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1928005428Saint Mary-of-the- Woods IN: Saint Mary -of-the- Woods 1928. A RARE early publication from the sisters of Saint Mary -of-the- Woods. Very Good light edge wear "Archives" stamps front and rear end pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Saint Mary -of-the- Woods Hardcover books
1966005453Kingsville TX: Santa Gertrudis Breeders International 1966. Near Fine edges of page block light foxing. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Santa Gertrudis Breeders International Hardcover books
1941001561Indianapolis IN: Indiana State Symphony Society Inc. 1941. Handsomely bound in black cloth with gilt lettering. Contains 12 programs from Nov. 15-16 1940 through March 23 1941. Presentation Copy SIGNED BY THE CONDUCTOR Fabien Sevitzky who was the brother of noted composer and conductor Sergei Koussevitzky. First 3 programs a bit dampstained at top corner. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana State Symphony Society, Inc. Hardcover books
1934214521934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Original orange cloth boards with black lettering. Sunning to spine some old water staining to boards not affecting contents binding tight text clean. Dust jacket heavily worn and chipped with a long tear repaired and other short ones internally with archival tape; now in a new mylar cover. The jacket lists the publisher as Farrar & Rinehart though the book itself has no publisher information. Reprints the text of four pamphlets each with separate pagination first issued between October 1933 and September 1934. The focus is Sinclair's plan to end poverty in California which formed the basis of his 1934 campaign for Governor. hardcover books
1949171298Johannesburg: Cilliers de Wet-Uitgewers Korp 1949. hardcover. very good. Illustrated throughout with photographs and other reproductions. 64pp with text in Afrikaans English French and German. Thin square 4to original black cloth with pictorial cover a bit rubbed; outer hinge partially cracked; internally clean. Johannesburg: Cilliers de Wet-Uitgewers Korp. 1949. Very good.<br/><br/> A very good copy of this unusual and quite scarce book celebrating the dedication of the Vootrekker Monument near Pretoria on the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Bloed .<br/><br/> Cilliers de Wet-Uitgewers Korp unknown books
1908006787Bennington VT: H. C. White & Co. 1908. No. 12422 depicting a coal car with driver and two mules emerging from a soft coal mine in the mountainside near Starkville CO. Near Fine slight rubbing to right edge of card. . First Edition. Stereo Card. Near Fine. 3 1/2" x 7". H. C. White & Co. Paperback books
1934005592New York: Book Collectors Association Inc. 1934. From the library of the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation St Louis with their blindstamp title page library catologuing numbers copyright page sticker to spine. Very Good Plus spine a bit browned 2 small spots top edge of page block. The Reproductive Biology Research Foundation was founded in 1964 by William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson whose work there pioneered the study of human sexuality and resulted in their two landmark books- "Human Sexual Response" published in 1966 and "Human Sexual Inadequacy" published in 1970. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book Collectors Association, Inc. Hardcover books
192128313Albany N.Y.: The University of the State of New York State Museum 1921. This series of 264 color plates are reprinted from the plates used in the work entitled: Wild Flowers of New York issued as Volumes I and II of New York State Museum Memoir 15. Quarto cloth portfolio string-ties 264 color plates complete. Very Good. The University of the State of New York, State Museum, 1921. hardcover books
1927001707Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1927. Near Fine wrappers lightly soiled and prior owner name front wrapper. Pages are uncut and are clean and tight. Indiana Historical Society Publications Volume 8 Number 5. Scarce. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
1978005935No Place: The Author 1978. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - " To Meredith Wilson with all good wishes Carrie McClain West". Very Good wrappers rubbed at spine and bottom edge rear panel 2 pages loose. Contents are clean and unmarked. 177 pp. including Family Name Index and Bibliography. SCARCE SIGNED. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Author Paperback books
194431473Parchman Mississippi: Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman. 1944. First Printing. Documents. Three documents: 1 Typed Letter signed from M. E Wiggins Superintendent Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman to Provost Marshall Major J. B. Bullis of the 6th Service Command Chicago introducing the prisoner noting Governor Thomas L. Bailey's suspension of his sentence so he can re-enlist in the Army November 30 1944. 2 a cheaply printed form with many remarks type in noting that Byars will join thy Army as a condition of the suspension; it is also noted that the suspension can be revoked any time pending good behavior. This document is signed on the verso by Wiggins. Byars' race is unknown. 3 Original mailing envelope from Wiggins to Bullis 1944.The envelope is very good although it has a few notations on the verso. The Typed Letter signed is very good with old folds small corner crease and old staple holes in upper left column. The filled-out form is very good with old folds and a tiny chip at the edge of one fold. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 4 pp . Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman unknown books
1946006719Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1946. Near Fine 1/4" tear fore edge of front wrapper. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
193611224<p>First edition. Octavo. 25 b/w illustrations pictorial endpapers by E. A. Burbank pictorial dust jacket illustration by George Carlson. Bibliography. Dust jacket faded front and spine; nicks to top and bottom of spine. Very good. 322 pages.</p> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1938TB31059Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1938. First Edition. Very good in red simulated leather covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine and on the front board and with rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine and at the tips of the boards. In a good price clipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch chips at the corners of the spine area with related creasing and with heavy rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the front panel and fold to the front flap. The rear end paper of the book has a pocket within which is the multi-color map of the state which is in very good condition. 593 pages including an index chronology and illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1950TB30208New York: Oxford University Press 1950. Second Edition Revised 1950. Very good in blue-green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board with map end sheets. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with the top edge of the text block dust stained and with light soiling and foxing to the end sheets. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with the spine tanned and lightly soiled which tanning extends onto half of the front panel and with a crease to the front flap. 300 pages including an index bibliography text and illustrated from black and white photographs in two sections. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1939TB28895New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1939. First Edition. Very good in light green cloth covered boards with dark green text stamping on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth on the spine tanned as well as the cloth on the upper edge of the boards. The front and rear end sheets are well tanned. Without its issued dust jacket. One of the more uncommon volumes in the American Guide Series. 368 pages including an index text and illustrated with black and white photographs through-out and with a fold-out map of the area tipped-in at the rear of the book. Funk & Wagnalls Company hardcover books
1910134821New York: New York Democratic State Committee 1910. Softcover. good ex-library with expected marks plus title page and pg 3. board covers chipped. Original paper wraps inside stiff paper boards. 72 pp. New York Democratic State Committee paperback books
1972004880Mexico City Mexico: Direccion de Promocion Industrial Comercial y Artesanal 1972. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. About 125 pages unpaginated. Tan hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacekt with minor rubbing to the extremities and overall slightly age-toned; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with 106 plates most of which are color. A tight and attractive copy of this publication. Direccion de Promocion Industrial, Comercial y Artesanal Hardcover books
1914775021914. Paperback. Fair. photos and illustrations unpaginated. Flexible suede leather wrapper. 26cm. Suede cover mostly intact but browned and brittle and also quite chipped and worn on the overhanging edges. Cover flap for a display of photos for a women's group with the initials "SLS" is almost entirely detached and may be by the time this reaches a buyer; contents otherwise sound and clean. Laid in are two pages from a photo album which contain 9 pasted down photos 6 of which appear to be real photo postcards. The college opened in 1910 as a college for the education of white teachers. The most memorable event during the 1913-1914 school year was the fire which destroyed Main Building the only classroom laboratory library and office building at the young college. Four of the six real photo postcards show Main Building being consumed by fire; the other two real photo postcards show the building after the fire. Two of the other three smaller photos show Main Building before the fire. <br/><br/> paperback books
1940TB31156New York: Hastings House 1940. First Edition. Very good in heavy light blue-gray cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine and front board. An octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches. Without its issued dust jacket. This volume was written and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the WPA in Northern California and is one of the volumes in the American Guide Series. 531 pages with indextext and photographs through-out. Hastings House hardcover books
190821380New York: Broadway Publishing Company 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 224 pp with illustrations from photographs and from drawings by George C Cantwell. Original green cloth boards with red lettering and illustration in copper. Boards edgeworn corners bumped copper partially rubbed away. Binding sound contents clean. Hallock was an author sportsman and founder of Forest and Stream magazine and was involved in development projects in both Alaska and Florida. Arctic Bibliography 6498 summarizes the content of this volume as "description of the intinerary from the western coast of the U.S. to Alaska; Alaskan Indians economy history of Russian fur trade missions fisheries and fur sealing." Wickersham 2052 Tourville 1914. Broadway Publishing Company hardcover books
1973004964Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1973. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - " 3/29/73 For a good friend and nephew of a good judge ! Andy Jacobs Jr.". Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket a bit rubbed. A day by day account of the hearings on whether Congressman Adam Clayton Powell should be seated by Indiana Representative Andrew Jacobs Jr. who served on the nine member Select Committee. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. Bobbs-Merrill Hardcover books
190421531Pasadena CA: George Wharton James 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 16mo. pp. 504 2 index illustrated with line drawings. Good only with wear and soiling to the boards flexible cloth front hinge cracked. Includes a useful general history of the region and interesting detail on place names topography natural resources transportation agricultural production arts and education flora and fauna and historic landmarks and highlights for the tourist organized according to the various railroad routes. Rocq 16291; Berry and Klinicke 3753. George Wharton James hardcover books
193520996San Francisco: John Henry Nash 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 361 pp indexed and illustrated. A fine copy in original cloth-backed boards with paper spine label inscribed on the front pastedown "For______ with good wishes Catherine Coffin Phillips." Dust jacket has a few stray pen marks spine is lightly sunned and is chipped at the head and there is an internal reinforcement with archival tape. Still presents very nicely in a new mylar cover. Publisher's description from a later edition: "A favorite of President Andrew Jackson and the daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri Jessie Benton was acquainted with the famous from childhood. When the vivacious belle met John C. Frémont "the handsomest young man who ever walked the streets of Washington" love bloomed. Always passionately devoted to the controversial explorer soldier and politician Jessie bore John five children maintained a family life charmed and campaigned on his behalf and helped him write the popular reports of his western trailblazing. These pages filled with public figures such as Kit Carson and Abraham Lincoln present a lively and fearless woman." John Henry Nash hardcover books
1938TB29433Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1938. First Edition. Very good in red simulated leather covered boards with light foxing to the end sheets near the hinges due to a reaction with the glue used in binding and with faint foxing to the edges of the text block. In a good price clipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch chips at the corners of the spine area with related creasing and with rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the front panel and fold to the front flap. The rear end paper of the book has a pocket within which is the multi-color map of the state which is in near fine condition. 593 pages including an index chronology and illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
