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  • KILLING COUSINS. by Stratton, Gene.
    Stratton, Gene.
    KILLING COUSINS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which introduces Mort Sinclair, a professional genealogist who is hired as a consultant by the Bay City police. 254 pp plus 5 pp of genealogy charts, map endpapers. ISBN: -916489388.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (some toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 86636
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  • POWDER KEG: A Personal Memoir of Growing Up a Knickerbocker and the Family History of How They Came. by Knickerbocker, Barbara.
    Knickerbocker, Barbara.
    POWDER KEG: A Personal Memoir of Growing Up a Knickerbocker and the Family History of How They Came.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New London, NH: BKB Press, (2008). SIGNED first edition - Although Knickerbocker is an American name (there are no Knickerbockers in The Netherlands), the author grew up with her family history drummed into her by her elders. Raised during the Great Depression, she found her adult life profoundly influenced by her family's history. The first part of this book is a memoir of growing up during the Great Depression. "She and her parents were crammed into the top floor of Grandma Knickerbocker's home. Childhood was spent dealing with a feisty housekeeper, and an unrepentant grandmother who needed her son's help, but resented his young family's intrusion into her life." Part II recounts the history of the Walloons in the…

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    New London, NH: BKB Press, (2008). SIGNED first edition - Although Knickerbocker is an American name (there are no Knickerbockers in The Netherlands), the author grew up with her family history drummed into her by her elders. Raised during the Great Depression, she found her adult life profoundly influenced by her family's history. The first part of this book is a memoir of growing up during the Great Depression. "She and her parents were crammed into the top floor of Grandma Knickerbocker's home. Childhood was spent dealing with a feisty housekeeper, and an unrepentant grandmother who needed her son's help, but resented his young family's intrusion into her life." Part II recounts the history of the Walloons in the Belgic lowlands, and Part III is an early history of the two families - the Vincents and the Knickerbakkers and the founding of New York City. Illustrated with photographs. SIGNED on the title page and very personally INSCRIBED and signed on the half title page. Bibliography, index. xiv, 287 pp. ISBN: 0-981776817.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 86104
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  • JEFFERSON'S CHILDREN: The Story of One American Family. by Lanier, Shannon and Jane Feldman; Introduction by Lucian K. Truscott IV
    Lanier, Shannon and Jane Feldman; Introduction by Lucian K. Truscott IV
    JEFFERSON'S CHILDREN: The Story of One American Family.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A journey across the country by Shannon Lanier, a descendent of Jefferson, and photographer Jane Feldmen, to meet the rest of his family, the descendants - both black and white - of Thomas Jefferson -and in some cases, of Sally Hemings. INSCRIBED on the half title page by the author, Shannon Lanier, and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated throughout with photographs in both color and black and white. Introduction by Lucian K. Truscott IV. Index. Large square format. 144 pp. ISBN: 0-375-805974.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 83154
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  • REVERSALS. by Stevenson, Anne.
    Stevenson, Anne.
    REVERSALS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1969.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second collection of poems. A title in the Wesleyan Poetry Program. 67 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in gray cloth, in a good only dust jacket (price-clipped, significant rubbing and a bit of dampstaining to the lower edge of the back cover)

    Book ID: 69204
    Keywords: genealogy, Poetry
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  • THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN J. AND SARAH ANN KNOX, OCT 7TH, 1873 together with SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JOHN J. KNOX WILLIAMS, Oldest Grandson of John J. and Sarah A. Knox, Who Fell in Defence of His Country at the Battle of Chapin's Farm, September 29-30, 1864. by Knox, Rev. Charles E.
    Knox, Rev. Charles E.
    THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN J. AND SARAH ANN KNOX, OCT 7TH, 1873 together with SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JOHN J. KNOX WILLIAMS, Oldest Grandson of John J. and Sarah A. Knox, Who Fell in Defence of His Country at the Battle of Chapin's Farm, September 29-30, 1864.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Edward O Jenkins 1873. Hardcover first edition - Printed "For Private Circulation". Includes an account of the celebration of the sixtieth wedding anniversary (the cover has simply "The Diamond Wedding" on it) of the marriage of John and Sarah Knox of Knoxville, in upstate New York, followed by "A sketch of the military life of Captain Williams with the 117th New York Infantry Regiment, prepared by Rev. Knox from Williams' letters and read at the celebration." This sketch includes 7 small maps and much interesting information about troop movements, descriptions of battles, daily life, and more. The first part consists of 44 pages, illustrated with engravings of the old homestead, the family tree and the church. The…

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    New York: Edward O Jenkins 1873. Hardcover first edition - Printed "For Private Circulation". Includes an account of the celebration of the sixtieth wedding anniversary (the cover has simply "The Diamond Wedding" on it) of the marriage of John and Sarah Knox of Knoxville, in upstate New York, followed by "A sketch of the military life of Captain Williams with the 117th New York Infantry Regiment, prepared by Rev. Knox from Williams' letters and read at the celebration." This sketch includes 7 small maps and much interesting information about troop movements, descriptions of battles, daily life, and more. The first part consists of 44 pages, illustrated with engravings of the old homestead, the family tree and the church. The Civil War sketch is from page 45-106 followed by a list of members of the family present. INSCRIBED by one of the family members "for Mrs Ewing, your cousin, Mrs Anderson" (perhaps the one of the sisters who prepared the family tree) 107 pp. .

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    Condition: Near fine in dark green cloth with gilt stamping on the front cover. Uncommon.

    Book ID: 57603
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  • PEARL'S SECRET: A Black Man's Search for His White Family. by Henry, Neil.
    Henry, Neil.
    PEARL'S SECRET: A Black Man's Search for His White Family.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An autobiography and family history which "combines elements of history, investigative reporting, and personal narrative . . . Neil Henry - a black professor of journalism and former award winning correspondent for the Washington Post - sets out to piece together the murky details of his family's racial past" Ranges from the story of overseer and Confederate veteran who fathered both sides of the family in Louisiana in the post Civil War era to the present day. Photographs. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-520-222571.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (hint of spine slant.)

    Book ID: 56298
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  • MUNRO EAGLE, Fall 1980, No. 11. by Organ, Ann Monroe, editor.
    Organ, Ann Monroe, editor.
    MUNRO EAGLE, Fall 1980, No. 11.

    Edition: First printing.

    Dansville, NY: Clan Munro Association, U.S.A. 1980. First edition - Includes articles and general news about the activities of the association and its members.. Illustrated with photographs, Small format. 24 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled two-tone mauve wrappers.

    Book ID: 53916
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  • CLAN MUNRO MAGAZINE, No. 15, 1979. by Munro, David, editor.
    Munro, David, editor.
    CLAN MUNRO MAGAZINE, No. 15, 1979.

    Edition: First printing.

    Skinnergate, Perth: Clan Munro Association (Munro & Scott, printers.) 1979. First edition - Includes articles on agricultural improvement in the 1840s, on General Sir Charles Munro, recipes, and more, as well as general news about the activities of the association and its members.. Illustrated with photographs, Advertisements. Small format. 48 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled glossy white wrappers.

    Book ID: 53912
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  • CLAN MUNRO MAGAZINE, No. 13, 1975. by Munro, David, editor.
    Munro, David, editor.
    CLAN MUNRO MAGAZINE, No. 13, 1975.

    Edition: First printing.

    Skinnergate, Perth: Clan Munro Association (Munro & Scott, printers.) 1975. First edition - Includes articles on the ending of a steel factory, on the estate Balconie and more, as well as general news about the activities of the association and its members. Illustrated with photographs, Advertisements. Small format. 44 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled glossy white wrappers.

    Book ID: 53911
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  • LAY DOWN BODY: Living History in African American Cemeteries. by Wright, Roberta Hughes and Hughes, Wilbur B. III
    Wright, Roberta Hughes and Hughes, Wilbur B. III
    LAY DOWN BODY: Living History in African American Cemeteries.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Detroit: Visible Ink Press, (1996.). First edition - Foreword by Michael L. Blakey, preface by W. W. Law. Describes 300 cemeteries in the U.S. and Canada, ranging from the early slave cemeteries to the Sea Islands of South Carolina, Atlanta, Nicodemus, Kansas and Toronto and Los Angeles. Includes a description of the burial practices and stories of the people who founded the cemeteries, as well as a section on genealogy for beginners. An oversized trade paperback, illustrated with many photographs, bibliography, index. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-7876-06510.

    Condition: Fine (as new.)

    Book ID: 50459
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  • INHERIT THE EARTH: A Social History, by Duffy, Maureen.
    Duffy, Maureen.
    INHERIT THE EARTH: A Social History,

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hamish Hamilton, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Using parish records, county records and rate-payer lists, Duffy "has evoked with consummate clarity the lives of these long-dead, unimportant, yet essential people." - the Jarvisses of Essex - not rich or important, but 'everyman' whose livers were a microcosm of the events in the centuries they lived through. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Gavin Rowe, who also did the painting on the wraparound dust jacket.159 pp,. ISBN: 0-241-102057.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 45256
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  • THE FRENCH IN AMERICA 1488-1974: A Chronology & Fact Book by Pula, James S.
    Pula, James S.
    THE FRENCH IN AMERICA 1488-1974: A Chronology & Fact Book

    Edition: First printing.

    Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 1975. Hardcover first edition - Ethnic Chronology Series, No. 20. Foreword by the editor and compiler. Focuses primarily on French influence on the United States (not on Canada). In addition to the chronology, this reprints several significant documents and includes a bibliography and index of important French names. vi, 154 pp. ISBN: 0-379005158.

    Condition: Ex-library in red cloth with gilt lettering, with relatively few markings (pocket at back) - a tight and clean copy overall.

    Book ID: 39880
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  • Johnson, Henry Clark, X, and Edward Higginson Williams, Jr., editors.
    THE TENTH GENERAL CATALOGUE OF THE PSI UPSILON FRATERNITY, 1888.

    Edition: First edition.

    (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania:) Executive Council of the Fraternity (by The Comenius Press) 1888. Hardcover first edition - "published under the direction of the Executive Council in the 55th year of the Fraternity." Gives the complete roll of each chapter; according to the introduction it was the intention to provide accurate statistical and biographical information on each member from the time he left college until the present (or until his death, for deceased members.) Also includes statistical reports on geographical distribution, those who served in the Union and Confederate armies, a summary of occupations, a table of relationships, and an index. Engraved frontispiece and small vignette on the title page. A large and very heavy book at 1038 pp.

    Condition: Very good- condition in dark red cloth with gilt illustration on front cover, gilt lettering on the spine (front hinge cracked, rear hinge partially cracked, some bumping to corners). An uncommon book, and one which would be valuable for genealogical purposes and to social historians.

    Book ID: 33332
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  • [Stewart, William Morris, 1825-1909] Hermann, Ruth.
    GOLD AND SILVER COLOSSUS: William Morris Stewart and His Southern Bride

    Edition: First printing.

    Sparks, Nevada: Dave's Printing & Publishing, (1975.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of Nevada's first U.S.Senator and even more, a study of the development of the two Western states of Nevada and California. Stewart, a miner and mining attorney, was also strongly influenced by his wife's antebellum family: the house he built for his bride in Nevada City, California, in 1855-56 (still known as the Stewart mansion) was a replica of her family's Mississippi plantation house. Chronicles the history of the Gold Rush country of California through the heyday of Nevada's Comstock Lode and into the early years of the 20th century; illustrated with numerous vintage photographs Includes an appendix with a detailed genealogy of Annie Elizabeth…

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    Sparks, Nevada: Dave's Printing & Publishing, (1975.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of Nevada's first U.S.Senator and even more, a study of the development of the two Western states of Nevada and California. Stewart, a miner and mining attorney, was also strongly influenced by his wife's antebellum family: the house he built for his bride in Nevada City, California, in 1855-56 (still known as the Stewart mansion) was a replica of her family's Mississippi plantation house. Chronicles the history of the Gold Rush country of California through the heyday of Nevada's Comstock Lode and into the early years of the 20th century; illustrated with numerous vintage photographs Includes an appendix with a detailed genealogy of Annie Elizabeth Foote and her Southern family. Notes, Bibliography, Index. 430 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 32689
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