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22271After two decades of false starts and endless stalls in February 1851 the Illinois legislature at last incorporated the long-anticipated Illinois Central Railroad Company. Staking and surveying began immediately and the first section -- running between Chicago and Calumet -- opened for traffic on May 24 1852. Despite the fact that this railroad was the first ever to receive a federal land grant they had a difficult time finding investors to purchase these bonds. Printed Document 1p 12 3/4" X 13¼" New York NY 1852 August 16. Very good. Minor edgewear; bit of edgewear on some original folds not weakened. Printed on pale blue stock this handsome provisional certificate promises a six percent return. Typical boilerplate text with a variety of ornamental typefaces signed at the conclusion by the company president Robert Schuyler president and director from 1852 to 1854 at lower right and company secretary S.A. Lofson at lower left both heavily cross-hatched to cancel. Attractive ornamental border and below this the lower quarter consists of nine small coupons on which the interest payments are recorded all but one signed and heavily cancelled. Several large "Cancelled" and "Interest Paid" inkstamps cross these coupons the main boilerplate text and the signatures area. All in all a most attractive piece -- scarce from the earliest days of this important undertaking. unknown
1955054854Pasadena Ca: Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1955. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 10 Pp Including Covers. Near Fine. <br/> <br/> Jet Propulsion Laboratory paperback
18714New York: Currier & Ives n.y. 1865. Folio 11" X 13½". Good plus. Mild even age toning with occasional small foxing; roughly ¼" wide age toned strip mat burn running down full length of right margin about ½" from right edge but not affecting image area -- homely but not terribly defacing; bottom margin has clearly been trimmed coming up just beneath the "New York Published by Currier & Ives 152 Nassau St" line. Overall a clean fairly attractive example of this desireable Lincoln lithograph which is based on Anthony Berger's famed portrait taken in February 1864. unknown
186131369Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1861. Paperback. Small 4to. Original tan printed wrappers. 92pp. Good plus. Almost but not quite rates a "Very good" -- just a mild bit of edgewear and couple of tiny chips at extremities. Many of Douglas' Illinois colleagues -- Isaac Arnold and Orville H. Browning among them -- contribute to this collection of eulogies. First edition -- a tight and handsome copy bearing a nice autograph addition: The top of the front wrapper bear a bold signature and inscription: "Clinton D. Sellew / from Thos. A. Doyle." Doyle 1827-86 was long-time mayor of Providence Rhode Island from 1852 off and on through his death. Sellew whose pencilled ownership signature appears on the title page was a local public official and later postmaster of Providence. This pamphlet is also found in a yellow wrapper but no priority has been established. SABIN 20696. Government Printing Office paperback
18852866391885. Trade Paperback. 4 page letter. J. P. Dunn was Controller State of California 1883-1891. Edward C. Marshall was the Attorney General of California from 1883-1887. Autograph letter signed 4-pages on Controller's Department State of California letterhead dated Nov. 19 1885 from 'Clark.' Letter is responding to a request from Dunn who is in San Francisco for a copy of 'the Kentucky tax decision.' The letter continues with praise for the success of Dunn's efforts 'to make the Monarchs of the Rail bend their necks to the just yoke of the State.Stay right at San Francisc until no stone is left unturned against any possible act being done to render this triumph futile.' Letter continues to praise Dunn and criticize 'Marshall' 'in which his own action and lack of action to save the interests of the State he is sworn to protect writes the word damnable in red letters over his official name' and continues 'the lousy coin that corrupted his official palm was a prize more valuable in price to him than pure life and spotless character.' And 'he now harvests in callous-heartedness the sheaves of disgrace the waving fields from which he might have reaped honor and renown'.'The Governor is enjoying the victory hugely.' Excellent content. About 525 words.<br> paperback
193672603Genoa: Barabino & Graeve 1936. Small Square 4to. 56 pp. Pictorial softcover with silver-coloured covers and map endpapers. Rubbing and creasing to extremities resulting in loss of silver covering at these parts. Internally clean. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs which cover many different Italian Alpine resorts giving information on railway connections and accomodation and amenities. Cover design by Filippo Romoli who produced a lot of work for Barabino & Graeve themselves producers of travel posters for ENIT. The English edition. . Very Good. Softcover. 1936. Barabino & Graeve (1936) paperback
1011157802.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1272581659.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1272573648.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
101876836X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1928003127Los Angeles: Southern California Olympic Games Committee 1928. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good. 9 7/8" Tall. Color Lithographic Covers b/w Ads. 32 pp. Nice lithographic cover in blue and yellow with Mercury carrying an athlete on his shoulders. Priced 25 cents. Internal full-page illustrations of Fred Thomson and Silver King; the Los Angeles Biltmore and Mt. Lowe railway view of city lights; and half-page illustration of the Vista Del Arroyo Hotel and Bungalow Pasadena now renovated and used by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court.Slight damp-wrinkling at upper corner barely affecting a few internal illustrations. With four page "souvenir program" laid in annotated in pencil with winning marks. <br/> <br/> Southern California Olympic Games Committee unknown
19652511San Francisco: no date c1965. Fine. 1965. Facsimile Reprint of 1894 original. Proceedings cover title & title page and Misrepresentations 2nd title page: 37 pps. printed on one side loose in printed card stock folder. Manuscript: 31 pps. including: I-II pub. note 21 pp. plus 5 pages marked v thru z to be be added after a deletion on p. 21 and 3 pages marked a b c to be inserted on page 6. There are two copies each of the additional pages. All housed in accordion file folder. With the publication of the Proceedings Farwell condemned Bancroft and his History of California very likely according to the Publisher's Note because of his treatment John C. Fremont and the Bear Flag Revolt stating also that . . . " the booklet is a very scarce and fascinating item of Californiana . . . a work of literary curiosity and a classic example of self-righteous invective and vituperation." In view of the semi-legalistic format of the Proceedings the manuscript followed more or less the same format as an answer for the respondent Hubert Howe Bancroft. . no date (c1965) unknown
1808BOOKS004378INew York: Alsop Brannan and Alsop. pp.vi15262. joints cracked & front board loose. 1808. 8vo . full calf. lacks spine label binding scuffed & worn including spine ends & corners corner piece torn from front free endpaper & first blank leaf some leaves heavily foxed early ownership signatures still quite a usable copy. Marke p.314 HLC:I p.290 Marvin p.169 continuation of title Personal Actions and Adapted to the Supreme Court of the State of New-York; with the Forms in Replevin and Ejectment: Preserving the References in I.Riley and Co's Enlarged Edition of Tidd's Practice. From the London copy of 1803. end title . Alsop, Brannan and Alsop unknown
19829215Fresno: Fresno City and County Historical Society. Fine. 1982. Facsimile Reprint. Softcover. 94 pp.; folio; color illustrated wrappers; reproductions of the original illustrations albeit not with the original quality. "The original book from which this copy was reproduced is in the Woodward Collection at the California State University Fresno. It is the only known copy to be in existence." This reprint also appears to be a bit scarce. . Fresno City and County Historical Society paperback
188332564N.p.: N.p. 1883. Hardcover. Narrow 4to 8" X 13". Calf spine and pebbled paper over boards. 180pp. Good plus. Quite edgeworn and rubbed with rounded outer corners but calf strong and nice; fairly tight and unrestored fully handleable. This typically cryptic ledger book hails from Ulysses S. Grant's adopted hometown of Galena in Jo Daviess County an important lead mining center at one time thought to become the great hub of Midwest commerce. Consisting of pages lined in blue and red the first 170 pages each bear a large "Trial Balance" and date penned boldly in brown ink -- the largest column beneath consisting of a row of names of individuals businesses and institutions and two columns of numbers to the right of this. All are immaculately penned in the same quite attractive and legible hand. Perusing these pages one finds many a notable citizen of the day -- S.O. Stillman John Nichols B.F. Felt others -- and an array of businesses -- to name a few one finds regular entries for Merchandise National Bank Reynolds & Chapman D. Wilkinson & Co. F.W. Strattman & Co. and other local business. The large and broad array of institutions includes S.S. Mission Fund School Fund Masonic Charity Fund Jo Daviess Chapter Agricultural Society Miners Lodge State Insurance Fund Citizens League and others. Pages 171 through 180 consist of boldly pencilled "Bills Receivable Trial Balance" sheets. Although no business name appears anywhere within this ledger book nor internal clues to identify the business the eclectic nature of the entries and the relatively large sums of money in the credit and debit columns suggests this ledger book originated from a banking institution. An intriguing item worth further research. N.p. hardcover
182676687Columbus Ohio: Geo. Nashee State Printer. Very Good. 1826. First Edition; First Printing. Leather. This book is hard-bound in a binding of contemporary leather with blind-tooling to the cover edges and with a gilt stamped black leather label on the spine. The covers show some light rubbing to the upper corners and spine-ends with the lower corners "chewed." The covers show some lgiht scuffing and toning. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and legible but with scattered foxing and toning/offsetting throughout. This book contains 3 separate title-pages "Acts of a General Nature Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Fourth Generall Assembly" - " Acts of a General Nature Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Fifth Generall Assembly" - And - Acts of a Local Nature Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Ohio Begun and Held in the Town of Columbus Dec. 4 1826 and the Twenty-Fifth Year of Said State. Vol XXV. Published By Authority; Printed By Geo. Nashee State Printer. Columbus Ohio. 1827. . Geo. Nashee, State Printer hardcover
193419656Chicago: Grand Army Hall and Memorial Association 1934. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff blue and grey wrappers. Each 20pp. Illustrations. Seventeen issues of this annual covering the years 1934-46 and 1948-51. Very good to fine. Interesting programs representing the last gasp of the original G.A.R. members; by the time of the fifty-second service in 1951 there were no surviving Illinois G.A.R. veterans in attendance. Grand Army Hall and Memorial Association paperback
34228N.p.: N.p. n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full green calf with gilt spine lettering. Pp. 681-696 rectos only. 12 steel engravings 1 map. Very good. Mildly edgeworn with spine and binding edges irregularlysunned to golden brown. Bibliographically cryptic but clearly relatively recent i.e. post-WW2 facsimile reprint of this 16-page extract from the May 1866 issue of "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" Vol. XXXII No. CXCII -- an article that follows up on U.S. Grant's postwar fame profiling the famed lead mining town in northwest Illinois that had become his home just prior to the Civil War. Front wrapper engraving depicts Galena's Main Street bulging with people assembled to hear the returning hero. A massive banner spans the street proclaiming "Hail to the Chief Who in Triumph Advances." Though an extract it is self-contained and sought after in its own right. This undated reprint circa 1970 is printed on an off-white stock artificially age toned to lend it a period feel. It's also slightly enlarged from the original. Scarce. N.p. hardcover
1996stela126Columbus: 1996. 1996. 4to. pp. 90. profusely illus. in b/w & colour. including 2 colour fold-out illus. includes CD-ROM on front endpaper. wrs. small scratch to inside front cover. Published in conjunction with an exhibition. Soft cover. Fine. Columbus: 1996. Paperback
160p. Obituaries printed on inside front and rear covers and outside rear wrap. Tall 8vo. Original pale green printed wraps, chipped with small loss at top of front cover and head and tail of spine. This version, in orignial wraps, of the Higbee Memorial Volume is rather scarce. PA PAMPH 19_16 BX1
1916240165Chicago: Munsell Publishing 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Good. map woodcuts. Quarto 621 pages. 3/4 leather corners very worn newer sheep spine <br/><br/>This volume 1 is an alphabetical listing of various persons and places in Illinois history supplemented with photogravures with a concentration on Winnebago County. Munsell Publishing hardcover
0526824190.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1018281061.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
198040619Evansville IN: Unigraphic Inc 1980. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. vi pp. 256-648. Illustrations. Very good. A tight attractive facsimile reprint of this 1879 central Iowa county history first published by Union Historical Company in Des Moines. Publishers note "The original book contained an additional 254 pages comprised of the History of the Northwest Territory the History of Iowa statistical information the abstract of the laws of Iowa and the constitution of the state of Iowa." The 1879 first edition is scarce and desireable and even this centennial reprint uncommon. Unigraphic, Inc hardcover
196416537Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Fifth printing. Johnson's signature in black marker on front free endpaper. It has the dot partly on top of lower part of the J. The signature in this book looks real but was often by autopen or secretary so we cannot verify. Analysis of LBJ up to his first year as president by his long-time journalist friend. Orange cloth boards with gold stamped printing front and spine. A nick on top board edge and slight rubbing at corners Dust jacket with price intact has a 1" and some smaller tears rubbing of finish. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover
