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192128313Albany N.Y.: The University of the State of New York State Museum 1921. This series of 264 color plates are reprinted from the plates used in the work entitled: Wild Flowers of New York issued as Volumes I and II of New York State Museum Memoir 15. Quarto cloth portfolio string-ties 264 color plates complete. Very Good. The University of the State of New York, State Museum, 1921. hardcover books
189031598Philadelphia: Worrell & McKenzie 1890. Revised Edition Containing all the Latest Amendments. 32mo 12cm.; original unadorned limp black cloth; 43pp. Top half of spine perished slightly affecting small portion of spine-edge corner of upper cover additional small holes to cloth of upper cover rear cover a bit soiled contents fine. Good or better overall. Illustrated certificate printed on pink stock and accomplished in manuscript bound in certifying that "Bro. T.B. Hoffman Was duly admitted to membership in Clintonville Council No. 478 at a Stated Meeting held the 30th day of March A.D. 1891" signed apparently both in the same hand by G.T. Phipps and E.S. Woody. Unlocated in OCLC as of September 2016 nor have we been able to find any copies of an earlier edition. Worrell & McKenzie unknown books
180537536Washington D.C.: n.p. 1805. First edition. Removed. A very good copy clean and unmarked. 48 pp. 8vo. . for the same from the office of the Department of State. With the dates and general objects of such patents in pursuance of a resolution of the House of the 23d ultimo: 22d February 1805. Patent list for the year 1805. Shaw & Shoemaker 9542 9543 and 9544. n.p. unknown books
1856005862Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1856. Very Good in brown cloth pale yellow endpages tissue-guarded frontis illustration of Fremont plus 13 plates 356 pp no ads. Cloth at spine lightened foxing to endpages and lightly throughout plates uniformly darkened no writing or names. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ticknor and Fields Hardcover books
1927001707Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1927. Near Fine wrappers lightly soiled and prior owner name front wrapper. Pages are uncut and are clean and tight. Indiana Historical Society Publications Volume 8 Number 5. Scarce. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
1978005935No Place: The Author 1978. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - " To Meredith Wilson with all good wishes Carrie McClain West". Very Good wrappers rubbed at spine and bottom edge rear panel 2 pages loose. Contents are clean and unmarked. 177 pp. including Family Name Index and Bibliography. SCARCE SIGNED. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Author Paperback books
194431473Parchman Mississippi: Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman. 1944. First Printing. Documents. Three documents: 1 Typed Letter signed from M. E Wiggins Superintendent Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman to Provost Marshall Major J. B. Bullis of the 6th Service Command Chicago introducing the prisoner noting Governor Thomas L. Bailey's suspension of his sentence so he can re-enlist in the Army November 30 1944. 2 a cheaply printed form with many remarks type in noting that Byars will join thy Army as a condition of the suspension; it is also noted that the suspension can be revoked any time pending good behavior. This document is signed on the verso by Wiggins. Byars' race is unknown. 3 Original mailing envelope from Wiggins to Bullis 1944.The envelope is very good although it has a few notations on the verso. The Typed Letter signed is very good with old folds small corner crease and old staple holes in upper left column. The filled-out form is very good with old folds and a tiny chip at the edge of one fold. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 4 pp . Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman unknown books
1946006719Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1946. Near Fine 1/4" tear fore edge of front wrapper. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
193611224<p>First edition. Octavo. 25 b/w illustrations pictorial endpapers by E. A. Burbank pictorial dust jacket illustration by George Carlson. Bibliography. Dust jacket faded front and spine; nicks to top and bottom of spine. Very good. 322 pages.</p> The Macmillan Company hardcover books
185020826Washington: Gideon & Co 1850. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 28 pp in original sewn self-wrappers not disbound from a larger volume as often found. Light foxing; very good. "Winthrop emphatically advocates the immediate admission of California and exhorts Congress to refrain from the injustice of omnibus tactics which would "embarrass and perhaps peril her admission" Eberstadt. Cowan p. 691. Gideon & Co paperback books
1938TB31059Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1938. First Edition. Very good in red simulated leather covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine and on the front board and with rubbing to the cloth at the ends of the spine and at the tips of the boards. In a good price clipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch chips at the corners of the spine area with related creasing and with heavy rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the front panel and fold to the front flap. The rear end paper of the book has a pocket within which is the multi-color map of the state which is in very good condition. 593 pages including an index chronology and illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1950TB30208New York: Oxford University Press 1950. Second Edition Revised 1950. Very good in blue-green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and on the front board with map end sheets. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with the top edge of the text block dust stained and with light soiling and foxing to the end sheets. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with the spine tanned and lightly soiled which tanning extends onto half of the front panel and with a crease to the front flap. 300 pages including an index bibliography text and illustrated from black and white photographs in two sections. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1939TB28895New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1939. First Edition. Very good in light green cloth covered boards with dark green text stamping on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth on the spine tanned as well as the cloth on the upper edge of the boards. The front and rear end sheets are well tanned. Without its issued dust jacket. One of the more uncommon volumes in the American Guide Series. 368 pages including an index text and illustrated with black and white photographs through-out and with a fold-out map of the area tipped-in at the rear of the book. Funk & Wagnalls Company hardcover books
185342450St. Paul: Owen & Moore 1853. 8vo pp. 72; removed from earlier binding; some minor soiling dampstain along bottom edge else very good. Includes the report of the secretary additions to the library a Sketch of the Life of Nicollet by the Hon. Henry H. Sibley a sketch of the Department of Hudson Bay by the Rev. G.A. Belcourt the Mounds of Minnesota by S.R. Riggs the Meteorology of Minnesota by John W. Bond author of Minnesota and its Resources N.Y. 1853; an obituary notice of Minnesota's first printer James Goodhue unsigned but probably by Edward D. Neill secretary of the Society and a long article by Neill on Dakota Land and Dakota Life. Martin Minnesota Imprints 62; see Howes M-641. <br/><br/> Owen & Moore unknown books
193417067Minneapolis 1934. Edition limited to 200 copies 8vo pp. 82 2; fine in orig. blue cloth gilt lettering on spine. Fifty-four poems by 16 poets as judged by Louis Untermeyer Arthur Guiterman and Witter Bynner among others. The first cloth-bound book issued by the press. Press Preterite 23. <br/><br/> hardcover books
187156338Providence: Providence Press Company printers to the state 1871. 8vo pp. viii 94; vignette title page tables throughout; original gray printed wrappers; near fine. <br/><br/> Providence Press Company, printers to the state unknown books
192853446Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society 1928. First edition 2 volumes 8vo; photographic frontispiece and plates throughout; fine in original green cloth with gilt spines original printed dust jackets a little chipped. Financial circumstances delayed the publication of the second volume for some years and therefore a complete set on the market is uncommon a set with the dust jackets present is even more so. <br/><br/> Minnesota Historical Society hardcover books
18737336Minneapolis: Johnson & Smith Steam Printers 1873. First edition 8vo pp. xxvii; a very good well-preserved copy in the original printed paper wrappers. <br/><br/> Johnson & Smith, Steam Printers unknown books
198122453Grand Marais Minnesota: Cook County Historical Society 1981. First edition large 8vo pp. ix 1 402 illustrations throughout original green cloth stamped in black two notes in pen on front cover and a few pen underlinings in text else very good. This copy with a full-page ffep inscription from the author to Waring Jones dated October 10 1981. <br/><br/> Cook County Historical Society hardcover books
192917991New York: Spiral Press 1929. Edition ltd. to 535 no copies 8vo pp. xi 1 94 1; illustrated title-p. and 6 illus. in text by Gag; fine copy in orig. beige cloth-backed boards paper label on spine. Gag's first book Millions of Cats was published a year earlier. One of AIGA's Fifty Best Books for 1929. Bolton p. 63. <br/><br/> Spiral Press hardcover books
8128Albany Weed Parsons 1875. Front hinge broken. Some wear at corners otherwise very good. Red leather with gilt stamped printing and embossed decorations. Gilt embossed on front cover. Foldout diagrams of both chambers. <br/><br/> Albany, Weed, Parsons, 1875. hardcover books
1928305357<p>First edition. Octavo 6 1/8" x 9 1/4". 32 pages pictorial covers in orange and black. Large fold out map and chart at center 9" x 23 3/4". Very good. Information on Northern California's 21 counties; Grants Pass Oregon. Includes a reference to Zane Grey on p. 32.</p> News Publishing Co. paperback books
19152222080<p>First edition September 1915. Octavo. 15 b/w photographs. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in white with design in white red and black. No dust jacket. Very good. 367 pages index and bibliography.</p><p>A guide for women who found themselves on farms or in other isolated areas of the U.S. including Alaska Puerto Rico Philippines and Northwest.</p><p>Presentation gift inscription on front free endpaper 5 May 1916 to Birdie from Tante Barbara.</p> Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover books
19572221779<p>First edition. Octavo. Two page preface. Original stiff grey printed wrappers. No dust jacket. Very good. 241 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>University of California Publications in History Volume 57.</p> University of California Press paperback books
199820089Santa Barbara CA: Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. 405 pp with index and bibliography. Very small stain to fore edge likely a printer's error else a fine copy in like jacket. Signed on the front free endpaper by Perissinotto and dated October 30 1988. A collection of 52 documents translated into English from the Santa Barbara Presidio the last of Alta California's four military garrisons offering insight into how early settlers survived on the far frontier of Spain's American empire. Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation hardcover books