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King, Robert. A Primer of the History of the Holy Catholic Church in Ireland. Third edition with supplementary volume. 1537 pp. Dublin. 1846, 1851, 1858 (Hardbacks, 3/4 green leather. 5-3/4 inches tall) Good to very good condition. Green leather fades to brown on spines. light scuffing on spines and corners. Very light foxing inside with a little more to endpapers. Tight and sturdy. (Volume one an exact reprint done in 1858 so as to retain the index accuracy. Pages of all three volumes consecutively numbered) HIST10604 $350.00
Koeppe, Clarence Eugene , Ph. D. The Canadian Climate. Bloomington, IL: McKnight & McKnight (1931) (Hardback - cloth) 280 pp. index, maps, photo illustrations. Very good condition. No dust jacket. (This discussion is twofold; first, to show the broad features of the climate of Canada and Newfoundland as a whole; and, second, to present some of the seasonal characteristics in more detail and on a regional basis) HIST10537 $5.00
Lander, J. R. The Limitations of English Monarchy in the Later Middle Ages. 93 pp. Univ. Toronto Press. (1986) (Hardback) Very good condition. (The 1986 Joanne Goodman Lectures.) HIST10009 $15.00
Large, R. Geddes. The Skeena. River of Destiny. Vancouver: Mitchell press Ltd. (1957) 4th edition 1962 (Hardcover) 180 pp. map endpapers, Frontispiece and other photo illustrations, index, bibliography. Signed by the Author. Very good condition. No dust jacket. (history of the discovery and early days of the North Coast of British Columbia) HIST10538 $8.00
Larned, J. N. The Life and Work of William Pryor Letchwort Student and Minister of Public Benevolence. 472 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1911 (1912) (Hardback) Very good condition. HIST10446 $23.00
Lawrence, William Report of the Select Committee on Alleged New York Election Frauds, Made to the House of Representatives, Fortieth Congress, Third Session. 185 pp. Government Printing Office. Washington 1869 (Softcover rebound as hardback) Very good condition but for a piece 1-1/2 by 2-1/2 inches out of original front cover. (40th Congress 3rd Session Report No. 31.) HIST10588 $80.00
Lehmann, Hans Die burg wildegg und ihre bewohner 556 pp. Portrait. 25 plates, Folding map inside pocket. Text illustrations. Sauerlander. Aarau 1922 (Hardback, 1/4 leather) Very good condition. (Text is old script German) HIST10638 $55.00
Leyland, Herbert. The Ohio company. A colonial Corporation. 19 pp. 1 map. Quarterly Publication of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. Vol. XVI, 1921, No. 1. ( Softcover ) Good condition. ( The Ohio Land Company was a colonial corporation existing from 1748 to about 1769 ) HIST10366 $25.00
Leys, Simon. Chinese Shadows. 220 pp. The Viking Press. (1974, 1977) Hardcover. Very Good Condition, with dustjacket, ExLibrary. HIST10265 $7.50
Leys, Simon. Chinese Shadows. 220 pp. Viking Press. ( 1974, 1977 ) Hardcover. Very Good condition. Some edgewear and small tear to dustjacket and spine of jacket faded. Remainder mark on bottom edge. 2 COPIES HIST10266 $7.00
Lougher, E. H. The Kall of the Klan in Kentucky. 79 pp. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan 1924. ( Softcover ) Good condition, covers expertly re attached. Scotch tape stains on covers. Exterior generally soiled. ( Illustration on front covers shows a klansman in white wearing a hood and a cross visible behind his shoulder ) ( The contents consist mostly of short essays and general news regarding the klan. Most of the news items concern north an central Kentucky. ) ( Scan of cover available ) HIST10349 $75.00
Lyle, Guy. Beyond My Expectation. a Personal Chronicle. Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1981 (1981) (Hardcover - cloth) 219 pp. Very good condition. No dust jacket (ever issued?) (Tells of being raised in the Canadian Northwest in the early 1900s, becoming a librarian an of the number of places he was connected with including Antioch College of Yellow Springs, OH, NY Public Library, Columbia Univ., Univ. of Illinois, Woman's College of Univ. of NC and Emory Univ.) HIST10539 $12.50
Lytle, William. ( 1770 - 1831 ) Personal Narrative of William Lytle. Quarterly Publication of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. Vol. 1, 1906. No. 1. ( Softcover ) Good condition, cover edges frayed. Some corners of pages curled. ( Lytle was an early Ohio and Kentucky pioneer. ) ( This is presumable a printing of a manuscript available to the Historical Society. I find no record of other printings. ) HIST10367 $75.00
Mcnamara, Billie R.; Charles A. Reeves, Jr. William Goodman original editor. Souvenir History of Knoxville Tennessee. The Marble city and Great Southern Jobbing Market. Unpaged, about 5/16 inch thick. Charles Reeves. (Ca 1907, 2002, second 2002 printing) Softcover, Spiral bound) Very good condition HIST10625 $10.00
Melby, John F. The Mandate of Heaven. Record of a civil war China 1945-49. 313 pp. University of Toronto Press. (1968 ) Hardcover. Very Good Condition, dustjacket with creases and tears, but now in protector. . ( Photographs by Henri Cartier Bresson ) HIST10268 $24.00
Metropolitan Church Union. History and present State of the Education Question. Being a Collection of Documents explanatory of the Proceedings of the Committee of Privy Council on Education. From its First Appointment, in 1839, to the present time. And of the Steps Taken for the Defense of Church Education against the Encroachments of the Said Committee. 191 pp. Frances & John Rivington. London 1850 (Hardback, 1/2 leather and boards) Binding intact Spine sides, ends and cover corners worn. ExLibrary. Front cover gouged. Interior with light soil and toned pages. Repaired tear to title page. Bookplate inside front and pocket inside back. HIST10591 $65.00
Michaelis, Karl. Das Abendlandische Eherecht im Ubergang vom Spaten Mittelalter zur Neuzeit. 47 pp. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht in Gottingen (1989) ( Softcover ) Very good condition. ( Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Gottingen I. Philologistch-Historische Klasse. Jahrgang 1989, No. 3. ) HIST10314 $12.00
Mihaly, Eugene. The Jewish View of Marriage. 32-38 pp. Of print from CCAR Journal. October 1954. (Self wraps, staple bound) Good condition. Light vertical crease, toned about the edges. (Signed by the author on the front page.) HIST10585 $15.00
Miller, Michael. Birthday Luncheon. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. 22 pp. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company ( 1952) Softcover. Very good condition. (Marking the 125th. anniversary of the signing of the Character by the Legislature of the State of Maryland. HIST10079 $25.00
Mining Committee Chamber of Commerce Salt Lake City Utah. Utah and its Mineral Wealth. 36 pp. Illustrations. Salt Lake City. 1930 (Softcover Good condition with scuff to cover. HIST10574 $35.00
Modiano, Colette Twenty Snobs and Mao. Traveling de Luxe in Communist China. 182 pp. Michael Joseph Ltd. ( 1969, 1970 ) Hardcover. Dustjacket rubbed, else very Good Condition. ( Translated form the French by Jacqueline Baldick ) HIST10269 $8.00
Modiano, Colette. Chairman Mao and My Millionaires. Or Through China With Twenty Snobs. 183 pp. American Heritage Press. ( 1970 ) Hardcover. Good condition, Ex Library, no dustjacket. HIST10270 $7.00
Moraes, Frank. Report on Mao's China. 212 pp. The Macmillan Co. 1953 (1953 First printing ) Hardcover. book good condition., dustjacket torn, scratched and soiled. (The author served as a war correspondent in W.W.II and traveled in China during and after the war. ) HIST10271 $5.00
Moran, Philip R. Calvin Coolidge 1872-1933. Chronology, Documents, Bibliographical Aids. 144 pp. Oceana Publications Inc. 1970 (Hardback) Very good condition. HIST10422 $9.00
Moran, Philip R. Ulysses Grant 1822-1885. Chronology, Documents, Bibliographical Aids. 113 pp. Oceana Publications Inc. 1968 (Hardback) Very good condition. HIST10423 $10.00
Morath, Inge & Arthur Miller. Chinese Encounters. 253 pp. Penguin Books. (1979, 1981) Softcover. Good Condition but with corners of pages slightly curled. ( A Photographic essay and travel book.) HIST10272 $7.00
Moreira, Adraiano. Portugal's Stand in Africa. 265 pp. University Publishers. (1962 ) ( Hardback ) Very good condition, dustjacket with a few edge tears and minor rubbing. HIST10315 $15.00
Morris, Jan. Hong Kong. 369 pp. Vintage Books.( 1985, 87, 88, 89 ) Softcover. Good condition. ( Not exactly a travel guide, but would still be of interest to visitors ) HIST10273 $5.00
Morrison, Andrew Knoxville, Tennessee. 2002 reprint. 127 pp. Charles A. Reeves, JR. 2002 (Reprint of 1891 book) ( Softcover, spiral bound.) Very good condition HIST10626 $16.00
Moser, Simon Lebendiges Tirol. Ein bilderk der Landschaff. 3 veranderte Auflage. 144 pp. 141 illustrations. Verlagsanstalt Tyrolia. Innsbruck (1951) (Hardback) Very good condition, no dust jacket. HIST10599 $9.00
Municipal Art Society of Cincinnati. City Plan for Cincinnati. 40 pp. Illustrated. Four Maps. [Cincinnati] 1921 (Softcover) Good condition, toned edges to cover. Clean inside. HIST10645 $30.00
Myrdal, Jan. Chinese Journey. A Remarkable Picture in Photographs and Words of China as it really is today. 160 pp. Pantheon Books. ( 1965 ) Hardcover. Very Good condition, dustjacket with some edge tears. (Photos by Gun Kessle ) HIST10274 $9.00
Norton, Henry Kittredge. Back of War. xv, 356 pp. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928, (1928) 1st ed. stated. Hardcover- cloth, Very Good Condition. No dust jacket. HIST10083 $9.00
Nunnelley, Lela S. Boothill Grave Yard. A Descriptive List of the more than 250 Graves in Boohill. 14 pp. Tombstone Epitaph Press (Softcover 8-1/2 by 3-3/4 inches. Staple bound) Good condition. HIST10575 $12.00
Oliver, Harry. Harry Olivers Desert Rat Scrap Book. Packet four Pouch Three. 16 by 22 inches heavy paper sheet folded to 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches. No place, no date ca. 1950. Good condition. (This issue features Stories of Lost Mines and Buried Treasure) HIST10577 $17.00
Page, Bonnie M. Compiler and editor. Anderson County . Its Cities, Towns and points of interest as of 1940 updated 1986. [Tennessee] 32 pp. Illustrated. Bonnie M. Page 1986 (Softcover) Very good condition. (Material collected as part of the Federal Writers Project 1939 -1940 but never published at that time) HIST10627 $15.00
Page, Bonnie M. Compiler and editor. Union County . Its Cities, Towns and points of interest as of 1940 updated 1986. [Tennessee] 36 pp. Illustrated Bonnie M. Page 1986 (Softcover) Very good condition. (Material collected as part of the Federal Writers Project 1939 -1940 but never published at that time) HIST10630 $15.00
Peyrefitte, Alain. The Chinese. Portrait of a People. 419 pp. The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. ( 1973, 1976, 1977 ) Hardcover. Very Good condition. Dustjacket with tears. (From the Jacket: Much more than travel accounts, his book has many useful insights highlighting the complexity of judging China's accomplishments and failures.) HIST10275 $6.00
Pratt, E. L. The American Keepsake, Or Book for Every American; Embellished with a Steel Plate Engraving of all the President of the United States. And Containing the Declaration independence and Signers Names. Constitution of the United states and all the Amendments, ... Also appended the New Postage Law of 1845 Entire. 76 pp. Frontis. Boston 1845 (1845) (Leather spine and paper covered boards) Very good condition with some edge wear to boards. Front flyleaf missing. HIST10450 $60.00
Prentiss, George Lewis. Editor. A Memoir of S. S. Prentiss. 2 Vol. 382, 581 pp. Charles Scribners. 1856 ( 1855 ) ( Hardbacks ) The books are sturdy and clean inside with only a few spots. The covers are clean but worn through on some edges and corners. ( The books, in large part, consists of letters written by S. S. Prentiss. ) ( The old Howes bibliography lists this work as P571, It is listed as number 568 in the later revision of Howes bibliography ) ( At the end of volume two there is an eight page listing of Scribners books dated 1855 ) HIST10338 $75.00
Preston, Thomas W. Historical Sketches of the Holston Valleys. xvii, 186 pp. Illustrations. Two maps. Kingsport Press. 1926 (1926) (Hardback) Good condition but for lower third of spine faded from water. Only small area inside rear cover of water staining. Otherwise Interior clean but for some neat pencil underlining. Front map with tears but complete. HIST10631 $15.00
Reicke, Siegrried; Heinrich Bornkamm; Walter Paatz. Zum Gedachtnis des Regierungsantritts von Ottheinrich als Kurfurst von de Pfalz im Jahre 1556. 30 pp. Illustrated. Universitat Heidelberg 1956 (Softcover) Good condition. HIST10448 $15.00
Rice, Arnold S. Herbert Hoover 1874-1964. Chronology, Documents, Bibliographical Aids. 114 pp. Oceana Publications Inc. 1971 (Hardback) Very good condition. HIST10424 $9.00
Rockhill, William Woodville. Inquiry into the Population of China. Pp. 303-321. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Vol. 47 #1549. GPO Dec. 1904. Pamphlet. Good condition. HIST10279 $9.00
Rosenthal, Jon K. Antique Map Price Record & Handbook for 1993. Amherst: Kimmel Pub. 1993 (1993) vol. 11. (hardback) 344 pp. As new condition. (Includes Sea Charts, Battle Plans and Globes) HIST10545 $30.00
Rosenthal, Jon K. Antique Map Price Record & Handbook for 1995. Amherst: Kimmel Pub. 1995 (1995) vol. 13. (hardback) 376 pp. As new condition. (Includes Sea Charts, Battle Plans and Globes) HIST10547 $35.00
Rosenthal, Jon K. Antique Map Price Record & Handbook for 1996. Amherst: Kimmel Pub. 1996 (1996) vol. 14. (hardback) 360 pp. As new condition. (Includes Sea Charts, Battle Plans and Globes) HIST10548 $45.00
Rosenthal, Jon K. & Berniece M. Rosenthal. Antique Map Price Record & Handbook for 1997-1998. Including Sea charts, City Views, Celestial Charts, Battle Plans and Globes. Amherst: Kimmel Pub. 1998 (1996) vol. 15. (hardback) 408 pp. Very good condition. HIST10549 $50.00
Rothery, Agnes. New Roads in Old Virginia. Revised Edition. 187 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1937 (1929, 1937) (Hardcover) Good condition. Slightly cocked. Clean text but outer covers have black stains. (Includes photo reproduction illustrations of several buildings in various towns) HIST10396 $8.00
Rothfels, Von Hans. Editor. Vierteljahrshefte fur Zeitgeschichte. 6 issues from 1956, 1957. The issues are: 1956, 3 Heft. 1956, 4 Heft. 1957 1 Heft. 1957 2 Heft. 1957 3 Heft. 1957 4 Heft. (All softcover) Good condition. (Articles on German history and literature) HIST10449 $25.00
Roy, Jules. Journey Through China. 299 pp. Harper & Row. 1965, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good condition, with dustjacket. HIST10280 $7.00
Russell, Bertrand. The Problem of China. 276 pp. The Century Co. 1922 (1922, First American Edition.) Hardcover. Good Condition with some stain and soil to covers. HIST10282 $50.00
Salley, A. S. Edited and notes. Sack and Destruction of the City of Columbia, S. C. By [ written by ] Wm. Gilmore Simms. Second Edition. 106 pp. + 5 pages of advertisements. Oglethorpe University Press. 1937 ( Hardback ) Very good condition Some cover soil on edges., spine lettering dulled. No dust jacket. ExLibrary but no external library marks. The only library markings consists of a book plate inside the front cover, a date due slip and a pocket inside the rear cover. ( The book consists of a 20 page introduction by Salley about Simms and his literary work followed by a printing of Simms' work that was originally published in Columbia South Carolina in 1865 ) HIST10332 $175.00
Sayles, G. O. The Medieval Foundations of England. xxvi, 482 pp. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1950 (First USA edition 1950) (Hardback) Good condition. Bookplate inside front. No dust jacket. HIST10562 $10.00
Scalf, Henry P. Kentucky's Last Frontier. First edition, 1966. 551 pp. Privately printed. Prestonburg KY. 1966 (First edition. 1966) Hardback. Good condition, covers a little faded and edges lightly rubbed. Moisture ring on front cover. Text clean. No dustjacket. HIST10100 $95.00
Schell, Orville. Discos and Democracy. China in the Throes of Reform. 384 pp. Pantheon Books. (1988 ) Hardcover. Very Good condition, with dustjacket. HIST10284 $6.00
Schwartz, F. L. W. Der Ursprung der Stamm- und Gr�ndungssage Roms Unter dem Reflex Indogermanischer Mythen. 50 pp. Germann Costenoble. Jena 1878 (Hardback, 1/2 leather and boards) Good condition. ExLibrary. Bookplate inside front, pocket inside back. Some browning and soil to page edges. HIST10590 $50.00
Sheer, John Glittery Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi With the Original Narratives of Marquette, Allouez. Membre, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay. Second edition. 268 pp. Folding map. Joseph Mcdonough Albany 1903( Hardback) Good condition. Some wear to cover edges and spine ends. Spine label with scratches. HIST10578 $90.00
Shilling, David Carl. Relation of Southern Ohio to the South During the Decade Preceding the Civil War. 28 pp. with 3 maps and bibliography. Quarterly Publication of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. Vol. VIII, 1913, No. 1. ( softcover ) Good condition. ( considers: Nativity of pioneers, Politics, Attitude toward the Negro, Commercial relations, Religious relations, The call to arms. ) HIST10372 $20.00
Shortt, S. E. D. Medicine in Canadian Society. Historical Perspectives. Montreal: McGill-Queen's Univ. Press. (1981) (Softcover) 506 pp. bibliography. Very good condition. (Collection of significant essays on the history of disease and healing in Canada) HIST10550 $7.00
Siegner, Otto. Austria. Tri-lingual editon. 239 pp. small 4to. Profusley illustrated. Scirbners. (1970) (Hardback) Very good condition. in slip case. HIST10601 $10.00
Smith Thomas H. Editor. Ohio in the American Revolution. A Conference to Commemorate the 200th. Anniversary of the Ft. Gower Resolves. 34 pp. Ohio Historical Society. ( 1976 ) ( Softcover ) Good condition but for Cover a little rubbed, one piece about 1/2 inch torn out of cover. ( The Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Conference Series, Number 1 ) HIST10333 $25.00
Smoky Mountain Historical Society. The Gentle Winds of Change: A History of Seiver County, Tennessee 1900 - 1930. 262 pp. Smoky Mountain Historical society. Seiverville 1989 (Second edition, 1989) Very good condition, Dust jacket with edge tears. (Copy 368 of 1000 copies of this edition) HIST10633 $20.00
Spence, Jonathon D. The Death of Woman Wang. 169 pp. The Viking Press. 1978. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. HIST10291 $8.00
Sprute, Jurgen. Vertragstheoretische Anstze in der Antiken Rechts- und Staatsphilosophie. 57 pp. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht in Gottingen (1989) ( Softcover ) Very good condition. ( Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Gottingen I. Philologistch-Historische Klasse. Jahrgang 1989, No. 2. ) HIST10317 $12.00
Steele, James W. ( Deane Monahan ) The Sons of the Border. Sketches of the Life and People of the Far Frontier. 260 pp. Topeka, Kansas 1873 ( 1873 ) ( Hardback ) The book is sturdy and has endpapers and title page neatly repaired with archival materials. The covers are soiled with splotchy fading and stains. Spine lettering is unreadable. The gold vignette of a wolf or cyote on the fron cover is hardly visible. The book is complete. There is some light soil on some pages but no foxing and no pen or pencil markings. ( The new Howes list the book as S932. The book is rated 'b' by Howes. ) HIST10350 $185.00
Steinberger, hans. Translated by Franz Speiser. The Royal Bavarian Castles. Herren-Chiemsee, Neuschwanstein, Hhenschwangau, Linderhof, Berg. 95, 121, 36, 94, 28 pp. Profusely illustrated. Advertisements. Munich 1905 (Flexible covers) Very good condition. Spine lightly faded. HIST10635 $85.00
Summers, Lewis Weston. History of Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870. 921 pp. J. L. Hill Printing Co. Richmond 1903 (1903) (Hardback) Good condition. Sturdy. Cloth worn through on cover corners and light wear at spine ends. Neat repair at top of spine. HIST10397 $90.00
Sutton, Horace. Footloose in Canada. NY: Rinehart & Co., (1950) (Hardcover - cloth) 291 pp. index. Frontispiece and other photo illustrations. Signed gift inscription from the author. Some corner wear and small ding on bottom edge else very good condition. HIST10553 $4.50
Taft, Robert. Early Science in Kansas. The Kansas Gold Region. 3 pp. 1 pl. Reprinted from the Editor's Page. Transactions Kansas Academy of Science, June, 1954 (Self wraps ) Good condition, browned on edges. (The plate is a picture of Gruber & Co. Mint at Denver, Kansas Territory.) ( The cover illustrates the Ten Dollar Gold Coin Minted in 1860 by Clark, Gruber and Company at Denver, Kansas Territory. ) HIST10303 $15.00
Terrill, Ross. The White-Boned Demon. A Biography of Madame Mao Zedong. 446 pp. William Morrow & Co., Inc. 1984 (1984) Softcover. Good condition. (Based on unique Chinese sources. A fascinating insight into early Chinese Communist Politics. ) HIST10294 $5.00
Thomas, Frederick W. The Emigrant, or Reflections While Descending the Ohio. A Poem. From the Original edition of 1833 to Which is Added a Memoir of the Author. 48 pp. J. Drake. Cincinnati. 1872 (Softcover) Small chips off spine. Very small chips out of cover edges. 1/4 inch broken off front cover corner. Light browning of cover edges. Otherwise very good condition. HIST10506 $65.00
Thomas, W. W. Jr. Sverige och Svenskarne Eller Fran Slott Till Roja. 744 pp. Illustrated covers and internal illustrations. Rand McNally Chicago and New York (1892 ) Good plus condition. Binding tight. 23 pages with some insect damage to edges. (10 inches tall) HIST10012 $50.00
Touring Club Italiano Attraverso L'Italia. Volume XVII. Venezia Tridentina. 240 pp. Map. Illustrations. Bertieri. Milano 1951 (Softcover bound in a hard cover portfolio) Very good condition. HIST10554 $35.00
Toynbee, Richard Mouat and kindred souls (collected by). Snapshots of Early Salt Spring and other Favoured Islands. Ganges, B.C.: Mouat's Trading Co. 1978 (1978) (Softcover) Frontispiece Map, 127 pp. photo illustrations. Very good condition. (In 1977, Mouat's store celebrated 70 years of service to the Gulf Islands by putting out an album of the early settlers. The first settlers of Salt Spring Island were Negroes who came as early as 1857 and in 1859 white settlers came by schooner) HIST10555 $10.00
Tremblay, Prof. Andre. Report of and observer Mission: Morocco. Trial in Rabat arising out of Disturances on 20 and 21 June 1981. 25 pp. International Commission of Jurists, CAnadian Section. Preface dated 1881 (Sofcover) Good condition. HIST10390 $15.00
U. S. Congress. Memorial Services Held in the House of Representative of the United States, Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Nicholas Longworth Late A Representative from Ohio. 103 pp. portrait. Seventy-Second congress, First Session. GPO 1932. (Hardback) Very good condition. HIST10503 $40.00
Vexler, Robert I. Woodrow Wilson 1856-1924. Chronology, Documents, Bibliographical Aids. 123 pp. Oceana Publications Inc. 1969 (Hardback) Very good condition. HIST10432 $9.00
Vierhaus, Rudolf. Die Landjudenschaften in Deutschland als Organe Judischer Selbstverwaltung von der Fruhen Neuzeit bis zur Emanzipation. 5 pp. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht in Gottingen (1990) ( Softcover ) Very good condition. ( Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Gottingen I. Philologisch-Historische Klasse. Jargand 1989, No. 4. ) HIST10319 $12.00
Walters, Raymond. Historical Sketch of the University of Cincinnati. 43 pp. Separate printing from University of Cincinnati Bulletin, Vol. XXXVI Nov. 1940. (Softcover) Good condition, some cover soil. HIST10451 $9.00
Walz, Jay and Audrey. Portrait of Canada. NY: American Heritage Press (A New York Times Book) (1970) (hardback -cloth) 398 pp. , index, photo illustrations, map endpapers. Very good in worn, torn dust jacket. (The authors blend history, geography and current events with their own personal experience and firsthand observations to provide an intriguing picture of Canada today.) HIST10556 $5.00
Washington, George and compilers. Washington's Political Legacies. To which is annexed an Appendix Containing an Account of His Illness, Death, and The National Tributes of Respect Paid to his Memory. With a Biographical Outline of his Life and Character. First edition. 208 pp. plus 14 page list of subscribers. Picture of Funeral Urn on title page. Boston. Printed for John Russell and John West. 1800. (Hardcover, Newly rebound with marbeled boards, brown cloth spine and paper spine label.) Light to no foxing of pages. Crease in title page. (Howes W146.) HIST10582 $525.00
Webb, Thomas G. De Kalb County. Tennessee county History Series. 137 pp. Illustrated. Memphis State University Press. (1986) (Hardback) Very good condition. no dustjacket. HIST10608 $40.00
Wildmann, Georg. Verbrechen an den Deutschen in Jugoslawien 1944 - 1948. Die Stationen eines Volkermords. 358 pp. Donauschwabische Kulturstiftung. Munchen. 1998. (1998) Softcover. Very good condition. HIST10121 $15.00
Williams, Maslyn. The East Is Red. The View Inside China. 266 pp. William Morrow & Co., Inc. 1967 ( 1967 ) Hardcover. Good condition, dustjacket rubbed and chipped. HIST10297 $7.00
Willson, Marcius American History: Comprising Historical Sketches of the Indian Tribes A description of American Antiquities With an Inquiry in to their origin and the origin of the Indian Tribes; History of the United States with appendices showing its connection with European history. History of the Present British Provinces. History of Mexico; and History of Texas Brought down to the time of its admission into the American Union. 672 pp. Many illustrations mostly small maps or vignettes in the text. Published by Mark H. Newman and Co. New York 199 Broadway. 1847 (1846) (Hardback Rebound with leatherette spine and brown cloth covers.) Some scattered foxing in the first and last few pages. A few pages with more extensive toning. Water stain on the upper corner of the last 70 pages or so extending about one inch into the book. HIST10597 $175.00
Wilson, Dick. The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival. 331 pp. The Viking Press. (1971, 1972 ) Hardcover. Very Good Condition. HIST10298 $12.00
Wines, Fredrick H. Report on Crime, Pauperism, and Benevolence in the United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890. Part II. General Tables. 1034 pp. Government Printing Office. Washington. 1895. (Hardback) Good condition, a few page edge stains, binding soiled but sturdy. rebound. (32d Congress, 1st session. House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. 340, Part 24) HIST10015 $80.00
Wing, Asa S. Mortality Experience of the Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia 1866 to 1885. 85 pp. Published by the Company. 1886 (Hardback) Good condition. ExLibrary. Light wear at spine ends and corners. Label on lower spine. Page edges lightly browned. HIST10583 $20.00
Winks, Robin W. Recent Trends and New Literature in Canadian History. Washington DC: Service Center for Teachers of History. Publication #19 (1959) (Softcover) 56 pp. Very good condition. HIST10558 $1.50
Woodruff, John. China in Search of Its Future: Years of great Reform. 1982 - 1987. 218 pp. University of Washington Press. ( 1989 ) Hardcover. Very Good condition. Dustjacket with very light edgewear. ( The author was the Beijing correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, 1982 -1987.) HIST10299 $8.00
Woodworth, Robert Bell. A History of the Presbytery of Winchester (Synod of Virginia) its Rise and Growth, Ecclesiastical Relations, Institutions and Agencies, Churches and Ministers 1719-1945. 521 pp. Printed for the author by McClure Printing Company Staunton Virginia 1947 (1947) (Hardback) Good condition, two smudges on spine form paint spots. HIST10399 $35.00

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