Springfield, IL: n.p., 1913. 5" x 7.75", 1 sheet, 1 sheet of heavy stock, design in left margin, some darkening to edges, small pieces missing in right margin. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, c1925. Memorial Edition stated on DJ. Hardcover. [12], 180, [2] pages. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Corners of some pages bumped. Red cloth. DJ, in pieces, with flaps separated, and states Memorial Edition. Conwell was the founder of Temple University, Philadelphia. Russell Herman Conwell (February 15, 1843 – December 6, 1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, author, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture, "Acres of Diamonds". The original inspiration for "Acres of Diamonds", his most famous essay, occurred in 1869 when Conwell was traveling in the Middle East. The work began as a speech, "at first given," wrote Conwell in 1913, "before a reunion of my old comrades of the Forty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment" It was delivered as a lecture on the Chautauqua circuit prior to 1882 and was first published in book form in 1890 by the John Y. Huber Company. Conwell would deliver it over 6,152. The central idea is that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune; the resources to achieve all good things are present in one's own community. This theme is developed by an introductory anecdote about a man who wanted to find diamonds so badly that he sold his property and went off in search for them. The new owner of his home discovered that a diamond mine was located right on the property. Conwell elaborates on the theme through examples of success, genius, service, or other virtues involving ordinary Americans contemporary to his audience. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. xix, [3], 596, [2] pages. Illustrations. Index. Slightly cocked. Ex-library with usual library markings. This is volume XXXII of The American Statesmen series. This series ultimately comprised of 39 text volumes and a 40th, General Index, volume. The times were chaotic beyond comparison. Into this sea of troubles President Grant was thrust. A friend of the South, he yet did not know how to stay the hand of rapacity and bitter race hatred; an enemy of corruption, he could not keep the skirts of his own household clean. General Grant, the hero of Appomattox, will ever be a figure of commanding interest; President Grant was in a more difficult situation, and his life at this period compels attention if not approval. Mr. Coolidge's biography sets before us clearly the issues and complexities of the presidential term of 1869-77. Perhaps its chief interest and value lie in its illuminating chapters on a troubled epoch. More

Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Pub. Company, c1991. Second Revised Edition. 24 cm, 305, illus., maps. More

Wilmington, NC: Corbett Publications, 1961. First? Edition. First? Printing. 23 cm, 42, wraps, illus., some soiling to covers, bottom corner of pages curled, covers creased. More

Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1987. Third Printing stated. Trade paperback. xviii, 342 pages. Includes a new Forward by Herman Hattaway, Preface, Acknowledgments, Notes on Sources, Critical Bibliography, Bibliographic Update, and Index. Some edge soiling noted. This work was originally published in 1956. Eight years after President Harry S. Truman ordered an end to racial discrimination in the United States armed forces in 1948, Dudley Taylor Cornish, a thirty-year-old veteran of World War II, who had acquired a Ph.D. degree in history from the University of Colorado and begun his teaching career at Pittsburg State University in Kansas. He moved on to Pittsburg State University from which he retired and became a Professor Emeritus. More

[S.l.]: B.W. Corson, c1982. First? Printing. 24 cm, 151, illus., DJ soiled and frayed at edges. More

Washington, DC: GPO, 1979. First? Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 75, wraps, illus., footnotes, appendix, bibliography, some wear and soiling to covers, corner of front cover creased, bookplate. More

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, c1994. First Printing. 24 cm, 515, illus., maps, DJ torn and folded at front. More

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1952. First Edition. First? Printing. 314, illus., notes, bibliography, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, edge tears, and chips. More

Fort McCoy, FL: Criswell's & Criswell's Publications, 1980. Second Edition. Hardcover. v, [1], 374, [4] pages. Illustrations. This is Vol. II Second Edition of Criswell's Currency Series. The first edition was published in 1961. Grover C. Criswell Jr. was one of the nation's best-known numismatists. Criswell had served on the Board of Governors of the American Numismatic Association for a total of 22 years, including a two-year term as president from 1977 to 1979. Criswell was an expert on Confederate paper money, and wrote several books on the subject. He was a dealer in this material, as well -- and his personal collection was among the most extensive ever formed, causing him to be dubbed "the richest man in the world ... in Confederate money." In 1972, Criswell launched Bank Note Reporter, a paper money journal. He was a founder of the Society of Paper Money Collectors, a founder and president of Florida United Numismatists and an active member of numerous other coin clubs and societies, including the prestigious Rittenhouse Society. More

Gettysburg, PA: Historical Times, Inc., 1968. 50, wraps, illus., maps, covers worn and soiled, bookplate residue inside front cover, sticker residue on front. More

Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 1981. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. vi, [4], 356, [2] pages, Map. Appendices. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling with a small edge tear to the cloth. Minor page soiling. Joseph M Curran was a professor of History at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y.. He authored two books, The Birth of the Irish Free State, 1921-1923 and Hibernian Green on the Silver Screen, and had published articles in Historian, Irish University Review (Dublin), and America. He was also a guest speaker on the PBS Irish History series. More