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193115471931. SOCONY OIL COMPANY NEWSPAPER 1931. TOURS AND DETOURS. An original August 15 1931 edition of "Tours and Detours"- a tourism-related newspaper issued by the Socony Oil Company to its customers. This issue contains articles about touring the Northeast region of the United States with photographs and articles on Clinton NY; Buffalo & Niagara Falls NY; and Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. The rear cover contains a road map of main highways in New England. Following the break-up of Standard Oil in 1911 the Standard Oil Company of New York SOCONY was formed along with 33 other break-off companies. In 1920 the company registered the name "Mobiloil" as its trademark and in 1963 it became the Mobil Oil Company. Very Good usual folds with a few tears. Scarce 10.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
1907581421907. SCIENCE JOURNAL. JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO JAPAN. Illustrated from photographs charts and diagrams. 8vo. tan paper wrappers printed in black. We offer three issues of this journal of physical science research written in English and German as a set: Vol. XX 1905; Article 6: Honda K. and S. Shimizu. "On the Magnetization and the Magnetic Change of Length in Ferromagnetic Metals and Alloys at Temperatures ranging from -188 C to 1200 C." 63 pp. 4 plates. Disbound. Vol. XXIII 1907; Article 1: Tabata S. "Ueber die Fruchte und Keimpflanzen von Rhus succedanea L." 12 pp. 1 plate. Vol. XXIV 1908: Earthquake Investigation Committee. "An Investigation on Secondary Undulations of Oceanic Tides." 113 pp. 95 plates mareograms maps photos of models & weather charts many are folding. Wrappers are soiled with large areas of loss and chipping. Top and bottom pages show occasional edge creasing and dust-soiling due to loss from wrappers; otherwise the text is clean. As is. unknown books
1934134565Oakland CA: San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Newspaper Guild 1934. Single 6.5x10.75 inch leaflet very good printed on one side. Asks readers to cancel their subscriptions after publisher Joseph Knowland's firing of three employees for joining the American Newspaper Guild. San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Newspaper Guild unknown books
197444661London: The Collector Ltd 1974. Orange wrappers. Slightly rubbed at the backstrip; VG. 313-471 472 pp. with annoucement from The Elmete Press slipped in. Numerous trade advertisements &c. &c. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> The Collector Ltd unknown books
197544666London: The Collector Ltd 1975. Green wrappers. Slightly rubbed/sun-toned at backstrip; VG. 345-503 504 pp. with order form for a subscription slipped in. Numerous trade advertisements &c. &c. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> The Collector Ltd unknown books
197844664London: The Collector Ltd 1978. Green wrappers. Slightly rubbed at the backstrip and edges; VG. 153-303 304 pp. Numerous trade advertisements &c. &c. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/> The Collector Ltd unknown books
194737886San Francisco: Worth Hale 1947. 1st edition thus. Stiff tan paper wrappers with brown & orange lettering/ design printed to spine and covers. Two light stains to bottom of front wrapper. A Near Fine copy. 56 pp. Many intratextual color & b/w photographic images and illustrations. 12" x 9" <br/><br/> Worth Hale unknown books
198726180San Francisco: Pop Void Publications 1987. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Paperbound quarto. First and possibly only issue of this pop culture journal edited by Jim Morton with assist by Barry Alfonso and Boyd Rice. 112 pp. Illustrated with grainy black and white photographs. This magazine poses the important questions of the times such as Whatever happened to Goofy Grape Why is a 54 Buick like a P-38 Is there Life after Rod McKuen and more. Very good condition. Pop Void Publications paperback books
1916WRCLIT61980Boston: Four Seas Company 1916. Volume 4 of eight published. Small octavo. Publisher's gilt cloth. Edges dusty but a very good copy. Edited by Edward J. O'Brien Edmund R. Brown et al. The publisher's bound format for this monthly associated with the Four Seas imprint with volume titles and index. Contributors include Braithwaite formerly an editor Aiken Lowell S. Benet Aldington Kreymborg Sterling and for good or ill many of those other lesser lights associated with the Four Seas imprint. HOFFMAN et al p. 242. Four Seas Company hardcover books
1960115858St. Louis Missouri: Commerce Publishing Company 1960. Softcover. VGas new. Lt. Brown/Dk. Brown wraps with design; 34 pp; profusely illustrated with bw drawings charts and photographs. Everything you need to know about matting and framing in order to create the perfect finish to that uncompleted project. Commerce Publishing Company unknown books
195665456Philadelphia 1956. Paperback. Very Good. Folded three-page program. 23cm. Among the honorees was Wilt Chamberlain as Outstanding Athlete. <br/><br/> paperback books
195675626Philadelphia 1956. Paperback. Very Good. Folded four-page softcover program. 23cm. Very Good. Wilt Chamberlain Rev. Sullivan and nine other individuals were to receive "Afro Awards." <br/><br/> paperback books
1911SJ13642London:: Society of Chemical Industry 1911. 1911. Series: Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry no. 18 vol. XXX September 30 1911. 4to. pp. 1099-1146 xii. Figs. Original printed wrappers; creased. Very good. Complete issue of the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. FULL TITLE: Journal and Patent Literature I. General Plant; machinery; IIa. -- Fuel; gas; mineral oils and waxes. IIb: -- Destructive Distillation; Heating; Lighting. III. -- Tar and Tar Products. IV. -- Colouring Matters and Dyes. V. -- Fibres; Textiles; Cellulose; Paper. VI. -- Bleaching; Dyeing; Printing; Finishing. VII. -- Acids; Alkalis; Salts; Non-metallic Elements. VIII. -- Glass; Ceramics. IX. -- Building Materials. X. -- Metals; Metallurgy including electro-metallurgy. XI. -- Electro-Chemistry. XII. -- Fats; Oils; Waxes. XIII. -- Paints; Pigments; Varnishes; Resins. XIV. -- India-Rubber; Gutta-Percha. XV. -- Leather; Bone; Horn; Glue. XVI. -- Soils; Fertilisers. XVII. -- Sugars; Starches; Gums. XVIII. -- Fermentation Industries. XIXa. -- Foods. XIXb. -- Water Purification; Sanitation. XX. -- Organic Products; medicinal Substances; Essentials Oils. XXI. -- Photographic Materials and Processes. XXII. -- Explosives; Matches. XXIII. -- Analytical Processes. XXIV. -- Miscellaneous Abstracts. Society of Chemical Industry, 1911. hardcover books
19262293324Privately Printed / Murray Printing Co. Limited 1926. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Limited edition #933 of 1500 copies. Former copy of the Clifton Springs Medical Library with a few marks. 1926 Hard Cover. xxxviii 633 1 pp. 8vo. Photographic frontispiece of William Osler. A collection of essays published to honor the influential physician William Osler co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler's creation of the first residency program and emphasis on teaching students through clinical experience rather than lectures led many to call him the father of modern medicine. Privately Printed / Murray Printing Co., Limited hardcover books
196213560Paris: Journal De La Marine Marchande 1962. First edition. Cloth. Very Good . 4to. 350 pp plus six detailed fold-out schematics at rear of book. Text in French. A superb book illustrated with photographs and design schematics for the SS France Cruise Liner. Details about every aspect of the ship from the mechanics and engineering all the way down to the menu served. Very minor soiling to edges but an excellent copy overall in illustrated thick cloth covers with gilt lettering. A large and heavy volume. <br/><br/> Journal De La Marine Marchande hardcover books
193320728.1San Francisco: Published by Jo Mora Jr. 1933. 1st edition. Linen cloth binding lettered & decorated in black orange & green. Nr Fine po has inked a '2' at top of ffep. An unused copy. Unpaginated. Illustrated by the author. 8vo. <br/><br/> Published by Jo Mora Jr. hardcover books
194725863Worcester MA: American Antiquarian Society 1947. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Large clothbound quarto. 757 pp. Volume One only. Covers ALA through N.Y. A few stray scuffs to navy cloth binding. Gilt spine lettering bright and unflaked. A very good copy of this still useful reference work. American Antiquarian Society unknown books
192240955Various Hollister San Francisco Sacramento & Jamestown CA: Grand Lodge of California International Order of Good Templars 1922. Buff printed paper wrappers. Modest wear to newspapers age-toning soiling and rubbing/chipping apparent. Withal an About VG collection. 4 periodicals of various pages each. Two copies of "The Rescue" stapled together in pamphlet form. <br/><br/>Includes: Weekly Rescue Vol. X No. 37 Sacramento June 20th 1873; The Rescue Vol. XI No. 2 San Francisco February 1905; The Rescue Vol XIII No. 23 Hollister CA July & August 1910; Mother Lode Magnet Vol. XXVI No. 3 Jamestown Tuolumne County California February 1st 1922. Articles within newspapers include: Band of Hope Religious Intelligence Good Templars' Home for Orphans Weekly Rescue 1873; California Fruit Through the Smoke of Cattle Grand Chief Templar's Department & Water May be Used for Toasts in Germany The Rescue 1905; Roosevelt on the Saloon Business Action of Alcohol on the Stomach Thoughts and Suggestions for Good Templar Workers The Rescue 1910; Seven Sonora Lads Make Pleasant for Aged Man Popular Young Man Meets Death by Electrocution Death of Wm. Shutze Found Dead in Her Bed I'm noticing a trend here. Mother Lode Magnet 1922. Grand Lodge of California, International Order of Good Templars unknown books
190165237Rampart Alaska: Alaska Forum 1901. Single sheet folded. 37.5 x 18cm. 4pp. Text printed in four columns. This issue is filled with information on gold mining strikes in the area around Rampart promoted as having "produced more gold in proportion to the amount of work done and the men to do it than the Klondike." Staining on edges chipping to upper margin of second leaf with loss to a few letters a few short tears to the brittle paper. The Alaska Forum newspaper began publication on Sept. 27 1900. A weekly paper its last issue was on August 4 1906. According to information from AAS: "The Alaska Forum is published every Thursday in the cabin in the rear of the Collins old store near Fornt sic- Front Street Rampart Alaska." OCLC lists 10 institutions as having holdings of the newspaper with at least Univ. of Washington and Yale mentioning some "extras." <br/><br/> Alaska Forum unknown books
1901471551901. NEWSPAPER. NEW YORK TIMES JUBILEE SUPPLEMENT. Vol. L. No. 1. Sept. 18 1901. Folio chromolithograph full colour wrappers. 36pp. Just good copy with wrappers detached which also shows some edgewear chipping and light soiling at the wraps. unknown books
1906SW476-7293New York 1906. Ephemera. Good. A collection of The New York Herald's Magazine Section for the entire month of September 1906 issued on September 2 9 16 23 30. A bit age-toned and brittle as expected with some light chipping and small tears along the edges. Generally whole though and perfectly legible with nice bright colors. Feature stories are illustrated in full-color sometimes a bit sensational and include a haunted castle in Florida train robbers in South America "Day's Work of a District Leader" "The British Capture of Havana in 1762" and a tribute to New York baseball. <br/><br/> unknown books
1975WRCLIT50093Berkeley: Turtle Island 1975. Whole number one. Pictorial wrappers. Pale green wrappers a bit sunned and smudged very good. Edited by Bob Callahan. Published in association with the Nezahaulcoytol Historical Society. Cardenal Olson et al. Turtle Island unknown books
196583073N. pl: the Association 1965. 6-panel program brochure with some photographs of featured speakers. the Association unknown books
198531165Doylestown: Mercer Mosaic 1985. Softcover. VG. Pale yellow ill. stapled wraps. 19 pp. Several bw ills. Mercer Mosaic unknown books
1930D14181930. Very Good. Cloth-covered boards 12 x 10.5 inches; contains 30 grey heavy cardstock leaves. Nicely preserves silver-gelatin photographs in sepia and b/w average size is 2 x 4 inches passenger lists postcards telegrams newspaper clippings pamphlets a few manuscript entries and more tipped-onto the rectos and versos of every leaf or laid-in at rear. Boards a bit scuffed with a scattering of tiny bleached spots. Binding a bit shaken as expected as the volume is near-to bursting with keepsakes and treasures. <br/><br/>Photographs of landmarks landscapes streetscapes and some wonderful images of the clothing interior design and cars of the period. Postcards mostly b/w with a few colored include but are not limited to Stonehenge Tunbridge Wells Warwick Castle Shakespeares Birthplace Anne Hathaways cottage and lovely garden Raglan Castle Gloucester Cathedral Blarney Castle a portrait of Lenin a portrait of Stalin The Paramount Hotel of New York City. Here and there throughout this travelogue includes quite a few interesting pamphlets. All of them are clean and legible though adhered to the scrapbook by their rear covers and as such not removable without causing damage. They are: A guide to The Duke of Cornwall Hotel Plymouth; The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ; Canterbury: A Handbook for Pilgrims; Guide to the High Rocks One Mile from Royal Tunbridge Wells; A Short Guide to Battle Abbey; A Catalogue of an Exhibition of Original Paintings and Drawings Made to Illustrate Books Published at the Bodley Head New Burlington Galleries 1930; A guide to Compton Wynyates History of Blarney Castle; A Guide to Glebe Hotel Lakes of Killarney Ireland; Kate by Mary McCartie staple-bound illustrated wraps printed by The Veritas Company Dublin; The University Collection of Antiquities Short Guide-Books I. The Oseberg-Ship and The Oseberg-Room Oslo: A. W. Broggers 1930; Authorised Guide to the Tower of London. The final leaf introduces a new cruise aboard the S. S. George Washington to Hamburg Southampton and Cherbourg and Cobh Queenstown with a passenger list menu and one tiny photograph of the Statue of Liberty. Though no details of this journey are provided one legend is recorded in manuscript: A one-page telling of The Seven Sluggards in the Courtyard of the Paula Becher Modersohn House in Boettcherstrasse in which seven brothers dig a spring because theyre too lazy to fetch water from the well build a dyke around their house because theyre too lazy to fend off flood pave a road because theyd rather not dig their wagon out of the mud in general perform any number of laborious feats so that they can enjoy their laziness in comfort. Some rather brittle newspapers a love letter in which a very particular engagement ring is demanded a few stray postcards and photographs and manuscript see below are laid-in at the rear. Manuscript: 5 folded leaves comprising 17 pages. Hastily records a series of charms spells superstitions and omens undated not offering a location. If you see leaves and dust suddenly rise in a little whorl wind bless yourself and leave there is a passage there i e the fairies are going by hardcover books
