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196720960St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society 1967. First edition in English limited to 2000 copies this no. 883; 8vo pp. xix 1 423 2; 79 color plates after those in the original German edition of 1854-57 plus a few other illustrations in the text; a fine copy in a fine unclipped dust jacket. "The book is the work of Henry Lewis an American artist then living in Germany; originally written in English Lewis' text was translated into German by one George B. Douglas. The first 72-pp. of an English edition are known but only discovered in 1951. The present volume reproduces that English fragment but the bulk of it is a retranslation from the German version." See Howes L-312 for an explanation of the original English edition which "was apparently abandoned after the third installment." <br/><br/> Minnesota Historical Society unknown books
194922482New York: Random House 1949. First edition 8vo pp. 8 422; fine copy in a slightly worn jacket with two or three short closed tears. The last novel of the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature. <br/><br/> Random House unknown books
193431872Garden City: Doubleday Doran 1934. First edition 8vo pp. 8 452; a very good copy in a slightly chipped unclipped dust-jacket. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran unknown books
191325517Minneapolis: printed for Edmund D. Brooks and his friends 1913. First edition thin 8vo pp. 25; a very good unopened copy in original dark green cloth-backed paper-covered boards slightly soiled and scuffed. This copy with the calling card of "Mr. Edmund D. Brooks" laid in. Printed in an unspecified edition at The Torch Press Cedar Rapids and published by Edmund Brooks the eminent Minneapolis bookseller. <br/><br/> printed for Edmund D. Brooks and his friends hardcover books
196848548New York: Trident Press 1968. First edition 8vo pp. 285 3; Manfred's inscription on front free endpaper dated 1968; a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket a few small closed tears at edges. Mulder and Timmerman A18a. <br/><br/> Trident Press unknown books
196548556New York: Trident Press 1965. First edition 8vo pp.178 2; signed by Manfred on front free endpaper; a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Mulder and Timmerman A15a. <br/><br/> Trident Press unknown books
197142636Minneapolis: Environmental Library of Minnesota 1971. 8vo unpaged; text printed in brown from typescript; original olive printed wrappers near fine. The first and only Earthworm Catalogue "A resource guide to the Twin Cities area.an anti-consumers' guide to purchasing.best and cheapest places to get most anything" - upper cover. Not in OCLC. <br/><br/> Environmental Library of Minnesota] unknown books
191753442Minneapolis: privately published 1917. 12mo pp. 127 1; frontispiece and 9 engraved text illustrations gray paper boards with paper labels on cover and spine light soiling near fine signed by Russell on endpaper along with a poem by Longfellow. Laid in is a greeting card with a long handwritten recollection of the area from 1985. In later correspondence with the Library of Maine Russell stated that his books were printed in runs of 200-500. <br/><br/> privately published hardcover books
192852370Minneapolis 1928. Edition limited to 100 copies 12 x 10 cm pp. 8; gilt-decorated orange wrappers fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 3. <br/><br/> unknown books
183812116Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 22 pp. <br><br>Consists of President Van Buren's letter of transmittal and correspondence between Secretary of State John Forsyth and various individuals relating to the tobacco trade. Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 258. Ho. of Reps. Executive. Removed from a nonce volume; two holes in inner margin not touching text. Mild spotting in upper margins light stain in bottom inner corners. First page with inked numeral and last page with early inked writing at bottom. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
195174094Columbus Ohio: Ohio State University. Very Good. 1951. Softcover. This Ohio State Football Game Program is staple bound soft-bound in colorful pictorial wrappers. The staple binding is solid. The contents are bright with illustrations and advertisements. . Ohio State University paperback books
189769193Richmond: Wm. Ellis Jones. Good. 1897. Hardcover. This is an ex-library copy with usual library marks. Bound in red library buckram with new endpages. The contetns show some tape repairs- but are complete and bright. Good. . Wm. Ellis Jones hardcover books
1924006393Georgia : Central of Georgia Railway Company 1924. SCARCE. Near Fine wrappers slight toning. 36 pp. Agreement Rules Effective July 1st 1921 pp. 3-15 Wages Effective Sept. 1st 1924 Wage Scale pp. 15-36. . Eighth Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Central of Georgia Railway Company Paperback books
191320461San Francisco: Sunset Publishing House 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 275 pp illustrated. Original blue pictorial cloth; no dust jacket. Mild rubbing to extremities and bumping to corners else fine. No dust jacket. The author was a singer and music teacher in San Francisco. The book provides good detail about her pupils and fellow musicians in the second half of the nineteenth century and also delves into other aspects of her biography. It is not however a survey of songs of California as the title might imply. Sunset Publishing House hardcover books
19295764Boston: College of Business Administration Bureau of Business Research 1929. Stapled booklet 51 4 pages. Tables. First and only edition. Very detailed study of the operation of ice cream counters in drug stores. Soiled internally and on printed stapled wrappers. Good only. Scarce. OCLC locates eight copies. College of Business Administration, Bureau of Business Research unknown books
306955<p>Bridgeport Mono County California ca. 1936. 11 3/4" x 9". Brochure opens to form 6 panels. Illustrated with 10 b/w halftone photographs. Very good light wrinkling. No signatures or bookplates. The ranch was located at an elevation of 6500 feet in Bridgeport Valley. Owners were S.H. and Lenore M. Hunewill and Millie H. Morris.</p> Bridgeport, Mono County, California unknown books
197124572San Diego: Center for Women's Studies and Services 1971. First Edition. Large octavo 28cm.; original tan pictorial staplebound wrappers; 622pp.; text and illus. by Kristina McDonald and Cheryl Reed printed in various colors. Fine. Illustrated poetry anthology produced almost entirely by women. Includes works by early 20th-century Argentine modernist Alfonsina Storni translated by Merrilec Segade; Soviet poet Bella Akhmadulina translated by Ellen Regel; and original works by Lynn Lonidier Joyce Nower Roberta Spear Diane Wakoski and Anne Sexton. Printed by Grandma's Camera by two men and two women. Center for Women's Studies and Services unknown books
1958006504Boulder Colorado: Johnson Publishing Co. 1958. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "To William & Lillian In sincere appreciation of good friends - Harold M. Dunning Loveland Colo. Sept. 9. 1962" . Near Fine small rubs to cloth at tips in a Near fine dust jacket light soiling. Map end pages black and white photographs. A Novel Set in the Rockies on both sides of the Continental Divide. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Johnson Publishing Co. Hardcover books
230162n.p.: n.p. n.d. Hardcover. v 678p. buckram cloth boards small snag on title page is flattened and taped from behind else very good. Text is printed from typewritten english and cyrillic. Lightly pencilled note on title page credits: "Washington DC External Research Staff U.S. Dept. of State". The book is basically a compendium of communist doctrine from various cited Russian books and publications grouped by topic e.g. Imperialism Internationalism Nationalism Religion Revolution etc. Sources cited indicate this book was compiled post-1940s. n.p. hardcover books
19132161New York: Duffield and Company 1913. Hardcover. Good. 346 pp illustrations with frontispiece index. Rear hinge cracked front hinge starting light general wear to boards very light spotting to pages; else clean. No dust jacket. Johnson's personal impressions of travel in California including popular sites such as Santa Barbara Santa Maria Salinas Monterey San Francisco and Mt. Shasta. Duffield and Company hardcover books
1981006884Spartanburg SC: The Reprint Company 1981. Prior owner name stamp and address label front end page else Fine. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles 182 pp. Reprint. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Reprint Company Hardcover books
1889009294Albany: The Troy Press Company Printers 1889. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. NF-. Original binding of dark brown fine ribbed cloth gilt-pressed titles spine. 410 pages. Gilt soiled at spine and a short tear to cloth at spine foot else near fine. A solid. clean copy. The Troy Press Company, Printers hardcover books
185913797New York: Rudd and Carleton 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. xiv 433 pp illustrated. Three-quarter black leather over marbled boards. Leather well rubbed at extremities. Ownership stamp on 4 pages; otherwise unmarked binding sound. The first 257 pages relate to California. Palmer a doctor arrived in San Francisco in 1849 and spent worked for a year as the city physician. Cowan p. 471 says "his sketches are rather different from those of many of his fellow-sojourners." In 1851-52 he was a surgeon in the East India Company's navy and participated in the mutiny of 1857 Smith American Travellers Abroad P11. Rudd and Carleton hardcover books
1988006538Prague: State Jewish Museum in Prague 1988. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong quarto 4to. Approximately 90 pages of text. Stapled paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. Illustrated with 77 black & white photographs of her paintings drawings collage and manuscripts. An extremely well designed exhibition catalogue; aesthetically pleasing logically arranged and informative with excerpts from numerous memoirs of those who knew the artist well. Includes a detailed list of the works on exhibit a bibliography of sources and a list of her previous exhibitions. State Jewish Museum in Prague Paperback books
19422221765<p>First edition. 11 1/4" x 8". 58 historical illustrations. Original green cloth over green star pattern boards. No dust jacket. Very good slight bumping to corners. 375 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>One of 500 copies.</p><p>Grabhorn 372.</p><p>Howes P308.</p> The Grabhorn Press hardcover books
