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183319990This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details. New-York: Published and Sold by L. D. Dewey <i>et al.</i>; Albany: Hoffman & White Printers 1833; Albany: Steam Press of Packard and Van Benthuysen 1834-1837. <br /><br />5 vols unbound pamphlets stitched various dimensions between 6.63 inches tall and 7.63 inches tall 48; 36; 24; 24; 48 pages. Woodcut title page vignette to each number woodcut and wood-engraved illustrations. 1836 and 1838 almanacs untrimmed. First editions. <br /><br />Though perhaps best remembered as an organization for not having seated Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Amelia Bloomer as delegates in 1852 this led to the formation of the Woman's New York State Temperance Society these early almanacs from the New-York Society include dramatic woodcut propaganda illustrations ranging from vignettes illustrating stories to dramatic large wood-engraved illustrations like the Temperance Tree or a fine allegorical map showing the Continent of Poverty and the Continent of Plenty separated by the Ocean of Intemperance—watered by the Lake of Animal Appetite—and the Sea of Temperance the latter continent boasting a thriving City of Sobriety on the banks of the Lake of Self-Denial. <br /><br />Drake 7330 1834; 7456 1836; 7528 1837; 7597 1838; 1835 almanac not found in Drake. <br /><br />One leaf torn with a little loss to the astronomical tables for May and June in the 1834 almanac. 1836 almanac browned and a bit stained with a few short tears. 1837 almanac a little split along the spine. Some general light soiling foxing and wear and slight creasing; generally in good to very good condition. Published and Sold by L. D. Dewey [et al.] books
188010332Albany or New York 1880. 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" 8pp stitched original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Light numerical rubberstamp a small edge chip else Very Good. "Do working men want to toil for the miserable wages paid in the Old World If not let them vote to defend the Protective Tariff. In the Southern States the black working man gets $8 a month and a ration of a peck of corn meal and three pounds of bacon a week. Perhaps the Southern politicians who control the Democratic party would like to bring the white working man of the North down to these wages. The white working man will in November express his opinion of their revenue tariff plan with his ballot. unknown books
1938TB28672n.p.: Sponsored by The New Jersey Commissionto Commemorate the 300th Anniversary of the Settlement by the Swedes and Finns on the Delaware 1938. First Edition. Very good in royal blue ribbed cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text stamping on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and there is a prior owner's name on the upper fore corner of the first free end page. The end sheets are printed with a map of southern New Jersey. Without it issued dust jacket. A small 4to measuring 9 1/8 by 6 inches. One of the more unusual titles in the American Guide Series as noted on the title page.165 pages including an index bibliography chronology text and illustrated with black and white photographs throughout and map end papers. Sponsored by The New Jersey Commissionto Commemorate the 300th Anniversary of the Settlement by the Swedes and Finns on the Dela hardcover books
1929191762The University of the State of New York 1929-01-01. Paperback. Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Blue paper wraps are unevenly faded and age toned especially around spine two stamps on cover minor edgewear. One stain on back cover. TP TNOS HS The University of the State of New York paperback books
182422812London: Seeley and Son 1824. First edition 8vo pp. xi 1 210 plus 1 leaf errata; engraved frontispiece and 2 plates; an ex-library copy with perforated stamp of the Hill Library St. Paul MN on the title page and p. 41 small rubber stamps on p. iii and the errata leaf and faint call numbers in white on lower spine else very good in later half red morocco over brown cloth titled in gilt on spine the spine a little faded. "West came out as Chaplain of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1820 by way of Hudson Bay and York Factor arriving at Red River his headquarters on October 14. During his term of service he visited each year many of the company's stations and in 1823 went overland from Fort York as far north as Fort Churchill. He sailed back to England from Fort York on September 10 1823. His Journal offers a good picture of life and travel in the Canadian West for the period 1820-1823" Streeter III 3696. Complete with the half-title which was overlooked by Wagner-Camp. Wagner-Camp 27:1; Field 1634; TPL 1307; Peel 81; Sabin 102738; Matthews p. 240. <br/><br/> Seeley and Son hardcover books
19232221812<p>Third edition revised and enlarged. Octavo. Profusely illustrated. Original gilt stamped maroon cloth. No dust jacket. Very good hinge at end is cracked. 661 pages 5 page ads at end. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Six Guns 2073 - "Scarce" - includes account of Sam Bass' robbery of the Union Pacific at Big Spring.</p><p>See Howes 765.</p> National Printing Company hardcover books
1928004962Indianapolis IN: Privately Printed By the Crown Hill Association 1928. Near Fine a few pages roughly cut many of the pages are yet uncut. A lovely collectible copy of this early history of the famous Crown Hill Cemetery in Indainapolis. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Privately Printed By the Crown Hill Association Hardcover books
1958154Claremont CA: Fraser Press 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed with short inscription by author on front flyleaf. 90 pp with b/w illustrations from photographs. Limited edition of 1000. "There is much humor in the present work along with bitter moments for the men of Company L. You will find drama in its pages when you come to Company L's experience during the Spanish-American War and their efforts to get to the Philippines and fight" dust jacket. Light handling wear. Dust jacket is lightly shelf worn with one small chip missing. Fraser Press hardcover books
1936006391Los Angeles: Educational Division California Fruit Growers Exchange 1936. Near Fine creased at bottom edge at spine.30 pp. with numerous black and white photographs. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Educational Division, California Fruit Growers Exchange Paperback books
189941250Minneapolis: Press of the C.A. Mitchell Printing Co 1899. Edition limited to 1999 copies of which this is no. 30 4 volumes 16mo; black and white plates some folding; text illustrations; original white printed wrappers red line borders; original green paper slipcase paper labels on upper cover and spine; wrappers a bit toned slipcase edge worn else a very good set. "Printed and published as a lesson in publicity for advertisers and a souvenir of its 21st year for its friends." <br/><br/> Press of the C.A. Mitchell Printing Co unknown books
SKU1028665United States Printing Company. Hardcover. Good. B003T23V7U 1929 Hardcover. A good copy- black cloth boards show moderate wear has a good binding no dust jacket pages are free of markings/notations. lz United States Printing Company hardcover books
1946005337New York: Rinehart & Co. 1946. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and Bloomington Indiana's legendary composer and actor Hoagy Carmichael on front end page. Very Good slight spine lean boards a bit soiled in a Very Good priced dust wrapper rear panel soiled and minor edge wear. An uncommon SIGNED BY AUTHOR copy !. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rinehart & Co. Hardcover books
19951812Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California 1995. Softcover. Near Fine. Trade paperback 182 pp with b/w illustrations from photographs maps. Name written on front inside cover minimal handling wear; else fine. Contains four essays on William Mullholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster of 1928 by J. David Rogers Catherine Mullholland Charles N. Johnson and Abraham Hoffman. Historical Society of Southern California paperback books
196532774New York Chicago et al.: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1965. First edition no. 188 of 500 numbered and signed copies; 8vo pp. 10 309; limitation-p. tipped in before the half-title 2 double-p. maps 13 illustrations in text 3 double-p.; fine copy in original blue cloth publisher's slipcase. <br/><br/> Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
19261061Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 332 pp in original publisher's cloth. Front hinge has a slight wobble light wear to edges; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. Signed by Jones on title page. Set in 1850s California. Doubleday, Page, & Company hardcover books
1963TB08089Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1963. First Edition. First printing Near fine in light orange cloth covered boards with blue text stamping on the spine & front board w/ light name on text block edge. In a very good dust jacket with a 1/4" chip at upper rear corner of spine area and light wear and rubbing at the lower edge & a price clipped jacket flap. The author's third volume in The American Frontier Series. Bobbs-Merrill Co. hardcover books
1942008565Clinton South Carolina : Jacobs Press 1942. Poems in dialect that "explore the literary possibilities" of the "Gullah Negroes" of South Carolina while at the same time being utterly clueless as to the the casual harm caused in that exploration. Excellent and unsentimental black and white photographs by Carl Julien provide subtle yet clear counterpoint . Near Fine slight even toning small bumps at corners lacking the dust jacket. Photographic paper label front cover. . First Edition. Pebbled Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jacobs Press Hardcover books
1939002478No Place: The Pacific Historical Review 1939. Reprinted from THE PACIFIC HISTORICAL REVIEW Vol. VIII No. 2 June 1939. Near Fine in stapled wrappers slight crease top corner of pamphlet. Paginated 159-178. . Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. The Pacific Historical Review Paperback books
187011910Boston: Fields Osgood 1870. First edition 8vo pp. viii and 232 plus pp. 12 ads at back; frontis showing "White Bear Lake" 5 plates charts and tables in text and large folding map handcolored in outline approx. 42" x 16" showing the northern regions of the U.S.A. and southern Canada from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island southern portions of Hudson Bay south to northern Kansas; original green cloth gilt very minor wear to extremities spine ends chipping the front hinge cracking else very good. <br/><br/> Fields, Osgood hardcover books
197842856Albany NY: State Univ. of NY at Albany 1978. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy. Unpaged 8 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. Diagram of the sculpture on the Academic Podium laid-in loose. State Univ. of NY at Albany unknown books
1935003196Indianapolis Indiana: Indiana Historical Society 1935. Translated and Edited by Emma S. Vonnegut. Fine in Wraps as Issued. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
1895005274Indianapolis IN: State of Indiana 1895. SCARCE. Very Good in the original brown cloth with gilt title front boards. Boards rubbed prior owner name front end page. 314 pp. index. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. State of Indiana Hardcover books
19711345Los Angeles: The Westerners 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine. 180 with illustrations bibliography index illustrated endpapers. Minimal soiling/toning to top edge; else fine in clear glassine wrapper. Silver anniversary publication celebrating the Los Angeles Corral of Westerners. Accounts of the 1856 Vigilance Committee reprinted from 19th century periodicals. The Westerners hardcover books
197047320La Crosse: Sumac Press 1970. Edition limited to 300 copies 8vo pp. 78 10; map of Lake Minnetonka and two page photographic illustration; fine. Completed on the last day of Blegen's life this book tells his recollections of boyhood on Lake Minnetonka. <br/><br/> Sumac Press unknown books
189021290Boston: Lee and Shepard 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 193 pp 3 pages of ads for Raymond's Vacation Excursions. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering floral-patterned endpapers. Rubbing to extremeities one scuff mark on front board but still an attractive copy. The author recounts her experiences on an extended Raymong and Whitcomb tour which took her across the country from Boston to California and back again. Includes chapters on Pasadena Los Angeles Santa Barbara Riverside San Diego Sonoma County and Santa Cruz and two chapters on Yosemite. She visited Salt Lake City on the return trip. Flake 2398 describes the relevant section of her book thus: "A visit to Utah after 'polygamy was dead.' She attends a meeting at the Mormon tabernacle." Clark was also a healer and lecturer on spiritual topics. Lee and Shepard hardcover books
