Search Results: US History from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

1865 hardcover as pictured. This is a somewhat worn but still handsome volume published soon after the assassination of President Lincoln. Binding is firm. Embossed brown boards with black cloth spine and gold stamping show moderate edge wear. Pencil notation on FFEP. Tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln is mottled. Text is tanned at edges and wavy. A few pages have pencil markings. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG2

Six book hardcover set as pictured. Handsome copies of Carl Sandburg's acclaimed biographies of Abraham Lincoln. This offer includes volumes 1 and 2 of Abraham Lincoln - The Prairie Years, and volumes 1 through 4 of Abraham Lincoln - The War Years. The Prairie Years is a 24th printing of the 1926 edition. The War Years is a 1939 printing of the 1936 edition. All are in good shape considering their age. Bindings of each volume are intact. Blue cloth boards with blind stamp on front and gold stamping on spine are clean and show light edge wear. Rear corners of volume 4 of the The War Years are bumped. Front hinges of Volumes 1 and 2 of The Prairie Years are lightly cracked. Endpapers of both have pencil notations. Rear endpaper of volume 2 has a production defect. Texts of both appear clean and unmarked. Endpapers of each volume of The War Years are mottled. Volume 1 has writing on the front endpapers. Texts of each volume appear clean and unmarked. All volumes include many illustrations and b&w… Read More

2006 softcover as pictured. This is the remarkable story of Courtney Hodges, the only American to rise from the rank of private to full general of the US Army. Serving in the Philippines, Mexico, Europe and Japan, he is said to have captured more ground than any other American. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers are rubbed and creased with curling corners. Owner's name on FFEP. One page with underlining, text appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1849-51 four volume hardcover set as pictured. Please note that these are ex-library archive with typical markings. Despite this and their age, they remain in very usable condition. Bindings are firm in all volumes. Brown cloth boards with blind stamped design both front and rear and gold stamping on spine are soiled and rubbed with considerable wear at edges and hinges. A small portion of the spine is missing from volume 4. Spines of volumes 2 and 4 have been reinforced with clear tape. Texts of all 4 volumes appear complete and unmarked. Many pages are mottled, a few have small tears. Includes many illustrations and fold out maps. A number of the maps are torn and one is detached from the binding. A voluminous collection of documents from the colonial period of New York. Price includes extra shipping cost due to weight. our purchase helps support our small village library. s (OF3)

2018 softcover as pictured. This is a collection of essays exploring aspects of life in an often neglected section of the US. Included are pieces on history, immigration, religion, geography, art, race, culture, and politics written by well-known scholars in the field such as Michael Allen, Jon Butler, and Nicole Etcheson. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers show minimal shelf wear. Text appears clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR
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1927 hardcover as pictured. This is a nicely done volume that has seen considerable wear but remains a good reading copy or candidate for rebinding. The story of the British advance against Fort Stanwix and the battle at Oriskany, the bloodiest encounter of the Revolutionary War. The British retreat at Fort Stanwix and near concurrent defeat at Saratoga marked a turning point in the war of rebellion. This book is ex-library with typical markings. Binding is intact but quite loose. The linen reinforced front hinge is separating from the text block. Green cloth boards with gold stamping show considerable edge wear with fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. A few pages of text have pencil markings, several have smeared ink. Text includes many illustrations and photographs as well as two fold out maps, a tipped in Appendix and a tipped in Index. No dust jacket. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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1948 hardcover as pictured. Excerpts from the diary of a US army cavalryman during the 1850s in New Mexico. Binding is firm. Red cloth boards with black stamping show light edge wear. Endpapers tanned. Text is clean and unmarked. Includes a number of illustrations and a folded map of New Mexico Territory in a pocket attached to the rear board. Dust jacket is largely complete with several small tears and small chips at edges. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1932 hardcover as pictured. Gray cloth boards with gold stamping are faded over spine. Rough cut text block is clean and unmarked. An interesting discussion of US - Mexico relations. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (AR)

1855 3/4 bound hardcover gazetteer as pictured. Binding is intact. Brown cloth and leather boards are very worn, scuffed and soiled with cardboard visible at edges and corners. Spine with raised bands and gold stamping has a tear at upper edge. Both hinges are cracked and both front and rear free endpapers are missing. Text is age tanned. One of seven maps is missing. Remaining maps have small tears and have been mis-folded in several cases. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sOL4

1975 hardcover as pictured. Ex-library with usual markings. Binding is firm. Boards are lightly soiled and show some edge wear. Text is clean and unmarked. Includes comparative statistics on all aspects of life from colonial times to the 1970s. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1970 hardcover as pictured. This is a reprint of the 1931 original text reviewing the history of transportation in the Ohio river basin from earliest European settlement. Includes many b&w photographs and illustrations. Binding is firm. Tan cloth boards show light edge wear with a small tear mid spine. Front cover stained. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Lower corner of text block bumped. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1858 three quarter bound hardcover as pictured. Please note that this is volume 3 only of a 3 volume set. Binding is firm. Brown leather and cloth boards are quite worn Leather spine with raised bands and gold stamping is rubbed, scuffed and splitting at the hinges. Cloth is lifting from rear board. Front board is very loose. Endpapers mottled. Text block is wavy and lightly tanned along edges. Text itself is clean and unmarked. Includes many beautiful full page tissue guarded engravings. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sOM3

1900 hardcover as pictured. This is volume 1 only of a 2 volume set. A nice small book giving a history of the Lewis and Clarke expedition. Binding is firm. Maroon cloth boards with black stamping are rubbed and lightly soiled with bumped corners and fraying at head of spine. Endpapers tanned. Text is lightly tanned with a few pages mottled but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes a 7x13 fold-out map. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG2

1922 complete five volume hardcover set as pictured. A handsome edition, these books show some exterior wear but are in good shape overall. Volumes 1 and 2 are a history of the state from earliest times, volumes 3, 4 and 5 are short biographies of prominent Kentuckians, many with accompanying portraits. Includes an extensive index in volume 1. Bindings in all are intact. Volume 5 lightly cracked at page 399. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping show fading over spine with fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. Volumes 3, 4 and 5 are lightly soiled. Volume 3 has a small scuff at front. Marbled endpapers and edge of text block. Head and tail bands. Cloth reinforced hinges. Texts are lightly tanned but appear otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jackets. Price includes extra mailing charges due to weight. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG1

1865 hardcover as pictured. A contemporary history of the American Civil War. This original copy has been rebound in black buckram. Binding is firm. Boards are clean with minimal shelf wear. Text is age tanned and mottled but appears otherwise unmarked. Includes many engraved portraits and maps along with an extensive index and a glossary of military terms. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1929 hardcover as pictured. An award winning but now neglected novel acclaimed in a 1930 American Legion contest as one of the best books to capture the experience of the first world war but also disparaged for describing the tawdry realities of the war and its aftermath. Its ironic title belies the truths told within. Lee was the daughter of a Boston Brahmin family who served in several positions in France during the war. She said she wrote the book to tell women the truth about the war. "They think that war is a pure, wonderful crusade...fine young men and women, fighting for Justice…. If people really knew what it was like — if women knew –." Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with silver stamping are rubbed and lightly soiled with some edge wear. Pencil notation on FFEP. Front hinge cracked at dedication page. Rough cut text block. Text is lightly tanned but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

2016 softcover as pictured. This is a very interesting collection of essays exploring the racial politics surrounding the Federal Writers' Project which set about collecting life stories of ex-slaves in the mid 1930s. Includes extensive notes, bibliography and index. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers lightly rubbed. Text appears clean and unmarked. Would be as very good aside from light shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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1989 hardcover as pictured. Volume three of the Custer Trails Series, this is a somewhat controversial attempt to amend the historic record of Custer's defeat at the Little Bighorn or Battle of the Greasy Grass as it was known by the Lakota Sioux. This copy is in very nice condition. Binding is firm. Red cloth boards with gold stamping show minimal shelf wear. Pencil notation on FFEP. Text appears clean and unmarked. Includes many map reproductions, bibliography and an extensive index. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG5

1937 hardcover as pictured. A nicely made book. Binding is firm. Tan cloth boards with cranberry stamping show light shelf wear. Endpapers illustrated with map of the Louisianna Purchase. Small booksellers sticker on rear endpaper. Rough cut text appears clean and unmarked. Illustrations by Normal Price. Dust jacket is soiled and rubbed with a few small tears. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1894 hardcover as pictured. A history of Missouri. Ex-library with usual markings. Binding is firm. Brown cloth boards with gold stamping show light shelf wear. Endpapers discolored. Text unmarked. Includes a small fold out map and an extensive index. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR