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American History 2 Yesterday’s Muse Books AMERICAN HISTORY 2 1. [Americana] Decorative Storage Box for American Flag Designed to store and protect the American flag (flag not included). Red- white- and blue-striped edges, gold border, box top shows painted embossed image of the stars & stripes with a gold eagle and tassel at the head of the flag pole. Light blue sky with clouds in the background. Very good. Edges of box top a bit soiled, box rubbed, minor color loss to red stripes. -- $15 2. [Americana] Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania, in Two Volumes Clarence M. Busch, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1896. iv, 627; 636 pp. 8vo. Red leather spines & corners, marbled boards, all edges gilt. Provides information about locations of historic fortifications, some featuring reproductions of original plans, with detailed histories stretching back to the colonial period during which these forts would have been used in the Indian Wars (e.g., King Philip’s War, Queen Anne’s War). Fair to good. Front board of first volume loose with attempted crude repairs using clear tape, several tipped in fold-outs loose but included, bookplate stating ‘compliments of Daniel H. Hastings, Governor of Pennsylvania’ on title page, larger ‘Executive Department, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’ bookplate on front endpaper. -- $45 3. [Americana] Cincinnati Convention of 1875 Official List of Names, and P.O. Address of Members of the Invitation Committee for Cincinnati Conference, to be held 7th of September, 1875 Single sheet. 9 1/2 x 12. Lists members accepted up to August 1, 1875, arranged by state. Also printed on the reverse is a letter from Horace H. Day urging members to confirm attendance and encouraging them to obtain discount tickets through Erie Railroad, and also mentions half fares from Binghampton, Elmira, Rochester, and the Boston vicinity. The Cincinnati Convention’s main focus was to demand the repeal of the Specie Payment Resumption Act, which was tied to the efforts of the Greenback Party. The issue was a contentious one during the 1880 presidential election. Horace Day, chairman of the committee that organized the convention, was a wealthy philanthropist associated with the National Labor Union. None located in OCLC. Good. Folded once horizontally and three times vertically, with a closed tear along the center crease, a bit toned. -- $60 4. [Americana] Anti-Monopoly: Resolutions passed at an Anti-Monopoly Convention, in session at Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 2d, 3d, and 4th, 1875, composed of 256 delegates, representing a constituency of 120,000 workingmen and farmers; also, the retail coal dealers’ association of Philadelphia, and the merchants of Schuylkill and other counties S.N., 1875. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. Four-page pamphlet. A collection of resolutions, mostly relating to railroad and mining industries, designed to discourage monopoly in industry. These were passed at the convention in Harrisburg. Members of the executive committee and officers of the convention are listed at the end of the document. None found in OCLC. Very good. Three horizontal creases, 1 inch tear to second leaf, minor ink transfer to last leaf (does not obscure text). -- $90 5. [Americana] A Citizen of Massachusetts [Hale, Salma] History of the United States of America; with a Brief Account of the Principal Empires and States of Ancient and Modern Times for the Use of Schools and Families - Stereotype Edition, Corrected and Improved with Questions John Prentiss, Keene, N.H., 1822. 276 pp. Original brown leather, red leather spine label, gilt titles & rules. A history of the United States which takes the unique approach of describing the history of individual states. Also treated briefly are Assyria & Syria; Egypt; Persia; Greece; Rome; Carthage; China; Tartary; Hindostan; France; Spain; Germany; Russia and England. Appendices include a US census, the US Constitution, a table of US presidents and vice presidents, and a chronological table. Fair. Lacks title/copyright page - circa 1820, some loss from edges of prelims and margin of last text page, foxed throughout with several light stains, boards rubbed. -- $15 To order or inquire, call 585-265-9295, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.websterbookstore.com 3 6. [Americana] Abert, James W.; Galvin, John Through the Country of the Comanche Indians in the Fall of the Year 1845: The Journal of a U.S. Army Expedition Led by Lieutenant James W. Abert of the Topographical Engineers, Artist Extraordinary Whose Paintings of Indians and Their Wild West Illustrate This Book John Howell - Books, San Francisco / Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1970. First edition, one of 5000 copies. xi, [6], 77 pp. Folio. Includes two large fold-out maps, color plates from paintings by James W. Abert. Glossary, bibliography, and index follow text. The second of two volumes pertaining to James Abert’s journeys and art work, serving as a companion to the 1967 publication Western America in 1846-1847, and adding to the narrative and illustrations included therein. Reissue of Sabin 59 (1846). Fine in near fine jacket. Jacket lightly toned. -- $45 7. [Americana] Allen, Frederick Lewis Since Yesterday: The 1930’s in America (September 3, 1929-September 3, 1939) Benediction Classics, 2008. 313 pp. A history of America throughout the Depression Era. Very good. Tiny crease to bottom corner of front wrapper, minor ink marginalia. -- $20 8. [Americana] American Heritage; Ketchum, Richard M.; Lancaster, Bruce; Plumb, J.H.; Catton, Bruce; Weisberger, Bernard A. The American Heritage Book of The Revolution; The American Heritage History of The American People American Heritage Publishing Co., 1958. Two hardcover volumes in publisher’s slipcase. 384; 396 pp. Numerous illustrations & maps. Near fine. Includes slipcase. Slipcase label toned and lightly rubbed.-- $15 9. [Americana] Andrist, Ralph K.; Goodrich, Carter The Erie Canal American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., 1964. First edition. 153 pp. 8vo. The complete illustrated history of the Erie Canal. Color and black & white illustrations throughout. Very good. Boards lightly toned. Related news- paper article laid in. -- $15 10. [Americana] Bancroft, George History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, in Nine Volumes: I-III: History of the Colonization of the United States; IV: The American Revolution. Epoch First. The Overthrow of the European Colonial System. 1748-1763.; V: The American Revolution. Epoch Second. How Great Britain Estranged America. 1763-1774.; VI: The Crisis; VII-VIII: The American Revolution. Epoch Third. America Declares Itself Independent. 1774-1776.; IX: The American Revolution. Epoch Fourth. The Independence of America is Acknowledged. 1776-1782. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1852 Nine hardcover volumes. 8vo. Lacks tenth volume released later (1874), which covers the post-war period from 1782 onward. Reissue of Howes B88, Sabin 3116: “The variations between the first and later editions are so considerable as to make it desirable to possess them both.” Good. Mixed set of fourteenth and fifteenth editions, 1852-1866, same binding design. Spines & edges faded, light stain to spine bases, front & end matter lightly (in later volumes) to moderately (in earlier volumes) foxed. -- $275 11. [Americana] Barbaroux, C.O. L’Histoire des Etats-Unis d’Amerique Hogan & Thompson, Philadelphia, 1836. 304 pp. French text historical work on the history of the United States of America. Sabin 3298. Fair. 2 inch chip from spine head, pages toned, light stain to edges of first section of pages. -- $15 12. [Americana] Bissell, Richard Julia Harrington, Winnebago, Iowa, 1913 Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1969. First edition. 84 pp. A memoir of a young girl’s childhood in Iowa, illustrated with reproductions of numerous early 20th century advertisements in both color and black & white. Very good. Minimal wear to corners. -- $10 13. [Americana] Boorstin, Daniel J. The Americans, in Three Volumes: The Colonial Experience; The National Experience; The Democratic Experience Random House, New York, 1973. Book club editions. Complete in three volumes. 8vo. Boorstin’s magnum To order or inquire, call 585-265-9295, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.websterbookstore.com 4 opus, published over a period of fifteen years, examines three important stages in the development of the United States: the colonial period, the period between independence and the American Civil War, and the period since the Civil War. The final volume, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, was published shortly before Boorstin was appointed Librarian of the United States Congress. Very good. Jackets a bit rubbed.-- $45 14. [Americana] Boyer, Paul S. The Oxford Companion to United States History Oxford University Press, 2001. First edition. xliv, 940 pp. Over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars. Near fine. Ink name & date on front endpaper. -- $15 15. [Americana] Boyer, Winston Swift American Roads Bulfinch, 1989. First edition. A pictorial odyssey across rural America spanning forgotten dirt farm trails in New Hampshire, oyster shell drives in Florida, and humpbacked ribbons of pavement rolling over California hills. Near fine. -- $15 16. [Americana] Brown, Glenn; Moore, Charles (Introduction) History of the United States Capitol: Two Volumes in One - Volume I: The Old Capitol, 1792-1850; Volume II [1850-1900] Da Capo Press, New York, 1970. xxi, 1-113, v; [1], 115-255 pp. 322 plates. Bibliography and index follows text. A 1970 reissue of the 1900 and 1903 two-volume original. An extensive history of the United States Capitol building, featuring numerous historical illustrations. Very good. 1” internal tear to spine cloth. -- $40 17. [Americana] Brown, Harriet Connor Grandmother Brown’s Hundred Years: 1827-1927 Blue Ribbon, 1932. Reprint. xx, 369 pp. An epic of American life in the early and later days of the Middle West. Woodcut chapter headings by Stanley Scott. Very good. Jacket edges heavily rubbed with some loss, ink name on front endpaper.
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