BRIDES FROM BRIDEWELL; Female felons sent to colonial America
Westport CT: Greenwood, (1973). Reprint of 1962 Tuttle edition. Small 8vo, pp. 139. Appendices, notes. Top edge little spotted, o/w a nice copy. More
Westport CT: Greenwood, (1973). Reprint of 1962 Tuttle edition. Small 8vo, pp. 139. Appendices, notes. Top edge little spotted, o/w a nice copy. More
(Cambridge MA): (Houghton), (1905). Large 8vo, pp. xii, 350. Maroon cloth, stamped in gilt. TEG. Illustrated. Cover worn along hinge, spine and part of cover faded, o/w VG. More
NY: Simon & Schuster, (2003). First printing. 8vo, pp. 277. Notes, bibliography, index. With one portrait. Paper over boards. Newspaper review laid in. Author's presentation on title. A nice copy in dj. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, (1982). First Edition. 8vo, pp. xvi, 200. Paper over boards. Illustrated wtih photographs. A nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. Oral interviews with workers in Pennsylvania. More
Urbana IL: University of Chicago, (1982). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 286. Appendices, notes, index. Illustrated with photographs and charts. Red paper over boards. Cover very slightly scuffed at corners and ends of spine, o/w a nice copy. More
Urbana IL: University of Illinois, (1982). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 286. Notes, Appendices, index. Illustrated with photographs. Paper over boards. Edges very slightly soiled, o/w a VG tight copy in chipped and somewhat soiled dj. More
Jackson MS: University Press of Mississippi, (2009). First printing. 8vo, pp. xx, Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. Gray cloth. About as new in dj. Oral histories of forty women migrants from the South to the North between 1940 and 1970. More
Chicago: Swallow Press, 1972. 8vo, pp. 148. Woodcuts by David Hayes. Includes a signed letter from the author to the poet Paul Metcalf laid in. VG in somewhat stained and chipped dj. Quantrill was a guerilla leader for the South during the Civil War, an outlaw and murderer. In his..... More
Chicago: McClurg, 1922. 8vo, pp. 553. Appendix, bibliography, index. With several illustrations and charts. [Centennial history of Illinois, Volume 4.] Rust cloth. TEG. Ex library. Front hinge tender, cover somewhat scuffed, VG. More
Chicago: University of Chicago, (1989). First printing. Square 8vo, pp. xvi, 390. Notes, index. Copiously illustrated. Tan cloth. Donors' presentation on flyleaf. A nice copy in slightly chipped dj. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard, (1997). Second printing. 8vo, pp. viii, 310. Notes, index. Illustrated. Near fine in dj. Seafaring was one of the most significant occupations among both enslaved and free black men between 1740 and 1865. More
Whtie River Junction VT: Chelsea Green, (2016). First Printing. 8vo, pp. xx, 200. Paper wraps. New. More
Chicago: University of Chicago, (1992). First printing. 8vo, pp. ix, 281. References, indexes. Illustrated with charts and graphs. Tan cloth. A nice copy in little scuffed and faded dj. More
NY: Fact, 1967. Periodical. 4to, pp. 64. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat creased and soiled, o/w VG. Articles about pornography, "commie-hunting," the decline of the Catholic empire, the American way of dieting, boycotts, etc. More
NY: Bliss, 1834. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 209. Portrait, bound in worn linen backed boards with paper label. Names on end paper, An untrimmed copy.Very good. Imprints 24871. Howes T-152; Sabin 54391. Sailor, soldier and adventurer, Hewes was one of the few to acknowledge his part in The Boston Tea..... More
(np: Essex Institute, 1873). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 45. Bound in printed wraps (chipped, rear separate) a good copy. Scarce. Read Dec 16, 1873. More
Boston: Boston War Camp Community Service. 12mo, pp. 32. Paper wraps. VG. Patriotic songs. More
NY: Roberts, (ca 1870). 6 x 9" view showing the countryside overlooking the city and the harbor in the distance. VG. More
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1940. Large 4to, pp. 166. Examples of the work of 69 artists, with accompanying text and essays on historical periods. From a series published in Life Magazine. A VG tight copy. More
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1940. Large 4to, pp. 166, plus catalog of the paintings. With 89 illustrations in full color. VG in worn dj. More
NY: Crown, (1955). 8vo, pp. xx, 620. Indices. Foreword by Carl Carmer. With several small illustrations. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Cover somewhat worn at edges, edges of leaves litlte soiled, o/w VG. More
NY: Harper, (1954). First Edition. 8vo, pp. x, 415. Suggested reading, index. Illustrated with photographs, and maps on endpapers. Blue cloth. One hinge tender. VG in spotted and little chipped dj. Bowles was ambassador to India and Nepal from the fall of 1951 until spring 1953. More
Hartford CT: Hartford Publishing, 1869. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xx, 524. Illustrated with engravings, frontispiece, 12 plates and 1 map. Owner's signature on blank. Cover somewhat worn, hinges tender, preliminary leaves loose, o/w VG. Sabin 7079. More
NY: Wilson, 1949. Third edition revised. Large 8vo, pp. xx, 627. Index. Third ed. revised by Rae Elizabeth Rips. Gray cloth. Ex library, with stamps, date slip and bookplate. Front hinge tender. Cover scuffed, little bumped at corners. VG. This volumne describes US governmental agencies and lists their publications. More
Naperville IL: Sourcebooks, (2004). First printing. 4to, pp. 265. Bibliography, resources, index. Includes two CDs narrated by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Copiously illustrated, mostly with contemporary photographs. Illustrated paper over boards. A nice copy in slightly scuffed dj. Heavy. The history of the Civil Rights Movement, from Reconstruction to..... More