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198514454Stockholm: Latvian National Foundation 1985. Softcover. Near fine. 93 pp in original printed wrappers. Slight cover wear. Clean tightly bound unmarked. Includes essays in English Latvian French German and Russian. Latvian National Foundation paperback books
196819977Washington DC: U.S. News and World Report 1968. Softcover. Very good. 104 pp. Light cover wear original address label on front cover. A very good copy of an interesting issue from a turbulent time in American history with the headlining article titled "A Landslide of Protest. One-Sided Election" Other topics include poverty Black Captialism "What is it" the current crisis in the Catholic Church an interview with George Wallace and "Growing Reaction to Disorders." U.S. News and World Report paperback books
186221231Philadelphia: Ives pr. & stationer 1862. Folding trade card 2.5 x 3.75 inches with views of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and the attached hospital on the front and back and text inside. Light soiling; very good. The Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon was "staffed by volunteers and provided relief for Union troops on their way to or returning from battlefields in the South. Its services included warm meals temporary housing medical services and washing facilities. From its opening on May 27 1861 to its closing on December 1 1865 over 800000 men were assisted in this saloon and served over 1025000 meals" Smithsonian. This card was made specifically for the 50th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers who spent December 20th 1862 to January 7th 1863 in Philadelphia before departing by sea for duty in the Port Hudson Campaign in Louisiana. The unit's regimental historian later noted that the regiment "received every attention and the most generous hospitality" at both the Union Saloon and the nearby Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and concluded that "words can hardly express the kindness lavished upon the soldiers by the people of this patriotic city during the war." The interior of the card welcomes the regiment includes a roster of the field staff and line officers present in Philadelphia and provides a list of places of interest that soldiers might wish to visit while in the city. Ives pr. & stationer unknown books
1930659Burlington VT: Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 1930's. Loose-leaf. Color illustrated pamphlet. Very good. 16 x 8 cm. Tri-fold color illustrated brochure. Colorful advertisement brochure for Vermont Maid Syrup Cane/Maple Sugar. Recipes include: Maple Baked Custard Sweet Potatoes and Apples and Vermont Maid Caramels. Clean crisp copy. <br/><br/> Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc. unknown books
2518Color photos. Near fine. 21 Color photos. 16 15 x 10 cm. 5 12.5 x 9 cm. Late 1980's party featuring a female "Police Officer" performing at an "Over The Hill" gathering of both male and female guests. Chronological photos depicting officer's arrival the "arrest" the gradual undressing the tease and the shedding of the officer's "uniform". Most likely a 30th birthday during the late 1980's. <br /> books
008559No Place: No Publisher No date. Image taken from 1987 poster originally published by Midwest Voter Education Registration Project. titled "Destino '87". Printed on thick cardstock Near Fine a few faint creases at edges. May have been printed as a placard or a sign to carry in a march or at an event. Features a photograph of four men wearing dark suits and with their bcks turned. As topical and relevant today as it was then. Will ship flat. . Poster. Near Fine. 16" x 20 1/2". No Publisher books
008562San Francisco: Printed By Allied Printing of Northern California No Date 2003. Passed Nov. 4 2003 Proposition H made San Francisco the first city in the nation in which every stage of the police complaint process - from the investigation of the complaint to disciplinary decisions - is controlled by civilians. SCARCE. Near Fine small corner creases. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 12" x 18". Printed By Allied Printing of Northern California books
1917007325St Paul MN: The St. Paul Daily News 1917. RARE. One of the best banner headlines of the First World War the headline an impressive 12" high.The front page only mounted in an old frame under glass 23" x 29" overall paper size 16" x 22" Very Good small hole in paper at center crease original folds original recipient's name and address in ink vertcally between R and ! frame rubbed newspaper uniformly browned. Subhead article "ARMED U.S. STEAMER IS SUNK". An excellent ephemeral piece of American and world history. This framed item will require extra shipping charges- please inquire before ordering. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good. The St. Paul Daily News Paperback books
19081652Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1908. Hardcover. Good. 286 pp 4 folding detailed financial statements 1 folding map with index in library binding red pebbled cloth. Ex-library with bookplate from Dayton Museum of Natural History front hinge cracked. This volume covers issues pertaining to Armament Transporation and Supply and includes reports from the Quartermaster-General Commissary-General Surgeon-General Paymaster-General Chief of Signal Officer and Board of Ordinance and Fortification. The folding map shows the U.S. Signal Corps telegrpah and Cable System in Alaska and U.S. Cables and Canadian Line Connecting with the United States. Government Printing Office hardcover books
189120634Tacoma: F.T. Houghton 1891. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 14 pp 1 membership application. Original printed wrappers are chipped and detached; text is clean. Explains the need for a state historical society as "Washington was thirty-six years a territory and now nearly two years a State; having thus reached a period when its early pioneers and its traditions will soon pass away and remain unrecorded unless they and other matters illustrative of the State's early history.are preserved beforer the actors are gone." The organization's founding President was Elwood Evans and Vice- President tas Edward Eldridge. The initial by-laws established five standing committees: Ways and Means Publications Library Memorials and Building. Annual dues were two dollars. Smith 4315. OCLC records only one copy in Washington at the state library. F.T. Houghton paperback books
1918007367No Place: United States Marines 1918. World War I U.S. Marine Corps recruitment poster showing marines firing artillery from the deck of a ship. 18" w x 27 1/4" h mounted to canvas sized 20" w x 29 1/2" h. no date circa 1914-1918. Fine as issued. An excellent original poster well suited to and ready for framing. Will ship loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 18" w x 27 1/4" h. United States Marines books
258094Appears to be about the Turkish military coup d'etat of 1960. Illutratated throughout with black and white photographs. unknown books
1768007770London: William Moore 1768. No. 1 "An Extraordinary North Briton" is 5th Edition all later numbers are titled "The Extraordinary North Briton" No.3 is 4th Edition Nos. 4 and 5 are 2nd Ed. No. 6 3rd Ed. Nos. 2 and 7-90 are First Editions. Four pamphlets by Moore bound at rear each 6 pp. titled "A Further Account of the Proceedings of the Infamous Tools of Sir William Beauchamp Proctor" dated Weds. Feb. 12 1769; "The Infamy of Justice Kelynge Justice . and John Broughton Bruiser: or The Transactions of Sir Wm. Beauchamp Proctor's Secret Committee from the 20th of Dec. Last to This Day" Tues. Jan 31 1769; " Murder No Crime in the Great; or The Massacre at Brentsford on Thurs. the 8th of Dec in the Halcyon Days of George the Third.1768"; and "A Paper on the Late Extraordinary Proceedings and the Miraculous Device and Determination of the Butcher's Company" Weds. Mar. 22 1769. Nos. 1-90 540 6 pp. 6 pp. 6 pp. 6 pp. Finely bound in early 20th c. quarter polished calf over marbled boards five raised bands with red morocco label and gilt lettering. the pages lightly and evenly toned. A violently anti-government publication that was especially opposed to the administration of Lord North. This copy contains Nos. 88-90 counterfeited under the same title by Moores former printerT. Brayne lacking No. 91 . Cf. No. 89 of The Extraordinary North Briton ESTC. Quite uncommon and a particularly handsome copy. . Quarter Calf. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. William Moore Hardcover books
175149196London: Printed for M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row 1751. 1st Printing. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Biut of age-toning Very Good. 60 pp. T. p. printer's ornament. Headpiece. Decorative initial capital letter. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe, in Pater-noster-Row unknown books
1666019th century Handwritten Composition book filled with handwritten poems and verses from a young lady in Lancaster County Pennsylvania 1880-1883. Original cloth boards. 8 1/4 x 7 in. "Compositions" embossed on front cover. 100 pages. Each page filled with handwritten poems and reflections including writing about attending school and nostalgia for being a student. "Mary A. Dunlap Willow Grove School 1880" written on first page. Original poems such as "Away to School" and "The School House on the Hill" "Fond memory paints the scenes of other years Green be their memory still And bright amid those joyous scenes appear the school house on the hill. // Cho. Oh I never can forget no I never can forget The old school house on the hill. // There hands the swing upon the maple-tree Where you and I once swung; There flows the spring forever flowing free As when we both were young. // There climb the vines and there the berries grow which once we prised so high; And there the ripe nuts glisten in the glow Of rich October sky."<br/><br/>Includes original history reports on American Literature and The Colonial Period 1640-1760. "The Colonial Age was mainly one of fighting and manual industry.The drama then the most popular form of literature in England was not tolerated by the Puritans and did not flourish therefore in America. Libraries were few and the means of communication but scant; hence the age was not favorable to literary development and the growth of American literature was slow indeed." Includes list of prominent American writers including: Thomas Jefferson John Greenleaf Whittier and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Excerpts from several of Shakespeare's most famous works including Twelfth Night "Music/ That strain again; it had a dying fall; Oh it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets Stealing and giving odor" and As You Like It. "Sweet are the uses of adversity; Which like the toad ugly and venomous Wears yet a precious jewel in its head". Seven drafted letters at end of book regarding dinner invitations letters of condolence and a subscription to The Atlantic Monthly. Last several pages are ledger book of loans and debts. Brown stain in upper inside corner of book affecting last 40 pages. Very good condition. unknown books
42876Boston n. d. Ca 1885. Top edge a bit ragged. Mounting holes in top & bottom margin otherwise a VG copy of this rare survivor. Leaflet printed recto only. 7-5/8" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/>Date of publication inferred from a listing found in an 1885 Boston Directory. unknown books
198249280New York: Melpat Associates 1982. 1st Printing. White glossy paper covers with front cover depicting 32 b/w images of divers individuals. Rear cover a color advert for Kool cigarettes. General signs of use. Age-toning. Very Good. 352 pp. Adverts throughout. Filled with b/w half-tone photographic images of people places & events. 4to. <br/><br/>"Well it was a bad year fro our side since we last met. A new president Ronald Reagan was elected to replace Jimmy Carter whom the record now shows did more for Blacks in Human Rights Economics Education and Social Reforms since Lyndon Johnson." preface opening line. <br /> <br />A useful summary of divers Black activities & organizations in America during the past year i.e. 1981. Melpat Associates unknown books
193849246n. p. 1938. Album two-toned green & white faux leather internal string tie. Color pictorial onlay to front cover chipped at bottom. Album shows wear & soiling with mounting paper age-toned & brittle showing a bit of edge-chipping. Penciled to front cover inside: "Sept 1938". Tops used though generally in Very Good condition. 55 leaves of mounting paper of which 24 have a total of 262 circular printed paper / foil milk bottle tops mounted 9 - 15 per page all mounted on leaf recto. Album: 14" x 10-5/8". Tops: various sizes & colors 2-7/8" - 4-1/8" <br/><br/>A no-doubt unique collection of milk bottle tops / caps from the late 1930s generally from the North East U.S. e.g. Sheffield Farms Maplehurst; R. G. Miller & Sons Hartford CT; New London & Mohegan Dairies Inc. New London CT. That said we find others from as far afield as A. R. Beavers & Sons North Tazewell VA & Superior Dairies Inc St. Augustine FL. <br /> <br />It been opined that this was a collection from the printer of these tops though that factoid while plausible is unproven. hardcover books
1805008130London: John Murray 1805. Fold-out letter in facsimile facing page 369 in volume 3. Three frontispiece portrait engravings. Three volumes bound in contemporary mottled calf later 19th c. reback with gilt rules and decorations blind tooled decorations plain brown end papers. Very Good Plus Vols. I and II with volume label missing Vol III label with chip to top corner. Internally clean and bright a very well-bound set. Bonaparte family. . Third Edition. Mottled Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Small 8vo. John Murray Hardcover books
17601530London: A. Millar J. & R. Tonson W. Strahan P. Davey and B. Law 1760. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Orig. calf rebacked. Very good. 384 pages - 24 ind. First published in 1747 the book was reprinted within its first year of publication - 20 editions in the 18th century followed. It was not uncommon for a female scribe to keep her identity hidden but by using the title "A LADY" erroneous claims of authorship flourished. Unfortunately for Glasse her financial situation was never secure and she filed for bankruptcy and even spent some time in debtors prison. OXFORD 77 BITING 189. Expertly rebacked portions of the original backstrip preserved. Interior crisp. <br/><br/> A. Millar, J. & R. Tonson, W. Strahan, P. Davey and B. Law hardcover books
1870010489London: Longmans Green 1870. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG`. 8vo pub brown cloth blind rules gilt tites spine coated endpapers xiv 304p illustrated. Slightest wear to spine ends nd corners some light fozxing largely confined to prelims and rears solidly bound. uncommon Mitchell title. Longmans, Green hardcover books
1915252195Edinburgh: University Press of Edinburgh 1915. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 362pp. No pencil or ink markings in text; blue cloth binding; digital images can be made available upon request. Very Good binding. University Press of Edinburgh unknown books
1928258164London: Harding & More LTD 1928. Soft Cover. Good binding. Binding holding well with two small closed tears to front joint; some staining rubbing to top spine and edge of wrappers; previous institution stamps on some of the pages otherwise no markings in text; white writing to bottom spine; very light foxing. Additional pictures available upon request. Good binding. Harding & More LTD unknown books
1642100000<p>12mo 5 ½ x 3 ¼ modern calf- backed marbled boards spine lettered in gilt lacking title leaf A2 but with additional engraved title A1 still present ii 329 3 pp. A few chips at the edges of the engraved title and incorrect date in ink at the foot of the engraved title lower margin torn and lacking on page 125 with the loss of a few letters similar loss of lower margin on page 259 some foxing else very good in a fine modern binding. This work was first published by Abbot 1562-1633 in 1599 and was reprinted several times over the next 50 years. Abbot was a notable educator and writer in his time but is best known for being an Archbishop of Canterbury. Abbot provides brief descriptions of Africa Europe and Asia but he also devotes over 80 pages on a discussion of the New World including both North and South America. He even provides a short discussion of the North and South Poles. Interestingly in the margin of page 157 is a manuscript note in an old hand describing Egyptian Pyramids.</p> Printed for Will. Sheares at the Bible in Coven Garden hardcover books
200031400NY: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0684849437 . First printing. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . Scribner hardcover books
