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199820089Santa Barbara CA: Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. 405 pp with index and bibliography. Very small stain to fore edge likely a printer's error else a fine copy in like jacket. Signed on the front free endpaper by Perissinotto and dated October 30 1988. A collection of 52 documents translated into English from the Santa Barbara Presidio the last of Alta California's four military garrisons offering insight into how early settlers survived on the far frontier of Spain's American empire. Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation hardcover books
19502221917<p>First edition thus. Oblong octavo. Eight page introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson. Color illustrations by the authors. Original orange cloth over yellow green and red plaid boards paper spine label. No dust jacket. Very good. 63 pages.</p><p>One of 390 unnumbered copies printed at the Grabhorn Press.</p><p>See Howes R92</p> William P. Wreden hardcover books
193417067Minneapolis 1934. Edition limited to 200 copies 8vo pp. 82 2; fine in orig. blue cloth gilt lettering on spine. Fifty-four poems by 16 poets as judged by Louis Untermeyer Arthur Guiterman and Witter Bynner among others. The first cloth-bound book issued by the press. Press Preterite 23. <br/><br/> hardcover books
192853446Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society 1928. First edition 2 volumes 8vo; photographic frontispiece and plates throughout; fine in original green cloth with gilt spines original printed dust jackets a little chipped. Financial circumstances delayed the publication of the second volume for some years and therefore a complete set on the market is uncommon a set with the dust jackets present is even more so. <br/><br/> Minnesota Historical Society hardcover books
198122453Grand Marais Minnesota: Cook County Historical Society 1981. First edition large 8vo pp. ix 1 402 illustrations throughout original green cloth stamped in black two notes in pen on front cover and a few pen underlinings in text else very good. This copy with a full-page ffep inscription from the author to Waring Jones dated October 10 1981. <br/><br/> Cook County Historical Society hardcover books
192917991New York: Spiral Press 1929. Edition ltd. to 535 no copies 8vo pp. xi 1 94 1; illustrated title-p. and 6 illus. in text by Gag; fine copy in orig. beige cloth-backed boards paper label on spine. Gag's first book Millions of Cats was published a year earlier. One of AIGA's Fifty Best Books for 1929. Bolton p. 63. <br/><br/> Spiral Press hardcover books
1933008616New York: Tiny Book & Novelty Co 1933. "The Federal Building Worlds Fair Chicago 1833-1933" stamped in silver rear cover. Limp leather binding with metal snap fastener 2" h x 1 1/2" w a true miniature. Very Good the leather rubbed at edges prior owner inscriptions one dated 1933 front and rear end papers. . Limp Leather. Very Good. 2" x 1 1/2". Tiny Book & Novelty Co Paperback books
1912006574Cleveland: The Buckeye Stereopticon Co. 1912. RARE catalogue for the year 1912 Very Good brad bound soiling to covers lacking pages 1-4 pages 5-8 loose originally 32 pp. The first 22 pp. with pictures of stereopticons one side and product specifications on verso with the last 10 pp. "Suggestions for an Evenings Entertainment with a Mirroscope". . First Edition. Brads. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 6" x 9". The Buckeye Stereopticon Co. Paperback books
1930001619Philadelphia: Curtis Institute of Music 1930. About Fine the cream-colored wrappers are lightly soiled. Laid in is an announcement from the school discussing what areas of study still have vacancies for that school year. The catalogue details faculty plans of study facilities etc. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Curtis Institute of Music Paperback books
1985007219Boston: New York Graphic Society / Little Brown and Co. 1985. Original publisher's promotional poster 18" w x24"h featuring a photograph copyright 1984 by Jim Alinder 11 1/2" w x 12 1/2" h of a smiling Ansel Adams. Near Fine slight creases at margins. An uncommon poster well suited for framing distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1985. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 18" x 24". New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown and Co. books
1915006514Bloomington Indiana: Indiana Club of Indiana University 1915. SCARCE. Near Fine in original gray paper covered boards with red cloth spine gilt title slight rubs to tips of boards. Numerous black and white photographs. 136 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana Club of Indiana University Hardcover books
197227841Long Beach: Associated Students-School of Fine Art California State University 1972. First edition. Wrappers unpaginated; near fine. <br/><br/> Associated Students-School of Fine Art, California State University unknown books
191914951919. Softcover. Very Good. 22 pp in original wrappers. Light handling wear to wrappers old horizontal crease; contents clean and sound. Text of the resolution of a lawsuit grought by the United States Govenment over oil-bearing lands in California granted to Southern Pacific Railroad. The Government argued that Southern Pacific knew the lands contained oil when they applied for them and fraudulently concealed this information from the government. The court found that these charges were unproven and dismissed the case. paperback books
1951006299Bloomington IN: Indiana University Foundation 1951. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR "To Dean Gaber. William Lowe Bryan June 27 '51" at title page. Near Fine toning to end pages. Bound in black leather with gilt lettering. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana University Foundation Hardcover books
1983003691Winamac IN: Pulaski County Genealogical Society 1983. "A collection of family and business histories compiled by the business people family historians members and friends of the Pulaski County Genealogical Society Winamac Indiana 1982-1983. Memorials honoring family members and military personnel." Fine. First Printing. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pulaski County Genealogical Society Hardcover books
1917002808Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1917. Very Good Plus top edge dusty and pictorial front endpage has a 1" rub at top corner. SCARCE Dustjacket Very Good Minus top edge rear panel 1/4" paper loss from chipping small and generally rubbed at the tips. chips top edge front panel. Poetry of the American West. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
194119686San Marino CA: Huntington Library 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. pp xiv 327 with illustrations bibliography index. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "With sincere friendship Bob Cleland" and with the bookplate of Charles B. Voorhis on the front pastedown. Voorhis was a southern California civic leader and book collector. This work provides a history of the early ranchos and Southern California's transition from a cattle frontier of Mexican rule and culture to an agricultural American community on the eve of great industrial and urban expansion. Herd 485; edwards Enduring Desert p. 50. Huntington Library hardcover books
1949007174Hyattsville MD: Speed Age Inc. 1949. Very Good tearing along crease at spine 1" tear for edge front wrapper. 32 pp. in stapled wrappers. Numerous advertisements and black and white photographs. Driver of the month- Red Cummings. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Speed Age, Inc. Paperback books
195020694New York: the Party 1950. 24p. 8.25x10.75 inch pamphlet some toning to edges of cover otherwise very good. This revised version includes a corrected version of Howard Johnson's opening article as well as the original items about Stalin as a friend to nationalities WEB DuBois and his campaign for solidarity with the "New South" Herbert Aptheker on lessons from history and more. the Party unknown books
190511731Cincinnati: Robert Clarke Company 1905. Hardcover. Fine. Second edition. 335 pp with many illustrations from photographs and 2 maps. Ribbed blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt; totem pole illustration in white top edge gilt. A lovely copy clean and tight with very mild wear to the spine ends. The author and his wife natives of West Virginia traveled to Dawson via the Canadian Pacific Railway steamboat from Victoria to Skagway and the upper Yukon route in the summer of 1902. The photos and text offer interesting documentation of life in the mining camps as well as the more permanent settlements. On the return they explored California Arizona and Colorado and there are nice photos from this part of the trip as well. Tourville 1415; Wickersham 3914. Robert Clarke Company hardcover books
190234880New York: Empire State Soc. of the Sons of the Am. Rev. 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. Empire State Soc. of the Sons of the Am. Rev. hardcover books
1948006500Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1948. Near Fine faint browning to end pages and cloth at spine small prior owner name stamp front end page. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Indiana Historical Society Hardcover books
1918008602Chicago: Chicago Daily News 1918. Two real photo postcards mailed Oct. 18 and 25 1918 postmarked Junction City Kansas and sent to Halstead Kansas. Very Good small corner creases. G.J. Kavanaugh was known for his "War Postals" and these two cards are part of a larger series of WWI cards. One of the cards mentions going to "a concert for Colonel Biglow.". . First Printing. Postcard. Very Good. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". Chicago Daily News Paperback books
196846862Trenton: Governor's Select Commission on Civil Disorder State of New Jersey 1968. First Edition. Quarto 28cm.; publisher's grey printed card wrappers; xii201pp.; illus. External wear and soil; internally clean tight and unmarked; Very Good. Government-sponsored report on the causes effects and potential remedies to the civil disturbances of 1967 with special attention to the Newark and Plainfield riots of that year. Illustrated with photographic text illustrations halftones documenting African-American ghetto life in New Jersey's industrial cities. Governor's Select Commission on Civil Disorder, State of New Jersey unknown books
196220966Simi CA 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 68 pp with folding map many illustrations. Faux-leather boards; no dust jacket. Fine copy. Interestng reflections and reminiscences on the early history and development of the Palm Springs area Coachella Valley Date Industry Imperial Calley and Colorado Desert. hardcover books
