postage extra:
COLONIAL AMERICANS: THE SCHOOLMASTER, written and illus by Leonard E.
Fisher, hb, xlib, 1967 Franklin Watts, exc cond, $4
THE PILGRIMS , BRAVE SETTLERS OF PLYMOUTH, Groh,GARRARD, 1968, hb, xlib,
$7
THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND, sc, Samuel Eliot Morison,
Cornell 1936/70,288 pp, "An eminent historian re-examines the whole
fabric of intellectual life in colonial New England.....in addition to a
survey of the schools, libraries, and printing establishments of the 17th
century, Professor Morison provides some fine examples of the
literature."clean, white pp, $6
WE WERE THERE WITH THE MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS, hb, dj, xlib, exc cond, 1956,
Grosset and Dunlap, ""What would it be like to be amongthe first to set
foot in a wilderness land? Fourteen-year-old DickonWhitcomb and his
sister Patience were soon to find out that day in earlyNovember, 1620, as
they sighted the low, barren dunes of Cape Cod fromthe good ship
"Mayflower." We Were There Series, $20
COLONIAL HISTORIES, MARYLAND, hb, dj, Old prints, maps, documets,
photographs, guide to historic sites, xlib, 1974, Thomas Nelson pub, "A
history of Maryland from its charter as Mary's Land in 1632 to the end of
the Revolutionary War and its ceding of 69.25 square miles to the US
government for a capital territory.", $8
COLONIAL HISTORIES, DELAWARE, hb, dj, Old prints, maps, documets,
photographs, guide to historic sites, xlib, 1974, Thomas Nelson pub,first
edition, "Traces the history of Delaware from its discovery and first
settlement to its role in the Revolution and ratification of the
Constitution" , $8
SOUTH CAROLINA, Enchantment of America, From its glorious past to the
present, hb, 95 pp, xlib, 1967, Children's Press, $4
HISTORIC AMERICAN LANDMARKS FROM OLD NORTH CHURCH TO THE SANTA FE TRAIL,
Colby, hb, 1968. 48 pp, alot of photos (b & w), $7
FLORIDA UNDER FIVE FLAGS, Patrick, hb, "an authentic interpretation of
Florida's development under five varying cultures. In eleven swift-paced
and absorbing chapters Professor Patrick has skillfully woven together
the main episodes in the story of the southernmost state from the period
of its discovery to recent months," 118 fine reproductions of photographs
and old paintings, 5 excellent maps,and more, 1955, torn dj, 140 pp, $6
THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES, ENCHANTMENT OF AMERICA, SEA AND SUNSHINE:
FLORIDA, GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, Children's
Press, xlib, 1962, exc cond, includes history, resources, and much more,
$3
WEST VIRGINIA, ENCHANTMENT OF AMERICA, From its glorious past to the
present, Children's Press, 1968, vg cond, xlib, HB, 96 pp, $4
NEW HAMPSHIRE, America the Beautiful, hb, xlib, Children's Press, 1992,
"an introduction to the geography, history, economny, people and
interesting sites of the Granite State." colorful, 144 pp, exc
resource, $4
THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CABLE, Landmark, hb, xlib, "The First
Transatlantic Cable is Landmark book #88. The year is 1854 about the
fascinating story of how some of the most brilliant scientists,
businessmen, statesmen, inventors, and soldiers of fortune fight to carry
out the idea of running a cable under the Gulf of St. Lawrence to connect
Nova Scotia with Newfoundland", $10
NEW JERSEY, HB, Franklin Watts, 1987, surveys the history of NJ and
describes its geography, natural resources, industry, agriculture,
principal cities, and people, 94 pp, First Book, xlib, $5
HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION: ELIZA PINCKNEY, hb, 7 x 9, by Susan and John
Lee, Children's Press 1977, "A biography of the industrious young woman
who helped introduce the cultivation of the indigo plant in South
Carolina" xlib, well used, $3
FIRST BOOK OF AMERICAN HISTORY, Franklin Watts, 1957, by Henry Steele
Commager, 64 pp, cover soiled, but inside vg tight and clean, xlib, HB,
$5
HEAR YE OF PHILADELPHIA, Polly Curren, Werth illus, 8 x 10 hb with mylar
dj, xlib, vg cond, Lothrop, 1968, a wonderful book to introduce American
history to elementary students, (size of a Cornerstone of Freedom), $8
THE COMING OF THE PILGRIMS, TOLD From Governor Bradford's Firsthand
Account, Smith and Meredith, hb, mylar dj, Little, Brown and Co, 1964,
60 pp, elem to middle school, $14
THE REBIRTH OF AMERICA, Arthur DeMoss Foundation 8 x 11 sc, 1986, America
Yesterday: A Nation Established; America Today: A Nation Adrift; America
Tomorrow: A Nation Reborn, writers such as John Newton, Reagan,Whitehead,
Peter Marshall, Colson, Lutzer, Jeremiah, C Everett Koop, D James
Kennedy, Orr and more, 256 pp, excellent historical information, $3
THE LORDS BALTIMORE, by Agle and Bacon, hb, xlib , mylar dj, "impressive
story of the six English Lords who were responsible for founding and
developing the colony of Maryland. ... a valuable picture of the
colonists, and of both England and America during the turbulent 17th and
18th centuries," written for young people, 134 pp, 1962/69, Holt Library
edition, vg cond, $14
YOUNG PAUL REVERE'S BOSTON, Epstein, GARRARD, 1966, hb, xlib, $7
THOMAS JEFFERSON, FATHER OF DEMOCRACY, Landmark, 1953, pictorial cover,
privately owned, $10
OLD IRONSIDES, THE FIGHTING CONSTITUTION, Landmark, 1955, exc cond,
privately owned copy, "Story of the U. S. S. Constitution, one of the
earliest iron-clad battleships of the US Navy, famous in the War of 1812
with the British navy. Ever since. Americans have used the name "Old
Ironsides" for their most famous and best loved ship." $14
THOMAS JEFFERSON, FATHER OF DEMOCRACY, Landmark, HB with dj, 1953, exc
cond,private owner, dj has some small tears (top of spine, corners,
edges), $14
YANKEE DOODLE PAINTER, hb, by Anne Colver, during 1876, Archibald Willard
painted a picture which he called "The SPirit of '76" and it became the
best-known, best-loved painting in the coutry practically overnight.
1955, Knopf, excellent book/biography, 176 pp, exc cond, xlib, $17
THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE, NORTHSTAR BOOK,neat gift inscription on first
inside page,1960, exc cond, VanWyck Mason, $8
1812, THE WAR AND THE WORLD, Walter Buehr, hb, dj, xlib, 1967 Rand
McNally, 9 x9, vg cond, $8- pending
AARON BURR, by William Wise, LIVES TO REMEMBER biography, hb, 1968,exc
cond,xlib, $5
PRESERVING AMERICA'S PAST, National Geographic Society, HB with dj, exc
cond, the pleasures of a living past, from untamed land to fertile
fields, cities that show their age proudly, of sail and steam and ships
of wood, fledgling days on wings and wheels, and more, 200 pp, 8 x 11, $4
CANDLE IN THE NIGHT, Howard, hb with mylar dj, 1952/66, Morrow Jr. Book,
"Tamsen was 18 when she left NY State and started on the long journey to
the West to join her brother. The West was Detroit in 1812....US would
soon be at war with Great Britian,.... written for girls of Junior high
age and up...braves the siege of Detroit in 1812 and in the process finds
her true love." xlib, $5
SUNRISE TO SUNSET, Samuel Hopkins Adams, hb with dj, historical fiction
for high school and older, "period and setting are based on the
development of cotton mills and factories in upper New York State in the
1830's, the expliotation of female labor and the establishment of the
first humane laws regulating wroking conditions in the mills." also a
romance, privately owned, Random House BCE, 1950, 314 pp, $7
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, BIOGRAPHIES OF OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVES, Whitney,
completely revised and updated by Robin Whitley, hb, exc cond, 2005,
every single President to date!! 653 pp, $20
FIRST BOOK: THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, Feinberg, Franklin Watts A First
Book, HB, exc cond, 1993, xlib, "surveys how our federal system operates,
discussing the Constitution and the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches of government, $8
THE FIRST BOOK EDITION OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, HB, xlib, well
used, cover re-taped/mended, with intro by Dwight D. Eisenhower and
illust by Fisher, Franklin Watts, 1960, $5
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE as written by Thomas Jefferson, 6 x 9
pamphlet, introduction by Earl Schenck Miers, printed in June 1955 for
the friends of the Curtis Paper Company, Newark Delaware, approx 20 pp/
unpageinated, slight yellowing, $8
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CONSTITUTION, Morris, xlib, vg cond, hb, 1958
,Franklin Watts, $9
THE ORIGINS OF THE CONSTITUTION, 1776-1789, Broderik, New Perspectives in
American History, 1964, 85 pp, sc, exc cond, $5
YOU AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, HB, xlib, vg cond, by
Witty and Kohler, Children's Press, 1948, includes What America Means to
Me, the Making of the Constitution, and the Constitution itself, 58 pp,
$10
OUR GREAT STATE PAPERS, The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution
of the United States, The Constitution of New Jersey, The history of and
pledge to the United States Flag, Winston Company, 1948, HB, 89 pp, vg
cond, signatures on blank back pages from classmates- this was evidently
given as a graduation gift in Buena Vista Township NJ in 1955, $12
THE POWERS OF CONGRESS, Cornerstones of Freedom sc, 32 pp, Children's
Press, 1995, $4
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, THE PRESIDENT WHO BECAME CHIEF JUSTICE, HB, xlib,
mylar dj, 220 pp, 1970, vg cond, by Bill Severn, author of many
biographies on American leaders, $14
FOUR DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA- 1776, hb, mylar dj, xlib, STORY OF THE Second
Continental Congress and their final decision to adopt and sign the
Declaration of Independence, draws on memoirs, letters, diaries of the
participants, excellent book, Crowell pub, 1967,this book looks like a
Landmark(it's not),$10
THROUGH THESE ARCHES, THE STORY OF INDEPENDENCE HALL, Katherine Milhous,
Lippincott, HB, xlib, 8 x10 , 1964, 96 pp, This is the story of a
building and a bell and all the history that goes with them, very
interesting book, vg cond, corners are well worn on cover though, $13
WE, THE PEOPLE, THE STORY OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL, US
CapitolHistorical Society publication, pb, over 140 pp, chocked full of
color photos, 1966, vg cond, $8
GREAT AMERICANS, like new, hb, 5x7, 32 pp, Parragon 2003, $3
THE BELL THAT RANG FOR FREEDOM; THE LIBERTY BELL AND ITS PLACE IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, hb, xlib, mylar dj, E P Dutton, 1965 stated first
edition, "Proclaim Liberty throughout all the Land unto all the
inhabitants thereof" Lev. XXV 10 is printed on the first page, 184 pp,
includes "casting the bell, taxation w/o representation, the deepening
crisis, the bell's great moment, Washington's Victory at Trenton, the
bell in hiding, the rising nation, the cracked bell, symbolism of the
bell", $12
OUR INDEPENDENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION, Landmark hb, mylar dj, xlib, very
good condition, 1950, $16
THE GOLDEN BOOK OF HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, hb, xlib, color
illustrations:
BUILDING THE NATION from 1983 to 1850- volume 4-
$4
WINNING THE WEST from 1865 to 1907- volume 6- $4
RACHEL CARSON, by Jean Lee Latham, A Discovery Book, hb, xlib, Garrard
1973, vg cond, $7
THE STORY OF THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER, 1965, vg cond, Cornerstone of
Freedom, Children's Press, xlib, $6
A MAN NAMED WASHINGTON, by Gertrude Norman, Illustrated by James Caraway,
1960, hb, xlib, $4-pending
GEORGE WASHINGTON BY GENEVIEVE FOSTER, hb, xlib, 1949, an Initial
Biography, vg cond, some soiling on cover and stickers from library, 95
pp, Scribners pub, ''$12
HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION: ABIGAIL ADAMS, HB, xlib,by Susan and John Lee,
a summary of the parson's daughter who was the wife of the second
President and the mother of the sixth,Children's Press, $5
HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION:THOMAS JEFFERSON, hb, Children's Press, 1974,
xlib, spine is fraying near back,$4
THOMAS JEFFERSON, MAN WITH A VISION, Crisman, Scholastic bio, like new,
pb, 152pp,rl4,1992, $2
JAMES MADISON, LIVES TO REMEMBER, HB, XLIB, 1965, 224 pp, "This is his
story, from the early days at Princeton to the climb up the political
ladder as a Confederation legislator representing Virginia, as Secretary
of State in Jefferson's Administration, as fourth President of the U.S.
He was famous too as a co-author of the Federalist, the papers that
became the Bible for those supporting the Constitution, and he was a
student of history, with a thorough knowledge of political confederations
dating back to ancient times." exc book, vg cond, $16
JAMES MONROE, HERO OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY, Gerson, Hall of Fame books, hb,
xlib, dj, ages 10 and up, grades 5 and up, 140 pp, 1969, vg cond, $7
OUR AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, From Washington through Clinton, 170 PP, this
book is packed with information and fun facts about Our American
Presidents; learn about the achievements of these interesting men in and
out of offie, also has puzzles and games to help you learn about the
Presidents, hobbies, nicknames, families, and much more, pb, exc cond,$3
FAMOUS AMERICANS,from M to Z, THE GOLDEN HISTORY BOOK OF THE UNITED
STATES, hb, includes MacArthur, McGuffy, Mann, Marion(Frances-Swamp Fox),
Maury, Monroe, Madison, Moody, Nast, Paine, Otis, Patton, Peary, Penn,
Pershing, Pierce, Pike, Pulitzer, Polk, Rickenbacker, Rockefeller,
Roebling, Rush, Roosevelt, Rutledge, Salk, Stone, Taft, Taylor, Taylor,
Tesla, Thoreau, Truman, VanBuren, Tyler, Wilson, Witherspoon, Wythe,and
dozens more, 183 pp, photos of most of them, $5
ELECTING OUR PRESIDENTS, Helen Stone Peterson, 1970, 96 pp, HB, Garrard
Pub," Traces the history of Presidential elections in the United States
including the changing role of the electoral college, the extension of
the vote to blacks and women, and the different methods used in
campaigns", $7
THE FIRST LADIES, 1985, White House Historical Foundation, sc, 7 x 10,
exc cond, 90 pp, one page has the portrait, the other the biography, $16
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE BOOK OF THE PRESIDENTS AND FAMOUS AMERICANS, , 1967
HB, volume 6 which includes Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S Grant, and
Rutherfor B Hayes, and 21 famous Americans such as Charles Adams, Salmon
Chase, Schuyler Colfax, Horace Greeley, William Wheeler, Samuel Tilden,
Thaddeus Stevens, William Seward, and Robert E Lee, and many more,
colorful period illustrations and photos, each President has a picture
portfolio section as well, $5
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE BOOK OF THE PRESIDENTS AND FAMOUS AMERICANS, VOLUME
9, includes Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and 23 famous
Americans such as Fitzgerald, Dreiser, Byrd, La Follette, Lindbergh,
Marshall, Pershing , Rickenbacker, Wright, Alvin York,and many more,
1967, hb, colorful period illustrations and photos, each President has a
picture portfolio section too, $5
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