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1930008761Chicago: Everyday Mechanics Publications Inc. 1930. SCARCE> Three issues from Vol. 2 Nos. 5 6. and 8 including the November issue featuring a space ship on the front cover and article on space flight by Hugo Gernsback the "Father of the Pulp". Near Fine. some light soiling to covers. Everyday Mechanics was published by Gernsback starting in 1929 and changed to Everyday Science and Mechanics as of the October 1931 issue. . First Edition. Magazine. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Everyday Mechanics Publications, Inc. Paperback books
1845008913Charleston SC: Babcock & Co. 1845. SCARCE Confederate States of Americas Association Copy bearing the small bookplate and 2 signatures of William Cabell Rives May 4 1793 - April 25 1868 a member of the First Families of Virginia who served in the U.S. House and Senate and two separate terms as U.S. Minister to France. He later served in the Provisional Confederate Congress from 1861 to 1862 and the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865. Very Good professionally rebacked with spine laid over with some loss of gilt decorations and gilt lettering dulled prior owner bookplate and inscriptions front and rear end pages tipped in photograph of a George Washington statue at rear end pages some marginal pencil notations by the latter owner and an extended biographical manuscript inscription about Rives taken from p. 37 of "The Plantation South" at 2nd. front end page. Moderate toning large fold-out map of Virginia Near Fine with small tear at right edge. A fascinating copy of a SCARCE Virginia history. . First Edition. Embossed Leather . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Babcock & Co. Hardcover books
1890008491Columbus Ohio: Copyright W. H. Fisher G.P and T.A./ Printed by the Ohio State Journal 1890. First Edition 1890. Illustrated by W. H. Mullay. Oblong 8vo original printed wrappers printed on coated white paper tied with white string replacing original brown ribbon with buckeye attached. 10 unnumbered leaves. Each leaf contains one verse of Riley's poem in black and illustrations and part of the story "Tale of a Million" not by Riley in purple. BAL 16567. Russo pages 152-153. Very Good top left corner each leaf with triangular loss of the white coated paper leaving the underlying brown paper showing only affecting the edges of a few of the illustrations which appear to be hand-redrawn. RARE. A single copy at auction 1935 another copy as part of a large collection at auction in 1947.OCLC notes 6 library holdings. . First Printing. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Copyright W. H. Fisher, G.P and T.A./ Printed by the Ohio State Journal Paperback books
1882194111882. First Edition. Privately printed with date of 1881 on title page but actually published in 1882. 6 x 8.75 inches pp. viii 376 in original black cloth stamped in blind with gilt lettering on spine. Moderate edgewear to boards smudging/light soiling on some page margins small hole in front free endpaper; else very good. Zamorano 80 #75. Gary Kurutz writes in the Dorothy Sloan Zamorano 80 Catalogue: Tyler's narrative has long been considered the authoritative work on this heroic battalion of Mormon volunteers. The battalion numbering about 500 men was organized at Council Bluffs Iowa in July 1846.After reaching Santa Fe they headed to California following the Gila River. They experienced as reflected in Tylers vividly written account a journey filled with unbelieveable hardship. Thirst starvation heat and freezing cold were their constant companions." The reached San Diego in January 1847 and though they never saw combat they "established Fort Moore in Los Angeles and strengthened the American hold on California.In addition to telling the story of the trek west Tyler provides and important overview of the bitter rivalry between Stephen Watts Kearny and John C. Fremont for political control of newly conquered California; life in the pueblos of San Diego and Los Angeles; the return journey to Salt Lake City; and the role of several 'Battalion Boys' who were at Sutter's Mill on that fateful January 1848 morning when John Marshall discovered gold." Howes T-447; Cowan p. 648; Flake 9063; Graff 4226; Streeter 2314. hardcover books
1902007175Rochester New York: Chase Brothers Company 1902. With 47 glorious color lithographs by Stecher Lithographic Company of Rochester "the pioneer firm in this line with experience of forty years" and numerous black and white photographs. 102 pp. Very Good in original green string-tied wrappers wrappers rubbed and with corner creases 1" paper loss to wrappers at base of spine 6 lithos with 1" horizontal tears at fore edge. Chase Brothers Company New England Nurseries was established in 1857 incorporated in 1887. . First Edition. String Tied. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Stecher Lithographic Company. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Chase Brothers Company Paperback books
1880008483Cincinnati Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company 1880. Two thick quarto volumes arranged by congressional district and paged separately. SCARCE in commerce as the complete set. Very Good in original pebbled calf with decorative embossing white moire silk end papers all edges gilt numerous engraved portraits with tissue guards. Very Good rubbed at edges and corners corners bumped scattered foxing associated mainly with tissue guards. A quite handsome set that will require extra postage for priority and international mail. . First Edition. Pebbled Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Western Biographical Publishing Company Hardcover books
1878007887Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1878. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "With regards of the author Henry Carrington". Very Good in original blue cloth stamped in gilt front cover with decoration of Native American war chief gilt lettering and rules at spine cloth rubbed at spine ends spine a bit sunned front hinge starting. rear fold-out map #1 with 3" horizontal tear and small tears at fold edges fold-out map #2 Fine. A classic of Western Americana. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fourth Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J. B. Lippincott & Co. Hardcover books
1932007155New York: Time Inc. 1932. Three volumes each containing 3 issues complete with covers Vol. 5 Jan.-Mar.; Vol. 5 Apr.-Jun.; and Vol. 6 Oct.-Dec. 1932. A total of 9 issues including the March issue with the stunning Diego Rivera cover and the December issue with the 4 page insert advertising the classic film "Grand Hotel" starring Greta Garbo John Barrymore and Joan Crawford. Each volume bound in quarter leather over cloth boards gilt titles and rules the binding Very Good leather rubbed and splitting at spine ends and corners. The magazines are all Fine. This oversize 3 volume set is quite heavy; please select media mail only and no international shipping. . First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Time Inc. Hardcover books
006778Pleasant Hill MO: Little & Sprague No Date circa 1869 what is now called the Hannibal Bridge saw construction begin in 1867 and finish in 1869. Titled "Kansas City Railroad and Carriage Bridge" under photo "Little & Sprague Pleasant Hill MO" right margin in fine print under left side of photo "Total Length 1395 Feet" and :"PACAN & WINANS illegible" under right side of photo. Verso appears to have a map in faint pencil of the area of the bridge. Very Good dark spot to margin left edge. . Cartes-de-Visite . Very Good. 2 1/2" x 4". Little & Sprague Paperback books
186337344Belair Maryland 1863. Neat ink manuscript. 4pp on a sheet folded to 6-78" x 8." Very Good.<br/><br/> Maryland -- like her sister Border States of Delaware Missouri and Kentucky-- was a Slave State whose government remained loyal to the Union during the War. But each of those States contained many Confederate sympathizers. President Lincoln's policy was to suspend Habeas Corpus and subject such persons to military arrest and imprisonment generally without charging them or granting them access to the normal incidents of due process. One such unfortunate Robert W. Newman is the subject of this letter from an associate known only as "Mary." Newman was Principal of Maryland's Harford Academy. "His arrest took place at Belair near Baltimore in the latter part of June 1863 and was made by Lieutenant Offley at the head of a detachment of Delaware cavalry stationed in Baltimore and commanded by the notorious Colonel Fish then acting as Provost Marshal of the City." Marshall AMERICAN BASTILLE. A HISTORY OF THE ILLEGAL ARRESTS AND IMPRISONMENT OF AMERICAN CITIZENS DURING THE LATE CIVIL 621-623. Philadelphia: 1870. After about a month's imprisonment he was released without charges. We have been unable definitively to identify Mary. From context she was a close associate-- a relative close friend possibly even his wife. Her Letter reads in full capitalizations are underlined in the original:<br/><br/> "Belair July 15 /63. Dear Mother Brothers & Sisters<br/> "This is a gloomy Sabbath morning to me I can assure you; it will be a week tomorrow morning since Mr. Newman was taken PRISONER with another gentleman of this village and CONFINED in the COUNTY JAIL; no charge was preferred against them; they were arrested by a detachment of the 1st Delaware regiment. The officer who arrested them said he was acting under orders from a superior officer from the war department. They were kept in jail from Monday till Thursday. The officer told me they must go before the provost marshall and have a hearing. Then we would know why they were arrested. I have anxiously looked every day since they were taken from here for an account of their appearance before the provost marshall but have heard no tidings of them. I shall probably know something of their whereabouts before long but I thought it not best to delay writing you any longer as you must be anxious to hear from me surrounded as I am with such commotion. For the last four days we have heard the roar of cannon on the battle field. Our little village is desolate. Many of the men have fled since the arrests fearing a like fate. This whole country is in a state of the WILDEST EXCITEMENT.<br/> "There is no Service in any of the churches in Belair today. The FUNERAL PALL has settled upon our very homes. Who can describe the SADNESS that broods over our land TODAY. <br/> "I have about two thousand dollars worth of property here to take care of so I cannot leave NOW under any circumstances. Mr. Newman's friends will never let me suffer. Mr. Newman MAY BE released in a short time but I think it MORE PROBABLE he will be sent South or to a distant fort. If Mr. Newman is taken from us by death or imprisonment for a long period or is sent South and goes into the army you all know I shall never settle myself here. I shall endeavor to wait patiently for the future to be revealed and at the same time thank my Heavenly father that he has given me strength of body and mind to endure my trials. I have felt stronger since Mr. Newman's imprisonment than I have before for several months. It is of course nervous excitement. I am taking medicine under the doctor's instruction. I take a glass of wine every day at dinner.<br/> "I read Phebe's letter-- glad you are all getting along so well. Write as soon as you get this that I may hear from you Saturday. You dont know how DESOLATE I am- dont fail to write.<br/> "Yours in affliction-- Mary unknown books
189941810Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford Co. State Printers 1899. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles stamped in blind string tied. Maps very good with small splits at corner folds colors bright in very good portfolio with small soiled spot on front and some sunning to spine. 1 colored map on 2 joined sheets 102 x 121 cm. Each map is 32 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches. Issued in portfolio 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches with cover title: Map of the Catskill Preserve. Engraved by J.Y. McClintock and W.L. Lawton. Over four feet if joined scale is 1 inch to 2 miles. Shows patents lots names of landowners and town boundaries subdivided into tracts. Shows street names and railroads. Compiled from "Official Maps and Field Notes on file in the State Departments at Albany N.Y. by Authority of the Fisheries Game and Forest Commission." The first meeting of the Forest Preserve Commission was held on September 23 1885 and a tabulation of the state ownership did not exist yet; in 1892 the State provided $250 the Forest Commission "for completing the public path leading to the summit of Slide mountain Ulster County included within the preserve." and in a 1893 budget bill Chapter 726 the State provided $1000 "For the expenses of examination of title and survey of lands owned by the state on Slide Mountain in Ulster County and other parts of the Catskills." which lead to the creation of this first map of the Catskill Forest Preserve. Quite detailed and in remarkably good condition. Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford Co. State Printers hardcover books
008610Danville Illinois: Freese Boener & Co. Printers No Date circa 1910-1920. A blank complimentary notebook rendered unique and charming by a series of anonymous Folk Art pencil drawings 14 in all of primarily African-American figures. Some drawings are captioned and seem to be telling a story- -Where Is the Boy Here I Am Testing a Melon The Suspected Man The Weather Prophet Brother Gardener Declines Elder Toots Denies Hank Was Watching and Going Over to Sims" the latter 2 featuring men with guns. The notebook reads "Complimenst of Hancock & Briner dealers in Dry Goods Gents' Pants Hats Caps Boots Shoes and General Merchandise. Veedersburg Ind. Freese Boener & Co. Printers Danville Ill." front cover and "We present you with this book and making 'Fair Dealing and Low Prices' our motto we earnestly solicit a share of your patronage. Call and see us. Hancock & Briner Veedersburg Ind.". 3 pages have numbers and figures one page with the names "Miss Susie Miss Kim Miss Claypool". Very Good light soiling. As another dealer has put it "vintage children's art especially of an African American child are more than scarce". Pamphlet. Very Good. 4 7/8" x 2 1/4" . Freese, Boener & Co. Printers Paperback books
187046512n. p.: Published by the Authority of the Legislature 1870. First edition 2nd printing Currey & Kruska 61; Farquhar 7c. A handsome volume bound in luxurious deep maroon full leather gilt stamped title lettering to spine blue marbled eps. Complimentary maroon cloth slipcase. Binding shows little wear as does slipcase Nr Fine. Text-block with some occasional blemishes & smudges Very Good. Map with some soiling age-toning occasional split along a fold Very Good. vii 8 - 155 1 blank pp. Folded map untinted of Yosemite Valley a first printing map without the "Julius Bien NY" imprint in pocket at rear. Lacking 2nd map. Royal 8vo. 9-1/2" x 7" <br/><br/>Regarding this edition C&K state "Stereotyped from the plates used for the first edition first printing." Published by the Authority of the Legislature hardcover books
186258422Augusta: March 21 1862. Folio approx. 12" x 9¾" in ink throughout with occasional flourishes in red pen and with a green wax seal depicting 2 settlers a pine tree and a moose laid down over a diecut red and white paper backing and 3 silk ribbons 1 green and 2 white; previous folds mild dampstaining along one fold and 2 or 3 minor breaks at the intersections o fthe folds; all else very good and attractive. A line for the signature of the governor is not signed but that of Hall as Secretary of State is. Docketed on the verso in pencil: "J. A. Milliken / Commissioner / 1862." James Augustus Milliken was born Oct. 1 1816 and died in 1899. As a commissioner he was charged with reporting to the Maine State Legislature on the condition of the said tribes and their claims upon the state by reason of treaties made with them and advising on their population their fund in the state treasury annuities in clothing provisions and money guaranteed to them by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts when they surrendered their lands to the Commonwealth and whose treaty obligations to them Maine had assumed. <br/><br/> March 21 hardcover books
185115464St. Louis: Jams R. Albach 1851. Second edition revised and enlarged thick 8vo pp. 818; bookplate of James J. Hill presentation from the son of the author inscribed "James J. Hill from Charles E. Perkins Oct. 25 1889"; full contemporary sheep morocco label on spine; top of spine chipped away joints tender perforated Hill Library stamp in title. Howes P231 showing this to be the fourth printing and noting that "Albach was the actual compiler" and Perkins the "competent editor." <br/><br/> Jams R. Albach unknown books
185419316New York: J.H. Colton & Co 1854. 16mo pp. 89 23 4; large folding hand-colored map of the region approx. 21" x 26"; one short split at one fold otherwise the map is generally in fine condition; original red cloth gilt stamped on upper cover extremities rubbed and the binding slightly stained front free flyleaf excised old pencil notes on rear flyleaf in German; pretty good copy. Howes S615. <br/><br/> J.H. Colton & Co hardcover books
185349719Mazatlan: imprenta del Gobierno a cargo de Luciano Sanches 1853. 8vo pp. 22 2; original white printed wrappers; near fine. An unrecorded Mazatlan imprint being a decree from the provisional governor against drunkenness possession of prohibited weapons prison escape premeditated homicide and robbery. Not in Palau; not in OCLC. <br/><br/> imprenta del Gobierno a cargo de Luciano Sanches unknown books
19222222207<p>First edition first printing so stated. April 1922. Large octavo. Color frontispiece; 56 plates 8 are in color; foldout color map. 8 page foreword by George Wharton James. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in pink lavender light green and gilt with a scene of purple mountains and a green valley surrounded by lilies t.e.g. uncut; pictorial endpapers designed by M.C.M. Dust jacket unclipped; lightly toned. Enclosed in original publisher's box with two descriptive text labels. Rare thus. Fine. 371 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Box is toned. It has short crack and chip on leftside.</p> The Page Company hardcover books
197252136Minneapolis & Saint Paul: Ampersand Club 1972. A collection of approximately 125 Ampersand Club invitations ranging in size from large folio to 16mo all but a handful printed letterpress by such printers as: Jim Eckman Norm Fritzberg Phil Gallo Allan Kornblum Gerry Lange Paul Maravelas Russell Maret Paulette Myers-Rich Will Powers Dave Rathman Gaylord Schanilec Wilbur "Chip" Schilling Richard Stevens Emily Mason Strayer Michael Tarachow Emerson Wulling and certainly many others inviting Ampersanders to talks lectures and/or hostings by: the Hon. Governor Elmer L. Andersen Harriet Bart Betty Bright Clifford Burke Greg Campbell Steve Clay Pat Coleman Amanda Degener Scott Helmes Johathan E. Hill Jerry Farrell Maria Fredericks Rosemary Furtak Molly & John Harris Michael Hancher Bob Jackson Gunnar Kaldewey Daniel Kelm Stuart Klipper Abe Lerner Harry Lerner Austin McLean Jack Parker Robin Price Maggie Ragnow John & Rose Randle Jeff Rathermel Karen Runyon Dale Schwie Ken Storm Jr. Claire Van Vliet Jeff Weber Jody Williams as well as the aforementioned Gallo Powers Maravelas Maret Powers Rathman Schanilec Schilling and the rest of the gang. The Ampersand Club has a long tradition of providing letterpress invitations to its events which occur more or less monthly September through April and concluding with an annual dinner meeting in May. Tradition holds that printers print anonymously so the names of presses and printers are not included in the invitation copy. Over the years Gallo has printed no fewer than 50 a dozen or so are included here. In his notes for his own Hermetic Press archive Gallo notes: "The invitations tend toward the decorative this most particularly with the early ones when there was a camaraderie of competitiveness among the printers: Gerald Lange Michael Tarachow Norm Fritzberg Allan Kornblum and Gaylord Schanilec. Consequently these invitations display a wide range of handset foundry typefaces designed not only to be sparkling works but to spark typographic conversations." While this collection is a long way from being complete and many as yet undetermined as to printer or press this offering of 125 is by far the largest group of such invitations ever to come on the market. <br/><br/> Ampersand Club unknown books
185721532St. Anthony: William W. Wales Bookseller and Publisher; Minneapolis: Thomas Hale Williams 1857. Only edition 12mo pp. 32 4 ads; full-p. map of Lake Minnetonka 7 wood-engraved illustrations in the text 5 full-p.; 1" x 2" chip to corner of upper wrapper otherwise a near fine copy in original printed wrappers. Printed in New York by Daniel Ader 211 Center St. A wonderful little early guide to the city of what is now collectively Minneapolis touting the business climate and commercial opportunities quality of education future prospects etc. together with a historical sketch of the metropolis. The publisher William Wales was the first Quaker to settle in Minnesota and induced others of the sect to emigrate here. He was active in the Quaker community and was a bookseller and stationer in St. Anthony. Thomas Hale Williams also of Minneapolis was the founder of the Minneapolis Athenaeum in 1859 "which finally became part of the Minneapolis Public Library where he served twenty years as librarian treasurer and director without compensation. He called a meeting of librarians in Philadelphia in 1876 at which the American Library Association was formed" Upham & Dunlap Minnesota Biographies. Howes S22 erroneously calling for an errata slip; Sabin 74998. <br/><br/> William W. Wales, Bookseller and Publisher; Minneapolis: Thomas Hale Williams unknown books
191744887Minneapolis: The Civic Commission 1917. First and only printing of one of the greatest city plans printed in America limited to 1000 copies this copy is #398; large 4to xv 1 227 1; nearly 200 illustrations throughout some in color some duotone some double page some folding all from architect's drawings and renderings and contemporary sources plus 2 large folding maps; bookplate on front pastedown early owner's name on front free endpaper stains from binding glue on endpapers at hinges a near fine copy in original red cloth gilt t.e.g; A futuristic look at Minneapolis part of which was actually completed. <br/><br/> The Civic Commission hardcover books
192127323St. Paul: Minnesota Hist. Soc 1921. First edition limited to 200 copies signed by the author in vols. 1-3; vol. 4 published posthumously is signed by Buck; 4 vols. 8vo plates and maps some folding; later 3/4 maroon calf in imitation of the original binding t.e.g.; a very good to near fine set. Arguably the best history of the state very highly regarded. This limited edition contains illustrations not included in the trade edition 1922-30. <br/><br/> Minnesota Hist. Soc unknown books
17993745Philadelphia: Pr. for the House of Representatives 1799. 8vo 20.1 cm 7.9". 123 1 blank pp. <br><br>with Message from the President of the United States accompanying a report of the Secretary of State containing observations on some of the documents communicated by the President on the eighteenth instant. 21st January 1799. Philadelphia: John Ward Fenno 1799. 8vo. 2 45 3 2 blank pp.<br>Â Â Â Â President John Adams introduces both items; the first work consists primarily of the correspondence of Elbridge Gerry American envoy at Paris with Talleyrand prior to the former's recall from France. Evans assigns this to William Ross's press. The second piece is a report by the Secretary of State on developments following the transactions cited in the first. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â 18th: ESTC W026145; Evans 36551. 21st: ESTC W026008; Evans 36546. Recently attractively bound in quarter blue goat over blue cloth leather edges rolled in gilt; spine with gilt-stamped title place and date raised bands accented with gilt-stamped abstract floral design and straight and wavy rules. Title-page hinged on with long-fiber tissue outer margin repaired with same. Varying degrees of foxing with some leaves untouched some slightly spotted and some notably darkened. Pr. for the House of Representatives hardcover books
201955811Sherman Oaks CA: Ninja Press 2019. First edition limited to 70 signed and numbered copies large 8vo 11.75" x 7.50" pp. 24; hand set Walbaum type designed by Justus Erich Walbaum circa 1803 in Germany. Baker is used for the display designed by Russell Maret in Rome in 2010 and cast in metal by Ed Rayher in 2016. The text is printed letterpress on dampened Langley handmade in 1986 at the Barcham Green Hayle Mill an English paper mill long closed. Two watermarks can be seen throughout one of which includes the date. The cover is persimmon-washed Belgian flax paper handmade at Cave Paper in Minneapolis Minnesota. The artwork consists of photographs by Carolee Campbell of selected details from the first in a series of large-scale two-fold wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec showing a flock of American White Pelicans Pelecanus erythrorhynchos taking off from the shore along Lake Pepin. The engravings are inserted into the 2015 Midnight Paper Sales publication Lac des Pleurs Report from Lake Pepin by Gaylord Schanilec. Both engravings and text were printed by Schanilec at his press in Stockholm Wisconsin. The photographs were executed in 2019 with permission especially for this edition of Departures. The photographs were printed digitally on Japanese Nyodo Kozo-shi using Epson UltraChrome K3 inks. The design presswork binding and photography are by Carolee Campbell at Ninja Press with the assistance of Farida Sunada in the bindery. Well known as a master of the wood engraving and fine press printer publishing under the imprint of Midnight Paper Sales with Departures Schanilec brings his particular poetic voice to the page in this inaugural volume of poems. <br/><br/> Ninja Press unknown books
19212222112<p>Second edition. Octavo. Three page introduction by George Wharton James. Original brick red pictorial cloth. Dust jacket unclipped; small chips. Fine fresh copy. 244 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Brininstool to Robert Kerman Oct. 2 1923: "Good old pard through the High Sierras Sept 2-13 1923. and a rattling good horse chaser where ropes burst and hobbles fail. Pass the Salt."</p><p>Pictorial binding and dust jacket were designed by Hernando G. Villa 1881-1952 a Los Angeles born artist and muralist.</p><p>Brininstool made revisions to the text for this second edition and also added new material.</p> Brininstool hardcover books
