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The White House Transcripts; Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations to the Committee on the Judiciary...

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New York: Viking [0-670-76324-1] [1974]. (Hardcover) 877pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Appendices, who's who, chronology. Book about Richard M. Nixon. (History--United States, Politics, Presidents, Watergate).
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Play the Devil; A History of Gambling in the United States from 1492 to 1955

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New York: Clarkson N. Potter 1960, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 475pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Illustrations. The dust jacket is price-clipped and a small stain on the fore-edge. Locale: United States. (History--United States, Gambling).
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A True Picture of Emigration (Publisher series: Lakeside Classics.)

A True Picture of Emigration (Publisher series: Lakeside Classics.)

by Quaife, Milo Milton (editor)

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Chicago: Lakeside Press 1936. (Hardcover) 167pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with top edge gilt. Frontispiece, fold-out map, index. Book about Rebecca Burlend. Publisher series: Lakeside Classics 34. Locale: Illinois. (History--United States, Pioneers--United States).
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State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols.

State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols.

by Shankle, George Earlie

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New York: H.W. Wilson Company 1941, 2nd printing revised edition. (Hardcover) 524pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Black & white and color illustrations, index. "A study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flags, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol buildings and… Read more about this item
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Couldn't Keep It to Myself

Couldn't Keep It to Myself

by Lamb, Wally (With Women of York Correctional Institution.)

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9780060534295
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New York: Regan Books [0-06-053429-X] 2003, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 350pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Photographs, sources and suggested reading. (United States, Prisoners' Writing, Women Prisoners).
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La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West.

La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West.

by Parkman, Francis

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Williamstown: Corner House 1968. (Hardcover) 522pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Frontispiece, map, illustrations, notes, appendix, index. The dust jacket spine is lightly rubbed and faded, lightly edgeworn. Reprint of 1897 edition. Book about Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle. Locale: Mississippi River; Western America. (Western America, Exploration, Voyages and… Read more about this item
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"Here Comes the Polly"

"Here Comes the Polly"

by Becker, Ethel Anderson

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Seattle: Superior Publishing Company 1971, 1st edition. (4to) 127pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Photographs, index. The Politkofsky; A Biography of a Russian Built Gunboat. Locale: Alaska; Pacific Northwest. (Western America, Politkofsky--Russian Gunboat, Western America).
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The Empire and the Five Kings; America's Abdication and the Fate of the World

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New York: Henry Holt and Company [9781250203014] 2019, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 261pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Index. A small stain on the front endpaper. Translated by Steven B. Kennedy. Locale: United States. (History--United States, Democracy).
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The Great North Trail; America's Route of the Ages (Series: American Trails.)

The Great North Trail; America's Route of the Ages (Series: American Trails.)

by Cushman, Dan (Edited by A.B. Guthrie.)

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New York: McGraw-Hill [1966], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 383pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Maps, bibliography, index. The dust jacket is price-clipped. "America's route of the ages- from Asia across Alaska down the Rocky Mountains to the plains of Texas". Edited by A.B. Guthrie. Locale: British Columbia; Klondike; Montana; Texas; Wyoming. Series:… Read more about this item
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Black Powder and Hand Steel; Miners and Machines on the Old Western Frontier

Black Powder and Hand Steel; Miners and Machines on the Old Western Frontier

by Young, Otis E., Jr.

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press [1976], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 196pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Illustrations, photographs, map, color plates, notes, bibliography, index. The dust jacket is price-clipped and faded on the spine. Locale: Old West; United States. (Western America, Frontier, Miners, Mining).
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HO! For the Gold Fields; Northern Overland Wagon Trains of the 1860s

HO! For the Gold Fields; Northern Overland Wagon Trains of the 1860s

by White, Helen McCann (editor)

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St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society 1966. (4to) 289pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map endpapers, illustrations, maps, photographs, notes, wagon train rosters, index. The dust jacket is price-clipped. Locale: Western America. (History--United States, Wagon Trains).
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Amerique Sans Frontiere; Les Etats-Unis Dans L'espace Nord-Americain

Amerique Sans Frontiere; Les Etats-Unis Dans L'espace Nord-Americain

by Collomp, Catherine

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9782910381233
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Paris: Presses Universitaires de Vincennes [2-910381-23-4] 1988. (Trade paperback) 229pp. Fine. Tables, maps, endnotes. Text in French Language. Locale: United States. (History--United States).
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Years of Upheaval

Years of Upheaval

by Kissinger, Henry

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9780316285919
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company [0-316-28591-9] 1982, book club edition. (Hardcover) 1283pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs, notes, index. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn. Locale: United States. (History--United States, Diplomacy--United States).
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The Young Citizen's Manual; Being a Digest of the Laws of the State of New-York and of the United States, Relating to Crimes and Their Punishments, and of Such Other Parts of the Laws of the State of New-York Relating to the Ordinary Business of Social Life As Are Most Necessary to Be Generally Known; With Explanatory Remarks. To Which is Prefixed, an Essay on the Principles of Civil Government. Designed for the Instruction of Young Persons in General and Especially for the Use of Schools.

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Albany: Oliver Steele 1836. (Hardcover) 221pp. Poor. Leather binding with title in gilt on the spine label. Includes index. Lacks the pages after the title page to p.10 (p.11 being the last page of the contents), pp. 27-34 are detached from the text, also dampstaining and spotting. (History--United States, Law).
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Wilderness Empire; A Narrative

Wilderness Empire; A Narrative

by Eckert, Allan W.

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company 1969, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 653pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map endpapers, maps, sources, notes, list of Indian characters, index. The dust jacket is price-clipped, a previous owner's inscription inside, residue from a label on the half-title page, and the edges are lightly spotted. Time Period. … Read more about this item
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A Pictorial History of the Confederacy

A Pictorial History of the Confederacy

by Buchanan, Lamont

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New York: Bonanza Books 1951. (4to) 288pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs, illustrations, index. A previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. "Hundreds of illustrations". Locale: Confederate States; United States. (History--United States).
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From Slavery to Freedom; A History of Negro Americans

From Slavery to Freedom; A History of Negro Americans

by Franklin, John Hope

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1968, 3rd edition, 3rd printing. (Hardcover) 686pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs, bibliography, index. Extensive notes in pencil on the front endpaper, the dust jacket is price-clipped and lightly edgeworn. Locale: United States. (History--United States, Black Americans, Slavery).
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Fifth Avenue; A Very Social History

Fifth Avenue; A Very Social History

by Simon, Kate

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9780151307029
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [0-15-130702-4] 1978, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 371pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photgraph endpapers, photographs, bibliography. Locale: New York City; United States. (History--United States, High Society, Social History).
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Lord of Alaska; Baranov and the Russian Adventure

Lord of Alaska; Baranov and the Russian Adventure

by Chevigny, Hector (Biography of Alexander Baranov.)

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New York: Viking Press 1943, 3rd printing. (Hardcover) 320pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Map endpapers, sources, index. Lightly edgeworn, a previous owner's inscription on the half-title page, the dust jacket is lightly faded on the spine, price-clipped, and edgeworn and has been repaired with clear tape at the top of the spine.… Read more about this item
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A Pictorial History of America; Embracing Both the Northern and Southern Portions of the New World
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Hartford: House & Brown 1851. (Hardcover) 848, 48pp. Good, no dust jacket. Decoratively stamped brown leather with the spine decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers and edges, illustrated with 300+ engravings. Includes a 48-page appendix entitled "Aborigines of America". Worn, the gilt on the spine is rubbed, the pages have occasional spotting and a few with… Read more about this item
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