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185410086Boston & Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Company & Jewett Proctor and Washington. Fair. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. WITHOUT MAP. 356pp.; 12mo; original brown cloth spine lettered & decorated in gilt. Wear with loss to spine ends; spine gilt dulled; front endpaper partially glued to pastedown showing stains a booksellers handstamp; couple of signatures sprung but binding othwerwise firm. Decent working copy. According to the Preface: In April 1853 the author proceeded to California as the commercial agent of several extensive mercantile houses in New York city. In the discharge of his commission he visited the principal cities and villages of the state . . . He also traversed various parts of the mining regions and sojourned with the miners." Also gives a description of San Francisco and its lurid side. Kurutz: 116; Cowan II p. 104 . John P. Jewett & Company & Jewett Proctor and Washington hardcover
18870009741Chicago: Rand McNally 1887. First edition. stapled wrappers. Fair. Quarto 68 pages lacks rear cover. lacks spine. <br/><br/>Includes images of maps depots railroad stations Fort Dearborn river views burnt ruins from the Great Chicago Fire Exposition Building parks fountains street views monuments plans of water supply system post office Armory court house jail city hall stock yards schools colleges churches Foundlings Home hospital cemeteries private clubs theaters music hall insurance buildings Pullman Building bank interior and residences. Includes 27 p. of advertisements in addition to advertisements on insides of both front and back covers and on back cover.Includes map of central Chicago on page opposite inside back cover and a map of the Calumet Manufacturing District. Rand McNally unknown
189217387Chester PA: Self Published Press of the Delaware County Republican. Very Good. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Original 1/2 leather over clean green cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine & front cover. xxviii 442pp. Decorated endpapers. Portrait frontispiece. Inscribed by author. Includes a biographical sketch of the Clayton family & full-page plate with the Coat of Arms. The series of letters were originally published in newspapers as the author travelled starting in 1869 1873 1888-1891. Spine ends rubbed. Front hinge starting 1" bottom & 1/2" top with cover firmly attached. Western Europe Africa Caribbean Genealogy. ; 8vo; 442 pages; Signed by Author . Self Published (Press of the Delaware County Republican) hardcover
18704845Boston: Fields Osgood & Co. 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 16mo green cloth cracking hinges <br/><br/>Coffin was a war correspondent in the Civil War and was called "the Ernie Pyle of his era". Most of his post-war books were historical fiction but this details his travel by train - especiallly the Northern Pacific R.R. - from Chicago up the Mississippi to Duluth then across to Portland. Large folding map in rear pocket. Woodcuts. Fields, Osgood, & Co. hardcover
188331607n.p.: Collins Printer 1883. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on front board. 24 1 pp. 12mo. OCLC shows only two copies of the Song Book: Hayes Pres. Lib. U.S. Army Milt. Hist. Inst. Collins, Printer hardcover
188331607n.p.: Collins Printer 1883. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown shelf sticker on front board. 24 1 pp. 12mo. OCLC shows only two copies of the Song Book: Hayes Pres. Lib. U.S. Army Milt. Hist. Inst. Collins, Printer hardcover books
1850040571s.l.: s.n. 1850. Original document. Very Good. Engraved map colored by hand in pink green and yellow; mounted on canvas in panels for folding. Opens to 15" x 24". Folds to 7.5" x 4". Trace of light wear at folds still in sound condition. Shows rivers railroads major property owners etc. Printed in an upper corner is an Oxford Centre Business Directory keyed to the map. Entries include: Sanford S.P. Dealers in Dry Goods Groceries Hardware Drugs Hats Caps Boots Shoes Liquors &c.; Henry Lum Resident; G.R. Baldwin Mason; O.C. Buckingham Butcher; Alfred Harger County Surveyor; RS Hinman Principal Boarding School for Boys; Horace Hinman Mfr. of All Kinds of Ladies Kid Button Boots Batmorals also Gaiters of Cloth Morocco &c.; etc. etc. s.n. unknown
1894002434Indianapolis IN: The Bowen-Merrill Co. 1894. SCARCE and early publication of the Indiana Historical Society. Very Good in grey printed wrappers wrappers chipped at spine tips and along edges sticker stain front wrapper. Pages are uncut and in excellent condition. 28 pages. Volume II Number 10. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. The Bowen-Merrill Co. Paperback books
18972962Harbor Springs MI: Holy Childhood Indian School 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xvi 516 pp with frontispiece map illustrations index. General wear to boards both hinges starting bookplate of Edward Dean Lyman on front pastedown; contents clean. Handwritten sheet tipped in on p. 454 noting that all pages are present but some are "arranged incorrectly" that is bound in the wrong order. Cowan I p. 79: "The most complete work upon the colonization and evangelization of California by the Franciscans." Graff 1250; Howes E-153. Holy Childhood Indian School hardcover
18972962Harbor Springs MI: Holy Childhood Indian School 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xvi 516 pp with frontispiece map illustrations index. General wear to boards both hinges starting bookplate of Edward Dean Lyman on front pastedown; contents clean. Handwritten sheet tipped in on p. 454 noting that all pages are present but some are "arranged incorrectly" that is bound in the wrong order. Holy Childhood Indian School hardcover books
18820007631Chicago: Fergus Printing 1882. First Collected edition. printed wrappers. Fine. 12mo 208 pages as new folded but never sewn. <br/><br/>Fergus Historical Series no.18. Includes William Mosley Hall's speech "A National Railroad to the Pacific" the first speech promoting a trans-continental railroad for America. Illinois Congressman Abraham Lincoln was a delegate to this Convention: his brief speech there was his first before a nationwide platform - and it caught the ear and mind of Horace Greely also a delegate that this Lincoln was an up-and-comer. see Howes C371; Gutter Between the Waters and the Wind 14. Fergus Printing unknown
1882DEMO016530IChicago: Fergus Printing 1882. First Collected edition . Flexible covers. Very Good. 12mo208 pages untrimmed wrappers 1 short tear else fresh <br/><br/>Fergus Historical Series no.18. Includes William Mosley Hall's speech "A National Railroad to the Pacific" the first on this subject Chicagoans focussed on getting support for the Illinois & Michigan Canal which would tie together the western waters of the Great Lakes with the great inland navigable rivers. "The meeting of that Convention raised the value of the Chicago property at once and was the starting point of its unheard of prosperity - Wm. M. Hall Commissioner." This is a much expanded annotated and indexed treatment of the original 1847 publication. This convention caused Abraham Lincoln's first visit to Chicago which he addressed on two occasions in its 3 days. see Howes C371; Gutter Between the Waters and the Wind 14. Fergus Printing unknown
1879A50432Nashville TN: Southern Methodist Publishing House. Very Good. 1879. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping rubbing and beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name and address on the front endpaper. "Oscar Penn Fitzgerald August 24 1829 August 5 1911 was a Methodist clergyman journalist and educator. He served as California Superintendent of Public Instruction 18671871 and was elected a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1890." "In 1867 Fitzgerald was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of California serving in this position for four years. During his administration he was instrumental in the establishment of an institution that has since become the University of California Berkeley. The State Normal School was permanently located and equipped at this time as well. Various reforms were made in California education and great advancement was realized in the same. During this period Fitzgerald also offered himself for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. Senate. He was also a Regent of the University of California for four years and the Chairman of the Committee on Instruction. " from Wikipedia . Southern Methodist Publishing House hardcover
1895005274Indianapolis IN: State of Indiana 1895. SCARCE. Very Good in the original brown cloth with gilt title front boards. Boards rubbed prior owner name front end page. 314 pp. index. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. State of Indiana Hardcover books
1897298633Chicago IL 1897. 6 ½†x 4 ½†black leather w/ gold type on cover. Cover in poor condition with leather of spine loose coming off of front cover and gone from back cover. Pages of interior are excellent. Charter membership and bylaws of organization named for the peace pipe pictured on front cover and inside with multiple chapters throughout North America.~~Members of the Southside social club organized in 1878 enjoyed the grand surroundings of the 4-story building at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Twentieth Street. The club was destroyed by a fire in 1893 and rebuilt around the publication of this volume. The Chicago Calumet Club disbanded in 1915.~. Chicago, IL unknown
1900037020Fort Scott Kansas: Monitor Printing Co 1900. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Leatherette. Very Good. 145pp; frontispiece portrait of author other full-page portraits and views from photographs. Bound in grained leatherette gilt cover title; tail of spine chipped. 6.25" x 4.25" Written on the front endpaper: "Presentation copy from Eugene Ware" historian and author. Howes U.S.iana G240. Decker 24:174--".a chatty and informative work describing the vicinity of Ft. Scott during the days of the Jayhawkers and Border Ruffians." This is an expanded version of the 1899 first edition. Socolofsky & Dean Kansas Bibliography 3557. Monitor Printing Co unknown
18962051Oakland CA: Jacob Wright Harlan 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. 242 pp with frontispiece decorative endpapers. Original brown cloth with decoration in gilt and black. Small ownership label on front pastedown light general wear to exterior front hinge a bit wobbly; else sound and clean. No dust jacket. Second edition. Personal account of Gold Rush California. Harlan opines in the introduction that "every fact relating to the early settlement of California should be recorded and treasured up; in fact that it is the duty of every pioneer to put in writing his early California experience." Cowan 264-5: "The author came by the overland route as a member of the Boggs-Moran party and upon his arrival joined Fremont's battalion." Jacob Wright Harlan hardcover books
189912350NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. The exlib marks have been thoroughly & carefully removed. The spine is very slightly faded and the covers are very slightly soiled. Tight & clean internally although the upper 1 1/2" of the rear endpaper is missing. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1859042183Raleigh: Holden & Wilson "Standard" Office 1859. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo. 50 pages. Soft cover bound in original brown printed wrappers. Moderate wear to the binding which has some stains spots on the front and rear wrappers. The binding is quite sound and sturdy. The text is clean. A nice copy in the original wrappers. There is a pencil signature at the top of the front cover ofe "I. A. Jarrett." We believe that this is Isaac Augustus Jarrett of Huntsville and Fayetteville North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1861. In the Civil War he served as Captain of Company C 26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. The pamphlet is housed in a removable plastic sleeve with a board backing. William Hooper 1792-1876 was a teacher and pastor from Hillsborough N.C. His father William Hooper Sr. was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The younger Hooper entered the University of North Carolina's prep school in 1804 and he received his B.A. in 1809 and his M.A. in 1812. He went on to study at Princeton. He had started tutoring at UNC in 1810 and he continued to teach in various capacities until 1837. In this pamphlet Hooper relates many memories of his early days in Chapel Hill and this was one of the sources liberally used by Kemp Plummer Battle in his history of the University. Rare First Edition. Much scarcer than the Confederate printing from a couple of years later. <br/> <br/> Holden & Wilson, "Standard" Office paperback
18770008298Chicago: H. F. Kett & Co. 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo vi 19- 672 pages modern cloth top cover titling from the original binding in place. Uncommon. <br/><br/>The first county history of Winnebago County Buck 1148 . 31 lithographic portraits. Civil War records. Rockford Roscoe and other cities and towns. H. F. Kett & Co. hardcover
18130399181813. Original manuscript. Very Good. One page folio written in sepia ink. Sheriff's bond in the "penal sum of fifty six Dollars & seventy-five Cents with Interest thereon from the Twenty second day of March 1809 for the true payment whereof we do bind our selves and each of our heirs.This Third Day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & Thirteen." Written below in another hand is an order for William Huff to "appear before the Judges of our Court of Common pleas at Brookville on the first Day of their term in this present Month of August." to enter a plea to vacate the bond. Signed by William Huff and Patrick McCarty Attested by David Richardson. 12.75" x 7.5". Original folds. Franklin County Indiana Territory was formed in 1811 with Brookville as the county seat. Early settlers Primitive Baptists had built a log church there in 1805. Patrick McCarty "apparently came to Indiana in 1806 when he had a land entry in Franklin Co IN. He was in the 1807 census in Dearborn Co IN. He was received as a member of Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Franklin Co IN and was foreman of a jury in Franklin Co IN in June 1811." Findagrave.com Sheriff Robert Hanna 1786-1858 " is best known as one of the forty-three delegates to the 1816 Indiana Constitutional Convention and Indiana's third U.S. Senator after it achieved statehood in 1816. A native of Laurens District South Carolina he settled in the Indiana Territory shortly after it was established in 1800 and began his long career as a public servant in Brookville Indiana. Hanna served as the first Franklin County sheriff 1809–20." Wikipedia. unknown
1891024794Philadelphia PA: Geological Survey of Pennsylvania 1891. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG/none used this item consist of 5 cross section sheets maps across that part of Wyoming basin Luzerne lackawanna Wayne and Susquehanna Counties embraced inNorthern Field Mine Sheets Nos. VI VII and VIII and X-XXIV. Scale 400 feet to 1 inch Sheets are all enclosed in a hard cover ribbon tied binder <br/> <br/> Geological Survey of Pennsylvania hardcover
1891002246Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1891. SCARCE. Very Good wrappers evenly soiled 1" paper loss at head of spine to wrappers sticker shadow front wrapper "State Historical Society of Wisconsin" blindstamp front wrapper and title page and library call number "977.2" in ink top edge front wrapper and again on small sticker bottom edge of front wrapper. NO other libray markings. Indiana Historical Society Publications Vol. II No. 6. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
18860008337Boston: Geo. H. Ellis 1886. Enlarged edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 496 pages original blue cloth nicely repaired with similar cloth cracking rear hinge untrimmed fore and bottom edges. X-library with no numerals on spine emboss on title-page and withdrawn stamp. Scarce. <br/><br/>Mrs. Susan Lyman of Northampton Mass. married J. Peter Lesley the State Geologist of Pennsylvania and President of the American Institute for the Advancement of Science. Susan was the daughter of Judge Joseph Lyman of Northampton. The first printing of this memoir was limited to only 100 copies and titled MEMOIRS OF MRS. ANNE J. LYMAN in 1876. This edition was re-titled RECOLLECTIONS OF MY MOTHER: it omits some letters from the first edition but includes anecdotes and letters new to this edition. These are extensive New England memoirs concentrated on Northampton Mass. The Illustrations include an actual mounted photograph of a painted portrait of Judge Lyman. Includes correspondence from Ralph Waldo Emerson Myerson D97 q.v. Lydia Maria Child Austin Flint as well as many family members. Geo. H. Ellis hardcover
18906650N.Y.: John W. Lovell Co. c 1890. Very Good. 1890. Hardcover. 8vo; brown cloth spines lettered in gilt. Gift inscription front endpapers: "To Wm. Cade from his daughters Christmas 1891 Milwaukee Wis." Volume one with snag top of spine otherwise very light wear - solid condition. . John W. Lovell Co. [c 1890] hardcover
