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193652375Christmas Lake: Sumac Press 1936. Edition limited to 100 copies 17 x 13 cm pp. 15 1; unbound sheets fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 29. <br/><br/> Sumac Press unknown books
18251552Columbus: Geo. Nashee State Printer 1825. First Edition. Leather bound. Very good. Octavo 3-534pp. Period leather boards reinforced hinges. Previous owners signature on front end paper from the Van Matre family library. Clean text toning as expected due to age. Sabin 56898 Thompson 690. This scarce work contains the Ohio Company's purchase of the Ohio territory and the details of Connecticut Western Reserve. The book was compiled by Gustavus Swan at the direction of the Ohio Legislature. Swan was a lawyer and banker in the state of Ohio and was later appointed to fill a vacancy on the Ohio Supreme Court in 1829. Geo. Nashee, State Printer unknown books
173075293London: Printed for Walthoe et al. Very Good. 1730. Contemporary Calf. 14 by 9 inches 35.5 x 23 cm. small folio in a contemporary paneled calf binding with six raised bands but heavily abraded worn and defective. The text block is complete and clean and sound in 998 pages Volume I ONLY of 6 volumes; with the title page printed in red and black. Trials included date from 1388 to 1648 and include cases related to High Treason Murder Heresy etc. . Printed for Walthoe et al unknown books
192421019Los Angeles: Printed by Santos Printing Shop for Ing. Luis R. Goldbaum 1924. Softcover. Very good. 7 x 4.5 inches 213 pp side-stapled wrappers with map of Mexican mining centers on rear wrapper. Dampstain to first three leaves staples rusted otherwise very good. The author Luis also Louis R. Goldbaum was born in Mexico ca. 1871 to a Prussian-Jewish father and a Mexican mother. His older brother David Goldbaum 1858 was a surveyor who explored much of Baja California and from 1927-30 served as the Mayor of Ensenada. Luis worked as a mining engineer in Mexico and in border towns in Texas and Arizona before settling in the Los Angeles area around 1923. In a one-page introduction to this book he explains: "I have endeavored to give in full to the mining men prospector and explorer while in Old-Mexico a complete detailed and general information on the procedures steps to take Offices Government-Departments and Officials to occur and to see and costs and expenses until acquiring the desired object; illustrating to him complete Mexican-Mining Law of the Republic of the United States of Mexico; and in many other valuable and most needed general information." The book includes both an overview and a more extended digest of Mexican mining law; a list of procedures for obtaining a claim with specifics for foreigners; information on taxes assay fees and other expenses; information on minerals assay tests and methods of processing ore; a glossary of mining terms in Spanish and English and more. A page at the beginning notes that the buyer of this book is entitled to free membership in the "Mail-Consulting Department" of the "Mexican General Advisory Co." giving said buyer the right to consultation on changes in Mexican mining law "and any other dependable information on Old Mexico matters" for a period of one year. Printed by Santos Printing Shop for Ing. Luis R,. Goldbaum unknown books
19312221715<p>First edition. 11" x 8 1/4". 13 color folding maps; numerous other photos and drawings. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and black. No dust jacket. Very good-fine. 206 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Regional Planning Commission hardcover books
1882194111882. First Edition. Privately printed with date of 1881 on title page but actually published in 1882. 6 x 8.75 inches pp. viii 376 in original black cloth stamped in blind with gilt lettering on spine. Moderate edgewear to boards smudging/light soiling on some page margins small hole in front free endpaper; else very good. Zamorano 80 #75. Gary Kurutz writes in the Dorothy Sloan Zamorano 80 Catalogue: Tyler's narrative has long been considered the authoritative work on this heroic battalion of Mormon volunteers. The battalion numbering about 500 men was organized at Council Bluffs Iowa in July 1846.After reaching Santa Fe they headed to California following the Gila River. They experienced as reflected in Tylers vividly written account a journey filled with unbelieveable hardship. Thirst starvation heat and freezing cold were their constant companions." The reached San Diego in January 1847 and though they never saw combat they "established Fort Moore in Los Angeles and strengthened the American hold on California.In addition to telling the story of the trek west Tyler provides and important overview of the bitter rivalry between Stephen Watts Kearny and John C. Fremont for political control of newly conquered California; life in the pueblos of San Diego and Los Angeles; the return journey to Salt Lake City; and the role of several 'Battalion Boys' who were at Sutter's Mill on that fateful January 1848 morning when John Marshall discovered gold." Howes T-447; Cowan p. 648; Flake 9063; Graff 4226; Streeter 2314. hardcover books
197751631Minneapolis: Nodin Press 1977. 8vo pp. 8 155 1; illustrations by Pat Young throughout blue paper wrappers rubbed and worn textblock clean and sound. With an inscription and illustration by Gunderson to fellow Poet John Rezmerski on half-title page. A Continual Interest was first published in 1971. Inland Missing the Sea is a continuation of the poetry series. <br/><br/> Nodin Press unknown books
191025239Minneapolis MN: n.p. 1910. First edition 8vo pp. 11 5; 1 plate showing portrait of Longfellow; original leather-grained tan paper saddle-stitched with decorative ribbon the very slightest of soiling otherwise a fine copy. A brief biography of Longfellow apparently one of a series compiled and published by the author from sources "of the first rank and the most authentic source." OCLC locates just three copies. <br/><br/> [n.p. hardcover books
199017165New York: Bantam 1990. First edition 8vo pp. 12 448; fine in jacket. <br/><br/> Bantam unknown books
1964145710New York: Communist Party of New York State 1964. 71p. staplebound pamphlet brief pen notation on two pages. Communist Party of New York State unknown books
1929006705Chicago: The University of Chicago 1929. Very Good in stapled wrappers 32 pp. numerous black and white photographs top corner crease last 2 pages and rear wrapper light soiling to wrappers. SCARCE. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The University of Chicago Paperback books
1970156091970. Softcover. VG slight exterior wear. Color wraps. xiv 127 pp numerous small bw plates. Two-page introduction biographic chronology impressively detailed catalogue of 256 works selected biography collection of small plates to illustrate a good many of the catalogue entries. Nice compact overview of the Van Gogh collection in the museum. unknown books
19132266San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences 1913. Softcover. Very Good. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series Vol. III August 28 1913. pp. 265-388 pp with colored folding map. Wrappers shows light soiling handling wear ownership markings on front cover; text clean. California Academy of Sciences unknown books
1928006991Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1928. RARE -SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on end page following half-title page - " To an old and tried friend Dana Coman. Arthur Walden Sept. 1/30". In 1927 Walden helped train sled dogs and drivers for Admiral Richard E. Byrds Antarctic expedition and he led the dog-sled freighting of the supplies from the ships to Byrd's base camp "Little America". Walden later became the original breeder of the Chinook sled dog. In 1930 Walden considered to be one of the most respected and heralded pioneers of the Klondike and Alaskan gold rushes was presented a photographic album by Admiral Byrd that contained over 500 images of the Antarctic expedition of 1928-30. Dana Coman Dr Francis Dana Coman 1895-1952 was with Byrds first and second expeditions to Antarctica and was a personal doctor of Admiral Byrd. He later had a mountain named after him by Finn Ronne of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947-48. Later Printing of this northland classic no date title page dated 1928 copyright page. Introduction by Walter Collins O'Kane. Illustrated with map end pages 12 black and white photos 9 attributed to noted Pacific Northwest photographer Asahel Curtis brother of the renowned photographer Edward Curtis 3 photos unattributed. Book is Very Good two quarter-sized stains rear boards that bleed onto rear end pages but do not affect text some underlining and marginal notations in ink by Dr. Coman. In the SCARCE dust jacket Good only 1/2" of jacket trimmed top and bottom and lacking the flaps. A great ASSOCIATION COPY. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
198552359La Crosse WI: Sumac Press 1985. Broadside 21 x 15 cm.; printed in black & green fine. "From a cut in a bookseller's catalog: Antiquariaat Fritz Knuf The Netherlands 1976." Rulon-Miller Wulling 175. <br/><br/> Sumac Press unknown books
1984131008Albany NY: Preservation League of New York State 1984. Softcover. VG. Black wraps with color illustration. 60 pp. Profuse BW illustrations. Based on a film of the same name written and narrated by Brendan Gill for the Preservation League of New York State. --title page verso. Preservation League of New York State unknown books
1869008334New York: Masonic Publishing and Manufacturing Co. 1869. vi paginated 9-319 4 pp. publishers ads. Dated 1864 copyright page 1869 title page. Very Good Plus in publishers embossed brown cloth gilt lettering at spine. Lettering at spine faded yet still legible spine and front cover lightened from sun two small spots to fore edge. SCARCE Masonic treatise. . Early Printing. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Small 8vo. Masonic Publishing and Manufacturing Co. Hardcover books
1922000399Sacramento: State Printing Office 1922. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition; staple-bound 6" x 9"; pp. 3 6-31 including text to back cover verso; original printed wraps; a few slight crease lines; minor soiling to covers; name of previous owner in ink to upper margin of front cover; photographic illustrations and maps; very good. Prepared for the Superintendent of Public Instruction Will C. Wood. The pamphlet contains chapters on the forests in California causes of fire fire prevention etc. Comprehensive questions follow each chapter. The only copy in the trade. Sacramento: State Printing Office paperback books
197133004Minneapolis MN: James D. Thueson 1971. First edition limited to 1000 copies small 8vo pp. 63 1; endpaper illustrations by Wick Knaus; a fine copy in the dustjacket signed by Manfred on the half-title. The author's first book a collection of more than 40 poems. <br/><br/> James D. Thueson unknown books
191325517Minneapolis: printed for Edmund D. Brooks and his friends 1913. First edition thin 8vo pp. 25; a very good unopened copy in original dark green cloth-backed paper-covered boards slightly soiled and scuffed. This copy with the calling card of "Mr. Edmund D. Brooks" laid in. Printed in an unspecified edition at The Torch Press Cedar Rapids and published by Edmund Brooks the eminent Minneapolis bookseller. <br/><br/> printed for Edmund D. Brooks and his friends hardcover books
191350447Minneapolis: printed for Edmund D. Brooks and his friends 1913. First edition thin 8vo pp. 25; old rubberstamp price 25¢ on front free endpaper and half-title else a very good copy in original dark green cloth-backed paper-covered boards slightly soiled and scuffed. Printed in a limited but unspecified edition at The Torch Press Cedar Rapids and published by Edmund Brooks the eminent Minneapolis bookseller. <br/><br/> printed for Edmund D. Brooks and his friends hardcover books
19088228Minneapolis: Hudson Publishing Co 1908. First and only edition 4to 569pp. numerous illus. and portraits throughout; publisher's gilt-stamped half brown morocco a.e.g. rubbed some mild waterstaining near the end of the text small cracks starting at the top of the joints; a good copy. Entertaining history of the state's largest city published on the fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation. <br/><br/> Hudson Publishing Co unknown books
190827022Minneapolis: Hudson Publishing Co 1908. First and only edition 4to 569pp. numerous illus. and portraits throughout; publisher's gilt-stamped half brown morocco a.e.g. light wear and rubbing but still a very good copy. Entertaining history of the state's largest city published on the fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation. <br/><br/> Hudson Publishing Co unknown books
1983105353Los Angeles: California State Uniiversity 1983. xii95p. 7x9 inches very good ex-library reprint in original pictorial wraps. California State Uniiversity unknown books
192138202Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society 1921. First edition limited to 200 numbered copies of which this is no. 51 signed by the author in volumes 1-3; the fourth published posthumously is signed by the editor Solon J. Buck; 4 volumes large 8vo; frontispieces plates and maps some folding; original three-quarter blind-tooled maroon calf over tan boards gilt spine; volume 1 spine fading at top and bottom; minor shelf wear; volume 1 front endpaper gutter stained; Edward Chenery Gale's bookplate and inscription in volume 3; a fine set. <br/><br/> Minnesota Historical Society hardcover books