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1960001808Washington D.C.: U.S. Govt. Printing Office 1960. Near Fine prior owner name front wrapper and title page. One page with marginal notation in pencil that being the page of the treaty showing who signed for each country where someone has written the date each country ratified the treaty. 78 pages Important document of the historic first Treaty on Antarctica. Scarce. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. U.S. Govt. Printing Office Paperback books
191339316Albany NY: Printed by the New York State Bar Association 1913. 8vo 24 cm 9.25". 2 ff. 61 pp. <br><br>The committee appointed by the New York State Bar Association to investigate commitment and discharge of the criminal insane files this report on the current laws procedures competent courts and address specifically all of the above as regards the insane who are criminals or who have been deemed dangerous. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Printed by the New York State Bar] Association unknown books
190929811Minneapolis: Edmund D. Brooks 1909. First edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. xxvi 254; vii 1 262; gravure portrait and 1 facsimile; a fine set in orig. tan buckram lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine with green cloth chemises spotted at the base of the spines each with a leather label on spine. Life work of the Minnesota poet edited by his classmate and published by the eccentric Twin City bookseller. <br/><br/> Edmund D. Brooks hardcover books
190916563Minneapolis: Edmund D. Brooks 1909. First edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. xxvi 254; vii 1 262; gravure portrait and 1 facsimile; spines a little dull as usual but generally a fine set in orig. tan buckram. Life work of the Minnesota poet edited by his classmate and published by the eccentric Twin City bookseller. <br/><br/> Edmund D. Brooks hardcover books
19058241New York: Macmillan Co 1905. First edition 12mo viii & 134pp. very good copy in orig. green cloth gilt. This copy with a presentation "To William Crowell Edgar with the author's compliments and sincere regards Arthur Upson August 1906." Edgar was founder and first editor of The Bellman Minnesota's first literary magazine to which Upson was a contributor. This is the poet's penultimate book. He was tragically drowned in a Bemidji boating accident in 1908. <br/><br/> Macmillan Co hardcover books
190416556Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. Boston: Small Maynard & Co 1904. First edition sm. 8vo pp. 73 2; decorative title-page and 10 decorations some repeated by Cheney; slight rubbing else near fine in orig. green cloth gilt lettering on spine and upper cover t.e.g. <br/><br/> Oliver and Boyd. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co hardcover books
186213758New York: Harper and Brothers 1862. First American Edition. Hardcover. good. 8vo xii 4 574 2 ads. Illustrated with engravings; 3 maps on one folding sheet. Blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine darkened fraying to spine ends corners rubbed front hinge partially cracked. Embossed library stamp on a few pages bookplate on front pastedown; otherwise unmarked. Provenance: From the collection of Burton scholar and bibliographer James Casada. Written a few years after Burton's celebrated account of his journey to Mecca and Medina this book describes the explorer's 1860 visit to Salt Lake City. Burton who met Brigham Young on the trip applied his characteristic ethnographic eye to Mormon ways and his work offers a detailed and sympathetic portrait. The appendix contains a number of Mormon documents and a Mormon chronology. Wagner-Camp 370:2; Howes B1033; Flake 1029. Harper and Brothers hardcover books
1949007073Los Angeles: City of Los Angeles 1949. Near Fine faint crease rear wrapper small chip bottom edge at spine. 99 pp. with illustrations charts and several black and white photographs. Stamped "Compliments John C. Holland Councilman 14th District" inside of front wrapper. . First Edition. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. City of Los Angeles Paperback books
190516555New York: Macmillan 1905. First edition of the author's penultimate book sm. 8vo pp. vi 2 134; fine in orig. green cloth gilt lettering and decoration on spine and upper cover t.e.g. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
194948531London: Dennis Dobson 1949. First UK edition 8vo pp. xii 2 270; near fine in a slightly chipped dust jacket with old tape repair on verso. Dedication copy warmly inscribed to Paul Hillestad on front free endpaper "For my dear friend Paul C. Hillestad who was truely the one who got me into print he dared! and who made a "writer" out of me. With all my heart. Yours Fred Feikema 4-10-'50." Hillestad was Manfred's editor at Webb. Mulder and Timmerman A4b. <br/><br/> Dennis Dobson unknown books
194848530Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1948. First edition 8vo pp. xii 2 270; near fine in a slightly chipped dust jacket with old tape repair on verso. Dedication copy inscribed to Paul Hillestad on front free endpaper "Dear Paul Accept this little gift with its dedication as another interest payment on the great debt I owe you Feike Feikema 3-10-48 ps. Pardon the "cast's penmanship". referring to his shaky lettering Manfred must have been in a cast at the time. Hillestad was Manfred's editor at Webb. Mulder and Timmerman A4. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Company, Inc unknown books
1973260520London: Department of the Environment 1973. iv 75p. illustrated with tables and a variety of line maps softbound first issue in 9.5x6 inch plain printed royal-blue wraps. Mildest edgewear slight marginal toning a very good clean unmarked copy. Cmnd 5430. Supports the construction of a tunnel under the English Channel to link England with France and the mainland as a way of promoting trade and peace. Department of the Environment unknown books
197156644New Britain CT: Central Connecticut State College 1971. 4to pp. 16. Illustrated with photographs. Paper wraps. VG. Features an article: "America they name is woman" which notes that ".achieving within the traditional role.doesn't hold up" and "Women must overachieve to compete. Central Connecticut State College unknown books
1869008935New Haven: Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor Printers 1869. RARE in current commerce a copy last seen at auction 1969 RBH. 151 pages 4 portraits one folded map. Contains pp. 46-48 Indian Names in Connecticut by J. Hammond Trumbull. Very Good Plus light soiling and rubbing to cloth some toning at end papers and associated with plates a period newspaper clipping laid in at p.85 perhaps as a bookmark. Folding Map of Norwich West Farms 1663-1725 is Fine. Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America vol. 7 p. 32 calls for 3 portraits this copy has 4. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers Hardcover books
194119686San Marino CA: Huntington Library 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. pp xiv 327 with illustrations bibliography index. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "With sincere friendship Bob Cleland" and with the bookplate of Charles B. Voorhis on the front pastedown. Voorhis was a southern California civic leader and book collector. This work provides a history of the early ranchos and Southern California's transition from a cattle frontier of Mexican rule and culture to an agricultural American community on the eve of great industrial and urban expansion. Herd 485; edwards Enduring Desert p. 50. Huntington Library hardcover books
1938002479No Place: The Library Quarterly 1938. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at top edge of front wrapper. Paginated 189-199. Fine. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. The Library Quarterly Paperback books
199121185Menlo Park CA: Ballena Press 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Ballena Press Anthropological Papers No. 37. Trade paperback 116 pp ca. 8.5 x 11 inches. As new. On place names of the Cahuilla Indians. Ballena Press unknown books
188257546New York: Charles Hart lithographer 1882. Large folding color lithograph panorama of the east and west prospects of Washington Avenue in Minneapolis from 8th Avenue South to Fourth Avenue North the whole in an oblong quarto binding original brown cloth gilt lettering on upper cover. The panorama extends to a total length of 30 feet 15 feet for each side of the avenue; each building is identified in the margins and the bustle of everyday city life is captured in the many people horses carriages etc. depicted throughout. Neat professional repair and strengthening of several folds on verso one small hole in a cloudy sky but on the whole very good and attractive. <br/><br/> Charles Hart, lithographer hardcover books
1946006719Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1946. Near Fine 1/4" tear fore edge of front wrapper. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
008816No Place: No Publisher SCARCE publisher's promotional poster no publisher no place no date but for the 1999 University of Oklahoma Press soft cover edition. Features the front cover image from a painting by M. Kunstler. Fine. Will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. well suited for framing. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 24" h x 16"w. No Publisher books
1920004612New York: The Silent Partner Co. 1920. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Hon. Will H. Hays Van Amburgh 1921". Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Van Amburgh was the publisher of "The Silent Partner" a monthly magazine of inspiration and human interest and author of several books on the same subjects rather a "self-help guru" of the early part of the twentieth century and an author whose quotations turn up surprisingly often today ! Book is Very Good small damp spot front board small paper residue rear board. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Third Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Association Copy. The Silent Partner Co. Hardcover books
193527918Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin 1935. First edition reprinted in 1971 8vo pp. xvii 1 361; 10 plates including 2 maps; near fine in original maroon basketweave cloth lettered in gilt direct on spine. The companion volume to and narrative continuation of the author's The French Regime in Wisconsin and the Northwest Madison 1925 The British Regime focuses on the period 1760 to 1815. Howes K-50 K-51 for the French Regime. <br/><br/> State Historical Society of Wisconsin hardcover books
200150172Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2001. First edition small 8vo pp. xvii 3 187 1; fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a 2-color wood engraving "The Boys" by Gaylord Schanilec - one of his most endearing images. Inscribed by Heynen on the half-title "For John and Lorna with affection always Jim Heynen." A nicely designed book by the late Will Powers. Quarter to Midnight A.207. <br/><br/> Minnesota Historical Society Press unknown books
32763Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press n.d. Edition limited to 1000 copies 8vo pp. 10 52 1; frontispiece illustration and 4 plates; near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. The Bohemian Flats lay along the Mississippi just below the falls of St. Anthony between Minneapolis and St. Paul where settled many northern European immigrants. This is its brief history. <br/><br/> University of Minnesota Press unknown books
190941218Minneapolis: The Hudson Publishing Company 1909. Sm 8vo pp. 135; illustrated numerous local ads includes index to clubs: Apollo Club Elks Club Minnetonka Yacht Club Philharmonic Club Woman's Club.to name a few; names and addresses of members are listed; extremities lightly rubbed and worn else very good in original blue paper covered boards. Clara Hampson Ueland mother of writer Brenda Ueland is listed under Woman's Club "Mrs. Andreas Ueland Chairman Department of Arts and Letters" p. 131 a suffragette who went on to serve as the first president of the Minnesota League of Women Voters. <br/><br/> The Hudson Publishing Company hardcover books
