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1855007164Sacramento California 1855. Manuscript. Very Good. No Binding. HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. Two manuscript letters in ink both on ruled paper with folding creases the 1855 letter 8" x 12 1/2" with single spaced writing both sides approx. 500 words. The 1856 letter 15" x 10" folded in half to make 4 pp. approx. 300 words with small blindstamp top left corner depicting an eagle. The earlier letter is headed "September 18th 1855 Naperville Dupage County Illinois" and ends "Michael direct your letters Nevada County Nevada post office California". George writes to his brother Michael in Naperville that he has "seen a good dele sins i rote you they last letter" including a hundred "inshins" and some "Buffellow". He adds that "we had good luck all they way of may we left Council Bluff" and that he is not home sick yet. He then talks of the gold mines river mining what they are paying and the cost of things such as board "from five to ten dollars a week" "Beaf" "wors 15 to 20 cents" and "potato" "4 cent per pound". He adds that he intends to have some gold before he comes home and that "girls are not so plenty here as they are in state". He closes by asking his brother to write him and to remain at home in Illinois to care for their parents. The 1856 letter headed Sacramento august 3th 1856 informs his brother that he is well and "down to Sacramento now" working on a farm feeding a "schrasing" thrashing machine and that "they times is verry hard in California now". He adds that he had some money "stole" while he was in the mountains but since coming down into the valley he was making money and will send some home soon. The letter ends with George wishing to see them all soon and that he is not home sick. The third page of the letter bears a drawing of a wing or leaf eleven smaller versions of the same image interspersed on page 2. A fascinating testimonial on California during the gold rush written in a strong hand and in a wonderful vernacular style by a good observer. unknown
1869008935New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor Printers 1869. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE in current commerce a copy last seen at auction 1969 RBH. 151 pages 4 portraits one folded map. Contains pp. 46-48 Indian Names in Connecticut by J. Hammond Trumbull. Very Good Plus light soiling and rubbing to cloth some toning at end papers and associated with plates a period newspaper clipping laid in at p.85 perhaps as a bookmark. Folding Map of Norwich West Farms 1663-1725 is Fine. Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America vol. 7 p. 32 calls for 3 portraits this copy has 4. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers Hardcover
1930008761Chicago: Everyday Mechanics Publications Inc. 1930. Magazine. Near Fine. Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Everyday Mechanics Publications, Inc. Paperback
1845008913Charleston SC: Babcock & Co. 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Babcock & Co. Hardcover
1868009115Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1868. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original gilt lettered cloth with large folding "Map of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers and their Tributaries explored by Capt. W.F. Raynolds Topl. Engres. and 1st Lieut. H.E. Maynadier 10th Inft. Assistant." 178 pages. 40th Congress 1st Session Senate Ex. Doc. 77. Very Good 1/4" loss of cloth at head of spine and 3/8" chip to cloth near head stamped "Edwardsville High School" three times front end pages numbers in ink top edge of title page end papers foxed with interior pages clean and bright. Large folding map is complete but torn unevenly from book leaving a triangular section attached. Map has 2 small holes at center crease and tears at some creases. A brief original report of Raynold's 1859 exploration of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers was published in 1860 with this main report delayed by the Civil War. The map features post-Civil War developments including Fort Casper and Camp Marshall Jackson's Hole and other new forts and roads. Howes R88. Government Printing Office Hardcover
1860009376Louisville KY: Printed by Bradley & Gilbert 1860. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. SCARCE while OCLC locates 23 copies in institutions no copies foumd in current commerce and only the earlier 1858 edition found at auction and that not since 1963. From the collection of noted Mammoth Cave historian and author Harold Meloy his small name label front paste down. Bound in contemporary quarter black leather over marbled boards without the original wrappers Very Good moderate toning throughout. vi 7-61 pages. "Doctors had written about the cave before but with Charles W. Wright M.D. of the Kentucky School of Medicinein Louisville a new era of Mammoth Cave medical authors began.Wright was present in Mammoth Cave during the first descent of a deep pit known as the Maelstrom and he was one of the first explorers of Diamond Caverns. His book The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky was published in 1858 and again in 1859. In 1860 he revised and enlarged it. As A Guide Manual to the Mammoth Cave the 1860 edition became the standard reference book about the cave until it was replaced nine years later by Dr. Binkerd's book. Even after Binkerd's book was replaced by Dr. Forwood's book Wright's Guide Manual was still in demand. It was republished in 1870 and again in 1875." MEDICS AT MAMMOTH CAVE by Harold Meloy Journal of Spelean History Vol. 5 No. 4 Fall 1972. Printed by Bradley & Gilbert Hardcover
New English Original bdg. Atlas folio. (47 x 33 cm). Turkish text with figure captions in Turkish, German and English. 23, 128 p., 205 p. of plts., b/w ills. A very detailed and comprehensive survey of Constantinople's architecture, concentrating mainly on the religious. 150 copies were printed.
1946016315Pasadena: California Institute of Technology 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Photographs and Diagrams. 165 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt With "Restricted" On Cover Copyright Page With Natiojnal Defense / Espionage Act Statement Prohibiting Unauthorized Distribution. Photographs Throughout. Description And Analysis Of Methods Used To Analyze Record And Document Field Testing Of Rockets Primarily At The Goldstone Range. A Bright Clean Unworn Unmarked Example. <br/> <br/> California Institute of Technology hardcover
Fine English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (32 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 5 volumes set: (210 p., 45 maps.; 336 p.; [2], 337-680 p.; [2], 681-952 p.; [2], 953-1272 p.), color ills. Ottoman-Turkish seals and postmarks, 1840-1929.= Osmanli-Türk posta mühür ve damgalari, 1840-1929. 5 volumes set. A comprehensive reference on the seals and postmarks of the Ottoman / Turkish period.
Very Good Serbian Original early manuscript Ottoman huge bilingual document of the last period of Imperial Ottoman, prepared for a Serbian noble, in Serbian and Ottoman Turkish about farmland in Travnik city of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 55x39 cm. Bilingual in Serbian and Ottoman Turkish. 1 p., with some annotated notes on margins. On special paper with 'ahar' in early Ottoman / Turkish style with one of the rarest Ottoman watermarks. A printed vertical line of the document divides into two parts of the document is for early bilingual ones of especially the Imperial periods of Turks. The document includes the earliest printed form of moon and star. Split on middle, restored. A very good paper. Rare.
1931104443John Day. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. First Edition. 1931. Book is in Very Good Plus condition. Dust Jacket has some wear and chipping else Very Good. 254 pages. Small owners stamp on title page. John Day publisher. Illustrated by H. M. Stoops. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages . John Day hardcover
New English Original bdg. HC. Folio. (46 x 37 cm). In English, Turkish, and Arabic. [xviii], 323, [14] p., ills. Manisa in historical photographs from Sultan Abdulhamid II period.= Sultan II. Abdülhamid dönemi tarihî fotograflariyla Manisa.= Madina Maghnisa fi ahd al-Sultan Abd al-Hamid al-Thani Min khilal al-suwar al-tarikhiyya. OTTOMANIA Ottoman cities Manisa Urban history Photography Collection Turkish and Islamic culture.
ria9781439804124_inpMultiple-component retail product. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Providing a complete foundation to comprehend the physics of the microworld Advanced Particle Physics Two-Volume Set develops the models theoretical framework and mathematical tools to understand current experiments and make predict unknown
1939GE-284DallasTexas: Regional Press 1939. Classic rare text presents the story of the great East Texas oil boom which began around 1929 beginning with the famous oil sand discovery in Rusk County. Contains detailed events surrounding the oil boom from trading and profiting to chaotic times of hot-oil running and martial law to regulatory organizations and economics. 253 pgs. Special deluxe registered edition Numbered 439- and Signed by Ruel McDaniels on the presentation page. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper; small stamp to top of title pg. number stamped on lower edge of presentation pg. and rear endpaper. Small label removal remnant on rear endpaper. Decorative gilt spine and front cover. Very minimal shelfwear. Scarce. . Limited/Numbered First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Regional Press Hardcover
1947006783Highland Park / Los Angeles 1947 - 1960 And 1967-1983: Southwest Museum 1947. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. A Run Of 107 Issues 1947 - 1983 Jan 1947-Dec 1951 Mar 1952-Aug 1952 Mar 1955-Aug 1958 Nov 1958-1960 Missing All 1961 - 1966 And With Issues 1967-1983. Sold As A Group Only. Also With List Of Publications The Casa De Adobe Handbook January 1966 And The Southwest Museum Handbook 1967. <br/> <br/> Southwest Museum unknown
19030021261Newman Ga: S.W. Murray 1903. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. VG/0/Revised First edition thus. Originally published in 1899 this is a corrected revised copy published in 1903. Signed by James Stacy with a short inscription and dated 1911. Cover is firmly attached but both front and rear hinges are cracked. The front and rear endpaper are present but not attached. Water stains to the bottom third of about 40 pages which does not obsure any printing or photos. No markings foxing or soiling to interior. Corners of boards are bumped and board is exposed on very tip of corner. Some rubbing at head and tail of spine. Gilt on spine fairly bright and readable. Some mild discoloration to cloth over boards on back. 283 pages with black and white photos. RARE. BRBC <br/> <br/> S.W. Murray hardcover
Fine Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original manuscript paper with its decorative frame. Paper size: 7,5x13 cm; frame size: 19x24 cm. In Ottoman script. 1 p. Signature of Halim by his very calligraphic style with 'Hattat el-Hac' title and seen one sentence down of paper: 'Gönderilen meblagi mütesekkir aldim hürmetlerim efendim' [i.e. 'I received the amount sent, thanks and gratitude']. Mustafa Halim Özyazici, was an Ottoman calligrapher and one of the last of the classical Ottoman calligraphers, using the Arabic script. He was a versatile calligrapher with a high level of expertise in many styles of script, but was widely regarded as a master jeli-thuluth. He is most noted for his work on various restoration projects, of both manuscripts and public buildings. He was born Mustafa Abdülhalim on 14 January, 1898 in the Hazeki district of Istanbul. He was the son of Nalinci Haci Cemâl Efendi, originally from Crimea and his mother was Sudanese. He was educated at Gülsen Junior High School, where he was given lessons in calligraphy by Hamid Aytaç, who recognised his talent and encouraged him to pursue calligraphy as a career. He later studied drawing and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul. His formal calligraphy studies were with Hasan Riza Effendi (1849-1920) and Kamil Akdik (1862-1941) where he mastered the thuluth, nasih and riqâ scripts. In 1916, he was drafted into the Army. After completing basic training he worked in the Military Printing Department and also worked in Evkâf-i Islâmiyye Printing Press. Following his discharge from the Army in 1924, he opened an office in Bâbiâli Street (The Sublime Porte) where he prepared all types of calligraphy; business cards, seals and book covers. He also taught in various schools around the Cagaloglu district of Istanbul. From 1927, he was employed in the Imperial Chancery. When the Latin alphabet replaced Arabic lettering in 1928, he applied to go to Egypt, where classical calligraphy, using Arabic script, was still valued, but his application was rejected in 1929. He subsequently abandoned calligraphy altogether. However, during the 1940s, his skills in classical calligraphy found an outlet when he became part of a major restoration project which worked on repairs to numerous manuscripts in a variety of styles and the restoration of calligraphic reliefs and monumental art in historic, public buildings, including many mosques. In 1948, he was appointed to the position of 'old writing teacher' at the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul; a position he retained until his retirement in 1963. One of his responsibilities was to write the diplomas for those who were about to graduate from the Academy. He died on 30 September, 1964, ten days after being involved in a traffic accident. He was buried in the Kozlu Cemetery. Although he developed expertise in many different types of script, he was regarded as a master of jeli-thuluth script. He wrote a number of exercise books for students to practice scripts in nesih, thuluth-nesih, riq'a, diwânî and jeli diwânî, and which were part of a program designed to promote the art of calligraphy. These books are still being printed and distributed to students of calligraphy.
42540Geological Survey of New Jersy. 1868. 4to. 27cm portfolio case original green cloth containing 13 folding maps 12 are printed in colour sizes vary from 14"x 24" to 24" x50" many are two sheet maps not connected "Morris County Iron Mines" map in bl. & wh. with mines denoted in: as follows: Map of a Group of Iron Mines in Morris County 1868 2 sheets; Triassic Formation including the Red Sandstone and Trap Rock 1867 2 sheets; Azoic and Paleozoic Formations; Including the Iron-Ore & Limestone Districts 1868 2 sheets; Map of Oxford Furnace Iron-Ore Veins. Warren County. 1867; Map of Zinc Mines. Sussex County. 1867; Map of the Ringwood Iron Mines Passaic County 1864; Tertiary and Recent Formations of Southern New Jersey 1867; Cretaceous Formation: Including the Green-Sand Marl Beds. 1866 2 sheets. bookplate removed on the front endpaper ribbon ties on the fore edge half wanting some slight dust soil at the folds and an occasional separations at the folds on thin paper and should be handled with care perhaps contributing to the rarity; only one auction record back to 1894 printed colors bright and clean generally very good to fine rare. sgc. Geological Survey of New Jersy. 1868 unknown
1854010386New York: J. H. Colton 1854. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. Original embossed brown cloth covers front cover lettered in gilt 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" hand-colored map opens to 29 3/4" x 25 1/4". Verso of front cover with publisher's information and advertisements. Near Fine 3 small 1/4" tears at edges at folds 2 stained areas left margin near bottom edge likely from glue affecting only margin and decorative border gilt front cover bright corners of boards sharp map still fully attached. A quite lovely and desirable early Iowa map. . J. H. Colton Hardcover
1876009659Chicago: Baskin Forster & Co. 1876. Book. Near Fine. Morocco. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 458 pages complete with all maps and lithographic illustrations. Handsomely and solidly rebound in 20th c. red morocco gilt lettering at spine reinforced hinges new endpapers original marbled edges. Near Fine widely scattered spots of toning. SCARCE in lovely condition and with a binding that will function well for many years to come. Baskin, Forster & Co. Hardcover
1872010252Cairo Illinois: Cairo and Vincennes Railroad 1872. Map. Very Good. One Page. 19" h x 37" w. An apparently unrecorded original railroad map dated Feb. 1872 showing the city of Vincennes Indiana. 19' h x 37" w on translucent vellum architectural paper scale 1" = 400 feet. Very Good number 920-4 in marker bottom right corner bottom right corner clipped not affecting any details of the map bottom left corner with 2 small holes punched faint creasing and light soiling. Drawn in black with cross marks in red and the tracks of the C & V RR in blue. Details include locations of depots mills foundries and warehouses along the Wabash River Catholic Church cemetery and property street names and location of a seminary. Additionally showing are the lines of the Evansville & Crawfordsville RR Indianapolis & Vincennes RR and the Ohio & Mississippi RR. Founded in 1732 by the French Vincennes county seat of Knox County is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in Indiana and was the first capitol of the Indiana Territory. Its population in 1870 was 5440. The Cairo & Vincennes Railroad was chartered in Illinois in 1867 by Civil War General Green B. Raum. The railroad began laying track in 1870 and was fully completed in 1874. Established to move coal from the Illinois mines one of its first Presidents was the Civil War General Ambrose Burnside. It was reorganized as the C & V Railway not railroad in 1880 confirming the date this map was drawn. From a massive collection of recently acquired rairoadiana including thousands of original railroad company maps. Cairo and Vincennes Railroad hardcover
1902007175Rochester New York: Chase Brothers Company 1902. Magazine. Illus. by Stecher Lithographic Company. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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. Chase Brothers Company Paperback
1943009832New York: Privately Printed 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED BY Contributors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Artist Walter Klett's personal copy SIGNED BY 16 Contributors including Klett Edwin Eberman John Holmgren James Montgomery Flagg Ray Prohaska Frank Crowninshield Harry Berchoff Gordon Grant Edward Wilson Gurney Williams Hector A. Dunderi William Oberhardt Vervon Grant Wallace Morgan and Willard Fairchild. A veritable Who's Who of noted artists and illustrators of the first half of the 20th century. Klett's name is at the top of the list of signers and laid in is a Club postcard addressed to Klett dated 10/20/64 with details of the upcoming Club luncheon. Very Good in quarter cloth over decorative paper covered boards one of 1000 unnumbered copies printed scattered light toning light rubbing at edges. A UNIQUE copy in the annals of the Dutch Treat Club yearbooks one can almost see Klett moving about the hall seeking out his fellow illustrators for their signatures. Privately Printed Hardcover
a92104New York 1786 first edition. Samuel and John Loudon. 4to. wraps. 104p. Ninth session of Senate held 16 January in New York city. Complete text of meeting. Stringbound. Contemporary signature of Philip Nagel on titlepage. Near Good binding secure; curling of page tips final 4 pages have been worn down at top tip just to text affecting just a few words with small loss of text. . paperback
1917List1730Chicago: Poole Brothers 1917. Folding map measuring 38 ½ x 26 ¾ inches. Tape repairs to verso some tears at folds and edges still bring and attractive good to very good overall with excellent restoration potential. A map of the canneries in Alaska British Columbia and Washington operated by the Deming and Gould Company who were influential in the growth of the Alaskan salmon trade. The map’s date of printing 1917 suggests that perhaps it was related to the war effort as salmon demand increased during this period. The Demings based in Chicago were influential in the growth of the salmon trade in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest founding Pacific American Fisheries Inc. in 1899 and continuing in various iterations until their sale of the firm in 1934 due to president E.B. Deming’s ailing health. The map shows seventeen different canneries several on the Alaska peninsula and the one in Bellingham. We find no record of this imprint only a later and small version held at the University of Washington. Poole Brothers unknown
