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1878266851878. WOOLMAN AND ROSE ATLAS OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST. TOMS RIVER 1878: JAMES GOWDY RESIDENCE. An 11.5-inch by 14-inch print depicting the residence of James G. Gowdy and its surroundings Toms River. $45.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
1819288097London: Printed by Thomas Davison for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1819. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. A political satire of the Aix-la-Chapelle diplomatic conference in 1818 between France and her allied occupiers. Written pseudonymously by Thomas Moore the Irish poet songwriter and entertainer. NCBEL notes that four editions were printed in 1819 without priority. Presumed First Edition. Bookplate on the front pastedown and previous owner's names on the front endpaper. Drab paper covered boards with remnants of a paper label on the spine. Loss to the extremities of the spine and spots of loss along the joints. NCBEL 3 265. Good binding. Printed by Thomas Davison for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown unknown books
2005154701Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society 2005. Hardcover. VG/VG. Forest green cloth gilt letters on spine & front cover blue & color illus. dust jacket. xii 195 pp. BW and color illus. Chronicles the history of this property that is now a Forest Park. "Drawing upon a wealth of previously unpublished material in the form of letters diaries memoirs estate documents and family reminiscences combined with a field analysis of its physical features the author traces the story of this unique demesne in a pioneering and lucidly written study. He shows how Tollymore evolved from an early 18th century deer park providing sport and much sought-after venison to a flourishing country estate and family home. As often in Ireland political strife famine and a near-disastrous fire form part of the narrative. The book particularly highlights the architecture and landscaping." dj Highly illustrated with archival artistic and contemporary views. Ulster Architectural Heritage Society hardcover books
194165451NY:: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. Illustrations include three color plates. A later printing. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else very good in a very good a few short closed edge tears dust jacket. . Macmillan, hardcover books
1913002856London: The DeVilbiss Mfg. Co. 1913. Very good. Brochure n. d. ca 1913; Half-fold then Double-parallel fold 8 pannels 9 1/2 x 7 unfolded; cream stock illustrated with monochrome images on orange background; a few small cuts to edges of folds; in very good condition. Dr. Allen DeVilbiss 1840 - 1917 was an inventor and Toledo's first ear nose and throat specialist. While treating patients in the rural communities around the city the doctor was dissatisfied with the lack of a device for easy application of medicines to people's throats and noses. In 1888 he developed an atomizer with a hollow rubber ball a metal jar and a small tube for the quick dispersal and coating of the throats with drugs. His invention was so successful that by 1890 he retired from his medical practice and founded the DeVilbiss Manufacturing Company. He would soon branch into manufacturing perfume atomizers perfumizers and the first practical compressed-air paint spray guns for the automotive industry protective coating for military equipment etc. By the early 20th century DeVilbiss had branches in Toledo New York London where the current sample catalog was printed and several other big cities. The brochure listed and beautifully-illustrated 9 nebulizers atomizers and perfumizers with inventory numbers and short descriptions. The DeVilbiss Mfg. Co. unknown books
1929132925Providence RI: The Gorham Company 1929. Hardcover. Good front cover is separated at hinge spine missing. much sunning and wear to covers. pages clean and unmarked. Blue boards with quarter white over spine. Pastedown color plate on front. 86 pp. All illustrations engraved in black and white with violet background with additional yellow in gold designs. Rare 1929 catalogue of dresser ware and vanity sets for men and women from the highly influential silver manufacturer. Illustrates design patterns on mirrors brushes and combs 54 patterns in sterling silver and 12 patterns in 14 karat green gold listing pattern names numbers additional items and prices. Also illustrates traveling cases and items for children. The Gorham Company hardcover books
1981225199San Francisco: The Choruses 1981. 16p 5.5x8.5 inches program for the event very good in stapled tan printed wraps. The Choruses unknown books
1936WRCLIT35462New York: Press of the Woolly Whale 1936. Sewn printed wrappers. One of an unspecified limited edition reprinting extracts from the Quaker meeting at Millbrook. As new. LAWSON & PANKOW 56. Press of the Woolly Whale unknown books
1940261545Buffalo NY: Catholic Worker 1940. 8.5x14 inch mimeographed handbill horizontal fold crease otherwise very good year added in red pencil in the field. "We address this appeal to the workers of America you whose blood must flow if the United States engages in another imperialist war you whose fellow workers are now dying for capitalist gain and imperialist ambition in Europe." Calls on the reader to support American neutrality in World War II refuse to work in the munitions industry. Catholic Worker unknown books
190037584np 1900. Printed broadsheet on pale blue paper completed in manuscript and docketed on verso. Very Good. The application is endorsed by T.L. Massenburg Captain of Jackson Artillery Georgia; and D.S. Wright also a former Confederate. <br/><br/> Phillip Bender born c.1839 a German immigrant lived in Macon as a tailor by the 1860 United States Federal Census. Thomas Lowry Massenburg 1836-1908 was a Lieutenant in Massenburg's Battery Georgia Light Artillery; his brother Dr. R.C. Massenburg was also a member of this unit. Massenburg reached the rank of Captain and is listed on the Prisoner of War "parole of honor" statement he signed on May 10 1865 after his Department's surrender under the command of General Richard Taylor. He worked as a druggist with the family firm of Massenburg & Son and later as the City Clerk of Macon Georgia for many years. <br/> The Confederate Cross of Honor was originally known as the Southern Cross of Honor. "The Southern Cross of Honor award which later became known as the Cross of Military Service originated on October 13 1862 as an act of the Confederate Congress to recognize the courage valor and good conduct of officers non-commissioned officers and privates of the Confederate Army. Due to wartime shortages however the medals were unable to be made. The recipients' names were then recorded in an Honor Roll for future reference." The cross was later designed and issued by the United Daughters of the Confederacy beginning in July 1898. Administrative History "United Daughters of the Confederacy Southern Cross of Honor Records 1905-1941" website of James Madison University Libraries Collection No. SC 0097. unknown books
190137585Macon GA 1901. Printed broadsheet on pale blue paper completed in manuscript and docketed on verso. Very Good.<br/><br/> James H. Birch born c.1834 was born in Maryland and was working as a watchmaker and jeweler in Harrodsburg Kentucky by the start of the war. He enlisted with the Second Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry; was hospitalized twice in 1863 at Tullahoma and Marietta; and was transferred to Company A 2nd Maryland Infantry on March 12 1864. He continued his profession in Macon after the war ended. <br/> R.J. Anderson born c.1844 of Macon enlisted in 1861 as 1st Sergeant Company A 20th Georgia Infantry. He fought at Manassas and Seven Pines lost his right arm at Gettysburg and was paroled out as Captain at Appomattox Court House on April 9 1865.<br/> Thomas B. Blackshear 1846-1911 enlisted with Company B 5th Regiment Georgia Reserves as a private and later served with Company E of the 1st Georgia Infantry Regiment. He was in the Macon Hospital during the summer of 1864; was shot in the leg in March 1865; and recovered enough to return to duty. After the war he worked as a photographer in Macon. <br/> The Confederate Cross of Honor was originally known as the Southern Cross of Honor. "The Southern Cross of Honor award which later became known as the Cross of Military Service originated on October 13 1862 as an act of the Confederate Congress to recognize the courage valor and good conduct of officers non-commissioned officers and privates of the Confederate Army. Due to wartime shortages however the medals were unable to be made. The recipients' names were then recorded in an Honor Roll for future reference." The cross was later designed and issued by the United Daughters of the Confederacy beginning in July 1898. Administrative History "United Daughters of the Confederacy Southern Cross of Honor Records 1905-1941" website of James Madison University Libraries Collection No. SC 0097. unknown books
191663007no place: no publisher 1916. 8p. staplebound plain printed self-wraps; two closed tears on spine. With a paragraph-long abridgement of LaFollette's endorsement of Charles Evans Hughes who lost to Wilson by a very narrow margin. no publisher unknown books
182864785Washington Pa 1828. Broadside. 45 x 29 cm. Text in four columns signed in type by A. Lacock at Spring Dale Pa. June 28 1828 at end along with a printed note: "Let us read this and then lend it to our neighbors." Docketted on verso: "Lacock v Jackson 1828." Paper uniformly browned some faint old staining ink note on verso bleeds through slight printers error at a fold affecting a few letters. Not in AMERICAN IMPRINTS. OCLC lists a copy at Michigan with the following catalogue note: "An attack upon Jackson's conduct in the Seminole War. Lacock had conducted an investigation of Jackson's conduct at the time." Lacock investigated Jackson as member of the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania issuing a report in 1818 Sabin 38471 in which he concluded that Jackson had lied repeatedly in an attempt to justify his actions. He says in the present piece that Jackson "delighted to dwell with composure scenes of blood and carnage." After leaving the Senate Lacock returned to western Pennsylvania. A surveyor he devoted much of the rest of his career to the promotion and construction of the Pennsylvania & Ohio canal see DAB. <br/><br/> unknown books
183027562Boston: n.p. 1830. First edition. Stitched self-wrappers. A very good copy browning along edge and lightly foxed. 13 pp. 8vo. The inspectors of the state prison were instructed to examine employment programs to help prisoners readjust after discharge an early example of the halfway house. The inspectors found no examples at other prisons and also dismissed the idea as wrong-headed concluding that the prisons already did an adequate job. A discussion follows on various punishments inducements and prison policy. OCLC and RLIN show 2 copies at Harvard and LOC. n.p. unknown books
192040444Fresno CA: The Fresno Nursery Company 1920. 1st printing. Buff printed paper wrappers stapled. Modest wear to wrappers and paper slight rubbing and age-toning. Withal a VG example. 16 pp. Black and white photographic images throughout. 9-1/8" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>Includes laid-in order form blank. No institutional holdings located on OCLC. Rare. The Fresno Nursery Company unknown books
222895Original stiff color wrappers with white silk ribbon tie; 6 1/8" x 8 3/4"; 12 pages including front and back cover; illustrated with 6 color halftones 1 b/w halftone and 1 map; very good; 1915. Booklet/prospectus for a tour from San Francisco to Japan for the Coronation of the new Emperor at Kyoto Kisen Kaisha Co. thur the Trans-Pacific Line. Scarce. F. Soft cover. paperback books
1907174699Philadelphia: organization 1907. 4p wraps thread-bound front cover discolored else very good condition. Public proclamation of the Christian Social Union's split from the Church Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Labor an Episcopalian social gospel organization that addressed workers' labor and housing conditions. CSU declares that the CAIL's goals are too narrow read as too militant. organization unknown books
1970259101970. Hardbound. VG. Brown ill. boards create box for enclosed documents. When opened book is shallow box containing 24 loosely lain documents. Collection of reproductions from PAFA's archives. When the book is 'opened' you can pick up and inspect each individual item. All items are accounted for and a brochure detailing each item is included. Collection contains 24 individual reproduced documents that depict the early years of the Academy including the charter to establish a school of architecture sculpture painting. 1794; a copy of the rules for class for the Study of the Living Model 1865; receipt for Thomas Eakins' "Walt Whitman" painting 1917; an annual exhibition admission ticket 1827; letter from Thomas Eakins to Samuel and Emily Sartain1866; and the architectural blueprint from PAFA circa 1871-76. Many other delights are featured as well. unknown books
1976237172San Jose: VVAW 1976. 8.5x14 inch handbill printed one side very good. "1976 - the Bicentennial year. All year long we've been hit with red white and blue garbage about how all of us have to unite with the Rich the same people who sent us off to Vietnam or some other place to protect their wealth the same people who break our backs in their factories and shops. VVAW unknown books
1977237171San Francisco: VVAW 1977. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side very good. Asks the reader to join the Fighting Vets Contingent at the Veterans Day parade in San Francisco. VVAW unknown books
1942001685Utica NY: Howard Coggeshall 1942. Near Fine with slight corner curl and small stain inside lower corner. "The occasion was a Typophile visit to greet Fred W. Goudy the day before his 77th birthday." One Page Folded Twice to make a greeting card. First Printing. One PageFolded Twice. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Howard Coggeshall Paperback books
1955011818New Orleans: National Association of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Louisiana 1955. 4th Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Local New Orleans cookbook published on the occasion of Mardi Gras this apparently the first version that became an annual publication. Stated fourth printing 1955 after the first 1952 on the copyright page. Spiral bound illustrated covers of polished stock the front cover a bit soiled the rear cover with an abraded patch. Internals as new. 196 pages. Illustrations credited to Marjorie Clark Ferguson. National Association of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Louisiana unknown books
1956181529Department of the Army 1956. Paperback. Very Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Light brown paper wraps. March 1956.139 pages. Department of the Army paperback books
13364Gannett thanks Rogers for sending him a copy of the Post. unknown books
13366Daniels thanks Rogers for sending a copy of his book Newspaper Building and comments on it. unknown books
