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Text Box: The Greeks and The Persians from the sixth to the fourth centuries, edited by Hermann Bengtson, hardcover, Delacorte, 1968, first printing, 478 pages, 8 maps and with 37 black and white photographs and illustrations. This history book covers the period from about 520 B.C., when the Persian Empire was at its height, until 323 B.C., when its conqueror, Alexander the Great, died. In addition to describing the struggles between the Greeks and the Persians, and among the Greeks themselves, the book traces the historical development of the Greek city-states, their politics, and their dealings with one another, and presents the essentials of Greek culture and thought, of which the modern Western world is the inheritor. Condition: very good/very good. Dust jacket has two tears on the back and appears rubbed. Price: $25.00

Text Box: Hometown Memories, Growing Up in Martinsburg, West Virginia, collected writings of Ethel Wayble Bovey, softcover, ISBN: 0-974700509, Mountain State Publishing Services, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 2003, 205 pages with black and white photographs; history. The author, a lifelong resident of Martinsburg, served for many years as women’s editor, feature editor, and columnist for The Journal, her hometown daily newspaper. The book is an anthology of local history and the people who helped shape it, of early culture and current events, of religion and personal perspective. Condition: near fine/ no dust jacket Price: $12.00

Text Box: Milwaukee, The Cream City Observed, by Steve Slaske, ISBN:0-9605294-0-3, softcover, Preservation Ink, Milwaukee, 1980, unpaged, 31 drawings, bibliography; history. This booklet is a collection of architectural drawings of the 19th century buildings of Milwaukee, some of which have been torn down. The drawings are pen and ink art with some grey tone watercolor drawings. Each drawing has a brief commentary on the building. Steve Slaske is an artist, graphic designer, illustrator and a native Milwaukeean. Condition: very good +/ no dust jacket, back cover very slightly rubbed Price: $5.00

Text Box: The New Texas School Reader, The New Texas Series, hardcover, The Steck Company, Austin, Texas 1962; history. This book is a 1962 facsimile reproduction of The New Texas School Reader; history. Texas and the other states of the Confederacy had no publishers of textbooks; prior to the Civil War, Southern schools had always used textbooks published in the North or in Europe. To meet the needs of Southern schools, a number of printers and newspaper publishers in the South began publishing textbooks. This edition is an exact facsimile of the original edition, including end-sheets of a wall-paper design that was popular in 1863! Condition: fine/no dust jacket issued, no markings, protective Mylar cover Price: $10.00

Text Box: Hampton And His Red Shirts, South Carolina's Deliverance In 1876, by Alfred B. Williams, hardcover, copyright 1935, reprint, Walker, Evans & Cogswell Company, 448 pages, index; history. The "Red Shirts" beginnings are traced to Mississippi in 1875 to conservative rifle clubs. In this account, they appear in South Carolina. The Red Shirts saw themselves as saving their state from the horrors of Reconstruction and Republican political corruption. They were conspicuously present in the 1876 gubernatorial campaign of Confederate General Wade Hampton. This book tells that history. Condition: very good/ no dust jacket; not ex-library edition, nice burgundy cover with gold gilt lettering on spine Price: $20.00

Text Box: Concord, A Pilgrimage to the Historic and Literary Center of America, booklet in decorated wrappers (soft cover), Perry Walton, Boston Mass., 1930, third edition, frontispiece with tissue, 39 pages with high quality black and white photos; history. This lovely booklet from long ago exudes charm. The wrappers are a deep slate blue with a fading yet attractive gold print decorative cover. The frontispiece is an excellent photograph of Battle Lane to Old North Bridge. The booklet is a history of the town of Concord, Massachusetts with high quality photos of the literary and historic landmarks, including Monument Square, Wright Tavern, Colonial Inn, the Old Manse, the Thoreau-Alcott House, the Emerson House, the Alcott's' Orchard House, Hawthorne's "Wayside," and a map of the town. Condition: near fine/ no dust jacket Price: $18.00

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