A landmark work in Delaware Indian history. Weslager published numerous texts on the Delawares and those native Americans that once lived in Delaware and adjacent... Read More
From the publishers: “The average North Carolinian of 1860 had seen drastic changes during his lifetime. He had seen the large planter growing more and... Read More
First edition of this comprehensive and early look at antebellum North Carolina. Inscribed and autographed by the author, thus: “To Gerald W. Johnson. This is... Read More
First published by Scribner’s under the title “Hard Wood,” a short novel set at the outset of the American Civil War; a story of murder... Read More
Anthropologist and conservationist Grinnell’s ethnographical observations upon the native American Plains culture. ANB: “Becoming increasingly interested in Plains Indians, [Grinnell] made summer trips to reservations... Read More
A minister’s wife tells her adventures on the backwoods circuit. This wife has little patience for women; often making disparaging comments of their low morals... Read More
Between 1900 to 1945, Delaware whipped over 1600 prisoners. A centuries old tradition of doing so preceded this time frame. “Originally the ‘post’ in southern... Read More
Inscribed and signed by the author, thus: “For Kenneth who shared my desire for another kind of history.” (Kenneth M. Kolb’s bookplate neatly affixed inside... Read More
First Edition of this important collection of American balladry, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr., Archivist of the Virginia Collections of Ballads. Davis, Jr. presents... Read More
First Edition of this important collection of American balladry, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr., Archivist of the Virginia Collections of Ballads. Davis, Jr. signs... Read More
An eight-line inscription from Upton Sinclair to professor George J. Becker, thanking this man and mentioning George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Mann in passing. Sinclair’s... Read More
Presented by the publisher, Arthur H. Clark, to James A. Robertson, one of the editors of the fifty-five volume The Philippine Islands 1493–1898. The present... Read More
More than just a city directory, a healthy section within, pp.4–60, devoted to the history of West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Further, numerous local advertisements... Read More
Lovely copy. Autographed on the dedication page by both author, Amy Oakley, and illustrator, Thornton Oakley. New York: Appleton-Century, (1947). 278p., map endpapers. First Edition... Read More
A handsome edition of Hamilton’s 1744 journey narrative, and with scenes from his travels, illustrated in facsimile with leaves from his journal. DAB: “His report... Read More
Flake & Draper 5122 notes the author, Alexander Kelley McClure (1828–1909), had previously written a similar work, in 1869, which included “....a trip through Utah... Read More
The unlikely story of Trick E. Dixon, peace-loving Quaker and President of the United States of America. Farce, fantasy, indignant indictment of the times in... Read More
Once an expensive toy, this is story of the automobile, its evolution, and how—during the early 1930s—it was slowly becoming a mandatory article of life... Read More
Collection of ten books printed by Walter Kahoe at The Rose Valley Press in Moylan, Pennsylvania. Kahoe’s diminutive books were printed by letterpress, bound, and... Read More
With a wonderful masthead showing Nick Carter in his many disguises (a Chinese man, a woman, a hayseed, a gruff bully, in blackface), here is... Read More
With a wonderful masthead showing Nick Carter in his many disguises (a Chinese man, a woman, a hayseed, a gruff bully, in blackface), here is... Read More
With a wonderful masthead showing Nick Carter in his many disguises (a Chinese man, a woman, a hayseed, a gruff bully, in blackface), here is... Read More
Frontier adventure, wild Indians, and a Creole or two, and with such ejaculations as “It beats the Jews!” Rare; OCLC returns one copy only at... Read More
Rare; OCLC returns no physical copies. Set in Baltimore, action begins with a young lady apparently poisoned with an overdose of laudanum. New York: Norman... Read More
Rare; OCLC returns one copy with descriptors suggesting this is a tale set within Fort Des Moines Iowa, a story of native Americans, scouts, brigands... Read More
