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------ADAMS, JOHN----------------------------------------------

JOHN ADAMS, by Page Smith. Doubleday, 1962. Two volumes. One dustjacket is missing, otherwise very good...$60

--------AFRICA------------------------------------------------------

ACHIEVEMENTS OF STANLEY, by J.T. Headley. Pub. by Union Publishing House, 1888. Richly illustrated. Cloth has a couple of small tears at bottom of spine, otherwise good...$50

BACK TO THE LONG GRASS: MY LIFE WITH LIVINGSTONE, by Dan Crawford. Pub. by the George H. Doran Co. Nicely illustrated. Cloth...G...$35

CAMPAIGN PICTURES OF THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA, by A.G. Hales. Pub. by Cassell and Co., Limited, 1900. Red cloth, some rubbing on spine, otherwise...VG...scarce...$100

DAVID LIVINGSTONE AND ALEXANDER MACKAY, pub. by The Sunday School Union, London. The stories of their lives. Green cloth. Good...$35

LIVINGSTONE: THE PATHFINDER, by Basil Mathews. Published by The Missionary Education Movement, 1912. Nicely illustrated. Gray cloth, VG...$30

LIVINGSTONE; LOST AND FOUND, by Josiah Tyler. Mutual Publishing Co., 1873. First edition. Green cloth worn at top and bottom of spine, otherwise good condition...$75

STANLEY IN AFRICA, A.H. Godbey. Pub. by Standard Publishing Co., 1889, lst edition. Very nicely illustrated. Brown cloth, some spots on front and back, a tear at top of spine, still a good copy...$30

STANLEY'S WONDERFUL ADVENTURE IN AFRICA, by J.T. Headley. Union Publishing House. Illustrated, green cloth, some rubbing, otherwise good condition...$50

WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE DARK CONTINENT. William Harding. The Dominion Co., 1899. The cause and events of the British-Boer war. Very good condition...$50

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AMERICAN STATESMAN, Published by Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1917. 40 volumes, complete, small books, DJ are fair to good, all books are VG+...$400

THE AMERICAN CHRONICLES. Yale University Press, 1921. Yale Edition, 50 volumes. Green cloth, one volume is a different shade of green, otherwise very good condition. Gold lettering very clear - a beautiful set...$500.

AUSTIN PEAY GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE, T. H. ALEXANDER, Southern Publishers, Inc., 1929, A collection of State papers and public addresses with a biography. Beautiful burgundy cloth with gold lettering. Very good...$40

--------BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS-------------------

THE MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, by himself and his wife, Mary Baird Bryan, pub. by Universal Book and Bible House, 1925. Many very nice illustrations. Black cloth...Good+...$100

--------CIVIL WAR--------------------------------------------- THE BELEAGUERED CITY: RICHMOND 1861-1865, by Alfred Holt Bill. Published by Knoph, 1946. Nicely illustrated. Gold lettering on spine is a little worn, otherwise good condition...$25

CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG, by Albert Doubleday. Pub. by Scribner's 1882. Campaigns of the Civil War. Blue cloth...G+...$50

GENERAL BOOTH, by George S. Railton. Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Illustrated. Red cloth, part of spine has tear, otherwise VG...$20 THE LEGACY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, by Edby Harold Woodman, John Wiley and Sons, 1973. X Library, blue cloth...$10

LEE'S LIEUTENANTS, by Douglas S. Freeman. Scribner's, 1942. Three volumes, good condition...$125

THE LEES OF VIRGINIA, byBurton J. Hendrick. Little, Brown and Co., 1935. First edition, blue cloth, VG...$60

THE LETTERS OF JOHN STUART BLACKIE TO HIS WIFE, edited by Archibald S. Walker. Pub. by Blackwood and Sons, 1909. Green cloth...G+...$40

THE OUTBRAK OF REBELLION, by John G. Nicolay. Pub. by Scribner's 1881. The beginnings of The Civil War, Illustrated. Cloth...G...$40

THE PAPERS OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, edited by H. M. Monroe Jr. and James McIntosh. Published by the Louisiana State U. Press, 1971. Four Volumes, illustrated. All volumes and dustjackets are in very good condition...$100

REVEILLIE IN WASHINGTON: 1860-1865, by Margaret Leech. Harper, 1941. Very nicely illustrated. Blue cloth

STONEWALL JACKSON AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, by G.F.R. Henderson, pub. by Longmans, Green and Co., 1906. Two volumes, with portraits, maps and plans, including a foldout color map. Red cloth, a small tear at top of spine of one of the volumes, otherwise...G...$125

WHO GOES THERE?, by B.H. Benson. Pub. by MacMillan, 1900. The story of a spy in the Civil War. Gray cloth, nice copy...$15

---------CLAY, HENRY------------------------------------------

THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF HENRY CLAY, by Epes Sargent. Pub. by Derby and Miller, 1852. Cloth, really nice copy...$50

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A DEFENSE OF AMERICAN POLICY, by Thomas R. Whitney. Pub. by De Witt and Davenport, 1856. The interference of the Papacy in the political interests of the United States. Cloth...G...$30

--------ENGLAND----------------------------------------------------

HISTORY OF ENGLAND, by David Hume, pub. by Wheeler, 1826. 13 volumes, very nicely illustrated. Brown leather, marble boards, 1 volume has been repaired, unnoticed on shelf, this is a very nice set...$450

HISTORY OF ENGLAND, by James Froude. Pub. by Scribner's, no publication date given, appears to be late 1800's. 12 volumes, cloth, a couple of small tears and some wear...$100

SKETCHES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY, by Arthur M. Wheeler. Pub. by Chautauqua Press, 1886. Illustrated. Brown cloth, nice copy...$25

--------FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN-------------------------------

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BEN FRANKLIN, by Henry Steele Commager, illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton. Pub. by the Illustrated Modern Library, 1944. Very nicely illustrated...$20

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, pub. by order of the Mass. General Court, 1906. The 200th anniversary of Ben Franklin's birth...Black cloth, a little wear at top and bottom of spine, still a very nice copy...$25

----------FRANCE----------------------------------------------------

COURT LIFE IN THE SECOND FRENCH EMPIRE, by Homme Rouge. Pub. by Scribner's, 1907. Green cloth, some wear, otherwise good...$15

FRANCE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, by Elizebeth Latimer. Pub. by McClury and Co., 1898. Cloth...VG...$25

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, by Thomas Carlyle. Pub. by Crowell and Co. No publication date given, but appears to be the late 1800's. Two volumes, cloth, very nice illustrations, very nice set...$60

--------FREMONT, JOHN CLARLES----------------------------

EXPLORATIONS AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JOHN CHARLES FREMONT, by Charles W. Upham. Pub. by Ticknor and Field, 1856, 1st edition. Illustrated. Blue cloth, some wear at top and bottom of spine, otherwise good...$40

THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JOHN CLARLES FREMONT, by John Bigelow. Pub. by Derby and Jackson, 1856. Brown cloth...G+ ...$60

--------GARFIELF, JAMES A.-------------------------------------

THE LIFE OF JAMES A. GARFIELD, by R.H. Conwell. Pub. by Russell and Co., 1880. Green cloth, a few stains on front, otherwise VG...$30

GREAT MEN AND GALLANT DEEDS, by John G. Edgar. Lee and Shepard Publishers. No publication date is given, but it appears to be around 1900. Decorative cloth, really nice copy...$30

--------HARDING, WARREN G.----------------------------------

THE STRANGE DEATH OF PRESIDENT HARDING, by Gaston B. Means. Guild Publishing Co., 1930. Black cloth...G...$25

--------HITLER----------------------------------------------------

DER FUEHRER, by Konrad Heiden, pub. by Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1844. Hitler's rise to power.. Red cloth, cover spotted, Still a good copy...$25

MY NEW ORDER, by Adolf Hitler, edited by Raoul de Sales. Pub. by Reynol and Hitchcock, 1941. Black cloth, small tear at top, otherwise good...$60

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IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN, by William Carlos Williams, pub. by Boni, 1925. Black cloth...Good...$100

--------INDIANS----------------------------------------------------

HISTORY OF THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC, by Francis Parkman, Jr., pub. by Little and Brown, 1851. The war of the North American tribes against the English Colonies and the conquest of Canada. Includes map. Gray cloth...Good...$125

HISTORY OF THE INDIANS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, pub. by Brown and Tagard, 1860. Part of Cabinet Lirary. Black cloth, a tear on spine, otherwise good...$50

MASSACRES OF THE MOUNTAINS., by J.P. Dunn, Jr. Pub. by Archer House. A history of the Indian wars of the far West. Nicely illustrated. Red cloth, spot on spine, otherwise...G+...$20

--------KENNEDY, JOHN F.----------------------------------------

KENNEDY, by Theodore Sorensen, pub. by Harper and Row, 1965, First Edition. Ex. Lib., Book and DJ...Good...$25

LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF AMERICAN HISTORY, pub. by Rand and Mann, 1849. Part of the Cabinet Library. Nicely illustrated. Red cloth, spine worn at top and bottom, otherwise good...$50

--------LINCOLN, ABRAHAM-------------------------------------

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by Carl Sandburg. Scribner's, 1941. Six volumes, illustrated, good condition...$125

THE LIFE OF LINCOLN, by Ida Tarbell. Published by the Lincoln History Society, 1903. Many illustrations. Four volumes, brown leather, gilt decorated, small piece of leather missing from one volume, otherwise very good condition. A nice set...$200

LINCOLN AND OTHERS, by Thomas Curtis Clark, Pub. by Doran, 1923. Small volume, brown cloth...G...$20

---------MEXICO------------------------------------------------------

CONQUEST OF MEXICO, by Williamby Thomas H. Ru Prescott. Lippincott and Co, 1880. 12 volumes. Brown cloth, nicely decorated, in very good condition. A very beautiful set....$250.

HISTORY OF SOUTH AMERICA AND MEXICO, pub. by Huntington, 1826. Full leather...Good...$150

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MILITARY AIRCRAFT OF THE WORLD, by Taylor and Swanborough. Ian Allan Ltd., London, 1979. Many illustrations. Red cloth...VG...$15

MUSSILINI: THE WILD MAN OF EUROPE, by John Bond. Independent Publishing Co., 1929. Black cloth, nicely illustrated, G...$25

--------NAPOLEON BONAPARTE---------------------------------

DRAKE, NELSON AND NAPOLEON, by Sir , sketches, VG...$30

ENGLAND AND NAPOLEON III, by Franklin Charles Palm. Pub. by Duke University Press, 1948. The study of the rise of a Utopian dictator. DJ - G, BOOK - VG...$15

THE EXILE OF ST. HELENA, Phillipe Gonnard. Pub. by William Heinemann, London, 1909. Red cloth, nicely illustrated...G+...$40

THE FIRST NAPOLEON, edited by the Earl of Kerry. Houghton and Mifflin, 1926. Unpublished documents from the Bowood papers. Illustrated. Blue cloth...VG...$30

THE GREAT NAPOLEON'S MOTHER, by Clara Tschudi, edited by E.M. Cope. Putnam, 1900. Color portrait. Red cloth, frayed at top and bottom of spine, otherwise good condition...$40

JOSEPHINE: THE EMPRESS AND HER CHILDREN, by Nina Epton. Norton and Co., 1976. Illustrated. Small tear on DJ, Book...VG...$15

LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, by William Milligan Sloane. Pub. by The Century Co., 1909. Four oversized volumes, nicely illustrated, many full page. Burgundy cloth, very good condition. This is a great set...$150

MANNERS AND MURDERS IN THE WORLD OF LOUIS NAPOLEON, by Roger L. Williams. University of Washington Press, 1975. DJ has a couple of tears, book VG...$15

THE MANUSCRIPT OF ST. HELENA, transcribed by Willard Parker. D. Appleton and Co., 1924. Illustrated. Ex. Library. Blue cloth...VG...$25

MEMOIRS OF THE EMPEROR, by Madame Junot. Pub. by the St. Dunstan Society, 1901. Three volumes. Red cloth, labels...G...$75

NAPOLEON AND BLUCHER, by L. Murlbach. Pub. by Appleton, 1867. A historical novel with several very nice full page illustrations. Black cloth...VG...$70

NAPOLEON AND BLUCHER, by L. Murlbach. Pub. by Appleton, 1867. A historical novel with several very nice full page illustrations. Black cloth, torn at top of spine, otherwise good condition...$50

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, BY J.M. Thompson. Oxford University Press, 1952. Aqua cloth...VG...$40

NAPOLEON AND HIS WOMEN FRIENDS, by Gertrude Aretz. Lippincott, 1927. 16 nice illustrations. Green cloth...VG...$30

NAPOLEON IN CAPTIVITY, by Julian Park. Pub. by The Century Co., 1927. Blue cloth...G...$25

NAPOLEON III AND LADY STUART, by Pierre de Lono. Pub. by Tait and Sons, 1894. Green cloth...G+...$30

NAPOLEON: THE LAST PHASE, by Lord Rosebery. Harper, 1901. Red cloth...G+...$25

NAPOLEON THE MAN, by Dimitri Merezhkowsky. Pub. by Dutton and Co., 1928. Red cloth...G...$30

NAPOLEON'S CAMPAIN IN RUSSIA, by Dr. A. Rose. Pub. by the Author, 1913. Red cloth, many sketches...VG...$30

THE PERSONALITY OF NAPOLEON, by Holland Rose. Putnam, 1912. Brown cloth...G...$40

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, by Arthur Levy. Scribner's, 1894. 2 Volumes. Brown cloth, a small tear, otherwise...G...$75

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, by Octave Aubry. Pub. by Lippincott, 1947. Illustrated. Green cloth...G..$20

THE SECRET OF THE COUP D'ETAT, unpublished correspondence of Prince Louis Napoleon and others. Putnam, 1924. Blue cloth, nicely illustrated, VG...$50

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TIMES IN THE COLONIES, by Charles C. Coffin, pub by Harper, 1880. ORATORY AND ORATORS, by William Mathews. Pub. by Griggs and Co., 1879. Green cloth...G...$30

THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY. H. G. Wells. The MacMillan Co., 1922. Third edition, red cloth, very good condition....$40

--------PILGRIMS---------------------------------------------- JOURNAL OF THE PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH, by George Cheever. Pub. by John Wiley Co., 1848. Red cloth, front a little dulled, still a very nice copy...$60

PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS AMERICANS IN PARIS, by John Conway. Pub. by John Lane Co., 1912. 32 illustrations. Red cloth, small tear at top, otherwise good...$30

--------REVOLUTIONARY WAR----------------------------------

HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, by George Washington Greene. Pub. by Ticknor and Field, 1865, lst ed. Illustrated. Btown cloth, a tear on spine, otherwise good...$30

HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE HALL, by D.L. Belisle. Pub. by James Challen and Son, 1859. Blue cloth, worn at top and bottom of spine, otherwise good...$40

PAUL REVERE AND THE WORLD HE LIVED IN, by Esther Forbes. Houghton and Mifflin, 1942. Illustrated. DJ has tears at top and bottom, book is VG...$30

--------SLAVERY---------------------------------------------------

THE LIBERTY BELL, by Friends of Freedom. Pub. by the Anti-slavery Bazaar, 1852. Cloth, spine and cover - Fair, Text is good...$40

TEACHINGS OF PATRIOTS AND STATESMEN, by Ezra B. Chase. Pub. by J.W. Bradley, 1860. The founders of the Republic reflect on slavery. Cloth...VG...$150

WRITINGS AND SPEECHES OF WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, pub. by Walcutt, 1852. Worn at top of spine, otherwise...Good...$100

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WITH THE INVADER: GLIMPSES OF THE SOUTHWEST, by Edwards Roberts. Pub. by Carson and Co., 1885. First edition, illustrated. Spince in fair + condition, but text is fine...$75

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STARLAND, Sir Robert Ball, pub. by Ginn and Co., 1892. Talks with young people about the wonders of history. Illustrated. Cloth...Good...$30

----------TEXAS----------------------------------------------------------

SAM HOUSTON: THE RAVEN, by Marquis James. Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1929. First edition, nicely illustrated. Red cloth, small tear at top of spine, otherwise good condition...$40

---------TITANIC--------------------------------------------------------- THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS, edited by Logan Marshall. Book was published in 1912, has many photographs and illustration. G...$60

-----------UNITED STATES HISTORY--------------------------- HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, by George Bancroft. Pub. by Little, Brown and Co., 1866. 10 volumes, some very nice illustrations. Cloth, a couple of small tears, otherwise good...$175

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, by George Bancroft. Pub. by Little, Brown and Co., 1841. Three volumes, some very nice illustrations, plus a hand-colored map. Cloth...VG...$100

HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, by John Clark Rudpath. Pub. by Elliott and Madison Co., 1914. 12 volumes, leather, worn, has the been read look...G...$180

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WONDER STORIES OF HISTORY. by Mrs. Frances A Murphy and others. Pub. by Lothrop and Co., 1886, First Edition. Many very nice full page illustrations...VG...$30

--------WORLD WAR I----------------------------------------------

AMERICA'S WAR FOR HUMANITY, by Thomas H. Russell, pub. 1918. Nicely illustrated. Blue cloth...Very Nice Copy...$40

GREAT WAR: THE SOUL OF A NATION, by M.D. Holmes, Winston, 1932. Nicely illustrated. Small bit of cloth rubbed from spine, otherwise a very nice copy...$25

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR, Francis A. March. Pub. by George A Parker Co., 1918. Many, many illustrations.G...$50

STORIES OF THE GREAT WAR, by Newell D. Hills, pub by Revell Co., 1915. Red cloth...VG...$30

THE WORLD WAR FOR LIBERTY, edited by Frederick Drinker, pub. by National Pub. Co., 1918. Many very nice illustrations. Red cloth...Very Nice Copy...$40

--------WORLD WAR II----------------------------------------------

GENERAL IKE, by Alden Hatch. Pub. by Consolidated Book Publishers, 1944. Peoples Book Club Edition. Cloth...G+...$15

THE GOEBBELS DIARIES, introduction and notes by Louis P. Lockner. Doubleday, 1948. DJ is plenty torn, Book is good...$15

HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II, by Francis Miller, pub. by Winston, 1945. The Armed Forces Memorial Edition. Many Illustrations. Blue cloth...Very nice copy...$40

PEARL HARBOR ATTACK, from the hearings of the joint committee on the investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack, pub. by the Government Printing Office, 1946, parts one and two in one volume. Brown leather, very nice copy...$40

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