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10626-8182052149Paperback. New. Book Condition is in New Paperback Original Edition. Shipped Same Day. We do not ship APO and FPO. Will be dispatched fast. Please send me an email if you have any questions. 100% Satisfaction. paperback
1893024544San Francisco: Charles C Hoag 1893. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8 1/4"x 5 3/4" x 1 3/8. Illustrated Ads Throughout. Xxx 358 Lxxxii. Blue Cloth Spine White Board Gilt Embossed. Full Of Ads Directories And Street Guides Some In Color Printed On Heavy Glossy Paper Blue Or White. Clean No Names Or Marks No Fraying To Cloth But Paper Covered Boards Beginning To Fray At Edges. Hinges Cracked But Binding Solid. This 1893 Edition Is Rare With No Worldcat Record Of An Institutional Holding Except For E-Books And Microform. <br/> <br/> Charles C Hoag hardcover
1927029044Denver: Moffat Tunnel Commission / Wahlgreen Publishing Company 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Plates Maps. Two Volumes#117 Of A Small Signed Limited Edition Here In The Deluxe Binding Of Full Black Morocco With Thick Brown Dust Jackets And Slipcase Box. Books Are Fine All Gilt Brilliant Contents Immaculate Tiny Traces Of Rubbing Just At Corners. Dust Jackets With All Gilt Still Brilliant Complete A Few Very Short Tears At Corners No Fading. With The Original Box Covered In Blue And White Marbled Paper Intact Light Wear No Staining With The Lid Worn At Edges And With One Short End Partially Detached But Holding By The Remaining Attached Side. <br/> <br/> Moffat Tunnel Commission / Wahlgreen Publishing Company hardcover
1880009828Wells PA: J. W. Beaman 1880. Book. Near Fine. Leather. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Folio ledger book bound in quarter polished calf over suede four raised bands with black morocco labels in gilt marbled end papers. 52 alphabet index pages followed by 525 numbered pages. With 4 pieces of ephemera laid in 3 receipts for J. W. Beaman and Beaman & Mosher and one receipt for Tioga & Elmira State Line Railroad Co. The Merchandise Co. receipts are printed Wells Pa. which is in Wells Township Bradford County Pennsylvania in the village of Mosherville formerly known as French Mills and Wells. before adopting the name Mosherville. Near Fine the first 6 pages with top corner shallow chips not affecting text. A quite handsome journal with multiple entries dated 1880-1884 on almost every page in black and red ink and pencil in lovely and legible handwriting. With hundreds of names an excellent genealogical source book for that time and place. J. W. Beaman Hardcover
18475622Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard 1847. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardcover 1st US g in contemporary 3/4 leather. Leather scraped on all edges chipping on spine; owner's name H.G. Norton Trenton N.J. on tp and ffep; also has ownership signature of the excellent novelist Frank O'Rourke. Text moderately foxed. Bookstore sticker on rear pastedown: Books Inc. San Francisco. This very scarce book has much on the latter days of the fur trade as the author was governor-in-chief of the Hudson's Bay Company's territories. He made his way across the continent from Boston to Vancouver; he travelled from there down the coast to SanFrancisco and reported on California in the early days of the gold rush. <br/> <br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover
a29565Albany 1816 39th session. first edition. Thick tall 4to. 707pp. index i-xx stringbound wraps. Fair initial and final pages very wrinkled chipped torn and worn; all pages edges of leaves frayed curled and worn; light toning and foxing throughout. Binding secure. no owner marks. Scarce. . paperback
2004050512-KWestminister Maryland U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 1st. Printing 2004 Purple cover Hardcover in the dust jacket 900 page book with black & white photo illustrations.This is a true first edition / first printing with the uncorrected final line in the Acknowledgments at the final line of the book saying " the failure of my life" which was later corrected to say "the failures of my life" in the next printings.This copy is signed by President Clinton in blue ink at the title page. Condition : Ex-Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Alfred a Knopf Inc Hardcover
1912MK022New York: The Century Co. 1912. Book. Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First printing custom-bound in dark blue 3/4 morocco dark blue ribbed cloth ruled in gilt spine panel with 5 raised bands lettered/decorated in gilt top text block edge in gilt swirl-marbled endpapers. 1st ptg.: Apr. 1912 matching dates no additional ptgs. indicated. Leather rubbed along joints and at corners with slight exposure to several with a few surface rubs to covers. x284 pp. Minimally ex-library with circulation pocket mounted inside back cover and "17201" stamped on copyright pg. beneath publication date no other marks or stamps. Text block edges typically a bit tanned with mild foxing generally limited to the pages adjacent to certain plates rather than to the plates themselves. All maps facing pp. 12 212 220 present and fully intact without tears or creases. The Century Co. Hardcover
1991003011Wolfe City Texas: Henington Publishing Company 1991. Fine condition. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright clean square and tight. Pages are fresh and crisp. Sharp corners. Has a built-in red silk ribbon marker. Photo illustrations throughout. Detailed genealogical info for the following settlers and their families: Richard Sutphin Van Wey Catherine Lord Samuel Dennis Roach James Milton Rives Charles Lawrence Orr Benjamin Franklin Forrester Ira Green Aurora Ellen Carlyle Amos Marney General Samuel Vance Rudolph Lehman Catherine Campbell Charles Bernard Smith John Ash John Minnis William Warren. Appendices: Census Enumerations. Addresses. Bibliography. Index. Note: This book is NOT returnable. Unfortunately this policy had to be put in force for genealogy books due to abuses by previous customers who would order a book photocopy the information of interest and then returned the book for a refund. If you only want to copy the info please contact a lending library. . First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's black leatherette/No Jacket probably as issued. 8vo. ix 664pp. . Henington Publishing Company Hardcover
1892016610Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company 1892. Very Good condition but for short tears at 3 or 4 of the map folds which have been neatly reinforced with archival tape on the blank side. SEE PHOTOS. A very attractive well preserved copy. 60 pages of text including brief information on 78 railroads a detailed 39-page index and ads for Rand McNally publications. Attached at the rear is a full color map that unfolds to 13'' wide by 21" tall. Bound in the publisher's tan-color stiff printed wraps. Cover title: Rand McNally & Co's Indexed County and Township Pocket Map and Shippers' Guide of New Jersey Showing in Detail the Entire Railroad System The Express Company Doing Business over Each Road and Accurately Locating All Cities Towns Post Offices Railroad Stations Villages Counties Islands Lakes Rivers etc Locating the Nearest Mailing Point of All Local Places; Designating Telegraph Stations Population is Given According to the Latest Official Census" i.e. 1890. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Stiff card covers. Very Good condition. 60 pages a full color fold-out map. Rand McNally & Company Paperback
201552136Minneapolis & Saint Paul: Ampersand Club 2015. 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. Ampersand Club unknown
191744887Minneapolis: The Civic Commission 1917. First and only printing of one of the greatest city plans printed in America limited to 1000 copies; 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. The Civic Commission unknown
200960512V.p. v.d. 2009. Folio and smaller condition ranges from good to fine. Including Rolling Stone Q Mojo Uncut Singout Record Collector Interview Crawdaddy Newsweek Magpie New Yorker Jam National Lampoon Saturday Evening Post People National Geographic several newspaper magazines Sunday NY Times Herald Sunday etc. TV Guide Reader's Digest Look Seventeen Esquire etc. unknown
187843075St. Paul: H. M. Smith & Co. Printers 1878. 1878. MINNESOTA. First edition. 8vo. Printed wrappers 88 pp. introductory many land advertisements map. Large folded map bound-in at the front and opens to 17" x 22 1/4." It is named the New Township Railroad Map Of Minnesota and is compiled from the latest authentic sources for 1878. Identified on the map are county seats towns villages post offices and stations U. S. land offices railroads completed railroads unfinished and county boundaries. The map is in fine unused condition. The booklet is touting the resources and advantages of Minnesota to entice businesses and settlers to the area. Among the advantages offered are railroad manufacturing commercial agricultural timber lands minerals etc. as business opportunities. Much information is provided regarding lands offered for sale homestead laws payment terms etc. Also provided is information on agricultural prospects for wheat potatoes oats barley rye buckwheat cattle sheep and wool etc. Small stamp of Chicago & North-Western Railway at top of front cover else a fine copy of an informative booklet. H. M. Smith & Co., Printers, 1878. unknown
19117445<p>1911 WANTED POSTER WITH 2 ORIGINAL MUG SHOTS PASTED DOWN</p><p>WESTERN AMERICANA.<strong><em> Look Out for These Men. $100 Reward for Each or $200 for</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Both. These Men are Escapes from Colorado State Penitentiary</em></strong>. Original wanted poster 12 by</p><p>9 inches with 2 original mug shots pasted down below the headline each 1¾ by 2¼ inches.</p><p>Colorado State Penitentiary Thos. J. Tynan Warden Canon City Colo. June 6 1911.</p><p>Ross Hollingworth 25 and Curtis T. Day 29 escaped while working in a surveying party.</p><p>Hollingsworth a bookkeeper was serving a 13½- to 16-year term for forgery and larceny. Day</p><p>was serving a 10- to 15-year term for rape. Hollingsworth must have been captured because in</p><p>1914 his sentence was slightly reduced "on account of his unusual and valuable service in</p><p>drawing plans." House Journal General Assembly of Colorado 1915 67. This appears to be an</p><p>unrecorded broadside. Slight folds with repair tape on verso; moderate browning; a few small</p><p>stains; light edgewear; o/w very nice. Scarce.</p> Colorado State Penitentiary
1950183270Beijing: Zhong gongye bu binggong ju baoan ke "Security Division Ministry of Heavy Industry Military Department" 1950. Classified "secret" these handbooks were issued to security personnel in a central government ministry just a few months after the founding of the People's Republic of China when Mao's government faced daily threats from a large underground network of Kuomintang spies and operatives. The materials stress the importance of counterintelligence invoking the examples of Nazi Germany and Japan and give examples of recent domestic threats to show the need for vigilance. Volume II offers guiding principles for intelligence work recording evidence and interrogating informants and suspects. 2 vols pp. 28; 16. Text mimeographed in red and blue. Mimeographed cover sheets leaves wire-stitched as issued. Vol. II with contemporary ink stamp of Huabei regional government; contemporary manuscript numerical designations and a few corrections. Fragile paper chipped and creased ink light in places but nearly all still readable recent paper repair to final leaf of Vol. II: very good. unknown
1793007662Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson 1793. Paperback. Good. 36 p.: illustration; 17 cm. Stitched. Wrapper included in page count. Woodcut illustration of "The Anatomy of Man's Body as governed by the Twelve Constellations." "David Jenkins" written in the margin of one page. Not in Early American Imprints or Morrison's Preliminary Check List of American Almanacs. One copy in WorldCat. This appears to be the earliest of the many almanacs for which Abraham Shoemaker provided calculations. Very scarce. In Good Condition: restitched at some point; loss at edges of front wrapper; old dampstaining heaviest on back wrapper and preceding leaf; loss at lower edge of back wrapper without loss of text; minor ink marks in a few margins; corners creased. Benjamin Johnson paperback
1897010616Chicago: Illinois Central Railroad Company 1897. Handwritten. Very Good. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 87 pages 22 manuscript 61 typed and 4 telegrams. Almost all individual correspondences signed. This collection of correspondence documents the late-nineteenth-century planning and negotiation necessary in constructing an Illinois Central Railroad Company ICRR branch line connecting Dyersburg Tennessee to the Stevens Lumber Company track at the Obion River. This project envisioned during a period of rapid railroad expansion displays the economic importance of regional development via railroads at the turn of the twentieth century. The planning of this line would ultimately contribute to the formation of the Chicago Memphis & Gulf Railroad Company in the early 20th century. This collection likely assembled and retained by David Sloan acting Chief Engineer of the ICRR includes engineering reports drafts of contracts cost estimates invoices telegrams and letters exchanged amongst railroad officials predominantly regarding the Dyersburg to Obion River switch. Main themes include route selection flood risk right-of-way acquisition grading costs and the financial feasibility of constructing thirteen miles of track through flood-prone terrain described here as being "overflowed every year." They also note the need for a wide right of way and extensive elevation measurements due to seasonal flooding along the Mississippi floodplain. The correspondence also illustrates the web of permissions agreements and financial commitments required to advance a railroad project even when constructing just thirteen miles of track. Because Stevens Lumber Company and the citizens of Dyersburg were primary financial backers their interests also heavily influenced decisions. There were also discussions about a line connecting a southern alignment along the Chester tract to the Stevens Lumber Co. track a line from Dyersburg to the "Joe Stinger place on the old channel of the Mississippi River" and a line from the Obion River to Carruthersville and Tiptonville. This project eventually evolved into a line extending from Dyersburg to Tiptonville first independently organized as the Dyersburg Northern Railroad Company and later renamed the Chicago Memphis & Gulf Railroad Company. Notable correspondents: David Sloan Chief Engineer ICRR J. P. Wallace Assistant Second Vice President A. T. Sabin Assistant Engineer T. J. Hudson Traffic Manager A. W. Sullivan General Superintendent M. Gilleas Assistant General Superintendent C. A. Wilson Chief Engineer Chicago Dyersburg & Northern Railroad and the Obion Business League. Overall condition Very Good all sheets legible. . Illinois Central Railroad Company unknown
192042154Elmira NY 1920. Volume XXXVII 31 May 1919 to Volume XXXVIII 29 May 1920. Each number is 8pp. The Editor was "Johnson." His "Associate" was "Mitchell." Occasional small tears Very Good plus. Bound in contemporary cloth with gilt-lettered title stamped on front cover.<br /> <br /> "The Summary printed and published by and for the inmates of Elmira Reformatory claims to be the oldest penal inmate publication dating from 1883" Web site NY State Ed. Dept 'New York State Reformatory Elmira N.Y. Inmate Newspaper The Summary'. It prints the spectrum of contemporary world and American news items particularly on the end of World War I its aftermath and the status of Germany. It also has a "Question Box" "Poet's Column" "Shear Smiles" "Town Topics" editorials and other material.<br /> "The purpose of THE SUMMARY is to provide a clean and truthful history of contemporary events and to faithfully reflect the best thought of the time without respect to particular parties sects or creeds. Its constant endeavor shall be to uphold the excellent to condemn the bad in all things that come within its sphere as a newspaper. In debatable topics discussed by its contributors THE SUMMARY disclaims responsibility but leaves open questions to the good sense and honest convictions of its readers. unknown
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
1900031999Lebanon East Greenville and Lititz PA: P. C. Croll/H. W. Kriebel/The Pennsylvania German/Penn Germania Publishing Co. 1900. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Almost complete run of the pioneering journal The Pennsylvania German uniformly bound in decorated wraps variously paginated 107 of 110 issues lacking 2.3 3.2 and 7.8 for completion. All issues complete and intact except for the following: 7.2 lacks front cover 10.2 replacement covers 10.6 lacking both covers. Most issues show modest handling/shelf wear with the inevitable spine chipping typical of this issue a few other issues with loose or detached but present covers; condition ranges Fair on issues just noted to Near Fine most at least VG many VG to Near Fine. Vols. I-VI issued quarterly 4/year Vol. VIII in 8 issues Vols. VIII-XII issued monthly 12/year Vol. XIII w/ 12 issues in 10 Vols. XIV XV each in 3 issues thus 110 issues total. Vols. XIII-XV otherwise numbered as New Series Vols. I-III. Early issues royal 8vo later issues 4to. Initiated in Jan. 1900 by Rev. Croll The Pennsylvania-German was taken over by H. W. Kriebel and issued in a slightly taller format commencing with Vol. VII in 1906 changing format again beginning with Vol. XIII New Series Vol. I. Meant to capitalize upon the wide-ranging interest in the Pennsylvania German Society annual volumes begun in 1893 The Pennsylvania-German initiated a new era in ethnic identity and offered a variety of both entertaining and scholarly articles focusing on various aspects of PA German folklife. Scarce in any form rarely offered complete. P. C. Croll/H. W. Kriebel/The Pennsylvania German/Penn Germania Publishing Co. Paperback
190312844Denver: Reed Publishing Company 1903. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Edition same date; 8vo green cloth no dj housed in a gilt-stamped green leather box made by Corry McSpadden; good shaken; cocked; shelfworn; boards and spine soiled and worn; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; spine ends crimped; chip to cloth on spine tail; eps and pages browned; cracked throughout; internal stitching loosening but no loose pages; signature from p147-58 very loose and protrudes from other signatures; ffep possibly missing; first blank flyleaf chipped and torn with two large sections missing as something was violently torn from it probably a bookplate; eps and pages browned with a vg box shelfwear; scrape to top edge of front panel; brown spots on bottom edge of rear panel; 191pp. Written by one of the least violent and notable members of the James and Quantrill gangs who they say was so mild-mannered that he was not arrested even when he tried to turn himself in and was never tried. <br/> <br/> Reed Publishing Company hardcover
184838814Springfield 1848. 4pp folded. Single printed page interiors blank folded and addressed for mailing in ink manuscript. Old folds for mailing. Springfield postal cancel Feb. 23 and addressed in ink to a physician in Mt. Carmel Wabash County Illinois. Light wear Very Good. <br /> <br /> The broadside is dated and signed at the end in type on February 18 1848 by the members of the State Central Committee: J.R. Diller of Sangamon; John Moore of McLean; Peter Sweat of Peoria; M. McConnel of Morgan; B.C. Webster of Sangamon; and Edward Jones of Sangamon. The Committee members recommend scheduling the State Convention on April 24 1848 for nominating an electoral ticket delegates to the National Convention and candidates for State offices. <br /> The Sangamon County members were well known to Lincoln. "Outgoing congressman Lincoln recommended to the Taylor administration 'that Abner Y. Ellis be appointed Post-Master at this place whenever there shall be a vacancy. J. R. Diller the present incumbent I can not say has failed in the proper discharge of any of the duties of the office. He however has been an active partizan in opposition to us. Located at the Seat of Government of the State he has been for part if not the whole of the time he has held the office a member of the Democratic State Central Committee'." online 'Mr. Lincoln and Friends' article on Abner Ellis. <br /> Lincoln mentions B.C. Webster in a Letter 18 May 1843 to his law partner Joshua Speed regarding collection of a debt from Webster. Lincoln and Edward Jones encountered one another during Lincoln's busy legal career.<br /> Not located on OCLC AAS Byrd Sabin as of May 2024. unknown
1728002748London: J. Tonson 1728. Hardcover. Good. 12mos contemporary tree calf lacks spine labels; ex libris Sir Robert Sheffield Bart. <br/><br/>Copperplate Engravings. J. Tonson hardcover
190348654Austin: Gammel-Statesman Publishing Company 1903. 1903. TEXAS. First edition. 8vo. Inked presentation inscription on the front pastedown sheet. Original red cloth titles stamped in gilt on the spine iv 2 483 pp. plus 17 pages of advertisements dedicatory preface preface frontispiece Battle of San Jacinto from the painting by McArdle illustrated with twelve full page engravings portraits including photographic portraits of the Dallas Texas Volunteer Guard biographical information on many early state officials footnotes and contains an index for volumes I & II. Author was appointed the first State Librarian by Governor Hogg. His two year books are a wealth of documented information for the period and cover diverse topics including military statistics on the Civil War and its veterans biographies of important personages and their portraits agricultural information. The great Texas bibliographer's works are scarce. "Every bit as valuable as the early Richardson almanacs and full of articles biographies reports and statistics unavailable elsewhere." - Jenkins. Bright red cloth titles stamped in gilt on the spine spine panel resewn with original spine laid down else a solid very good tight copy. Gammel-Statesman Publishing Company, 1903. hardcover