Search Results: Titles starting with A from Legacy Books

NY: Harper and Bros Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1937, xii, 390pp, index, illustrated. Lightly worn, preliminary pages lightly foxed, else G+. Aaron Burr (1756-1836), was one of the more controversial figures in American politics. He distinguished himself in the American Revolution, served in the U. S. Senate, and was vice president under Jefferson. The long-standing bitterness between him and Alexander Hamilton culminated in a duel in 1804, in which Hamilton was fatally wounded. The year 1805 found Burr at the Falls of the Ohio, in Louisville, Kentucky, preparing for a trip down the river in what might have been a plot to seize Mexico from Spain and create his own empire in the West. He claims he was only establishing a colony; and, in reality, the nature of the so-called conspiracy has never been fully understood. The government was unable to prove that he was guilty either of treason or of trying to steal the property of a foreign government, but the fallout over the killing of Hamilton and… Read More

Louisville, : Filson Historical Society Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp1-33, removed from the FILSON HISTORY QUARTERLY, Vol 75, Winter 2001, Number 1. VG. In report covers. May include a first or last copied page. Another in the seemingly unending narratives of Aaron Burr and the so called Spanish Conspiracy. This author points out that evidence was uncovered in Great Britain after Burr had been exonerated, that, he feels, would have changed the verdict from innocent to guilty of treason. .

Washington, D.C.,: Society for American Archaeology, Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp419-431, illustrated. Removed from AMERICAN ANTIQUITY. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 37, Number 3, July, 1972. Wrps. VG. May contain a first or last xeroxed page. Abstract: "Examination of a recently abandoned modern rural house-site in northern Costa Rica was undertaken in an attempt to gain insights into the absence of comparable sites from the Precolumbian archaeological record. The site was thoroughly described, a number of hypotheses based on artifactual evidence were advanced, and the former occupants were then interviewed. Abandonment and post-abandonment behavior by the occupants and others strongly influenced the material culture remains and potential archaeological data. The site had been subjected to a number of alterations and artifacts found were of the lowest retentive priority. A number of problems relevant to archaeological investigation at such sites were elucidated.".

Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Blanchard Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1835, 230pp, plus thirty two page publisher's catalogue. BAL 10142. With the two title pages, in blue muslin, and with state A of the publisher's catalogue (32pp). Lacking the spine label, light dampstaining in the lower fore edge margins of many pages, not affecting text, rear inner hinge neatly reinforced, front vertical half of last free endpaper missing, covers well worn and moderately discolored, contents uniformly lightly toned. A Fair reading copy. According to Kaser, 5000 copies were printed..

University of Michigan Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1956, 15pp. Wrps. VG. An address delivered on the twenty-fifth anniversary annual Lincoln Dinner at Central Woodward Christian Church in Detroit, February 8, 1956..

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company Book. Good. Hardcover. (1936), x, 363pp. The gilt on the spine is badly worn, previous owner's bookplate, else G. A book of about eighty articles, essays, reviews, poems, etc., chosen out of a number of contributions to various periodicals..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf Book. Good. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. 1957, 548, xii pp, index, illustrated. Underlining and marginal notes on perhaps half the pages, else good reading copy in G, chipped dj, with a 3 inch by 1/4 inch open tear at the top of the front cover. At the time of publication, this book was said by many Lincoln scholars to be the best one volume biography of Lincoln ever written..

Springfield: Illinois Historical Society Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp74-101, folding map of the township of New Salem. Removed from JOURNAL OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Vol. XIX, October, 1926-January, 1927, Nos. 3-4. VG. In plastic report covers. Some of the articles from this volume may contain a Xeroxed last page. An address delivered before the Mississippi Valley Historical Association and the Illinois State Historical Society on their joint pilgrimage to New Salem Saturday May 8th, 1926..

New York: The Review of Reviews Corporation Book. Good. Hardcover. 1929, two volumes in one, 4to, xiii, 263; ix, 277pp, indices, profusely illustrated. Moderate wear and soiling, else G in poor, well worn and chipped dj. Monaghan 3135. Volume I is titled: HIS PATH TO THE PRESIDENCY. Volume II is titled: THE YEAR OF HIS ELECTION. Grosset & Dunlap's name is on the dust jacket, and there is a one page typed insert laid-in noting this edition by G&D, even though the name of the previous publisher, Review of Reviews, and the date, 1929, appear on the title pages and copyright pages for each volume. And to add a bit more confusion, Monaghan says that a later edition, 1930, combined the two volumes in one, even though this edition, dated 1929 does combine the two volumes. A heavy volume; will require the shipping charges for two books..

New York: The Review of Reviews Corporation Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1929, 4to, ix, 277pp, index, profusely illustrated. Extremities worn, light soiling. Monaghan 3135. Volume two, complete in itself. The other volume is titled HIS PATH TO THE PRESIDENCY. A political history of those events which led to Lincoln's election, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, cartoons and contemporaneous drawings..

Toronto: Royal Society of Canada Book. Good. Soft cover. pp17-22, five figures. Removed from PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. THIRD SERIES, VOLUME XIV. MAY, 1920. VG. In report covers. The Latin name in the title of this article refers to the California Walnut tree..

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1982, improved edition with a new index by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, 88pp. Wrps. VG. Includes: Wills, Inventories, and Administrations Accounts - Will Books 1 - 5; Rent Roll 1746; Land Holders 1750; Cemetery Inscriptions - Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia; Survey Warrants..

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1983, improved edition with a new index by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, 61pp. Wrps. VG+. Includes: Will Books A - H1; Inventories; Rent Rolls 1761 and 1774..

Westminster: Willow Bend Books Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2000, vi, 109pp, index, maps. Wrps. VG+. "Advertisements, insolvent debtors, notices of escaped servants and slaves, letters at the post offices (Georgetown and the Federal City), marriages, deaths, stray horses and cows, sales of land in and around the District of Columbia, and maps." Includes the following newspapers: The Georgetown Times and Patowmack Packet; Georgetown D.C. Weekly Ledger; Columbian Chronicle; Impartial Observer and Washington Advertiser; Washington Gazette; The Centinel of Liberty, or George-town and Washington Advertiser..

Westminster: Willow Bend Books Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1999, 72pp, index. Wrps. VG. Includes Will Book A 1800 - 1807; Will Book B 1807 - 1817; and Will Book C 1817 - 1826..

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1969, 4to, 281pp, index. VG. The counties included in this volume are: Barren; Bourbon; Bullitt; Caldwell; Christian; Clark; Crittenden; Daviess; Fayette; Franklin; Garrard; Hardin; Harrison; Henderson; Henry; Hopkins; Jefferson; Jessamine; Knox; Lincoln; Livingston; Logan; Madison; McCracken; Mercer; Muhlenberg; Nelson; Nicholas; Ohio; Scott; Shelby; Spencer; Todd; Warren; Washington and Woodford. A heavy volume; will require the shipping charges for two books. .

Westminster: Willow Bend Books Book. Very Good. Soft cover. (2001), v, 195pp, index to proper names and index to tracts of land. Wrps. VG+. From the introduction: "Covering the years 1776 thru 1825, the 695 wills in this volume cover 155 pages with a name index of more than five thousand persons. The compilers have abstracted the wills from original documents and, where these have not been available, have used the copies of wills in the record books. Each abstract gives the name of the testator, the book and page number where the will can be found, the dates the will was signed and filed, and the names of all legatees. Where land has been bequeathed, a summary of its disposition has been included. Finally, the names of executors and witnesses have been given.".

Westminster: Family Line Publications Book. Very Good. Soft cover. (1988), 4to, iii, 148pp, index. Wrps. VG. From the preface: "The probate records of the Prerogative Court of Maryland contain several types of records: testamentary proceedings, wills, administration accounts, inventories, accounts and inventories, and distributions. Each kind of record has value for the genealogist. Prior to 1777, all probate records were required to be filed with the Prerogative Court of Maryland. Abstracts of the inventories herein cite the following: Name of the decedent; Liber and folio reference; County; Amount cited in the inventory; Name(s) of the appraiser(s); Name(s) of the creditor(s); Name((s) of the next of kin; Name(s) of the executor/administrator; Name(s) of other persons mentioned, except the persons cited in the list of debts.".

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Good. Soft cover. pp372-378. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE YEAR 1863. G in report covers. Some of these articles may contain a copied first or last page. From the Bulletin of the National Institute of Geneva. The article describes archaeological investigations at lake sites in various European countries..

Book. Good. Soft cover. (1878), 4pp. Wrps. Light soiling, else G. Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for Jan. 1878. John Grenaway came to this country, it is supposed, in the ship Mary & John, which arrived in Nantasket, now Hull, May 30, 1630. In company with 117 others, he took the freeman's oath in that year..