The Life And Times Of Benjamin Franklin

By H.W. Brands. Published by Anchor Books, New York, 2000, 5 1/4 x 8, paperback, 765 pages, index. National Bestseller. Pulitzer Prize Finalist. Brand new condition.

The foremost American of his day, Benjamin Franklin, was perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, and he comes vividly to life in this masterly biography. Wit, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, and bon vivant, Franklin was in every respect America's first Renaissance man. Drawing on previously unpublished letters and a host of other...
Circa: 2000
ISBN: 0-385-49540-4  

State Historical Markers of Virginia

State Historical Markers of Virginia, Listing the Inscriptions on All State Markers on the Principal Highways of Virginia, With Supplementary Data. Fifth Edition, 1941. With illustration of the Virginia State Seal. Issued by the Virginia Conservation Commission, Richmond, Va. Published by Division of Publicity and Advertising. Edited by Division of History and Archaeology. 4 3/4 x 8 3/4, booklet with illustrated cardboard covers. The same exact illustration is on the front and back covers. 243 pages, index. The inside front cover has the instructions on...  

Book, George Washington; A Life

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

By Ron Chernow. Published by Penguin Books, 2010. Paperback, 6 x 9 1/4, 904 pages, index, notes, bibliography, illustrations. Minor wear, very fine to excellent condition. This magnificent study of the life of Washington won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize. A must read for anyone interested in George Washington!

Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow, winner of the 2015 National Humanities Medal, provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a...
Circa: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-14-311996-8  

A New History of Photography

Edited by Michael Frizot. Published by Konemann, 1998. Large 9 1/4 x 12, hardcover with dust jacket. 775 pages, profusely illustrated, photographic credits, bibliography, and index. Excellent condition. Very desirable book on the history of photography!

This volume brings together contributions by the most respected specialist in the image field. Editor Michel Frizot writes a substantial portion of the text, along with 29 additional authors who offer a plethora of analytical information and a very wide variety of points of view on the history of...
Circa: 1998
ISBN: 3-8290-1328-0  

Union Cases, A Collector's Guide To The Art of America's First Plastics

By Clifford and Michele Krainik with Carl Walvoord. Cententennial Photo Service, Grantsburg, Wisconsin, 1988. Large oversize hard cover book with dust jacket, 232 pages, index, profusely illustrated. Light wear to dust jacket. The book itself is in like new condition. The definitive reference book on this subject. A must for all serious photographic collectors! This excellent book is very desirable. Rare!

"Union Cases, A Collectors Guide to the Art of America's First Plastics" is a definitive reference which presents...
Circa: 1988
ISBN: 0931838126  

Mathew Brady and the Image of History

By Mary Panzer. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1997. Hardcover with dust jacket, 232 pages, index, illustrated. New condition.

Mathew Brady (circa 1825-1896) remains an elusive and paradoxical figure. Renowned as a photographer of Civil War battlefields, he devoted most of his career to portraiture. An inexhaustible entrepreneur and self promoter, he left little except images of others to represent himself to posterity.

In "Mathew Brady and the Image of History," Mary Panzer describes how Brady used the...
Circa: 1997
ISBN: 1560987936  

Dressed For The Photographer

Ordinary Americans & Fashion, 1840-1900

By Joan Severa. Published by Kent State University Press, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, large 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 format, 592 pages, index, profusely illustrated. Brand new condition. Outstanding photographic study.

Fashion has always been a cultivating force, and during the 19th century, a time of great change, fashion was a powerful component in the development of American society. Through dress, average individuals could step beyond class divisions and venture into the world of the elite and...
Circa: 1995
ISBN: 0-87338-512-8  

Webster's American Biographies

Comprehensive biographical information on more than 3,000 significant Americans, with cross references, two complete indexes; alphabetically by careers and professions, and alphabetically by state or territory. Published by Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1984. Hard cover, with dust jacket, 1,233 pages. Light wear. Very fine. An indispensable resource.
Circa: 1984
ISBN: 0877792534  

The Feuding Harfields & McCoys

Timeline And Pictorial History. By Dr. Coleman C. Hatfield. With Keith F. Davis. Including Rare family photographs and stories published here for the first time. Published by Woodland Press, LLC. 2012. Soft cover, 192 pages, profusely illustrated. Brand new condition. Very desirable.

From the back cover: This volume is presented in the unique and distinctive voice of Dr. Coleman C. Hatfield, grandson of Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield. It's offered with Dr. Hatfield's entertaining Appalachian storytelling flair.

Here you'll find a...
Circa: 2012
ISBN: 978-0-9793236-2-1  

The Hatfields & The McCoys

By Otis K. Rice. The University Press of Kentucky, 1982. Hardcover with illustration on the front cover. 150 pages, illustrated, index. Brand new, unread condition. The remarkable story of America's greatest known feuding families! Very desirable.

Testimonials from the back cover:

"This lean and judicious little book represents the first serious scholarly attempt to sort out truth from myths in the Hatfield-McCoy feud. The author is a careful and steady craftsman, and this work easily sets for its subject the new standard- one that...
Circa: 1982
ISBN: 9780813114590