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1853008240Springfield IL: Lanphier & Walker 1853. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Early reprint edition. Octavo 8vo. 15th Session: 182 pages of text xii pages of index. 16th Session: 240 pages of text ii xxii pages of index; also printed in 1853 with no mention of reprinting. Original paper-covered boards rebacked in ordinary library cloth with minor evidence of label removal at bottom of spine. Institutional bookplate on front paste-down endpaper stamp to bottom and top of closed page edges and evidence of pocket removal on rear paste-down endpaper. "Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly That the abstracts of the certificates for provisions and materials as per certificates of John B. Weber in the Nauvoo expedition under Governor Ford." Contains the "Constitution of the State of Illinois adopted by the Convention August 31 1847 Ratified by Vote of the People March 6 1848 and in Force from an After April 1 1848" printed in 1853 by the same printer as the original. Mormon. Americana. Lanphier & Walker Hardcover books
1837252919Albany: E. Croswell 1837. First. hardcover. good. The third day of January 1837. 620pp. 8vo original 1/2 brown cloth with green boards original paper label scattered light foxing cloth and boards soiled edges of boards worn. Albany: E. Croswell 1837.<br/><br/> Old inscription "Town Clerk Greenburgh New York" on front board.<br/><br/> E. Croswell unknown books
1865709471865. New York Laws. Laws of the State of New-York Passed at the Thirty-Ninth to Eighty-Eight Session of the Legislature. From January 1816 to April 1865. Albany: William Gould 1818-1865. 42 books. Eight linear feet of shelf space. Early 20th-century tan cloth with upper and lower black spine labels. Worn many labels chipped internally sound. $950. unknown books
1885Embry 66239Collier & Cleaveland 1885. Second edition. Owner's name and address to front pastedown and owner's name to front board spine strong and intact but with some rubbing and occasional spotting boards with some edgewear or light staining overall strong and useful. Sheep backed boards. Collier & Cleaveland, 1885. Second edition. hardcover books
1889Embry 66237Collier & Cleaveland 1889. Second edition. Owner's name and address to front pastedown and owner's name to front board spine strong and intact but with some rubbing and occasional spotting boards with some edgewear or light staining overall strong and useful. Sheep backed boards. Collier & Cleaveland, 1889. Second edition. hardcover books
1914775021914. Paperback. Fair. photos and illustrations unpaginated. Flexible suede leather wrapper. 26cm. Suede cover mostly intact but browned and brittle and also quite chipped and worn on the overhanging edges. Cover flap for a display of photos for a women's group with the initials "SLS" is almost entirely detached and may be by the time this reaches a buyer; contents otherwise sound and clean. Laid in are two pages from a photo album which contain 9 pasted down photos 6 of which appear to be real photo postcards. The college opened in 1910 as a college for the education of white teachers. The most memorable event during the 1913-1914 school year was the fire which destroyed Main Building the only classroom laboratory library and office building at the young college. Four of the six real photo postcards show Main Building being consumed by fire; the other two real photo postcards show the building after the fire. Two of the other three smaller photos show Main Building before the fire. <br/><br/> paperback books
191241613Walden N.Y.: Citizen Herald Book Print 1912. Photolithographic reprint of the first edition Pawling 1887. Imprint from back wrapper. Illustrated by numerous engravings and pen sketches by the author in the text. viii 168 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green wrappers printed in gold. Slight marginal chipping else fine in custom folding cloth case. From the library of Edward S. Litchfield with his bookplate. Photolithographic reprint of the first edition Pawling 1887. Imprint from back wrapper. Illustrated by numerous engravings and pen sketches by the author in the text. viii 168 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Lively Doings in 18th Century Upper New York State. Early history and anecdotes of the Shawangunk Region in upstate New York including bear hunting panther hunting conflicts with Tories extensive encounters with Indians and a section on the discovery of perfectly-preserved specimens of the mastodon in peat bogs. Smith was a New England local historian producing such works as The Green Mountain Boys or Vermont and the New York Land Jobbers History of Duchess County and Acadia: A Lost Chapter in American History; his style is a lively one.<br/><br/>Only two other copies of this local reprint are recorded in OCLC.<br/><br/>With important Adirondack provenance from the library of Edward S. Litchfield whose family owns one of the great late-nineteenth-century camps. Litchfield p. 57 this copy; OCLC: 32176721 Rutgers Syracuse; Howes S649 for 1887 ed. Citizen Herald Book Print unknown books
18879020552St. Paul: J. W. Cunningham 1887. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Fold-out map at rear. Minor rubbing wear to the extremities of the covers. Ex-library with the usual markings. <br/><br/> J. W. Cunningham hardcover books
18839012861St. Paul: J. W. Cunningham 1883. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Presentation by MN state Senator . on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. Fold-out map at rear. Minor rubbing wear to the extremities of the covers. <br/><br/> J. W. Cunningham hardcover books
1929008612Chicago: Leonard Publishing Co. 1929. RARE First Edition 1929 with fold-out map. Very Good Plus title at front cover faded yet legible small period bookplate front paste down 1" tear at top edge rear end paper. Calendar for years 1930 and 1931 printed verso of map. Title page continues "Also containing a complete Street Car Elevated andBus Lines map; a list of Principal Buildings Hospitals Leading Hotels Passenger Railway Stations Principal Theatres Places of Amusement Police Stations Bathing Beaches amd Memorandum Pages." One name and address in pencil first memorandum page. No listing found for this 1929 edition at OCLC. Later editions generally each with only 1 institutional holding. . First Edition. Limp Leather. Very Good Plus. 4 18" x 2 1/2" . Leonard Publishing Co. Paperback books
1853037051Tours: A. Mame et Cie 1853. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. 188pp; 8 full-color chromolithographed plates. Text in the original French. This is the tale of a Frenchman and two boys who journey from Le Havre to California in search of gold. We are told of their hard work at the gold mines the joys and travails of mining life and their sundry adventures. Bound in elaborate pictorial black cloth stamped in gilt and colors on both covers and on spine; inner rear hinge repaired otherwise near fine condition. 7.75" x 4.75" This is Dan Volkmann's copy with his Golden Bear bookplate. Volkmann spent 39 years collecting a complete first-edition set of Californiana books called the Zamorano 80--a feat accomplished by only three other collectors. Gumuchian 1159. Sabin 12350. Decker 35:683. A. Mame et Cie 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
181011475Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1810. 8vo. 7 pp. <br><br>Contents: Letter from John W. Eppes Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee addressed to R. Smith Secretary of State dated December 14 1810; a letter from R. Smith addressed to Hon. John W. Eppes dated December 19 1810; and a detailed statement of the payments made by American consuls in Europe for the subsistence and in some cases the voyage home for American seamen in foreign ports with descriptions of the circumstances of their plight and the branch of trade in which they were employed. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 21681. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; first and final leaves separated. Only a couple of spots of foxing. Good copy. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180312159Washington City: Pr. by William Duane & Son 1803. 8vo. 16 pp. <br><br>Tobias Lear 17621816 was private secretary to General Washington and in 1802 consul-general of Santo Domingo. Concerns expenses incurred and fees received by him in his official capacity in Santo Domingo. Also mentions his conduct during the slave rebellion that gripped the island and contains an estimate of the damage done to his house and possessions as a result of plundering and fires in the city of Cape Francois. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 5325. Removed from a nonce volume. Light spotting on one leaf. Bottom edges slightly irregular. Pr. by William Duane & Son unknown books
1800WRCAM35082Washington: Published by order of the House of Representatives 1800. 16pp. plus folding table. Dbd. Table neatly split along part of crease else very good. Tables indicate the number of seamen in respective ports as returned to the Secretary of State customs officials and lists the affidavits regarding impressed ships and the names of impressed seamen. Includes the reports of agents employed under the Act for the Relief and Protection of American Seamen. An important set of documents reflecting the perilous state of the seas at the turn of the 19th century. EVANS 38756. Published by order of the House of Representatives unknown books
180013304Philadelphia: no publisher/printer 1800. 8vo. 6 2 blank pp. <br><br>Lists the newspapers which published the laws passed during the 3rd session of the 5th Congress and their fees. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 38757. Uncut and partially unopened and rare thus. no publisher/printer unknown books
181018297Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1810. 8vo. 2 ff. <br><br>Consists of a covering letter addressed to the President of the Senate and a report both dated February 21 1810 concerning the release of impressed American seamen the petitioners George H. Hannah William Goldsborough and others. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 21683. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very good. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books
180911353Washington City: A. & G. Way printers 1809. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>James Madison in his capacity as Secretary of State here submits a year-by-year breakdown of the number of naturalized citizens registered as American seamen at the different custom houses from 1796 to 1808. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 18922. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular. Small dog-ears to bottom right corners. A few spots of foxing. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
182316867Washington: Gales & Seaton 1823. 16pp disbound untrimmed. Worn edges scattered foxing. Good. AI 14566. Gales & Seaton unknown books
18675337Washington: House Exec. Doc. No. 58 39th Congress 2d Session 1867. 8vo 116pp. 5 maps and a number of tables in the text; disbound. Includes much on the Falls of St. Anthony and the Mississippi River above Lake Pepin the St. Croix Minnesota and Zumbro Rivers as well as the report of Major H.C. Long on dredging bars. <br/><br/> House Exec. Doc. No. 58, 39th Congress, 2d Session unknown books
1841008954London: Published By the Author at the Egyptian Hall Piccadilly 1841. "Written During Eight Years Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America in 1832 33 34 35 36. 37 38 and 39. With 400 Illustrations carefully engraved from His Original Paintings." Two volumes in contemporary bright red cloth with decorations and lettering in gilt and black at front covers and spines. With decorative end papers. Very Good spines slightly sunned and with slight lean hinges starting with rear hinge Vol. I open all hinges holding well. At first blank end page both vols. an 1890s prior owner name and prior owner inscription detailing provenance. Fold-out map at frontis Vol. I and frontis map and map at p. 259 Vol. II are Fine. The First Edition of Catlin's self-published classic 2nd issue with error "Frederick" for "Zedekiah" on page 104 line 26 of Volume I corrected. Alll illustrations in black and white. No errata slip found. Interior pages clean and bright a quite pleasing set. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. Published By the Author, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly Hardcover books
188914096Buffalo NY: E.H. Hutchinson 1889. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. 87 pp in original printed wrappers. Mild soiling. The author was an attorney and Principal of the Buffalo Classical School. He traveled to Oregon Washington Alaska primarily Sitka and British Columbia in 1888 reporting back in a series of articles for his local newspaper the Commercial Advertiser. This is their first appearance in book form. Includes interesting letters on indigenous crafts in Alaska the Russian population in the Sitka area and the Sitka mission along with sketches of Portland Astoria and the Puget Sound region. Tourville 658; Wickersham 1987; Not in Smith or Arctic Bibliography. E.H. Hutchinson paperback books
188515258St. Paul: Pioneer Press n.d. 1885. Only edition 8vo pp.48; 9 full-p. wood-engraved illus. of Minnesota cities and views; very good in orig. printed wrappers with a map of the St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba railroad connections on the back. Mostly on the interior of Minnesota with an excursion into Dakota. "The following letters from a well-known correspondent who visited the Northwest in May and June 1885 are presented to the public in their present form as faithfully setting forth the actual condition and future prospects of the agricultural and other interests of that region." <br/><br/> Pioneer Press, n.d. unknown books
199020976Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 142 pp with color frontispiece and b/w plates. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the limitation page. One of 600 copies issued of which 100 were signed and bound in Brown cloth. This appears to be one of the 250 "regular copies" as it is bound in orange cloth unless this is someone's strange idea of brown but it is signed nonetheless. Fine copy. Includes a section on "the 'Powell Era' in the California Citrus Industry" followed by "Harold Powell's letters from Southern California" and "Harold Powell's letters from California and the West in 1909." Historical Society of Southern California hardcover books
184517786Harrisburg 1845. 16pp stitched untrimmed. Some spotting Good. <br/><br/> A rare pamphlet. Democrats denounce the "unnatural coalition of the Whigs and Native Americans and a few Democrats so called who have proved recreant to the principles of their party." <br/> This coalition elected Simon Cameron the Whig candidate to fill the vacancy left when Senator James Buchanan resigned to become President Polk's Secretary of State. That the Democratic candidate George Woodward lost is a "humiliating spectacle"-- "No promises or pledges were left untried to effect the object of an ambition that appeared to be limited to the object of promoting some personal purposes." Vice President Dallas and Buchanan decline to comment. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Not in AI Sabin Eberstadt Decker NUC. OCLC 41147354 2- Princeton Lancaster Cy Hist. Soc. as of January 2021. unknown books
