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1935006033Baton Rouge: The Journal of Southern History 1935. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front cover - "To Dean Oscar O. Winther compliments of T.P.M.". From the collection of Oscar Winther who was the long-time editor of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review and the Journal of American History. Reprinted from The Journal of Southern History Vol. 1 No. 3 August 1935. Fine 27 pp. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Pamphlet. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Journal of Southern History Paperback books
1928003318Lincoln Nebraska: Mississippi Valley Historical Review 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR "To Dean Oscar O. Winther colleague and friend Thomas P. Martin June 3 1952". Oscar Winther was the long-time editor of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review and the Journal of American History. A nice Association Copy. Near Fine light soiling to wrappers. 16 pages paginated 204-220. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Mississippi Valley Historical Review Paperback books
004915New York: New York State Citizens for Eisenhower - Nixon No Date circa 1955-56. RARE re-elect Eisenhower postcard issued by the New York State Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon depicting President Eisenhower with his family. Very Good faint small corner crease tiny staple holes in 3 corners. . First Printing. Postcard. Very Good. New York State Citizens for Eisenhower - Nixon Paperback books
198732447New York: Simon and Schuster 1987. First Paperback Edition. Near fine in original pictorial wrappers. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.375 in. 254 pp. First Touchstone Edition with new preface by Larry McMurtry. Signed by McMurtry on title page. <br/><br/> Simon and Schuster paperback books
192621713Santa Fe: El Palacio Press / Historical Society of New Mexico 1926. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 40 pp with 3 illustrations from photographs and a folding chart in original illustrated wrappers. Light general handling wear; tight binding text clean. Includes a short sketch of the life and character of St. Francis followed by "a brief outline of a lecture on the Franciscan Martyrs" of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. El Palacio Press / Historical Society of New Mexico unknown books
19733160Austin TX: University of Texas Press 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/good. xx 388 pp illustrations with index. Light wear and soiling to boards; text clean. Dust jacket shows has a large tear to the front panel toning price clipped. "Urban Los Angeles is the setting in which Elaine Miller has collected her narratives from Mexican-Americans. The Mexican folk tradition varied and richly expressive of the inner life not only of a people but also of the individual as he lives it and personalizes it is abundantly present in the United States . This collection represents an important contribution to the study of that tradition and to the study of the changes urban life effects on traditional folklore" dust jacket. University of Texas Press hardcover books
007241No Place: Silver Burdett Publisher's promotional poster 17" w x 22" h. Near Fine toning to paper faint crease. Well suited for framing an uncommon poster. All posters will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 17" w x 22" h. Silver Burdett books
1998238500Dietz Press 1998. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. B000M0QMDM; No Marks of Any Kind; DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket. Dietz Press unknown books
1949006030No Place: The Journal of Modern History 1949. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front cover - "To Dean Winther with regards John Murray ". From the collection of Oscar Winther who was the long-time editor of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review and the Journal of American History. Reprinted from The Journal of Modern History Vol. XXI March 1949 No. 1. 16 pp. in grey printed wraps. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Pamphlet. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Journal of Modern History Paperback books
1980006043Lancaster PA: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. 1980. Near Fine very light soiling to edges of page block. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Hardcover books
1939005425New York: Boy Scouts of America 1939. Near Fine tiny tear at head of spine. 60 pages black and white photos drawings. . Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boy Scouts of America Paperback books
186728015Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1867. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with nicks to the corners of the fore edge. 9 pp. 8vo. 40th Congress 2d Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 31. Includes two letters one on the asserted right of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific to construct their road along the 100th meridian and receive a subsidy and a second letter to the San Francisco and St. Jose Railroad Company rejecting their claim to acceptance of their road. [Government Printing Office] unknown books
1928002436Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1928. Faint sticker shadow front wrapper Else Very Fine with pages uncut. Laid in is a folded map undated showing abandoned electric lines in the stae of Indiana between 1920-1946. Indiana Historical Society Publications Vol. 8 No. 7. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
1903225050New York - London: The Winthrop Press 1903. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. A Few Illustrations; No pencil or ink markings in text. Grey paper binding. Edgewear to spine with some loss at top and bottom. Chip on spine above middle; NOT Ex-Library. Very Good binding. The Winthrop Press unknown books
1958154Claremont CA: Fraser Press 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed with short inscription by author on front flyleaf. 90 pp with b/w illustrations from photographs. Limited edition of 1000. "There is much humor in the present work along with bitter moments for the men of Company L. You will find drama in its pages when you come to Company L's experience during the Spanish-American War and their efforts to get to the Philippines and fight" dust jacket. Light handling wear. Dust jacket is lightly shelf worn with one small chip missing. Fraser Press hardcover books
194815861San Marino CA: Huntington Library 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. xx 141 pp indexed. A fine copy in original red cloth. Dust jacket has mild wear to the top edge and a small nick in the front panel. Toulmin was a Unitarian minister who left England after facing harassment for his outspoken political and religious views. He met Thomas Jefferson and James Madison soon after arriving in the United States and with their help was appointed President of Transylvania University in Lexington. He resigned in 1796 to become Secretary of State of Kentucky and in 1804 Jefferson appointed him to a judgeship in the superior court of the Washington District of the Mississippi Territory. His reports on Virginia and Kentucky were written in 1793 and 1794 at the request of his Lancashire parishioners who wished to have a first hand account of various parts of America. They are factural and detailed covering every aspect of life in the new west. Huntington Library hardcover books
1976005607New York: Communist Party USA 1976. No Date 1976 Contains Tyner's speech to the Communist Party USA's 20th National Convention and the Party program for the 1976. SCARCE. 4 page centerfold newspaper Very Good corners small creases. . First Edition. Newsprint. Very Good. 11 1/2" x 16". Communist Party USA Paperback books
186111956Washington: Government Printing Office 1861. 24pp stitched. Light tan and wear inscription 'from Edw. S. Dana' Good. Printing the Act of Congress entitling certain military and naval officers and soldiers to receive 160 acres of land with appropriate forms. Not in Sabin. Government Printing Office unknown books
184321019Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton 1843. 15 1 blank pp. Disbound untrimmed. Light scattered foxing some edge chipping. Good. Printed by Gales and Seaton unknown books
184412023Washington: Pr. by Blair & Rives 1844. 8vo. 11 1 blank pp. <br><br>Detailed report on the pay of commissioned and warrant officers and ratings in the Navy with a plan to lower it as "there is no class of officers in the Federal Government who are as liberally paid as those of the Navy and from whom less actual service is required." Government Document: H.R. doc. 373. 28th Cong. 1st sess. Removed from a nonce volume. Light foxing. Inked numeral on p. 1. Pr. by Blair & Rives unknown books
1955249012Washington DC: GPO 1955. Paperback. Two staplebound volumes vi pp. 7287-7463 the second one edgeworn with some stains to the covers. GPO paperback books
193946263Washington: GPO 1939. Hardcover. Good. maps xv 243p. Original blue buckram. 23cm. Browning on backstrip endpapers and some page-margins. Rubbed at ends of backstrip. No Jacket. A.C.E. Staff Study No. 16. Includes chapters on Alaska pp. 18-52 Hawaii pp. 53-88 Puerto Rico pp. 89-132 the Virgin Islands pp. 133-164 Guam pp. 165-197 and American Samoa pp. 198-228. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
194572649Washington: GPO 1945. Paperback. Very Good. xv 1026p. Wrapper. 24cm. Some chipping at base of backstrip. 79th Congress 1st Session. House Document No. 159. The staff report was compiled under the direction of Burton N. Behling. The document also contains comment sections written by Robert E. Webb and C. E. Childe the two members of the Board in which they individually express their reservations or disagreements with some of the material or conclusions contained in the staff report. <br/><br/> GPO paperback books
183818539Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 7 pp. <br><br>Lists expenditures from 31 December 1837 to 1 December 1838 for repairs and construction work on public buildings in Washington D.C. describes in detail the progress of construction on the Treasury Building and Patent Office Building and also the Capitol the President's mansion and the Potomac bridge. Government document: 25th Congress 3d Session. Doc. No. 20. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral in outer margin of p. 1 and ink notation at bottom margin of p. 7. Very good. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
184618151Washington: Ritchie & Heiss printers 1846. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Printed here is Gault & Emery's contract to furnish granite coping 3 September 1846; C. Buckingham's contract to enclose the statue of Washington in the east Capitol square 7 September 1846; and John Skirving's contract to perform certain work in the north wing of the Capitol 9 September 1846. Government document: 29th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 14. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral at top margin of p. 1. Ritchie & Heiss, printers unknown books