A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
1876. Bryant, William Cullen and Sydney Howard Gay. A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. NY: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1876. 4 Volumes, 10" X 7", decorated cloth, illustrated, bookplate, s set.
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PIONEER POST CARDS, The Story of Mailing Cards to 1898 with an Illustrated Checklist of Publishers and Titles.
No Place, 1957. POSTCARDS, ANTIQUES, EPHEMERA, REFERENCE. 144p, boards, illustrated, 1/2" of bottom spine missing, good. Includes 1958, 55p supplement at rear.
EUCLID BEACH PARK IS CLOSED FOR THE SEASON.
Cleveland: Amusement Park Books, 1977. (AMUSEMENT PARK) Bush, Lee, et.al. EUCLID BEACH PARK IS CLOSED FOR THE SEASON. Cleveland: Amusement Park Books, (1977). 331p, 11"x 8 1/2", decorated cloth, many illustrations (a few in color, a few fold-out), vg in slightly soiled dj with a few small edge tears. 2nd.....
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WESTERN RESERVE, 1796 TO 1860.
1963. Butler, Margaret Manor. A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WESTERN RESERVE, 1796 to 1860. Cleveland: Early Settlers Association, Western Reserve Historical Society, (1963.) 155p, 11 1/4" x 8 3/4", cloth, many illustrations, vg in dust jacket with a few small edge tears. Third printing.
THE WESTERN COUNTRY IN THE 17TH CENTURY, The Memoirs of Lamothe Cadillac and Pierre Liette.
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1947. 181p, 6 1/4" x 4 1/4", top edge gilt, map, inscription, underlining, good. Memoirs of two French officers who lived with the Indians along the Mississippi from the Ohio River to North of Lake Superior.
ARCHITECTURE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE, 1800-1900.
Cleveland: Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1971. 260p, 12" x 9 1'8", cloth, many black and white illustrations, dust jacket, very good. 1st edition. Glossary, bibliography.
THE HUDSON.
1939. Carmer, Carl. THE HUDSON. Illustrated by Stow Wengenroth. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1939). 434p., cloth, illus (incl. map), name on (p.iii), very good in dj with edge tears. 1st edition. "Rivers of America" series. History and geography of the Hudson River in New York. This edition contains an.....
AB-SA-RA-KA, HOME OF THE CROWS, Being the Experience of an Officer's Wife on the Plains.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1868. 284p, cloth, illustrated (incl. fold-out map), bookplate, some loosening and browning of paper, wear to spine ends, minor tear to map mended with tape, good. First edition. Howes. USiana C-175. Much on the Indians and U.S. Army in the West, especially Nebraska, Wyoming.....
LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Written for Children.
1860. Cecil, E. LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Written for Children. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Co., 1860. 258p, gilt decorated cloth, illus. (5 colored plates,) name on free endpaper, wear to spine ends and corners, good. Written to give children some knowledge of Washington's character.
THINGS AS THEY ARE IN AMERICA.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854. 364p, cloth, wear to edges, outer hinges beginning, ownership stamp on endpaper, pencil notes in text, good. First American edition. Howes, USiana C275. Chambers traveled extensively in the eastern United States and Canada in 1853.
THE PORTAGE PATH.
Akron, Oh: Western Reserve Company, 1911. 106p, cloth, illustrated, fold-out map, paper slightly browned, light fading of spine, very good. First edition. The portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers is depicted on most of the earliest maps of the Old Northwest. It was a primary Native American thoroughfare and.....
LIFE OF AN AMERICAN WORKMAN.
1950. Chrysler, Walter P. & Boyden Sparkes. LIFE OF AN AMERICAN WORKMAN. NY: Dodd, Mead, (1950). 219p, cloth, light wear to edges, vg in badly torn dj. lst edition with presentation card from the Chrysler Corporation.
LIFE AND TIMES OF GEN. SAM. DALE, THE MISSISSIPPI PARTISAN.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1860. 233p, blind stamped cloth, rebacked with original spine laid on, original endpapers preserved, wear to edges, some loosening, former owner's signature on front endpaper, good. First edition. Illustrated with full page illustrations by John M'Lenan. "Personal adventures of Alabama's most notable Indian Fighter.".....
TRAVELS IN THE NEW SOUTH: A Bibliography.
1962. Clark, Thomas D., ed. TRAVELS IN THE NEW SOUTH: A Bibliography. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1962). 2 vols. (267 & 301p.), cloth, dust jackets, illus, jackets lightly worn, very good. Vol. I, "The Postwar South, 1865-1900: The Era of Reconstruction and Readjustment." Vol. II, "The Twentieth-Century South, 1900-1955.....
SPEECH OF MR. CLAY, OF KENTUCKY, Establishing a Deliberate Design on.
Clay, Henry. SPEECH OF MR. CLAY, OF KENTUCKY, Establishing a Deliberate Design on the Part of the Late and Present Executive of the United States, to Break Down the Whole Banking System of the United States... Washington: Office of the National Register, 1838. 16p., self-wrappers, wear to edges, foxed, good.....
HINCKLEY TOWNSHIP 1825-1975.
1975. Cobb, Jane & Elaine Vanderschrier. HINCKLEY TOWNSHIP 1825-1975. Hinckley Township, OH: Sesquicentennial Book Committee, 1975. 43p, 11" X 8 1/2", pictorial softcover, illus., covers lightly worn, g-vg.
MONUMENT TO AND HISTORY OF THE MINGO INDIANS. Facts and Traditions About This Tribe, Their Wars, Chiefs, Camps, Villages and Trails. Monument Dedicated to their Memory Near the Village of Mingo, in Tygarts River Valley of West Virginia.
No Place: William H. Cobb, (1921). 82p, cloth, light damp stains on cover, paper browning, good. First edition.
NEW YORK. Being an Introduction to an Unpublished Manuscript.
1930. Cooper, James Fenimore. NEW YORK. Being an Introduction to an Unpublished Manuscript... NY: William Farquhar Payson, 1930. 63p, 1/4 cloth, frontis, fine in g-vg slipcase. #547 of 765 copies. An attractive book.
TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF THE JOINTS;. Being the Observations for Which the Prize for 1806 was Adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
Hanover, NH: Justin Hinds, 1811. 165p, contemporary full leather, front hinge neatly repaired with Japanese tissue, names on endpapers and title page, lacks last three pages (copies laid in), good. Second US edition. American Bibliography 1811, no. 22618. Cooper (1780-1848) was a noted London surgeon and author of the once.....
LAND'S END, A Walk Through Provincetown.
2002. Cunningham, Michael. LAND'S END, A Walk Through Provincetown. NY: Crown Publishers, (2002). 175p, boards, map endpapers, fine in dust jacket. 1st edition.
PAN-AMERICAN BUFFALO AND NIAGARA FALLS, A Picturesque Souvenir.
No place: Charles Cutter, 1901. 21 leaves, 6 3/4" X 10 1/4", wrappers with decorative script, illustrated, light wear, vg. "President McKinley Memorial Edition." Photographs with brief captions of scenes from the Pan-American Exposition.
HUEY LONG, A Candid Biography.
1935. Davis, Forrest. HUEY LONG, A Candid Biography. NY: Dodge Publishing Company, (1935). 312p, cloth, illus., covers lightly worn and faded, g. Xlibrary. 1st edition. Inscribed by Author- "For Judge Wolsey, the town's best literary critic, From Forrest Davis." Possibly Judge John M. Woolsey, the federal judge who declared ULYSSES.....
WAR ON THE DETROIT, The Chronicles of Thomas Vercheres de Boucherville and The Capitulation by an Ohio Volunteer.
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1940. 320p, 6 3/4" x 4 1/4", cloth, top edge gilt, frontis, 2 maps (1 fold-out), inscription on front endpaper, very good. Appendix, index. Lakeside Classic No. 38. Editing and introduction by Milo Milton Quaife. The first reprinting of Foster's rare.....
TRAVELLERS' OWN BOOK, to Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls and Canada.
1841. De Veaux, S. TRAVELLER'S OWN BOOK, to Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls and Canada... A Complete Guide...With Maps and Engravings. Buffalo, NY: Faxon & Read, 1841. 258p., cloth, illustrated, fold-out maps, endpapers browned, light foxing thoughout, g-vg. First edition. Includes large fold-out map of Niagara Falls and Adjoining Shores with.....
LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND AMONG THE DIGGINGS;. Being Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California: With Particular Incidents of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great West.
Abvurn and Buffalo: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854. 384p, cloth, illustrated (4 plates), wear to spine ends and corners, front outer hinge beginning, light foxing on some pages, good. First edition, first issue. Howes, U.S.-IANA, D 230; Wagner-Camp, 238:1. A popular book, one of the best "forty-niner" narratives.