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1988008256No Place: Star-Kist Inc. 1988. Advertising calendar for the year 1988. Fine 12" w x 11" h with spiral binding. The twelve months each with a different picture and one page of manufacturer's coupons. Morris the Cat became the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food in 1968. One of the most successful campaigns in advertising history his successors are still featured in the company's advertising over 50 years later. First Printing. Calendar. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12" w x 11" h. Star-Kist, Inc. Paperback books
1989008257No Place: Star-Kist Inc. 1989. Advertising calendar for the year 1989. Fine 12" w x 11" h with spiral binding. The twelve months each with a different picture. Morris the Cat became the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food in 1968. One of the most successful campaigns in advertising history his successors are still featured in the company's advertising over 50 years later. First Printing. Calendar. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12" w x 11" h. Star-Kist, Inc. Paperback books
1991008258No Place: Star-Kist Inc. 1991. Advertising calendar for the year 1991. Fine 13" w x 11" h with spiral binding. The twelve months each with a different picture. Morris the Cat became the advertising mascot for 9Lives brand cat food in 1968. One of the most successful campaigns in advertising history his successors are still featured in the company's advertising over 50 years later. First Printing. Calendar. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 13" w x 11" h. Star-Kist, Inc. Paperback books
1998122821998. Soft cover. Very Good. 109 pp plus ads. Comb binding. Short tear and a few smudges to front cover no internal markings. Reproduces many historic photographs and early maps and includes short text about notable events and institutions as well as census records. unknown books
1910007149Milwaukee Wisconsin: Milwaukee Daily News 1910. Calendar for 1912 10 1/4" w x 37 1/2" h single sheet with 2 folds with three James Ross Bryson lithographs of lovely women of the period published by the Milwaukee Daily News as a carrier's greeting. Very Good old tape mends verso at folds several rubs to paper 1" tear to right margin each of the three sections not affecting lithographs which are bright and clean. Silk tie top edge for hanging. James Ross Bryson 1856 - 1918. was best known for his elegant paintings mostly of women. . First Edition. Calendar. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Illus. by Bryson James Ross . Milwaukee Daily News Paperback books
1972005609Washington D.C.: Committee to Re-Elect the President 1972. No Place No Date unmarked . Nonetheless this original 1972 campaign poster of a smiling Nixon in front of his San Clemente CA home was published by the Committee to Re-Elect the President. Near Fine a few small edge creases. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17" x 22". Committee to Re-Elect the President books
1930007193San Francisco: Woods - Drury Co. Operators 1930. Tri-fold advertising brochure for the new William Taylor Hotel built in 1930. In the late 1930's it became the Empire Hotel. 5 1/2" x 9" sheet with 3 foldss contains 5 interior sepia tone photos of the hotel plus rates and a half-page ad with artist'srawing of the Hotel Whitcomb also operated by Woods-Drury Co. Near Fine horizontal crease. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 2 1/4" x 5 1/2" to 9" x 5 1/2". Woods - Drury Co., Operators Paperback books
1939007194Los Angeles: Clifton's Pacific Seas Cafeteria 1939. No date circa 1940. Clifton's Cafeteria opened in the early 1930's during the height of the Great Depression and instituted a "Pay As You Wish" policy seen in fine print on the card never turning away a customer and giving away many free meals. In 1939 it underwent a complete renovation and was transformed into a 3-story restaurant with South Pacific "Tiki" theme called Clifton's Pacific Seas. After Jack Kerouac ate there he made mention of it in "On the Road". The restaurant closed and was demolished in 1960. The card is Very Good small corner creases. Verso of card is blank. . First Edition. Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4" x 6 ". Clifton's Pacific Seas Cafeteria Paperback books
1924006393Georgia : Central of Georgia Railway Company 1924. SCARCE. Near Fine wrappers slight toning. 36 pp. Agreement Rules Effective July 1st 1921 pp. 3-15 Wages Effective Sept. 1st 1924 Wage Scale pp. 15-36. . Eighth Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Central of Georgia Railway Company Paperback books
1975008452St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands : All - Ah - Wee 1975. High school cultural magazine 67 1 pages in pictorial stapled covers ' Written and Produced in the U.S. Virgin Islands by Young People who Love Them " supported in part by grant from: Virgin Islands Council on the Arts. Near Fine light soiling to covers inked inscription at p. 38 identifying the author of that article as "Geraldine's son". Numerous black and white photographs. RARE< OCLC locates 2 copies held in the Virgin Islands. . First Printing. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. All - Ah - Wee Paperback books
1909007162Alaska: Pacific Coast Steamship Company 1909. RARE advertising card for the Pacific Coast Steamhip Co. featuring a black and white photograph of three Native women one with a child in carrier on her back prepearing a meal over a campfire across water from a glacier. Card size 5 3/4" x 8" image size 4 1/4" x 7 1/2" with text underneath reading "AN ALASKA CHRISTMAS DINNER: Here's to good fortune for Nineteen Naught Nine ! May you always have food when the time comes to dine ! May you always find gold in your prospecting pan ! May Good health attend you ! Yours ". Very Good bottom left corner creased small chip top edge. Native American. Gold prospecting. . Cardstock. Very Good. 5 3/4" H x 8" W. Pacific Coast Steamship Company Paperback books
191343486St. Paul: Published by The Farmer by Webb Publishing Company 1913. Large slim 4to pp. 37 9; full-page color maps throughout; original green printed cloth soiling edges quite frayed and worn; joints reinforced large tear to pp. 22A-22B affecting text without loss of meaning else interior very good and sound. Local advertisements throughout. <br/><br/> Published by The Farmer [by] Webb Publishing Company hardcover books
1938005424Boy Scouts of America 1938. 84 pages numerous black and white photographs. . Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boy Scouts of America Paperback books
198854817Minneapolis: Coffee House Press 1988. 15" x 6" commemorative broadside celebrating CHP's move to its new home at 27 North Fourth Street printed on blue paper. "The display types appearing above "Books Books Books Books. "represent sixteen years of quixotic acquisition." <br/><br/> Coffee House Press unknown books
198854818Minneapolis: Coffee House Press 1988. 15" x 6" commemorative broadside celebrating CHP's move to its new home at 27 North Fourth Street printed on white paper. "The display types appearing above "Books Books Books Books. "represent sixteen years of quixotic acquisition." <br/><br/> Coffee House Press unknown books
199254838Minneapolis: Coffee House Press n.d. 1992. 12" x 19" broadside printed in brown with relief print border artist unknown featuring an abridged conception of Coffee House Press through the European coffee house tradition trimmed to image as issued. <br/><br/> Coffee House Press, n.d. unknown books
199254865Minneapolis: Coffee House Press n.d. 1992. 19.5" x 13" broadside with relief print border artist unknown featuring an abridged conception of Coffee House Press through the European coffee house tradition with blank border on 3 sides. <br/><br/> Coffee House Press, n.d. unknown books
191524379Chicago: Henry Taylor & Co 1915. First edition small folio pp. iii-viii 342; text in double column; 7 plates; one signature extended several pages toward the back with occasional annotation in the margins good and sound in publisher's half morocco gilt-lettered spine. <br/><br/> Henry Taylor & Co unknown books
192038179St. Paul & Philadelphia 1860-1920 1920. Volume I 1902 being a republication of the original "Annals" all scarce in original editions 1850-56; Vol. II 1889 a republication of Major Stephen H. Long's Voyage in a Six-Oared Skiff to the Falls of St. Anthony in 1817 with Introductory Note by Edward D. Neill Phila. 1860 see Howes L-445; Vol. III 1880 containing the Relation of M. Penicault Levenworth's Expedition to Fort Snelling in 1819 A Reminiscence of Fort Snelling by Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve and numerous other titles; Vol. IV 1876 Fletcher Williams' History of St. Paul; Vol. V 1885 Edward D. Neill's excellent History of the Ojibways; Vol. VI 1887 containing Baker's The Sources of the Mississippi; Williams' The Protestant Missions in the Northwest and Hill's Indian Mounds in Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin etc.; Vol. VII 1893 J.V. Brower's The Mississippi River and its Source with a large and detailed folding map of the headwaters ton but no loss; presentation copy from the author; Vol. VIII 1898 Upham's Settlement and Development of the Red River Valley Grant's The International Boundary between Lake Superior and The Lake of the Woods Winchell's Minnesota's Northern Boundary etc.; Vol. IX 1901 Baker's History of Transportation of Minnesota Gilfillan's The Ojibways Flandreau's Reminiscences of Minnesota during the Territorial Days etc.; Vol. X parts 1 and 2 1905 Lamphere's History of Wheat in the Red River Valley Rogers' History of Flour Manufacture in Minnesota Hughes' History of Steamboating on the Minnesota River Upham's Groseilliers and Radisson the First White Men in Minnesota etc. ; Vol. XI 1904 Brower's Itasca State Park an Illustrated History; Vol. XII 1908 Gilfillan's History of the University of Minnesota Murray's Recollections of Early Territorial Days Johnson's Minnesota Journalism etc; vol. XIII 1908 James H. Baker's Lives of the Governors of Minnesota; Vol. XIV 1912 Warren Upham & Rose Dunlap's excellent Minnesota Biographies 1655-1912; vol. XV 1915 Saby's Railroad Legislation in Minnesota Randall's The Beginnings of Railroad Building in Minnesota Daniels' Reminiscences of the Little Crow Uprising etc.; Vol. XVI part 1 1913 all published - Winchell's The Weathering of Aboriginal Stone Artifacts and A Consideration of the Paleoliths of Kansas; and vol. XVII 1920 Upham's Minnesota Geographic Names. Includes scores of historical essays by other known historians including Sibley Ramsey Langford Flandreau Mayo and others. Orig. brown green or terracotta cloth; some chipping and fading some pages browning but generally very good or better with a number of plates and maps throughout some folding. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1913008484Shelbyville Indiana: No Publisher 1913. RARE collection of 13 real photo postcards depicting the historic March 25 1913 flood of the Big and Little Blue Rivers in Shelbyville Indiana still Indiana's worst flood on record. Caused by thick winter snows followed by 2 months of heavy rains that culminated in the deluge of March 25 compared by some locals to a waterspout. The flood washed out bridges and culverts including the iron bridge over the Flat Rock River and caused a train wreck at nearby St. Paul pictured in two of the postcards. While over 20% of the population was made homeless no lives were lost. It took a week before the first train could arrive and a month before the inter-urban could return. Even the Mayor of Chicago offered to send help. "Shelbyville Indiana Flood of 1913" Ron Hamilton Shelby County Indiana Historian. The post cards are Near Fine 7 cards with the manuscript names of two local prior owners and some brief inked descriptions to versos. OCLC records only 3 of these cards all at the Indiana Historical Society. . Postcard. Near Fine. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2". No Publisher Paperback books
198321393Luna Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1983. Hardcover. Very good. 11 x 9.75 inches 301 pp extensively illustrated. Minor damage to lower corner of front board spine lettering rubbed. Internally sound and clean. History people and reminiscences of Luna New Mexico with an emphasis on the Mormon population published in conjunction with the town's centennial celebration. Luna Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hardcover books
1914006399Troy New York: Emma Willard Association 1914. Uncommon. 90 pp. Very Good wrappers toned bottom corner chipped bottom 1" of spine with paper loss. The Emma Willard School is a private day and boarding high school for girls in Troy New York and a leader in girls' education for over 200 years. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Emma Willard Association Paperback books
1928008572Columbus OH: W. S. Harriman 1928. Uncommon postcard packet of 20 different views and buildings in Columbus Ohio mailed and postmarked 1928. 9 cards accordion folded and with a different view printed each side with front and rear card views and a singles page description of Columbus. Very Good mailed and postmarked with stamp and sent to addressee in Halstead Kansas. Light wear to covers the interior cards Fine. . Postcard. Very Good Plus. 4 14" x 6 1/4". W. S. Harriman Paperback books
1955006623Vienna: US Army 1955. Travel permit for Mr. John B. Crane Correspondent Frankfurt to travel the US zone Austria to Vienna via Enns between 11 May 55 to 25 May 55. 4" x 5 3/4" Very Good one fold light creasing SIGNED on front by Crane SIGNED verso by Capt. C. L. Patton Adjutant US Army and with headquarters stamp. After WWII Austria remained under joint occupation of the Western Allies and of the Soviet Union until 1955. . First Edition. Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4" x 5 3/4". US Army Paperback books
191421481Wausau WI: G.D. Jones Land Co 1914. Large folding brochure printed in black and green with plat map on one side and extensive text on the other. 9"x 5" when folded; unfolds to 18" x 20". Fair to good condition only: rumpled and has staining small amount of text obscured by old paper residue split at one fold some archival tape repairs. The map covers the whole of Marathon County divided into townships with numbered tracts showing numerous waterways and railroad lines as well as the locations of mills and schools. A box at the upper left lists the 18 towns in which the company holds land and large text at the upper right assures the reader that "all parts of the county are connected by good roads." Text on the verso is divided into sections on railroads settlement and population growth factories and markets schools and churches cities and villages county buildings climate soil crops and dairying and stock raising. Prospective buyers are assured that they can pay for their land simply by selling the timber they cut to clear it and in the winter when not farming they can find employment in the nearby lumber camps and saw mills for good wages. There are also reassurances for those who fear bad weather. "There has never been a winter when the grass or winter grain was killed. No resident of Marathon County has ever been lost in a blizzard and no Marathon County man has ever been compelled to sell his stock because of lack of water or grass." The land company's founder Granville D. Jones was an entrepreneurial Wausau resident who also founded the Wausau Telephone Company and was involved in the local bank insurance compny and other businesses. Two copies located in OCLC both at the Wisconsin Historical Society. G.D. Jones Land Co unknown books
