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American Biography Books & Ephemera
The Correspondence of William Hickling Prescott (1833-1847)
by Prescott, William Hickling
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in maroon cloth covered boards with glt title to front board and to spine. Minor fading to spine and to gilt. A few small spots of discoloration to spine. Interior is clean and bright with frontispiece and tissue guard. American Biographical History. BIO209051.
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€42.78
Du Pont of Nemours Two Volumes
by Du Pont, B.G. [Bessie Gardner]
Newark, DE: Press of Kells, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Biography of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817). Du Pont was a French-American writer, economist, publisher and government official. During the French Revolution, he, his two sons and their families fled France and immigrated to the United States. His son Éleuthère Irénée du Pont was the founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company [Wikipedia]. Bound in dark blue pebbled leather with gilt rulings to covers and titling...
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€38.02
A John F. Kennedy Memorial Miniature
by John F. Kennedy
New York: Random House, 1966 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. 4 miniature volumes in slipcase; spines are sunfaded; all have po stamp on copyright page; o/w books are clean & tight; slipcase worn at corners and has some scuffs, but no tears.
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€19.01
How Washington Prayed
by William J. Johnstone
New York et al: Abingdon Press, 1932 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG in VG DJ; blue boards, gilt lettering with beautiful bright gold embossed cameo of Washington on front board; epp lightly tanned, edges lightly foxed, po stamp on ffep; o/w clean & tight; DJ is soiled, now in protector, tiny open tears (1/4" or less) at top and bottom of spine.
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€33.27
Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar (1827-1905): 2 volumes, complete
by Wistar, Isaac Jones
Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1914. Hardcover. very Good. Hardcover. First Edition limited to 250 copies, this copy was presented to Dr. Franklin Mall by the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. Wistar was a Civil War veteran in charge of a Pennsylvania regiment. Franklin Nall was a noted pathologist. Interesting slip to front flyleaf reads: "The recipient of this book is requested to regards its contents, for the present, as confidential." Both volumes are ex-library...
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€95.06
Memorial of Nathaniel Holmes Morison (1815-1890): First Provost of the Peabody Institute (1867-1890)
by [Morison, Nathaniel Holmes]
Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1892. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 8vo. Good+ in very chipped and brittle detached wrappers. Chip to title page. Text is clean and bright. 79 pages. Baltimore. BALT109251.
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€14.26
The Perry Pictures of our Thirty-Five Presidents
by Olive M. Spring (biographer)
Malden, MA: Perry Pictures, Inc Book. Near Fine. Slipcased Hardcover. Unbound 10" x 12" Portraits/Photos of Presidents through Lyndon Johnson; all pristine except for Lincoln, who has a tack hole at top and light water damage on lower right corner; in burgundy box; includes paper pamphlet of short bios by Olive M. Spring (laid in).
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€23.76
The Inevitable Success: Herbert R. O'Conor
by Kirwin, Harry W
Westminster: The Newman Press, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED from Herb O'Conor, Jr. to Victoria Banknell. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Minor wear to spine ends and light soiling to boards. Illustrated with clean interior. Index, 580 pages. American Biography. BIO/122305.
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€38.02
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
by William Dean Howells
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1960 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Prior owner name and note on ffep; facsimile edition of 1860 publication with handwritten corrections/notes by Lincon; some very light soiling to epp; o/w clean & tight.
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€38.02
The Eugenics of President Abraham Lincoln: His German-Scotch Ancestry Irrefutably Established from Recently Discovered Documents
by James Caswell Coggins
Dahlonega, GA: Confederate Reprints, 2001 Book. Fine. Soft cover. New reprint of original 1940 edition.
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€28.52
You MIght As Well Live
by John Keats
In good condition. Pages are unmarked and clean. Spine is in good condition, though book is starting to slightly split, pages are intact. Cover shows small amount of shelf wear, small bend in back cover. Only markings are shown in photos.
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€9.51
An Address Delivered in the First Church, Salem, at the Funeral Services of Charles W. Upham, June 18, 1875ä
by Hewes, James T., and Ellis, George E., and [Upham, Charles W.]
Salem: Printed at the Salem Gazette Office, 1875. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in beige paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Minor chipping to corners and spine ends and minor foxing through out. Text is bright. 34 pages. American History. AME3/5023.
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€33.27
Appleton Cyclopaedia of American Biography
by James Grant Wilson/John Fiske (Editors)
6 volume set as pictured. All volumes leather bound with stamped spine. Boards are very worn and detached or loose in all volumes, Front board missing from volume 5. All volumes have been partially repaired with clear tape. Marbled endpapers missing from several volumes. Text block binding solid in all volumes. Text block with marbled edges. Text is age tanned but appears unmarked. Many tissue protected illustrations. Your purchase helps support our small village library s B3
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€95.06
Memorial of Elisha Lord Cleaveland
by Unknown
New Haven: Thomas H. Pease, 1866. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. Grey paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Spine missing. Minor chipping to edges of wrappers. Front signature is loose but otherwise binding remains tight. Interior is clean and bright. 70 pages. AMERBIO/022218.
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€23.76
The Presidency of James Monroe
by Noble E. Cunningham
Lawrence, Kansas: Univ Pr of Kansas, 1996 Book. Fine. Hardcover. light shelfwear to DJ.
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€14.26
Proceedings of the Senate and Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of Hon. David A. Nagle, A Senator >From the Second District of Pennsylvania
by [Nagle, Donald A.]
Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. Very good in dark black cloth covered boards with gilt title and illustrations to front board. Minor rubbing and fading to boards. Interior is clean and bright with frontispiece and tissue guard. American History. AMEBIO210291.
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€23.76
A Narrative of the Life of James Monroe with a Chronology
by Daniel Preston
Greenwood Pub Group, 2001 Book. Very Good. Stapled Wraps. 54 pp. Small spot where price-sticker was removed from rear cover, o/w clean and tight.
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€9.51
The Inaugural Address of Andrew J. Bacon, Mayor of Chelsea, to the City Council, January 5, 1880
by Bacon, Andrew J
Chelsea: H. Mason and Son, 1880. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in beige paper wraps with black title to front wrapper. Minor chipped and creasing to corners. Text is clean and bright. 34 pages. American History. Massachusetts. MA309251.
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€11.41
The Face of Lincoln
by James Mellon
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1979 Book. Good. Hardcover. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Good/no jacket; po name and stamp on top & front edge & ffep; covers shelf worn; clean & tight o/w
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€57.04
Chas. L Cummings: A Sketch of his Life, Service in the Army, and How He Lost His Feet Since the Close of the War, Together with Geo. E. Reed's Famous War Relic, the Campaign of the Sixth Army Corps During the Year of 1863
by Cummings, Charles L. and George E. Reed
Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. An interesting collection of Civil War anecdotes, written during the war. Cummings served in the 28th Michigan Infantry. "He was in battle and spent time in the notorious Andersonville Prison, where he helped amputate the feet of another soldier with gangrene. It wasn't until later in civilian life that Cummings lost his own feet. All that and more is told in this raucous account of war. Included is another unique account, that of George E. Reed, who wrote about...
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€90.31
Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson's First Ladies
by Kristie Miller
Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.: University of Kansas Press, 2010 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). NF in VG DJ (crease to spine of DJ; o/w no defects) flat signed on tp.
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€23.76
The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln
by Frederick Meserve and Carl Sandburg
Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc., 1944 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Signed by both authors on the title page. No jacket other than remnants of the flap that have been pasted to the ffep. There is also a rusty paperclip scar affecting 4 pages (2 front and back) more or less. Slipped inside the book is "A souvenir of the Meeting of The Civil War Round Table of New York November 1, 1953" and a personal letter handwritten and signed by Meserve, dated 1953. The souvenir...
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€427.77
A Time To Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
by Gerald R. Ford
Specially bound Easton Press Collector's Edition, Signed by President Gerald R. Ford. Book is in Near Fine condition. Some very light foxing in endpapers and on signature page and title page. Text pages clean and tight, feels unread. Cover has minor wear to front gilt detail. Gilt page fore-edge has three areas where the gilt has rubbed.
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€85.55
The White House Years (Two Volume Set); Mandate for Change: 1953-1956 and Waging Peace: 1956-1961
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Signed limited edition. Matching set, both volumes #1276 of 1500. Signed "Dwight D. Eisenhower" on tipped in blank following colophon page. Mandate for Change is copyright dated 1963 and stated Limited Edition, Waging Peace is copyright dated 1965 and stated First Edition.Both books are in Near Fine condition, with only visible fault some very light foxing beginning on top of page edges near spines of both volumes.Both slipcase corners lightly bumped/worn. Top of Mandate for Change slipcase has prior...
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€1,806.14
The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Many Choice Anecdotes...1829
by Weems, M. L
The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable Sayings of the Great Man,Never Before Published by Any of his Biographers. M. L. Weems, Author of Life of Washington. Philadelphia: Published by Uriah Hunt...and Louisville, KY, Published by Morton & Co. 239 pp, 4-1/2" x 71/8". 1829.Early edition of M. L. Weems biography of Benjamin Franklin. First published in 1817 as "Life of Benjamin Franklin with Essays"...a bit different content. Considered one of the cornerstone biographies of...
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€233.61
