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1932W2805<p>Redlands California: Unpublished 1932. Original watercolor and color pencil drawing on artist board. SIGNED. Near Fine. 9 inches by 18 Inches.</p><p>Dean Cornwell 1892-1960 studied under Howard Pyle's student Harvey Dunn and the influence of the Brandywine School in much of Cornwell's work. Nicknamed "The Dean of Illustrators" by his peers Cornwell completed more than 1000 paintings as illustrations for stories and advertisements in books and magazines such as <em>Cosmopolitan Life Redbook</em> and many others.</p><p>Although he was very successful as an illustrator Cornwell decided to become a muralist; so in the late 1920s he spent 3 years in England studying mural painting with Frank Brangwyn. His first commission was to create his now famous murals for the Los Angeles Public Library. In 1932 he completed murals for the Lincoln Memorial Shrine in Redlands California. Although the study offered here was not selected for inclusion it may well have been the inspiration for the 2 allegorical murals he completed for the project because it includes both of the elements that were the focus of each of the selected murals: "He Freed the Slaves" and "He Preserved the Union." Included with the watercolor are 2 vintage postcards picturing the murals. Also the scene in this study is placed atop a plinth that is quite similar to those in the murals. The study also includes the muralist technique of surrounding figures with strong outlines which Cornwell adopted both in his own murals and in his later illustration work.</p><p>Paintings by Cornwell have been exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art The Art Institute of Chicago the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1959 he was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame.</p> Unpublished
193058880Saint Paul: Brown & Bigelow 1930. Large heavy 50 lbs. oblong folio approx. 18" x 24" containing approx. 718 samples of color lithographs on approx. 115 linen-coated leaves including trade cards advertising cards calendar specimens etc. each primarily measuring 10" x 4.5" some slightly varied; a few instances of items being removed some miscreased some loose but an extraordinary array of commercial color lithography featuring a number of themes including camping fishing baseball golf polo architecture the American west scenic landscapes Indian maidens movie stars Aesop's Fables Boy Scouts anthropomorphic animals stained glass cars fashion cowboys and Indians beautiful women etc. While there is much to be said about the stereotyping of men children and women especially Native American women there remains a remarkable beauty to the artwork much of it done by known artists and illustrators of the day. Among the artists represented are: Henry Hintermeister 1897-1970 a painter and illustrator who painted in the Golden Age of Illustration under the signature Hy Hintermeister. He painted as team with his father John Henry Hintermeister and together they created more than 1000 works. He is best known today for his "American themed paintings." Henry's earliest published works featured family images of women and children dogs horses and recreation. He also painted fantastic scenes with Indian maidens and scantily clad Romans and Egyptians. In later years he created ionic and semi-comical works with subjects including the multiple dangers of crossing the street children and grandparents fishermen policemen boy scouts and hunters. Hal Runyon 1907-1993 was active in Hollywood during the early 1930s as a portraitist for the movie colony. His forte was nudes of beautiful young women. He lived in San Francisco for many years before his death in Sonoma CA on July 11 1993. William Herman Schmedtgen 1862-1936 an American illustrator and painter known as a pioneer in Chicago newspaper illustrating. Born in Chicago he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. His first work was with the Chicago Mail in 1883 he then spent two years in St. Louis and New York doing commercial art. He was chief of the art department at the Chicago Record from 1886 to 1901; and later on staff of the Chicago Record-Herald. He was a field artist for the Record during the Spanish-American War stationed with U.S. troops in Cuba. He died at his home in Wilmette aged 74. Milo Winter 1888-1956 was an American book illustrator who trained at Chicago's School of the Art Institute. He lived in Chicago until the early 1950s when he moved to New York City. From 1947 to 1949 he was the art editor of Childcraft books and from 1949 was the art editor in the film strip division of Silver Burdett Company. John G. Scott 1887-1975 who designed over 2500 juvenile valentines during his 30 year career with the Gibson Company from 1924 to 1953. These efforts are meticulously recorded in his work journal which covers his entire commercial artwork career from 1910 to 1953. Robert Bernard Robinson 1886-1952 American illustrator and originator of the Saturday Evening Post's "Slice of Life" style of cover art later popularized by Norman Rockwell shared his talents with the Hearst Corporation and their Motor Magazine monthly publication from 1926 to 1952. Clara Miller Burd 1873-1933 was an American stained glass designer and children's book and magazine cover illustrator. Robert Atkinson Fox 1860-1935 an American-Canadian illustrator and naturalist painter best known for his paintings of rural subjects especially cattle in pastures. As a commercial artist Fox was commissioned by calendar companies and print publishers to make work for posters postcards and advertisements. Florence Mary Anderson 1874-1930 was an English artist book illustrator wood engraver and children's author who flourished between 1914 and 1930. She also illustrated under her maiden name of Molly MacArthur or Florence Mary MacArthur. Her work was influenced by the British school of Fairy Art. Philip R. Goodwin 1881-1935 was an American painter and illustrator who specialized in depictions of wildlife the outdoors fishing hunting and the Old American West. He provided illustrations for numerous books and magazines as well as for commercial items such as posters advertisements and calendars. He is perhaps best known for illustrating Jack London's The Call of the Wild and for providing the cover art for many issues of Outdoor Recreation / Outdoor Life Magazine during the 1920s and early 1930s. Charles Marion Russell 1864-1926 also known as C. M. Russell Charlie Russell and "Kid" Russell was an American artist of the American Old West. He created more than 2000 paintings of cowboys Native Americans and landscapes set in the western United States and in Alberta Canada in addition to bronze sculptures. He is known as "the cowboy artist" and was also a storyteller and author. Also Alfred Davenport Cookson 1888-1963; John D. Waters; William Steeple Davis American 1884-1961 Tod Hart 20th century was active/lived in Minnesota and many others. While many of the examples are pro-forma printed art work and design but without company names or details added others represent a broad swath of American business from Los Angeles to Boston Gulfport Mississippi to Saskatchewan. Among the Twin Cities' businesses represented are Holm & Olsen Florists; Brantjen Motor Car Co.; Day's Prest-o-Service Co.; Security Mercantile Agency; A. E. Dale Auto Painting Co.; St. Paul Milling Co.; Pearson-Wilcox Electric Co.; S. Hoffman Tailors; St. Paul Cadillac Co.; Northland Milk & Ice Cream Co.; St. Paul Battery Co.; Minnesota Phonograph Co.; Chaix Co.; Field Schleck Co.; Wood & Gille Co.; Rice Street Motor Car Co.; and the Wells-Dickey Trust Co. Many other representative businesses from Iowa Wisconsin and the Dakotas as well. Brown & Bigelow unknown
194348523N.p. Minneapolis 1943. Original corrected 229-page typescript of Manfred's first novel likely used as the setting copy by the publishers Webb Publishing Company of Saint Paul with numerous typographical notes as to typesize fonts picas etc. and also containing many of what we assume to be last minute corrections to the text proper by Manfred himself - a couple of hundred instances where the typescript differs from the work as published. Also a 6-page corrected typescript of the copy used for the dust jacket also a setting copy but with no corrections by Manfred. Also page proofs for the same tall 8vo 129 leaves printed on rectos only with extensive annotations throughout by the editior and printer including the amending of a number of words and phrases in the text. Also a first edition of the book 8vo pp. 8 226; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy inscribed "For Paul C. Hillestad 'our' first book together. Frederick Feikema Manfred." Hillestad was Manfred's editor at Webb. unknown
1943009548Pacific Theater World War II: Self-published 1943. Book. Very Good. Ring Bound. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. A superb World War II archive featuring a significant manuscript photograph album oblong 17" x 12" containing 147 photographs on 46 pages 17 pages blank at rear service records citations orders medals patches bars newspaper clippings ID card dog tags and additional loose photographs and negatives all belonging to Edwin Oscar Ahbe 1916-1995 . Ahbe was inducted on Dec. 1 1943 reporting to Camp Peekskill NY and serving as a Cameraman Motion Picture 043 and Combat Photographer in the 3374th Signal Photographic Service Company. After stops at Fort Sheridan and Camps Smith and Crowder his first overseas photographs in the album begin in Ceylon. A small manuscript list shows he left NY early on Oct. 20 1944 and records him being in Newfoundland Azores Cashblanca sic Tripoli Cairo Aboudan Iran Karachi India Kandy Ceylon Burma and China. His citation for the Bronze Star for meritorious service 16 Jan 1945 to 10 June 1945 as a combat motion picture cameraman 5322nd US Army Section Prov. SE Asia Command attached to British 14th Army in Central Burma reads "During this period Tech. 5th Grade Ahbe under arduous combat conditions photographed several phases of battle preceeding the fall of Mandalay an assault crossing of the Irrawaddy River at Mitchie Burma and complete and excellent coverage of the Battle at Meiktila . he carried out his duties under the throes of a severe case of dysentery and living under bitter field conditions". He received his Purple Heart "for wounds received on 9 May 1945 from enemy action near Meiktila Burma". On 20 Sept 1945 Ahbe received orders authorizing him to take photos of Japanese and American installations in Canton China. Ahbe was an excellent cameraman and the photos in the album bear captions from Kandy Ceylon Imphal Shweba Burma Meiktila Mongwa Toungoo a gruesome photo of a dead Japanese pilot next to his crashed plane Rangoon Calcutta HQ Ceylon Kunming China Nanning Kaliakunda Canton and Kanehrapara India. They vary in size from 2 1/2" x 3" 3" x 4" 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" up to 5 1/2" x 7" 6 3/4" x 8" 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" and 8" x10". His Honorable Discharge Cert. dated 17 Jan 1946 lists two Overseas Service Bars Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with three Bronze Battle Stars Good Conduct Medal Purple Heart WWII Victory Medal and China War Memorial Badge all of which are included. The photo album Very Good a few pages and a few pictures loose. An extensive collection detailing the service record of a true American hero and an excellent combat photographer. Self-published Hardcover
1930010937NY. Unpublished notebook 9" x 11 1/4" containing original artwork and designs official documents orders and correspondence pertaining to regimental coats of arms and distinctive insignia for the period 1922-1930. Notebook opens with three pages of formal guidelines for regimental colors and devices then begins in earnest with original signed Adjutant General order No. 244 October 1922 calling Falls "to active duty without pay or allowances for service in connection with submission of coats of arms for colors distinctive badges insignia etc." The notebook contains 2 full-page original watercolors and 16 original crest and shield drawings in color pencil State National Guard Headquarters and 7 regiments - 10th 14th 71st 105th 106th 107th 108th Infantry along with correspondence blueprints design approval documents and finely printed samples for some designs. There is detailed correspondence on Falls' New York State "Half Moon" design when the Quartermaster Corp of the War Department in Washington severely altered his original conception. Author artist military general and New York City socialite DeWitt Clinton Falls 1864-1937 was an authority on military heraldry and uniforms and a designer of military insignia. His papers are held by the New York Public Library and the American Numismatic Society. This Notebook includes: Original watercolor "Half Moon" Nov 1922; 2 letters Dec 1922; Memorandum from the Secretary of War Dec 1922 approving the design; Original watercolor "Regimental Colors for New York National Guard" 1922; Correspondence with Adjutant General's Office and the War Department with 2 blueprints; Copy of "First Design submitted by War Department for emblem of State of New York. Disapproved by Adjutant General Oct 1922"; 2 letters to Falls from Adjutant General's Office Apr 1923 with a proof copy of the QM's altered "Half Moon" crest; Reply by Falls Apr 1923 that the Quartermaster' altered design "is awful and under no circumstances should be accepted"; 2 page detailed letter from Adjutant General's Office to Quartermaster General War Department Apr 1923 noting QM's five major and several minor deviations from Falls' original which had been approved by the General Staff; Reply by War Department May 1923 that the Quartermaster Corps drawing was done in accordance with what was shown and described in "The Hudson Fulton Celebration 1909" submitted in a report to the NY State legislature in 1910 and that revisions to the drawing would be made if the State of New York "does not consider the report as being historically correct and will so state and furnish evidence which it considers authentic"; AG letter May 1923 to Falls requesting he draft a second endorsement; Falls' June 1923 reply that "it was not so much the historical points that he criticized about the QM design "as the faulty drawing and bad proportions of many of the details." He points out technical and aesthetic weaknesses with the eye of an artist of the Quartermaster drawing that can be easily resolved.; Letter and enclosures to Falls from Adjutant General's Office June 25 that they are in receipt of Quartermaster revisions and asking him to review; Falls June 28 reply "it is about as near right as we can get it and same can be returned approved"; Original color pencil drawing "Headquarters Device" with 1 page description. Undated; Original color pencil drawing "10th Infantry" Approved Nov 1923 War Department with letter of approval. Notation: "This design not being satisfactory to the regiment permission was given Jan 1926 to submit new design"; 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield with a printed sample of shield in use "10th Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. June 1926 with letters of approval for each. 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield "14th Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. May 1925 with 2 letters of app . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1930. unknown
191244902New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co 1912. First edition of the author's first book 8vo pp. 12 275; 4 duotone plates by Arthur Hutchins; small piece of the corner missing on the last page of text 1912 Xmas inscription in ink on front free endpaper very light scratch on the front cover illustration otherwise fine and bright and unusual thus. Sinclair Lewis's pseudonymous debut novel. In a new quarter morocco clamshell box green morocco label lettered in gilt on spine. Frederick A. Stokes Co unknown
195530198Stockholm: Albert Bonniers 1955. First Swedish edition printed in a limited but unspecified number this is copy no. 155 signed by Lindbergh 8vo pp. 8 483 1 10; photographic portrait frontispiece 11 illustrations on rectos and versos of 3 plates 7 pages of maps and graphs at the back; fine copy in original full blue morocco by Nylén & Co. gilt-stamped upper cover and spine publisher's slipcase. This copy additionally inscribed to "Lucile Wright from the Royal Swedish Aero Club in appreciation of her contribution to aviation. Stockholm 6.9.1957 Nils Stirnberg." Lucile M. Wright was a famous American woman aviator one of the original Ninety-Nines pioneer women aviatrixes as assembled by Amelia Earhart in 1929 and the Lucile M. Wright Air Museum in Jamestown New York is named after her. This book an account of the first solo nonstop flight between the United States and Europe in 1927 won for Lindbergh the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography. This is the only limited signed edition published outside the United States. Albert Bonniers unknown
191050307N.p. n.d. Saint Paul 1910. Oblong folio containing 100 silver print photographic postcards each with Bromley's stamp in the right margin; printed index of the photographs "from negatives made by Whitney Tuttle Illingworth Zimmerman and others" is mounted inside the upper cover; original black cloth with one of the images mounted on the front cover; spine spotted the whole lightly rubbed; very good sound and complete. Images run the gamut from city scenes architecture Native Americans steamboats views of Fort Snelling the Mississippi River etc. Not found in OCLC but there is a set of these photographs at Minnesota Historical. A similar album exists for Minneapolis. unknown
198016109Austin: Univ of Texas Press 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 192 pages index. Blue cloth boards. Dust jacket with price intact has couple of small rubs and edgewear at spine. <br/><br/> Univ of Texas Press hardcover
1931010273Charleston W. Va. : N.Y.C.R.R. Southern Division New York Central Rail Road 1931. Map. Very Good Plus. Map. 1st Edition. 17" w x 12 " h Very Good Plus small tear at bottom edge light creasing and soiling at corners. Scale: None A to B - 6 miles B to C - 1 1/4 " C to D - 5 1/2 ". Dated August 14 1931 Plan No. 6719. An original railroad company manuscript map on onionskin paper with lettering in black the Kanawha River colored in blue N.Y.C. R.R. yellow C & O Ry. red and Rhinehart & Dennis green. A RARE map not found at OCLC or in online searches depicting the area of the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster which has been called one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. "The Hawks Nest Tunnel was part of a hydroelectric project undertaken by Union Carbide near Gauley Bridge WV. Beginning in 1927 nearly 3000 men three-fourths of whom were Black endured prolonged exposure to silica dust-without respiratory protection-while mining sand-stone. Many of these workers developed silicosis and eventually died from the disease. Although the exact number of deaths caused by the disaster is unknown some sources say more than 1000 workers died. The 16240-ft-long tunnel served to divert water from the New River through Gauley Mountain a drop of 162 ft. Its sole purpose was to provide electricity only to the Electro Metallurgical Co. another Union Carbide subsidiary. Since the drill- ing of the tunnel was defined as a construction project and not technically mining the workers were deprived of any protective provisions for underground mining." VANTAGE POINT The Historic & Cultural Importance of the HAWKS NEST TUNNEL DISASTER By Howard W. Spencer February 2023. In addition to the railroad lines the map shows the sites of Electro-Metalugical Co. loading and unloading tracks for Rhinehart & Dennis contractor for the Tunnel and the Dam Site for the New Kanawha Power Co. It wasn't until a NEWSWEEK article published Jan. 25 1936 that the American public learned of what had transpired years before. After an investigation in Congress the summary statement of the investigating committee concluded - "That the whole driving of the tunnel was begun continued and completed with grave and inhumane disregard of all consideration for the health lives and future of the employees. That as a result many workmen became infected with silicosis; that many have died of the disease and many not yet dead are doomed to die from the ravages of the disease as a result of their employment and the negligence of the employing contractor." House of Representatives Committee on Labor 1936 A rather unassuming map that tells a powerful and damning story of American history. . N.Y.C.R.R. Southern Division (New York Central Rail Road) unknown
191316729<p>Good HCs no DJs. 2 volume set. Green-brown buckram cloth over boards gilt stamped titles on spines. Covers are scuffed with uneven fading and some spotty stains; some rubbing at spine ends and fore corners light fraying; both volumes tightly bound; interiors are clean with slight general age darkening; all leaves are supple not brittle; cover leaf of final issue has short closed tear at mid-cover. Issues run from Vol 1 No 1 April 30 1910 through Vol 3 No 37 January 11 1913 presumably a complete run. Liberal-reformist weekly newspaper ran 1910-1913. Initial editor was Edward H. Clement thereafter Livy S. Richard. 100 shareholders held 1 share each. Exec. Comm: Ralph Albertson William E. Butler Alexander M. Wilson Robert Treat Paine Jr Charles M. Cabot. Many unsigned articles on local state and national affairs - political and social; some signed articles including writers: Mayor John F. 'Honey Fitz' Fitzgerald JFK's grandfather and mentor Gov. Curtis Guild Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr Helen Campbell Frank Chouteau Brown Livingston Wright Everett B. Mero many others. Articles on politicians sports recreation architecture national politics railroads trusts reform movements theater socialism ranked voting planning development education and schools Henry Cabot Lodge Roosevelt law and the courts sanitation health laws much more. Fairly heavily illustrated in earlier issues less so later. Large 4to; paged by issue approx 1100 total pp. Cf OCLC #10741554.</p> Boston: Co-operative Publishing Company hardcover
1926TS221Edinburgh: John Grant 1926. Original Grant Edition . Hardback. Fine. 4to. Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners Customs and Conditions Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America 1832-1839.Two volume set complete. 298pp; 303pp. 320 illustrations on 180 plates in colour engraved from the original paintings. 3 maps inc. one folding. 26cms. Illustrated covers and spines in matching gilt and black decorations depicting two native Americans on horseback. A superb set in complete and fine condition. No wear fading inscriptions marks or bookplates. A trifle foxing to the front end-paper of volume one. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. <br/> <br/> John Grant hardcover
1926010570Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1926. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front end page -" To Richard P. Ernst with regards Calvin Coolidge". ASSOCIATION COPY Richard P. Ernst February 28 1858 - April 13 1934 served as a member of the Republican Party in the United States Senate from March 4 1921 to March 3 1927. Additionally clipped to the top edge of the front end page is the business card of William M. Butler the Chairman of the Republican National Committee who also served in the Senate. On November 13 1924 Butler was appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Cabot Lodge and served from November 13 1924 to December 6 1926. The book is Very Good gilt lettering at spine rubbed yet legible small corner bumps and small pinhole top corner the first 5 pages from the clip holding Butler's card. In a Very Good dust jacket $3.00 price front flap and advertisement verso several small chips and edge tears. RARE in dust jacket and in collectible condition and a great Republican Party ASSOCIATION COPY. . Doubleday, Page & Company Hardcover
1907012194Cleveland OH: The Burrows Brothers Company 1907. 616pp/frontis/illus/maps. #30 of 150 copies.In near fine clean slipcase. Beautifully printed on extra large laid paper bound in a richly tooled half leather binder. An exceedingly rare volume. Includes: illustrations diagrams maps. During the American Revolutionary War a contingent of Delaware Christian Indians led by John Heckwelder an assistant to Moravian missionary David Zeisberger founded the last of five missions to occupy the Tuscarawas Valley between May 3 1772 and September 8 1781. Heckewelder spent forty years as a missionary among the Indians in the Ohio Valley. He was praised for his understanding of the Indian language and customs but is also known for his account of the massacre of the Christian Indians at Gnadenhutten by troops lead by Col. David Williamson in 1782. Light nicks on spine. Clean no marks. Beautiful copy. 1st Printing. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Limited Numbered Copy. The Burrows Brothers Company Hardcover
194548525St. Paul: Webb Publishing Co 1945. Long galley proofs measuring approx. 24" x 6" bound in paper wrappers with cloth top-strip printed paper label on upper cover; with numerous editorial corrections throughout by Manfred's editor at Webb Paul C. Hillestad but also with several longer ones in Manfred's hand both often changing text resulting in many different readings from the published version. Together with a review copy of the published book warmly inscribed by the author to Hillestad noting that "this book and the life it reflects really was the turning point in my life . You were very patient to have sweated it out with me as editor and friend. Webb Publishing Co unknown
1901010379East Aurora N.Y. : The Roycrofters at their Shop 1901. Book. Very Good. Flexible Leather. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bound in original brown suede with leather label front cover lettered in gilt top edge gilt silk paste downs 8 iv 9-166 3 pp. Colophon: #439 of 450 SIGNED BY Elbert Hubbard also SIGNED "Illumined by Lily Ess" and additionally SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "This book contains sheets of my original Mss. Fra Elbertus Oct. 5th 1901" with 2pp #s 13 and 14 of original pencil manuscript bound in. Very Good some loss of suede at spine ends lacking the original cardboard box. The manuscript pages are from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Autobiographical first published in 1894 and are not from one of the fourteen essays in this volume. McKenna 70. The Roycrofters, at their Shop Hardcover
19154045Boston Mass: A. Williams & Co./Houghton Mifflin 1915. Hardcovers. all VG except for vols. 3 & 7: G. 8vos 9.25"x6.25". Brown coated cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles. General shelfwear to roughly all volumes: rubbed corners edges spine extremes. Gilt-loss to the spines of several volumes. Pen and pencil marks to some front endpapers. Endpapers cracking at hinges to vols.: 1 3 4-6 8-9 and 12. Front hinge of vol. 7 cracked front and back hinges of vol. 3 cracked.<br /> Covered in rubbed seller's mylar. Pages toned. B&W plates and fold-out maps throughout some in color.<br /> <br /> Extra shipping will be charged due to weight. A. Williams & Co./Houghton Mifflin hardcover
19048792San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray Company 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Whitaker & Ray Company San Francisco 1904. First Edition. Covers reinforced at the outer edges and spine with white tape. First free end-paper missing. Front hinge separated from the text. Moderate foxing to a few pages most pages clean and bright. -- A Juvenile book of jingles characteristic of the west. Contains jingles on such subjects as the Chinaman Cliff House Golden Gate Park etc. Beautifully illustrated by 19 full page seven color litho-prints. -- One edition published in 1904 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide. Size: Quarto. 39 pages not numbered. -- Condition:. Whitaker & Ray Company hardcover
196010179Place of publication unknown: Self Published 1960. Deluxe Limited Edition. Very good . Oblong Folio 20" by 16". Heavy plastic overlay with title "Hilton Paints the Desert" stiff rear board. -- Introduction page with limitation inscription at the bottom in the author's hand: and his signature; "Number 52 of a deluxe edition of 350 for Leo and Irene Moore with best wishes". -- Condition. Twenty Seven Prints some duplicates twenty-five signed two not signed. Some prints signed in silver and some in regular ink. --: Hills of Home 3 - Joshuas in the Moonlight 2 - Oasis Mara 3 - Papago Dawn 3 - Power and Glory 3 - Red Mountain 2 - Smoke Trees and Thunderheads 2 Superstition Spring 1 - Sands of Tim 3 - San Jancinto Sunrise 3 - Wickenburg Yuccas 2. Self Published unknown
1905AM-23Charles P. Barrett 1905. Comprehensive classic reference set contains a detailed historical account of American history spanning 590 years up to the date of publication. Beginning with the earliest discoverers of America and continuing through the voyages of Christopher Columbus; Aborigines Europeans and other early settlers; the colonial era; slavery; the founding fathers; American Revolution; Civil War; the birth of the Constitution; Presidential campaigns and administrations up through Roosevelt's in 1901-1905; various military campaigns and battles; etc. Includes the Constitution of the U.S. Declaration of Independance Articles of Confederation Chronological Tables and the Proclamation Emancipation. Nearly 3000 pgs. collectively. Profusely illustrated with maps charts portraits figures in color and black & white chromolithographs. Marbled edges with matching decorative endpapers. Gilt tooled decorative leather spines; leather corner tips- a few of the volumes are slight to moderately rubbed on the tips mainly from shelfwear. Vol. I has a horizontal and a vertical scratch on the middle section of the rear cover; Vol. IX has a small vertical scratch on the lower section of the rear cover. Most of the volumes appear to have had very minimal use. This Nine Volume Set is the Original Deluxe Edition Limited to 500 copies. Beautiful scarce set. Heavy item. Limited Collector's Edition. Half-Leather. Fine. Illus. by Relyea C.M. Ogden H.A. Davis S.J. Sheppard W. Lippincott W.H. Doggett A.B. Smith De Cost; Snyder W.P. Gaul G. Fitler W.C. Kendrick C. Gleeson J. And Others. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Deluxe Edition. Charles P. Barrett Hardcover
1915056314Washington: Carnegie Institution 1915. First Edition . Printed Grey Wrappers. Near Fine. Photographs. 99 Pp. Printed On Glossy Paper High Quality Plates. First Printing The Scarce Hardcover Issue 1915. Near Fine Gilt Brilliant No Stains Inscribed By Author To His Friend John Campbell Merriam; Documentation Of Their Relationship May Be Found In The Hale Papers At Caltech And In The Merriam Papers At The Library Of Congress. Per Wikipedia John Campbell Merriam 1869 - 1945 Was An American Paleontologist Educator And Conservationist. The First Vertebrate Paleontologist On The West Coast Of The United States He Is Best Known For His Taxonomy Of Vertebrate Fossils At The La Brea Tar Pits. In 1912 He Was Appointed Chairman Of The Department Of Paleontology At The University Of California. That Same Year He Began His Famous Studies Of Vertebrates At The La Brea Tar Pits. He And His Students Categorized Many Of The Vertebrate Fossils Found At The Site And Many More Were Placed In Storage. The Smilodon Was Later Established As The California State Fossil. In 1918 He Was Elected To The United States National Academy Of Sciences. That Same Year He Co-Founded The Save The Redwoods League Which Began Significant Preservation Efforts After Merriam Traveled The Redwood Areas Of Humboldt County California In 1922 Seeking To Spare Its Old-Growth The Effects Of Logging He Witnessed In Redwood Forests Closer To San Francisco. A Biography Which Details His Efforts To Preserve Wild Lands In California And Throughout The United States Was Published In 2005. In 1919 Merriam Served As President Of The Geological Society Of America. In 1920 He Was Appointed Dean Of Faculty At The University Of California Berkeley But He Left That Same Year To Become President Of The Carnegie Institution In Washington D.C. He Accomplishments As President Included Helping To Advance The Educational Programs Of The National Park Service As Well As Helping To Preserve The California Redwoods. He Was Elected To The American Academy Of Arts And Sciences In 1921. His Published Papers Are Collected In A Four-Volume Set Published In 1938 By The Carnegie Institution. Merriam Was A Founding Member Of The Galton Institute And A Cautious Political Supporter Of Eugenics. His Paternal First Cousin Frank Merriam The Eldest Child Of Civil War Veteran Henry C. Merriam Served As The 28Th Governor Of California Between 1934 And 1939 Having Defeated Upton Sinclair With The Aid Of Vicious Propaganda By Ultra-Conservative Interests. . <br/> <br/> Carnegie Institution unknown
1951010395New York: Reporter Publications Inc. 1951. Magazine. Very Good. Magazine. 1st Edition. Twenty-two issues the complete run of this iconic mid-century men's magazine spanning Number 1 Winter 1951 through Number 22 Spring 1957. The collection Very Good Plus to Near Fine with varying degrees of light wear mainly at spine ends. The first 18 issues were issued under the auspices of William C. Segal Publisher while Sidney Carroll edited Nos. 19-22. Elaborate graphic design throughout on multiple paper stocks and various printing effects with packets of seeds pamphlets and multiple paper samples tipped in. Clothing ads featuring tipped in fabric and leather samples. All inserts present including the Ty Cobb baseball card in the Fall 1956 Number. Associated publisher's ephemera addressed to the original subscriber of this set laid in to #21. Uncommon as a complete original set. . Reporter Publications, Inc. Paperback
1949063518Lancaster Kutztown Collegeville PA: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center/Pennsylvania Folklife Society 1949. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete run of The Pennsylvania Dutchman/Pennsylvania Folklife 1949-1997. This influential periodical began as a biweekly newspaper first issue dated 5 May 1949 eventually migrating to a quarterly magazine final issue dated Spring 1997. Vols. 1-22 are custom-bound in brown leatherette lettered in gilt on front covers and spine panels Vols. 1-3 in the original elephant folio format of the Dutchman Vols. 4-22 in standard quarto magazine format. Note that the title changed to "Pennsylvania Folklife" with Vol. 9. Vols. 23-46 are unbound each issue individually sleeved. Vol. 1 consists of 25 issues with some still bright white suggesting that they are possibly from a later reprint Vols. 2-3 of 22 each Vols. 4-5 of 15 each Vols. 7-45 mostly of 4 each with some volumes in the '60s including an unnumbered 5th "Folk Festival" issue and Vol. 46 of 3 issues all published totaling about 260 issues. The entire set is solid Near Fine to Fine the bound volumes all essentially as issued except of course for having been bound in hardcover and the unbound issues show only slight handling wear in some cases most virtually unworn. The bound volumes show two former owner signatures/stamps on the front flyleaf of each volume but are otherwise unmarked. A rare opportunity to purchase a complete run of a publication that has become almost impossible to assemble "in the wild." Delivery options possible depending on location. Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center/Pennsylvania Folklife Society Hardcover
191344456Charleston: Lanneau's Art Store. 1913. Paperback. Portfolio containing twenty architectural lithographs and introduction; still in original portfolio cover. One of the South's early preservationists Alice Huger Smith collaborated with her father historian D. E. Huger Smith providing architectural drawings for two important publications: Twenty Drawings of the Pringle House 1914 and The Dwelling Houses of Charleston South Carolina. The contents are housed in original hinged 16- x 18-inch paper-covered boards with moderate to heavy smudging mostly in area of three slots for closure although ribbon or cardboard for these slots is now missing. Contents pages loose as intended include title page; "The Colonial House of Miles Brewton: With Some Account of its owners" a three-page essay by D. E. Huger Smith; all 20 prints which are lightly foxed with "holes" along edges of at least one print does not affect image itself and appears to be a thinning or defect in paper. ; . Lanneau's Art Store, paperback
1982060734Reading PA: Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in 25 volumes accompanied by "A Comprehensive Index to The Passing Scene Volumes 1 to 10" Neiman. Issued more or less annually 1982-2018. Single-owner collection as issued or very nearly so. Some volumes show a slight binding lean typical of issue; Vol. 2 shows minor foxing to front cover gold foil in a few areas. Vol. 2 signed by primary author George Meiser other volumes unsigned. A rare opportunity to purchase the complete set of this pioneering and literally unique photographic history the most comprehensive of its kind ever issued for any county in all 50 states. Historical Society of Berks County/George M. Meiser IX Hardcover