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1875051959Philadelphia PA: Lake Griffing & Stevenson 1875. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Black 1/4 leather dark brown pebbled cloth lettered in gilt. 79 pp. 2 hinged maps Ohio US at rear. Leather is typically rubbed with tears and some loss at spine extremities approx. 5" separation along upper front cover joint. Corners rubbed with exposure some spotting to cover cloth rubbing along edges with some areas of exposure. Some notations in pencil and ink to front flyleaf a few ink notations to main title maps clean and unmarked. Approx. 6 1/2" closed tear along lower binding edge of front flyleaf. Firm binding. Exterior presents as Good due to above issues interior solid VG to Near Fine. Lake, Griffing & Stevenson Hardcover
18890051741889. Hardcover. Very Good -. 92 p.; 11 x 18 cm. Red velvet over boards with "Album" in metal on front board. One illustration of a girl looking at an autograph book printed in gilt and sepia titled "Autographs." Several embossed chromolithographed floral decorations are between the pages. On the first page the original owner's name is written "Ellen Hartman" although the inscriptions are consistently to "Ella." Inscriptions are dated at Catasauqua Allentown and Fullerton Pa. 1889-1891. The towns are all in Lehigh County Pa. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; ends of spine starting to fray; otherwise clean and tight. hardcover
1938005424Boy Scouts of America 1938. 84 pages numerous black and white photographs. . Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boy Scouts of America Paperback books
1892006977Tidioute Pa: Banking House of Grandin Brothers 1892. Near Fine. 1 leaf 21 cm. Engraved. "J. L. Grandin. Wm. J. Grandin." Dated July 1 1892 and addressed to A. E. Patton cashier of the First National Bank of Curwensville Pa. Signed by E. M. Curtis cashier. Alexander Ennis Patton 1852-1904 became the president of the First National Bank of Patton when it was established in 1893 and was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate in 1900. The Grandin brothers John Livingston Grandin 1836-1912 William James Grandin 1838-1904 and Elijah Bishop Grandin 1840-1917 in 1859 followed the lead of Edwin Drake in Titusville Pa. who had dug the first successful commercial oil well in the United States earlier that year. With oil money they established the Grandin Brothers Bank in 1870. Victims of the Jay Cooke & Co. bankruptcy in 1873 they exercised their right to take Northern Pacific Railway bonds with land-purchasing rights in the Dakota Territory rather than 15 cents on the dollar. Although the bonds themselves were worthless the 26000 acres they acquired became the largest corporate wheat farm in the Dakota Territory in the late 19th century. Temple Grandin is the great-granddaughter of J. L. Grandin. In Near Fine Condition: lightly creased; clean and bright. Banking House of Grandin Brothers unknown
1888009547Philadelphia: Printed for the Committee 1888. Paperback. Good -. 86 p. 6 leaves of engraved plates; 28 cm. Lacking wrapper. In observation of the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 1787 a banquet was held by eight learned societies in Philadelphia: the University of Pennsylvania the American Philosophical Society the College of Physicians the Law Academy of Philadelphia the Historical Society of Pennsylvania the franklin Institute the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Academy of Natural Sciences. The guest list included President Grover Cleveland former president Rutherford B. Hayes members of the Supreme Court various foreign dignitaries members of Congress state governors and many others. The plates include the menu printed in red and black. Includes the toasts and speeches. Very scarce. In Good- Condition: lacking original wrapper; text block is separating; title page is lightly soiled; minor loss at upper corners of title page which has closed 2-cm. tear from spine; loss at fore-edge and lower corner of final two leaves without loss of text; loss at lower corners of final pages without loss of text; occasional closed tears along spine; text and illustrations are otherwise clean and solid. Printed for the Committee paperback
190969467Minneapolis 1909. Approx. 8" x 6" containing six engraved leaves consisting of a pictorial title page a full-page photo-engraved portrait of President Taft a menu bearing the flags of the United States Minnesota and Minneapols; a leaf of toasts bearing the seal of the United States and the Capitol in Washington D.C.; and two leaves of Committees. Bound in full gray suede by Bailey Banks & Biddle Co. Philadelphia silk moir. Laid in is an engraved invitation to the event. The invitation and banquet book belonged to Frederick J. Wulling the first Dean and for many years the primary instructor of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy as attested to by his son the printer Emerson Wulling of the Sumac Press on a Sumac Press envelope in which it is contained. Taft was sworn in in March 1909 and this banquet is one of several that year in various parts of the country. unknown
1879009463LaPorte Indiana: Jas. W. Beasley Harry U. Wilstach Publishers 1879. Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE directory for the city of Logansport Indiana 1879-1880 Very Good Minus covers and end papers soiled cloth at spine with several small holes contemporary prior owner name in ink front cover and front end page. 201 pages with several pages of advertising front and back. An excellent source book for local history and genealogy. Not located at OCLC although 2 Indiana libraries hold the 1879-80 Beasley's Crawfordsville Directory. Jas. W. Beasley, Harry U. Wilstach, Publishers Hardcover
19053007871Berlin, Heymanns, 1905/08. Hlwd. 4to. (Stempel auf Titel, Einband leicht bestoßen).
1954056699New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries 1954. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff blue wraps lettered in dark blue. Minor wear along extended edges partially tanned back cover. Auction catalog. 69 pp. 233 catalogued lots. Clean interior. Parke-Bernet Galleries Paperback
189859530Decorah Iowa: Der Norste Synodes Forlag 1898. 8vo pp. 55 1;152 66 68 82 4; text in Norwegian; three folding charts; black cloth-backed printed boards; each section with its own title page covering the districts of Iowa Minnesota East and Pacific; boards and last 30 pages with extensive water damage and soiling else good. A combined report of multiple synod meetings of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America. Der Norste Synodes Forlag unknown
19213476567Köln, (1921). VII, 475 S. Halbleinwand.
1972006781Anaheim 1972 1973 1974 1975 1978 1980 1981: Southern California Local History Council 1972. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Fine. 13 Issues. <br/> <br/> Southern California Local History Council unknown
1991002155Paris 1991 In-4 Broché
007186New York: Bamfoth & Co. Paper. Very Good. Cardstock. 4" x 4". No Date circa 1910-1920. 4" x 4" black and white photograph on thin card stock of a blackface family of five sitting on the stoop of their log cabin with view of river valley in background the father playing a banjo. Verso has lyrics and music to Stepen A. Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home". Very Good card evenly browned. Bamfoth & Co. unknown
007186New York: Bamfoth & Co. No Date circa 1910-1920. 4" x 4" black and white photograph on thin card stock of a blackface family of five sitting on the stoop of their log cabin with view of river valley in background the father playing a banjo. Verso has lyrics and music to Stepen A. Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home". Very Good card evenly browned. . Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4" x 4". Bamfoth & Co. Paperback books
19200295531920. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Single Sheet 18" X 20" Printed In Blue And White On Blueprint Paper. From The Estate Of Admiral Benjamin Bass Whose Family Apparently Had An Interest In The Mine. Possibly Made In The 1920'S Guestimate <br/> <br/> unknown
009871Souillac, Mulhouse Le Point 0 In-8 Broché, couverture rempliée Ed. originale
198854817Minneapolis: Coffee House Press 1988. 15" x 6" commemorative broadside celebrating CHP's move to its new home at 27 North Fourth Street printed on blue paper. "The display types appearing above "Books Books Books Books. "represent sixteen years of quixotic acquisition." <br/><br/> Coffee House Press unknown books
198854818Minneapolis: Coffee House Press 1988. 15" x 6" commemorative broadside celebrating CHP's move to its new home at 27 North Fourth Street printed on white paper. "The display types appearing above "Books Books Books Books. "represent sixteen years of quixotic acquisition." <br/><br/> Coffee House Press unknown books
1917010399Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co. 1917. Book. Very Good. Flexible Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "Containing Separate Maps of Each County Showing Section Township and Range Lines Steam and Electric Lines and All Public Highways. Improved Roads Shown in Color. Also Population of Counties Townships Incorporated Cities and Towns and Table of Distances." Bound in original limp leather Near Fine hinge opened between title page and Foreword stamped at front end page "For Sale by Kiger & Co. Agts. Indianapolis Ind." Pages 3-16 and 200-209 are consecutively numbered however the maps while consecutive are only odd-numbered pages. Fold-out map of Indianapolis at the Marion County page. A RARE Indiana map from the height of WWI OCLC locates only 4 institutional holdings 2 in Indiana and 2 at British libraries. . B. F. Bowen & Co. Hardcover
1932019186Bear Flag Museum 1932. Original Wildflower Sample Box . No Binding. Good. 9 1/4" x 7. A Simple White Box With A Long Hand-Lettered Description Presenting The Contents To Isaac O Levy For His Support Of The Bear Flag Museum And Dated 1932. The Contents Are Glassine Sheets Holding Actual Dried Wildflowers Seeds Etc. Some With Notes Showing Exact Locations And Dates Where They Were Picked. Apparently Unique. <br/> <br/> Bear Flag Museum unknown
19830021733Bremen Georgia: Bremen Georgia History Committe and Citizens of Bremen 1983. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/None Issued. NF/1sted. A really clean and tight copy of the 100 year history of town of Bremen Georgia. 163 pages with lots of b&w photos many older photos of the people and events earlier in the 20th century. Endpapers are maps of the town and surrounding area furnished by the Railroad in 1926. Churches public institutions schools civic leaders businesses veterans Bi-Cenntenial Celebration of Georgia's Founding. Inscription on verso of front endpaper family to previous owner. No other marking or writing to interior or exterior. Handsome Copy. <br/> <br/> Bremen Georgia History Committe and Citizens of Bremen hardcover
010254Rutland Vermont N.D. circa 1880s : Ripley Sons Poster. Very Good. One PageFolded. Text below title - "All varieties of turned work constantly on hand or finished to order. Our own designs furnished on application or we will fit up monuments from designs furnished by our Customers". Scale 1 " = 1 foot. J. H. Bufford's Sons lith. 141 Franklin St. Boston printers. 22" h x 28 " w. One horizontal and one vertical fold. Very Good 4 spots of soiling verso archival tape mend verso a few small edge tears several creases. Of the 12 styles of monuments pictured seven have the original printed model letter lined out with replacement letters in black ink. No date circa 1880s the US Post Office required the name of Centre Rutland changed to Center Rutland in 1892 and the Ripley Sons sold the company to Vermont Marble in 1889. Brothers William Y. W. Ripley and Edward Ripley who were running the company at this time both had distinguished service careers in the Civil War - William winning the Congressional Medal of Honor at the Battle of Malvern Hill and Edward commanding some of the first troops to enter Richmond. A RARE broadside not found at OCLC or in any online searches. . Ripley Sons unknown
1974046306Bronxville NY: Bronxville Diamond Jubilee Committee 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed Associational. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Royal blue cloth lettered in gold foil oblong format. Slightly rubbed corners and spine extremities virtually as issued. No. 321 of an edition limited to 500 copies hand-numbered on front colophon and signed by Mayor C. Paul Slater with the city's embossed seal. Pictorial dust jacket mildly rubbed along edges now in mylar. 120 pp. illus. w/ photographs. Bronxville Diamond Jubilee Committee Hardcover
1976043790Levittown PA: Editorial Board of The Bucks County Blue Book 1976. Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth lettered in gold. Light spotting foxing to front cover mild binding lean. viii86 pp. Scarce. Editorial Board of The Bucks County Blue Book Hardcover