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186124201San Francisco: Hutchings and Rosenfield 1861. 3-4-236 pp with 93 illustrations bound in publisher's blue cloth with decoration. Corners rubbed through cloth partially split along front joint some pale staining to boards small repair to title page but still very good overall. Front free endpaper inscribed "George F. Noyes San Francisco June 18th 1861." Noyes was an attorney who practiced law in California as early as 1852 and was a partner in the San Francisco firm Janes Noyes & Barber. <br /> <br /> First edition second printing of "the first book-length description of the state's natural attractions and the first work to describe the big trees and the Yosemite region in detail" Currey & Kruska 164. The second printing was made from the plates of the 1860 first and is unchanged other than the date. Born in England Hutchings came to California for the Gold Rush in 1849 lived for several years in the mining regions and eventually became one of the most dedicated and energetic promoters of California and particularly the Yosemite Valley. He commissioned illustrations for his Hutchings California Magazine published from 1856 to 1861 which "preserved a good deal of material depicting the life and scenes of California in the decade following the Gold Rush.especially with respect to Yosemite the Big Trees and other scenic wonders Farquhar 4. The illustrations and much of the text of the first edition of Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity were extracted from the magazine. Hutchings and his wife ran the Hutchings House hotel in Yosemite from 1864-1874 and from 1880 to 1884 Hutchings served as Guardian of the Park then owned by the State of California. Hutchings and Rosenfield unknown
188510250Boston: Kiley Printer 7 Spring Lane 1885. Bi-fold menu 13.5 x 12 cm. 4 pages. Illustrated. Engraved menu for a banquet given for Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks former Senator from and Governor of Indiana. Hendricks was the 21st Vice President lasting a mere 8 months in office from March 4th through November 25th 1885. This dinner was given by the Bay State Club at the famous Parker House. In the few short months he had left Hendricks was to give a controversial speech in support of Irish independence and head of the Boston machine politician Martin Lomasney was to name the Hendricks Club after him. The light tan card stock boards sport a gilt-edged circular medallion with an engraving of the Vice President. The card is lightly dusty and with the slightest of abrasions at the corners. Otherwise near fine. Signed by the Hendricks on the front panel below the portrait medallion. Kiley, Printer, 7 Spring Lane hardcover
1970A52414Point Reyes CA: Drake Navigators Guild. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. This book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the plain blue cloth binding have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a light used / dusty smell to the text. According to Worldcat there are possibly 6-10 physical copies of this text in libraries. "He Akers also continued to develop his skills as a navigator and mariner. He developed a fascination with Drake and used his own nautical skills to reconstruct Drake's 1577–1580 circumnavigation of the globe during which Drake landed on the west coast of North America and founded a temporary colony of New Albion at a still undetermined spot possibly in Northern California. Like many in the Drake Navigators Guild Aker was a proponent of the theory that Drake landed at what is now called Drakes Bay in Marin County California north of San Francisco. To support his theory Aker spent many years analyzing the variation in the tides in the cove called Drakes Estero. Critics of the Drakes Estero theory have maintained that the geography of the cove does not match the descriptions in the journals of those on the voyage or the map made from voyage accounts by Jodocus Hondius. Aker maintained that the cove geography was cyclic over decades and in 2001 he correctly predicted the reemergence of a spit in the cove which he claimed closely matched the contemporary accounts of Drake's landing spot. He led a longtime effort to lobby the National Park Service to designate Drakes Bay as a National Historic Landmark. That effort came to fruition in 2012 with the establishment of the Drakes Bay Historic and Archaeological District National Historic Landmark. " from Wikipedia; B&W Illustrations & Charts; 461p. pages; Pictured 12/31/25 - New Year's Eve! . Drake Navigators Guild hardcover
0006888San Francisco: The Bancroft Company 1893. First edition. Very Good. 12mo 64 pages 3/4 morocco scuffed marbled boards original pink wrappers bound in. Ex libris Cyrus H. McCormick son of the inventor; he was Chairman of International Harvester Corp. Scarce WorldCat cites only 9 copies. <br/><br/>Bennett was the Editor of "Bennett's Own" a weekly Hawaiian newspaper. He also authored the HONOLULU DIRECTORY and SKETCHES OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY. Forbes 4409 . The Bancroft Company hardcover
1978012839<p>College Station Texas: Texas A & M University Press 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Mild shelf wear to the boards. The dust jacket has tape-repaired tears at the spine ends and lower-edge and corner of the rear panel. Protected now in an archival Mylar sleeve. 106 pages with numerous illustrations in color and black and white. Author/Artist John Biggers signed the book to the previous owner on the half-title page. This collectible book documents the Texas Southern University TSU art department's first three decades and is considered a vital resource for scholars of Black art history. The TSU experience is defined by a legacy of using art to preserve African American history and connect the African Diaspora to the Houston community. The TSU art program was founded and shaped by two legendary artist-educators who established a philosophy rooted in African heritage: John Biggers a world-renowned muralist and educator who established the TSU Art Department in 1949 and Carroll Harris Simms a sculptor and ceramicist who co-founded the department. .</p> Texas A & M University Press hardcover
19355470Cranford N.J.: Allen Printing Co. 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. M.J. Amato. Limited First Edition No. 128 of 130 copies; SIGNED by the author's wife on limitation plate; 8vo blue cloth; vg- boards bowed; edges of boards heavily worn; blue cloth; spine sunned; spine ends bumped crimped and worn; corners bumped and worn to boards; front pastedown wrinkled with small tear to top end of hinge; eps and pages toned in good dj toned; edges heavily chipped torn and worn; spine browned and chipped in two places; spine ends chipped off; long tears to panels along spine; rear panel almost detached from spine; non-acidic Filmoplast P used to close tears along edge where front flap and panel meet with a vg- custom cloth slipcase with gilt-stamped leather title piece panels rubbed and worn; shelfworn; one panel sunned; also included is a fair plastic dj used to cover paper dj heavily chipped; large sections missing; torn 160pp. Dustjacket points: front panel reads 'A Frontier Army Surgeon' is well-written entertaining containing a great deal of excellent and unusual material. It records in authentic fashion a fascinating period on the frontier' / Beverly Smith of the American Magazine; on the flap there are three more quotes from reviews the price $5.00 and the publisher's imprint. Howes B1078. <br/> <br/> Allen Printing Co. hardcover
190516508New York: Francis P. Harper 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Edited from original unpublished manuscript Journals and Letter Books & from his Printed Works with Historical Geographical Ethnological and other Notes. Also a Life of Father De Smet." Illustrations. Folding map in pocket at end of volume 4 Signed and dated 1905 on front free endpaper by William G Evans prominent early Denver businessman and son of Colorado territorial governor John Evans. Original green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Small wear on spine tips and rubs on bottom corners otherwise fine. <br/><br/> Francis P. Harper hardcover
1942300445Richmond VA 1942. This report by C.S. Mullen Chief Engineer of the State Highway Commission - a precursor to VDOT - assesses the safety and traffic issues facing Virginia highways with regard to highway design and right-of-way widths as well as his recommendations. Attached to this 4-pp letter are several maps and blueprints predating the interstate highway system:~~1. A uniquely altered version of the State Highway System and Connections showing future development to multiple lane highways. Mullen has drawn red or blue lines over the highways he proposes to expand. 19"x32"~2. Commonwealth of Virginia 1941 Traffic Flow Map. 15 3/4" x 35"~3. Cross-section of Typical 2-Lane Highway. 22" x 36 1/2"~4. Cross-section of Typical 3-Lane Highway. 22" x 36 1/2"~5. Cross-section of Typical 4-Lane Highway. 22" x 36 1/2"~~The report and maps have numerous fold lines and the staples are rusted. Otherwise very good.~. unknown
1850DEMO015143ILille France: L. Lefort 1850. Stated Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. steel-engraved frontispiece. 8vo 258 pages 20th century half sprinkled calf marbled boards original wrappers bound in place. <br/><br/>Needs to be read with de Smet's LETTERS AND SKETCHES . AMONG THE INDIAN TRIBES OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 1843 which contains several letters not included in this French text; but this French text "contains material not found in the English - Wagner-Camp-Becker 113a:5." Howes M288; Graff 3831; Monaghan 1332. Binding by "Reliure Francais". Issued in the Bibliotheque Historique et Morale this is actually the Third French Edition. Steel-engraved frontispiece. L. Lefort hardcover
179210204no place Dublin: no publisher Mills 1792. Fair. 1792. Softcover. i dedication to the Duke of Portland; B3 To the Public; 7-172pp.; 8vo; bound in later plain brown paper wrappers with title and imprint information in pencil front cover. Dampstain and tanning throughout more severe in the final few leaves but text is eminently readable. From the holdings of the late Ian Jackson. Francis Dobbs 1750-1811 was an influential member of the Irish Parliament barrister and writer on political and religious themes. Sir Jonah Barrington wrote of him: "His intellect was of an extraordinary nature; he seemed to posses two distinct minds - the one adapted to the duties of his profession; the other diverging from its natural center led him through wilds and ways rarely frequented by the human understanding - entangled him in a maze of contemplative deduction from revelation to futurity." . no publisher (Mills) (1792) paperback
18680022997Cincinnati: Caxton Publishing House 1868. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/None Included. G/1st ed./0. A pretty well preserved copy. Leather embossed covers are firmly attached with title in gilt on spine all present and still pretty bright along with several decorations. Hinges on both front and rear are starting more so the back hinge. Hand sewn signatures are firmly secure and all pages are present. All illustrations are present-with the exception of the one on page 469--only half of that page is present--it's a page of engravings Colonels in the regiment. All the illustrations have foxing of varying amounts. Most of the tissue guards are present some are not and that has created some foxing to the text before or behind the illustration but the foxing does not obsure any print. A few other pages have a small amount of foxing started by a fingerprint. I found 2 pages missing a corner- pages 33 through 36. My favorite thing in this book is on page 363: a heart felt account of the career and command of Lieutenant-Colonel Clay who was captured and died in Marietta Georgia after having his arm amputated. In the margin in very small letters someone wrote "I was with him--DJ" Overall an solid copy of this book not Ex-Library that should supply many happy reading hours with this 931 page tome. And if I never sell it---that will be just fine. <br/> <br/> Caxton Publishing House hardcover
1932010385Garden City New York : Garden City Publishing 1932. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine in the RARE dust jacket which is Near Fine faint soiling rear panel. 300 pages photographic paste downs and end papers with 24 illustrations photographs. One of Garden City Publishings' Star Books on nudism. A classic of the Naturism Movement. Garden City Publishing Hardcover
055567Raleigh: State Department of Archives and History. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. Mixed editions Hardcovers bound in burgundy cloth. Volumes 1- 8 do NOT have dust jackets; Volumes 9-13 do have jackets. Some bindings show light wear and some are quite worn. The conditions of the books are good to very good. Some are first editions and a number are reprints. Most volumes have a prior owner's signature and the text of most volumes is clean. Individual details as follows: Volume I: 1752-1771. 1968 Light wear; sound and clean within; Volume II: 1752-1775 1925 First Ed. Ex-library copy with full markings; rear inner hinge is cracking with muslin exposed; title is foxed; Volume III: 1776-1779. 1968 Light wear; a sound copy; Volume IV: 1780-1783 1968. Light wear; a sound copy; Volume V: 1784-1792 1941 First Ed.; Moderate wear to the binding; spine has some splash marks; text is clean; Volume VI: 1793-1808 1943 First Ed. Ex-library copy with full markings; Spotting to spine. Inner hinges secure; text is clean; Volume VII: 1809-1822 1970 Light to moderate wear to the binding. There is a nick in the cloth on the spine at the rear hinge; Volume VIII: 1823-1837 1954 First Ed. Moderate wear to the binding; some spotting to the spine. Text is clean By Fries and Douglas Rights; Volume IX: 1838-1847 1964 First Ed. Edited by Minnie J. Smith. Dust jacket is rubbed and worn; book is clean; Volume X: 1841-1851 1966 First Ed. Dust jacket in mylar. Light wear; Volume XI: 1852-1879 1969 First Ed. By Hamilton. Jacket is rubbed and worn about the edges. Text is clean; Volume XII: 1856-1866. 2000 Light wear to book and jacket; SIGNED by co-author Daniel Crews on the front flyleaf; Volume XIII: 1867-1876 2006. Light wear to book and jacket. <br/> <br/> State Department of Archives and History hardcover
1876240263Valparaiso IN: A. G. Hardesty 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio 90 pages publisher's cloth; there is a horizontal tear through the world map the New Sectional and Township Map of Indiana has a tear at the gutter some lesser tears repaired with archival tape Very Scarce <br/><br/>Here are 21 hand-colored maps including the double-page " Railroad Map of the United States Prepared Expressly for A. G. Hardesty by H. H. Lloyd & Co. . N.Y." Also there are lithographs of 20 local farms and businesses. Additionally there is substantial text on the history of the county. "We have endeavored to give a correct history of our county; and recognizing the fact that it is only while our old pioneers are among us that we can obtain a complete record of our early history and believing that a work of this kind will prove interesting as well as instructive and knowing that oiur county cannot be beaten in the world for climate soil and people we compile this book." - Preface. A. G. Hardesty hardcover
1984068247Sherman Oaks and Los Angeles CA: Alfred Publishing Co. for Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed Associational. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red 1/4 cloth blue paper-covered boards lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket Near Fine with minor shelf wear two small pieces of clear tape mounted on upper front panel now in mylar. 1st thus of 1984 revised edition updated to 1983 itself a revision of the 1981 revised edition. viii504 pp. Signed inside front cover by John C. Argue who was instrumental in bringing the 1984 Olympics to Los Angeles as president of the bid committee of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games which sponsored publication of this volume and dated 24 Aug. 1984. Signed on front flyleaf by both Juan Antonio Samaranch International Olympics Committee president at the time dated 14 Aug. 1984 and Peter V. Ueberroth chair of the Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee and Commissioner of Major League Baseball at the time dated 17 Aug. 1984; all three signatures are full-name with organizational acronym and date without personalization or salutation. Address stamp of former owner Harold "Pete" Madison who assisted Argue in efforts to bring the Olympics to LA on verso of front flyleaf. A unique presentation copy signed and dated within days of the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics in LA by three of the principal organizers. Alfred Publishing Co. for Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games Hardcover
1947010237No Place: Michigan State College 1947. Book. Near Fine. Two Ring Binder. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto viii 133 leaves : with illustrations.Uniform Title: Seltenen Erden vom Standpunkte des Atombaues English: The Structure of Matter in Single Presentations edited by M. Born and J. Franck Berlin Julius Springer Publisher 1927. Bound in stiff cardboard binder Near Fine pages printed rectos only with manuscript edits and additions in ink on almost every page made by someone with knowledge of both the science and the references. George Charles de Hevesy was a Hungarian radiochemist winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Copley Medal recognized in 1943 for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study chemical processes such as in the metabolism of animals. He also co-discovered the element hafnium.Wikipedia RARE OCLC locates only a single copy at the Univ. of Cincinnati. OCLC: 863634712 . Michigan State College Hardcover
1901A48011San Francisco CA: Hicks-Judd Company. 1901. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. This is an oversized hardback book small folio sized The book is in Fair condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover is disbound. The textblock is intact though a bit loose. The leather spine of the book is lacking. The first several pages the book excluding the front endpaper have a horizontal tear to the middle of the page starting at the foredge. The remainder of the text pages appear to be in clean bright condition. This block book in a way is similar to a plat map in that it shows the shape and size of allotments for buildings / residences etc. In this case the measurement used to define the allotments is the Vara: "The vara a Spanish unit of distance was used in the Spanish and Mexican surveys and land grants in Texas. One vara equals approximately thirty-three and one-third inches; 5645.4 square varas equal one acre; 1900.8 varas equal one mile; and 1000000 square varas which is one labor equal approximately 177.1 acres. The word vara entered the Spanish language from vulgate Latin and originally meant a long thin clean branch of any tree or plant." from the Texas State Historical Society. This book also contains information about the owners of each allotment. This book the second Block book issued for San Francisco shows the complete set-up of housing etc. Before the 1906 Earthquake.; B&W Illustrations; 736p. pages; Pictured 2/24/24; Signed by Author . Hicks-Judd Company hardcover
176217827London: Booksellers of Great-Britain Ireland and New-England. Good. 1762. 2nd Edition corrected. Hardcover. Bound in modern black pebble cloth with gilt lettering. Text is tight & clean with light age toning and a few stains. VOLUME 1: 2 vi 24 xii 2 487 1 pages. 1 map of 2. Lacking map "Passage by Land to California". The"Malabar and Cormandel Coasts" map is present & complete but has a vertical tear along the lower half of the center crease. This second edition corrected has added a 24-page supplement on the Spanish settlements in America. VOLUME 2: 2 4 4 507 18 pages. Folding plate of the Ginseng Plant & 3 of 3 maps present: 1-"Map of Terra del Fuego"; 2-"Map of Nangasak called by the Chinese Tchangk"; 3-"Peru Mission of the Moxos". Lacking last 3 leaves rear General Index stops after the letter "T". Religion ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 994 pages; Second edition of a 1743 collection of narratives by Jesuit missionaries in Asia and the Americas translated into English and abridged from the 1702-13 Lettres Adifiantes. . Booksellers of Great-Britain Ireland and New-England hardcover
1894010101New York: The Century Co. 1894. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x 239 pp.; beige cloth pictorially stamped in gold orange & green; frontis. & 22 illustrations reproducing George Wharton Edwards' drawings after the author's photographs. Very Good spine darkened slight soiling to boards interior clean tight and unmarked. SCARCE. The Century Co. Hardcover
1841115079México: Imprenta del Aguila 1841. Hardcover. Good. 60p. facsimiles boards pages slightly foxing. Addresses facets of Military Law Army Regulations and Military Policy particular to mid-19th century Mexico. Includes notes. Imprenta del Aguila hardcover
1882055830<p>Raleigh: Ashe & Gatling State Printers and Binders; Presses of Edward Broughton & co. 1882. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. ix 581; 743; 741; vii 458 pages. Hardcovers bound in full dark brown or black cloth. The bindings are worn bumped and stained. Volume I has been re-backed with the original spine laid down and is quite sound. Volume II has some fraying to the cloth about the edges and the rear outer hinge at the spine is splitting. This volume has a bookseller's ticket from Raleigh NC from the "Southern Law Book Exchange". This volume also has 2 leaves 4 pages numbered 3-6 pasted into the front with the title "An Act for the Relief of Certain Confederate Soldiers Sailors and Widows" from the North Carolina General Assembly. It looks like it may have been cut out of another book. This Volume II also has an inscription at the front "James M. Ray's Volume / Bought at Raleigh / Sept. 1907. Pd. 60c". A former owner has laid in loosely some typed research on Ray noting that he enlisted on 5/26/62 as a 1st Lieutenant in Company "F" NC 60th Infantry Other information given including that he was wounded at Chickamauga GA and more information is given about the 60th Regiment. Rear inner hinge is splitting in this volume. Volume III is worn and stained and has a nick on the front hinge but appears sound. Volume IV has moderate wear and is sound. The lettering on the bindings is dulled and the text is toned. <br /><br /></p> Ashe & Gatling, State Printers and Binders; Presses of Edward, Broughton & co. hardcover
197063225<p>NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front flyleaf removed jacket lightly worn. 1970. First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed to real estate developer Joe Lesser by the author Robert Moses on dedication page. Gray illustrated cloth binding. Foreword by Raymond Moley xxxvi 952pp biography index photos. Autobiography by the legendary public works commissioner and New York State and City power broker who remade many of the metropolitan parks highways neighborhoods and bridges. A doorstop of a book only bested by Robert Caro's 1974 Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Moses. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .</p> McGraw-Hill hardcover
63-7045Albany New York: New York State Temperance Society Steam Press 1834. 16mo. Two String-Bound Sections 36 pp. Good with toning minor creasing. Engravings. Albany, New York: New York State Temperance Society, Steam Press, 1834. unknown
1853017307Luther Tucker. Third Series. No DJ. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1853. Luther Tucker hardcover
199417311Boulder CO: The Geological Society of America. Fine. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0813752191 . Includes the microfiche in the back pocket. The second volume consists of 14 maps in the original slipcase. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1055 pages . The Geological Society of America hardcover
