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Text Box: American Past, The; A History of the United States from Concord to the Nuclear Age by Butterfield, Roger. ©1957 New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. Beautifully illustrated history of the U.S., with excellent photos, cartoons and drawings. Portfolio of full-page cartoons in color. 511 pp. 19 x 25 cm. Red cloth on board, only slight trace of wear, no dj. Very good. (3254) $17.00. History American Review, The;The American Review of Reviews, March 1928 Shaw, Albert, Editor 1928 New York, NY: Review of Reviews Corp. Over 100 pages of advertisements. Frontispiece photo of Mr. And Mrs. Herbert Hoover--he will enter the Republican presidential primary in Ohio. How to Enforce Prohibition by William G. McAdoo, leader of the "Dry" Democrats. Views of Southern Leaders on Prohibition. 214 pp. 16 x 24 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (6287) $15.00. History Ancient History of the Carthaginians, Assyrians, Medes and Persians and Grecians--Vol. II of eight vols. Vol. II only. by Rollin, Charles 1842 New York, NY Robinson, Pratt & Co., 63 Wall Street This second volume tells history of Carthaginians, Assyrians, Medes and Persians, origins of Greece, history of Persians and Grecians. 349 pp. 11.5 x 19 cm. Leather on board, very worn. Edges, hinges missing leather. Binding firm. Fair condition. (0928) $20.00. History. Aptucxet Trading Post, The; The First Trading Post of the Plymouth Colony with an Account of its Restoration on the Original Foundations by Lombard, Percival Hall 1934 Bourne, MA: Bourne Historical Society. Author, Percival Hall Lombard was President of the Bourne Historical Society (1921-1932). Colonists at Plymouth were getting badly squeezed by their creditors in London and saw that if they were ever going to pay off their debt they would have to control the entire trade of the Colony. Governor Bradford, together with Capt. Miles Standish, Isaac Allerton. Edward Winslow and others made an agreement with their creditors for the complete control of trade in beaver, other furs, sassafras, lumber, etc. for six years. This booklet relates the history of the trade and the trading post that was created. Includes map and photos of excavations, plan of foundations, some objects found within the foundations and detailed story of efforts to built a replica. Booklet notes that sudden death of author left his narrative unfinished, but Trading Post today is a memorial to him. 30 pp. 16.7 x 24.5 cm. Book (this is original 1934 booklet, not a reprint). Blue heavy paper cover sunned, staple bound. Staples rusted, good. (7562) $16.00. History Aroostook War: Disturbance in Maine (to accompany bill H.R. 1176) February 28, 1839; Report (no. 314) on the Disturbances relating to claims of Great Britain upon the northern part of the State of Maine by Mr. Howard, U.S. Congressman 1839 Washington, DC: United States Congress. Report from Congressman Howard of the Committee on Foreign Affairs relating to disputed territory on the border between New Brunswick, territory of Great Britain, and Maine, of the United States. Canadian and American Lumberjacks ventured into the disputed territory, and in February 1839 some 10,000 men of the Maine Militia marched to the area and the disturbance grew into "The Aroostook War", also called "The Pork and Beans War". This report describes a bill giving to the President of the United States additional powers for the defense of the United States. On March 2, 1839, just two days after this report, Congress debated this issue, and the dispute was finally settled by the signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. 7 pp. 16 x 24 cm. Paper booklet, worn, fair. (7797) $25.00. History/American History Atlantic Monthly, April, 1937, Vol. 159 No. 4 Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Press 137 pp. 16 x 25 cm. London on Edge by John Gunther, a colorful description of Death of the King, funeral, press coverage at Sandringham, Britain's reaction to Hitler's reoccupation of the Rhineland, and a long string of personalities Gunther visits with, including Pandit Nehru, H.H. Asquith, David Low, Clement Attlee, H.G. Wells, Jimmie Sheean, Liddell Hart and Aldous Huxley. Also Fear the Facts and Fool the Women by Margaret Dana, and Lawrence (of Arabia) An Unofficial Portrait by Eric H. Kennington, artist. Colorful ad for Lucky Strike on back cover, promising "throat protection" from a light smoke. Periodical, red cover, edges frayed and worn, very good. (3296) $18.50. History. Attack on Fort Sumter, The by A. Bobbett, Sc. ca. 1870. Engraving shows Southern solders firing cannons at United States Fort Sumter, to initiate the Civil War, 1860. I picture 18 x 12 cm. Paper engraving, removed from book, good. (3554) 19.00. History/Civil War/Art Aviation, the Oldest American Aeronautical Magazine, February 1, 1926, Vol. XX No. 5 LePage, W. Laurence, editor. Highland, NY: Gardner Publishing Co. Cover photo shows naval formation in flight. The Spain-Argentina Flight. Aerial Battleships--French are experimenting with four-engine airplanes. Wright Apache Shipboard Fighter. Huff Daland Activities. Modern Hangars. New policy for command of Aircraft Carriers in U.S. Navy. 36 pp. 22 x 31 cm. Periodical, cover lightly soiled, spine torn bottom 8 cm. Good. (5594) $15.00. History/Aviation/Navy Aviation, the Oldest American Aeronautical Magazine, February 8, 1926, Vol. XX No. 6 LePage, W. Laurence, editor. Highland, NY: Gardner Publishing Co. Cover photo shows aerial view of Brooks Field, San Antonio, TX. Colonel William (Billy) Mitchell Resigns from the Army. Full statement of Pres. Coolidge's Ruling in the case. Mitchell was convicted by Court Martial of derogatory remarks about the War and Navy Departments. Mitchell will receive $297.66 per month, or half pay, as an army officer with 28 years' service. List of Victors over enemy aircraft during the War (World War I)--top name is Edward Rickenbacker, who shot down 21 airplanes. 32 pp. 22 x 31 cm. Periodical, cover lightly soiled, good. (5595) $17.00. History/Aviation/Navy Aviation, the Oldest American Aeronautical Magazine, February 15, 1926, Vol. XX No. 7 LePage, W. Laurence, editor. Highland, NY: Gardner Publishing Co. Cover photo shows biplane with pontoons flying above the clouds. Officials of Boy Scouts of America are teaching airmindedness to youth. The New German Air Transport Combine-- Aero Lloyd and Junkers. Cy Caldwell writes Flying "Guyed" about Boston, with an airport designed with firm faith in motors, and the waters filled with bootleggers and enforcement officers. Cy Caldwell, writing in Aviation, Feb. 15, 1926: One of the great sights in Boston… is to watch enforcement officers chase the bootleggers in speed boats. Of course the booties have the fastest boats. …Usually the crews get to shore and step into the first street, and of course from that moment all trace of them is lost. No man has ever been able to follow anyone through Boston streets. One turn of the road, and the pursued is gone forever. Even hotels have been known to vanish in the maze of crooked streets. I walked one block from my hotel, and when I came back it was gone. I walked for hours after that, searching for it everywhere. The worst of it was, I had forgotten the name of it, so couldn't go to it in a taxi. I couldn't even remember what it looked like, except that it was brick. I got a taxi and told the driver to show me a collection of brick hotels, so I could pick mine out. ... He absolutely shrieked with amusement when he finally found the right one, and charged me $4.65. 32 pp. 22 x 31 cm. Periodical, cover lightly soiled, good. (5596) $15.00. History/Aviation Aviation, the Oldest American Aeronautical Magazine, February 22, 1926, Vol. XX No. 5 LePage, W. Laurence, editor. Highland, NY: Gardner Publishing Co. Cover photo shows seaplane flying above USS Idaho, a U.S. battleship. The Spain to Argentina Flight--two countries brought within 61 hours of each other. Death of Art Smith, well-known air mail pilot. His plane struck a tree and crashed near Montpelier, OH. Caldwell's Flying Guyed writes of flying above Harvard College, and the old days at the insane asylum, before he got into commercial aviation. 36 pp. 22 x 31 cm. Periodical, cover lightly soiled, good. (5597) $15.00. History/Aviation/Navy Aviation, the Oldest American Aeronautical Magazine, March 8, 1926, Vol. XX No. 10 LePage, W. Laurence, editor. Highland, NY: Gardner Publishing Co. Cover photo shows British Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious. Foolhardy stunt, flying under Eiffel Tower, ends in failure. Experiments with an airplane arrester. New Alexander Eaglerock OX5. The Aero Club of Pittsburgh, Robert M. Marlier, President. Flying in Winter by Walter Brennan. The Air Service Radio Beacon. 32 pp. 22 x 31 cm. Periodical, cover lightly soiled, good. (5599) $15.00. History/Aviation/Navy Aviation, the Oldest American Aeronautical Magazine, March 22, 1926, Vol. XX No. 12 LePage, W. Laurence, editor. Highland, NY: Gardner Publishing Co. Cover photo shows aerial photo of House of Parliament, Ottawa, Ontario, and Hull, Que. In background. The Cifibbian Contest. Commercial Aviation in the American Tropics. New Curtiss O-1 "Falcon" Adv. The Merritt Bill Amends Bingham Bill (opposed by many fliers). 36 pp. 22 x 31 cm. Periodical, cover lightly soiled, good. (5600 ) $15.00. History/Aviation Bassett: An Oration Delivered on Monday, the Fifth of July, 1824, in Commemoration of American Independence Before the Supreme Executive of the Commonwealth, and the City Council and Inhabitants of the City of Boston by Bassett, Francis 1824 Boston, MA: Wells and Lilly, Court Street. Francis Bassett (1786-1875) delivered this address in Boston on the 48th anniversary of the American Independence. Bassett, an 1810 graduate of Harvard, was from Yarmouth, near Dennis, on Cape Cod. He practiced law in Boston as a contemporary of Webster, served in the Massachusetts legislature for many years, and was a designated orator in the City of Boston. In this oration on page 23 he refers to "an American Congress, the Greeks have found an advocate whose eloquence'may give them courage and spirit, teach them that they are not wholly forgotten by the civilized world...'". And Bassett notes in handwritten mark below "Webster". It was Webster's eloquent support for Greek independence at this time to which the orator refers. American support for Greece became diffused later in 1824 by adoption of the Monroe Doctrine, but the support of Webster and Henry Clay, our "Great Philhellenes" is admired in Greece today. This copy is inscribed by Mr. Bassett: "Hon. Timothy Fuller from his Obed't Servant, F. Bassett". Fuller was another Boston orator at the time, noted for his anti-Masonic rhetoric. 24 pp. 13.8 x 21.6 cm. Disbound paper pamphlet, inscription by author on title page. Fair. (7934) $65.00. History/American Black Ship Scroll, The; An Account of the Perry Expedition at Shimoda in 1854 & the Lively Beginnings of People-to-People Relations Between Japan and America by Statler, Oliver 1964 Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co. This is an attractive and nicely decorated book that tells the story of the Black Ships of Commo. Matthew C. Peary's visit to Shimoda, Japan. Includes many color plates of the Shimoda visit, and the principals, with commentary in Japanese and English. . 80 pp. 13 x 26 cm. Very nice textured white paper on board with black cloth spine; white letters on spine have flaked off, very good. Dustjacket edges frayed, worn, good. (5451) $19.50. History/Japan Boston: Address Made to the City Council of Boston, January 5, 1835 by Mayor Theodore Lyman, Jr. Boston, MA: John H. Eastburn, City Printer. Report by Mayor on the state of the city of Boston; debt, new construction, Deaths 1554, many deaths by consumption, but health of population better than 10 years before; only 4 deaths from smallpox; 249 persons committed in 1834 to House of Correction, of these 165 were common drunkards, 97 were men. Great Britain ships their paupers to us. Alludes to action taken to counter the attack on the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown. “During the last summer the habitual peace and quiet of the town were suddenly menaced to an alarming extent…. In the exceedingly inflamed state of the public mind the ordinary police of the City might not prove adequate…I considered it my duty to appeal at once... to the citizens for their aid and support.....The military also assembled with very full ranks at a minutes warning.…” 31 pp. 13 x 21 cm. Paper booklet, staples added to spine, fair. (5529) $24.00. History/Boston/Anti-Catholic. Boston And Some Noted Émigrés: A collection of facts and incidents with appropriate illustrations relating to some well-known citizens of France who found homes in Boston and New England. by Forbes, Allan; and Cadman, Paul F. 1938 Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company Celebrates contribution to Boston and New England by Frenchmen like Peter Faneuil,French-American like Paul Revere, Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus and Pierre Baudoin and his descendents. 99 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper pamphlet, cover faded, worn, spine tearing. Text block very good. (1461) $16.00. History. Boston, An Old City with New Opportunities, Boston Chamber of Commerce, Bureau of Commercial and Industrial Affairs 1927 Boston, MA: Boston Chamber of Commerce. Metropolitan Boston is a city of 1,808,845. Between 1915 and 1925 city has witnessed practically uninterrupted growth. Total value of manufactured goods produced in 1925 was $1,256,000,000. Shoe and Leather center of the world. Headquarters of cotton manufacturing. Greatest wool market of the United States. New England fisheries are first in the western hemisphere. 66 pp. 14 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, very good. (6748) $15.00. History/Boston Boston, 1822 to 1922; the Story of Its Government and Principal Activities During 100 years by Koren, John 1923 Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department. History has picture of James Michael Curley, Mayor, as frontispiece. Book is very favorable to Curley, who authorized it. 214 pp. 15 x 24 cm. Cloth on board, inside front and back hinges weak. Typed dedication to city employee pasted on front pastedown. Poor. (2359) $28.00. History/Boston. Boston Massacre, From an original painting by Alonzo Chappel in the possession of the Publisher by Chappel, Alonzo 1857 New York, NY: Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers. Excellent steel engraving of Boston Massacre (1775) shows citizens, poorly armed, against well-armed British troops. 1 picture 19 x 14 cm. Paper print, border heavily foxed, good. (3557) $25.00 History/Art Boston Park and Parkway System by Clarence Pullen, illustrated by Childe Hassam and E.H. Garrett, supplement from Harper's Weekly, Sept. 27, 1890 by Pullen, Clarence 1890 Harper's Weekly. Four-page illustrated supplement from Harper's Weekly discusses Boston's parks and parkway system, including Common, Public Garden, Arnold Arboretum, Franklin Park, proposed Jamaica Park. Includes black and white full-page picture from Childe Hassam's water-color "The Public Garden" shows two elegant ladies with parasols strolling through garden. 4 pp. 29 x 40 cm. Paper supplement, very good. (7070) $16.00. History/Boston Boston Ways: High, By and Folk by Weston, George F., Jr.1957 Boston, MA: Beacon Press, Beacon Hill. 264 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Boston as it was a half century ago with excellent photos from the State Street Trust Company, Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Boston Herald-Traveler. Author Weston presents unusual stories about Boston's past, about Louisburg Square, the Thirteen-foot house, the labyrinth back of the Oyster House, Scottow Alley, Creek Square, Acorn Street, Province Street, Holley Square; this mistaken gravestone of Mother Goose in the Old Granary Burial Ground. Tragic fire of Nov. 9, 1872. Inserted in book is a ca. 1957 Map of Boston showing historical developments since 1630; on reverse is map of the Historic Ride of Paul Revere, William Dawes and Dr. Prescott on April 18-19, 1775. Marbled paper on board with quarter black cloth, color map inserted. Very good. No dj.(2911) $22.00. History British Labor Party, The; and the European Settlement; a report of the 67th Luncheon Meeting of the Foreign Policy Association, March 1, 1924 New York, NY: Foreign Policy Association. Learned, and jolly gathering-- jokes about the disappearing Liberal Party, about support for the League of Nations, about Britain's stance in the world. 32 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Paper booklet, very good. (3545) $15.00. History/Great Britain Brother Jonathan, New York, February 21, 1852, Vol. XIII No. 14 New York, NY: B.H. Day. Approaching political contest: Fillmore and Scott presumed to be the choice of Whigs. Rev. Mr. Beecher has promulgated theory that presence of mustaches and whiskers "sucks out the brains." Fatal Bite of a Drunkard; Atrocious murder in Kentucky-- two men cut a man's lungs out. Strange story of a lost child. 4 pp. 50 x 70 cm Newspaper, browned, good. (5542) $16.00. History Cambridge of 1776, The; Theatrum Majorum; an Account of the Town, with which is incorporated the Diary of Dorothy Dudley, now first published; together with historical sketch, poems, etc. Adorned with Cuts and a Map Dorothy Dudley. Diary by Greely, Mary Williams. 1876 Cambridge, MA: Ladies Centennial Committee by A.G. 123 pp. + adv. 14 x 21 cm. Miss Greely has concocted "Dorothy Dudley" to tell the story of Cambridge a century ago (1775-76) and W.D. Howells includes a poem to the "Fair maiden, whom a hundred summers keep forever seventeen.." "History of Cambridge from 1631 to 1776" by David Greene Haskins, Jr. "Influence of Cambridge in the Formation of the Nation" by Andrew P. Peabody. D.D. "The Guests at Head-Quarters" by H.E. Scudder. Light brown cloth on board finely decorated with gilt picture of the Washington Elm, blindstamped image on back cover. Tape label on spine, two or three pencil notations in margin of text, else very neat and a very good condition. (2739) $37.00. History Canning: Sketch of the Character of Mr. Canning. From the National Intelligencer of Sept. 15, 1827 By Rush, Richard (?) 1828 Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton. Blistering picture of Great Britain's Foreign Minister, George Canning (1770-1827) published shortly after his death, apparently written by Richard Rush, but also attributed to John Quincy Adams. Sketch accuses Canning of "British selfishness", toryism, undeviating support for monarchy, ridiculing popular movements. Canning was never the political friend of the U.S., writer states. "From Mr. Canning, literally nothing has been obtained -- no, never; though we have held frequent and protracted negotiations with the British Government, during his administration of the Foreign Office." 22 pp. 13 x 21 cm. Paper booklet, pencil notes on cover wrap: "Richard Rush, author". Minor foxing. Good. (7929) $42.00. History/Great Britain