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192138202Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society 1921. First edition limited to 200 numbered copies of which this is no. 51 signed by the author in volumes 1-3; the fourth published posthumously is signed by the editor Solon J. Buck; 4 volumes large 8vo; frontispieces plates and maps some folding; original three-quarter blind-tooled maroon calf over tan boards gilt spine; volume 1 spine fading at top and bottom; minor shelf wear; volume 1 front endpaper gutter stained; Edward Chenery Gale's bookplate and inscription in volume 3; a fine set. Minnesota Historical Society unknown
192129796St. Paul: Minnesota Hist. Soc 1921. First edition limited to 200 copies signed by the author in vols. 1-3; vol. 4 published posthumously is signed by Buck; 4 vols. 8vo plates and maps some folding; original half maroon calf t.e.g.; a fine set. Arguably the best history of the state very highly regarded. This limited edition contains illustrations not included in the trade edition 1922-30. Minnesota Hist. Soc unknown
191049372n.p. n.d. 1910. The 14 photographs in this album were undoubtedly produced by a professional photographer using a large format camera. The pictures are well composed sharply focused and unusual in their scale. They picture a family in leisure-time activities such as hunting gathering leaves and observing caged rabbits. Especially noteworthy is their time at a lake cabin and visiting Twin Cities sites. The cabin is a fine Victorian piece of gingerbread with a wrap-around porch ideal for napping and reading. The wife/mother is seen holding a copy of the periodical American Motherhood which was published 1903-1919 making it possible to date these images around 1910. The family includes twin boys one of whom is seen in the same picture reading a copy of the children's magazine Buster Brown. What appears to be a stuffed squirrel appears in three of the images. The album contains 14 beautifully toned photographs including one in which the oldest child assists a workman possibly making maple syrup. Seven loose prints accompany the album one duplicate. Among these are three pictures made at Fort Snelling and Minnehaha Falls suggesting that the family either lived in the Twin Cities or visited there. While the identity of the photographer is unknown there is a clue to the heritage of the subjects. Laid into the album is a newspaper clipping about one Marvin Hughitt 1837-1928 upon his retirement from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in 1925. It is possible that the family in these photographs were descendants of Mr. Hughitt with the mother or father a likely grandchild. This is an unusually nice album of family photographs. unknown
191049372n.p. n.d. 1910. The 14 photographs in this album were undoubtedly produced by a professional photographer using a large format camera. The pictures are well composed sharply focused and unusual in their scale. They picture a family in leisure-time activities such as hunting gathering leaves and observing caged rabbits. Especially noteworthy is their time at a lake cabin and visiting Twin Cities sites. The cabin is a fine Victorian piece of gingerbread with a wrap-around porch ideal for napping and reading. The wife/mother is seen holding a copy of the periodical American Motherhood which was published 1903-1919 making it possible to date these images around 1910. The family includes twin boys one of whom is seen in the same picture reading a copy of the children's magazine Buster Brown. What appears to be a stuffed squirrel appears in three of the images. The album contains 14 beautifully toned photographs including one in which the oldest child assists a workman possibly making maple syrup. Seven loose prints accompany the album one duplicate. Among these are three pictures made at Fort Snelling and Minnehaha Falls suggesting that the family either lived in the Twin Cities or visited there. While the identity of the photographer is unknown there is a clue to the heritage of the subjects. Laid into the album is a newspaper clipping about one Marvin Hughitt 1837-1928 upon his retirement from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad in 1925. It is possible that the family in these photographs were descendants of Mr. Hughitt with the mother or father a likely grandchild. This is an unusually nice album of family photographs. <br/><br/> unknown books
182453948Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea 1824. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xii 2 9-439 1; vi 5-459 1; 15 engraved plates and a folding map; 20th-century calf-backed marbled boards; moderate foxing color pencil marks on p. 15 in volume I; very good sound copy. Stephen Harriman Long graduated from Dartmouth in 1809 entered the U.S. Army in 1814 and became Major of Topographical Engineers in 1816. His exploration of the Minnesota i.e. St. Peter's and Red River valleys and the canoe route from Lake Winnipeg to Lake Superior in 1823 was announced in this important book which was mostly written by Keating. Field 949; Howes K20; Streeter III 1785; Sabin 37137: "The work is almost a cyclopedia of materials relating to the Indians of the explored territory. Nothing escaped the attention or record of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition; and their statement regarding the customs character and numbers of the Sioux and Chippeway tribes are among the most valuable we have." <br/><br/> H. C. Carey and I. Lea hardcover books
191956738Fort Snelling Minnesota: US Army General Hospital No. 29 1919. 4to 14 weekly issues from vol. 1 no. 1 April 26 1919 to vol. 1. no. 14 July 24 1919 comprising the complete run of the magazine. Each number with 18 or 22 pages photographs and illustrations throughout original printed paper wrappers paper brittle and toned with some shallow chips to edges but no significant loss the occasional library stamp a very good set. The Reveille was established as a magazine for the military hospital at Fort Snelling. In its inaugural issue it makes the following statement: Reveille makes its bow to the people of the Twin Cities and to all well-wishers everywhere. Its success means much for Fort Snelling and for its great Hospital . Through its pages all the progresses made along all lines will be duly reported." Includes general news and essays alongside news about personnel some of it serious but most clearly submitted as jokes by fellow service members "Mystery. How many sisters has Brown got They seem to come and they seem to go." cartoons sports and a section for nurses. The final issue of the magazine was July 24th and the hospital was discontinued in August 1st. A 15th volume was issued after the fact with the title Centennial Memorial of Fort Snelling. Duluth Public Library only in OCLC to which we can add MHS. <br/><br/> US Army General Hospital No. 29 unknown books
199151658Minneapolis: Minnesota Center for Book Arts 1991. Edition limited to 300 copies this copy being marked in pencil on the colophon "AP 2" and identical to the deluxe edition of 40 copies signed by J. F. Powers and Barbara Harman; this copy also signed by Gaylord Schanilec 'Gaylord / 19 CLB 91' - referring to Campbell-Logan Bindery who did not sign any of the edition except by request; 8vo pp. 4 9-29 2; original black Niger over decorative paper-covered boards a monoprint by Harman gilt lettering direct on spine publisher's leather-edged slipcase; fine throughout. Designed and printed by Gaylord Schanilec assisted by Jim Hinz and Krista Sulkowski; bound by Greg Campbell Campbell-Logan Bindery. Quarter to Midnight A.108.a: "The fourth annual 'Winter Book' published by MCBA. In the special edition there was too much space left between the letters in the imprint "MCBA" and the date. To counter the space GS inserted a wood engraving of a small bird. This does not appear in the issue of 260. <br/><br/> M[innesota] C[enter for] B[ook] A[rts] hardcover books
202168894Minneapolis & Saint Paul: Carolyn Swiszcz 2021. In all 48 volumes 24 are 4¼" x 2¾ and the minis are 4¼" x 5½" plus 4 others a bit larger; written illustrated and published by Carolyn Swiszcz much in color; printed by photocopier or offset all in chapbook form some stapled some in concertina format generally fine and contained in Swiszcz's hand-made boxes. Zebra Cat Zebra is a bi-monthly mail-order zine which according to OCLC began publication in May 2017 actually 2016 although Swiszcz notes that the series as such did not begin in earnest until 2017. As she writes on her website "The name is inspired by the author hearing her father spell their last name to people on the phone "Z as in 'zebra ' C as in 'cat ' Z as in 'zebra!' I write about childhood memories my neighborhood and other personal observations." This set ex-Jody Williams whose "Tiny Digest books partly inspired me to take up this series" is "complete except for the last 4 issues" email from Swiszcz 01/02/25. These last four have now been acquired and the set below is complete to date. A few stray issues in OCLC but nothing like this. Included are: The robe 2016; This is my bear 2016; The dread 2017; Live each day as if it was your first 2017; Do you remember who sewed you 2017; Cosmetics conflict 2017; Petrified Creatures Museum 2017; Things I learned in art school September 16 2017; Voice of Dad October 2017; Sometimes I forget November 2017 CZC no. 7; It's time to concentrate on my important creative soul work January 2018; Some of my husband's likes and dislikes February 2018; The pit by Kelly Abeln February 2018 with a slip by Swiszcz laid in noting this as "a bonus zine"; Final resting place March 2018; Laundry: using the clothesline is my small way of fighting climate change April 2018; Memory from a summer evening around 1980 May 2018; Top ten weird things in our house by Ramona Webb age 11 July 26 2018; Thoughts like boats June 2018; Meet Ralph Cool July/August 2018; House rating guide for English cottage / storybook style homes September 2018; Closed heart open heart October 2018 with attached slip as issued with a quote by Fred Rogers; A few small blessings of this life November 2018; Backyard mystery December 2018; Meet Neil February 2019 with an 8-p. gathering on yellow paper stapled in giving "A short biography" by Neil as issued; Gray Water April 2019; Sad Park June 2019; I was Sting's #1 fan August 2019 with a bonus zine featuring Sting in pocket on lower wrapper; Meet Merilee October 2019; Pogo December 2019; Inventory February 2020; Notes I love to do lists April 2020; Signal Hills Shopping Center June 2020; West St. Paul places of interest August 2020; Let there be donuts October 2020; Zebra cat zebra minis . Summer Sunday morning December 2020; Cemetery peacock 2021; The real artist 2021; Home town dogs Spring 2021; Zebra cat zebra minis . Thoughts at the YMCA Spring 2022 Pot hole February 2023; Boys and Boomboxes Fall 2023; ASMR Spring 2024; Homesitting Summer 2024; The Nicest Thing December 2024 Victory parade by B. Erin Cole n.d. This is a church by Alex Pears with slip laid in addressed to Dear Zebra Cat Zebra readers introducing Alex Pears. Carolyn Swiszcz unknown
182422812London: Seeley and Son 1824. First edition 8vo pp. xi 1 210 plus 1 leaf errata; engraved frontispiece and 2 plates; an ex-library copy with perforated stamp of the Hill Library St. Paul MN on the title page and p. 41 small rubber stamps on p. iii and the errata leaf and faint call numbers in white on lower spine else very good in later half red morocco over brown cloth titled in gilt on spine the spine a little faded. "West came out as Chaplain of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1820 by way of Hudson Bay and York Factor arriving at Red River his headquarters on October 14. During his term of service he visited each year many of the company's stations and in 1823 went overland from Fort York as far north as Fort Churchill. He sailed back to England from Fort York on September 10 1823. His Journal offers a good picture of life and travel in the Canadian West for the period 1820-1823" Streeter III 3696. Complete with the half-title which was overlooked by Wagner-Camp. Wagner-Camp 27:1; Field 1634; TPL 1307; Peel 81; Sabin 102738; Matthews p. 240. <br/><br/> Seeley and Son hardcover books
201366244Minneapolis: PPB Press i.e. Print Paper Book Press 2013. Edition limited to 25 copies portfolio approx. 15" x 12" containing a letterpress title page and 16 ornithological etchings each numbered and signed by the various printers in pencil and each printed from an original Breckenridge copper plate. The printers included Jennifer Bowman; Monica Brosi; Brittany Lynn Egli; Hayley Fisher; Josh Heffelfinger; Nikki Ivanovsky-Schow; Kadi Melissa Kaelin; Nina Keim; Mercedes Knapp; Kevin Martin; Josh Meillier; Taylor Mund; Xochitl Perez; Isaac Ruder; Rebeca Solares; and Linda Tran all under the tutelage of the late Jody Williams instructor at Minnesota College of Art and Design. Breckenridge 1903-2003 a noted conservationist and ornithologist was also the director at the James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota 1946-1970 and he wrote and illustrated numerous articles and books on natural history. The copper plates featuring exquisite images of native Minnesota wildlife were loaned to Jody Williams at MCAD by the Breckenridge family through the kindness of John Moriarty the Senior Manager for Wildlife at Three Rivers Park District and an honorary fellow of the Bell Museum. University of Minnesota only in OCLC. There is also a copy at Minnesota Historical. PPB Press [i.e. Print Paper Book Press] unknown
199060634N.p. but U.K.: publisher not identified 1990. The Wicked Messenger was begun in December 1980 as Some Notes on Dylan 4 issues only initially circulated privately and printed by photocopy. When The Telegraph started in November 1981 The Wicked Messenger was included as loose-leaf inserts until November 1985 # 1 to # 238 then as the main part of the Rolling Telegraph Supplement until November 1988 # 239 to # 429. For a period there was parallel publication of The Wicked Messenger in Look Back. Since December 1988 The Wicked Messenger has been an integral part of Isis magazine from no. 430 on. The last issue was no. 2271 which is dated in January 2009. The Wicked Messenger ran for just over 28 years which is slightly more than 80 issues a year on average. Included here are the first four Some Notes on Dylan 1980-81; The Wicked Messenger nos. 5-238 1981-85 all printed by photocopy; and Rolling Telegraph Supplement containing nos. 239-429 1985-1988 of The Wicked Messenger printed from typescript. Also included here are the remaining issues of Rolling Telegraph Supplements nos. 16-23 1988-1990 thereby making this a full and complete run of Rolling Telegraph Supplements. 4to and 8vo 11" x 8½" for The Wicked Messenger and 8¼" x 5¾" for Rolling Telegraph Supplements 429 pages in all each number of The Wicked Messenger consisting of a single page. Issues of Rolling Telegraph Supplements have The Wicked Messenger in the first half of the issue and other material on Dylan in the second half. The sequence of The Wicked Messenger which extends beyond Rolling Telegraph Supplements into Isis is confusing and perplexing. Bowling Green La Salle Santa Cruz and Minnesota Historical in OCLC each with indeterminate runs. [publisher not identified] unknown
1777001997London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1777. Near Fine. 2 311-312 p.; 31 cm. folio. Disbound. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii III. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the Twenty-ninth Day of November Anno Domini 1774 in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third . . . And from thence continued by several Prorogations to the Thirty-first Day of October 1776; Being the Third Session of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain." Woodcut royal coat of arms above the imprint. Woodcut headpiece and historiated initial at the beginning of the act. "Whereas a Rebellion and War have been openly and traiterously levied and carried on in certain of His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America and Acts of Treason and Piracy have been committed on the High Seas and upon the Ships and Goods of His Majesty's Subjects and many Persons have been seised and taken who are expressly charged or strongly suspected of such Treasons and Felonies and many more such Persons may be hereafter so seised and taken." An act allowing magistrates to hold until January 1778 anyone who had committed or was suspected of having committed treason in the American colonies. Any participation in or support for the Revolution was considered treason against Great Britain. In Near Fine Condition: disbound; small chip at tail of spine; clean and bright. Very scarce. Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
1898032034Lebanon PA: Lebanon County Historical Society 1898. Book. VG. Original Wraps. First Collected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near complete set of the Papers Read Before the Lebanon County Historical Society aka Lebanon County Historical Society Journal inaugurated in 1898 and still being published. Issued somewhat irregularly this publication typically appeared in booklet form in wraps of various colors light green brown tan royal blue and others later perfect-bound with illustrated wraps. This run is virtually complete see specifics below with most of the missing issues probably available directly from the Lebanon County Historical Society. Average condition is solid VG with several issues showing loose covers or chipped spines many if most issues showing only light shelf wear solid Near Fine some showing price stickers at top front cover corners indicating that they had been purchased from LCHS; all are individually sleeved in archival bags and boards for protection. Vol. I: 1 3-18 of 18; II: 1-14 complete; III: 1-13 complete; IV: 1-13 complete; V: 1-9 complete; VI: 1-17 complete; VII: 1-12 complete; VIII: 1-14 complete; IX: 1-11 complete; X: 1-10 complete; XI: 1-6 complete; XII: 1-3C complete 5 issues total; XIII: 1-8 complete; XIV: 1-5 of 7; XV: 1-3 5 of 5; XVI: 1-4 complete; XVII: 1-5 of 6; XVIII 18: 2 4 of 6; XIX 19: 1 3 of 4. Thus of the total 182 issues comprising Vols. 1-19 this run contains 172 of them lacking only one issue Vol. I No. 2 in the scarcer early volumes. Each issue ranges from 20-24 pp. to more than 100 pp. in several instances covering a wide range of historical interests: church history railroads breweries and taverns long rifles genealogy town and village histories Millbach the Pennsylvania German dialect food lore etc. Due to the frequency of publication through the early decades this title is among the most difficult PA county publications to complete. Lebanon County Historical Society Paperback
1869062261Harrisburg PA: B. Singerly State Printer 1869. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete in five 5 volumes original editions issued 1869-71 rebound in black buckram spine panels lettered in gilt new endpapers. Original marbled text block edges darkened by age and use otherwise presents nearly "as new" with only minor surface rubbing to covers. A few leaves slightly project beyond fore-edge but all are firmly bound in. Interiors are generally clean and intact with each volume showing the expected toning also scattered soiling and dampstaining generally to several early and/or late pages occasional tape repairs; folding frontis. maps are present and intact though creased and some with tape repairs. Vol. II shows a presentation inscription to the Rainbow Steam Fire Company of Reading PA. A decently preserved reference set in very durable bindings. viii1327 iv1359 iv1379 v1308 v1431 pp. B. Singerly, State Printer Hardcover
188915330Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co. Very Good-. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. This scarce title has been handsomely rebound in full brown leather incorporating the gilt title from the original binding set into the front cover. Marbled endpaper. Engraved illustrations. This original 1889 text is tight clean. Paper is fragile several pages at front & rear of text are age toned & edge chipped. Condition VG-. Biographical & Historical Memoirs Northeast Arkansas ; Engraved Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1382 pages . Goodspeed Publishing Co hardcover
1883008890Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin 1883. Original gray pictorial cloth gilt lettering. First edition later printing of the second Uncle Remus book illustrated with frontispiece and 19 plates by Frederick Church. While working for the Atlanta Constitution in 1876 Harris "invented Uncle Remus" He published Uncle Remus pieces regularly in the Constitution and they were extremely popular. In 1880 he collected them into his first book. Remus was a composite of three elderly slaves he had known the stories themselves were his retellings of old African American tales. He rigorously researched his material often collecting several versions of the same story until he felt he had the most authentic one. The stories Harris had heard originally were never meant to be told for the benefit of a white child; rather they were an integral part of the slave culture out of which they grew. Call number on spine. Library name inside front cover. Book generally clean some light staining. Higes cracked. . 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
194010722New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1940. First Edition - Wlth Scribner's "A. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong 8vo. pp. not numbered 20 illustrations by the author. -- There were two printing of the book in 1940 but neither printing had the Scribner's "A" Don Frazier. The Will James Books. A Descriptive Bibliography. This is the very scare first edition of the book. --. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
27881folio two pages of a four page bi-folium old folds in very good clean legible condition. Retained copy of orders marked "Most Secret" sent by Nepean Secretary to the Board of Admiralty to Samuel Hood Commander of forces on Barbados which read as follows: By the Commissioners for executing the Office Of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland &c. " In pursuance of the King's pleasure signified to us by the Rt. Honble Lord Hobart one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; You are hereby required and directed to make such a disposition of the Force under your command as you may judge most adviseable with a view to the obstructing the arrival of any reinforcement of Troops at the French Islands within the limits of your Station and in the want of any attempt for that purpose you are to intimate to the officers in Command of such reinforcement that although he cannot be permitted to Land his Troops in any of the said Islands he is at liberty to proceed to any other station that he may judge most convenient. If notwithstanding such communication the officer in command of the French Armament should manifest an intention of proceeding to any of the said Islands he must be informed that Force will be resorted to to prevent his carrying such an intention into effect and if he should persist in his design you are in such case to take such measures as may be most effectual for detaining and bringing the said armament into some part of the British Islands there to remain until you shall receive Instructions for your farther proceedings. By Command of their Lordships Evan Nepean" <br /> books
1898008472New York: The Macmillan Co 1898. SCARCE xxv 478 pp with 24 pp. publisher's catalogue at end. With numerous illustrations portraits facsimiles and maps inclusing one fold-out map which is Fine. Publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering at spine black end papers top edge gilt. Very Good Minus cloth at joints torn yet holding nicely corners rubbed prior owner names and inscription in ink and pencil prior owner name stamps. A comprehensive history of the system that helped fugitive slaves escape from the South to find freedom as far north as Canada the first documented history of its kind and invaluable in saving and preserving much history that otherwise might have been lost. While not uncommon in institutional holdingsSCARCE at auction the last recorded auction sale 1978. RBH. And SCARCE in today's marketplace. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Macmillan Co, Hardcover books
187936111Washington D.C.: General Land Office printed in New York by Julius Bien lithographer 1879. Color-lithographed map. A very detailed colour-coded map of Alabama showing towns rivers roads railroads among other landmarks.<br/> <br/> The General Land Office was founded in 1812 as an independent government agency responsible for the surveying and disposition of land in the public domain. Prior to the Civil War much of the attention of the GLO was fixed on the settlement of such land east of the Mississippi which had resulted from military bounties and cessations by the original thirteen states. The end of the Civil War the Homestead Act the completion of the Trans-Continental Railroad and the military campaigns against Native Americans in the West with resulting treaties that "transferred" land ownership to the United States together engendered an incredible increase in westward settlement and expansion. Newly-admitted states and newly-created territories west of the Mississippi were primed for settlement. Between 1866 and 1876 the GLO surveyed over 200000000 acres of land in the public domain for settlement in New Mexico Idaho Dakota Nebraska Montana Colorado Wyoming and elsewhere. As the official surveyors of these remote areas and with access to military information the maps of the General Land Office were far and away the most accurate and detailed of the western states and territories published to that time. Indeed these large-scale official maps became the basis for future maps of those regions by commercial cartographers. In 1876 the GLO headed by S.S. Burdett published an atlas containing 18 maps on 19 sheets California being on two sheets showing the regions of the United States with newly surveyed and plotted public lands. Although the GLO had issued individual maps of the United States to accompany their annual report in 1866 and 1868 the 1876 Geographical and Political Atlas of the States and Territories sometimes referred to as The Centennial Atlas was the first atlas to be published by the department. The incredible growth of settlement in the west coupled with new exploration and surveying in the short time following the 1876 atlas engendered a second atlas to be published by the General Land Office between 1878 and 1879 i.e. where the present example is from. Like the Centennial Atlas the maps were composed by the chief draughtsman in the GLO Charles Roeser Jr. The maps were done on a large scale and are consequently very detailed. Chromolithographed by Julius Bien each map is colour coded to clearly depict land plotted for settlement the locations of the general land offices Indian territories county divisions towns rivers roads railroads etc. Furthermore like The Centennial Atlas the Atlas of the States and Territories over which Land Surveys have been Extended was produced for official purposes and distributed to members of Congress government agencies each land office the post office the railroads and other large entities and was not available for public distribution. The limited distribution of this atlas coupled with its large size accounts for its great rarity today; very few copies are known to be in private hands and no copies were in the famed collections of Rumsey Streeter or Graff.<br/> <br/> Phillips Atlases 1405. General Land Office [printed in New York by Julius Bien, lithographer] unknown
187936109Washington D.C.: General Land Office printed in New York by Julius Bien lithographer 1879. Color-lithographed map. A very detailed colour-coded map of Mississippi showing towns rivers roads railroads among other landmarks.<br/> <br/> The General Land Office was founded in 1812 as an independent government agency responsible for the surveying and disposition of land in the public domain. Prior to the Civil War much of the attention of the GLO was fixed on the settlement of such land east of the Mississippi which had resulted from military bounties and cessations by the original thirteen states. The end of the Civil War the Homestead Act the completion of the Trans-Continental Railroad and the military campaigns against Native Americans in the West with resulting treaties that "transferred" land ownership to the United States together engendered an incredible increase in westward settlement and expansion. Newly-admitted states and newly-created territories west of the Mississippi were primed for settlement. Between 1866 and 1876 the GLO surveyed over 200000000 acres of land in the public domain for settlement in New Mexico Idaho Dakota Nebraska Montana Colorado Wyoming and elsewhere. As the official surveyors of these remote areas and with access to military information the maps of the General Land Office were far and away the most accurate and detailed of the western states and territories published to that time. Indeed these large-scale official maps became the basis for future maps of those regions by commercial cartographers. In 1876 the GLO headed by S.S. Burdett published an atlas containing 18 maps on 19 sheets California being on two sheets showing the regions of the United States with newly surveyed and plotted public lands. Although the GLO had issued individual maps of the United States to accompany their annual report in 1866 and 1868 the 1876 Geographical and Political Atlas of the States and Territories sometimes referred to as The Centennial Atlas was the first atlas to be published by the department. The incredible growth of settlement in the west coupled with new exploration and surveying in the short time following the 1876 atlas engendered a second atlas to be published by the General Land Office between 1878 and 1879 i.e. where the present example is from. Like the Centennial Atlas the maps were composed by the chief draughtsman in the GLO Charles Roeser Jr. The maps were done on a large scale and are consequently very detailed. Chromolithographed by Julius Bien each map is colour coded to clearly depict land plotted for settlement the locations of the general land offices Indian territories county divisions towns rivers roads railroads etc. Furthermore like The Centennial Atlas the Atlas of the States and Territories over which Land Surveys have been Extended was produced for official purposes and distributed to members of Congress government agencies each land office the post office the railroads and other large entities and was not available for public distribution. The limited distribution of this atlas coupled with its large size accounts for its great rarity today; very few copies are known to be in private hands and no copies were in the famed collections of Rumsey Streeter or Graff.<br/> <br/> Phillips Atlases 1405. General Land Office [printed in New York by Julius Bien, lithographer] unknown
1861010118Philadelphia: Allen Lane & Scott Printers. New Catalogue of 1881 of Stocks Bonds Western Lands Town Lots and other Real Estate belonging to the estate of Jay Cooke & Co. in bankruptcy : to be sold agreeably to the terms and provisions of the plan for closing the estate.on the 31st day of March 1881. First edition. Original stapled wrappers. Published Philadelphia: Allen Lane & Scott printers 1861. 8vo. stapled wrappers with green covers 6" x 9 1/4" 93pp. listing over 1100 lots Errata page and Catalogue Note on pink paper bound in. Second catalogue of the assets of Jay Cooke & Co. that were sold in an 1881 bankruptcy auction. Jay Cooke regarded as the first major American investment banker aggressively and successfully sold dormant U.S. Treasury notes that financed the Civil War. Later investing heavily in timber and railway ventures he was forced into bankruptcy after the financial Panic of 1873. 2 1/4" loss to the backstrip of wraparound at lower spine some splits/closed tears along backstrip top edge of one page opened roughly. Very good. Binding tight and secure pages clean bright unmarked no foxing. Scarce. Only four copies in WorldCat. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st. 1861. Allen, Lane & Scott, Printers paperback
1965000795NY: Viking. First Edition first printing. Hard cover in original dust jacket. Published NY: Viking 1965. 78pp. Illus. w/ 51 b/w photos by Levitt. Black cloth w/ white lettering colored end papers. Oblong 8vo. 7 3/4" x 9 1/4." Photographs of scenes she witnessed in the streets of Harlem Yorkville and the Lower East Side in New York City. Mild ex-office copy. "Department of Education" rubber stamp on front and rear f.l. "duplicate" written over front stamp. Small blank pocket neatly glued to rear pastedown. No other markings. Book is clean straight and tight with no signs of wear. Cloth and pages clean no smudges or marks. Cover lettering bright and sharp. Minor bump curl to tips of fr. cover. Minute rubbing spot to lower tip. DJ is Very Good NOT price clipped price of $6.50 w/ mild fraying at crown/ heel sl. edge curl very light foxing spots on interior side with two areas of sweating at the interior front panel edge fold some visible on inside front panel. Very good in VG dj. Scarce . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1965. Viking unknown
55171aafO.O. und J. (1757-58 oder 1762), gr. in-4to, S. (3) bis 22 + 8 gest. Taf. mit 16 halbseit. Abb. (mit Legenden auf Deutsch und Französ.), Titelblatt fehlt, Textbl. vereinzelt leicht braun- und finger-fleckig und mit grösseren Tintenflecken meist am Rand (ohne Textverlust), Tafel 15 mit kleinem farb. Fleck, Pappband, etwas abgegriffen, bestossen und beschabt.
95453aafVienna, ca. 1950, 17 x 25 cm, 20 leaves written on one side only of an account-book for the years 1938-1949, rhyming verse in manuscript, heavily illustrated with ink and watercolor drawings, red clothbound. Cover-title: BILANZ 1938-49.
