Sale 667: Rare Americana - Travel & Exploration - Hawaii - World History

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(African American)
Author
Mott, Abigail
Headline
Abigail Mott Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour
Publisher
Stereotyped for and printed by order of the trustees of the residuary estate of Lindley Murray, M. Day, printer
Date Published
[1838]

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Black Diamonds Gathered in the Darkey Homes of the South

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(African American)
Author
Pollard, Edward A.
Headline
Black Diamonds, first edition
Publisher
Pudney & Russell
Date Published
1859

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10

Wait Till Next Year: The Life Story of Jackie Robinson - twice inscribed

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(African American)
Author
Robinson, Jackie and Carl T. Rowan
Headline
Inscribed by Jackie Robinson to David Wallerstein ,
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1960]

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11

Baseball Has Done It - inscribed

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(African American)
Author
Robinson, Jackie
Headline
Inscribed by Jackie Robinson to David Wallerstein
Publisher
J. B. Lippincott Company
Date Published
[1964]

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12

Second National Negro Congress: Official Proceedings, October 15, 16, 17, 1937

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(African American)
Headline
Second National Negro Congress 1937
Publisher
National Negro Congress
Date Published
[1937]

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13

Complete set of the 1st 19 annual NY auction catalogs of Printed & Manuscript African-Americana

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(African American)
Author
Swann Galleries
Headline
African-Americana auctions, set of 19 Swann Galleries NY catalogs
Date Published
1996-2014

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14

Negroes and Negro "Slavery": The First an Inferior Race: The Latter Its Normal Condition

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(African American)
Author
Van Evrie, J.H.
Headline
Pseudo-scientific support of slavery, 1863.
Publisher
Van Evrie, Horton, & Co.
Date Published
1863

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15

Photograph album depicting African American life in South Carolina, 1929

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(African American)
Author
Whipple, Grace
Headline
Photographic scenes of African American life in Hartsville, SC in 1929
Date Published
1929

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16

Deed of Manumission of slave Peter Harris, Document Signed.

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(African American)
Author
Turpin, Philip O.
Headline
1850 Slave emancipation document, Kentucky
Date Published
Feb. 11, 1850

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18

Ranch Notes in Kansas, Colorado, the Indian Territory and Northern Texas

Author
Aldridge, Reginald
Headline
Ranch Notes in Kansas, Colorado, the Indian Territory and Northern Texas, 1884.
Publisher
Longmans, Green, and Co.
Date Published
1884

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20

Two volumes on angling

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(Angling)
Headline
Two angling classics
Date Published
Various dates

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23

Ingleside, Arizona: The finest winter climate in the world (wrapper title)

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(Arizona)
Author
Robinson, W. H.
Headline
Rare promo for Ingleside, Arizona c.1910
Publisher
Wood's Print
Date Published
c.1910

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Novae novi orbis historiae, id est rerum ab Hispanis in India Occidentali hactenus gestarum, & acerbo illorum in eas gentes dominatu. De gallorum expedition in Floridam, & clade ab Hispanis non minus iniuste quam immaniter ipsis illata, Anno 1565, Brevis

Author
Benzoni, Girolamo
Headline
New World history by one of the earliest travel writers
Publisher
Apud Eustace Vignon
Date Published
1578

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Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk. With Sketches of Adventure in California and Washoe

Author
Browne, J. Ross
Headline
Browne: Crusoe's Island. 1864
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1864

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50

Martinez, California: a home city - strategic location for factories

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(California - Martinez)
Headline
Martinez & its oil refinery 1915
Publisher
Martinez Board of Trade
Date Published
1915

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Celebration of the Seventy-Third Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, on Board the Barque "Hannah Sprague," at Sea, July 4th, 1849

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(California Gold Rush)
Headline
Fourth of July celebrations on a boat bound for the Gold Rush
Publisher
Jennings and Co.
Date Published
1849

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92

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirtieth Congress. December 5, 1848

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(California Gold Rush)
Headline
House Document on California Gold Rush with Maps
Publisher
Printed by Wendell and Van Benthuysen
Date Published
1848

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105

The Millennial Harbinger - Volumes I & II

Author
Campbell, Alexander, editor
Headline
Millennial Harbinger with 1831 anti-Mormon essay
Publisher
Printed and Published by the Editor
Date Published
1830-1831

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107

The Editor's Run in New Mexico and Colorado. Embracing Some Twenty-Eight Letters on Stock Raising, Agriculture, Territorial History, Game, Society, Growing Towns, Prices, prospects, &c., with Occasional Allusion to "The Governor," the Hearty Invalid, the Pueblo Maiden, and Other Subjects of Territorial Interest.

Author
Chase, C.M.
Headline
A Vermonter tours the American Southwest
Date Published
1882

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109

Acts of the Called Session of the General Assembly of Alabama held in the City of Montgomery Commencing on the Second Monday in January, 1961

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(Civil War - Confederate Imprints)
Author
Moore, Andrew B. (Governor); A.B. Meek (Speaker of the House) and J.D. Rather (President of the Senate)
Headline
Confederate laws against liquor sales to slaves
Publisher
Shorter & Read, State Printers
Date Published
1861

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110

Six printings from the Confederate States during the Civil War

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(Civil War - Confederate Imprints)
Headline
Five confederate imprints
Date Published
Various dates

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112

Letter from Y.D. Patterson to his sister Lydia, presenting a "brief history" of the 15th Illinois Regiment from May 1861 to November 1862, his period of enlistment

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(Civil War)
Author
Patterson, Y.D.
Headline
Civil War letter of Illinois soldier 1862
Date Published
Nov. 14, 1862

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113

Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army

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(Civil War)
Author
Sheridan, P.H.
Headline
Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan
Publisher
Charles L. Webster
Date Published
1888

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114

VALPARAISO

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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card)
Headline
Clipper Ship Sailing Card - Valparaiso by Nesbitt
Publisher
Nesbitt & Co., Printers
Date Published
[c. 1863]

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115

"WAR HAWK"

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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card)
Headline
Clipper Ship Sailing Card - "War Hawk"
Publisher
Nesbitt & Co., Printers
Date Published
[1863]

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116

WHISTLER

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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card)
Headline
Clipper Ship Sailing Card - Whistler
Publisher
Nesbitt & Co., Printers
Date Published
[1864]

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117

WHITE SWALLOW

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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card)
Headline
Clipper Ship Sailing Card - White Swallow
Publisher
Nesbitt & Co., Printers
Date Published
[1862]

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118

WILD ROVER!

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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card)
Headline
Clipper Ship Sailing Card - Wild Rover by Nesbitt
Publisher
Nesbitt & Co., Printers
Date Published
1859

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120

The Art of Cooking: A Series of Practical Lessons

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(Cookery)
Author
Dods, Matilda Lees
Headline
Art of Cooking 1880
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published
1880

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122

The Great West. A Vast Empire. A Comprehensive History of the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories. Containing Detailed Statistics and Other Information in Support of the Movement for Deep Harbors on the Texas-Gulf Coast.

Author
Dana, F.L.
Headline
Go West, young people
Publisher
Excelsior Printing Company
Date Published
1889

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126

The Great Divide: Travels in the Upper Yellowstone in the Summer of 1874

Author
Dunraven, [W.T. Windham-Quin, 4th] Earl of
Headline
Earl of Dunraven The Great Divide 2nd Edition
Publisher
Chatto and Windus
Date Published
1876

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127

Seven and Nine Years Among the Camanches and Apaches: An Autobiography

Author
[Eastman, Edwin]
Headline
Seven and Nine Years Among the Camanches and Apaches, 1873
Publisher
Clark Johnson
Date Published
1873

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134

Electricity or Ethereal Fire, Considered: 1st. Naturally, As the Agent of Animal and Vegetable Life; 2d. Astronomically, or As the Agent of Gravitation and Motion; 3d. Medically, or Its Artificial Use in Disease, Comprehending Both the Theory and Practice of Medical Electricity; And Demonstrated To Be an Infallible Cure or Fever, Inflammation and Many Other Diseases: Constituting the Best Family Physician Ever Extant

Author
Gale, T.
Headline
First American work on medical electricity
Publisher
Printed for Moffitt & Lyon
Date Published
1802

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137

Letter from former Georgia governor George Gilmer about his reassessment of the Cherokee Indians and their enforced removal west to Indian Territory

Author
Gilmer, George
Headline
Ex-George governor rethinks Cherokee removal
Date Published
Feb. 27th, [18]59

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139

What I believe. Reprinted from the New York world of July 19, 1908

Author
Goldman, Emma
Headline
Emma Goldman defends socialism and anarchism
Publisher
Mother Earth Publishing Association
Date Published
1908

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140

The Tales of Peter Parley about America

Author
[Goodrich, Samuel G.]
Headline
Peter Parley's tales About America 2nd edition
Publisher
S.G. Goodrich
Date Published
1829

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144

The Great West: Railroad, Steamboat, and Stage Guide and Hand-Book for Travellers, Miners, and Emigrants to the Western, Northwestern, and Pacific States and Territories: With a Map of the Best Routes to the Gold and Silver Mines.

Author
Hall, Edward Hepple
Headline
Scarce travel guide to the Great West 1866
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Date Published
[1866]

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146

The Examination of the President's Message at the Opening of Congress December 7, 1801. Revised and Corrected.

Author
[Hamilton, Alexander]
Headline
Alexander Hamilton on Jefferson
Publisher
New-York Evening Post
Date Published
1802

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147

The Stock Market Barometer: A Study Of Its Forecast Value Based On Charles H. Dow's Theory Of The Price Movement, With An Analysis Of The Market And Its History Since 1897

Author
Hamilton, William Peter
Headline
1922 work on Charles H. Dow's theory of price movements in the stock market.
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
[1922]

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148

Supplies for Mine and Mill, Machine Shop Saw & Planing Mill

Author
Harron, Rickard & McCone
Headline
Supplies for Mine and Mill 1904
Publisher
Harron, Rickard & McCone
Date Published
1904

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149

Agricultural Implements and Machinery.

Author
Hawley Bothers Hardware Co.
Headline
Hawley Bothers Agricultural Implements 1870's
Publisher
Hawley Bothers Hardware Co.
Date Published
[c.1870's?]

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154

Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains

Author
Irving, Washington
Headline
Classic work on Astor's Pacific Coast fur trading
Publisher
Carey, Lea & Blanchard
Date Published
1836

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155

A History of New-York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Containing Among many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter

Author
[Irving, Washington] Knickerbocker, Diedrich (pseud)
Headline
Knickerbocker's History of New York 1st ed in original boards
Publisher
Inskeep & Bradford
Date Published
1809

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156

The Crayon Miscellany

Author
[Irving, Washington]
Headline
The Crayon Miscellany 3 vols
Publisher
Carey, Lea & Blanchard
Date Published
1835

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160

The Molly Maguires. The Origin, Growth, and Character of the Organization.

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(Labor History)
Author
Dewees, F.P.
Headline
The Molly Maguires, first edition
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott
Date Published
1877

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162

The Lone Fish-Ball in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, July, 1855

Author
Lane, George Martin
Headline
George Martin Lane Lone Fish-Ball 1855
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1855

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164

WITHDRAWN - Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator

Author
Lefevre, Edwin
Headline
Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator, "a font of investing wisdom"
Publisher
George H. Doran Company
Date Published
1923

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169

Eleven 18th century land deeds, nearly all for land in North Yarmouth, now in Maine, but then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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(Massachusetts/Maine)
Headline
Colonial land deeds from Massachusetts/Maine
Date Published
1761-1784

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170

Petition for Removal to the Circuit Court of the United States, District of Kansas; Howard M. Holden, Plaintiff vs. W.B. Masterson, Defendant.

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(Masterson, Bat)
Headline
Petition to Remove Cause, Bat Masterson Defendant
Date Published
1879

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171

Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil Wars

Author
Maury, General Dabney Herndon
Headline
Recollections of a Virginian, first edition
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1894

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174

Manuscript petition by Indians in western New Spain accusing a friar of having a lover living with him, whom he claims is just his cook

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(Mexico)
Headline
Mexican Indians accuse friar of having lover, 1805
Date Published
1805

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175

La Divina Providencia. Poema Eucaristico. Año de 1808

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(Mexico)
Author
Navarrete, Manuel
Headline
Poem by Mexican colonial writer 1808
Date Published
1808

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179

Pacific Coast Annual Mining Review and Stock Ledger, containing Detailed Official Reports of the Principal Gold and Silver Mines of Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Idaho; a History and Description of Mining and Stock Dealing on this Coast, with Biographical Sketches of 100 of the Principal Men Engaged Therein; and a Series of Finance Articles by Col. Henry S. Fitch

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(Mining)
Headline
Review of mines, miners, financiers
Publisher
Francis & Valentine
Date Published
1878

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180

Three binders with typescript descriptions of mining districts in the Western United States, along with numerous large folding maps

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(Mining)
Headline
Maps of mines & mining districts in the west
Date Published
c.1910-20

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189

Official Report to the American Congress on the Communications Between the Atlantic and Pacific

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(Panama Canal)
Headline
Official report on the Panama Canal, 1849
Publisher
Effingham Wilson
Date Published
[1849]

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190

Lot of materials related to the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition

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(Panama Pacific International Exposition)
Headline
1915 Panama Pacific Exposition guide books
Date Published
c.1915

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193

The Pentagon Building 1942

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(Pentagon)
Headline
The Pentagon Building panoramic photo 1942
Publisher
Tenschert Photo Co.
Date Published
1942

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194

A Short Account of the Malignant Fever, Lately Prevalent in Philadelphia: with a statement of the Proceedings that took place on the subject in different parts of the United States.

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(Philadelphia - Yellow Fever)
Author
Carey, Matthew
Headline
Philadelphia printer Matthew Carey on the 1793 Yellow Fever epidemic
Publisher
Printed by the Author
Date Published
1793

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196

Collection of Vintage Postcards

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(Postcards)
Headline
Vintage postcard collection of California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Michigan.
Date Published
Various dates

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197

Medical School Scrapbook of E.A. Spitzka

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(Presidents - Assassination of William McKinley)
Headline
Medical School Scrapbook of E.A. Spitzka, who autopsied the brain of William McKinley's assassin
Date Published
1896-1903

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198

The Marion County Telephone Company Directory

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(Presidents - Harding, Ohio)
Headline
1st Marion, Ohio phone book, only known copy, listing future President Harding
Date Published
1902

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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with A Life of the Author notes and illustrations by his grandson Charles Francis Adams

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(Presidents)
Author
Adams, John
Headline
The Works of John Adams 10 volumes 1856
Publisher
Little, Brown
Date Published
1850-56

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202

My Life

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(Presidents)
Author
Clinton, Bill
Headline
Bill Clinton My Life First Edition First Printing signed
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
2004

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203

A Sermon on the Death of Gen. George Washington, Preached February 22, 1800

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(Presidents)
Author
Emmons, Nathanael
Headline
Sermon on the death of Washington, 1800
Publisher
Nathaniel and Benjamin Heaton
Date Published
1800

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204

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

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(Presidents)
Author
Grant, Ulysses S.
Headline
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Publisher
Charles L. Webster
Date Published
1885-86

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207

[1777-1780 German-Language Religious Manuscript owned by the Wheaton Family of New York City, mainly during the Revolutionary War Years].

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(Revolutionary War - New York City - Religious Manuscript)
Headline
Revolutionary War Era Geman-Language manuscript from New York
Date Published
[1777-1780; some later 19th century entries]

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209

The Cowboy: His Characteristics His Equipment His Part In The Development Of The West

Author
Rollins, Philip Ashton
Headline
Philip Ashton Rollins' Cowboy 1st ed in jacket
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1922

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212

A Declaration of the People's Natural Right to a Share in the Legislature; Which is the Fundamental Principle of the British Constitution of State

Author
Sharp, Granville
Headline
A Declaration of the People's Natural Right to a Share in the Legislature, 1774
Publisher
Printed for B. White
Date Published
1774

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213

Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax for the Years 1870-1879, complete in the original parts

Author
[Shaw, Henry Wheeler]
Headline
Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax complete in original parts
Publisher
G. W. Carleton
Date Published
1870-79

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215

The Engineer Corps of Hell; or, Rome's Sappers and Miners. Containing the Tactics of the "Militia of the Pope," of the Secret Manual of the Jesuits, and Other Matter Intensely Interesting, Especially to the Freemasons and Lovers of Civil and Religious Liberty, Whithersoever Dispersed Throughout the Globe

Author
Sherman, Edwin Allen, compiler
Headline
Scarce Freemasonry volume 1855
Publisher
Sold by Private Subscription only
Date Published
[1885]

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216

Collection of Sierra Club bulletins, 1907-1958

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(Sierra Club)
Headline
Collection of Sierra Club bulletins, 1907-1958
Publisher
The Sierra Club
Date Published
1907-1959

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218

The Southern States Since the War. 1870-1.

Author
Somers, Robert
Headline
Robert Somers The Southern States Since the War. 1870-1.
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Date Published
1871

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220

The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia: Being an Essay towards a General History of this Colony

Author
Stith, William
Headline
Stith's History of Virginia, third issue, 1753
Publisher
Printed by William Parks
Date Published
1747-[but 1753]

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222

A Journey to Alaska in the year 1868: being a diary of the late Emil Teichmann

Author
Teichmann, Emil
Headline
A Journey to Alaska in the year 1868: being a diary of the late Emil Teichmann -- with a letter from his wife
Publisher
The Cayme Press
Date Published
1925