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196039951Orange CA: Great Western Cordage n.d. 1960. 4to pp. 24; original pictorial wrappers illustrated throughout and containing a section on knots and a glossary of cordage terms. Fine. <br/><br/> Great Western Cordage, n.d. unknown books
196039953Orange CA: Great Western Cordage n.d. 1960. 4to spiral-bound salesman's sample book flexible brown morocco lettered in gilt on upper cover containing 34 original full-page photographs of Great Western Cordage products in various stages of production including rope twine specialities. Manila sisal cotton synthetics etc. with 8 pages of printed description of same illustrated throughout: fine. <br/><br/> Great Western Cordage, n.d. unknown books
18881964Sioux City Ia.: James H. Hamilton 1888. Very good. Twenty stereoviews on printed mounts one duplicative. Some light soiling and wear one card lightly creased affecting image. Some slight fading to several photos. A group of twenty stereocards depicting the Corn Palace of 1888 taken by James H. Hamilton the official photographer for the Corn Palace festival that year. The Corn Palace at Sioux City was the world's first founded in conjunction with a citywide harvest festival in the fall of 1887. The festival and the palace were such a success drawing nearly 140000 visitors to Sioux City that the founders decided to repeat their efforts for a further four years. Each year the Corn Palace was rebuilt from scratch the framed timber structure coated with grain from top to bottom. The Corn Palace of 1888 drew approximately 350000 people and advertised "toilet rooms and conveniences for ladies and gentlemen".<br/><br/>James H. Hamilton worked as a photographer in Sioux City from the mid-1860s through the 1890s. He photographed many notable figures and scenes in the region including the Corn Palace serving as the event's official photographer in 1888. He also worked in partnership at different points with photographers Franklin Hoyt and John Kodylek. The views present here primarily depict the interior of the Corn Palace showcasing its various rooms which include features such as fireplaces and gas lighting. James H. Hamilton unknown books
1924811Gann Valley South Dakota: Gann Valley S. D. First Congregational Church 1924. First Edition. Cardboard covers. Orig. brown card stock. Very good. 272 pages. 88 pp. History 184 pp. Cook Book 22 x 14.5 cm. An exceptional combination of sketches of pioneer life in Buffalo County South Dakota by a variety of settlers with "Book of Tried Recipes" attributed to various Lady Helpers of the First Congregational Church. Contains local advertisements extra pages for handwritten recipes two used. One full page color advertisement for Swans Down Cake Flour and pasted in on pg. 67 a advertisement for female doctor. Cover lightly rubbed interior crisp and clean. <br/><br/> Gann Valley, S. D., First Congregational Church unknown books
19762278637Presbytery of Western New York 1976. Soft Cover. Very Good. Spine and wrapper edges faintly toned bottom corner of front wrapper creased. 1976 Soft Cover. vi 147 pp. Published in commemoration of the bicentennial of the United States 1776-1976. CONTENTS: The Revolutionary Church by Willard B. Dittmar; Early Religious Work Among the Indians of Western New York--1765-1889 by Willard B. Dittmar; The Niagara Presbytery--1817-1932 by William D. Cecil Sr.; The Buffalo Presbytery--1823-1932 by The Rev. Walter V. Watson; The Caledonia Presbytery--1827-1958 by The Rev. Walter V. Watson; The Presbytery of Buffalo-Niagara--1933-1958 by Harriet F. Montague; The Presbytery of Western New York--1959 to Present by The Rev. Wallace E. Easter; The Presbytery in 1976 by The Rev. Donald S. Brown; Bibliography; Churches of the Presbytery; Index; Preface by The Rev. Thomas S. Wood. Presbytery of Western New York 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
195329613Cincinnati: Artist Publications Inc 1953. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled 4to. 34 pp. Scarce third issue of Hoedown a magazine devoted to the Grand Ole Opry. This issue features Hank Williams Minnie Pearl Merle Travis and Rex Allen among others. 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
41504n. p.: Monogram Pictures Corporation George W. Weeks n. d. Ca. 1940. Very delicate light green printed paper. Significant wear to edges sunning/age-toning significant chipping. Withal a Good example. Single sheet printed recto only. B/w photographic reproductions. 13" x 9-3/8" <br/><br/> Monogram Pictures Corporation, George W. Weeks unknown books
2000223552000. First Edition. Softcover. VG. Black wraps. 61 pp. Numerous color plates. Includes three essays a statement by the artist biographical chronology an exhibition checklist and a section of remembrances. Marvelous illustrations. unknown books
190069540n.p. 1900. Hardcover. Good. photos map on front pastedown xx 164p. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver on front cover. 28cm. Numerous small brown cover spots. About 20& of silver gone from cover lettering & decoration. Contents sound with moderate soil wear and occasional brown spots. No Jacket. A somewhat more common edition with 308 pages was published in 1905. <br/><br/> hardcover books
41511n. p.: Released by Lippert Pictures Inc n. d. Ca. 1950. Very delicate light pink printed paper. Wear to edges sunning/age-toning some light chipping. Withal an About VG example. Single sheet printed recto only. B/w halftone photographic reproductions and illustrations. 13" x 9-3/8" <br/><br/> Released by Lippert Pictures, Inc unknown books
199720916Roanoke Virginia: Art Museum of Western Virginia 1997. Softcover. VG. Color wraps. 64 pp. 23 color plates. To accompany exhibition Oct. 10 1997 to Jan. 4 1998. Essays by Ann Gibson and Mark Scala. Art Museum of Western Virginia unknown 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
1941WRCLIT85007San Francisco: Keyston Brothers 1941. Two volumes. 20816;53pp. Small quarto and octavo. Pictorial wrappers. Primary volume very heavily illustrated. Some chipping to spine extremities of first volume with some spots to front and rear wrapper and pencil prices in the text otherwise very good. The main leather goods catalogue of this estimable firm accompanied by the relevant price list for the year. This catalogue relates specifically to the saddles harnesses leather and riding dress and gear. Such offerings were the basis for the firm's expansion and success into the first half of the 20th century with diversified offerings into the 21st century. Keyston Brothers hardcover books
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 books
19715319N.p.: Western Electric n.d. ca. 1971. 8vo. 27 1 pp.; illus. wrappers included in pagination. <br><br>We hope this booklet will stir black youngsters everywhere to consider science and engineering as vocations p. 3." Brief biographies of the most eminent black scientists with accompanying photographs. Includes George Washington Carver agricultural scientist Daniel Hale Williams surgeon Benjamin Banneker astronomer inventor surveyor gazeteer Jan Ernst Matzeliger inventor Lewis Howard Latimer draftsman engineer Granville T. Woods inventor Charles Richard Drew blood research pioneer Mathew A. Henson explorer and Elijah McCoy inventor. Original illustrated wrappers. Rubber-stamps of the Department of Curriculum Services N.J. Historical Society. Pencilled gift inscription in inner margin of p. 3. Fine. Western Electric unknown books
1802216710Washington D.C. 1802. First edition. 53 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sewn uncut. Fine. First edition. 53 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Shaw and Shoemaker 3298 2 copies unknown books
19384162Washington DC: National Park Service Department of the Interior 1938. Small light blue leaf 6.5 cm x 10 cm printed on one side. Overall very good. License to drive a motor vehicle at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon this license was issued on July 6 1947 and was for a California vehicle with the plate number in pencil. National Park Service, Department of the Interior unknown books
200121169NY: Columbia University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0231118406 . Translated from the French by Arthur Goldhammer. First printing of the American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Columbia University Press hardcover 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
2013145504Tokyo: The National Museum of Western Art / Tokyo Broadcasting System Television 2013. Hardcover. VG- May have several bumps and nicks along bottom edge of binding; otherwise close to Like New. White boards three-quarter black & illus. dust jacket 215 pp. many color illus. Majority of text is in Japanese; with additional English captions two essays in English and one in Itailan. Issued in conjunction with several 2013 exhibitions held in honor of this anniversary of Michelangelo's completion of the Sistine Chapel decoration. Includes esssays by Pina Ragionieri Paul Barolsky and Kiyoo Uemura. The National Museum of Western Art / Tokyo Broadcasting System Television hardcover 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
1912184517Pony Montana: Western Federation of Miners 1912. Seven 8x12-inch printed forms with written data very good condition. The WFM union miners Local 131 of Pony MT entered monthly figures on its membership income and expenses and other information for filing with the WFM. The local suffered high unemployment during this period. Gold mining was prevalent in this area in southwest Montana. Western Federation of Miners unknown books
200136673NY:: Norton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0393050092 . First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Norton, hardcover books