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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
188631608St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co. 1886. First edition. Pebbled blue limp cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 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 foot of backstrip their stamp on titlegift inscription on free front endpaper. 74 pp. 12mo. Pioneer Press Co. hardcover books
189937639Sacramento 1899. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine and cover. Moderate shelfwear to spine and boards rubbing to board edges. RFEP torn on upper corner. A VG copy. 447 4 blank pp. Frontis fold out map. Inserted plates as well as intratextual illustrations. 9-1/4" x 6" <br/><br/> hardcover books
2006287321Buffalo: William S. Hein 2006. hardcover. very good. 8vo red cloth. Buffalo: William S. Hein 2006. Very good<br/><br/> Reprint of the Washington 1929 edition<br/><br/> William S. Hein unknown 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
1858002420New York: Carlton & Porter 1858. Very Good hinges starting endpages foxed leather worn at tips. Bound in 3/4 blue cloth with blue leather at corners of boards and decorative leather at spine. Contents are clean tiight and unmarked. . First Edition. Buckram Spine and 3/4 Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Large 8vo. Carlton & Porter 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
1898157671898. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Privately printed no place of publication given. 12mo. 108 pp 16 photographic plates. One of 500 copies signed by the author this one also inscribed by the dedicatee Robert D. McGonagle who is the second of the titular "Two Men." Original textured brown boards stamped in gilt. Minimal external wear but some light foxing. Narrative of western travel primarily California but also Mexico Arizona and Nevada. hardcover 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
2008004705Gloucestershire UK: The History Press 2008. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on his letterhead stationery -"Jim ! Here's a rarity- a 2nd Edition. Genuine - some new photos & about 50 changes to the text. You will find yourself immortalised. Roger 19/XI 08". Additionally SIGNED by author on title page. Fine in Fine dustjacket. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Presentation Copy. The History Press Hardcover books
1967005455New York: Random House 1967. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket faint corner crease bottom corner rear flap. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
1906002437Indianapolis IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1906. Near Fine small sticker shadow front wrapper and a bit of paper loss at base of spine pages are uncut and contents are Very Fine. Vol IV Number 1 of the Indiana Historical Society Publicatione. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Paperback books
192821650Los Angeles: Southern California Academy of Sciences 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 212 pp with illustrations from photographs folding map. Corners lightly bumped else a fine copy in the original dust jacket which has one small tear to the rear panel. Publisher's prospectus or advertising circular for the book laid in. According to the jacket "this book completely refutes the predictions of Professor Bailey Willis that Los Angeles is about to be destroyed by earthquakes. It proves that this area is not only free from the probability of severe seismic disturbances but as the least to fear from "Acts of God" of any city under the American flag." Hmm. Southern California Academy of Sciences hardcover books
19389833Albany: The Historical Records Survey 1938. 4to. 2 iv 2 1 blank 85 1 blank pp. <br><br>Original edition not the modern reprint. Bibliography of historical materials prepared by workers of the Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration. No. 6 of the New York State series. Original printed wrappers soiled; front wrapper torn at inner edge with small loss of paper. Remnants of cloth tape along spine. The Historical Records Survey hardcover books
19399834Albany: Works Progress Administration Historical Records Survey 1939. 4to. 2 iv 2 1 blank 84 pp. <br><br>Original edition not the modern reprint. Bibliography of historical materials prepared by workers of the Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration. No. 7 of the New York State series. Original printed wrappers much stained and soiled; front wrapper torn at inner edge with small loss of paper. Remnants of cloth tape along inner edge of back wrapper. Works Progress Administration Historical Records Survey hardcover books
20549NP ND but ca. 1902. 7 x 10 inches 23 1 pp. in attractive illustrated wrappers. Upper corners of front wrap are chipped and spine is partly split. Good. Illustrated promotional booklet with most text reprinted from the September 1902 issue of Sunset Magazine. A preliminary page describes the attractions of the city of Paso Robles and the Hotel El Paso and touts the "curative properties of the hot sulphur springs and mud baths" which "are known from one end of the country to the other." There are also four pages of testimonials to those same curative properties and the obligatory chemical analysis of the spring waters. unknown books
1907006866Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1907. Very Good Plus light rubbing at edges of boards. SCARCE. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bobbs-Merrill Hardcover books
187213874Indianapolis 1872. 4pp Disbound with some loosening caption title as issued. Printed in double columns. Good. An exposure of profligacy and corruption by Indiana's Democratic Party and its administration of the State. "It is safe to say that there is not much in the State Treasurer's head when he shakes it unless it be the recollection of" various financial crimes committed by his Democratic colleagues. unknown books
1903006748New York: Henry Malkan 1903. Very Good Plus in original green cloth gilt titles and Indian basket front cover boards rubbed at corner edges light soiling prior owner name stamp front paste down period school stamps title page and rear paste down. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Malkan Hardcover books
10364<p>ca. 1920. 4 PANEL BROCHURE; 15 B/W PHOTOGRAPHS. VERY GOOD.</p> unknown books
