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Pennsylvania Manual, The, Volume 87, 1945 : Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

By: Gardener, Braton R, and Alice Allen

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: 1945

Seller ID: 20751

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

1156 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Thick hardcover, green cloth, fold-out map of PA counties and county seats, fold-out map of US states and state capitals, fold-out organizational chart, 2 indexes, over 100 b/w photos, 4 illustrations in color on glossy plates. ; Editor in chief C. M. Woolworth. Contents include: Annotated US Constitution and Pennsylvania Constitution. History and chronology of Pennsylvania. State government departments. Biographical sketches of and portrait photos of elected officials. Statistics on education, state forests, population, elections, more. ; Light wear to extre...
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Constitution and By-Laws of the German American Political and Social Club : Dearborn, Michigan, 1934

By: German Club

Price: $8.00

Publisher: German American Club: 1934

Seller ID: 17852

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

20 pages; 24mo (5.5") 13 cm; Small softcover booklet (3.6 x 5.5 inches) (92 x 138 mm) tan leatherette covers, 20 pages, with 9 pages in German in old Fraktur script, the same text in English over 7 pages, and 4 calendar pages. ; Published by the German American Political and Social Club of Dearborn, Michigan, 1934. ; Very light edgewear. Front page marked with member name, and on the calendar pages attendance at meetings are marked. (Image shows front cover and one spread)
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Lectures and Essays on Irish and Other Subjects

By: Giles, Henry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: D. & J. Sadlier & Company: 1869

Seller ID: 14179

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

394 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover bound in beautiful dark purple-blue pebbled cloth, gilt lettering and decor, black rules, pale yellow endpapers. ; Topics include: Irish history. Irish emigration. Irish character. Daniel O'Connell. John Philpot Curran. Gerald Griffin. Bishop James Warren Doyle. The Christian idea in Catholic art and Protestant culture. Scottish wit and humor. More. ; The Rev. Henry Giles was a popular lecturer and Unitarian defender in the 19th century. This is the first collection of his Irish lectures published in book form. Published in NY by D. & J. Sadlier & C...
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Southfield : Yesterday and Today (Michigan History)

By: Goldbaum, Vicki; Illustrated by Vicki Goldbaum

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Manufacturers Bank: 1983

Seller ID: 15432

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

50 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Softcover, stiff orange covers, 50 pages, list of city officials, list of Fortune 500 companies located in Southfield, 40 b/w photos and illustrations. ; Copyright 1974. This si 2nd Revised Edition, 1983. Published for 25th anniversairy of the City of Southfield, a northern suburb of Detroit, which went from pioneer farmland in the 1940s to the skyscraper-studded 2nd largest city in Oakland County, known as the Office Capital of the Midwest, in the 1960s. ; No defects. Clean and tight. Scarce.
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Wedding Garland, the : (Clyde C. Metzler, Ethel Daily, Utica, Nebraska, 1906)

By: Goldsberry, Louise Dunham

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Jennings & Graham: 1896

Seller ID: 15226

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

24 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover. Beautiful ornate decorated boards, white moire cloth over spine, silver lettering on front, all edges silver, reinforced binding, 24 stiff unnumbered cardstock pages, 11 sepia-toned and 11 stunning color illustrations. One spread has places to attach photos of bride and groom, and there are three b/w photos (2 of groom, 1 of bride) two of which have been neatly trimmed to fit into ovals. They are laid in, not attached to the book. ; This was blank book published in 1896 for weddings. Now it is a memento of wedding of Clyde C. Metzler, dentist, and Et...
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Reminiscences of the Civil War

By: Gordon, John B.

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Time-Life Books: 1981

Seller ID: 21914

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

474 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue-black leather, marching soldiers embossed on front, gilt lettering, all edges gilt, red silk page-marker ribbon, marbled endpapers, 474 pages. ; Top-quality reprint of a first-hand account of the American Civil War, originally published 1903. This edition 1981. ; Gilt edges partly faded. Owner name penned on front flyleaf. No other marks or defects. ; Time Life Collector's Library of the Civil War Series; Vol. 3
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Johnstown Flood Story, the : The Story of Two Floods

By: Gore, George E.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: George E. Gore: 1968

Seller ID: 15388

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

48 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Softcover booklet, stiff green covers, 48 unnumbered pages, 75 b/w photos and illustrations with captions. ; Photos by Don O'Connor, Russell H. Heffley, and author. ; Book describes two massive floods that killed an estimated 2200 people, one in 1889, one in 1936, with many images taken from author's motion picture on same topic, shot when he happened to be present at the beginning of the second flood. ; Covers lightly sunned around edges but intact. 6 pages have ballpoint underlining. Binding solid. Scarce.
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Lafayette in America, 1777-1783 : Leather Bound, First Bicentennial Edition

By: Gottschalk, Louis

Price: $23.00

Publisher: L'Esprit de Lafayette Society: 1975

Seller ID: 15681

ISBN: 1299105726

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New with no dust jacket

1006 pages; 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Hardcover, brown buffalo leather, top edge and lettering and decor in 24-karat gold, red moire silk cloth liners, 20 + 184 + 364 + 458 pages, 1006 total pages, red-white-blue page-marker ribbon, footnotes, appendixes, indexes, 6 lithograph plates bound in, with fold-out Revolutionary War maps reproduced from original maps of the period. Author's imprinted aut*graph on title page. ; 1st edition thus. Cover design by Norman Alberts. Binding designed by Richard Roe. Maps lithographed by Jack Suit. Copy number BC476 stamped on title page, as issued. A beautiful l...
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Cottonport Centennial : (Louisiana History) 1888-1988

By: Gremillion, Sadie C. ; Illustrated by Stewart Ducote

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Centennial Commission: 1988

Seller ID: 18574

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

80 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, 80 pages, many local ads, historical text, list of events, 176 b/w photos, mostly historical, with captions. ; Additional contributions by Lena Roth, Lillie Y. Armand, Ryan 'Sonny' Gauthier and others. Program (for November 5-6, 1988) and history book combined. ; Covers lightly sunned, small crease to rear cover. Gift note neatly penned on front page. One name penciled on rear cover.
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Pebbles and Pearls

By: Grice, George A.; Illustrated by Pat Shafer

Price: $30.00

Publisher: George A. Grice: 1980

Seller ID: 20840

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

230 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, [viii] + 230 pages, b/w photo of farmhouse, 6 full-page b/w line drawings. Includes memoirs, anecdotes, several ballad-style poems, bragging about going to Ku Klux Klan meetings, etc. ; Inscribed and SIGNED by author on front endpaper. ; Memoirs of life in Port Sanilac, Sanilac county, in the "thumb" of Michigan, by longtime schoolteacher who grew up dirt poor on a farm, 1910s-1930s. ; Boards slightly bowed. No other defects to book apart from autograph. Jacket intact but lightly rubbed.
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Aliens or Americans ?

By: Grose, Howard B.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Eaton & Mains: 1906

Seller ID: 22070

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

340 pages; 12mo (7.5") 16 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, white lettering, b/w photo paste-down on front, 340 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, 3 appendixes of tables, 8 figures and maps, 16 b/w photos on glossy plates, fold-out three-color map showing races and ethnicities of immigrants (to the US) for the year 1905. ; Introduction by Josiah Strong. Edited under auspices Young People's Missionary Movement. ; Wow. If you are looking for a book filled with pious racism, this is it. Topics include: Alien advance. Alien restriction. Problems of distribution. New immigration. Newcomers challen...
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D-Day : Inside the First Great Invasion of Hilter's Europe, Sicily ! Complete and Unabridged

By: Gunther, John

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Avon Books: 1944

Seller ID: 20257

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

221 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Paperback, black and red covers, 221 pages, small b/w map, all edges inked yellow. ; Avon T-239. Copyright 1943. This is 1st paperback edition, complete and unabridged, 1944. ; True story of invasion of Sicily, in southern Italy, precursor to Normany Invasion. ; Lower tip bumped. Otherwise appears unread. Scarce. ; Avon Books T Series; Vol. 239
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CNA, Continental Assurance Company : A Century of Commitment, 1897-1997

By: Hagan, Bruce, and Debra Tadevich

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Continental Assurance Company: 1997

Seller ID: 12954

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

224 pages; 4to (11.5") 30 cm; Dark red cloth, chronology, dozens of high-quality b/w historical photos, numerous facsimile documents and color photos with captions. ; Edited by Pamela Lyons. Photos by Francois Robert. Preface by Dennis Chookaszian. ; Though is it primarily a company history, it follows the great line of American history throughout its pages. One of the best coffeetable books we have ever seen. ; No defects to book or jacket apart from a touch of shelfwear.
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Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual 1929-1930 : (Michigan Manual 1929)

By: Haggerty, John S. and Sidney A. Schulte

Price: $37.00

Publisher: State of Michigan: 1929

Seller ID: 17027

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

835 pages; 8vo (9.25") 24 cm; Large heavy hardcover, red cloth, gold lettering, massive index, 60 glossy pages with portrait photos of every state official + 775 pages of text, brief bios of every official, tables of election results, taxes, members of previous legislatures, etc, 38 monochrome fold-out maps, much more. ; Book shows only minor edgewear. No marks. Binding tight. Scarce. ; Michigan Manual Series
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Fall of the Aerie, The

By: Haigaz, Aram

Price: $215.00

Publisher: Ararat Publishing Company: 1935

Seller ID: 12640

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

190 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, 190 pages, reddish-brown cloth, gold lettering and decor, footnotes, 6 b/w photos on glossy plates, which are: Shabin Karahisar and the Fort, Antranik the Popular Hero (mounted on horse) , Rev. S. Garnian and Shabouh Ozanian and their (heavily armed) comrades, Bishop Vranshabouh Kibarian, Vahan Husisian, Ardashes Bournazian. ; Authored by Aram Chekenian under pen name Aram Haigaz. Translated by H. Baghdoian. Foreword by Malkas. Eyewitness account of battle of Aerie (old Roman mountaintop fort) in which 5000 Armenian people were besieged and slaught...
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Smoky Mountain Folks and Their Lore

By: Hall, Joseph S.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Cataloochee Press: 1973

Seller ID: 21466

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

72 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Dark green softcover, 72 pages, index, 27 b/w photos with captions. ; Copyright 1960. This is 8th printing, 1973. Topics include: Mountain life. Mountain humor. Squirrel hunting. Bear hunting. Mountain folklore remedies. Smokies dialect and vocabulary. More. ; Only a touch of edgewear.
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Searching for Everardo : A Story of Love, War, and the CIA in Guatemala

By: Harbury, Jennifer K.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Warner Books: 1997

Seller ID: 20126

ISBN: 0446520365

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket

328 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, black and gray boards, [xii] + 328 pages. ; An American human rights activist authored this harrowing true story of the illegal arrest, detention, torture and presumed death of her husband, a resistance leader and Mayan Indian, at the hands of military forces in Guatemala backed by the CIA. ; Only a touch of shelfwear.
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In Commemoration of the Twelfth Anniversary of the City of Southfield

By: Harrison, Beverly

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Manufacturer's Bank: 1970

Seller ID: 19877

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

24 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Brown softcover booklet, 24 unnumbered pages, small map of Southfield Village in 1870, centerfold map of Southfield in 1970, 20 historical b/w photos with captions. ; Foreword by Norman W. Feder. Concise history written by Beverly Harrison. An early suburb of Detroit, Southfield was incorporated as a city in 1958.; Small number penned on inside rear cover. No other defects. Scarce.
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Detroit Teachers College : Handbook and Directory 1922-1923

By: Hartung, Urban

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Detroit Teachers College: 1922

Seller ID: 17242

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

48 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Softcover booklet, brown textured leatherette covers, 48 pages, social calendar, 3 songs and cheers (no music) , bylaws, list of clubs, indexes of faculty and students, 4 b/w portrait photos of faculty members. ; Detroit Teachers College was founded in 1881 and sometime after 1923 became part of Wayne State University. ; Covers worn on all sides, with small holes along spine. Rear cover has small scar and small area of discoloration. A few pages have small ink spots. Everything is readable. Binding tight. Quite scarce. ; Laid in: 1) small envelope from Detroit Tea...
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Detroit Perspectives : Crossroads and Turning Points

By: Henrickson, Wilma Wood

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Wayne State University Press: 1992

Seller ID: 21240

ISBN: 0814320147

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

593 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover, red-brown covers, 593 pages, index, bibliography, about 70 chapters by various authors, chapter endnotes, numerous b/w figures, tables, photos, etc. ; Anthology of writings tracing major developments and moments of Detroit history. ; Light edgewear. No marks. Binding tight and square. ; Great Lakes Books Series
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