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1947006783Highland Park / Los Angeles 1947 - 1960 And 1967-1983: Southwest Museum 1947. First Edition . Wrappers. Very Good. A Run Of 107 Issues 1947 - 1983 Jan 1947-Dec 1951 Mar 1952-Aug 1952 Mar 1955-Aug 1958 Nov 1958-1960 Missing All 1961 - 1966 And With Issues 1967-1983. Sold As A Group Only. Also With List Of Publications The Casa De Adobe Handbook January 1966 And The Southwest Museum Handbook 1967. <br/> <br/> Southwest Museum unknown
19030021261Newman Ga: S.W. Murray 1903. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/None Issued. VG/0/Revised First edition thus. Originally published in 1899 this is a corrected revised copy published in 1903. Signed by James Stacy with a short inscription and dated 1911. Cover is firmly attached but both front and rear hinges are cracked. The front and rear endpaper are present but not attached. Water stains to the bottom third of about 40 pages which does not obsure any printing or photos. No markings foxing or soiling to interior. Corners of boards are bumped and board is exposed on very tip of corner. Some rubbing at head and tail of spine. Gilt on spine fairly bright and readable. Some mild discoloration to cloth over boards on back. 283 pages with black and white photos. RARE. BRBC <br/> <br/> S.W. Murray hardcover
1857Le355Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston 1857. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. large 12mo. xii 15-432pp. Sewn in at the rear is Sampson Low Son. & Co's May 15 1856 book cat. Sampson Low were the British distributers of the book. Printed by C. Sherman & Son. Printers 19 St. James Street Philadelphia USA. Bound in the original blind-stamped dec. red cloth with gilt titles to the spine. A lovely original binding a trifle sunned and worn to the head and foot of the spine. 8 x 5.5 inches.This rare first edition has the author ranked as Lietenant-Colonel Second Dragoons. No stamps or bookplates. A couple of neat ink signatures of the original owner.A complete copy in the original cloth. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> Lindsay & Blakiston hardcover
197525160Woodstock NY/Lenox MA: The Overlook Press; The Bookstore Press 1975. Rebound in plain brown sturdy library buckram very lightly edge rubbed; Retired library copy with the usual stamps and stickers otherwise very clean and tight; The page immediately followig the title page is a copy machine replacement and includes the first page of the table of contents on the verso; 143p. This is Alice Brock's second book her autobiography and includes 23 recipes; She was an American artist author and restaurateur. Her first book was the hugely popular 'Alice's Restaurant Cookbook' published in 1969 made even more famous by a movie and then a song by Arlo Guthrie. Library Buckram. Very Good. Illus. by Jane McWhorter Photos; Drawings by Jason McWhorter. 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ex-Library Hardcover. The Overlook Press; The Bookstore Press Hardcover
Folio in purple half leather and purple cloth; gilt lettering; volumes : plates, portraits, facsimiles (1 double) color coats of arms, genealogical tables ; 30 cm Very scarce || Genealogy; Families of royal descent. United States || Some of the plates, portraits, genealogical tables, and coats of arms are accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress; genealogical tables decorated in colors.
Large white octavo, x, 316 pages, b&w illustrations ; 25 cm. Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs. Scarce.
189427430Washington. Department of the Interior Census Office. 1893-1894 1894. Soft cover. 4to 28.5cm 136vii24 vii70pp. frontis & 124 plates 4 colour 4 folding maps indexes "The Moqui Pueblos of Arizona" is missing 8 pages pp.57-64; apparently as issued disbound without the original fragile printed wraps and free flies first few leaves chipped along the fore-edge otherwise internally very good ds1. - Part of the extensive Eleventh Census of the United States carried out in 1890. An attempt was being made "to make an enumeration of all Indians living within the jurisdiction of the United States with such information as to their condition as may be obtainable classifying them as to Indians taxed and Indians not taxed." Secretary of the Interior. The Reports were prepared by Thomas Donaldson special agent to the Census Office. Washington. Department of the Interior, Census Office. 1893-1894 unknown
1854010386New York: J. H. Colton 1854. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. Original embossed brown cloth covers front cover lettered in gilt 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" hand-colored map opens to 29 3/4" x 25 1/4". Verso of front cover with publisher's information and advertisements. Near Fine 3 small 1/4" tears at edges at folds 2 stained areas left margin near bottom edge likely from glue affecting only margin and decorative border gilt front cover bright corners of boards sharp map still fully attached. A quite lovely and desirable early Iowa map. . J. H. Colton Hardcover
187620633Denver: Tribune Book and Job Printing House 1876. Softcover. Near fine. 65 pp in original printed wrappers. A few chips finger smudge on front wrap internally fine. First edition of the Constitution that brought Colorado into the Union as the hundredth state. Eberstadt notes that "the address to the voters is a long one ending with the query: "Who is there among you that would not rather be a citizen of an independent State than a mere settler upon the public lands of the Territory governed by satraps appointed and removed at pleasure.". Tribune Book and Job Printing House unknown books
185821557Austin: John Marshall & Co. State Printers 1858. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. pp 284 ix index in original sewn wrappers. Rear wrapper and final page of index detached but present some light staining to front wrapper and lower corner of first 40 pp not affecting text otherwise quite clean. Stitching loosening but holdng. Includes "An Act to Establish the University of Texas approved on February 11 1858 which set aside $100000 in United States bonds toward construction of the state's first publicly funded university. Also acts relating to the incorporation and relief of several different railroads; creating the counties of Archer Mason Menard Zapata Hardin Hamilton Kimble and Buchanan; and "An Act to permit free persons of African descent to select their own master and become slaves" approved on January 27 1858. Similar acts allowing for voluntary enslavement were passed in Florida and Tennessee the same year. Also noteworthy is a 43-page act supplementing and amending the Texas Penal Code that had been established in 1856 which provides an extensive list of criminal offenses and their statutory punishments including those for unlawful i.e mixed race marriage and a number of slavery-related offense. These are divided into those committed by whites inciting insurrection illegal transportation of slaves stealing or enticing a slave harboring runaways conducting business with slaves undue cruelty to and torture of slaves and those committed by slaves or free persons of color. Winkler 1071. John Marshall & Co., State Printers unknown books
1876009659Chicago: Baskin Forster & Co. 1876. Book. Near Fine. Morocco. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 458 pages complete with all maps and lithographic illustrations. Handsomely and solidly rebound in 20th c. red morocco gilt lettering at spine reinforced hinges new endpapers original marbled edges. Near Fine widely scattered spots of toning. SCARCE in lovely condition and with a binding that will function well for many years to come. Baskin, Forster & Co. Hardcover
1872010252Cairo Illinois: Cairo and Vincennes Railroad 1872. Map. Very Good. One Page. 19" h x 37" w. An apparently unrecorded original railroad map dated Feb. 1872 showing the city of Vincennes Indiana. 19' h x 37" w on translucent vellum architectural paper scale 1" = 400 feet. Very Good number 920-4 in marker bottom right corner bottom right corner clipped not affecting any details of the map bottom left corner with 2 small holes punched faint creasing and light soiling. Drawn in black with cross marks in red and the tracks of the C & V RR in blue. Details include locations of depots mills foundries and warehouses along the Wabash River Catholic Church cemetery and property street names and location of a seminary. Additionally showing are the lines of the Evansville & Crawfordsville RR Indianapolis & Vincennes RR and the Ohio & Mississippi RR. Founded in 1732 by the French Vincennes county seat of Knox County is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in Indiana and was the first capitol of the Indiana Territory. Its population in 1870 was 5440. The Cairo & Vincennes Railroad was chartered in Illinois in 1867 by Civil War General Green B. Raum. The railroad began laying track in 1870 and was fully completed in 1874. Established to move coal from the Illinois mines one of its first Presidents was the Civil War General Ambrose Burnside. It was reorganized as the C & V Railway not railroad in 1880 confirming the date this map was drawn. From a massive collection of recently acquired rairoadiana including thousands of original railroad company maps. Cairo and Vincennes Railroad hardcover
12843NY: The Evening Mail. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. J.C. Fireman and "V.E.T. This is a vanity cartoon book also known as the 'As-We-See-'Em' books which includes a number of interesting people. There is no title page and no text; only about 200 plates of caricatures by one or another of the artists who were the staff cartoonists for this newspaper. Undated but made around 1905. Rebound: was originally bound in soft leather and the scarred front cover of the original has been applied to the new leather cover. New binding in excellent condition; overall vg- as there are occasional light marginal stains on the plates. Notables include B.F. Yoakum H.E. Huntington and W.K. Vanderbilt railroad barons Isaac and Solomon R. Guggenheim bankers and industrialists; also there is Wm. Guggenheim apparently a black sheep who travelled a lot John R. Dos Passos leaving a trail of books behind him Henry D. Estabrook lawyer Thomas A. Edison who seems to have wired the celestial bodies together Chauncey M. Depew attorney for Vanderbilt's railroad cartel and from 1899-1911 a US Senator Spencer Trask educator and a quite prescient drawing of Judge Albert B. Fall who became the 'fall' guy for the Teapot Dome scandal in 1921. He is shown here taking a miner's pick to a thick book of mining law on behalf of the corporations. <br/> <br/> The Evening Mail hardcover
1902007175Rochester New York: Chase Brothers Company 1902. Magazine. Illus. by Stecher Lithographic Company. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. With 47 glorious color lithographs by Stecher Lithographic Company of Rochester "the pioneer firm in this line with experience of forty years" and numerous black and white photographs. 102 pp. Very Good in original green string-tied wrappers wrappers rubbed and with corner creases 1" paper loss to wrappers at base of spine 6 lithos with 1" horizontal tears at fore edge. Chase Brothers Company New England Nurseries was established in 1857 incorporated in 1887. Chase Brothers Company Paperback
1943009832New York: Privately Printed 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED BY Contributors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Artist Walter Klett's personal copy SIGNED BY 16 Contributors including Klett Edwin Eberman John Holmgren James Montgomery Flagg Ray Prohaska Frank Crowninshield Harry Berchoff Gordon Grant Edward Wilson Gurney Williams Hector A. Dunderi William Oberhardt Vervon Grant Wallace Morgan and Willard Fairchild. A veritable Who's Who of noted artists and illustrators of the first half of the 20th century. Klett's name is at the top of the list of signers and laid in is a Club postcard addressed to Klett dated 10/20/64 with details of the upcoming Club luncheon. Very Good in quarter cloth over decorative paper covered boards one of 1000 unnumbered copies printed scattered light toning light rubbing at edges. A UNIQUE copy in the annals of the Dutch Treat Club yearbooks one can almost see Klett moving about the hall seeking out his fellow illustrators for their signatures. Privately Printed Hardcover
19934940044New York: Random House 1993. Ephemera. Fine in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Stapled booklet. Wrappers and pages clean without visible wear. Autographed and inscribed by the author on ffep identifying the poem as read by the poet at the inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton 20 January 1993. Numbers 12/2003 also added by the author; this may be indicative of a later date of signing. Poetry by Maya Angelou 1928-2014 African-American writer. 6.5" 16.5 cm tall; 32 pages; Signed by Author. Random House unknown
1880008483Cincinnati Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company 1880. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Thick 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Two thick quarto volumes arranged by congressional district and paged separately. SCARCE in commerce as the complete set. Very Good in original pebbled calf with decorative embossing white moire silk end papers all edges gilt numerous engraved portraits with tissue guards. Very Good rubbed at edges and corners corners bumped scattered foxing associated mainly with tissue guards. A quite handsome set that will require extra postage for priority and international mail. Western Biographical Publishing Company Hardcover
193310486NY: Doubleday Doran 1933. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 1st black cloth good only no dj. Book is fairly tight with clean pages but the spine looks terrible faded soiled worn at ends and with a 1" rip in the front side about halfway down. Also corners bumped. INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep: "For Vivian and "Buddy" with many pleasant recollections of a summer in the Les Chenaux with the skipper Nella Braddy Henney. Pre-publication copy/Sept. 1 1933". 'Les Chaneaux' refers to France's Channel Islands. 365 pp. incl. index. <br/> <br/> Doubleday, Doran hardcover
1918007151Chicago: Great Lakes Athletic Association 1918. SCARCE. 14 monthly issues with great illustrated covers bound in quarto green cloth gilt lettering at spine marbled end pages Very Good cloth rubbed hinges cracked yet binding holding well some small creases and small tears to pages. Published monthly by the Great Lakes Athletic Association devoted to the interests of the United States Naval Training Station at Great Lakes Illinois the Navys largest training installation and the home of the Navys only Boot Camp. Great WWI era magazines numerous black and white photographs lots of articles and photos about athletic teams and wonderful color rear cover ads for Wrigley's gum. The Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football team compiled a record of 7-0-2 and won the 1919 Rose Bowl featuring three players George Halas Jimmy Conzelman and Paddy Driscoll who were later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Feb. 1919 issue features a team photo with those three pictured. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Great Lakes Athletic Association Hardcover books
1878007887Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1878. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fourth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "With regards of the author Henry Carrington". Very Good in original blue cloth stamped in gilt front cover with decoration of Native American war chief gilt lettering and rules at spine cloth rubbed at spine ends spine a bit sunned front hinge starting. rear fold-out map #1 with 3" horizontal tear and small tears at fold edges fold-out map #2 Fine. A classic of Western Americana. J. B. Lippincott & Co. Hardcover
197114271New York: Collectors Editions Ltd. Near Fine. 1971. Hardcover. Text volume Catalogue Raisonne. Alexanddre De Vesme with introduction and additions by Phyllis Dearborn Massar. English & French text. 230pp. An unaltered reprint of the chapter on Della Bella appearing in Alexandre De Vesme 1906. Plate volume 241pp. With over 1050 B/W images. New York Collectors edition. Both volumed bound in clean grey cloth. Bright gilt title on spine. Texts tight clean & intact. Art Catalogue ; B/W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 471 pages . Collectors Editions Ltd. hardcover
18576229Paris: Librairie de Gaume Freres 1857. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Edition an important book by a Catholic missionary describing early Texas; 8vo half-leather 'leopard-spotted boards' speckled edges and marbled eps which do not match boards; good boards scratched and worn; bottom corner of front board chewed off; shelfworn; edges of boards worn; corners worn to boards; spine ends rubbed and worn; pages foxed; waterstain to top corners of pages along bound edge from front pastedown to p75; eps toned; small tear to middle crease of fold-out map; 477pp folding map in rear with some hand-coloring. Note: This French edition preceded the English translation by a year. .According to 'Texas Online' Domenech 'published many repetitious exaggerated and self-glorifying accounts of his experiences and travels but his colorfully detailed narrative of the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in Texas amid the tensions of boundary disputes with Mexico and the devastation of an epidemic of cholera has no counterpart.' <br/> <br/> Librairie de Gaume Freres hardcover
1924008914Charlotte NC: Albert Y. Drummond 1924. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR editor and publisher Albert Y. Drummond at front end page -" Joseph Hyde Pratt with the compliments of the author. Oct. 1924". SCARCE Association Copy Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt 1870-1942 was a prominent North Carolina geologist conservationist and state and civic leader. In W.W I he was the colonel in command of the First Battalion of the 105th Engineers and was part of the famous Thirtieth "Old Hickory" Division the first to break the Hindenburg Line.NCpedia. In presentation embossed crushed morocco binding Near Fine morocco a bit rubbed two pages of typed recommendations tipped at rear paste down. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs 148 pages. SCARCE in current commerce. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Presentation Copy. Albert Y. Drummond Hardcover books
1818002943London: Henry Colburn 1818 London: Colburn 1818. Stated Third Edition. This is the second volume of Franklin's Life not actually the third edition but taken directly from the holograph by Franklin's grandson and heir with some editorial revisions. With Volume I not included this constitutes the first time the three parts of four of Franklin's autobiography were published. In contemporary cocoa brown calf gold ruling peacock feather marble boards matching endpapers six compartments gold on black leather labels fine deckled paper. Index. Fine. Henry Colburn hardcover
1872007330Boston: Little Brown and Company 1872. Association Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to his brother Henry on Sept. 28 1872 - " Henry K Frothingham Esq. with the regards of Richard Frothingham". Also with two 20th century prior owner names in ink same front end page one that of noted historian John K. Alexander. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED copies of Frothingham's works are RARE and this one especially so with the family association. In original rust colored cloth with gilt titles 640 pp. Very Good Plus cloth lightly rubbed at edges small bookseller's label rear paste down. An excellent American history. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover books
