American History

New York: A. Wittemann, 1893. Book. Illus. by Unknowen. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus.. 1893 , Hardcover with brown cloth boards with gilded letters cover , unpaged. Illustrated with 100 albertype photographs ( black and white ) no text all full paged plates with description at the bottom of each image.Condition: see picture at gibbsbooks , very good with very light edge rubs the back cover has a damp stain , interior is clean and bright , a very light page wave at the bottom .All page edges are gilded. see picture ,gibbsbooks. Size: 10" x 8".

1829. HALL, Samuel R. LECTURES ON SCHOOL-KEEPING. Boston: Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1829. First edition. xi + 135 pp. + 10 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., quarter cloth with (remnant of) paper spine label and green paper-covered boards, uncut and partially unopened,in custom slipcase with inner chemise. Faint dampstaining to covers with the bottom corner of the first part of the text somewhat affected. Moderate wear, light to moderate foxing throughout. Thirteen lectures, with questions to consider for each. The first American book on pedagogy. The nature of teaching; children and their behavior; emulation vs. ambition; government of students; appropriate material; more. A scarce and uncommon book.

Everett, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Publishing Company, 1898. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Full Page Engraved Portraits After Photographs. 491 Pp. Full Morocco, Gilt And Blindstamped, Gilt Turns, All Edges Gilt. 12 1/8" X 10" X 2 1/4". Dfirst Edition. Fine, Gilt Brilliant, No Wear, No Fading, No Names Or Marks Or Damp Staining. A Scarce Book, Here In Remarkable Condition.

MODERN LIBRARY, 1932. HBDJ, 1932, Stated first Modern Library Edition, 200 TITLES ON BACK OF DJ with Pre ZipCode Coupon, ,VG+/GOOD-,UNNUMBERED list of titles on INVERSE of DJ,Rub wear & small edge chips DJ , A copy of one of the scarcest Modern library balloon-cloth titles, Green cloth with Bright Gold gilt title , Spine DJ end chips wear , 260 pgs + ADS. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

New York, Horace Liveright, 1930, hardcover, 264 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good condition in publishers brown cloth with maroon decoration, gold lettering, embossing to spine, decorated endpapers, and red topstain. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear, some of first 100 pages showing evidence of dampstain to bottom edge, faint spots to boards. The Canadian-American journalist, novelist, political philosopher, and one of the three founding mothers of American libertarianism, along with Rose Wilder Lane and Ayn Rand, continues the theme of two other novels she wrote in the 1920s, The Singing Season (1924), and The Fourth Queen (1926), each shows how cultures are shaped by an underlying set of moral and political principles.

Very good condition; bumps to cover corners. Pages are tight to spine, though cloth cover is a little loose. 474 pages. Pencil name & price inside front cover - only writing - clean copy. Bookseller Inventory # 341

Bound volume (modern gilt-lettered blue cloth & marbled paper) containing 14 octavo pamphlets
Bound without wraps, one pamphlet lacking title page & stained throughout, (Smith/ Oratory), one pamphlet closely trimmed briefly touching some text (Clayton/ Speech Central American Treaty, 1856), scattered foxing & toning, generally very good
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The Nassau Rake: Edited and Published by the Sophomore Class of the College of New Jersey Princeton, June, 1856, 83, [1] pp.
The Nassau Rake: Edited and Published by the Sophomore Class of the College of New Jersey Princeton, June, 1857, 112 pp.
Memorabilia Sophomorum Edited and Published by the Freshman Class of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, June, 1856, 55 pp.
DAVIS, Thomas T. Address and Poem Delivered Before the Associate Chapters of the Sigma Phi Fraternity, At Their General Convention Held in Williamstown, Mass August 16, 1853 Williamstown: Published by the Alpha of Massachusetts, 1854, 37 pp.… Read More

Cream wraps with picture to front wrap and advertisement to back. Includes the article, "A Revolutionary Process of Generating Electric Power, Destined to Supplant Steam--Its Discovery and Its Discoverer," by A. N. Wray. The discoverer in question is James H. Reid. Angus Campbell Reid, and the seven Reid highlanders. The electric process is the "dynelectron, an engine for extraction from the three elements, heat, water and air,... without the use of boiler, engine or dynamo." No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. 32 pp. 9 1/2 x 13 inches. Small chip missing from front top corner (see image). Scarce

London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catherine-Street, in the Strand, 1749. First authorized edition. Octavo. Two works bound together in contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards with vellum corners, black morocco spine label letters in gilt. Some scuffing to boards, contemporary ink signature to front fly-leaf: "P Griffin St. Edmund Hall, Oxon, July 1764." Bright and well-preserved. Very good-plus.. Letters, on the Spirit of Patriotism: London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catherine-Street, in the Strand, 1749. First authorized edition. Letters of the Honourable Algernon Sydney: London: Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head in Pall-Mall, 1742. First edition. First authorized edition of Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke's (1678-1751) most influential political tracts, bound together with the first edition of the letters of Algernon Sidney (1623-1683) to Henry Savile. Assembling Bolingbroke's three famous Letters written in the 1730s following his exile from England upon the… Read More

Dayton Morningside House, 1991. 3 vols. As New -- still in publisher's shrink wrap. Bound in grey and blue cloth. Gorgeous set of this classic. Photo is of the set we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Privately Printed, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Massive, detailed history of Roscoe, South Dakota, Edmunds County, 1883-1983. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, hundreds of family histories and much more. Densely illustrated with historical photographs. Limited printing. 350 pp. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

* SIGNED by author on half title page, no inscription.
* First printing (number line contains "1").
* Book cover near new, very light edge wear - pages clean and bright with moderate highlighting not obscuring text – spine solid and undamaged.
* Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
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Describing the Indians of California as full participants in the events shaping their destiny in the wake of the 1849 gold rush, Phillips (history, U. of Colorado-Boulder) narrates how they negotiated large portions in the interior of the state as reservations in turn for letting the miners dig unimpeded. He also challenges the claim that the reservations failed, documenting how they functioned perfectly well for two years until the state of California succeeded in getting the treaties rejected as usurping states' rights. This is the second in his three-volume… Read More

SIGNED and inscribed by author on fly page.
Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine solid and undamaged.
Jacket like new.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
The mele contained in this book are fundamental to hula Pele and reflect a vast and dynamic Hawai'i worldview. These mele have been preserved for centuries via oral traditions, the sacred hula of Hawai'i, and more recently, in twentieth-century written texts. Lele Kawa offers original translations and provocative interpretations of the Peleliterature from a practitioner s perspective. The author's work is based on generations of ancestral connections and years of immersion in the fiery aiha a dances of the hula Pele. This work was originally published by I Ola Ha¯loa, Hawai i Community College.

PENNSYLVANIA: CLARENCE M. BUSCH, STATE PRINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1896 RARE TWO BOOK SET. BEAUTIFUL LIGHT BROWN COVERS, GOLD PRINT SPINE, GOLD PAGE TRIM EDGES. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. GREAT DETAIL, PICTURES, MAPS AND FOLD OUT MAPS. MARBLING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS. 4 CONTRIBUTORS VOLUME I- M.M. RICHARDS, JOHN M. BUCKALEW, SHELDON REYNOLDS, JAY GILFILLAN WEISER. VOLUME II WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FORTS BY GEORGE DALLAS ALBERT. SECTIONS VOLUME I ARE INDIAN FORTS OF BLUE MOUNTAINS, NORTH AND WEST BRANCHES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, WYOMING VALLEY REGION, CUMBERLAND AND JUNIATA VALLEYS. HEAVY SET- 7.31 POUNDS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Silverton, CO: Sundance Books, 1977. 3 vols. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volume set:
Volume I - Old South Park - Denver to Leadville
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with rubbing and denting to all corners and edges, as well as overall abrasion.
Volume II - Old South Park - Across the Great Divide
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Envelope attached inside rear cover contains facsimile of Georgetown Courier and a Station Map.
Volume III - Georgetown - Mining - Colorado Central Railroad
Interior is clean and bright; rear pastedown and flyleaf show age-toning and light foxing. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Edges of binding are cracked and torn. Fore-edges are foxed. Map of Colorado Showing All Railroads is tucked into rear mylar sleeve.
Photo is of the set here at Barbed Wire Books.