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19232376Mobile AL 1923. Softcover. Very Good. 90 pp in original wrappers. Light soiling and shelf wear to wrappers some rusting to binding staples; contents clean. Interesting report including a variety of statistics and details of the accomplishments and work performed by vaious city departments over the course of the year including ultilities infrasctructure building and repairs garbage collection sewer and plumbing operations police department fines collected arrests made prison labor and demographics parks department welfare department finances and employment fire department number of alarms insurance losses health department disease statistics causes of death etc. Laid in is an 18-page Monthly Statement of a similar nature for June 1923. paperback books
007368No Place: No Publisher Bottom right states " By permission of the British Library" Map Number 83670 2 Plan of the Harbour Town & Forts of Porto Bello. Near Fine folded once horizontally twice vertically. The greatest British success in the War of Jenkin's Ear fought against the Spanish. Nicely suited for framing will be mailed folded. . Reprint. Map. Near Fine. 24 3/4" w x 18 3/4" h. No Publisher Paperback books
1971005612San Francisco: Synergisms 1971. SCARCE anti-Nixon political poster featuring caricature portraits of the President and First Lady with the caption "being President means never having to say you're sorry". Very Good paste residue verso poster has been horizontally folded in 7 folds top left corner torn. . First Printing. Poster. Very Good. 20" x 30" . Synergisms books
20300Cincinnati: Feicke-Desch Printing Co. Softcover. Very good. Undated ca. 1912. Oblong 8-1/4 x 5-1/2" brown paper wraps printed in black and copper gilt with a photo-gravure lozenge depicting the Covington suspension bridge tipped onto the upper wrap; 64 pp each illustrated with a photograph colored in blue imitating cyanotype in the negative.A bit of edgewear some foxing to first and last few pages. An uncommonly nice view book with images of colleges public schools museums parkscapes train stations department stores banks viaducts streetscapes the railroads the zoo the "new" ballpark on a terrific two-page spread Coney Island Eden Park Burnet Woods Park and more. And as befits the Queen City: bridges bridges bridges! Feicke-Desch Printing Co paperback books
1856223417New York: Hall Clayton & Co 1856. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Inscribed. Brown embossed cloth; numerous folding charts though 2 of them appear to be missing; this copy is inscribed by Isaac J. Oliver who a Google search reveals to have been the first steam printer in New York City -- perhaps the printer of this book. Very Good binding. Hall, Clayton & Co unknown books
1894213366Parish of the Advent 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Very nice copy; light stain to edge of text-block and at the bottom of the last two blank pages and the bottom of the front flyleaf; doesn't afftect any text; Maroon Cloth. Very Good binding. Parish of the Advent unknown books
183021128New York: Ludwig & Tolefree 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8.5 x 5.25 inches 151 pp with engraved frontispiece and four additional illustrations. In original boards with what appears to be later but not recent cloth over the original cloth spine. Boards worn front board only just attached some losses to spine cloth; good. Early ownership signature Joshua Hodsdon Yarmouth on front free endpaper printed label on rear pastedown admonishing the reader to "Never wet your thumb or finger to turn over a leaf in this or any other book." Little is known about John Skillman but he evidently frequented the regular morning court hearings in Lower Manhattan for people who had been arrested the previous day for relatively minor crimes such as drunkenness lewd behavior vagrancy petty theft and prostitution. His reports on these crimes which were probably modeled on those that had recently begun appearing regularly in London newspapers take the form of brief pun-filled comic vignettes or dialogues between the accused and the magistrate. For example "James G----- was sent by his employer with 10 shillings to buy screws---bought 5 shillings worth and expended the rest of the money in his own way. Is put in poetical language under the screws" and "Mary Stevenson entertains the opinion that 'time is money;' and having no instrument or machine whereby she might keep proper 'note of time' thought proper to obtain one at all hazards. She is now in close confinement for a time." Beneath the humor however are characterizations of male and female defendants of different races classes ethnic backgrounds -- some flattering some not. Scholar Brian Baaki has argued that by placing "an overwhelming volley of black malefactors" at the beginning of the text Skillman "tries to manufacture an association between African-Americans and crime." There may be room for a more nuanced reading but without doubt the book is of interest in the broader context of the social and cultural history of early nineteenth century New York. Sabin 81589 American Imprints 3498. Ludwig & Tolefree hardcover books
1885007121New York and Chicago: Ivison Blakeman Taylor & Company 1885. RARE Worldcat lists only one institutional holding . Contains 22 two-page maps of ancient countries and empires plus 30 pp. Index with latitudes and longitudes of nearly 10000 places. Near Fine small number in ink top corner front paste down light rubbing to cloth at tips. Maps include Orbis Veteribus Notus Romanum Imperium Hispania Gallia Asia Minor Syria Aegyptus Africa et Libya etc. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company Hardcover books
1942007181Washington D.C.: Public Information Service of the American National Red Cross 1942. SCARCE.Published Oct. 1942. 24 pp. pamphlet ARC 1120 4" x 6 1/2". Near Fine light soiling to wrappers. Informational pamphlet detailing the Red Cross' efforts in the months following Pearl Harbor. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4" x 6 1/2". Public Information Service of the American National Red Cross Paperback books
255050Three short articles. "The Power of the Past: A Historian Reflects on a Special Archive" by Martin Gilbert; "Beyond Churchill: The Other Collections and the Buildings of the Churchill Archives Centre" by Andrew Roberts; "Looking to the Future: Why the Churchill Archives Centre Matters" by Alan Wilson. Bound upside down in blue cloth. unknown books
1947255489Deerfield Academy 1947. Hard Cover. 14 issues bound of The Deerfield Scroll the newspaper of Deerfield Academy. There is the "Special Issue" from September 18 1946 the twelve issues during the school year and the "Commencement Issue" Pictorial Supplement from June of 1947. Quite a sophisticated prep school newspaper. Bound in green cloth which is stained. The issues of the Scroll are in Fine condition. Deerfield Academy unknown books
1922192651London: Butterworth & Co 1922. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. Previous library's stamp on front paste-down endpaper and on text block edges. Previous owner's name stamped and written on front free endpaper at top. Slight discoloration of front and rear endpapers. Very light browning around edges of text. No pencil or ink markings in text. Small tear at top and bottom of spine. Boards slightly soiled and stained. Spine sunned; Ex-Library Copy. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. Butterworth & Co unknown books
177619647London: J. Bew 1776. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo pp xvi 352 with frontis portrait of Edward Prince of Wales. Bound in contemporary full calf with gilt spine and rules decorative stamped border on both boards marbled endpapers and edges. Light toning to title page and frontispiece very faint dampstain to top margin of approximately 60 pages one page with handwritten note appears 19th century regarding an error in the text. J. Bew hardcover books
20532Germantown PA: Germantown Print Works. Textile. Good. An appealing illustrated broadside on cloth bearing a very early appearance of the famous "I cannot tell a lie" cherry tree story. Collins Threads of History says it was printed by the Germantown Print Works in Pennsylvania ca. 1806. The story itself which was invented by Washington's biographer Mason Locke Weems first appeared in print that same year in the fifth edition of Weems' Life of Washington. Aspiring to present George Washington as an ideal role model for young Americans Weems embellished and invented biographical details to help demonstrate the founding father's honesty and other virtues. Measures approximately 11 x 11.75 inches. Typical staining some fraying at the right edge but entire printed border often found compromised is present. A nice example. [Germantown Print Works] unknown books
1834005318New York: B. Waugh and B. Mason 1834. Very Good in contemporary calf with black and red labels at spine gilt bands. End pages foxed light foxing throughout offsetting from tissue guards one each for the portrait of a preacher before each quarter. Included are articles on Webster's Dictionary Astronomy Church Property in the American Episcopal Church Unoriginated Decrees and the American Colonization Society among many others. . First Edition. Contemporary Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B. Waugh and B. Mason Hardcover books
1833005319New York: B. Waugh and B. Mason 1833. Contents are Very Good foxing and offsetting from tissue guards in Good only contemporary calf boards boards worn and dogged at bottom corners leather starting to peel from rear board see photos. Articles include those On Temperance African Colonization Society Our National Affairs The Progress of Liberal Principles among many others. SCARCE. First Edition. Contemporary Calf. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B. Waugh and B. Mason Hardcover books
1971002514Seattle WA: Seattle Genealogical Society 1971. 467 pages plus Surname Index and Places Subjects etc. Index. A SCARCE and valuable sourcebook for the genealogical researcher. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seattle Genealogical Society Paperback books
1912007918London: Printed for James Ridgway 1912. Handsomely bound in contemporary full polished calf the back ornately gilt double gilt rules to covers matching marbled end papers and edges. Near Fine scattered light toning covers rubbed a bit at tips. . Later Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for James Ridgway Hardcover books
1850245661Exeter: Henry Besley 1850. A New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Original cloth with gilt decoration. Four folding maps or plans as called for plus an additional folding plan of Torquay; illustrated with 26 steel engraved plates in vignette. Some moderate wear to spine with minor loss at; front hinge repaired with Japanese tissue. While this edition is undated Cambridge University dates it at 1850. Just a bit of old tape residue at the top of front pastedown and endpaper. Very Good binding. Henry Besley unknown books
190521408New York: Geo. Borgfeldt & Co 1905. Hardcover. Very good. 84 pp extensively illustrated with portraits and views of the company's various branches and departments. Bound in half-cloth and dark-green paper-covered boards with lovely art nouveau design stamped in black endpapers patterened with the company logo attractive design features throughout. Foot of spine bumped foxing to last four pages binding has a little play but overall a nice copy. Laid in is an embossed compliments card sent with the book printed on thick cardstock and dated January 1 1906. Founded in 1881 Geo. Borgfeldt & Company was best known as an importer and distributer of dolls and other toys but also dealt in china and cut glass stationery musical instruments imported glassware household furnishings decorative objects and a variety of "notions' and "fancy goods." Later in the 20th century the company would obtain the first major contract to sell Disney character merchandise. According to this book -- the only published history of this successful company - George Borgfeldt "conceived of the idea" of being able to offer Americans merchants easier access to a variety of foreign goods by "assembling in New York samples of the products of the best factories of Europe manufacturing dolls toys and kindred articles and of booking import orders through the display of these samples." His first location at 83 Leonard Street in New York City had 6.750 square feet of display space in which 100000 items were available for inspection by wholesale buyers. The text goes on to describe the evolution of this sales model and the company's subsequent growth. Separate short sections summarize the history of each of the different sales departments. Geo. Borgfeldt & Co hardcover books
20961Visiting Nurse Association. Very good. Undated c. 1920s trade/advertising card for the Visting Nurse Association of New Britain Connecticut. 3.5 x 6 inches. Light soiling and edgewear about very good. Text on one side describes what visiting nurses do including offering in-home care to the sick advising expectant mothers "on matters of hygeine" teaching general health information and holding "Well Baby Conferences" where babies are weighted and mothers advised as to their proper care. On the other side is a list of rates but also a noted that "where patients cannot afford to pay stated prices less amounts are acceptable and free care when necessary." Visiting nurse associations were formed in many cities in the northeastern United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Most offered instruction on hygiene general health care maternity and childcare to poor women especially recent immigrants. unknown books
200113584Riga: Latvijas vestures instituta apgads 2001. Soft cover. Near Fine. 743 pp in original printed wrappers. Light soiling to front cover else fine. Most text in Latvian some in English. Papers on the Soviet Occupation of Latvia 1940-41 and 1944-mid 50s; Nazi German Occupation of Latvia 1941-45. Latvijas vestures instituta apgads paperback books
18802496Bath England c. 1880's. Cards. White illustrated cards. Very good. Bath known for the Bath Oliver dry biscuits obviously had some imitators in the late 19th century. G. Adams declared the shop was "The Only Shop in Bath for Northampton Bunns." Also featured - Sole Manufacturer of the Celebrated Bath Wine Biscuits Every description of plain & fancy Biscuits Spanish Bread Scotch Bread Ginger Bread Lunch Cakes School Cakes Pound Cakes Sally Lunns and The Bread manufactured at this Establishment is warranted perfectly free from adulteration. Verso displays previous glue application. <br /> books
18702497c. 1870's. Cards. White cards. Very good. 6 x 9 cm. Caterer's trade card. Rough Ice for Wines & Wedding Cakes Always Ready. Routs Ball suppers & Breakfasts neatly & elegantly furnished on the most reasonable terms. Cooks provided to Dress Dinners & Waiters to attend Turtles Dinners or single Dishes Dress'd and sent out. China Plate Glass & Lent on Hire. Turtle Dinners a symbol for civic dinners featured turtle served five separate ways: the calipee white belly meat clipash dark back meat fricassee soup and fins which were served in a clear madeira-flavoured broth. Ink inscription on verso. <br /> books
1855204791855. Softcover. Very good. Folio 7 pp printed on blue paper in two unsewn unbound gatherings. Minor handling wear; near fine. The Rogue River Indians were not a single tribe but a conglomeration of several groups living in the Rogue River Valley of southwestern Oregon. This treaty was concluded by Indian Service Superintendent Joel Palmer on November 15 1854. According to Eberstadt it allowed the United States "to settle other Indian tribes on the Table Rock Reserve. In return the Rogue River Indians were to receive twelve horses one beef two yokes of oxen coats pants and shirts. The Indians both won and lost their shirts at the same time." Goodspeed states that "this treaty the Rogue River Indians relinquished their title to certain lands in the neighborhood of the Cascades." The Native American signatories to the treaty are listed as Jo-aps-er-ka-har Sam To-qua-he-ar and Jim Ana-cha-a-rah "headmen of the Rogue River tribe of Indians. unknown books
