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Historical
Almanac of the United States Senate
A Series of Bicentennial Minutes Presented to the Senate
During the One Hundredth Congress
Signed by the Author, Bob Dole, United States Senator
Book is in EXCELLENT condition
- Foreword by Senator Robert C. Byrd
- Chapters Include:
- Creation of the Senate 1787-1788
- The First Senate: 1789-1791
- The Formative Years: 1792 - 1820
- The "Golden Age": 1821-1859
- War and Reconstruction: 1860 - 1889
- Origins of the Modern Senate: 1890 - 1920
- Reorganizing America: 1921 - 1945
- The Postwar Senate: 1946 - 1964
- The Modern Senate
- Filled with photographs and illustrations covering the history of
"The Greatest Deliberative Body"
- U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989, 312 pages
- Excellent condition. Only some slight mars on the front cover keep this from being a mint condition volume
$129.95
1944 softcover book containing a number of patriotic writings from American History. Published by Charles Scriber's Sons, 92 pp.
$4.95
"The Day Kennedy Died"
by Dan Wise and Marietta Maxfield
This book is a must have for any serious JFK assassination student or collector
FIRST EDITION, PRE-PUBLICATION
Other than a couple of DJ flaws, this book is in MINT
Published by The Naylor Company in 1964, this is a LIMITED EDITION, PRE-PUBLICATION COPY, Numbered #890, 137pp
Based on in-depth research and interviews, this book is absolutely fascinating in the little details that it provides about the entire day of November 22, 1963, tracing the Kennedys, Oswald, Ruby, the Dallas Police, Doctors, etc. during that day in Dallas - behind the scenes.
Excerpted from the Dust Jacket: "This is a book for people everywhere- for those whose minds are fair and for those whose hearts are bitter - for it places, in sequence and in focus, the events that led to tragedy. Minute by fatal minute, step by inexorable step, it re-creates the day President Kennedy died. Is Dallas guilty of the assassination of John F. Kennedy? What was the truth about Dallas on November 22, 1963?"
Condition:
As you can see, there are a couple of tears in the DJ, no tears on the back. Book itself has very tight binding nice clean pages - does not appear to have been read. Other than the front DJ flaws, this book is in Mint condition.
There is an inscription inside, this was a gift to an individual from a group in appreciation of their friendship.
$99.95
$79.95
$79.95
Mark Twain in Elmira
by Robert Jerome and Herbert Wisbey
Inscribed & Signed by both authors
Book is in EXCELLENT condition. No Dust Jacket
- Inscribed & Signed by both authors as well as their typist
- The history of Twain's time living in Elmira, New York
- Stated First Edition
- Published by the Mark Twain Society, 1977. 242 pages
- Pages are clean and unmarked. Minimal shelf wear.
- The book comes with a newspaper article about the publication of the book, with pictures of the authors at the introductory book signing. The article had been put into the book, and where the newsprint had been, the inside of the front cover and the fly are yellowed. This is the shaded area you see in the photo of the signatures.
$99.95
In Cold Blood
By Truman Capote
Book is in GOOD condition in FAIR- Dust Jacket
- Capote referred to this as a "non-fiction novel"
- A true account of a multiple murder in 1959, where two men savagely killed four members of a family for no apparent reasons. This is the story of the lives of these six people.
- 1965 Random House, Book of the Month Club edition. 343 pages
- Stated First Printing.
- Very clean pages and tight binding, except at dedication page, where webbing shows.
- Spine has slight role with weak front hinge. Prior owner's bookplate inside front cover. Cover is clean with corner bumps.
- Dust jacket has intact front and back, but is taped and there is a lot of wear.
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Civil War Letters & Diaries of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
By Oliver Wendell Holmes
Edited by Mark De Wolfe Howe
1946 First Edition
Book is in VERY GOOD - condition.
* The Civil War Letter & Diary of the man who would become Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court
* Edited by Mark De Wolfe Howe
* First Edition, 1946, 158 pages
* Published by Oxford University Press & Harvard University Press
* Tight binding, clean pages, spine is faded
* Illustrated with battle schematics and with photos
$29.95
"The March of Democracy" by James Truslow Adams
This is an 8 page pamphlet that was put out to advertise and sell James Adams "The March of Democracy: A History of the United States", published by Charles Scribner's Sons. It sports a copyright date of 1942.
This advertisement pamphlet is in near mint condition - other than slight yellowing of the paper, it is pristine for its 63 year age. Tight stapling holds it firmly together as if new. Truly a great advertising piece for publishing and for Americana.
It states on the inside cover "Endorsed by College and University Presidents and Historians, and Men and Women of Affairs Everywhere" - HOW CAN YOU BEAT AN ENDORSEMENT LIKE THAT !!
The pamphlet describes the 5 book series and then, as it says on the cover, has a list of 500 questions about American History that are answered in the books - the questions are arranged by which series volume the answer can be found in. Measures 8 1/4 tall x 5 1/4" wide
$6.95
A History of Barrow County, Georgia From the Earliest Times to the Present
By C. Fred Ingram, Editor
Book is in EXCELLENT
condition. Hardcover, no DJ
- Chapters include:
- The Area Before 1800
- A New County
- Jug Tavern and Winder
- War, 1861 - 1865
- Agriculture
- The Towns of Barrow County
- Auburn
- Bethlehem
- Carl
- Russell
- Statham
- Winder
- A Photographic Album of Winder and Barrow County
- Special County Facilities
- Education and Schools
- Churches
- Organizations
- Businesses
- Appendix
- Servicemen in various wars
- Barrow County Professional Practioners
- Charter Members, Barrow County Historical Society
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1983, Cherokee Publishing, Stated Second Edition of 1978 book, 445 pages
- Pages all clean and unmarked. Front cover has a very slight bow, otherwise near mint.
$84.95
Winder, Georgia
by the Barrow County Historical Society
Book is in Very Good -
to Very Good condition for age. No DJ
- Oversized - 11 1/4" x 9"
- First Edition, 1981
- 240 pages
- Full of pictures from the history of Barrow County, Georgia
- Cover has some minimal scuff marks.
- All pages tightly bound and exceptionally clean
- Extra postage required for this book
$59.95
by William C. Edmiston
Book is in Excellent condition. Fair to Good DJ
* Preface of the book written by his daughter Helen, states that this book "is an unpretentious book written about people who lived in middle Tennessee around the turn of the century. It is the story of their way of life, their loves, births, deaths, disappointments, and successes .
* Record Press, 1958, 233 pages,
* Dust jacket has heavy wear on both top and bottom edges. Open tear at crown of spine. Gift card attached to top right corner of front flap.
* Boards and spine are clean and have light shelf wear.
* Pages are clean and easily readable.
* Binding is tight.
$199.95
A Study of the ROTC
By Gene Lyons and John Masland
1960 Stated 2nd Printing of 1959 1st Edition
Near Mint condition in Very Good Jacket
* The authors were teachers in the Department of Government at Dartmouth
* Exceptionally clean - appears never to have been read
* 1960 2nd printing of Princeton Press 1959 1st edition
* Vividly colored Dust Jacket has slight wear at edges, and small tear at spine
$19.95
In Their Name Oklahoma City: The official commemorative volume
Edited by Clive Irving
SIGNED by Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating / Inscribed by Oklahoma First Lady Cathy Keating
Book is in VERY GOOD condition. DJ is GOOD
- Includes a laminated photo of Cathy Keating at the book signing
- The official commemorative volume of the tragedy at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing on April 19, 1995. A moving tribute to those who dies and those who survived, including the words of the survivors, their rescuers and the families, doctors and medical staff.
- Random House, 1995, 176 pages
- There is some wear to the book's cover. Insides clean and unmarked.
DJ has moderate wear and tear, but is clean
$99.95
History of Tennessee Illustrated Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore Counties
Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr.
Book is in EXCELLENT condition. No DJ
- New material added by Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr.
- A detailed account of the history of 4 counties in Tennessee
- Goodspeed Publishing, 1979 reprint of 1886 original. 182 pages (numbered 749 to 930) + index
- Almost like new. There is a very minimal amount of highlighting in the book -very, very little and does not detract from the book.
$59.95
The History Behind the Images
by Thomas J. Noel and John Fielder
1st Edition SIGNED by John Fielder
Book is in Near Mint condition in Near Mint DJ
* Full of images, this book goes beyond the authors' prior book and tells you why a town disappeared, how a reservoir came to be, and whom we can thand for preserving theat majestic mountain. Thomas Noel reveals the fascinating tales behind what's pictured in William Henry Jackson's 19th century photographs, supplemented by his own magnificent photographs of Colorado.
* Gift inscription as well as the author's signature.
* Westcliffe Publishers 2001,319 pg
$64.95
Paké Patch Growing Up In Old Hawaii: A Novel
By Emmie Shigezawa
Signed by the Author
Book is in NEAR MINT condition. Dust Jacket in VERY GOOD condition.
- Harumi Miura, a sophomore at the Univ. of Hawaii, awakens with a headache on a Sunday morning on December 7, 1941 to hear reports of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
- This is the story of a young girl growing up in Hawaii, but it is also a first-hand account of life in Hawaii before and after Pearl Harbor, chronicled with honesty and humility.
- The author was born in an area of Hawaii called Paké Patch, a small Japanese neighborhood that bordered on rice fields. According to the author, only a Shinto shrine stands today as a reminder of Paké Patch.
- Published by Gordon Publishing, 266 pages. First Edition, Stated First Printing. 2002
- Clean pages and tightly bound. Front hinge is a little weak. Dust Jacket has edge wear
$174.95
Adapted by Grace Duffie Boylan
Book is in VERY GOOD condition. No DJ
* The story this tells is mostly Stowe's, but when Boylan rewrites the ending to have George Shelby get to Legree's in time to save Tom's life, and then adds a new last chapter set on the Shelby plantation after the Civil War, she is telling the story of how American culture "adapted" Stowe's anti-slavery protest novel to the politics of Jim Crow.
* Beautifully illustrated in black and white by Ike Morgan- many full page illustrations.
* Green boards with decoration and minor shelfwear.
* Albert Whitman Co. 5th printing 1942. 166 pgs.
* Pages are bright and clean with minor smudges on a few pages.
* Ex-Lib with some markings, cardholder removed.
$32.95
An Atheist Epic: Bill Murray, The Bible
and The Baltimore Board of Educaction
by Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Book is in Good++ condition for its age. Softcover
- American Atheist Press, Austin, TX 1970. 316 pages
- The complete unexpurgated story of how Bible and prayers were removed from the public schools of the United States
- Edge worn, with a small number of dog-eared pages, and some very minor rippling of the first 40 or so pages that do not detract from the readability of the book. For a 40 year old paperback, it's in very good shape.
- No writing. Pages all clean and tightly bound
$23.95
The Jew Store The Story of Family Business in God's Country
By Stella Suberman
Book is in GOOD+ condition. Soft cover
Advance Uncorrected Proof. 298 pages, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998
- From the back cover: In small town America, circa 1920, the small dry-goods store was often owned by Jews and known as "the Jew store".
- And that's what most of the locals in Concordia, TN called Bronson's Low Priced Store. As told by Bronson's youngest daughter this is an intimate family story that sheds light on a piece of American history, led by her father, a poor, Russian-born Jewish orphan who comes to America and the South to make a life.
- Very clean pages and tight binding.
- Cover shows some wear.
$16.95
The Story of the Exploring Expedition of Lewis & Clark
by Noah Brooks
Book is in EXCELLENT + condition. No Dust Jacket.
- The author pieces together the diaries of Lewis & Clark with other research to weave a compelling historical account of the famous expedition.
- Illustrated frontispiece and illustrated boards
- All pages clean and tightly bound. A like-new book
- Published 2003 as a special limited edition by MeadWestvaco, 346 pages. Originally issued with a DVD, this copy DOES NOT have the DVD insert.
$39.95
The Battle of the Little Bighorn - An Eyewitness Account Told in Indian Sign Language
by Jessie Brewer McGaw - SIGNED by the author
Book is in VERY GOOD condition in GOOD + DJ
- SIGNED by the author on the title page
- Elsevier / Nelson Books, 64 unnumbered pages.1981 Stated First
Edition
- The Battle of the Little Bighorn - An Eyewitness Account Told in Indian Sign Language. The story of the battle at which Gen. George Custer and the 7th Cavalry were wiped out, as told by a Sioux warrior who was there. Using the sign language used by the Plains Indians, the chief's account is reproduced here by the author.
- Book is in near mint condition except for writing on the inside cover by the prior owner, part of which has been blacked out by marker. Dust jacket has a 1" tear on the back, along with a couple of smaller tears.
$174.95