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18741497Washington DC: M'Gill & Witherow 1874. Softcover. Very Good. 96 pp indexed. Light general wear and soiling to wrappers small notation in ink on back cover. Contents clean binding sound. Includes an opinion of Jeremiah S. Black attorney for the Sutro Tunnel Comany; a report by Adolph Sutro on "The Mineral Resources of the United States and the Importance and Necessity of Inaugurating a Rational System of Mining"; a "memorial" from the Nevada Legislature asking the United States to aid in the construction of the Sutro Tunnel and additional documents related to controversies arising from the Sutro Tunnel Act of 1866. The Act granted Sutro the right of way he needed to construct his proposed drainage tunnel which he argued would alleviate the flooding of the mines under Virginia City saving pumping costs allowing for deeper mining and providing better ventilation and an additional means of escape for miners. The Act also granted him lucrative mining rights along the length of the tunnel and was perceived as a threat by other mining interests. M'Gill & Witherow paperback books
1919008917New York: George H. Doran Co. 1919. SCARCE regimental history from WW I. 466 pages illustrated with maps charts illustrations and portraits including fold-out maps and fold-out Regiment photos. Very Good Minus front hinge cracked top corner creases first few pages gilt lettering at spine a bit dulled still quite legible light rubbing to cloth. The Thirtieth "Old Hickory" Division became famous as the first to break the Hindenburg Line on September 29th 1918 ultimately leading to the end of the War just 40 days later. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. George H. Doran Co. Hardcover books
1938004604New York: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1938. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage - "For Will Hays With recollection of a prized association now long enough in the years to be "auld lang syne" Mark Sullivan". Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies Hays installed a more formal production code called the Hays Code later simply "The Code" which became the virtual law of Hollywood until the 1960s. Mark Sullivan was a syndicated columnist and became one of the leading journalists in the country during the 1920s until his death in 1952. He also wrote a popular social history of America "Our Times: The United States 1900-1925" a six volume work written between 1926-1935. The book is Near Fine slight toning to endpages in a Very Good dustjacket small chips and edge tears. No typical Doubleday statement of First Edition on copyright page yet no additional printings listed. A very nice Association Copy indeed !. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Association Copy. Doubleday, Doran & Co. Hardcover books
1922004492New York: Doubleday Page and Co. 1922. Presentation Copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Will Hays with the affectionate regard of the author". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General the position he held at the time of this conference. He resigned that office on Jan. 14 1922 to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Hays is mentioned on page 3 of this book as being one of the prominent onlookers at the start of the conference. The Conference on the Limitation of Armament was held in Washington DC from Nov. 12 1921- Feb. 6 1922 Conducted outside the auspices of the League of Nations it was attended by nine nations the United States Japan China France Britain Italy Belgium Netherlands and Portugal regarding interests in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia. While the treaties resulting from this conference kept the peace during the 1920s they were also credited with enabling the rise of the Japanese Empire as a naval power leading up to World War II. Book is Very Good Lacking the dustjacket blue cloth at spine faded titles barely legible. A fascinating piece of US history !. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Chase Joseph Cummings. Presentation Copy. Doubleday, Page and Co. Hardcover books
1972157642Los Angeles: Study Group on European labor and working class history 1972. Eight issues of the newsletter-format journal which changed its title after #8 to be inclusive of other labor movements including the US. Length ranges from 23 to 66 pages all 8.5x11 inches in wraps varying degrees of wear. Issues present are 1 2 8-13. Study Group on European labor and working class history unknown books
19501361Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press 1950. Hardcover. Near fine/good. xviii 122 pp with illustrations bibliography. Light spotting to top edge of text block else fine. Dust jacket has significant losses from biopredation to rear panel; now in mylar. The dust jacket describes this volume as "a handy guide to the Indian pueblos." Includes ground plans of the Indian villages of New Mexico and Arizona with aerial photographs and scale drawings. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
2011254694New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2011. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Minimal bumping to extremities; no markings of any kind. Very Good binding. Palgrave Macmillan unknown books
1841008368London: Henry Colburn 1841. Volumes I - III Second Editions with corrections and additions published 1841. Vols. IV - XII First Editions published 1842-1847. Handsomely bound in contemporary unsigned half morocco over marbled boards with matching end papers and edges the backs ornately gilt. Near Fine bit of scattered toning mainly at end pages light rubbing at edges. Prior owner name in ink 2nd title page Vol. XI. Three facsimile signatures in text Each volume with a frontispiece portrait and illustrated title page and a second printed title page. A heavy set will require additional postage charges for priority and international mail shipping. Please inquire before ordering. Free media mail shipping. . Second Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Colburn Hardcover books
1842007935London: Whittaker & Co. 1842. Bound in contemporary half straight grain morocco over marbled boards matching marbled end papers and page edges unnamed armorial bookplate with the motto "Vive Ut Vivas" front paste down. Very Good light rubbing at edges light toning at end pages only. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Whittaker & Co. Hardcover books
2338Denver CO: Reinert Publishing. Hardcover. Good. 151 pp index publisher's catalogue with frontispiece illustrations. Shelf wear and soiling to boards hinges a bit wobbly gift inscription on front free endpaper; text clean. No dust jacket. From the Foreword: "The stories here collected and which have been published previously as individual stories in The Daily Mining Record are designed to portray both the 'inside' and the 'outside' of the noble fellows of the mines and of the dauntless men of the trail." This is the first appearance in book form. Reinert Publishing hardcover books
199933295Gwinn: Avery Color Studios. Fine. 1999. Paperback. 0932212883 . Black and white photographs. Updated edition paperback. Fine in pictorial wraps. . Avery Color Studios paperback books
1843005670Boston: James Munroe and Co. 1843. Very Good bound in the original embossed black cloth gilt title at spine internally clean sound and unmarked. Massachusetts History. Genealogy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. James Munroe and Co. Hardcover books
19892196Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0226775380 . First edition. Slight crease in the front board else fine in a very near fine dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press hardcover books
188319962Boston: Deland and Barto Printers 1883. Softcover. Very good. John L. Stoddard 1850-1931 was a popular American traveler photographer and lecturer. Although the 10-volume set of his lectures is ubiquitous OCLC records no copies of this booklet which announces that he "will give his fully illustrated series entitled The Capitals of Europe at Carll's Opera House" New Haven CT over five nights in January and February. Detailed information is provided about each of five lectures: I Madrid and Lisbon; II Paris The Capital of Pleasure; III Berlin and Sans-Souci; IV St. Petersburg; and V Constantinople The Portal of the Orient. The back panel gives a rather unsatisfactory explanation for the item's shape: "This circular has been printed in this form to enable the holder to detach the pages referring to the different evenings and use as an evening program if desired." Six-panel accordion-folded booklet cut into an unusual shape a rectangle with two corners cut off. One short closed tear minor foxing at the folds. John L. Stoddard 1850-1931 was a popular American traveler photographer and lecturer. Although the 10-volume set of his lectures is ubiquitous OCLC records no copies of this booklet which announces that he "will give his fully illustrated series entitled The Capitals of Europe at Carll's Opera House" New Haven CT over five nights in January and February. Detailed information is provided about each of five lectures: I Madrid and Lisbon; II Paris The Capital of Pleasure; III Berlin and Sans-Souci; IV St. Petersburg; and V Constantinople The Portal of the Orient. The back panel gives a rather unsatisfactory explanation for the item's shape: "This circular has been printed in this form to enable the holder to detach the pages referring to the different evenings and use as an evening program if desired.". Deland and Barto, Printers paperback books
19811309524University Gallery Univesity of Delaware 1981. Softcover. Quarto: VG-/no-DJ paperback: Thin gray spine with white text: Covers have general shelfwear. some creasing to hinges some rubbing binding solid: Textblock is clean:60 pp. 1309524. FP New Rockville Stock. University Gallery Univesity of Delaware unknown books
197721714Woodbury NJ: Gloucester County Historical Society 1977. Softcover. Near fine. Reprint of the 1927 edition. 29-page pamphlet with two illustrations from photographs and a map. Mild vertical crease else fine. The Battle of Red Bank October 22 1777 was a battle fought during the American Revolutionary War in which a British and Hessian force was sent to take Fort Mercer on the left bank or New Jersey side of the Delaware River just south of Philadelphia but was decisively defeated by a far inferior force of Colonial defenders wiki. Gloucester County Historical Society unknown books
1962TB24327New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co 1962. Tenth Printing. Very good in ivory cloth covered boards with gilt text and red decorations on the spine and on the front board. In a very good price clipped dust jacket. 339 pages including an index. Illustrated with maps and line drawings. The fourth volume in The American Trails Series which deal with the various wagon roads to California from Council Bluffs St. Joseph and Indpendence. McGraw-Hill Book Co hardcover books
1903225050New York - London: The Winthrop Press 1903. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A Few Illustrations; No pencil or ink markings in text. Grey paper binding. Edgewear to spine with some loss at top and bottom. Chip on spine above middle; NOT Ex-Library. Very Good binding. The Winthrop Press unknown books
1786007814Paris and Bruxelles : B. Le Franq 1786. Two volumes 5 5/8" x 3 3/8" each with a frontispiece engraving by Charles Eugene Duponchel. 3 168 pp 118 pp 5. Handsomely bound in contemporary full calf back with black calf labels lettered in gilt and gilt rules ribbon markers. Near Fine small tear bottom margin frontispiece Vol. II a very few spots of toning at end pages the pages clean and bright a quite lovely set. RARE - Worldcat shows only 2 institutional holdings. . New Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. B. Le Franq Hardcover books
1907006788North Bennington VT: H. C. White & Co. 1907. No. 11526. Text in gilt card is Fine. . First Edition. Stereo Card. Fine. 3 1/2" x 7". H. C. White & Co. Paperback books
18542319New York: Garrett & Co. 1854. Hardcover. Blue blind-stamped cloth gilt-stamped title. Good. 117 pages. 12.5 x 19 cm. Containing a complete Dictionary of technical terms and characters used in descriptions of Crochet and Fancy Knitting Patterns. 5 fold-out illustrated plates missing #2. Introductory chapter explores the history of needlework and the impact this craft has had on women. From the author: "In this work the terms are so clearly explained that any person who can read can in a few hours learn to execute the most complicated and difficult patterns in Crochet and Knitting. This work also contains the clearest elementary information and the fullest instructions for every species of Needlework with new and beautiful edgings and insertions in addition to the choicest specimens of Ladies' work." Foxing throughout small tears to fold-out plates. Boards rubbed at edges. <br/><br/> Garrett & Co. hardcover books
1916006282New York: The Macmillan Co 1916. Very Good moderate foxing mostly to end pages and edges of page block light rubbing to cloth. Gilt bright. An important work by the Irish novelist and poet James Stephens presenting an eyewitness account of the 1916 Easter Rising. 16 pp of ads dated "September 1916.". First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The Macmillan Co, Hardcover books
1988276504Richmond: Privately Published 1988. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Covers clean; binding sound. No markings in text; No Markings in Text. Near Fine binding. Privately Published unknown books
1972047073Delacorte 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. R. Crumb. Slight shelfwear tiny tear to dj t head of spine jacket price clipped and inner flap a little rumpled. Signed and inscribed by Stepanian "Mike" on the half title. Tips for avoiding prosectuion by America's foremost dope lawyer. Full page and vignette illustrations by R. Crumb. Size: Octavo 8vo. Illustrator: R. Crumb. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 047073. Delacorte hardcover books
1987217721Boston Massachusetts U.S.A.: Quinlan Pr 1987. Soft Cover. near Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. Small chip at bottom corner of rear cover at spine. Covers slightly cocked; NOT Ex-Library. near Very Good binding. Quinlan Pr unknown books
