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Adams, James Truslow THE EPIC OF AMERICA
Boston Little Brown & Company 1931 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+
; History of America in one handy volume, from the perspective of 1931, slightly jingoistic but honest even so, especially about the Depression-era economic system ; 8vo; 433 pages
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45.00 USD
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Beebe, Lucius THE BIG SPENDERS
Garden City Doubleday & Company 1966 Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Wear to DJ extremities; People really knew how to live it up in the good old days; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 404 pages
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35.00 USD
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Bennett, Ross, Et Al VISITING OUR PAST America's Historylands
Washington National Geographic Society 1986 0-87044-646-0 / 9780870446467 Revised Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Shelf wear to DJ; Showcase of the historical attractions of America, copiously illustrated with voluminous text. Revised edition stated print run of 260,000 ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 400 pages
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40.00 USD
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Biddle, Nicholas [editor] HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAINS LEWIS & CLARKE [THREE VOLUMES]
New York Allerton Book Co. 1922 Hardcover Good+
For all three volumes: Hinges well started. Ex-library copies with card pocket to rear. Previous owners writing to front free endpaper. Wear to spines with small pieces missing. Volume one first four pages of preface along with title page missing. Some pages detached but present. Volume three fold out map inexpertly tape repaired detached but present ; In Stephen Ambrose's apt phrase, Lewis and Clark (e) explored the newly expanded United States with 'undaunted courage. ' Get the facts right from the source in this reprint of the 1814 edition of the journey; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 416,410,382 pages
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150.00 USD
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Birmingham, Stephen REAL LACE America's Irish Rich
New York Harper 1973 Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Binding slightly loose in places. Minor rubbing to DJ; Social and political history of the upper crust Irish, including sections on the Buckleys and the Kennedys ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 322 pages
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40.00 USD
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Cox, James MY NATIVE LAND The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People, with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young
Philadelphia Blair Publishing Company 1903 Hardcover Very Good+
Binding not tight ; Descriptive passages regarding various events and places in American history and geography. Twenty-first century readers may be shocked by the chapter entitled, 'the Heathen Chinee. ' ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 400 pages
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75.00 USD
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Cox, James MY NATIVE LAND The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People, with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young
Philadelphia Blair Publishing Company 1903 Hardcover Very Good+
Binding not tight; Chapters on various bits of Americana including the Salem witch trials, National Parks, Communists, Cowboys and Indians, etc. Sensitve people watch out for the chapter entitled, 'The Heathen Chinee. ' ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 400 pages
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75.00 USD
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