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1982216339Berkeley: WSC 1982. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure on newsprint folded down to 8.5x11 inches evenly toned bottom corner dog-eared else very good condition. WSC unknown books
160599n.p.: WSWA-CHA n.d. 1.5 inch button black text on red background with cartoon showing workers breaking the chains of injustice. WSWA-CHA was one front for the National Labor Federation NATLFED in turn the public front of the Communist Party USA Provisional Order of Lenin led by Jerri Doeden who adopted the revolutionary pseudonym Eugenio Perente and a mythical biography to accompany it. WSWA-CHA unknown books
186235981St. Louis: R.P. Studley and Co. 1862. Original printed wrappers stitched and disbound. 75 1- errata pp. Clean text. Small hole in rear wrapper affects several letters else Very Good.<br/><br/> A thorough report on the medical activities of St. Louis area hospitals during the War. OCLC collates only 64 pages; ours apparently like the Bartlett copy prints pages 65 until the errata the 'Report of the Western Sanitary Commission July 1st 1862' with detailed tables accounting for the distribution of articles by the Commission to the various area hospitals.<br/>Bartlett 5750. OCLC 14833658 2- Boston Pub. Lib. Natl Lib. Medicine as of May 2019. R.P. Studley and 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
188843552Cleveland: Western Reserve Protective Tariff League 1888. First edition. Broadsheet. Good to very good copies edges browned worn some chips and tears. 2222 pp. 6 x 9 1/2 inches. With the main issue of the 1888 campaign about tariff policy the broadsheets detail the horrors of free trade in specific industries and the need to defeat the incumbent President Grover Cleveland. 1. Publication No. 2: Eagle and the Lion: begins with a Harrison quote on evils of free trade and goes on to show how England will benefit from free trade. Ends with "Cleveland & Mills Surgeons Reductions neatly effected. God save the Queen!" bordered in black box. 2. Publication No. 5: How Free Trade Works in England. & verso How Free Trade Works in England. Further Testimony. Read! Read! Read!. 3. Publication No. 6: A House Divided Against Itself. Who Tells the Truth & verso "To Iron and Steel Workers." 4. Publication No. 9: Eleven Years of Free Trade. Good Democratic Testimony as to the Ruin They Wrought. & verso Tom L. Johnson and the Farmer." Scarce. All four are apparently unrecorded. We could find no copies in OCLC NUC or other reference sources of these or any other broadsheets from the society. Western Reserve Protective Tariff League unknown books
183129035Nelson Ohio 1831. Broadside 7.5" x 34.5" three leaves joined end to end with wax. Manuscript petition written on unlined paper bold calligraphic heading followed by small neat handwriting. Signed by sixty-one petitioners from the Township of Nelson. A dampstain runs through the right edge of the petition light scattered foxing. Very Good. <br/><br/> This is a petition for the Court to provide the village of Garrettsville Ohio with a justice of the peace. Garrettsville was founded in 1804 by Col. John Garrett III and was officially incorporated in 1864. The citizens complain that the township of Nelson had only two justices neither of which was easily accessible to Garrettsville leaving Garrettsville "entirely destitute." The petition is followed by the signatures of sixty-one residents. The Court refused the request. <br/> Among the signers is Elisha Garrett son of Garrettsville's founder; Lyman W. Trask 1809-1863 a physician and editor of the Western Pearl a short-lived literary newspaper of the 1830s; Edwin Atwood who built the Garrettsville Grist-mill with Leman Ferry and the first church with John Garrett; and Abraham Dyson a blacksmith and War of 1812 veteran. Other names include: Willis Hall Robert H. Scott Richard A. Denison Hiram Austin Warren Waste John M. Tilden E.L. Jones Martin McClintock Samuel Fuller Ferriss Couch Henry Gillmore Mylowe Eggleston Joseph Gillmore John Zubull Anson Booth Joseph A. Chapman John Noah by his mark and many more. Brown: HISTORY OF PORTAGE COUNTY OHIO. 1885. unknown books
191139246Cleveland 1911. Paperback. Very Good. 16p. Wrapper. 23cm. Artifacts from the Cuban campaign of the Spanish-American War. <br/><br/> paperback books
186522266Hiram OH 1865. 4 pp folded. Very Good. <br/><br/> The Western Reserve Eclectic Institute was founded by Amos Sutton Hayden of the Disciples of Christ Church in 1850. The original focus of the institution was to train people for Christian ministry. The school was rechartered under the current name of Hiram College in 1867. President James Garfield was a student instructor and principal of the institution while it was still the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute. He left for the War in 1861. unknown books
180533731Fairfield County 1805. Broadsheet 12-1/2" x 15-1/2". Printed document completed in ink manuscript. Old folds with some repaired splits and one 6" unrepaired split. Some small chips along a few splits with minimal loss. Light tanning scattered spotting. Good. <br/><br/> The original grant for this land was to Nehemiah Phippeny who lost title for nonpayment of taxes. The land was sold to Lothrop Lewis of Fairfield Connecticut on May 27 1805. On the verso are hand written transfers of the same piece of property: from Lothrop Lewis to William Hawley of Woodbury January 21 1806; from Hawley to Nehemiah Dibble of Stamford February 7 1806; from Dibble to Zalmon & Seymour Wildman of Danbury October 20 1806. There is also a voided transaction crossed out from Hawley to William Lamson of Waterbury January 31 1806. <br/> In 1800 the State of Connecticut granted to her citizens who were sufferers by fire caused by the British during the Revolutionary War a half million acres of land lying within the State of Ohio which was to be taken off the west part of the "Western Connecticut Reserve" now embraced in the counties of Huron and Erie. By an 1803 Act of Ohio the sufferers were incorporated as "The proprietors of the half million acres of land lying south of Lake Erie called 'Sufferers' Land'." The Act required management of the Company by a Board of Directors. The Board was to locate and survey the granted land and to partition it among the different claimants. This part of the Western Reserve was inhabited by Indians who engaged in warfare with the settlers. On July 4 1805 a treaty between the United States and the Wyandot Ottawa Chippewa Munsee and Delaware Shawanee and Pattawatamy nations was signed whereby those Indian nations in consideration of $18916.68 released their claims to all the lands owned by the company. unknown 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
182935388Norwich CT 1829. Folio 9-1/4" x 15-1/4". Printed broadsheet completed in ink manuscript. Signed and sealed with paper and wax seals by Joseph and Mary Perkins; witnessed by Thomas Jackson Jnr. and Mary W. Perkins as witnesses. Signed on verso by Erastus Coit as Justice of the Peace and by Harvey R. Garland as Recorder received on June 4 1832 and recorded July 15 1832. Light age toning old folds a few very light ink stains on verso. Minimal edgewear with a few pinholes at fold corners. Very Good. <br/><br/> In 1800 the State of Connecticut granted to her citizens who were sufferers by fire caused by the British during the Revolutionary War a half million acres of land lying within the State of Ohio which was to be taken off the west part of the "Western Connecticut Reserve" now embraced in the counties of Huron and Erie. By an 1803 Act of Ohio the sufferers were incorporated as "The proprietors of the half million acres of land lying south of Lake Erie called 'Sufferers' Land'." The Act required management of the Company by a Board of Directors. The Board was to locate and survey the granted land and to partition it among the different claimants. This part of the Western Reserve was inhabited by Indians who engaged in warfare with the settlers. On July 4 1805 a treaty between the United States and the Wyandot Ottawa Chippewa Munsee and Delaware Shawanee and Pattawatamy nations was signed whereby those Indian nations in consideration of $18916.68 released their claims to all the lands owned by the company.<br/> The parties of this deed are likely related to Gen. Simon Perkins also from New London County Connecticut. He was a surveyor of the Connecticut Western Reserve the first postmaster of the Reserve a founder of the Western Reserve Bank of Warren a Brigadier General in the War of 1812 defending northwestern Ohio and one of the largest land owners in the state of Ohio. The extended Perkins family lived and owned property in Connecticut and the Reserve. <br/> Erastus Coit was a well known merchant a Norwich justice of the peace and served as Connecticut's State Representative of Norwich in 1818 and 1820. unknown books
191713797Cleveland: Western Reserve University. Very Good. 1917. Softcover. pp 34 else G Catalogue 1916-1917 . Western Reserve University paperback 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
1836016450Boston: Dutton & Wentworth Printers 1836. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. A bound volume containing a collection of ten publications relating to the Western Rail-Road Corporation from the incorporation in 1836 to 1840. The First Annual Report from 1836 is included twice. Bound in contemporary original three quarter leather which is moderately to heavily worn with the front board nearly detached. There is minor to moderate foxing and the final half of the text is lightly stained at the top corner. The 1836-37 Reports of the Engineers is complete with two fold-out maps which were printed on very thin onion-skin paper. These two maps have been detached and are misfolded with minor tearing as well as some foxing. A ready-made collection of the founding documents of this railroad company which starts in Boston winding its way across the state where it enters New York State at West Stockbridge. Dutton & Wentworth, Printers Hardcover books
1875780701875. Western Publishing Association. THE WESTERN: A Journal of Literature Education and Art. Edited by H. H. Morgan. Saint Louis MO: Western Publishing Association January 1875-December 1876. New Series. Vol. I. No. 1. - Vol. II. No. 12. but lacking nos. 5 & 7 May and July 1876 in Vol. II. 22 issues in original printed paper wrappers. Vol. I. No. 1. only has a library seal embossed in blind on the front wrap. Most issues show some dust-soiling and/or light edgewear to wrappers but are clean within; their condition ranges from very good to near fine. 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
1937164909Los Angeles Calif.: Western Publishing and Novelty Company 1937. 13.5 x 20.3 cm pp. 1-32 not paginated 35 illustrations original pictorial wrappers stapled. First edition. Text on inside front cover commences: "Yosemite National Park a region replete with majestic domes titanic chasms alluring waterfalls and the earth's oldest and tallest trees ranks high among the wonders of the world." At lower right corner of rear cover: "Copyright 1937 by Curt Teich & Co. Inc. Chicago U. S. A." An album of color photographs reprinted several times. Eighteen of these photographs were published in a souvenir folder as Scenic Gems of Yosemite National Park 1937. Cover rubbed at edges a very good copy. #164909 Western Publishing and Novelty Company unknown books
184827732Exeter: Printed by T. Latimer 1848. 12mo. 36 pp. <br><br>The society's business "shall be conducted in Exeter or such other place or places in the West of England as may be determined . . . but under no pretext shall such business be transacted at any Tavern or other place of public entertainment."<br>Â Â Â Â The objects of the society were "to enable the industrial classes of society First to provide a certain fixed weekly allowance during Sickness also Medical Attendance and Medicines. Second To secure deferred Annuities superannuated pay to commence at certain given ages. Third To secure Endowments for Children on attaining the age of 14 18 or 21 years. Fourth To secure a certain sum at death not exceeding £100."<br>Â Â Â Â No copy located via COPAC; WorldCat does not list this first edition and finds only one copy of the later one of 1858. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Goldsmiths'-Kress. Modern wrappers. Old library pencilling on title-page. Printed by T. Latimer unknown books
38902TRADE PROMOTION WESTERN PINE ASSOCIATION. PONDEROSA PINE: THE PICK OF THE PINES; ITS PROPERTIES USES AND GRADES. Los Angeles: 1935. 4to. Printed stiff wrappers. 80 pages. The second edition was printed in 1931 with up to ten editions well into the 1950's but only two of the 1935 edition are recorded on OCLC. A promotional booklet for the Western Pine Association featuring the Ponderosa Pine - the m prevalent species of pine found in the west - and printed for the Shevlin Pin Sales Company in Los Angeles. It features a "History of pine" "The manufact of Ponderosa Pine" "Characteristics and properties of Ponderosa Pine" "Installations of Ponderosa Pine" "Recommended grades of Ponderosa Pine for specific uses" "Standard manufactured and rough dry sizes" "Illustrations a descriptions of standard grades of Ponderosa Pine lumber" and "Distribution Ponderosa Pine." Illustrations include the use of Ponderosa Pine in homes interiors commercial buildings millword etc. Very good. unknown books
WALTER-FILM000646No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Vintage original 11 x 14"" 28 x 35 cm. lobby card USA. Lon Chaney Edith Roberts Noah Beery Dewitt Jennings Ralph Lewis Jack Mulhall dir: Irving Cummings; Western Pictures Exploitation Company. Border art and inset photos with story details enhance this card with main image of Lon Chaney Edith Roberts and Jack Mulhall. In this story Chaney plays a convict who has broken out of jail and is hiding in Chinatown. He takes on the identity of a cripple in order to track down and take revenge upon the businessman who framed him some 15 years before. When he finds him however he discovers that his daughter is in love with the man's son. Chaney's role here anticipates his work a few years later for MGM's THE BLACKBIRD. Minor crease in lower right blank border overall FINE. unknown books
19091557Various locations in the West 1909. Very good. Forty-seven leaves containing forty-one photographs 4 x 6 inches supplemented by postcards and a few newspaper clippings. Oblong octavo album. Original leather cover gilt black paper leaves. Spine perished but holding covers worn. Some leaves intentionally trimmed on fore edge. Two photos loose and laid in. Contents clean and fresh. An interesting album documenting a train trip to the Western United States taken by several businessmen from Chicago on a tour to study irrigation investments in Colorado Idaho and Wyoming. The album starts out with panels from the trip brochure pasted onto the first two leaves followed by newspaper clippings documenting the trip as well as a map of the train routes in the west and a sheet of stationery signed by all the members of the party. The trip was organized by Trowbridge & Niver a municipal bond company based in Chicago and one Denver newspaper headline notes "Half-Billion Dollars Represented in Party. Many are already backing projects here and are making trip to investigate." Each photograph is captioned with a typed label documenting stops along the route starting with Fort Morgan Colorado. There are several images of Eldorado Springs including the swimming pool and a large building whose roof says "Moving Pictures" which we presume to be an early movie theatre. There are many group shots of the "Buffalo Party" along the way all looking quite dapper in caps and touring coats out to spend their millions. One image shows the group on a tour by buggy captioned "Our party inspecting irrigated orchards at Palisade Colorado." There are three photographs of Salt Lake City followed by a series in Idaho which includes a charming photo of several women laughing captioned "Shoshone Indians at Pocatello Idaho." There is a series taken along the Snake River in Idaho and Oregon followed by several images taken in Boise. This cataloguer's favorite is a pair of photos taken at the local pool showing the men in their swimsuits: "Buffalonians in the Natatorium Boise." The final four photos depict the group at stops in Wyoming. Throughout the compiler has used postcards to set the scenery for the trip using the photographs to capture the group itself on tour. Altogether a wonderful album documenting a business trip yet assembled like a family vacation album or young woman's scrapbook. The format speaks to the novelty of such a trip even for businessmen in the early years of the 20th century. unknown books
1880279471880. Seven photographs: from Virginia City Denver and San Francisco of men and women. The bottom margins and the verso identify the studio. Very Good. unknown books
1923903Yosemite 1923. Very good. 41 silver gelatin prints on 16 leaves. Black paper leaves string-tied. Captions in white ink. Closed tear to first leave minor wear else. A charming narrative album detailing a family holiday through Yosemite. Many of the photographs show sweeping scenery together with shots of the travelers themselves including two photos of the children perched on the back of Cakewalk the Donkey. Images are all captioned often providing elevation information. A final image shows two women seated at a folding table outside along with two young girls who appear to be twins and a sleeping man. The two girls are holding newspapers; one eats a sandwich and gazes at the camera. The family car is in the background. The caption reads "In Purussima Creek where the trip was planed sic and 'discussed'. June 3 1923." A lovely little souvenir album of an auto trip to Yosemite. unknown books
19181914San Antonio 1918. Very good. Albumen photograph 6 x 8 inches. Mounted to a brown card 10 x 12 inches. Light soiling and wear to image corners of mount rubbed. A wonderful photograph of a parade float featuring a model bi-plane and the slogan "For our boys at the Front." The image shows the lengthy float drawn by four horses their harnesses studded with American flags. Three men sit at the front of the wagon while perched behind them is a small bi-plane with a fourth man seated inside. American flags deck out the front and rear of the float and star-spangled paper or cloth covers the wagon wheels. The float stands on a gravel street in front of a row of several clapboard businesses and a wood plank sidewalk; there are also two telephone poles with wires. The signage on one of the buildings reads "Bell Machine Works: Dealer in Marine Supplys." We guess but have not confirmed that this might be in San Antonio where Camp Travis was an active military post. A splendid image particularly with the model plane. unknown books
19041259Various locations in South Dakota 1904. About very good. Twenty-seven silver gelatin photographs and six postcards on eighteen leaves; photos 4 x 5 inches. Small album. Original black cloth manuscript label on cover. Light wear and soiling. Some images lightly faded; most captioned in ink. Postcards a bit worn and soiled. A short but interesting album of photographs documenting life on the rural South Dakota prairie in 1904. A later caption reveals a bit of the backstory for the album: "Edward Merritt and ranch in S.D. when he and Rev. E.C. Smith had a week's vacation 1904. Carson's Ranch" and the first images in the album are of Carson's Ranch located about eight miles from Bradley South Dakota. Photos include shots of the house the family outbuildings and agricultural work. One photo shows two wagons back to back on an open prairie one of them stuck in a rut. Two mules stand patiently attached to the wagon in the foreground and the caption reads "Wagon with 80 bu wheat in the mire in the prairie on way from Carson's Ranch to Garden City S.D. Mr. Carson is in the wagon." During the week on holiday the author traveled around the northeaster corner of the state in the area between Aberdeen and Watertown. Named places include Waubay Bradley Garden City and Bristol. Several images show the parsonage at Montrose and we presume this is the home of the accompanying Rev. E.C. Smith as Montrose is near Sioux Falls farther south. Several images taken on the prairie show the group out in a buggy. In the first the buggy is slightly askew with horses disconnected and passengers standing around. The caption reads "Rev. L.L. Layne and wife & Edward Merritt after the accident crossing a bridge near Waubay S.D." The next photo shows the group laughing and eating pies "eating dinner on the prairie between Waubay and Enemy Swim Lake." The next two photos are blurry alas but both relate to local Native Americans. One shows a hole in the ground labeled "Dug out where 'Iron Star' Indian lived near Waubay S.D." and the second shows a cabin with a horse out front captioned: "Residence Indian ponies and canoe of Blue Dog Indian Enemy Swim Lake Sisseton Tribe Sioux Indians S.D." Though not an extensive album we nonetheless find it fascinating for its glimpse into life in rural South Dakota at the turn of the century. unknown books
