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18140005855Boston: Thomas & Andrews 1814. Seventeenth Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1 1/2 engraved maps. 16mo 364pp. contemporary sheep joints cracking lacks half of the frontispiece world map; recently rebacked in leather with original spine patched back on. <br/><br/>This was the first geography written in the United States see Nietz OLD TEXTBOOKS p.196. "The first American school geography and first American book describing the western country - Howes M842; see Sabin 50936; Buck 35. A New Preface appears in this edition dated 1814. The folding map of North America has a closed tear and is from the 1806 edition. Michigan Indiana & Illinois are still territories here. Altho Captains Lewis & Clark are mentioned on p. 74 the results of their expedition are essentially unknown here: the text of this paragraph and this page varies slightly from the preceding edition. Thomas & Andrews hardcover
2002016483Shelton Connecticut: The Greenwich Workshop Press 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. Signed by both author and artist on half-title page. 144 pages. Index. Text by James I. Robertson Jr.; Forward by Ron Maxwell based on the novel by Jeff Shaara. Illustrated with 69 full color reproductions of the art of Mort Kunstler some double page. First edition first printing - stated and with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A clean square fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . The Greenwich Workshop Press Hardcover
1861001075New York: Harper & Brothers 1861. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orig. issued in this edition 1855; complete in three volumes dark brown cloth. Light to moderate overall shelf wear with underboards exposed at corners lightly frayed extremities. Original owner gift inscription dated 1861 another former owner signature in each volume. Bindings firm; interiors clean other than a bit of scattered light foxing. Better than average. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
196912275Conn.: Plainville Centennial Corp. Very Good. 1969. Paperback. Clean brown soft covers with gilt lettering. Text tight clean & intact. Profusely illustrated with B/W photographs. A picture of the town as it progressed through the past 100 years. Front cover with faint corner crease. Spine head very lightly rubbed. New England; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages . Plainville Centennial Corp. paperback
192820046048Otter Tail Minnesota: Historical Board 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original dark green cloth with bright gilt title. Illustrated with photos throughout. No ownership or other markings. A beautiful copy of this scarce book. Ships within 24 hours! <br/> <br/> Historical Board hardcover
20054765Novato CA: Noir Publications. Fine. 2005. 1st Printing. Softcover. 0926664093 . Inscribed to author and historian Judith Robinson "who helped Kevin Mullen '05"; also a one page holograph letter to Robinson by the author regarding publication of the book; along with other clippings articles notes laid in. 266 pp.; 8vo; illustrated wrappers. Black & white period photographs. Fascinating true but little-known episodes about the dark side of San Francisco's criminal justice history by a former Deputy Police Chief of The City. . Noir Publications paperback
1959104503Sage Books. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1959. Sage Books. 41 pages. Book is in FINE condition. Dust Jacket is Very Good Plus. SIGNED. #80 of 250 copies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 41 pages . Sage Books hardcover
195923319Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1959. Hardcover. Near fine. Second printing following a first "entirely destroyed by fire" according to the copyright page. 346 pp. A near fine copy with a small bump to the top edge of the front board previous owner's embossed stamp on front free endpaper. Inscribed on the title page "To ____ Cordially Keith A. Murray." Volume 52 in the Civilization of the American Indian series. University of Oklahoma Press hardcover
1976015115Hopatcong NJ: Hopatcong Borough Bicentennial Committee 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff illus. wraps. 104 pp. maps illus. local advertising at rear. Bumped corners mild shelf wear. Scarce. Hopatcong Borough Bicentennial Committee Paperback
197655447US: Allenstown Pembroke Bicentennial 1976. reprint. Hardcover. Very good. 6 x 9 in. Maroon cloth boards. 1976 facsimile reprint of the 1895 edition. In slipcase. Condition is VERY GOOD ; both covers like near new binding tight. Vol. 1 has an early pg torn out probably the 1976 title pg. Text unmarked. Slipcase is a hint toned with light wear to edges no damage. Hist. Stax. Allenstown Pembroke Bicentennial hardcover
1973008821NY: M. Evans And Company. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: M. Evans And Company 1973 first printing. 4to. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4" 640pp. illustrated with over 300 photographs. Black cloth with red titles red and silver design. Some foxing/soiling to edges of page block light edgewear else very good pages bright unmarked in faie dust jacket with substantial loss. . Very Good Minus. Hard. 1st. 1973. M. Evans And Company unknown
198828625Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1988. Revised Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0870447491 . Quarter bound in publisher's brown faux-leather over pictorial boards light brown endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 659 color and B&W illustrations many full-page including 439 photographs. A massive book and grand tribute to Americana with hundreds of photos and authoritative text. . The volume is in perfect pristine condition; unmarked unread tight square and clean. A large heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. AS NEW. The Story of Man Series. Color and B&W illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 456 pp . National Geographic Society hardcover
1971004365Washington D.C.: Department of the Navy. First edition thus. Hard cover. Published Washington D.C.: Department of the Navy 1971. thick 4to. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" x 3" illustrated throughout with b/w plates. Parts I-VI bound in blue leatherette with gilt tiles pictorial end papers. A little edge soil. Very good. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1971. Department of the Navy unknown
1990230468St. Louis MO: G. Bradley Publishing Inc. 1990 . Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 4to 200 pages blue cloth; green dj with variant cover scene creased at flap price <br/><br/>With a New Foreword and other changes. Cover artist Kim Johnson. DJ cover proclaimes the 125th Anniversary Publication. G. Bradley Publishing, Inc. hardcover
199020220226St. Louis MO: G. Bradley Publishing Inc. 1990 . Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 4to 200 pages blue cloth; green dj with variant cover scene creased at flap price <br/><br/>With a New Foreword and other changes. Cover artist Kim Johnson. DJ cover proclaimes the 125th Anniversary Publication. G. Bradley Publishing, Inc. hardcover
1999053116Booneville NC: Heritage Press / Whitline Ink 1999. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 236 pages indexed. Blue hardcover with lettering in silver and in a light blue dust jacket. Light wear to the dust jacket. There is a little brown sticker residue at the top corner of the front of the jacket. Contains several illustrations. This is the second edition. The first was published in 1979. <br/> <br/> Heritage Press / Whitline Ink hardcover
2005010762Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Lawrence: University Press of Kansas 2005 first printing. 8vo. xiv328pp. illus b/w photos tables. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Near Fine. Hard. 1st. 2005. University Press of Kansas unknown
1981067154Breinigsville PA: Pennsylvania German Society 1981. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff ivory pictorial wraps. Covers lightly soiled and a bit tanned. 1st ptg. ix184 pp. Scarce. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback
199620637New York: New York University Press 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth pictorial dust jacket. xvi 244pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this surprisingly uncommon title in editor James Kirby Martin's superb "The American Social Experience Series. New York University Press hardcover
1994024330Bowie MD: Heritage Books 1994. Ex-Library. VG. Soft cover. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in 2 volumes brown I and tan II stiff wraps. Ex-library set from Bucks Co. PA Historical Society non-circulating minimally marked/stamped only modest shelf wear. Call label on lower spines one light crease along a firm square binding of Vol. I. lxxxix288 ii359-708 pp. complete as issued. Originally issued 1901 and 1918 respectively comprising Vols. XXIII and XXX of the New Jersey Archives First Series. Heritage Books Paperback
1905039410Denver Colorado: Forward Mining Development Co 1905. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Fine. 12pp. Bound in decorated white wrappers. On the back cover is a pink-tinted photographic view of "The Famous Combination Mine and Mill at Goldfield." 9.25" x 4" With a capital stock of $500000 three members of the Patrick family incorporated their company in Wyoming and went public at a dollar a share. This booklet reports that they own controlling interest in Goldfield Mascot Mining Co. and Red Fox Bullfrog Mining Co. as well as interests in Yankee Girl Gold Mining Co. etc. Their operations in Nevada were growing. "Mr. Patrick was the first to recognize the possibilities of the Goldfield district going there when there were less than a dozen people in the camp; now the population is about 10000 and thre are from seventy-five to one hundred arrivals daily." Testimonial letters and company promises follow in detail along iwth extended discussion of railroad facilities the safety of mining investments &c. &c. At this writing in 2017 Goldfield and Bullfrong are ghost towns. Forward Mining Development Co unknown
1947052696New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1947. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First two volumes in Nevins's eventual 8-volume Civil War series uniformly bound in red cloth spine panels lettered in gold foil. Both volumes 1st eds. "A" on copyright page. xiv593 viii590 pp. Both volumes show minor tanning to text block edges slight rubbing to extremities very slight bump to top rear corner of Vol. 2 otherwise nearly as issued. In scarce original dust jackets unprinted except for spine lettering typically soiled/tanned with a few short edge tears and chips modest loss to spine extremities now in mylar. Laid in Vol. I is a half-title leaf from the author's biography of John D. Rockefeller 1940 signed by Nevins. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
192900001016London New York Toronto: Longman Green and Co. 1929 412 pages backstrip faded solid binding. Longman, Green, and Co. hardcover
1917036908Portsmouth NH: s.n. 1917. First Edition. Original Boards. Very Good. Broadsheet opens to 25" x 19". Recto contains views of eight historic houses with accompanying text. That format is repeated on the verso with four more views and a large street map of Portsmouth. Folds to 6.25" x 4.25" Not seen in WorldCat nor in the Portsmouth Library catalog. The Portsmouth Athenaeum has one copy catalogued as n.d. 1917 centennial and a sesqui-centennial issue dated 1967. . s.n. unknown
19031125454New York: New York American System of Information Bureaus 1903. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. booklet pict colored wraps measuring 8 x 4 inches illustrated with half-tones from photographs 5 pp foldout map two-sided at rear 12 pp pictorial section "Camera Studies of New York" with b & w illustrations from photographs street scapes bridges buildings list of "piers where the steamboats and steamships leave from" 4 pp general index laid-in 6 pp printed both sides advertising brouche for "Handy Guides" also issued by NY American's System of Information Bureaus laid-n. 4 pp of center spread photograph illusts are disbound very scarce item of NY city ephemera. New York American System of Information Bureaus Paperback