Historical Introduction (223 results)
Treasures Revealed: From the Paul Mellon Library of Americana
Mellon, Paul; Society, Virginia Historical; Bryan, Charles F., Jr. [Foreword]; Strohm, Robert F. [Introduction];
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More imagesSoft Gold: The Fur Trade & Cultural Exchange on the Northwest Coast of America (North Pacific Studies Series ; No. 14)
Vaughan, Thomas (Historical Introduction), Bill Holm (Ethnographic Annotations)
Language: English
Published by Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, Oregon, 1990
- Softcover
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 4to, xi, 297 pgs, index, biblio, illustrations (over 100 photographs of artifacts), maps. Second, Revised Edition. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: In near new condition. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Beautiful production on illustrating fur trade artifacts of the Pacific No…rthwest. This revised edition includes a new historical preface, new illustrations, and new research using all the available reference material available.
Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri: The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833-1872
Quaife (Historical introduction), Milo Milton; Hedren (introduction to th Bison Book Editoon), Paul L.
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- First Edition
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Bison Book Edition. Cover laminate is beginning to loosen at edges . 388 pages.
Language: English
Published by The Bookseller, Inc., Akron, OH, 2001
- Softcover
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.A Book By Its Cover
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Kentucky Quilts 1800-1900
Kentucky Quilt Project. Introduction & commentaries by Jonathan Holstein, historical text by John Finley
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Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 4to, 79 pp., color plates throughout. Wrappers a bit dull, handled and edgeworn.
Archpriest Avvakum: The LIFE written by Himself (Michigan Slavic Translations) (English and Russian Edition)
annotation,commentary and a historical introduction by K. Brostrom translator
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Includes List Of Object Plates, Bibliographical References, Index And Photo Credits. The Book Is Bound In Blue Paper Over One Quarter Black With Gilt Lettering And Decorative Rules On The Spine. Decorative… Rule On The Front. The Book Was Purchased New And Never Read. Mild Scratches On The Back.
Language: English
Published by Springfield, IL: Illinois State Historical Society, 1971., 1971
- Softcover
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
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79 pages (plus covers). Staple-bound paperback booklet: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Stiff paper covers, small impression from removed sticker at top right corner of front cover, slight toning to white rear cover. Binding is firm and pages are brigth and clean. A very good+ copy. Preface by Roger D. Bridges; Introduction and Notes by…H. Roger Grant; b/w illustrations. Pages 13-42 reprint "Communism; History of the Experiment at Nauvoo of the Icarian Settlement" with Selected Readings (pages 43-44) from the original 1917 pamphlet by Emile Vallet. Features the addition of an extended Appendix section (pages 49-79) which includes "Genealogical History of the Vallet Family," "A Man: or the Shoemaker and the Viscountess" from the Emile Vallet scrapbook, along with five letters by Vallet which were printed in the Keokuk, Iowa Weekly Gate City newspaper: "A Live Communist" from the December 24, 1885 issue; "Wants to Be an Editor" from January 7, 1886; "A Millionaire in a Tight Place" from February 11, 1886; "Educational: Our Present System of Education" from February 25, 1886; and "The Emancipation of the White Man" from April 15, 1886. ISBN 0912226064.
THE ART OF WAR (Sun Tzu)
Sun Tzu / Translated with Historical Introduction by Ralph D. Sawyer (with Mei-chun Lee Sawyer)
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in NF dust jacket. Reprint. Black hardcover with minor wear, very clean and tightly bound; an unmarked copy with bright & clean pages, red ribbon bookmarker bound in as issued; light wear to dust jacket, clean, not price-clipped. A lovely copy.
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Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.Granada Bookstore, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Includes List Of Object Plates, Bibliographical References, Index And Photo Credits. The Book Is Bound In Blue Paper Over One Quarter Black With Gilt Lettering And Decorative Rules On The Spine. Decorative Rule… On The Front. The Book Was Purchased New And Never Read.
Songs From the Williamsburg Theatre A Selection of Fifty Songs Performed on the Stage in Williamsburg in the Eighteenth Century
Molnar, John W. (introduction and Historical Commentaries by)
Language: English
Published by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA, 1972
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket. Arranged for Voice and Keyboard. Foreword by Carleton Sprague Smith. 227 pages. A couple very faint marks to covers and light foxing to page edges. Light page-length crease in half title page. Dust jacket has several small tears and chips in edges. 1 1/4" tear in front bottom…edge, 1/2" chip near back upper corner, and 3/4" piece missing from top of spine. Dust jacket now in mylar protector. International and priority shipping will be extra; please inquire.; 9 1/2 x 12 1/2".
In the Cage: Eyewitness Accounts of the Freed Negro in Southern Society, 1877-1929
Edited and with a Historical Introduction By Alton Hornsby Jr.
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- First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. A pristine copy, tight and crisp, with no signs of prior use or wear. The jacket has a touch of shelfwear, but is now protected by a mylar Brodart cover. Fast shipping world wide, with tracking number supplied to all US addresses.
Soft gold: The fur trade & cultural exchange on the northwest coast of America
Thomas - Historical Introduction & Annotation; Ethnographic Annotation by Holm, Bill Vaugnan
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Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Dog-eared pages Stained Wear and Tear Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. Illustrated (illustrator).
The Misfirtunate Margravine. The Early Memoirs of Wilhelmina, Margravine of Bayreuth, Sister of Frederick the Great
Wilhelmina, edited and with an historical introduction by Norman Rosenthal
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- First Edition
Seller: G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Cloth with a hint of foxing to foredge; in price-clipped jacket with publishers with publishers imprint label upside down at foot of spine. Plate illustrations in black & white reproducing period portraits, scenes. Forward by Pamela Hansford Johnson.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾"… tall.
Celebrate Our City Toronto: 150th Anniversary
Monk, Lorraine; Amiel, Barbara; with an Historical Introduction by Mike Filey
Language: English
Published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1983
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, CanadaEric James
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Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Oversized softcover, 160 pages, photographs in full colour and black-and-white on almost every page.
Japan: Photographs 1854-1905
Worswick, Clark (edited with a Historical Text by); Introduction by Jan Morris
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.Clausen Books, RMABA
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Boards. Condition: Very Good+. Near Fine (in mylar). First Edition. Ex-library copy, minimally stamped and stickered, else textblock is very clean and tight; Black boards. Unclipped dust jacket, minimally shelf worn, illustrated and mylar sleeved. 151pp., including bibliography. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photographs (illu…strator). Ex-Library Hardcover.
Imperial Lives & Letters Of the Eleventh Century (Records Of Western Civilization)
Robert L. Benson (Edited by); Karl F. Morrison (With Historical Introduction & New Suggested Readings by); Theodor E. Mommsen & Karl F. Morrison (Translated by)
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- First Edition
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Copyright © 2000. 223 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Margaret McKenna (Cover Design); Illumination Depicting Henr IV (Cover Image) (illustrator).
Imperial Lives & Letters Of the Eleventh Century (Records Of Western Civilization)
Robert L. Benson (Edited by); Karl F. Morrison (With Historical Introduction & New Suggested Readings by); Theodor E. Mommsen & Karl F. Morrison (Translated by)
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- First Edition
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Copyright © 2000. 223 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. Margaret McKenna (Cover Design); Illumination Depicting Henr IV (Cover Image) (illustrator).
Nothing to Fear: The Selected Addresses of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1932-1945
Edited, with an Introduction and Historical Notes By Zevin, B.D.; Foreword By Hopkins, Harry L.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946
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Hardcover. Condition: Good Only. Good Only. Slight musty smell; scuffs, soils, edge chips, tears, dampstaining, etc. A readable copy. 470 pages. Illustrated with Photographs (illustrator). Book.
Published by Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., New York, 1950
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. A very nice copy. A historical study on the Appleton, Century and Crofts companies leading to their merger. 533+ pages (last pages uncut). Illustrated. Book.
Published by State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, 1964
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Red boards are bright and crisp as is the dust jacket which is in a mylar sleeve. Facsimile reprint of the original edition published in 1863 by Jerome and Duncan. xvi, 192, xxxii pp.
CECILIA'S SIN; A NOVELLA. (Dust jacket title: "Cecelia's Sin; A Novella.")
Campbell, Will D. [Will Davis Campbell], 1924-2013. Eric W. Gritsch (Historical Introduction).
Language: English
Published by Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1983., 1983
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- First Edition
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
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Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). xii, 83, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Blue dust jacket rubbed; some scuffs and bumping at edges. Blue cloth; rear board's top fore-edge corner bumped. Foxing to text block's top edge. Past owner's ink signature on front pastedown but hidden underneath dj's fro…nt flap; same owner's personal blind-stamp on title leaf; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. With Dedication, Preface, Acknowledgments, and an historical introduction "Birth of the Baptist Movement" by Eric W. Gritsch. Born in Amite County, Mississippi, Baptist minister and civil rights activist Will D. Campbell (1924-2013) served as the longtime director of the Committee of Southern Churchmen and authored the much lauded BROTHER TO A DRAGONFLY which was a finalist for the 1978 National Book Award. ISBN 0865540861.
Treasures Revealed from the Paul Mellon Library of America
Mellon, Paul; Society, Virginia Historical; Strohm, Robert F. [Introduction]; Bryan, Charles F., Jr. [Foreword];
Language: English
Published by Virginia Historical Society & Howell press, 2001
- Hardcover
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Treasures Revealed from the Paul Mellon Library of America
Mellon, Paul; Society, Virginia Historical; Strohm, Robert F. [Introduction]; Bryan, Charles F., Jr. [Foreword];
Language: English
Published by Virginia Historical Society & Howell press, 2001
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. like new. book never used two deer on front of Dust jacket illustrated throughout.
Language: English
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston/Toronto, 1976
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- First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. First Edition. (1975) 448 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Title a bit rubbed. Top corner of front cover bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and few clos…ed tears to edges. Small chip to bottom corner of front panel. Illust. w/ color and b/w photos, and maps. Contents nice.
Published by BARNES & NOBLE, INC.
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
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Published by J. S. Canner & Company, Roxbury Crossing, MA, 1964
- Softcover
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Lists 739 items. ; 58 pages.
Published by Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1939
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Front blank and last page of text have slight foxing. Pages unopened.
More imagesWestward Journeys: Memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter Who Traveled the Overland Trail
Applegate, Jesse A & Porter, Lavinia Honeyman; Martin Ridge, Editor and Historical Introduction
Language: English
Published by The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelly & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1989
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- First Edition
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.Mattabesset Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelly & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA, December, 1989. First Edition Thus. Number 87 in the Lakeside Classics Series. The Applegate memoir was originally published as "A Day with the Cow Column in 1843" in The Overland Monthly, 1868 a…nd later published in 1900 Oregon Historical Quarterly 1. The Honeyman Porter memoir was originally published as "By ox team to California; a narrative of crossing the plains in 1860" Oakland, Calif., Oakland Enquirer Pub. Co., 1910. Fine condition. No Dust Jacket, as issued. Gently read. The Text Block is clean (handling visible on fore-edges), bright white, tight, straight and square with bright gilt topedge and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full brown cloth, color uniform throughout, with bright gilt logo of the publisher on the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. No Dust Jacket, as issued. See photos. lxiii, 416 pages. 4 1/2" x 6 7/8". The Lakeside Classics Series, vol. 87, containing numerous photos, illustrations and a map. The Overland Trail refers both to the Oregon Trail (taken by Applegate) and the California Trail (taken by Honeyman Porter). Historical Introduction by Martin Ridge who also edited the work.
Reliquary of English Song Volume One ( 1250 - 1700)
Potter, Frank Hunter Collected and Edited with Historical Introduction and Notes
Published by G. Schirmer, New York
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 114 page. The accompaniments harmonized and arranged by Charles Vincent and T. Tertius Noble. reprinting of the 1943 publication; 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 ".
