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1941102271Johannesburg: Johannesburg Joint Council of Europeans and Africans/ South African Institute of Race Relations 1941. 11p. 4.75x7 inches very good in original stapled wraps. A call for the raising of Native African wages. Johannesburg Joint Council of Europeans and Africans/ South African Institute of Race Relations unknown books
197065517Johannesburg: Black Sash 1970. Paperback. Very Good. 20p. Wrapper. 25cm. A few red ink underlinings & notes. James Michener's ownership stamp. <br/><br/> Black Sash paperback books
S2185Cleveland: The White Company. Collectible - Acceptable. Cleveland: The White Company. No date stated. Maroon hardcover with yellow and blue label on front cover with maroon lettering. Includes B&W Photographs and color illustrations. No dust jacket. Transparent paper dust covering. Cover clean. A few pages slightly soiled. Bookplate with "This Copy Number 548 presented to _______" no name written. Cleveland: The White Company hardcover books
1339846Washington D.C.: White House Historical Association. Mixed Editions. Hardcover. Small Quarto; VG-/VG-; black and brown pictorial spines with white text; mixed editions; 4 volumes: Collection 1 Numbers 1 Through 6 pp 385 2004; Collection 2 Numbers 7 Through 12 pp 429 2004; Collection 3 Numbers 13 Through 18 pp 217 2008 ISBN 9781931917001; Collection 4 Numbers 19 Through 25 pp 530 2010 ISBN 9781931917094; dust jackets have only slight wear to exterior; minor chips to edges; light smudges to rear; cloths to Collection 1 and 2 show light whitish smudges; cloth to Collection 3 and 4 clean; minor wear to edges; slightly splayed boards; vol. 2 has mildly cocked spine; text block exterior edges have light tone; interior clean; illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1339846. FP New Rockville Stock. White House Historical Association hardcover books
19479012103Garden City NY: Doubleday 1947. 1st. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
2003190880Merrell Publishers Limited 2003-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Clean has a good binding and crisp pages no marks or notations. Light wear. TP HS Merrell Publishers Limited paperback books
191985234New York 1919. Good. An uncommon broadside poster 71 x 53cm. Moderate edge-wear. Some wrinkling. Two small metal eyeholes near top corners for displaying or hanging this item. Backed in what appears to be thin muslin that is a bit ragged around edges. Type in red or black superimposed over a map of the Middle East which appears to reflect boundaries as of about 1918 before the victorious WWI allies redrew Middle Eastern boundaries. The American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief was founded in 1915. It was renamed the American Committee for Relief in the Near East in 1918. Cleveland H. Dodge of the family which founded the Phelps Dodge Corporation copper mining was instrumental in the establishment of this organization and served served as its Treasurer. The organization raised more than $100000000 over the next decade. <br/><br/> unknown books
1950145125New York: Soviet Russia Today 1950. 31p. wraps slightly worn minor creasing else good condition 3.75x5.5 inches. Report by a delegation whose membership was split between Communists and Labor Party representatives. Soviet Russia Today unknown books
1928140436Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1928. Draft script for the 1929 silent film. <br/><br/>Lon Chaney plays a heavily-scarred wild animal trapper whose daughter's upcoming marriage is threatened by the return of her femme fatale mother. The mother harbors bitterness to Chaney and seeks revenge on him by attempting to woo her daughter's fiance thwarted by a gorilla Chaney releases from a cage that gruesomely attacks her. Lon Chaney's penultimate silent film and the last of his collaborations with director Tod Browning. The film was released with a Movietone music and effects soundtrack that could be played alongside the film. <br/><br/>Tan titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 10751 and production No. 415 dated Dec. 31 1928 with credits for producer Irving Thalberg. Title page integral with the first page of the text with credits for story writers Tod Browning and Harry Sinclair Drago and screenwriter Waldemar Young. 75 leaves with last page of text numbered 75. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Good plus bound with two gold brads. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1945219093New York: Pamphlet Press a division of Reynal & Hitchcock 1945. Pamphlet. 10p. wraps illus. 5.25x7.75 inches very good condition. Pamphlet Press, a division of Reynal & Hitchcock unknown books
1965149058Seattle: Seattle Committee to Resist the Draft 1965. Single leaflet 8.5x11 inches printed on one side only all text light handling wear else very good condition. Opposed both to US intervention in Vietnam and the Dominican Republic calls for Americans to refuse to fight the Vietnamese. Militant & early call for resistance to the draft. Seattle Committee to Resist the Draft unknown books
199557536New York: The New Press 1995. Hardcover. viii 254p. fine first US edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped and dj. Introduction by Octavio Paz. Coming-of-age memoir by the Franco-Argentinean author set in the Pampas of his native land. The New Press hardcover books
19331298Le Roy NY: The Jell-O Company Inc. 1933. Wraps. Orig. color illustrated wraps. Near fine. 23 pages. 14.5 x 10 cm. Color illustrated Jell-O recipe book with vibrant pigments and period style. Mrs. Dewey and her daughter Nancy spend the afternoon making "Something New". NRA logo on rear cover. Crisp and clean. <br/><br/> The Jell-O Company, Inc. paperback books
1971186848Boston; San Marino CA: TRAIN 1971. Four-panel brochure 5.5x8.5 inches very good condition. Introduction to TRAIN and its anti-UN anti-disarmament work. TRAIN unknown books
1970210571Chicago: Industrial Workers of the World 1970. Small four panel brochure paper browned and creased 5x7 inches. Industrial Workers of the World unknown books
19986505Los Angeles: Bridge Publications. As New in As New dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 1573180785 . Compiled by the Church of Scientology International. Illustrated. Updated and expanded edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in publisher's original shrink-wrap. . Bridge Publications hardcover books
1850008088London: R. MacDonald 1850. Soft Cover. Good to Very Good. 16mo. Complete with 90 pages 4 folding illustrations and 1 advertising leaf. Original green wrapper. Sound binding. Clean pages with dampstains and dog-ears. Legible but heavily rubbed and edgeworn cover. <br /><br />An early traveler's guide to Paris that not only addresses the city's sights public buildings and exhibitions but also provides information about its hackney coaches cabs ominbuses railway stations money cafes restaurants theatres churches postal system and much more. <br /><br />In 1848 London was visited by a delegation of several hundred members of the French National Guard who took the city by storm with their good manners general interest and exceptional friendliness. At a farewell dinner hosted by the Honorable Artillery Company the Frenchmen openly expressed their thanks and publically stated "an earnest desire that it might not be long ere they should enjoy the pleasure of a visit in return from the honest citizens of London. Within a year a semi-official excursion of 300 Londoners visited Paris and one of the travelers published this guide. R. MacDonald paperback books
1917027478New York: Brentano's 1917. First Edition. Octavo. . 366 pages. Inscribed by the author. LaSalle Corbell Pickett describes life in the antebellum South much as the idyllic themes in Gone With the Wind. Her description of early meetings before the outbreak of the war with Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are mixed with the black mammys' in her life. Then a doctor friend introduces her to the son of his old friend.General Pickett. When she was told by a friend she should marry a Cavalry man instead of one from the Confederate Infantry she attempted to defend her choice. While others thought she should have a Cavalry man like Jeb Stuart her heart was set on General Pickett. The section on the preparation for marriage reflects the life of the upper class southern belle. She discusses her husband's comments on the difficulties of the soldier's during the cold spell when General Lee prevented them from burning wood that the Yankees might see. One of the fascinating books from the viewpoint of the Southern aristocratic lady. Bound in light blue cloth lettered in gilt spine lettering and top edge gilt some finger soiling light wear to corners. A very nice copy. Brentano's unknown books
200862799Columbus Ohio: Wexner Center for the Arts. Very Good. 2008. Paperback. 11" x 4" 16 page pamphlet from the 2008 Wexner Prize Event. The Wexner Prize was awarded to Spike Lee who is pictured on the front of the pamphlet. Pamphlet includes a biography and filmography of Lee. Some of Spike Lee's films include "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" "Inside Man" "Bamboozled" "Summer of Sam" "Malcolm X" "Do The Right Thing" "School daze" and more. A Fine copy of the pamphlet. . Wexner Center for the Arts paperback books
18328122New York: J & J Harper 1832. 1st edition Wright 2024. Green cloth with black lettering. Fair Vol I lacks backstrip & ffep/both volumes have top 1/2" of tp excised prior owner name removal. 2 volumes. 12mo. <br/><br/>A novel of a Virginia family pioneering on the Kentucky frontier. Paulding a contemporary of Irving's known for his staunch support and defense of Jeffersonian ideals. Was appointed Van Buren's Secretary of the Navy from 1838-41. OCAL. J & J Harper hardcover books
1900009672Collection of forty-eight western tokens plus other exonumia composed mostly of merchant "good for" tokens several Pony Express commemorative 'so-called-dollars' a tool-check and a 'dog house' license. These were issued at various locales mostly in Nevada with a couple from California. The tokens were identified by Palazzo John Schilling or Holabird Auctions. Palazzo's old and badly worn cardboard mounts have been replaced with new Lighthouse coin 'flips' and the original information has been transferred. Mixed condition; some near mint and others well-worn as is common with many tokens. One of the images at the link displays a list of all the tokens which will also be provided in hard copy.<br /><br />Trade tokens were a form of unofficial 'minor coinage' made from base metals such as brass copper nickel or aluminum and usually cast as circular disks but occasionally as octagons triangles or in scalloped shapes. They seldom if ever had a value of more than a dollar. Trade tokens sometimes referred to as "Good Fors" because they were usually stamped "Good for" followed by a product service or monetary value first appeared in the United States during the late 1700s and it's been suggested that George Washington used a trade token to attend Bill Rickett's Philadelphia Circus in 1793. <br /><br />Often like some of the tokens in this lot they were issued to be exchanged for a specific product or service such as a loaf of bread game of pool meal hotel room or brothel visit. In the western states company stores and independent businesses made frequent use of tokens in mining towns and camps where coinage was often scarce. As an added incentive for businesses they could only be redeemed at the place of issue and with little if any law enforcement they were a safe substitute for gold and silver. Also if the tokens were never redeemed business owners pocketed a little extra profit.<br /><br />The towns and cities represented in this collection include Aztec Blair Carson City Crystal Duckwater East Ely Elko Fairview Goldfield Los Angeles McGill Mound Hill Reno Tonopah Tuscarora and Winnemucca. Today some of these places are ghost towns. <br /><br />The lot includes tokens distributed by the American Borax Company general stores drug stores tobacco stores billiard parlors hotels and saloon/brothels. <br /><br />Four of the most interesting tokens in this lot are<br /><p><p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">Two different tokens from Goldfield Nevada's most famous saloon The Northern. One of these tokens was originally bimetallic with an aluminum ring around a copper or brass disc. The disc is missing on this token just as it is on almost all the others that have survived. Tex Rickard and his silent partners Wyatt and Virgil Earp opened The Northern in 1905 and Wyatt briefly managed the establishment during its first year of operation. In time Rickard became a very successful fight promoter; he promoted the championship fight between James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson. He later used his fortune to build the third iteration of Madison Square Garden--which lasted from 1925 to 1968. During his Garden's second year of operation Rickard formed a professional hockey team to play there Tex's Rangers known today as the New York Rangers.<br /></p><p><p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">A 12½ cent token for the Red Top Bar one of Goldfield's notorious brothels.<br /></p><p><p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">Two 5-cent tokens from the Jeffries & Kipper Billiard Parlor and Gentlemen's Café in Los Angeles which the two men opened in partnership in 1907. Kipper was a frustrated boxer who eventually became the manager of the Los Angeles Coliseum. Jeffries was the legendary Heavy Weight Champion James J. Jeffries who was lured back into the ring for a $1 million payday in today's dollars six years and an additional 110 pounds after he retired as the "Great White Hope" to fight the then-current champion Jack Johnson. </p><p>For additional information about trade tokens see Rulau's <i>Standard Catalog of United States Trade Tokens 1700 to 1900</i> Ascarza's "Mine Tales: Trade tokens were used widely but are rare today" in the 9 Dec 2013 issue of the <i>Arizona Daily Star</i> and "John Bill Ricketts and the Ricketts Circus" at Circuses and Sideshows online.<br /><br /> A fascinating physical record of commerce in the boomtowns of the American West. Recent auction results found at Worthpoint suggest the total value of this lot to be just under $1600.</p> books
194890063scWestern Pennsylvania: A Friend of Pennsylvania 1948. Octavo stiff illus. stapled wrappers 32 pp. Near-Fine with slight age darkening to edges. Illustrated guide includes maps drawings of plants and wildlife of Western Pennsylvania. A Friend of Pennsylvania, 1948. unknown books
1987226001Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1987. Paperback. xv 342p. illustrated with many period images later printing of the paperbound issue. Spine panel bears a light reader's crease sole sign of handling a clean sound copy. University of Oklahoma Press paperback books
1944189San Francisco- Reno- Wahsington D.C.: The Industrial West Foundation. 1944. Red cloth black titles thumb-indexed. . Very goodno dust jacket. 30.5x23 cm. . This scarce comprehensive report on industry in the Western States is based on a six-year study and covers mining agriculture manufacturing construction transportation finance and markets. Very large heavy book requires extra shipping. Weight: 14.6 lb. Numerous illustrations charts and folding maps The Industrial West Foundation. hardcover books
1844273107London: Baldwin & Cradock 1844. unbound. J. & C. Walker. Map. Engraving with original hand outline coloring. Sheet measures 13.5" x 16".<br/><br/> This lovely 1844 map by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge or SDUK depicts Western Australia and Tasmania or Van Diemen's Island. Issued as two separate maps printed on a single sheet the map of the left details the southwest portions of Western Australia extending from Albany to Jurien Bay. Notes settlements including those of Swan River and King George's Sound as well as rivers mountains and other topographical features.<br><br>The map on the right details Tasmania and includes significant updates from previous editions reflecting the further exploration of the region and is issued just a few years following the Black War which all but annihilated the islands indigenous people. <br><br>Copyrighted in 1833 and published by Baldwin and Cradock for the SDUK. The map is in good condition with minor foxing and minor edge wear.<br><br>The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was formed in 1826 and published low cost maps with the goal of reaching a large market while still maintaining high quality and precision.<br/><br/> Baldwin & Cradock unknown books
