History from MLC Books

Grand Rapids, MN: Grand Rapids Herald Review, 1955. Local history of how the Itasca Hospital in Grand Rapids, Minnesota came to be built. 16 Pages with a list of Superintendents and Board members. Very gently handled.. Staplebound Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Washington D. C.: The National Grange, 1966. A centennial history of The Grange, the first national American agricultural advocacy organization, 118 pages. Light tan boards with blue imprint gently bumped and rubbed. Laid in is a newspaper article by Dick Youngblood of the Minneapolis Tribune about the convention. Inscribed on the front end paper "100th Annual Session, Minneapolis,… Read more about this item

Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants , 2000. Genealogical research, 176 pages. Spine sunned, scuff on the front. No creases or markings noted.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

Leicester: Edgar Backus, 1949. Family and local history, staplebound, 48 page pamphlet. Very gently handled with the previous owner's name and number on the back and a few spots of marginalia. Laid in is an offprint article "Coal, Art and the Beaumonts" by E.M. Howe, reprinted from the April 1974 issue of History Today.. Staplebound Wraps. Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

Wolverhampton: Clark and Howard Books, 1987. The moving story of George and Sarah Green of Grasmere, who lost their lives in the snow above Langdale in March 1808. Reprint, first published in 1936. Staplebound booklet, 60 pages. Gently bumped, rear panel unevenly sunned.. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Liveright Publishing, 1936. A history of Alaska, with sections on the land and natives, explorers and hunters, gold-seekers and miners, and the industries that moved in. Hellenthal worked for a mining company and became an entrepeneur in Alaska. Light green boards, 312 pages with a fold-out map at page 302. All 24 photgraphs on 12 plates… Read more about this item

New York: R.R. Bowker, 1972. Volume I only, 646 pages. Lightly bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1981. Casper and Wellstone, both professors at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, offer an account of the 1970s protest by Minnesota farmers against a high voltage powerline, the largest direct current transmission line in the United States at the time. Casper was a noted scholar on energy and technology policy, Wellstone went on… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1970. Aspects of Lake District life and history, 272 pages with mapped end papers. Gently bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a touch of wear at the edges, price clipped with a price sticker on the lower front flap, in Brodart. Warmly inscribed to the previous owner and signed by Lefebure, dated 1992, on the… Read more about this item

New York: Public Affairs, 2006. In 1957, a profile by Matthews of Fidel Castro helped fuel his rise to power. As Castro's relationship with the Soviet Union became known, Matthews became a scapegoat. An examination of the evolving view of Castro and Cuba in the American consciousness. First printing. Spine ends bumped with a damp stain… Read more about this item

Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1991. A study of the Dalai Lamas and their achievements in the context of Tibetan history. Translated by Wang Wenjiong, first English language edition, 442 pages. Blue boards with gilt gently bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed and crimped, spine a bit sunned, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday Page, 1914. Twelve tales of early Rhode Island history, written for school children, 204 pages. Reprint, undated with the original publication information on the copyright page. Blue boards bumped and rubbed, spine a bit darkened, with a dime-sized drip mark on the front. Hinges slightly loose, previous owner's name and gift inscription inside,… Read more about this item

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1961. Limited edition, number 123 of 400, with ten illustrations by Coypel reproduced from the 1727 edition. Bumped with a damp stain to the lower 1" of the boards. Inscribed to the previous owner and signed by the translator Reginald Bretnor on the limitation page.. Inscribed by Translator. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.… Read more about this item

New York: The Woman's Press, 1919. An account of the activities of the women of France and their participation during World War I. All 20 photographs on 16 plates present, 189 pages. Lightly bumped and rubbed, spine darkened with several tiny spots. Binding square and solid.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

White Sulphur Springs, Montana: Meagher County News, 1968. Profusely illustrated history of Meagher County, Montana. Unpaginated, approximately 100 pages. Lightly bumped and rubbed.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders, 1931. The story of how Delano created American Red Cross Nursing, training emergency response teams and preparing 8,000 registered nurses before the U.S. entered World War I. 91 pages with photographs. Gently rubbed, spine darkened with tears to the heel and 1/4" loss to the head. Binding square and solid, previous owner's name… Read more about this item

New York: A.S. Barnes, 1905. Shaw offers his views of the United States, with chapters titled Uncle Sam's Childhood, Growth, Treasures, Children and Their Ailments, and Way to Health. 360 pages with illustrations. Gently bumped and rubbed, spine slightly sunned with the lettering rubbed. Binding square and solid.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Using unique data collected at the municipal, county and village levels, Landry examines how a personnel management system allows decentralization and authoritarianism to work hand in hand. Spine ends gently bumped with corresponding light crimps and a 1/4" closed tear to the upper rear panel of the Brodart covered jacket.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1913. Six sketches showing that the men and women of ancient Rome were like ourselves. Red boards with gilt, 215 pages. Bumped and rubbed, spine slightly sunned. Hinges a bit loose, previous owner's name on the front end paper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1934. Tchcernavin and her husband Vladimir, with their son, escaped the Soviet Gulag system in 1932 and offered one of the earliest accounts of life in the Soviet Union and the Gulags. First U.S. edition. Gently bumped and rubbed, spine darkened. Front hinge a bit loose, sticker residue on the front end paper..… Read more about this item