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196541491Park Forest IL: Prairie School Press 1965. Reissue of material from 1913 and 1915. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Park Forest IL: Prairie School Press 1965. Reissue of material from 1913 and 1915. Numerous b/w photographs and illustrations. 96 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to size. Grey cloth with illustrative paper laid onto front and rear boards. Head heel and corners very lightly bumped and rubbed; slight bow to boards. Else a nice book. Very good/No dust jacket. Prairie School Press hardcover books
192614325Augusta GA: Commercial Printing Co 1926. 8vo. 32pp illus. Wraps. Very good. Promotional pamphlet. <br/><br/> Commercial Printing Co paperback books
200114104New York: Simon & Schuster 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Small octavo. A coming of age novel. INSCRIBED by the author to noted collector Al Lowman and dated in year of publication. A fine hardbound book in fine unclipped dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover books
199124001Stroud: Alan Sutton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0862998387 . Illustrated. First edition thus. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Alan Sutton hardcover books
1968127309Tokyo Japan: Musee National d'Art Occidental Tokyo 1968. Softbound. Ex-library book VG. In Japanese and French. White wraps with color illustration burgundy and black lettering on spine and front cover. Unpaginated over 110 plates in bw and some color. Contains a biography notes on the exhibition's 129 works with illustrations for most. Musee National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo paperback books
195415591San Francisco: Grabhorn Press 1954. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. xxviii pp of Preface followed by 42 pp of text. One of 150 copies of this limited reprint edition. Library number inked to lower spine bookplate to front pastedown else a very good clean copy in patterned boards with cloth spine. Bump to lower front board. No pockets or other library stamps. <br/><br/> Grabhorn Press hardcover books
PP1220-001Fort Bragg CA: California Western Railroad n.d. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Publication date circa 1952-1957. Brochure. Single sheet of paper folded trice. 9 x 4 inches folded. Opens to 9 x 5 3/4 inches. 8 panels 4 per side. 7 black-and-white half-tone images of trains and the route 4-panel map of milestones on the route table of stations and elevations printed in black and green inks; some light toning and foxing thumbed. PP1220-001. Very Good. The California Western Railroad popularly called the Skunk Train is a freight and heritage railroad in Mendocino County CA. It runs from the railroad's headquarters in the coastal town of Fort Bragg to the interchange with the Northwestern Pacific railroad in Willits. The CWR ran steam and diesel-powered trans until 1952 when it retired its steam locomotive and ran gasoline or diesel-powered motor cards. The route covers 40 miles through Redwood forests along Pudding Creek and the Noyo River. The tracks cross some 30 bridges and trestles and pass through two deep mountain tunnels. The railroad was originally built by the Fort Bragg Redwood Company as the Fort Bragg Railroad in 1885 to carry coast redwood logs to a newly build lumber mill in Fort Bragg; it started with 6.6 miles of track. The railroad was renamed the California Western Railroad & Navigation Company in 1905 when it shipped lumber on a fleet of steam schooners until shipboard transportation of lumber ended in 1940. A 795-foot tunnel was completed in 1911 which allowed connection to Willits from Fort Bragg. The railroad name was shortened to the California Western Railroad in 1947; in 1952 steam locomotives were retired in favor of diesel power. Date for this brochure is estimated on the basis of campgrounds named in the text in particular the San Francisco Boys Club Camp Marwedel which was renamed Camp Mendocino in 1958. Not in Worldcat. California Western Railroad paperback books
40365n. p.: Burlington & Quincy Railroad Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad & the Western Pacific Railroad n. d. Ca. 1969. Yellow color illustrated paper menus. White paper printed in dark green to stationery and envelope. Very mild wear light rubbing to menu edges. A Near Fine set of items. 4 items: dinner menus single sheet folded once stationery single sheet and envelope. Color illustrations to Dinner Menus. Varying sizes: 11" x 8" menus & 7" x 4-1/2" stationery. <br/><br/>Includes: 2 Dinner Menus dated February and October of 1969 color illustrated and plain white unused California Zephyr stationery with envelope. The California Zephyr was a passenger train service that was scheduled to pass through the more spectacular scenery on its route during the daylight. One of its claims to fame was the large Vista Dome clear glass top that allowed its passengers to view the scenery all around them. The route began in Chicago Illinois and ended in Emeryville CA. The train made its first run on March 19 1949 and while the original train stopped in 1970 it has since been operated by Amtrak. At 2438 miles it is one of Amtrak's longest routes and is to this day one of the most scenic - with breathtaking views of the Upper Colorado River Valley in the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad & the Western Pacific Railroad 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
19262789London: Great Western Railway 1926. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Fair. 4to. 74 photo halftones; 4 brightly silkscreened plates of heraldric crests; folded map of Great Western Railway routes in special pocket. Book is rather slack shaken faded soiled rubbed and bumped but overall sound and entire. Great Western Railway hardcover books
19353856Chicago: Automobile Association of America 1935. Single sheet 23 cm x 12 cm Printed on both sides. Very good. One side contains a route map and detailed directions from Cedar City to Flagstaff and around the Grand Canyon via Navajo Bridge. Reverse contains an advertisement for Auto-Lite Sparkplugs<br/><br/>"This is a region of exceptional interest and the roads are moderately fast. Southeast of Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park is reached by Utah 12 which branches off U.S. 89 7 miles south of Panguitch." From the library of Francis Farquhar. Automobile Association of America unknown books
196181979n.p. 1961. Very Good. 4p. on two legal sized sheet with two shorter sheets for certification and Proof of publication. Blue-backed. Fastened at top. 36cm. Later folds when filed. Some wear. Intended to be an organization of African American Tavern and hotel owners. Frank Ellis was listed as President and Vivian Mason Lane as Secretary. <br/><br/> unknown books
187016151Chicago 1870. 4" x 7" broadsheet. Lightly worn Good. Verso shows the "Direct Connections" made at Dixon with the Illinois Central RR; at Cedar Rapids; at Council Bluffs with the Council Bluffs & St. Joseph RR; at Omaha with the Union Pacific RR; at Cheyenne with the Denver Pacific RR; and at other places to Reno Sacramento and San Francisco. An unusual and ephemeral western rail travel item. <br/>Not in Graff Ante-Fire Imprints Eberstadt Decker Soliday Sabin BRE. unknown books
190533875Nevada California Colorado Arizona Montana 1905. Documents of many different sizes approx. 3-1/2" x 7" to 13" x 21". Light dust occasional scattered spotting. A few items have folds with some splits no loss. Very Good. <br/><br/> The documents concern mining companies in Nevada and California plus a few from Colorado Arizona and Montana. Several companies in the Nevada Territory and California had claims in the Comstock Lode. <br/> CALIFORNIA: <br/> 1 Certification of filing Articles of Incorporation of the Imperial Gold Mining Company of San Francisco with starting capital of $100000. Preprinted form completed in neat ink manuscript with names of officers Henry C. Blake W.F. Bogart J.B. Treadwell A.J. Shrader D.L. and signatures of Thomas Beck Secretary of State and Wm. A. Beck Deputy dated 1/9/1878 with large gilt seal measures 16" x 21"; <br/> 2 Hussy Mine Report typed dated 6/12/1880 4pp held with metal clasps at head. Describes Nevada County California mine including location tunnels gold yield and quality. This may be typed version of 11 page manuscript described at OCLC 79446888; <br/> 3 M.M. Sexton T.C. Stallo & O.M. Broms Manuscript Notice of Mining Claim for the "Rissell opposite the Store at Temperance Flat for the purpose of erecting a wheel and machinery for a Quartz Mill" signed at Millerton on 8/1/57 and docketed on verso. <br/> 4 Thomas Price's Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory Memorandum of gold bullion deposit dated 4/24/1879; <br/> 5 Chemical Laboratory Assay Offices Bullion Rooms & Ore Floors - with Thomas Price as Analytical Chemist Assayer and Bullion Melter memorandum of bullion deposit dated 7/24/1882; <br/> 6 Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express receipt dated 7/29/1880 $3900 in gold bars addressed to "W.F. & Co. San Fran. for assay;" <br/> 7 Palmer & Day's Assay Office receipt dated 3/13/1862 for 73.21 oz. of gold dust; <br/> 8 Selby Smelting & Lead Co. three memoranda of gold bullion deposit dated 5/1/1882 for 406 oz. 9/29/1890 for 7.02 oz. & 82.85 oz.; <br/> 9 Mountaineer Gold Mining Co. payment receipt dated 9/7/1868 for $125.00 to C.W. Hendel for one year service as Secretary; <br/> 10 T.P. Crandall of Crandall & McKillican Provisions Mining Supplies Etc. 8/13/1888 draft payable to Buckeye Mill Co. $147.06 with signature endorsements on verso; <br/> 11 Kellogg & Humbert's Assay Office 9/28/1858 gold bullion deposit no. 5282; <br/> 12 Rufus Butterfield San Francisco 10/26/1852 receipt for $134.63 on goods shipped from New York on "Ships 'Racer'" "Milch of the Mare" and "Gray Hound."<br/> NEVADA: <br/> 13 Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company 7 receipts for gold & silver ore dated 1863-1864 in two different styles and 2 receipts for labor payments from 1862 and 1864 $2000 for "working one " and $175 for "labor on Moor Ranch;" <br/> 14 Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. dated June 1911 Sheet No. 6 employee nos. 201-239; <br/> 15 Manhattan Silver Mining Company of Nevada payment receipt dated 7/8/1875 in the amount of $140; <br/> 16 Van Wyck & Co. Assay Office receipt for 2229.5 ounces of bouillon dated 7/14/1864 deposited by Savage M. Co.; <br/> 17 Savage Mining Company voucher dated 2/3/1892 for $32.50 paid to Wells Fargo & Co. for expressage of 1780.5 lbs. of amalgam from Nevada Mill to U.S. Mint in Carson City; <br/> 18 Savage Gold & Silver Mining Company receipt dated 1864 for supplies bought of White's Canon Mill preprinted with both companies' names; <br/> 19 U.S. Mint at Carson City memorandum of silver and gold bullion deposit dated 11/6/1890; <br/> 20 Mexican Mill manuscript statement of F.S. Bars manufactured in payment of H & N deposit written on preprinted undated form of the U.S. Mint at Carson Cashier's Office; <br/> 21 White & Murphy Gold and Silver Mining Company receipt dated 2/28/1864 for "merchandise." <br/> MONTANA: <br/> 22 North Butte Mining Company Check to Jas. McMillen $23.50 written on First National Bank of Butte. <br/> ARIZONA: <br/> 23 Bank of Bisbee two drafts dated 7/11/1905 Nos. A7069 payable to Jose Estrada for $6.75 in Mexican Silver Dollars and A7070 payable to Pedro Rivera for $10.00 in Mexican Silver Dollars with endorsements and perforated rubber and paper stamps on verso. <br/> COLORADO: <br/> 24 The Eagle Ore Company original and carbon of receipt of 15520 pounds of gold & silver valued at $270.18.<br/> Gould & Curry Silver Mining was organized in June 1860; Manhattan Silver Mining Company of Nevada was established in 1863; and the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. was organized in November 1906. The U.S. Mint at Carson City was created in 1863 and operated from 1870-1885 and from 1889-1893 when its doors finally closed. It was established specifically to facilitate the minting of silver coins from silver in the Comstock Lode although it also minted some gold coins.<br/> Charles Hendel 1831-1920 came to California in 1853 and began mining for gold in Sierra County later serving as the county's surveyor as a U.S. Deputy Surveyor and as Plumas County Surveyor. He owned a large interest in the Alturas Tailing Mine and the Lucky Gold Hill Mine. Guide to the Charles William Hendel Collection 1853-1918 662-701 California State Library. unknown books
1897WRCAM56506Various locations in Oregon California and Colorado 1897. Seventy-nine printing out paper photographic prints each image 6 x 8 inches on 9 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch medium weight sheets all but two captioned in the negative. Minor surface wear to a handful of prints several with minor emulsion chipping to edges some curling to prints. Overall very good or better condition. An extraordinary collection of large handsomely-produced photographic prints documenting the exploits of a group of travelers who set out by train through Oregon California and Colorado in 1897. The photographs which are skillfully composed and indicative of an experienced photographer picture a wide variety of both urban and rural settings along the Pacific Coast and in Colorado showing a mixture of horse-drawn and cable and street cars but nary an automobile and constitute a unique and evocative time capsule for numerous locations in the American West in the final few years of the 19th century. <br> <br> The first image features a large group of women and children posed outside a railroad car with the image captioned "The R&W 97 Transcontinental Party." In fact two of the images reference the party as "R&W" which likely refers to the company or family who participated in the railway excursion. The travelers were apparently well-to-do by their dress and by the variety of notable high-end hotels they visited. The selection of photographs here was likely hand-picked by one of the members of the excursion after the journey was completed. <br> <br> The preponderance of the images document locations in California. These include two different views of Mount Shasta scenes in Yosemite Park sites in Santa Cruz and several images each in and around San Francisco Santa Cruz and Los Angeles. The Yosemite Park pictures show members of the group taking a horse-drawn carriage through a redwood tree and other Yosemite landmarks are captioned "Yosemite from Inspiration Point" "Bridal Veil Falls" "Two Brothers of the Yosemite" "Trail to Glacier Pt." "A fallen Monarch of the Yosemite" the famous downed redwood tree and "Wawona Point." <br> <br> The San Francisco images include Stanford University two images a view of Stanford's Tomb in Menlo Park the driveway to the Crocker residence a striking image of downtown focused on the Spreckels Building the San Francisco City Hall building the "Courtyard of the Palace Hotel" Golden Gate Park a spectacular view across the ocean from Golden Gate Park the entrance to Sutro Park and the esplanade in Sutro Park. <br> <br> Images in Santa Cruz depict the residence of Major Frank McLaughlin known as the Golden Gate Villa an elevated view of the beach at Santa Cruz a scene of several travelers in a horse-drawn carriage captioned "Our four in hand on the cliff drive Santa Cruz Cal." and three striking views of the cliffs including two featuring the "Natural Bridge" Cliff at Santa Cruz. <br> <br> The Los Angeles area is well represented in the photographs which picture the downtown courthouse a downtown street scene showing the Van Nuys Hotel the year it opened a view down Spring Street West Lake Park East Side Park four images including the entrance an orange grove in Riverside picturing one of the travelers Magnolia Avenue in Riverside an "Orange grower's home" in Riverside a pair of horses pulling a streetcar labeled "Riverside & Arlington Ry." before the line was electrified in 1899 and an interesting street scene in downtown Riverside. <br> <br> Other sites in California comprise the Hotel Coronado four pictures including an unusual view of the "Drive to the Entrance" of the hotel Coronado Beach two views the "Ruins of Capistrano" the remnants of the mission church the train depot at Fresno a residence in San Jose the "View from Mt. Hamilton" near San Jose and the road to the hedge maze at the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey. <br> <br> The Colorado pictures include a breathtaking elevated view of a snowy Denver taken from the top of the capitol building. Other Colorado scenes include a view of New Castle from the train Glenwood Springs an image of horse-drawn carriages crossing a bridge over the river in Glenwood Springs and two images capturing the incline tram up the Royal Gorge near Canon City. The collection also includes a handful of images in Portland Oregon. These feature the Portland wharf three separate shots of the Portland Hotel the "Residence of Dr. McKenzie" and a horse- drawn carriage ride on City Park Drive. <br> <br> Eight of the more intriguing images in the collection were taken while aboard the traveling party's moving railroad car and picture the vast landscape of the American West in California Colorado and Nevada. The captions for these read "From Top of Mountain near Scisco" "We pass through Eagle Cañon" "Leaving Leadvill sic behind us" "Some Colorado Scenery" "On the Rio Grande Western" and "Princeton Harvard & Yale" a distant view of the three mountains named for those Ivy League schools in the "Collegiate Peaks" region of the Rocky Mountains. One image likely in Colorado but with location unidentified is captioned "Mountains rising thousands of feet all around." There are even a couple of images taken from the train while passing briefly through Nevada including one of the "Humboldt Desert." <br> <br> In addition to the aforementioned image picturing the women and children of the "R&W 97 Transcontinental Party" there are a handful of images focused on other various members. One is captioned "The R&W 97 Philharmonic Symposium" and features six men standing on a railroad handcar with musical instruments. The words and music to "Sweet Rosy O'Grady" have been written into the photographic negative at center along with a humorous musical quatrain at right referencing one of the traveling party. This latter bit reads "The Director General Russ Couldn't play with us with us He was not allowed to toot So he kept time with His Boot." Additional pictures of the group feature them dining inside an unnamed restaurant posed in front of a giant redwood near Santa Cruz and sitting on chairs in a semi-circle in Sutro Park. The latter photograph is captioned "The Russo Hershian Family will now perform." The collection is rounded out with a striking photograph of a woman in a white dress posing for the camera against a white wall which is captioned "Miss Lethbridge." <br> <br> Though the subjects of the traveling party in these pictures are ultimately unknown to us their journey is emblematic of an entire generation's fascination with the railroad and the American West. In addition these large and impressive prints which capture both the urban development of California Oregon and Colorado along with the majesty of the rural settings in these states document their travels in an unusually rich and deluxe format. <br> <br> A unique and rich collection of western photographs produced in the last few years of the 19th century. 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
19522242Norman Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press 1952. First Edition. Rust cloth covered boards faux leather spine. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. Eggenhofer Nick. 170 pages. 22.5 x 16.5 cm. "Mr. Adams has done a superlative job and his illustrator Nick Eggenhofer has captured the real spirit of the round-up camp. This book is more than grand reading. It perpetuates the memory of the vanished craftsman and fills a long existent deficiency in the literature of the West." - New York Times Book Review. Interior crisp and clean dust wrapper lightly foxed. <br/><br/> University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
1981014588Powder River Book Co 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 38 full color pictures many of Tetons and Yellowstone inscribed by the artist. Powder River Book Co hardcover books
1920213381Fort Smith Ark: UMWA 1920. 125p. staplebound booklet small chip to top edge of the front cover otherwise minor handling wear. UMWA unknown books
189020303Capetown: Grand Lodge of Western South Africa 1890. Softcover. Good. 4-3/4 x 7-1/4" sewn printed peach-colored wraps pp. 38 plus an errata slip tipped in the recto of the rear wrap with the membership form filled out in ink see below. Covers moderately worn with chips out at the sewing points on the spine a few small chunks out of the rear wrap no loss to text and a horizontal tear across the rear wrap. As per the membership form this was the property of Norman Hill Nesbitt inducted into the "Forbearance" Lodge on June 8 1892 as witnessed by the Lodge's Acting Secretary one K.H.M Stuart. Grand Lodge of Western South Africa unknown books
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
200127894Oxford: Oxbow Books. Fine. 2001. Hardcover. 1842170333 . Illustrated. First edition. Fine in glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Oxbow Books hardcover books
1963WRCLIT81006Los Angeles: Filmaster Inc. 1963. 235leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on recto only of white and blue stock bradbound in stencil printed studio wrapper. Some slight stains along top edges of front and rear wrapper and a few leaves good. Episode aired 21 April 1964. Dated revises on blue paper are inserted. This episode focuses on Stephen F. Austin as the principal character. Filmaster, Inc. unknown books
1963WRCLIT81005Los Angeles: Filmaster Inc. 1963. 21-58-36 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on recto only of white and blue stock bradbound in stencil printed studio wrapper. Some slight stains along top edges of front and rear wrapper two leaves absent; good. Episode aired 29 October 1963. Dated revises on blue paper are inserted in one case leaves 5-8 without including 6 and 7. Filmaster, Inc. unknown books
1915182493Denver CO: the Union 1915. Leaflet 8.5x11 inches stating that J.A. James of the Skidoo Miners Union in California has been declared unfair and fined $25 for not paying dues and "for knocking organized labor." Ed Langdon of the Rossland Miners Union in British Columbia is on the other hand listed as having placed himself back in good standing. Also present is a form not filled out by which a union member could file a complaint to have someone declared unfair. Includes details of physical appearance and residence apparently so that someone could not easily escape by using a pseudonym. Very good. the Union unknown books
