THE NATIONAL PARK HANDBOOK SERIES, compact introductions to the natural
and historic places administered by the National Park Service, designed
to promote public understanding and enjoyment of the parks. Each
handbook is intended to be informative reading and a useful guide.
More
than 100 titles are in print. Each 5 x 7 book has between 50 - 100 pp,
in excellent, like new condition, with many historical, period
photographs and illustrations, many in color,beautifully done.
Copyrights range from the 1980s-1990s. $18 ppd for all (US address) or
priced individually and then shipping will be added.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S "GOOD HOUSE" The Story of Franklin Court,
"the only house that Franklin ever owned stood in an airy courtyard off
Market Street in Philadelphia. He once called it a good House
contrived
to my mind, but in reality it belonged as much to his fmaily as it did
to
him, who spent so much time abroad..... the story of the house and
famaily that lived there..."$4
CONGRESS HALL, CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES, 1790- 1800,
"Phildelphia served as the capital of the United States and the U.S.
Congress met in the Philadelphia County Court House, now called
Congress
Hall." Our new nation began to develop it's government in this city.
0-912627-42-5, $4
VANDERBILT MANSION, HYDE PARK, NY, "a monument to an era....
magnificent example of the palatial estates developed by financiers and
industrialists in the period between the Civil War and World War I- a
time when the U.S. surged into world prominence as an industrial nation
and the new age of machines created great wealth that was almost
untouched by taxation." , $3
CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA - first
permanent
Spanish settlement in the North America, fascinating photos,
illustrations and maps,0-912627-59-X, $3
LOWELL, THE STORY OF AN INDUSTRIAL CITY- this city is still
full
of history, the development of industrial mills and many immigrant
stories abound, a fascinating study in U.S. history "A lively account
of
America's first great industrial city.", 0-912627-46-8, $3
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