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The Great Design: Two Lectures on the Smithson Bequest. . .Edited, with an Introduction, by Wilcomb E. Washburn. Foreword by L.H. Butterfield.

By: ADAMS, John Quincy.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington:, Smithsonian Institution, 1965.: 1965

Seller ID: BL1309

Series: Smithsonian Publication No. 4643. 8vo. 95 pp. Two color title (printed in sienna and black), plates. Quarter navy cloth with marbled paper sides, gilt-stamped spine title, dust-jacket; jacket chipped. Burndy bookplate. Very good.
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A Rising People: The Founding of the United States, 1765 to 1789. A Celebration from the Collections of the American Philosophical Society, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, The Library Company of Philadelphia.

By: American Philosophical Society.

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Philadelphia:, American Philosophical Society, 1976.: 1976

Seller ID: BL2541

FIRST EDITION. 4to. x, 292 pp. Profusely illustrated. Brown cloth, black stamped cover and spine titles, dust-jacket; jacket shows a small amount of wear. Bookplate of the Burndy Library. Near fine. First Edition.
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The Bill of Rights, James Madison's Legacy.

By: BURRESS, Richard T.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Stanford:, Hoover Institute, (1989).: 1989

Seller ID: S12437

23 cm. 83 pp. Appendices. Blue and white printed wrappers in original envelope. AUTHOR DEDICATION INSCRIPION: "To my friend & classmate, Ham [Hamilton] Kelly. With best wishes, Dick Burress." Fine. Richard Thomas Burress (1922-2013), former US marine (WWII) and attorney, was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution with extensive background in government.
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Critical Essays on Benjamin Franklin.

By: BUXBAUM, Melvin H.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Boston:, G.K. Hall, (1987).: 1987

Seller ID: BL1764

ISBN: 0816186995

Series: Critical Essays on American Literature. 8vo. viii, 214 pp. Index. Quarter navy cloth with beige cloth sides, silver stamped spine title. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0816186995
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Gertrude of Wyoming; a Pennsylvanian tale. And other poems.

By: CAMPBELL, Thomas (1777-1844).

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London:, T. Bensley, Published for the Author, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809.: 1809

Seller ID: B2034

4to. [iv], 134 pp. Lacks ads and errata slip. Quarter green calf, calf corners, gilt-ruled covers, gilt spine; extremities worn, rubbed. Bookplate of Auchincruive. Very good. FIRST EDITION of Thomas Campbell's famous poem about the notorious Indian attack against the settlement of Wyoming, Pennsylvania in 1778. This attack, led by the Mohawk warrior Brandt has been called "the surpassing horror of the Revolution." Also includes Campbell's poems "Ye mariners of England," and "The battle of the Baltic," here printed for the first time. Thomas Campbell was educated at Gla...
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Ferdinand V. Hayden: entrepreneur of science.

By: CASSIDY, James G.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Lincoln:, University of Nebraska Press, (2000).: 2000

Seller ID: BL1579

ISBN: 080321507X

8vo. xxv, 389 pp. 11 illus., bibliog., index. Black cloth, silver-stamped spine title, dust jacket. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 080321507X Dust jacket present.
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Benjamin Franklin and a Rising People. Edited by Oscar Handlin.

By: CRANE, Verner Winslow.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Boston:, Little, Brown, (1954).: 1954

Seller ID: BL1770

FIRST EDITION. Series: The Library of American Biography. 8vo. x, 219 pp. Index. Blue cloth, blind stamped cover title, gilt-stamped spine title; spine title a bit rubbed. Burndy bookplate. Very good. First Edition.
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The Saga of the Pony Express.

By: DI CERTO, Joseph J.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Missoula:, Mountain Press, 2002.: 2002

Seller ID: BL2198

ISBN: 0878424520

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. ix, 245 pp. Frontis., photos and illustrations (including title and half-title), index. Printed wrappers. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0878424520 First Edition.
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Meriwether Lewis: A Biography.

By: DILLON, Richard.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York:, Coward-McCann, (1965).: 1965

Seller ID: BL2199

8vo. xv, 365 pp. Plates, index. Light orange cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, dust-jacket. Burndy bookplate. Near fine.
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Glen Canyon Dammed: Inventing Lake Powell and the Canyon Country.

By: FARMER, Jared.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Tucson:, University of Arizona Press, (1999).: 1999

Seller ID: BL2207

ISBN: 0816519927

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xxviii, 269 pp. Photos, maps, index. Blue paper boards, gilt-stamped spine title, dust-jacket. Burndy bookplate. Fine. ISBN: 0816519927 First Edition.
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Ancient Life in Mexico and Central America. Illustrated.

By: HEWETT, Edgar L.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York:, Biblo and Tannen, 1968: 1968

Seller ID: BL1963

Reprint. 8vo. 364 pp. Plates, index. Dark blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Burndy bookplate. Near fine.
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The Italians and the Creation of America: An Exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University.

By: HOUGH, Samuel J. (comp.).

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Providence, RI:, [Brown University], 1980.: 1980

Seller ID: BL2590

4to. 83 pp. Three color title with decorative border (printed in green, blue, and black), 2 color plates, 29 black and white plates, index. Printed wrappers. Bookplate of the Burndy Library. Near fine.
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Wellsprings of a Nation: America before 1801. A Bicentennial Exhibition from the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society at the Worcester Art Museum, April 19 â€“ June 5, 1977.

By: PARKER, Rodger D.

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Worcester:, AAS, 1977.: 1977

Seller ID: BL2592

ISBN: 0912296135

First printing. 8vo. v, 141 pp. Full page illustrations and reproductions. Printed wrappers; faint offsetting to front cover. Bookplate of the Burndy Library. Near fine. ISBN: 0912296135 First Edition.
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Selected Prose of John Wesley Powell. Edited & Introduced by George Crossette. .

By: POWELL, John Wesley.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston:, David R. Godine, 1970.: 1970

Seller ID: BL1274

8vo. vii, 122 pp. Frontis., photos. Green cloth, printed paper spine label, dust-jacket. Burndy bookplate. Near fine. Limited Edition of 1500 copies.
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Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etablissements & du commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes.

By: RAYNAL, Guillaume-Thomas-Francois, abbe (1713-1796); Denis DIDEROT (contributor) (1713-1784).

Price: $1,250.00

Publisher: The Hague:, Chez Gosse, Fils, 1774.: 1774

Seller ID: BL4658

7 volumes. 8vo. xii, 4, 604; viii, 434; xii, 612; viii, 417, [1]; xii, 416; viii, 406; viii, 448 pp. Half-titles (vols. 1, 3, 5, 7), 7 engraved plates, 7=4 [meaning 7 large folding engraved maps are present, as issued, of which 4 are unique and 3 are duplicates, again as issued] (vols. 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 have the same two maps, each marked "Tome 1&2" - or â€“ "Tome 3&4"), V: Gulf of Mexico; VI & VII: (2 copies) large folding eng. map of North America, errata. Original full mottled calf, ornate gilt spines, dual leather gilt-stamped spine labels; some wear to extremities. Uni...
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Reflections on the Nature of Leadership.

By: SMITH, Page.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C.:, Anderson House; The Society of the Cincinnati, 1982.: 1982

Seller ID: BL3959

The fourth George Rogers Clark lecture, Feb. 25, 1979. 8vo. 38 pp. Portrait. Cloth. Fine.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition.

By: [Lewis and Clark] FLANDRAU, Grace.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: No place given:, Great Northern Railway, [1927].: 1927

Seller ID: M11290

8vo. 55, appendix [9] pp. Illustrations, fold-out map. Original printed wrappers; small spot on front cover. Very good. The appendix features two facsimile letters written by Captain Meriwether Lewis to his mother.
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Image for The Lynn Directory and Register for the year 1841. Containing a general description of the town, a list of the town officers, public institutions, the names and occupations of the residents, and other useful information. Vol. 1, no. 1.

The Lynn Directory and Register for the year 1841. Containing a general description of the town, a list of the town officers, public institutions, the names and occupations of the residents, and other useful information. Vol. 1, no. 1.

By: [Lynn, Massachusetts].

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Lynn, Massachusetts:, Benjamin F. Roberts, 1841.: 1841

Seller ID: BL4551

12mo. 71, [1], 12 pp. Ads. Original brown quarter cloth, printed boards; corners showing, some light soiling, foxed. Ownership inscription: Ann Buffum Percival. Apparently all published. Very good.
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Image for Vie de George Washington. Traduit de l'anglais, et dedie Ã¡ la Jeunesse Americaine, par A.N. Girault. Seconde edition, revue et corrigee avec soin.

Vie de George Washington. Traduit de l'anglais, et dedie Ã¡ la Jeunesse Americaine, par A.N. Girault. Seconde edition, revue et corrigee avec soin.

By: [WASHINGTON] Reed, Anna C.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia:, Henry Perkins; Boston, Perkins, Marvin and Co., 1835.: 1835

Seller ID: BL4555

12mo. xxiii, [1], (25)-321, [1] pp. Woodcut plates. Original quarter gilt-stamped calf; marbled boards; rubbed, joints starting, foxed. Good. Ownership signatures (3) of William H. Bertholf[?], Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Category: Americana