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1920009370Elkhorn Oregon now a dead post office 1920. Unbound. Very good. This lot of consists multiple items: <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One canceled check from the Silver King Mining Company <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One application and contract to purchase Silber King Mining Company stock <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">Two Silver King Mining Company employment agreements accepting shares of capital stock in lieu of wages <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">Two letters on Silver King Mining Company letterhead regarding "grub" needed at the mine <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One note on plain paper enclosed in a Silver King Mining Company envelope and <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">One file copy of a letter regarding the transfer of a stock certificate. The items are in nice shape. <p>Two of the covers are postmarked with Doane Type 2 No. 1 "railroad track" cancels. Doane Cancels were the Post Office Department's first attempt to improve postmark legibility by issuing rubber handstamps. The name honors Edith R. Doane a Postal Historian who became interested in these early 20th Century Handstamps in the 1950's. They were used at smaller 4th class post offices where receipts did not exceed $500 in a year. Type 2 Doane Cancels have 2 sets of railroad track type bars with a number in them. They were issued from Sep. 29 1903 until Jun. 30 1905. The "1" inside the bars meant the Elkhorn Postmaster annual compensation less than $100. <br /><br />The contents of two letters suggest that one supervisor and four miners worked the mine and are rather eye-opening with regard to life at site: <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">"Have recd some of the grub. Wish you would send me $5 or $10 . . . as my old 30-30 is Broke and I want to get it fixed . . . as there is a cooger hanging around. . . have got to get some nails to do some fixing up things and have borrowed money to by Postage Stamps and tobacco. I hear there has been $150000 put up to sink on the Silver king how is it. There was a party here from Portland who tells me that . . . there was some machinery bought for the Silver King. What is it. . . I have rcd. 100 lbs of flower and the bacon coffee one case - tomatoes - and one case milk beans and if you have sent anything more I have not recd it old man shire said that was ll that was there - I am out of lard and sugar." <p>The mine was located in the Lester Mining District on the western slope of the Cascades about 24 miles from the summit of Mt. Jefferson and ten miles from Gates and 17 miles from a railway station at Lyons. The complex consisted of 12 contiguous claims with a total of 240 acres. The "Queen Vein" reached by tunnel contained the best developed and richest ore. Although only traces of gold lead and zinc were present assays showed in places it contained up to almost 41 ounces of silver per ton. Although no official production numbers were recorded the mine is remembered for providing a large amount of silver for the relative short time it was operated. It is still accessible and safe to explore as the Bureau of Land Management has left it open and ungated. <br /><br /> A nice grouping of documents from a short-lived but productive Oregon silver mine made more interesting by the use of relatively scarce postal handstamps on the companies outgoing mail. <br /><br /> books
197269512New York: Random House 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First printing with the $2.50 price on the front flap of the dust jacket and the correct ads on the rear panel. "The time has come." A volume in the Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners series. Octavo. Original glazed paper over boards. Some wear to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is a bit shelfworn with a closed tear to the top of the rear panel; else about very good. Younger 51. Random House hardcover books
19591201249London: The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; ix 133 pp. Hardcover with cloth spine. VG. Some foxing to front board. Boards slightly bowed. Interior clean and tight no markings. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Shelved front table. 1201249. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara hardcover books
1920002014Paris: H. Floury 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hansi and Victor Huen. Oblong measuring 32 by 24 cm 12.5 by 9.5 inches. Nostalgic look at Alsatian village of yore and as much of Hansi's writings about the French-ness of the village and demonizing the German occupiers who were only recently driven out at the time this copy was issued. The illustrations exude the naive charm of Hansi's best work whose legacy was to create an enduring visual image of Alsatian life. The decorated cloth boards have soiling and the fabric is worn by the corners and the spine extremities. Inside the pages have age toning but otherwise are clean. <br /><br /> H. Floury hardcover books
186740706London: T. Cautley Newy 1867. 324 pp. Sepia toned lithos. <br /><br />Narrative of a Journal of a Yachting Expedition from Auckland to the South Sea Islands and a pedestrian tour in a new district of New Zealand bush. Scarce yachting narrative. Not in Toy. "A slight account of Norfolk Island and the Pitcairners is found at pp. 73-95." - Hocken p. 250. Fergusson 12963. Bagnall 3578. Worldcat shows only six libraries holding copies - none in the US. Bound in publisher's blindstamped cloth. T. Cautley Newy hardcover books
18072804London: Printed by T. Bensley for Payne and Mackinlay 1807. Lg. 4to. 8xl572pp. Cont. gilt tooled calf covers with a few old scrapes. Front hinge split but holding minor chips at extremities of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Printed by T. Bensley for Payne and Mackinlay unknown books
1814D1409Paris: Gide Fils 1814. Hardcover. Very Good. Red paper over boards ruled and lettered in gilt on spine; 4 volumes 8vo 5 x 8.25 inches; pp. lxxx 432; 4 494; 4 434; xv 1 139 104 tables; all volumes with half-title page and title-page. Spine tips and corners lighly chipped; boards faintly rubbed; a little faint foxing but overall nice and clean. An excellent working set. <br/><br/> Gide Fils hardcover books
185772639New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Traces the history of Christianity in China from its earliest documented appearance with St. Thomas and the missionary rush sparked by the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 to the Manchu-Tartar Dynasty in the sixteenth century. Abbe Huc a French Catholic priest Lazarite missionary and traveler became famous for his accounts of Qing-era China Mongolia and Tibet which was largely unknown at the time. He and his companion Joseph Gabet were the first Europeans to reach Lhasa since Thomas Manning in 1812. 358 p. and 348 p. with publisher's ads. Octavo two volumes. Ex-19th century library Nevada City Free Public Library with a bookplate to each rear pastedown two small ink date stamps and a small label to each front endpaper and a gilt-stamped accession number and label shadow to each spine. It appears a pocket was neatly removed from each pastedown. Both bindings are quite sound. The spines are sun faded with some minor bumping to the corners and tips. Scarce. D. & J. Sadlier & Co hardcover books
189673529Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The first American edition of this important scientific memoir describing the manner in which the authors succeeded in extracting the previously unknown element argon in pure form and in analyzing its properties. For this discovery Lord Rayleigh 1842-1919 was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physics. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge Volume XXIX Number 1033. Quarto: 2ff 43 1 p. Original green cloth binding with gilt titles. Near fine. Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
001866Tokyo: T. Hasegawa. N.d circa 1903. Probably first edition. Unpaginated twelve folded-over leaves including cover. Larger format 7.5 by 5.25 inches or 19 by 13.5 cm. Probably the best tale ever built around toothpicks! A fairy tale of the supernatural retribution meted out to lazy women with a second shorter variant of the same story included as well. This copy has particularly crisp and bright color! Light soiling to covers and some minor waviness where fabric dinged by bottom edge. <br /><br /> T. Hasegawa books
198448393San Francisco: The Yolla Bolly Press 1984. 1st edition thus. Copy B of 220 cc. SIGNED by Gold & Prochnow on the colophon. INSCRIBED by Setrakian on the ffep. Mauve cloth binding with gilt stamping. Slipcase with printed paper title label to spine panel. Square & tight. Spine panel ever-so-lightly sunned. A Nr Fine copy in a VG slipcase. xv 1 194 2 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts by Bill Prochnow. Facsimile letter at rear. Royal 8vo. 10" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>Setrakian also a Fresno boy friend to Saroyan who headed the foundation that oversaw Saroyan's legacy cf. LA Times March 4 2002 The Yolla Bolly Press hardcover books
199366842Pusan Korea: World Kuk Sool Association 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Founded in 1961 Ku Sool Won attempts "to integrate and explore the entire spectrum of established traditional Korean martial arts body conditioning techniques mental development and weapons training." Signed and dated by the author below his portrait. Quarto. Original black cloth binding with gilt stamping and a ribbon marker. Some minor staining to the fore-edge with a bit of light wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. World Kuk Sool Association hardcover books
183357649V.p. 1833. A dozen or so items over half of which seem inconsequental. Ezbon or Esbon Sanford 1765-1846 was born in Newport worked in Washington County. He was a storekeeper innkeeper and cabinetmaker and is cited in various articles about Rhode Island furniture making. One receipt is from the "estate of Abigail Congdon" his mother-in-law which details payment for molasses and gin as well as a coffin for herself at $6.00. A detailed inventory May 15 1833 is included of the estate of Anna Buckingham of North Kingstown Washington County. All her belongings are listed including furniture: "eleven old fiddleback maple chairs" at $5. This type of chair is described in an article by Kathleen E. Johnson in Art & Antiques Magazine Sept/Oct 1981 as "an intentional translation of the elements of the carved mahoghany or walnut cabriole legged Queen Anne- style chair into the vocabulary of the turned chair tradition." A large floor plan for a house with its footprint neatly laid out is one of the more interesting documents with a detailed list of supplies joists ranging timber furing laths doors & frames roof boards shingles and nails each with prices. Ezbon Sanford held a local court office as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and nother interesting document is dated 1830 from the state to the sheriff concerning the warrant for the arrest of George Young charging him as the father of Margaret Mitchel's "bastard child." The paper was signed by John H. Green Deputy Sheriff. Other names mentioned in his storekeeper receipts are Robert Hosford Robert Northrup Charles Douglas Weighty Underwood and Paul Austin. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1766WRCLIT53976London: . Reprinted with Some Additions. 1766. x9-332pp. plus errata. Octavo. Contemporary calf rather worn and chipped. Internally very good and crisp. Second edition revised after the first of the preceding year. A wide-ranging summary of particular interest for its treatment of the Wilkes controversy. "An inflammatory piece of party-work which hath engrossed a much greater share of public attention that it seems to have merited" - Sabin. This work is also occasionally credited to H. Cotes. SABIN 32177. ESTC T89749. ... Reprinted, with Some Additions... unknown books
183747870London: J. Templeman 248 Regent Street . J. Miller 404 Oxford Street 1837. Second Edition a reissue of the 1st edition sheets with Horne's new introduction. Cf. NCBEL III 1232. Original publisher's green cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine professionally rebacked. General wear & soiling. Period prior owner signatures to front eps. A solid VG copy. 152 pp. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> J. Templeman, 248 Regent Street ... J. Miller, 404 Oxford Street hardcover books
19781342185Boulder: Westview Press 1978. Hardcover. Octavo; 2 volumes; G; Hardcover; Spine blue with silver print; Boards in blue cloth with silver print light wear to spine caps and corners v. 2 has mild blemishes on front spine and rear else clean and strong; Text blocks are clean and tight; 2 vols. xxix 1399 pages frontispiece. <br /> <br /> <p> Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller if you have any questions.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office in wraparound bookcase next to 15's. 1342185. FP New Rockville Stock. Westview Press hardcover books
190459820Cleveland Ohio: The Arthur Clark Company 1904. 2 volumes. 8vo. 306 2; 342pp. plus 3pp. of ads. With 16 plates and 2 facsimiles. Maroon cloth gilt spines. Top edge gilt. A fine set. Howes F-63 "Bitterly unfavorable" Howes W-229 Welby's own words "To a rough untutored set of savages another race of little less than savages has succeeded". Two of the more unfavorable travelers review of the United States. The Arthur Clark bibliography lists both volumes as being published in 1905 but the first volume of this set clearly printed 1904 it also states 316 copies of the first volume and 287 copies of the second volume were printed as separates from the set. <br/><br/> The Arthur Clark Company hardcover books
190461283Cleveland OH: Arthur H. Clark Co 1904. First edition thus issued separately from Clark's "Early Western Travels" series. 8vo. 2 volumes: 306 2; 342 3 ads pp. Illustrated with 16 plates and two facsimiles. Howes F-63 for the 1823 original of Faux: "Bitterly unfavorable." Howes W-229 for the 1821 original of Welby who comments "to a rough untutored set of savages another race of little less than savages has succeeded". Clark/Brunet 253: "For the Faux volume 316 separates and for the Welby volume 287 separates." Very good. Original maroon cloth gilt spine titles top edge gilt others untrimmed. #8270. <br/><br/> Arthur H. Clark Co hardcover books
178823913Edinburgh 1788. Small octavo. 7 15/16 x 4 5/8 inches. Half-title. Blind stamp to half-title and E1 ink number stamp to foot of verso of half-title and foot of p.48. 20th-century half calf over marbled paper-covered boards remnants of library label on upper cover extremities lightly rubbed<br/> <br/>First edition.<br/> <br/>Concerns the claims of John Drummond eldest surviving son of Edward 6th Duke of Perth.<br/> <br/>ESTC T193208. unknown books
185572334Boston: John P. Jewett & Company 1855. Hardcover. Very good. Third Thousand. Widely regarded as the founding text of the women's rights movement in the United States as well as an important influence on many of the movement's leaders including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. Introduction by Horace Greeley. Frontispiece portrait. Octavo. Original brown cloth binding with gilt titles and decorative blind stamping. Some foxing to the frontispiece and the opposing leaves. Period previous owner's ink signature to the front flyleaf. A bit of wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. John P. Jewett & Company hardcover books
1859403850Ypsilanti MI: C. Woodruff 1859. Newspaper 22 x 16 inches. 4 pp. In fine folded condition. A fine and lengthy report from the west providing details on the gold resources of the country descriptions of the various diggings the amounts of gold taken by various companies and individuals the Gregory Diggings the abandonment of the Platte River washings the constitution convention etc. <br/><br/> C. Woodruff unknown books
1681001379Amsterdam: Apud Janssonio Waesbergios 1681. Full Calf. Very Good. 330 6 pp. 12mo with copper engraved title page by Giovanni Van Den Avele. Pharsalia is considered a masterpiece and possibly the masterpiece of the Silver Age of Ancient Roman poetry. The epic poem concerns the Roman Civil War at the time of Caesar and most particularly the extended struggle between Caesar and Pompey the Great. Lucanus writing a century later during the reign of Nero far from glamorizing the warfare took a jaundiced view of the fraticidal battle and his portrait of both Caesar and Pompey was far from flattering. His "epic poem" therefore is epic in terms of length scope and ambition not in its portrayal of the principals. Because of the subject matter the popularity of "Pharsalia" has crested at times when a society still steeped in the Classical canon of literature descended into civil strife when the themes and point-of-view of Lucanus really resonated. Never was this more the case than in the seventeenth century when this copy was printed. First there was the final emergence of the Netherlands from under the yoke of Habsburg rule and then there was the English Civil War just to mention two instances both highly germane to the edition at hand. Thus the notes by Grotius and Modern calf with a black spine label and marbled endpapers. The work is incomplete and breaks off during the tenth book which Lucanus was still working on when he was forced to commit suicide. The binding is tight. Some leaves with more toning than others but overall quite clean. There are leaves in which the margins are parlously tight or the header is even close to being partially cut-off -- this is the upshot of the compact size of the copy and was the way the copy was issued over three centuries ago. This particular edition is not mentioned in Brunet. <br/><br/> Apud Janssonio Waesbergios unknown books
P5946Petrograd: Izdanie Petrogradskogo komiteta partii sotsialistov-revoliutsionerov 1917. Octavo 20 Ã 14 cm. Original staple-stitched printed self-wrappers; 32 pp. Wrapper lightly chipped else about very good. Political Literacy for Post-Revolutionary Russia. Scarce brochure that seeks to educate a literate but not highly educated audience about the program of the Socialist Revolutionary Party SR breaking down basic principles of capitalist and socialist systems and proposing a program of action. The party won the Constituent Assembly election of 1917 November 25 1917 generally considered to be the first free Russian election taking about 40% of the popular vote. SR was the primary competitor of Russian Social Democratic Labor Party RSDLP the party of Lenin until its name was changed to the All-Russian Communist Party following the October Revolution of 1917. While the Bolshevik RSDLP won the majority of the vote in urban centers and from soldiers on the western front they lost the overall election to the SRs whose candidate list had been printed prior to the split between the left and right wings of the SRs with the left wing forming a coalition with the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks had hoped that this election would provide them the popular mandate to govern. Lenin criticized the Constituent Assembly saying that it failed to represent the Russian people because the ballot had not indicated the split between the SRs right wing and the pro-Bolshevik left. SRs held power for two weeks before the Bolsheviks disbanded the Assembly and gained the upper hand. As ideologically hostile literature as well as documentation of an alternative path of development after the February Revolution the publications of the Socialist-Revolutionaries were subject to destruction in the years after the October coup. KVK and OCLC only show copies at LOC Stanford Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and State Library of NSW Sydney. unknown books
170266660Amsterdam: Henricum Wetstenium 1702. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition of Broekhuizen's Elegies of Propertius. Janus Broukhusius or Jan van Broehuizen 1649-1707 was an influential classical scholar and poet whose editions of Propertius and Catullus were long influential. Many 19th and early 20th century editions of Propertius drew heavily on him including Pieter Burmann The Younger's 1780 edition completed by Van Sanlen. Brunet speaks well of the scholarship of Broekhuizen's edition Brunet III p.847; Schweiger II p.830-3. Square quarto. Cover measures 22.4 x 17.7 cm 8¾ x 7"; leaves = 21.5 x 16.4 cm. Typographic title page in black and red; second title page engraved by Mulder signed in the plate. Errata list on p.28. Pagination: 28 423 1 100 pp. Foliation: - 3 in fours 4in two A-3T in fours 3V in two. Textblock trimmed no loss. Full vellum binding possibly original certainly early with two binders blanks. Covers have blind-stamped rules and gilt lozenges. The spine is ink lettered. Slits for ribbon ties present but the ties are now departed. Fifteen possibly more pages have scholarly notes in Latin in an early hand. Very clean copy with virtually no foxing and what is there is very light and unobtrusive. Cover gilt is rubbed one small flaw in the top cover vellum. Henricum Wetstenium hardcover books
1866286043New York 1866. unbound. very good. located in the Nevada District of the Colorado Territory with beautifully engraved vignettes of a miner working by torchlight and a group of miners sending ore from the mine shaft to the surface by way of an bucket-brigade. Signed by the Secretary and President of the Corporation whose main office was located in New York City. This certificate bears two uncancelled 25 cent Internal Revenue Certificate stamps applied to the certificate in their designated spaces. The stock certificate appears not to have been redeemed. Scarce. Very good<br/><br/> Folds are very light and the steel engravings are clearly printed. There is a small chip to the top margin above the printed border.<br/><br/> unknown books
