Mythology 101: From Gods and Goddesses to Monsters and Mortals, Your Guide to Ancient Mythology (Adams 101 Series)
by Sears, Kathleen
Stoughton, Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2014. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 5x0x7. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 2014 Hard Cover. 288 pp. Explore the fascinating myths of Greek and Roman civilizations! The tales of gods and heroes are often turned into tedious discourse that even Ovid would reject. This easy-to-read guide cuts out the boring details,... Read More
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The Civil War: A Treasury of Art and Literature
by Sears, Stephen W
New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1992. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 13x10x1. First edition. Jacket faintly rubbed. 1992 Large Hardcover. 367 pp. This rich trove of art and literature from the American Civil War documents the nation's most cataclysmic ordeal through the poignant impressions of those who lived it. The motives and emotions of both... Read More
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![A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken by the Indians, in the Year 1755, When Only About Twelve Years of Age, and Has Continued to Reside Amongst Them to the Present Time, Containing an Account of the Murder of Her Father and His Family; Her Sufferings; Her Marriage to Two Indians; Her Troubles with Her Children; Barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the Life of Her Last Husband, &c.; and Many Historical Facts Never Before Published. Carefully Taken from Her Own Words, Nov. 29th, 1823. to which is added, An Appendix, Containing an Account of the Tragedy at the Devil's Hole, in 1763, and of Sullivan's Expedition; the Traditions, Manners, Customs, &c. of the Indians, as Believed and Practised at the Present Day, and Since Mrs. Jemison's Captivity; Together with Some Anecdotes, and Other Entertaining Matter. [The White Woman of the Genesee] [De-He-Wa-Mis]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/609/766/1669766609.0.m.jpg)
A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken by the Indians, in the Year 1755, When Only About Twelve Years of Age, and Has Continued to Reside Amongst Them to the Present Time, Containing an Account of the Murder of Her Father and His Family; Her Sufferings; Her Marriage to Two Indians; Her Troubles with Her Children; Barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the Life of Her Last Husband, &c.; and Many Historical Facts Never Before Published. Carefully Taken from Her Own Words, Nov. 29th, 1823. to which is added, An Appendix, Containing an Account of the Tragedy at the Devil's Hole, in 1763, and of Sullivan's Expedition; the Traditions, Manners, Customs, &c. of the Indians, as Believed and Practised at the Present Day, and Since Mrs. Jemison's Captivity; Together with Some Anecdotes, and Other Entertaining Matter. [The White Woman of the Genesee] [De-He-Wa-Mis]
by Seaver, James E. [Everett]; Lansing, R.R
New York: Random House / Pynson Printers, 1929. Limited Edition. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Limited edition, #771 of 950 copies. Bottom third of spine chipped away, 1/4 inch chip from spine head, Yale University Library bequest bookplate on front endpaper. Publisher's single-fold pamphlet insert laid in (usually absent). 1929 Small Hard Cover. xv, 459 pp. 5 5/8... Read More
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![A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison: The White Woman of the Genesee [De-He-Wa-Mis]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/851/163/1653163851.0.m.jpg)
A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison: The White Woman of the Genesee [De-He-Wa-Mis]
by Seaver, James E. [Everett]; Vail, Charles Delamater; Mix, Ebenezer; Morgan, Lewis Henry; Bryant, William Clement; Letchworth, William Pryor
New York: The American Scenic & Historic Preservation Society, 1942. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Twenty-second edition. Front hinge just beginning to loosen, ink name and pencil name and address on front endpaper, 1 inch closed tear to bottom margin of title page, 1 inch closed internal tear to rear flyleaf and... Read More
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![A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken by the Indians, in the Year 1755, When Only About Twelve Years of Age, and Has Continued to Reside Amongst Them to the Present Time, Containing an Account of the Murder of Her Father and His Family; Her Sufferings; Her Marriage to Two Indians; Her Troubles with Her Children; Barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the Life of Her Last Husband, &c.; and Many Historical Facts Never Before Published. Carefully Taken from Her Own Words, Nov. 29th, 1823. to which is added, An Appendix, Containing an Account of the Tragedy at the Devil's Hole, in 1763, and of Sullivan's Expedition; the Traditions, Manners, Customs, &c. of the Indians, as Believed and Practised at the Present Day, and Since Mrs. Jemison's Captivity; Together with Some Anecdotes, and Other Entertaining Matter. [The White Woman of the Genesee] [De-He-Wa-Mis]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/611/766/1669766611.0.m.jpg)
A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken by the Indians, in the Year 1755, When Only About Twelve Years of Age, and Has Continued to Reside Amongst Them to the Present Time, Containing an Account of the Murder of Her Father and His Family; Her Sufferings; Her Marriage to Two Indians; Her Troubles with Her Children; Barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the Life of Her Last Husband, &c.; and Many Historical Facts Never Before Published. Carefully Taken from Her Own Words, Nov. 29th, 1823. to which is added, An Appendix, Containing an Account of the Tragedy at the Devil's Hole, in 1763, and of Sullivan's Expedition; the Traditions, Manners, Customs, &c. of the Indians, as Believed and Practised at the Present Day, and Since Mrs. Jemison's Captivity; Together with Some Anecdotes, and Other Entertaining Matter. [The White Woman of the Genesee] [De-He-Wa-Mis]
by Seaver, James E. [Everett]; Lansing, R.R
New York: Random House / Pynson Printers, 1929. Limited Edition. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Limited edition, #815 of 950 copies. Rebacked with plain cloth, with tape over the new spine, otherwise an excellent copy. 1929 Small Hard Cover. xv, 459 pp. 5 5/8 x 3 5/8. This is the twenty-third recorded edition of the work, and reproduces... Read More
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![A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken by the Indians, in the Year 1755, When Only About Twelve Years of Age, and Has Continued to Reside Amongst Them to the Present Time, Containing an Account of the Murder of Her Father and His Family; Her Sufferings; Her Marriage to Two Indians; Her Troubles with Her Children; Barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the Life of Her Last Husband, &c.; and Many Historical Facts Never Before Published. Carefully Taken from Her Own Words, Nov. 29th, 1823. to which is added, An Appendix, Containing an Account of the Tragedy at the Devil's Hole, in 1763, and of Sullivan's Expedition; the Traditions, Manners, Customs, &c. of the Indians, as Believed and Practised at the Present Day, and Since Mrs. Jemison's Captivity; Together with Some Anecdotes, and Other Entertaining Matter. [The White Woman of the Genesee] [De-He-Wa-Mis]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/166/940/1654940166.0.m.jpg)
A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison, Who Was Taken by the Indians, in the Year 1755, When Only About Twelve Years of Age, and Has Continued to Reside Amongst Them to the Present Time, Containing an Account of the Murder of Her Father and His Family; Her Sufferings; Her Marriage to Two Indians; Her Troubles with Her Children; Barbarities of the Indians in the French and Revolutionary Wars; the Life of Her Last Husband, &c.; and Many Historical Facts Never Before Published. Carefully Taken from Her Own Words, Nov. 29th, 1823. to which is added, An Appendix, Containing an Account of the Tragedy at the Devil's Hole, in 1763, and of Sullivan's Expedition; the Traditions, Manners, Customs, &c. of the Indians, as Believed and Practised at the Present Day, and Since Mrs. Jemison's Captivity; Together with Some Anecdotes, and Other Entertaining Matter. [The White Woman of the Genesee] [De-He-Wa-Mis]
by Seaver, James E. [Everett]; Lansing, R.R
New York: Random House / Pynson Printers, 1929. Limited Edition. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Limited edition, #815 of 950 copies. Three 1/2 inch chips from spine, beginning to split along rear joint. Binding firm, interior clean, bright, and unmarked. 1929 Small Hard Cover. xv, 459 pp. 5 5/8 x 3 5/8. This is the twenty-third recorded edition... Read More
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![Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association [Vol. VI / Volume 6]: The Seventh Annual Meeting, with Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members. [with] Footprints of the Red Men. Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware: Their Location and the Probable Meaning of Some of Them](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/657/053/1681053657.0.m.jpg)
Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association [Vol. VI / Volume 6]: The Seventh Annual Meeting, with Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members. [with] Footprints of the Red Men. Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware: Their Location and the Probable Meaning of Some of Them
by Sebring, W.C.; Halsey, Francis W.; Williams, Sherman; Ingalsby, Grenville M.; Moulthrop, S.P.; Wait, William; Reid, W. Max; Alexander, D.S.; Ingraham, Charles A.; Reed, Milton; Washington, George; Schuyler, Ph.; Morris, Robert; Jay, John; Duane, James; Pu
Cooperstown: New York State Historical Association / Newburgh Journal Print, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Two volumes in one. Front free endpaper removed. 1906 Hard Cover. 211, [1], 241, [5] pp. 8vo. Includes a map of the route of Sullivan's forces, two-panel map of Hudson River, two-panel map of New Netherlands, one-panel map of the Hudson... Read More
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Rufie Had a Monkey!
by Sechrist, Elizabeth Hough
Washington Square / Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 0x0x0. Janeway, Hestermary. First edition. Large chips and tears to jacket, bottom edge of front jacket panel stained. Bottom corner of front board stained, ink name on front free endpaper. 1939 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Hestermary Janeway. Rufie ( as in Ruthie)... Read More
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Dorica
by S., E.D. [Edward Daniel Stone]
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1888. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by author. First edition. Presentation copy with ALS laid in on State House School letterhead. Boards lightly soiled, board corners bumped. 1888 Hard Cover. 173, 32, 4 pp. Edward Daniel Stone was an Eton schoolmaster and classical scholar. This volume was inspired by... Read More
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Stories of the Italian Artists from Vasari
by Seeley, E.L
London: Chatto and Windus, 1906. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Signed by author. Spine lightly soiled, spine head and spine base and board corners bumped. 1906 Hard Cover. xii, 325, 4 pp. Cream boards with gilt titles and decor on spine and front board, top edge gilt, deckled page ridges. Color frontispiece, color and black-and-white plates. CONTENTS:... Read More
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Grayson, Volume 3: Nemesis
by Seeley, Ti; King, Tom; Janin, Mikel; Cox, Jeromy
California: DC Comics, 2016. Soft Cover. Very Good. 6x0x10. Bottom corner lightly creased. 2016 Soft Cover. "Red-hot creative team TIM SEELEY (BATMAN ETERNAL) and TOM KING (BATMAN) along with artist MIKEL JANIN (JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK) continue the smash-hit adventure in GRAYSON VOL. 3: NEMESIS! Dick Grayson is Agent 37, super spy extraordinaire, caught in a maze of mind... Read More
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Mrs. Thrale: Afterwards Mrs. Piozzi. A Sketch of Her Life and Passages from Her Diaries, Letters and Other Writings
by Seeley, L.B. [Leonard Benton]
London: Seeley and Co., Limited, 1891. First Thus. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Hogarth; Reynolds; Zoffany; and others. First thus. Nicely rebound in half-leather. Bookplate on front endpaper, a few pages lightly foxed. 9 plates, including a self-portrait by William Hogarth. Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, a Welsh diarist and socialite, is an important source on Samuel Johnson. Hester... Read More
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Dreams of Joy: A Novel (Shanghai Girls)
by See, Lisa
New York: Random House, 2012. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x7. 1st printing. Remainder mark, faint edge wear. 2012 Trade Paperback. In her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl's strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy. Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, Joy runs... Read More
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A Border Leander
by Seely, Howard
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1893. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Boards lightly soiled. 1893 Hard Cover. 168, [8] pp. Green cloth, silver titles. A Western novel set in Texas, by the author of A Nymph of the West; The Jonah of Lucky Valley; A Ranchman's Stories; A Lone Star Bo-Peep and Other... Read More
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The Seventh Cross (New York Review Books)
by Seghers, Anna; Dembo, Margot Bettauer (Translator)
New York: New York Review Books, 2018. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x7. 2018 1st printing of Margot Bettauer Dembo translation. An exceptional copy. The Seventh Cross is one of the most powerful, popular, and influential novels of the twentieth century, a hair raising thriller that helped to alert the world to the grim realities of Nazi... Read More
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From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves: Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries
by Segre, Emilio
New York: W.H. Freeman & Co, 1984. Trade Paperback. Good. 9x6x0. A couple light creases on front wrapper, edges a bit foxed. 1984 Trade Paperback. x, 298 pp. Black-and-white photographs, facsimiles of historical documents, and reproductions of illustrations throughout text. Takes us from Galileo to the end of the nineteenth century with the statistical mechanics of Boltzmann, Maxwell,... Read More
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Bridges Over the Niagara Gorge: Rainbow Bridge - 50 Years, 1941 - 1991
by Seibel, George A. and Olive M
Niagara Falls: Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, 1991. Signed Copy. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x5x0. Signed by author. Signed by Niagara Falls Bridge Commission Chairman, Norma I. Higgs, who contributed foreword, with inscription, "Thought you may like a little history. Best of luck." Lacks jacket. A few pages very lightly dog-eared. 1991 Large Hardcover. xi, 257 pp. Color... Read More
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Land of Tomorrow: A Legend of Kentucky
by Seifert, Shirley
New York: M.S. Mill & Co., Inc, 1937. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. No jacket. Surface tear and scratches on rear board. 1937 Hard Cover. 320 pp. Shirley Seifert (May 22, 1888 – 1971) was an American historical fiction author. She was best known as the author of The Proud Way (1953), which tells the story of the... Read More
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Is This Anything?
by Seinfeld, Jerry
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Jacket spine base bumped. 2020 Hard Cover. 470 pp. Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub "Catch a Rising Star" as a twenty-one-year-old college student in fall of 1975, Jerry Seinfeld has written his own material and saved everything.... Read More
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The Arts of Japan: Ancient and Medieval
by Seiroku, Noma; Rosenfield, John
Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International Ltd, 1966. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 0x0x0. Bin, Takahashi. Includes publisher's slipcase and jacket. Jacket price clipped, jacket faintly toned, a few spots along top slipcase edge, slipcase corners rubbed. 1966 Large Hardcover. Translated into English and adapted by John Rosenfield, photographs by Takahashi Bin. A survey of Japanese art and... Read More
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Towpaths, Turnpikes and Towns
by Sekowski, Robert W
New Hartford, New York: Oneida County BOCES, 1985. Large Softcover. Very Good. Spine edges rubbed, rear wrapper lightly soiled, iitle page clipped. 1985 Large Softcover. v, 211 pp. A local history textbook published for fourth grade students in Oneida County BOCES component school districts. Draft edition, September 1985. A history of Oneida County including geography, Native Americans, Colonial... Read More
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![Anecdotal Lincoln: Speeches, Stories and Yarns of the 'Immortal Abe,' Including Stories of Lincoln's Early Life, Stories of Lincoln as a Lawyer, Presidential Incidents, Stories of the War, Lincoln's Letters, and Great Speeches Chronologically Arranged, with Biographical Sketch [Abraham]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/783/066/1436066783.0.m.jpg)
Anecdotal Lincoln: Speeches, Stories and Yarns of the 'Immortal Abe,' Including Stories of Lincoln's Early Life, Stories of Lincoln as a Lawyer, Presidential Incidents, Stories of the War, Lincoln's Letters, and Great Speeches Chronologically Arranged, with Biographical Sketch [Abraham]
by Selby, Paul
Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, 1900. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7x6x1. Binding repaired. Front hinge weak, rear hinge weakening, page toned and a bit fragile, pencil name and address inside. 1900 Hard Cover. 469 pp. Includes woodcut illustrations. From the preface: Selby was a personal friend of Lincoln, and for many years Editor of the State Journal at Springfield,... Read More
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Mexican and Central American Antiquities, Calendar Systems, and History (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 28)
by Seler, Eduard; Forstemann, E.; Schellhas, Paul; Sapper, Carl; Dieseldorff, E.P.; Bowditch, Charles P.; Holmes, W.H
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Former library copy, usual marks. Front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1904 Hard Cover. 682 pp. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and fold-outs throughout text, comprising 49 plates and 134 figures. A study of Latin American cultures focusing on ancient artefacts. Contents include: The Mexican Chronology,... Read More
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Elections and Democracy in Central America Revisited
by Seligson, Mitchell A.; Booth, John A
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Enlarged Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x0x9. New and enlarged edition. An exceptional copy. 1995 Trade Paperback. x, 299 pp. The thirteen original essays in this collection evaluate the role of elections in the development of democracy in the nations of Central America: Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador,... Read More
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![Calvin Against Himself: An Inquiry in Intellectual History [John]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/681/106/1455106681.0.m.jpg)
Calvin Against Himself: An Inquiry in Intellectual History [John]
by Selinger, Suzanne
Connecticut: Archon Books, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x5x1. First edition. Jacket lightly rubbed. Ink name on front free endpaper. 1984 Hard Cover. 238 pp. Explains Calvin's theology, shows how it was influenced by the writings of Martin Luther, and depicts Calvin's complex personality.
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