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190684440New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1906. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. index xv 375 vi 510p. 2 vols. Red cloth. 23 cm. Small hole in front free end paper of Volume 1. Backstrip slightly darkened and ends of backstrips lightly rubbed. No Jackets. <br/><br/> G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
18969018000New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1896. 1st. Hardcover. very good . Two volumes bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth spines and covers stamped in gilt. Top edges gilt. Some shelfwear to cloth covers and at extremities particularly at the heads and heels. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
42233New York William Morrow & Company. 1940. First trade edition of this definitive history of the iconic pistol of the American West lavishly illustrated. Howes H-308 who assigns it an "aa" rating meaning it is scarce. A few spots on outer edge of text block else very good codnition in original green cloth binding with gold cover decoration.<br /><br /> New York books
18903715New Haven: Healy & Bigelow Publishers 1890. Booklet stapled in wrappers 17 x11.5 cm. 64 pages. Illustrated throughout. A promotional cookbook for the patent medicines of Healy & Bigelow's Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company featuring over one hundred seventy simple recipes for beverages biscuits candy cakes fish meat pastry poultry puddings soup stews and vegetables interspersed with information about Kickapoo Indian oil salve and other products. Also included are narratives on Indian culture wildly racist but of the era. John H. Healy and Charles Bigelow began their company in the late 1870s promoting their "traditional" Indian medicines with traveling medicine shows that capitalized on the public's nostalgia for the the Wild West. In orange wrappers with hole punch and ribbon to top left corner some slight discoloration to wrapper otherwise very good. OCLC locates seven copies. Healy & Bigelow Publishers unknown books
1912278575New York: Putnam 1912. hardcover. very good. Frontis. vi 476pp. 8vo burgundy cloth; light rubbed and corners and spine ends. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1912. Internally fine a very good copy.<br/><br/> Enclosed with the book is one-page typed letter signed by Putnam<br/><br/> Putnam unknown books
1903013191New York: Putnam 1903. Bound by red silk tie. Front cover oval-cut with underlying cameo portrait of Irving. Logo of "GHP" on rear cover. An illustrated biography of the author followed by a bibliography of his works. This is OCLC #2663793. A very clean copy housed in a soiled manila envelope. 56pp. . First Edition. Gray Wrappers. Minor Edge and Cover Wear/No Jacket. Small Octavo. Putnam Paperback books
1945413371945. EICHENBERG Fritz. SCHAUFFLER Robert Haven. FIDDLER'S FOLLY AND ENCORES. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg. NY: Henry Holt and Co. 1945. 8vo. cloth in dust jacket. Third Printing. Signed presentation from Schauffler on front endpaper to American violinist Arthur M. Abell: "Arthur M. Abell. With warm greetings from his old friend and fellow fiddler. Robert Haven Schauffler." Two short novels and briefer "enores" by the musician author. Very Good; price-clipped d/j. $75.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1913021531New York: The Century Co 1913. First Edition. Small Quarto. 339pp. color frontispiece of the grand Canyon illustrated. The author writes about the high points of America Yellowstone Park Mammoth Cave The Grand Canyon The Creole City of New Orleans The Yosemite Valley and others. A near fine copy bound in olive green pictorial cloth accented and lettered in gilt blue white and green pictorial spine. top edge gilt. Very nice. The Century Co unknown books
1922WRCLIT62191London: Heinemann 1922. Cloth and boards paper labels. Labels a bit darkened but a very good copy. First British edition a selection from his three previous collections published in the U.S. Warmly inscribed by the author to Bliss Carman. At least one poem is relevant to his Great War experiences. Heinemann hardcover books
189432303New York: Hunt & Eaton 1894. First Edition. 24mo 15.5cm.; original grey cloth lettered in blue; 70pp. Some general soil to cloth more heavily so to rear cover very faint dampstain along bottom edge of textblock else a Near Very Good sound copy. Forms part of the League At Work Series. Collection of games designed for members of the Epsworth League the Methodist young adult association formed in Cleveland in 1889. These include a "Nutting Party" which "will give an evening of rare run and will effectually break up any feeling of constraint or timidity among the young people." OCLC locates four copies of this edition as of December 2016. Hunt & Eaton unknown books
1898TB31678New Haven Conn.: The New Haven Union Co. n. d. circa 1898. First Edition. Very good in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text decorations and blind embossing borders on the front board. An oblong of 11 3/4 bu 14 with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. The full title reads: "Institutions And Features Of The City of New Haven Conn. Illustrations And Sketches Of The Professional Banking Wholesale Marine and Manufacturing Interests. Including Portraits and Biographies of Well Known People." 108 pages of text ads and images. Illustrated from black and white photographs and engravings throughout. The New Haven Union Co. hardcover books
185528020Hartford: Case Tiffany and Company 1855. Original yellow printed wrappers lightly dusted stitched. 9 1 blank 2 pp. Very Good. <br/><br/> President Charles F. Pond runs the numbers explains the diminution of revenue and reports that original rails between Hartford and Springfield have been replaced because they were of "inferior quality." Reports of the Secretary and Auditor are also included. Case, Tiffany and Company unknown books
1858101551New York: Appleton 1858. hardcover. very good. 336pp. 12mo blind stamped brown cloth; ex-lib with library label on some ink markings gilt-lettering and decoration on spine faded lightly rubbed. New York: Appleton 1858. First Edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> "A young married couple in upstate New York." Wright II 1129. "Her work.refected the pleasant side of life." Kunitz & Haycraft p. 347.<br/><br/> Appleton unknown books
1940WRCAM17199ANew York 1940. xxiiiblank page711pp. Illustrated throughout with drawings and halftones. Original gilt green cloth. Ownership note on front free endpaper else a very good copy in somewhat chipped and price-clipped dust jacket. A beautifully produced history of the famous Colt revolver illustrating the development of the gun that played such a central role in shaping the West profusely illustrated with photographs of Colt revolvers and facsimiles of historical documents. hardcover books
185638593Washinton City: The Smithsonian Institution 1856. 1st edition. Light brown cloth binding gilt stamped lettering to spine. Original tan printed paper wrappers bound-in. Light wear and rubbing to boards remnants of old library sticker to bottom of spine. American Numismatic and Archaological sic Society Library bookplate to inside front wrapper previous owner's name stamp to grey endpapers. Smithsonian blue stamps to rear of title page. A VG copy. 4 168 2 blank pp. 12-5/8" x 9-1/4" <br/><br/> The Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
177534920Boston: Mills and Hicks 1775. 40pp disbound and spotted light rubberstamp. Good or so. <br/>Evans 14111. Mills and Hicks unknown books
200216552Amherst: Collective Copies of Amherst 2002. First edition. Paperback. Fine/fine. 4to. #36 of 150 copies privately printed at the Thistle Bindery. Printed on Mohawk Cream paper. Inscribed by Haven's daughter Gillian. Fine condition in lightly worn paper dustwrapper. Memorial remembrances of poet Richard Haven by his friends family and colleagues. <br/><br/> Collective Copies of Amherst paperback books
2006103266Haarlem: Maison Zen Beheer B.V. Haarlem 2006. Hardbound. As New interior but with light scuffing to covers. Red textured boards. 156 pp. profusely illustrated with large crisp color plates. Oversize 15x12 inches. An impressive presentation of this Dutch artist's work made so much nicer by the largeness of the book and reproductions. Text is in Dutch and English. Also includes a CD of music inserted into a cut-out in the inside rear cover. Maison Zen Beheer B.V. Haarlem hardcover books
185657409Boston: printed for the publisher 1856. 12mo pp. 20; original printed blue wrappers; near fine. On ethics and moral conscience in the commercial enterprise - "an attack on the world of sharp business practices and bankruptcies during the striving years prior to the Panic of 1857" Garrett Scott. Sabin 19897. <br/><br/> printed for the publisher unknown books
1856LD7823City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution 1856. Hardcover. Good. Publisher's green cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine; folio; collates complete with an introduction advertisement list of officers TOC 4 articles see above 2 appendices see above bound-in errata slip; pp. xiv; 6 168; 52; 16 plus 9 plates; ix 3 137 with woodcut illustrations; iv 118; 34. Boards water-damaged with wrinkles in the cloth and chipping along the edges; binding broken with a few signatures loose. Contents are complete and -- aside from some light foxing here and there -- clean. An excellent working copy breaker copy or candidate for repair. <br/><br/> Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
188373289n.p. 1883. Hardcover. Good. Small format ledger book with handwritten entries. Pages not numbered. 19 cm. Covers intact but worn around edges and heavily scuffed. Contents sound. Later typed labels identifying contents mounted on front cover and front free endpaper. <br/><br/> hardcover books
186028019New Haven: Thomas J. Stafford 1860. Original printed wrappers dirty stitched. 2 31 1 blank pp. Good.<br/><br/> A thorough Report on "the receipts expenditures general operations and present condition of this Company." Improvements to stations and stock difficulties with "certain contracts made by Robert Schuyler" a discussion of Schuyler's frauds and the claims resulting therefrom are reviewed. "A List of the Regular Officers Agents and Employes with the pay of each for the past year." is printed. Thomas J. Stafford unknown books
188044325Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co 1880. 1st edition in English. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & front board. Slight lean. Modest wear. Bookplate. Prior owner inscription. A respectable VG copy. 112 4 adverts pp. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6" <br/><br/> Robert Clarke & Co hardcover books
192210500Massachusettts Institute of Technology MIT 1922. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Blue buckram binding. This is what appears to be a very early set of class notes for a course on Machine Design in 1922. It contains several hundred pages of notes mostly mechanically reproduced with many many cyanotype blueprints for machines tipped in. Underlining and occasional notes throughout. Cloth. George B. Haven was a Professor of Machine Design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering Applied Mechanics and Mechanic Arts. Haven was himself an MIT graduate SB 1894. The spine is marked S. S. Perry no doubt the student who took the course from Haven. When catalogued OCLC noted only earlier examples at MIT dated 1914 and 1920 and none with this date. Massachusettts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) unknown books
193314872Cambridge MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT 1933. First Edition. cloth. Good. First Edition. 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. Red cloth spine over green cloth boards. Many pages are damp stained but not moldy. The cover of the binder notes "Calculations in Machine Design" although this does not appear to match the contents. Hole punched held together with a shoelace with the heavy cloth covers nearly detached at the spine. cloth. Includes class notes for "Notes on Industrial Plants" by MIT Professor George B. Haven in 1929. 90 pages of notes mostly mechanically reproduced plus blueprints and diagrams throughout. Also included is a Lowell Technical Institute Examination in the front apparently a test given at that institution for Building Construction: Examination in Building Construction 1933. In the rear of the binder is section "Description of Chimneys Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1931" which contains engineering notes on various chimneys in the area The Merrimack Manufacturing Company's Chimney The Pacific Mills Chimney etc etc.<br/><br/>George B. Haven was a Professor of Machine Design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering Applied Mechanics and Mechanic Arts. Haven was himself an MIT graduate SB 1894.<br/><br/>No copies found in OCLC/Worldcat. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) unknown books
