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Adams, John Winthrop. STARS & STRIPES FOREVER. Smithmark 1992. Ill. with photos and period prints every page. 73 pp. Folio. 0831766581. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. Library stamp and sticker on FFEP, no marks on dust jacket. $4.
Allan, Tony. THE LONG MARCH, The Making of Communist China. Heinemann Library 2001. Hardcover. Ill. with photos. 32 pp. 1588100731. Ex-lib. Very Good. $4.
Allen, Thomas B. REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR, American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories. National Geographic 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with photos. 4to. 55 pp. 0792266900. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. ADVENTURES IN THE WILDERNESS, by Rutherford Platt. American Heritage 1963. Very Good. $3.50.
American Heritage Junior Library. THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, by Bruce Catton. American Heritage 1963. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Near-Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. CLIPPER SHIPS AND CAPTAINS, by Jane Lyon. American Heritage 1962. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. COWBOYS AND CATTLE COUNTRY, by Don Ward. American Heritage 1961. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Near-Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE MAKING OF A NATION, by Marcus Cunliffe. American Heritage 1966. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. LEXINGTON, CONCORD AND BUNKER HILL, by Frances Russell. American Heritage 1963. NOT ex-lib. Very Good, corners worn. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. THE MANY WORLDS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, by Frank R. Donovan. American Heritage 1963. Hardcover. VG. $3.50.
American Heritage Junior Library. NAVAL BATTLES AND HEROES, by Wilbur Cross. American Heritage 1960 FE. Hardcover. Very Good. $3.50.
American Heritage Junior Library. THE PILGRIMS AND PLYMOUTH COLONY, by Feenie Ziner. American Heritage 1961. Hardcover. Ill. with paintings, prints, drawings and maps. Near-Fine. $3.50.
American Heritage Junior Library. RAILROADS IN THE DAYS OF STEAM, by Albert McCready. American Heritage 1960. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Near-Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. STEAMBOATS ON THE MISSISSIPPI, by Ralph Andrist. American Heritage 1962. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. THE STORY OF YANKEE WHALING, by Irwin Shapiro. American Heritage Publishing 1959. Hardcover. VG. $3.50.
American Heritage Junior Library. TO THE PACIFIC WITH LEWIS AND CLARK, by Ralph Andrist. American Heritage 1967. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. TRAPPERS AND MOUNTAIN MEN, by Evan Jones. American Heritage 1961. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Fine. $4.
American Heritage Junior Library. WESTWARD ON THE OREGON TRAIL, by Marian T. Place. American Heritage 1962. NOT ex-lib. Immaculate, looks unread. Fine. $4.
American Heritage Horizon Caravel. MOUNTAIN CONQUEST, by Eric Shipton. American Heritage, Harper & Row 1966 FE. Hardcover. Ex-lib. VG. $3.
American Heritage Horizon Caravel. KNIGHTS OF THE CRUSADES, by Jay Williams. American Heritage 1962. Good. $5.
Bainton, Roland H. THE REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Beacon Press 1952, 1966. SOFTCOVER. Good, previous owner’s name. $3.
Bannon, Peter L., Publisher. AMERICA’S HEROES, Inspiring Stories of Courage, Sacrifice and Patriotism. SP. L.L.C 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Heroic stories of incredible courage at the World Trade Center, 9/11/2001. 4to. 160 pp., profusely ill. with photos. 1582614687. Book and dust jacket Fine. $5.
Barker, Eugene C., Dodd, William E, and Webb, Walter. OUR NATION GROWS UP. Row, Peterson & Co. 1932. Hardcover. Illustrated with drawings and maps. The story of the making of our nation in simple and concrete language adapted to the comprehension and interest of young readers. 334 pp. with questions and index. G+. $7.50.
Bial, Raymond. THE STRENGTH OF THESE ARMS, Life in the Slave Quarters. Houghton Mifflin 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket. Details the everyday life of plantation slaves in text and photos. 4to. 38 pp. 0395773946. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.
Blassingame, Wyatt. THE LOOK-IT-UP BOOK OF PRESIDENTS. Random House SOFTCOVER 1996. From George Washington through Bill Clinton. Illustrated. 4to. 159 pp. 0679803580. Fine. $5.
Blassingame, Wyatt. THE LOOK-IT-UP BOOK OF PRESIDENTS. Random House 1968, 1993. Hardcover. From George Washington through Bill Clinton. Illustrated. 4to. 159 pp. 067980353x. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $4.50.
Bleeker, Sonia. THE AZTEC, Indians of Mexico. William Morrow 1963, 1966. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Fair. $3.
Bleeker, Sonia. THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS, Rice Gatherers of the Great Lakes. William Morrow 1955, 1971. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ex-lib. G+/G+. $3.
Bleeker, Sonia. THE ESKIMO, Arctic Hunters and Trappers. William Morrow 1959, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Bliven, Bruce. THE STORY OF D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944. Random House 1956, 1994. Hardcover with dust jacket. 140 pp. Photos. 0679845038. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Blumberg, Rhoda. COMMODORE PERRY IN THE LAND OF THE SHOGUN. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1985. Newbery Honor. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sonlight 5. 0688037232. Book and dust jacket As-New. $9.50.
Blumberg, Rhoda. FULL STEAM AHEAD, The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad. National Geographic Society 1996. Large book with photos, drawings. 150 pp. and index. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.
Blumberg, Rhoda. THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF LEWIS & CLARK. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1987, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with period prints, photos. Folio. 144 pp. 0688065120. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Blumberg, Rhoda. THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF LEWIS & CLARK. Beech Tree SOFTCOVER 1995. Ill. with period prints, photos. 4to. 144 pp. 0688144217. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $4.
Boorstin, Daniel J. THE LANDMARK HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, From Plymouth to Appomattox. Random House 1968. Hardcover. Ill. with prints and photographs. 4to. 185 pp. and index. Berquist 9. Ex-lib. Good, spine and corners taped. Interior tight and very good. $7.50.
Bosco, Peter I. THE WAR OF 1812. Millbrook Press 1991 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with period prints. 4to. 127 pp. 156294004x. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Bowen, Robert Sidney. THEY FLEW TO GLORY. The Story of the Lafayette Flying Corps. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fast-paced, easy-to-read account of the American fighter pilots who flew for France in the Lafayette Flying Corps in World War I. Ill. Bernard Case. 160 pp. Ex-lib.(*) Book Good, dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Braun, Saul. SEVEN HEROES, Medal of Honor Stories of the War in the Pacific. G. P. Putnam’s 1965. Hardcover. 218 pp. Photos. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Very Good. $3.50.
Carmer, Carl, editor. CAVALCADE OF AMERICA, The Deeds and Achievements of the Men and Women Who Made Our Country Great. Crown Publishers 1956. Hardcover. Ill. in color with period prints. 382 pp. Ex-lib. Binding strings pulling a little, but book is solid. Good. $4.
Caselli, Giovanni. THE MIDDLE AGES, The History of Everyday Things. Peter Bedrick Books 1988, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Intricately detailed, color illustrations by Giovanni. Folio. 47 pp. 087226176x. Ex-lib. Book and dustjacket Very Good. $3.50.
Caswell, Maryanne. PIONEER GIRL. Tundra Books 1961, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket. These are the letters 14-year-old Maryanne Caswell wrote to her grandmother when her family left their home in Ontario in 1887 to become homesteaders on the prairie. 82 pp. 0887765505. Book and dust jacket As-New. $6.
Clark, Leonard. THE RIVERS RAN EAST, A Special Edition for Young People. Funk & Wagnalls 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Edited by R. F. Wright. Ill. with photos. First-hand account of the 20th century discovery of the Seven Lost Cities of Gold, buried treasure of the Incas lost for centuries in the jungles of the Amazon. Jr.-Sr. High. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Cleveland, Will & Alvarez, Mark. YO, MILLARD FILLMORE! (And All Those Other Presidents You Don’t Know). Goodwood Press SOFTCOVER 1992. Teaches readers how to memorize the names of the presidents. 0963277812. Very Good. $2.
Cohen, Daniel. ANCIENT EGYPT. Doubleday 1990, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Explores ancient Egyptian culture in fascinating text and brilliant detailed illustrations by Gary A. Lippincott. 44 pp. Folio. Ex-lib. 0385245866. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Conrad, Pam. PRAIRIE VISIONS, The Life and Times of Solomon Butcher. Butcher recorded the lives of turn-of-the-century pioneers in photos and words. These are his stories and fascinating photos. 85 pp. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.
Corbishley, Mike. THE MIDDLE AGES, Cultural Atlas for Young People. Facts On File 1990. Hardcover. Maps, charts, illustrations, and text explore the history and culture of the Middle Ages. Folio. 96 pp. 0816019738. Ex-lib. Book Near-Fine. $7.50.
Cox, Clinton. UNDYING GLORY, The Story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. Scholastic 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Period prints, photos. 0590441701. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Crossley-Holland, Kevin. THE WORLD OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS COURT, People, Places, Legend, and Lore. Dutton Children’s Books SOFTCOVER 1998. Ill. Peter Malone. Surveys the known history of King Arthur, the legends and lore surrounding him, and the possible historical background of his associates and stories. 122 pp. 4to. 0525473211. Fine. $4.
David, Burke. APPOMATTOX, Closing Struggle of the Civil War. Harper & Row 1963 first edition. A Breakthrough Book. Hardcover. Ill. with photos. Very Good. $2.
Davis, Paxton. THE BATTLE OF NEW MARKET (VA), A Story of V.M.I. Little, Brown 1963. Hardcover. Famous battle of the Civil War in which the Corps of Cadets turned certain defeat into a victory for the Confederacy. 145 pp. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $2.
de Meyer, John. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT. Ives Washburn 1939. Hardcover. Orange cloth over boards. Good. $3.50.
DeMoss, Arthur S. THE REBIRTH OF AMERICA. Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation 1986. SOFTCOVER. 4to. Very Good, crease in corner of cover. $3.
Dolan, Edward F. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, How We Fought the War of Independence. Millbrook Press 1995 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Period prints, maps, drawings nearly every page. 110 pp. with index. 4to. 1562945211. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Dorling Kindersley. STEPHEN BIESTY’S CROSS-SECTIONS CASTLE. Dorling Kindersley 1994. Written by Richard Platt. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very large book with magnificent illustrations showing a wealth of detail about a 14th century medieval castle, showing every aspect inside and out. 27 pp. and index. 1564584674. Oversize folio. Book Fine, dust jacket has edge tears, chips. $7.50.
Dorling Kindersley Discoveries. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Explorer of the New World, by Peter Chrisp. D-K 2001 first edition. Hardcover. 48 pages, profusely ill. in color with drawings, prints, photos. Center fold-out creased. 4to. 0789479362. Ex-lib. Good. $4.
Dorling Kindersley. LIFE THROUGH THE AGES, by Giovanni Caselli. D-K 1992, first Am. ed. Hardcover. Ill. by Caselli. 64 pp. 4to. 1564581438. Near-Fine. $5.
Dorling Kindersley. ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF GREAT ADVENTURES, Tales of Real-Life Adventurers Throughout History. Retold by Richard Platt. D-K 1999 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Thirty 2-3-page stories from Hannibal to The First Moon Landing. Maps, photos, color drawings by George Sharp. 0789444615. Book and dust jacket Fine. $9.50.
Duggan, Alfred. GROWING UP WITH THE NORMAN CONQUEST. Pantheon Books 1966. Hardcover. Ill. C. Walter Hodges. 213 pp. and index. Ex-lib. Good, cover wear. $4.50.
Everyday Life Series. EVERYDAY LIFE ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER, by Louis Wright. G. P. Putnam’s 1968. Jr.-Sr. High. Drawings, photos. 252 p. and index. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $6.
Facts on File. JOURNEYS OF THE GREAT EXPLORERS, by Rosemary Burton, Richard Cavendish and Bernard Stonehouse. Facts on File 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. 30 famous voyages of global exploration are brought vividly to life, arranged chronologically from Alexander the Great in the 4th century to space exploration in 1969. Ill. with maps, prints and photos. 224 pages with index. Folio. 0816028400. Jr.-Sr. High. Ex-lib. Book Very Good with 1 library sticker, dust jacket Very Good with no library marks. $7.50.
Facts on File. CHILDREN’S ATLAS, by David and Jill Wright. Facts on File Publications 1989. Hardcover. Folio. 96 pp. 081601745x. Near-Fine. $3.
Fenner, Phyllis. THE PRICE OF LIBERTY, Stories of the American Revolution, selected by Phyllis Fenner. William Morrow 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket. 12 stories; 191 pp. Upper elementary-jr. high level. Ex-lib. Spots on endpapers. Book Good, dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Fisher, Leonard Everett. TRACKS ACROSS AMERICA, The Story of the American Railroad 1825-1900. Holiday House 1992 FE. Photos, maps, drawings. 192 pp. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $8.
Fleischman, Paul. BULL RUN. Laura Geringer 1993. Hardcover. Woodcuts by David Frampton. 192 pp. (#) Ex-lib. VG/G. $1.50.
Foster, Genevieve. 1776, YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE. Charles Scribner’s 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book Very Good with one worn spot on bottom edge, dust jacket has piece cut out of back. $12.
Foster, Genevieve. BIRTHDAYS OF FREEDOM, FROM EARLY EGYPT TO THE FALL OF ROME, America’s Heritage from the Ancient World. Charles Scribner’s 1952, Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Front free endpaper removed. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $15.
Freedman, Russell. GIVE ME LIBERTY! The Story of the Declaration of Independence. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 2000. Illustrated with period prints in color. 86 pp. 4to. 0439329183. Near-Fine, previous owner’s name erased. $4.
Freedman, Russell. IMMIGRANT KIDS. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1992. 72 pages of photos from 19th and early 20th century immigrant families, with text. 0590465651. Near-fine, scuff on spine. $3.50.
Friedman, Ina R. THE OTHER VICTIMS, First-Person Stories of Non-Jews Persecuted by the Nazis. Houghton Mifflin 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. 214 pp. with index. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Fritz, Jean. AROUND THE WORLD IN A HUNDRED YEARS, From Henry the Navigator to Magellan. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1994. Ill. Anthony Venti. 0590489100. Near-Fine. $4.
Fritz, Jean. BRENDAN THE NAVIGATOR, A History Mystery About the Discovery of America. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan 1979. Ill. Enrico Arno. Hardcover with dust jacket. In Ireland the children believe America was discovered by St. Brendan, This is his story. 31 pp. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Fritz, Jean. WHO’S THAT STEPPING ON PLYMOUTH ROCK? Coward-McCann 1975. Hardcover with dust jacket. The author and illustrator, J. B. Handelsman, follow the history of Plymouth Rock down through the years. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Gebler, Ernest. THE PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE. Doubleday 1950. Hardcover with dust jacket. A chronicle novel of those forgotten people whose spirit brought life to a new world. Sr. high – adult. Ex-lib. Book very good, dust jacket Very Good. $6.50.
Gerson, Noel B. MR. MADISON’S WAR, 1812: The Second War for Independence. Julian Messner 1966. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $4.50.
Gies, Frances and Joseph. LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE. Harper & Row 1989. Hardcover. Study of the vigorous character of a 13th century English village and its survival-bent peasants. 0060162155. 207 pp., notes and index. NF/NF. $6.
Gilbert, Adrian. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Thomson Learning 1995. Hardcover. 4to. 48 pages, illustrated with paintings and drawings. 1568473907. Ex-lib. Very Good. $4.50.
Gilman, Rhoda R. THE STORY OF MINNESOTA’S PAST. Minnesota Historical Society Press 1989, 1991. SOFTCOVER. Profusely ill. with photos. 4to. 231 pp. 0873512677. Very Good. $4.
Golden, Harry. FORGOTTEN PIONEER. World Publishing 1963 FE. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ill. Leonard Vosburgh. With warmth and understanding the author tells of the old-time pack peddlers who walked the countryside from the earliest beginnings of our country until the mid-1920’s. 157 pp. Jr.-Sr. High. NOT ex-lib. VG/G-, dust jacket wrinkled. $3.50.
Hall-Quest, Olga. POWHATAN AND CAPTAIN SMITH. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy 1957. Hardcover with dust jacket. 158 pp. Illustrated. Upper elementary level. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Fair. $3.50.
Hakim, Joy. THE FIRST AMERICANS, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK ONE. Oxford University Press 1993. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. 0195077458. Ex-lib. One ½” worn spot on bottom edge, otherwise Very Good. $6.50.
Hakim, Joy. MAKING THIRTEEN COLONIES, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK TWO. Oxford University Press 1993. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. 0195077474. Near-Fine. $7.50.
Hakim, Joy. FROM COLONIES TO COUNTRY, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK THREE. Oxford University Press 1993. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. 0195077490. School stamp. Near-Fine. $7.50.
Hakim, Joy. FROM COLONIES TO COUNTRY, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK THREE. Oxford University Press 1993, 1999. SOFTCOVER. Sonlight 7. 0195127560. Near-Fine. $6.50.
Hakim, Joy. THE NEW NATION, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK FOUR. Oxford University Press 1993. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. 0195077512. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $8.50.
Hakim, Joy. LIBERTY FOR ALL? A HISTORY OF US, BOOK FIVE. Oxford University Press 1994. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. 0195077539. Ex-lib. Very Good. $8.50.
Hakim, Joy. RECONSTRUCTION AND REFORM, A HISTORY OF US, BOOK SEVEN. Oxford University Press 1994. Hardcover. Sonlight 7. 0195077571. Ex-lib. Very Good. $8.50.
Hall-Quest, Olga. SHRINE OF LIBERTY, THE ALAMO. E. P. Dutton 1948 FE. Hardcover. Out-of-print. In-depth story of the Alamo and the courageous, tenacious, and loyal men who gave their lives there. 148 pp. VG. $3.50.
Haller, Adolf. HE SERVED TWO MASTERS, The Story of the Conquest of Mexico. Pantheon 1962. Hardcover. Told from the viewpoint of the young page of Cortes and Emperor Montezuma. Ex-lib. Good. $5.
Hart, Herbert. PIONEER FORTS OF THE WEST. Superior Publishing 1967 FE. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ill. Paul Hartle; photos by the author. Book shows by word and picture a page of Western history when the face of the adventurer was turned toward the setting sun and the Army was at his side. 186 pp. and index. 4to. VG, no dust jacket. $6.50.
Hernandez, Xavier & Comes, Pilar. BARMI, A MEDITERRANEAN CITY THROUGH THE AGES. Houghton Mifflin 1990, first Am. edition. First published in Italy. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. by Jordi Ballonga. Reader’s are introduced to the history, architecture, administration, and culture at fourteen crucial stages of this fictional city’s development. Panamoric overviews with explanatory text and detailed drawings. 56 pp. Folio. NOT ex-lib. 0395542278. $8.50.
Hillyer, V. M. YOUNG PEOPLE’S STORY OF THE MODERN WORLD. Meredith Press 1966. Hardcover. Good. $5.
Hillyer, V. M. YOUNG PEOPLE’S STORY OF EUROPE. Meredith Pres 1966. Hardcover. Good, spine damaged in one spot. $ 3.
Hillyer, Virgil M. A CHILD’S HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Calvert Education Series 1997. Hardcover. Many illustrations by Carle Michel Boog and Mary Sherwood Wright. 625 pp. Very Good. $28.
Hofsinde, Robert. INDIAN PICTURE WRITING. William Morrow 1959. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.50.
Hofsinde, Robert (Gray-Wolf). INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1984, 1997. 0590381938. As-New. $2.50.
Howarth, Sarah. RENAISSANCE PLACES. Millbrook Press 1992. Hardcover. 3-page chapters on “The Schulptor’s Workshop,” “The City,” “The Palace,” “The Home,” etc. Ill. with period prints. 47 pp. 1562940899. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Howarth, Sarah. RENAISSANCE PEOPLE. Millbrook Press 1992. Hardcover. 3-page chapters on “The Banker,” “The Writer,” “The Craftsman,” “The Protestant,” etc. Ill. with period prints. 47 pp. 1562940880. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Humble, Richard. THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO, Exploration Through the Ages. Franklin Watts 1990. Hardcover. ½ to ¾-page color illustrations by Richard Hook. 32 pp. 4to. 0531140229. Good. $3.50.
Ideals. THE PASSING SCENE, A Return to the Years 1900 to 1930. An Ideals Publication. Written by Janice Lennon. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated. 80 pp. Oblong4to. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Inside Story. A FRONTIER FORT ON THE OREGON TRAIL, by Scott Steedman and Mark Bergin. Peter Bedrick Books. Hardcover with dust jacket. Takes a detailed look through color illustrations and text to show what life was like in and around the frontier forts of the old West. 4to. 48 pp. Guaranteed to fascinate young people. 0872263711. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $4.
Jacobs, Francine. THE TAINOS, The People Who Welcomed Columbus. G. P. Putnam’s 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fascinating account of these people who were the first Americans to welcome Columbus. 107 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $2.50.
Johnson, Gerald W. AMERICA GROWS UP, A History for Peter. William Morrow 1960. Hardcover. Ill. Leonard Everett Fisher. Ex-lib. VG. $6.50.
Johnson, Neil. THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. Four Winds Press 1992. Photos made at the 1990-91 reenactment of the fighting at Lexington Green and Concord’s North Bridge. 36 pp., photos every page. 0027478416. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
Jurmain, Suzanne. FREEDOM’S SONS, The True Story of the Amistad Mutiny. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1998. 124 pp. and index. Ex-lib. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. $6.50.
Kingfisher. PYRAMIDS, by Anne Millard. Kingfisher 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. Egyptian, Nubian, Mayan, Aztec, Modern. Packed with color illustrations. Folio. 63 pp. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. 1856976742. $5.
Komroff, Manuel. THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, One Hundred Days of Destiny. Macmillan 1964. Pictorial hardcover. Ex-lib. $3.
Lampman, Evelyn Sibley. ONCE UPON THE LITTLE BIGHORN. Thomas Y. Crowell 1971. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Author has created a carefully researched, vividly written, fast-moving history of the four days of the battle of The Little Bighorn, from the point of view of the U. S. Army as well as from the point of view of the American Indian. Upper elementary and older. 159 pp. and index. 0690595409. VG/G-, dust jacket has some fading and wrinkling. $5.
Landmark Series. BETSY ROSS AND THE FLAG, by Jane Mayer. Random House 1952. Pictorial hardcover. Ex-lib. Very Good. $6.
Landmark Series. DANIEL BOONE, THE OPENING OF THE WILDERNESS, by John Mason Brown. Random House 1952. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Good. $7.
Landmark Series. THE EXPLORATIONS OF PERE MARQUETTE, by Jim Kjelgaard. Random House 1951. Pictorial hardcover. Ex-lib. Good. $6.50.
Landmark Series. THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CABLE, by Adele Gutman Nathan. Random House 1959. Pictorial hardcover. Ex-lib. Good, light cover wear. $5.
Landmark Series. GERONIMO, Wolf of the Warpath, by Ralph Moody. Random House 1958. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $11.
Landmark Series. LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS, THE YEARS OF DECISION. By Regina Kelly. Random House 1954. Pictorial hardcover. Ex-lib. Good+. $6.
Landmark Series. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, by Robert Tallant. Random House 1952. Green cloth over boards. Ex-lib. Very Good. $5.
Landmark Series. THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC AND OTHER NAVAL BATTLES, by Fletcher Pratt. Random House 1951. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $3.50.
Landmark Series. THE STORY OF D-DAY, by Bruce Bliven. Random House 1956. Hardcover. Very Good, no dust jacket. $5.
Landmark Series. THE VIKINGS, by Elizabeth Janeway. Random House 1951. Hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Very Good+. $5.
Landmark Series. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, Pioneers of American Aviation, by Quentin Reynolds. Random House 1950. Pictorial hardcover. NOT ex-lib. Very Good. $6.50.
Landmark (World). GENGHIS KHAN AND THE MONGOL HORDE, by Harold Lamb. Random House 1954. Blue cloth over boards, no dust jacket. Good+. $7.50.
Landmark (World). BALBOA, SWORDSMAN AND CONQUISTADOR, by Felix Risenberg, Jr. Random House 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Good- with small piece missing at spine. $8.50.
Landmark (World). JOAN OF ARC, by Nancy Wilson Ross. Random House 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Poor. $8.50.
Landmark (World). JULIUS CAESAR, by John Gunther. Random House 1959. NOT ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Fair. $8.50.
Landmark (World). THE MAN WHO CHANGED CHINA, The Story of Sun Yat-Sen. Random House 1953. Green cloth hardcover. Very Good+. $7.50.
Landmark (World). NAPOLEON AND THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Spencer Press 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. $8.50.
Landmark (World). QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE SPANISH ARMADA, by Frances Winwar. Random House 1954. Pictorial hardcover. Ex-lib. Very Good. $7.
Landmark (World). THE STORY OF AUSTRALIA, by A. Grove Day. Random House 1960., Hardcover with dust jacket. Book Very Good, dust jacket has piece missing at spine. $8.50.
Landmark (World). WALTER RALEIGH: MAN OF TWO WORLDS, by Henrietta Buckmaster. Random House 1964. Pictorial hardcover. Ex-lib. Very Good. $6.50.
Landmark (World). WINSTON CHURCHILL, by Quentin Reynolds. Random House 1963. Pictorial hardcover. Ex-lib. Very Good. $7.
Landmark Giant. GREAT AMERICAN BATTLES, by Robert Leckie. Random House 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket. Important battles of America’s nine major wars – from the French and Indian War to the war in Korea, illustrated with maps, prints and photos. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Landmark Giant. WASHINGTON D.C., The Story of Our Nation’s Capital, by Howard K. Smith. Random House 1967. Hardcover. Ill. with maps and photos. 4to. 193 pp. Very Good. $4.50.
Lauber, Patricia. DUST BOWL, The Story of Man on the Great Plains. Challenge Books. Coward-McCann 1958. Photos. Tells the story and traces the causes of the dust storms of 1933. 95 pp. Ex-lib. G/G. $4.50.
Lavender, David. SNOWBOUND, The Tragic Story of the Donner Party. Holiday House 1996. Hardcover. Photos, period prints. 4to. 84 pp. 0823412318. Ex-lib. Near-Fine/Near-Fine. $4.
Lavine, Sigmund. THE GAMES THE INDIANS PLAYED. Dodd, Mead 1974. Ill. with photos and art prints. Ex-lib. G/VG. $3.
Lengyel, Cornel Adam. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Western Publishing 1964, 1977. Portraits, period prints, 2-4 page bio’s for presidents through Jimmy Carter. 108 pp. 4to. Very Good. $4.
Library of Congress. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, A Centennial Exhibition. Library of Congress 1961 SOFTCOVER. Full-page photos and period prints. This is a catalog of the Centennial exhibit, but stands alone with information and ill. about the Civil War. 75 pp. and index. VG. $3.
Livesey, Anthony. GREAT COMMANDERS AND THEIR BATTLES. Courage Books 1987, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. Portraits, museum prints, many in full-page color. Includes Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Gustavus Adolphus, Napoleon, George Washington, Douglas Macarthur, 14 others. Folio. 200 pp. Sr. High-Adult. Very large, heavy book. 1561383309. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good-plus. $6.
Living History. PYRAMIDS OF ANCIENT EGYPT, John D. Clare. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Gulliver Books 1992. Hardcover. Ill. with photos. Describes daily life in Ancient Egypt during the time of the Pharaoh Chephren. 4to. Ex-lib. Good. $3.50.
Loeper, John J. GOING TO SCHOOL IN 1776. Atheneum Books 1973. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0689300891. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.50.
MacDowell, Bart. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, America’s Fight for Freedom. National Geographic1967. Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated in full color with period prints and photos. 198 pp. 8vo. VG. $5.
Marrin, Albert. COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE CIVIL WAR. Dutton Children’s Books 1997 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Author wrote the book to show that it was not a mythic figure but a very real man of sorrows and mystery and of enormous humanity who dedicated himself to the role that fell to him. Ill. with photos. 0525458220. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. Library stamps on endpapers, no marks on dust jacket. $7.50.
Marrin, Albert. COMANDER IN CHIEF, ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE CIVIL WAR. Dutton Children’s Books SOFTCOVER 1997, 2003. 0525470697. Very Good+. $4.50.
Marrin, Albert. OVERLORD, D-DAY AND THE INVASION OF EUROPE. Atheneum 1982, first editon. Hardcover with dust jacket. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $8.50.
Marrin, Albert. THE SEA ROVERS, Pirates, Privateers, and Buccaneers. Atheneum 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0689310293. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $10.
Marrin, Albert. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, U. S. Grant and the Civil War. Atheneum 1994, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. Marrin, Albert. VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC. Atheneum 1983 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with photos. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $12.
Marrin, Albert. THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, The Story of the American Revolution. Atheneum 1988, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 068931390x. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $8.
Marshall, Peter & Manuel, David. FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA FOR CHILDREN. Fleming H. Revell 1990, 194. SOFTCOVER. Discovering God’s plan for America in her first half-century of independence, 1787-1837. 0800754840. As-New. $4.50.
Martell, Hazel Mary. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE VIKINGS? Peter Bedrick 1992. Hardcover. 4to. 44 pp. 087226355x. Ex-lib. VG. $5.
Martin, Joseph Plumb. YANKEE DOODLE BOY, A Young Soldier’s Adventures in the American Revolution Told by Himself. Edited by George F. Scheer. William R. Scott 1964. Hardcover with dust jacket. 1964 Thomas Alva Edison Foundation Award. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Marx, Robert F. THE BATTLE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA 1588. World Publishing 1965 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with period prints, maps and old documents. Vivid and authentic re-creation of one of the most momentous naval battles of all time. 4to. 127 pp. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Very Good. $6.
Mayer, Marianna. WOMEN WARRIORS, Myths and Legends of Heroic Women. Morrow Junior Books 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-page color ill. by Julek Heller. 0688155227. NOT ex-lib. 4to. 80 pp. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.50.
Meltzer, Milton. ALL TIMES, ALL PEOPLES: A World History of Slavery. Harper & Row 1980. Hardcover. Ill. Leonard Everett Fisher. Examines the historical patterns of slavery throughout the world, from ancient times through the present. 4to. 59 pp. Elementary – jr. high. 006024187x. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.
Meltzer, Milton. IN THE DAYS OF THE PHARAOHS, A Look at Ancient Egypt. Franklin Watts 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Full-color and b/w photos and illustrations. 159 pp. 053111791x. Ex-lib. Book an d dust jacket Very Good. $5.
Milhous, Katherine. THROUGH THESE ARCHES, The Story of Independence Hall. J. B. Lippincott 1964. Hardcover. Oblong4to. 3-color illustrations. 96 pp. Ex-lib. with FFEP torn out. Very Good. $7.50.
Mills, Dorothy. THE BOOK OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS. G. P. Putnam’s 1925. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated. An introduction to the history and civilization of Greece from the coming of the Greeks to the conquest of Corinth by Rome in 146 B.C. Pull-out timeline in back of book has some creases and a small tear. Ex-lib., no library marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. Rare in this condition in dust jacket. $20.
Mills, Dorothy. THE MIDDLE AGES. G. P. Putnam’s 1925. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated. Scholarly interpretation of important events and of those features which characterized all countries during the Middle Ages. Time chart in back of book. Ex-lib., no library marks on dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Very Good. Rare in this condition in dust jacket. $20.
Moody, Ralph. STAGECOACH WEST. Thomas Y. Crowell 1967, first edition. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Illustrated with photos and period prints. 333 pp. and index. Light stain to edge of first 10 pages and last 9-10 pages, not affecting text. Cover has light spots. Good. $6.
Mowry, William A. and Arthur May Mowry. FIRST STEPS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. Silver Burdett & Co. 1898, 1900. Hardcover. Illustrated. 320 pp. The narrative of our country as told in the stories of 39 great Americans. Probably upper elementary, jr. high. Good. $10.
Murphy, Jim. THE BOYS’ WAR, Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1990. 0590456040. NOT ex-lib. Fine. $3.
Murphy, Jim. A YOUNG PATRIOT, The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy. Clarion Books 1996 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. In the summer of 1776, Joseph Martin was a 15-year-old farm boy who enlisted in the Revolutionary army until hostilities ended in 1783. This is his story. Ill. with period prints. 101 pp. with index. 0395605237. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
Murphy, Jim. ACROSS AMERICA ON AN EMIGRANT TRAIN. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1993, 1995. Ill. with photos and period prints. 148 pp. 0590537954. Near-Fine. $3.50.
Murphy, Jim. BLIZZARD! Scholastic 2001. SOFTCOVER. Story of the great East Coast blizzard of 1888. 151 pp. plus index. 0590673106. Mint. $3.50.
Murphy, Jim. THE GREAT FIRE. Scholastic 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. Newbery Honor. Personal accounts and carefully researched history of the Chicago fire of 1871. 0590472674. NOT ex-lib. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.
Murphy, Jim. THE GREAT FIRE. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1995. Newbery Honor. Personal accounts and carefully researched history of the Chicago fire of 1871. 0590472666. NOT ex-lib. Near-Fine. $3.
Murphy, Jim. A YOUNG PATRIOT, The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy. Clarion Books 1996 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Murphy lets teenage patriot Joseph Plumb tell his own true story as he weaves in historical background details. Ill. with period prints. 101 pp. 4to. 0395605237. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $4.50.
New Discovery Books. FOOD & FEASTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES, by Imogen Dawson. Macmillan 1994. Hardcover. A social history of the Medieval Ages. 32 pp. 4to. 002726324x. Ex-lib. Near-Fine. $2.50.
North Star Books. THE BATTLES FOR NEW ORLEANS, by F. Van Wyck Mason. Houghton Mifflin 1962 FE. Hardcover. Berquist 5. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $8.
North Star Books. DOWN THE COLORADO WITH MAJOR POWELL, by James Ramsey Ullman. Houghton Mifflin 1960. VG/G. $5.
North Star Books. THE GREATEST CATTLE DRIVE, by Paul Wellman. Houghton Mifflin 1964. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Near-Fine/G, dust jacket chipped. $8.
North Star Books. LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA, by Andre Maurois. Houghton Mifflin 1960 FE. Out-of-print. Near-Fine/VG. $8.
North Star Books. LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA, by Andre Maurois. Houghton Mifflin 1960. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Pict. library binding. Cover quite worn. $4.
North Star Books. MARK TWAIN AND THE RIVER, by Sterling North. Houghton Mifflin 1961 FE. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. G. $4.50.
North Star Books. THE MAYO BROTHERS, by Helen Clapesattle. Houghton Mifflin 1962 first edition. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Good. $5.
North Star Books. MELVILLE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, by Henry Beetle Hough. Houghton Mifflin 1960. Hardcover. Story of adventure in the life of the author of Moby Dick and Typee. Ex-lib. Vert Good, sticker on spin. $4.50.
North Star Books. ROBERT E. LEE, by Jonathan Daniels. Houghton Mifflin 1960 first edition. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Good, corners worn. $4.
North Star Books. TICONDEROGA, THE STORY OF A FORT, By Bruce Lancaster. Hardcover. Ex-lib. Good, worn spot on bottom edge. $4.
North Star Books. THE TRAIL TO SANTA FE, by David Lavender. Houghton Mifflin 1958 FE. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $7.
North Star Books. THE UNITED STATES MARINES, by Lynn Montross & William M. Miller. Houghton Mifflin 1962. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $7.
Odijk, Pamela. THE CHINESE, The Ancient World Series. Macmillan 1989. Hardcover. Ill. with photos, drawings. 4to. 48 pp. with index. Ex-lib. Very Good. $3.50.
Ogg, Frederic, editor. A SOURCE BOOK OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY. American Book Co. 1907. Documents illustrative of European life and institutions from the German invasions to the Renaissance. 477 pp. Jr.-Sr. High. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. G. $6.
Parkman, Francis. THE DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WEST: LASALLE. Rinehart & Co. 1956. Hardcover with dust jacket. By the author of The Oregon Trail. Originally published in mid-1800’s. An American classic of adventurous exploration from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico in the 17th century. 354 pp. and index. Sr. High-adult. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $6.50.
Perl, Lila. MUMMIES, TOMBS, AND TREASURE, Secrets of Ancient Egypt. Clarion Books SOFTCOVER 1987. Ill. with photos and drawings lby Erika Weihs. 0395547962. Very Good. $3.
Perl, Lila. MUMMIES, TOMBS, AND TREASURE, Secrets of Ancient Egypt. Clarion Books 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with photos and drawings lby Erika Weihs. NOT ex-lib. 0899194079. Book Near-Fine, dust jacket Very Good with two tears. $5.
Phelan, Mary Kay. THE STORY OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. Thomas Y. Crowell 1973. Hardcover. Out-of-print. Traces the causes and events of the deliberately planned and carefully executed Boston Tea Party. Elementary grades. 102 pp. and index. 0690776535. (#) Ex-lib. VG/VG. $2.
Phelan, Mary Kay. MR. LINCOLN’S INAUGURAL JOURNEY. Thomas Y. Crowell 1972 FE. Ill. Richard Cuffari. Hardcover. Out-of-print. True account, based on newspapers, diaries, journals, and interviews. Upper elementary – jr. high. (#) Ex-lib. VG+/VG+. $2.
Place, Marian. RIFLES AND WAR BONNETS, Negro Cavalry In the West. Ives Washburn 1968. Hardcover. Out-of-print. The 9th and 10th Cavalry of the U.S. Army, made up of Negro soldiers, campaigned from 1867-1891 in the West. 143 pp. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $4.
Portraits of Greatness. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF COLUMBUS, ed. by Dr. Enzo Orlandi. Curtis Books 1967. Beautiful color ill. of period prints and maps. 75 pp. Folio. VG+. $4.
Portraits of Greatness. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF NAPOLEON, ed. by Dr. Enzo Orlandi. Curtis Books 1967. Beautiful color ill. of period prints and maps. 75 pp. Folio. Near-Fine. $4.
Quennell, Marjorie & C.H.B. EVERYDAY LIFE IN ROMAN AND ANGLO-SAXON TIMES, Including Viking and Norman Times. G. P. Pputnam’s 1959, 1963. Hardcover. Illustrations nearly every page. 236 pp. with index. Ex-lib. Lib. binding. Good. $4.
Ray, Delia. BEHIND THE BLUE AND GRAY, The Soldier’s Life in the Civil War. Lodestar Books 1991. Hardcover with dust jacket. Young Readers History of the Civil War. Ill. with photos, maps, period prints. 4to. 101 pp. with index. 0525673334. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.
Ray, Delia. A NATION TORN, The Story of How the Civil War Began. Lodestar Books 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket. Young Readers History of the Civil War. Ill. with photos, maps, period prints. 4to. 101 pp. with index. 0525673083. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Near-Fine. $3.
Ray, Delia. GOLD! The Klondike Adventure. Lodestar Books 1989. Ill. with photos and maps, every page. 83 pp. and index. 4to. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $2.
Reit, Seymour. IRONCLAD! A True Story of the Civil War. Dodd, Mead 1977. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ill. with old prints and drawings by the author. Story of the battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac from the point of view of Peter Williams, a young helmsman in the Union Navy. 92 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Good. $3.
Rodell, Fred. NINE MEN, A Political History of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1790 to 1955. Random House 1955, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 338 pp. with index. Sr. High-Adult. NOT ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $4.50.
Rubel, David. THE UNITED STATES IN THE 19TH CENTURY. Scholastic Timelines. Agincourt Press Book 1996. Hardcover. Elaborate and detailed book. 178 pp. and index. Oblong4to. 0590725645. Fine. $8.
Sandoz, Mari. THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN. Lippincott 1966. 182 pp. G+/G+. $5.
Shelton, William Roy. COUNTDOWN, THE STORY OF CAPE CANAVERAL. Little, Brown 1960 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Story for young people starts with Robert Goddard and his suggestion in 1919 that a multistage rocket could be sent to the moon. Nicely illustrated by Robert Curran. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $3.
Slater, Rosalie J. TEACHING AND LEARNING AMERICA’S CHRISTIAN HISTORY. Foundation for American Christian Education 1965, 1987. Hardcover. A Christian education guide for the American Christian home, the American Christian church, the American Christian school, the principle approach. Large, heavy book. 4to. 378 pp. Red cloth over boards, gilt lettering. Fine. $10.
Sloane, Eric. THE SPIRITS OF ’76. Ballantine Books SOFTCOVER 1973, 1976. The author considers ten early American spirits (i.e. respect, hard work, frugality), which he believes have either weakened or vanished. 64 pp. Very Good+. $3.50.
Sobol, Donald. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AT KITTY HAWK. Scholastic 1961. SOFTCOVER. G, worn. $1.50.
Speare, Elizabeth George. LIFE IN COLONIAL AMERICA. Landmark Giant. Random House 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. 3-color illustrations by Charles Walker. 4to. 169 pp. and index. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $9.50.
Spence, David & Susan. THE HISTORY OF SHIPWRECKS. Barrons 1999 SOFTCOVER. A look at many of the world’s shipwrecks, from the Spanish galleons to modern-day disasters. 31 pp. Ill. with photos. 0764106465. Near-Fine. $2.50.
Steedman, Scott. THE EGYPTIAN NEWS, The Greatest Newspaper in Civiization. Scholastic SOFTCOVER 1997. Folio. 32 pp. 0590266179. Near-Fine. $3.
Sterling, Dorothy. FOREVER FREE, The Story of the Emancipation Proclamation. Doublelday 1963. Hardcover. Out-of-print. 197 pp. plus index. Upper elementary – jr. high. Ex-lib. VG/G. $4.
Sterne, Emma Gelders. THE LONG BLACK SCHOONER, The Voyage of the Amistad. Follett 1953, 1968. Hardcover. Written in story form but created from the recorded facts as they appeared in newspapers of that period and in the testimony in the courts. 192 pp. Jr - Sr. High. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $4.50.
Swift, Hildegarde Hoyt. NORTH STAR SHINING, A Pictorial History of the American Negro. William Morrow 1947. Hardcover. Dramatic full-page illustratins in color and b/w by Lynd Ward. 45 pp. Ex-lib. G/VG. $3.50.
Taylor, Theodore. REBELLION TOWN WILLIAMSBURG, 1776. Thomas Y. Crowell 1973 first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Lively and suspense-filled account of the independence movement in Veriginia. Ex-lib. Book Very Good, dust jacket Very Good. $2.50.
Timelines. EXPLORERS, Expeditions & Pioneers, by Fiona MacDonald. Franklin Watts 1994. Hardcover. Folio. 48 pp. 0531143325. Ex-lib. Good. $4.50.
Timelines. INVENTIONS, Inventors & Ingenious Ideas, by Peter Turvey. Franklin Watts 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. Out-of-print. Surveys inventions throughout history in relation to the needs, skills, and technologies of the people living at particular times. 48 pp. Folio. 053115243x. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $4.50.
Timelines. TRANSPORT ON LAND, ROAD & RAIL, by Eryl Davies. Franklin Watts 1992. From “The First Wheel,” and “Roman Roads,” to “Modern Cars” and “Future.” Profusely ill. in color. 47 pp. 4to. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $4.50.
Trease, Geoffrey. SEVEN KINGS OF ENGLAND. The Vanguard Press 1955. Hardcover with dust jacket. 247 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $7.
Tunis, Edwin. COLONIAL CRAFTSMEN AND THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY. Thomas Y. Crowell 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. Treasury of the way things were done before machines obliterated this phase of early American life, with intricately detailed drawings by Tunis. Folio. 154 pp. and index. Ex-lib. Book Good+, dust jacket Very Good. $12.
Tunis, Edwin. COLONIAL CRAFTSMEN And the Beginnings of American Industry. World Publishing 1972. Pictorial hardcover. Intricate, detailed illustrations by Tunis. With true details in drawings and text that transform dry history into living adventure, Tunis describes crafting and industry in America from pioneer days to the mid-1800’s. 4to. 159 pp. 0690000995. Ex-lib. Book Good, light cover wear. $8.50.
Tunis, Edwin. FRONTIER LIVING. Thomas Y. Crowell 1961. Hardcover with dust jacket. Intricately detailed, fascinating drawings by Tunis. Every significant aspect of daily life on the American frontier is vividly brought to life in text and more than 200 intricately detailed, fascinating drawings in this enlightening and entertaining re-creation, seen in its historical perspective. Folio. 162 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $12.50.
Tunis, Edwin. THE YOUNG UNITED STATES, 1783 TO 1830. Thomas Y. Crowell 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. The author writes about the special quality of personal and family life as well as about historical events in the ebullient young United States, accompanied by over 165 detailed pencil drawings. Folio. 150 pp. and index. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good+. $12.
Unstead, R. J. SEE INSIDE AN ANCIENT CHINESE TOWN. Warwick Press 1979. 4to. 29 pp. 0531091589. Ex-lib. Very Good. $5.
Van der linde, Laurel. THE PONY EXPRESS. Discovery Books 1993. Hardcover. Ill. with photos, period prints, maps. 4to. 71 pp. 0027590569. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $3.50.
Warner, Rex. MEN OF ATHENS, THE STORY OF FIFTH CENTURY ATHENS. The Viking Press 1972. Hardcover. Ill. with photographs by Dimitrios Harissiadis. 4to. 242 pp. with index. Sr. High-Adult. Very Good. $4.50.
Werstein, Irving. A NATION FIGHTS BACK, The Depression and Its Aftermath. Julian Messner 1962, 1969. Hardcover with dust jacket. Milestones in History Series. Ex-lib. 181 pp. Ex-lib. Book and dust jacket Very Good. $4.
World History Series. EGPYT OF THE PHARAOHS, by Brenda Smith. Lucent Books 1996. B/w photos, maps. 108 pp. Ex-lib. VG. $3.50.
Zeinert, Karen. THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS. Franklin Watts 1989. Hardcover. 88 illustrated pages. Glimpse of colonial living, along with the story of this 17th century incident. Jr. - Sr. High. 90 pp. and index. Ex-lib. VG/VG. $4.
See also MINNESOTA BOOKS .