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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Various (illustrator). The North American Review Vol. 230 No. 4 October 1930.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Various (illustrator). The North American Review Vol. 211 No. 2 February 1920.

Printer Wrapper. No Jacket. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. No Jacket. First Edition. PBO, 1982, 1st edition, GREY wrappers lettered in Black, Cover light Sun Extremities, Unpaginated, F/F-, AS-IS, SOFTCOVER, Interior nice tight clean . Includes Life & Childhood of Jesus, Acts of Apostles, Crucifixion, Saint Philip & Eunuch Etc in Windows.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; xv, 343 p., incl. front., illus., plates, ports. 20 cm. LCCN 20011644 OCLC 3247460 LC F327 .M44 ; blue cloth with lettering in black ; no dustjacket ; tear at top of spinAfter searching for more than a year for stories of heroes, deeds of daring, of interesting adventuresand worth-while happenings in the history of our state, I came to feel that Alabama's history is so filled with glorious deeds, magnificent sacrifices, thrills and heart-throbs, that the children of the state should be told what truly great men and women their forebears were." ; Contents : Jean Ortis / De Soto's Arrival in Alabama -- A Very Impolite Guest, The Battle of Mauvilla Bienville -- The First White Settlement -- The Expedition That Failed, French Massacred at Natchez Settlement -- The Girls Who Came to an Unknown Land, The First Wives for the Colonists , Twelve Ugly Ducklings, Girls of the Chest -- The Emperor of Coweta, How the French Made Friends with the Indians -- Game Losers, Conditions During Early Settlement -- A Russian Princess, An Early Romance at Wetumpka -- His Mother, An Indian's Courage -- Princess Mary, James Oglethorpe Comes to Alabama -- Stung Arm, An Indian Princess Befriends the French -- Lachlan McGillivray, English Traders Come Among the Indians -- Alexander McGillivray, A Man Whose Power Affected the Nation -- The Heroine of Little River, How the Tensaw Settlers were Saved -- The Camp Angel, British Refugees Wander Through Ahibama, Courage Wins Reward, Paro Saves the Wanderers -- A Real Hero, A Negro Saves the Lives of the Immigrants -- Little Tempey Ellis, Tiny White Girl Rescued by "Old Milly" -- Isaac Heaton's Dogs, Fort Sinquefield in the Greek War -- A Brave Indian, Talladega Fort Saved by General Jackson -- The Canoe Fight, Sam Dale, Jere Austill and James Smith Stage a Great Fight -- Kindness That Came Back, The Fort Mims Massacre -- The Red Eagle, A Reproduction of Alexander Meek's Poem of the Creek War -- Nannawyah, Indians are Warned of Their Removal to the West -- The Stranger Within Our Gates, Aaron Burr's Capture --The Yazoo Fraud, Early Settlers Come into Alabama --The One-Man Senate, Alabama Becomes a Territory, then a State -- The Vine and Olive Company, French Refugees Settle Dcmopolis -- The Man Who Could Make Cow-Bells, St. Stephen's Prosperous Days -- John Hunt's Town, The Founding of Huntsville -- Andrew Dexter's Tract, The Beginning of Montgomery -- Cedar Creek Furnace, The Beginning of Iron-Making in Alabama -- A Vice-President of the United States, Wm. Rufus King, the Founder of Selma -- A Captain of Industry, Daniel Pratt, the Founder of Prattville -- La Fayette's Visit, A French General, the Friend of Amerioa -- Francis Scott Key's Mission to Alabama, Trouble with the Indians -- The First Railroad in Alabama, Experiences of Early Railroad Builders Osceola, The Leader of the Creeks and the Seminoles -- William C. Travis, Leader in the War for Texas Independence -- Billy Goold, The Man Who Found Fortunes for Others -- Jefferson Davis, Memories Recalled by Mrs. Mary Phelan Watt -- Supplies for Southern Soldiers, The Ordnance Department of the Confederacy -- The Boy Artilleryman, John Pelham -- Emma Sansom, The Girl Who Showed General Forrest "The Lost Ford"-- A Story of Real Strategem, General Streight Surrenders to General Forrest -- Fighting Joe Wheeler, Hero of Two Wars -- The Flagship Tennessee, A Naval Battle in Mobile Bay -- A King -of the High Seas, Raphael Semmes, Commander of the "Alabama" -- The David and Goliath of the Sea, The First Torpedo Boat -- A Boy Hero, Thomas Jones Shows His Courage -- Ku Klux Klan, Reconstruction Days in Alabama -- What One Boy Made of Himself, How James Pugh Became "The Patrick Henry of Alabama" -- The Birth of Birmingham, How John T. Milner Laid the Foundation for the Great Town , Difficulties of the Young Engineer, The Trick that Didn't Work, The Greatness of the Resources of "The Pittsburg of the South" etc ; scarce ; G. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; vi, 618 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm ; red cloth no dustjacket ; OCLC 1253125 ; LCCN 12026767 ; LC F234.R5 C62 ; foxing to glassine protective sheet on title page ; Contents: From the Appearance of the White Man to 1800 -- The First Decade in the New Century, 1800-1810 -- The Theatre Fire, War, Building the City, 1810-1820 -- La Fayette's Visit, Helping Thomas Jefferson, the Constitutional Convention, 1820-1830 -- The Period of Internal Improvements, 1830-1840 -- The Growing City, Bitter Political Contests, 1840-1850 -- The Discussions of Slavery and Relative Issues, 1850-1860 -- The Decade of War, Sorrow, Suffering and Death, 1860-1870 -- After the Darkness the Dawn of a New Era, 1870-1880 -- Rapid Growth and Material Advancement, 1880-1890 -- Closing a Century with the Achievements of the Years, 1890-1900 -- Greater Richmond with Greater Prospects for the Future, 1900-1912 -- Appendix -- Mayors of the City -- Official Rosters of Richmond Troops Mustered in the Service of the Confederacy -- Index ; Illustrations: William Byrd, the Founder of Richmond -- Map of Richmond, made by "William Byrd, 1737 -- View of Richmond from Below Mayo's Bridge, 1807 -- The Burning Theatre and Richmond in 1817 -- Richmond in 1826, showing Penitentiary, City Hall, Capitol and Governor's Mansion -- Richmond from Church Hill west, 1851 -- Richmond, 1852, from Manchester -- Richmond from Gambles Hill, showing Armory, Tredegar Works, &c., 1858 -- Lancasterian School, Fair Grounds at what is now Monroe Park, and Libby Prison from the Dock -- The Burning of Richmond, April 3, 1865 -- Federal Troops Entering Richmond, Ruins of Mayo's Bridge after the Fire, and the Ruins of the Confederate Laboratory near the Petersburg Railroad Bridge -- Views of Richmond to-day -- The Heart of Richmond after the Fire of 1865 and the Heart of Richmond July, 1912 ; "It has been my purpose to represent every phase of the city's life and to tell something of interest to the people of every class-professional, commercial, industrial and social. At the risk of being tedious I have given the names of the men back of the movements in order that we may become acquainted with the builders of our city as they come before the eyes of the public. The names of many worthy citizens have not been mentioned because they did not happen to come before the public vision. I have told of a few crimes which have been so notorious as to become a part of the history and many I have omitted." ; color frontispiece ; VG. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Allison, Henry D. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 63-124. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: From Naples to Genoa; The Harmony of Silence; The Benefaction of Melancthon Downs (concluded); Midsummer; A sketch of Dublin, N.H. - with many great photos of local mansions; The old stage coach; The Cogswell Homestead, Gilmanton; Halcyon Days; Mrs. Alice A. Dow; New Hampshire; The Anti-Vivisection Movement; The Elms of Concord; The legend of John Levin and Mary Glasse (continued); Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Holloway, W.H.; Hodgson, E.S.; Gillett, Frank; Evison, G. Henry; Pape, Frank C.; Pryde, S.; Wigfull, W.E. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Doctor's Story - Thrilling narrative from Hudson's Bay country from the ship's doctor, Dr. Craig, of the Canadian survey steamer "Minto"; The Princess Haamoura - a stirring tale of love and adventure on the South Seas island of Aitutaki; Two Girls on a Ranch - Part I - City girl Miss Laura Colston describes how she and her sister Mildred adventured to run a ranch in the wilds of Arizona - article with photos; Under False Colours - A very strange story of life in the United States Army in which the author enlists with another man's papers and is rapidly promoted; A City in the Rocks - a photo-illustrated visit to the remarkable ancient city of Petra; Mr. X.'s Ghost - a decidedly creepy story; Raiding the "Moonshiners" - David A. Gates, a high official of the U.S. Revenue Service, describes an eventful raid on "moonshine" stills in the wilds of Kentucky, and the thrilling battle which followed; Down the Amazon From Source To Mouth - Part IV - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their dangerous trip down the Amazon, losing one man who was shot with a poison arrow; A Persistent Stowaway - time and again an Irishman bobs up in most unexpected fashion; Housekeeping in Far Japan - A bright little photo-illustrated article describing the experiences of the first white woman to be seen or set up house in a village in remote Satsumaland, in the extreme southern corner of Japan; Five Men in a Boat - the terrible tale of mutiny and murder on the last voyage of the barque "Veronica"; Sensational six-page two-color ad for the Burlington Watch Company; and more. pp. 6 [ads], [3], 196-284, 7-40 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.

Condition: Good. 2 handcolored lithographs. Plates 6 and 7 with letterpress description heets. Sheet size 14 x 10 Printed by Paul Gilquin, Paris . Mounted with hinges on support sheets.OCLC Number: 19962107.