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192532544New York City: Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America Inc 1925. 1st edition thus. Greenish linen cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Spine a bit darkened. Light extremity wear. PO blindstamp to lower corner of preliminary blanks. A VG copy. ix 3 316 pp including Index. Profusely illustrated with drawings schematics & from photographs. 8vo. <br/><br/> Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America Inc hardcover books
192632545New York City: Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America Inc 1926. 1st edition thus. Greenish linen cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Slight lean with light soiling to cloth. PO signature & graphic. Smudge to ffep. A VG copy. xi 3 331 1 blank pp including Index. Profusely illustrated with drawings schematics & from photographs. 8vo. <br/><br/> Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America Inc hardcover books
191920744Russian Socialist Federation 1919. Hardcover. Good. Oblong folio 11 x 14 inches string-tied 47 pp with half-tone photographs of scenes and people relating to the Russian Revolution. Place of publication not indicated; we have seen credible suggestions of both Petrograd and New York. We have seen other copies described as having 48 pages so it is possible this copy is missing a page though we do not see evidence of removal. Boards worn spine re-covered and ties replaced title page unprofessionally re-attached on a stub with cloth tape. Chipping to title page and staining to first illustrated page otherwise internally clean and sound. Apparently produced for an American audience captions are in Russian and English a price in dollars is printed on the back cover the album includes portraits of various leaders of the Revolution and officials of the new republic images of groups of workers soldiers and scenes of military action demonstrations celebrations political meetings etc. Russian Socialist Federation hardcover books
1902451Chicago: A.C. McClurg 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 299 pp in publisher's silvery cloth binding decorated in black. Corners lightly bumped spine slightly sunned internals clean and sound. No dust jacket. Part of the Southern Sketches series. A.C. McClurg hardcover books
1980TB13511no city stated: Self Published 1980. First Edition. First printing Fine in blue cloth covered boards with white text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author provides an historical account of her father's venture to Alaska during the gold rush of 1899 to assist in the development of a bank to safeguard the gold found by the miners. 153 pages including a bibliography text reproductions of contemporary photographs & illustrations by Janet K. Monteith. Self Published hardcover books
200220317London: Chatto & Windus 2002. First edition first prnt. Signed by Ackroyd on the title page. Illustrations. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.<br />The images are of the book described and not stock photos. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
20798Album containing eleven 7"x 9" professional linen-backed photographs showing the process and results of installing new street lights along a main commercial thoroughfare in Hamilton Ohio. Hamilton is the county seat of Butler County about 20 miles north of Cincinnati. In the early twentieth century "the town was a heavy manufacturing center for vaults and safes machine tools cans for vegetables paper paper making machinery locomotives frogs and switches for railroads steam engines diesel engines foundry products printing presses and automobile parts" wiki. The photos show wide streets lined with businesses which with the advent of increased automobile traffic were undoubtedly eager for the most modern and effective methods of illumination. A wonderful set of facing night views shows how much brighter the new lights are. An additional 16 snapshots photos are laid into the album most showing people posing with what appear to be temporary streetlights. Five were taken in front of the office of the Electric Railway Equipment Co. of Cincinnati which may have supplied some of the equipment used to install the new lights. unknown books
190654872The Regiment: Privately Printed 1906. First edition. White decorated cloth. Light staining to covers; interior clean and tight. A hardcover book in good condition. SUPERB PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF A NEW YORK INFANTRY REGIMENT. This work contains little text being primarily an album of photographs of the regiment's men both officers and enlisted men. The photographs are all identified and most contain a brief biography of the soldier. The photos are a mix of older photos taken during the war and contemporary portraits of survivors. Privately Printed unknown books
48527n. p. n. d. Ca 1870s / 1880s. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. General signs of use overall Very Good. Recto with supplemental penciled note under image identification note: "First Grand Prize of the South Western Gift Association / Value $5000.00 flourish". Image oriented horizontally. 2-1/2" x 3-15/16" <br/><br/>Morris setted in Fort Scott Kansas in November 1865 residing there in 1874 when he accepted a position of Registrar of the U. S. Land Office in Larned Kansas. While in Fort Scott he served as county treasurer and later as Kansas State Adjutant-General. unknown books
45156n. p. n. d. Ca early 20th C. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Some minor wear to mount with fading to left side. Period poi to verso. VG. Photograph shows little to no wear or fading VG. Oval b/w bust photograph 5" x 3-3/8" of a nurse. Mount: 8-1/2" x 6-5/8" <br/><br/>A nice photograph of a nurse in period garb cf. Sharf The Fashionable Nurse 1910 - 1970 p. 23. unknown books
49522California n. d. Ca 1900. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Modest wear excellent detail to image. Overall VG. Recto with printed caption under image; verso blank. No photograher or studio indentified. Horizontal format: 1-3/8" x 2-9/16" <br/><br/> unknown books
199935118NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0374149208 . Translated from the Greek and adapted by Ted Hughes. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1975008452St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands : All - Ah - Wee 1975. High school cultural magazine 67 1 pages in pictorial stapled covers ' Written and Produced in the U.S. Virgin Islands by Young People who Love Them " supported in part by grant from: Virgin Islands Council on the Arts. Near Fine light soiling to covers inked inscription at p. 38 identifying the author of that article as "Geraldine's son". Numerous black and white photographs. RARE< OCLC locates 2 copies held in the Virgin Islands. . First Printing. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. All - Ah - Wee Paperback books
183349029Oppenheim N. Y. 1833. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning. Fold-lines. A couple small holes. Overall Very Good. One sheet of lined paper bifolium additonally folded in an envelope with 3 pages of mss ~ 100 lines ~ 1000 words. Writing quite legible. Franked on an outer panel. With preliminary typescript. Unfolded: 12-1/2" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>A detailed report of the Pittsfield Baptist preacher Augustus Beach's revival work on the eastern periphery of the Burned Over District in the Fulton County village of Oppenheim from its postmaster Ezekiel Belding. A nice manuscript item documenting the rise of the Millerites. unknown books
1923315Chicago: American Maize Products Co. 1923. Wraps. Black illustrated wraps. 29 pages. 20.5 x 11.5 cm. Originally Western Glucose Co. located in Hammond Indiana. In 1908 Royal Baking Powder Co. purchased a majority of the stock and changed its name to American Maize Products Co. or AMAIZO. By 1930 the company had over 1000 employees keeping the plant running 24 hours a day in three shifts. This pamphlet would certainly not be a calling card today. Using an image of an American Indian the company disrespectfully states "The American Indian did not realize as he cultivated his maize that one day corn would become the food of every nation.It is so pure and wholesome that physicians are recommending it to those who are undernourished. A tablespoonful taken three times a day for a month will improve your health." Very lightly rubbed at spine otherwise clean. <br/><br/> American Maize Products Co. paperback books
192826293New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1928. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers corners with tiny chips; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
200128103Washington:: Library of Congress. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0932171222 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Library of Congress, hardcover books
193548771Minneapolis: Published by Fred P. Hutchinson 1935. 1st printing thus. Paper covers printed in shades of brown. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. General wear & age-toning. Prior owner signature to front cover along with a long division note. Old edge repair to first leaf. A few ballplayer names circled. An About VG copy. 96 pp. Illustrated with b/w player half-tone photographic images. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/> Published by Fred P. Hutchinson unknown books
1970222281Vora & Co. Publishers Ltd 1970. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Vora & Co., Publishers Ltd unknown books
199333670Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Fine. 1993. Paperback. 0226312372 . First printing thus paperback. Fine in pictorial wraps. . University of Chicago Press paperback books
007884Detroit: U.A.W.- C.I.O Labor-Management Committee RARE World War II propaganda poster " Distributed by Dearborn Branch Ford Dealers: Approved by U.A.W.-C.I.O. Labor Management Committee" No Date circa 1941-1945. Small union label botto edge indicates printed in Detroit. Near Fine a few tiny edge nicks. Strong colors and an even stronger image of an American worker's hands bound in handcuffs with Nazi emblem. No listings at Worldcat not in Smithsonian no results in Google image search. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 28 1/2" w x 34 1/2" h. U.A.W.- C.I.O Labor-Management Committee books
198928330Boston: Northeastern University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 1555530478 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Northeastern University Press hardcover books
44219Lawrence Mass n. d. Circa 1920s. Housed in a presumed period wooden frame painted black. Evidence of damping at bottom affects the bottom-most line of text in the right column otherwise VG. Frame with modest wear; rear clips with some rusting. Broadside two column. Printed on card-stock. Broadside: 17-5/8" x 12-1/4". Frame: 19-1/2" x 14" <br/><br/>"American Woolen Company founded 1899 is a prominent name in the story of American textiles. As the leading producer of worsted and woolen cloth at the beginning of the 20th century American Woolen Company owned and operated 58 textile mills throughout New England and employed over 40000 people. The company was recognized for its superior product quality as well as its focus on innovative manufacturing processes a distinction that helped it maintain a competitive edge in an extremely challenging industry." company website. This broadside shows the assigned source code for the company's listed 60 mills e.g. FF = Waverly Mills and ZZ = Mascoma Mills. Also listed are what are presumed to be affiliated firms & individuals e.g. Shawsheen Stock Farm and F. H. Hardy Agent Brush Shop. unknown books
188521040New York: Knapp Co. 1885. While publicizing the images as 'photographic' under examination they are printed according to a lithographic process on a glossy paper stock in deep sepia tones clearly made to closely resemble and compete with the much-admired photographs of Carleton Watkins and others who had popularized Western American and world views and brought out the artistic uses of photography; Images approximately 8 3/4" x 12 1/2"; Contents: Part 1: United States 9 of 10 - lacking Pike's Peak images: Giant Red Wood Trees California Niagara Falls Falls of the Yosemite Rapids below Niagara Falls Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone Lower Falls of Yellowstone Shoshone Falls Cathedral Spires Garden of the Gods and a very dramatic The Old Carreta Laguna New Mexico Native American & pueblo scene. Part 2: England - 4 views Ireland -2 Scotland - 3 Wales-1 view; Part 3: Switzerland - 3 Greece-2 Germany-3 Spain-2; Part 4: Spain-1 France-3 Italy-6 views; no publisher photographic studio place or date noted circa 1885 - however each image with number and the title and with several of the photos having the Knapp Co. imprint as well; A total of 39 of 40 images in the four parts; all other parts collated complete according to the lists found on the front of each wrapper; original printed paper wrap covers with lettering and ornamentation border decorations printed in red and black; some edgewear and chipping to covers dustiness; one back cover lacking others detached or nearly so; wraps in good condition; photos with light wear and in very good condition an interesting group of large U.S. and world views and an intriguing process; an OCLC search at time of cataloging did not reveal any holdings institutionally for this series. . Soft Cover. Very Good. Knapp Co. Paperback books
1920258323London: Macmillan and Co 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Binding sound; spine slightly cocked; light bumping to extremities; light toning to binding; small mark to front endpapers otherwise no markings in text; illustrated with photographs. Very Good binding. Macmillan and Co unknown books
