Books on American History
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  • :  Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association Third Annual Meeting Vol. II 1902.  Albany: New York State Historical Association, 1902. . Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the same on the front board. The cloth at the head of the spine is rubbed and slightly worn with hints of fraying and there is a prior owner's name on the front paste down. The full title reads: "Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association Third Annual Meeting with Constitution and By-Laws and List of Members...." This 74 page book contains articles on Fort Ticonderoga, Ethan Allen, Lord Howe, the Legend of Duncan Campbell, Montcalm, and the Evolution of American Free Government. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Sir William Johnson and two photographs.
    TB19568  $40.00



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    Barrow, Elfrida De Renne and Laura Palmer Bell:  Anchored Yesterdays The Log Book Of Savannah's Voyage Across A Georgia Century in Ten Watches.  Savannah, Gorgia: Little House of Savannah, 1956. Second Edition. Very good in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding with black text on the spine and black text and red designs on the front cover. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 6 1/4 inches with light rubbing and wear to the covers. The contents are clean and bright. Without a dust jacket. 113 pages of text followed by a bibliography and an index. Illustrated from earlier works of art. Printed by the Ashantilly Press of Darien, Georgia. This is the second edition of the first edition which was published in 1923.
    TB30476  $25.00



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    Boas, Norman Francis:  Stonington During The American Revolution.  Mystic, Conn.: Seaport Autographs, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/2" with a with a hint of dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 195 pages including an index, bibliography, appendices and text. Illustrated with photographs, facsimiles of historical documents and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB29219  $50.00



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    Bonney, Mrs. Catharina V. R.:  A Legacy Of Historical Gleanings.  Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1875. Second Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are are in very good- condition in brick red cloth covered boards with gilt text and black decorations on the spines and with black decorations and borders on the front and rear boards. Both are small quarto of 9 by 5 3/4 inches with the cloth at the heads and heels of the spines rubbed and worn as are the tips of the boards. Both volumes have a stamp on the first free end page reading: "discarded from the Bangor Theological Seminary" as well as two book plates on the front paste downs from two prior owners. The front and rear hinges for both volume are cracked yet the bindings are hold and strong. Volume I contains 542 pages including an index. Volume II contains 544 pages including an index. Illustrated with a number of portraits of individuals noted in the volumes. This publication contains historical documentation (to and from members of the Van Rensselaer family) for events occurring in the State of New York from the original Dutch settlement, the French and Indian War, American Revolution, the War of 1812 and up to the close of the Civil War and ending around 1871. (Klein: New York in the American Revolution, 841)
    TB29378  $150.00



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    Bradley, James:  The Imperial Cruise A Secret History Of Empire And War.  Boston: Little Brown and Company, (2009). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black and light gray paper covered boards with white text on the spine and the publisher's initials embossed in blind on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with map end sheets. 387 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs.
    TB27696  $12.00



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    Clarke (Editor), Elizabeth W.:  Before & After 1776 A Comprehensive Chronology of The Town of Greenwich: 1640-1976.  Greenwich, Conn.: Historical Society of the Towns of Greenwich, 1976. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in 1/4 white and green cloth covered boards with green text on the spine and gilt text stamped on the front board. A small quarto of 11 7/8 by 8 3/8 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with heavy wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and with small chips to the upper fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. One of only 727 copies printed with this copy identified as number 361 on the limitation page. 183 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout from black and white photographs, maps and line drawings and with a double page, color painting of a British raid on the town.
    TB30676  $40.00



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    Cooper, Rev. [William]:  The History of North America; Containing A Review of the Customs and Manners of the Original Inhabitants; the First Settlement of the British Colonies; and their Rise and Progress, from the earliest Period to the Time of their Becoming United Free and Independent States..  Albany, NY: Samuel Shaw, 1818. 1813 Edition. An ex-library copy in very good condition in a dark green cloth library binding with gilt text on the spine and white call numbers on the lower part of the spine. A 16mo of 6 5/16 by 3 7/8 inches with a library stamp on the first free end page; an early prior owner's name in ink at the upper edge of the title page, a library stamp at the bottom of the same along with a perferated library name on the same page; a call number on the first preface page; and, the ghosts of library materials on the last few end pages. With the exception of a few library stamps, the contents are clean, tight and free of foxing and tanning. 264 pages. This edition contains an appendix consisting of the Constitution of the United States; the Declaration of Independence; and, President Washington's Farewell Address. This appendix does not appear in the earlier editions of this title. (Howes, C-761)
    TB31993  $175.00



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    De Forest, John W.:  History Of The Indians Of Connecticut From The Earliest Known Period to 1850..  Hartford: Wm. Jas. Hamersley, 1851. First Edition. Very good in original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt boxes on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 inches with the cloth over the joints fractured, but the binding remains tight and strong as the hinges are tight. The cloth at the edges of the boards is worn and worn through at the tips of the boards. An early prior owner's name appears on the second free end page and a more recent prior owner stamped his name on the front paste down. There is a faint, but broad dampness stain from the first free end page to page XXVI just before the first page of text. The text block is quite clean and fresh with few signs of foxing and any age toning only appearing in the appendix (the last 10 pages of the book). 509 pages including an index, appendix and text. Illustrated with a fold-out frontispiece map of the State of Connecticut, 6 engraved plates and 4 vignettes. Published with the sanction and support of the Connecticut Historical Society. This title is referred to by Howes as being the "Best account of these tribes." (Howes, D216; Sabin, 19292; Armstrong/ Conn. A Bibliography of Its History, 573)
    TB31498  $175.00



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    Evermann, Barton W.:  A Reconnaissance Of The Streams And Lakes of Western Montana And Northwestern Wyoming.  n.p. [Washington, DC]: U. S. Fish Commission - Government Printing Office, 1892. First Edition. Fine in a more recent library binding of dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 10 by 6 7/8 inches. Without a dust jacket. 60 pages of text followed by 21 plates from photographs and maps. Illustrated with a frontispiece (Plate 1), five plates from maps in the text and the aforesaid plates including two large fold-out maps, one of Western Montana and the second of Yellowstone National Park (Plates 26 and 27) both of which are in find condition.
    TB29923  $150.00



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    Fanning, Nathaniel:  Fanning's Narrative.  n.p. [Chicago]: LSC Communications, 2018. First Edition Thus. Fine in teal cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt borders both boards and the Lakeside Classic logo on the front board at the top of which is "LSC Communications" the new publisher of the Lakeside Classic titles. The top edge of the text block is gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book remains in the original, publisher provided, shrink wrap. 346 pages including an index and text. Edited by Thomas Philbrick. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and plates from earlier works of art. Connecticut native, Thomas Fanning, provides this narrative of his life at sea during the American Revolution beginning in May of 1778 and ending with his return to New York in November of 1783 after the signing of the Treaty of Paris which brought the war to its final end. During his time at sea, Fanning served under John Paul Jones and experienced the battle with the HMS Serapis.
    TB32519  $65.00




  • Fowler, William M., Jr.:  Rebels Under Sail The American Navy during the Revolution.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Very good in gilt decorated dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text and decorations with mild crimping of the head and heel of the spine and with a number of pages with both pencil and ink underlining with marginal notations. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with 1/8" deep chips from the upper corners of the spine area and with a 1 1/2" closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel. One of the best resources on the naval battles of the American Revolution. 320 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes, text and a section of photographs.
    TB22655  $30.00



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    Gilkerson, William:  The Ships Of John Paul Jones.  n.p. [Annapolis]: United States Naval Academy Museum, The Beverly R. Robinson Collection and The Naval Institute Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in illustrated, white cloth covered boards with gray text on the spine and an illustration of sailing ship on the front board. An oblong octavo of 8 7/8 by 11 3/8 inches. In a very good+ unclipped (no price) dust jacket with a 2" closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel which has been repaired on the verso side with archival tape. 83 pages including acknowledgements, bibliography, list of plates and text. Illustrated with line drawings within the text and 13 plates, 11 of which are in color. A clean, tight and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30154  $35.00



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    Hayes, Derek:  Historical Atlas Of The United States With Original Maps.  Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Second Printing.. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and map end sheets. A folio measuring 13 1/2" by 10". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 280 pages including an index, bibliography, titles and sources of maps and text. Illustrated throughout with detailed, color maps.
    TB25895  $40.00




  • Hogg, Ian V. and John Batchelor:  Armies of the American Revolution.  Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1975. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gold text stamping on the spine with the last name of a prior owner at the upper corner of the first free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with a 1" closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel and with light rubbing and wear at the upper edge of the spine area. A small quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep overall containing 157 pages of text and illustrations.
    TB18397  $5.00



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    Jones, Herbert:  Frank Lloyd Wright America's Greatest Architect.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1991. Collector's Edition. Fine in full navy blue leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" containing 223 pages including an index. Laid-in at the front of the book is the publisher's two page introduction to this volume. With a foreword by H. Allen Brooks. Illustrated with two sections of black and white photographs. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Library Of American History series. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB26274  $80.00




  • Kappel-Smith, Diana:  Desert Time.  Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1992. Second Printing. Near fine in pink and tan paper covered boards. In a very good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with two tape repaired closed tears at the upper fore corner of the front panel. "A Journey Through the American Southwest" which records the events of a 25,000 mile trip through the deserts from Oregon and Idaho south to the Mexican border.
    TB16474  $7.00



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    Ketchum, Richard M.:  The Winter Soldiers.  Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973. Book Club Edition. Near fine in dark blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2" with only hints of rubbing at the corners of the spine. In a near fine dust jacket. 435 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, and reproductions of then contemporary works of art. A tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB25378  $30.00




  • Kilmeade, Brian, and Don Yaeger:  Thomas Jefferson And The Tripoli Pirates The Forgotten War That Changed American History.  New York: Sentinel, (2015). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 white and blue-green paper covered boards with red text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 9/16 by 5 7/8 inches with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 238 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, battle plans and a section of black and white and color reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB28555  $25.00



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    Little, J. David:  Revolutionary Lyme A Portrait: 1765-1783.  Old Lyme, Conn.: Self-published, 1976. First Edition in book form. Near fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with two small soiling marks on the front cover. Without a dust jacket as issued. 48 pages of text and illustrated with drawings by Jeremy Guitar and Lucinda McQueen.
    TB29428  $25.00



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    Mc Dougall, Walter A.:  The Heavens And The Earth A Political History Of The Space Age.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1988. Collector's Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. With illustrated end papers and a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" tall by 6" deep containing 555 pages of text including an index Laid-in is the publisher's brochure outlining the contents of this volume. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Library Of American History series. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
    TB25943  $75.00




  • Michener, James A.:  The Eagle and The Raven.  Austin: State House Press, 1990. 2nd Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB01176  $3.50



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    Morrison, Samuel Eliot and Henry Steele Commager:  The Growth Of The American Republic.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. Fourth Revised Edition, First Printing. Both volumes of this two volume set are in near fine condition in brick red cloth covered boards with gilt on black title block on the spines and the black outline of an American eagle on the front boards. Both volumes are small quartos of 9 by 6 inches. Volume I has a small bump to the upper fore corner of the front board and volume II shows mild tanning to the front end sheets a result of a newspaper obituary of Commager having been laid-in too long. Both volumes are within very good dust jackets with chipping to the upper edges of the spine areas and the spine areas are also tanned. Although the jackets are not price clipped the price on each has been scratched out. Volume I is signed by Henry Steele Commager together with the date of 1956. Volume 2 contains Commager's obituary from an unspecified newspaper. Volume 1 contains 825 pages including an index followed by the Constitution of the United States and is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Thomas Jefferson and many maps most of which fold-out. Volume II contains 974 of text including an index and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of FDR and numerous maps both in color and black and white.
    TB32637  $150.00



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    Painter, Thomas:  Autobiography Of Thomas Painter Relating His Experiences During the War Of The Revolution.  n.p. No City Stated: Privately Published, (1910). First Edition. Very good+ in full, limp, dark brown, leather (Levant Grain) with the title stamped in gilt text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches rebacked retaining the majority of the original leather back strip with light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards, a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down (Library of The Society Of Colonial Wars) with a number of uncut pages in the preliminaries and termination pages. Very uncommon in book form. 105 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author at age 36 and a plate of Painter's birthplace and home in West Haven, Connecticut from a photograph. Painter server two short term enlistments with the Continental Army witnessing the Battle of Long Island and the army's escape across the East River to Manhattan. When his enlistment came to an end he went back to his home only to witness the British attack on New Haven. He tired of Army life and went to sea. But his service with various enterprises of privateering and as a mate on board a cargo vessel and eventually a captain of his own vessel netted him three captures by the British and two imprisonments on the British prison hulks. (Gephart, 14145; Kaplan, 4402)
    TB32096  $350.00



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    Philbrick, Nathaniel:  Mayflower A story of Courage, Community and War.  New York: Viking, 2006. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with fading to the paper at the lower edges of the spine and boards. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with slight wear to the lower edges of the panels and spine area. 461 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, photographs and reproductions from contemporary works of art. A clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31504  $25.00



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    Rockwell, George L.:  The History of Ridgefield Connecticut.  Ridgefield, Conn.: Self-Published, 1927. First Edition. A presentation copy in near fine condition in full, brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text in three compartments and gilt borders and gilt title on the front board and with the top edges the text block gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches with the rear board retaining most of the original green color, but with the spine and and front board faded to a warm brown and there is a p prior owner's book plate on the first free end pages and with two penciled marginal notations in the appendix. Without a dust jacket. On the verso of the first free end page the author has written a warm, dated (May 31, 1929) inscription to possibly a relative. 583 pages including an index, appendices, records of vital statistics for Ridgefield from 1706 and text. Illustrated with maps and images from black and white photographs. This title carries a chapter describing in detail the British attack on Danbury from Compo Beach in Westport where the British landed.
    TB32819  $175.00



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    Rogers, Ernest E.:  Connecticut's Naval Office at New London During the War of the American Revolution.  New London: Private Printing, 1933. First Edition. Fine in dark blue ribbed cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the front board and on the spine with decorated end sheets and the top edge of the text block is gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. Without its issued dust jacket. One of only 750 copies printed. 358 pages including an index of vessels, an index of names, bibliography, and illustrated with 27 images from photographs. The volume includes the merchantile letter book of Nathiel Shaw (1735-1782) who was a naval agent and Connecticut merchant. (Gephart, 14416)
    TB32826  $65.00



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    Smith, Ralph D.:  The History of Guilford, Connecticut, from its First Settlement in 1639.  Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell', 1877. First Edition. Very good+ in light brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches which appears to be in a more recent library rebinding with printed end sheets and what may be a library call number written on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. 219 pages including an index, appendices and text and illustrated with the floor plans for Guilford's Old Stone House erected in 1639. Emphasis is placed on the original settlers of the town and its early history. The contents are very tight and clean copy with no foxing or tanning.
    TB31847  $150.00



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    Swanberg, W. A.:  Citizen Hearst A Biography of William Randolph Hearst.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1988. Collector's Edition. Fine in full black leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work stamped in the compartments with gilt borders stamped on the boards. The edges of the text block are gilt and there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" containing 555 pages including an index, appendix and text. Laid-in is the publisher's brochure outlining the contents of this volume. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of Library of American History series. A bright, clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's marks, names, dates or book plates.
    TB25945  $75.00



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    Uncle Philip [Francis Lister Hawks]:  Sunday Evenings; or, An Easy Introduction To The Reading Of The Bible Part I..  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. Harper's Stereotype Edition. Very good+ in slightly faded brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine showing it as volume 4 in the Boy's and Girl's Library. A 24mos measuring 6" by 3 1/2" with light foxing throughout and with soiling to the end sheets and to the rear board. Without a dust jacket. 199 pages of text followed by a four page ad for other books in the series. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title page an numerous engravings within the text.
    TB26262  $75.00



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    Uncle Philip [Francis Lister Hawks]:  Sunday Evenings; or, An Easy Introduction To The Reading Of The Bible Part II..  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835. Harper's Stereotype Edition. Very good+ in slightly faded brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine showing it as volume 13 in the Boy's and Girl's Library. A 24mos measuring 6" by 3 1/2" with light foxing throughout and with soiling to the end sheets and to the rear board. Without a dust jacket. 207 pages of text followed by an eight page ad for other books in the series. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title page an numerous engravings within the text.
    TB26263  $75.00



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    Uncle Philip [Francis Lister Hawks]:  History of the United States: No. III. or, Uncle Philip's Conversations With The Children About Massachusetts (volume I only).  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. First Edition. Very near fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine showing it as volume 29 in the Boy's and Girl's Library. A 24mos measuring 6" by 3 1/2" with light foxing throughout with an early gift inscription on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. This title consists of two volumes (29 and 30). This is volume I only of this set. 213 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title page and one engraving within the text.
    TB26261  $60.00






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