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1891DEMO015268IChicago: Dibble Publishing 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hugh Capper. 8vo 351 pages pictorial blue cloth acidic endpaper detached. Scarce <br/><br/>One of only four novels linking Chicago to the Civil War. "A mildly realistic account of Illinois' involvement in the Civil War -Bray READER'S GUIDE TO ILLINOIS LITERATURE p. 43". Illustrated by Hugh Capper. Dibble Publishing hardcover
188548729Washington DC 1885. Softcover. Fair. 49th Congress 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 35. Boards missing text still bound. 507 pages. Photos and fold out charts. paperback
1900RMAGREP00ECGovernment Printing Office 1900. Very Good. Magoon Charles E. Law Officer. Report on the Legal Status of the Territory and Inhabitants of the Islands Acquired by the United States during the War with Spain Considered with Reference to the Territorial Boundaries The Constitution and Laws of the United States. Root Elihu Secretary of War. Washington: Government Printing Office 1900. 72pp. 8vo. Stapled pamphlet. Book condition: Very good with slight soiling to first and last pages and short closed tear in top edge of first page. Senate 56th Congress 1st Session. Document Number 234. Government Printing Office unknown
184831930Washington DC: United States Senate 1848. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Disbound wraps. 86 pages. Last leaf blank. Title information on page 1. Contents include several tables of information on the regular army and the army of volunteers. United States Senate unknown
18927366St. Paul: D.D. Merrill Co. 1892. Second Printing . Cloth. Very Good/Issued Without d/j. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 314 pp. frontis b/w illus. Mattson's autobiography: Swedish emigrant to Minnesota farmer Col. in the 3rd Minn. Reg't. Civil War newspaper editor Sec. of State for Minn. U.S. Consul General to Calcutta India. First published in 1891 this is the 2nd prntg. Brown cloth hardcover binding w/gold foil stamping to front & spine. Very lt. wear to corners & head & heel of spine o/w v.g. cond. <br/> <br/> D.D. Merrill Co. hardcover
188715952New York: Charles Webster 1887. Hardcover. Good. Maroon boards with 3/4 maroon leather spine and corners. Red and gold insignia stamped on front gold titles on spine raised bands. Marbled page edges and endpapers. 678 pages index frontis portrait with tissue guard. Leather is worn through at corners; chips at top of leather spine. Binding slightly cracked at rear endpaper. Stain on edge of frontis page otherwise pages are clean. <br/><br/> Charles Webster hardcover
189733787Washington DC: The National Tribune 1897. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan faux-leather wrappers with black lettering. 512pp. Illustrations. Very good. Wrappers edgeworn and scuffed; text block moderately age toned as usual but refreshingly free of the edge chips and edge tears to which this acidic stock is prone; lightly pencilled ownership signature at top of title page. Tight decent first paperback edition -- part of this publisher's "Old Glory Library" series -- of this 1865 text. Richardson also authored a forgettable 1868 campaign biography of U.S. Grant. Difficult to find this oversize softbound edition in presentable condition. The National Tribune paperback
1828105667Washington DC 1828. Hardcover. Near fine. Document No. 254 20th Congress 1st Session April 21 1828. Printed by Gales & Seaton. 14 p. 23 cm. Vertical cross section of the Potomac River just above Georgetown Ferry at rear. Bound in quarter floral cloth with cream paper boards. Former owner's label on front endpaper and small bookbinder's sticker on rear pastedown. <br/><br/> hardcover
1826105715Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton 1826. Hardcover. Near fine. Document No. 158 19th Congress 1st Session April 15 1826. 13 p. 22 cm. Bound in quarter blue cloth with grey paper boards. Former owner's label on front endpaper and bookbinder's label on rear pastedown. <br/><br/> Printed by Gales & Seaton hardcover
1844105727Washington DC 1844. Hardcover. Near fine. Report No. 120 28th Congress 1st Session January 8 1844. 8 p. 23 cm. One fold-out map of the canal. Bound in quarter green cloth with green marbled paper boards. Former owner's label on front endpaper and bookbinder's label on rear pastedown. <br/><br/> hardcover
1851106015<p>8vo pamphlet partially uncut 15 pp. A good deal of foxing some darkening some edge chips and corner folds otherwise good. William Seward served as Secretary of State under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson during the critical Civil War period. He was also a U.S. Senator and Governor of New York. In this speech Seward discuss the merits of disposing of lands held by the Federal government. He also addresses the process of how this should be done which included giving some lands back to the individual states and promoting agriculture. </p> Buell & Blanchard,
186752513Washington: Government Printing Office 1867. 1867. First edition. First Edition. Disbound. 4pp. House of Representatives. 39th Congress 2nd Session. Mis. Doc. No. 41. Relates concerns regarding Indian traders providing large quantities of guns and ammunition to various groups within the Kiowa Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes while those same groups are committing depredations and threatening further hostilities against innocent settlers. Primarily comprised of communication from Major H. Douglas 3rd Infantry commanding at Fort Dodge. Near fine. [Government Printing Office], 1867. unknown
1899024181Boston: Small Maynard and Co. 1899. Book. VG. Cloth. Second Printing. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. Mildly rubbed corners and spine extremities text block edges a bit dulled by age. Former owner signature on front pastedown. xviii135 pp. frontis. Clean interior firm binding. 2nd ptg.: Dec. 1899. Scarce issue. Small, Maynard and Co. Hardcover
183737628Washington D.C.: n.p. 1837. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume else a good copy chip to detached title scattered foxing. 53 pp. 8vo. 24th Congress 2d session. Doc. no. 115. Quite uncommon. n.p. unknown
181944331Washington DC: GPO 1918 & 1920. fair to good. 39 wraps tables 1920 changes pasted in entire document creased covers soiled small tears & small pieces missing to front cover. Topics covered include regulations for salvage service; care and repair of shoes; care and repair of clothing; dry-cleaning; laundering of clothing; care and repair of hats; care and repair of canvas fabrics and cots; collection and disposal of kitchen waste garbage manure and dead animals; collection and preservation of waste materials; and regulations for the cultivation of land and the selling of farm garden mineral and forestry products at Army camps cantonments and posts. GPO hardcover
190094213G.P.O. January 1900. Hardcover. Poor. front and back covers and spine badly affected by water staining and mildew which has been eradicated later pages lightly stuck together in places; good for reference and candidate for rebinding G.P.O., hardcover