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1930030065Monterey Park / Los Angeles / Pasadena / Alhambra: Midwick Country Club 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good . 69 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth Purple Endpapers. With Historical Lists Of Officers. Slight Rubbing At Corners Last Two White Endpapers Browned From A Piece Of Paper Like A Newspaper Clipping Apparently. Scarce: Worldcat Shows Only The Huntington Library Copy. Owner's Informtion On Front Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Midwick Country Club hardcover
1873EB001CCentral City Colorado Territory: Collier & Hall 1873. a Colorado Territorial publication; lightly rubbed edges and corners; covers slightly hand-soiled but not offensively; published three years prior to Colorado Statehood; not listed in Wynar's Colorado Bibliography; includes instructions for proceedings to obtain titles & C.; an unread copy; 100pp. Fourth Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Collier & Hall Paperback
187820190St. Paul: H.M. Smyth & Co. printers 1878. 8vo pp. 88; without the folding map of Minnesota found in some copies; original gray printed wrappers soiled slight chipping at edges remains of old label adhered at upper wrapper; generally a good copy of a promotional pamphlet for immigrants addressed: "To Laboring Men. To Landless Men. To All Men of moderate means and men of wealth who will accept homes in a beautiful and prosperous country. H.M. Smyth & Co., printers unknown
18797174St. Paul: H.M. Smyth & Co 1879. Later issue measuring 215mm. x 140mm. and with the paper used for text and map of a decidedly lesser quality 8vo 40pp. some fading at extremities but generally a very good copy in original pink printed wrappers. H.M. Smyth & Co unknown
186017337Hartford: Case Lockwood and Company 1860. 8vo pp. 173 3; original printed wrappers spine neatly reinforced with old tape nicked at extremities some soiling else a very good copy. Sabin 49279. Case, Lockwood, and Company unknown
18672919St. Paul: for gratuitous circulation by Girart Hewitt 1867. 8vo 36pp. a fine copy in orig. blue printed wrappers and scarce thus. Wrappers with different letterpress than the above and now bound without the ads; text identical. Howes H-455 not mentioning the different issues for the year 1867. for gratuitous circulation, by Girart Hewitt unknown
1878220079Cincinnati OH: Elm Street Printing Co. 1878. Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the Organization of Presbytery September 191781 to December 1831. Limited First Edition of 300 copies. This Presbytery or synod was the first one formed west of the Allegheny Mountains and included much of Western Pennsylvania. Primarily meeting minutes and correspondence of the organization. Book Condition : Good- Ex-College Library; former owner's name in ink inside front cover and on front free end paper; library stamping to title page and text block; pocket inside rear cover; age toning throughout minor foxing; beginnings of spine separation all pages intact; bumping/tearing to spine ends; text unmarked. Elm Street Printing Co. Hardcover
1913029864Chicago: Class Journal Company 1913 1913. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Cover By Clinton Petter. Great Cover With Two Seat Racer Driven By A Woman With A Party Of Seven Other Figures All Watching A Sailboat Race In The Background. Feature Story About Racing At The Circle City Corona California "The Circle City" Whose Circular Grand Avenue Was The Race Track. <br/> <br/> Class Journal Company 1913 paperback
193122090Los Angeles: Touring Bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California 1931. Softcover. Very good. 4.5" x 8" 31 pp in original stapled wrappers. Light soiling to front cover otherwise clean and sound. Very good. The Automobile Club of Southern California founded in 1900 was one of the nation's first motor clubs.--dedicated to improving road conditions and signage providing maps and promoting motor travel generally. This booklet describes the points of interest and road conditions on a selection of major roads that would eventually lead the motor traveler to southern California. Those covered in the most detail are the Old Spanish Trail the Santa Fe or National Old Trails Road Lincoln Highway Arrowhead Trail and Pacific Highway. Briefer notes are supplied for U.S. Highways 66 366 54 70 450 20 12 and 10; the Union Pacific Highway; Victory Highway; Pike's Peak to Ocean Highway; Detroit Lincoln and Denver Highway; Custer Battlefield Highway Old Oregon Trail and Redwood Highway. A brief note remindes travelers of the need to book ahead for good hotels and campgrounds and a section on apparel reassures them that cars are now more dependable and roads less muddy such that "the modern motorist is usually a neat and clean person--a direct contrast to the motor pioneers of the early days." We find no copies of this edition--likely the first--in OCLC. Touring Bureau of the Automobile Club of Southern California unknown
1983023301Atlanta Georgia: Atlanta Historical Society 1983. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/None Issued. VG/ exhibition catalog-First ed. This is the original catalog from an exhibition at the High Museum in Atlanta from December 9 1983 until June 10 1984. Furniture was originally exhibited in 1983 at the High Museum in Atlanta. 176 pages of black and white pictures and 8 color plates and descriptions of all kinds of Georgia furniture pieces from the 1800s. A lengthy alphabetized list of Georgia furniture makers and lenders to the exhibition are in the back section of the book. Clean and tight good corners a little light wear at top and bottom of spine. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage. And I can have it in the mail tomorrow. A wonderful book for the antique collector. BOXA <br/> <br/> Atlanta Historical Society paperback
190242650New York: Lincoln History Society 1902. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. 32pp. Illustrations. Very good. Outer wrappers only a tad age toned and a bit edgeworn. Nice copy of the elaborate prospectus for Ida M. Tarbell's "The Life of Abraham Lincoln: Drawn from original sources and containing many Speeches Letters and Telegrams hitherto unpublished" first published in 1900 and reissued by Lincoln History Society in four volumes in1902. Definitely uncommon. Laid in is an 8" X 4" pale blue printed order form for this set $10 for "English Ribbed Cloth" $14 for "Three-Quarter Leather" and also a 4 3/4" X 7 3/4" Typed Letter Signed from this company's registrar W.R. Caldwell bearing his rubberstamped signature 1 April 1903. Addressed to E.P. Farr. Very good. Blue-ink mimeographed sales pitch letter for this set. Apparently this publisher reprinted this prospectus each time they reprinted this set others bear the date 1903 1907 1908 and 1909 on the facsimile of the Tarbell title page but this 1902 is the earliest and represents the year the LHS first published their edition. MONAGHAN 1312 note. Lincoln History Society paperback
194055259NY: Hastings House. Good with no dust jacket; Boards soiled spine faded. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. xxxvii 458pp index. Many photogravures. Orange cloth binding. One of the WPA's American Guide series highlighting natural and man-made landmarks history geography and culture. Map missing from rear pocket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Hastings House hardcover
190040842Albany NY: State of New York. Good with no dust jacket; First several pages of volume one loose front . hinge is cracked boards heavily worn. Volumes two and three much tighter . and with only mild wear to spines. 1900. Hardcover. A three volume set comprising a detailed record of New York State's official involvement in the Spanish-American War. Peach-colored cloth bindings with blind-stamping and black-stamped lettering on spines. Frontispiece photograph of New York Governor Frank T. Black in first volume. Volume One contains information about all official State documents issued concerning the conflict long lists of ordnance quartermaster supplies and medical supplies issued and detailed lists of soldiers who died during the War. Volume one also lists short biographical information about soldiers enlisted in Troop A Troop C 4th Battery 5th Battery 7th Battery 1st 2nd 3rd and 8th Regiments. Volume two provides registers of soldiers enlisted in the 9th 12th 13th 14th 22nd 47th and 65th Regiments. Volume three provides registers of soldiers enlisted in the 69th 71st 201st 202nd and 203rd Regiments as well as information about the naval militia. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . State of New York hardcover
1986057842New York: Social Register Association 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black "leatherette" paper-covered boards lettered in orange. A bit of surface rubbing to covers otherwise about as issued. Firm binding clean interior. Facsimile of 1887 edition. viiixl256 pp. 1st thus: Nov. 1986. Social Register Association Hardcover
1850006192Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson printers 1850. Paperback. Very Good. 32 p.; 23 cm. Green wrappers with black wrapper title. The Union Benevolent Association was established in 1831 to provide assistance to Philadelphia residents by lending stoves to help heat their homes during a harsh winter along with wood and coal. The intention was to help the "worthy poor" without regard for religion or race. The activities of the organization have evolved since 1831; today it provides grants to projects to fight poverty. This report contains a list of people who contributed to the Union Benevolent Association for the previous year with the amount given as well as detailed data about the people with whom the association had worked. The male officers of the Association are listed; none of the members of the Ladies' Board of Managers are named although the majority of the report is theirs. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled and creased; 3-cm. closed tear at upper corner of front wrapper; internally clean and tight. Merrihew & Thompson, printers paperback
193821589Nome AK: Nomania Publishers. Very Good. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Card Covers. Vertical crease part way up the front cover. Corners slightly bumped. Contents are "fine." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 75 pages . Nomania Publishers unknown
19750022393New Castle New York: Jointly Published By Town of North Castle Town of New Castle 1975. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/None Issued. F/1st ed./Signed. Clean and with an uncreased binding this first edition is firm in its glued binding and is signed and dated by the Committee Chairwoman for the project on the verso of the title page. The previous owner left his embossed book stamp discreetly on the top of the front free endpaper. There is no marking to either the interior or exterior of the book and the pages are bright white. 142pp. notes bibliography and index along with an assortment of early maps and pictures of early local buildings. There are a few early portraits and many mentions of local individuals and families. A really well thought out history for both of these towns. Book will come to you in an non acid document bag for storage. <br/> <br/> Jointly Published By Town of North Castle, Town of New Castle paperback
190264031<p>Chicago: The Inter Ocean Newspaper Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and stained hinges cracked. 1902. Hardcover. Black cloth titled in gilt on spine. Index to portraits. Cameo photo portrait reproductions of various judges lawyers politicians and businessmen of the American West including US Supreme Court Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller US Supreme Court Associate Justices John M. Harlan Henry B. Brown David J. Brewer Edward D. White Rufus W. Peckham Joseph McKenna George Shiras Jr. and Horace Gray and many others. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 219 pages .</p> The Inter Ocean Newspaper Company 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
1890010198Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1890. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Title continues;"including A General Map of the Pennsylvania Railroad Maps of the Principal Cities and Other Information of Interest to Shippers". With original wrappers bound in 20th c. black cloth with gilt lettering at spine Near Fine light soiling to wrappers one map detached but laid in and complete a few pages with contemporary pencil notations bottom edge of page block "FRT STAS PRR" in ink . Stiff cardboard wrappers 194 pp. with maps and numerous advertisements. "This book contains an alphabetical list of stations on all lines owned leased or operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company east of Pittsburgh and Erie together with numerous other points on its direct connections and shows at which of the various Freight Stations of the Company in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore shipments for the points named may be delivered; also the stations at which there are no agents or sidings and the junction points with connecting roads." p. 15. RARE not found at OCLC/WorldCat RareBookHub Auction & Book Sales Archive by BIBLIO or in Google search. Pennsylvania Railroad Company Hardcover
23954Los Angeles: Bekins Van & Storage. Very good. 15" x 13" indexed city street map issued as a promotional piece by Bekins Van & Storage "shippers of household goods to and from eastern points at half rates. Warehouse Cor. 4th & Alameda Sts. Very good condition with folding creases one small tear to right margin stabilized with archival tape. The map is undated but evidence of its early date comes from the photographic illustration on the verso which shows a line of horse-drawn moving vans and from the designation on the verso of Los Angeles as "Earth's Garden Spot Population 125000." 1902 is the estimated date given in the catalog record from the Huntington Library which holds the only copy we located of this edition of Bekins' map which was updated repeatedly over the next several decades. Bekins Van & Storage unknown
1914027585Pasadena: Pasadena Realty Board / Tournament Of Roses 1914. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Photographs. 8 Pp. 9 1/2" Tall. 6" Wide. Complete Schedule Of Parade Chariot Races And Athletic Competitions With Details And Photographs. This Is Not The Much Thicker Color Illustrated Newspaper Program. <br/> <br/> Pasadena Realty Board / Tournament Of Roses paperback
19714.219Olympia: State of Washington 1971. Book. Very Good. Ring Binding. small 4to. Stiff vinyl covers with 4-post ring binding. Gilt title light cover rubs some soil to fore-edge and a small dog-earred corner. 562pp w/index. State of Washington Hardcover
1911029381London: Oil" Circa 1911 1911. Soft cover. Very Good. Photographs. 63 Pp. Folding Map At End. Printed Gray-Brown Covers. Undated But Last Statistics Reported Are 1910 Thus Presumably Published 1911. Detailed Commercial Analysis. Very Scarce Only One Copy At Stanford Shown In Institutional Holdings By Worldcat. Light Wear Short Tears Where Covers Overlap Text Block 1/2" Chip On The Bottom Of The Spine Contents Fine No Names Or Marks. There Is A Plausible Argument That The National Economics Politics And Militarization Of Oil And Gas Is So Important That Twentieth Century And Twenty-First Century National Economics Politics And Militarization May To A Considerable Degree Be Considered As Just Aspects Of The Oil And Gas Business When One Evaluates How Petroleum And Gas Derivatives Provide Not Just Energy But The Chemicals Used In All Industry Including Ingredients And At Least The Lubrication Of Essential Machines. This Business Is Below The Radar Of The Media And Indispensably Dependent Upon The Oil Equipment Supply Business An Oligopoly Where Equipment Is Never Sold Only Leased Making The Users Dependent Upon Such Firms "Forever". See "Cheney". <br/> <br/> Oil" Circa 1911 paperback
1947036809Jenkintown PA: Old York Road Historical Society 1947. Book. Good. Half-Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Custom-bound in brown 1/2 leather burgundy cloth containing Volumes XI through XV 1947 through 1951 annuals each originally issued in booklet form here retaining original wraps. Leather rubbed at corners with loss along bottom front corner rubbed along spine extremities and joints. Rear board damaged from silverfishing along a 4" section of fore-edge with loss to cloth and several indentations/holes with smaller holes extending into fore-edge margins of the final few leaves not affecting any text. 4740476442 pp. illus. Scarce. Old York Road Historical Society Hardcover
