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190752460New York: Doubleday Page 1907. First edition large 8vo pp. xx 2 411 1; color frontispiece 95 photographic plates by Peary and 2 folding maps; ex-James J. Hill Library with accession numbers on spine and a perforated stamp in bottom margin of the title page; all else very good in original decorative green cloth t.e.g. This copy inscribed on the title page: "To James J. Hill with best regards of the author R. E. Peary U.S.N." Only the signature is in Peary's hand. AB 13226: "Passage to Cape Sheridan Ellesmere Island and the march on the ice of the Arctic Basin to 87 degrees N. and return via the northwest coast of Greenland; a sledge journey along the northern coast of Ellesmere Island and the return of the ship through Robeson Channel-Smith Sound." <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page hardcover books
190752460New York: Doubleday Page 1907. First edition large 8vo pp. xx 2 411 1; color frontispiece 95 photographic plates by Peary and 2 folding maps; ex-James J. Hill Library with accession numbers on spine and a perforated stamp in bottom margin of the title page; all else very good in original decorative green cloth t.e.g. This copy inscribed on the title page: "To James J. Hill with best regards of the author R. E. Peary U.S.N." Only the signature is in Peary's hand. AB 13226: "Passage to Cape Sheridan Ellesmere Island and the march on the ice of the Arctic Basin to 87 degrees N. and return via the northwest coast of Greenland; a sledge journey along the northern coast of Ellesmere Island and the return of the ship through Robeson Channel-Smith Sound. Doubleday, Page unknown
2004004698New York: Knopf 2004. 957pp. First edition/First printing. My Life is boldly SIGNED on the title page by Bill Clinton. Just his signature not to someone. True First State copy with typo "failure of my life" in last sentence of Acknowledgement section. Clean. Signed by Author. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf hardcover
200310623Boston: Little Brown 2003. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Mandela on the half-title page. Forewords by President Bill Clinton and Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan. Edited by Kader Asmal Davis Chidester and Wilmot James. Color and black & white photographs. Small faint soil spot on foreedge; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little Brown Hardcover books
20033068London: Little Brown 2003. First UK edition first prnt Signed by Mandela on the title page. Forewords by President Bill Clinton and Secretary-General on the United Nations Kofi Annan. Edited by Kader Asmal David Chidester and Wilmot James. Color and black & white photographs. Dustjacket with a touch of edgewear not immediately apparent; an unread copy in Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Little Brown Hardcover books
20563Twenty-seven 27 8†x 10†photographs showcasing high-end vehicles for rent from the Iowa Garage in Pasadana California owned by former race car mechanic Eugene Lajunie b. 1885. Each photo is accompanied by a typed caption giving the model number color some specifications and the price per day to rent with a driver. Vehicles include many touring cars and cabriolets made by Renault Packard and Daimler; a Sunbeam roadster town cars taxis a limousine army trucks a French truck mounted with an anti-aircraft gun and several remarkable “camera cars†made with front or rear-mounted platforms to hold movie cameras and their operators. Rental prices ranged from $35/day for a camera car to $75/day for the Sunbeam Roadster or a 1926 Renault cabriolet. Many of the cars are “posed†in front of beautiful homes on tree-lined Pasadena streets. These photographs would originally have been in a sales catalogue or album and there are remnants of the original pages on which they were mounted on the back of each one. Some have the original typed captions taped to the back others are accompanied by recent copies of those captions. These photographs were acquired as a group from the granddaughter of Eugene Lajunie and we believe the family made the modern captions to replace damaged ones from the original album. The images themselves are all original and in very good condition. Born in France Lajunie emigrated to the United States to work as the personal mechanic of racecar driver George Heath. Heath won first Vanderbilt Cup race with Lajunie at his side in 1904. Lajunie later lived in Davenport Iowa before moving to Pasadena and opening his Iowa Garage on South Fair Oaks avenue. There he personally repaired restored and equipped the vehicles he rented to Hollywood studios. unknown
1935065613Reading PA: Historical Society of Berks County 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Nearly complete run 1935-2009 287 of 296 issues single issues in wraps bound in brown buckram to create a very durable set ideal for institutional use. Each hardcover contains two occasionally three volumes thus 8-12 issues. Deaccessioned by the Spruance Library of the Bucks County Historical Society though not marked as such with ghosts of call labels on lower spines of early volumes otherwise showing only slight use with contents a bit thumbed here and there many/most issues apparently unopened. Virtually complete through Vol. 74 2009 4 issues per year missing only the following 9 issues: 52.4 53.1 and 4 58.1 and 2 67.1 70.2 and 3 70.4 thus 287 of 296 issues. Vols. 52 53 58 and 67-74 are not bound still loose. The collection does not extend beyond 2009. A rare opportunity to obtain a near-set otherwise virtually impossible to assemble given that the Berks History Center no longer stocks vintage back issues of its journal. Historical Society of Berks County Hardcover
190942908Albany NY: State of New York 1909. First edition. Very good clean copy with long tear repaired on th verso and tiny chips at one fold on map inch tear to fore edge of certificate and along bottom margin. Ink on drafting vellum with colored outlines. 15 x 24 inches. Docket sheet mounted to verso. In 1874 the Hudson Tunnel Railroad Company soon named the Hudson River Railway Company was formed to construct tunnels between Jersey City and Greenwich Village the route originally to be about two miles commencing at a point under the Hudson River in the westerly boundaryline of the state of New York opposite the foot of Clarkson street at the termination of the Hudson Tunnel Railroad Company of New Jersey and thence running by a feasible route under the bed of the river and beneath the surface of the city of New York to a point at or near the westerly side of Broadway between Prince and Eighth streets; from whence the line proceeds via Sixth avenue to Thirty-third street New York but stopped construction well before completion. The assets land partially-constructed tunnels trackage etc. were eventually sold to the newly-organized New York & Jersey Railroad incorporated on February 12 1902 under the leadership of William G. McAdoo who was later U.S. Treasury Secretary and which then became the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad 1906. The original of this profile was drafted in 1891 before the railroad collapsed and the present certified copy was prepared by the Secretary of State's office on February 25 1909 almost exactly one year after the official opening of the tunnel the Pennsylvania Railroad's North River Tunnels the second to burrow under the Hudson did not open until late 1910. The reason that a copy of the map was requested is not known but what is known is that the railroad was seeking to extend the Sixth Avenue line later as well as other related projects. Perhaps the map was needed to settle some land issue or in some legal negotiations as the pencilled word "referee" appears after two sets of initials. The tunnels still carry a heavy load of PATH train commuters between Jersey City and Manhattan. Similar maps are difficult to locate. The closest a printed "Map of Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Hudson tunnel system January 1908" is located at the University of Chicago and the Jersey City Historical Society. Provenance: Collection of Gerald J. Levy. State of New York hardcover
18717912San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Good . 12mo. 256 pp. original green cloth lettered in gilt index to advertisers advertisements i-lvii. -- Moderate wear to the extremities some fraying to the spine tips & corner edges corners bumped. Blank paste-down and first free end-paper paper a little separated but hinges still strong. Rear hinges strong. Rear paste-down has an advertisement pasted on and a small stamp at bottom near the gutter of "H. K. Van Siclen Bibliophile 133 Nassau St. Ny". --. "This tourist guide for visitors of San Francisco and the Yosemite Valley offers a look at travel and accommodations in the late 19th century".-googlebks. A. L. Bancroft & Company hardcover
185520582Sacramento CA: B. B. Redding State Printer 1855. 1st edition. Not in Cowan nor Greenwood. Bound in later blue-grey paper wrappers. Overall VG a faint qtr-circle stain to upper left of text paper/'San Quentin / -- 1855 --" written diagonally to lower half of front wrapper. Ex-lib with 2 small stamps to t.p. & a lightly penciled purchase annotation in the gutter after the 1st leaf 10 Nov 61 JR $10.00. 54 2 pp. "Register and Descriptive List of Convicts under Sentence": pp. 12 - 35 beginning with 1851; "Transcript of Received Escaped and Returned Prisoners since the Inspection of State Prison Books": pp 38 - 40. Last leaf blank. 8vo. 23.5 cm x 14 cm. <br/><br/>This an interesting factual account regarding the early days of the prison an era when it wasn't quite impregnable edifice that now stands; in 1854 75 of 520 incarcerated individuals had escaped without recapture. This situation caused Governor John Bigler to write: "Gentlemen: Having learned from various reliable sources that quite a number of escapes have recently occurred from the State Prison which to some extent is in your charge I deem it my duty respectfully to invite your attention to the section of the law regulating your duties. These escapes permit me here to remark give great force to allegations daily and publicly made that the prison building is insecure and that its management is not such as to fully accomplish the object of its erection in prevention and punishment of crime." However since the place is still going strong one can be reasonably confident the governor's concerns were addressed. Rare; Not in Cowan Greenwood nor Rocq. Not in the LoC on-line catalogue. OCLC & Melvyl record but one copy UCSB & no copies have been at auction these last 25 years. No other copies currently offered via the on-line matching services. B. B. Redding, State Printer unknown books
192227498Hartford: Press of the Case Lockwood & Brainard Co. / Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1922. First editions. Cloth. Most copies very good. Ex-library call numbers blacked out bookplates on pastedowns and a few other small interior stamps. Spines sunned on some of the earlier volumes occasional spotting to edges faint dampstain to the edge of a few volumes most notable towards the end of volume 2 scattered foxing but nearly all volumes tight clean and unmarked. A nice set. Illus. with b/w reproductions drawings photos and figures. 8vo. A nearly complete run from the first report of the Board in 1866 to 1922 lacking 1896 1907-11 1914 1918-1920. From 1879 to 1895 the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station report and from 1888 to 1896 the Storrs School report were bound together with the Board report as well as issued separately. Overall thus 72 volumes in 43. An important record of agriculture agricultural thought agricultural practices and agricultural influences in Connecticut from the close of the Civil War to the just after the First World War. Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. / Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor hardcover 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
17970006092<p>Boston: S. Hall and Thomas & Andrews 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 7 Maps. Octavo new full brown calf red spine label new endpapers minor foxing. Ex libris Robert Breck in 1798 on title-page and on flyleaf minor repairs to folds of frontispiece folding map. . <br /><br />Capt. Thomas Hutchins the U. S. General Geographer supplied his notes to assist Morse the "Father of American Geography" in the completion of this work. This copy includes the map of "Georgia Western Territory" which was not incorporated in many of the copies. Howes M839; Evans 32509; not in Graff; Sowerby 3964; Sabin 50923 John Carter Brown 3902; Buck ILLINOIS 53. Contains 7 maps.</p> S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews hardcover
190942908Albany NY: State of New York 1909. First edition. Very good clean copy with long tear repaired on th verso and tiny chips at one fold on map inch tear to fore edge of certificate and along bottom margin. Ink on drafting vellum with colored outlines. 15 x 24 inches. Docket sheet mounted to verso. In 1874 the Hudson Tunnel Railroad Company soon named the Hudson River Railway Company was formed to construct tunnels between Jersey City and Greenwich Village the route originally to be about two miles commencing at a point under the Hudson River in the westerly boundaryline of the state of New York opposite the foot of Clarkson street at the termination of the Hudson Tunnel Railroad Company of New Jersey and thence running by a feasible route under the bed of the river and beneath the surface of the city of New York to a point at or near the westerly side of Broadway between Prince and Eighth streets; from whence the line proceeds via Sixth avenue to Thirty-third street New York but stopped construction well before completion. The assets land partially-constructed tunnels trackage etc. were eventually sold to the newly-organized New York & Jersey Railroad incorporated on February 12 1902 under the leadership of William G. McAdoo who was later U.S. Treasury Secretary and which then became the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad 1906. The original of this profile was drafted in 1891 before the railroad collapsed and the present certified copy was prepared by the Secretary of State's office on February 25 1909 almost exactly one year after the official opening of the tunnel the Pennsylvania Railroad's North River Tunnels the second to burrow under the Hudson did not open until late 1910. The reason that a copy of the map was requested is not known but what is known is that the railroad was seeking to extend the Sixth Avenue line later as well as other related projects. Perhaps the map was needed to settle some land issue or in some legal negotiations as the pencilled word "referee" appears after two sets of initials. The tunnels still carry a heavy load of PATH train commuters between Jersey City and Manhattan. Similar maps are difficult to locate. The closest a printed "Map of Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Hudson tunnel system January 1908" is located at the University of Chicago and the Jersey City Historical Society. Provenance: Collection of Gerald J. Levy. State of New York hardcover books
1865709471865. New York Laws. Laws of the State of New-York Passed at the Thirty-Ninth to Eighty-Eight Session of the Legislature. From January 1816 to April 1865. Albany: William Gould 1818-1865. 42 books. Eight linear feet of shelf space. Early 20th-century tan cloth with upper and lower black spine labels. Worn many labels chipped internally sound. $950. unknown books
19830S.l, s.n., 1816 ; grand in 8, bradel cartonnage simili velin ivoire, pièce de titre rouge, tête arasée, tranches non rognées (reliure du XIXe), 176 pp.
Z1-C-080-00552PN. Used - Good. April 2000. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Shows some signs of wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. PN unknown
1929010615Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Railway Big Four 1929. Book. Very Good. Limp Cloth. Oblong 8vo. "Book No. 82" at title page. A book clearly used by a railroad office. Oblong black cloth printed in gilt 4 3/4" h x 9" w. Approx. 144 pp. in blueprint cyanotype printed rectos only. Bound with two metal screws with label for Buchan Patent Lock Washers inside of rear cover. Very Good lacking a 2" patch of cloth rear cover at spine edge wear and light soiling. Published 1929 Mar. 1 "This book correct to date as shown below" with additional dates in ink of 1930 Apr. 1 and 1930 July 1. Several pages with ink corrections deletions and additions. Manuscript in pencil verso of initial page. Two names in manuscript ink L.E. Bower 1/4/40 and C. A. Pennington 8/24. These books were a central reference for operational planning maintenance and engineering. The detailed information helped management ensure efficiency safety and standardization across their fleet. The C.C.C. & St. Louis Railway commonly known as the "Big Four Railroad" was formed on June 30 1889 through the merger of several smaller lines. It operated in affiliation with the New York Central Railroad system which fully leased it by 1930 making this one of the last fully Big Four publications. RARE not found at OCLC. . Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (Big Four) Paperback
1916007165New York: A.A. Vantine & Co. Inc. 1916. A RARE catalogue and in lovely condition of the major importer of Oriental goods into America from 1866 to 1921. Very Good Plus in original full color pictorial wrappers 120 pp. plus 2 order pages at rear pre-addressed envelope tipped at page 106. numerous black and white and color photographs throughout small tears at spine ends small spot rear wrapper else Near Fine. In 1916 Vantine's was located at Fifth Avenue and 39th Street. Clothing furniture housewares fabric toys and other merchandise imported from China and Japan are described in the catalogue and merchandise from Vantine's has been avidly collected over the years. Worldcat locates no copies of the 1916 edition. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc. Paperback books
1946005337New York: Rinehart & Co. 1946. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and Bloomington Indiana's legendary composer and actor Hoagy Carmichael on front end page. Very Good slight spine lean boards a bit soiled in a Very Good priced dust wrapper rear panel soiled and minor edge wear. An uncommon SIGNED BY AUTHOR copy !. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rinehart & Co. Hardcover books
1901035729New York: Macmillan and Co. 1901. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. Signed by Authors. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray cloth lettered/illus. in black. Light shelf wear minor soiling to cover cloth text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding clean interior. xiii443 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographic plates drawings in text. 14th ptg.: Nov. 1908. Notably well preserved presentation copy showing a pastedown 4" x 3.5" mounted on front fixed endpaper inscribed "Faithfully yours / Jacob A. Riis / Christmas 1909." Mounted on the adjacent front flyleaf is the calling card of the recipient Mr. William W. J. Warren inscribed as follows: "Christmas 1909. -- / Mr. Riss sic called today -- / he gave me his autograph / for front cover of book." Also signed by a later owner William Duncan along top edge of front flyleaf. Warren is mentioned on p. 435 of Riis's text as W. W. J. Warren "faithful in good and in evil report" among the author's concluding acknowledgments where a second calling card stained by rust from a paper clip no long present is laid in pp. 435-440 are slightly indented from the clip and pp. 434 440 and 441 show a light rust impression. According to his obituary in American Stationer & Office Manager Vol. 88 Warren 1844-1921 was president of Stewart Warren & Co. a stationery manufacturing firm located at 129 Lafayette St. in New York a personal friend of Henry Ward Beecher and lived in the Richmond Hill section of Brooklyn as the next-door neighbor of Riis until the latter moved to Barre MA where he died in 1914. Original illustrated edition of an influential autobiography by the pioneering documentarian photographer and social reformer whose "How the Other Half Lives" was a landmark expose of living conditions in the Lower East Side tenements that led to reforms and provided Riis with an international reputation. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover
15418Paris, Bureaux (Imprimerie Mersch, puis Ch. Noblet des numéros 2 à 5 ; Amiens, Imprimerie Nouvelle, N°6-7 ; Paris, A. Lamier et Fils N°8, 9, 10 ; Bordeaux, Gounouilhou), juillet 1887 à juillet 1888, en un volume in-8, broché ; (4) faux-titre et titre général, 472 pp., premier plat de couverture.
2310A Amsterdam. Chez jacquesDesbordes, libraire rue du Pont de la Bourse. 1710. 2 tomes en un volume 105 x 160 mm. Reliure d'époque plein veau, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. 376 & 277 pages. Portrait de Cyrano de Bergerac en frontispice du premier tome. 8 jolies gravures hors texte en taille-douce. Bon état.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Paperback. Oblong large roy. 8vo. (17 x 25 cm). In Ottoman Turkish. [287] p., unnembered b/w plates. 395 members with his photos and descriptive texts. First 20 pages include a history of Grand National Assembly of Turkey from Ottoman Empire to the Republic (1923). TBMM Library: 1262. Not in OCLC. Not in Özege. Extremely rare.
191251631Rawlins Wyoming: Privately printed by Felix Alston Warden Wyoming State Penitentiary October 12 1912. 1912. WYOMING OUTLAWS. First edition. An unusual 8 1/2" x 6" four-page escape bulletin that provides detailed physical description a photograph and exact reward amount for each of the five escapees. Rare 4-page WANTED! circular issued by Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins dated October 12 1912 offering $300 in reward money for the capture and detention of five escaped convicts at least one of whom was an associate of the infamous Whitney Gang with price breakdowns provided for each convict if captured separately. Wyoming WANTED! circulars are uncommon at this date. The five wanted escapees Bert Dalton Joe Turner Roy Smith George Wilson and Lawrence Williams were part of a group of twenty convicts who escaped from the Wyoming State Penitentiary’s stockade on October 12 1912. The escapees terrorized the townspeople of Rawlins as they fled to the hills. Several citizens were injured; one was killed. Wyoming Governor Cory sent state militia in to assist local armed posse in the manhunt. Within days nine of the nineteen escapees were caught but Bert Dalton was not. Dalton was a drifter sheepherder bank robber and convicted murderer associated with the Whitney brothers. It was Dalton who had engineered the spectacular Rawlins prison break and had assumed the leadership of the convicts who were still hiding out in the hills around Rawlins. He remained on the loose for two and one-half months and was finally captured at Big Piney Wyoming clad only in his under-clothes after being pursued through deep snow all night. Felix Alston the warden of the Rawlins Penitentiary at the time was well known for his passion for baseball and forcing prisoners who were good ballplayers to play promising them special treatment as long as the prison team kept winning. On page four is the good warden’s message: "Hold and notify me by telephone or telegraph at my expense when an officer with necessary papers will be sent." Two faint horizontal folds else a fine copy of a rare four-page reward poster. Privately printed by Felix Alston, Warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary, October 12, 1912. hardcover
