Condition: Very good

NY: Random House, 1964.. 1964.. Very good. - 8vo, red cloth backed black cloth (slightly rubbed & bumped) titled in gilt stamped in blind on front board. vii & 507 pp. Illustrated by Alberto Beltrán. Very good.
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED by JOHN V. LINDSAY as MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, thanking Manhattan City Center Producer JEAN DALRYMPLE.

By: Lindsay, John V. (1921-2000). U.S. Congressman (1959-1965) and Mayor of New York City (1966-1973).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, November 1. 1973.: 1973.

Seller ID: 36873

Condition: Fine

- Approximately 50 words typed on 8-1/4 inch high by 5-1/4 inch wide "The City of New York / Office of the Mayor" stationery with the City's seal embossed in gilt at the top. "Just a brief 'thank you' for your great contribution to City Center's 30th Anniversary Fanfare Gala...." Signed "John". Folded twice for mailing. Fine, with the original mailing envelope.

John Vliet Lindsay [1921-2000] was an American politician, lawyer and broadcaster. He was a U.S. Congressman from New York from 1959 to 1965 and Mayor of New York City from 1966-1973. In 1971 he switched from ...
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the American judge and social reformer BEN B. LINDSEY.

By: Lindsey, Ben B. (1869-1943). Denver-based American judge & social reformer.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: New York, January 25, 1931.: 1931.

Seller ID: 96512

Condition: Very good

- Over 120 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide creamy white paper. The American judge and social reformer Ben B. Lindsey replies to a letter from James B. Pond of the Pond Bureau who had inquired about Lindsey's availability for a lecture tour: "This is just to thank you, but to say that my plans are so uncertain that I am unable now to say whether I shall attempt any lecture work next season (next fall), or not.... I am so glad to have met you at the Dutch Treat Club, and hope that we shall meet again socially or in a business way." Signed "Ben B. Lindsey". Lindsey has additionally...
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PORTRAIT SKETCH OF FASCINATING "AFRICAN BLACK JEW" IMPOSTOR BATA LOBAGOLA INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HIM.

By: LoBagola, Bata. (1877-1947). Born Joseph Lee in Baltimore, LoBagola posed as a "Black Jew" from Africa, regaling audiences with pseudo-biographical stories.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: March 28th, 1930.: 1930.

Seller ID: 36658

Condition: Very good

- Blue pencil sketch of Bata LoBagola signed "Halpern / 1930" on a 7-3/8 inch high by 3-1/2 inch piece of card . Inscribed and signed across the base of the portrait: "Most sincerely yours / Bata Kindai Amgoza ibn LoBagola / March 28th / 1930". The bottom edge of the card is lightly creased and there is a glue stain across he top edge of the verso where the card has been removed from an album. Very good. Bata Kindai Amgoza ibn LoBagola [1877-1947] was born Joseph Lee in Baltimore. This fascinating impostor claimed to be a black Jew from Africa. He is described in a tour brochur...
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED with an AUTOGRAPH NOTE. A diatribe against the news media accusing the New York press of being "socialist and bolshevist propagandists" by President Hoover's friend, the right wing journalist George Lockwood Browning.

By: Lockwood, George Browning (1872-1932).

Price: $375.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., January 21, 1931.: 1931.

Seller ID: 35084

Condition: Good

- Over 650 words typed on two pages of 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide "National Republic" stationery. In his letter to Robert Caldwell Patton, the editor of "The Patriotic Digest", Lockwood foreshadows current politically charged criticism of the Press. He bemoans the "unfriendly attitude of the New York daily press toward enemies of revolutionary communism..." paraphrasing Samuel Gompers in stating that "the metropolitan press is worm-eaten with bolshevist propagandists and immature editors and reporters susceptible to the blandishments of anti-American influences...
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A NEGRO'S FAITH IN AMERICA

By: Logan, Spencer

Price: $45.00

Publisher: NY: The Macmillan Company, (1946).: (1946).

Seller ID: 524

Condition: Good

NY: The Macmillan Company, (1946).. (1946).. Good. - 8vo, dark blue cloth (bumped) titled in white, in dw (rubbed & lightly chipped; dw spine faded; rear panel spotted; price-clipped). vi, [ii] & 88 pp. (light staining to endpapers). Good.

First edition.

In his Preface, Staff Sergeant Spencer Logan writes: "This book is about my belief in America and my faith in the willingness of her people to accept the moral obligations of a democratic way of life....The Negro...wants to give of his best to the future of his country and to add his racial industry to the welfare of all. America has ...
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A ONE-AND-A-QUARTER PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by ABIEL ABBOT LOW regarding the naming of the "Franklin Building" in Brooklyn.

By: Low, Abiel Abbot (1811-1883). Merchant in the China trade. A.A. Low & Brothers.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: New York, Jan. 8, 1887.: 1887.

Seller ID: 31477

Condition: Very good

- Over 75 words penned on both sides of an 8 inch high by 5 inch wide sheet of A.A. Low's personal 31 Burling Slip buff white stationery with attached blank leaf. In his letter addressed to Mr. Davenport at the Garfield Building (which was also one of the buildings which A.A. Low developed in Brooklyn) Low mentions the possibility of naming the building located at 186 Remsen Street which would house the Franklin Trust Company after that institution: "I have asked Mr. [____?] if it would suit him, or it will not, to have the edifice called 'The Franklin Building'". Signed "Respectfu...
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FIVE YEARS A DRAGOON ('49 to '54) / And Other Adventures on the Great Plains. With an introduction and notes by Don Russell.

By: Lowe, Percival G.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965.: 1965.

Seller ID: 34319

Condition: Good

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965.. 1965.. Good. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt within a dark blue rectangle on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The spine & extremities are darkened & there is very light dampstaining to the bottom corners of the covers. There are 2 small pieces out of the cloth of the front joint near the tail of the spine. The dust jacket is darkened, chipped & dampstained with soiling to the rear panel & small pieces out near the tail of the spine. xxxi & 336 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. The bottom edge & the lower end of the fore-edge are dampstained...
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JUNE 1853 ORIGINAL PEN & INK SURVEY MAP AND MANUSCRIPT SURVEY OF 440 ACRES IN EAST BRUNSWICK, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

By: Ludwig, Peter F

Price: $45.00

Publisher: East Brunswick, Pennsylvania, June, 1853.: 1853.

Seller ID: 28292

Condition: Good

East Brunswick, Pennsylvania, June, 1853.. 1853.. Good. - sc - An original 8 inch high by 12-3/4 inch wide pen & ink survey map of acreage in East Brunswick, Pennsylvania drawn on a 12-3/4 inch high by 15- 3/4 inch wide sheet. The survey was done by Peter F. Ludwig on behalf of James H. Graeff for Messrs. Hart, Merchants in Philadelphia. Descriptive text is penned in manuscript on the facing page and signed twice by Peter F. Ludwig. The land "Situated in East Brunswick Township in Schuylkill County containing by resurvey four hundred and forty four Acres and fifty four perches strict measu...
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PLAIN TALES OF THE NORTH

By: Mallet, Thierry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY: Revillon Freres, 1925.: 1925.

Seller ID: 1322

Condition: Very good

NY: Revillon Freres, 1925.. 1925.. Very good. - Octavo, grayish blue cloth backed grayish blue paper covered boards titled in blue on front cover. The boards are bumped & soiled & the spine is faded. 136 pp. Illustrated with B&W vignettes. Very good internally.

First edition.

For twenty years, Captain Thierry Mallet, President of the New York branch of the Parisian furriers Revillon Freres, spent part of each year inspecting the company's trading posts "on the outskirts of civilization. Through his long arduous journeys over the swift waters, as well as the vast areas of ice-clad coun...
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THE STORY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

By: Malone, Dumas

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY: Oxford University Press, 1954.: 1954.

Seller ID: 9905

Condition: Very good

NY: Oxford University Press, 1954.. 1954.. Very good. - Quarto, pictorial red, white & blue cloth, in price-clipped dw. Rubbed & soiled with a few light stains. The dw is chipped with a long tear to the rear panel. 282 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W by Hirst Milhollen and Milton Kaplan. Pages a bit thumbed. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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THE DREAM AND THE DEAL: The Federal Writers' Project, 1935-1943

By: Mangione, Jerre

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983.: 1983.

Seller ID: 6047

Condition: Very good

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983.. 1983.. Very good. - Octavo, printed wraps. Cocked & lightly soiled. 416 pp. B&W photographic illustrations. Very good.
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SURINTENDANT FOUQUET: Vice-Roi d'Amerique.

By: Marcel, Gabriel.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Paris: Institut Geographique de Paris, 1885.: 1885.

Seller ID: 36654

Condition: Good

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GABRIEL MARCEL - Octavo, softcover. The wrappers are lacking. Half-title & 16 pages. The corners of the pages are creased. There is occasional foxing. Good. Inscribed and signed on the half-title by the author, Gabriel Marcel. "Documents pour l'Histoire des Colonies Francaises II". Reprinted from "La Revue de Geographie". A powerful and wealthy statesman, Fouquet [1615-1680] obtained the post of Viceroy of America in 1660 in order to control the hunting and fishing trades in America.
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LITERATURE OF THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY: A Preliminary Study

By: Marks, Alfred H.; editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New Paltz, NY: State University College, 1973.: 1973.

Seller ID: 5899

Condition: Very good

New Paltz, NY: State University College, 1973.. 1973.. Very good. - Octavo, printed wraps. Soiled. 129 pp. Brown & white illustrations by Terri Girard. Very good.
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IN A NEW CENTURY

By: Martin, Edward Sandford

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.: 1908.

Seller ID: 13965

Condition: Good

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.. 1908.. Good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The top edge is gilt. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with a small, light stain to the rear cover. The tail of the spine is lightly chipped. iv, [1] leaf & 377 pages. There are stains to the front pastedown & endpaper with an owner's ink name, address & extensive notes on the endpaper. There are some pencil notations & markings throughout. There is foxing to the fore-edge & to the bottom margins of a few leaves. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author on...
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