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18279585Washington Gales &: Seaton 1827. Copper engraving 28.5 x 83 cm one or two minor restorations to verso old folds blank verso. Published in a report to Congress Letter from the postmaster general transmitting a report of General Bernard of surveys of routes for a post road from Baltimore to Philadelphia. The Postmaster General at that time was John McLean 1782-1861; the map was produced under the auspices of Simon Bernard 1799-1836 a member of the Board of Internal Improvement and William Tell Poussin 1794-1876 a Captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. The map shows various alternative routes and is an early example of U.S. government cartographic printing: in May 1826 the U.S. Congress authorized a survey party to explore various new mail routes to Philadelphia. This map appeared as part of a government document the following year Cobb Mapping Maryland The William Hackermna Collection 2002. OCLC: 82929312 Map Seaton, unknown
199657359Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas. New. 1996. Paperback. 0965556204 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 60 pages; many illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas paperback
1992260951992 - 2021. Insel, Frankfurt, Leipzig und Berlin, In kleiner Auflage erschienen. Originallederbände. Teils im Originalschuber (wenn Original vorhanden) und Originalverpackt. 19 x 12,5 cm.
8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, and 15 coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present),free endpapers lightly browned; pictorial tan cloth, uppere board blocked in green and yellow and lettered in black, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 2pp publishers' catalogue at end. The first issue, without publisher's address on title. One of the Master's earliest works, written in his 'school' period between The Gold Bat and The Head of Kay's, and long predating the hallowed fields of Wooster, Jeeves, Mulliner and Blandings. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Jasen 5; McIlvaine A5a.
Published in the late 1970s, this magnificently illustrated set brings to life the richness of our real Canadian past, in all its colour and vitality. "There are no fictional embellishments. Some of Canada's best authors have used sensitivity, imagination, and true literary skill to tell Canada's story as it really was. These are not academic textbooks, but a fascinating and accurate 'social history' that should appeal to everyone." - Professor J. Michael Bliss, University of Toronto. "Delivers a totally new and essential look at ourselves, with a broad down-to-realities approach." - Peter C. Newman. Includes the following volumes: The First Canadians, The Colonial Dream 1497-1760, Redcoats and Loyalists 1760-1815, Days of the Rebels 1815-1840, Pioneer Days 1840-1860, Dawn of the Nation 1860-1870, The Age of Innocence 1870-1880, Canada Moves Westward 1880-1890, The Naughty Nineties 1890-1900, Into the 20th Century 1900-1910, The Years of Agony 1910-1920, The Crazy Twenties 1920-1930, The Hungry Thirties 1930-1940, A Time of Heroes 1940-1950, The Booming Fifites 1950-1960, The Years of Progress 1960-1970. Moderate to average wear. Unmarked with the exception of the last volume which bears a few library markings. Binding of the 1930-1940 volume is taped at title page. Binding of the 1900-1910 volume is weak at title page. A quality copy of this magnificent set. Book
BN91132Urban & Fischer in Elsevier. Röntgenanatomie der Kaninchen Frettchen und Nager <br/><br/>Röntgenanatomie der Kaninchen Frettchen und Nager Silverman Sam and Tell Lisa A. Urban & Fischer in Elsevier unknown
1843elala1857Paris: W.Coquebert 1843. 1843. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 8 p.l. v-xv 554; xi 428. with half-titles. folding engraved map. contemporary quarter calf gilt back joints bit rubbed some foxing. First Edition. The first volume of Poussins work examines the discovery and exploration of America from 1000 until 1819 including chapters on the French English Dutch and Spanish colonies. The second volume contains chapters on national defence the military the militia climate religion agriculture commerce manufacturing &c. of the United States. Sabin 64735. Howes P-519. cfKress C6702. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Paris: W.Coquebert, 1843. Hardcover
35 pages. Photo and bio details of Bond inside front cover. Four pages of wonderful photos of Bond with the Andrews Sisters, Max Terhune, Jimmy Wakley, Dick Reinhart, The Red River Valley Boys, Joan Davis, Ray Corrigan, and Dennis Moore. "Gene Autry invited Johnny and Jimmy Wakely to sing with him on his CBS Melody Ranch program and soon the whole of America began to join the others in the demand for more. Songs include: I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; Down in the Dumps; One More Range; You Never Can Tell; I've Had the Blues Before; Keep Rollin' On; It's a Long Old Road; Prairie Campfire; Out Here The Wind Blows Free; One More Tear; Here's The End of the Trail (Ole Timer); Old Wagon Train; One a Blue Ridge Mountain Trail; The Road is Way Too Long; I'm Pounding the Rails Again; The Unopened Letter; I Won't Stand in Your Way; Hillbilly Town; My Red River Rose; Don't You Weep Anymore, Darlin'; Oh, My Darling Clementine. Average wear. Some light pencil markings to contents. A sound copy of this marvelously nostalgic item. Book
48 pages. This glamorous publication brought New York women important information including: news of the choicest fashion, entertainment, current happenings, where to go, what to see, and how much to pay. Features: Color cover photo features lady applying lipstick amongst a throng of well-dressed football fans; Nice Franklin Simon's one-page ad featuring Persian (wool) Prestige; Super half-page photo ad for Best & Co. features 'Sequins for Glamour'; Nice Macy's full-page ad features photo of four fashionable kids disembarking the 'Normandie'; Full-page ad for Macy's Little Shop features elegant lady in evening gown; The tragic case of Elizabeth Smith, convicted of second degree manslaughter in the death of her newborn; Great one-page Singer sewing machine ad encourages readers to make the $4 dress illustrated; Several photos commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty; Photos and brief article on new diaper service (which some readers thought was a fiction!); Flaming Youth - Sixteen Years Older - "The Younger Generation" that made the 1920's such hectic years grows old and conservative, and its bearded prophets tell how they grew up - article with before and after photos of H.L. Mencken and F. Scott Fitzgerald; "Dear Martha Deane" - brief article with nine photos of radio broadcaster Mary Margaret McBride; 'Mama Martinelli and her Soup of Vengeance'; Photo-illustrated three-page article on Gloria Vanderbilt; Article on John Perona's 'fashionable hellhole' El Morocco - including photo of Jack Dempsey and Perona; The Fashion Ediitor's Diary; Two nice full-page color fashion photos; Review of some New York hair salons; Color-illustrated centerfold features Football Fashions; So Much To Buy - So Much to Spend; Evening accessories; Skin products; There's a difference in light bulbs - photo-illustrated article compares American with foreign bulbs; Color photos of fine china and sparkling crystal tableware; We Shop the Town; Hearty Dinners for Cold Days; Photos and article on the movie "Libeled Lady" which starred Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy; Schaefer beer one-page ad mentions Empire City horse racing, Oct. 19-31; Maisonette Russe is opend with the blessing of Archimandrite Inna - brief article with photos; Manhattan Date Book; Nice color-illustrated Kotex ad inside back cover features fashionable ladies; and more. Unmarked with modest wear. A quality copy of this great vintage depression-era item. Magazine
1018SQEXDC1Spiral-bound. Very Good. Associated Business Papers 369 Lexington Avenue New York New York Circa 1940. Several pencil checkmarks throughout… Please see pictures
182262543Weimar 1822. original decorated boards with hand-lettered labels on spine and front panel. Some rubbing and use to edges of boards; a very attractive uncut copy in original condition. 8vo. Aus dem Englischen ubersetzt von C. Fl. Leidenfrost. Howes H-239; German translation. hardcover
1843263014Paris: W. Coquebert 1843. hardcover. very good-. 2 volumes in one. Thick 8vo 1/2 contemporary black morocco many page with light foxing mostly to margins edges of board corners lightly worn light dampstain to top of many page margins. Paris: W. Coquebert 1843.<br/><br/> Second edition published without the map which was in the first edition. Author emigrated from France and served in the United States Army as assistant topographical engineer from 1817 to 1829 when he was promoted to topographical engineer. He resigned from the army in 1832. Poussin returned to France and served as French minister to the United States from 1848 to 1849. The first volume is a history of colonial North America including the British colonies New France and Louisiana. Howes P-519. Sabin 64735.<br/><br/> W. Coquebert unknown books
1843263014Paris: W. Coquebert 1843. hardcover. very good-. 2 volumes in one. Thick 8vo 1/2 contemporary black morocco many page with light foxing mostly to margins edges of board corners lightly worn light dampstain to top of many page margins. Paris: W. Coquebert 1843.<br/> <br/> Second edition published without the map which was in the first edition. Author emigrated from France and served in the United States Army as assistant topographical engineer from 1817 to 1829 when he was promoted to topographical engineer. He resigned from the army in 1832. Poussin returned to France and served as French minister to the United States from 1848 to 1849. The first volume is a history of colonial North America including the British colonies New France and Louisiana. Howes P-519. Sabin 64735.<br/> <br/> W. Coquebert unknown
Cc 2, 2 vol. in-folio, legatura in mezza pelle coeva, pp. 838 n347
184858639Paris: Guillaumin et Cie 1848. Third edition revised and enlarged first published in 1843. 8vo. 2 volumes: 4 492; 4 448 pp. Half-titles. Volume one presents a history of the United States from discovery and settlement through publication volume two commentary and description of contemporary American life; Poussin 1794-1876 served as French minister to the United States in the 1830s. Howes P-519. Sabin 64735. Some light foxing but a very good copy. Contemporary marbled boards rubbed corners and edges bumped later blue-green morocco backs gilt spine titles and ornaments. #5800. <br/><br/> Guillaumin et Cie hardcover books
1783943CGBern, Chez B. Fehr, um 1783. Kol. Radierung. Plattengrösse: 25 x 34 cm. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A
44 pages. Features: Colour cover illustration of clown by Russell Sambrook; News briefs include - the Roosevelt telegram and its sequel, the 'Halt-Hitler' bloc, Enigmatic Russia, the Perplexities of Poland, French 'Rightists', and British Conscription; Davis Cup Review - Tennis article with photos of Adrian Quist, Jack Bromwich, Gene Mako, and Bobby Riggs; I Visit Those Other Canada's - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Scandinavia; Did I Remember to Tell You I Adore You? (short story); Vrechan, a Man's Dog (short story); Girl Alone (short story); The Eyes of the Navy - photo-illustrated article on Britain's Naval Air Arm; If I Die Before I Wake (short story); Palmolive Soap ad includes illustration of the Dionne Quints; Hollywood news and photo of Richard Carlson; Lux soap ad includes photos of Barbara Stanwyck; Five photos from film "The Wizard of Oz"; Get Ready for the Tennis Season; Your Place in the Sun - the sun and your skin; The Bride, The Food and the Man - cooking advice; Photo of Fanny Brice in Maxwell House coffee ad; Pond's Cold Cream ad features two photos of the Lady Ursula Stewart and the Lady Betty Bourke; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
52 pages. Features: We're fumbling victory - Allied bickereing and indecision is wrecking Europe and sewing the seeds of another world conflict; Tell Them the Truth - a very philosophical and interesting piece by G. Brock Chisholm, M.D.; Romance in the Dark; Disease Killer from the Soil - Dr. Selman A. Waksman and streptomycin; CCF Show Window - after 18 months of socialist government, Saskatchewan is a small-scale display of what the CCF Party would like to do with the rest of Canada - article with photo of Saskatchewan's CCF Cabinet at work; Fish 'n' Ships (fiction); Prodigy at Sixty - author Tom Costain - article with photo; House that Sun Built - article (with photos) on passive solar construction; They Make Money - The Canadian Mint - article with photos; Keep 'Em Happy (fiction); fantastic full-page colour ad for White trucks shows a highway full of their products; 3/4 centerfold ad for Firestone Champion tires; Nice Carling's beer ad inside back cover shows winter horse-logging scene; Coke ad on back cover shows friends at a soda fountain; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Moisture staining to top edge of most pages. A worthy vintage copy. Book
124 pages. Features: The new blue denim look for anywhere, anytime; Vogue Patterns in blue denim; The Beautiful People put on their coats - Pilar Crespi, Patrice Calmette, Mrs. Leonard Holzer, Mrs. Wyatt Emory Cooper; Swans and Cygnets - Three Generations of Beautiful Guinesses; Colour's the thing for evening; Knit's the thing for day; Fashion for the sun run, photographed in Puerto Rico; Exercises for flabby faces; Ballerina's Change of Hair; Hairdressers tell you how to go six weeks without them; Breast Sculpture; Your Looks are as Good as Your Discipline; Sex and the Topography of Love; A Place to Raise Eyebrows - Mr. and Mrs. Norman Parkinson's House in Tobago; Puerto Rico - Where the Past Grows Young; Puerto Rico Now; Pilar Crespi and Lauren Hutton - Around-The-World Flight Trips; and much more. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy copy. Book
1783943CGBern, Chez B. Fehr, um 1783. Kol. Radierung. Plattengrösse: 25 x 34 cm.
1824316015London: C. Baldwyn 1824. First Edition. 12 etched plates on Whatman paper by George Cruikshank after drawings by Alfred Crowquill. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Half contemporary calf and marbled boards. Very Good. Cruikshank George. First Edition. 12 etched plates on Whatman paper by George Cruikshank after drawings by Alfred Crowquill. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Cohn notes four states of this unusual Cruikshank item: small paper large paper India proof copies and copies with hand-colored plates on Whatman paper. This rollicking spoof of William Tell. Cohn 36 C. Baldwyn unknown
1824316015London: C. Baldwyn 1824. First Edition. 12 etched plates on Whatman paper by George Cruikshank after drawings by Alfred Crowquill. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Half contemporary calf and marbled boards. Very Good. Cruikshank George. First Edition. 12 etched plates on Whatman paper by George Cruikshank after drawings by Alfred Crowquill. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Cohn notes four states of this unusual Cruikshank item: small paper large paper India proof copies and copies with hand-colored plates on Whatman paper. This rollicking spoof of William Tell. Cohn 36 C. Baldwyn unknown books
32 pages. Features: Nice two-color illustrated Firestone ad inside front cover features mother and children; Why Half the People Do not Vote - An Explanation; Booth Tarkington Talks of Many Things; Farming Must Become a Chemical Industry - development of co-products will solve present agricultural problem; Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech; The Use of Great Names in 'Blue Sky' Swindles; Ye Knife - Ye Forke - Ye Spoone - a brief history of those noble tools; Henry Ford's Page - money, a national commodity, has been made a private concession; Editorial - news from Russia that the only Jew remaining in a position of importance is Litvinov as the Communist Party threatens to become anti-Semitic after the death of M. Djerjinski; The Harvard of Our Forefathers; The Ebb and Flow of Winged Waves - bird article; The Voyage of the Victoria (part 12) - When Pirates Ruled; Chats with Office Callers - ; Can You Tell Me?; I Read in the Papers - M. Loewenstein Makes an Offer, That Monkey Opera in Budapest, Chess Comes from India; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
78 pages. Articles: Gorgeous cover photo of Phyllis Bergquist of Evanston, Illinois; The Christian Science Monitor (part 1 of 3); Francis Wallace's 10th Football Preview - great color game and player photos; Four Friends Abroad - the interesting photo-illustrated story of the reconstruction of a French textile mill with American help; Return of our Soaring Giants; How a Movie Gets Made - The Stratton Story (conclusion); Make Mine Fish - Sloppy Louie Morino's restaurant near New York City's Fulton Fish Market - article with color photo of Sloppy Louie with customer John Von Glahn; Jim and Jean Staples - owners of Hillcrest Lodge in Idaho. Fiction: Change of Heart; Four Eyes; Tell Me About Yourself; The Case of the Negligent Nymph (part 2 of 6); In My Day. Ads include: 1950 Studebaker; GE tvs; Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - with colour image of painter Mrs. Henry Barclay in her New York studio; Plymouth cars; Monarch canned veggies; Pal razor blades (2 pages); New Hudson cars; Pendleton shirts; FTD; Buick cars; Back cover features Camel cigarette ad with Gordon "Dusty" Campbell, big-game fisherman. Average wear. Two-inch opening at top of cover fold. Unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Book
132 pages. Features: Many gorgeous color fashion ads; Three generations of the Mitchell family are featured in Sohmer piano ad; Chinese Nuclear Research - article with photos; The World of the Unborn - the new medical specialty of Fetology; Holy Men of India - In Search of Seekers of the Truth; Don't Tell it to the Computer - the threat it represents to privacy; Toscanini - the Greatest Single Influence on Today's Conductors; George Plimpton - story with photos of his varied activities; El San Juan Hotel (Puerto Rico) ad features Lou Puro, Chairman of the Board; Sweater fashion photos; "Because I Say So" - raising children; Sensuous Cone Towel ad; 1966 Was a Happening for Home Furnishings; Save the Children Federation ad features the family of Nancy and John Seletti - and young Chang Sook of Korea; and more. Above-average wear to front cover which is almost loose. Back cover missing. A worthy vintage copy. Book
