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1845230646Washington DC: Gales and Seaton 1845. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 693 pages publisher's black embossed cloth gilt title on spine; light water stain to top and bottom margins pp.1-16; .small ash burn hole leaf 225/226 other ash marks marginal chip at bottom p. 237 lower right corners stained pp. 41 to rear rear joint spltting a bit at both ends edgeworn corners bumped. Provenance: ex libris David Bixler; Lewis C. Groves California Historical Society with "Sold" sticker from 1944 ; and Bernhard Franz bookseller & stationer Virginia City Nevada Territory with his sticker at rear endpaper. The large Preuss Map of 36 panels has multiple breaks at folds a several old cellphane tape repairs not discolored. <br/><br/> Cohen MAPPING THE WEST pp. 130-133; Howes F370; Streeter 3131; Wagner-Camp IV: 115:1; Graff 1436; Field 565; Sabin 25845. Soliday I:861. Rosenbach 32:146. Wheat 497 & 3266; Cowan pp. 223-4; Zamorano 80 #39; Reese Best of the West 86; . Important Report by the amazing John C. Fremont also known as "The Pathfinder". This copy has the 22 plates and five maps including the two folding text maps AND the important famed large map by Charles Preuss laid in at the rear pocket: " It fills up the vast geographical chasm" between Missouir and the Columbia River. It is "monumental in its breadth - a classic of exploring literature." - Goetzmann EXPLORATION AND EMPIRE page 248. Gales and Seaton hardcover
1894AC2616Washington DC: Department of the Interior 1894. Original publication signed in ink on the front cover by the 11th Territorial Governor of Arizona L.C. Louis Cameron Hughes. Clean and tight textblock. Lightly rubbed orange covers lightly worn edges. A couple small ink splotches are below the governor's signature; This report gives extensive detail regarding the territory population including Native Americans of Arizona the agriculture education mining tourism transportation and the challenges of development; 68p. Signed By Governor L.C. Hughes. Side-Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback. Department of the Interior Paperback
185712726Muscatine: Faust Steam-Power Printing House Iowa Avenue 1857. iv 63 pp. Stitched into original printed title wraps. Light dustsoil and wear. Institutional blindstamp and withdrawal rubberstamp on front wrapper. Good. <br /> <br /> With proceedings of the board of directors lists of committees descriptions of the Fair hotel accommodations railroad facilities. "Committee-men would be entertained during the Fair free of charge." Much on trotting horses prevalence of fraud in prior fairs list of premiums awarded. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Sabin 34971. 271 NUC 0148922 3. Not in Moffit Eberstadt Decker. Faust Steam-Power Printing House, Iowa Avenue unknown
1892ZB573244Boston: Wright & Potter State Printers 1895-1892. 8 items most over 200 pages library book plates and markings but still sound and good copies in original cloth. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, hardcover
187766378New Jersey State Commission Centennial Exposition 1877. Hardcover. Used - Good. Trenton: Naar Day & Naar 1877. 423 pages. 2 folding maps in pocket: facsimile of 18th century map & colored 1877 Geological Survey map 6 plates: New Jersey & Main Buildings Agricultural Machinery Memorial & Horticultural Halls. 9.25 x 6" purple cloth gold title. Cover bit soiled rubbed owner name light edge damping few leaves trifle toned else clean tight VG. New Jersey State Commission Centennial Exposition hardcover
1871194900Manchester : A. Ireland and Co. 1871. First Edition. Hardback. Good copy with scattered marginal foxing in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Front cover discoloured. Ex-library with book plate. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 142 pages; Physical description. : iv142 p ; 16 cm. Notes: At foot of title: Cobden Club. Subject: Taxation - New York State. Manchester : A. Ireland and Co. hardcover
1829ZB944747New Haven: Hezekiah Howe 1829. 21 pp. original untrimmed self wrappers edges tattered old stain to the title page; Published by request and under the direction of several citizens of New Haven . - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. New Haven: Hezekiah Howe unknown
1832ZB438963Albany: printed by Croswell Van Benthuysen and Burt 1832. large octavo 50 pp paper wrappers chipped at margins age speckling soft vertical fold mark still very good and an untrimmed copy; an interesting document from the period when the distinction between city and county paupers was being dissolved and the indigent were being consolidated into formal poor houses. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Albany: printed by Croswell, Van Benthuysen and Burt, unknown
1825ZB438958Albany: Croswell & Van Benthuysen 1825. 31 pp. extraction roughness at margin text browned with substantial chipping at top margins of last two leaves but no loss self wrappers. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Albany: Croswell & Van Benthuysen, unknown
185272676Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo & Co 1852. First edition thick 4to pp. xxxviii 39-638 2; 70 woodcut illustrations in the text tables 27 plates of fossils 17 folding geological sections many hand-colored and a large hand-colored folding geological map; original brown cloth gilt-stamped spine; spine with library stickers removed old library rubberstamp on the verso of the title page but the binding is sound and the text clean but some of the plates are slightly misfolded. In some copies the plates and maps are separately bound. Here they are in a single volume. "The illustrations of fossil remains were particularly fine for that period" see DAB. Owen 1807-1860 the third son of the social philanthropist Robert Owen came to America from Scotland in 1827 and took up residence in New Harmony Indiana where his father had undertaken to plant a socialistic community. "It was in the course of this survey that Dr. John Evans made under Owen's direction the first survey of the Bad Lands of the Upper Missouri." Sabin 58009. Lippincott, Grambo & Co unknown
1877063990Harrisburg PA: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey 1877. Book. Good-VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth spine panel lettered in gilt. Cover cloth typically rubbed top corners rubbed with exposure. Firm binding clean interior. xxxiv348 pp. with 110 woodcuts 6 maps and sections frontis. map 5 folding maps: Map of Cambria County Bell's Gap Coal Field Map of Somerset County First Bituminous Coal Basin in Somerset Co. Salisbury Central Coal Basin in Somerset Co. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey Hardcover
1896063991Clarence M. Busch State Printer 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in two 2 volumes uniformly bound in dark violet cloth spine panels lettered in gilt. 628 636 pp. illus. w/ color and other plates many folding maps. Cover cloth partially rubbed and flecked with minor surface loss in a few spots and minor loss in joints bindings firm. Contents generally clean with a few pages and one map in Vol. II showing mild dampstaining in bottom margins. Several maps in Vol. II have been refolded and show edges projecting beyond text block with some resultant wear but no loss or damage to printed portions of any maps. Overall Vol. I VG Vol. II G-VG CONTENTS: Vol. I The Indian Forts of the Blue Mountains; The Frontier Forts between the North and West Branches; The Frontier Forts within the Wyoming Valley Region; The Frontier Forts in the Cumberland and Juniata Valleys; Vol. II The Frontier Forts of Western Pennsylvania. Clarence M. Busch, State Printer Hardcover
184330766Columbia: A. H. Pemberton State Printer 1843. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Stitched printed wraps. 120 pages 56 pages appendix and table of contents. Folding tabular statement between pages 58 59. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the contents. Front cover upper corner is torn. Old tape repair on the upper corner on the verso of the front wrap. <br /> <br /> Sabin 73919. A. H. Pemberton, State Printer unknown
185311183Washington D.C.: Robert Armstrong 1853. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Senate Ex. Doc. 59 32d Congress 2nd Session. First Edition with seventy-nine plates and usual first state numbering problems: 23 Landscape plates numbered 1-13 and 15-21 with three unnumbered plates at end; 6 Mammal plates; 5 Bird plates with no Plate II as usual numbered 1 and then 3-6; 21 Reptile plates with two plates marked Plate 10 Plate 12 marked Plate 11 and Plate 14 marked either Plate 18 or 13; 3 Fish plates and 21 Plant plates with the last being Aploppus Nuttalii. 8vo three-quarter leather by unknown binder with name S.H. Walley presume this is U.S. Representative Samuel H. Walley from Massachusetts stamped at bottom of spine; fair boards loose almost detached and only held in place with new cords by a binder; in other words not completely restored; joints torn; marbled paper on boards heavily rubbed and worn; edges of boards heavily worn and scraped; spine creased scraped and scarred; leather on top third of spine lifting away along torn front joint; triangular piece at spine head threatening to chip off; corners worn to boards; marbled eps do not match marbled boards; hinges broken; endpapers split at hinges; bookplate on front pastedown; pencil writing on verso of ffep; owner's signature pasted note and pasted newspaper article on first blank flyleaf; scattered but minimal foxing to text; plates toning around edges; tears to foreedge and creased upper corners on Plates 13-21; large map is good with toning several repaired tears at hinge and a number of small holes where folds intersect. This copy belonged to Ruthven Deane 1851-1934 famous ornithologist scholar and bookplate collector; his bookplate is on marbled front pastedown. He was an early President of the Illinois Audubon Society which preceded the National Audubon Society. On the first of 2 blank pages is the signature "Ruthven Deane 1.Mch.1849." Beneath this in a different pen he had begun to write "List of birds" but the ink was bleeding so he wrote on a thick card "List of birds by Dr. S.W. Woodhouse on page 58 Also autograph letter of the author. R. Deane." He pasted this card in along with a newspaper notice of Woodhouse's death dated 24 Oct. 1904. Samuel Washington Woodhouse 1821-1904; note that both men lived 83 years lost the use of a finger to a rattlesnake bite on this expedition; apparently his companions advised him that the best treatment was to stay drunk all night. The AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Woodhouse is tipped in at p. 58 where his section on birds begins; he also wrote the section on Mammals and the Medical Report. It was written to Mr. Deane in Philadelphia on May 28th 1900 and concerns an upcoming trip to Boston on the way to Maine. <br/> <br/> Robert Armstrong hardcover
1889046762Albany NY: The Troy Press Company 1889. Original 1889 report to the New York State Assembly. Externally fair internally good to very good. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering 410 pages. Covers rubbed with chips and fraying to the corners and spine ends good hinges sound text block some soil and foxing to endpapers names written inside front cover and at upper corner of front free endpaper old price also on front free endpaper good hinges sound text block lightly age-toned but clean pages no other names or markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Troy Press Company Hardcover
1887Alibris.0036821augusta: sprague and son 1887. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. report of the treasuer of the state of maine 1886 for the fiscal year ending December 31 st 1886. 47 p. report of the treasuer of the state of maine 1886 for the fiscal year ending December 31 st 1886 report of the treasuer of the state of maine 1886 for the fiscal year ending December 31 st 1886--hardcover condition good sprague and son hardcover
1857331439Albany: C. Van Benthuysen 1857. good. 8 fold-out diagrams and charts. 335 pages. Large 8vo blue paper wrappers. Albany: C. Van Benthuysen printer to the Legislature 1857. Missing large map of the New York harbor. In fair condition with wear to wrappers and minor toning and foxing to pages.<br/> <br/> This report transmitted to the New York State Legislature on January 29 1857 relates to a state-commissioned survey identifying unauthorized structures extending into New York Harbor aimed at protecting navigation defining legal waterfront boundaries and preserving public access. It recommended establishing fixed pier and bulkhead lines to regulate harbor development and prevent further encroachments.<br/> <br/> C. Van Benthuysen unknown
1894HVD-71254-OS-0Albany NY: State of New York. Poor with no dust jacket. 1894. Hardcover. 647 pages; some B&W illustrations. Both front and rear inner hinges are cracked. Moderate shelf wear on cover edges. Medium to large tear on back cover's spine joint's top. Discoloration faint stains and shelf wear on the covers. Light foxing on the exterior edges of textblock and on prelims. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . State of New York hardcover
186517116Washington D. C: Government Printing Office. Good. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Light edge wear. Interior of text is tight clean and intact. A few lightly age toned pages. Table illustrations. Contents: Sherman-Jonston 23pp. ; Light Draught Monitors i-iv 120pp. ; Massacre of the Cheyenne i -v 108pp. ; Ice Contracts 100pp. ; Rosecrans's Campaigns 119pp. Miscellanous 88pp. : Operations Against Charleston Operations in the Gulf Dept. Trade Regulations Treatment of Rebel Prisoners Administration of Dept of Arkansas. Prior owners ink stamp. ; Table Illustrations; 8vo; 558 pages . Government Printing Office hardcover
1856ZB605683Washington: 1856. 32 pp issued as 34th Congress 3d Session SED 8; light extraction roughness at spine and now in self wrappers; mostly tabular. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Washington: unknown
188616789Washington D. C: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1886-96. First Edition. Soft Covers. Eleven Booklets with covers in various colors. Reports from the Governor of the Territory of Utah from 1866 to 1896 when statehood was in progress. A great resource for Utah History. Schools. Prisons Agriculture Industry Mining Election Indians Railroads and a section on Polygamy in each annual publication. "I am most firmly convinced that there is an Irreconcilable political difference fundamental In character between the Mormon system and the Government established by the United States." Ten of the booklets are in VG-VG condition. The 1886 issue has the front top corner missing. Western Americana Utah ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Government Printing Office paperback
189324553Washington: Department of the Interior / Government Printing Office 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 11.75" x 9" 282 pp with two folded maps in rear pocket one single-page map three color plates and numerous other b/w illustrations from photographs. A good solid copy for reading or reference with very faint dampstain to bottom margin of text block considerable staining and wear to boards partially removed bookplate on front free endpaper front hinge cracked. The 1890 census represented a critical baseline to help Congress determine the political and citizenship status of Alaska's native populations. This detailed report served as one of the most comprehensive geographical demographic and economic surveys of the region following the 1867 Alaska Purchase. Department of the Interior / Government Printing Office hardcover
185832478Montgomery Alabama: N. B. Cloud State Printer 1858. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Stictched printed wraps. 14 pages. Pages uncut and unopened. Likely an unused copy. Light toning to the paper. N. B. Cloud, State Printer unknown
1883004408Harrisburg Pa: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey 1883. Hardcover. Very Good -. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: 1883. xx 574 5 1 p. frontispiece map and 54 leaves of plates: 60 in-text illustrations; 23 cm. Original grey cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Without the separate atlas containing 25 large plates listed on p. vii. Whitpain Library Co. stamps on front endpapers. Printed slip attached to front free endpaper stating that the volume was "Compliments of Theodore M. Harrar House of Representatives." The Whitpain Library Company was a subscription library established in 1817 in Broad Ax a village in Whitpain Township Pennsylvania; in 1884 it contained 2000 volumes. Theodore M. Harrar b. 1846 represented Montgomery County in the Pennsylvania House in 1883 and 1884. In Very Good- Condition: cloth is rubbed and faded; most of gilt is lacking from spine; three small splits in cloth; one plate is detached but present; otherwise clean and tight. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey hardcover
1831074507Washington D.C: U.S. Government Printing Office 1831. Paperback. Very Good. Has been rebound with brown paper boards and dark brown tape spine. Beige label with typed title and hand written year on the cover. 224pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers have moderate edge wear. Label on front cover is torn and missing a corner. No endpapers when rebound. Extensive light foxing text is clear. Binding and text block are sound. Full refund if not satisfied. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback