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19122222226<p>Later printing of 1891 edition. Octavo. Original gray cloth stamped in gilt and silver with pictorial design of man on horseback in silver and black. Frontispiece portrait of Lummis and seven full page b/w plates from photographs taken by Lummis. No dust jacket. Very good few stains. 217 pages.</p><p>Signed and inscribed by Lummis on half title page: "To Paul B. Wright and his good Indian 'The Junior' with best wishes of Their Friend Chas. F. Lummis."</p><p>With the longhorn cattle bookplate of Purd B Wright Jr.</p> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
193979729Moscow and Leningrad: State Art Publishers 1939. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis sepia-toned photos unpaginated. Original blue cloth with beveled edges. 26cm. Light cover soil and wear including a small scratch on back cover. Bookplate. No Jacket. Consists almost entirely of captioned photos of Soviet athletics physical culture and mass parades. <br/><br/> State Art Publishers hardcover books
193252372Minneapolis 1932. Leaflet 14 x 10 cm pp. 4; edition size not stated fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 18a. <br/><br/> unknown books
188213879San Francisco: Bacon & Company 1882. Hardcover. Good. Second edition. xvi 255 pp with frontis portrait of the author in original red cloth boards. Spine sunned boards edgeworn foxing to frontispiece owner's signature on front flyleaf. Binding sound text clean. Narrative of missionary work in early San Francisco. The author was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of San Francisco. Bacon & Company hardcover books
187920963San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 106 pp in publisher's dark red pebbled cloth. Corners bumped and rubbed otherwise a very nice copy unmarked and sound. Contains "brief descriptions of over five hundred species of plants known to grow in the region bounded on the west by the coast line from Monterey Bay to Mendocino County and on the east by the foothills of the Sierra Nevada." It is indexed but alas not illustrated. Uncommon in the first edition. A.L. Bancroft hardcover books
189634143Spokane: Rand McNally 1896. First Edition. 50pp. illusthroughout showing houses buildings etc. Original quarto wrappers rebacked in paper A mine of information fully illustrated of Washington State. Rand, McNally unknown books
192620980Minneapolis: Ward C. Burton 1926. First edition 16mo pp. 53; illustrations throughout text; printed paper label upper cover spine worn else very good in original gray paper-covered boards. NUC locates 4 copies. <br/><br/> Ward C. Burton hardcover books
1979005952Evansville IN: Unigraphic Inc. 1979. Very Good Plus some underlining and marginal notations in both pencil and ink. . First Edition Thus. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unigraphic Inc. Hardcover books
42339Minneapolis and/or Saint Paul v.d. Brown John Mason. Beyond the present. Minneapolis & St. Paul 1948. Edition ltd. to 650 copies slim 8vo 6 & 28pp. fine copy in orig. brown cloth paper labels tissue dust jacket. Aris Rutherford. The ampersand in script & print. An essay in honor of the Ampersand Club on the occasion of its semicentary Minneapolis 1980 8vo pp.13 illustrated throughout fine in original pictorial wrappers. Rota Anthony. Life in a London bookshop: excerpts from a lecture. Minneapolis: Ampersand Club 1989. Edition limited to 200 copies 8vo pp.4 19 5; frontispiece; fine in original olive cloth stamped in gilt. McLean Austin J. In fair dehiscence. The correspondence of James R. Eckman & T. M. Cleland 1961-1963. Minneapolis 1992. 8vo pp. 30 2 illustrations from photographs; fine in original printed paper-covered boards. Wulling Thomas E. Emerson G. Wulling: 75 years a printer . with excerpts from the subjects writings. Minneapolis 1991.12mo pp. 27; portrit frontispiece printer's mark fine in original decorative wrappers. Andersen Elmer L. On book collecting. By Arne Kjelsberg. Minneapolis: Ampersand Club 2005. Limited to 626 copies this 1 one 500 of the regular edition printed on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Ampersand Club by Gaylord Schanilec; 8vo pp. 2 43 8; wood-engraved frontis portrait of the author by Schanilec title-p. printed in blue and black; as new in original gray cloth with printed wrap-around label on spine and upper cover. Elmer Andersen long-time Ampersand member Grolier Club member governor of Minnesota CEO of H.B. Fuller and newspaper publisher contributed a regular column to one of his newspapers on book collecting under the pseudonym of Arne Kjelsberg a selection of which is printed here with an Afterword by Rob Rulon-Miller. <br/><br/> hardcover books
196812600Pretoria: State Library 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. 24p. No Jacket as issued. A reprint of the original 1875 edition. <br/><br/> State Library hardcover books
200252682Minneapolis: First Avenue 2002. First Avenue and 7th St Entry are two music venues housed in the same building in downtown Minneapolis. During the 1980s Prince helped put it at the forefront of Minneapolis music venues by using it as the location for many scenes in his movie Purple Rain. He was also a frequent performer there in the late 80s and early 90s. Includes a nearly complete run of the First Avenue In-House Magazine Sept. 1998- August 2000 nos. 1-51 lacking only no. 23 each 14" x 8½" each 12 pages comprising articles on and illustrations of upcoming musicians together with a calendar of upcoming events. Among those featured are Sleator-Kinney Gil Scott-Heron Patti Smith The Flaming Lips The Jayhawks Johnny Winter NRBQ Black Eyed Peas Spider John Koerner Ray and Tony Glover Cheap Trick Aerosmith Warren Zevon Mason Jennings Robyn Hitchcock Better than Ezra Motorhead Billy Bragg The Cardigans P. J. Harvey Roger McGuinn and many others. Together with a complete run of The Developing Music and Arts Foundation March 2001-2001 nos. 1-35 each 16 pages several are only 8 pages each 8½" x 11" saddle-stitched each profusely illustrated. Features First Avenue acts and other news of the music industry including features on The Wailers The White Stripes Sonic Youth The Suburbs Sleator-Kinney Psychedelic Furs Soul Asylum Willie and the Bees Spider John Koerner Tony Glover NRBQ Rufus Wainwright Mason Jennings Hootie and the Blowfish Placebo Grandaddy The Samples Heroine Sheiks Toots and the Maytals The Jayhawks Indigo Girls Tonya Donnelly Blackalicious Billy Bragg George Clinton Motorhead Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls and the Butchers Jonathan Richman of The Modern Lovers Jurassic 5 The Misfits Death Cab for Cutie They Might Be Giants The Strokes Six Feet Under Stereo Lab Ian Hunter Lucinda Williams Junior Brown and many many others; also with various reviews of albums and performances a tribute to John Lennon calendar of upcoming events pertinent ads etc. And a significant run of First Avenue's Posters / Calendars 2000-2002 32 in all; the inside-spread of 17 of these feature a large poster of any number of particular bands and artists including Propaghandi Bob Dylan's 60th Birthday Bash Ex-Centric Sound Syatem Toots and the Maytals Cradle of Filth Buju Banton and Yellow Man Hank III and Assjack Killer Elite The Squabs The Magnolias Cold Cut Trailer Trash etc. and 13 Dancteria tickets free passes to the club undated but colorful; plus several duplicates and a piece or two of First Avenue ephemera. <br/><br/> First Avenue unknown books
1930134234Milwaukee WA: Craftsmen Press 1930. 31p. wraps very good. 6x9 inches. Craftsmen Press unknown books
193132040Minneapolis: Winston Bros. Co 1931. Large 4to pp. 119; extensively illustrated throughout showing the Winston brand of tunnels railroad beds bridges dams mining projects and other construction and engineering projects. With a pro-forma presentation on the front free endpaper presenting this copy to Mrs. Philip B. Winston Jr. <br/><br/> Winston Bros. Co unknown books
185427652Albany: C. Van Benthuysen Printer 1854. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Wrappers soiled rear wrapper and a few leaves chipped at the fore edge not affecting text some dampstaining; overall still good. 8 pp. 8vo. Much information about the members: there were 52 farmers 22 lawyers of course 2 Gentlemen not bad there are even less today 1 hatter 1 railroad conductor 1 brewer and of course many others. OCLC & RLIN show 3 copies See Sabin 53981 1853 ed. C. Van Benthuysen, Printer unknown books
189111163Philadelphia: John Y. Huber Co 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 418 pp with frontis portrait and 70 plates and illustrations from wood engravings. Re-backed with original cloth laid down; new endpapers. An enlarged edition of Schwatka's Along Alaska's Great River describing a 1300-mile journey along the Yukon River with three new chapters on discovery and history the people and their industries and geographical features. Arctic Bibliography 15598; 15604. Rear board stained. Spine very mildly slanted cloth worn at the edges and lightly rubbed. John Y. Huber Co hardcover books
1878008328St. Louis MO: Western Publishing Co. 1878. Original publisher's dark brown embossed cloth with gilt stamped lettering front cover and spine. Very Good prior owner name stamp front paste down cloth rubbed at edges and lightly soiled front hinge about half open yet holding nicely end papers toned. Internally clean and unmarked with numerous illustrations. A great history of the St. Louis of the 1870s. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Western Publishing Co. Hardcover books
1855040132Fairfield Iowa / Philadelphia: Henn Williams & Co. / R.L. Barnes 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full-color folding map 22" x 35". Folds into embossed red-cloth covers gilt lettering on cover 5.75" x 3.75". Near fine condition. Drawn in 1854 and issued early in 1855 this map shows a "Great Western Mail & Emigrant Route to the Pacific" extending from Omaha. The first American settlers arrived in Iowa from the East in 1833. By 1855 the new state had become a magnet for homesteaders and settlers to work the rich land. <br/><br/> Henn, Williams & Co. / R.L. Barnes hardcover books
193552373Christmas Lake 1935. Edition limited to 150 copies leaflet 13 x 9 cm pp. 8; green printed wrappers fine. "Who wrote it I should like to know. The text came to me from Marie C. Lehr who had it from a friend neither knowing the author's name. Its wit is none the less enjoyable." Rulon-Miller Wulling 26. <br/><br/> unknown books
188120560Sacramento: State Office 1881. 72 pp illustrated with small wood engravings in original lavender printed wrappers. Some chipping to spine old tears and tape repairs to back wrapper else very good. Matthew Cooke was in the business of manufacturing fruit boxes in the 1870s when California's apple crop was devastated by Codlin moths. He began studying entomology to find defense against the moths and ensure the security of his business and quickly became an expert on a range of pests affecting California's fruit crops. He was appointed Chief Executive Horticultural Officer of California in 1881. This report prepared at the request of the State Board of Horticultural Commissioners describes the life cycles of the major insects damaging fruit crops moths scale insects mites caterpillars borers aphids etc. and recommends remedies for dealing with each. It also includes the text of new legislation intended to protect and promote the horticultural interests of the State of California. State Office unknown books
200950303St. Paul: Ampersand Club 2009. Square 8vo pp. 9" x 9" pp. 47 1; color photographs throughout; a collection of rememberences by close friends of Powers; original gray paper wrappers; fine. Powers was design and production manager at Minnesota Historical Society Press as well as proprieter of Amaranth Press and a devoted Ampersand Club member. Over the course of his career he also worked for Ernest Morgan the Stinehour Press and the Plantin Press. <br/><br/> [Ampersand Club] unknown books
19467316Chicago: Newberry Library by Univ. of Chicago Press 1946. First edition 12mo xviii & 101-102pp. frontispiece portrait 7 plates and endpaper maps; spine faded else fine in orig. rust cloth gilt. Moore president of Columbia College in New York kept this journal of a river excursion as "an eastern sight-seer pure and simple an unalloyed tourist concerned with no other profit than his own pleasure and ease of mind. <br/><br/> Newberry Library by Univ. of Chicago Press hardcover books
1868007605Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. The First Ticknor & Fields edition in the publisher's original dark brown pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine both covers decorated in blind stamped wreaths and rules dark brown end pages 415 pp. Contemporary small bookplate front paste down dated 1871 of F. M. Thayer Evansville Indiana for many years editor of the Journal of that city and Postmaster. Near Fine bottom corner last 2 pages creased that corner bumped 1/4" dark mark rear cover overall a lovely tight copy that feels unread. Thoreau's first book a classic of American writing. . Second Issue . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ticknor & Fields Hardcover books
1866007591Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1866. First Edition in original plum cloth spine lettering and decoration in gilt wreath decoration stamped with borders in blind on boards dark brown end pages 286 pp. Very Good Plus spine lightened from sun gilt lettering a bit dulled yet quite legible small fray top edge of spine scattered light foxing. A tight square copy of this Thoreau classic uncommon in such lovely condition. Contains his important essay "Civil Disobedience" originally published in 1849 as "Resistance to Civil Government" which has served as a call to action and inspired generations ever since. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ticknor & Fields Hardcover books
1878007887Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1878. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "With regards of the author Henry Carrington". Very Good in original blue cloth stamped in gilt front cover with decoration of Native American war chief gilt lettering and rules at spine cloth rubbed at spine ends spine a bit sunned front hinge starting. rear fold-out map #1 with 3" horizontal tear and small tears at fold edges fold-out map #2 Fine. A classic of Western Americana. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fourth Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J. B. Lippincott & Co. Hardcover books
1939005814Indianapolis IN: Blanche Stillson and Dorothy Ritter Russo 1939. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Blanche Stillson on front end page - "To Lena with love Blanche Stillson Aug. 18 1939". With an Appreciation of Kin Hubbard by John Calvin Mellett. One of an unnumbered edition of 350 copies 250 of which were for sale. 39 pp. in brown French Wrappers Near Fine a few spots of foxing toning at front gutter. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited First Edition. French Wrappers. Near Fine/Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Chap Book. Blanche Stillson and Dorothy Ritter Russo Paperback books
