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By: Brewer, William, with Benjamin Quarles, Clarence G. Contee, Arthur Schlesinger
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History: 1969
Seller ID: 20579
100 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Tan softcover, [ii] + 91 + 7 pages, 4 major articles with chapter endnotes, plus news, book reviews, etc. ; Contents: The Canadian Negro, by Robin W. Winks. Nationalism and History, by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Historians and Negroes, by I. A. Newby. Emergence of DuBois as an African Nationalist, by Clarence G. Contee. ; Upper tip lightly bumped. Very small scribble on each cover. Former owner laid protective clear film over covers and edge... View more info
Price: $23.00
Publisher: Lucy Thompson Brooks: 1983
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20832
102 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Hardcover, white cloth, gold spine title, [ii] + 84 + 16 pages, 102 total pages, main text in 2 columns, 90 b/w photos with captions. ; Autobiography of Lucy Thompson Brooks, schoolteacher and great-grandmother of many, who grew up in log cabin on farm in Hart, Oceana county, in the northwest part of Michigan's lower peninsula. She tells true tales of primitive farming, hunting, cooking, schools, horses, trains, automobiles, etc, and fa... View more info
By: Brown, Ida C.
Price: $26.00
Publisher: University of Michigan Press: 1977
Edition: Third Edition
Seller ID: 21119
8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Brown softcover, [iv] + 138 pages, index, appendix, 14 b/w photos and illustrations reproduced from old sources, 502 individuals listed with their names, dates, place of residence, regiment, concise biographical data, and detailed descriptions of their surviving wartime correspondence. ; Foreword by Robert M. Warner. Originally published 1959. This is 3rd edition, 1977. ; No marks, no defects. Scarce. ; Michigan Historical Collections Bulletin Serie... View more info
Price: $13.00
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20942
330 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, tan cloth, [xiv] + 330 pages + 24 plates, index, bibliography, endnotes, 11 maps, 54 high-quality b/w photos and illustrations on glossy plates. ; Isbn 0813118379. 1st edition, 1993. Lieutenant Alonzo Hereford Cushing was in charge of an artillery unit at Gettysburg and was killed there in action. This biography is one of very few Civil War histories focused on a junior officer or the operations of an artillery (cannon) unit. ;... View more info
By: Brown, Ron
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Polar Bear Press: 1999
Seller ID: 20836
224 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Green softcover, 224 pages, index, over 60 towns listed and described, over 100 b/w photos and small maps. View more info
Price: $32.00
Publisher: M. J. Monahan: 1893
Seller ID: 20991
816 pages; 4to (10.5") 27 cm; Large thick hardcover, black embossed leather binding, gilt lettering, 816 pages, floral endpapers, gorgeous presentation page with full-color and gilt decor, four frontispiece portrait photos of Thomas W. Palmer, George R. Davis, Mrs. Potter Palmer (Bertha Honore Palmer) and Frances E. Willard, main text in 2 columns, hundreds of b/w and monochrome photos and engravings with captions, many full-page. ; Complete subtitle: 'Being a Pictor... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Gibraltar School District Board of Education: 1980
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20826
64 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth, gold lettering, 64 glossy pages, index, appendix, 15 b/w photos and facsimiles. ; Originally written in 1951. This is first edition, 1980. ; Oscar A. Carlson, longtime teacher, principal, and all-around great guy, penned this lively history of the Gibraltar School District, encompassing Gibraltar, Rockwood, Flat Rock, Woodhaven, and parts of Brownstown township, Wayne county, Michigan, on the banks of Lake Erie... View more info
By: Catlin, George B., with Clarence Monroe Burton and Otto Stoll; Illustrated by William Ogg Fitzgerald
Price: $12.00
Publisher: J. L. Hudson Company: 1926
Seller ID: 11563
48 pages; 24mo (5.25") 13 cm; Small tan softcover, 3.25 x 5.25 inches, 85 x 131 mm, 48 pages, small medallion embossed on front, list of each unveiling ceremony and all speakers, brief history of each location, 20 monochrome illustrations, 21 b/w photos, small map. ; In celebration of its 45th anniversary, Detroit's largest department store, J. L. Hudson Company, installed bronze tablets on 20 historical sites in Detroit in 1926. This booklet lists and describes each... View more info
By: Chavis, John
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Detroit Historical Museum: 1964
Seller ID: 20869
8 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; White booklet, 8 pages, 7 b/w photos and illustrations, 5 with captions. ; Copyright 1960. This printing 1964. ; History of abolitionists, the Underground Railroad, Frederick Douglass and other notables in Detroit, on and around the day of emancipation, January 1, 1863. ; No marks, no defects. Scarce. View more info
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Chemical Warfare School: 1942
Seller ID: 17805
44 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover, pale yellow covers, 2 + 39 + 3 pages, 6 tables, 11 b/w photos and diagrams. ; Published in Edgewood, Maryland, at the Edgewood Arsenal (now Aberdeen Proving Ground) which was home of the US Army Chemical Warfare School. *** Topics include: What is fire? Extinguishing fires. Magnesium bombs. White phosphorus. Grenades. More. ; This book appears to have been used in the field. Covers are soiled. Light foxing to some page edges. Owne... View more info
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Chemical Warfare School: 1942
Seller ID: 17806
16 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover, pale yellow covers, 16 pages, 1 table, 4 b/w photos and diagrams. ; Published in Edgewood, Maryland, at the Edgewood Arsenal (now Aberdeen Proving Ground) which was home of the US Army Chemical Warfare School. *** Instructions for using army equipment made for the identification of gases and detonators used in chemical warfare. ; Light soiling to covers. Small piece of last leaf (blank on both sides) missing. Owner name on front i... View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Chemical Warfare School: 1942
Seller ID: 17807
44 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover, pale yellow covers, 44 pages, 4 tables, 36 b/w photos and diagrams. ; Published in Edgewood, Maryland, at the Edgewood Arsenal (now Aberdeen Proving Ground) which was home of the US Army Chemical Warfare School. *** Instructions for decontaminating people, objects, and locations that have been attacked with vesicants (chemicals that cause burning and blistering, such as mustard gas). ; Light foxing to covers, light bumps to tips. ... View more info
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Government Printing Office: 1944
Seller ID: 17808
32 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover, manila covers, bound with one staple, 32 pages numbered to 27, 2 appendixes. ; Published for use at the US Army Chemical Warfare School at Edgewood Arsenal (now Aberdeen Proving Ground) , Edgewood, Maryland. *** States Restricted. Also states Tentative; we assume this publication was followed by another edition containing corrections, but cannot be sure. Also states, This manual supercedes TM 3-305, Use of Smokes and Lacrimators i... View more info
Price: $26.00
Publisher: Government Printing Office: 1931
Seller ID: 17809
28 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover booklet bound with two staples, bound edge die-cut for binder insertion, 28 pages, 32 b/w photos and diagrams. ; Published for use of US Army Chemical Warfare School, 1931. Topics include: Nontoxic smoke candles. Lacrimatory (tear gas) candles. Irritant candles. Methods of firing. Safety precautions. More. ; This item appears to have been in the field. Exteriors are rubbed and soiled. Owner name and date (6-42) in fountain pen on f... View more info
Price: $68.00
Publisher: Historical Society: 2004
Seller ID: 21075
368 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, dark red buckram cloth, silver lettering, 368 pages, main text in 2 columns, about 800 b/w photos and illustrations with captions. Includes dozens of family histories. ; Written by Christine Kennedy Clancy and committee. ; Fore-edge shows three tiny spots. Otherwise no defects to book or jacket. Quite scarce. View more info
Price: $13.00
Publisher: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario: 1982
Seller ID: 20854
276 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Tan softcover, [xii] + 276 pages, bibliography, appendix with genealogical and biographical data on many early families, index of surnames, 14 b/w photos with captions. ; Edited by Eldon D. Weber. Foreword by Frank H. Epp. ; historical fiction based on real lives of pioneer Mennonites of Vineland, Ontario, near the Twenty Mile Creek, written by daughter of one of their longtime ministers. ; Small sticker on front cover, as issued, stating... View more info
By: Conde, J. A. with Mrs. Jonathan Foster
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Henry G. Bohn: 1854
Seller ID: 20887
493 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, green blindstamped cloth, gilt spine lettering, green patterned endpapers with publisher catalog, [xvi] + 493 + 6 pages, footnotes. ; Vol-2 ONLY of a 3-vol set. Originally published 1820. This is first English edition, 1854. This is an actual book from 1854, not a flimsy computer-generated reprint. ; Written by Dr. José Antonio Conde y García (1766-1820) aka J. A. Conde. Translated by Mrs. Jonathan Foster. ; Moderate wear to... View more info
Price: $28.00
Publisher: Gale Research Company: 1974
Seller ID: 20315
479 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth, [xvi] + 479 pages, appendix, footnotes, about 150 b/w photos and illustrations in text, with captions. ; Originally published by London: Charles H. Kelly, 1895. This is a high-quality exact facsimile reprint, 1974. ; Village life, customs, festivals, etc, in rural southern China, with much info on bloody Taiping Rebellion of 1850-1864, launched by fanatical Chinese convert to Christianity who proclaimed himself t... View more info
Price: $26.00
Publisher: University of Chicago Press: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18729
825 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Set of 2 hardcover volumes, blue cloth, top edges blue, 825 pages. ; Isbn 0226123642. Authored by longtime professor of philosophy and 20th-century phenomenology, Columbia University, New York. ; We have graded this set Fine. No defects to books or jackets. Still in original shrinkwrap. View more info
Price: $16.00
Publisher: William H. Lowdermilk Company: 1893
Seller ID: 15430
224 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Orange softcover, 224 pages, footnotes, 1067 items listed and described, 107 b/w photos and illustrations with captions. ; Items include: portraits, maps, landscapes of places Columbus visited, relics of the conquest of the New World, original papers and documents relating to Columbus (many given here, in English translation, complete) and more. ; PLEASE NOTE: This is an actual book from 1893, not a flimsy overpriced book-on-demand reprin... View more info