Historic and Picturesque Savannah
by Wilson, Adelaide
Boston: Boston Photogravure Company, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Quarto. xviii, [1], 268 pages. Folding frontispiece document. Illustrated by Georgia Weymouth. Light green cloth hardcover. Gilt illustration, title and borders on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Gilt top edge. Cloth binding is worn and lightly soiled. Edge wear head and base of the spine and corners. Front hinge cracked. Light toning to the contents. A fair copy. Previous owner name label on front... Read More
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Memoirs of the War
by Wilson, Captain Ephraim A. (Co. "G," 10th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry)
Cleveland: W. M. Bayne Printing Co, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor. 12mo. xxii, pages 23-435 pages. Illustrated with 6 pages of photographs preceding the title page. A couple of illustrations on the text. Dark cloth covered boards with title on the front cover and spine. A fair copy only with fragile binding and text. Covers are shelf and edge worn. Front cover nearly detached and held to the binding by the front hinge tissue repair. Rear hinge cracked.... Read More
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Among the Shoshones
by Wilson, Elijah Nicholas ("Uncle Nick")
Salt Lake City: Skelton Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. 222 pages, [2]. Green illustrated cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and spine. Frontispiece photograph of E. N. Wilson "Uncle Nick". Illustrated. A few faint rubs to the cloth and extremities. Hinges in very good condition and contents are very clean. "Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1910 by Elijah Nicholas Wilson" printed on the copyright page. Scarce. Howes... Read More
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The Duties of Churches to Their Pastors. An Essay
by Wilson, Franklin
Charleston, S.C./Richmond: Southern Baptist Publication Society/Virginia Baptist S. S. and Publication Society, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Thin 12mo. [2], 108 pages, [1]. Brown cloth hardcover with decorative blind stamped covers and gilt lettered title on spine. Covers are faded and spotted. Spine is chipped with old glue repair on the lower spine. Light toning and scattered foxing to the contents. Fair only.
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Georgia Blood A Reprint of "The Early History of Jackson County, Georgia
by Wilson, G.J.N.; Bicknell, Peggy (edited and published by)
Decatur: J & J Graphics Decatur, Ga, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 343 pages. 2 frontispiece illustrations. 2 Illustrations. Red binding with title on spine. Ex-library copy with numbers on the spine, removed label from the rear end sheet, and stamp on the title page. Interior contents are clean. A fair to good reference or reading copy. This is a reprint of the "Early History of Jackson County, Georgia" by GJN Wilson. Contents cover the first... Read More
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Georgia Blood A Reprint of "The Early History of Jackson County, Georgia
by Wilson, G. J. N.; Bicknell, Peggy (edited and published by)
Decatur, Georgia: J & J Graphics Decatur, Ga, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. 343 pages. 2 frontispiece illustrations. 2 Illustrations in text. Red binding with title on spine. Jacket is slightly warped and creased with light edge toning. Lengthy title continues: The Writings of the Late G. J. N. Wilson, embracing some of the Early History of Jackson County." The First Settlers 1784; Formation and Boundaries to the Present Time; Records of... Read More
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Confederate Industry Manufactures and Quartermasters in the Civil War
by Wilson, Harold S.
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xxii, 412 pages. Illustrated section.
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Letters to the Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely, A.M. Author of A Contrast Between Calvinism and Hopkinsianism
by Wilson, James
Boston and Providence: Bradford and Read, and By John Brewer, Providence, 1814. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. [1], 325 pages, [1]. Marbled calf leather binding with red leather title label on the spine. Moderate toning and foxing to the contents. Leather covers are edge worn and rubbed. Covers slightly bowed. Front outer joint is cracked and front cover loose. A piece of white linen tape is partly holding the front cover to the binding. Written on the... Read More
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Adventures of Alf Wilson A Thrilling Episode of the Dark Days of the Rebellion
by Wilson, John A. (a member of the Mitchell Railroad Raiders); Bogle, James G. (Colonel, U.S. Army retired)
Marietta, Georgia: Continental Book Company, 1972. Facsimile. Soft cover. Very good. Wraps. iv, v-xxii (foreword by James Bogle), 257 pages, xvi ads. Illustrated. Brown soft cover with title and portrait of Wilson on front cover. This is a facsimile of The National Tribune publication of same title published in 1880. Wilson participated in the failed Andrews Raid or "Great Locomotive Chase" attempting to destroy the Railroad connection between Atlanta and Chattanooga.
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Merchants Guns & Money The Story of Lincoln County and Its Wars
by Wilson, John P.
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Quarto. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. xii, 226 pages. Illustrated. Small chip to the dust jacket upper left edge front cover.
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The Black Phalanx; A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65
by Wilson, Joseph T. (Late of the 2nd. Reg't. LA. Native Guard Vols. 54 Mass. Vols. Aide-De-Camp to the Commander -In Chief G.A.R.)
Springfield, Mass: Winter & Co, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [9], 528 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the author. illustrated. Red illustrated cloth hardcover with gilt titles on the front and spine. Former institutional copy from the University of New Hampshire with a label and discard stamp on the front paste down. Book previously owned by University of New Hampshire History Professor Phillip Mason Marston. Binding is in poor to fair condition. Covers are edge worn. Cloth chipped... Read More
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The Atlanta Exposition Cookbook
by Wilson, Mrs. Henry Lumpkin (compiled by)
Athens: University of Georgia Press Brown Thrasher Books, 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. Hardcover with pictorial jacket. xv, 148 pages, [2] pages index, advertisement. Frontispiece photograph in the introduction. Frontispiece portrait of the author in the reprint edition. Illustrations. Facsimile reprint of the 1895 Cotton States Exposition Cookbook. Old price sticker front cover.
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1861-63 James E. Wilson, New Hampton, New Hampshire Autograph Book
by [Autograph Album] [New Hampshire] [James E. Wilson]
New Hampton, New Hampshire, 1861. Autograph Album. Fair. Octavo. Approx. 8" x 5". Red leather covered boards with blind stamped decorative borders and gilt illustrated title on the front cover. Repaired. Part of the original spine has been rebacked onto red mulberry paper. The hinges were repaired and the covers are very tightly bound. Leather is rubbed along the board edges. Fair only. Album consists of 73 leaves with at least 114 autographs and inscriptions mostly with... Read More
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Autographed clipped inscription of former Vice President Henry Wilson of Massachusetts. Wilson served as Vice President under President Ulysses S. Grant during the years 1873 to 1875
by [Autograph] [Henry Wilson]
n/a: n/a, n.d.. Paper. Good. Small clipped piece of paper measures 4" x 2". Light toning to the paper. Henry Wilson served as Vice President to Grant during the years 1873-75. From wikipedia: Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to 1873. Before and... Read More
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Ohiyesa Charles Eastman, Santee Sioux
by Wilson, Raymond
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1983. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. xiv, 219 pages, [4]. Cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. No dust jacket. Illustrated.
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Ohiyesa Charles Eastman, Santee Sioux
by Wilson, Raymond
Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1983. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. xiv, 219 pages, [4]. Cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated. Shelf wear to the mylar jacket.
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Silk and Steel Women at Arms
by Wilson, R. L.
New York: Random House, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Oblong quarto hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xvi, 318 pages, [1]. Illustrated in color. Color illustrated end sheets. Sated first edition.
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Young in Illinois
by Wilson, Robert
Chicago: December Press, 1975. First Edition. Soft cover. Very good. Paperback. [4], 112 pages [1], [7] pages of publisher advertisements. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Upper front cover has a little crease and stain.
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Lincoln in Caricature 165 Poster Cartoons and Drawings for the Press
by Wilson, Rufus Rockwell (assembled and described by)
Elmira, New York: The Primavera Press, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio. xv, [5] pages list of plates, 331 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Dark burgundy hardcover with title on the spine. Edge wear to the covers and head and base of the spine. Small scuffs on the outer joints. Pencil notes related to the plates written neatly on the rear end papers. Interior contents clean.
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Garden of Memories: A Guide to Historic Forest Hills
by Wilson, Susan
Forest Hills: Forest Hills Educational Trust, 1998. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 144 pages. Illustrated. Glossy color pictorial soft cover.
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Events in Indian History, Beginning With an Account of the Origin of the American Indians, and Early Settlements in North America, and Embracing Concise Biographies of the Principal Chiefs and Head-Sachems of the Different Indian Tribes, with Narratives and Captivities
by Wimer, James (compiled by)
Lancaster: G. Hills & Co, 1841. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. 633 pages. 8 folding plates. Restored. Brown calf leather binding with red leather title label on the spine. Front board has been reattached. Both hinges have been reapired. Outer joints cracked. Leather is dry, rubbed, and worn on the lower corners. Light to moderate scattered foxing and toning to text and plates. Some of the folding plates have old tape repairs on the versos. A fair... Read More
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Firearms Curiosa
by Winant, Lewis; Casada, Dr. Jim (editor)
Birmingham, Alabama: Odysseus Editions, 1996. Leather bound. Very good. Octavo. [3], viii, 282 pages. Illustrated. Blue leather binding with gilt decorations on the covers. Raised bands and gilt title on the spine. All edges gilt. Contents clean. First published 1955.
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Yesterday's Key West
by Windhorn, Stan; Langley, Wright
Miami: E. A. Seemann, 1973. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Octavo. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial end sheets. 144 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Foxing to the dust jacket. Light wear to the cloth binding. 1973 Christmas gift inscription written on the verso of the right front flyleaf.
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Atlanta Woman's Club Cook Book. Edited by Home Economics Department
by Wing, Mrs. Newton C.; Carlisle, Mrs. J. A.
Atlanta: Atlanta Woman's Club, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 250 pages, [24] pages of advertisements, [5] pages index. Frontispiece photograph of the Atlanta Woman's Club. Illustrated with decorations. White cloth hardcover with blue title and Atlanta Woman's Club seal on the front cover. Light soiling to the covers. Gift inscription written on the right front flyleaf. Interior contents clean.
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And Plead for the Rights of All" Old South Church in Boston. 1669-1969
by Winslow, Ola Elizabeth
Boston: The Nimrod Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. xvi, 179 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs in the text. Teal cloth hardcover with embossed seal on the front cover and silver title on the front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Cloth lightly wrinkled near the spine. Gift inscription written on the right front flyleaf.
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