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1839105098<p> Five manuscript pay vouchers most about 4" x 8. Some fold tears paper a little fragile normal browning and aging; otherwise very good. This basically a collection of pay vouchers for park keepers in 1839 in NYC. The payments were for work done in Washington Square Thompkins Square and Battery Park. Most of the receipts have four or five lines of text and are docketed on the reverse.</p> books
190519434Albany: Brandow Printing Company 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter tan cloth and cream boards. Cover design in red and gold paper spine label. Very Good. 127 pages. 26.5 x 20 cm. Report of the Lewis and Clark exposition commission of the State of New York. Bookplate. Spine partially mottled corners bumped interior clean. Brandow Printing Company hardcover books
1940TB29613New York: Oxford University Press 1940. Second Printing. Very good in light blue cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and front board. The cloth at the corners of the spine are lightly rubbed Without its issued dust jacket. 782 pages including an index appendices chronology text and photographs. The multi-colored folding map located in a pocket at the rear of the book is present and in fine condition. Oxford University Press hardcover books
197016383St. Cloud Minnesota: St. Cloud State College 1970. Softcover. VG ex-art library with sticker on cover bookplate and pencil notation inside cover. Small spot on spine. Olive wraps. 68 pp. Numerous bw plates. An original show of loaned artworks. Includes such artists as Alfred Leslie Philip Pearlstein Harold Bruder Richard Estes Louisa Matthiasdottir and Richard A. Miller among others. Exhibition held Feb. 13 to Mar. 11 1970. St. Cloud State College paperback books
1933003204Indianapolis Indiana: Indiana Historical Society 1933. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
1938TB27131Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. c.1938. Reprint. Very good in royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is slightly worn and rubbed. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4". Without its issued dust jacket. 559 pages with index text black and illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs with a map of the state's roads on the front end sheets. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books
1938TB31015Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1938. First Edition. Very near fine in dark blue simulated leather cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with map end sheets. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches with faint tape stains to each of the boards where it was applied to keep the dust jacket in place. In a very good- price clipped dust jacket with 1/2 inch deep chipping across the upper edge of the spine area several short closed tears at the top edge of the front panel with related creasing and the same to the top and lower edges of the rear panel. 559 pages with index text black and illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs and a pocket on the rear end paper with the multi-color fold-out map of the state within which is in fine condition. There are no prior ownership markings of any kind within this copy. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books
1938TB30697Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1938. Reprint. Fine in royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board and with front map end sheets. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4". In a very good price clipped dust jacket with a long closed tear to the upper quarter of the rear panel and with creases to the upper edge of the spine area and the front panel. 559 pages with index text black and illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs. No rear map pocket or map is called for in this reprint. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books
1938TB27097Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. c.1938. Reprint. Very good in royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is slightly worn and rubbed. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4". Without its issued dust jacket. 559 pages with index text black and illustrated with eight sections of black and white photographs with a map of the state's roads on the front end sheets. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books
1978291425Carson City.: State of Nevada. 1978. Plastic post binding. . Very good light soiling to covers previous owner’s stamp to title page some dog-eared pages. 28x21.5 cm. . A comprehensive plan for Nevada railroads developed by the State Highway Department and the Public Service Commission. weight: 2.2 lb. Numerous maps. State of Nevada. unknown books
192638425Reno: Nevada State Historical Society. Very Good. 1926. First Printing. Hardcover. -; Very Good. No dust jacket. Near Fine copy. . Nevada State Historical Society hardcover books
192438426Reno: Nevada State Historical Society. Very Good. 1924. First Printing. Hardcover. -; Very Good. No dust jacket. Blue cloth near fine copy. . Nevada State Historical Society hardcover books
197955668n.p. n.d.: White Bear Lake Minn. Lakewood Community College printed by Carl Nelson 1979. First edition square 8vo pp. 36; illustrated throughout; short tear at the top of the spine else fine in original prictorial wrappers. A history of the bar just north of St. Paul by the poet Bill Holm as well as several of his poems. <br/><br/> [White Bear Lake, Minn., Lakewood Community College, printed by Carl Nelson unknown books
199821343New Haven: Yale University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0300077521 . Black and white photographs and maps throughout. A later printing. Fine in a near fine sun fading along the spine dust jacket. . Yale University Press hardcover books
195324888New York: Educational Department New York State Communist Party 1953. First Edition. Quarto. Staple-bound pictorial card wrappers; 32pp; illus. Minimal external wear; a tight clean Near Fine copy. Articles on the struggle for African-American civil rights including a number of contributions by African-American authors. Contributors include John Pittman David Platt Claudia Jones Gus Hall and others. Educational Department, New York State Communist Party unknown books
1952015660Educ Dept NYSCP. 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Wraps double issue 8« x 11 72pp. Pics articles poems including photo of Josephine Baker. Fine. . Educ Dept NYSCP paperback books
195020694New York: the Party 1950. 24p. 8.25x10.75 inch pamphlet some toning to edges of cover otherwise very good. This revised version includes a corrected version of Howard Johnson's opening article as well as the original items about Stalin as a friend to nationalities WEB DuBois and his campaign for solidarity with the "New South" Herbert Aptheker on lessons from history and more. the Party unknown books
1973112821973. 36 pages. Quarto original printed and illustrated wrappers some loosening. With photographs by Vance Allen. A list of black literature for children and young adults published since 1971; and several articles concerning the teaching of black literature. unknown books
190752460New York: Doubleday Page 1907. First edition large 8vo pp. xx 2 411 1; color frontispiece 95 photographic plates by Peary and 2 folding maps; ex-James J. Hill Library with accession numbers on spine and a perforated stamp in bottom margin of the title page; all else very good in original decorative green cloth t.e.g. This copy inscribed on the title page: "To James J. Hill with best regards of the author R. E. Peary U.S.N." Only the signature is in Peary's hand. AB 13226: "Passage to Cape Sheridan Ellesmere Island and the march on the ice of the Arctic Basin to 87 degrees N. and return via the northwest coast of Greenland; a sledge journey along the northern coast of Ellesmere Island and the return of the ship through Robeson Channel-Smith Sound." <br/><br/> Doubleday, Page hardcover books
1992900371NY: Crown 1992. First edition first prnt. Illustrations. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crown Hardcover books
189417298Brookings: Dutcher Breed & Storgaard 1894. First edition 8vo pp. 208 3; 58 plates; lacking wrappers; stitched as issued; some foxing; else good or better. Details various grasses and wheats for agricultural purposes. <br/><br/> Dutcher, Breed, & Storgaard unknown books
190918854Washington DC: The National Geographic Society 1909. Softcover. Good. 90 pp ads with many b/w illustrations from photographs. Moderate wear and soiling but sound and complete. Includes a report on the National Geographic Society's Alaskan Expedition of 1909 as well as articles on photography in glacial Alaska the Discovery of the North Pole and its celebration at the Society's annual banquet and Alaskan coal fields. The National Geographic Society paperback books
182453948Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea 1824. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xii 2 9-439 1; vi 5-459 1; 15 engraved plates and a folding map; 20th-century calf-backed marbled boards; moderate foxing color pencil marks on p. 15 in volume I; very good sound copy. Stephen Harriman Long graduated from Dartmouth in 1809 entered the U.S. Army in 1814 and became Major of Topographical Engineers in 1816. His exploration of the Minnesota i.e. St. Peter's and Red River valleys and the canoe route from Lake Winnipeg to Lake Superior in 1823 was announced in this important book which was mostly written by Keating. Field 949; Howes K20; Streeter III 1785; Sabin 37137: "The work is almost a cyclopedia of materials relating to the Indians of the explored territory. Nothing escaped the attention or record of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition; and their statement regarding the customs character and numbers of the Sioux and Chippeway tribes are among the most valuable we have." <br/><br/> H. C. Carey and I. Lea hardcover books
197045276New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1970. First edition square 8vo pp. 64; bottom edge of front wrapper a bit soiled else near fine in original salmon wrappers printed in red. Daughter of Norwegian parents Dahl was born and raised in Minnesota and was the first foreign-born woman to be made a Norse Akademiker at the University of Oslo. <br/><br/> E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc unknown books
1860243489Cincinnati: American Reform Tract and Book Society 1860. Hard Cover. Good binding. 115pp. Rebacked with some photocopied pages bound in. Page 31/32 torn with top and side areas missing. Scattered foxing through text. Brown embossed cloth binding with light to moderate edgewear to extremities. There is a previous owner gift inscription. no markings in text. Good binding. American Reform Tract and Book Society unknown books