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The Weekly Register; Niles’ Weekly Register, Niles’ National Register. A Complete Run in 76 volumes.

A Collection of Pamphlets and Broadsides from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1932 campaign.

La Décoration et les Industries d'art à l'Exposition Universelle de 1900.

A HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS FROM 1856 TO 1908

History of Frederick County, Maryland : from the earliest settlements to the beginning of the war between the states / by T.J.C. Williams ... continued from the beginning of the year 1861 down to the present time by Folger McKinsey (the Bentztown bar

Journal of the Proceedings of the Friends of Domestic Industry, in General Convention Met at the City of New York, October 26, 1831… 3 pamphlets relating to the Convention, 16, 44, 197p. Backed in calf and marbled boards.

R. E. Lee; A Biography. 4 volumes.

Godey's Lady's Book. 1860. [Volumes LX and LXI]

Just So Stories For Little Children. Illustrated by the Author.

Hydriotaphia. Urne-Buriall, or a Discourse of the Sepylchrall Urnes lately found in Norfolk.

The Voyage of the 'Discovery.' With 200 Full Page and Smaller Illustrations by Cr. E.A. Wilson and other Members of the Expedition, Photogravure Frontispieces, 12 Coloured Plates in Facsimile from Dr. Wilson's Sketches, Panoramas and Maps. (2 volumes

The Domestic Architecture of the Early American Republic . The Greek Revival. With a frontispiece in color and 256 illustrations.

Proceedings of the Democratic Convention, Held at Indianapolis, January 8, 1840

Architettura Razionale. Polemica Tra L'Acrh.

Heaven on Earth. Explorations into the Wilderness Set Forth by John Muir. With Wood Engraving Illustrations Executed by Charles D. Jones.

Discurso sobre la Historia Universal. Edicion aumentada con nuevas adiciones y con variantes del testo. Traducida al castellano por Juan Manuel Calleja.

Nouveau dictionnaire des origines, inventions et decouvertes, dan les arts, les sciences, la geographie, le commerce, l'agriculture, etc. . . Tomes 1 & 2

San Diego: A Comprehensive Plan for its Improvement

The Weekly Register. [Niles' Weekly Register, also Niles' Register]

Les Aventures de Huck Finn l'ami de Tom Sawyer [with] Les Aventures de Tom Sayer. Illustrations by Achile Sirouy.

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