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194927916Oakland: Grahame H Hardy 1949. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Cloth 8vo. 70 pages. Stated fourth printing. Illustrated with many black and white photographs. A very good copy in green cloth binding in a very good unclipped dustwrapper. This copy SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on the front endpaper. Grahame H, Hardy unknown books
41508n. p.: Columbia Pictures a Gene Autry Production n. d. Ca. 1950. Very delicate light pink printed paper. Wear to edges sunning/age-toning. Withal an About VG example. Single sheet printed recto only. Black and white photographic half-tone images. 13" x 9-3/8" <br/><br/> Columbia Pictures, a Gene Autry Production unknown books
1922WRCAM53394Denver: The Smith-Brooks Printing Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Company 1922. 40pp. Oblong folio. Publisher's textured brown wrappers gilt titles on front cover saddle- stitched. Minor shelf wear lightly-bumped corners a few creased. Very good. A superbly-illustrated promotional viewbook highlighting majestic scenery across Colorado and Utah in the early 20th century. A great number of the substantially-sized photographs feature a group of people in an automobile travelling along the highway. Locations pictured in the book include Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak the Mount of the Holy Cross the Rapids and the Hanging Lake near Glenwood Springs Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park Toltec Gorge Bryce Canyon Mount Timpanogos the Devil's Curve Isabelle Glacier Clear Creek Canyon Sensation Point Wild Cat Point Bear Creek and others. An interesting juxtaposition of 20th-century technology encroaching on the grandeur of the American West. The Smith-Brooks Printing Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Company unknown books
164883Los Angeles California: Western Publishing & Novelty Co. 19.5 x 24 cm title leaf 20 plates original overlapping tan and green patterned wrappers printed in black and gold string tied. First edition. An album of views of Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove published circa the 1920-1930s. Handwritten date "Fourth of July 1937" at upper fore-edge corner of the inside front wrapper. A very good or better copy. #164883 Western Publishing & Novelty Co.] unknown books
197214185Apia Samoa 1972. Softcover. Very good. 8.5 x 11 in 138 pp printed wrappers. Yearbook of the Western Samoa Teachers' Training College illustrated with many b/w photographs. Light soiling to covers title handwritten in pen on spine; otherwise unmarked clean and sound. Includes staff photos and bios list and photos of all graduates list of trophies and awards messages from various school dignitaties letters to the editor student writing most describing what their school experience has meant to them poetry in both English and Samoan and typical yearbook photos of campus life sports clubs and other activities identifying students who participated in each. An interesting and scarce record of this educational institution which was merged into the National University of Samoa in 1997. paperback books
198375708n.p. 1983. Paperback. Very Good. photos 60p. Wrapper. 28cm. Minor wear. Name and phone number in pencil on cover. Organization founded in 1954 of golf clubs organized by African Americans in California and other Western states. According to their 2017 website about 26 clubs were members of this organization. <br/><br/> paperback books
195939824Orange CA: Great Western Cordage 1959. 4to pp. 103; black 3-ring binder lettered in orange with 3 internal tabs Handbook Special Products Price Lists illustrated throughout and containing a section on knots and a glossary of cordage terms. Fine throughout. <br/><br/> Great Western Cordage unknown books
1906WRCLIT65343New York: The Grafton Press 1906. Black cloth decorated in red lettered in gilt t.e.g. Illustrated with photogravures after drawings by F.T. Wood. Bookplate on pastedown light scattered foxing trace of sunning to spine but a very good copy. First edition. A collection of fictional sketches based on some of the legendary figures of the west designed and printed at the Merrymount Press. SMITH B1180. SIX-GUNS 320. The Grafton Press hardcover books
305986Denver Colorado n.d. ca. 1950. 8 5/8" x 11 7/8". Catalog 52-A. 50 pages. Many b/w illustrations and drawings. Original pictorial covers. Very good minor signs of handling. Includes: Levi Strauss Denims; Saddles; Spurs; Chaps; Riding accessories; Sterling silver tie clasps; Buckles; Leather belts; Boots; Stetson hats. Soft cover. Very Good. Denver, Colorado, n.d., ca. 1950. hardcover books
196046101Plymouth 1960. 8vo pp. 5 3; self-wrappers; printed in blue; fine. The pamphlet discusses the object awards course eligible entries entrance fees evidence of qualification inspections of yachts safety equipment etc. The last page is an application for entry 15 BPS. The race was won by the renown aviator and yachtsman Francis Chichester later knighted Sir Francis Chichester by Queen Elizabeth II for his having sailed solo around the world in 1967. <br/><br/> unknown books
2013144452Tokyo Japan: Tokyo Broadcasting System Television 2013. Hardcover. VG Corners slightly bumped. Light blue-gray cloth white & color illus. three-quarter outer paper wrap 224 pp. 99 color plates plus sundry smaller illus. Text is in English and Japanese. Issued in conjunction with several 2013-14 exhibitions featuring paintings by Monet and others. "The nearly 100 works presented in this exhibition center around a core of 36 Monet paintings ranging from his earliest through to those of his later years. These are complemented by outstanding examples of modern painting by Manet Corot Gauguin Van Gogh Seurat Signac Puvis de Chavannes Picasso and others from the collections of the two participating museums. The exhibition reveals in sharp relief how Monet created his unique pictorial space and also sheds light on how Monet fortified his eye to revolutionize the modern landscape." p. 193. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television hardcover books
2007133298Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun 2007. Hardcover. VG May be ex-art library with few marks otherwise clean. Black stiff boards with color illus. mylar titled dust jacket. 202 pp. Many color plates. Text is in Japanese and English. Issued in conjunction with a 2007-2008 exhibition at The National Museum of Western Art Tokyo and Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art featuring 108 works by Munch including sketches drawings oil paintings watercolors drawings and sculptures created as part of seven mural projects: The Frieze of Life Mermaid Linde Frieze Reinhardt Frieze Aula Freia Frieze and the Worker's Frieze. Tokyo Shimbun hardcover books
184810520Hudson Ohio: Ohio Observer Office 1848. 28pp stitched original printed wrappers. Light wear and fox about Very Good. Trustees faculty students course of instruction rules and regulations academic departments. Much material on the medical and theological departments. FIRST EDITION. Ohio Observer Office unknown books
192614325Augusta GA: Commercial Printing Co 1926. 8vo. 32pp illus. Wraps. Very good. Promotional pamphlet. <br/><br/> Commercial Printing Co paperback books
1917292374Roanoke Va.: Stone Print. & Manufacturing Co. 1917. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. In the publisher's light blue cloth with titling stamped in black and the logo in red to the upper board. On the pastedown it is noted that it was Loaned to "J. D. Griffith. Car Foreman". 182 pp. with illustrations of hand flag and lamp signals some printed in red or in green.~~"The rules herein set forth govern the railroads operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. They take effect April 1 1917 superseding all previous rules and instructions inconsistent therewith."~~We are able to locate only one copy of this edition on OCLC. Very Good binding. [Stone Print. & Manufacturing Co.] unknown books
6754Photographic postcard view of Western American wagon train; a few lead horses and riders eight-wheeled double-coupled wagon pulled by eight-mule team with another wagon in the distance; most riders with military uniforms armed; no photographer or location identified; back of card split-back type unused but inscribed in pencil "Emily from the nearst sic rail road station this is our supply train this is the only way we have to get supplys here they come in wagons 23 miles"; Circa 1900; slight wear; very good condition sharp imagery. Very Good. unknown books
190528040New York: MacMillan 1905. 1st editiion Smith I-10. Sky blue cloth stamped in red & yellow. TEG. VG slt lean/offset to eps/some shelfwear. vii 1 303 3 pp. Adverts last 2 pages. Color frontis & 6 inserted plates by Wm. A. McCullough; chapter heading vignettes by "TCL" T. Cromwell Lawrence. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> MacMillan hardcover books
200540193NY:: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0521770904 . First edition. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else fine in a very near fine short closed edge tear at the crown of the spine dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press, hardcover books
191642916Napanoch NY 1916. Pale blue laid linen paper with watermark. Printed blue Yama Farms letterhead typed poem. Fold lines few pin holes to upper corner. VG. Broadside. Printing/type to recto only. 10-15/16" x 8-7-16" <br/><br/>Typed poem with "Copy" noted in manuscript beneath the letterhead though nevertheless presumed original to the occasion. The poem is addressed to William and Mrs. I. Schaffer from "Your Broncho Friend of the Camp and the Trail J.W. Crawford 'Capt. Jack.'" Crawford and the Schaffers apparently met and spent time together at Yama Farms. The poem consists of two octaves and begins "To a pair of Happy Lovers / Whom I met at Yama Farms / Who are dead in love with Lovers / Of Old Mother Nature's charms . . . " We presume that the author is "Poet Scout" John Wallace "Captain Jack" Crawford. Crawford was a soldier and ranger in the West during the Civil War a failed miner a showman in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show until 1877 when he accidentally shot himself in the groin and an eventual lecturer and cowboy poet at events around the country; he died in New York in 1917. Yama Farms was a popular Japanese-inspired resort in Ulster County New York from 1903 to 1938. It hosted among others Henry Ford Thomas Edison John Burroughs Harvey Firestone Rabindranath Tagore and many other industrialists financiers influential members of New York society literati etc. unknown books
001040Logan Iowa: The Perfection Form Company Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Oblong quarto 4to. 25 prints. Bound with spiral clasp. 10" tall x 13" wide. Blue paper wrappers are slightly shelfworn with a 1" tear to bottom edge and small scuffs or rear. Small sticker affixed to front cover. Includes a facsimile plate of the State of Colorado Automobile Permit #1 and scenes of early automotive use and travel in the first decades of the 1900's. Included are eight smaller plates issued by the Automotive Manufacturers Association illustrating early auto use. The Perfection Form Company Paperback books
195329612Cincinnati: Artist Publications Inc 1953. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled 4to. 34 pp. Scarce first issue of Hoedown a magazine devoted to the Grand Ole Opry. This issue features Hank Williams Gene Autry Davis Sisters and more. Some cover wear. A very good example. Artist Publications, Inc paperback books
195329611Cincinnati: Hoedown Inc 1953. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled 4to. 34 pp. Scarce fifth issue of Hoedown a magazine devoted to the Grand Ole Opry. This issue features a tribute to Hank Williams. Chipping and wear to edges of rear cover. A very good copy overall. Illustrated with photographs. Hoedown, Inc paperback books
192731092London: C.W. Daniel Co 1927. First Thus. Octavo. Green buckram hardcover; dustjacket; xv 494pp. Half-title toned perhaps from a laid-in clipping; scattered foxing to foredge of text block else a tght near fine copy in attractive VG or better dustwrapper. Collects three previously published works: The Ego and Physical Force 1925; The Ego and Spiritual Truth 1926; and The Self-Seeker and His Search 1926. Best-known work by Isbyam 1887-1949 a British civil engineer and philosopher. The work is said to touch "on themes particularly Relativity that were not explored until the 1980s and 1990s" see finding aid to Western's papers at IISH. Western was chairman of the London Branch of the Association of Scientific Workers and a prominent Labour Party figure; he committed suicide in 1949. C.W. Daniel Co unknown books
001018Leipzig: Kayser'sche Buchhandlung; Franz Beyer 2840. Half Calf. Marbled boards. Near Fine. Opiz G. 652 iv pp. 25 steel engraved plates. 9 x 6.5 inches or 24 by 16 cm. Plates generally depict famous battle milestones in the development of Switzerland and scenes depicted framed with small cameos of other scenes all rendered with intricate detail. Some scuffing to calf on spine and wear to corner triangles. Calf over attractive marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Book tight. Plates clean. Tissue protectors well preserved. Slight browning where verso pages not touched by tissue. A very attractive copy. Near fine. <br/><br/> Kayser'sche Buchhandlung; Franz Beyer hardcover books
285946Portland: Western Supply Company. hardcover. very good. Steam Fitters Machinists Millwrights. Many Illus. 8vo brown pictorial cloth. Portland: Western Supply Company n.d. circa 1915<br/><br/> Western Supply Company unknown books
