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190927730London: R. H. Porter 1909. First printing. Pamphlet. Very good condition. Four issues of this journal of ornithology. The October issue has an article by W.R. Ogilvie- Grant with field notes by G.C. Shortridge on "On a Collection of Birds from Western Australia" Pages 650 to 689 to be continued includes a fine hand colored lithograph of Sericornis Balstoni and Malurus Bernieri fairy wren. Large 8vo printed paper wrapped issues of the journal housed in a slip box. Bright clean copies with some chipping of spines and one cover. R. H. Porter unknown
1897Cat358New York: Willis Woodward & Co 1897. Folio sheet music complete. Illustrated color lithograph title page by Robert Teller. Covers detached contents complete good with lithographed cover in particularly bright and attractive condition. Sheet music issued at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush capitalizing directly on the surge of public interest following the discoveries in the Yukon in 1896–1897. The lithographed title page signed in style by Robert Teller shows a dramatic scene of prospectors working a gold deposit in the mountains with two miners in the foreground bent over a pile of freshly uncovered gold tools in hand. Theodore August Metz was a German-born musician trained on violin in Hanover who emigrated to the United States and worked various trades before establishing himself as a bandleader and composer in Chicago’s late 19th-century popular music scene. He achieved national prominence with “There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight†1896–97 a widely performed marching tune that became especially popular during the Spanish-American War and in minstrel and touring band repertories. <br /> <br /> OCLC 726910235 locating a single copy at the Levy Collection. Willis Woodward & Co unknown
19788811Santa Barbara CA: Harold G. Davidson 1978. Limited to 200 copies this copy unnumbered and unsigned. 4to 288pp. Photo frontis black and white facsimiles throughout. Bound in publisher's red leather with gilt lettering. Housed in gray marbled paper slipcase with red leather paste on with gilt lettering on front. Fine book in slipcase with some light wear. Harold G. Davidson unknown
187162250Hartford CT: Columbian Book Co. 1871. 8vo. xxi 1 23-602 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Steel-engraved frontisp. with numerous woodcut engravings & illustrations. Plum-coloured publisher’s cloth gilt bear stamped on front cover title lettering embossed in blind on spine minor foxing to frontisp. minor sunning & wear to spine edgewear slight uniform interior toning still a VG- copy. Second printing of this informative work gathered from the author’s first-hand interviews with early settlers and mountain men of the Pacific Northwest including Joe Meek William Henry Gray and others. Much of the work was actually written in the house of noted Oregon pioneer & author Belle W. Cooke who describes how she was “often reading the manuscript to my father and mother for comment.†Victor herself notes after publication that some of the historical facts regarding Marcus Whitman his efforts in the Oregon Country and the massacre orally related to her by Gray needed to have been checked more carefully. Victor d. 1902 was the primary author for the Bancroft histories of Oregon Washington and the Northwest Coast as well as a noted author of poetry and literature. See Powers History of Oregon Literature pp. 282 305-309 Graff 4477 1870 ed. Columbian Book Co., hardcover
195458591New York: The Westerners 45 West 57th St. 1954-1964. 48 issues in 6 volumes. Approx. 1150 pp issues & vol. runs separately paginated. including biennial indexes for each volume. With colour plates illustrated ads inserted ads photo illustrations maps issues were printed on varying grades and types of paper over this 10 year run so some are a little toned and there are a few colour-tinted publisher’s inserts. Uniformly bound in burgundy-coloured simulated calf gilt lettering & ruling on spines a couple issues w/ minor tears and wear to corners still an excellent set bound and from the library of William Henry Bishop b. 1922 w/ TLS laid-in from Peter Decker on letterhead addressed to Bishop Shelburne Hotel New York dated March 16 1954 including New York Posse Membership No. 117 on the laid-in card as well as 4 ff. mimeographed copy of The Westerners by-laws. First editions of this complete run of the first 10 years of The Westerners Brand Book quarterly which included articles and memoirs by some of the most significant Western historians of the 19th & 20th Centuries. Articles ranged in topics from the Hudson’s Bay Company fur traders to Western Knives along with outlaws gunfighters pioneering families and Western artists. A number of articles detail the lives mistreatment and condition of American Indians including those of the Umpqua Cheyenne Sioux Pawnee as well as Indian Health Service military campaigns and more. At the time of Bishop’s acceptance as a Westerners New York Posse member he was managing the Alaska Livestock & Trading Co. sheep & cattle ranch at Chernofski Harbor on Unalaska Island which encompassed 120000 acres as well as executive with Oregon Worsted Co. The Westerners were originally founded in Chicago by Leland Case Don Russell Ray Allen Billington Elmo Scott Watson and others but quickly grew to include Corrals in Denver Los Angeles Washington D.C. London and others with the groups publishing articles and reviews. The Westerners, 45 West 57th St., unknown
193325852Perth: Department of Lands and Surveys 1933. Cadastral map showing land use. Includes plan showing townsite boundary. Version dated "6.2.33". Addition of lots 185-200 on upper right to town plan printed in red. <br /> <br /> The earliest held by SLWA seems to be ca. 1950. Call Number 9024.P3G46<br /> 1 map ; 58 x 76 cm. encapsulated in plastic.<br /> <br /> Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys.<br /> Map Dept. of Lands & Surveys W.A. 1937.<br /> Available at 3rd Floor Map Stack Call number: 35/11/MANJ 1937 plus 1 more.<br /> Call Number <br /> 9024.M25G46<br /> Related titles <br /> Townsite maps Western Australia.<br /> Description <br /> 1 map ; 54 x 69 cm. encapsulated in plastic.<br /> Part of collection: Townsite maps Western Australia. Department of Lands and Surveys unknown
62435N.p. n.d. ca 1910s: Cosmopolitan Series. Twelve lithoprint stereoviews on cardstock each 3-1/2" x 7". Very mild edge-rubbing occasional light soil on versos; Very Good to Near Fine. <br /> <br /> A selection of Western and Native American scenes from this anonymously-published series. Though not expensively produced and though printed images halftones rather than original photos this selection is unusual for being very well-preserved. Includes scenes in New Mexico Colorado Yellowstone Park Alaska Minnesota and Arizona along with a few unlocated western views - "Camping in the Wild West;" "A Real American Cowboy;" and three Native American views including "Chippewa Squaw Making Birch Canoe" "Chief Blackhaw Squaw and Papoose;" and "Mounted Sioux Indians Western Plains." For brief reference on the series see DARRAH p.120. Cosmopolitan Series unknown
198962162El Segundo CA: Upton & Sons Publishers 1989. Tall 8vo. 347 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo and text illustrations. Light blue publisher’s cloth gilt lettering minor toning to fore-edges w/ d.j. cover art of Boone Helm grave marker & Tom Cover photo still VG/NF copy from the library of Tom Koenninger 1932-2010 former editor managing editor journalist for The Columbian newspaper and board member on the Vancouver National Historic Trust. First edition of this work tracing the life of gold miner vigilante and later Riverside CA founder and orchard grower Tom Cover. He and his partners had made the big gold strike in Virginia City Montana Territory gracked down and hung the Plummer gang including Sheriff Henry Plummer and Boone Helm witnessed the murder of John Bozeman and later settled in Los Angeles. Thrapp posits that the Helm family members finally exacted revenge upon Cover during a prospecting trip in 1884 into the Colorado Desert as he disappeared in Sept. 1884 and was never heard from again. Upton & Sons, Publishers, hardcover
189979680Denver: The Denver Litho Co 1899. Engraved and printed in black green and red on thin cream stock 14 ¾†x 15 ½†this is bond number 54 unsigned. $500 six percent bond issued by the town of Nevadaville in Gilpin County to help fund a “gravity system of water worksâ€. The total issue was $20000 and the bonds’ mature date was 10 years. Includes 30 coupons valued at $15 each.<br /> <br /> Nevadaville was founded in 1859 and is now a gold mining ghost town. It was once one of the most important mining settlements in the area and originally part of the Kansas Territory. It grew to house the miners working the Burroughs lode and the Kansas lode and the population was predominantly Irish. The Denver Litho Co unknown
1838131290London: 'Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed' 1838. Very Good. London 'Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed' 1838. Foolscap folio 21 1 docket pages with numerous tables. Uncut and sewn as issued; outer pages slightly dusty; light foxing throughout; an excellent copy. Great Britain and Ireland Parliamentary Paper Number 685 of 1838. The bulk of this important paper pages 4-19 is given over to 'Nos. 5 6 7. Copy of a Despatch from Governor Sir James Stirling bearing Date 15 October 1835 forwarding a Memorial from the Inhabitants of Western Australia; together with a Copy of the Answer which has been returned thereto'. It is somewhat more than that. Stirling's covering letter explains that 'The signatures attached to this memorial . belong to about one-third of the adult male population of the settlement and represent also about one third of its property in land and capital. The grievances under which the memorialists consider themselves and their fellow colonists to labour are five in number'. The five grievances are well-aired; all signatories are identified; there are five pages of lists of lands reserved for public purposes individuals or 'Assigned to or Reserved for Civil Naval and Military Officers from commencement of the Colony in June 1829 to 6 October 1835'. The second and third lists provide name rank or situation where applicable number of acres district assigned or reserved - and when and remarks. A sample record for an individual is that pertaining to Robert Ramsay for whom an 'uncertain' number of acres was reserved at Plantagenet on 12 April 1831: 'Master of brig "Britannia". On south shore of Princes Royal Harbour reserved 18 months to form a whaling establishment and then resumed on failure of conditions'. The last four pages in this section contain Lord Glenelg's thoughts on the matter as of 7 March 1837. The limited information relating to the fledgling colony of South Australia occupies only pages 20 and 21. Ferguson 2511. <p>Provenance: the signature 'C.A.S. Hawker' is written in pencil at the head of the first page. Charles Allan Seymour Hawker 1894-1938 politician and pastoralist: his grandfather George Charles Hawker arrived in Adelaide with his brother Charles in September 1840. They settled on land at Bungaree near Clare in December 1841; C.A.S. Hawker he was born there. He was seriously wounded on several occasions at the Western Front losing one eye and 'his legs were in surgical irons to the end of his life'. He was a minister in the Lyons Government from 1932 until he 'was killed on 25 October 1938 when the aircraft "Kyeema" crashed into Mount Dandenong in Victoria. His untimely death was sharply felt. He had been an outstanding and respected figure in the Federal parliament whom some of his own party would have supported as prime minister. John Curtin the Opposition leader believed he had been on the threshold of great achievements' 'Australian Dictionary of Biography'. 'Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed' unknown
182922252London: Baldwin and Cradock 1829. First edition. Hardcover. Good overall. Highly important early Western Australia content with report by Captain Stirling on his expedition to the Swan River undertaken in the year prior to the first settlement. A 7 page report from Captain Stirling's despatches describes the results of his 1827 expedition. <br /> <br /> Other topics include: The Netherlands: Progress of the Insurrection in Java; Russia: Hostilities with Persia renewed; Russia declares War against Turkey; Piracies in the West Indies; Account of Franklin's Second Journey to the shores of the Polar Sea; Present State of the Jews; Steam Boat; American Great Western Canal; and the First English Newspaper established in China.<br /> <br /> Single 8vo volume in two parts. The article appears at pp 510-517. Part I: viii 1 - 267pp 1; Part II: 545pp Index 11. Rebacked with the original leather spine laid down still quite rubbed and worn. Part of the original label loosely inserted inside paper label laid down at top of front board. Text clean and bright. Hard copy not found in Trove. Baldwin and Cradock hardcover
199359804Salem OR: Your Town Press & Edward Gray 1993. 4to. 6 222 pp. Numerous photos text illustrations maps. Embossed & decorated tan sheepskin gilt lettering on front cover & copper lettering on spine w/ brands in black on front cover F copy. First edition 1 of the 31 limited editions in special sheepskin binding but without presentation inscription or numbering of this fascinating work set in the desolate regions of Crook Deschutes Harney and Lake Counties at the end of the 19th century when Bill Brown was known as the Horse King of the Northwest. He owned the largest branded horse herds on the Pacific Coast and was caught between two factions in the Wagontire Mountain Range Feud employing at one time nearly all of the participants. Your Town Press & Edward Gray], unknown
199359803Salem OR: Your Town Press & Edward Gray 1993. 4to. 6 222 pp. Numerous photos text illustrations maps. Embossed & decorated beige cloth copper lettering on front cover & spine w/ brands on front cover F copy. First edition of this fascinating work set in the desolate regions of Crook Deschutes Harney and Lake Counties at the end of the 19th century when Bill Brown was known as the Horse King of the Northwest. He owned the largest branded horse herds on the Pacific Coast and was caught between two factions in the Wagontire Mountain Range Feud employing at one time nearly all of the participants. Your Town Press & Edward Gray], hardcover
79363Four quit-claim deeds dating from the 1880s involving women in property transfers at a time when women’s property rights were severely restricted nationwide.<br /> <br /> A deed dated September 17 1885 recorded the purchase of a lot in Aspen by Mrs. Rilla Patten who paid $150 to J.C. Dodge for lot “L†in Block 99 in the town of Aspen. The city’s population exploded from 500 to 3500 between 1883 and 1885 reflecting the rapid development driven by the silver boom.<br /> <br /> On January 5 1865 Nanum Howe Rice and Eliza A. Rice husband and wife sold a "planing mill" and all its machinery in Denver Arapahoe County Territory of Colorado for $3000 to another party. He died in 1878.<br /> <br /> The additional deeds appear to show the sale and transfer of properties within families.<br /> <br /> On July 18 1887 another deed records the sale of mining property in Clear Creek County by Catherine M. Cowles for $1000 to Frederick Nelson. According to Ancestry records Nelson married Catherine K. Cowles in 1885. Her mother Catherine M Cowles died in 1884.<br /> <br /> On December 6 1883 John Hardenburgh sold to his wife Martha B. Hardenburgh an interest in several mining claims in Pitkin County Colorado and a lot in the town of Aspen for $1000. The couple was married in 1873 and she preceded him in death.<br /> <br /> Changes in property rights laws for women paved the way for these transactions. While still a territory Colorado adopted the Married Women's Property Act in 1861 which gave married white women the right to own property otherwise given to them. Before this time under coverture an English common law system married women could not own property control their wages be part of contracts and otherwise act autonomously to their husband's authority. Further in 1872 the Colorado Territory allowed any woman while married to “execute any bond bill promissory note or other instrument in writing for the direct payment of money; and if the consideration thereof went to the benefit of her estate.â€<br /> <br /> By 1900 most states allowed married white women to own property but access to credit and mortgages without a male co-signer was a barrier for all women not addressed until the 1970s. unknown
184333589Cincinnati: E. Morgan and Company Printers 1843. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 22 pages. Yellow covers with printed title on the front wrap. Ex-institutional copy from the Western Reserve Historical Society with an embossed stamp on the title page. "Withdrawn" written in black over the stamp. Light soiling to the covers. Some margin marks in the text. A good copy. Scarce. 3 copies located in OCLC. Despite an excellent start the Western Baptist Theological Institute proved very fragile. The institute was established to serve western Baptist both those from the north and the south. The issue of slavery however divided the western Baptists from the very founding. Reverend Patterson the institute’s president also served on the National Board of Foreign Missions. This board published a number of articles indicating that slavery should not be tolerated in the Baptist faith. This association between Patterson and abolitionism caused much concern among the institutes southern trustees and students. On May 8 1845 Baptists delegates from the southern states met in Augusta Georgia and formally established the Southern Baptist Convention. This split would have grave consequences for the Western Baptist Theological Institute.<br /> <br /> Several southern members of the board of trustees asked Dr. Patterson to publicly state his opinions on abolitionism. He refused to do so. Instead Patterson left Covington and was replaced by Dr. S.W. Lynd. In 1848 a southern member of the board introduced a resolution that spoke of slavery as divinely inspired. The resolution was defeated. The four southern board members who voted for the resolution were undaunted. These members without consent of the rest of the board lobbied for the passage of a bill at the Kentucky General Assembly in Frankfort. The bill called for the appointment of 16 new members to the Board of the Western Baptist Theological Institute. In addition all future trustees were required to be Kentucky citizens. The bill became law.<br /> <br /> The northern members of the board were stunned by this obvious attempt to take control of the institute. They were particularly angry because most of the funds that had donated to the institute were donated by northerners and because most of the students were from the north. The northern members of the board fought to strike down the new law. Eventually the Kenton Court of Appeals declared the law null and void. The abolitionist controversy and the split between factions on the board took its toll on the institute. Donations plummeted along with the student enrollment. In 1855 the board decided to close the Western Baptist Theological Institute. Both factions agreed to a sale of all the property with the proceeds being divided equally.<br /> <br /> In August 1855 the Main building of the institute was sold to W. Scott. Mr. Scott operated a small female college and preparatory school in the building for several years. During the Civil War the hospital was utilized as a convalescent hospital for wounded Union soldiers. In 1867 the building was purchased by the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis. The sisters relocated their St. Elizabeth Hospital to the site. St. Elizabeth Hospital occupied the building until 1914 when the current hospital was completed. In 1916 the main building of the Western Baptist Theological Institute was razed and Wadsworth Electric Company was built on the site. Ware Orie S. “Western Baptist Theological Institute†In the Papers of the Christopher Gist Historical Society Vol. I p. 43-49; James W.C. “A History of the Western Baptist Theological Institute†In the Collection of the KCPL; Licking Valley Register May 25 1842 p. 3 June 4 1842 p. 3 May 31 1845 August 23 1845 p. 1; Covington Journal August 24 1849 p. 3 November 22 1851 p. 2 August 12 1854 p. 2; Kentucky Post November 24 1916 p. 1. E. Morgan and Company, Printers unknown
1980016351South Sioux City Nebraska: Western Cartographers 1980. No Binding. Very Good. Large plat map of Cheyenne County Nebraska. Appears to date to 1980. Map is clean and in near fine condition. Affixed to a protective folder. Folder shows some wear and edge tearing not affecting the map. The date of '1980' is handwritten along the bottom edge of the front cover of the folder. The map measures 29 x 42 inches. It shows the property lines and names of owners excluding the city of Sidney and a few villages. No copies located in WorldCat institutions. Western Cartographers unknown
19007934Portage la Prairie Manitoba Canada: Palmer's Elite Studio Proprietor J. Thomas Palmer N.D. Circa 1900-1911. First Edition First Printing. Original Photograph on Mount. Original silver gelatin photograph measuring 14 cm x 7 cm mounted on its original thick textured black card-stock frame and housed within blind-stamped arabesque borders to an overall size of 33.5 cm x 13 cm. An utterly charming and highly uncommon pre-war group portrait capturing five young women most likely sisters arranged side-by-side in order of height. The eldest three sporting characteristic high-collared white blouses typical of the era with delicate lace trim and pin-tucks while the younger girls wear elaborately layered ruffled white dresses with large ribbon bows in their hair. Bears the stylized imprint of the rural Manitoba photography firm of "Palmer's Elite Studio Portage la Prairie Man." imprinted in silver-white cursive script to the lower-left margin of the mount. Captured and produced by the studios of Thomas J. Palmer a local photographer active in the rural locales of Gladstone MacGregor and the then growing City of Portage la Prairie between the years of 1900 and 1911. Exceptionally well-preserved retaining excellent clarity and sharp focus. Original mount remains equally without blemish. Near fine. Thoroughly lovely and charming turn-of-the-century group portrait. <br/><br/> Palmer's Elite Studio (Proprietor, J. Thomas Palmer) unknown
100720The photographs cartes de visite and cabinet cards depict Annie Griffith Roberts her first husband Dr James Hawkins her second husband Dr Edward Bruce Robertson and Oriana one of the children of the second marriage. The Robertsons came to Australia in 1887; Oriana married into the Moodie family of 'Wando Dale' Coleraine Victoria. Of primary importance are the approximately 50 portraits featuring prominent members of pioneering Western District pastoral families: the Camerons of 'Dunan'; the Edgars of Pine Hills; the Gardiners of Nangwary; the McConochies of Konongwootong; and the Trangmars of Burswood. The photographs are contained in five full-leather quarto albums and an attractive arch-topped six-panel folding panoramic frame for cartes de visite in full morocco. 6 items. unknown
191361776Tumalo & Portland OR: Bureau of Reclamation Olaf Laurgaard 1913-1915. Oblong folio. 14 x 9.25 in. 98 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper stock. First 60 pp. with 139 silver gelatin photographs tipped-in w/ black corners or mounted at two corners many w/ negative number w/in negative at lower fore-edge a couple w/ captions w/in negative nearly all w/ bright strong contrast a few w/ creasing from poor storage a couple w/ closed tears. Contemporary limp black cloth Housh Co. post-binder label on rear pastedown punch-sewn at gutter margin w/ black silk braid gilt lettering stamped on lower front cover corner minor edgewear sunning to fore-edges minor bumping to corners a few photos removed by family still a VG bright exemplar. These historic photographs trace the efforts to revive and expand a troubled irrigation system constructed largely by private enterprise from the end of the 19th-Century through to 1905 after the failed Carey Act project was taken over by the US Bureau of Reclamation and the State of Oregon. Unscrupulous land promotion companies and developers such as the Columbia Southern Irrigation Co. had acquired the rights to the Tumalo Creek water flow from the Three Sisters Irrigation Co. and local landowners with the Union Pacific claiming that 18000 acres were tillable but by 1905 less than 1000 acres were supplied with enough water and far too much settlement in the Upper Deschutes River Basin. Within five years Bend is incorporated Laidlaw later Tumalo is platted and unfortunately for the latter the railroad completes to Bend by 1912 bypassing Laidlaw and settlers were incensed. One of the photographs shows a “Good Roads†protest parade by Tumalo residents as they began urging the State of Oregon to improve connections to Tumalo and the roads. The State and Bureau of Reclamation draft noted Civil Engineer Olaf Laurgaard 1880-1945 and transfer him from Okanogan WA where he has been competing roadbuilding and irrigation projects in order to improve and enlarge the Tumalo Project irrigation and canal system as well as build a new reservoir and dam at Wimer Flat. The first part of the album focuses on the survey crews surveying the route the rugged terrain in the area with shots of camp tents hunting mess tents original holding ponds and reservoirs mill wheels falling apart with need for repairs and occasional side trips to the Deschutes River. In addition the Tumalo Project office and Laurgaard’s office building is shown the barn filled with project supplies and other town scenes. These are followed by engineering crews digging and expanding irrigation ditches and canals building wooden water flumes crossing fields and through steep canyons well-digging equipment to reach aquifers and horse teams grading earth with Fresno scrapers. By the close of the album the project is nearing completion wooden flumes stretch across grain fields irritation ditches such as the “Finished Ditch in Howard Canyon†appear in the images and Laurgaard and his crew survey several of the finished areas. Unfortunately even with the newly enlarged canal system and the new well-built dam the new Tumalo Reservoir failed to hold water. By the time this was fully realized Laurgaard had moved onto new projects and become the City of Portland Engineer by 1917. He is perhaps best remembered for construction of the Columbia Slouth drainage channel improving the Ross Island Bridge widening Sandy Blvd. and entirely upgrading and developing the decaying Portland municipal wooden docks and port areas with concrete piers and abutments. In the following decades the Tumalo Irrigation District failed with additional diversion dams and still more canals to the point that it was recommended to the Federal and State Governments to not expend further funds while the City of Bend continued to expand and buy up local Water Rights. Later in the 20th Century the Bureau of Reclamation rebuilt the dam and reservoir at Crescent Lake. The Library of Congress holds copies of 59 prints from the files at the Tumalo Irrigation District offices HAER OR-151 but with only a few overlaps in this album; this cataloguer could find no similar contemporary record; See: McLaughlin Ewing & Powers Report on the Agricultural and Economic Phases of the Deschutes County Municipal Improvement District â€Tumalo Project†1928; Tumalo Irrigation District About Us Our History 2024; Winch Tumalo Irrigation District Oregon Encyclopedia 2024. Bureau of Reclamation, Olaf Laurgaard, hardcover
63-2511Paris: Musee Du Louvre ca. 1890. Glossy Print of Black & White Photograph 27.5 x 22.5 cm. Good with marginal tears & some creasing. [Paris: Musee Du Louvre, ca. 1890?]. unknown
197828136St. Paul:: Minnesota Historical Society Press 1978. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus dust jacket with sunning to the spine and edges of the rear panel. Stephen Long was one of the most prolific explorers of the early 1800s. This volume describes two expeditions: one in 1817 up the Mississippi River to the Falls of St. Anthony; and a second in 1823 westward from Philadelphia to the Red River of the North down the Red and east along the old Canadian canoe route the Great Lakes and portions of the Erie Canal. Long's journals are especially valuable for their firsthand observations of the Midwest and its people in the early 1800s with references to many Indian peoples including the Assiniboine Dakota Iroquois Menominee Ojibway Osage Ottawa Potawatomi Sauk Winnebago and Yanktonai. Includes journals maps and correspondence pertaining to Long�s upper Mississippi explorations. Minnesota Historical Society Press, hardcover
115314Very Good. Green buckram 193 × 253 mm stamped in blind 'Kodak Panorams' sic containing 36 gelatin silver panoramic photographs between 55 × 170 mm and 60 × 180 mm each loosely inserted two-to-a-page behind window mounts in specially-designed album leaves; 14 are captioned in pencil at the head of the print and 7 have a reference number between 67 and 83; many of the earlier photographs not featuring images of war are captioned on the verso in ink. Buckram slightly marked and rubbed; mild silvering-out to some prints; overall both the album and the photographs are in excellent condition. The heart of the album consists of 19 striking images of towns between Lens near Arras and Maurepas near Saint Quentin and the panoramic format of the photographs captures the horrifying extent of artillery damage. The towns identified in pencil on the images are Albert Lens Peronne Roye Villers Carbonnel Moreuil Souchez La Maisonnette Maurepas Bouchevesnes Combles and Hangard with a further identified view of the Canal du Nord. This area saw some of the heaviest fighting on the Western Front. Particularly noteworthy are three uncaptioned views of the destruction to the centre of Arras with these panoramas far more evocative than the ubiquitous snapshots. One image albeit poorly exposed shows a large homemade sign erected on the ruins of a church: 'Lens Veut Renaître' Lens Wants To Be Reborn. <p>Several of the early images in the album are also of interest. One shows a field hospital identified as 'Hôpital de campagne américain' almost certainly one of several run by the American Ambulance Volunteer Field Service present in France from the beginning of the war. Another shows an establishment at Notre Dame de la Mer almost certainly the Ecole nationale belge des mutilés de guerre near Port-Villez. <p> The other photographs are of the French Alps 1913; the baroque Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte near Melun four items 1914; a Paris streetscape 'Ce que l'on voyait en Juin 1915 du balcon de la chambre de Maman à Paris'; the Chateau de Brécourt three items 1915 including one with two women captioned 'Emma et Léonie dans la région de ma tranchée'; the Seine at Vernon two items 1915; and sepia-toned images of Mont Saint Michel and the shrine at Lourdes. unknown
1915253479Denver CO: the Union 1915. Ephemera. Five documents including a blank form for a local's quarterly report 8.5x11 inches fold-creased; note at bottom says "Will send you the password for the ensuing quarter immediately upon receipt of your report ending March 31 1903" an unused form for a monthly report from 1915 a nomination blank for delegates to the AFL convention in 1915 a receipt to the Pony Montana local for purchase of 100 delinquent notices from 1910 and a check from that local to headquarters from 1913 fold-creased. the Union unknown
193912327JLos Angeles: Edward Small Productions 1939. First Edition. Original 165 page mimeographed shooting script with colored re-write pages for the western film starring Jon Hall Dana Andrews Lynn Bari Ward Bond Clayton Moore and Raymond Hatton. Bradbound in printed studio wrappers Very good. Rare. Edward Small Productions unknown
1880187528Edinburgh.: J. Bartholomew. circa1880s. Map 40.2 x 30.4 cms with printed colour and outline hand colour in very good condition. Handsome map with colonial interests attractively coloured. . J. Bartholomew unknown
